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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... motion with some degree of violence . Moderate labour of the body conduces to the preservation of health , and curing many initial diseases ; but the toil of the mind destroys health , and generates maladies . Harvey . 5. Childbirth ...
... motion with some degree of violence . Moderate labour of the body conduces to the preservation of health , and curing many initial diseases ; but the toil of the mind destroys health , and generates maladies . Harvey . 5. Childbirth ...
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... motion . Shakspeare , So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity , That when a soul is found sincerely so , A thousand liveried angels lackey her , Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt . Mils . To LACKEY . v . n . To act as a footboy ...
... motion . Shakspeare , So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity , That when a soul is found sincerely so , A thousand liveried angels lackey her , Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt . Mils . To LACKEY . v . n . To act as a footboy ...
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... motion of the blood languid , disposeth to an acid acrimony ; what accelerates the motion of the blood , disposeth to an alkaline acrimony . Arbuthnot . No space can be assigned so vast , but still a larger may be imagined ; no motion ...
... motion of the blood languid , disposeth to an acid acrimony ; what accelerates the motion of the blood , disposeth to an alkaline acrimony . Arbuthnot . No space can be assigned so vast , but still a larger may be imagined ; no motion ...
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... motion of the five cartilages of the larynx . Der bam . LASCI VIENT . adj . [ lasciviens , Latin . ] Frolicksome ; wantoning . LASCIVIOUS . adj . [ lascivus , Latin . ] 1 Lewd ; lustful . In what habit will you go along ? -Not like a ...
... motion of the five cartilages of the larynx . Der bam . LASCI VIENT . adj . [ lasciviens , Latin . ] Frolicksome ; wantoning . LASCIVIOUS . adj . [ lascivus , Latin . ] 1 Lewd ; lustful . In what habit will you go along ? -Not like a ...
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... motion or cir- culation , are necessary to convert the aliment into laudable animal juices . Arbuth , on Aliments . LAUDABLENESS . n . s . [ from laudable . ] Praiseworthiness . LAUDABLY . adv . [ from laudable . ] In a manner deserving ...
... motion or cir- culation , are necessary to convert the aliment into laudable animal juices . Arbuth , on Aliments . LAUDABLENESS . n . s . [ from laudable . ] Praiseworthiness . LAUDABLY . adv . [ from laudable . ] In a manner deserving ...
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