Thanne stant Envye, and holdeth the hote iren upon the herte of man with a peire of longe tonges of long rancour.
Fyrst the vse of tonges whych commeth to them without any greate studye, ther as olde folkes can scarse be hable to learne them wyth great labour.
Furthermore howe fewe haue we seene whych haue had good successe in lernynge thetonges when they were olde?
Neyther for thys muste we call chyldren to lerne the tonges after sixtene yere olde, because that the elder Cato lerned latine, and Greeke, when he was thre score and ten yeres olde.
The second kind of Imitation, is to folow for learning of tonges and sciences, the best authors.
Authors of both the tonges where one doth seeme to imitate an other.
No fors of wikkedtonges Ianglerye, 755 For ever on love han wrecches had envye.
Thus with suche thinges the tonges of yvel shal ben stilled; els fully to graunte thy ful meninge, for-sothe ever was and ever it shal be, that myn enemyes 80 ben aferde to truste to any fightinge.
Also manye tonges of greet false techinges in gylinge maner, principally in my tymes, not only with wordes but also with armes, 40 loves servauntes and professe in his religion of trewe rule pursewen, to confounden and to distroyen.
Nature, which that alway had an ere To murmour of the lewednes behinde, 520 With facound voys seide, 'hold your tonges there!
But ye lovers, that lye in any drede, 5 Fleeth, lest wikked tonges yow espye; Lo!
Can any of your Lancashire correspondents furnish me with information respecting the genealogy and family history of the Tonges of Tonge, near Middleton in that county?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tonges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
