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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... fire . Dryden . Easy in words thy stile , in sense sublime ; ' Tis like the ladder in the patriarch's dream , Its foot on earth , its height above the skies . Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground ...
... fire . Dryden . Easy in words thy stile , in sense sublime ; ' Tis like the ladder in the patriarch's dream , Its foot on earth , its height above the skies . Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground ...
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... fire , throws up all other bodies , except gold , that are mixed , all others being lighter , except Mercury , which will not bear that de- gree of heat : it afterwards vitrifies with the baser metals , and carries them off , in form of ...
... fire , throws up all other bodies , except gold , that are mixed , all others being lighter , except Mercury , which will not bear that de- gree of heat : it afterwards vitrifies with the baser metals , and carries them off , in form of ...
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... fire . Shakspeare . Lian raw - bon'd rascals ! who would e'er sup- pose , They had such courage and audacity ! Shaksp . Luan - look'd prophets whisper fearful change . Shakspeare . I would invent as bitter searching terins , With full ...
... fire . Shakspeare . Lian raw - bon'd rascals ! who would e'er sup- pose , They had such courage and audacity ! Shaksp . Luan - look'd prophets whisper fearful change . Shakspeare . I would invent as bitter searching terins , With full ...
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... fire in fancy and in words ; and any thing that is just in gram- mar and in measure , is as good oratory and poe- try to them as the best . Felton . Not with half the fire and life , With which he kiss'd Amphytrion's wife . Prior . 15 ...
... fire in fancy and in words ; and any thing that is just in gram- mar and in measure , is as good oratory and poe- try to them as the best . Felton . Not with half the fire and life , With which he kiss'd Amphytrion's wife . Prior . 15 ...
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... fire . Knolles . 15. Not dark ; tending to whiteness . In painting , the light and a white colour are but one and the same thing : no colour more re- sembles the air than white , and by consequence no colour which is lighter . Dryden ...
... fire . Knolles . 15. Not dark ; tending to whiteness . In painting , the light and a white colour are but one and the same thing : no colour more re- sembles the air than white , and by consequence no colour which is lighter . Dryden ...
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