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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... thee , Adam ; rise , First man , of men innumerable , ordain'd ; First father ! called by thee , I come thy guide To the garden of bliss , thy seat prepar'd . Milt . A mansion is provided thee ; more fair Than this , and worthy heaven's ...
... thee , Adam ; rise , First man , of men innumerable , ordain'd ; First father ! called by thee , I come thy guide To the garden of bliss , thy seat prepar'd . Milt . A mansion is provided thee ; more fair Than this , and worthy heaven's ...
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... thee renown'd for piety and force , Poor captives manumis'd and matchless horse . Waller . MANUMISSION . n . s . [ manumission , Fr. manumissio , Lat . ] The act of giving li- berty to slaves . Slaves wore iron rings until their ...
... thee renown'd for piety and force , Poor captives manumis'd and matchless horse . Waller . MANUMISSION . n . s . [ manumission , Fr. manumissio , Lat . ] The act of giving li- berty to slaves . Slaves wore iron rings until their ...
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... thee in a child , Than the sea monster . Shaksp . King Lear . MARCASITE . H. S. The term marcasite , has been very ... thee arm in arm ? Shakspeare . Our bodies , ev'ry footstep that they make March towards death , until at last they die ...
... thee in a child , Than the sea monster . Shaksp . King Lear . MARCASITE . H. S. The term marcasite , has been very ... thee arm in arm ? Shakspeare . Our bodies , ev'ry footstep that they make March towards death , until at last they die ...
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... thee dumb ; yet are they much too light for the Shakspeare . matter . Son of God , Saviour of men ! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song . Milton . It is matter of the greatest astonishment to ob- serve the common boldness of ...
... thee dumb ; yet are they much too light for the Shakspeare . matter . Son of God , Saviour of men ! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song . Milton . It is matter of the greatest astonishment to ob- serve the common boldness of ...
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... thee . Addison . The Roman legions were all recalled to help their country against the Goths ; mean - time the Britons , left to shift for themselves , and har- rassed by inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for ...
... thee . Addison . The Roman legions were all recalled to help their country against the Goths ; mean - time the Britons , left to shift for themselves , and har- rassed by inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for ...
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Addison Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen fire French give Glanville hand hast hath head heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour land Latin leave light live Locke look lord low Latin Maccabees manner marcasites matter mean Milt Milton mind motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace pear person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Raleigh Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb virtue Waller Watts Woodward word