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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... things about- whereas experience shows that fuch tempo- rary fufpenfions of the mental faculties are oftener connected with delirium than with mania , and , if not encouraged and ftimu- lated by drunkenness , are seldom of long duration ...
... things about- whereas experience shows that fuch tempo- rary fufpenfions of the mental faculties are oftener connected with delirium than with mania , and , if not encouraged and ftimu- lated by drunkenness , are seldom of long duration ...
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... things ? Our MELODIES are commonly vulgar , but we like to see them richly dreft ; and the late filly humour of liftening to tunes made upon three notes only , is a mere whim of the moment , as it was to dote upon old bal- lads about ...
... things ? Our MELODIES are commonly vulgar , but we like to see them richly dreft ; and the late filly humour of liftening to tunes made upon three notes only , is a mere whim of the moment , as it was to dote upon old bal- lads about ...
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... thing is taken for another : the fecond applies much wider , and we say it of all who deviate from the right path , whether that deviation is or is not caufed by a mere MISTAKE the latter feems lefs an act of the will than either of the ...
... thing is taken for another : the fecond applies much wider , and we say it of all who deviate from the right path , whether that deviation is or is not caufed by a mere MISTAKE the latter feems lefs an act of the will than either of the ...
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... thing as a city voice — a city laugh there is , that's certain , different from that of the people who inhabit , and have from their youth inhabited , the court end of the town . It appears from fome of Martial's epi- grams , meantime ...
... thing as a city voice — a city laugh there is , that's certain , different from that of the people who inhabit , and have from their youth inhabited , the court end of the town . It appears from fome of Martial's epi- grams , meantime ...
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... thing by its canfes is lefs likely to please or be right in conver- fation than describing the fame by its ad- juncts ; and perhaps the Milanese patois owes much of its groffness to the contrary practice . They call a chair quadrega or ...
... thing by its canfes is lefs likely to please or be right in conver- fation than describing the fame by its ad- juncts ; and perhaps the Milanese patois owes much of its groffness to the contrary practice . They call a chair quadrega or ...
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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,
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