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Definition of Amias
1. amia [n] - See also: amia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amias
Literary usage of Amias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trevelyan Papers by John Payne Collier, Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Charles Edward Trevelyan (1872)
"[The date of October, it would seem, from the first receipt, as well as from the
following letter of amias Bampfield of November 3rd, must have been written ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"Then Sir Samuel put himself into just such a passion as amias had done, ...
He too denounced everybody he could think of, but it seemed to amias mere ..."
3. Testamenta Vetusta: Being Illustrations from Wills, of Manners, Customs, &c by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1826)
"Proved 13th January, 1538. SIR amias PAULETT, KNIGHT. amias Paulett ... Sir amias
Paulett was an eminent member of the Society of the Middle Temple, ..."
4. The History of the Worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"Sir amias POULETT, son to Sir Hugh, grandchild to Sir amias Poulett (who put
cardinal Wolsey, then but a schoolmaster, in the stocks,f) was born at Hinton ..."
5. Evenings with a Reviewer: Or, Macaulay and Bacon by James Spedding (1881)
"B. How does he know (I wonder) that he made a tour through several provinces ?
Oh, I see. Mr. Montagu says, that " after the appointment of Sir amias ..."
6. Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots: Now First Published from the Originals by Mary (1845)
"... to Sir amias Paulet.1 amias, my most faithful and careful servant, ...
my amias, how kindly, besides most dutifully, my grateful heart accepts and ..."
7. Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose by John Harington (1804)
"These are specified to be the letters from Sir John Harington to Sir amias Pawlett
and Mr. Robert Markham, with Lohl Thomas Howard's letter to Sir John. ..."
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