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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... pow'r ; their last endeavours bend T ' outshine each other . Dryden's Lucretius . 7. At Last . In conclusion ; at the end . Gad , a troop shall overcome him ; but he shall overcome at the last . Genesis . Thus weather - cocks , that for ...
... pow'r ; their last endeavours bend T ' outshine each other . Dryden's Lucretius . 7. At Last . In conclusion ; at the end . Gad , a troop shall overcome him ; but he shall overcome at the last . Genesis . Thus weather - cocks , that for ...
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... pow'r of man . Shakspeare's Macbeth . A wicked soul shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies . Ecclesiasticus . LAUGH . n.s. [ from the verb . ] The con- vulsion caused by merriment ; an inar- ticulate expression of sudden ...
... pow'r of man . Shakspeare's Macbeth . A wicked soul shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies . Ecclesiasticus . LAUGH . n.s. [ from the verb . ] The con- vulsion caused by merriment ; an inar- ticulate expression of sudden ...
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... pow'r at least , And for their solemn vows prepar'd a priest . Dryden . Where can be the grievance , that an eccle- siastical landlord should expect a third part value for his lands , his title as antient , and as legal , as that of a ...
... pow'r at least , And for their solemn vows prepar'd a priest . Dryden . Where can be the grievance , that an eccle- siastical landlord should expect a third part value for his lands , his title as antient , and as legal , as that of a ...
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... pow'r Shakspeare . That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of his good As liberal and free , as infinite . The liberal are secure alone , Milton . For what we frankly give , for ever is our own . Granville ...
... pow'r Shakspeare . That made us , and for us this ample world , Be infinitely good , and of his good As liberal and free , as infinite . The liberal are secure alone , Milton . For what we frankly give , for ever is our own . Granville ...
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... pow'r . Dryden's Knight's Tale . He saw in order painted on the wall The wars that fame around the world had blown , All to the life , and every leader known . Dryden . 30. General state of man . Studious they appear Of arts that polish ...
... pow'r . Dryden's Knight's Tale . He saw in order painted on the wall The wars that fame around the world had blown , All to the life , and every leader known . Dryden . 30. General state of man . Studious they appear Of arts that polish ...
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Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young