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Definition of Maximins
1. maximin [n] - See also: maximin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximins
Literary usage of Maximins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of the Prologue and Epilogue in English Literature from Shakespeare by George Spencer Bower (1884)
"... hanging up the title ;" to the first women-actors ; apologies for the
innovation—The " nurseries " of young maximins referred to in prologues—Allusions ..."
2. The History of the Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, John Mills (1814)
"Whilst he was preparing every thing for this design, not without some doubt
whether it would succeed, messengers arrived with the heads of the two maximins. ..."
3. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1780)
"... that both the maximins were killed, that their army had ... who brought the
heads of the two maximins, arrived at Rome foon after the courier. ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"... d actors learn to laugh and cry, Where infant punks their tender voices try,
And little maximins the gods defy." How long " the Nursery " existed I have ..."
5. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"maximins. Dryden here ridicules the r»K- ing hero of his own early play Tyrannic
LK<- 81. Simkin. ..."
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