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 . Milton . Like boat against the tide and wind . Hudibras . If he finds a fairy lag in light , He drives the wretch before , and lashes into night . Dryden . She hourly press'd for something new ; Ideas came into her mind So ...
... Fairy Queen . Milton . Like boat against the tide and wind . Hudibras . If he finds a fairy lag in light , He drives the wretch before , and lashes into night . Dryden . She hourly press'd for something new ; Ideas came into her mind So ...
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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 . 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 ! th ' ex- press is come With laurell's letters from ...
... Fairy Queen . 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 ! th ' ex- press is come With laurell's letters from ...
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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 ...
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... Fairy Queen . I have ever verified my friends With all the size that verity Would without lapsing suffer : nay , sometimes , Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground I've tumbled past the throw ; and in his praise Have almost stampt the ...
... Fairy Queen . I have ever verified my friends With all the size that verity Would without lapsing suffer : nay , sometimes , Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground I've tumbled past the throw ; and in his praise Have almost stampt the ...
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