English Synonymes ExplainedJ. & J. Harper, 1826 - 713 strán (strany) |
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Strana 8
... follow some favourite scheme which termi- nates in their ruin . No wise man will abandon his house when it is on fire . It is the common consequence of war that the peaceable and well - disposed are compelled to desert their houses and ...
... follow some favourite scheme which termi- nates in their ruin . No wise man will abandon his house when it is on fire . It is the common consequence of war that the peaceable and well - disposed are compelled to desert their houses and ...
Strana 9
... follows him in his abase- ment or humiliation ; his greatness protects him from degradation , and his virtue shields him from disgrace . It is necessary to abase those who will exalt themselves ; to humble those who have lofty opinions ...
... follows him in his abase- ment or humiliation ; his greatness protects him from degradation , and his virtue shields him from disgrace . It is necessary to abase those who will exalt themselves ; to humble those who have lofty opinions ...
Strana 10
... to be used . The next is that the common application of the word amounts to a voluntary express renunciation , which is not in this case , nor will follow from the premises . ABDICATE . " My Lords , as to the first 10.
... to be used . The next is that the common application of the word amounts to a voluntary express renunciation , which is not in this case , nor will follow from the premises . ABDICATE . " My Lords , as to the first 10.
Strana 18
... follows the bias of the senses , which are caught by the out- ward surface of things ; it is impelled by curiosity to look rather than to think : a well - regulated mind is rarely exposed to distractions , which result from contrariety ...
... follows the bias of the senses , which are caught by the out- ward surface of things ; it is impelled by curiosity to look rather than to think : a well - regulated mind is rarely exposed to distractions , which result from contrariety ...
Strana 25
... follow , signifies to follow up or carry through to the end . ACHIEVE , in French achever , from chef a chief , signifies to perform as a chief . We accomplish an object , effect a purpose , execute a project , achieve an enterprise ...
... follow , signifies to follow up or carry through to the end . ACHIEVE , in French achever , from chef a chief , signifies to perform as a chief . We accomplish an object , effect a purpose , execute a project , achieve an enterprise ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
action Addison admit affections animals applied authority bad sense Blair body Burke cause cerned character Christian Cicero circumstances civil comes common compounded comprehends conduct confined Cumberland degree denotes disposition distinction divine Dryden employed endeavour epithets evil exer express favour feeling figurative former French frequently friends German give Greek happy heart Hebrew honour human humour idea implies individual indulgence ject Johnson labour Latin latter lence less low German manner marks means ment Milton mind mode moral nature neral ness never nifies object occasion offended one's opposed ourselves pain participle particular passions perly person pleasure Pope principles produce properly quires racter regard religion respects Saxon sentiment serve Shakspeare signi signifies literally signifies the thing sion sometimes speak species spects spirit Steele superior tain temper Thomson tion truth vice vidual virtue wish words
Populárne pasáže
Strana 155 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Strana 357 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Strana 314 - To rapture, and enthusiastic heat, We feel the present Deity, and taste The joy of GOD to see a happy world...
Strana 357 - Bring water; bathe the wound; while I in death Lay close my lips to hers, and catch the flying breath.
Strana 307 - A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous; and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible.
Strana 173 - So that pure and unsullied thoughts are naturally suggested to the mind, by those objects that perpetually encompass us, when they are beautiful and elegant in their kind. In the east, where the warmth of the climate makes cleanliness more immediately necessary than in colder countries, it is made one part of their religion : the Jewish law...
Strana 190 - Everything is compatible with a plan which does not interrupt its prosecution ; everything is consistent with a person's station by which it is neither degraded nor elevated. It is not compatible with the good discipline of a school to allow of foreign interference ; it is not consistent with the elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men.
Strana 354 - ... where And what I was whence thither brought and how. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Strana 359 - ... competitor, I was awakened by the noise of the cannon, which were then fired for the taking of Mons. I should have been very much troubled 'at being thrown out of so pleasing a vision on any other occasion ; but thought it an agreeable change to have my thoughts diverted from the greatest among the dead and fabulous heroes, to the most famous among the real and the living.
Strana 488 - Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes...