lad's love
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It was in this time of siege that I came to know, as I had not known before, the depth and tenderness of my dear lad's love for me.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Anna's hints had roused his interest in the lad's love affair, and he wondered what manner of girl the heroine of the coming conflict might be.
From The Reef by Wharton, Edith
Inside the gate was a garden, and all its beds were defined by upended stout bottles—weedless, sweet-scented beds wherein grew such blooms as daisies, and violets, stocks, sweetpeas, sweet williams, lad's love and mignonette.
From An Australian Lassie by Johnson, A.J. (Alfred J.)
Gluttony, intemperance ABROTANUM, —ONUM, —ONUS the herb lad’s love; or, according to most Southernwood.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
He's the sure morning after this dark dream; Clear daylight and west wind of a lad's love; With all his golden pride, for my dull hours, Still climbing sunward!
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
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