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Suppliance   Listen
noun
Suppliance  n.  Supplication; entreaty. "When Greece her knee in suppliance bent."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Suppliance" Quotes from Famous Books



... to fight for me, That ye may learn to honor those who bear thee Nor flout a sightless father who begat Degenerate sons—these maidens did not so. Therefore my curse is stronger than thy "throne," Thy "suppliance," if by right of laws eterne Primeval Justice sits enthroned with Zeus. Begone, abhorred, disowned, no son of mine, Thou vilest of the vile! and take with thee This curse I leave thee as my last bequest:— Never to win by arms thy native land, No, ...
— The Oedipus Trilogy • Sophocles

... guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore 5 The trophies of a conqueror; In dreams, his song of triumph heard; Then wore his monarch's signet ring; Then pressed that monarch's throne—a king; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, 10 ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell



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