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 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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... sound I purpose , And by our holy sabbeth have I sworn , To have the due and fortsit of my boud . Slak . prevails in so many of our words that it Glad we return'd up to the coasts of light , produces in the ear of a forcigner a con- Ere ...
... sound I purpose , And by our holy sabbeth have I sworn , To have the due and fortsit of my boud . Slak . prevails in so many of our words that it Glad we return'd up to the coasts of light , produces in the ear of a forcigner a con- Ere ...
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... sound , talk ' till he had certainty of the saifiness of what he of a reward . L'Estrange . was going about , he must starve and die disputSouib . ing . 3. Conferring security . To write the same things to you , to me is not SAFETY . N ...
... sound , talk ' till he had certainty of the saifiness of what he of a reward . L'Estrange . was going about , he must starve and die disputSouib . ing . 3. Conferring security . To write the same things to you , to me is not SAFETY . N ...
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... Sound ; healthy , Sbakspeare . Baynard wrote a poem on preserving SA'NDBOX Tree . n . s . [ hura , Latin . ) A the body in a sane and sound state , plant . The fruit of this plant , if suffer . Sang . The preterit of sing : ed to remain ...
... Sound ; healthy , Sbakspeare . Baynard wrote a poem on preserving SA'NDBOX Tree . n . s . [ hura , Latin . ) A the body in a sane and sound state , plant . The fruit of this plant , if suffer . Sang . The preterit of sing : ed to remain ...
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... Sound . SA'NGUINE . adj . ( sanguir , Fr. sanguineus , ness of mind . How pregnant , sometimes , his replies are ! from sanguis , Latin . ] A happiness that often madness hits on , 1. Red ; having the colour of blood . Which sanity and ...
... Sound . SA'NGUINE . adj . ( sanguir , Fr. sanguineus , ness of mind . How pregnant , sometimes , his replies are ! from sanguis , Latin . ] A happiness that often madness hits on , 1. Red ; having the colour of blood . Which sanity and ...
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... Sound diffuseth itself in rounds ; but if that Bailey . which would scatter in open air be made to go SCATE.n.s . ( skidor , Swedish ; skid , Islandinto a canal , it gives greater force to the sound . ick . ] A kind of wooden shoe ...
... Sound diffuseth itself in rounds ; but if that Bailey . which would scatter in open air be made to go SCATE.n.s . ( skidor , Swedish ; skid , Islandinto a canal , it gives greater force to the sound . ick . ] A kind of wooden shoe ...
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Page 39 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
Page 67 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung : as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 99 - Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
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Page 82 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
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