Citations:ail

English citations of ail

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• 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII, Chapter iv, leaf 366r

  Allas said the quene and I maye not doo with all but now I mys sir launcelot for and he were here he wold putte me soone to my hertes ease / what eyleth yow said the kynge ye can not kepe sir launcelot vpon your syde

  "Alas, said the queen, and I may not do withal, but now I miss Sir Launcelot, for an he were here he would put me soon to my heart’s ease. What aileth you, said the king, ye cannot keep Sir Launcelot upon your side?"

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• 1896, A. E. Housman, “A Shropshire Lad”, in Wikipedia:

  Ay, look: high heaven and earth ail from the prime foundation

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• 2010, Rosemary Harris, Dead Head, 1st edition, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books:

  "Twenty-year-olds." / "Nothing wrong with young stuff for whatever ails you."