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bootless

[boot-lis] / ˈbut lɪs /


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Bootless grief hurts a man’s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Bootless are plaints, and cureless are my wounds; No way to fly, nor strength to hold out flight.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

Bootless is flight, they follow us with wings; And weak we are and cannot shun pursuit.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William

We crossed from the Janara, a good-sized mountain torrent flowing S.W. to Bootless Inlet. 

From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James

Bootless is flight: they follow us with wings;     And weak we are, and cannot shun pursuit.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William




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