boistrous

Example Sentences

• "Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war, / They knew not, ah, they knew not ſimple men, / How thoſe were hit by pelting Cannon ſhot, / Stand ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe, / Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts."
• "Haſt thou according to thy oath and band / Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: / Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, / Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, / Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?"
• "I have knowne one, whoſe youth had bin very imperious and rough, but when hee came to mans age, although hee live in as good plight and health as may be, yet he chafeth, he ſcoldeth, he brawleth, he fighteth, he ſweareth, and biteth, as the moſt boiſtrous and tempeſtuous maſter of France, […]"
• "We have tri’d already, & miserably felt what ambition worldly glory & immoderat wealth can do, what the boistrous & contradictional hand of a temporall, earthly, and corporeall Spiritualty can availe to the edifying of Christs holy Church; […]"