10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORRISONOUS»
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horrisonous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Letters to Squire Pedant: In the East
The furcations of fulgurations became vivid, and the fulminations horrisonous. In
brevity of time, there was a copious decadence of pluvions globules, which
subjected me and Indagator to thorough madefaction. The streams assumed ...
Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour,
1870
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The Class-book of Etymology: Designed to Promote Precision ...
Horology. Hora ; logos. Horometry. Hora; metrum. Horoscope. Hora; scopeo.
Horrent, horrible, horrid. Horreo. Horrific. Horreo; facio. Horrisonous. Horreo;
sonus. Horror. Horreo. Hortation. Hortor. Hortensial. Hortus. Horticulture. Hortus;
cultus.
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A dictionary of etymology of the English language: and of ...
U Dissonant, not agreeing in sound, discordant, harsh, jarring, unhar monious,
unpleasant to the ear; disagreeing, — usually with from. § Horrisonous, sounding
dreadfully ; uttering a terrible sound. * Sonata, a tune intended for an instrument ...
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Lectures on Romanism: Being Illustrations and Refutations of ...
... No tra- " Sho frequently strove with devils, being much annoyed by them, of
whom ono in the form of a black mastiff tried to terrify her, when she was praying,
by his horrisonous barking ; and ho tried to tear her in pieces with his savage
teeth, ...
... or that it could produce so zoological a disposition as to range between the
frisking propensities of ' odorate capricorn' and the patient endurance of that
horrisonous emblem of wisdom, the ass. palate, tongue, lips, and the palm of his
hands ...
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The Lusiad, tr., with notes by sir T.L. Mitchell
The horrisonous mortar's thunder bellowed out, With clouds of smoke the very
sun confounding ; The fiery roar to repeat itself appears, And with their hands the
Moors had to shut their ears. OIi Now, having entered into the Captain's boat, The
...
Luis Vaz de Camoens,
1854
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Q. Horatii Flacci Opera. The Works of Horace: the Commentary ...
fene The train of thought is this, u From my own principles I would not outrage thy
solemn rites, but 0 Bacchus, do thou restrain the horrisonous din, &c., lest even I
too should be fired with frenzy and fall into the errors I condemn."-—l4. quæ ...
Horace, George Bomford WHEELER,
1856
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Howitt's Journal of Literature and Popular Progress
We have squamous serpents, limous streams, noises strange and horrisonous,
strong proeillous blasts, bibulous marshes, mordaelotis blasts, siceific gales,
phagedenous pests, mounts igvi- vomous, setaccous grass, glandiferous oaks, ...
William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt,
1847
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: ...
Causing horror. [fully. HORRISONOUS, hAr-rls^A-nns, a. Sounding dread-
HORROR, Artur, n. Terror mixed with detestation. A sense of shuddering or
shrinking. HORSE, ha'rs, n. A neighing quadruped, used in war, and draught, and
carriage.
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A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the ...
HORRID, hor-rid, a. Hideous, dreadful, shocking; rough, rugged. Horridness, luV-
nd-nes, s, Hideousness, enormity. Horrifick, h&r-rifcfik, a. 509. Causing hcrrour.
Horrisonous, hdr-ris-so-nus, a. Sounding dreadfully, HORROUR, hSr-rur, S. 314.