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Show LE LE authority which a mode originally erroneous can derive from cuftom parative idea of fmallnefs, which will ‘n'lw‘\ys b we have the p{mtivcj ldz,::l lefs than any one whereo <UCR It is the Zeffer blot, modefty finds Women to change their fhapes than me as much t o more oppofed t fo much /fs Exods xvi. 17 Thy fervant knew nothing of this, /fs or mén'c fom more fom gathere The cavern Less. adw Iower degree I a fmalle Qani ture Dryden degree; in a This opinion prefents a /s merry, but not // dangerous, temptation to thofe in adverfity Decay of Picty ‘The /¢fs fpace there is betwixt us and the obje&, and the more pure the air is, by fo muc the more the fpecies are preferved and diftinguith ed; and o ther and the /s it is pure is contrary, the mor th fpace of ai fo muc the mor the objeét is confufed and embroiled Dryden Their learning lay chiefly in flourith 5 they wer not muc wifer tha the /fs pretending multitude Collier on Pride The /efs they themfelves want from others, the will be /efs careful to fupply the neceflities of th indigent Smalridge Happy Wer and happy ftill, {he might have prov'd fhe /¢fs beautiful, or /efs belov'd LE'ssee. #./. 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To diminifh the degree of any ftate o quality ; to make lefs intenfe Kings may giv To beggars, and not /effen their own greatnefs Denbam Though charity alone will not make one happ in the other world, yet it fhall /effen his punifhment Calamy's Sermons Colle&t into one fum as great a number as yo this multitude one jo ho great foever the power of addin any neare number th en Jefféns no to it, or brings hi of the inexhauftibl ftock o Locke ‘This thirft after fame betrays him into fuch indecencies as are a Jg/fening to his repatation, and i looked upon as a weaknefs in the greateft cha radters No Addifon's Spectator ar th pleafures whic the creation enjoy fubj 3+ To degrade dignity the brutal part o to be leffezed by the un eafinefs which arifes fro fancy Atterbury to depriv of power o To manifeft the more thy might Milton St. Paul chofe to magnify his office, when il men confpired to Jeffen it Atterbury's Sermons w fhrink; t b n T grow lefs t diminifhed All government may be efteemed to grow ftron or wealz, as the general opinion in thofe that govern is feen to leffen or increafe Temple Th objeétio /gffin much more than this, there was on reputation Lr'sser. adj lefs habi ¢r an come witnef to n of no goo Atterbury A barbarous corruption o forme b th vulga of terminatin afterward adopte fro comparative b h the /effer breaches of that law poets 2 is confequently moveable more eafily, and with leffer power The larger here Woodward and there the leffer Tambs The new-fall'n young herd bleating for their dams LE"ssErR adw [forme b from Jefs. [legon Latin, there rifet hanget ye leffon from fome inconveniencies whereunto fermons ar moft fubje&, they may, in this refpe, no lef take, than in other they muft give the hand whic betokeneth pre :minence Hooker 4. Tune pricked for an inftrument 5. A rating leture Dawies on Ireland She would give her a /effin for walking fo late that fhould make her keep within doors for on fortnight Sidney th i an thenby writers of profe, till it has all th Children fhould be feafoned betimes into a contempt and deteftation of thi Lz'ssor. #. / One wh or. otherwife Shak and Jeffone lets an thin by leafe Lords of the world have but for life their leafe And that teo, if the /ffor pleafe, muft ceafe Denbam If he demifes the glebe to a layman, the tenan muft pay. the fmall. tithes to the vicar, and th grea tithe to, th /{'[/‘5;‘ Ayliffe's Parergon LesT. conj. [from the adjeétive leaf. 1. This particle may be fometimes r folved into 7hat mor, meaning preven Judges And hold high converfe with the mighty dead T horitfon 3. Before the firft perfon plural, /es implie exhortation v Fables Newton's Opticks Let me die with the Philitines Here let me fit 5 VicCe L Efirange' Carew z. Afign of the optative mood ufed befor the firft, and imperative before the thir perfon. = Before the firft perfon fingula ‘it fignifies refolution, fixed purpofe, o ardent wifh inftruct Well haft thou /eflon'd us, this thall we do to farm and Zets go the mercury T Even in kind love, I do conjure the To leffon me Shakefp. Two Gentlemen of Verona which Where there is a certainty and an uncertainty let the