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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... tion , and told it as an inftance of concealed INSANITY . The famous Christopher Smart , who was both a wit and a scholar , and vi fited as fuch while under confinement for MADNESS , Would never have had a com- miffion of LUNACY taken ...
... tion , and told it as an inftance of concealed INSANITY . The famous Christopher Smart , who was both a wit and a scholar , and vi fited as fuch while under confinement for MADNESS , Would never have had a com- miffion of LUNACY taken ...
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... TION are the poetical expreffions of what we call MENTAL DERANGEMENT , or DIS- ORDERED SPIRITS , in elegant converfa- tion , MAIN , OCEAN , SEA , APPEAR fynonymous , yet are not so in ftrictnefs ; the firft being rather a poetical than ...
... TION are the poetical expreffions of what we call MENTAL DERANGEMENT , or DIS- ORDERED SPIRITS , in elegant converfa- tion , MAIN , OCEAN , SEA , APPEAR fynonymous , yet are not so in ftrictnefs ; the firft being rather a poetical than ...
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... tion , fuch as can very rarely happen in na- tions where a contrary conduct is neither punished by the Legislature , nor cenfured by Society ; for there is no need to refolve virtue and vice into effect of climate , unless we are ...
... tion , fuch as can very rarely happen in na- tions where a contrary conduct is neither punished by the Legislature , nor cenfured by Society ; for there is no need to refolve virtue and vice into effect of climate , unless we are ...
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... tion rather than contempt ; as it was pro- bably the original reason why Puritans , who study the Old Testament more than Ro- manifts can , or Anglicans will ... TION TION of Mefopotamia , only because he had read that BRITISH SYNONYMY . 49.
... tion rather than contempt ; as it was pro- bably the original reason why Puritans , who study the Old Testament more than Ro- manifts can , or Anglicans will ... TION TION of Mefopotamia , only because he had read that BRITISH SYNONYMY . 49.
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... TION of Mefopotamia , only because he had read that word in the Bible . To return however to our Welch critic He fays , " that the NAMES impofed by the Hebrew language were generally such as betokened the nature , or some eminent pro ...
... TION of Mefopotamia , only because he had read that word in the Bible . To return however to our Welch critic He fays , " that the NAMES impofed by the Hebrew language were generally such as betokened the nature , or some eminent pro ...
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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.