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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... Glanville . 4 .. To be diseased with . [ morbo laborare , Latin Not in use . They abound with horse , Of which one want our camp doth only labour . Ben Jonson . was called to another , who in childbed la- boured of an ulcer in her left ...
... Glanville . 4 .. To be diseased with . [ morbo laborare , Latin Not in use . They abound with horse , Of which one want our camp doth only labour . Ben Jonson . was called to another , who in childbed la- boured of an ulcer in her left ...
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... Glanville's Scepsis Th ' infernal minister advanc'd Seiz'd the due victim , and with tury lane'd Her back , and piercing through her inmost heart , Drew backward . Dryden . 2. To open chirurgically ; to cut in order to a cure . We do ...
... Glanville's Scepsis Th ' infernal minister advanc'd Seiz'd the due victim , and with tury lane'd Her back , and piercing through her inmost heart , Drew backward . Dryden . 2. To open chirurgically ; to cut in order to a cure . We do ...
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... Glanville's Scepsis . This scripture may be usefully applied as a caution to guard against those lapses and failings , to which our infirmities daily expose us . Rogers . It hath been my constant business to examine whether I could find ...
... Glanville's Scepsis . This scripture may be usefully applied as a caution to guard against those lapses and failings , to which our infirmities daily expose us . Rogers . It hath been my constant business to examine whether I could find ...
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... Glanville . If the largeness of a man's heart carry him be- yond prudence , we may reckon it illustrious L'Estrange . weakness . 4. Wideness . Supposing that the multitude and largeness of rivers ought to continue as great as now ; we ...
... Glanville . If the largeness of a man's heart carry him be- yond prudence , we may reckon it illustrious L'Estrange . weakness . 4. Wideness . Supposing that the multitude and largeness of rivers ought to continue as great as now ; we ...
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... Glanville . per . She lives and breeds in air ; the largeness and lightness of her wings and tail sustain her with- out lassitude . More's Antidote against Atheism . Do not overfatigue the spirits , lest the mind be seized with a ...
... Glanville . per . She lives and breeds in air ; the largeness and lightness of her wings and tail sustain her with- out lassitude . More's Antidote against Atheism . Do not overfatigue the spirits , lest the mind be seized with a ...
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