The Treasury of Knowledge and Library ReferenceLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 - Classical dictionaries |
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... coarse woollen cloth Bays , plural of bay , the laurel . " The bays , " is a figurative expression for an honorary crown or garland Bald , a , without hair Bawled , past part . of bawl Bale , s . a quantity of merchandize packed up in ...
... coarse woollen cloth Bays , plural of bay , the laurel . " The bays , " is a figurative expression for an honorary crown or garland Bald , a , without hair Bawled , past part . of bawl Bale , s . a quantity of merchandize packed up in ...
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... coarse spar Call , s . a requisition , vocation , impulse Caul , s . a small net for wigs Cal'lus , s . any cutaneous , carneous , or os- seous hardness Cal'lous , a . hardened , insensible Can'did , a . ingenuous , open , honest Can ...
... coarse spar Call , s . a requisition , vocation , impulse Caul , s . a small net for wigs Cal'lus , s . any cutaneous , carneous , or os- seous hardness Cal'lous , a . hardened , insensible Can'did , a . ingenuous , open , honest Can ...
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... Coarse , a . inelegant , gross Course , s . career , track Corse , s . a dead body- " The refined pleasures of a pious mind are superior to the coarse gratifications of sense . " " The deadly winter lays him along the snow " Deserts in ...
... Coarse , a . inelegant , gross Course , s . career , track Corse , s . a dead body- " The refined pleasures of a pious mind are superior to the coarse gratifications of sense . " " The deadly winter lays him along the snow " Deserts in ...
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... Coarse , a . inelegant , gross Course , s . career , track Corse , s . a dead body- " The refined pleasures of a pious mind are superior to the coarse gratifications of sense . " " Deserts in vain opposed their course . " " The deadly ...
... Coarse , a . inelegant , gross Course , s . career , track Corse , s . a dead body- " The refined pleasures of a pious mind are superior to the coarse gratifications of sense . " " Deserts in vain opposed their course . " " The deadly ...
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... coarse file for culinary purposes Greater , compar , of great - a . large Grease , s . melted fat , the soft part of fat Greece , s . the name of a maritime country in the south - east of Europe [ flict Greaves , pl . s . armour for the ...
... coarse file for culinary purposes Greater , compar , of great - a . large Grease , s . melted fat , the soft part of fat Greece , s . the name of a maritime country in the south - east of Europe [ flict Greaves , pl . s . armour for the ...
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Page 4 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 19 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Page 16 - Now among us, many clergymen act so directly contrary to this method, that from a habit of saving time and paper, which they acquired at the University, they write in so diminutive a manner...
Page 19 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 40 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 11 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 17 - Retrospective Review," consisting of Criticisms upon Analyses of, and Extracts from, curious, useful, and valuable books in all languages, which have been published from the Revival of Literature to the commencement of the present century.
Page 19 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 13 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.