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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Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. OR , AN ATTEMPT AT REGULATING THE CHOICE OF WORDS 1 IN FAMILIAR CONVERSATION . INSCRIBED , With Sentiments of Gratitude and Refpect , to fuch ...
Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. OR , AN ATTEMPT AT REGULATING THE CHOICE OF WORDS 1 IN FAMILIAR CONVERSATION . INSCRIBED , With Sentiments of Gratitude and Refpect , to fuch ...
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... words , I think LUNACY feems to be the legal term , INSANITY , and fometimes MELANCHOLY , the medical ones ; while PHRENZY , MADNESS and DISTRAC ... word , and which ought to to be applied even in verse I think only to 6 BRITISH SYNONYMY .
... words , I think LUNACY feems to be the legal term , INSANITY , and fometimes MELANCHOLY , the medical ones ; while PHRENZY , MADNESS and DISTRAC ... word , and which ought to to be applied even in verse I think only to 6 BRITISH SYNONYMY .
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Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. MALAPERT , SAUCY , IMPERTINENT , THE laft of these has by corruption be come the common converfation word , and turned the firft , which is ...
Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. MALAPERT , SAUCY , IMPERTINENT , THE laft of these has by corruption be come the common converfation word , and turned the firft , which is ...
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Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. in Swift's time , -Irish ... word MALAPERT , may study the ready responses of an English miss , or an Italian chambermaid , 99 MALICE , LIGNI ...
Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. in Swift's time , -Irish ... word MALAPERT , may study the ready responses of an English miss , or an Italian chambermaid , 99 MALICE , LIGNI ...
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Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. Continent tend to make them believe there is no more conjugal attachment in Britain , than at Genoa or Venice . - Truth is , we find in all ...
Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation Hester Lynch Piozzi. Continent tend to make them believe there is no more conjugal attachment in Britain , than at Genoa or Venice . - Truth is , we find in all ...
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