10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DONNISHNESS»
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donnishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
donnishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Now none of these, though some of them are very offensive, are exactiy what we
understand by donnishness. A Don may easily combine any of them with his
donnishness, but the donnishness itself is something different from any of them.
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Saturday Review: Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Now none of these, though some of them are very offensive, are exactly what we
understand by donnishness. A Don may easily combine any of them with his
donnishness, but the donnishness itself is something different from any of them.
3
Life and letters of Frederick W. Robertson
Letter I. Reading— Oxford Donnishness 39 II. Desire for the Coming of Christ 40 ,
IIL Conversation with ' an Infidel ' 41 IV. Separation from his Brother 42 V.
Anticipations of the Difficulties of the Ministry . 43 VI. To a Friend whose Birthday
...
Frederick William Robertson, Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1865
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Life and letters of Frederick W. Robertson, M.A.: incumbent ...
incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1847-53 Frederick William Robertson
Stopford Augustus Brooke. OXFORD ' DONNISHNESS.' 39 Letters from May
1838 to June 1840. L Brazenose : May 1838. I have become quite an owl, staying
at ...
Frederick William Robertson, Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1865
5
The Revolution of the Dons: Cambridge and Society in ...
Donnishness was in retreat. s. In the middle of the nineteenth century there were
two undergraduate conceptions of a don which passed under the heading of
donnishness. Both emphasized the separation of dons from students. The first ...
6
The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen
It is not to be imagined that a don ' who is very anxious to avoid the fault of
donnishness' will be admired or even equitably judged by all his fellows. The
graduate, whose regard for appearances not only ' varied inversely with his
velocity,' but ...
Frederic William Maitland, Leslie Stephen, 2012
7
The Spirit of the Oxford Movement: Tractarian Essays
He once talked of the need to throw off the donnishness of erudition (Occ. Papers
, i, 4). (The earliest instance of the word donnishness to mean a stiff pedantic
manner is found a few years before in Newman.) Something about the idea of the
...
8
Dons and students: British universities today
There is, for instance, 'donnishness'. 'Donnish' is one of these Humpty-Dumpty
words that means exactly what its user wants it to mean. It can be pejorative in
one mouth, a form of compliment in another. On the whole, however, it carries an
...
John Hutchison MacCallum Scott, 1973
... and crafty men. She recognized his mathematical ability to be eminent, but
perceived the aura of remoteness and donnishness which sometimes girdles the
head of the pure mathematician living in his realm of symbolic logic, and she was
...
10
History Of English Criticism
As a man he seems to have been, if fairly respectable, not in the least attractive;
an early but complete incarnation of the disposition called "donnishness"; a toady
in his younger manhood, and an exacter of toadying in his elder. He lived long ...
George Saintsbury, Foreword By Mohit K. Ray, 2004
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DONNISHNESS»
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donnishness is used in the context of the following news items.
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... are as humans. Tristan Sturrock catches perfectly the eccentric donnishness of Mr. Dearly and the youthful zest and quiet heroism of Pongo. «WhatsOnStage.com, Dec 14»
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He is the don of donnishness, giving us mini-lectures packed with memorable images, with pertinent facts and dates; but also expert ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Edelstein: There Won't Be Blood in Paul Thomas Anderson's Chilly …
He's a fascinating mix of donnishness and childishness, given to boozing and engaging in horseplay with his flock, but with a sharp eye for their ... «Vulture, Sep 12»
Weekend free-to-air TV
Beard is an unlikely TV star, with her long, grey hair and occasional lapses into donnishness (she's a classics professor at Cambridge). But her ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 12»
Writer's Progress
Today, there may be precious little toryism or donnishness left in Boston, but there remains a sturdy affection for Thackeray—and one proof of ... «The Weekly Standard, Oct 11»
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