10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHIGOURI»
Discover the use of
amphigouri in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
amphigouri and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie-Antoinette
The author of Observations ctitiques sur les tableaux thought the figure of Leda
was quite pleasant and expertly carved,480 and the critic disguised as l'
enthousiaste” in Les élèves du Salon: ou L'Amphigouri was most delighted with
Julien's ...
2
Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most ...
—Electronic Publishing amphigory or amphigouri (AM-fi-gor-ee) noun A
nonsensical piece of writing, usually in verse form, typically composed as a
parody. From French amphigouri. ○ “More jeers than cheers currently greet the
amphigories ...
3
Catalog of Copyright Entries
0439. Harris (F. N.) Depths beneath. 3004. Harris (G. E.) Mocking bird. 6859.
Harris (J. Atherton) Amphigouri. 7211. Harris (J. C.) : Brer Rabbit. 5990. Uncle
Remus stories. 4635. Harris (J. L.) Brer Rabbit. 5990. Harris (Jake) Amphigouri.
7211.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1933
4
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
The inverse of this meter is the amphimacer. amphigory \'am-n-,g6r-e, am-'fig-a-re
\ or amphigouri \,a"-ffe- gQ-'r6\ plural amphigories or amphigouris [French
amphigouri} A nonsense verse or parody (such as those written by Edward Lear
and ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1995
5
Schott's Original Miscellany
An amphigouri? A commonplace? A vade-mecum? Well - yes. SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY is all these, and, of course, more. A book like no other, SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.
6
The musical world, 1866-1891
"Our life is but a little day" [Satirical poem 81:1249 Amphigouris (Rejected by Mr.
Punch) [Satirical poem] 81:1345 Achilles and Patroclus (Cabalistic amphigouri) [
Satire] 82:125 Amphigouri. To the joint authors of Pinafore, Penzance 82:457 ...
7
Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities
Nonsense verse and prose. As a literary form, manufactured or intentional
nonsense is a comparatively recent art in English. The French in the seventeenth
century began the cultivation of a form of verse which they called amphigouri,
and ...
8
Architecture and Modern Literature
He has Germanicized an eighteenth-century word of unknown origin that
appears in the Dictionnaire de [Academie Francaise as amphigouri and is
defined as either (1) burlesque writing or discourse, intentionally confused and
incoherent, ...
9
Switzerland; Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that ...
Aussitot alarmes, effrayes, ils s'assemblent, ils discutent, ils s'agitent, ils ne
savent a quel saint se vouer, et apres force consultations, deliberations,
conferences, le tout aboutit a un amphigouri ! Ou l'on ne dit ni oui ni non. Oh
Genevois ! ce ...
La Plaza de Toros, or the Bull Amphitheatre, in French, L ' Amphigouri, is a story
made up of words collected from the players, each of whom engages to name
objects peculiar to some trade. — Le mot place, a refinement on Cross purposes,
...
Joseph Blanco White, 1822
