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Definition of Alacrities
1. alacrity [n] - See also: alacrity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alacrities
Literary usage of Alacrities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"... and alacrities, he had marched some Regiments into Pommern, within reach of
Preussen, should the Russians actually try a stroke there : ' See ! ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... and alacrities, he had marched some Regiments into Pommern, within reach of
Preussen, should the Russians actually try a stroke there : " See ! ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... and alacrities, he had marched some Regiments into Pommern, within reach of
Preussen, should the Russians actually try a stroke there: "See! ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... and alacrities, he had marched some Regiments into Pommern, within reach of
Preussen, should the Russians actually try a stroke there : ' See ! ..."
5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"From home she sent inquiries hither : old regrets, new alacrities, &c. &c.
As our good little Anne was now to be wedded, and go to Jersey with her ' James' ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"... that we cannot hope that " those good affections and alacrities, in defence
of "his majesty and their own interest, can be success- " ful, ..."
7. Alice-for-short: A Dichronism by William Frend De Morgan (1907)
"Not because she supposed the hot water would come any quicker on that account,
but as a foretaste of compensating alacrities to come. ..."
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