rondure
Example Sentences
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For the first time he realized the great rondure of the world.
From Where the Blue Begins by Morley, Christopher
I could see no line the run of which gave me warrant that it was comprised in the rondure of a ship.
From Old Junk by Ratcliffe, S. K. (Samuel Kerkham)
This habit, however, is more noticeable in other passages where we come upon cilice, 467 egromancy, 468 verdurous, 469 vergier, 470 rondure, 471 purfled, 472 &c.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
Deep in the rondure of the heavenly blue, There is a cup, concealed from mortals' view, Which all must drink in turn; Oh, sigh not then, But drink it boldly, when it comes to you!
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
Ariadne: I dreamed a dream of sadness and the sea, And I will turn again, if yet I may, To where the rolling rondure of the deep Broadly affront the sky's infinity.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
