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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... Whole droves of lenders crowd the bankers doors To call in money . Dryden's Spanish Fryar . Interest would certainly encourage the lender to venture in such a time of danger . Addison . LENGTH . n . s . [ from leng , Saxon . ] 1. The ...
... Whole droves of lenders crowd the bankers doors To call in money . Dryden's Spanish Fryar . Interest would certainly encourage the lender to venture in such a time of danger . Addison . LENGTH . n . s . [ from leng , Saxon . ] 1. The ...
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... whole realm acknowledge Henry VIII . for their king and liege lord ? Spenser . My lady liege , said he , What all your sex desire is sovereignty . Dryden . So much of it as is founded on the law of na- ture , may be stiled natural ...
... whole realm acknowledge Henry VIII . for their king and liege lord ? Spenser . My lady liege , said he , What all your sex desire is sovereignty . Dryden . So much of it as is founded on the law of na- ture , may be stiled natural ...
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... whole , ought in reason to be ex- cluded from censuring of the parts . Dryden , LILACH . n . s . [ lilac , lilas , Fr. ] A tree . The white thorn is in leaf , and the lilach tree . Bacon . LILIED . adj . [ from lily . ] Embellished with ...
... whole , ought in reason to be ex- cluded from censuring of the parts . Dryden , LILACH . n . s . [ lilac , lilas , Fr. ] A tree . The white thorn is in leaf , and the lilach tree . Bacon . LILIED . adj . [ from lily . ] Embellished with ...
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... whole limit of the mountain round about shall be most holy . Exodus . We went , great emperor , by thy command , To view the utmost limits of the land ; Ev'n to the place where no more world is found , But foaming billows beating on the ...
... whole limit of the mountain round about shall be most holy . Exodus . We went , great emperor , by thy command , To view the utmost limits of the land ; Ev'n to the place where no more world is found , But foaming billows beating on the ...
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... Like linstock , to the horse's touch - hole . Dryden Hudibras . Milton Link towns to towis , with avenues of oak , Inclose whole downs in walls , ' tis all a joke . Pope . Daniel . ther . Locke . Lí ́NKBOY . Į n . s . [ LIN LIN.
... Like linstock , to the horse's touch - hole . Dryden Hudibras . Milton Link towns to towis , with avenues of oak , Inclose whole downs in walls , ' tis all a joke . Pope . Daniel . ther . Locke . Lí ́NKBOY . Į n . s . [ LIN LIN.
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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