The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, 21. részWilliam Dwight Whitney Century Company, 1891 |
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6001. oldal
... live on at public expense in the imbe- cility of extreme age . strull ( strul ) , n . [ Origin obscure ; cf. E. dial . stroil , strength , agility ; cf. strut2 , a brace . ] A bar so placed as to resist weight . Loudon . strumming ...
... live on at public expense in the imbe- cility of extreme age . strull ( strul ) , n . [ Origin obscure ; cf. E. dial . stroil , strength , agility ; cf. strut2 , a brace . ] A bar so placed as to resist weight . Loudon . strumming ...
6004. oldal
... live in , with its black shingles , and the green moss that shows how damp they are ? its Hawthorne , Seven Gables , xii . dark , low - studded rooms ? 2. To set with or as with studs . Thy horses shall be trapp'd , Their harness ...
... live in , with its black shingles , and the green moss that shows how damp they are ? its Hawthorne , Seven Gables , xii . dark , low - studded rooms ? 2. To set with or as with studs . Thy horses shall be trapp'd , Their harness ...
6005. oldal
... live and study here three years . 2. To exercise the mind in considering or con- Shak . , L. L. L. , i . 1. 35 . triving ; deliberate upon or about something ; ponder . Al this maketh me on meteles to studie , And how the preest preuede ...
... live and study here three years . 2. To exercise the mind in considering or con- Shak . , L. L. L. , i . 1. 35 . triving ; deliberate upon or about something ; ponder . Al this maketh me on meteles to studie , And how the preest preuede ...
6009. oldal
... live in the country without stupifying am not in darkness , but in shadow . Donne , Letters , iv . stupend + ( stu - pend ' ) , a . [ = Sp . Pg . estupendo - It . stupendo , < L. stupendus , astonishing : see stupendous . ] Stupendous ...
... live in the country without stupifying am not in darkness , but in shadow . Donne , Letters , iv . stupend + ( stu - pend ' ) , a . [ = Sp . Pg . estupendo - It . stupendo , < L. stupendus , astonishing : see stupendous . ] Stupendous ...
6010. oldal
... lives by begging while capable of earning his sense . livelihood . Those that were Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars they were to carry to Bridewel . Strype , Order of City of London , 1569 ( quoted in Ribton- [ Turner's Vagrants and ...
... lives by begging while capable of earning his sense . livelihood . Those that were Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars they were to carry to Bridewel . Strype , Order of City of London , 1569 ( quoted in Ribton- [ Turner's Vagrants and ...
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6104. oldal - Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours, together, saying, Rejoice with me ; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
6084. oldal - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees any body else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
6119. oldal - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
6162. oldal - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
6068. oldal - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
6166. oldal - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
6005. oldal - But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
5999. oldal - Structure" means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.
6124. oldal - Under foot and over head, a continual succession of crowded imagery, one picture passing into another, as in a dream; forms beautiful and terrible mixed together ; dragons and serpents, and ravening beasts of prey, and graceful birds that in the midst of them drink from running fountains and feed from vases of crystal ; the passions and the pleasures of human life symbolized together...
6034. oldal - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Whose portal we call Death.