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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... Fairy Queen . I shall not lag behind , nor err The way , thou leading . Milton . The knight himself did after ride , Leading Crowdero by his side , And tow'd him , if he lagg'd behind , Like boat against the tide and wind . Hudibras ...
... Fairy Queen . I shall not lag behind , nor err The way , thou leading . Milton . The knight himself did after ride , Leading Crowdero by his side , And tow'd him , if he lagg'd behind , Like boat against the tide and wind . Hudibras ...
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... Fairy Queen . TO LAUNCH . v . n . [ It is derived by Skin- ner from lance , because a ship is pushed into water with great force . ] 1. To force a vessel into the sea . Launch out into the deep , and let down your nets for a draught ...
... Fairy Queen . TO LAUNCH . v . n . [ It is derived by Skin- ner from lance , because a ship is pushed into water with great force . ] 1. To force a vessel into the sea . Launch out into the deep , and let down your nets for a draught ...
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... Fairy Queen . The laurel or cherry - bay , by cutting away the side branches , will rise to a large tree . Mortimer . LAURELED . adj . [ from laurel . ] Crowned or decorated with laurel ; laureate . Hear'st thou the news ? my friend ...
... Fairy Queen . The laurel or cherry - bay , by cutting away the side branches , will rise to a large tree . Mortimer . LAURELED . adj . [ from laurel . ] Crowned or decorated with laurel ; laureate . Hear'st thou the news ? my friend ...
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... Fairy Qu . Soon he slumber'd , fearing not be harm'd The whiles with a loud lay , she thus him Fairy Queen . sweetly charm'd . This is a most majestick vision , and Harmonious charming lays . Shaksp . Tempest . Nor then the solemn ...
... Fairy Qu . Soon he slumber'd , fearing not be harm'd The whiles with a loud lay , she thus him Fairy Queen . sweetly charm'd . This is a most majestick vision , and Harmonious charming lays . Shaksp . Tempest . Nor then the solemn ...
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... Fairy Queen . You taught me language , and my profit on't Is , I know how to curse : the red plague rid you , For learning me your language . Shaksp . Tempest . A thousand more mischances than this one , Have learn'd me how to brook ...
... Fairy Queen . You taught me language , and my profit on't Is , I know how to curse : the red plague rid you , For learning me your language . Shaksp . Tempest . A thousand more mischances than this one , Have learn'd me how to brook ...
Common terms and phrases
Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young