levell'd

Degree omitted, had my Thoughts been levell'd at those gaudy Pleasures of the Town, which intangle and intoxicate the greater Part of Woman-kind.

A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

_These words frequently occur in the_ Alcoran, _and are particularly levell'd against the Christians, which_ Mahomet

The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

Stage; but as 'tis, the Objections are not levell'd Right; for the

A Letter to A.H. Esq.; Concerning the Stage (1698) and The Occasional Paper No. IX (1698) Anonymous

A dozen troopers were at the gate, and two had their pistols levell'd.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I levell'd my pistol over the edge of the tool chest, and fetch'd a yell fit to wake a ghost -- at the same time letting fly straight for the minister.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

From her bag of dear walnuts, she levell'd her blows;

The Apes: A Fable from the Italian 1813

The sentry, being a Gascon, incontinently twirled up his whiskers, and levell'd his arquebuss.

A Sentimental Journey 1766

Luckless man that I am! said the notary, to be the sport of hurricanes all my days: - to be born to have the storm of ill language levell'd against me and my profession wherever I go; to be forced into marriage by the thunder of the church to a tempest of a woman; - to be driven forth out of my house by domestic winds, and despoil'd of my castor by pontific ones!

A Sentimental Journey 1766

But when my new master, for in that light I then view'd him, applied himself to appease me, as my whole rage was levell'd at myself, no part of which

Fanny Hill, Part III (first letter) 1749

I. i.52 (9,5) [We have with a leaven'd and prepared choice Proceeded to you] [W: a levell'd] No emendation is necessary.

Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746