English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations : Drawn from the Best WritersHarper & Brothers, 1850 - 536 страници |
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... French legere , Latin levis light , seems to denote quickness in the mental faculty ; skilful signifies INCAPABLE , INSUFFICIENT , INCOMPETENT , full of skill ; and skill probably comes from the Latin scio to know ; expert , in French ...
... French legere , Latin levis light , seems to denote quickness in the mental faculty ; skilful signifies INCAPABLE , INSUFFICIENT , INCOMPETENT , full of skill ; and skill probably comes from the Latin scio to know ; expert , in French ...
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... French regarder , that is , re and garder , to keep or watch , which is derived from the old German wahren to see , of which there are still traces in the words bewahren to guard against , warten to wait , and the English to be aware of ...
... French regarder , that is , re and garder , to keep or watch , which is derived from the old German wahren to see , of which there are still traces in the words bewahren to guard against , warten to wait , and the English to be aware of ...
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... French , and Scotch clergy , without dis- STEELE . To the time of Edward III . it is probable tinction ; By a clergyman I mean one in holy orders .'- that the French and English languages subsisted to- gether throughout the kingdom ...
... French , and Scotch clergy , without dis- STEELE . To the time of Edward III . it is probable tinction ; By a clergyman I mean one in holy orders .'- that the French and English languages subsisted to- gether throughout the kingdom ...
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... French en and traiter , signifying to act upon ; suit , from sue , in French suivre , Latin Bequor to follow after ; denote different modes of prayer , varying in the circumstances of the action and the object acted upon . who expiate ...
... French en and traiter , signifying to act upon ; suit , from sue , in French suivre , Latin Bequor to follow after ; denote different modes of prayer , varying in the circumstances of the action and the object acted upon . who expiate ...
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... French augurer , Latin augurium , comes ' rom avis a bird , as an augury was originally , and at ll times , principally drawn from the song , the flight , or other actions of birds . The augurium of the Latins , and the oloviopa of the ...
... French augurer , Latin augurium , comes ' rom avis a bird , as an augury was originally , and at ll times , principally drawn from the song , the flight , or other actions of birds . The augurium of the Latins , and the oloviopa of the ...
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according action ADDISON affections applied authority bad sense body cause cern character characteristick Christian Cicero circumstances comes common commonly compounded comprehends conduct consequence degree denotes disposition distinction Divine DRYDEN duty employed epithets errour evil exertion expresses favour fear feeling former French frequently friends generick German give Greek habits happy heart Hebrew hence honour human humour idea implies individual indulgence inferiour judgement labour Latin latter less likewise Low German manner marks means ment mind mode nature ness never nexion object offender one's opinion opposed ordinary ourselves pain participle particular passions perly person Pisistratus pleasure POPE principles produce publick racter regard religion render respects Saxon sentiment SHAKSPEARE signifies literally society sometimes soul speak species specifick spects spirit superiour supposed temper tion Titus Manlius Torquatus tremour uncon vice vidual violence virtue wish word
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Страница 285 - ... and in some measure reduced that part of the human figure to the beautiful globular form, which is natural to it. We have for a great while expected what kind of ornament would be substituted in the place of those antiquated commodes. But our female projectors were all the last summer so taken up with the improvement of their petticoats, that they had not time to attend to...
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