40
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From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
45
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
Aduiſe
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
Alarme
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
confeſſe
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From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
courſes
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
elſe
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From this reading Yo’ll heare more elſe.
falſe
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
Guilt-head
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
heare
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From this reading Yo’ll heare more elſe.
hemnounUS /hem/
the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
MER
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From this reading MER.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Yo’ll heare more elſe.
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
reuerſion
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
ſhewes
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From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
ſire
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
temptverbUS /tempt/
dispose or incline or entice to
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let him get the pieces And bring ’hem.
theſe
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From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Little _Guilt-head_, Aduiſe your ſire, great _Guilt-head_ from theſe courſes: And, here, to trouble a great man in reuerſion, For a matter o’ fifty on a falſe _Alarme_, 45 Away, it ſhewes not well.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
Yo'll
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From this reading Yo’ll heare more elſe.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why this ſhewes 40 A little good nature in you, I confeſſe, But do not tempt your friends thus.
