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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SNATCH, v.t. pret. and pp. snatched or snacht.
SNATCH, v.i. To catch at; to attempt to seize suddenly. Nay, the ladies too will be snatching. He shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry. Is. 9.
SNATCH, n.
To take
or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to
snatch a loaf or a kiss.
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope. To seize and transport away; to rap.
"Snatch me to heaven." Thomson.
Syn. -- To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe. To attempt to seize
something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to
snatch at a rope.
A
hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize,
suddenly.
A short period of vigorous action; as, a
snatch at weeding after a shower.
Tusser.
They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a
broken part; a scrap.
We have often little snatches of sunshine. Spectator. Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. Shak. | ||||||||