lour

Example Sentences

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Who can retire to rest when tempests lour?

From Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs by Bloomfield, Robert

He was presently sent on a lour of the South, and while in South Carolina was in the charge of Colonel William Washington, a hero of the Cowpens and many other battles.

From George Washington: Farmer by Haworth, Paul Leland

Et de Villeins sont lour gaignures appelle Villenages.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Would we all235 Who favor Greece associate to repulse The Trojans, and to check loud-thundering Jove, On Ida seated he might lour alone.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Its measured, intermittent toll, heard beneath the gloomy lour of the overcast heavens, would be depressing enough under ordinary circumstances.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram