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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... church of Christ , may be let or hindered . Hooker . Leave , ah , leave off , whatever wight thou be , To let a weary wretch from her due rest , And trouble dying soul's tranquillity ! Fairy Q. Isaiah . I will work , and who will let ...
... church of Christ , may be let or hindered . Hooker . Leave , ah , leave off , whatever wight thou be , To let a weary wretch from her due rest , And trouble dying soul's tranquillity ! Fairy Q. Isaiah . I will work , and who will let ...
Page 73
... church of holy christian livers over the whole world . Hammond . If any loose liver have any goods of his own , the sheriff is to seize thereupon . Spenser . Here are the wants of children , of distracted persons , of sturdy wandering ...
... church of holy christian livers over the whole world . Hammond . If any loose liver have any goods of his own , the sheriff is to seize thereupon . Spenser . Here are the wants of children , of distracted persons , of sturdy wandering ...
Page 75
... church , I will not leave thee in the lurch . Hudibras . Have a care how you keep company with those that , when they find themselves upon a pinch , will leave their friends in the lurch . L'Estrange Can you break your word with three ...
... church , I will not leave thee in the lurch . Hudibras . Have a care how you keep company with those that , when they find themselves upon a pinch , will leave their friends in the lurch . L'Estrange Can you break your word with three ...
Page 75
... church of England as to the main . K. Charl . These notions concerning coinage have , for the main , been put into writing above twelve months . Locke . 3. The ocean ; the great sea , as distin- guished from bays or rivers . A ...
... church of England as to the main . K. Charl . These notions concerning coinage have , for the main , been put into writing above twelve months . Locke . 3. The ocean ; the great sea , as distin- guished from bays or rivers . A ...
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... churches maintenance , as others did , there had been no offence committed . Hooker . God assigned Adam maintenance ... church for God's honour , and the maintenance of his service , is granted to God . South . MAINTOP . n . s . [ main ...
... churches maintenance , as others did , there had been no offence committed . Hooker . God assigned Adam maintenance ... church for God's honour , and the maintenance of his service , is granted to God . South . MAINTOP . n . s . [ main ...
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Addison 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 fire French give Glanville hand hast hath head heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour land Latin leave light live Locke look lord low Latin Maccabees manner marcasites matter mean Milt Milton mind motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace pear person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Raleigh 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 virtue Waller Watts Woodward word