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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... shew what lies in the di- rect way of truth , or is quite besides it . Locke . LANDSCAPE . n . s . [ landschape , Dutch . ] 1. A region ; the prospect of a country . Lovely seem'd , That landscape ! and of pure , now purer air , Meets ...
... shew what lies in the di- rect way of truth , or is quite besides it . Locke . LANDSCAPE . n . s . [ landschape , Dutch . ] 1. A region ; the prospect of a country . Lovely seem'd , That landscape ! and of pure , now purer air , Meets ...
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... shew of comfort , and lead him on with a fine baited delay . Shakspeare . The lord Cottington , being a master of tem- per , knew how to lead him into a mistake , and then drive him into choler , and then expose him . Clarendon . 7. To ...
... shew of comfort , and lead him on with a fine baited delay . Shakspeare . The lord Cottington , being a master of tem- per , knew how to lead him into a mistake , and then drive him into choler , and then expose him . Clarendon . 7. To ...
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... shew . Dryden . One thing more I crave leave to offer about syllogism , before I leave it . Locke I must have leave to be grateful to any who serves me , let him be never so obnoxious to any party : nor did the tory party put me to the ...
... shew . Dryden . One thing more I crave leave to offer about syllogism , before I leave it . Locke I must have leave to be grateful to any who serves me , let him be never so obnoxious to any party : nor did the tory party put me to the ...
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... shew the most of these two qualities . Walsh . Mrs. P. B. has writ to me , and is one of the best letter writers I know ; very good sense , ci- vility , and friendship , without any stiffness or constraint . Swift . The verbal ...
... shew the most of these two qualities . Walsh . Mrs. P. B. has writ to me , and is one of the best letter writers I know ; very good sense , ci- vility , and friendship , without any stiffness or constraint . Swift . The verbal ...
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... shew To mock the lerud , as learn'd in this as they . Davies . 2. Wicked ; bad ; dissolute . 3 . If some be admitted into the ministry , either void of learning , or lewd in life , are all the rest to be condemned ? Whitgifte . Before ...
... shew To mock the lerud , as learn'd in this as they . Davies . 2. Wicked ; bad ; dissolute . 3 . If some be admitted into the ministry , either void of learning , or lewd in life , are all the rest to be condemned ? Whitgifte . Before ...
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