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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... death . Shak . Romeo and Juliet . We were once in hopes of his recovery , upon a kind message from the widow ; but this only proved a lightning before death . Spectator . LIGHTS . n . s . ( supposed to be called so from their lightness ...
... death . Shak . Romeo and Juliet . We were once in hopes of his recovery , upon a kind message from the widow ; but this only proved a lightning before death . Spectator . LIGHTS . n . s . ( supposed to be called so from their lightness ...
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... Death of thy soul ! those linen cheeks of 2. Resembling linen . thine Are counsellors to fear . What soldiers , whey- face ? Shakspeare . LINEN - DRA PER . n . s . [ linen and draper . ] He who deals in linen . LING . n . s . [ ling ...
... Death of thy soul ! those linen cheeks of 2. Resembling linen . thine Are counsellors to fear . What soldiers , whey- face ? Shakspeare . LINEN - DRA PER . n . s . [ linen and draper . ] He who deals in linen . LING . n . s . [ ling ...
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... death himself , That there's no maculation in thy heart . Shaksp . Ma ́cule . n.s. [ macula , Lat . ] A spot ; a stain . MAD . adj . Italian . ] 4. Disordered in the mi d ; broken in the [ gemaad , Saxon ; matto , 2 . understanding ...
... death himself , That there's no maculation in thy heart . Shaksp . Ma ́cule . n.s. [ macula , Lat . ] A spot ; a stain . MAD . adj . Italian . ] 4. Disordered in the mi d ; broken in the [ gemaad , Saxon ; matto , 2 . understanding ...
Page 75
... death of the person who dares to attempt such a deed , and of the groans emitted by it when the violence is offered , are equally fabulous . Miller . Among other virtues , mandrake has been falsely celebrated for rendering barren women ...
... death of the person who dares to attempt such a deed , and of the groans emitted by it when the violence is offered , are equally fabulous . Miller . Among other virtues , mandrake has been falsely celebrated for rendering barren women ...
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... death . Sandys . Some dry their corn infected with the brine , Then grind with marbies , and prepare to dine . Dryden . The two flat sides of two pieces of marble will more easily approach each other , between which there is nothing but ...
... death . Sandys . Some dry their corn infected with the brine , Then grind with marbies , and prepare to dine . Dryden . The two flat sides of two pieces of marble will more easily approach each other , between which there is nothing but ...
Common terms and phrases
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