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Like book-bosomed priest should ride; 'nor had he ever before found his accomplishments treated as aught but matters of scorn among the princes and nobles with whom he had occasionally been thrown.
The Caged Lion Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Much he marvelled, a knight of pride Like a book-bosomed priest should ride:
The lay of the last minstrel, a poem. With Ballads and lyrical pieces Walter Scott 1812
Logophile77 commented on the word book-bosomed
Adjective used to describe someone who always has a book with them. The phrase first appears in Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated 1805 poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
January 23, 2018