Lexicographical Neighbors of Poursew
Literary usage of Poursew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"... and powre of al which them poursew.' 'What secret place' (quoth he) 'can safely
hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie? ..."
2. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"... and powre of al which them poursew.' ' What secret place' (quoth he) ' can
safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie? ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Still as the greedy knight nigh to him drew; And oftentimes he would relent
his pace, That him his foe more fiercely should poursew: But, ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"... of al which them poursew.' ' What secret place' (quoth he) ' can safely hold
So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eie ? Or where hast thou thy wonne, ..."
5. The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose by Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford (1919)
"... and powre of al which them poursew." 20 "What secret place" (quoth he) "can
safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heavens eie? ..."