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Definition of Awakes
1. awake [v] - See also: awake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awakes
Literary usage of Awakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"FP Stanton of Kansas, who was escorted by the " Wide awakes." By March 24th we
had 300 members who were organized into two companies, the First company ..."
2. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1874)
"THE "Wide-awakes" constituted a new and powerful agency in the machinery of
American politics. They were companies of active voters in uniform of cap and ..."
3. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"JOVE awakes FEOM SLEEP. ARGUMENT. Jove chides Juno for her deceit, and sends Iris
to bid Neptune cease from the fight.—Apollo arouses Hector, and puts the ..."
4. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"This is in no sense a political article, and is written by request, in order to
show just how, and where, the Wide awakes originated. with a brief history ..."
5. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... No mob-alarm awakes my female fear, No praise my mind, nor envy hurts my ear,
Ev'n fame itself can hardly reach me here ; Impertinence, ..."
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