Lexicographical Neighbors of Drearest
Literary usage of Drearest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"... taile," she appeared to Pepys the drearest beauty he had ever seen, and he '
fancied himself sporting with her with great pleasure ' (Pens, ed. ..."
2. The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse: From the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1836)
"... (since from the least The drearest oft originate ;) could chance One lawless
particle to thwart his |i!an ; Find place in, his'dominion, or dispose Then ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1809)
"... its drearest forms, &c. We cannot dismiss Mr. Barlow as a poet without first
taking him to task for some petty offences against the purity of the ..."
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