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... 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 Ant , s . an insect well known Aunt , s . a father or mother's sister Haunt , s . a place ...
... 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 Ant , s . an insect well known Aunt , s . a father or mother's sister Haunt , s . a place ...
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... iron to heat a smoothing - iron Eater , s . one that eats Hermetical , a . chymical Hermit'cal , a . solitary , like a hermit Herring , s . a sort of small sea - fish Er'ring , pres . part . of err Hill , s . ground considerably ...
... iron to heat a smoothing - iron Eater , s . one that eats Hermetical , a . chymical Hermit'cal , a . solitary , like a hermit Herring , s . a sort of small sea - fish Er'ring , pres . part . of err Hill , s . ground considerably ...
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... iron , s . one of the irons fixed to the end of a fire - grate , in which the spit turns Andorinha , s . the Brazilian swallow Audranat'omy , s . the dissection of a male body An'dreolite , s . the harmotome , a mineral Andro'ginal ...
... iron , s . one of the irons fixed to the end of a fire - grate , in which the spit turns Andorinha , s . the Brazilian swallow Audranat'omy , s . the dissection of a male body An'dreolite , s . the harmotome , a mineral Andro'ginal ...
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... iron ; the place assigned for lawyers to plead ; the place at which criminals stand during trial ; a hinderance ; a room in a tavern Barb , s . a Barbary horse ; a beard ; the points which stand backward in an arrow v . a . to furnish ...
... iron ; the place assigned for lawyers to plead ; the place at which criminals stand during trial ; a hinderance ; a room in a tavern Barb , s . a Barbary horse ; a beard ; the points which stand backward in an arrow v . a . to furnish ...
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... iron mouth - piece of a bridle Bitch , s . the female of the canine kind Bite , s . seizure by the teeth ; a sharper Bite , v . a . to separate or pierce with the teeth ; to cut ; to wound ; to cheat ; to trick Bi'ter , s . he that ...
... iron mouth - piece of a bridle Bitch , s . the female of the canine kind Bite , s . seizure by the teeth ; a sharper Bite , v . a . to separate or pierce with the teeth ; to cut ; to wound ; to cheat ; to trick Bi'ter , s . he that ...
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acid adorn ancient animal art of dialling ascer beat belonging bird body botany called capable censure chyle cloth coarse colour consisting containing corn costive craniology deceive deprive disease divination doctrine dress earth Enlarged English Dictionary expression false fasten female fire fish flower foot fossil fowl fruit genus growing heraldry herb honour horse insect instrument interj iron kind land light liquor living manner marriage mean measure medicine metal mind mineral nature noise noun one's ornament pain person pertaining piece plant Plur preterite producing pron quadruped relating resembling rope round rude salt sentence ship shrub Sing skin soft sorrow sort sound species stamens stone substance thin thing tion tree v. a. to cover v. a. to form v. a. to put verb vessel violent wild wind woman wood words writing zeolite
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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.