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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... sense In soft and delicate lethe . Shakspeare . Milton . Lethe , the river of oblivion , rolls His wat'ry labyrinth , which whoso drinks LETTER . n . 5. [ from let . ] Forgets both joy and grief . 1. One who lets or permits . 2. One who ...
... sense In soft and delicate lethe . Shakspeare . Milton . Lethe , the river of oblivion , rolls His wat'ry labyrinth , which whoso drinks LETTER . n . 5. [ from let . ] Forgets both joy and grief . 1. One who lets or permits . 2. One who ...
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... sense . LICHOWL . n . s . [ lich and owl . ] A sort of owl , by the vulgar supposed to fore- tel death . To LICK . v . a . [ licean , Saxon ; lecken , Dutch . ] 1. To pass over with the tongue . Esculapius went about with a dog and a ...
... sense . LICHOWL . n . s . [ lich and owl . ] A sort of owl , by the vulgar supposed to fore- tel death . To LICK . v . a . [ licean , Saxon ; lecken , Dutch . ] 1. To pass over with the tongue . Esculapius went about with a dog and a ...
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... sense , Than woman's lightness ! Shakspeare's Measure for Measure . 4. Agility ; nimbleness . LIGHTNING . n . s . [ from lighten , lighten- ing , lightning . ] 1. The flash that attends thunder . Lightning is a great flame , very bright ...
... sense , Than woman's lightness ! Shakspeare's Measure for Measure . 4. Agility ; nimbleness . LIGHTNING . n . s . [ from lighten , lighten- ing , lightning . ] 1. The flash that attends thunder . Lightning is a great flame , very bright ...
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... sense is retained in the northern counties ; yet Bacon seems to distinguish them . Heath , and ling , and sedges . Our English bring from thence good store of fish , but especially our deepest and thickest ling , which are therefore ...
... sense is retained in the northern counties ; yet Bacon seems to distinguish them . Heath , and ling , and sedges . Our English bring from thence good store of fish , but especially our deepest and thickest ling , which are therefore ...
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... senses have but human conditions . Shakspeare . All the west bank of Nilus is possessed by an idolatrous man ... sense next foregoing . There would this monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man . Shakspeare . What ...
... senses have but human conditions . Shakspeare . All the west bank of Nilus is possessed by an idolatrous man ... sense next foregoing . There would this monster make a man ; any strange beast there makes a man . Shakspeare . What ...
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