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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... church had been known , were removed . Clarendon . Then land - marks limited to each his right ; For all before was common as the light . Dryden . Though they are not self - evident principles , yet if they have been made out from them ...
... church had been known , were removed . Clarendon . Then land - marks limited to each his right ; For all before was common as the light . Dryden . Though they are not self - evident principles , yet if they have been made out from them ...
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... church of Co- rinth , every man to lay up somewhat by him upon the Sunday , till himself did come thither , to send it to the church of Jerusalem for relief of the poor there . Hooker . Those things which at the first are obscure and ...
... church of Co- rinth , every man to lay up somewhat by him upon the Sunday , till himself did come thither , to send it to the church of Jerusalem for relief of the poor there . Hooker . Those things which at the first are obscure and ...
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... church of Rome , was commonly forced , taken up under a bold vow , and led in all uncleanness . Peruse my leaves through ev'ry part , And think thou. What I did , I did in honour , Led by th ' impartial conduct of my soul . Shakspeare ...
... church of Rome , was commonly forced , taken up under a bold vow , and led in all uncleanness . Peruse my leaves through ev'ry part , And think thou. What I did , I did in honour , Led by th ' impartial conduct of my soul . Shakspeare ...
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... church that is in length one hundred feet , in breadth twenty , and in heighth near fifty : it reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times . Bacon . 2. Horizontal extension . Mezentius rushes on his foes , And first unhappy Acron ...
... church that is in length one hundred feet , in breadth twenty , and in heighth near fifty : it reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times . Bacon . 2. Horizontal extension . Mezentius rushes on his foes , And first unhappy Acron ...
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... church of Christ , may be let or hindered . Hooker . Leave , ah , leave off , whatever wight thou be , To let a weary wretch from her due rest , And trouble dying soul's tranquillity ! Fairy Q. Isaiah . I will work , and who will let ...
... church of Christ , may be let or hindered . Hooker . Leave , ah , leave off , whatever wight thou be , To let a weary wretch from her due rest , And trouble dying soul's tranquillity ! Fairy Q. Isaiah . I will work , and who will let ...
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