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 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
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... Denham . The dira only served to confirm him in his first opinion , that it was his destiny to die in the ensuing combat . Dryden . Talk not of life or ransom , he replies ; Patroclus dead , whoever meets me , dies : In vain a single ...
... Denham . The dira only served to confirm him in his first opinion , that it was his destiny to die in the ensuing combat . Dryden . Talk not of life or ransom , he replies ; Patroclus dead , whoever meets me , dies : In vain a single ...
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... Denham . 2. To perish by violence or disease . The dira only served to confirm him in his first opinion , that it was his destiny to die in the ensuing combat . Dryden . Talk not of life or ransom , he replies ; Patroclus dead , whoever ...
... Denham . 2. To perish by violence or disease . The dira only served to confirm him in his first opinion , that it was his destiny to die in the ensuing combat . Dryden . Talk not of life or ransom , he replies ; Patroclus dead , whoever ...
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... Denham To content and fill the eye of the understand- ing , the best authors sprinkle their works with pleasing digressions , with which they recreate the minds of their readers . 2. Deviation . Dryden . The digression of the sun is not ...
... Denham To content and fill the eye of the understand- ing , the best authors sprinkle their works with pleasing digressions , with which they recreate the minds of their readers . 2. Deviation . Dryden . The digression of the sun is not ...
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... Denham , I am content to lead a private life ; Disband my army to secure the state . Dryden . Bid him disband his legions . 2. To spread abroad ; to scatter . Addison's Cato . Some imagine that a quantity of water , suffi- cient to make ...
... Denham , I am content to lead a private life ; Disband my army to secure the state . Dryden . Bid him disband his legions . 2. To spread abroad ; to scatter . Addison's Cato . Some imagine that a quantity of water , suffi- cient to make ...
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... Denham . learned , nor the brave , who guides the conver- sation , and gives measures to society . Addison's Spectator . 2. Modest ; not forward . Not well au- thorized . Dear youth , by fortune favour'd , but by love , Alas ! not ...
... Denham . learned , nor the brave , who guides the conver- sation , and gives measures to society . Addison's Spectator . 2. Modest ; not forward . Not well au- thorized . Dear youth , by fortune favour'd , but by love , Alas ! not ...
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