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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... tion ; grief uttered in complaints or cries . We , long ere our approaching , heard within Noise , other than the sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress ...
... tion ; grief uttered in complaints or cries . We , long ere our approaching , heard within Noise , other than the sound of dance , or song ! Torment , and loud lament , and furious rage . Milton . The loud laments arise Of one distress ...
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... tion often in a course . How easy ' tis when destiny proves kind , With full spread sails to run before the wind : But those that ' gainst stiff gales laveering go , Must be at once resolv'd , and skilful too . Dryd . LA VENDER . n . s ...
... tion often in a course . How easy ' tis when destiny proves kind , With full spread sails to run before the wind : But those that ' gainst stiff gales laveering go , Must be at once resolv'd , and skilful too . Dryd . LA VENDER . n . s ...
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... tion before him . Addison . 35. TO LAY by . To reserve for some future time . Let every one lay by him in store , as God hath prospered him . 1 Corinthians . 36. To LAY by . To put from one ; to dismiss . Let brave spirits that have ...
... tion before him . Addison . 35. TO LAY by . To reserve for some future time . Let every one lay by him in store , as God hath prospered him . 1 Corinthians . 36. To LAY by . To put from one ; to dismiss . Let brave spirits that have ...
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... TION . # . s . [ legatio , Lat . ] Deputa- tion ; commission ; embassy . After a legation , ad res repetendas , and a refu- sal and a denunciation or indiction of a war , the war is no more confined to the place of the qua- rel , but is ...
... TION . # . s . [ legatio , Lat . ] Deputa- tion ; commission ; embassy . After a legation , ad res repetendas , and a refu- sal and a denunciation or indiction of a war , the war is no more confined to the place of the qua- rel , but is ...
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... tion for was . Report being carried secretly from one to another in my ship , bad like to have been my utter overthrow . Raleigh . LIKE . adv . : 1. In the same manner ; in the same man- ner as it is not always easy to deter- mine ...
... tion for was . Report being carried secretly from one to another in my ship , bad like to have been my utter overthrow . Raleigh . LIKE . adv . : 1. In the same manner ; in the same man- ner as it is not always easy to deter- mine ...
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