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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You do climb up it now ; look how we labour . vi 1. Diligent in work ; assiduous . That which makes the clergy glorious , is to For your highness ' good I ever labour'd , More than mine own . be knowing in their professions , unspotted ...
You do climb up it now ; look how we labour . vi 1. Diligent in work ; assiduous . That which makes the clergy glorious , is to For your highness ' good I ever labour'd , More than mine own . be knowing in their professions , unspotted ...
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It is a generous pleasure in a landloril , to love There is no street , not many lanes , where there to see all his tenants look fat , sleek , and conseated , does not live one that has relation to the church . Clarissa .
It is a generous pleasure in a landloril , to love There is no street , not many lanes , where there to see all his tenants look fat , sleek , and conseated , does not live one that has relation to the church . Clarissa .
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A small singfront ; ing bird . And now , instead of mounting barbed steeds , It was the lark , the herald of the morn . Sbak . To fright the souls of fearful adversaries , Look up a height , the shrill - gorg'd lark so far He capers ...
A small singfront ; ing bird . And now , instead of mounting barbed steeds , It was the lark , the herald of the morn . Sbak . To fright the souls of fearful adversaries , Look up a height , the shrill - gorg'd lark so far He capers ...
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Hidden ; The fee - farms reserved upon charters granted concealed ; secret . to cities and towns corporate , and the blanch If we look into its retired movements , and rents and lath siiver answered by the sheriffs .
Hidden ; The fee - farms reserved upon charters granted concealed ; secret . to cities and towns corporate , and the blanch If we look into its retired movements , and rents and lath siiver answered by the sheriffs .
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From the maxims laiu down many may conFor that look , which does your people awe , clude , that there had been abuses . Swift . When in your throne and robes you give ' em 41. To Lay for . To attempt by ambush , law , or insidious ...
From the maxims laiu down many may conFor that look , which does your people awe , clude , that there had been abuses . Swift . When in your throne and robes you give ' em 41. To Lay for . To attempt by ambush , law , or insidious ...
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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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