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 |
From inside the book
Page
Walton's Angler Hath thee incens'd to haste thy doletul fate ? Were it not better I that lady had , LAG . adj . [ læng , Saxon , long ; lagg , Than that thou hadst repented it too late ? Swedish , the end . ] Spenser . 1.
Walton's Angler Hath thee incens'd to haste thy doletul fate ? Were it not better I that lady had , LAG . adj . [ læng , Saxon , long ; lagg , Than that thou hadst repented it too late ? Swedish , the end . ] Spenser . 1.
Page
He who rules the raging wind , By land they found that huge and mighty To thee , O sacred ship , be kind , country , dubot . Thy committed pledge restore , Yet , if thou go'st by land , tho ' çrief possess And land him sately on the ...
He who rules the raging wind , By land they found that huge and mighty To thee , O sacred ship , be kind , country , dubot . Thy committed pledge restore , Yet , if thou go'st by land , tho ' çrief possess And land him sately on the ...
Page
O boy ! thy father gave thee life too soon , Dryden's Æneid . And hath bereft thee of thy life 100 late . Sbaksp . A sinew cracked seldom recovers its former A second Silvius after these appears , strength , and the memory of it leaves ...
O boy ! thy father gave thee life too soon , Dryden's Æneid . And hath bereft thee of thy life 100 late . Sbaksp . A sinew cracked seldom recovers its former A second Silvius after these appears , strength , and the memory of it leaves ...
Page
Allowance Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the made for accidental toss in liquid mea . field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee . Feb. LE'AKY . adj . [ from leak . ] Go break thy league with Baasha ...
Allowance Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the made for accidental toss in liquid mea . field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee . Feb. LE'AKY . adj . [ from leak . ] Go break thy league with Baasha ...
Page
... the thing exdignity pressed by that substantive : as , a witWho seeks less man , a man without wit ; childless , To lessen thee , against his purpose serves without children ; fatherless , deprived To manifest the more thy might .
... the thing exdignity pressed by that substantive : as , a witWho seeks less man , a man without wit ; childless , To lessen thee , against his purpose serves without children ; fatherless , deprived To manifest the more thy might .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Common terms and phrases
Addison appear Bacon bear better blood body bring Brown called cause church colour common death doth Dryd Dryden earth eyes face fair fall fire force French give ground grow hand hath head heart Hooker Italy keep kind king L'Estrange laid land Latin learning leave less light live Locke look lord manner matter means measure Milton mind motion move nature never night noun observe once pass person plant Pope Prior reason rest Saxon Sbaksp Sbakspeare sense side Sidney sometimes soul sound South Spenser spirit stand stone Swift thee thing thou thought tion trees true turn unto whole young
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |