Volume 2

A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar / by Samuel Johnson.

  • Samuel Johnson
Date:
1755
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Credit: A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar / by Samuel Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. To keep back; to refufe. What difficulties there are, which as yet withhold our afTent, till we be further and better fatisfied, I hope no indif¬ ferent amongft them will fcorn or refufe to hear. Hooker. Soon as Titan ’gan his head exault. And foon again as he his light withhault, Their wicked engines they againft it bent. Fairy Queen. Withho'lden. part. paJJ'. of withhold. The word keep back, fheweth, that it was a thing for¬ merly due unto God ; for we cannot fay that any thing is kept back, or withholden, that was not due before. Spelman, Withholder. n.f [from withhold ] e who withholds. Withi'n. prep, [prbmnan, Saxon.] 1. In the inner part of. Who then fhall blame His pefter’d fenfes to recoil and ftart. When all that is within him does condemn Itfelf for being there. Shakefp. Macbeth. By this means, not only many helplefs perfons will be pro¬ vided for, but a generation of men will be bred up, within ourfelves, not perverted by any other hopes. Sprat. ’Till this be cur’d by religion, it is as impoffible for a man to be happy, that is, pleafed and contented within himfelf, as it is for a fick man to be at eafe. Tillotfon. The river is afterwards wholly loft within the waters of the lake, that one difcovers nothing like a ftream, till within about a quarter of a mile from Geneva. Addifon. 2. In the compafs of; not beyond ; ufed both of place and time. Next day we faw, within a kenning before us, thick clouds, which put us in hope of land. Bacon. A beet-root, and a radifh root, which had all their leaves cut clofe to the roots, within fix weeks had fair leaves. Bacon. Moft birds come to their growth within a fortnight. Bacon. Within fome while the king had taken up fuch liking of his perfon, that he refolved to make him a mafterpiece. Wotton. The invention of arts neceflary or ufeful to human life, hath been within the knowledge of men. Burnet. As to infinite fpace, a man can no more have a pofitive idea of the greateft, than he has of the leaft fpace. For in this latter, which is more within our comprehenfion, we are capable only of a comparative idea of fmallnefs, which will al¬ ways be lefs than any one, whereof we have the pofitive idea. Lo. Were every adfion concluded within itfelf, and drew no confequences after it, we fhould undoubtedly never err in our choice of good. Locke. T his, with the green hills and naked rocks within the neigh¬ bourhood, makes the moft agreeable confufion. Addifon. Bounding defires within the line, which birth and fortune have marked out, is an indifpenfable duty. Atterbury. 3. Not longer ago than. Within thefe five hours Haftings liv’d Untainted, unexamin’d, free at liberty. Shake/peare. Within thefe three hours, Tullus, Alone I fought in your Corioli walls. And made what work I pleas’d. Shakefp. Coriolanus. 4. Into the reach of. When on the brink the foaming boar I met. The defp’rate favage rufih’d within my force. And bore me headlong with him down the rock. Otway. 5. In the reach of. Secure of outward force, within himfelf The danger lies, yet lies within his pow’r j Againft his will he can receive no harm. Milton. I have fufter’d in your woe j Nor fhall be wanting ought within my pow’r For your relief. Dry den. Though Aurengzebe return a conqueror, Both he and fhe are ftill within my power. Dryden. 6. Into the heart or confidence of. When by fuch infinuations they have once got within him, and are able to drive him on from one lewdnefs to another, no wonder if they rejoice to fee hirii guilty of all villainy. South. 7. Not exceeding. Be inform’d how much your hufband’s revenue amounts to, and be fo good a computer, as to keep within it. Swift. 8. In the inclofure of. No interwoven reeds a garland made, } To hide his brows within the vulgar fhade j v But poplar wreaths around his temples fpread. Addifon. 3 Sedentary and within-door arts, and delicate manufactures, that require rather the finger than the arm, have a contrariety to a military difpofition. Bacon’s Nat, Hijl. Withi'n. adv. 1. In the inner parts; inwardly ; internally. This is yet the outward, faireft fide Of our defign. Within refts more of fear, More dread of fad event yet undefcry’d. Daniel. Death thou haft feen In his'firft fhape on man j but many fhapes Of death, and many are the ways that lead To his grim cave ; all difmal! yet to fenfe More terrible at th’ entrance, than within. Milton. 