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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... stand perfect . Colossians . 2. To do work ; to take pains . The matter of the ceremonies had wrought , for the most part , only upon light - headed , weak men , whose satisfaction was not to be laboured for . Clarendon . A labouring ...
... stand perfect . Colossians . 2. To do work ; to take pains . The matter of the ceremonies had wrought , for the most part , only upon light - headed , weak men , whose satisfaction was not to be laboured for . Clarendon . A labouring ...
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... stand with your face to the head : opposed to the starboard . Harris , Or when Ulysses on the larboard shunn'd Charybdis , and by the other whirlpool steer'd . Melton Tack to the larboard , and stand off to sea , Veer starboard sea and ...
... stand with your face to the head : opposed to the starboard . Harris , Or when Ulysses on the larboard shunn'd Charybdis , and by the other whirlpool steer'd . Melton Tack to the larboard , and stand off to sea , Veer starboard sea and ...
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... stand upon his guard , and have a continual larum bell in his ears . Horvel . 2. An instrument that makes a noise at a certain hour . Of this nature was that larum , which , though it were but three inches big , yet would both wake a ...
... stand upon his guard , and have a continual larum bell in his ears . Horvel . 2. An instrument that makes a noise at a certain hour . Of this nature was that larum , which , though it were but three inches big , yet would both wake a ...
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... stands . Addison . 6. Reach or expansion of any thing . I do not recommend to all a pursuit of sciences , to those ... stand . Hooker . A crooked stick is not straitened , unless it be bent as far on the clear contrary side , that so ...
... stands . Addison . 6. Reach or expansion of any thing . I do not recommend to all a pursuit of sciences , to those ... stand . Hooker . A crooked stick is not straitened , unless it be bent as far on the clear contrary side , that so ...
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... stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy . L'Estran e 3. One who resembles another ; a copy ; a counterpart . Poor Cupid , sobbing , scarce ...
... stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy . L'Estran e 3. One who resembles another ; a copy ; a counterpart . Poor Cupid , sobbing , scarce ...
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