10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECOMFORTLESS»
Discover the use of
recomfortless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
recomfortless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Spenser, and His Poetry: In Three Volumes
All night she lies, Restless, recomfortless, with heart deep grieved, Not suffering
the least twinkling sleep to start Into her eye, which the heart mote have relieved;
But if the least appeared, her eyes she straight reprieved.P P Reproved.
George Lillie Craik,
1845
2
A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
Recomfortless, re-kum'fort-les, s. Without comfort. There all that night remained
Britomart, Restless, roam/onUss. — Spenser. Recomm end, rek-om-mend', v. a. (
recoouneiKfer.Fr.) To praise another; to offer or commend to another's notice, ...
John Craig (F.G.S.),
1849
... when their host perceiv'd, right discontent In mind he grew, for fear lest by that
an5 He should his purpose miss, which close6 he meant : Yet taking leave of her
he did depart : There all that night remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortless,7 ...
4
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
425 recomforture] comfort, consolation. The word is not found elsewhere, though
Spenser uses " recomfortless " (Faerie Queene, V, vi, 24), and the verb "recomfort
" in the sense of "console" is common in mediaeval and Elizabethan literature.
William Shakespeare, Sir Sidney Lee,
1907
5
Britomart, Selections from Spanser's Faery Queene
... right discontent In mind he grew, for fear lest by that art 3 He should his
purpose miss, which close he meant4 : Yet, taking leave of her, he did depart :
There all that night remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortless, with heart deep-
grieved, ...
Edmund Spenser, Mary Elizabeth Litchfield,
1906
6
Spenser: and his poetry
All night she lies, Eestless, recomfortless, with heart deep grieved, Not suffering
the least twinkling sleep to start Into her eye, which the heart mote have relieved ;
But if the least appeared, her eyes she straight reprieved.P f Keproved.
George Lillie Craik,
1845
7
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... ri-com'-ffor-tshyr, s. ad- Recomfortless, ri-cym'-ffort-les, a. di- gysur, anghysurus
Recommence, ri-com-mens', v. a. ail- ddechreu, adober Recommencement, rï-
com-mens'-ment,s. ailddechreuad, adgychwyniad Recommend, rec-om-mend', ...
8
The poetical works of Edmund Spenser: With memoir and ...
... remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortless,7 with heart deep-grieved, Not
suffering the least twinkling sleep to start Into her eye, which th' heart might have
relieved ; But if the least appear'd, her eyes she strait reprieved;3 xxv. ' Ye guilty ...
Edmund Spenser, George Gilfillan,
1859
9
The poetical works of Edmund Spenser. With mem. and critical ...
... all that night remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortless,7 with heart deep-
grieved, Not suffering the least twinkling sleep to start Into her eye, which th' heart
might have relieved; But if the least appear'd, her eyes she strait reprieved;s XXV.
10
Spenser's Britomart: from books III, IV, and V of the Faery ...
... right discontent In mind he grew, for fear lest by that art 3 He should his
purpose miss, which close he meant4 : Yet, taking leave of her, he did depart :
There all that night remained Britomart, Restless, recomfortless, with heart deep-
grieved, ...
Edmund Spenser, Mary Elizabeth Litchfield,
1896