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 . Grown old , and destitute of oil , Rust to ...
... 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 . Grown old , and destitute of oil , Rust to ...
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... pow'r of man . Shakspeare's Macbeth . A wicked soul shall make him to be laughed to Ecclesiasticus . LAUGH . n . s . [ from the verb . ] The con- vulsion caused by merriment ; an inar- ticulate expression of sudden merri- ment . scorn ...
... pow'r of man . Shakspeare's Macbeth . A wicked soul shall make him to be laughed to Ecclesiasticus . LAUGH . n . s . [ from the verb . ] The con- vulsion caused by merriment ; an inar- ticulate expression of sudden merri- ment . scorn ...
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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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... pow'r is given , His numbers rais'd a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heav'n . 5. To raise in fortune . Pope . The eye of the Lord lifted up his head from misery . Ecclesiasticus , 6. To raise in estimation . Neither can it be ...
... pow'r is given , His numbers rais'd a shade from hell , Hers lift the soul to heav'n . 5. To raise in fortune . Pope . The eye of the Lord lifted up his head from misery . Ecclesiasticus , 6. To raise in estimation . Neither can it be ...
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