English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical OrderBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy and T. Boosey, 1816 - 772 pages |
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... less formal action than the latter ; we may renounce by im- plication ; we resign in direct terms ; we renounce the pleasures of the world when we do not seek to enjoy them ; we resign a pleasure , a profit , or advantage , of which we ...
... less formal action than the latter ; we may renounce by im- plication ; we resign in direct terms ; we renounce the pleasures of the world when we do not seek to enjoy them ; we resign a pleasure , a profit , or advantage , of which we ...
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... less excusa- ble according to the nature of the cause . A steady mind and a clear head is not easily confused , but ... less , expresses , like the verb LESSEN , the sense of either making less or be- coming less . DECREASE is compounded ...
... less excusa- ble according to the nature of the cause . A steady mind and a clear head is not easily confused , but ... less , expresses , like the verb LESSEN , the sense of either making less or be- coming less . DECREASE is compounded ...
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... less sensible and formal process than abrogate or any of the other actions . Disuse abolishes ; a positive inter- ference is necessary to abrogate . The former is employed with regard to customs ; the latter with regard to the ...
... less sensible and formal process than abrogate or any of the other actions . Disuse abolishes ; a positive inter- ference is necessary to abrogate . The former is employed with regard to customs ; the latter with regard to the ...
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... less than detestable , and that less than execrable . This grada- tion is sufficiently illustrated in the following example . Dionysius , the tyrant , having been informed that a very aged woman prayed to the gods every day for his ...
... less than detestable , and that less than execrable . This grada- tion is sufficiently illustrated in the following example . Dionysius , the tyrant , having been informed that a very aged woman prayed to the gods every day for his ...
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... less violent causes ; roughness is mostly a natural property , although sometimes produced by friction . In the figurative sense the distinc- tion is equally clear . Words and manners are abrupt when they are sudden and unconnect- ed ...
... less violent causes ; roughness is mostly a natural property , although sometimes produced by friction . In the figurative sense the distinc- tion is equally clear . Words and manners are abrupt when they are sudden and unconnect- ed ...
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action ADDISON affection animals applied bad sense BLAIR body BURKE cause cerns character Christian Cicero circum circumstances comes common compounded comprehends conduct confined CUMBERLAND degree denotes disposition distinction divine DRYDEN employed endeavour epithets evil exer express external feeling former French frequently friends German give Greek habit happy heart Hebrew honor human idea implies individual indulgence JOHNSON Latin latter lence less likewise look low German manner marks marriage means ment MILTON mind mode moral nature neral ness never nexion nifies object occasion offended one's opinion opposed ourselves pain participle particular passions perly person pleasure POPE produce proper sense properly quires racter regard religion respects Saxon sentiment serve SHAKSPEARE signifies literally signifies the thing sion society sometimes speak species spects spirit STEELE superior temper THOMSON tion vice Vide vidual violence virtue wish word
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Page 539 - God, or melior natura; which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.
Page 266 - O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love. II. I Man's feeble race what ills await, Labour, and penury, the racks of pain, Disease, and sorrow's weeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate!
Page 281 - LIFE is the immediate gift of God, a right inherent by nature in every individual ; and it begins in contemplation of law as soon as an infant is able to stir in the mother's womb.
Page 178 - Saviour is strikingly represented to us as the brightness of his Father's glory and the express image of His person.
Page 258 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 91 - It was, perhaps, ordained by Providence, to hinder us from tyrannizing over one another, that no individual should be of such importance, as to cause, by his retirement or death, any chasm in the world.
Page 258 - I have already mentioned, which seems very naturally deducible from the foregoing considerations. If the scale of being rises by such a regular progress so high as man, we may, by a parity of reason, suppose that it still proceeds gradually through those beings which are of a superior nature to him...
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Page 413 - It is observed by one of the fathers, that he who restrains himself in the use of things lawful, will never encroach upon things forbidden. Abstinence, if nothing more, is, at least, a cautious retreat from the utmost verge of permission, and confers that security which cannot be reasonably hoped by him that dares always to hover over the precipice of destruction, or delights...
Page 56 - WE last night received a piece of ill news at our club, which very sensibly afflicted every one of us. I question not but my readers themselves will be troubled at the hearing of it. To keep them no longer in suspense, Sir Roger de Coverley is dead. He departed this life at his house in the country, after a few weeks