Handbook of English Synonyms: With an Appendix Showing the Correct Uses of Prepositions, Also a Collection of Foreign Phrases |
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abridge abuse Addison affliction agitate allure ally amend ance artifice averse baneful bewitch blemish calm cast cate cation censure changeable charm cheat cheer cious clever commend corrupt courage crave cruel delight discern disgrace disgust dishonor distress disturb dull E. A. Freeman enchant evil exalted fancy favor fect firm flagrante delicto forbear forcible fretful furious gentle George Eliot grieve harass harsh hazard heed hinder honor hurtful incite inter irritate J. H. Newman lean liberal lively lofty Macaulay mean ment metaphysi nant nate ness niggardly panegyric penury perplex person plain portune praise precur quick quiet ramble rash recite regard reproach reprove repug restrain rude Shak shame sharp showy sion sive skilful slight sluggish solicit sorrow spectre spirit sprightly stubborn tence tender Tennyson thing thor tion tious tive torment tranquil tude turb uncon upright vile voke waste weighty wonderful yield
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Page 142 - What advantage is it to be a man, over it is to be a boy at school, if we have only escaped the ferula to come under the fescue of an imprimatur...
Page 151 - NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing...
Page 150 - At sunrise the next morning the search recommenced, and Buyse was found. He owned that he had parted from the duke only a few hours before. The corn and copsewood were now beaten with more care than ever. At length a gaunt figure was discovered hidden in a ditch. The pursuers sprang on their prey. Some of them were about to fire : but Portman forbade all violence. The prisoner's dress was that of a shepherd ; his beard, prematurely grey...
Page 148 - And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for, behold, he prayeth...
Page 158 - Lettre de cachet, F. A sealed letter; a royal warrant. Lettre de marque, F. A letter of marque or reprisal. Lex non scripta, L. The unwritten law. Lex scripta, L. The written law ; the statute law. Lex talionis, L. The law of retaliation. Lingua Franca, It. The Frank tongue; the mixed language spoken by Europeans in the East. Locum tenens, L. One holding the place. Locus standi, L. A right to interfere. Lusus naturae, L. A sport or freak of nature. Magnum bonum, L. A great good. Magnum opus, L. A...
Page 156 - Enfans perdus, F. Lost children ; the forlorn hope. En masse, F. In a body. En passant, F. In passing; by the way. En rapport, F. In relation; in connection. En regie, F. In order; according to rule. En route, F. On the way. Entente cordiale, F. Evidence of cordial good will.
Page 138 - London had in the world only one commercial rival, now long outstripped, the mighty and opulent Amsterdam. English writers boasted of the forest of masts and yard arms which covered the river from the bridge to the Tower, and of the incredible sums which were collected at the Custom-House in Thames Street. There is, indeed, no doubt that the trade of the metropolis then bore a far greater proportion than at present to the whole trade of the country; yet to our generation the honest vaunting of our...
Page 160 - L. If you seek his monument, look around. Sine die, L. Without a day appointed. Sine qua non, L. An indispensable condition. Soi-disant, F. Self-styled. Status quo, L. The state in which. Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re, L. Gentle in manners, resolute in deed. Sub judice, L. Under consideration. Sub rosa, L.