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lyrist

[lahyuhr-ist, lir-ist] / ˈlaɪər ɪst, ˈlɪr ɪst /








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Lyrist as he is and subjective, Jeremiah dwells not so much upon the attributes of God on which faith rests as upon the effects of faith in man.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir

RT. would oblige me, as well as other admirers of "the sweet Lyrist of Peter-house," by furnishing an example or two of the latter's obligations to the bishop.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Bivouac; or, Martial Lyrist, with an Appendix—Advice to the Soldier.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

Pindar himself, of whom our modern Lyrist is an imitator, appears entirely guided by it.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis

That blasphemed the bright Lyrist to his face, And did not know it,—no, they went about, Holding a poor, decrepid standard out Mark'd with most flimsy mottos, and in large The name of one Boileau!

From Poems 1817 by Keats, John




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