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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... king Ferdinando had taken upon him the person of a fraternal ally to the king , he would not let to counsel the king . LET . 2.s. [ from the verb . ] Hinderance ; obstacle ; obstruction ; impediment . The secret lets and difficulties in ...
... king Ferdinando had taken upon him the person of a fraternal ally to the king , he would not let to counsel the king . LET . 2.s. [ from the verb . ] Hinderance ; obstacle ; obstruction ; impediment . The secret lets and difficulties in ...
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... king's person . LIFELESS . adj . [ from life . ] 1. Dead ; deprived of life . I who make the triumph of to - day , May of to - morrow's pomp one part appear , Ghastly with wounds , and lifeless on the bier . 2. Unanimated ; void of life ...
... king's person . LIFELESS . adj . [ from life . ] 1. Dead ; deprived of life . I who make the triumph of to - day , May of to - morrow's pomp one part appear , Ghastly with wounds , and lifeless on the bier . 2. Unanimated ; void of life ...
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... king come in by conquest , he is no longer a limited monarch ; if he afterwards consent to limitations , he becomes immediately king de jure . 2. Confinement from a lax or undetermi- Swift . nate import . The cause of error is ignorance ...
... king come in by conquest , he is no longer a limited monarch ; if he afterwards consent to limitations , he becomes immediately king de jure . 2. Confinement from a lax or undetermi- Swift . nate import . The cause of error is ignorance ...
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... king advance , In measur'd lists to toss the weighty lance ; And who his rival shall in arms subdue , His be the dame , and his the treasure too . 3. Bound ; limit . Pope . The ocean , overpeering of his list , Eats not the flats with ...
... king advance , In measur'd lists to toss the weighty lance ; And who his rival shall in arms subdue , His be the dame , and his the treasure too . 3. Bound ; limit . Pope . The ocean , overpeering of his list , Eats not the flats with ...
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... King Stephen was a worthy peer , His breeches cost him but a crown , He thought them sixpence all too dear , And therefore call'd the taylor lown . Lo'wNESS . . . [ from low . ] Shaksp . 1. Contrariety to height ; small distance from ...
... King Stephen was a worthy peer , His breeches cost him but a crown , He thought them sixpence all too dear , And therefore call'd the taylor lown . Lo'wNESS . . . [ from low . ] Shaksp . 1. Contrariety to height ; small distance from ...
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