Lexicographical Neighbors of Somersetted
Literary usage of Somersetted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... there they balanced, somersetted and made postures ; at best gyrated swiftly,
with some pleasure, like Spinning Dervishes, and ended where they began. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1847)
"... hopping and jumping along with us» foine before, some at each side, and we
shudder to think of it, some behind ; (well somersetted over •or head, ..."
3. A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of by Sherwin Cody (1903)
"... there they balanced, somersetted, and made postures; at best gyrated swiftly,
with some pleasure, like Spinning Dervishes, and ended where they began. ..."
4. The Recreations of Christopher North: Pseud by John Wilson (1842)
"... some at each side, and, we shudder to think of it, some behind—well somersetted
over our head, thou Grey Wacke—but mercy on us, and forgive us our sins, ..."
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