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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... doth her kittens ; leaps at the prey , as a eat at a mouse ; and will also spit much after the same manner : so that they seem to differ , just as a kite doth from an eagle . Grea Before the king tame leopards led the way , And troops ...
... doth her kittens ; leaps at the prey , as a eat at a mouse ; and will also spit much after the same manner : so that they seem to differ , just as a kite doth from an eagle . Grea Before the king tame leopards led the way , And troops ...
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... doth meliorate fruit , so doth pricking vines or trees after they be of some growth , and thereby letting forth gum or tears . Bacon . Hudibras . And if I knew which way to do't , Your honour safe , I'd let you out . The letting out our ...
... doth meliorate fruit , so doth pricking vines or trees after they be of some growth , and thereby letting forth gum or tears . Bacon . Hudibras . And if I knew which way to do't , Your honour safe , I'd let you out . The letting out our ...
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... doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprize . How couldst thou drain the lifeblood of the Shakspeare . child ? His forehead struck the ground , Lifeblood and life rush'd mingled through the wound . Dryden . They loved with that ...
... doth infect The very lifeblood of our enterprize . How couldst thou drain the lifeblood of the Shakspeare . child ? His forehead struck the ground , Lifeblood and life rush'd mingled through the wound . Dryden . They loved with that ...
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... doth fall , Which seem sweet flow'rs , with lustre fresh and gay , She lights on that , and this , and tasteth all , But pleas'd with none , doth rise , and soar away . Davies . Plant trees and shrubs near home , for bees to pitch on at ...
... doth fall , Which seem sweet flow'rs , with lustre fresh and gay , She lights on that , and this , and tasteth all , But pleas'd with none , doth rise , and soar away . Davies . Plant trees and shrubs near home , for bees to pitch on at ...
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... doth wear A precious ring , that lightens all the hole . Shaks . Olight , which mak'st the light which makes the day , Which sett'st the eye without , and mind within ; Lighten my spirit with one clear heav'nly ray , Which now to view ...
... doth wear A precious ring , that lightens all the hole . Shaks . Olight , which mak'st the light which makes the day , Which sett'st the eye without , and mind within ; Lighten my spirit with one clear heav'nly ray , Which now to view ...
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