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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... King Charles . 2. An illustrious or eminent woman . D foolish fairy's son , what fury mad Hath thee incens'd to haste thy doleful fate ? Were it not better I that lady had , Than that thou hadst repented it too late ? tion . Spenser ...
... King Charles . 2. An illustrious or eminent woman . D foolish fairy's son , what fury mad Hath thee incens'd to haste thy doleful fate ? Were it not better I that lady had , Than that thou hadst repented it too late ? tion . Spenser ...
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... king's protection . Shakspeare . He kept himself within the bounds of loyalty , and enjoyed certain lands and towns in the bor- ders of Polonia . Knolles . This man is freed from servile hands , Of hope to rise , or fear to fall ...
... king's protection . Shakspeare . He kept himself within the bounds of loyalty , and enjoyed certain lands and towns in the bor- ders of Polonia . Knolles . This man is freed from servile hands , Of hope to rise , or fear to fall ...
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... king . Ayliffe . 6. To fall from perfection , truth , or faith . Once more I will renew His lapsed pow'rs , though forfeit , and inthrall'd By sin to foul exorbitant desires . Milton . A sprout of that fig - tree which was to hide the ...
... king . Ayliffe . 6. To fall from perfection , truth , or faith . Once more I will renew His lapsed pow'rs , though forfeit , and inthrall'd By sin to foul exorbitant desires . Milton . A sprout of that fig - tree which was to hide the ...
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... king Reignier , whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse . Shakspeare . To LEAP . V. n . [ hleapan , Saxon ; loup , Scottish . ] 1. To jump ; to move upward or progres . sively without change of the feet . If I could ...
... king Reignier , whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse . Shakspeare . To LEAP . V. n . [ hleapan , Saxon ; loup , Scottish . ] 1. To jump ; to move upward or progres . sively without change of the feet . If I could ...
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... king Ferdinando had taken upon him the person of a fraternal ally to the king , he would not let to counsel the king . LET . 2.s. [ from the verb . ] Hinderance ; obstacle ; obstruction ; impediment . The secret lets and difficulties in ...
... king Ferdinando had taken upon him the person of a fraternal ally to the king , he would not let to counsel the king . LET . 2.s. [ from the verb . ] Hinderance ; obstacle ; obstruction ; impediment . The secret lets and difficulties in ...
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