Read full poem →I ask no dispensation now,
To falsify a tear, or sigh, or vow;
Dictionary Entry
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
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Poetry examples for “dispensation”
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Read full poem →was chosen Fellow, for which, as he did not comply with the statutes by
taking orders, he obtained a dispensation from the Crown. He held his
fellowship till 1726, and then vacated it by marrying, in that year, at
Read full poem →society and in that of Sir George Throckmorton, enhanced by the
presence of our common lamented friend, Dr. Johnson. A dispensation
which spares neither rank, accomplishments, nor virtues, has