10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PESTEROUS»
Discover the use of
pesterous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pesterous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
J encumber: a pesterer is one r< iaruses or disturbs: pesterous, cuinber- "j ;
moving. Fitches and pease fapuriaj too much on a hovel they lay. Tusser. Who
then shall blame Ba paimd lenses to recoil and start, **<» ill that is within him
does ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
2
Literary and professional works
... coins of silver which should be then minted.4 There likewise was a long statute
against vagabonds, wherein two things may be noted ; the one, the dislike the
Parliament had of gaoling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous,5
and ...
Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, 1860
3
The poetical works of the Ettrick shepherd, with illustr. ...
... Who long, on prey and havoc keen, To him had pesterous neighbours been ;
But voices bore it, and the while The suffrages were for Argylc. That ancient chief
again address'd His stern compeers, and warmly 92 QUEEN HYNDE.
4
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
From that time t'urthc it so befelle, A'ne curious fack I haif to telle, The Corbye
fumit and lokit bigge, And from that houre he turnit a Whigge— Ane crokyng,
mockyng, pesterous tyke, That kepit his soveraigne still in fyke, And held his
growlyng, ...
5
The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works
... wherein two things may be noted ; the one, the dislike the Parliament had of
gaoling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous 4, and of no open
example. The other, that in the statutes of this King's time (for this of the
nineteenth year ...
Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, 1858
6
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Hence pesterous, cumbersome, in Bacon, LifeofHen. VII, ed. Lumby, p. 196, l. 29
(wrongly explained aspestiferous). A shortened form of impester,bylossof the first
syllable, asinthe caseoffence for defence,sport for disport,story for history, &c.
7
Chronicles of Gretna Green: In two volumes
The rapidity of his elevation had been the unspeakable dismay of his foes, the
admiration of his friends, and the wonder of both. But divers pesterous gad-flies
of the adverse party still buzzed about his ears, and it was expedient that these ...
Peter Orlando Hutchinson, 1844
The fairies of Scotia are mild as the even, Jocund and blithe as the laverock in
heaven; Tender to childhood, gentle to age, Pesterous to priest, and freakish to
sage; But whatever they do, or wherever they go, They grieve aye for human
failings ...
9
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
609. Christ Mystical, sec. 20. There likewise was a long statute against
vagabonds, wherin two things may be noted ; the one the dislike the parliament
had of goaling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous, and of no open
example.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
10
Dramatic Tales: By the Author of "The Poetic Mirror."
Give o'er thy mumbled pesterous requests, It may not be. — The Moore hath rent
my heart, And ruin'd me and mine. — I'll never yield To call him son. Moore. God
is my witness, I never yet, by action or by word, Did aught against thy house, nor ...
