The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, Часть 9William Dwight Whitney Century Company, 1889 |
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Стр. 2425
... Tennyson , Guinevere . And there the gadding woodbine crept about . Bryant , The Burial - Place . gad2 ( gad ) , n . [ < gad2 , v . ] The act of gadding or rambling about : used in the phrase on or upon the gad . [ Colloq . ] I have no ...
... Tennyson , Guinevere . And there the gadding woodbine crept about . Bryant , The Burial - Place . gad2 ( gad ) , n . [ < gad2 , v . ] The act of gadding or rambling about : used in the phrase on or upon the gad . [ Colloq . ] I have no ...
Стр. 2429
... Tennyson , Early Sonnets , viii . 3. Tolerably ; pretty . Also gailie , gaylie . [ Old Eng . and Scotch . ] For this purpose , whereof we now write , this would have served gailie well . Willson . gain1 ( gan ) , n . [ < ME . gain ...
... Tennyson , Early Sonnets , viii . 3. Tolerably ; pretty . Also gailie , gaylie . [ Old Eng . and Scotch . ] For this purpose , whereof we now write , this would have served gailie well . Willson . gain1 ( gan ) , n . [ < ME . gain ...
Стр. 2430
... Tennyson , Enoch Arden . ( b ) To obtain by competition ; acquire by success or supe- riority ; win from another or others : as , to gain a prize , a victory , or a battle ; to gain a cause in law . Som other Cicill hit sothly myght be ...
... Tennyson , Enoch Arden . ( b ) To obtain by competition ; acquire by success or supe- riority ; win from another or others : as , to gain a prize , a victory , or a battle ; to gain a cause in law . Som other Cicill hit sothly myght be ...
Стр. 2432
... Tennyson , Lotos - Eaters . galanget , n . [ See galangal . ] Same as galangal . Galange [ cometh ] from China , Chaul , Goa & Cochin . Hakluyt's Voyages , II . 277 . Galanthus ( ga - lan'thus ) , n . [ NL . , short for flower . ] A ...
... Tennyson , Lotos - Eaters . galanget , n . [ See galangal . ] Same as galangal . Galange [ cometh ] from China , Chaul , Goa & Cochin . Hakluyt's Voyages , II . 277 . Galanthus ( ga - lan'thus ) , n . [ NL . , short for flower . ] A ...
Стр. 2433
... Tennyson , Edwin Morris- gale ( gal ) , n . [ Contr . of gavell , q . v . ] 1. A periodical payment of rent , interest , duty , or custom ; an instalment of money . [ Eng . ] - 2 . The right of a free miner to have possession of a plot ...
... Tennyson , Edwin Morris- gale ( gal ) , n . [ Contr . of gavell , q . v . ] 1. A periodical payment of rent , interest , duty , or custom ; an instalment of money . [ Eng . ] - 2 . The right of a free miner to have possession of a plot ...
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Стр. 2575 - to be the advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, in consequence of the general public patronage and encouragement which it receives from constant or habitual customers, on account of its local position, or common celebrity, or reputation for skill or affluence, or punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances, or necessities, or even from ancient partialities or prejudices.
Стр. 2617 - So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Стр. 2423 - When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Стр. 2612 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it ? how much rather, then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean...
Стр. 2539 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Стр. 2506 - Was it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making their tomb the womb wherein they grew ? Was it his spirit, by spirits taught to write Above a mortal pitch, that struck me dead ? No, neither he, nor his compeers by night Giving him aid, my verse astonished. He, nor that affable familiar ghost Which nightly gulls him with intelligence, As victors, of my silence cannot boast...
Стр. 2587 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Стр. 2574 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up, 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Стр. 2561 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked, or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee...
Стр. 2574 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.