Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterves
Literary usage of Sterves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"... grass doth growe, oft sterves the seely steede "; and from The Paradise of
Dainty Devices (1578), " While grass doth growe, the silly horse he ..."
2. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Walter Morris Hart (1917)
"... grass doth growe, oft sterves the seely steede "; and from The Paradise of
Dainty Devices (1578), " While grass doth growe, the silly horse he ..."
3. The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare (1917)
"... oft sterves the seely steede." III. ii. 368. recover the wind of. A hunting
term, meaning, keep watch upon (as upon the game, when following it down the ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... 110 Be bold in mischief, dare some mighty crime, Which dungeons, death, or
banishment deserves: For virtue is but dryly prais'd, and sterves. ..."
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