parlous
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"The state of the global climate? Parlous," said Prof Dave Reay, University of Edinburgh.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2020
Parlous as our plight was, we had food and drink and tobacco for our pipes afterwards; and a seaman needs little more than that to make him happy.
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Pemberton, Max, Sir
Parlous Times is a society novel of to-day.
From The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Parlous his case; and for him the sky was upside down.
From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
And as 'tis said a Parlous Ass once spoke, When Crab-tree Cudgel did his rage provoke, &c.
From Essays on the Stage Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699) by Krutch, Joseph Wood
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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