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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... Dryd . This exercise will call down the favour of hea- ven upon you , to remove those afflictions you now labour under from you . Wake's Preparation for Death . 6. To be in childbirth ; to be in travail . There lay a log unlighted on ...
... Dryd . This exercise will call down the favour of hea- ven upon you , to remove those afflictions you now labour under from you . Wake's Preparation for Death . 6. To be in childbirth ; to be in travail . There lay a log unlighted on ...
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... Dryd . Labourers and idle persons , children and strip- lings , old men and young men , must have divers Arbuthnot . diets . Not balmy sleep to lab'rers faint with pain , Not show'rs to larks , or sun - shine to the bee , Are half so ...
... Dryd . Labourers and idle persons , children and strip- lings , old men and young men , must have divers Arbuthnot . diets . Not balmy sleep to lab'rers faint with pain , Not show'rs to larks , or sun - shine to the bee , Are half so ...
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... Dryd . Irus's condition will not admit of largesses . Addison . LARGITION , n . s . [ largitio , Lat . ] The act of giving . Dict . LARK ... [ lapence , Saxon ; lerk , Da- nish ; laurack , Scottish . ] A small sing- ing bird . It was ...
... Dryd . Irus's condition will not admit of largesses . Addison . LARGITION , n . s . [ largitio , Lat . ] The act of giving . Dict . LARK ... [ lapence , Saxon ; lerk , Da- nish ; laurack , Scottish . ] A small sing- ing bird . It was ...
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... Dryd . Gentle or sharp according to thy choice , To laugh at follies , or to lash at vice . Dry . Pers . Let men out of their way lash on ever so fast , they are not at all the nearer their journey's end . South . Wheels clash with ...
... Dryd . Gentle or sharp according to thy choice , To laugh at follies , or to lash at vice . Dry . Pers . Let men out of their way lash on ever so fast , they are not at all the nearer their journey's end . South . Wheels clash with ...
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... Dryd lever , Fr. ] To throw up ; to lade ; to draw out . Though hills were set on hills , And seas met seas to guard thee , I would through : I'd plough up rocks , steep as the Alps , in dust , Ana lave the Tyrrhene waters into clouds ...
... Dryd lever , Fr. ] To throw up ; to lade ; to draw out . Though hills were set on hills , And seas met seas to guard thee , I would through : I'd plough up rocks , steep as the Alps , in dust , Ana lave the Tyrrhene waters into clouds ...
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