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Definition of Harkened
1. harken [v] - See also: harken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harkened
Literary usage of Harkened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bradford's History "Of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford (1898)
"... but it is like he was overruled by Mr. Allerton, and harkened more to him then
to their letters from hence. Thus he further writs in ye former leter. ..."
2. Patience Worth: A Psychic Mystery by Casper Salathiel Yost, Pearl Lenore Pollard Curran (1916)
"And He hath sung thro' the mother's songs o' Earth, and Earth harkened not. "
Yea, and He hath sent His own with word, and Earth harkened not. ..."
3. American Prose (1607-1865) by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1916)
"Could I have judged, indeed, by the wild overstrained air of vivacity with which
he harkened, or apparently harkened, to the words of the tale, ..."
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