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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... believe - and to be ferious , whoever wishes to learn the full meaning of the word MALAPERT , may study the ready responses of an English miss , or an Italian chambermaid , 99 MALICE , LIGNI MALICE , MALICIOUSNESS , MALIGNITY , THESE ...
... believe - and to be ferious , whoever wishes to learn the full meaning of the word MALAPERT , may study the ready responses of an English miss , or an Italian chambermaid , 99 MALICE , LIGNI MALICE , MALICIOUSNESS , MALIGNITY , THESE ...
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... our married cou- ples ; nor do I praise those fuperficial writers who fo lament the infidelities committed among us - in papers which carried to the Continent Continent tend to make them believe there is no more BRITISH SYNONYMY . 15.
... our married cou- ples ; nor do I praise those fuperficial writers who fo lament the infidelities committed among us - in papers which carried to the Continent Continent tend to make them believe there is no more BRITISH SYNONYMY . 15.
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... believe there is no more conjugal attachment in Britain , than at Genoa or Venice . - Truth is , we find in all great capitals an ill example fet by a dozen women of diftinction who give the ton as ' tis called ; and with regard to fuch ...
... believe there is no more conjugal attachment in Britain , than at Genoa or Venice . - Truth is , we find in all great capitals an ill example fet by a dozen women of diftinction who give the ton as ' tis called ; and with regard to fuch ...
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... corroborat- ing reafons to believe , that in old times as well as now fome waggifh way was always adopted by low people , when speaking of D 3 pecu pecuniary concerns : and NUMMI was cer- tainly a cant BRITISH SYNONYMY . 37.
... corroborat- ing reafons to believe , that in old times as well as now fome waggifh way was always adopted by low people , when speaking of D 3 pecu pecuniary concerns : and NUMMI was cer- tainly a cant BRITISH SYNONYMY . 37.
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... believe it is which Swift , who loved laughing better than enquiry , ridicules in his account of etymology , deriving Archi- medes from Hark ye Maids , Alexander the Great from All Eggs under the Grate , and a hundred more ; the work ...
... believe it is which Swift , who loved laughing better than enquiry , ridicules in his account of etymology , deriving Archi- medes from Hark ye Maids , Alexander the Great from All Eggs under the Grate , and a hundred more ; the work ...
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againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe beft beſt buſineſs caufe cauſe Chriſtian cloſe confequence converfation Dæmons Decius defcribe defire delight diftinctions eaſily elegant Engliſh eſtabliſhed expreffes expreffion fafe faid fame faſhion fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt of theſe fociety fome fomewhat foon foreigners fpeaking ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe fure fynonymous himſelf houſe inſtead intereft Italy itſelf Johnſon juftly laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife mafter mean Meantime mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafions paffage perfon perhaps pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible preſent purpoſe racter reaſon reft ſaid ſay ſcarce ſcience ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſkill ſome ſpeaking ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch Telemus thefe themſelves theſe words thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand underſtood uſed verb verſes virtue whilft whofe whoſe
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Page 150 - perquifite too, To do what his duty directed: Or would you the frowns of a lady prevent, She too has this palpable failing ; The perquifite foftens her into confent— That reafon with all is prevailing.
Page 87 - Well tried through many a varying year, See Levett to the grave defcend; Officious, innocent, fincere, Of every friendlefs name the friend.