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Dried the face, gave asperous patches on the abandon of my cheeks.— MyLinkVault Newest Links
The poynt dounwarde/ryght harde and asperous— The cõforte of louers The Comfort of Lovers
A second past she had filled with spring this office damp with autumn; now she made it more asperous and grey than had— The Judge
He perpetually travelled, by land, on foot, even in Japan, where the ways are asperous, and almost impassible; and often walked, with naked feet, in the greatest severity of winter The hardships of so long a navigation," says he, "so long a sojourning amongst the Gentiles, in a country parched up with excessive heats, all these incommodities being suffered, as they ought to be, for the sake of Christ, are truly an abundant source of consolations: for myself, I am verily persuaded, that they, who love the cross of Jesus Christ, live happy in the midst of sufferings; and that it is a death, when they have no opportunities to suffer.— The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 16
To speak then particularly of oaks, and generally of all other trees of the same kind, (by some infallible characters) notice should be taken of the manner of their spreading, stature and growth, shape and size of the acorn, whether single or in clusters, the length or shortness of the stalks, roundness of the cup, breadth, narrowness, shape, and indentures of the leaf; and so of the bark, Τραχυς, asperous, or smooth, brown or bright, &c.— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees
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