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 3 |
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Dryd . 4. Ornaments of fine thread curiously Lebarers and idle persons , children and strip- woven . lings , cid men and ycung men , must have rivers Our English dames are much given to the diets . Arbatbuot . wearing of costly laces ...
Dryd . 4. Ornaments of fine thread curiously Lebarers and idle persons , children and strip- woven . lings , cid men and ycung men , must have rivers Our English dames are much given to the diets . Arbatbuot . wearing of costly laces ...
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Dryd . against christianity ; persuade but the covetous Irus's condition will not admit of largesses . man not to deify his money , the lascivious man Addison . to throw off his lewd amours , and all their giantLARCÍTION . n . s .
Dryd . against christianity ; persuade but the covetous Irus's condition will not admit of largesses . man not to deify his money , the lascivious man Addison . to throw off his lewd amours , and all their giantLARCÍTION . n . s .
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Dryd . Nor arm'd his bother's portions to invade , The gods of greater nations dwell around , But to defend the present you had made . Dryd . And , on the right and left , the palace bound ; When the heir of this vast treasure knew ...
Dryd . Nor arm'd his bother's portions to invade , The gods of greater nations dwell around , But to defend the present you had made . Dryd . And , on the right and left , the palace bound ; When the heir of this vast treasure knew ...
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Dryd . Cato , lend me for a while thy patience , And condescend to hear a young man speak . Addison . Cephisa , thou Wilt lend a hand to close thy mistress'eyes . Pbil . LE'NDER . n . s . ( from lend . ) 1. One who lends any thing . 2.
Dryd . Cato , lend me for a while thy patience , And condescend to hear a young man speak . Addison . Cephisa , thou Wilt lend a hand to close thy mistress'eyes . Pbil . LE'NDER . n . s . ( from lend . ) 1. One who lends any thing . 2.
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[ length and wise . ] Such length of labour for so vast a frame . Dryd . In length of time it will cover the whole plain , According to the length ; in a longituand make one mountain with that on which it dinal direction . now stands .
[ length and wise . ] Such length of labour for so vast a frame . Dryd . In length of time it will cover the whole plain , According to the length ; in a longituand make one mountain with that on which it dinal direction . now stands .
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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