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dearling
noun 1adj 1
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3DEARLING + NOUN
doue, senate
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from
ADV.
then
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noun
1
Obsolete form of darling .
Thoſe daintie parts, the dearlings of delight, / Which mote not be prophan'd of common eyes, […]
[…] Auguſtius Cæſar in his very entrance into affaires, vvhen he vvas a dearling of the Senate, yet in his haranges to the people, vvould ſvveare Ita parentis honores conſequi liceat, (vvhich vvas no leſſe then the Tyranny,) […]
adj
1
Obsolete form of darling .
Do thou dred infant, Venus dearling doue, / From her high ſpirit chaſe imperious feare, / And vſe of avvfull Maieſtie remoue: […]
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Thoſe daintie parts, the dearlings of delight, / Which mote not be prophan'd of common eyes, […]
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[…] Auguſtius Cæſar in his very entrance into affaires, vvhen he vvas a dearling of the Senate, yet in his haranges to the people, vvould ſvveare Ita parentis honores conſequi liceat, (vvhich vvas no
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And tis a common obſervation in Familites, that the moſt diſcountenanc'd child oft makes better proof, then the dearling.
Wiktionary04
Do thou dred infant, Venus dearling doue, / From her high ſpirit chaſe imperious feare, / And vſe of avvfull Maieſtie remoue: […]
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