Lexicographical Neighbors of Swoun
Literary usage of Swoun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... will of one," Than fell in swoun ful oft or she would fone, ... He swelt for
wo and fell doune in a swoun, For sorow his herte to brast was boun, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"He swelt for wo and fell doune in a swoun. For sorow his herte to brast was boun.
Sighing full sadly sayd, " I can no more. ..."
3. The Poems of Robert Henryson by Robert Henryson (1908)
"... And scho anone fell in a dedly swoun : Seand bis ... And fell in swoun ; with
bat ]>e quene of fary 125 ..."
4. Scot. Text S. by Scottish Text Society (1908)
"... And scho anone fell in a dedly swoun : Seand J>is ... And fell in swoun ; with
J>at J>e quene of fary 125 ..."
5. The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland: Or, A Metrical Version of the History by Hector Boece, William Stewart (1858)
"Sone efter syne quhen that he did retorn Out of his swoun, he stride lang in ane
horn; Syne at the last ane lang knyfe out he drew, ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... will of one," Than fell in swoun ful oft or she would fone, ... He swelt for
wo and fell doune in a swoun, For sorow his herte to brast was boun, ..."
7. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"He swelt for wo and fell doune in a swoun. For sorow his herte to brast was boun.
Sighing full sadly sayd, " I can no more. ..."
8. The Poems of Robert Henryson by Robert Henryson (1908)
"... And scho anone fell in a dedly swoun : Seand bis ... And fell in swoun ; with
bat ]>e quene of fary 125 ..."
9. Scot. Text S. by Scottish Text Society (1908)
"... And scho anone fell in a dedly swoun : Seand J>is ... And fell in swoun ; with
J>at J>e quene of fary 125 ..."
10. The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland: Or, A Metrical Version of the History by Hector Boece, William Stewart (1858)
"Sone efter syne quhen that he did retorn Out of his swoun, he stride lang in ane
horn; Syne at the last ane lang knyfe out he drew, ..."
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