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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... less to make that book , as he does , a vehicle for sentiments somewhat reprehenfible - see page 36. vol . i . I should be too happy , could I imitate his delicacy of discrimination , and fe- licity of expreffion , while that general ...
... less to make that book , as he does , a vehicle for sentiments somewhat reprehenfible - see page 36. vol . i . I should be too happy , could I imitate his delicacy of discrimination , and fe- licity of expreffion , while that general ...
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... have a way of giving these rough epithets to many hapless perfons , who are in earnest neither more nor less than G plain ; plain ; by which I mean to exprefs a form BRITISH SYNONYMY . 81 Deformed, ugly, hideous, frightful,
... have a way of giving these rough epithets to many hapless perfons , who are in earnest neither more nor less than G plain ; plain ; by which I mean to exprefs a form BRITISH SYNONYMY . 81 Deformed, ugly, hideous, frightful,
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... less do they delight to see their wheat turn darnel , as it undoubtedly will if care is not taken , which every farmer knows . Another fet of philofo- phers hold a perpetual DEGENERATION of the human fpecies ; and a well - known writer ...
... less do they delight to see their wheat turn darnel , as it undoubtedly will if care is not taken , which every farmer knows . Another fet of philofo- phers hold a perpetual DEGENERATION of the human fpecies ; and a well - known writer ...
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... less that Jugurtha had lived in it fe- ven months . Since the refiftance which the un- happy queen of France's health made against a fituation no lefs horrible , however , any tale may be believed , either of cruelty in thofe en- dued ...
... less that Jugurtha had lived in it fe- ven months . Since the refiftance which the un- happy queen of France's health made against a fituation no lefs horrible , however , any tale may be believed , either of cruelty in thofe en- dued ...
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... less his virtues , my little book does not mean to make the defcription : fuffice it that I tell foreigners what no English gentleman is ignorant of namely , how the GREY - HOUND has acquired the name ; not by his nofe , for he makes no ...
... less his virtues , my little book does not mean to make the defcription : fuffice it that I tell foreigners what no English gentleman is ignorant of namely , how the GREY - HOUND has acquired the name ; not by his nofe , for he makes no ...
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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.