Lexicographical Neighbors of Bokes
Literary usage of Bokes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"... by blasphemous and pestiferous englishe bokes, printed in other regions and
sent into this realme, to the entent as well to ..."
2. The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine by Couldrette (1866)
"... in his wordes al Vn-to thes bokes Aboue-faid ... f\G bokes thre that boke
drawen oute, which, they say, 184 ^ (Ryght fo ..."
3. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"... of Fiction : and I beg leave to wish them in return many a comfortable
nap (though not quite so long as that of their prototypes,) over the quarto bokes ..."
4. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"And, as for me, though that my wit be lyte, On bokes for to rede I me delyte, 30
And in myn herte have hem in reverence ; And to hem yeve swich lust and ..."
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