British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, Bände 1-2W. Porter, 1794 - 516 Seiten |
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... equal may be AFFABLE - which I fhould ftill think wrong in a printed book , and unpleafing every where ; because the word itself feems to im- ply fuperiority . We will allow however that the lofty COURTESY of a princefs lofes little of ...
... equal may be AFFABLE - which I fhould ftill think wrong in a printed book , and unpleafing every where ; because the word itself feems to im- ply fuperiority . We will allow however that the lofty COURTESY of a princefs lofes little of ...
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... equal propri- ety that the houfe is in a BLAZE , or that ' tis in Both mean light bodies fet on fire , fo as to produce luminous effect . Yet all know FLAME to be the mere volatile parts of the fewel rarefied fo as to kindle eafily ...
... equal propri- ety that the houfe is in a BLAZE , or that ' tis in Both mean light bodies fet on fire , fo as to produce luminous effect . Yet all know FLAME to be the mere volatile parts of the fewel rarefied fo as to kindle eafily ...
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... equal value . He uses it in comic dialogue with excellent effect , and 1 feel forry that ' tis turned into the streets and alleys of London , with the first letter changed : in that fense Fielding confirms its degradation . то Y TO ...
... equal value . He uses it in comic dialogue with excellent effect , and 1 feel forry that ' tis turned into the streets and alleys of London , with the first letter changed : in that fense Fielding confirms its degradation . то Y TO ...
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... equal dignity and pathos- " Deferve we no more reverence ? " A BOLD man is one who speaks blunt truths , out of season perhaps , and is likely enough to be called SAUCY , though naturally unwilling to be fo . Clytus was BOLD when he ...
... equal dignity and pathos- " Deferve we no more reverence ? " A BOLD man is one who speaks blunt truths , out of season perhaps , and is likely enough to be called SAUCY , though naturally unwilling to be fo . Clytus was BOLD when he ...
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... equal even to the most raised expectation among the female fex , and that among women moft deli- cately bred too ; witnefs Mary queen of Scots and Anna Boleyn , who both met death in his moft dreadful form , perhaps , with unabated ...
... equal even to the most raised expectation among the female fex , and that among women moft deli- cately bred too ; witnefs Mary queen of Scots and Anna Boleyn , who both met death in his moft dreadful form , perhaps , with unabated ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt almoft becauſe beft beſt called caufe cauſe Chriftian cloſe confequence confidered converfation defcribed defire delight diftinction eafily elegant Engliſh expreffion expreffive faid fame fatire fcarce fecond feems feen fenfe ferve fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt of theſe fituation fociety fome fometimes fomewhat foon foreigners fpeaking fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftrictly ftrong fubftantives fubject fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofe fure fynonymous herſelf himſelf honour houſe intereft itſelf Johnſon juft juftly lady laft language laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft mean Meantime ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafions pafs perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffibly praiſe prefent puniſhment purpoſe reafon reft ſay ſcarce ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeaking ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe words thing thofe thoſe tion unleſs uſed verb verſes virtue whilft whofe whoſe worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 315 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Seite 199 - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go juft alike, yet each believes his own.
Seite 262 - There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and. whose ideas will come and go at his command. No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.
Seite 380 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 515 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Seite 19 - If, in good days, like these, the headstrong herd Grow madly wanton and repine ; it is Because the reins of power are held too slack, And reverend authority, of late, Has worn a face of mercy more than justice. Glost. Beshrew my heart ! but you have well divined The source of these disorders.
Seite 37 - These Aldus printed, those Du Sueil has bound. Lo, some are vellum, and the rest as good For all his Lordship knows, but they are wood. For Locke or Milton 'tis in vain to look, These shelves admit not any modern book.
Seite 442 - I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Babylon is further declared to be "that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Seite 134 - Can'ft, from thy exhauflkfs ftore, Bid a tide of forrow flow, And whelm the foul in deepeft woe : Or in the twinkling of an eye, Raife it to mirth and jollity. Dreams and fhadows by thee ftand, Taught to run at thy command, And along the wanton air, Flit like empty Goffimcr.
Seite 309 - Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave descend, Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.