invect
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2INVECT + NOUN
o, t
ADV.
again
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verb
To import or introduce.
To subject to invective; to censure or rail against.
But, alas! why invect ſo againſt thy tongue? lingua a lingendo, and you know wee uſe alwayes to li[c]ke in, and ſo thou ſhouldeſt keepe in thy poyſon: or a ligando, which is to binde, and ſo thou ſhouldeſt binde up, and not disperſe abroad that ranker in thee.
Your pictures far excel you, for they have / All that is good in you, your outward feature, / But your infernal minds they, happy, want. / Beauty, at best, is like a blooming tree, / Fairest in bud, when it bears foulest fruit. / Fool that I am thus to invect against her!
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2But, alas! why invect ſo againſt thy tongue? lingua a lingendo, and you know wee uſe alwayes to li[c]ke in, and ſo thou ſhouldeſt keepe in thy poyſon: or a ligando, which is to binde, and ſo thou ſhou
WiktionaryYour pictures far excel you, for they have / All that is good in you, your outward feature, / But your infernal minds they, happy, want. / Beauty, at best, is like a blooming tree, / Fairest in bud, w
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