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 , against his purpose serves To manifest the more thy might . Milton . St. Paul chose to magnify his office , when ill men conspired to lessen it . Atterbury's Sermons . To LESSEN . v . n . To grow less ; to shrink ; to be ...
... thee , against his purpose serves To manifest the more thy might . Milton . St. Paul chose to magnify his office , when ill men conspired to lessen it . Atterbury's Sermons . To LESSEN . v . n . To grow less ; to shrink ; to be ...
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... thee . Epitaph on Vanburgh . 3. To be reposited in the grave . All the kings of the nations lie in glory , every Isaiah . one in his own house . I will lie with my fathers , and thou shalt car- ry me out of Egypt , and bury me in your ...
... thee . Epitaph on Vanburgh . 3. To be reposited in the grave . All the kings of the nations lie in glory , every Isaiah . one in his own house . I will lie with my fathers , and thou shalt car- ry me out of Egypt , and bury me in your ...
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... thee , happier far ! Milton . To pardon willing , and to punish loth ; You strike with one hand , but you heal with both ; Lifting up all that prostrate lie , you grieve You cannot make the dead again to live . Waller . When Æneas is ...
... thee , happier far ! Milton . To pardon willing , and to punish loth ; You strike with one hand , but you heal with both ; Lifting up all that prostrate lie , you grieve You cannot make the dead again to live . Waller . When Æneas is ...
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... thee her sad song mourneth well . Milton . Lo'vELY . adj . [ from love . ] Amiable ; exciting love . The breast of Hecuba , When she did suckle Hector , look'd not lovelier Than Hector's forehead . Shakspeare . Saul and Jonathan were ...
... thee her sad song mourneth well . Milton . Lo'vELY . adj . [ from love . ] Amiable ; exciting love . The breast of Hecuba , When she did suckle Hector , look'd not lovelier Than Hector's forehead . Shakspeare . Saul and Jonathan were ...
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... thee too high Shakspeare . To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee , and thy being . Milton . Another crowd Preferr'd the same request , and lowly bow'd . Pope . Lows . n . s . [ liur , Irish ; loen ...
... thee too high Shakspeare . To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee , and thy being . Milton . Another crowd Preferr'd the same request , and lowly bow'd . Pope . Lows . n . s . [ liur , Irish ; loen ...
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