2. In the mind. Language feems too low a thing to exprcfs your excellence, and our fouls are fpeaking fo much within, that they defpife all foreign converfation. Dryden's State of Innocence. 1 hefe, as thy guards from outward harms, are fent ; *11s from within thy reafon muft prevent. Dryden. Withi nside. adv. [within and fide.] In the interiour parts. T. he forceps for extracting the ftone is reprefented a little open, that the teeth may be better feen withinfde. Sharp. Witho'ut. prep, [pifcutan, Saxon.] 1. Not with. Many there are, whofe deftinies have prevented their de- fires, and made their good motives the wards of their exe¬ cutors, not without miferable fuccefs. Hall. 2. In aftateof abfencefrom. Haft fo much wit, and mirth, and fpleen about thee There is no living with thee, nor wi.hout thee. Tatler. 3. In the ftate of not having. The virtuous bezoar is taken from the beaft that feedeth upon the mountains ; and that without virtue, from thofe that feed in the vallies. Bacon. Infallibility and inerrablenefs are afTumed and inclofed by the Romifh church,without any inerrable ground to hold it on. Ham. If the ideas be not innate, there was a time, when the mind was without thofe principles; and then they will not be innate, but be derived from fome other original. Locke. 4. Beyond ; not within the compafs of. Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach : but that little fpot of ground that lies betwixt thofe two great oceans, this we are to cultivate. Burnet’s Theory of the Earth. 5. In the negation, or omiffion of. Without the feparation of the two monarchies, the moft advantageous terms from the French, muft end in our de- ftrudipn. Addifon. 6. Not by ; not by the ufe of; not by the help of. Excefs of diet in coftly meats and drinks fetched from be¬ yond the feas, would be avoided : wife men will do it without a law; I would there might be a law to reft rain fools. Bacon. 7. On the outfideof. Without the gate Some drive the cars, and fome the courfers rein. Dryden. 8. Not within. When the weather hinders me from taking my d i verfions with¬ out doors, I frequently make a little party with feleCt friends. Ad. 9. With exemption from. The great lords of Ireland informed the king, that the Irifhry might not be naturalized without damage tothemfelves or the crown. Davies’s Ireland. Happinefs under this view, ev’ry one conftantly purfues. Other things acknowledged to be good, he can look upon without defire, pafs by, and be content without. Locke. Witho'ut. adv. 1. Not on the infide. Forming trees and fhrubs into fundry fhapes, is done by moulding them within, and cutting them without. Bacon. Wife men ufe ftudies ; for they teach not their own ufe ; but that is a wifdom uithout them, and above them, won by obfervation. Bacon. Thefe were from without the growing miferies. Alilton. Having gone as far as they could without, they began to obferve them within. Grew. 2. Out of doors. The reception of light into the body of the building, was very prompt from without, and from within. Wotton. Their doors are barr’d againft a bitter flout; Snarl, if you pleafe, but you fhall lnarl without. Dryden. 3. Externally; not in the mind. Witho'ut. conjuni7. Unlefs ; if not; except. Not in ufe. I find my love fhall be proved no love, without I leave to love, being too unfit a veflel in whom fo high thoughts fhould be engraved. Sidney, b. ii. You will never live to my age, without you keep yourfelves in breath with exercife, and in heart with joyfulnefs. Sidney. Withou'ten. prep. [pfSutan, Saxon.] Without. Oblolete. Her face fo fair, as flefh it feemed not, But heavenly pourtrait of bright angel’s hue. Clear as the fky, withouten blame or blot, Through goodly mixture of complexion’s dew. Spenfer. To Withsta nd, v. a. [with and fand.] To gainftand; to oppofe; to refift. The violence of forrow is not at the firft to be flriven withal, being like a mighty beaft, fooner tamed with follow¬ ing, than overthrown by withfanding. Sidney. The wonderful zeal and fervour wherewith ye have with- food the received orders of this chuich, was the firft thing which caufed me to enter unto confideration, whether every chriftian manfearing God, ftand bound to join with you. Hooker. It is our frailty that in many things we all do amifs, but a virtue that we would do amifs in nothing, and a teftimony ot that virtue, that when we pray that what occafion ol fin foever do offer itfelf, we may be ftrengthened from above to with- fand it. Hooker, b v. J I hey