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 4 |
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Pope . Speak again , bright angel ! for thou art TO SAINT . V. n . To act with a show of As glorious to this sight , being o'er my head , piety . As is a winged messenger from heav'n , SA'INTED . adj . [ from saint . ] ...
Pope . Speak again , bright angel ! for thou art TO SAINT . V. n . To act with a show of As glorious to this sight , being o'er my head , piety . As is a winged messenger from heav'n , SA'INTED . adj . [ from saint . ] ...
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a Pope . S. SA'sHoon.n . y . A kind of leather stuting Consum'd , her rav'nous jaws th ' earth satiate put into a boot for the wearer's ease , clos'd . Pbilips . Ainswortb . a To glut ; to pall ; to fill begond naSA'SSAFRAS . N. s .
a Pope . S. SA'sHoon.n . y . A kind of leather stuting Consum'd , her rav'nous jaws th ' earth satiate put into a boot for the wearer's ease , clos'd . Pbilips . Ainswortb . a To glut ; to pall ; to fill begond naSA'SSAFRAS . N. s .
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Pope . pable of receiving more than one . Dryden . SCA'NDALOUSLY.adv . ( from scandalous . ] 2. Want of amplitude or greatness ; want 1. Shamefully ; ill to a degree that gives of liberality . publick offence .
Pope . pable of receiving more than one . Dryden . SCA'NDALOUSLY.adv . ( from scandalous . ] 2. Want of amplitude or greatness ; want 1. Shamefully ; ill to a degree that gives of liberality . publick offence .
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Bentley . Bills of exchange cannot pay our debts abroad , If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , ' till scrips of paper can be made current coin . There are , who judge still worse than he can Locke , write . Pope . SCRI'PPAGE . n . s .
Bentley . Bills of exchange cannot pay our debts abroad , If Mævius scribble in Apollo's spite , ' till scrips of paper can be made current coin . There are , who judge still worse than he can Locke , write . Pope . SCRI'PPAGE . n . s .
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Pope . Shakspeare . SEAFA'RING . adj . ( sea and fare . ] Travel SE'ACARP . n . s . [ from sea and carp ; ling by sea . turdus marinus , Lat . ) A spotted fish My wife fasten'd him unto a small spare mast , that lives among stones and ...
Pope . Shakspeare . SEAFA'RING . adj . ( sea and fare . ] Travel SE'ACARP . n . s . [ from sea and carp ; ling by sea . turdus marinus , Lat . ) A spotted fish My wife fasten'd him unto a small spare mast , that lives among stones and ...
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| Title | 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 4 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, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Sep 7, 2006 |
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