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pretendant
noun 2adj 1
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PRETENDANT + NOUN
enemy, haue, oppo, princes, t
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noun
1
A pretender; a claimant.
2
A suitor.
Bur at laſt his fight being as odious to me, as his company was troubleſome, I let him know in very ſharp terms how much I hated him, bidding him never imagine or think of obtaining me, for he ſhould ſooner bring the heavens and earth together than obtain my love, commanding him to avoid my ſight. This ſudden mordacity ſtarted my pretendant, rebating his love, it ſuſcicated his paſſion, and with a truculent countenance he told me, that ere long I ſhould repent of my peeviſhneſs, and be glad to accept of that honour which now I deſpiſ’d.
Thelwall Salusbury too—then Vicar of Offley, my Cousin, my Pretendant—& my Enemy—of Course, I see today among the Black List in our Newspaper.
adj
1
Claiming to be someone or something; having a claim.
Elſe ô how eaſie had it beene for thee / All the pretendant race t’haue laid full low / If thou proceeded hadſt with crueltie, / Not ſuffering anie fatall branch to grow: […]
Firſt you muſt take it for granted, that if his Majeſty could have heard or could conceive that any other had right, (whom theſe pretendant Princes did oppoſe) his reſpect to no Man (never ſo near) could have drawn him againſt his Honour and Conſcience: […]
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Bur at laſt his fight being as odious to me, as his company was troubleſome, I let him know in very ſharp terms how much I hated him, bidding him never imagine or think of obtaining me, for he ſhould
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Thelwall Salusbury too—then Vicar of Offley, my Cousin, my Pretendant—& my Enemy—of Course, I see today among the Black List in our Newspaper.
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He would not be serious about Lord Rainford; he made her share in the good-natured slight with which husband and wife always talk over the sorrows of unlucky pretendants. He professed to find somethin
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Elſe ô how eaſie had it beene for thee / All the pretendant race t’haue laid full low / If thou proceeded hadſt with crueltie, / Not ſuffering anie fatall branch to grow: […]
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Firſt you muſt take it for granted, that if his Majeſty could have heard or could conceive that any other had right, (whom theſe pretendant Princes did oppoſe) his reſpect to no Man (never ſo near) co
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It was on the coast of Albania, known in ancient times as Illyria, that [William] Shakespeare set the opening scene of his Twelfth Night. Perhaps some student of literature somewhere, desperately seek
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