Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonishes
Literary usage of Stonishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and each exposed to be taken in rear; — and of course .stonishes Broglio not
a little; but does not steal his presence »f mind. " So that, in effect, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1815)
"... he carries you into an English man-of- vrar, and acquaints you with every beam
and cable there; he ai- stonishes you with disquisitions on the dry-rot, ..."
3. The Sheffield Dialect by Abel Bywater (1839)
"Bur o avver, there's anuther, matter at we fun aht at Catholic chapel a Sunda,
at stonishes us mooar ..."
4. The Tar-baby, and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus: And Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris (1904)
"... 'stonishes me; Ef you don't watch out you'll lose yo' meat! " " Not whiles I
kin wiggle all er my feet! " Sez ol' Brer Rabbit, an' den he wheeze— " l ..."
5. In the Tennessee Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree (1884)
"'stonishes me ter hear he air even a-huntin' on the T'other Mounting." " I don't
believe he 's up ter enny harm," said the ..."
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