10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEDANTICAL»
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pedantical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pedantical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oceana and Other Works: With an Account of His Life
the Greecs and the Romans that of all other would not serve, fervil ! their
principles, their learning, with whose scraps we set up for batchelors, masters,
and doctors of sine things, narrow ! their inimitable eloquence a piece of very
pedantical ...
2
The Political Works of James Harrington: Part One
piece of very pedantical pride ! The world can never make sense of this any
otherwise than that since heads and fellows of colleges became the only Greeks
and Romans, the Greeks and Romans are become servilely addicted, of narrow ...
James Harrington, John Greville Agard Pocock
... -rude, unlearn'd, and inconsidcrable? Yes, this humour e-uen among the
Grcecs and Romans themselves -was a ser-vil addizftion to narrow Principles,
and a [niece of 'very pedantical Pride. What, man! the Greecs and the Romans
that of all ...
James Harrington, John Toland, John Hall, 1747
4
The Port Royal Art of Thinking: In Four Parts
... they were some charms in' magic, and_ frequently spend their insipid jests
upon Baroco and Baralipton, as being too pedantical; for we looked upon their
Pans to be more Pedantical than the words; 10 DISCOURSE I.
Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Nicole, 1818
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. ...
There remain two appendices touching the tradition of knowledge, the one critical
, the other pedantical ; for all knowledge is either delivered by teachers, or
attained by men's proper endeavours : and therefore as the principal part of
tradition ...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of ...
There remain two appendices touching the tradition of knowledge, the one critical
, the other pedantical. For all knowledge is either delivered by teachers, or
attained by men's proper endeavours : and therefore, as the principal part of
tradition ...
Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.), William Cooke Taylor, 1840
7
Early Modern Englishwomen Testing Ideas
In the many letters 'To the Reader' with which she prefaces her 1662 collection,
she sets out her position in relation to classical ideas and those who follow them:
I know there are many Scholastical and Pedantical persons that will condemn ...
Ms Jo Wallwork, Dr Paul Salzman, 2013
8
Shakespeare and the Arts of Language
BIRON Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, Three—piled hyperboles, spruce
alfectation, Figures pedantical—these summer flies Have blown me full of
maggot ostentation. I do forswear them, and I here protest, By this white glove—
howwhite ...
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The works of Francis Bacon
There remain two appendices touching the tradition of knowledge, the one critical
, the other pedantical ; for all knowledge is either delivered by teachers, or
attained by men's proper endeavours : and therefore as the principal part of
tradition ...
Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.), 1803
10
William Congreve: The Critical Heritage
Congreve accused him of using the 'Pedantical Cant' of criticism: Collier
responds: 'He means the Pedantical Cant of Aristotle and Horace, of Bossu and
Corneille, of Rapin, and Mr Dryden; that is of the best Criticks, both Ancient and
Modern ...
Howard Erskine-Hill, Alexander Lindsay, 2012
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEDANTICAL»
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pedantical is used in the context of the following news items.
Boomerang Theatre Stages LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST at Bryant Park …
Rounding out the the cross-section of motley humanity are a young boy, two pedantical would-be lovers, a bobbie, a clown, a bombastic ... «Broadway World, Aug 14»
Boomerang Theatre to Stage LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST at Bryant Park …
Rounding out the the cross-section of motley humanity are a young boy, two pedantical would-be lovers, a bobbie, a clown, a bombastic ... «Broadway World, Jul 14»
Tunnel noise not on: Ombudsman
Or am I being pedantical? :P. Commenter: Larry7; Location: Brisbania; Date and time: Mon Jun 27 00:47:12 UTC 2011. The thing is TJH have ... «Brisbane Times, Jun 11»
