10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INANITY»
Discover the use of
inanity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
inanity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Inanity and Mischief of Vulgar Superstitions: Four ...
Spiritualism. and. Esoteric. Knowledge. Magic, superstition, the occult sciences
and esoteric knowledge appear regularly in the history of ideas alongside more
established academic disciplines such as philosophy, natural history and
theology ...
Martin Joseph Naylor, 2012
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Synonymisches Handwörterbuch der englischen Sprache für die ...
There may be a vacancy in the mind , or a vacancy in life , which we may or may
hot fill up as we please; but inanity of character denotes the want of the essentials
that constitute a character. When you speak he listens with a vacant eye. {Bulw.
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The
Inanity of Music & Wings: Poems
In his eagerly awaited poetic debut, Zachary Michael Jack takes his readers on mind-bending, mytho-poetic travels from modern-day rural Mexico to the American Great Plains of the early century and back again.
Zachary Michael Jack, 2005
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
VAIX. VACANCT, VACUITY, IHAN1TT. VACANCY and VACUITY both denote the
space unoccupied, or the abstract quality of being unoccupied. INANITY, from the
Latin inanis, denotes the abstract quality of emptiness, or of not containing any ...
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A Dissertation on the theology of the Chinese, with a view ...
To cultivate inanity, up to the point of (jtp Pure spirituality, until a man attains
immortality, is called the perfection of productiveness." The commeutator says,
when inanity is cultivated so as to reach vacuity, there is still something of form ...
Walter Henry Medhurst, 1847
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A dissertation on the theology of the Chinese
In the, 5th, chapter we read, "iTb cukUrate inanity, up to. the point: of ^P pure
spiritu* ality, until a man attains immortality, is called the perfection of
productiveness!." The commeutator says, when, inanity is. cultivated so as to
reach vacuity, ...
Walter Henry Medhurst, 1847
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English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
INANITY, from the Latin inanis, denotes the abstract quality of emptiness , or of
pot containing any thing: hence the former terms vacancy and vacuity are used in
an indilferent sense; , inanity always in a bad sense: there may be a vacancy in ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
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Garner's Modern American Usage
As the noun corresponding to inane, inanity means “intellectual or spiritual
emptiness or shallowness; vapidity.” Inanition, by contrast, means “emptiness
from lack of nourishment.” Inanition sometimes gets misused for inanity—e.g.: “
Elvis ...
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
SiniiraiiE, VACANCY, VACUITY, INANITY. VACANCY and VACUITY both denote
the space unoccupied, or the abstract quality of being unoccupied. INANITY, from
the Latin inanis, denotes the abstract quality of emptiness, or of not containing ...
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Pure Luck and Good Fury
W/e breed the inanity, you breed the insanity Filling your head is having our 4
minute say These matters of opinion never mattered anyway They say we breed
the inanity One truth: So little can be so much—shape days for what you can ...
David Jonathan Newman, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INANITY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
inanity is used in the context of the following news items.
Trump: We Have to Start “Not being so Politically Correct” | White …
Speaking to Bill O'Reilly of Fox News Thursday night, Trump pointed out the obvious inanity that is President Obama's failure to use the term ... «White House Dossier, Jul 15»
Benzodiazepines: Miracle Drugs? - Mad In America
The notion that a person could or should dissipate anxiety of this sort (or any sort) by ingesting a downer drug is a special kind of inanity found ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
Fox News Wore Jon Stewart Down: How 16 Years of Debunking …
... was often the watchdog for Fox News and its daily circus of inanity. As Freeman remarks in her interview with Stewart, Fox News is pernicious ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
Another Period Review: “Pageant” :: Comedy :: Reviews :: Paste
And Hortense stands up for women's liberation by entering the pageant to reveal its inanity. Hortense's plain presence naturally causes a stir. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
Author's dilemma: what to write about next
... through the world even as the politicians and the media distract us with the inanity of publicity hounds and the shenanigans of Congress. «Shore News Today, Jul 15»
Rubio misses the mark on higher education
I however take great issue with this inanity from the candidate's mouth: “A 21st century welder makes more than a 21st century psychologist, ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
No one in Red Sox history deserves the benefit of the doubt more …
That we're conditioned to expect it does not make the prevalence of the ignorant inanity any more tolerable. It's a reminder that Boston, for all of ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
Troop Beverly Hills is a deceptively subtle take on glamour
After years of distorting reality TV shows and tabloid inanity, it was honestly rather refreshing to see rich kids portrayed as regular kids with ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»
'Minions' Wins Box Office With Second-Biggest Animated Debut
“Exaggerated screaming and squabbling doesn't cover up the inanity,” Peter Keough wrote for the Boston Globe. “Self/Less,” a sci-fi thriller ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
“The Biscuit Eaters” · The Spoils Before Dying · TV Review · The A.V. …
... in his drug-addled haze, The Spoils Before Dying is a mess, and it's also a dance—a joyous dance on the line between intensity and inanity. «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
