their first good handsel of breath in this world
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Handsel
/ˈhænd.səl/
Synonyms for "handsel" (30 found)
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Our present tears here, not our present laughter, / Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
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That whoso hardy hand on her doth lay , It dearly shall abye and death for handsel pay
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"I see the first handsel that God gives them on their voyage to the Land of Promise; thirst and bitterness." (From Contemplations, Book Five, Contemplation 1, The Waters of Marah (Found in volume 1 of The Works of Joseph Hall, edited by Peter Hall, published by Talboys, Oxford, 1837, page 88))
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