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 3 |
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L LAB L AB A liquid consonant , which pre- So alsoʻ any ; paper , annexed by way of serves always the same sound in addition or explication to any will or English . In the Saxon it uz's testament , is called a label or codicil ...
L LAB L AB A liquid consonant , which pre- So alsoʻ any ; paper , annexed by way of serves always the same sound in addition or explication to any will or English . In the Saxon it uz's testament , is called a label or codicil ...
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... heard within Noise , o her then the sound of dance , or song ! He never meant the least abuse . Swift . Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . TO LAME . v.a. ( from the adjective . ] To Milton . make lame ; to cripple .
... heard within Noise , o her then the sound of dance , or song ! He never meant the least abuse . Swift . Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . TO LAME . v.a. ( from the adjective . ] To Milton . make lame ; to cripple .
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Prior . see some sound foundation laid of the lawfulness From high life high characters are drawn , of the action Bacon . A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn . Pope . La'WGIVER . n . s . ( law and giver . ] ...
Prior . see some sound foundation laid of the lawfulness From high life high characters are drawn , of the action Bacon . A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn . Pope . La'WGIVER . n . s . ( law and giver . ] ...
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Julius Casar . membrane will certainly dead and damp the Till us death lay sound . Holder's Elements of Speeclia To ripe and mellow , we are but stubborn clay . LAY . Preterit of lie . Danne . 0 ! would the quarrel lay upon our heads .
Julius Casar . membrane will certainly dead and damp the Till us death lay sound . Holder's Elements of Speeclia To ripe and mellow , we are but stubborn clay . LAY . Preterit of lie . Danne . 0 ! would the quarrel lay upon our heads .
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Returning sound in limb and wind , Here my father comes ; Except some leather lost behind . Swift . A double blessing is a double grace ; 3. It is often used in composition for Occasion smiles upon a second leave .
Returning sound in limb and wind , Here my father comes ; Except some leather lost behind . Swift . A double blessing is a double grace ; 3. It is often used in composition for Occasion smiles upon a second leave .
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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