10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEARIFUL»
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weariful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
weariful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Weariful. Tiresome, giving exercise to patience. Ex. ' I have had a weariful bout of
it.' Weary. (i) Feeble, sickly, puny. Ex. ' It is a poor weary child.' (2,) Troublesome,
vexatious [Br.]. *Weather. Stormy weather. ' What a day of weather ' [M. C. H. B.] ...
English Dialect Society, 1895
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The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
Lan.1 Hence Weariful, adj. wearisome, tedious. Sc. It was a weariful business he
had undertaken, if he had to skulk there till the darkening to do his errand, Keith
Bonnie Lady (1897) 16 ; The weariful wife went on, Stevenson Catriona (1893) ...
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The English dialect dictionary
Lan.l Hence Weariful, adj. wearisome, tedious. , Sc. it was a weariful business he
had undertaken, if he had to sknlk there till the darkening to do his errand, Kmru
Bonnie Lady (1897) 16 ; The weariful wife went on, Srzvenson Catriona (1893) ...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Yks. (J.W.), s.I.an.l Hence Weariful, adj. wearisome, tedious. Sc. It was a weariful
business he had undertaken, if he had to skulk there till the darkening to do his
errand, KEITH Bonnie Lady (i897) :6; The weariful wife went on, STEVENSON ...
Av, wretch, they shall know you ere we part, For the liar, profligate, villain, thou art
.' And standing before them, gaunt and grim, While her skinny forefinger points at
Aim, She tells her weariful tale, I ween, With horrible snarls and oaths between.
Ay, wretch, they shall know you ere we part, For the liar, profligate, villain, thou art
.' And standing before them, gaunt and grim, While her skinny forefinger points at
him, She tells her weariful tale, I ween, With horrible snarls and oaths between.
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Berthold, and Other Poems ...
He was her hero, her king and her lord, O ! weariful trouble and toil. She loved
him so utterly, saying no word, Save prayers that God and the angels heard. O !
Heaven, his soul assoil ! He was an artist, grave, pensive, and sad, O ! weariful ...
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The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, ...
A Greek. THE WEARWUL MARRIAGE ACT. Mr. EmTOR, — When I read and
laughed at the ideal miseries inflicted by the Weariful Woman on her unfortunate
victim, in the amusing pages of the Steam Boat, I little thought how near my tnrn
was ...
William Jerdan, Lovell Augustus Reeve, John Mounteney Jephson, 1823
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Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon
Ay, wretch, they shall know you ere we part, For the liar, profligate, villain, thou art
.' And standing before them, gaunt and grim, While her skinny forefinger points at
him. She tells her weariful tale, I ween, With horrible snarls and oaths between.
Belgravia, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1866
My brothers say they are dull ... they call them – I'm afraid it's very ungrateful – the
weariful rich. But I expect we're weariful to them too. I suppose poor relations are
boring if you're well-off yourself. But we get pretty tired, too, when they talk us ...
L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker, 2010
