A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - English language |
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... Clarendon . A labouring man that is given to drunkenness , shall not be rich . Ecclus . That in the night they may be a guard to us , and labour on the day . Nebemiah . As a man had a right to all he could employ his labour upon , so he ...
... Clarendon . A labouring man that is given to drunkenness , shall not be rich . Ecclus . That in the night they may be a guard to us , and labour on the day . Nebemiah . As a man had a right to all he could employ his labour upon , so he ...
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... Clarendon . LAND - FORCES . n . s . [ land and force . ] Warlike powers not naval ; soldiers that serve on land . We behold in France the greatest land - forces that have ever been known under any christian prince . Temple . LANDHOLDER ...
... Clarendon . LAND - FORCES . n . s . [ land and force . ] Warlike powers not naval ; soldiers that serve on land . We behold in France the greatest land - forces that have ever been known under any christian prince . Temple . LANDHOLDER ...
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... Clarendon . I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education , and say a great many things which have been said before . Felton on the Classics . 5. At LARGE . Without restraint ; with- out confinement . If you ...
... Clarendon . I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education , and say a great many things which have been said before . Felton on the Classics . 5. At LARGE . Without restraint ; with- out confinement . If you ...
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... Clarendon . LD . is a contraction of lord . LEA . n . s . [ ley , Sax . a fallow ; leag , Sax . a pasture . ] Ground inclosed , not open . Greatly agast with this pitteous plea ; Him rested the good man on the lea . Ceres , most ...
... Clarendon . LD . is a contraction of lord . LEA . n . s . [ ley , Sax . a fallow ; leag , Sax . a pasture . ] Ground inclosed , not open . Greatly agast with this pitteous plea ; Him rested the good man on the lea . Ceres , most ...
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... Clarendon I call that a ledger bait , which is fixed , or made to rest , in one certain place , when you shall be absent ; and I call that a walking bait which you have ever in motion . Walton . LEGERDEMA IN . n . s . [ contracted ...
... Clarendon I call that a ledger bait , which is fixed , or made to rest , in one certain place , when you shall be absent ; and I call that a walking bait which you have ever in motion . Walton . LEGERDEMA IN . n . s . [ contracted ...
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