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... horse's running to day ! it is implied causes obscurity and misconception . In no that the horse did actually run . If it is said , case are writers so apt to err as in the po- What think you of my horse running to - sition of the word ...
... horse's running to day ! it is implied causes obscurity and misconception . In no that the horse did actually run . If it is said , case are writers so apt to err as in the po- What think you of my horse running to - sition of the word ...
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... horse's mouth Bite , s . the seizure and piercing of any thing with the teeth Bight , s . a creek , a small bay Blue , a . of the colour so named [ of air Blew , preterite of blow , to make a current Board , s . a plank ; entertainment ...
... horse's mouth Bite , s . the seizure and piercing of any thing with the teeth Bight , s . a creek , a small bay Blue , a . of the colour so named [ of air Blew , preterite of blow , to make a current Board , s . a plank ; entertainment ...
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... horses are trained , or horsemanship is taught Mane , s . the hair which hangs down on the neck of horses , & c , Main ... horse Need , s . necessity , exigency " The same sweet form , the same enchant- Knead , v . a . to work with the ...
... horses are trained , or horsemanship is taught Mane , s . the hair which hangs down on the neck of horses , & c , Main ... horse Need , s . necessity , exigency " The same sweet form , the same enchant- Knead , v . a . to work with the ...
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... horse's head to the rider's hand- " Swelled with the vernal rains . " " O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign . ” " The trembling steed heeds not the rein . " Rap , v . a . to strike smartly Row , s . a rank or file Roe , s . the ...
... horse's head to the rider's hand- " Swelled with the vernal rains . " " O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign . ” " The trembling steed heeds not the rein . " Rap , v . a . to strike smartly Row , s . a rank or file Roe , s . the ...
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... horse Am , first person sing . of be Ham , s . the thigh of a hog salted An'chor , s . an iron to hold a ship Han'ker , v . n . to long importunately And , a particle joining words and sentences Hand , s . one of the members of the body ...
... horse Am , first person sing . of be Ham , s . the thigh of a hog salted An'chor , s . an iron to hold a ship Han'ker , v . n . to long importunately And , a particle joining words and sentences Hand , s . one of the members of the body ...
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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.