A New Dictionary of the English Language: Combining Explanation with Etymology and Illustrated by Quotations from the Best AuthoritiesBell and Daldy, 1858 |
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Strana 1202
... thing to him to be conscious , while he is leo- turing his students , that he is either speaking or reading nonsense , or what is very little better than nousense . Smith . Wealth of Nations , b . v . c . 1 . I was informed by an ...
... thing to him to be conscious , while he is leo- turing his students , that he is either speaking or reading nonsense , or what is very little better than nousense . Smith . Wealth of Nations , b . v . c . 1 . I was informed by an ...
Strana 1213
... thing ( vessel , box , & c . ) is covered . This kyng was but of mene stature his other eye lede agyd so myche a doun , that it helid half the blacke of his -B . Gloucester , p . 521. Note Al the vessels that be open which haue no lyd ...
... thing ( vessel , box , & c . ) is covered . This kyng was but of mene stature his other eye lede agyd so myche a doun , that it helid half the blacke of his -B . Gloucester , p . 521. Note Al the vessels that be open which haue no lyd ...
Strana 1216
... thing in prose . That oughte liken you . - Chaucer . Prologue to Melibeus . He medleth sorowe with likynge . - Gower . Con . A. b . i . He [ Vitellius ] accounted all sharpe that was wholesome , and liked of nothing but that which was ...
... thing in prose . That oughte liken you . - Chaucer . Prologue to Melibeus . He medleth sorowe with likynge . - Gower . Con . A. b . i . He [ Vitellius ] accounted all sharpe that was wholesome , and liked of nothing but that which was ...
Strana 1218
... thing extended , any ex- LINEATURE . tension , in length , as of string or thread ; of writing ; of men ; of defence , before or round entrenchments ; any thing drawn out or pursued lengthwise or longitudinally ; a course Id . Ib . s ...
... thing extended , any ex- LINEATURE . tension , in length , as of string or thread ; of writing ; of men ; of defence , before or round entrenchments ; any thing drawn out or pursued lengthwise or longitudinally ; a course Id . Ib . s ...
Strana 1235
... thing ) Caught Instead of saying that a person has had good luck , it is not uncommon to say , he has had A good catch . " Luck , then , is simply- A catch , a seisure ; thus , the haul or drag of the fisherman would be his luck , as ...
... thing ) Caught Instead of saying that a person has had good luck , it is not uncommon to say , he has had A good catch . " Luck , then , is simply- A catch , a seisure ; thus , the haul or drag of the fisherman would be his luck , as ...
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