brainsick
Example Sentences
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Good Lord! what madness rules in brainsick men When, for so slight and frivolous a cause, Such —— emulations shall arise.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Old Salisbury, shame to thy silver hair, Thou mad misleader of thy brainsick son!
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men, When for so slight and frivolous a cause Such factious emulations shall arise!
From King Henry VI, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William
What, did the brainsick boy upbraid me so?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
Pardon them for their native ignorance, And brainsick passion; For, after all, true men of sense will say,— Their works can never parallel thy play.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
