Crossword-Solution: PORTESSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Portesse | n. | See Porteass. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Prayer book | 11 answers |
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Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NEE
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PORTESSE (4)
And in his hand his portesse still he bare, That much was worne, but therein little redd." And he properly makes him the leader of the train of the vices: "May seem the wayne was very evil ledd, When such an one had guiding of the way." Observe that subtle touch of truth in the "wearing" of the portesse, indicating the abuse of books by idle readers, so thoroughly characteristic of unwilling studentship from the schoolboy upwards.
XIX And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, That much was worne, but therein little red, For of devotion he had little care, 165 Still drownd in sleepe, and most of his dayes ded; Scarse could he once uphold his heavie hed, To looken, whether it were night or day: May seeme the wayne was very evill led, When such an one had guiding of the way, 170 That knew not, whether right he went, or else astray.
And in his hand his portesse still he bare, That much was worne, but therein little redd." And he properly makes him the leader of the train of the vices: "May seem the wayne was very evil ledd, When such an one had guiding of the way" Observe that subtle touch of truth in the "wearing" of the portesse, indicating the abuse of books by idle readers, so thoroughly characteristic of unwilling studentship from the schoolboy upwards.
And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, xix That much was worne, but therein little red, For of deuotion he had little care, Still drownd in sleepe, and most of his dayes ded; Scarse could he once vphold his heauie hed, To looken, whether it were night or day: May seeme the wayne was very euill led, When such an one had guiding of the way, That knew not, whether right he went, or else astray.