10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNCELIKE»
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Delphi Complete Works of Charles Reade (Illustrated):
Quirina:or St. Oracte,which isa duncelike corruption of Mount Soracte, or St.
Amphibolus,an English saint, which is a duncelike corruption ofthe cloakworn
bytheir St. Alban, oras the Spanishsaint, St.Viar, which words on his tombstone ...
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Before the Closet: Same-Sex Love from "Beowulf" to "Angels ...
But, duncelike, we observe the convention all the same. When a man dresses up
like a woman, we laugh at the suggestion of weakness and effeminacy (
especially when the man has just left a satisfied woman's bed). The humor
acquires a ...
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The Cloister and the Hearth: Or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; a ...
... which is a dunce-like corruption of Mount Soracte, or St. Amphibolus, an
English saint, which is a duncelike corruption of the cloak worn by their St. Alban,
or as the Spanish saint, St. Viar, which words on his tombstone, written thus, ' S.
Viar,' ...
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Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language, ...
[Duns (Scotus), the leader of the schoolmen from him called Dunses, who
opposed classical studies in the revival of learning.] — adjs. dune 'iah, duncelike.
Dun«, díRSn, п. a low hill of sand on the sea-shore. f A.S. and Gael, dun, a hill.]
Dung ...
Chambers W. and R., ltd, Andrew Findlater, James Donald (F.R.G.S.), 1867
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The Table Talk of Martin Luther
But they that teach nothing uprightly or purely, are but half-learned; duncelike,
bold, and presumptuous; as Carlstad is with his Touto, out of which he made
Autos. DCLXVII. The emperor Sigismund was, as it were, made captive by the
papists.
Martin Luther, William Hazlitt, Alexander Chalmers, 1857
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England in the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: ...
The problem is not unlike that posed by Pope's Dunciad (a poem requiring a
duncelike attention to historical detail if it is to be understood), to which indeed
several of Fielding's burlesques bear a thematic resemblance. Fielding's
assessment ...
Hugh Thomas Swedenberg, 1972
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Wars within a War: Controversy and Conflict over the ...
... trading one hapless general for another; as a schoolmaster patiently instructing
his duncelike students—both good ideas poorly executed that moreover indicate
that the paper did not even know by 1862 that Lincoln had worn whiskers for a ...
Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher, 2009
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Madge: Or, Night and Morning
Yes ; twice in the winter I've tried to go, but the scholars made so much fun of my
clothes, and laughed because I was so duncelike, that I gave it up. Since Maurice
went away to college, I haven't had any help." " "Well, Margaret, we will not talk ...
Hannah Bradbury Goodwin, 1863
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The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine
At that time my mind, alive to worldly objects alone, was occupied only by the
duncelike absurdity of the thing. Since that time other, and I humbly trust, better
thoughts have taken the place of these mere worldly feelings. I have learned to
read ...
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... REFITMENT VENGEMENT AGILENESS BEINGNESS BRUTENESS
CHILDNESS DATEDNESS DYINGNESS CRAPELIKE DUNCELIKE FIENDLIKE
FUGUELIKE GLANDLIKE GRAPELIKE HORSELIKE LEECHLIKE METALLIKE
PALSYLIKE ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNCELIKE»
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duncelike is used in the context of the following news items.
“Gollum” Romps In The Uncanny Valley
Then there's Mike & Claire's short film Skeletons, in which two duncelike figures frantically turn themselves into, well, skeletons. The artists ... «New Haven Independent, May 15»
Kraftwerk Diary Day Three: 1977's Influential 'Trans-Europe Express'
Unfortunately, the overly literal 3D animation projected behind the band during "Dummies" was duncelike enough to distract from the pleasures ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 12»
