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Definition of Godlinesses
1. godliness [n] - See also: godliness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godlinesses
Literary usage of Godlinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1914)
"... with many others of that genus—had a ready sale at sixpence or a shilling;
while the smaller chap- books—the "Penny Merriments" and "Penny godlinesses" ..."
2. The Book Collector: a General Survey of the Pursuit and of Those who Have by William Carew Hazlitt, Hector Carsewell Macpherson (1904)
"... with the rest of his library, a considerable number of them is bound up in
volumes, lettered Penny Merriments and Penny godlinesses respectively. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... also four volumes of a smaller size, which he lettered Penny Witticisms, Penny
Merriments, Penny Compliments and Penny godlinesses. ..."
4. The Great Book-collectors by Charles Isaac Elton, Mary Augusta Elton (1893)
"... but among the folios peeped out little black-letter ballads and 'penny
merriments, penny witticisms, penny compliments, and penny godlinesses. ..."
5. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"... 'In holy conversations and godlinesses.' Now these expressions being not proper
in our language, the translators have supplied the emphasis and force of ..."
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