Lexicographical Neighbors of Adlands
Literary usage of Adlands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1896)
"43 And whan the came to Kyng adlands hall Until! the fayre hall-yate, There they
found a proud porter, Rearing himselfe ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"... kyng adlands daughter, Tother daye to carrye her home. ... king adlands
daughter, Tother daye to carry her home. ..."
3. Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected Poems by William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster (1916)
"170 43 And whan the came to Kyng adlands hall Until the fayre hall-yate, There
they found a proud porter, Hearing himselfe ..."
4. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"And whan the came to Kyng adlands hall, Untill the fayre hall yate, There they
found a proud porter Rearing himselfe ..."
5. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"... And whan they came to king adlands hall, Of redd gold shone their ...
adlands hall, Untill the fayre hall yate, There they found a proud porter, ..."
6. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1889)
"He went with his younger brother Adler to the court of king adlands, to crave
his daughter in marriage; but king adlands replied that ..."
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