10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGAIN»
Discover the use of
ungain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ungain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems
Women are angels, wooing : Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing :
That she, belov'd, knows nought that knows not this, — Men prize the thing
ungain'd more than it is : That she was never yet, that ever knew Love got so
sweet, ...
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier,
1858
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King Henry VI, part 2. King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard ...
Women are angels, wooing : Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing:
That she, belov'd, knows nought that knows not this,— Men prize the thing ungain
'd more than it is : That she was never yet, that ever knew Love got so sweet, ...
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier,
1858
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Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases
UNGAIN. (More commonly Ongain.) Inconvenient, intractable. " The garden lies
very ungain for the house." " My horse is very ungain." An indirect roundabout
road is an ungain one. A.-Sax. ongean, contra. For tho' she take th' ungainest
weas ...
Anne Elizabeth Baker,
1854
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Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases, with ...
Undressed. ' ' He hasn't been undoffed this two days." UNGAIN. (More commonly
Ongain.) Inconvenient, intractable. " The garden lies very ungain for the house." "
My horse is very ungain." An indirect roundabout road is an ungain one.
Anne Elizabeth Baker,
1854
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The Chambers Dictionary
n ungain liness. — adj ungain ly awkward, clumsy, uncouth. — adv (rare)
awkwardly. — adj ungalled not made painful by rubbing; not irritated or inflamed (
fig). — • adj ungazed' not gazed (with at or upon). — vi ungear' to disconnect (a
part of ...
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The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language ...: ...
Ungaf$ed (adj. ram un. and gagtI) Nor gag'd- r Ungain (ad/1 rom un, and gain)
Awkward, uncouth. Ungain/nefs (3. from ungain) The state or quality of being
ungaln. Ungain'ed (adj. from un, and gained) Not gained. Ungam'ful (adj. from un
, ...
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. ...
Achievement is command; ungain'd, beseech The meaning of this obscure line
seems to be — “ Men, after possession, become our commanders: before it, they
are our suppliants.” 6 my heart's content —] Content for capacity, or perhaps for ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone,
1826
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
Women are angels, wooing : Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing' :
That she2 belov'd knows nought, that knows not ' this,— Men prize the thing
ungain'd more than it is: That she was never yet, that ever knew Love got so
sweet, ...
William Shakespeare,
1821
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Merry wives of Windsor. Troilus and Cressida
Women are angels, wooing: Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing' ;
That she' belov'd knows nought, that knows not this,— Men prize the thing ungain
'd more thanit is : That she was never yet, that ever knew Love got so sweet, ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope,
1821
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King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida
That the2 belov'd knows nought, that knows not this,-* Men prize the thing ungain'
d more than it is : That she was never yet, that ever knew Love got so sweet, as
when desire did sue : Therefore this maxim out or' love I teach,Achievement is ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens,
1803