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 3 |
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Yeous corpuscles , fair water is suddenly poured Lade is the mouth of a river , and is derived upon the solution . Boyle on Colours . from the Saxon lade , which signifies a purging LACTE'SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ) ...
Yeous corpuscles , fair water is suddenly poured Lade is the mouth of a river , and is derived upon the solution . Boyle on Colours . from the Saxon lade , which signifies a purging LACTE'SCENT . adj . [ lactescens , Lat . ) ...
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Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures , Let the stairs to the upper rooms be upon a Whilst the landscape round it measures , fair , open newel , and a fair ' landing - place at the Russet lawns and iaVows grey , top . Bacon .
Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures , Let the stairs to the upper rooms be upon a Whilst the landscape round it measures , fair , open newel , and a fair ' landing - place at the Russet lawns and iaVows grey , top . Bacon .
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Him , fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife The brave leader of the Lycian crew . Dryden . Shii breed in groves , to lead a solitary life . 3. One who goes first . Dryden . Nay , keep your way , little gallant ; you wers Luther's life was ...
Him , fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife The brave leader of the Lycian crew . Dryden . Shii breed in groves , to lead a solitary life . 3. One who goes first . Dryden . Nay , keep your way , little gallant ; you wers Luther's life was ...
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And since this business so far fair is done , Strephon , with leavy twigs of laurel cree , Let us not leave till all our own be won . Sbaksp . A garland made on teinples for to wear , He began at the eldest , and left at the youngest .
And since this business so far fair is done , Strephon , with leavy twigs of laurel cree , Let us not leave till all our own be won . Sbaksp . A garland made on teinples for to wear , He began at the eldest , and left at the youngest .
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Be the fair level of thy actions laid , on the trumpet ; prubably that by which As temp'rance wiils , and prudence may ferthe soldiers are called in the morning . suade , He that led the cavalcade And try if life be worth the liver's ...
Be the fair level of thy actions laid , on the trumpet ; prubably that by which As temp'rance wiils , and prudence may ferthe soldiers are called in the morning . suade , He that led the cavalcade And try if life be worth the liver's ...
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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