Careful Words

found (n.)

found (v.)

found (adj.)

My latest found,

Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book v. Line 18.

  When found, make a note of.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870): Dombey and Son. Chap. xv.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Memoranda from his Life, by Moore, Chap. xiv.

These two hated with a hate

Found only on the stage.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Don Juan. Canto iv. Stanza 93.

I have found out a gift for my fair;

I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.

William Shenstone (1714-1763): A Pastoral. Part i.