Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers |
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... observed that abandon and desert express more positive acts of the mind than forsake and relinquish . He who abandons has finally resolved , he who forsakes has undergone change of mind , he who deserts has sacrificed principle or duty ...
... observed that abandon and desert express more positive acts of the mind than forsake and relinquish . He who abandons has finally resolved , he who forsakes has undergone change of mind , he who deserts has sacrificed principle or duty ...
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... observed that unlike ABRIDGE and ABBRE- VIATE , which may accidentally in- volve diminution of value , incom- pleteness , or deficiency , these are [ ABRIDGE ] necessarily involved in curtail and contract . We may say , generally ...
... observed that unlike ABRIDGE and ABBRE- VIATE , which may accidentally in- volve diminution of value , incom- pleteness , or deficiency , these are [ ABRIDGE ] necessarily involved in curtail and contract . We may say , generally ...
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... observed , however , that some character of remoteness or profundity in the subject - matter is needed to constitute the abstruse , and that the term would not be applicable to common every - day matters ex- pressed with a want of ...
... observed , however , that some character of remoteness or profundity in the subject - matter is needed to constitute the abstruse , and that the term would not be applicable to common every - day matters ex- pressed with a want of ...
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... observed that the notion of harm which associates itself with casualty is not attached to casual , which means simply coming in collaterally , coinciding with other matters , but not having any im- portant effect upon them , so that its ...
... observed that the notion of harm which associates itself with casualty is not attached to casual , which means simply coming in collaterally , coinciding with other matters , but not having any im- portant effect upon them , so that its ...
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... observed that in their secondary uses , sour is ex- pressive only of human disposition , while bitter is expressive of feeling and expression , as bitter hatred , bitter sarcasm , and also of the character of external events as ...
... observed that in their secondary uses , sour is ex- pressive only of human disposition , while bitter is expressive of feeling and expression , as bitter hatred , bitter sarcasm , and also of the character of external events as ...
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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.