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 |
מתוך הספר
עמוד
How like a younker , or a prodigal , They hare scared away two of my best sheep
, which , I fear , the wolf will sooner find than the The scarfed bark puts from her
native bay , Sbakspeare . Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind !
How like a younker , or a prodigal , They hare scared away two of my best sheep
, which , I fear , the wolf will sooner find than the The scarfed bark puts from her
native bay , Sbakspeare . Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind !
עמוד
Cedar and pine , and fir and branching palm , A sylvan scene ; and as the ranks
ascend shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . Milton . Now
prepare thee for another scene . Milton . A mute scene of sorrow , mixt with fear ;
itill ...
Cedar and pine , and fir and branching palm , A sylvan scene ; and as the ranks
ascend shade above shade , a woody theatre Of stateliest view . Milton . Now
prepare thee for another scene . Milton . A mute scene of sorrow , mixt with fear ;
itill ...
עמוד
Nor ruins , nor curbs , nor threat'ning cries , they Shakspeare . fear , I will wear a
garment all of blood , " And stain my tavour in a bloody mask , But force along the
trembling charioteer . Dryd . Which , wash'd away , shall sccur my shame with ...
Nor ruins , nor curbs , nor threat'ning cries , they Shakspeare . fear , I will wear a
garment all of blood , " And stain my tavour in a bloody mask , But force along the
trembling charioteer . Dryd . Which , wash'd away , shall sccur my shame with ...
עמוד
Carelessness ; freedom from fear . Messapus next , Marvellous security is always
dangerous , when Secure of steel , and fared from the fire , men will not believe
any bees to be in a hive , In pomy appears . Dryden . until they have a sharp ...
Carelessness ; freedom from fear . Messapus next , Marvellous security is always
dangerous , when Secure of steel , and fared from the fire , men will not believe
any bees to be in a hive , In pomy appears . Dryden . until they have a sharp ...
עמוד
... talon . cannot be supposed innate ; it being impossible Two eagles , that men
would , without shame or fear , contiThat ... over every up . brow The nymph did
like the scene appear , Shook their thick wings , and threat'ning death's cold fears
...
... talon . cannot be supposed innate ; it being impossible Two eagles , that men
would , without shame or fear , contiThat ... over every up . brow The nymph did
like the scene appear , Shook their thick wings , and threat'ning death's cold fears
...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Addison appear Bacon bear better blood body bring Brown called cause common death doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth eyes face fair fall fear fire force French give ground grow hand hard hath head heart hold Hooker keep kind king L'Estrange land Latin leave less light live Locke look manner matter means Milton mind motion nature never night noun once pass person plant Pope Prior reason rest rise Saxon Sbakspeare sense serve side soft sort soul sound South speak Spenser spirit spring stand stone strike sweet Swift taken taste thee thing thou thought tion took turn unto verb virtue whole wind young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 23 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
עמוד 87 - God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth.
עמוד 135 - Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung : as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
עמוד 135 - Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
עמוד 101 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
עמוד 135 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
עמוד 14 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
עמוד 135 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
עמוד 69 - And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream. With these, that never fade, the Spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks, inwreath'd with beams : Now in loose garlands thick thrown off, the bright Pavement, that like a sea of jasper shone, Impurpled with celestial roses smiled.