Lexicographical Neighbors of Streigned
Literary usage of Streigned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spenser by Richard William Church (1883)
"Of men of armes he had but small regard, But kept them lowe, and streigned verie
hard. For men of learning little he esteemed ; His wisdome he above their ..."
2. Spenser by Richard William Church (1879)
"Of men of armes he had but small regard, But kept them lowe, and streigned verie
hard. For men of learning little he esteemed ; His wisdome he above their ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Of men of armes he had but small regard, But kept them lowe, and streigned verie
hard. For men of learning little he esteemed; His wisedome he above their ..."
4. Political Satire in English Poetry by Charles William Previté-Orton (1910)
"... he shares Burleigh's dislike for war and unpractical scholarship: Of men of
armes he had but small regard, But kept them lowe, and streigned very hard. ..."
5. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser by Edmund Spenser (1860)
"Of men of annes he had but small regard, But kept them lowe, and streigned verie
hard. H'.K) For men of learning little he esteemed; His wisedome he above ..."
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