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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Page 9
... light made with oil and a wick . O thievish night , Why should'st thou , but for some felonious end ; In thy dark lanthorn thus close up the stars , That nature hung in heav'n , and fill their lemps With everlasting oil , to give due light ...
... light made with oil and a wick . O thievish night , Why should'st thou , but for some felonious end ; In thy dark lanthorn thus close up the stars , That nature hung in heav'n , and fill their lemps With everlasting oil , to give due light ...
Page 11
... lights , and the con- venient landing , are admirably well contrived . Addison on Italy . What the Romans called ... light . Dryden . Though they are not self - evident principles , yet if they have been made out from them by a wary ...
... lights , and the con- venient landing , are admirably well contrived . Addison on Italy . What the Romans called ... light . Dryden . Though they are not self - evident principles , yet if they have been made out from them by a wary ...
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... light , to pre- vent the art of the lantern - maker . More's Divine Dialogues . Our ideas succeed one another in our minds , not much unlike the images in the inside of a Lanthorn , turned round by the heat of a candle . Locke . 2. A ...
... light , to pre- vent the art of the lantern - maker . More's Divine Dialogues . Our ideas succeed one another in our minds , not much unlike the images in the inside of a Lanthorn , turned round by the heat of a candle . Locke . 2. A ...
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... light a candle for him at any set hour . Wilkins . I see men as lusty and strong that eat but two meals a - day , as others , that have set their sto- machs , like larums , to call on them for four or five . Locke . The young Æneas ...
... light a candle for him at any set hour . Wilkins . I see men as lusty and strong that eat but two meals a - day , as others , that have set their sto- machs , like larums , to call on them for four or five . Locke . The young Æneas ...
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... light as down , is as truly gold as that in an ingot . Digby on Bodies . To LEAF . v . n . [ from the noun . ] To bring leaves ; to bear leaves . Most trees fall off the leaves at autumn ; and if not kept back by cold , would leef about ...
... light as down , is as truly gold as that in an ingot . Digby on Bodies . To LEAF . v . n . [ from the noun . ] To bring leaves ; to bear leaves . Most trees fall off the leaves at autumn ; and if not kept back by cold , would leef about ...
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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 | 8 Sep 2006 |
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