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Show PO PO o t a t o a a t b t l There is n i f f h e i q r f e read, and nee books a t n i n m b l e p e m of their difference Hooker bar even all pofibih'ry of error Brother, ipeak with qfibxlum a S e e t e u e w e t t i e b n d An n h _ a o o p t f v h When w in _thxs caf c e i e o n k e g h t o m f a t i i i j p r m o o t e g f t 5t is n b t g o a t . i r h o b m i t th ; ‘ ; \' W n t u d o u c n i i any fuf Confider him antecedently to his creation, whil fie yet lay in the barren womb of nothi.ng, an l p n e n c a e t l b f p o e m n t i onl could have nothing to recommend him to Chrift' South affection A bare poffibility, thata thing may be or not be is no juft caufe of doubting whether a thing be o Tillotfon not According to the multifarioufnefs of this imita i r N g i b i o i i i f p t a f t bil Example not only teaches us our duty, but convinces us of the poffibility of our imitation. Rogers PO'SSIBLE. adj. [ poffible, French; pojiHaving the power to b bilis, Latin. or to be done; not contrary to the nature of things Admit all thefe impofiibilities and great abfurdiWhitgifte ties to be poffible and convenient With men this is impofiible, but with God al " things are poffibles houfe thoul fall upo fo for fea th that is pofible grave principles in men's minds in words of uncerLocke tain fignification Set a pleafure tempting; and the hand of th Almighty vifibly prepared to take vengeance, an tell whether it be pofible for people wantonly t offend againft the law Locke Po'ssieLy. adw. [from pofible. 1. By any power really exifting . Within the compafs of whic only comprehend whatfoever ma to belong to the duty of all men foever may poffibly be known to b b Can we poffibly his love defert laws, we do no be eafily know but even whatof that quality 2. Perhaps; without abfurdity i Hooker Milton Pofibly he might be found in the hands of th earl of Effex, but he would be dead firfk. Clarendon Arbitrary power tends to make a man a ba fovereign, who might po/libly have been a good one had he been invefted with an authority circumferibed by laws Addifor POST. =. /. [pofte, French; equis pofiti curfor. 1. A hafty meflenger; a courier wh comes and goes at ftated times; com ja monly a letter carrier In certain places there be always frefh pofs t carry that farther which is brought unto them b the other Abbat Thee I'll rake up, the pof unfanétifie Of murthrous lechers ~ Shakefpeare's K ing Lear 1 fear my Julia would not deign my lines Recem;:g them by fuch a worthlefs poff Shakefp A cnpfle in the way out-travels a footman, or o out of the way. Ben Fonfon's Difcovery 1 fend you the fair copy of the poem on dulnefs whichI fhould not care to hazard by the commo po Pope ! 2-'1%@1( courfe or manner of travelling ; his is the fenfe in which it is taken }i{t the expreflio feem elliptical: 7 _:' 2 pott, is 10 ride as a polt, or 0 ride i wgenm;'vuée/: of @ poft; courir en pojfie € II: akelpeare, to ride in pott L He who rides poft through an unknown country, cannot diftinguifh the fituation of places. Dry 3. [Pofte, Fr. from pofitus, Latin. tion Situa feat The waters rife every where upon the furface o the earth; which new pof#, when they had onc feized on, they would never quit Burnet 4. Military ftation See before the gate what ftalking ghof Commands the guard, what fentries keep the pof Dryden As I watch'd the gates Lodg'd on my poff, a herald is arriv'' From Ceafar's camp Addifsn's Cato Whatever {pirit, carelefs of his charge His poft neglets, or leaves the fair at large Shall feel tharp vengeance Pope Each of the Grecian captains he reprefent conquering a fingle Trojan, while Diomed encounters two at once; and when they are engaged, eac in his diftin& goff, he only is drawn fighting i Pope every quarter Place ; employment office Every man has his poff afligned to him, and i that ftation he is well, if he can but think himL'Eftrange felf fo L' Eftrange nor muft he go out, left the next man that meet him fhould kill him, for that is alfo po/fible. Wilkins It will fcarce feem poffitle, that God fhould en ) Milton Milten doors him Sent from Media poff to Egypt Falfe men are not to be taken into confidence nor fearful men into a pof that requires refolution but pofible to fwerve He muft not ftay withi T brought my mafter news of Jullet's death And then iz poft he came from Mantu To this fame monument. Shak. Romeo and Fulie Marthezv, xix. 2.6 All things are poffible to him that believeth. Mark Firm we {ubfit PO Without letters a man can never be qualified fo any confiderable pof? in the camp ; for courage an corporal force, unlefs joined with conduét, th ufual effeéts of contemplation, are no more fit t Collier command than a tempeft While