ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BROBDINGNAGIAN
From Brobdingnag, an imaginary country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROBDINGNAGIAN»
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Brobdingnagian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Brobdingnagian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Genres of Gulliver's Travels
Grandville holds us in suspense as to precisely what this creature looks like until
we turn the page and are given a full- length view of a Brobdingnagian (plate 3).
Since the picture of the Brobdingnagian takes up virtually an entire page, he, ...
2
Brobdingnagian Bards Albums: Memories of Middle Earth, the ...
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3
A Dictionary of Hallucinations
Also known in the literature in the (misspelled) variants brobdignagian
hallucination and brod- nigagian hallucination. The term brobdingnagian
hallucination is indebted to Brobdingnag,the name of a fictitious country
inhabited by huge people ...
4
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
The term in use, by Steve Rushin in Sports Illustrated, May 24, 1993: Malone
entered the first game with two out in the bottom of the ninth, runners at second
and third, and the Brobdingnagian Boog Powell stepping into the box. By Robert
...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber,
1999
5
Paranoia and Modernity: Cervantes to Rousseau
Cervantes to Rousseau John Farrell. Gulliver's reaction to the Brobdingnagian
king's laughter at him for his vile account of European affairs is to observe how
impossible it is to be on a dignified footing with the great (11:108) — a home truth
for ...
6
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Brobdingnagian ...
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Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for ...
What would Macaulay have said of this Brobdingnagian tome 7 At any rate, we
are sure that he would have treated it more respectfully than he did Nares, and
would most likely have rushed out at once with a healthy desire to purchase as ...
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Articles on Renaissance Fair Performers, Including: ...
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If a common man weighs sixty kilogrammes, or 150 pounds, the Brobdingnagian
should weigh 15,000 kilogrammes, or about 38,000 pounds, and the Lilliputian
only fifteen grammes. They agree to compete with each other in the gymnasium.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROBDINGNAGIAN»
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Brobdingnagian is used in the context of the following news items.
Go commando and toss that steak directly onto the coals
Even Byres' richly marbled 5-pound “Eisenhower steak” (a Brobdingnagian rib-eye with short rib attached, about 2 feet long), when cooked 10 ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
Why you might not want to upgrade to iTunes 12.2
... I write about the software, but also because iTunes is an app I use a lot, to manage and listen to my Brobdingnagian music collection. «Macworld, Jul 15»
When Soviets got the A-bomb, the US created the H-bomb
... a powerful atomic bomb, was bolted onto the top like a Brobdingnagian match head. Light pipes for diagnostics sticking out of one side of the ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
Why Aren't More Artists Working in the Medium of the Mobile App?
Let's step back for a moment and consider the implications of these Brobdingnagian figures. The Apple App Store exploded from 0 to 1.4 million ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
TAKE TWO: And now, a few more words of dissent from Justice Scalia
While I have no particular quarrel with the brobdingnagian Porzingis, if that is indeed his name and he in fact is a cager of international renown ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jun 15»
poet of great lucidity
The single greatest achievement of Langdon Hammer's Brobdingnagian new biography James Merrill: Life and Art (Knopf) is the author's deft ... «Bay Area Reporter, Jun 15»
A Day in the Life of Snoop Dogg
... and screams of the audience at The Voice as he stepped onstage to sling verses, and smoking a blunt the size of a Brobdingnagian carrot. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
To Kill a Polar Bear
But just like how Al Gore's lame prediction about the ice caps disappearing turned out to be a dud, this Brobdingnagian polar bear scare — the ... «Patriot Post, Jun 15»
Microsoft Surface Hub Is Biggest Windows 10 Device On The Planet
Surface Hub, for all intents and purposes, is a Brobdingnagian version of the Surface tablet -- with a few enhancements designed to make life ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
Steam Will Now Refund Games if You Don't Like Them
But for years, the lion's share of digital PC gaming purchases, fielded by Valve's Brobdingnagian Steam portal, were strict one-way tickets. «Wired, Jun 15»