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Definition of Begirdles
1. begirdle [v] - See also: begirdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Begirdles
Literary usage of Begirdles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle (1901)
"... and Stygian deeps, begirdles every human life so guided,—is it not the painful
cry even of that imprisoned heroism? Imprisoned it will never rest; ..."
2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"At Leitmeritz the King continues four weeks, with his Army parted in this way;
waiting how the endless hostile element, which begirdles his horizon all ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... waiting how the endless hostile element, which begirdles his horizon all round,
will shape itself into combinations, that he may set-upon the likeliest ..."
4. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1885)
"At Leitmeritz the King continues four weeks, with hia Army parted in this way ;
waiting how the endless hostile element, which begirdles his horizon all ..."
5. Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill by Edward Jenks (1888)
"... and Stygian deeps, begirdles every human life so guided—is it not the painful
cry even of that imprisoned heroism ? Imprisoned it will never rest ..."
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