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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... elegant converfa- tion , MAIN , OCEAN , SEA , APPEAR fynonymous , yet are not so in ftrictnefs ; the firft being rather a poetical than a conversation word , and which ought to to be applied even in verse I think only to 6 BRITISH ...
... elegant converfa- tion , MAIN , OCEAN , SEA , APPEAR fynonymous , yet are not so in ftrictnefs ; the firft being rather a poetical than a conversation word , and which ought to to be applied even in verse I think only to 6 BRITISH ...
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... elegant , and the other vulgar . Where the original thought , however , like Corregio's Magdalen in the Dresden Gallery fet round with jewels , is loft in the blaze of accompaniment , our lofs is the less if that thought should be ...
... elegant , and the other vulgar . Where the original thought , however , like Corregio's Magdalen in the Dresden Gallery fet round with jewels , is loft in the blaze of accompaniment , our lofs is the less if that thought should be ...
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... elegance : nor does it really please a British ear , even when exquifitely fweet and delicate . We buy Blair's Works , but would rather study War- burton's ; we talk of tender Venetian airs , but our hearts acknowledge Handel . Mean ...
... elegance : nor does it really please a British ear , even when exquifitely fweet and delicate . We buy Blair's Works , but would rather study War- burton's ; we talk of tender Venetian airs , but our hearts acknowledge Handel . Mean ...
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... elegant or civil fociety . And so true is this pofition , that defcent , however illuf- trious , will not be found fufficient to keep perfons out of low life and company who have an innate propensity as it were towards debafing ...
... elegant or civil fociety . And so true is this pofition , that defcent , however illuf- trious , will not be found fufficient to keep perfons out of low life and company who have an innate propensity as it were towards debafing ...
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... elegance of converfation . The first is , after all these heavy denunciations , a neces fary and proper term , when business comes to be seriously spoken upon : the second is always pert and pedantic , unless used in its D 2 native ...
... elegance of converfation . The first is , after all these heavy denunciations , a neces fary and proper term , when business comes to be seriously spoken upon : the second is always pert and pedantic , unless used in its D 2 native ...
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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 95 - When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head ; The tuneful voice was heard on high,
Page 379 - That fhows more coft than art; Jewels at nofe and lips but ill appear: Rather than all things wit, let none be there -, Several lights will not be feen, If there
Page 202 - Such things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! And I
Page 2 - in whofe mind airy notions do not fometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of fober probability. -All power of fancy over reafon is a degree of
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.