10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOCKISHLY»
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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded ...
(1558) 57 That, .nothing blockishly or carterly wee do. 1500 C. S. Right Rciig. 9
So blockishly blind. i6<o A, B. Alutdt. Polemo 14 Blockishly impudent. 1734 A.
Welwood Glimpse Glory 167 What Sweetness before 1 experienced blockishly
and ...
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Philological Society (Great Britain), 1887
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The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete ...
Blockish (blok'ish), a. Like a block: stupid; dull; deficient in understanding. '
Blockish Ajax.' Shak. Blockishly (blok'ish-li), ado. In a blockish or stupid manner. '
So blockishly ignorant.' Hackluyt. Blockishness (blok'ish-nes), n. Stupidity;
dulness.
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A Work of Universal ...
Eng, iv. blockishly (blok'ish-li), adv. In a blockish or stu id manner: as, “so
blockishly ignorant,” Ha luyt, Voyages, II. 174. blockishness (blok' ish-nos), n.
dullness: as, “incurable blockishncss,' lock, Manners of English People, p. 140.
block-like ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1899
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Eng., iv. In a blockish or stu id manner: as, “so blockishly ignorant," Ha luyt,
Voyages, II. ii. 174. dullness: as, “incurable blockishm-cs,' Whitloé:(I;'kManners of
English People, p. 140. Am I sand-blind? twice so near the blessing I would
arrive at, ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1911
blockish Destitute of Beda : left only to obscure and blockish Chronicles. Milton,
Hist. Eng., iv. blockishly (blok'ish-li), adv. In a blockish or stupid manner: as, "so
blockishly ignorant," Hakluyt, Voyages, II. ii. 174. blockishness (blok'ish-nes), n.
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The life of Gargantua and the Heroic deeds of Pantagruel
François Rabelais. wont to say that the limits and bounds of drinking were, when
the cork of the shoes of him that drinketh swelleth up half a foot high. CHAPTER
XXII. The Games of Gargantua. Then blockishly mumbling with a set ...
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The Works of Jonathan Edwards, D.D.: Late President of Union ...
... I reply, as I have said before, that it is an impossibility; there is no medium with
respect to any thing offered as an object of choice, between choosing and
refusing ; neither to choose nor refuse in such a case is to be blockishly
insensible.
Jonathan Edwards, Tryon Edwards, 1842
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Reflections Upon Ridicule; Or, What it is that Makes a Man ...
You would fain be the only Speaker in all Companies, whilst you have only
lmpertinencies to lay, which you blockishly utter; if you relate a Matter of Fact, you
run out into all the most frivolous Circumstances. Do you think you divert the ...
Bellegarde (M. l'abbé de, Jean Baptiste Morvan), 1764
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The Philosophical Works of John Locke
Speaking of our attempts unreasonably to compel ourselves to religious
meditation, he says: "As a child, you may have observed, when he cannot think of
his lesson, the more his teacher chides and calls upon him, the more blockishly
he ...
John Locke, James Augustus St. John, 1854
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Papers of the Manchester Literary Club
[Then comes the Resolve] I will so speak as I may be free from babbling garrulity;
so be silent, as my spectators may not account me blockishly dull. Silence and
speech are both as they are used, either tokens of indiscretion, or badges of ...
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20 Good, Bad & Terrible Films Based On TV Shows
Featuring a lab's worth of chemistry between Channing Tatum (was ever a clearly smart actor so perfectly adept at playing blockishly dumb?) ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
First LEGO, Now Warner Brothers Are Making A Movie Based On …
And thus where lightning blockishly struck once, so will it again. Or, at least, that's the hope of Warner Brothers. After successfully proving that ... «Pedestrian TV, Mar 15»
Simply Measured has released a Vine analytics tool to help you grok …
Enter Vine Tweet Analysis, a rather blockishly named product that will scan your Vines, and ship you a report in 12 hours detailing precisely ... «The Next Web, Feb 13»
Creative Destruction: Robert Pattinson Perfectly Bad in …
Without the armor of his signature role, Mr. Pattinson's speech is halting, his face blockishly blank. He seems aware that he doesn't belong in ... «New York Observer, Aug 12»
Antony Gormley - Of gods and men in St Petersburg
There are 17 pieces in all, and they all belong to a series of what can only be described as pixellated body images, rendered blockishly and ... «The Independent, Sep 11»
What You Missed While Not Watching the Iowa GOP Debate
“Thanks Bill,” says Bret Baier, the blockishly handsome anchorman with a hard-boiled name. He welcomes everybody, but it's hard to hear him. «TIME, Aug 11»
Motorola Flipside (AT&T)
The Flipside is the bulkiest of the bunch, and also the most blockishly utilitarian. The Flipside is the only one among them that's a traditional ... «CNET, Dec 10»
