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Page 172
... separated by the fhot , as not to leave the smallest particle behind . SHORE , as the fea - shore or shore of a river ( which latter ex- preffion Dr. Johnson , without any reafon , calls " a licentious " ufe " of the word ) is the place ...
... separated by the fhot , as not to leave the smallest particle behind . SHORE , as the fea - shore or shore of a river ( which latter ex- preffion Dr. Johnson , without any reafon , calls " a licentious " ufe " of the word ) is the place ...
Page 173
... separated , divided . SHARE , any feparated part or portion . SHIRE , a separated part or portion of this realm . And though . we now apply sCAR only to a cicatrix , or the remaining mark of a feparation ; it was formerly applied to any ...
... separated , divided . SHARE , any feparated part or portion . SHIRE , a separated part or portion of this realm . And though . we now apply sCAR only to a cicatrix , or the remaining mark of a feparation ; it was formerly applied to any ...
Page 174
... separated or divided . So Douglas , booke 3 . 82. fays " Ane fair virginis body doune to hir SCHERE . 99 pag . PLOUGH - SHARE is a Plough - fheerer , contracted to avoid the repetition ER , ER . A pair of SHEERS , a pair of SHEERERS . A ...
... separated or divided . So Douglas , booke 3 . 82. fays " Ane fair virginis body doune to hir SCHERE . 99 pag . PLOUGH - SHARE is a Plough - fheerer , contracted to avoid the repetition ER , ER . A pair of SHEERS , a pair of SHEERERS . A ...
Page 234
... separated one from another . " Into vii partes I haue this boke dyuyded " So that the reder may chofe where he wyll . " The fyrste conteyneth how the Brytons guyded " This lande from Brute , Moliuncius untyll . " And from Moliuncius I ...
... separated one from another . " Into vii partes I haue this boke dyuyded " So that the reder may chofe where he wyll . " The fyrste conteyneth how the Brytons guyded " This lande from Brute , Moliuncius untyll . " And from Moliuncius I ...
Page 239
... Separated . Let us look back upon the inftances produced . The fishes come in SHOALS , SHOLES , OF SCULS ( which is the fame participle , rc being differently pronounced as sн or sк ) ; 6 that that is , They come in feparate divifions ...
... Separated . Let us look back upon the inftances produced . The fishes come in SHOALS , SHOLES , OF SCULS ( which is the fame participle , rc being differently pronounced as sн or sк ) ; 6 that that is , They come in feparate divifions ...
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Adjective alfo alſo anceſtors Anglofaxon verb antient applied becauſe boke booke Caft called cauſe chap characteriſtic Chaucer Coriolanus diftinct Diues and Pauper doth Douglas Earle of Surrey Engliſh etymologifts faid fame meaning fame participle fame verb fame word fays fenfe fhal fhall fhould fign fignifies fingular firft firſt fome fomething Forfothe formerly written French ftill fubaud fubftantive fuch fuppofe Gower Greek hath haue Hift himſelf inftances inftead Italian itſelf Johnſon Junius language Latin loue Lyfe moft moneye moſt muft muſt Noun obferve paff paffage paft tenfe participial termination paſt participle paſt tenſe pleaſe Ploughman Poly-olbion prefent Prol purpoſe quia quod reafon regular paſt RIGHT Rofe Shakeſpear Skinner Song Steevens Tale thare thefe themſelves theſe theſe words thing third perfon thofe thoſe thou tranflation Troylus underſtand uſed verſe Vifion Voffius Whan whofe wyfe
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