Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen1John Brown, 1816 |
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... opposition against his infa- mous project . Swift . 2. A partner , or co - ope- rator ; in a fenfe indifferent . - If a tongue would be talking without a mouth , what could it have done , when it had all its organs of fpeech , and ac ...
... opposition against his infa- mous project . Swift . 2. A partner , or co - ope- rator ; in a fenfe indifferent . - If a tongue would be talking without a mouth , what could it have done , when it had all its organs of fpeech , and ac ...
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... opposition to each other . * ADVERSITY . n . f . [ adverfitè , Fr. ] Afflic- tion ; calamity ; that is , oppofition to our wishes . 1. The caufe of our forrow ; affliction ; misfor- tune . In this fenfe it may have a plural.- Let me ...
... opposition to each other . * ADVERSITY . n . f . [ adverfitè , Fr. ] Afflic- tion ; calamity ; that is , oppofition to our wishes . 1. The caufe of our forrow ; affliction ; misfor- tune . In this fenfe it may have a plural.- Let me ...
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... opposition ; encounter : a sense not fre- quent , though regularly deducible from the deri- vation.- Fearless of danger , like a petty god I walk'd about admir'd of all , and dreaded On hoftile ground , none daring my affront . Samfon ...
... opposition ; encounter : a sense not fre- quent , though regularly deducible from the deri- vation.- Fearless of danger , like a petty god I walk'd about admir'd of all , and dreaded On hoftile ground , none daring my affront . Samfon ...
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... opposition to , a time of misfortune , but by degrees acquired a neutral fenfe . It fometimes has the cafe ellipti cally fuppreffed , as , against he comes , that is , a- gainst the time when he comes.— Thence the them brought into a ...
... opposition to , a time of misfortune , but by degrees acquired a neutral fenfe . It fometimes has the cafe ellipti cally fuppreffed , as , against he comes , that is , a- gainst the time when he comes.— Thence the them brought into a ...
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... OPPOSITION TO , & c . In 1759 , he published his Elements of Philofophy : a work extolled as remarkable for its precision and perfpicuity ; in which , however , are fome tenets Pelative to metaphyfics and moral fcience , that are far ...
... OPPOSITION TO , & c . In 1759 , he published his Elements of Philofophy : a work extolled as remarkable for its precision and perfpicuity ; in which , however , are fome tenets Pelative to metaphyfics and moral fcience , that are far ...
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