Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweards
Literary usage of Sweards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"... these examples are from Todd, who gives sweards in the latter, as the original
rending, which is pure Saxon. If they would use no other ..."
2. A Glossary by Robert Nares (1872)
"PI., v, 1-Й. Both these examples are from Todd, who gives sweards in the latter,
as the original reading, which is pure Saxon. ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"... old octavo gives the passage thus : " brandish no swords " but sweards of
bacon," which is intended for a pun, and though bad enough need not be lost. ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley, Richard Morris (1874)
"If they would use no other bucklers in war but shields of brawn, brandish no
swords but sweards of bacon,2 trail no spears but spare-ribs of pork, ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"... these examples are from Todd, who gives sweards in the latter, as the original
rending, which is pure Saxon. If they would use no other ..."
6. A Glossary by Robert Nares (1872)
"PI., v, 1-Й. Both these examples are from Todd, who gives sweards in the latter,
as the original reading, which is pure Saxon. ..."
7. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"... old octavo gives the passage thus : " brandish no swords " but sweards of
bacon," which is intended for a pun, and though bad enough need not be lost. ..."
8. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley, Richard Morris (1874)
"If they would use no other bucklers in war but shields of brawn, brandish no
swords but sweards of bacon,2 trail no spears but spare-ribs of pork, ..."
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