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Definition of Longings
1. longing [n] - See also: longing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longings
Literary usage of Longings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tobias Smollett by Tobias George Smollett, William Ernest Henley (1899)
"... her Sister's longings — Peregrine is born, and managed contrary to the directions
and remonstrances of his Aunt, who is disgusted upon that account, ..."
2. A Treasury of Canadian Verse: With Brief Biographical Notes by Theodore Harding Rand (1900)
"MY PUREST longings SPRING MY purest longings spring From the divine, The sweetest
songs I sing They are not mine. I chisel the rude stone With trembling ..."
3. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To examine how far the longings of pregnant Women are agreeable to the Doctrines
... And, upon the whole, the usual circumstances attending the longings of ..."
4. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To examine how far the longings of pregnant Women are agreeable to the Doctrines
... And, upon the whole, the usual circumstances attending the longings of ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"SEA longings THE first world-sound that fell upon my ear Was that of the great
winds along the coast Crushing the deep-sea beryl on the rocks — The distant ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Well, there are assuredly genii who preside over the longings of human curiosity ;
and in this case the particular genius was supposed to be Nicholas, ..."
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