A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language [&c.].1768 |
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... pafs for empty founds , of no other ufe than to fill a verfe , or to modulate a period , but which are easily per- ceived in living tongues to have power and emphasis , though it be fometimes fuch as no other form of expreffion can ...
... pafs for empty founds , of no other ufe than to fill a verfe , or to modulate a period , but which are easily per- ceived in living tongues to have power and emphasis , though it be fometimes fuch as no other form of expreffion can ...
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... pafs imperceptibly into each other ; fo that though on one fide they apparently differ , yet it is im- poffible to mark the point of contact . Ideas of the fame race , though not ex- actly alike , are fometimes fo little different ...
... pafs imperceptibly into each other ; fo that though on one fide they apparently differ , yet it is im- poffible to mark the point of contact . Ideas of the fame race , though not ex- actly alike , are fometimes fo little different ...
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... pafs by unregarded , which he expects hourly to return ; he that is fearching for rare and remote things , will neglect thofe that are obvious and familiar : thus many of the most common and curfory words have been inferted with little ...
... pafs by unregarded , which he expects hourly to return ; he that is fearching for rare and remote things , will neglect thofe that are obvious and familiar : thus many of the most common and curfory words have been inferted with little ...
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... pafs into a ferpentine pipe , which is kept cool by making many convolutions in a tub of water ; here the vapours are condensed , and what entered the pipe in tumes , comes out in drops . Boyle . ALENGTH . adv . [ from a for at , and ...
... pafs into a ferpentine pipe , which is kept cool by making many convolutions in a tub of water ; here the vapours are condensed , and what entered the pipe in tumes , comes out in drops . Boyle . ALENGTH . adv . [ from a for at , and ...
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... pafs or thruft with a rapier . To ALLOÒ . v . a . To fet on ; to incite . Philips . A'LLOQUY . . [ alloquium , Lat . ] The act of fpeaking to another . Dia . ALLUREMENT . S. [ from allure . ] Entice ALLURER J. [ from allure . ] Enticer ...
... pafs or thruft with a rapier . To ALLOÒ . v . a . To fet on ; to incite . Philips . A'LLOQUY . . [ alloquium , Lat . ] The act of fpeaking to another . Dia . ALLUREMENT . S. [ from allure . ] Entice ALLURER J. [ from allure . ] Enticer ...
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