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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... sound in English . In the Saxon it was aspirated ; as , hlap , loaf ; hlærdig , lady . At the end of a monosyllable it is always doubled ; as , shall , stilk , ful ; except after a diphthong ; as , fail , feel , seal , cool . In a word ...
... sound in English . In the Saxon it was aspirated ; as , hlap , loaf ; hlærdig , lady . At the end of a monosyllable it is always doubled ; as , shall , stilk , ful ; except after a diphthong ; as , fail , feel , seal , cool . In a word ...
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... sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress'd , and mastiff's mingled cries . Dryden . 2. Expression of sorrow . To add to your laments Wherewith you now ...
... sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress'd , and mastiff's mingled cries . Dryden . 2. Expression of sorrow . To add to your laments Wherewith you now ...
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... sound foundation laid of the lawfulness of the action . Bacon . 4 . 5 . Loose in body , so as to go frequently to ... sounds that come that way . Holder's Elements of Speech . LAX . n . s . A looseness ; a diarrhoea . LAXATION . n . s ...
... sound foundation laid of the lawfulness of the action . Bacon . 4 . 5 . Loose in body , so as to go frequently to ... sounds that come that way . Holder's Elements of Speech . LAX . n . s . A looseness ; a diarrhoea . LAXATION . n . s ...
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... sound into the ear , it is requisite that the tympanum he tense , and hard stretched ; otherwise the laxness of that membrane will certainly dead and damp the sound . Holder's Elements of Speech . LAY . Preterit of lie . O ! would the ...
... sound into the ear , it is requisite that the tympanum he tense , and hard stretched ; otherwise the laxness of that membrane will certainly dead and damp the sound . Holder's Elements of Speech . LAY . Preterit of lie . O ! would the ...
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... Sound may serve such , ere they to sense are grown , Like leading - strings , till they can walk alone . Dryden . Was he ever able to walk without leading- strings , or swim without bladders , without being discovered by his hobbling ...
... Sound may serve such , ere they to sense are grown , Like leading - strings , till they can walk alone . Dryden . Was he ever able to walk without leading- strings , or swim without bladders , without being discovered by his hobbling ...
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