2 ZITATE AUF ENGLISCH MIT «PRIGGISH»
Zitate und Redensarten mit dem Wort
priggish.
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «PRIGGISH» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
Entdecke den Gebrauch von
priggish in der folgenden bibliographischen Auswahl. Bücher, die mit
priggish im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
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Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-gooders, ...
Looks at the rise in intrusive legislation and social sanctions that are robbing Americans of their choices and freedoms and promoting a culture of victimhood as bureaucrats and social activists dictate what we eat, what we watch and read, ...
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Reflections on Dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Baoyu found his nephew's remarks nauseatingly priggish, and
wonderedwhere on earth he hadpickedup thiswayof speaking. (Cao n.d.,chap.
115) Jia Baoyu certainly hits the nail on thehead when he sees Zhen Baoyu's
and Jia Lan's ...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Prim and priggish (see also COMPLACENT) both imply an excessive and
conscious fastidiousness in manners and morals that often more or less
displeases an observer. Prim, however, often suggests stiffness and preciseness
of manner as ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc,
1984
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C. S. Lewis: Life, Works, and Legacy
The dilemma is avoiding connivance, the appearance of approval, while also not
appearing priggish (p. 72). Yet there comes a point where something so vile is
promoted, or uttered, that it must be disputed, and if we appear priggish, then ...
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Two Making One Amor and Eros in Tandem
Chapter. 4. Did. the. Mother. of. God. turn. priggish. or. prudish? The question put
in this chapter heading may offend some people, but it is earnestly meant. The
reason for it is that a prude (if not a prig) is what is made of Mary, the mother of ...
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Reclaiming the History of Ethics: Essays for John Rawls
Kantian. Virtue: Priggish. or. Passional? NANCY SHERMAN It has long bothered
readers of Kant's Groundwork that Kant takes himself to be reconstructing
ordinary morality and yet assigns no clear place to the emotions that support
morality.
Andrews Reath, Barbara Herman, Christine M. Korsgaard,
1997
That would have sounded priggish, outside their circle: but good works always
sounded priggish, and anyway there was nothing priggish about another
preoccupation of theirs, which they alone knew. Although he masked it under his
...
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Masquerade: The Father Koesler Mysteries:
Koesler gestured, stopping Benbow. “Now look here, Augustine, there's no need
for you to be so priggish.” “Priggish!” Augustine shot back. “Was Jesus being
priggish when he cast out the moneychangers from the Temple?” “
Moneychangers!
The continuing story of mail-order brides in the successful Brides of the West series. Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from an 80-year-old suitor.
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Scanlon and Contractualism
seem priggish in that it requires the agent to be a particular type of person rather
than requiring the performance of certain actions at certain times. As Wolff notes,
the kind of person with which virtue theory has become associated is a person ...
10 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «PRIGGISH» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
priggish im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
Casinos and Con Men: The Hustler Origins of Wearable Computers
He was an iconoclastic fool in the best possible way, and when the priggish vibes of today's buzzword-soaked and improvement-obsessed ... «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
John Pepall: Canadians have been talking about reform for 30 years …
There are plenty of senior New Democrats who could serve well in the Senate, if they weren't so priggish. What is to be done? There is no ... «National Post, Jul 15»
Rock goes to collage Ben Thompson
... of André Breton, Dalí et al but also in his somewhat priggish insistence that their art had “healthier possibilities than have been developed”. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
The Naturalization Papers
After Graham Greene listed “Lolita” as one of the best books of the year in the Sunday Times, a priggish Sunday Express columnist named ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
A royal foxhunt: The abdication of Mary Queen of Scots
Strident, priggish, and implacable, the Calvinist leader John Knox had far less time for Catholics like Mary than she had for Protestants. «OUPblog, Jul 15»
TOM UTLEY: Feminists won't like it but wives DO lust after kitchens …
Oh, how I loathe that priggish word 'inappropriate', so beloved of a certain kind of politically correct schoolmarm. On this occasion, however, ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Meet the Cast of 'Spamalot' at the Port Tobacco Players : Part 2 …
Sir Galahad is quickly inculcated into the system, and turns into a priggish snob. What has been the most fun playing them? Working on, and ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
Fools for Love
... (Photo by: Kevin Berne). The only exception to the fun, of course, is the priggish Malvolio (who gets subjected to the ridicule he deserves). «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
If you liked The Golden Girls you'll love The...
Janet Rice, who starred three years ago in the Studio Theatre's hit version of Steel Magnolias, plays the quiet and somewhat priggish Doris, ... «www.insideottawavalley.com/, Jul 15»
“Without Getting All Freakish About It”
If not right-wing priggish, they were left-wing priggish. If not dry and scholarly, they were sticky-sweet and insipid. None of the editors, as far as I ... «Patheos, Jul 15»