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Show SR A habitant of the earth; a mortal; a poo frail creature To earthlings, the footftool of God, that ftag which he raifed fora fmall time, fcemeth magni. ‘fitent Drummond Ea'rTHLY. adj. [from earth. 1. Not heavenly; vile; mean; fordid whic love faith an common neceffities w Arterbury not mental in fpite of all_her art Sudden he view'd 4. Any thing in the world; a female hyerbole EA'RTHNUT. 7 /. [earthand nut.] A pignut; a root in fhape and fize like anut Where there are earthnuts in feveral patches though the roots lie deep in the ground, and th ftalks be dead th fwin wil by thei fcen To furvey his dead and earzby image What were it but to make my forrow greater Shakefpeare Him lord pronounc'd, he, O indignity Subjeted to his fervice angel-wings And flaming minifters to watch and ten Their earthy charge 3. Inhabiting the earth 5. Not mental ‘This fubterranean heat or fire being in any par of the earth ftopt, by fome accidental glut or obftruétion in the paffages through which it ufed t afcend, and being preternaturally affembled i greater quantity into one place, caufes a great rarefaltion and intumefcence of the water of the abyfs putting it into very great commotions; and makin the like effort upon the earth, expanded upon th face of the abyfs, occafions that agitation and concuflion which wecall an earzhguake Wovdward's Natural Hiffory earthguake,. thakin the very foundations of all, than which nothing i the world hath more of horrour King Charles Was it his youth his valour, or fuccefs that awfu homag ha earthguakes, fo that th changed EA'RTHSHAKING bee tor To lead it to the wars and to the feas To mak b hunger cold When it might feed with plenty, reft with ea/e Davies The prieft on fkins of off'ring takes his ea/e And nightly vifions in his flumber fees. Dryd. Zn pow'r {)Va's daughter Pallas watch'd the fav'ring hour ack to their caves fhe bade the winds to fly Pope EaztaworM. z /. [earth and awerm. 1. A worm bred under ground like earzh Priyy 3. To relieve from labour, or any thing tha offends: with of before the thing If ere night the gath'ring clouds we fear A fong will help the beating ftorm to bear And that thou may'ft not be too late abroa Sing, and I'll ea/e thy fhoulders of thyload, Dyyd I will eafz me of mine adverfarjes. Haiah, 1. 24 No body feels pain that he wifhes not to be eafe of5 with a defire equal to that pain, and infeparabl Locke from i adj Quiet [eafe and full. peaceable ; fit for reft That will encounter with our glorious fun Ere he attain his eafefiu/ weftern bed Shakefp. Henry VI Ea'seMENT. 7. /. [from eafe. 1. Afiiftance; fupport; relie from ex He has the advantage of a free lodging, and fom other eafements 2. [In law. Swift A fervice that one neigh bour has of another by charter or prefcription, without profit; as a waythrough his ground 2 fink, or fuch like Sounds move {wiftly they require a mediu Cowel and at great diftance; bu and thei well difpofed tranfmiffion is ea/ily ftopped Bacon's Nat. Hiff She afk'd the reafon of his woe She afk'd, but with an air and mie That made it ea/ily forefee She fear'd too much to know Prior 2. Freedom from pain ; a neutral ftate between pain and pleafure 2. Without pain; without difturbance; i tranquillity That which we call ez/e is only an indolency, o L' Eftrange a freedom from pain Is it a fmail crime to wound himfelf by anguif demn their univerfal opinions and defigns, if, inftead of paffing your life as well and ea/ily, you re of heart, to deprive himfelf of all the pleafures, o Temple eafes, or enjoyments of life 3. Reft after labour; intermiffion of labour Give yourfelyes eqfe from the fatigue of waiting Saift 4. Facility ; not difficulty If not no labour can the trce conftrain And ftrength of ftubborn arms and fteel are vain Dryden 5. Unconftraint; freedom from harfhnefs formality, forced behaviour, or conceits True eafe in writing comes from art, notchance As thofe move eafieft who have learn'd to dance Pope 6 Milton And Tethys grave majeftick pace Now fcarce withdrawn the fierce earth/bakin Worms are found in fpow commonly it fuffer watchings tranquillity ; Ea'sivy. adv. [from eafy. 1. Without difficulty We fhould not find her half fo brave and bol the earth, or t And hufh'd the bluft'ring brethren of the fky Denbam's Scphy EASE. #. /. [aife, French. 