10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMAMBAGES»
Discover the use of
circumambages in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
circumambages and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... sieve circumambages n pi syn VERBIAGE 1, circumbendibus, circumlocution,
periphrase, periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, roundabout, tautology, verbality
circumambulate vb syn WANDER 1, drift, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam,
...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
2
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
... tavings of a rug, or even the topping of a mug, it is exceptionally amusing to
your mi', tho' I could dish that it wealt with a pater leriod. See spoonerism.
circumambages The devices of periphrasis (q.v.). A rare term. circumlocution
Roundabout ...
... Not that she values'—The depreciating indifferences, the affected slights, the
female circumambages, if I may be allowed the words; the coldly expressed
consent to visits not deserving to be discouraged, and perhaps not intended to be
so ...
4
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
... casual observation pass without perplexing it with an endless, running
commentary, that he never states a feeling without so many circumambages,
without so many interlineations and parenthetical remarks on all THE AGE OF
ELIZABETH.
5
The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Lectures on the ...
... lets a casual observation pass without perplexing it with an endless, running
commentary, that he never states a feeling without so many circumambages,
without so many interlineations and parenthetical remarks on all that can be said
for it, ...
William Hazlitt, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover, 1902
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, ...
From you I shall not meet with the " Not that she value/'— The depreciating
indifferences, the affected slights, thefemale circumambages, if I may be allowed
the words; the coldly-expressed consent to visits not deserving to be discouraged
, ...
Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), 1820
7
The Novels of Samuel Richardson: The history of Sir Charles ...
From you I shall not meet with the ' Not that she values ' — the depreciating
indifferences, the affected slights, the female circumambages, if I may be allowed
the words; the coldly expressed consent to visits not deserving to be discouraged
, ...
Samuel Richardson, William Lyon Phelps, 1901
8
Lectures on the literature of the age of Elizabeth: and ...
... that he never lets a casual observation pass without perplexing it with an
endless running commentary, that he never states a feeling without so many
circumambages, without so many interlineations and parenthetical remarks on all
that can ...
9
The History of Sir Charles Grandison
I will not be peremptory. You shall be indulged, if you have not already been
indulged enough, in all the pretty circumambages customary on these occasions.
Miss Gr. This is charming: — but pray, sir, what is your advice on this subject ?
Samuel Richardson, William Lyon Phelps, 1902
10
A Study of English and American Writers, Vol. III.: A ...
He never lets a casual observation pass without perplexing it with an endless
running commentary; . . . he never states a feeling without so many
circumambages, so many interlineations and parenthetical remarks on all that
can be said for it, ...
John Scott Clark, John Price Odell, 1916
