Lexicographical Neighbors of Deair
Literary usage of Deair
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons by Maria Edgeworth (1827)
"... deair Lucy, I heard his friend telling my father something, which made a great
impression upon me; the more so, because he was not thinking of me, ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"SIB,—Mr. Boswell, a gentleman who haa been long known to me, is deair oí..?
of being known to you, and has asked this recommendation, which I gire him with ..."
3. Spenser by Richard William Church (1883)
"And it deair'd at timely houres to lie•are, All were my notes but rude and roughly
dight; For not by measure of her owne great mynde, And wondrous worth, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"She was always the best child in the world," said the poor lady—" far more comfort
to poor deair Papa than I ever cauld be; but to hear her talk you would ..."
5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1866)
"... at par. without interest, one share of stock to lie (ji ven for a hundred
dollar bond. This exchange ie deemed a deair- «hle one, for tlie bond ..."
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