British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, Volume 2G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794 |
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... have had a com- miffion of LUNACY taken out against him , had he managed with equal ingenuity- for Smart's melancholy fhewed itself only in B 2 a pre- 1 a preternatural excitement to prayer , which he held BRITISH SYNONYMY . 3.
... have had a com- miffion of LUNACY taken out against him , had he managed with equal ingenuity- for Smart's melancholy fhewed itself only in B 2 a pre- 1 a preternatural excitement to prayer , which he held BRITISH SYNONYMY . 3.
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... against the marriage ftate when invited to celebrate a wedding dinner - with a hundred fuch tricks , the completest of which in the origi- nal feems to be his looking on gravely while a gentleman to whom he profeffes friendship corrects ...
... against the marriage ftate when invited to celebrate a wedding dinner - with a hundred fuch tricks , the completest of which in the origi- nal feems to be his looking on gravely while a gentleman to whom he profeffes friendship corrects ...
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... against conviction car- ries with it somewhat laughable . Á noble- man , for inftance , employing his architect to fhew him the elevation of a house he in- tended to build , the artift produces a draw- ing made with Indian ink . This is ...
... against conviction car- ries with it somewhat laughable . Á noble- man , for inftance , employing his architect to fhew him the elevation of a house he in- tended to build , the artift produces a draw- ing made with Indian ink . This is ...
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... against the cloud which veils Apollo or Destiny from our nearer view , and , fcorning all that once was reck- oned awful , feeks to tear down the very branches of that tree , whose fruit , even when carefully gathered , proved fatal to ...
... against the cloud which veils Apollo or Destiny from our nearer view , and , fcorning all that once was reck- oned awful , feeks to tear down the very branches of that tree , whose fruit , even when carefully gathered , proved fatal to ...
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... against religion and good morals , with fullen NEUTRALITY and frigid INDIFFERENCE , her punishment would foon have commenced by the effects of that spirit of profelytism that distinguishes fanatics and deifts , and prompts them to carry ...
... against religion and good morals , with fullen NEUTRALITY and frigid INDIFFERENCE , her punishment would foon have commenced by the effects of that spirit of profelytism that distinguishes fanatics and deifts , and prompts them to carry ...
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