A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language and an English Grammar, Volum 2T. Tegg, 1832 |
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... fire thus form'd , she sets the kettle on ; Like burnish'd gold the little seether shone . Dryd . KettleDrum . n . s . [ kettle and drum . ] A drum of which the head is spread over a body of brass . As he drains his draughts of Rhenish ...
... fire thus form'd , she sets the kettle on ; Like burnish'd gold the little seether shone . Dryd . KettleDrum . n . s . [ kettle and drum . ] A drum of which the head is spread over a body of brass . As he drains his draughts of Rhenish ...
Side 6
... fire ; to light ; to make to burn . He will take thereof , and warm himself ; yea , he kindleth it and baketh bread . Is . xliv . 15 . I was not forgetful of those sparks , which some men's distempers formerly studied to kindle in ...
... fire ; to light ; to make to burn . He will take thereof , and warm himself ; yea , he kindleth it and baketh bread . Is . xliv . 15 . I was not forgetful of those sparks , which some men's distempers formerly studied to kindle in ...
Side 15
... fire . Dryden . Easy in words thy stile , in sense sublime ; " Tis like the ladder in the patriarch's dream , Its foot on earth , its height above the skies . Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground ...
... fire . Dryden . Easy in words thy stile , in sense sublime ; " Tis like the ladder in the patriarch's dream , Its foot on earth , its height above the skies . Prior . I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground ...
Side 32
... fire . Dryden and Lee . LEAKAGE . n . s . [ from leak . ] Allow- ance made for accidental loss in liquid measures . LEAKY . adj . [ from leak . ] 1. Battered or pierced , so as to let water in or out . Thou'rt so leaky , That we must ...
... fire . Dryden and Lee . LEAKAGE . n . s . [ from leak . ] Allow- ance made for accidental loss in liquid measures . LEAKY . adj . [ from leak . ] 1. Battered or pierced , so as to let water in or out . Thou'rt so leaky , That we must ...
Side 49
... fire in fancy and in words ; and any thing that is just in grani- mar and in measure , is as good oratory and poetry to them as the best . Felton . Not with half the fire and life , With which he kiss'd Amphytrion's wife . Prior . 5 ...
... fire in fancy and in words ; and any thing that is just in grani- mar and in measure , is as good oratory and poetry to them as the best . Felton . Not with half the fire and life , With which he kiss'd Amphytrion's wife . Prior . 5 ...
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