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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... Milton . Against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs ; Married to inmortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out . 2. To unite ; to conjoin in concord ...
... Milton . Against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs ; Married to inmortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes , with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out . 2. To unite ; to conjoin in concord ...
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... Milton . Ev'ry rich and lardly swain , With pride wou'd drag about her chain . Swift . LORDLY . adv . Imperiously ... Milton's Par . Lost : The subtile fiend his bore Soon learn'd , now milder , and thus answer'd smooth . Milton . Lo ...
... Milton . Ev'ry rich and lardly swain , With pride wou'd drag about her chain . Swift . LORDLY . adv . Imperiously ... Milton's Par . Lost : The subtile fiend his bore Soon learn'd , now milder , and thus answer'd smooth . Milton . Lo ...
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... Milton . It is beyond even an atheist's credulity and impudence to affirm , that the first men might proceed out of the tumours of trees , as maggots and flies are supposed to do now , or might grow upon trees ; or perhaps might be the ...
... Milton . It is beyond even an atheist's credulity and impudence to affirm , that the first men might proceed out of the tumours of trees , as maggots and flies are supposed to do now , or might grow upon trees ; or perhaps might be the ...
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... Milton . To keep them all quiet , he must keep them in greater awe and less splendor ; which power he will use to keep them as low as he pleases , and at no more cost than makes for his own pleasure . Graunt . 13. Not elevated in rank ...
... Milton . To keep them all quiet , he must keep them in greater awe and less splendor ; which power he will use to keep them as low as he pleases , and at no more cost than makes for his own pleasure . Graunt . 13. Not elevated in rank ...
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... Milton . Another crowd Preferr'd the same request , and lowly bow'd . Pope . Lows . n . s . [ liur , Irish ; loen , Dutch , a stupid drone . ] A scoundrel ; a rascal . Not in use . King Stephen was a worthy peer , His breeches cost him ...
... Milton . Another crowd Preferr'd the same request , and lowly bow'd . Pope . Lows . n . s . [ liur , Irish ; loen , Dutch , a stupid drone . ] A scoundrel ; a rascal . Not in use . King Stephen was a worthy peer , His breeches cost him ...
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