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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... pleasing NARRATION , thofe circumstances fhould not be dwelt on too minutely , but rather one felected from the reft , to set in a full light . Whoever means to please in conversation , seeing no perfon more attended to than he who ...
... pleasing NARRATION , thofe circumstances fhould not be dwelt on too minutely , but rather one felected from the reft , to set in a full light . Whoever means to please in conversation , seeing no perfon more attended to than he who ...
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... pleasing God from the first , and , fairly bury- ing our talent in the earth , incur the cenfure pronounced by our Saviour upon them who accuse the All - giver of a hateful churlishness , I knew thou waft an auftere man , & c . Much of ...
... pleasing God from the first , and , fairly bury- ing our talent in the earth , incur the cenfure pronounced by our Saviour upon them who accuse the All - giver of a hateful churlishness , I knew thou waft an auftere man , & c . Much of ...
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... pleasing , have , by not catching my attention , and seizing it as forcibly , flipt my memory , as we say ; and are now totally , hopelessly , and completely FORGOTTEN , so as to defy all poffibility of ever calling them back ; for ...
... pleasing , have , by not catching my attention , and seizing it as forcibly , flipt my memory , as we say ; and are now totally , hopelessly , and completely FORGOTTEN , so as to defy all poffibility of ever calling them back ; for ...
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... pleasing MANNER is more indifpenfable in women than in men ; for without fome- thing for which we have at laft no neater phrafe than a gentle MANNER and a win- ning WAY , expreffion is apt to heighten into fiercenefs , and fymmetrical ...
... pleasing MANNER is more indifpenfable in women than in men ; for without fome- thing for which we have at laft no neater phrafe than a gentle MANNER and a win- ning WAY , expreffion is apt to heighten into fiercenefs , and fymmetrical ...
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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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