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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... house for teaching his little boys Latin , a proof , as vulgar people would imagine , that his intellects were found ; for mean obfervers fuppofe all MADNESS to be PHRENZY , and think a perfon INSANE in proportion as he is wild , and ...
... house for teaching his little boys Latin , a proof , as vulgar people would imagine , that his intellects were found ; for mean obfervers fuppofe all MADNESS to be PHRENZY , and think a perfon INSANE in proportion as he is wild , and ...
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... house he in- tended to build , the artift produces a draw- ing made with Indian ink . This is no bad form of a house , fays my lord , but I don't like the colour - my house fhall be white . By all means , replied the builder , this is a ...
... house he in- tended to build , the artift produces a draw- ing made with Indian ink . This is no bad form of a house , fays my lord , but I don't like the colour - my house fhall be white . By all means , replied the builder , this is a ...
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... house will be white enough . That I don't know , Sir ; if you contradict my fenses now , you may do the fame then : but my house shall not be patched about with black as this paper is - it fhall be all clean Portland ftone . Doubtlefs ...
... house will be white enough . That I don't know , Sir ; if you contradict my fenses now , you may do the fame then : but my house shall not be patched about with black as this paper is - it fhall be all clean Portland ftone . Doubtlefs ...
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... house which has common fense within its walls fhuts them out at the gate . ORATORY , ELOQUENCE , RHETORICK . TO curfory readers these words may pos fibly feem to approach nearer to fynonymy than they will be found to do on closer in ...
... house which has common fense within its walls fhuts them out at the gate . ORATORY , ELOQUENCE , RHETORICK . TO curfory readers these words may pos fibly feem to approach nearer to fynonymy than they will be found to do on closer in ...
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... House of Commons we must seek inverfion and prolepfis , every figure of the art , employed with all the skill of those who seek to baffle where they scarcely mean to convince- or where , convinced already , they mean to main- tain the ...
... House of Commons we must seek inverfion and prolepfis , every figure of the art , employed with all the skill of those who seek to baffle where they scarcely mean to convince- or where , convinced already , they mean to main- tain the ...
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