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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... Dryden . To his laborious youth consum'd in war , And lasting age , adorn'd and crown'd with peace . Prior . 2. Requiring labour ; tiresome ; not easy . Do'st thou love watchings , abstinence , and toil , Laborious virtueş all ? learn ...
... Dryden . To his laborious youth consum'd in war , And lasting age , adorn'd and crown'd with peace . Prior . 2. Requiring labour ; tiresome ; not easy . Do'st thou love watchings , abstinence , and toil , Laborious virtueş all ? learn ...
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... Dryden's Virgil . What makes my ram the lag of all the flock ? To LAG . v . n . 1. To loiter ; to move slowly . Pope . Sae pass'd , with fear and fury wild ; The nurse went lagging after with the child . Dryden . The remnant of his days ...
... Dryden's Virgil . What makes my ram the lag of all the flock ? To LAG . v . n . 1. To loiter ; to move slowly . Pope . Sae pass'd , with fear and fury wild ; The nurse went lagging after with the child . Dryden . The remnant of his days ...
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... Dryden . Shrubs are formed into sundry shapes , by moulding them within , and cutting them with- out ; but they are but lame things , being too small to keep figure . Bacon . Swift , who could neither fly nor hide , Came sneaking to the ...
... Dryden . Shrubs are formed into sundry shapes , by moulding them within , and cutting them with- out ; but they are but lame things , being too small to keep figure . Bacon . Swift , who could neither fly nor hide , Came sneaking to the ...
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... Dryden . They turn their heads to sea , their sterns to Land , And greet with greedy joy th ' Italian strand . Dryden . 3. It is often used in composition , as opposed to sea . The princes delighting their conceits with con- firming ...
... Dryden . They turn their heads to sea , their sterns to Land , And greet with greedy joy th ' Italian strand . Dryden . 3. It is often used in composition , as opposed to sea . The princes delighting their conceits with con- firming ...
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... Dryden . He lards with flourishes his long harangue , ' Tis fine , say'st thou . Dryden . Swearing by heaven ; the poets think this no- thing , their plays are so much larded with it . Collier . LARDER . n.s. [ lardier , old French ...
... Dryden . He lards with flourishes his long harangue , ' Tis fine , say'st thou . Dryden . Swearing by heaven ; the poets think this no- thing , their plays are so much larded with it . Collier . LARDER . n.s. [ lardier , old French ...
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