Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigrifying
Literary usage of Nigrifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"'twould have been but giving a polish to lampblack, not nigrifying a negro primarily.
After all, I cannot but regret my involuntary ..."
2. The Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger (1904)
"'twould have been but giving a polish to lamp-black, not nigrifying a negro
primarily. After all, I cannot but regret my involuntary virtue. ..."
3. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb (1852)
"'twould have been but giving a polish to lamp-black, not nigrifying a negro
primarily. After all, I cannot but regret my involuntary virtue. ..."
4. A Study of English Prose Writers: A Laboratory Method by John Scott Clark (1898)
"... free with these cattle where was the harm ? 'twould have been but giving a
polish to lampblack, not nigrifying a negro primarily."—Letter to Manning. ..."
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