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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... sense , as by Shakespeare : - " And will she yet abase her eyes on me ? " To abase is , now , to bring low , or lower , in such a way as that the per- son lowered shall be deeply conscious of the lowering . But this is not of necessity ...
... sense , as by Shakespeare : - " And will she yet abase her eyes on me ? " To abase is , now , to bring low , or lower , in such a way as that the per- son lowered shall be deeply conscious of the lowering . But this is not of necessity ...
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... sense of the simpler Eng- lish form quicken ( quick , alive , lively , rapid , which is the most generic of all . Accelerate refers to some pro- gress already begun , and is applied not to the object itself but its move- ment . In this ...
... sense of the simpler Eng- lish form quicken ( quick , alive , lively , rapid , which is the most generic of all . Accelerate refers to some pro- gress already begun , and is applied not to the object itself but its move- ment . In this ...
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... sense is somewhat old - fashioned , but is used when the idea of prosperous or suc- cessful furtherance is intended , with- out of necessity an increase in the rate of movement , EXPEDITE and DESPATCH ( expedire , and dis and pan- gere ) ...
... sense is somewhat old - fashioned , but is used when the idea of prosperous or suc- cessful furtherance is intended , with- out of necessity an increase in the rate of movement , EXPEDITE and DESPATCH ( expedire , and dis and pan- gere ) ...
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... sense , and to the external character referred to above . Revere is more intimate to the feelings , and may denote what is preserved as sacred in the mind , inde- pendently of any signs of respect at all , as to revere the memory of a ...
... sense , and to the external character referred to above . Revere is more intimate to the feelings , and may denote what is preserved as sacred in the mind , inde- pendently of any signs of respect at all , as to revere the memory of a ...
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... sense , as attach may be , in the sense of affectionate relationship , as to be attached to one's home or country . Physically that which is affixed rests with the body if stationary , or moves bodily with it if it be in motion . But a ...
... sense , as attach may be , in the sense of affectionate relationship , as to be attached to one's home or country . Physically that which is affixed rests with the body if stationary , or moves bodily with it if it be in motion . But a ...
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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
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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.