rustical

Example Sentences

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She did not like country company; the rustical society and conversation annoyed her.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

"Why, man," a third voice, somewhat nasal and rustical, struck in, "don't you know the Mayor of Bottitort?"

From From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Weyman, Stanley John

Venus without me should be rustical: This goddess' company doth to me befal.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Neither is he very happy in trees, and such rustical produce; or, rather, we should say, he is very original, his trees being decidedly of his own make and composition, not imitated from any master.

From George Cruikshank by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Shall we, I say, have no recreation? or must our recreations be ever clownish, or childish, consisting merely in rustical efforts, or in petty sleights of bodily strength and activity? 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac