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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... Waller . Should I shun the dangers of the war , With scorn the Trojans would reward my pains , And their proud ladies with their sweeping Dryden . We find on medals the representations of ladies , that have given occasion to whole ...
... Waller . Should I shun the dangers of the war , With scorn the Trojans would reward my pains , And their proud ladies with their sweeping Dryden . We find on medals the representations of ladies , that have given occasion to whole ...
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... Waller . Man as far transcends the beasts in largenese of desire , as dignity of nature and employment . Glanville . If the largeness of a man's heart carry him be- yond prudence , we may reckon it illustrious L'Estrange . weakness . 4 ...
... Waller . Man as far transcends the beasts in largenese of desire , as dignity of nature and employment . Glanville . If the largeness of a man's heart carry him be- yond prudence , we may reckon it illustrious L'Estrange . weakness . 4 ...
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... Waller . A girl was worth forty of our widows ; and an honest , downright , plain dealing lass it was . L'Estrange . They sometimes an hasty kiss Steal from unwary lasses ; they with scorn , And neck reclin'd , resent . Philips . LA ...
... Waller . A girl was worth forty of our widows ; and an honest , downright , plain dealing lass it was . L'Estrange . They sometimes an hasty kiss Steal from unwary lasses ; they with scorn , And neck reclin'd , resent . Philips . LA ...
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... Waller . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject to law . The necessity of war , which among human actions is the most larvless , hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law . Raleigh's Es . The ...
... Waller . LAWLESS . adj . [ from law . ] 1. Unrestrained by any law ; not subject to law . The necessity of war , which among human actions is the most larvless , hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law . Raleigh's Es . The ...
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... Waller . Let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which doth so easily beset us . Amaze us not with that majestick frown , But lay aside the greatness of your crown . Roscommon first , then Mulgrave rose , like light ; The Stagyrite ...
... Waller . Let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which doth so easily beset us . Amaze us not with that majestick frown , But lay aside the greatness of your crown . Roscommon first , then Mulgrave rose , like light ; The Stagyrite ...
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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