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Definition of Infelicities
1. infelicity [n] - See also: infelicity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infelicities
Literary usage of Infelicities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1834)
"EFE MUSICAL infelicities. Naturally, I have tender ears. ... I shall treat of
this, in connexion with others, as among the chiefest of my infelicities. ..."
2. The Literary Character: Or, The History of Men of Genius, Drawn from Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1881)
"Defects of great compositions attributed to domestic infelicities.—The h$me of
the literary character should be the abode of repose and silence. ..."
3. Miscellanies of Literature. by Isaac Disraeli (1841)
"Some of the conspicuous blemishes of several great compositions may be attributed
to the domestic infelicities of their authors. ..."
4. Popular Tribunals by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"infelicities AND ALLEVIATIONS. Lake one that on a lonesome road . Doth walk in
fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on And turns no more his ..."
5. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities by Shearjashub Spooner (1865)
"IT is deemed appropriate to devote this page to the infelicities which often fall
to the lot of men of genius, in hopes to strike a sympathetic chord; ..."
6. Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third by John Heneage Jesse (1867)
"... the Duke and Duchess—Princess Caroline Matilda, wife of Christian VII.
of Denmark — Dissolute Character of the Danish King — Domestic infelicities— Coup ..."
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