Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonnes
Literary usage of Stonnes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"this huge rock standeth so neere unto a sea, that many times in stonnes (the
winds coming outwardly from the sea) the wanes thereof are beaten into the said ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"stonnes, JAMES, English priest, b. 1513; d. after 1585. He was ordained at Durham
by Bishop Tun- stall in 1539. After Elizabeth's accession he never entered ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"... With Godis grace, First we sail fight them ones; uo Perchance that they may
tak the chess, Ere they come to the stonnes. ..."
4. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1886)
"... With Godis grace, First we sail fight them ones; no Perchance that they may
tak the chess, Ere they come to the stonnes. ..."
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