drossy
Example Sentences
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Time will sift it of its drossy puffs and praises.
From Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" by Cherry, J. L.
The Apostle therefore sets himself to the study of mortification, lest, saith he, when I have been refining and purifying others, I myself be found to be drossy silver.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
For most part, too, we must admit that the Learning, heterogeneous as it is, and tumbled down quite pell-mell, is true concentrated and purified Learning, the drossy parts smelted out and thrown aside.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas
Amongst the drossy twaddle which passed current as poetry at Eartham, a sonnet in Romney's honour by a true poet—William Cowper—may be counted as pure gold.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton
We change our drossy dust for gold, From death to life we fly: We let go shadows, and take hold Of immortality.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
