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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... prince , greatly moved the two princes to compassion . 2. So as to cause sorrow . Sidney Our fortune on the sea is out of breath , And sinks most lamentably . Shakspeare . 3. Pitifully ; despicably . LAMENTATION . n . s . [ lamentatio ...
... prince , greatly moved the two princes to compassion . 2. So as to cause sorrow . Sidney Our fortune on the sea is out of breath , And sinks most lamentably . Shakspeare . 3. Pitifully ; despicably . LAMENTATION . n . s . [ lamentatio ...
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... prince . Temple . LANDHOLDER . n . s . [ land and holder . ] One who holds lands . Money , as necessary to trade , may be consi- dered as in his hands that pays the labourer and Landbolder ; and if this man want money , the manufacture ...
... prince . Temple . LANDHOLDER . n . s . [ land and holder . ] One who holds lands . Money , as necessary to trade , may be consi- dered as in his hands that pays the labourer and Landbolder ; and if this man want money , the manufacture ...
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... prince's delicacies . Shakspeare . LEATHERCOAT . n . s . [ leather and coat . ] An apple with a tough rind . There is a dish of leatherceats for you Shaks . LEATHERDRESSER . n . s . [ leather and dresser ] He who prepares leather ; he ...
... prince's delicacies . Shakspeare . LEATHERCOAT . n . s . [ leather and coat . ] An apple with a tough rind . There is a dish of leatherceats for you Shaks . LEATHERDRESSER . n . s . [ leather and dresser ] He who prepares leather ; he ...
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... prince may not , much less may inferior judges , deny justice , when it is legally and com- petently demanded . Tayler . LE GATARY . n . s . [ legataire , Fr. from legatum , Lat . ] One who has a legacy left . An executor shall exhib't ...
... prince may not , much less may inferior judges , deny justice , when it is legally and com- petently demanded . Tayler . LE GATARY . n . s . [ legataire , Fr. from legatum , Lat . ] One who has a legacy left . An executor shall exhib't ...
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... as they ' gan his library to view , And antique registers for to avise , There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book , hight Briton's monuments . Fairy Queen magna parens . Licbwake is still retained in Scotland in LIB LIB.
... as they ' gan his library to view , And antique registers for to avise , There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book , hight Briton's monuments . Fairy Queen magna parens . Licbwake is still retained in Scotland in LIB LIB.
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