Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley. To which is annexed Letter to John Dunning, Volume 11829 |
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Page 144
... covered imputation Thrown or Cast upon any one . The same thing in jesting conversation is also called a Fling * . But , as the practice itself has long been banished from all liberal society , so the word is not easily to be found in ...
... covered imputation Thrown or Cast upon any one . The same thing in jesting conversation is also called a Fling * . But , as the practice itself has long been banished from all liberal society , so the word is not easily to be found in ...
Page 183
... covered inclosure , in * [ See Borseholder [ Borhs - older ED . ] in the Encyclopædia Britannica , vol . 3. pag . 405. ] + [ In Dorsetshire and in Cornwall sepulchral hillocks are called BARROWS . ] [ Bapus . - BARBARUS , i . e . Bar ...
... covered inclosure , in * [ See Borseholder [ Borhs - older ED . ] in the Encyclopædia Britannica , vol . 3. pag . 405. ] + [ In Dorsetshire and in Cornwall sepulchral hillocks are called BARROWS . ] [ Bapus . - BARBARUS , i . e . Bar ...
Page 185
... covered half the leg ; some say the right leg , which was more ad- vanced than the left , it being advanced forward in an attack with the sword ; but in reality it appears to have been used on either leg , and sometimes on both . Those ...
... covered half the leg ; some say the right leg , which was more ad- vanced than the left , it being advanced forward in an attack with the sword ; but in reality it appears to have been used on either leg , and sometimes on both . Those ...
Page 194
... covered with willows ; some of them eighteen or twenty feet high . This island is distinguished by the name of The Car . At the breaking up of the severe frost in the year 1795 , a boy ran into the house of the proprietor of this island ...
... covered with willows ; some of them eighteen or twenty feet high . This island is distinguished by the name of The Car . At the breaking up of the severe frost in the year 1795 , a boy ran into the house of the proprietor of this island ...
Page 198
... Covered , Hidden . And the only difference is in their modern distinct appli- CLOUDJ cation or different subaudition . BLOT GLADE LID and LOT were in the Anglo - Saxon written lid and lot ; and these , by the change of the ...
... Covered , Hidden . And the only difference is in their modern distinct appli- CLOUDJ cation or different subaudition . BLOT GLADE LID and LOT were in the Anglo - Saxon written lid and lot ; and these , by the change of the ...
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1st comm 4th comm Adjective adjectived Anglo-Saxon verb antient applied boke called cant chap characteristic letter Chaucer common Coriolanus derivation Diues and Pauper doth Douglas Dryden Earle of Surrey edit Encyclopædia Britannica etymologists etymology euery Faerie Queene formerly written Forsothe French Godfrey of Bulloigne Gower Greek hath haue herte Ibid Italian Johnson Junius knight Lady language Latin Lord loue Lyfe Malone manner meaning Menage merely the past Metastasio Minshew modern moneye neuer Noun Orlando Innamorato participial termination past participle past tense Ploughman Poly-olbion Prince Arthur Prol pronounced quæ quia quod regular past tense RIGHT sayd says shal Shepheards Calender signifies Skinner song spannum Spenser SPRONG Steevens subaud substantive suppose tense and past thare thee thing thou thynge ticiple Translated by R. C. Troylus unto Vision Vossius Whan word
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Page 127 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her...
Page 340 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 341 - Blessed are those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. "And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Page 196 - And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Page 190 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Page 317 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 500 - A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide: for after I saw him fumble with the sheets and play with flowers and smile upon his fingers...
Page 190 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
Page 190 - And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Page 157 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and contrary to the King his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.