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Built long tusks standing out . It has two fins , which for the sea . stand forward on
the breast like hands , whence Borne each by other in a distant line , the
Spaniards called it manatee . The female has The seabuilt forts in dreadful order
move .
Built long tusks standing out . It has two fins , which for the sea . stand forward on
the breast like hands , whence Borne each by other in a distant line , the
Spaniards called it manatee . The female has The seabuilt forts in dreadful order
move .
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An obscure motion , where the conjunction is Sbakspeare . called synanthrosis ;
as , in joining the tarsus to TA'RINESS . n . s . [ from tart . ] the metatarsus .
Wiseman . 1. Sharpness ; sourness ; acidity . Tart . adj . [ reant , Sax . taertig ,
Dutch . ] ...
An obscure motion , where the conjunction is Sbakspeare . called synanthrosis ;
as , in joining the tarsus to TA'RINESS . n . s . [ from tart . ] the metatarsus .
Wiseman . 1. Sharpness ; sourness ; acidity . Tart . adj . [ reant , Sax . taertig ,
Dutch . ] ...
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The tenth part . suffragia ; the second they call feu , which holds Of all the horses ,
of the king , church , barons , or others , paying The treasure in the field atchiev'd ,
and city , a certain duty called feudi firma ; the third is a We render you the ...
The tenth part . suffragia ; the second they call feu , which holds Of all the horses ,
of the king , church , barons , or others , paying The treasure in the field atchiev'd ,
and city , a certain duty called feudi firma ; the third is a We render you the ...
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To assert ; to claim with efficacy . called the claret grape . 2. The July grape . 3 .
Never any touched upon this way , which our ' The Corinth grape , vulgarly called
the currant poet justly has vindicated to himself . Dryden , grape . 4. The parsley ...
To assert ; to claim with efficacy . called the claret grape . 2. The July grape . 3 .
Never any touched upon this way , which our ' The Corinth grape , vulgarly called
the currant poet justly has vindicated to himself . Dryden , grape . 4. The parsley ...
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A disto tropicks , and is called the torrid zine . secter of the bodies of brute beasts
. There are two temperate zones , and two frizid 200ʻTOMY . n . s . ( Su Tould , of
sier and Che northern temperate zone is tem nared by the tropick of Cancer ...
A disto tropicks , and is called the torrid zine . secter of the bodies of brute beasts
. There are two temperate zones , and two frizid 200ʻTOMY . n . s . ( Su Tould , of
sier and Che northern temperate zone is tem nared by the tropick of Cancer ...
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Seite 23 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Seite 87 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
Seite 135 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung : as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Seite 135 - Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Seite 101 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Seite 135 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Seite 14 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Seite 135 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 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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| Titel | 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 Band 4 von 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 |
| Autor/in | Samuel Johnson |
| Ausgabe | 9 |
| Verlag | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Sept. 2006 |
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