What is a single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant. He smiles and he frowns in a breath. Dryden called?
breath — A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant. He smiles and he frowns in a breath. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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