Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers |
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... exercise of some uniform influence to lower permanently . The muzzle of a gun is depressed which is kept pointing towards the ground , the mind is de- pressed which is weighted by some burden of thought or reflexion . He is depressed ...
... exercise of some uniform influence to lower permanently . The muzzle of a gun is depressed which is kept pointing towards the ground , the mind is de- pressed which is weighted by some burden of thought or reflexion . He is depressed ...
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... exercise to any practical purpose the power of thought and speech , the reason being overpowered by the shock of argu- ment , testimony , or detection . To confuse is in its primary and simpler sense a milder term than confound . Things ...
... exercise to any practical purpose the power of thought and speech , the reason being overpowered by the shock of argu- ment , testimony , or detection . To confuse is in its primary and simpler sense a milder term than confound . Things ...
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... exercise , or the operation of extinctive power . Anything which is entirely done away with so that it is as if it had never been , may be said to be abolished . The term ordinarily involves some length of standing in the thing ...
... exercise , or the operation of extinctive power . Anything which is entirely done away with so that it is as if it had never been , may be said to be abolished . The term ordinarily involves some length of standing in the thing ...
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... exercise of power striking out what had operative force , whether in law or moral obligation . The term wears a legal , social , or conventional air , belonging to transactions between man and man . " Shake hands for ever , cancel all ...
... exercise of power striking out what had operative force , whether in law or moral obligation . The term wears a legal , social , or conventional air , belonging to transactions between man and man . " Shake hands for ever , cancel all ...
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... exercise . Hence , for in- stance , pleasures or privileges are abridged and contracted when they are made fewer and shorter , curtailed when the sphere of their exercise is in any way diminished , contracted also when the inherent ...
... exercise . Hence , for in- stance , pleasures or privileges are abridged and contracted when they are made fewer and shorter , curtailed when the sphere of their exercise is in any way diminished , contracted also when the inherent ...
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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 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 stances substance superior synonym tain taste tence term thing thought tical tion tive truth verb virtue Wealth of Nations whole word
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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 635 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 621 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hatli promised to them that love him ? 6 But ye have despised the poor.
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?
Page 365 - 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 445 - Venus' train appear, Disclose the long-expecting flowers, And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of spring : While, whispering pleasure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs through the clear blue sky Their gathered fragrance fling.
Page 629 - For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?
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 543 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Page 49 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.