Webster's Complete dictionary of the English language. Thoroughly revised and improved, by C.A. Goodrich and N. Porter1884 |
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... passed under his careful scrutiny . The work of revising the definitions of the principal words occasioned great and perplexing difficulties to Professor Goodrich and those with whom he conferred . He was well aware of the defective ...
... passed under his careful scrutiny . The work of revising the definitions of the principal words occasioned great and perplexing difficulties to Professor Goodrich and those with whom he conferred . He was well aware of the defective ...
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... passed under the revision of Professor OLMSTED , of Yale College . This revision has now been extended to all the articles on these subjects throughout the work , and new definitions have been furnished in numerous instances . The ...
... passed under the revision of Professor OLMSTED , of Yale College . This revision has now been extended to all the articles on these subjects throughout the work , and new definitions have been furnished in numerous instances . The ...
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... passed in silence . It is this : " The chief glory of a nation , " says Dr. JOHNSON , " arises from its authors . " With this opinion deeply impressed on my mind , I have the same ambition which actuated that great man when he expressed ...
... passed in silence . It is this : " The chief glory of a nation , " says Dr. JOHNSON , " arises from its authors . " With this opinion deeply impressed on my mind , I have the same ambition which actuated that great man when he expressed ...
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... passed a winter at Washington , with the single view of endeavor- ing to procure an alteration of the existing law , which should extend the term of copyright , and thus give a more ample reward to the labors of our artists and literary ...
... passed a winter at Washington , with the single view of endeavor- ing to procure an alteration of the existing law , which should extend the term of copyright , and thus give a more ample reward to the labors of our artists and literary ...
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... passed , or the numerous compilations to which it had given rise , ex- cept by the addition of a few words to the vocabulary . Yet in this period the English mind was putting itself forth in every direction , with an accu- racy of ...
... passed , or the numerous compilations to which it had given rise , ex- cept by the addition of a few words to the vocabulary . Yet in this period the English mind was putting itself forth in every direction , with an accu- racy of ...
Términos y frases comunes
14th century accent American Anat ancient Anglo-Saxon appellation applied called Carlyle celebrated Celt century character Charles Chaucer Chem Christian church Colloq color comedy corruption Dictionary distinguished Doctor Don Quixote Duke Dutch England English especially France François French G. H. Lewes genus German Greek Henry hero inflection island Italian J. S. Mill Jean John King knight lady land language Latin Lord Louis Macaulay name given novel origin Orlando Furioso Ornith painter Pathol perf person Pertaining philosopher physician plants Plur poem poet popular Prefix pron pronounced pronunciation Queen represented river romance Saint Scottish Shak Shakespeare's sing sometimes sound Spanish speare's statesman syllable Thomas tion town v. t. Add verbs Vocabulary vowel Webster William words writer written Yale College Zool
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Página 1619 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
Página 1636 - France, and great numbers bought by the clergy and gentry, to distribute gratis among their poor parishioners and tenants. In Pennsylvania, as it discouraged useless expense in foreign superfluities, some thought it had its share of influence in producing that growing plenty of money, which was observable for several years after its publication.
Página 1616 - More, more, I prithee, more. Ami. It will make you melancholy, Monsieur Jaques. Jaq. I thank it. More, I prithee, more. I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.
Página 1520 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day.
Página 1624 - Audacious neighborhood, the wisest heart Of Solomon he led by fraud to build His temple right against the temple of God On that opprobrious hill, and made his grove The pleasant valley of Hinnom, Tophet thence And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell.
Página 1629 - The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Página 1624 - Wit ever wakeful, fancy busy and procreative as an insect, courage, an easy mind that, without cares of its own, is at once disposed to laugh away those of others, and yet to be interested in them, — these and all congenial qualities, melting into the common copula of them all, the man of rank and the gentleman, with all its excellences and all its weaknesses, constitute the character of Mercutio ! Act i.
Página 1642 - Therefore at this fair are all such merchandise sold, as houses, lands, trades, places, honors, preferments, titles, countries, kingdoms, lusts, pleasures, and delights of all sorts, as whores, bawds, wives, husbands, children, masters, servants, lives, blood, bodies, souls, silver, gold, pearls, precious stones, and what not.
Página 1636 - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Página 1642 - City lay through the midst of it. Now this valley is a very solitary place ; the prophet Jeremiah thus describes it : "A wilderness, a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought, and of the Shadow of Death, a land that no man," but a Christian, " passeth through, and where no man dwelt,