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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... true that light is in the soul , She all in every part , what was the sight To such a slender ball as th ' eye contin'd , So obvious and so easy to be quench'd , And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd , That she might look at ...
... true that light is in the soul , She all in every part , what was the sight To such a slender ball as th ' eye contin'd , So obvious and so easy to be quench'd , And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd , That she might look at ...
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... true lique- faction or dissolution of it as to the exterior re- gion . Burnet . LIQUEFIABLE . n . s . [ from liquefy . ] Such as may be melted . There are three causes of fixation , the even spreading of the spirits and tangible parts ...
... true lique- faction or dissolution of it as to the exterior re- gion . Burnet . LIQUEFIABLE . n . s . [ from liquefy . ] Such as may be melted . There are three causes of fixation , the even spreading of the spirits and tangible parts ...
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... true knowledge of nature gives us plea- sure , a lively imitation of it in poetry or painting must produce a much greater . Strong energetick . Dryden's Dufresnoy . His faith must be not only living , but lively too ; it must be ...
... true knowledge of nature gives us plea- sure , a lively imitation of it in poetry or painting must produce a much greater . Strong energetick . Dryden's Dufresnoy . His faith must be not only living , but lively too ; it must be ...
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... true original . ] 1. A shapeless bulky piece of wood . Would the lightning had Burnt up those logs that thou'rt injoin'd to pile . motionless mass , as blockhead , ] A dolt ; A blockhead ; a thickskull . Where hast been , Hal ? -With ...
... true original . ] 1. A shapeless bulky piece of wood . Would the lightning had Burnt up those logs that thou'rt injoin'd to pile . motionless mass , as blockhead , ] A dolt ; A blockhead ; a thickskull . Where hast been , Hal ? -With ...
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... true felicity , can suspend this prose- cution in particular cases , till they have looked before them , and informed themselves , whether that particular thing lie in their way to their main end . Locke . There may be in his reach a ...
... true felicity , can suspend this prose- cution in particular cases , till they have looked before them , and informed themselves , whether that particular thing lie in their way to their main end . Locke . There may be in his reach a ...
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