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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... Tatler lampooners , and pamphleteers . LAMPREY . n . s . [ lamproye , Fr. lampreye , Dutch . ] Many fish much like the eel frequent both the sea and fresh rivers ; as , the lamprel , lam- prey , and lamperne . Walton . LAMPRON . n . 5 ...
... Tatler lampooners , and pamphleteers . LAMPREY . n . s . [ lamproye , Fr. lampreye , Dutch . ] Many fish much like the eel frequent both the sea and fresh rivers ; as , the lamprel , lam- prey , and lamperne . Walton . LAMPRON . n . 5 ...
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... Tatler . A law was enacted , prohibiting all bishops , and other ecclesiastical corporatious , from letting their lands for above the term of twenty years . Swift . 12. To suffer any thing to take a course which requires no impulsive ...
... Tatler . A law was enacted , prohibiting all bishops , and other ecclesiastical corporatious , from letting their lands for above the term of twenty years . Swift . 12. To suffer any thing to take a course which requires no impulsive ...
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... Tatler . The common libellers , in their invectives , tax the church with an insatiable desire of power and wealth , equally common to all bodies of Swift . LIBELLOUS . adj . [ from libel . ] Defama- men . tory . It was the most ...
... Tatler . The common libellers , in their invectives , tax the church with an insatiable desire of power and wealth , equally common to all bodies of Swift . LIBELLOUS . adj . [ from libel . ] Defama- men . tory . It was the most ...
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... Tatler . n . s . [ from lisp . ] One who LIST . n . s . [ liste , French . ] 1. A roll ; a catalogue . He was the ablest emperor of all the list . Bacon . Some say the loadstone is poison , and there- fore in the lists of poisons we ...
... Tatler . n . s . [ from lisp . ] One who LIST . n . s . [ liste , French . ] 1. A roll ; a catalogue . He was the ablest emperor of all the list . Bacon . Some say the loadstone is poison , and there- fore in the lists of poisons we ...
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... Tatler . Sylla was reproached by his fellow lodger that whilst the fellow ledger paid eight pounds one shilling and fivepence halfpenny for the upper- most story , he paid for the rest twenty - four pounds four shillings and fourpence ...
... Tatler . Sylla was reproached by his fellow lodger that whilst the fellow ledger paid eight pounds one shilling and fivepence halfpenny for the upper- most story , he paid for the rest twenty - four pounds four shillings and fourpence ...
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