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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... passion . What man who knows What woman is , yea , what she cannot chuse But must be , will his free hours languish out For assur'd bondage ? Shakspeare's Cymbeline . The land shall mourn , and every one that dwelleth therein ; shall ...
... passion . What man who knows What woman is , yea , what she cannot chuse But must be , will his free hours languish out For assur'd bondage ? Shakspeare's Cymbeline . The land shall mourn , and every one that dwelleth therein ; shall ...
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... passion man can strength enjoy ; Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Pope . 2. With of . Consolatories writ With study'd argument , and much persuasion sought Lenient of ...
... passion man can strength enjoy ; Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Pope . 2. With of . Consolatories writ With study'd argument , and much persuasion sought Lenient of ...
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... passion of joy was not that which now often usurps the name ; that trivial , vanishing , superficial thing , that only gilds the apprehension , and plays upon the surface of the South . LIGHT SOMENESS . n . s . [ from lightsome . ] 1 ...
... passion of joy was not that which now often usurps the name ; that trivial , vanishing , superficial thing , that only gilds the apprehension , and plays upon the surface of the South . LIGHT SOMENESS . n . s . [ from lightsome . ] 1 ...
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... passion or peevishness , or list to contradict , shall have any bias on my judgment . He saw false reynard where he lay full low ; King Charles . I need not swear he had no list to crow . Dryd . [ licium , Latin ; lisse , French . ] A ...
... passion or peevishness , or list to contradict , shall have any bias on my judgment . He saw false reynard where he lay full low ; King Charles . I need not swear he had no list to crow . Dryd . [ licium , Latin ; lisse , French . ] A ...
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... passion ! Temple . 11. Not to employ ; not to enjoy . The happy have whole days , and those they use ; Th ' unhappy ... passions ' wild rotation tost , Our spring of action to ourselves is lost . 14. To destroy by shipwreck . The coast ...
... passion ! Temple . 11. Not to employ ; not to enjoy . The happy have whole days , and those they use ; Th ' unhappy ... passions ' wild rotation tost , Our spring of action to ourselves is lost . 14. To destroy by shipwreck . The coast ...
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