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Then its metaphorical sense, to obtain any thing desired ; as, he arrived at a
peerage. ... that, in consequence of its original and etymological sense, it cannot
be properly applied but to words signifying something desirable : thus we say, a
man ...
Then its metaphorical sense, to obtain any thing desired ; as, he arrived at a
peerage. ... that, in consequence of its original and etymological sense, it cannot
be properly applied but to words signifying something desirable : thus we say, a
man ...
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And lastly, may be produced the peculiar sense, in which a word is found in any
great author : as faculties, in Shakspeare, signifies the powers of authority : This
Duncan Has borne his faculties so meek, has been So clear in his great office, ...
And lastly, may be produced the peculiar sense, in which a word is found in any
great author : as faculties, in Shakspeare, signifies the powers of authority : This
Duncan Has borne his faculties so meek, has been So clear in his great office, ...
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But a work of this kind is not hastily to be charged with superfluities ; those
quotations, which to careless or unskilful perusers appear only to repeat the
same sense, will often exhibit, to a more accurate examiner, diversities of
signification, or, ...
But a work of this kind is not hastily to be charged with superfluities ; those
quotations, which to careless or unskilful perusers appear only to repeat the
same sense, will often exhibit, to a more accurate examiner, diversities of
signification, or, ...
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The word quarry has no sense that is properly applicable in this place, and
therefore it is necessary to read, And fortune on his damned quarrel smiling.
Quarrel was formerly used for cause, or for the occasion of a quarrel, and is to be
found in ...
The word quarry has no sense that is properly applicable in this place, and
therefore it is necessary to read, And fortune on his damned quarrel smiling.
Quarrel was formerly used for cause, or for the occasion of a quarrel, and is to be
found in ...
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(1) Aroint thee, witch, In one of the folio editions the reading is anoint thee, in a
sense very consistent with the common accounts of witches, who are related to
perform many supernatural acts by the means of unguents, and particularly to fly
...
(1) Aroint thee, witch, In one of the folio editions the reading is anoint thee, in a
sense very consistent with the common accounts of witches, who are related to
perform many supernatural acts by the means of unguents, and particularly to fly
...
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