Lexicographical Neighbors of Brawest
Literary usage of Brawest
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 (1889)
"3*. hae is omitted in II and the printed copy. 34. printed into a fire. 5*.
bravest in my transcript of Herd, I ; brawest, ..."
2. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"He was," says the historian of this murderous assault, "the brawest manne that
was to be gotten in ony land ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"For Donald was the brawest man, And Donald he was mine. . The High. Widow.* s
Lament Young Robie was the brawest lad, S. There was a /ass, ..."
4. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"He was,' says the contemporary historian of the Kennedies, ' the brawest man that
was to be gotten in ony land; of hich stature and weel made; ..."
5. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"... and to have been held in high estimation, and his character is thus depicted
by the old historian: " He was the brawest manne that was to be gotten in ..."
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