English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical OrderBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy and T. Boosey, 1816 - 772 pages |
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... tion of authorities has been made by an actual perusal of the authors , without the assistance of Johnson's Dictionary . For the sentiments which are scattered through this work I offer no apology , as I think none necessary ; although ...
... tion of authorities has been made by an actual perusal of the authors , without the assistance of Johnson's Dictionary . For the sentiments which are scattered through this work I offer no apology , as I think none necessary ; although ...
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... tion either in outward circumstances or in public opinion . DISGRACE is compounded of the privative dis and the noun grace or favour . To disgrace properly implies to put out of favour , which is always attended more or less with circum ...
... tion either in outward circumstances or in public opinion . DISGRACE is compounded of the privative dis and the noun grace or favour . To disgrace properly implies to put out of favour , which is always attended more or less with circum ...
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... tion . By avowing to govern accord cording to a despotic power unknown to the constitution and inconsistent therewith , he hath renounced to be a king according to the law ; such a king as he swore to be at the corona- tion ; such a ...
... tion . By avowing to govern accord cording to a despotic power unknown to the constitution and inconsistent therewith , he hath renounced to be a king according to the law ; such a king as he swore to be at the corona- tion ; such a ...
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... tion ; for we may dwell either in a palace , a house , a cottage , or any shelter . Live , reside , and inhabit , are con- fined to a civilized state of society ; the former applying to the abodes of the inferior orders : the latter to ...
... tion ; for we may dwell either in a palace , a house , a cottage , or any shelter . Live , reside , and inhabit , are con- fined to a civilized state of society ; the former applying to the abodes of the inferior orders : the latter to ...
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... tion . RETRACT , in Latin retractus , par- ticiple of retraho , is compounded of re back and traho to draw , signifying to draw back what has been let go . REVOKE and RECALL have the same original sense as recant , with this difference ...
... tion . RETRACT , in Latin retractus , par- ticiple of retraho , is compounded of re back and traho to draw , signifying to draw back what has been let go . REVOKE and RECALL have the same original sense as recant , with this difference ...
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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...
Page 291 - The conference between Gabriel and Satan abounds with sentiments proper for the occasion, and suitable to the persons of the two speakers. Satan clothing himself with terror when he prepares for the combat is truly sublime, and at least equal to Homer's description of Discord, celebrated by Longinus, or to that of Fame in Virgil, who are both represented with their feet standing upon the earth, and their heads reaching above the clouds...
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