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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... Raleigh and Howel are to be had . He who would launch farther into Locke . the ocean , may consult Whear . 2. To rove at large ; to expatiate ; to make excursions . From hence that gen'ral care and study springs , That launching and ...
... Raleigh and Howel are to be had . He who would launch farther into Locke . the ocean , may consult Whear . 2. To rove at large ; to expatiate ; to make excursions . From hence that gen'ral care and study springs , That launching and ...
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... Raleigh . 31. To LAY apart . To reject ; to put away . Lay apart all filthiness . James . 32. To LAY aside . To put away ; not to retain . Let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which doth so easily beset us . Hebrews . Amaze us ...
... Raleigh . 31. To LAY apart . To reject ; to put away . Lay apart all filthiness . James . 32. To LAY aside . To put away ; not to retain . Let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which doth so easily beset us . Hebrews . Amaze us ...
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... Raleigh . The Hollanders were before Dunkirk with the wind at north - west , making a lee shore in all weathers . Raleigh . Unprovided of tackling and victualling , they are forced to sea by a storm ; yet better do so than veuture ...
... Raleigh . The Hollanders were before Dunkirk with the wind at north - west , making a lee shore in all weathers . Raleigh . Unprovided of tackling and victualling , they are forced to sea by a storm ; yet better do so than veuture ...
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... Raleigh . With unresisted might the monarch reigns , He levels mountains , and he raises plains ; And not regarding diff'rence of degree , Abas'd your daughter , and exalted me . Dryd . 4. To bring to equality of condition . Reason can ...
... Raleigh . With unresisted might the monarch reigns , He levels mountains , and he raises plains ; And not regarding diff'rence of degree , Abas'd your daughter , and exalted me . Dryd . 4. To bring to equality of condition . Reason can ...
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... Raleigh . levity to the fluidity that encloses it , would ascend to the top . Bentley . 2. Inconstancy ; changeableness . They every day broached some new thing ; which restlesslevity they did interpret to be their growing in spiritual ...
... Raleigh . levity to the fluidity that encloses it , would ascend to the top . Bentley . 2. Inconstancy ; changeableness . They every day broached some new thing ; which restlesslevity they did interpret to be their growing in spiritual ...
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