you, my lord, the rural thades admire And from Britannia's publick poffs retire Me into foreign realms my fate conveys Addifon Certain laws, by fuff'rers thought unjuft Deny'd all pofts of profit or of truft Pope Many thoufands there are, who determine th juftice or madnefs of national adminiftrations whom neither God nor men ever qualified fo fuch a poft of judgment Watts 6. [Poftis, Latin, A piece of timber fe erett The blood they fhall ftrike on the two fide pofi and upper pof? of the houfe Exodus, xil. 7 Fir-trees, cypreffes kind of natural rigour thereby fitteft for poffs o Poft is equivocal; i and cedars being, by inflexible downwards, ar pillars. Wotton's Architecz is a piece of timber, or fwift meflenger 7o Post noun, Watts's Logick w. n. [pofter, French ; from th To travel with {peed I poffed day and night to meet you Shakefpeare Will you prefently take horfe with him And with all fpeed poff with him tow'rds the North ShakeJpeare Pof {peedily to my lord, your hulband Shew him this letter Shakefpeare's King Lear Moft wicke fpeed to po With fuch dexterity to inceftuous fheets, Shakefp Then this, then that man's aid, they crave implore Pyft here for help, feck there their followers, Daxn The Turkifh meilenger prefently took horfe whic wa ther i readinefs for him towards Conftantinople with as muc could and foffe fpee as h Khnolles Themiftocles made Xerxes poff apace out o Greece, by giving out that the Grecians had a purpofe to break his bridge of fhips athwart the HelleBacon's Effays fpont Thoufands at his bidding fpeed And poff o'er land and ocean without reft. Milton With fongs and dance we celebrate the day At other times w reign by night alone And pofting through the fkies purfue the moon. Diy No wonder that paftorals are fallen into difefteem 1 fee the reader already uncafy at this part of Virgil counting the pages, and poffing to the Aneis. P alfh This only object of my real care In fome few pefting fatal hours is hurl' From wealth, from pow'r, from love the world an Prior 7o PosT. @. a 1. To fix opprobrioufly on pofts Man votes gentlemen were popula fo thei integrit by pofting their names fro i thei expofed to th calumny and fury King Charlcs On pain of being pofled to your forrow 2. [Poffer, French. tion Granwillé to meet me at four Fail not To place to fta to fix The confcious prieft, who was fuborn'd before Stood ready zoffed at the poftern door Dryde He that proceeds upon other principles in hi enquiry into any f{ciences, puts himfelf o fide, and pofts bimfelf in a party, which he wil Locke not quit till he be beaten out When a man is pofied in- the ftation of a mi fter, he is fure, befide the natural fatigue of it to incur the envy of fome, and the difpleafurc o others Addifor's Frecholder 3. To regifter methodically ; to tranfcrib fro one book into another. clean.sh data import.tsv out README A ter amon commo merchants You have not poffed your books thefe ten years how fhould a man keep his affairs even at thi rate! 4. To delay Arbuthnat Obfolete I have not ftopt mine ears to their demands Nor pofied oft their fuits with flow delays Then why fhould they love Edward more than me Shakefpear Po'stace. #» /. [from pof. Mane paid far conveyance of a letter Fifty pounds for the poflage of a letter! to fen by the church, is the deareft road in Chriftendom Dryden Po'steoy. . /. [poff and &oy. rier; boy that rides poft Cou This genius came thither in the fhape of a po/fboy and cried out 7o PosTDA TE that Mons was relieved. Taticr a [ o after, Latin and dare.] 'To date later than the rea time PostpiLu'viaN. adj. [ poff and diluvium Lat.] Pofteriour to the flood Take a view of the pofidiluvian ftate of thi our globe, how it hath ftood for thefe laft fou thoufand years Woordward Postprvu'vian. u. /. [ poff and diluvium Lat.] One that lived fince the flood The antediluvians lived a thoufand years; an as for the age of the pofdiluwians for fome centuries th annals of Phenicia Egypt an agree with the tenor of the facred hiftory Po'ster. #. /. [from poff. one that travels haftily China Grew A courier Weird fifters hand in hand Poflers of the fea and land Thus do go about Shakefpeare's Macheth POSTE./RIOR adj [pofierior pofferieur, French. 1. Happenin lowing Wher after place Latin after the anterior body giveth way th pofferior cometh on, it maket motion never fo great fol as falt a no noife be th Bacon No care was taken to have this matter remedie by the explanatory articles pofferior to the report Hefiod was pofferior to Homer : Thls‘ord‘:rly difpofition of things includes th ideas of prior, pofferior, and fimultaneous 7 atis 2. Backward And now had fame's pofierior trumpet blown And all the nations fummon‘d Pote Poste ri rs n. f The hinder parts & [poferiora Latin. A |