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 |
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Your ladyship shall observe their gravity , And their reservedness , their many cautions , 1. A woman of high rank ; the title of Fitting their persons . Ben Jonson's Catiline . lady properly belongs to the wives of I the wronged pen to ...
Your ladyship shall observe their gravity , And their reservedness , their many cautions , 1. A woman of high rank ; the title of Fitting their persons . Ben Jonson's Catiline . lady properly belongs to the wives of I the wronged pen to ...
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... the less content ; Must own , that pain is largily paid His larder and his kitchen too observes , By gen'rous wines beneath the shade . Swij And now , lest he should want hereafter , starves . 4. Abundantly ; without sparing .
... the less content ; Must own , that pain is largily paid His larder and his kitchen too observes , By gen'rous wines beneath the shade . Swij And now , lest he should want hereafter , starves . 4. Abundantly ; without sparing .
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... which other men can cy in the right , ke cannot with constancy af , no where by reading find . Hooker , firm , if we make observation in children , who , Fetch the will hither , and we shall determine permitted the freedom of both ...
... which other men can cy in the right , ke cannot with constancy af , no where by reading find . Hooker , firm , if we make observation in children , who , Fetch the will hither , and we shall determine permitted the freedom of both ...
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remain near the courts of princes , to observe One who has a legacy left him . their motions , such were made choice of 25 If he chance to ' scape this dismal bout , were vigilant . Bacon .
remain near the courts of princes , to observe One who has a legacy left him . their motions , such were made choice of 25 If he chance to ' scape this dismal bout , were vigilant . Bacon .
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... must observe LITHÁÍRGICKNESS , n . s . ( from lethar . the letter of the law , without doing violence to gick . ] Morbid sleepiness ; drowsiness the reason of the law , and the intention of the to a disease . lawgiver . Taylor .
... must observe LITHÁÍRGICKNESS , n . s . ( from lethar . the letter of the law , without doing violence to gick . ] Morbid sleepiness ; drowsiness the reason of the law , and the intention of the to a disease . lawgiver . Taylor .
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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 | 7 Sep 2006 |
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