Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers |
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... means and opportunities for the performance of a thing , and is op- posed to inability ; the power of ap- plying knowledge to practical ends . The erudite man , for instance , or the philosopher , however profound , is not able until he ...
... means and opportunities for the performance of a thing , and is op- posed to inability ; the power of ap- plying knowledge to practical ends . The erudite man , for instance , or the philosopher , however profound , is not able until he ...
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... means one which likes to express itself in paradox . A para- dox is a proposition which in form is out of harmony with common concep- tions , yet is not so in substance . It is truth , reason , or consistency wearing the garb of the ...
... means one which likes to express itself in paradox . A para- dox is a proposition which in form is out of harmony with common concep- tions , yet is not so in substance . It is truth , reason , or consistency wearing the garb of the ...
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... means capa- bility of reaching or being reached . Approach is the act of drawing near , and is applicable to time as well as space , or , in a secondary sense , bears the meaning of resemblance , an ana- logy existing between the ideas ...
... means capa- bility of reaching or being reached . Approach is the act of drawing near , and is applicable to time as well as space , or , in a secondary sense , bears the meaning of resemblance , an ana- logy existing between the ideas ...
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... means . As the measure of accomplishment is the capability of the agent , so the measure of effect is the potency of the cause . Yet the term is not associated with the operations of mechanical or im- personal powers , but with personal ...
... means . As the measure of accomplishment is the capability of the agent , so the measure of effect is the potency of the cause . Yet the term is not associated with the operations of mechanical or im- personal powers , but with personal ...
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... means of others , as when a young man obtains a valu- able appointment through interest , without having acquired through patience and industry the qualifica- tions of the position . One may obtain in a variety of ways , as by patience ...
... means of others , as when a young man obtains a valu- able appointment through interest , without having acquired through patience and industry the qualifica- tions of the position . One may obtain in a variety of ways , as by patience ...
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abstract action active animal applicable belongs BEN JONSON Bible body called cation cause character Cicero circumstances colour common commonly conduct connexion degree denotes desire disposition distinction DRYDEN duty effect employed Etym evil exercise expresses external fact favour feeling force former getic give habit hand hath Hence herent honour Hudibras human Icel idea Iliad implies influence instance involves judgment kind less manner matters means ment mental metaphorical MILTON mind monly moral nature ness nexion object observed one's opinion opposed Ovid pain particular passion persons physical ployed Plutarch position possession principle produce purely purpose racter reason reference regard relates rence result sense SHAKESPEARE sion sometimes speak specific speech SPENSER spirit stances substance superior synonym tain taste tence term thing thought tical tion tive truth verb virtue Wealth of Nations whole word
Popular passages
Page 259 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas: — How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE. In that all our knowledge is founded; and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 635 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 621 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hatli promised to them that love him ? 6 But ye have despised the poor.
Page 527 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 365 - And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks, Which touching but my gentle vessel's side Would scatter all her spices on the stream, Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks; And, in a word, but even now worth this, And now worth nothing?
Page 445 - Venus' train appear, Disclose the long-expecting flowers, And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of spring : While, whispering pleasure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs through the clear blue sky Their gathered fragrance fling.
Page 629 - For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Page 471 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content ! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die, Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies...
Page 543 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Page 49 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.