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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Not knowing ' twas my labour , I complain Had you requir'd my helpful hand , Of sudden shoctings , and of grinding pain ! Th'artificer and art you might command , Mythrows come thicker , and my cries encreas'd , To lubour arms for Troy ...
Not knowing ' twas my labour , I complain Had you requir'd my helpful hand , Of sudden shoctings , and of grinding pain ! Th'artificer and art you might command , Mythrows come thicker , and my cries encreas'd , To lubour arms for Troy ...
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He kept himself within the bounds of loyalty , Me , only me , the hand of fortune bore , Unblest to tread the interdicted shore ; and enjoyed ... This man is freed from servile hands , Launcb'd his red lightning at our scatter'd ships .
He kept himself within the bounds of loyalty , Me , only me , the hand of fortune bore , Unblest to tread the interdicted shore ; and enjoyed ... This man is freed from servile hands , Launcb'd his red lightning at our scatter'd ships .
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Hos naturally do you apply your hands to All publick forms suppose it the most principal , universal , and daily requisite to the lipsing exch other's lappets ... The left - hand side of might send it abroad as the most finished piece .
Hos naturally do you apply your hands to All publick forms suppose it the most principal , universal , and daily requisite to the lipsing exch other's lappets ... The left - hand side of might send it abroad as the most finished piece .
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The ordinary method for recruiting their There is a traverse placed in a loir , at the armies , was now too dull and lazy an expedient right hand of the chair , with a privy door , and to resist this torrent .
The ordinary method for recruiting their There is a traverse placed in a loir , at the armies , was now too dull and lazy an expedient right hand of the chair , with a privy door , and to resist this torrent .
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Low ; poor : in opposition to great or Scepter in her hand , before in altar . rich . Peacbam on Drawing . That which combin'd us was most great , and The columns may be allowed somewhat above let noc their ordinary length , because ...
Low ; poor : in opposition to great or Scepter in her hand , before in altar . rich . Peacbam on Drawing . That which combin'd us was most great , and The columns may be allowed somewhat above let noc their ordinary length , because ...
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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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