Meaning of harden'd | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“There are, ’tis true, ſome People ſo Harden’d in Wickedneſs, as to have⟳ No Senſe at all of the moſt Friendly Offices, or the Higheſt Benefits.”

“The Monſter mad with Rage, and ſtung with Smart, / His Lance directed at the Hero’s Heart: / It ſtrook; but bounded from his harden’d Breaſt, […]”

““Nobody loves a play⟳ better than you do, or can have⟳ gone much farther to see⟳ one.” “True, to see⟳ real acting, good harden’d real acting; but I would hardly walk⟳ from this room to the next, to look⟳ at the raw efforts of those who have⟳ not been bred to the trade⟳,—a set⟳ of gentlemen and ladies, who have⟳ all the disadvantages of education and decorum to struggle⟳ through.””

“That is—I fear you are most harden'd sinners, / Who in close⟳ coffers keep⟳ the light⟳ of grace / From needy brothers and from young beginners, / That it may shine⟳ upon your own⟳ dull race⟳.”

“Harden'd are we by Life: its iron⟳ pains, / Its shunless endings, do we know⟳; […]”

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