Read full poem →But hold—let me pause—Don't I hear you pronounce
This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce?
Well! suppose it a bounce—sure a poet may try,
Dictionary Entry
Capable of being damned
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Poetry examples for “damnable”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Who long was a booksellers’ hack;
He led such a damnable life in this world,
I don’t think he’ll wish to come back.
Read full poem →But hold—let me pause—Don’t I hear you pronounce
This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce?
Well, suppose it a bounce—sure a poet may try, 15
Read full poem →Astonish’d, confounded, cries Satan—“By G—,
I’ll want him, ere I take such a damnable load!”
Read full poem →To join Faith and Sense, upon any pretence,
Was heretic, damnable error,
Doctor Mac! 1 ’Twas heretic, damnable error.
