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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... and liegemen , shall it not tye their children to the same sub- jection ? Spenser on Ireland , Stand , ho ! who is there ? -Friends to this ground , and liegemen to the Shakspeare Dane . On thy life no more . -My life I never LIE LIE.
... and liegemen , shall it not tye their children to the same sub- jection ? Spenser on Ireland , Stand , ho ! who is there ? -Friends to this ground , and liegemen to the Shakspeare Dane . On thy life no more . -My life I never LIE LIE.
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... stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy . L'Estran e 3. One who resembles another ; a copy ; a counterpart . Poor Cupid , sobbing , scarce ...
... stand upon our guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend , than to em- brace any man for a friend in the likeness of an enemy . L'Estran e 3. One who resembles another ; a copy ; a counterpart . Poor Cupid , sobbing , scarce ...
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... stand ; And threat'ning France , plac'd like a painted Jove , Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand . Dryden . Paris thy son , and Sparta's king advance , In measur'd lists to toss the weighty lance ; And who his rival shall in arms ...
... stand ; And threat'ning France , plac'd like a painted Jove , Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand . Dryden . Paris thy son , and Sparta's king advance , In measur'd lists to toss the weighty lance ; And who his rival shall in arms ...
Page 75
... stand , And glar'd , like angry lions , as they pass'd , And wish'd that ev'ry look might be their last . Dryden . Lo ́OKER . n . s . [ from look . ] 1. One that looks . 2. LOOKER on . Spectator , not agent . Shepherds poor pipe , when ...
... stand , And glar'd , like angry lions , as they pass'd , And wish'd that ev'ry look might be their last . Dryden . Lo ́OKER . n . s . [ from look . ] 1. One that looks . 2. LOOKER on . Spectator , not agent . Shepherds poor pipe , when ...
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... stand Loase of my vow ; but who knows Cato's thoughts . Addison . 13. Free from confinement . They did not let prisoners loose homeward . Isaiah . Wish the wildest tempests loose ; That thrown again upon the coast , Prior . I may once ...
... stand Loase of my vow ; but who knows Cato's thoughts . Addison . 13. Free from confinement . They did not let prisoners loose homeward . Isaiah . Wish the wildest tempests loose ; That thrown again upon the coast , Prior . I may once ...
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