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Definition of Sylphs
1. sylph [n] - See also: sylph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphs
Literary usage of Sylphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1850)
"The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide
the hair; Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown, ..."
2. Wit and Humour: Selected from the English Poets ; with an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1846)
"THE sylphs AND THE LOCK OF HAIR. . From " THE RAPE OP THE LOCK." What dire offence
from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial ..."
3. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"... adding a "machinery" of gnomes and sylphs, with other adornments. In this form
he published it, vastly improved, in 1714. Meanwhile, he had contributed ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"In 1811 he commenced a second residence in London, where, in 1813, he published
a small volume, The sylphs of the Seasons, and other Poems, ..."
5. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1850)
"The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide
the hair; Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown, ..."
6. Wit and Humour: Selected from the English Poets ; with an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1846)
"THE sylphs AND THE LOCK OF HAIR. . From " THE RAPE OP THE LOCK." What dire offence
from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial ..."
7. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"... adding a "machinery" of gnomes and sylphs, with other adornments. In this form
he published it, vastly improved, in 1714. Meanwhile, he had contributed ..."
8. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"In 1811 he commenced a second residence in London, where, in 1813, he published
a small volume, The sylphs of the Seasons, and other Poems, ..."
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