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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... sweet ladies with my words and looks . Shakspeare . She bids you All on the wanton rushes lay you down , And rest your gentle head upon her lap , And she will sing the song that pleaseth you . Shakspeare . Our stirring Can from the lap ...
... sweet ladies with my words and looks . Shakspeare . She bids you All on the wanton rushes lay you down , And rest your gentle head upon her lap , And she will sing the song that pleaseth you . Shakspeare . Our stirring Can from the lap ...
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... sweet flow'rs themselves did lap , And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap . Spenser . The thane of Cawder ' gan a dismal conflict , Till that Bellona's bridegroom , Zapt in proof , Confronted him . Shakspeare's Macbeth ...
... sweet flow'rs themselves did lap , And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did enwrap . Spenser . The thane of Cawder ' gan a dismal conflict , Till that Bellona's bridegroom , Zapt in proof , Confronted him . Shakspeare's Macbeth ...
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... sweet woman leads an ill life with him . So shalt thou lead Shakspeare . Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife Shall breed in groves , to lead a ...
... sweet woman leads an ill life with him . So shalt thou lead Shakspeare . Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair Lavinia , thy surviving wife Shall breed in groves , to lead a ...
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... sweet . Shaksp . Cymbeline . If legier ambassadors or agents were sent to remain near the courts of princes , to observe their motions , such were made choice of as were vigilant . Bacon . Who can endear Thy praise too much ? thou art ...
... sweet . Shaksp . Cymbeline . If legier ambassadors or agents were sent to remain near the courts of princes , to observe their motions , such were made choice of as were vigilant . Bacon . Who can endear Thy praise too much ? thou art ...
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... Sweet scrawls to fly about the streets of Rome : What's this but libelling against the senate ! Shakspeare . He , like a priviledg'd spy , whom nothing can Discredit , libels now ' gainst each great man . Donne . To LIBEL . V. a . To ...
... Sweet scrawls to fly about the streets of Rome : What's this but libelling against the senate ! Shakspeare . He , like a priviledg'd spy , whom nothing can Discredit , libels now ' gainst each great man . Donne . To LIBEL . V. a . To ...
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