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 |
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Page 74
Allur'd his eye . chave some reference to a thing , without a bint ; an implication .
... It is used of persons ; as , Here are manifest allusions and footsteps of be
alludes to an old story ; or of things , the dissolution of the earth , as it was in the ...
Allur'd his eye . chave some reference to a thing , without a bint ; an implication .
... It is used of persons ; as , Here are manifest allusions and footsteps of be
alludes to an old story ; or of things , the dissolution of the earth , as it was in the ...
Page 129
[ appartenance , He that looks for the blessings appendant to Fr. ] That which
belongs or relates to the sacrament , must expect them upon no terms , another
thing . but of a worthy communion . Taylor . Can they which behold the
controversy of ...
[ appartenance , He that looks for the blessings appendant to Fr. ] That which
belongs or relates to the sacrament , must expect them upon no terms , another
thing . but of a worthy communion . Taylor . Can they which behold the
controversy of ...
Page 146
To d pute ; with the particles with or cipal action , the economy and disposition of
it , cousi before the opponent , and against are the things which distinguish
copies from oric Reihe thing opposed . ginals . Dryden , 1971 : do christians , of ...
To d pute ; with the particles with or cipal action , the economy and disposition of
it , cousi before the opponent , and against are the things which distinguish
copies from oric Reihe thing opposed . ginals . Dryden , 1971 : do christians , of ...
Page 191
Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd The autbor of that which causeth
another thing to be , is author of that thing also which thereby But rigid looks of
chaste austerity , is caused Hooker . And noble grace , that dash'd brute violence
I'll ...
Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd The autbor of that which causeth
another thing to be , is author of that thing also which thereby But rigid looks of
chaste austerity , is caused Hooker . And noble grace , that dash'd brute violence
I'll ...
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The best and soundest of his time hath been ' Tis one thing , I must confess , to
condition for but rash : now must we look , from his age , to a good office , and
another thing to do it gratis . receive not alone the imperfections of long enL'
Estrange ...
The best and soundest of his time hath been ' Tis one thing , I must confess , to
condition for but rash : now must we look , from his age , to a good office , and
another thing to do it gratis . receive not alone the imperfections of long enL'
Estrange ...
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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 A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson Volume 1 of 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 | 7 Sep 2006 |
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