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Citations:lief
Jan 1st 2012, 18:13

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*(''English adverb'')
*(''English adverb'')
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**'''14th century''', Geoffrey Chaucer, ''The Canterbury Tales, The Monk's Tale'', lines 388-390
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* '''14th century''', Geoffrey Chaucer, ''The Canterbury Tales, The Monk's Tale'', lines 388-390
**: Nevertheless, when wedded, 'twould appear
**: Nevertheless, when wedded, 'twould appear
**: They lived in joy and all felicity,
**: They lived in joy and all felicity,
**: For each of them held other '''lief''' and dear.
**: For each of them held other '''lief''' and dear.
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**'''1896''', [[w:A. E. Housman|A. E. Housman]], [[w:A Shropshire Lad|A Shropshire Lad]], XLIII, lines 43-44
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* '''1866''', The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1866, Vol. XVIII, "The Progress of Prussia":
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**:'' This luggage I'd '''lief''' set down''
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*: ''So intense is French hatred of Prussia, that it is not too much to say that, last summer, the French would almost '''as lief''' have seen the Russians in Paris as the Prussians in Vienna.''
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**'''1922''', [[w:A. E. Housman|A. E. Housman]], ''Illic Jacet'', lines 10-12
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* '''1896''', [[w:A. E. Housman|A. E. Housman]], [[w:A Shropshire Lad|A Shropshire Lad]], XLIII, lines 43-44
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*: '' This luggage I'd '''lief''' set down''
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* '''1922''', [[w:A. E. Housman|A. E. Housman]], ''Illic Jacet'', lines 10-12
**: ... lights and companions depart;
**: ... lights and companions depart;
**: But '''lief''' will he lose them and only
**: But '''lief''' will he lose them and only
**: Behold the desire of his heart.
**: Behold the desire of his heart.
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**'''1969''', Fairport Convention, ''Leige & '''Lief''''', Title of musical album.
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* '''1969''', Fairport Convention, ''Leige & '''Lief''''', Title of musical album.
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**'''2006''', Patrick McCabe, ''Winterwood'', Bloomsbury 2007, p. 17:
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* '''2006''', Patrick McCabe, ''Winterwood'', Bloomsbury 2007, p. 17:
**:—Cunt, he said. Cunt and hoor: I'd as '''lief''' have cut his throat.
**:—Cunt, he said. Cunt and hoor: I'd as '''lief''' have cut his throat.
**::''He would as '''lief''' have chewed his own arm off as gone to the party.''
**::''He would as '''lief''' have chewed his own arm off as gone to the party.''

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