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Definition of Fairer
1. fair [adj] - See also: fair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairer
Literary usage of Fairer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace it poured into thy lips: ... I.
Here is a description of Christ's person; ' Thou art fairer than the ..."
2. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"... het" his quen; fairer ne mihte non ben.82 8 He hadde a sone that ... fairer ne
mihte non beo born, Ne no rein upon birine,18 1 impelled by the waves 2 ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... There might ben no fairer creature, And ofte time this was her manere, To
gone ¡tressed with her haires clere Downe by her colère, at her backe behind, ..."
4. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"But fairer never touch'da heart Than her's, the Fair sae far awa. ... Where man
and nature fairer in her sight. My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer ..."
5. The Century (1902)
""WHEN MOTHER WAS A GIRL' THE BELLES WERE fairer THAN TO-DAY." " When mother was
a girl " the hearth Gave out a brighter glow. The tales they told, ..."
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