scantily

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Perhaps he suspected its authenticity, for he says of it: "Scantily Lord Marmion's ear could brook The harper's barbarous lay."

From Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Scantily furnished, and with a waxed floor, it opened into one of the side-verandas.

From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph

Split the lark and you'll find the music,    Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled, Scantily dealt to the summer morning,    Saved for your ear when lutes be old.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Dickinson, Emily

Scantily endowed with fertile soil and edible plants the Polynesians have gained command over the sea which everywhere surrounds them, and have developed into the best seamen among primitive races.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Split the lark and you'll find the music,   Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled, Scantily dealt to the summer morning,   Saved for your ear when lutes be old.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series by Todd, Mabel Loomis