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Definition of Boskages
1. boskage [n] - See also: boskage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boskages
Literary usage of Boskages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1888)
"... at the villas and gardens on either hand; he took in the prospect of the
far-stretching brown boskages and smooth alleys of the wood, of the hour that ..."
2. Foreign Parts by Henry James (1883)
"leries of the Doria and Colonna Palaces; into the sun- checkered boskages of
antique villas, or into ever-empty churches, thankful even for a tourist's ..."
3. Questions at Issue by Edmund Gosse (1893)
"... after worshipping the efficacious star of . wine, that he may pursue the
dubious ecstasy into the more hopeful boskages of sleep. ..."
4. The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part by Thomas Bird Mosher (1903)
"... and he curls himself up again, after worshipping the efficacious star of wine,
that he may pursue the dubious ecstasy into the more hopeful boskages of ..."
5. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"... curls himself up again, after worshiping the efficacious star of wine, that
he may pursue the dubious ecstasy into the more hopeful boskages of sleep. ..."
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