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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... force them till themselves they break . Denbam . 3. Bond ; chain ; entanglement . Men sometimes , upon the hour of departure , do speak and reason above themselves ; for then the soul , beginning to be freed from the liga- ments of the ...
... force them till themselves they break . Denbam . 3. Bond ; chain ; entanglement . Men sometimes , upon the hour of departure , do speak and reason above themselves ; for then the soul , beginning to be freed from the liga- ments of the ...
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... force , employ'd his flatt'ring skill : I hope , my lord , said he , I not offend ? Are you afraid of me that are your friend ? Dryden . This young lord had an old cunning rogue , or , as the Scots call it , a false loon of a ...
... force , employ'd his flatt'ring skill : I hope , my lord , said he , I not offend ? Are you afraid of me that are your friend ? Dryden . This young lord had an old cunning rogue , or , as the Scots call it , a false loon of a ...
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... force . Air at large maketh no noise , except it be sharply percussed ; as in the sound of a string , where air is percussed by a hard and stiff body , and with a sharp loose . Bacon . LoosELY . adu . [ from loose . ] 1. Not fast ; not ...
... force . Air at large maketh no noise , except it be sharply percussed ; as in the sound of a string , where air is percussed by a hard and stiff body , and with a sharp loose . Bacon . LoosELY . adu . [ from loose . ] 1. Not fast ; not ...
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... force Contending on the Lesbian shore , His prowess Philomelides confess'd , And loud acclaiming Greeks the victor bless'd Popro The numbers soft and clear , Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet louder rise , And fill with ...
... force Contending on the Lesbian shore , His prowess Philomelides confess'd , And loud acclaiming Greeks the victor bless'd Popro The numbers soft and clear , Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet louder rise , And fill with ...
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... force of the second ; as we say , boiling hot . 1. Moderately or mildly warm ; so warm as to give only a pleasing sensation . A dreary corse whose life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own yet lukewarm blood , That from his wound yet ...
... force of the second ; as we say , boiling hot . 1. Moderately or mildly warm ; so warm as to give only a pleasing sensation . A dreary corse whose life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own yet lukewarm blood , That from his wound yet ...
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