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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... pear . That clear majesty Which standeth fix'd , yet spreads her heavenly worth , Lodestone to hearts , and lodestar to all eyes . Davies . LO ́ADSTONE . n . s . [ properly lodestone or leading - stone . See LOADSTAR . ] The magnet ...
... pear . That clear majesty Which standeth fix'd , yet spreads her heavenly worth , Lodestone to hearts , and lodestar to all eyes . Davies . LO ́ADSTONE . n . s . [ properly lodestone or leading - stone . See LOADSTAR . ] The magnet ...
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... pear . Leviticus . We ourselves make our fortunes good or bad ; and when God lets loose a tyrant upon us , or a sickness , if we fear to die , or know not to be patient , the calamity sits heavy upon us . Taylor . In addition and ...
... pear . Leviticus . We ourselves make our fortunes good or bad ; and when God lets loose a tyrant upon us , or a sickness , if we fear to die , or know not to be patient , the calamity sits heavy upon us . Taylor . In addition and ...
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... pear lucid like a glow - worm . Newton . The pearly shell its lucid globe unfold , And Phoebus warm the rip'ning ore to gold . 2. Pellucid ; transparent . On the fertile banks , Pope . Of Abbana and Pharpar , lucid streams . Milton . On ...
... pear lucid like a glow - worm . Newton . The pearly shell its lucid globe unfold , And Phoebus warm the rip'ning ore to gold . 2. Pellucid ; transparent . On the fertile banks , Pope . Of Abbana and Pharpar , lucid streams . Milton . On ...
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... pears . Bacon . When sheep fed like men upon acorns , a shepherd drove his flock into a little oak wood , and up he went to shake them down some mast . L'Estrange . The breaking down an old frame of govern- ment , and erecting a new ...
... pears . Bacon . When sheep fed like men upon acorns , a shepherd drove his flock into a little oak wood , and up he went to shake them down some mast . L'Estrange . The breaking down an old frame of govern- ment , and erecting a new ...
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... pear . He quafft off the muscadel , And threw the sops all in the sexton's face . Shakspeare . MUSCLE . n . s . [ muscle , Fr. musculus , Lat . murcula , Sax . ] 1. Muscle is a bundle of thin and parallel plates of fleshy threads or ...
... pear . He quafft off the muscadel , And threw the sops all in the sexton's face . Shakspeare . MUSCLE . n . s . [ muscle , Fr. musculus , Lat . murcula , Sax . ] 1. Muscle is a bundle of thin and parallel plates of fleshy threads or ...
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