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Show WE WE Nomne have been with admiration read But who, befides their learning, were awellbred Rofcommon Both the poets were wellbred and well-natured Dryden The avell-proportion'd fhape, and beauteous face Shall never more be feen by mortal eyes. Dryden >Twas not the hafty produét of a day But the we/l-ripen'd fruit of wife delay. Dryden Procure thofe that are freth gathered, ftraight fmooth, and wel-rooted Mortimer's Hufbandry If I fhould inftruét them to make we/l-runnin verfes Th they want genius to give them ftrength Dryden ma Mattheww, XX the eating, without refer ¢nce to any other end Inftead of quell-fet hair, baldnefs They will afk, what is the final caufe of king ? and they will anfwer, the people's wwe/fare Certainly a true anfwer; and as certainly an im Chapman His evell-fpread thoulders Abraham and Sarah were old, and wel/-ftricke Genefis in age Many awel/-fhaped innocent virgins are waddlin like big-bellied women Spectator We never fee beautiful and avell-tafted fruit £rom a tree choaked with thorns and briars Dryden's Dufrefnoy The well-tim'd oar ‘With founding ftrokes divide the fparkling waves WELLFA'VOURED. adj. [awell and fawour.] Beautiful; pleafing to the eye His wife feems to be awellfavoured.. I will uf her as the key of the cuckoldly rogue's coffer Shakefpeare WeLLMe'T. interjeld. [ well and meet. A term of falutation Once more to-day wwe/lmet, diftemper'd lords The king by me requefts your prefence ftraight Shakefpeare the liking of the reader Denbam Not any eafy part in life can find The manners of the poets were not unlike ; bot of them were well-bred, wellnatured, amorous and libertine, at leaft in their writings; it may b Dryden alfo in their lives Still with efteem no lefs convers'd than read With wit ewellnatur'd, and with books well-bred Pope Dryden He rail On me, my bargains, and my awel/-won thrift Which he calls interet. Shak. Merchant of Venice Each by turns the other's bound invade As, in fome gwe//-wrought picture, light and fhade Pope WEe'LLNIGH So amply, and with hands fo liberal Thou haft provided all things Ailt. Par. Loft The moft facred ties of duty are founded upo gratitude: fuch as the duties of a child to hi parent, and of a fubjeét to his fovereign Fro the former there is required love and honour, i recompence of being; and from the latter obedience and fubjeétion, in recompence of protetio and aellbeing South's Sermons All things are fubfervient to the beauty, order and awellbeing of the whole L'Eftrange He who does not co-operate with this holy 1pirit, receives none of thofe advantages which ar the perfeting of his nature, and neceffary to hi wellbeing Spectator WEeLLBO RN, adj. Not meanly defcended One whofe extraction from an ancient lin Gives hope again that wellborn men may fhine Waller Heav'n, that awellborn fouls infpires Prompts me through lifted fwords, and rifing fire To rufh undaunted to defend the walls Drydun WEeLLBRE'D. adj. [well and bred. gant of manners; polite Ele tained the nature of a chaos, would retain ewel/mig an uniform tenuity of texture WELLSPE'NT adj They are to lie dow port the in their age Beatley Pafled with virtue without any thing to fupbu th confcience of awellfpent youth L' Eftrange aflrefieflxmen the wil back upon a awellfpent life The conftant tenour of thei No lefs deferv' Fountain it be t loo Calamy's Sermons ae//fpent day a juft return of praife WELLSPRING Pope 7./ [peellzerpniz, Sax. fource The fountain and wwellfpring of impiety, is refolved purpofe of mind to reap in this worl what fenfual profit or fenfual pleafure foever th world yieldeth Underftanding is a wellfpring of life WELLWI'LLER On Hooker Proverbs, xvi. 22 . /. [well and awiller. who means kindly Difarming all his own country men, that no ma might thew himfelf a wellzviller of mine. Sidney There are fit occafions miniftered for men t purchafe to themfelve wel/willers, by the colou under which they oftentimes profecute quarrels o envy WEeLLWISHER. 