Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers |
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... passions and settled habits , and to fears and appre- hensions arising from conscious guilt . ' BLAIR . DISGRACE is to deprive of respect ( 0 . Fr. disgrace , dis- and grace , Lat . gratia , favour ) . He who disgraces another deprives ...
... passions and settled habits , and to fears and appre- hensions arising from conscious guilt . ' BLAIR . DISGRACE is to deprive of respect ( 0 . Fr. disgrace , dis- and grace , Lat . gratia , favour ) . He who disgraces another deprives ...
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... passion now makes me , Thou hast not loved . " Of ruggedness and roughness , the former commonly belongs to ance ... passions , make persons abstracted . Trifles are enough to distract , more especially the young and thoughtless 18 ...
... passion now makes me , Thou hast not loved . " Of ruggedness and roughness , the former commonly belongs to ance ... passions , make persons abstracted . Trifles are enough to distract , more especially the young and thoughtless 18 ...
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... passion , and by the incontrovertible force of To urge stands midway be- tween incline , which is weaker , and compel , which is stronger . reason . EXPEDITE and DESPATCH ( Lat . er- pedire , and Fr. dĂ©pĂȘcher , It . dispacciare ) are ...
... passion , and by the incontrovertible force of To urge stands midway be- tween incline , which is weaker , and compel , which is stronger . reason . EXPEDITE and DESPATCH ( Lat . er- pedire , and Fr. dĂ©pĂȘcher , It . dispacciare ) are ...
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... passion can express That marks the proper , and with proper stress ; But none emphatic can that actor call , Who lays an equal emphasis on all . " LLOYD'S Actor . ACCEPT . RECEIVE . TAKE . Of these , TAKE ( A.S. tacan , to take , lay ...
... passion can express That marks the proper , and with proper stress ; But none emphatic can that actor call , Who lays an equal emphasis on all . " LLOYD'S Actor . ACCEPT . RECEIVE . TAKE . Of these , TAKE ( A.S. tacan , to take , lay ...
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... passion and desire , there are still some objects that are more acceptable to us than others . " - REID . GRATEFUL ( Lat . gratus ) expresses not so much what is recognized as a good as rather what is sensibly de- lightful and consonant ...
... passion and desire , there are still some objects that are more acceptable to us than others . " - REID . GRATEFUL ( Lat . gratus ) expresses not so much what is recognized as a good as rather what is sensibly de- lightful and consonant ...
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abstract action active animal applicable belongs BEN JONSON Bible 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 feeling 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 whole word