Usage examples for Abba
-
"
And,"
pursued
Mr.
Simeon,
his
voice
gaining
assurance
as
it
happened
on
a
form
of
words
he
had
learnt
from
somebody
else, "
the
efficacy
of
religion
is
surely
just
here,
that
it
lifts
the
individual
man
out
of
his
personality
and
wings
him
towards
Abba,
the
all-
fatherly-
as
I
heard
it
said
the
other
day,"
he
added
lamely.
– Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
-
A
thick
square
shawl
was
put
rather
carelessly
over
his
head
with
the
fringe
over
his
face,
and
pushed
back
off
his
shoulders,
to
allow
his
arms
to
come
out
through
an
abba,
a
kind
of
cloak
with
armholes,
which
was
also
put
over
his
head.
– Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent Mabel Bent
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The
first
quatrain,
abba,
should
introduce
the
subject;
the
second,
abba,
should
develop
it
to
a
certain
point,
at
which
a
pause
occurs;
such
is
the
octave.
– The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum