10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICAWBERISH»
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Micawberish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Micawberish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Chambers Dictionary
Micawberish microcosm mi cate to furnish with mica. — ml ca-schist or mi ca slate
a melamorphic rock consisting of alternate folia of mica and quartz. [L mica a
crumb: use prob infl by association with mlcare to glitter] Micawberish mi-kii ...
2
The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords ...
What really happened was that in June last year, in what I must describe as a
rather Micawberish exuberance of the moment, this post-dated cheque for the
five day week was drawn by the Minister of Fuel and Power which the
Government is ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, 1947
3
Mellinkoff's Dictionary of American Legal Usage
usee cliches. clear a clearly Clearly, this adjective and adverb lack clarity. <“l
want to make that perfectly clear."> In a Micawberish hope that something clearer
will turn up, the law often teams them with other criteria, e.g., clear and concise, ...
4
Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors'
This Micawberish figure, apparendy of some cultivation, went bankrupt, though
not before sending his son to Charterhouse, when that school was still in London.
Leech left Charterhouse, where he was not happy, at the age of fourteen.
5
Essays on Charles Dickens, Henry James, and George Eliot
I interpret this to mean that the less forgiving narrator of the Autobiography was
diverted only temporarily from his hurt and defiant discourse by the Micawberish
influence in David Copperfield. The hero of that dialogic narrative, heroic enough
...
6
Tracing Paradise: Two Years in Harmony with John Milton : a ...
He assumes a vaguely Mr. Micawberish air. I picture him thrusting his hand into
the bosom of his shabby shirt and coughing, "Ahem," before launching into his
next logorrheic disquisition. As Samuel Johnson famously commented about ...
It is not enough to predict passively the future of journalism and debate between
contrasting Doomsday and Micawberish versions. Instead, we should seek
actively to shape the future in order to have a better outcome. Part IV Media and ...
8
Another Life: And, The House on the Embankment
... the very instant before it snapped; one of those who never decide anything
themselves but leave the decisions to their horse. What was it? Was it mental
laziness, thoughtlessness combined with a Micawberish hope that "something
would ...
I͡Uriĭ Valentinovich Trifonov, Iurii Valentinovich Trifonov, 1983
9
Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with ...
Arguments to the contrary, whether from religious dogma or the Micawberish
doctrine that “something will turn up” are bootless. The problem is that we do not
as yet have a genuinely reliable or meaningful estimate of Earth's carrying
capacity, ...
Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, 2011
This Micawberish father lacked 'seriousness', and bequeathed his lack to his son,
whose sharp ear for the comic possibilities of religious inflation is as noticeable
as his opposition towards many forms of belief prevalent at the time. Where ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICAWBERISH»
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Micawberish is used in the context of the following news items.
Jamie Harrison fifty gives Durham victory hope
Durham's challenge for the County Championship this season has been sustained in part by their Micawberish confidence that someone will ... «The Times, Jul 15»
Radio is such a good medium for dance, don't you find?
But I have always assumed that my Micawberish tendency to squander the contents of the piggy-bank when penury loomed was a personal ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
The Guardian view on George Osborne's fiscal surplus law: the …
... direction for state expenditure is down. It is a discourse to leave the public realm reliant on the Micawberish hope that something will turn up. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
George Osborne talks tough on debt – so why not on the banks?
The Micawberish cliche, respun by George Osborne's aides before his Mansion House speech tonight, is hardly new. Jim Callaghan shouted it ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Wasps reap reward from Ricoh gamble
David Young, their rugby director, is profoundly Micawberish in his reluctance to throw good money after bad, having spent the early part of his ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
Are the Conservatives losing their nerve?
On the whole, Tories still have a Micawberish faith that Something Will Turn Up, that as election day approaches, voters will simply wake up to a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
How do you tell a sturdy vagabond from a submissive pauper?
... a definite object in view, and are not merely wandering with the Micawberish hope that something, not tiresome manual labour, will turn up. «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 15»
the might of a simple metaphor
... a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.” Cameron evokes a similarly simple, Micawberish message. «Financial Times, Jan 15»
Science, Technology, Culture, Society, Health, Medicine & Sundries …
... you are, in which case you believe, in a Micawberish fashion, that “something will turn up” to bail us out energetically in a post carbon world). «MacroBusiness, Dec 14»
Vladimir Putin looks like a man trying to hide his own incompetence
What he in fact gave us was a rambling but more or less balanced Micawberish ploy to buy time. President Putin insisted that in a couple of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
