Example Sentences

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Says his lordship to Thomas, "Your rent I must raise, I'm so plaguily pinch'd for the pelf."

From The New Pun Book by Brown, Thomas A.

Says his landlord to Thomas, "Your rent I must raise, I'm so plaguily pinch'd for the pelf."

From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark

"It looks plaguily like a coffin," Dangerfield answered, with his hand on the wounded man's breast.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Whereabouts did you see this most incomparable young lady?—My mind misgives me plaguily.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

This whispering bodes me no good, for certain; but he has me so plaguily under the lash, that I dare not interrupt him.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir