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Definition of Penuries
1. penury [n] - See also: penury
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penuries
Literary usage of Penuries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"... IN AND UNDER THE penuries OF A WILDERNESSE [Chap. XXIV, Book I, of " The
Wonder-Working Providence "] These were the beginnings of these resolute ..."
2. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"... IN AND UNDER THE penuries OF A WILDERNESSE [Chap. XXIV, Book I, of "The
Wonder-Working Providence"] These were the beginnings of these resolute ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... was what Al justice he pretended AI thinges should he amended Al «ronges he
wold redress Al iniuries he wold repres Al penuries he wold oppresse And yet ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the ...by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"... of frauds and penuries. *2 (D) Concerning the manner of performing agreements.
i/ CAP. VII. CAP. ..."
5. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... harvest to fill all penuries," without frittering away its massive and complete
effect into subdivisions and added epithets, into appendices and fringes ..."
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