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, Том 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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... to pursue for that pur- pose . At the present time , however , a person would be thought in- adequately qualified for such a task , without a much greater knowledge a frequent subject of his prayers ; for he agreed LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... to pursue for that pur- pose . At the present time , however , a person would be thought in- adequately qualified for such a task , without a much greater knowledge a frequent subject of his prayers ; for he agreed LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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... present power , would naturally dispose him to lean to the monarchical side in political contests . This loyalty , moreover , was en- hanced by the uncommon honour he received of a personal interview with his majesty at the library of ...
... present power , would naturally dispose him to lean to the monarchical side in political contests . This loyalty , moreover , was en- hanced by the uncommon honour he received of a personal interview with his majesty at the library of ...
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... present use . These I have noted with great care ; and though I cannot flatter myself that the collection is complete , I believe I have so far assist- ed the students of our language , that this kind of phraseology will be no longer in ...
... present use . These I have noted with great care ; and though I cannot flatter myself that the collection is complete , I believe I have so far assist- ed the students of our language , that this kind of phraseology will be no longer in ...
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... present prevalence of our lan- guage should invite foreigners to this dictionary , many will be assisted by those words which now seem only to increase or produce obscurity . For this reason I have endeavoured frequently to join a ...
... present prevalence of our lan- guage should invite foreigners to this dictionary , many will be assisted by those words which now seem only to increase or produce obscurity . For this reason I have endeavoured frequently to join a ...
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... present inhabitants ; yet the deduction of -the English language , from the earliest times of which we have any knowledge to its present state , re- quires no mention of them : for we have so few words which can with any proba- bility ...
... present inhabitants ; yet the deduction of -the English language , from the earliest times of which we have any knowledge to its present state , re- quires no mention of them : for we have so few words which can with any proba- bility ...
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Addison ancient animal Arbuthnot arms Atterbury Bacon bear beat Ben Jonson blood body Boyle break breast breath Brown's Vulgar Errours called cause church Clarendon colour Corvell death derived Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth English eyes Fairy Queen fear fire French fruit give grace ground grow hand hath head heart heav'n Henry VII honour Hooker horse Hudibras kind king King Lear kyng L'Estrange language Latin live Locke lord manner ment Milton mind motion nature never noun Opticks Paradise Lost particle person plant Pope preterit prince Quincy Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew Sidney signifies sometimes soul sound South Spenser spirit sweet Swift syllable Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto verb virtue Waller Watts wind word
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