lour

Example Sentences

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What, then, hath man wherein he well may boast, Since by a beck he lives, a lour is lost?

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

O my stars,    Why do you lour unkindly on a king?

From Edward the Second by Marlowe, Christopher

Now's the day, and now's the hour, See the front o' battle lour, See approach proud Edward's power,     Chains and slaverie.

From Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.

Now 's the day and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Now’s the day, and now’s the hour— See the front o’ battle lour; See approach proud Edward’s power— Edward! chains and slaverie!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert