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 . 7. s . [ 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 . 7. s . [ 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 . his whistle . Upon our arrival at the ins , my companion fetched out the jolly landlord , who knew him by Addison . LANDMARK . n . s . [ land and mark . ] Any ...
... look fat , sleek , and con- tented , Clarissa . 2. The master of an inn . his whistle . Upon our arrival at the ins , my companion fetched out the jolly landlord , who knew him by Addison . LANDMARK . n . s . [ land and mark . ] Any ...
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... look , which does your people awe , When in your throne and robes you give ' em law , Lay it by here , and give a gentler smile . Waller . Darkness , which fairest nymphs disarms , Detends us ill from Mira's charins ; Mira can lay her ...
... look , which does your people awe , When in your throne and robes you give ' em law , Lay it by here , and give a gentler smile . Waller . Darkness , which fairest nymphs disarms , Detends us ill from Mira's charins ; Mira can lay her ...
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... look'd prophets whisper fearful change . Shakspeare . I would invent as bitter searching terins , With full as many signs of deadly hate , As lein - fac'd envy in her loathsome cave . Shakspeare . Seven other kine came up out of the ...
... look'd prophets whisper fearful change . Shakspeare . I would invent as bitter searching terins , With full as many signs of deadly hate , As lein - fac'd envy in her loathsome cave . Shakspeare . Seven other kine came up out of the ...
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Addison 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 fire French give Glanville hand hast hath head heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour land Latin leave light live Locke look lord low Latin Maccabees manner marcasites matter mean Milt Milton mind motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace pear person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Raleigh 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 virtue Waller Watts Woodward word