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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... pain ful exertion of strength , or wearisome perseverance ; pains ; toil ; travail . work . If I find her honest , I lose not tay labour ; if she be otherwise , it is labour well bestowed . struction . The rest of your foes , O gods.
... pain ful exertion of strength , or wearisome perseverance ; pains ; toil ; travail . work . If I find her honest , I lose not tay labour ; if she be otherwise , it is labour well bestowed . struction . The rest of your foes , O gods.
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... pain , Not show'rs to larks , or sun - shine to the bee , Are half so charming , as thy sight to me . Pope . Yet ... pains in any employ- ment . Sir , I am a true labourer ; I earn that I eat ; get that I wear ; owe no man hate ; envy no ...
... pain , Not show'rs to larks , or sun - shine to the bee , Are half so charming , as thy sight to me . Pope . Yet ... pains in any employ- ment . Sir , I am a true labourer ; I earn that I eat ; get that I wear ; owe no man hate ; envy no ...
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... pain , Must own , that pain is largely paid By gen'rous wines beneath the shade . 4. Abundantly ; without sparing , Swift . Milton . They their fill of love , and love's disport ,: Took largely ; of their mutual guilt the seal ...
... pain , Must own , that pain is largely paid By gen'rous wines beneath the shade . 4. Abundantly ; without sparing , Swift . Milton . They their fill of love , and love's disport ,: Took largely ; of their mutual guilt the seal ...
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... pain arising from hard labour . Lassitude is remedied by bathing , or anointing with oil and warm water ; for all lassitude is a kind of centusion and compression of the parts ; and bathing and anointing give a relaxation or emollition ...
... pain arising from hard labour . Lassitude is remedied by bathing , or anointing with oil and warm water ; for all lassitude is a kind of centusion and compression of the parts ; and bathing and anointing give a relaxation or emollition ...
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... Pain or pleasure , grief or laughter . Prior . LAVISH . adj . [ Of this word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1 ...
... Pain or pleasure , grief or laughter . Prior . LAVISH . adj . [ Of this word I have been able to find no satisfactory etymo- logy . It may be plausibly derived from to lave , to throw out ; as profun- dere opes , is to be lavish . ] 1 ...
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