great-bellied

[6552] But when he was four hundred miles from Rome he so roared that all the great-bellied women in Rome made abortions, the city walls fell down, and when he came a hundred miles nearer, and roared the second time, their teeth fell out of their heads, the emperor himself fell down dead, and so the lion went back.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Fernelius, and be addicted to like humours: [1340] if a great-bellied woman see a hare, her child will often have a harelip, as we call it.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Like Hong Kong, the streets were a veritable marketplace of bargain-rate commodities: latex thongs, great-bellied plaster Buddhas, laminated photos of Asian music stars, toys and carry bags all shoddily made and adorned with emblems and cartoon figures pilfered from the West.

Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

Mistress Elbow, being, as I say, with child, and being great-bellied, and longing, as I said, for prunes; and having but two in the dish, as I said,

Measure for Measure 2004

Like Hong Kong, the streets were a veritable marketplace of bargain-rate commodities: latex thongs, great-bellied plaster Buddhas, laminated photos of Asian music stars, toys and carry bags all shoddily made and adorned with emblems and cartoon figures pilfered from the West.

Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

Like Hong Kong, the streets were a veritable marketplace of bargain-rate commodities: latex thongs, great-bellied plaster Buddhas, laminated photos of Asian music stars, toys and carry bags all shoddily made and adorned with emblems and cartoon figures pilfered from the West.

Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

[Greek omitted] or dries the seed, and is very hurtful to great-bellied women.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Mistress Elbow … being great-bellied, and longing, as I said, for prunes….

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

[Greek omitted] or dries the seed, and is very hurtful to great-bellied women.

Symposiacs 2004

Mistress Elbow … being great-bellied, and longing, as I said, for prunes….

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004