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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... term , INSANITY , and fometimes MELANCHOLY , the medical ones ; while PHRENZY , MADNESS and DISTRAC- TION are the poetical expreffions of what we call MENTAL DERANGEMENT , or DIS- ORDERED SPIRITS , in elegant converfa- tion , MAIN ...
... term , INSANITY , and fometimes MELANCHOLY , the medical ones ; while PHRENZY , MADNESS and DISTRAC- TION are the poetical expreffions of what we call MENTAL DERANGEMENT , or DIS- ORDERED SPIRITS , in elegant converfa- tion , MAIN ...
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... , that faid fo wifely , Medio tutiffimus ibis , Neu te dexterior tortum declinet in anguem , Neve finifterior preffam rota ducat ad aram ; Inter utrumque tene . MELODY , MELODY , HARMONY , MUSICK . THESE terms are used 20 BRITISH SYNONYMY .
... , that faid fo wifely , Medio tutiffimus ibis , Neu te dexterior tortum declinet in anguem , Neve finifterior preffam rota ducat ad aram ; Inter utrumque tene . MELODY , MELODY , HARMONY , MUSICK . THESE terms are used 20 BRITISH SYNONYMY .
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... terms are used as fynonymes only by people who revert not to their deri- vation ; when the laft is foon discovered ... term HARMONY ; which , like every other science , is the result of knowledge operating upon genius , and adds in the ...
... terms are used as fynonymes only by people who revert not to their deri- vation ; when the laft is foon discovered ... term HARMONY ; which , like every other science , is the result of knowledge operating upon genius , and adds in the ...
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... 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 native foil , the banker's fhop , where it means BRITISH SYNONYMY . 35.
... 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 native foil , the banker's fhop , where it means BRITISH SYNONYMY . 35.
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... terms excluded civil fociety , and so attentive must foreign- ers be never to pronounce them , that I am confident a nobleman would fcruple to in- troduce the beft recommended fon of his own best friend in England , to Sir William ...
... terms excluded civil fociety , and so attentive must foreign- ers be never to pronounce them , that I am confident a nobleman would fcruple to in- troduce the beft recommended fon of his own best friend in England , to Sir William ...
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