Lexicographical Neighbors of Swarves
Literary usage of Swarves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Horace Walpole, Thomas Park (1806)
"... that his lady serves, Ne wils but what unto her honor longs, He never from
the rule of reason swarves; ..."
2. The British Tar in Fact and Fiction: The Poetry Pathos, and Humour of the by Charles Napier Robinson (1909)
"Upon any but a wooden horse he cannot ride, and if the wind blow against him, he
dare not; he swarves up to his seat as to a sail-yard, and cannot sit ..."
3. Roses and Holly: A Gift-book for All the Year by Ballantyne Press (1867)
"... and it is feared one reason; upon any but a wooden horse he cannot ride, and
if the wind blow against him he dare not; he swarves up to his seat as to a ..."
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