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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... head , But of a sickly beauty soon to shed , In summer living , and in winter dead . Dryden . 1. To bear ; to support . Not in use . So down he fell , that th ' earth him underneath Did groan , as feeble so great load to lift . Fairy ...
... head , But of a sickly beauty soon to shed , In summer living , and in winter dead . Dryden . 1. To bear ; to support . Not in use . So down he fell , that th ' earth him underneath Did groan , as feeble so great load to lift . Fairy ...
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... head is here without a brain ! Addis . A weaker man may sometimes light on notions which had escaped a wiser . Watts on the Mind . 2. To fall in any particular direction : with on . The wounded steed curvets ; and rais'd up- right ...
... head is here without a brain ! Addis . A weaker man may sometimes light on notions which had escaped a wiser . Watts on the Mind . 2. To fall in any particular direction : with on . The wounded steed curvets ; and rais'd up- right ...
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... head . ] 1. Unsteady ; loose ; thoughtless ; weak . The English Liturgy , how piously and wisely soever framed , had ... heads higher , would be glad to accept . Srvift . Nimbly ; with agility ; not heavily or tardily . Methought I stood ...
... head . ] 1. Unsteady ; loose ; thoughtless ; weak . The English Liturgy , how piously and wisely soever framed , had ... heads higher , would be glad to accept . Srvift . Nimbly ; with agility ; not heavily or tardily . Methought I stood ...
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... head for likening him to a singing man of Windsor . Shaksp . Henry IV . For who , though with the tongue Of angels , can relate ; or to what things Liken on earth conspicuous , that may lift Human imagination to such height Of God ...
... head for likening him to a singing man of Windsor . Shaksp . Henry IV . For who , though with the tongue Of angels , can relate ; or to what things Liken on earth conspicuous , that may lift Human imagination to such height Of God ...
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... head , . The lion , for the honour of his skin , Philips The squeezing crab , and stinging scorpion shine For aiding heaven , when giants dar'd to brave The threat'ned stars . Creech's Manilius , LIONESS . n . s . [ feminine of lion ...
... head , . The lion , for the honour of his skin , Philips The squeezing crab , and stinging scorpion shine For aiding heaven , when giants dar'd to brave The threat'ned stars . Creech's Manilius , LIONESS . n . s . [ feminine of lion ...
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