A Dictionary of the English Language, المجلد 1Robinson, 1828 - 1369 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 553
... government of a city or country , so far as regards the inhabitants . POLICY , ( pol ' - le - se ) n . s . The art of go- vernment , chiefly with respect to foreign powers ; art ; prudence ; management of affairs ; stratagem ; a warrant ...
... government of a city or country , so far as regards the inhabitants . POLICY , ( pol ' - le - se ) n . s . The art of go- vernment , chiefly with respect to foreign powers ; art ; prudence ; management of affairs ; stratagem ; a warrant ...
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animal applied Belonging bird body bull;-oil;-pound;-thin called Capable cause chyle colour consisting corrupt costiveness cover degree deprive dignity dress fall fat;-me Fate figure fire fish give ground heraldry honour horse join kal-le liquor manner mean measure medicine ment met;-pine mind motion move musick n. s. A kind n. s. A plant n. s. A small n. s. A sort n. s. A species n. s. act n. s. An instrument n. s. In law n. s. pl n. s. The act n. s. The office n. s. The quality n. s. Want nature ness ngt;-tube noise not;-tube pass passion person piece pin;-no plural pound;-thin preter pron publick quantity Relating resembling ship sound stone syllable term thin thing tion tree v. a. Pret v. a. To put v. n. To grow vessel violent woman word Το
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الصفحة 514 - If we search the writings of Virgil, for the true definition of a pastoral, it will be found a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects upon a country life.
الصفحة 330 - ... but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter cut off by the birth of a son.
الصفحة 474 - An imaginary being supposed to preside over the material and animal world ; the native state or properties of any thing, by which it is discriminated from others...
الصفحة 454 - A place or cavern in the earth, which contains metals or minerals ; a cavern dug under any fortification that it may sink for want of support, or...
الصفحة 116 - A space upon the surface of the earth, measured from the equator to the polar circles ; in each of which spaces the longest day is half an hour longer than in that nearer to the equator.
الصفحة 486 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
الصفحة 243 - A great circle, whose poles are the poles of the •world. It divides the globe into two equal parts, the northern and southern hemispheres.
الصفحة 85 - A figure in poetry, by which a short syllable after a complete foot is made long ; a pause in verse.
الصفحة 183 - A thing given or forfeited to God for the pacifying his wrath, in case of any misfortune, by which any Christian comes to a violent end, without the fault of any reasonable creature...
الصفحة 247 - The descent or derivation of a word from its original, the deduction of formations from the radical word ; the part of grammar which delivers the inflections of nouns and verbs.