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Definition of Hearkeners
1. hearkener [n] - See also: hearkener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearkeners
Literary usage of Hearkeners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"Every waggon or barrel or chance provision case had been converted into a pulpit,
each with its own orator and little knot of eager hearkeners. ..."
2. Seneca's Morals by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1818)
"Twenty visits made and nobody at home (they themselves least of all); they that
have this vice, are commonly, hearkeners, ..."
3. The Select Works of William Penn. by William Penn (1782)
"... that feeks whom he may betray ; nor are any ftung by him but the unwatchful,
the liften- crs and hearkeners after his jealous ..."
4. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1841)
"... whom he may betray; nor are any stung by him but the unwatchful, the listeners
and hearkeners after bis jealous whispers and detracting insinua- :ions. ..."
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