Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollicy
Literary usage of Pollicy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Presbyterian Movement in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth as Illustrated by by Dedham Classis (Presbyterian), Richard Bancroft (1905)
"That a matter of mere pollicy and order might be altered : w** maie appeare by
adding the ... So a matter of meere pollicy and order may not be altered. ..."
2. The Ancient British Drama by Robert Dodsley (1810)
"... By pollicy was fir'd, and became Like to a lofty beacon all on flame. ...
doe betray I 've bio Tardy to heare ? your childish pollicy. guarded Gor. ..."
3. The English Moralities from the Point of View of Allegory by William Roy Mackenzie (1914)
"He laments that through the greediness of people he is forced to show his sword
and shield with the titles " pollicy" and " Riches. ..."
4. The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and by Clements Robert Markham, John Hawkins, Richard Hawkins, Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, William Hawkins, Christóval Suárez de Figueroa (1878)
"... and yet shooting notwithstanding : this pollicy they vsed with the Frenchmen
in their fight, whereby it appeareth that they are people of some pollicy: ..."
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