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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... thing when he was young , So long a growing , and so leisurely That , if the rule be true , he should be gracious . Shakspeare . The earl of Warwick , with a handful of men , fred Leith and Edinburgh , and returned by a leisurely march ...
... thing when he was young , So long a growing , and so leisurely That , if the rule be true , he should be gracious . Shakspeare . The earl of Warwick , with a handful of men , fred Leith and Edinburgh , and returned by a leisurely march ...
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... thing is to get some measure of this common du- ration , whereby to judge of its different lengths . Locke . 5. Long duration or protraction . May heav'n , great monarch , still augment your bliss , With length of days , and every day ...
... thing is to get some measure of this common du- ration , whereby to judge of its different lengths . Locke . 5. Long duration or protraction . May heav'n , great monarch , still augment your bliss , With length of days , and every day ...
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... thing to farm , or otherwise , by lease , Lords of the world have but for life their lease , And that too , if the lessor please , must cease . Denham . If he demises the glebe to a layman , the te- nant must pay the small tithes to the ...
... thing to farm , or otherwise , by lease , Lords of the world have but for life their lease , And that too , if the lessor please , must cease . Denham . If he demises the glebe to a layman , the te- nant must pay the small tithes to the ...
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... thing else ; in the same line or plane with any thing . • 3 . Our navy is address'd , our power collected , And ev'ry thing lies level to our wish . Shaksp . Now shaves with level wing the deep . Milt . There is a knowledge which is ...
... thing else ; in the same line or plane with any thing . • 3 . Our navy is address'd , our power collected , And ev'ry thing lies level to our wish . Shaksp . Now shaves with level wing the deep . Milt . There is a knowledge which is ...
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... thing which connects the parts of the body . Though our ligaments betimes grow weak , We must not force them till themselves they break . Denbam . 3. Bond ; chain ; entanglement . Men sometimes , upon the hour of departure , do speak ...
... thing which connects the parts of the body . Though our ligaments betimes grow weak , We must not force them till themselves they break . Denbam . 3. Bond ; chain ; entanglement . Men sometimes , upon the hour of departure , do speak ...
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