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Definition of Crudenesses
1. crudeness [n] - See also: crudeness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crudenesses
Literary usage of Crudenesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... English poetry had liberated itself at a much earlier day than English prose
from the crudenesses, and puerilities, and imperfections generally which ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"Wordsworth offers some sort of apology for it, in mentioning certain crudenesses
which would not have ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"... but a modernised Christianity developed in the spirit of recent times, there
is no necessity of its being incommoded by the ethical crudenesses of early ..."
4. New Viewpoints in American History by Arthur Meier Schlesinger (1922)
"The West with all its crudenesses and virtues came to play a large part in American
life in the twenties and the thirties, deepening the channels of ..."
5. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1905)
"... and crudenesses. Among other things, he mentions that the chewing of ' Burgandy
pitch" was a universal habit among the women. ..."
6. Views and Reviews in American Literature, History, and Fiction: History and by William Gilmore Simms (1845)
"But, taken as they are, with all the crudenesses of youth, and a hurried first
conception, upon them, they denote imagination and passion, ..."
7. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"... Art seemed to be slowly disappearing, it brought little beauty to the landscape
at first, and only appeared to lay bare the crudenesses of civilization. ..."
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