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 , who could neither fly nor hide , Came sneaking to the chariot side ; And offer'd many a lame excuse , He never meant the least abuse . Savift . To LAME . V. a . [ from the adjective . ] To make lame ; to cripple . I have never ...
... Swift , who could neither fly nor hide , Came sneaking to the chariot side ; And offer'd many a lame excuse , He never meant the least abuse . Savift . To LAME . V. a . [ from the adjective . ] To make lame ; to cripple . I have never ...
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... Swift . LANDGRAVE . 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 ...
... Swift . LANDGRAVE . 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 ...
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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 . LAWGIVING . adj . [ law and giving . ] Le- gislative . Lawgiving heroes , fam'd for taming brutes , And raising cities with their charming lutes . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] Waller . 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject ...
... Swift . LAWGIVING . adj . [ law and giving . ] Le- gislative . Lawgiving heroes , fam'd for taming brutes , And raising cities with their charming lutes . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] Waller . 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject ...
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... Swift . 8. To pass ; to spend in any certain man- ner . The sweet woman leads an ill life with him . So shalt thou lead Shakspeare . Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair ...
... Swift . 8. To pass ; to spend in any certain man- ner . The sweet woman leads an ill life with him . So shalt thou lead Shakspeare . Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair ...
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