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Definition of Distichs
1. distich [n] - See also: distich
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distichs
Literary usage of Distichs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Grammar Schools to 1660: Their Curriculum and Practice by Foster Watson (1908)
"Both Brinsley and Hoole produced editions of the distichs. It was prescribed by
Statutes at Eton, Westminster c. 1560, Durham 1593, Ipswich 1528, ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"... The remedy of a defect With which our nakedness is decked, Yet makes us smile
with pride and boast As if we had gained by being lost. distichs AND SAWS. ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"distichs WISELY a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her. This one may
love her some day; some day the lover will not. There are three species of ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"kind of wit, has described Bruin bewailing the loss of his bear to a solitary
echo, who is of great use to the poet in several distichs, as she does not ..."
5. Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon by Franz Delitzsch (1884)
"We call such proverbs synonymous distichs; as eg xi. 25 : A soul of blessing is
made fat ... We call such proverbs antithetic distichs ; as egx 1: 1 Isaac ..."
6. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"Benedict Burgh translates Cato's Latin distichs. History of that worh. Julian Barnes.
Abbesses fond of hunting and hawking. A religious poem by William of ..."
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