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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... common lead ore , that the work- men call it steel ore . Boyle . Lead is employed for the refining of gold and silver by the cupel ; hereof is made common coruss with vinegar ; of ceruss , red lead ; of plum- bum ustum , the best yellow ...
... common lead ore , that the work- men call it steel ore . Boyle . Lead is employed for the refining of gold and silver by the cupel ; hereof is made common coruss with vinegar ; of ceruss , red lead ; of plum- bum ustum , the best yellow ...
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... common mire . scham . Against such lewdsters , and their lechery , Those that betray them do no treachery . LECTION . n . s . [ lectio , Lat . ] A reading ; Shakspeare . a variety in copies . Every critick has his own hypothesis ; if ...
... common mire . scham . Against such lewdsters , and their lechery , Those that betray them do no treachery . LECTION . n . s . [ lectio , Lat . ] A reading ; Shakspeare . a variety in copies . Every critick has his own hypothesis ; if ...
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... common worldly things ' tis call'd ungrateful With dull unwillingness to pay a debt , Which , with a bounteous hand , was kindly lent ; Much more to be thus opposite with Heav'n . Shakspeare . Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usu ...
... common worldly things ' tis call'd ungrateful With dull unwillingness to pay a debt , Which , with a bounteous hand , was kindly lent ; Much more to be thus opposite with Heav'n . Shakspeare . Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usu ...
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... common liar , fame , Who speaks him thus at Rome . Shakspeare . I do not reject his observation as untrue , much ... common libellers are as free from the imputation of wit as of morality . Dryden's Juvenal . The squibs are those who ...
... common liar , fame , Who speaks him thus at Rome . Shakspeare . I do not reject his observation as untrue , much ... common libellers are as free from the imputation of wit as of morality . Dryden's Juvenal . The squibs are those who ...
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... Common Prayer . To LIGHTEN . v . a . [ from light . ] 1. To illuminate ; to enlighten . Upon his bloody finger he doth wear A precious ring , that lightens all the hole . Shaks . Olight , which mak'st the light which makes the day ...
... Common Prayer . To LIGHTEN . v . a . [ from light . ] 1. To illuminate ; to enlighten . Upon his bloody finger he doth wear A precious ring , that lightens all the hole . Shaks . Olight , which mak'st the light which makes the day ...
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