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Definition of Thrivings
1. thriving [n] - See also: thriving
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrivings
Literary usage of Thrivings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1833)
"... and well affected of this Kingdome of ENGLAND ; who pray for, and rejoyce in,
the thrivings of the Gospel of our Christian Reader, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... who made wise, who honea a'',• Who both, who neither: all the cunning tract-,
And thrivings statutes she could promptly mite; The bloody, base, ..."
3. Meister Karl's Sketch-book by Charles Godfrey Leland (1855)
"... given thee glimpses of my friend Wolf Short— of his doings and drivings,
failings and thrivings. It may be that thou wouldst have been more grateful had ..."
4. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"... knowledge (the measure .of their attainments requiring either milk or strong
meat); .their temptations and duties, their spiritual decays or thrivings; ..."
5. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments, and for the Use of by Robert McLean Cumnock (1913)
"... you deserve to prosper, for you make good use of your thrivings." Simon Leary, £o
2s. 6d; Bridget Murphy, £o lew. od. " You ought to be ashamed o' ..."
6. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of edited by Robert McLean Cumnock (1913)
"... you deserve to prosper, for you make good use of your thrivings." Simon Leary, £o
2s. 6d; Bridget Murphy, £o lOs. od. " You ought to be ashamed o' ..."
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