Lexicographical Neighbors of Damners
Literary usage of Damners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1849)
"50 For Dissenters' damners . . . . . . 40 For demolishing two houses . . . . .
. 200 For committing two riots . . . . . . 200 For secret encouragement to ..."
2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1881)
"For Dissenters' damners, £40- 0 0." The same amount was paid for blessing the
Churchman, which was paid for cursing the Non-conformist; and I suppose the ..."
3. Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1900)
"50 For Dissenters' damners 40 For demolishing two houses 200 For committing two
riots 200 For secret encouragement to the rioters. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"... and keep their liberties and properties; men that I am certain are not of
vicious lives: I found no damners, or those kind of people among them, ..."
5. The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Founder of the Methodists by Luke Tyerman (1872)
"Wesley and his abettors are not only impious blasphemers of God, but also the
most wicked damners of their brethren. Among them religion is impiously mocked ..."
6. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"For extraordinary expense for cloths and laced hats on show days to dazzle the
mob For Dissenters' damners .... For demolishing two houses . ..."
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