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Definition of Astonies
1. astony [v] - See also: astony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astonies
Literary usage of Astonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Who weeps not for Cypris, when bowing her head She stares at the wound where it
gapes and astonies? — When, ah, ah! — she saw how the blood ran away And ..."
2. Greek Poets in English Verse by William Hyde Appleton (1893)
"Who weeps not for Cypris, when bowing her head, She stares at the wound where it
gapes and astonies ? — When, ah, ah ! ..."
3. Repetition and Parallelism in English Verse: A Study in the Technique of Poetry by Charles Alphonso Smith (1894)
"... where it gapes and astonies ? When, ah, ah !—she saw how the blood ran away
And empurpled the thigh ; and, with wild hands flung out, Said with sobs, ..."
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