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Definition of Inisles
1. inisle [v] - See also: inisle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inisles
Literary usage of Inisles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... And oft inisles the shore, as -wanting she flows. Thou dost but try how far
1 can forbear. Nor art that monster which thou wouldst appear : Drayton. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... [meet, Into what sundry pyres her wonder'd self she And oft inisles the shore,
as wantonly she flows ; Of it oft taking leave, oft turns, it to embrace ..."
3. Fabliaux Or Tales by Legrand, George Ellis, Gregory Lewis Way (1815)
"... comes to Glastonbury, and almost 'inisles it; thence to Gedney-moore, and out
of ' Brent marsh into Severne.' The present appellation ..."
4. Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth by Legrand, George Ellis, Gregory Lewis Way (1815)
"... conies to Glastonbury, and almost * inisles it; thence toi Gedney-moore, and
out of 'Brent marsh into Severne. ..."
5. Orlando innamorato di Bojardo: Orlando Furioso Di Ariosto by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Lodovico Ariosto (1830)
"... comes to Glastonbury, and almost inisles it ; thence to Gedney-moore, and out
of Brent marsh into Severne." The present appellation ..."
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