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1742. Young, Nt. Th., II. 246. O ye Lorenzos of our age! who deem One moment unamus’s a misery Not made for feeble man!
1795. V. Knox, Chr. Philos., lv. 405. They fly to various scenes of public resort, in the midst of amusements, unamused.
1809. Syd. Smith, in Lady Holland, Mem. (1855), II. 55. Instead of being unamused by trifles, I am … amused by them a great deal too much.
1890. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Col. Reformer (1891), 264. He played … well enough … to enliven their somewhat unamused evenings.
