Lexicographical Neighbors of Delectabilities
Literary usage of Delectabilities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving by George Clinton Densmore Odell (1920)
"... infer that Psyche was about the first attempt to regale an audience in a public
theatre with delectabilities so gorgeous and expensive. In view of this, ..."
2. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"I had heard of this court and its delectabilities, and at the same time been
informed that its throne was a faro-table, to which the initiated were ..."
3. The New English by T[homas] L[aurence] Kington Oliphant (1886)
"318. Delane, Mr., ii. 221. Delay, make, i. 81. delectabilities, i. 253. Delectable,
i. 167. Delicate, i. 617, 620; ii. 156. ..."
4. Footing it in Franconia by Bradford Torrey (1901)
"... enthusiasm seems to be one of the institutions, one of the native growths,
one of the special delectabilities, if you please, of that delectable valley. ..."
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