Lexicographical Neighbors of Featest
Literary usage of Featest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... the Cardinal's entire confidence, and the featest ascendency over his will.
' Your soul,' said he one iy to the Prince, ' is worthy of mine; ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"The featest tumbler, stage bedight, To thee is but a clumsy wight, Who every limb
and sinew strains To do what costs thee little pains; For which, I trow, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"Here, the Government and the Legislature take their tone from the people, and
our featest works and most praiseworthy institutions have originated with ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... the featest maid, That e'er at wake delightsome gambol play M. 50 Clean as
young lambkins or the goose's down, And like the goldfinch in her Sunday gown ..."
5. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind: Addressed to a Lady, by Mrs. Chapone by Chapone (Hester), John Gregory, Sarah Pennington (1827)
"... most common acquaintance: politeness must accompany your featest familiarities
and restrain you from every thing that is really offensive, ..."
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