10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTITUDINISER»
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attitudiniser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic ...
But at this date, and for some years, harlequin was not merely the sentimentalist,
attitudiniser, and dancer he has since become. He was true to his Italian origin,
and very much the kind of harlequin encountered on his native soil and
described ...
2
Galleries of Literary Portraits,1: Complete in Two Vols
Nor was his purpose merely to display his own powers and passions in imposing
aspects. Much of this desire, indeed, mingled with his ambition, but he was not
altogether a vain attitudiniser. There is sterling truth in his taste and style ol
writing ...
3
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
We suspect it originated in the degeneration of Lun's successors, who, gradually
sinking from bad to worse, retained at last only certain traditionary postures of
their great predecessors, until Harlequin became a mere attitudiniser, vacillating
...
4
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
No contrition, no compassion, no vision of coming woes were disloyal enough to
intrude • on his expiring moments ; and the poor old attitudiniser, having played
his part, went to rot in the vaults of Saint-Denis. It would be wearisome to multiply
...
We suspect it originated in the degeneration of Lun's successors, who, gradually
sinking from bad to worse, retained at last only certain traditionary postures of
their great predecessors, until Harlequin became a mere attitudiniser, vacillating
...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers,
1870
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Second Gallery of Literary Portraits
Nor was his purpose merely to display his own powers and passions in imposing
aspects. Much of this desire, indeed, mingled with his ambition, but he was not
altogether a vain attitudiniser. There is sterling truth in his taste and style of
writing ...
... of musical artillery — Barbarous rain and thunder maker — Unconscionable
money taker — Travelling about both near and far, Toll to exact at every bar,
What brings thee here again To desecrate old Drury's fane? Egregious
attitudiniser !
Charles Larcom Graves,
1857
We suspect it originated in the degeneration of Lun's successors, who, gradually
sinking from bad to worse, retained at last only certain traditionary postures of
their great predecessors, until Harlequin became a mere attitudiniser, vacillating
...
9
Diamond Little English (Dictionany)
... to attitudinise; v.t. to propound. poseur n. an attitudiniser. posh a. spruced up,
grand; superb. position1 n. principle; situation; state of affairs; disposition, attitude
; high standing; place in society; post or appointment. position2 v.t. to set in place;
...
10
Diamond Gem English Dictionary
... assumed attitude; affectation of a mental attitude. pose2 v.i. to assume or
maintain a pose; to attitudinise; v.t. to propound. poseur n. an attitudiniser. posh a
. spruced up. grand; superb. position' n pnnciple, situation; state of affairs;
disposition, ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTITUDINISER»
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The Right Kind of Pain
... Underground consisted in its main incarnation of four players. Lou Reed was the songwriter, singer, guitarist and attitudiniser extraordinaire. «London Review of Books, Mar 07»