plagiary
Example Sentences
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He has therefore no reason to complain, and I dare say that, like Sir Fretful Plagiary, he is rather 'pleased' than otherwise.
From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
Like Sir Fretful Plagiary, Herrick had not skill to steal with taste.—R.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
In fact, like Sir Fretful Plagiary in the Critic, Bozzy was so covetous of popularity that he would rather be abused than be not mentioned at all.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by Leask, W. Keith (William Keith)
Plagiary existed, and was very common, but was not known as a sin.
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony
If ever an Author was a Plagiary, he was.
