10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANDILOQUOUS»
Discover the use of
grandiloquous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grandiloquous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Letters to Squire Pedant: In the East
... an insatiable inhiation to witness the reddition and prepotency of pure
Washingtonian democracy, or heppen ochlocracy, or aristarchy. In the prevenient
part of the locution, the orator at times haflied, and occasionally he was
grandiloquous.
Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, 1870
These things cannot be made poetical; they may be translated into phrase ornate
, and moulded into grandiloquous metre; yet the matter remains the same :-—
however like a gentleman you may toss the dung about, still it is dung that you
are ...
3
The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. ...
... examine representative preachers of the three great prevailing schools — the
Sensational, including (1.) thetragic ; (2.) thecomic; (3.) the rhapsodic.
ThelsTELLECTUAL, including (1.) the technical; (2.) the grandiloquous ; f3.) the
philosophic.
4
The Lisbon Guide ... with Notices of the Chief Places of ...
... announcement is wound up by a description of some marvellous fire-Works
that will conclude the evening's entertainment. . In spite, however of these
grandiloquous an~ nouncemente the visitant, supposing him to have. subdued
the finer ...
5
The Lady Opposite ... An Original Farce in One Act [and in ...
... my further proceedings and future manifestations, and that, whilst our love
remains as it is now, reciprocated and sincere, the estimation in which I hold you,
and your angel Jemima, can not and shall not perish. , [After this grandiloquous (
?) ...
6
Roderick, The Last Of The Goths
The date of the battle is given with grandiloquous circumstantiality by Miguel de
Barrios. " Salió la tercer alva del tonante Noviembre, convestido nebuloso, Sobre
el alado bruto que al brillante Carro, saca del piélago espumoso ; Y en el frió ...
7
This pamphlet on the “Sebastopol Clasp” is dedicated to the ...
The echoes of all the grandiloquous speeches, and of the well—tuned laudatory
phrases, the deeds of the army elicited are still ringing in our ears, yet none of our
brilliant orators have one word to say in favour of this act of bare justice to the ...
8
Southey's Common-place Book
The Conde do Saldueña prophecies this event to Pelayo in his usual
grandiloquous style. " Despues de tus entrañas dulce prenda, Mal divertida en
venatorios daños, Quando de un monstruo el Jin su error pretenda Marchitara el
verdor de ...
Robert Southey, John Wood Warter, 1849
9
Dangerous Consequences of employing bankers or agents, and ...
Addressed—W. H. Hickman, Esq. Precisely as might have been anticipated from
Hickman's want of principle, though by no means a confirmatory proof of his
ability, he replied as follows ; becoming quite grandiloquous upon the subject of
not ...
Francis HIGGINSON (Lieut., R.N.), William Henry HICKMAN, Sir John Dean PAUL, 1856
10
The Annual Review and History of Literature
They are stone pyramids, excellently wrought, a yard and half square, and placed
a yard asunder ; does Mr. Skinner mean pillars when he says pyramids ? — his
grandiloquous style often obscures and sometimes destroys his meaning.
