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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... doth only labour . Ben Jonson . was called to another , who in childbed la- boured of an ulcer in her left hip . Wiseman . To be in distress ; to be pressed . To this infernal lake the fury flies , Here hides her hated head , and frees ...
... doth only labour . Ben Jonson . was called to another , who in childbed la- boured of an ulcer in her left hip . Wiseman . To be in distress ; to be pressed . To this infernal lake the fury flies , Here hides her hated head , and frees ...
Page
... doth pierce it . Shakspeare 5 They shall hold the bow and the lance . Jeremiah . Hector beholds his jav'lin fall in vain , Nor other lance , nor other hope remain ; He calls Deiphobus , demands a spear In vain , for no Deiphobus was ...
... doth pierce it . Shakspeare 5 They shall hold the bow and the lance . Jeremiah . Hector beholds his jav'lin fall in vain , Nor other lance , nor other hope remain ; He calls Deiphobus , demands a spear In vain , for no Deiphobus was ...
Page 6
... doth moderate the force and power , that which doth appoint the form and measure of working ; the same we term a law . Hooker . Unhappy man ! to break the pious laws Of nature , pleading in his children's cause . Dryd . 2. A decree ...
... doth moderate the force and power , that which doth appoint the form and measure of working ; the same we term a law . Hooker . Unhappy man ! to break the pious laws Of nature , pleading in his children's cause . Dryd . 2. A decree ...
Page 6
... doth take oc- casion from thence to conceive in his mind a false belief , yet Christian charity will , in many South . I may be allowed to tell your lordship , the king of poets , what an extent of power you have , and how lawfully you ...
... doth take oc- casion from thence to conceive in his mind a false belief , yet Christian charity will , in many South . I may be allowed to tell your lordship , the king of poets , what an extent of power you have , and how lawfully you ...
Page 12
... Doth root upon . Shakspeare's Henry v . Dry up thy harrow'd veins , and plough torn leas , Whereof ungrateful man with liqu'rish draughts , And morsels unctuous , greases his pure mind . Sbakspeare . Milton . Gray . Shakspeare . 7. To ...
... Doth root upon . Shakspeare's Henry v . Dry up thy harrow'd veins , and plough torn leas , Whereof ungrateful man with liqu'rish draughts , And morsels unctuous , greases his pure mind . Sbakspeare . Milton . Gray . Shakspeare . 7. To ...
Common terms and phrases
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