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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... look vice in the face ; and , lastly , to be gen- tle , courteous , and compassionate to all . South . A spacious cave within its farmost part , Was hew'd and fashion'd by laborious art , Through the hill's hollow sides . Dryden . To ...
... look vice in the face ; and , lastly , to be gen- tle , courteous , and compassionate to all . South . A spacious cave within its farmost part , Was hew'd and fashion'd by laborious art , Through the hill's hollow sides . Dryden . To ...
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... Look not ev'ry lineament to see , Some will be cast in shades , and some will be So lamely drawn , you scarcely know ' tis she . Dryden . 3. Weakly ; unsteadily ; poorly . LA MENESS . 4. 5. [ from lame . ] 1. The state of a cripple ...
... Look not ev'ry lineament to see , Some will be cast in shades , and some will be So lamely drawn , you scarcely know ' tis she . Dryden . 3. Weakly ; unsteadily ; poorly . LA MENESS . 4. 5. [ from lame . ] 1. The state of a cripple ...
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... look fat , sleek , and con- tented , Clarissa . 2. The master of an inn . Upon our arrival at the inn , my companion fetched out the jolly landlord , who knew him by his whistle . Addison . LANDMARK . n . s . [ land and mark . ] Any ...
... look fat , sleek , and con- tented , Clarissa . 2. The master of an inn . Upon our arrival at the inn , my companion fetched out the jolly landlord , who knew him by his whistle . Addison . LANDMARK . n . s . [ land and mark . ] Any ...
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... Look up a height , the shrill - gorg'd lark so far Cannot be seen or heard . Shaksp . King Lear . Cowley . Dict . Pope . Unhappy s'ave , and pupil to a bell. Dict . Th ' example of the heav'nly lark , Thy fellow poet , Cowley , mark ...
... Look up a height , the shrill - gorg'd lark so far Cannot be seen or heard . Shaksp . King Lear . Cowley . Dict . Pope . Unhappy s'ave , and pupil to a bell. Dict . Th ' example of the heav'nly lark , Thy fellow poet , Cowley , mark ...
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... look into its retired movements , and more secret latent springs , we may there trace cut a steady hand producing good out of evil . Woodward . Who drinks , alas ! but to forget ; nor sees , That melancholy sloth , severe disease , Mem ...
... look into its retired movements , and more secret latent springs , we may there trace cut a steady hand producing good out of evil . Woodward . Who drinks , alas ! but to forget ; nor sees , That melancholy sloth , severe disease , Mem ...
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Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young