Lexicographical Neighbors of Oldstyles
Literary usage of Oldstyles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographies and Miscellaneous Papers by Washington Irving, Pierre Munroe Irving (1867)
"The whole family of the oldstyles assembled in awful conclave : my aunt Barbara
... The oldstyles were moderate ; their articles of capitulation few; ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"The oldstyles were moderate; their articles of capitulation few; the 'Squire was
gallant, and acceded to them all. In short, the blushing Barbara was ..."
3. Trial of the Rev. Edward Irving, M.A.: A Cento of Criticism by Robert Cruikshank, Edward Irving (1823)
"He appeared here, not on his own account alone, but in the name and the behalf
of the whole generation of the oldstyles. He did not claim to be the best of ..."
4. Spanish Papers and Other Miscellanies: Hitherto Unpublished Or Uncollected by Washington Irving (1867)
"The oldstyles were moderate; their articles of capitulation few; the 'Squire was
gallant, and acceded to them all. In short, the blushing Barbara was ..."
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