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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... Watts . 2. A boy ' ; " a young man , in pastoral language . For grief whereof the lad nould after joy , But pin'd away in anguish , and self - will'd annoy . Spenser , The shepherd lad , Whose offspring on the throne of Judah sat So ...
... Watts . 2. A boy ' ; " a young man , in pastoral language . For grief whereof the lad nould after joy , But pin'd away in anguish , and self - will'd annoy . Spenser , The shepherd lad , Whose offspring on the throne of Judah sat So ...
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... Watts . I shall pay dear . Shakspeare's Twelfth Night . As an appeal may be deserted by the appel- lant's laping the term of law , so it may also be deserted by a lapse of the term of a judge . Ayliffe's Parergon . 5. To fall by the ...
... Watts . I shall pay dear . Shakspeare's Twelfth Night . As an appeal may be deserted by the appel- lant's laping the term of law , so it may also be deserted by a lapse of the term of a judge . Ayliffe's Parergon . 5. To fall by the ...
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... Watts . 1. Widely ; extensively . 2. Copiously ; diffusely ; amply . Where the author treats more largely , it will explain the shorter hints and brief intimations . Watts . 3. Liberally ; bounteously . How he lives and eats : How ...
... Watts . 1. Widely ; extensively . 2. Copiously ; diffusely ; amply . Where the author treats more largely , it will explain the shorter hints and brief intimations . Watts . 3. Liberally ; bounteously . How he lives and eats : How ...
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... Watts . LEXICOGRAPHY . n . s . λεξικὸν and yeaDw . ] The art or practice of writing dictionaries . LEXICON . n . s . [ λeğizòv . ] A diction- ary ; a book teaching the signification of words . Though a linguist should pride himself to ...
... Watts . LEXICOGRAPHY . n . s . λεξικὸν and yeaDw . ] The art or practice of writing dictionaries . LEXICON . n . s . [ λeğizòv . ] A diction- ary ; a book teaching the signification of words . Though a linguist should pride himself to ...
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... Watts ' Logick The worms with many feet are bred under logs of timber , and many times in gardens , where no logs are . Bacon . Some log , perhaps , upon the waters swam , An useless drift , which rudely cut within , And hollow'd ...
... Watts ' Logick The worms with many feet are bred under logs of timber , and many times in gardens , where no logs are . Bacon . Some log , perhaps , upon the waters swam , An useless drift , which rudely cut within , And hollow'd ...
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