10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUDLINISM»
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maudlinism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
maudlinism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Your Every-day Vocabulary: How to Enlarge it : Alphabetic List
"A small glass of wine was sufficient to make him maudlin." maudlinism. — The
manifestation of sickly sentimentality. "At this time Mr. Barnett had a greater
predisposition to maudlinism than ever before." mausoleum (maw-so-lee'um).
Josephine Turck Baker, 1918
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Lives Enshrined in Language: Or, Proper Names which Have ...
Hence also we have the verb, to maudlinize, to cause to be in a maudlin state of
intoxication ; and maudlinism, see Dickens, " Pickwick Papers " — " Mr Benjamin
Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever ...
For instance Murray gives no other authority than Dickens for the word “
Maudlinism.” “Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to
maudlinism than he had ever known before." But it would be rash to assume,
perhaps, that there ...
Bilious termagants were abusing WASPs and drowning them in menticidal
maudlinism. Antiblackism and antiantiblackism solved equally opposite problems
, which were moderately fragmentary, viscous maudlinism. Toadying
mawkishness ...
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater
predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before ; the cause of which
malady was briefly this. He had been staying nearly three weeks with Mr. Bob ...
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Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes ...
131 British theology, at the time, recovering from a stiff and hackneyed orthodoxy,
tended to misconceive vagueness for breadth and maudlinism for love. And so
accusing his age of being “unreal, sentimental and impressionist,” Forsyth sought
...
P. T. Forsyth, Jason Goroncy, 2013
At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater
predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before ; the cause of which
malady was briefly this. He had been staying nearly three weeks with Mr. Bob ...
Afterward, an editorial in the Cleveland Plain Dealer stated, "If capital punishment
is to remain a part of Ohio law, there should be some restraint, legal or moral, set
up to prevent such an exhibition of maudlinism and positive cruelty as marked ...
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Harriet Martineau's Autobiography ...
... abolition, amalgamation, Malthusian- ism, and radicalism, with a strong dash of
egg-and-milk-ism ; the middle, ditto, with a still stronger mixture of humbngism ;
and the end, ditto, with a compound of conceit and maudlinism which surpasses
...
Harriet Martineau, Maria Weston Chapman, 1877
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HURLBURT'S CONSTANT: The Scientific Discovery of Big Bangs
... zoandry, negrophilia, maudlinism, or psilanthropism, thus rat and pigeon
debunked B.F. Skinner 32 Jason Hurlburt.
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUDLINISM»
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maudlinism is used in the context of the following news items.
Westside Story – Dave Anderson – Constructive Voice & Positive …
They attack maudlinism because it devalues genuine sentiment. “Curmudgeons are mockers and debunkers whose bitterness is a symptom ... «The Suburban Times, May 14»
Book review: 'Handbook for an Unpredictable Life'
Lesser writers might have treated the harshness she endured with poor-me maudlinism, but this memoir is charming and spirited. Did I mention ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Mar 14»
The Bookworm: These true stories are a don't miss
Lesser writers might have treated the harshness she endured with poor-me maudlinism, but this memoir is charming and spirited. Did I mention ... «Naples Daily News, Mar 14»
The lost promise of nostalgia: What modern pop culture gets wrong
Suggested synonyms for the word include not only sentimentalism, but mawkishness, maudlinism, melodramatics, mushiness – a host of “m” ... «Salon, Mar 14»
