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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... motion . Walton . LEGERDEMA IN . n . s . [ contracted perhaps from legereté de main , Fr. ] Slight of hand ; juggle ; power of deceiving the eye by nimble motion ; trick ; decep- tion ; knack . He so light was at legerdemain , That what ...
... motion . Walton . LEGERDEMA IN . n . s . [ contracted perhaps from legereté de main , Fr. ] Slight of hand ; juggle ; power of deceiving the eye by nimble motion ; trick ; decep- tion ; knack . He so light was at legerdemain , That what ...
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... motion can be continued only for so short a space , as may be answerable to that little distance betwixt the fulciment and the weight which is always by so much lesser , as the disproportion betwixt the weight and the power is greater ...
... motion can be continued only for so short a space , as may be answerable to that little distance betwixt the fulciment and the weight which is always by so much lesser , as the disproportion betwixt the weight and the power is greater ...
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... motion or trepida- tion in the firmament , whereby the declination of the sun , and the latitude of the stars , change from time to time . Astronomers likewise as- cribe to the moon a libratory motion , or mption of trepidation , which ...
... motion or trepida- tion in the firmament , whereby the declination of the sun , and the latitude of the stars , change from time to time . Astronomers likewise as- cribe to the moon a libratory motion , or mption of trepidation , which ...
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... motion , could at first neces- sarily fall , without ever erring or miscarrying , into such a curious formation of human bodies . Bentley's Sermons . 29. To LIE with . To converse in bed . Pardon me , Bassanio , For by this ring she lay ...
... motion , could at first neces- sarily fall , without ever erring or miscarrying , into such a curious formation of human bodies . Bentley's Sermons . 29. To LIE with . To converse in bed . Pardon me , Bassanio , For by this ring she lay ...
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... motion and its heat maintains . LIFEEVERLASTING . An herb . Ainsw . LIFEGIVING . adj . [ life and giving . ] Having ... motions , springs from something without themselves : if this power were suspended , they would become a lifeless ...
... motion and its heat maintains . LIFEEVERLASTING . An herb . Ainsw . LIFEGIVING . adj . [ life and giving . ] Having ... motions , springs from something without themselves : if this power were suspended , they would become a lifeless ...
Common terms and phrases
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