English Synonyms with Etymologies and Examples and an Appendix, Containing an Alphabetical List of Prefixes and AffixesLechner, 1883 |
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... praise and approbation , on account of some qualities which we possess , or think we possess . It also means empty pleasure , worthlessness . Ex .: If you flatter some people's vanity , you can get anything from them . " Vanity , vanity ...
... praise and approbation , on account of some qualities which we possess , or think we possess . It also means empty pleasure , worthlessness . Ex .: If you flatter some people's vanity , you can get anything from them . " Vanity , vanity ...
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... praise him for his general uprightness with respect to money , than to cast blame upon him for a few transactions which would now be called delicate and irregular . Censure ( Fr. censure ; L. censura censor ) is the expression of blame ...
... praise him for his general uprightness with respect to money , than to cast blame upon him for a few transactions which would now be called delicate and irregular . Censure ( Fr. censure ; L. censura censor ) is the expression of blame ...
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... praise , sweet evening bells . A Ravine ( Fr. ravine ravir L. rapio , to tear --- - away or snatch away ) is a long deep hollow , worn away by a torrent ; a deep , narrow mountain pass . Ex .: Passing through the ravine , they came to a ...
... praise , sweet evening bells . A Ravine ( Fr. ravine ravir L. rapio , to tear --- - away or snatch away ) is a long deep hollow , worn away by a torrent ; a deep , narrow mountain pass . Ex .: Passing through the ravine , they came to a ...
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... praise ) is said of anything that is in itself , and at all times , worthy of being praised . For instance , charity , benevolence , perseverance , etc. , are laudable . Ex .: The perseverance of Columbus was very laudable ...
... praise ) is said of anything that is in itself , and at all times , worthy of being praised . For instance , charity , benevolence , perseverance , etc. , are laudable . Ex .: The perseverance of Columbus was very laudable ...
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... praise : I sing of the three famous deeds , She wrought in ancient days . - Antique ( Fr. antique L. antiquus , old , ancient — ante , before ) is the opposite of new - fashioned , and is used in speaking of the style of the works of ...
... praise : I sing of the three famous deeds , She wrought in ancient days . - Antique ( Fr. antique L. antiquus , old , ancient — ante , before ) is the opposite of new - fashioned , and is used in speaking of the style of the works of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
32 Leave A. S. pref action Anglo-Saxon applied atum bad company bandon Barbarous Bashfulness Beatitude beautiful beneath brooklet Captive Celt charm child clever Cloister Contrition courage cresco Cultivation danger degree delight denotes diligent Disapprobation Divine English Synonyms excursion express falsehood famous fear feeling Fertile figurative sense Fortitude Gael gain gift give given Goth Greek grief Handsome happy Heaven heavenly implies Inhuman innocent labour lego liable liberty lika Low L manners Maternal mind Miserable Miserly misfortune Motherly nearly never niggardly Norman odour offence paths of glory Perfume person or thing Pity pleasing praise pres pretty Pride 16 punishment Reckon reference Reform relayer Reproof revenge rough Scent Scot signifies smell sorrow soul speaking Stingy story strong stronger suffer sweet tall tear tell thee thou truth Untruth Vale Vanity verbs Vienna void vulgus words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 90 - Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Página 74 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Página 76 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Página 59 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Página 65 - WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere; So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear: My soul her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name.
Página 31 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Página 16 - This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given ; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, — There's nothing true but Heaven...
Página 103 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Página 71 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Página 76 - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...