buskined
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In buskined measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
Behind these men is a buskined hero, beset by a Marshalsea Court officer and his follower.
From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by John Trusler
O, believe me, I feel the ridicule, the vast abuse of language,” he added, wincing, “but even a principulus like me cannot resign; he must make a great gesture, and come buskined forth, and abdicate.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
On board ship, our buskined heroes are of more importance than Booth, Forrest, or Macready ashore, as affording amusement to a set of fellows who would have precious little of it, without this resource.
From Journal of an African Cruiser by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“And in, the buskined hunters of the deer, To Albert's home with shout and cymbal throng.”
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker
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