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Definition of Sylphids
1. sylphid [n] - See also: sylphid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphids
Literary usage of Sylphids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"104 The busy S. surround their darling care RL Î. 145 Yc S. and sylphids, to your
chief ... 131 sylphids. Ye Sylphs and S., to your chief give ear RL, ii. ..."
2. Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith: Being Selections of Hymns and Other by Alfred Porter Putnam (1875)
"In 1862 he printed for his friends a volume of his hymns and poems, entitled "The
sylphids' School." In 1863 he published an "Historical Sketch of the ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... scene: Shakespear's and Drayton's Fairy crews In midnight if.iI • gambol r ml.
And Pope's light sylphids spi inkle dewe Refreshing on the magic ground. ..."
4. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"104 The busy S. surround their darling care RL Î. 145 Yc S. and sylphids, to your
chief ... 131 sylphids. Ye Sylphs and S., to your chief give ear RL, ii. ..."
5. Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith: Being Selections of Hymns and Other by Alfred Porter Putnam (1875)
"In 1862 he printed for his friends a volume of his hymns and poems, entitled "The
sylphids' School." In 1863 he published an "Historical Sketch of the ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... scene: Shakespear's and Drayton's Fairy crews In midnight if.iI • gambol r ml.
And Pope's light sylphids spi inkle dewe Refreshing on the magic ground. ..."
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