Lexicographical Neighbors of Franzy
Literary usage of Franzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"... for ye look as if ye'd ne'er been angered i' your life."—Adam Bede. 'A's very
franzy,' said a woman of her husband, 'but not a bad temper. ..."
2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
""But I dare say ye warna franzy, for ye look as if ye'd ne'er been angered i'
... A's ^eiy franzy,' said a woman of her husband, ' but not a bad temper. ..."
3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
""But I dare say ye warna franzy, for yo look as if ye'd ne'er been angered i'
... 1 A's very franzy,' said a woman of her husband, ' but not a bad temper. ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"From so ungrateful fancy, From such a female franzy, From them that use men thus,
... Therefore from so vile fancy, To call such wit a franzy, Who Love can ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"Surely, if your grace's comfort liad not come in time, she could have continued
no long time in that condition without a franzy, which, nevertheless, ..."
6. A Book of Elizabethan Lyrics by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1895)
"From so ungrateful fancy, From such a female franzy, From them that use men thus,
Good Lord, deliver us ! 10 Weep, neighbors, weep ; do you not hear it said ..."
7. The Book of Elizabethan Verse by William Stanley Braithwaite (1908)
"From so ungrateful fancy, From such a female franzy, From them that use men thus,
Good Lord, deliver us! Let dirge be sung, ..."
8. English Poetry in Three Volumes;: In Three Volumes ; with Introduction and Notes (1910)
"From so ungrateful fancy, From such a female franzy, From them that use men thus,
... Therefore from so vile fancy, To call such wit a franzy, Who Love can ..."
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