firie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And such a lamp or light is this our Sun, Whose firie beams the scortched Earth invade.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
Heatfns chambers harboring firie cherubines, Are not with thee in glorie to compare, Lightning it is not light which in thee shines, None enter thee but straight entranced are.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Edmund Gosse
And after her Mars rangeth in a round With firie locks and angry flaming eye, And next to him mild Jupiter is found, But Saturn cold wons in our utmost skie.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
Who flies with wings above in starry skies, And doth subdue each thing with firie flight.
From The Golden Asse by William Adlington
And few ’ll not figure out the fashion Of those round firie meteors on high.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
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