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Definition of Counterblasts
1. counterblast [n] - See also: counterblast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterblasts
Literary usage of Counterblasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1902)
"counterblasts were prepared without long delay. Two were rapidly produced by
Norton, and published by Day. They were mere popular tracts, very indecent, ..."
2. History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour by Alfred Guy L'Estrange (1878)
"Jesters — Court of Queen Elizabeth — James I. — Tho " counterblasts to
Tobacco"—Puritans—Charles It.— Rochester—Buckingham—Dryden—Butler. ..."
3. A Study of the Prologue and Epilogue in English Literature from Shakespeare by George Spencer Bower, G. S. B. (1884)
"Dekker's counterblasts—Dryden's prologues in justification of theories of dramatic
composition —His abandonment of the rhymed couplet—" Love and Honour ..."
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