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 3 |
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( This word is said by the sea and fresh rivers ; as , the lamprel , lamBailey , I know not on what authority , prey , and lamperne . Walton . to be derived from a custom , by which LA MPron . ' n . s . A kind of sea fish . the tenants ...
( This word is said by the sea and fresh rivers ; as , the lamprel , lamBailey , I know not on what authority , prey , and lamperne . Walton . to be derived from a custom , by which LA MPron . ' n . s . A kind of sea fish . the tenants ...
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And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did Of all the many sorts of the gem kind reckenwrap . Spenser . oned up by the lapidaries , there are not above The thane of Cauder ' gan a dismal conflict , three or four that are original .
And flourishing fresh leaves and blossoms did Of all the many sorts of the gem kind reckenwrap . Spenser . oned up by the lapidaries , there are not above The thane of Cauder ' gan a dismal conflict , three or four that are original .
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A basket made of rcupine quills : the ground This scripture may be usefully applied as a is a packthrcad caul woven , into which , by the cautiva to guard against those lapses and failings , Indian women , are wrought , by a kind of ...
A basket made of rcupine quills : the ground This scripture may be usefully applied as a is a packthrcad caul woven , into which , by the cautiva to guard against those lapses and failings , Indian women , are wrought , by a kind of ...
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Unhappy to the last the kind releasing knell . Gentle or sharp according to thy choice , Coreley , To laugh at follies , or to lash at vice . Dry . Pers . The swans , that on Cayster of en try'd Let men out of their way lash on ever so ...
Unhappy to the last the kind releasing knell . Gentle or sharp according to thy choice , Coreley , To laugh at follies , or to lash at vice . Dry . Pers . The swans , that on Cayster of en try'd Let men out of their way lash on ever so ...
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Fr. ) The highest kind of worship : Snakes and lizzards , latitant many months in distinguished by the papists from dulia , the year , containing a seak heat in a copious hu- or inferiour worship . midity , do long subsist without ...
Fr. ) The highest kind of worship : Snakes and lizzards , latitant many months in distinguished by the papists from dulia , the year , containing a seak heat in a copious hu- or inferiour worship . midity , do long subsist without ...
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| Title | 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 3 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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