TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOCKERY»
The term «mockery» is quite widely used and occupies the
41.139 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «MOCKERY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
mockery.
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.
To hold happiness is to hold the understanding that the world passes away from us, that the petals fall and the beloved dies. No amount of mockery, no amount of fashionable scowling will keep any of us from knowing and savoring the pleasure of the sun on our faces or save us from the adult understanding that it cannot last forever.
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.
'Mary Poppins,' the movie, was an object of mockery if you were a student in the '60s, something to be laughed at.
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.
Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOCKERY»
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mockery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mockery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mockery of Justice: The True Story of the Sheppard Murder Case
Discusses the Sheppard murder trial, the recent fascination with the case, and the uncovering of new evidence pointing to a long-ignored suspect
Cynthia L. Cooper, Sam Reese Sheppard, 1995
2
Making
Mockery : The Poetics of Ancient Satire: The Poetics ...
Making Mockery explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Roman poetry, and argues that poets working with such material composed in accordance with shared generic principles and literary protocols.
Ralph Rosen Professor of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania, 2007
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Making
Mockery: The Poetics of Ancient Satire
Ralph Rosen explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Roman poetry, encouraging a synoptic, synchronic view of such poetry, from archaic iambus through Roman satire.
4
Masculinity, Motherhood, and
Mockery: Psychoanalyzing ...
An important ethnographic analysis of motherhood in one Melanesian society
Eric Kline Silverman, 2001
5
Heroic
Mockery: Variations on Epic Themes from Homer to Joyce
Dr. Lord takes into account the fact that in many of the greatest works in Western literature, the heroic mockery of serious themes transcends the distinction between the tragic and the comic and are in fact related to each other.
George de Forest Lord, 1977
6
Terrapin Run: A
Mockery of 'ad Hockery'.
1Brief of the Amicus Curiae American Planning Association, David Trail et. al. v. Terrapin Run, LLC., 8, note 11.
7
Mockery in Spanish Golden Age literature: analysis of ...
Mockery in Spanish Golden Age Literature takes a ground-breaking look at seriousness and comicality by investigating burlesque mockery in a variety of 'high' and 'low' style genres produced by major writers like Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de ...
Kimberly Elizabeth Contag, 1996
8
Voltaire Genius of
Mockery 1928
1928. Francois Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, began writing at a very early age.
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Truth and
Mockery in Platon and in Modernity: A New ...
This book calls for renewed faith in an educated perception and in noble self-development. It speaks to discovering "heart and soul, not in an aesthetic diversion but in the nature of everything around us."
10
Comic grotesque: wit and
mockery in German art, 1870-1940
This volume, which accompanies an exhibition at Neue Galerie New York, begins with Arnold Bocklin's comic-grotesque pictorial compositions.
Pamela Kort, Hanne Bergius, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOCKERY»
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mockery is used in the context of the following news items.
Christian movie makes mockery of homosexuality
A Christian drama's pre-release has attracted the praise from religious and criticism from the LGBT community. The film, which follows the ... «PinkNews, Jul 15»
Mockery of democracy
The situation in Delhi has gone from farcical to critical. On Wednesday, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, who has been living up to his ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
'A mockery of the justice system': There are almost 116k outstanding …
There are 115,772 OUTSTANDING warrants on the Garda Pulse system, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed. Fitzgerald gave out ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
Bill Cosby's Attorney Slams Release of Comedian's Deposition: It's …
According to new documents obtained by NBC News, his attorney says that the alleged victim in a federal lawsuit has "made a mockery" of a ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
Young Jeezy Says Donald Trump Is Making a Mockery of the …
I would like to receive The Root email newsletter. I would like to receive The Chatterati email newsletter. I would like to receive The National ... «The Root, Jul 15»
Stonebwoy reacts to Shatta Wale's mockery tweet
BET award winning act Stonebwoy, has called on his fellow Ghanaian artistes to abandon trivialities and concentrate on developing their ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
Video: Reprieve - Air strikes in Syria make a mockery of Parliament
Jennifer Gibson from pressure group Reprieve says the revelation that RAF pilots have carried out air strikes on Syria makes a mockery of the ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
Scramble for variances already making a mockery of the city's new …
New Orleans has achieved something momentous: comprehensive zoning reform. For better or for worse, this past spring we completed the ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
This is FAM – Football Association of Mockery
Well, welcome to the Football Association of Mockery! Because all of a sudden, the FAM have been caught with their pants down and may be ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
A 'titanic' shift in church culture & 'mockery' of Christian worldview …
"Culture at large moved unabashedly towards the mockery of the Christian worldview . . . But the Church is really where the titanic shifts in the ... «Christian Examiner, Jul 15»