1. Quiet; reft; undifturbe not folicitude adj. [earth and jbate. By the earthfbaking Neptune's mace weak feeble, fhallow Will he for facrifice our forrows eafz pences The willing metal will obey thy hand Following with ea/e, if favour'd by thy fate Thou art foredoom'd-to view the Stygian ftate whole face of it is quit Addifon on Italy Having power to fhak raife earthquakes not refined Of eyes, or lips, or cheeks paid me miferabl flecp, and ea/e pain, he doth not determine thej Arb I {py a black, fufpicious, threat'ning cloud The folded meaning of your words deceit. Shake/p Nor is my flam So earthy, as to need the dull material forc And with a filent earthguake fhook his foul. Dryden The country, by reafon of its vaft caverns an fires grofs Smother'd in errors "That fearful love which trembled in-his eyes fubterraneou terreftrial Lay open to my earthy grofs conceit Thefe might perhaps be found in other men >Twas that refpect Milton's Paradife Loft Teach me, dear creature, how to think and fpeak ‘T'remor or convulfion of the earth he fpeaks of fuch medicines ag pméfir Ea'seruL Mine is the fhipwreck, in a watry fign And in an earthy, the dark dungeon thine. Dryder 7. f. [earth and quake. a or partaking of earth; ter rene Ray Thefe tumults were lik Woodward 2. Compofe roo only where they grow Ea'rTHQUAKE is ftored wit water, efpecially that of rain matter Oh! if to dance all night, and drefs all day Charm'd the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away Who would notfcorn what houfewife's cares produce Pope Or who would learn one earthly thingofufe Thoug And can our tears reverfe his firm decrees in fa as we fe are opened the fepulchre 4. Relating to earth Pope An earthly lover lurking at her heart Xe fhall be eas'd, if France can yield relief. Sha whe h r e o m c th o o i a m c i h li matter Spenfer Complain, queen Margaret, and tell thyzggeb;m dofes Thofe earthy fpirits black and envious are 1'1l call up other Gods of form more fair, Lryden Great grace that old man to him given had For God he often faw, from heaven hight All were his earthly eyen both blunt and bad our yoke grievous, noy there Shake/p And foon lie Richard in an earthy pit ai n o i f m a th b e a f i ar Lamp Al It muit be our folemn bufinefs and endeavour, a fons, to turn the fiream of our thoughts fro Thy father mad As if with fports my fufferings I could eafe, Dyyq Long may'ft thoulive in Richard's feat to fit To {teal from fpiritual leifure a brief fpan To kecp your carthly audit. Shake/p. Henry VIII 3. Corporeal WNorris Ea'RTHY. adj. [from earib. 1. Confifting of earth all have as well of ghoftly as of eartbly favours, i Haoker in each kind eafily known You have fcarce tim Help and eafe children the beft you eans but % L no means bemoan them tkg' fore eafe thou fomewhat the grievous fervitude earthy vapours of divers forts. I/Vi//eim'.r.].Wrz{/J. Mag and the lack whic earthly towards divine objells ay z. A mean fordid wretch the 2. Belonging only to our prefent ftate; no {piritual Ou 2. 'To affuage; to mitigate; to alleviat Bacor's Natural Hiftory places Milton call'd'life a m o h r e t g o d e af e o f Upo i r l i th o ou m c b r m n i Jandfnail likewife put forth plants never Had ripen'd thy juft foul to dwell with God Meekly thou didit refign this earthly loa Of death 1. 'To free from pain I won't for refuge fly fro parte m i a t k l u no i i o e e t a awoyms Thy vain contempt, dull earthwwor#i, ceafe But I remember no I'm in this earzhly world, where to do har s often laudable; to do good, fometim Shakefp. Macbeth Accounted dangerous folly Whe EUAG Ease I a ftat leifure; without pain o undifturbe without anxiety Lucan content with praife, maylie az eaf In coftly grotts and marble palaces. Dryden's fuv Men of parts and penetration were not idly t difpute at their eafe, but were to aét according t the refult of their debates Locke ' No body is under an obligation to know ever thing: knowledge and fcience in general is the bufinefs only of thofe who are at. eafe and leifure, Locke To Eask, v, @ [from the noun. Is it not to bid defiance to all mankind to con folve to pafs it as ill and as miferable as you can Tfmplf 3. Readily; without reluttance I can eafily refign to others the praife of yot Dryden's Ded. to Stateof Inns illuftrious family Not foon provok'd, fhe ea/ily forgives And much fhe fuffers, as the much believes Ea'sinuss. . /. [fromeafp. 1. Freedom from difficulty Prior Believe me, friends, loud tumults are not lai Bfnyflflfw Witi h half f the the eafize/s that that th they ar e rais'd re a s r t v t l r a t u i f d a Eafinef late to {ome power; and a thing may be difficul to.a weak man which yet may be eafy to the fam flo Ti th en tt at gr t w e if af e w pexfon d m ha f ve i a n P o f in ea i e f Th m y , . d er fi co e b no ha t b it fpread You left a conqueft more than half atchiey'd " _l JI DY d ev gr of al f iz eq o w And fo on ig re t fh en fr o ou co d u a pl Thi invites me offers to it by the eafingfs of the t;g:'it n e i a r c a l m c i i i e 2. F e n t l r n oppofition might ag n th on i e t un n ld yi _Hi e br u w ti th pily. put them in" hop e . : ; t t u h r f i n o e n c o / n f like e Sinc |