Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language, with Descriptions of Their Various Shades of Meaning, and Illustrations of Their Usages and SpecialitiesBell & Daldy, 1871 - 610 Seiten |
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... from , as in forbid , and sacan , from sacu , säc , strife , conten- tion , connected with the English seek . Its radical force , therefore , is B ABANDON . the opposite of seek , namely , to SYNONYMS DISCRIMINATED. ...
... from , as in forbid , and sacan , from sacu , säc , strife , conten- tion , connected with the English seek . Its radical force , therefore , is B ABANDON . the opposite of seek , namely , to SYNONYMS DISCRIMINATED. ...
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... connected with the Greek xauai , on the ground ) ; commonly bears reference to some former condition of exaltation or estimate of self , as the proud man may be humbled by reverses of for- tune . When a man is so humbled that his state ...
... connected with the Greek xauai , on the ground ) ; commonly bears reference to some former condition of exaltation or estimate of self , as the proud man may be humbled by reverses of for- tune . When a man is so humbled that his state ...
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... connected with the English bay , to gape or stand at bay as a wild beast ) is to be under the influence of shame , and therefore will vary according to the degree and character of the shame felt . The over - modest are abashed in the ...
... connected with the English bay , to gape or stand at bay as a wild beast ) is to be under the influence of shame , and therefore will vary according to the degree and character of the shame felt . The over - modest are abashed in the ...
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... connection , as , " he is able to commit passages rapidly to memory , ” or , he is able to lift a great weight , " this adjective , when not so connected , is never used ( any more than the noun ability ) to mean physical power . For ...
... connection , as , " he is able to commit passages rapidly to memory , ” or , he is able to lift a great weight , " this adjective , when not so connected , is never used ( any more than the noun ability ) to mean physical power . For ...
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... connected with some strict and frivolous rules of religious abstinence ; and it was in honour of Pan or Mercury , of Hecate or Iris , that Julian on particular days denied himself the use of some particular food . " — Gibbon . FASTING ...
... connected with some strict and frivolous rules of religious abstinence ; and it was in honour of Pan or Mercury , of Hecate or Iris , that Julian on particular days denied himself the use of some particular food . " — Gibbon . FASTING ...
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abstract action ance animal applied belongs Ben Jonson body called cause character Cicero circumstances colour common commonly conduct connected Cowper degree denotes desire disposition distinction Dryden effect employed evil expresses external fact favour feeling force former getic give habit hand hath Hence honour Hudibras human Icelandic idea Iliad implies influence instance involves judgment kind Latin less Low Latin manner matters meaning ment mental Milton mind monly moral nature ness never object observed Old Eng Old English Old Fr one's oneself opinion opposed Ovid pain passion persons physical pleasure ployed Plutarch possession principles produced purely purpose racter reason reference regarded relates result risan Saxon sense Shakespeare signifies sion sometimes speak specific speech Spenser spirit synonyms term things thou thought tical tion tive truth verb viduals violent virtue Waterland Wealth of Nations words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 552 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Seite 383 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Seite 208 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Seite 131 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Seite 358 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise...
Seite 134 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Seite 314 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Seite 352 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 240 - Ye distant spires ! ye antique towers ! That crown the watery glade -Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade...
Seite 45 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.