Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladyfly
Literary usage of Ladyfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Sporting Magazine (1833)
"BM Mr. Gully's bf ladyfly, 3 yrs. old, 7st 61b Я Lord Lowther's bc Messenger, by
Partisan, ... Messenger, 6 to 1 agst ladyfly, and 10 to I agst Gab. ..."
2. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"This ladyfly I take from the grass, Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass.
Fly ladybird, north, south, or east or west, Fly where the man is found ..."
3. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Whims of the Amorous UPON the hedge the beetle sits sadly, He has fallen in love
with a ladyfly madly. " Oh, fly of my soul, 'tis thou alone Art the wife I ..."
4. Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians by James Bonwick (1898)
"... lightning plays through the rain of the storm. The fire-stinging or pecking
of the ant revived the women. It was the ladyfly of the Scandinavians, ..."
5. Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore by Walter Keating Kelly (1863)
"This ladyfly I take from off the grass, Whose spotted back might scarlet red
surpass. Fly, ladybird, north, south, or east, or west, Fly where the man is ..."
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