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Definition of Calamities
1. calamity [n] - See also: calamity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calamities
Literary usage of Calamities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... of the calamities o* Europe, there was reason to fear that the same calamities
would soon extend to the peaceful countries of Asia. ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1892)
"Before he could complete these arrangements, however, unlooked-for calamities
fell upon the settlement, that for a time interrupted every project, ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... his own prosperity, to refuse to be on an equality with the mass ; since in
the same way he who is unfortunate shares Ins calamities with no one else. ..."
4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"Still it repented not of its evil ways. The gluttony, the wine-bibbing, the
immersion in calamities carnal delights ceased not ; and 1t was a ..."
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