dolent
Example Sentences
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Very dolent was he and sorely troubled that so young a knight should be esteemed above his fathers.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
On a day this chanced to you; Out of Limousin there drew One, a pilgrim, sore adread, Lay in pain upon his bed, Tossed, and took with fear his breath, Very dolent, near to death.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
Certainly not; as without the opposite there is no pain; as is shown by that golden Pythagorean poet when he says: Hinc metuunt cupiuntque, dolent gaudentque, nec Respiciunt, clausæ tenebris, e carcere cæco.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by L. Williams
The literary epicure may keenly relish such epithets as dolent; but the common English reader, who loves plain fare, can hardly fail to be startled by it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
Very dolent and right heavy was the fair lady that thus her lord had fled his house.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
