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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A small scarab is bred in the very tips of elmI doubt not but to die a fair death , if I scape leaves : these leaves may be observed to be dry hanging Sbakspeare . and dead , as also turgid , in which lieth a dirty , What can ' scape ...
A small scarab is bred in the very tips of elmI doubt not but to die a fair death , if I scape leaves : these leaves may be observed to be dry hanging Sbakspeare . and dead , as also turgid , in which lieth a dirty , What can ' scape ...
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Any thing to paint a fair one , ' t is necessary for me to see that hangs loose upon the shoulders or many fair ones ; but , because there is so great a dress . scarcity of lovely women , I am constrained to The matrons flung their ...
Any thing to paint a fair one , ' t is necessary for me to see that hangs loose upon the shoulders or many fair ones ; but , because there is so great a dress . scarcity of lovely women , I am constrained to The matrons flung their ...
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Fair Una ' gan Fidelia tair request , SCIENCE . n . so [ science , I'r . ' scientia , To have her knight unto her schoolhouse plac'd . Latin . ] Spenser . 1. Krowle ! ge . SCHO'OLMAN . N. s . [ school and man . ) ...
Fair Una ' gan Fidelia tair request , SCIENCE . n . so [ science , I'r . ' scientia , To have her knight unto her schoolhouse plac'd . Latin . ] Spenser . 1. Krowle ! ge . SCHO'OLMAN . N. s . [ school and man . ) ...
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Passions , though selfish , if their means be fair , List under reason , and deserve our care ; Sbakspeari . The name of the agent , of the seller , notary , Those that imparted court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take some ...
Passions , though selfish , if their means be fair , List under reason , and deserve our care ; Sbakspeari . The name of the agent , of the seller , notary , Those that imparted court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take some ...
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There must be leisure , retirement , solitude , How art thou a king , and a sequestration of a man's self from the noise But by fair sequence and succession ? Sbakspeare . of the world ; for truth scorns to be seen by eyes much tixt ...
There must be leisure , retirement , solitude , How art thou a king , and a sequestration of a man's self from the noise But by fair sequence and succession ? Sbakspeare . of the world ; for truth scorns to be seen by eyes much tixt ...
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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...
Page 46 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 109 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
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...
Page 30 - And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream. With these, that never fade, the Spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks, inwreath'd with beams : Now in loose garlands thick thrown off, the bright Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, Impurpled with celestial roses smiled.
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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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