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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How , best of kings , do'st thou a sceptre bear ! It hath embroiled astrology in the
erection of How , best of poets , do'st thou laurel wear ! schemes , and the
judgment of death and diseases . But two things rare the fates had in their store ,
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How , best of kings , do'st thou a sceptre bear ! It hath embroiled astrology in the
erection of How , best of poets , do'st thou laurel wear ! schemes , and the
judgment of death and diseases . But two things rare the fates had in their store ,
Brown ...
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... cold as tishes , and their flesh is so like viction of it generally inspires ,
somewhat may in taste , that the scrupulous are allowed them on fish - days
easily escape , even from a wary pen , which will Locke . not bear the test of a
severe scrutin .
... cold as tishes , and their flesh is so like viction of it generally inspires ,
somewhat may in taste , that the scrupulous are allowed them on fish - days
easily escape , even from a wary pen , which will Locke . not bear the test of a
severe scrutin .
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Atterbury . do in his own person unto him : as to bear the The youth was received
at the door by a serking's banner or his spear , or to lead his host , or to be his
marshal , or to blow a horn , when he vant , who then conducted him with great ...
Atterbury . do in his own person unto him : as to bear the The youth was received
at the door by a serking's banner or his spear , or to lead his host , or to be his
marshal , or to blow a horn , when he vant , who then conducted him with great ...
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Milton . to conversation and low writing , but 2. Womankind , by way of emphasis .
ought not to be admitted into the lanUnhappy sex ! whose beauty is your snare ;
guage . ] Mean ; paltry . Expos'd to trials ; made too frail to bear . Dryd .
Milton . to conversation and low writing , but 2. Womankind , by way of emphasis .
ought not to be admitted into the lanUnhappy sex ! whose beauty is your snare ;
guage . ] Mean ; paltry . Expos'd to trials ; made too frail to bear . Dryd .
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Let every soldier hew hin down a bough , By command , ere yet dim night And
bear ' t before him ; thereby shall we sha Her shadowy cloud withdraw's , I am to
haste duzu Homeward . Milton , The number of our host , and make discov'ry ...
Let every soldier hew hin down a bough , By command , ere yet dim night And
bear ' t before him ; thereby shall we sha Her shadowy cloud withdraw's , I am to
haste duzu Homeward . Milton , The number of our host , and make discov'ry ...
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Page 69 - And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream. With these, that never fade, the Spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks, inwreath'd with beams : Now in loose garlands thick thrown off, the bright Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, Impurpled with celestial roses smiled.
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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 Volume 4 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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