Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers |
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... commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man . " - CHESTERFIELD . ABSTRACTED , on the other hand ( Lat . abstrahere , part . abstractus , to draw away ) , implies the influence of something ...
... commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man . " - CHESTERFIELD . ABSTRACTED , on the other hand ( Lat . abstrahere , part . abstractus , to draw away ) , implies the influence of something ...
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... commonly in the genius of a language , which seems to possess , so to speak , an instinctive faculty of admitting what is con- sonant , and rejecting what is uncon- genial to it . Like all instincts , how- ever , it is not unerring ...
... commonly in the genius of a language , which seems to possess , so to speak , an instinctive faculty of admitting what is con- sonant , and rejecting what is uncon- genial to it . Like all instincts , how- ever , it is not unerring ...
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... commonly used in the sense of bringing back by recital , representing in story . " And relacion Maketh to the Quene how he had do . " GOWER . The term connects the matter closely with the speaker , making the action a strictly personal ...
... commonly used in the sense of bringing back by recital , representing in story . " And relacion Maketh to the Quene how he had do . " GOWER . The term connects the matter closely with the speaker , making the action a strictly personal ...
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... commonly implying that it has accrued . A labourer earns his wages by rightly doing his right amount of work . A soldier earns distinction or promotion by doing his duty , or by his bravery . Like acquire , it is sometimes used in an ...
... commonly implying that it has accrued . A labourer earns his wages by rightly doing his right amount of work . A soldier earns distinction or promotion by doing his duty , or by his bravery . Like acquire , it is sometimes used in an ...
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... commonly HA- RANGUES . In a play , a set form of words of some length is called gener- ally a speech , though it should hap pen to be a soliloquy . On the other hand , a soliloquy and an address are contradictions in terms . " Every ...
... commonly HA- RANGUES . In a play , a set form of words of some length is called gener- ally a speech , though it should hap pen to be a soliloquy . On the other hand , a soliloquy and an address are contradictions in terms . " Every ...
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abstract action active animal applicable belongs BEN JONSON body called cation cause character Cicero circumstances colour common commonly conduct connexion degree denotes desire disposition distinction DRYDEN duty effect employed Etym evil exercise expresses external fact faculty favour fear feeling fluence force former getic give habit hand hath Hence herent honour Hudibras human Icel idea Iliad implies influence instance involves judgment kind less manner matters means ment mental metaphorical MILTON mind monly moral nature ness nexion object observed one's opinion opposed Ovid pain particular passion persons physical ployed Plutarch position possession principle produce purely purpose racter reason reference regard relates rence result sense SHAKESPEARE sion sometimes speak specific speech SPENSER spirit substance superior synonym tain taste tence term thing thought tical tion tive truth verb virtue Wealth of Nations word
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Page 471 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies...
Page 614 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 71 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 259 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety ? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, From experience: in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 548 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side: But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies. He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 496 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate. Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise! No more; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Page 120 - ... whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet,) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and ranked in Kent. Another lean, unwashed artificer Cuts off his tale, and talks of Arthur's death.
Page 212 - ... than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 365 - Should I go to church And see the holy edifice of stone, And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks, Which touching but my gentle vessel's side Would scatter all her spices on the stream, Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks; And, in a word, but even now worth this, And now worth nothing?
Page 527 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?