Lexicographical Neighbors of Physicky
Literary usage of Physicky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"Dear Sara's letter is very charming, —not at all physicky, — rather an agreeable
draught of ri'n sucre.- Dear Mr. Hennell, we shall never look upon his like ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Some authors name it cauda pavonis, on account of its inimitable beauty; the
flowers have a physicky smell. How it caino to be called doodle-doo I know not; ..."
3. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"I am glad he had had one more pleasant visit to Cara for her to think of.
Dear Sara,s letter is very charming—not at all physicky—rather an agreeable ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1845)
"Shall I give my word that, like the chamomile flower, (out upon the physicky
comparison !) I will smell more sweet for being trampled upon ? No ! ..."
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