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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Some run for buckets to the hallow'd quire ; Some cut che pipes , and some the engines play , LACTA'TION , n . s . ( lacto , Lat . ] The act And some more bold mount ladders to the fire . or time of giving suck . Dryden .
Some run for buckets to the hallow'd quire ; Some cut che pipes , and some the engines play , LACTA'TION , n . s . ( lacto , Lat . ] The act And some more bold mount ladders to the fire . or time of giving suck . Dryden .
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The sphere of Cupid forty years contains ; 2. Dull ; heartless . Which I have wasted in long languishment , I'll hasten to my troops , That seem'd the longer for my greater pains . And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue .
The sphere of Cupid forty years contains ; 2. Dull ; heartless . Which I have wasted in long languishment , I'll hasten to my troops , That seem'd the longer for my greater pains . And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue .
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Lead , when kept in If thou wilt have fusion over a common fire , throws up The leading of thy own revenges , take all other bodies , except gold , that are One half of my commission , and set down mixed , all others being lighter ...
Lead , when kept in If thou wilt have fusion over a common fire , throws up The leading of thy own revenges , take all other bodies , except gold , that are One half of my commission , and set down mixed , all others being lighter ...
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Luz famine , quartering steel , and climbing fire . Thrice from the ground she leap'd , was seen Sbakspeare . Lan raw - bon'd rascals ! who would e'er sup- Her brandish'd lance . Dryden's Æneid . pose , Ther had such courage and ...
Luz famine , quartering steel , and climbing fire . Thrice from the ground she leap'd , was seen Sbakspeare . Lan raw - bon'd rascals ! who would e'er sup- Her brandish'd lance . Dryden's Æneid . pose , Ther had such courage and ...
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Arbuthnot . O'erlooks the neighbours with a wide survey , LE'The . n . s . [ aágn . ] Oblivion ; a draught And nods at every house his threatening fire . of oblivion . Dryden . The conquering wine hath steept our'sense 1.
Arbuthnot . O'erlooks the neighbours with a wide survey , LE'The . n . s . [ aágn . ] Oblivion ; a draught And nods at every house his threatening fire . of oblivion . Dryden . The conquering wine hath steept our'sense 1.
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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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