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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... Swift . 8. To pass ; to spend in any certain man- ner . The sweet woman leads an ill life with him . Shaksprare . So shalt thou lead Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair ...
... Swift . 8. To pass ; to spend in any certain man- ner . The sweet woman leads an ill life with him . Shaksprare . So shalt thou lead Safest thy life , and best prepard endure The mortal passage when it comes . Milton . Him , fair ...
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... Swift . 4. An assault of an animal of prey . The cat made a leap at the mouse . 5. Embrace of animals . L'Estrange . How she cheats her bellowing lover's eye ; The rushing leap , the doubtful progeny . Dryden . 6. Hazard , or effect of ...
... Swift . 4. An assault of an animal of prey . The cat made a leap at the mouse . 5. Embrace of animals . L'Estrange . How she cheats her bellowing lover's eye ; The rushing leap , the doubtful progeny . Dryden . 6. Hazard , or effect of ...
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... Swift . To LEER . v . n . [ from the noun . ] 1. To look obliquely ; to look archly . I will leer upon him as he comes by ; and do but mark the countenance that he will give me . Shakspeare . I wonder whether you taste the pleasure of ...
... Swift . To LEER . v . n . [ from the noun . ] 1. To look obliquely ; to look archly . I will leer upon him as he comes by ; and do but mark the countenance that he will give me . Shakspeare . I wonder whether you taste the pleasure of ...
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... Swift . LE GATINE . adj . [ from legate . ] 1. Made by a segate . When any one is absolved from excommuni- cation , it is provided by a legatine constitution , that some one shall publish such absolution . Ayliffe . 2. Belonging to a ...
... Swift . LE GATINE . adj . [ from legate . ] 1. Made by a segate . When any one is absolved from excommuni- cation , it is provided by a legatine constitution , that some one shall publish such absolution . Ayliffe . 2. Belonging to a ...
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... Swift . LIBERALITY . n . s . [ liberalitas , Lat . li- beralité , Fr. ] Munificence ; bounty ; generosity , generous profusion . Why should he despair , that knows to court With words , fair looks , and liberality ! Sbaksp . Such ...
... Swift . LIBERALITY . n . s . [ liberalitas , Lat . li- beralité , Fr. ] Munificence ; bounty ; generosity , generous profusion . Why should he despair , that knows to court With words , fair looks , and liberality ! Sbaksp . Such ...
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Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young