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Definition of Assails
1. assail [v] - See also: assail
Literary usage of Assails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of by William M. Leftwich (1870)
"... as stick—It is both a Qualification and a Penalty— As a Qualification it
assails the "Crown Rights of Jesus" and Infringes the Rights of Conscience—As a ..."
2. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1819)
"The silent heart with grief assails. Parnell. The peculiar beauty of this figure
consists in marking that part which makes the greatest figure. 10. ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"CHORUS—To the fray, &c. IX. Now, the Stars and Stripes forever ! Be he cursed,
each traitor son, Who assails the starry banner And the flag of Washington ! ..."
4. Culture & Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism : And by Matthew Arnold (1910)
"... assails THE BRITISH PRESS FOR ITS FREE AND INDEPENDENT COMMENTS ON FOREIGN
POLITICS. gIR _ BERLIN, August 11, 1866. FOR Heaven's sake try and prevail ..."
5. Culture & Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism by Matthew Arnold (1911)
"ARMINIUS assails THE BRITISH PRESS FOR ITS FREE AND INDEPENDENT COMMENTS ON
FOREIGN POLITICS. g™ BERLIN, August 11, 1866. FOR Heaven's sake try and prevail ..."
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