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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... Milt . He sacrificing laid The entrails on the wood . 2. To place along . 3 . 4 . · Milton . Seek not to be judge , being not able to take away iniquity , lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty , and lay a stumbling - block ...
... Milt . He sacrificing laid The entrails on the wood . 2. To place along . 3 . 4 . · Milton . Seek not to be judge , being not able to take away iniquity , lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty , and lay a stumbling - block ...
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... Milt . O'er barren mountains , o'er the flow'ry plain , The leafy forest , and the liquid main , Extends thy uncentroul'd and boundless reign . Dryden . Her leafy arms with such extent were spread , That hosts of birds , that wing the ...
... Milt . O'er barren mountains , o'er the flow'ry plain , The leafy forest , and the liquid main , Extends thy uncentroul'd and boundless reign . Dryden . Her leafy arms with such extent were spread , That hosts of birds , that wing the ...
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... Milt . 5. Or precept . Let the soldiers seize him for one of the as- sassinates . Dryden , 6. Sometimes it implies concession . O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , Or trees weep amber on the banks of Po , While by our oaks the ...
... Milt . 5. Or precept . Let the soldiers seize him for one of the as- sassinates . Dryden , 6. Sometimes it implies concession . O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , Or trees weep amber on the banks of Po , While by our oaks the ...
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... Milt . Gay ; airy . 2 . Dulness delighted , ey'd the lively dunce , Rememb'ring she herself was periness once . Pope . Form'd by thy converse , happily to steer From grave to gay , from lively to severe . Popea 3 . Representing life . 4 ...
... Milt . Gay ; airy . 2 . Dulness delighted , ey'd the lively dunce , Rememb'ring she herself was periness once . Pope . Form'd by thy converse , happily to steer From grave to gay , from lively to severe . Popea 3 . Representing life . 4 ...
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... Milt . Proud ; haughty . The eyes of the lofty shall be humbled . Isai . Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought him , sweet as Shakspeare . summer . Man , the tyrant of our sex , I hate , A lowly ...
... Milt . Proud ; haughty . The eyes of the lofty shall be humbled . Isai . Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But to those men that sought him , sweet as Shakspeare . summer . Man , the tyrant of our sex , I hate , A lowly ...
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