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Definition of Heighths
1. heighth [n] - See also: heighth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heighths
Literary usage of Heighths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second by Tobias George Smollett, David Hume (1785)
"... before they were formed, he advanced towards them with equal order and expedition.
They were foon driven from the heighths, though not without a warm ..."
2. Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early by William Carew Hazlitt (1887)
"... Man affecting great heighths. Newly written, by GT London, Printed for William
Larmar, 1642. 4°, 4 leaves. TH, MA, of St. John's College, Cambridge. ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"He is now well, only more irritable than before injury ; works as a painter at
great heighths, and says he never feels giddy ; mouth is slightly drawn to ..."
4. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1759)
"However, he found them upon their ^^ guard, and intrenched upon the heighths, to
which they had fled upon the ..."
5. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes: Showing the Political and Social by Walter Scott Seton-Karr (1868)
"The main body of the brigade followed the advanced party, and having ascended
the heighths, halted there during the night. Early on the morning of the 8th ..."
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