uncertainty go, and hold to that which i certain Bifhop Sanderfon On the crowd he caft a furious look And wither'd all their ftrength before he fpoke Back on yourlives, /e be, faid he, my prey And let my vengeance take the deftin'd way Dryden Remember me; fpeak, Raymond, will you / him Shall he remember Leonora ? Dryden's Sparifb Fr We muft not /et go manifeft truths, becaufe w cannot anfwer all queftions about them Collier One who fixes his thoughts intently on on thing, o as to take but little notice of the fucceflion of ideas in his mind, /ess flip out of hi account a good part of that duration Locke A folution of mercury in aqua fortis being poure upon iron, copper, tin, or lead, diffolves the metal fre Thofe good laws were like good /effons fet for flute out of tune; of which /Jgfins little ufe ‘ca be made, -till the flute be made fit to be played on fea Fuirfax whereo bein th fail car Nay, nay, quoth he, /¢ be your ftrife and doubt vice deftitute th 70 LET. @. 4. [l=zan, Saxon. 1. To allow; to fuffer; to permit 3. Portions of fcripture read in divine ferhappil int an end Be not jealous over the wife of thy bofom, an teach her not an evil /effon againft thyfelf Ecclyfsix. 1 leffons ar terme after the refpite of fome hours, is draw in again by a cord faftened at the neare Deep written in my heart with iron pen That blifs may not abide in ftate of mortal men Fajry Queen properties at the fam a fail ; to this engine rieth the boulte notion inculcated Notwithftanding fo eminen a thread, an thore filleth the fail I but repeat that Zeffo Which T have learn'd from thee. Denbam's Sophy z. Precept wit a leftercock, they tie one end of thei boulter, {o as the wind coming from th leio to that Lestercock. z. /. 'They have a devic of two fticks filled with corks, an crofled flatlong, out of whofe midf corruptio 1. Any thing read or repeate teacher, in order to improvement onl Which God infpir'd, cannot together perit With this corporeal clod Milton Pope French mean Perfues me f4ill, /eff all I cannot die Lt that pure breath of life, the fpirit of man Le'sses. n. f. [laiffées, French. Th dung of beafts left on the ground a. / It fometime One doub Some fay he's mad; others, that leffér hate him Do call it valiant fury Shakefpeare's Macheth LE'SSON by the barbarous nations. Addifin kind of emphafis Locke Any heat promotes th afcent of mineral matter but more efpecially of that which is fubtile, an teach ; t To leffin thee, againft his purpofe ferve Le'ssex might be abufe Burnet To Le'sson. w. a. [from the noun. Who feek pu unbefought provided King Luitprand brought hither the corps, This day's enfample hath this /efflor dea o LE'ssEN. @. a. [from /ef. 1. To make lefs; to diminifh in bulk pleafe them Hat Cain, after the murder of his brother, crie out, Every man that findeth me fhall flay me By the famg reafon may a man, in the ftate of na Yet could he not his clofing eyes withdraw Though /fs and /efi of Emily he faw that are unde thf:y fain At the fad fentence rigorotifly urg'd All terror hide Milton My labour will fuftain me, and /eff col Or hear fhould injure us, his timely car thei minds Shakefpeare The mountains, and higher parts of the earth grow [efir and /lefler from age to age: fomx 1Y the roots of them are weakened by fubterraneou fires, and fometimes tumbled by earthquakes int Hallifax No Lt Fairy Queen >Tis /efs to conquer, than to make wars ceafe And, without fighting, awe the wosld to peace R #./ Forty ftripes he may give him, and not exceed Jeft if bhe fhould exceed, then thy brother fhoul feem vile Deut. xxv Thus lowly to-abafe thy beauty bright That it fhould not deface all other leffer light and are capable of increafe by the addition of an equal or /gfs parts, afford us, by their repetition Locke the idea of infinity tion or care left a thing fhould happen What great defpite doth fortune to thee bear All the ideas that are confidered as having parts Lgss 4 Rife; let us go Mark Let us feek out fome defolate thade, Shakefpeare Before the third perfon, fingula plural, /et implies permifiion o Let Euclid reft, and Archimedes paufe. Mi/ron 5. Or precept Let the foldiers feize him from one of the affafii nates 6. Sometimes itimplies conceffion Dryden Oer golden fands /e# rich Paolus flow Or trees weep amber on ‘the banks of Po While. by our oaks the precious loads are born And realms comamanded which thofe trees adorn Pope 7. Befor |