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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... Swift . They may be lappers of linen , and bailiffs of. struction . The rest of your foes , O gods , the senators of Athens , together with the common lag of peo- ple , what is amiss in them , make suitable for de- Shakspeare . 2. He ...
... Swift . They may be lappers of linen , and bailiffs of. struction . The rest of your foes , O gods , the senators of Athens , together with the common lag of peo- ple , what is amiss in them , make suitable for de- Shakspeare . 2. He ...
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... Swift , who could neither fiy nor hide , Bacon . Swift . Came sneaking to the chariot side ; And offer'd many a lame excuse , He never meant the least abuse . To LAME . v . a . [ from the adjective . ] To make lame ; to cripple . I have ...
... Swift , who could neither fiy nor hide , Bacon . Swift . Came sneaking to the chariot side ; And offer'd many a lame excuse , He never meant the least abuse . To LAME . v . a . [ from the adjective . ] To make lame ; to cripple . I have ...
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... Swift . LA'NDGRAVE . n.s. [ land and grave , a count , German . ) A German title of dominion . LANDING . LANDING PLACE . n . s . [ from land . ] The top of stairs . Let the stairs to the upper rooms be upon a fair , open newel , and a ...
... Swift . LA'NDGRAVE . n.s. [ land and grave , a count , German . ) A German title of dominion . LANDING . LANDING PLACE . n . s . [ from land . ] The top of stairs . Let the stairs to the upper rooms be upon a fair , open newel , and a ...
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... Swift . LAPSE . n . s . [ lapsus , Lat . ] 1. Flow ; fall ; glide ; smooth course . Round I saw Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And liquid lapse of merm'ring streams . Milton . Notions of the mind are preserved in the ...
... Swift . LAPSE . n . s . [ lapsus , Lat . ] 1. Flow ; fall ; glide ; smooth course . Round I saw Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And liquid lapse of merm'ring streams . Milton . Notions of the mind are preserved in the ...
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... Swift . LA'WGIVING . adj . [ law and giving . ] Le- gislative . Lawgiving heroes , fam'd for taming brutes , And raising cities with their charming lutes . Waller . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject ...
... Swift . LA'WGIVING . adj . [ law and giving . ] Le- gislative . Lawgiving heroes , fam'd for taming brutes , And raising cities with their charming lutes . Waller . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject ...
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