Citations:forlong
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English citations of forlong
furlong?[edit]
- 1857, Robert Conger Pell, Milledulcia:
- Again, Oh read ouer D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy work, is: Printed oner sea, in Europe, within two forlongs of a Bouncing Priest, at the Cost and Charges of Martin Marprelate, Gent, 1589.
- 1881, Plutarchus, Plutarch's Lives, tr., with notes and a mem. by J. and W. Langhorne:
- Besides, he divided all the road into miles, of near eight forlongs each, and set up pillars of stone to mark the divisions.
- 1971, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of the Close Rolls ...: Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume 44, page 295:
- A parcel of land in 'Wodeforlonge' containing 1 acre lying in the upper forlong of that field between land of the prioress called 'Candalescroftes' sometime of Robert Adelm* and land sometime of William Barnevyle and extending lengthwise from land called the 'Menecroft' to land of said William towards Lyddynges water.
Adverb?[edit]
- 1997, Michael A. Reed, Buckinghamshire Record Society, Buckinghamshire glebe terriers, 1578-1640, page 128:
- One piece in the woodfield four acres lying in peare-tree forlong, the Lord south and East Thomas (modo Edmund) Roughhead north.
To fill with longing? or just an adjective?[edit]
- 2001, Journal of Cultural Studies - Volume 4, Issue 1, page 211:
- In quietness and strength, you stood cold and forlonged but not forgotten in the shadow of widows from Camelot and mountaintop dreams,
- 2003, Paul Schullery, The Yellowstone Wolf: A Guide and Sourcebook, →ISBN, page 306:
- One entry from the security rangers' log book reads: “a truly incredible sound-not eerie or evil sounding- but with such forlonging [sic] sadness ... to be hearing this sound to such a backdrop of moon and stars—alone."
- 2005, Swede Hastings, Creeping Shadows, →ISBN, page 253:
- Forlonged memories move round Prora visions inside ray head I see.
????[edit]
- 2018, Marjory Bennett, A Poemers’ Poemerings - Volume 2, →ISBN:
- ... blowing sweet kisses that locks the hook for the unicorns powerfully forlonged of the courage thats' strong, moveing into that forward wind, swallow the hardness that gropes the mind, ...