ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EUPHRASY
Eufrasie: from Medieval Latin eufrasia, from Greek euphrasia gladness, from euphrainein to make glad, from eu- + phrēn mind.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUPHRASY»
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The Gentleman's Magazine
... refuge behind a curtain : and now comes the old story all over again : the world
all this while, it appears, has been mistaken in the ex-orangeher visual ray, as if' “
purged with euphrasy and rue,” now clearly discerns the real merit of Nelly.
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Euphrasy Or Political Eyebright Written in the Year 1768, ...
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414.
euphrasy, the plant ' eye-bright ' ; from ct<ppalvew, ' to cheer.' According to
the old doctrine of the Signatures (see the Preface to S. A. and cf. Sir Thomas
Browne, Vulgar Errors, II. 6), the efficacy of a plant or mineral was indicated by its
...
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Parliamentary Politics of a County and Its Town: General ...
First was the ongoing struggle between the Blue and Yellow parties, which
manifested itself in a number of ways, not the least of which seems to have been
religious. According to a Blue publication entitled Euphrasy, or Political Eyebright
, the ...
Susan Mitchell Sommers,
2002
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Plans of Paradise lost as a tragedy. Lauder's interpolations
Which that false fruit that promis'd clearer sight Had bred; then purg'd with
euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see; 415 And from the
well of life three drops instill'd. So deep the power of these ingredients pierc'd,
Even to ...
John Milton, Henry John Todd,
1809
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various ...
Michael from Adam's eyes the film remov'd, Which that false fruit that promis'd
clearer sight Had bred ; then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for
he had much to see ; 415 And from the well of life three drops instill'd. So deep
the ...
John Milton, Edward Hawkins,
1824
Euphrasy, or “eyebright,” was “widely reported as a cure for dim eyes” because,
as a seventeenth-century herbal asserted, “The Purple and yellow spots and
stripes . . . doth [sic] very much. Figure 12. Jane Giraud, “Euphrasy and rue,” from
The ...
Catherine Gimelli Martin,
2005
705— 8: "in the day Ye eat thereof, your eyes that seem so clear, Yet are but dim,
shall perfectly be then Opened and cleared." 414. euphrasy, the plant 'eye-bright;'
from eiippalvu, to cheer. According to the old doctrine of Signatures (see the ...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
It will not grow but when surrounded by plants taller thin itself. Cows, horses,
goats, am! sheep eat it: swine refuse it. • EUPHRASY, n.s {euphrasia, Latin.] The
herb eyebright ; a plant supposed to clear the sight.— Then purg'd with euphrasy,
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