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Definition of Lodestars
1. lodestar [n] - See also: lodestar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lodestars
Literary usage of Lodestars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Challenging Horizons: QANTAS 1939-1954 by John Gunn (1987)
"In mid- October QEA was told that it would receive three Lockheed lodestars, part
of the mix of lodestars, Lockheed 14s, and Douglas aircraft bought by the ..."
2. Shakespeare's Midsummer-night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1870)
"Your eyes are lodestars, and your tongue's sweet air More tuneable than lark to
shepherd's ear, When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"“Per me, perque oculos, sidera nostra, tuos,” brought to my mind the other day
Shakspeare's “lodestars ;“ and still more forcibly did the concluding verses ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The ancient classics—especially his lodestars, Virgil and Cicero—serve not merely
to instruct and to charm him; they also incite him to imitation. ..."
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