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action adjective adverb affix ancient animal appears applied appulse Bark belonging body called cloth common compounds conjoined consequence considered consonants contracted covered CRANESBILL denominated denotes derived Dictionaries diminutive diphthong distinction distinguished equivalent etymology existence express former formerly French genitive genus German Gothic Gothic languages Greek ground hair head hence idea kind kindred language larvæ Latin latter Linnæus literally manner mark meaning merely metaphorically mind modern nations native nature noun object obsolete old English ordinary origin orthography particularly past participle person phrase plant plural possession preceding prefix preposition present preserved pronouns pronunciation purpose qualities refer Romans root Saxon Scotch seldom sense sentence separate shrub signifies similar skin sometimes sound speak species Subjunctive Subjunctive Mood substantive supposed syllable synonymous tense termed termination thing thou tion TITMOUSE tongue tree tribe tweeled understood usage usually verb vowel weft wood Wool words writers written
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Page xcix - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page lxxiii - But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Page lxxvi - It were better for, him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Page lxxvi - Alas! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page lxx - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Page lxvii - Muse must flatter lawless sway, And follow still where fortune leads the way ; Or if no basis bear my rising name, But the fallen ruins of another's fame ; Then teach me, Heaven ! to scorn the guilty bays. Drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise . Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown : Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none !
Page lxii - Rapt into future times, the bard begun; ' A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove.
Page clxiii - I soon got into the secret of getting a memorial before the board, but I could not get an answer then ; however, I got intelligence from the messenger, that I should most likely get one the next morning.
Page civ - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Page lxiv - If they act well, they know, that in such a parliament, they will [shall] be supported against any intrigue; if they act ill, they know that no intrigue can protect them." Burke. " If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will [shall] make it smaller than it was before.