7. /i [ from auellk One who wifhes the good of anothey i The adtual traitor is guilty of perjury in t eye of the law; the fecret wellwifber of the o r is fo before the tribunal of confcience Addifor's Fr _ Betray not any of your 'wellwg'/bejr.s into telf:llfi Speat inconveniencies No ma myfelf, o family is more your fincere wellawifher thau more the fincere wellwifber of you Pype WeLT. 2 /. Aborder; a guard; an edg mg Little low hedges made round like guefss, wit fome pretty pyramids, I like well Bacon Certain fcioli, or fmatterers, are bufy in th fkirts and outfides of learning, and have fearc any thing of folid literature to recommend them The ma hav fom fcholar, a welt or o edging or trimming of but no more Ben Fonfon To WELT. w. a. [from the noun. few any thing with a border [ pealean T Saxon Dutch ;3 wolutari, Latin. He muft not float upon his wat'ry bie Unweep'd, nor welfter to the parching winds. M The companions of his fall o'erwhelm' He foon difcerns, and welt'ring by his fid The next himfelf Miltor's Paradife Loft The gafping head flies off; a purple floo Flows from the trunk, that awelfers in the blood Dryden He fung Darius, great and good By too fevere a fate And velt'zing in his blood Dryd. St. Cecilia Bellona wades in blood; that mangled body the barons, and Ireland utterly negle€ted. Dawies Whoever fhall read over St. Paul's enumeratio of the duties incumbent upon it, might conclude that ewel/lnigh the whole of chriftianity is laid o the fhoulders of charity alone Spratt's Sermons Notwithftanding a fmall diverfity of pofitions the whole aggregate of matter, as long as it re Wha be entirely torn from it Fallen from his high eftate His forces fail Spenfer My feet were almoft gone: my fteps had wellnigh {lipt Plalms England was wwellnigh ruined by the rebellion o O welladay, miftrefs Ford, having an honef man to your hufband, to give him fuch caufe o fufpicion Shake[peare Ah, welladay, I'm fhent with baneful fmart Man is not to depend upon the uncertain difpofitions of men for his wellbeing, but only o God and his own fpirit Taylor's Holy Living For whofe aellbei Al The fame fo fore annoyed has the knight That, wellnigh choaked with the deadly ftink Alas WEeLLBE NG, # /. [well and be.] Happinefs ; profperity [well and nigh. moft WeLLapay. interje [This is a corruption of awelaway. See WeLaway. G/{y adv think of a peace with France, till the sf,y,' 1 monarch 1. To roll in water or mire But an inhuman and ill-temper'd min int Let it not enter into the heart o hath a aellaifh for his friends oranZfio;ie' avelteren On their life no grievous burden lies ‘Who are wellnatur'd, temperate, and wife And on her fhoulders her dithevell'd hair. Dryden A aell-weighed judicious poem, which at firf £ains no more upon the world than to be juft re WerLwi'sa, », /. [awell and ewi/)",l A . wifh of happinefs 70 WE'LTER Good-natured ; kind Her ave/l-turn'd neck he view'd itfelf by infenfible degree adj. [well and nature. WEeLLNA'TURED Shakefpeare's Hamlet Oh you are zwel/-tuned now3 but I'll let dow the pegs that make this mufick. Shakep. Otbello infinuate Holyday perfect one Smith Wifdom's triumph is wwe//-tim'd retreat As hard a fcience to the fair as great Pope Mean time we thank you for your wel{-too labour ceived 21 We'LLrARE. 7 /. [well and fare.] Happinefs; profperity Locke Ifa. iii. 24 A fharpe edg'd fword he girt abou ‘Go to your reft A word of praife Welldone, thou good and faithful fervant move the mind, by the dehgh itfelf that accompanie Wellbred {paniels civilly deligh In mumbling of the game they dare not bite Pope WEeLLDO NE. interject eating of a ewel/-feafoned dith, fuited to palate man' - WE Hooker Deform'd with wounds and zwe/t'ring in its gore I know it well! Oh clofe the dreadful fcene Believe me, Pheebus, I have feen too much., Murph 2. To roll voluntarily ; to wallow If a man inglut himfelf with vanity, or we/ ter in filthinefs like a fwine, all learning, all good Afcham nefs, is foon forgotten WemM # / [pem, Saxon. A fpot; {car Although the wound be healed, yet the wwemn Brerewood on Languages or fcar ftill remaineth WEeN. #. /. [pen, Saxon.] A flefhy o callous excrefcence or protuberance. Warts are faid to be deftroyed by the rubbin them with a green elder ftick, and then buryin the ftick to rot in muck. It would be tried wit corns and wwens, and fuch other excrefcences Bacon's Natural Hiffory Mountain feem but fo many wens and unna tural protuberances upon the face of the earth More The poet rejes all incidents which are foreng to his poem: they are awens and dother excrelcences which belon not to the body Dryden's DUffif'W A promontory wen, with griefly grace, " Stood high upon the handle of his face. Drydem WENCH. 2. /. [pencle, Saxon. 1. A young woman What do I, filly aench know what lovc_hath Sidngy prepared for me Now-how doft thou look now? Oh ifl-flaff' auench ; {! 60 a me l fh w e w o f th Pale a rl hm fr fo m hu wi n th o This loo ua And fiends will fnatch at it. 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