English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best Writers ; to which is Now Added an Index to the WordsHarper, 1882 - 856 Seiten |
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... evil than a murderer . HAWKESWORTH . After the death of Stella , Swift's benevolence was contracted , and his severity exasperated : he drove his acquaintance from his table , and won- dered why he was deserted . Forsake me not thus ...
... evil than a murderer . HAWKESWORTH . After the death of Stella , Swift's benevolence was contracted , and his severity exasperated : he drove his acquaintance from his table , and won- dered why he was deserted . Forsake me not thus ...
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... evil genius to a convenient house in the other hand , is that peculiar endow- the street where the nobility reside . ment , that enlargement of understand- ing , that exalts the possessor above the rest of mankind . Many men have the ...
... evil genius to a convenient house in the other hand , is that peculiar endow- the street where the nobility reside . ment , that enlargement of understand- ing , that exalts the possessor above the rest of mankind . Many men have the ...
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... evil one abstracted stood From his. ABSCOND The precipice abrupt Projecting horror on the blackened flood , Softens at thy return . THOMSON'S SUMMER . The evils of this life appear like rocks and preci- pices , rugged and barren at a ...
... evil one abstracted stood From his. ABSCOND The precipice abrupt Projecting horror on the blackened flood , Softens at thy return . THOMSON'S SUMMER . The evils of this life appear like rocks and preci- pices , rugged and barren at a ...
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... evil one abstracted stood From his own evil , and for the time remained Stupidly good . MILTON . Abstract may in poetry be used in the sense of abstracted . Abstract as in a trance , methought I saw , Though sleeping , where I lay , and ...
... evil one abstracted stood From his own evil , and for the time remained Stupidly good . MILTON . Abstract may in poetry be used in the sense of abstracted . Abstract as in a trance , methought I saw , Though sleeping , where I lay , and ...
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... evil . " We forbear from pru- dence or duty to do that which we have motives for doing ; as we forbear to do an injury though in return for an injury . We refrain , from the same motives , from doing that which we are strongly inclined ...
... evil . " We forbear from pru- dence or duty to do that which we have motives for doing ; as we forbear to do an injury though in return for an injury . We refrain , from the same motives , from doing that which we are strongly inclined ...
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action ADDISON admit affections animals applied bad sense BLAIR body BURKE cation cause cerns character CICERO circum circumstances comes common compounded comprehends conduct connected COWPER CUMBERLAND degree denotes distinction DRYDEN employed endeavor epithets eral erly erwise evil express favor fear feeling figurative former French frequently friends German give Greek happiness heart Hebrew honor human ical idea implies individual ject JOHNSON Latin latter lence less look low German manner marks means ment MILTON mind mode moral nature ness nifies object offend one's onomatopoeia opposed pain participle particular passion persons or things pleasure POPE produce properly quires regard religion respects Saxon sentiment serves SHAKSPEARE signifies literally signifies the thing sion sometimes speak species spects spirit STEELE superior tain TATLER temper THOMSON thought tion violent virtue wish words РОРЕ
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Seite 427 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: — I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not , fatal vision , sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Seite 173 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Seite 196 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Seite 419 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing...
Seite 112 - With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Seite 244 - The silk-worm, after having spun her task, lays her eggs and dies. But a man can never have taken in his full measure of knowledge, has not time to subdue his passions, establish his soul in virtue, and come up to the perfection of his nature, before he is hurried off the stage.
Seite 279 - The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too...
Seite 369 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Seite 285 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Seite 360 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.