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Lexicographical Neighbors of First And Foremost
Literary usage of First and foremost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"first and foremost, Shakespeare's lines spring to the mini! : Sweet are the uses
of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly ana venomous, Wears yet я precious ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"See also FIRSTLY. first and foremost This alliterative phrase is called redundant,
trite, and meaningless by Evans 1957, political bombast by ..."
3. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... that fearing the lag would be looked on with bad eyes, they ran as it were a
race in their resignations, who should be first and foremost therein. ..."
4. John Dennis: His Life and Criticism by Harry Gilbert Paul (1911)
"... the first and foremost advocates of the rales which prevailed in English
criticism down to the beginning of the nineteenth century. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"first and foremost among these is the agency of our own will and mind. ...
Obviously, to any one who believes in a God, first and foremost would be the will ..."
6. Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912 by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (1912)
"first and foremost UNDER THIS HEADING STANDS DR. DANIEL DRAKE—FOUNDS THE MEDICAL
COLLEGE OF ... The first and foremost among them is that remarkable person ..."
7. Socialism: Its Nature, Its Dangers, and Its Remedies Considered by Moritz Kaufmann, Albert Schäffle (1874)
"Marlo its first and foremost Representative in Germany.—Contents, and Analysis
of his Work: (a) Historical criticism, containing notes on class-antagonism ..."
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