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Definition of Misbirths
1. misbirth [n] - See also: misbirth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misbirths
Literary usage of Misbirths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations: And in All Churches by William Howitt (1863)
"The most wonderful point about these is that their own brain is not a miracle to
them.' But all history shows that these men are the misbirths of humanity. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and from its still blacker bosom had issued Madness and all manner of shapeless
misbirths, to masquerade and chatter there. But indeed, if we consider, ..."
3. Recollections by John Morley (1917)
"... to exile and despair — all these would deem themselves entitled to hail their
hapless victims as blasphemous misbirths of Nature. What is the test? ..."
4. Plato's Republic: the Greek text by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Lewis Campbell (1894)
"But the children of inferior parents, and accidental misbirths, will be carried
off by them none shall know whither, — never to reappear. ..."
5. Levana: Or, The Doctrine of Education by Jean Paul (1863)
"... that her health or sickness is repeated in the little second being : and it
is for this very reason that superstitious fancies about marks, misbirths, ..."
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