10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILGARLICKY»
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pilgarlicky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pilgarlicky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
Into the 19th c., used by Burns and Carlyle, pilgarlic was a belittling term for a
baldpate. Sir Edmund Gosse in Criti- cal Kit-Kats (1893), uses the adjective
figuratively: "It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying 'I like you, Dr. Fell;/
The ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... abusive pejorative: derogatory; disparaging pilgarlicky: pitiable pitiable:
contemptible; paltry pitiful: contemptible; paltry sarcastic: exhibiting contemptuous
language sardonic: having a forced, sneering laugh or smile satirical: containing
irony ...
3
Walt Whitman and the World
... have had my six shots at this running-deer. On the main divisions of literature it
seems that a critic should have not merely a firm opinion, but sound argument to
back that opinion. It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, "I like you ...
Gay Wilson Allen, Ed Folsom, 1995
It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, " I like you, Dr. Fell, the reason
why I cannot tell." Analysis is the art of telling the reason why. But still more feeble
and slovenly is the criticism that has to say, " I liked Dr. Fell yesterday and I ...
5
A word in your ear ; &, Just another word
Sir Edmund Gosse made the adjective 'pilgarlicky' and applied it to a pitiable,
decaying mind. PIXILATED I n the morning's News Chronicle I read this
concerning the powerful impact of Madame Chiang upon Washington. That
journal's able ...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1963
6
Collected Essays of Edmund Gosse: Critical kit-kats
It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, " I like you, Dr. Fell, the reason
why I cannot tell." Analysis is the art of telling the reason why. But still more feeble
and slovenly is the criticism that has to say, " I liked Dr. Fell yesterday and I ...
7
Psychological Monographs: General and Applied
... n., C. pickle-herring, n. picktooth picturesque piddling pigeon-hearted pigsish
pig-headed pigsconce, n. pigsney, n., A. or D.E. piker, n., SI., U.S. pilgarlicky pill,
n., S I. pillar, n. pilulous, R. pimp, n. pinchbeck pinchfisted pinchgut, n., Vul. pindy,
...
It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, “I like you, Dr. Fell, the reason
why I cannot tell.” Analysis is the art of telling the reason why. But still more feeble
and slovenly is the criticism that has to say, “I liked Dr. Fell yesterday and I don't ...
It is a. pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, “ I like you, Dr. Fell, the reason
why I cannot tell.” Analysis is the art of telling the reason why. But still more feeble
and slovenly is the criticism that has to say, “I liked Dr. Fell yesterday and I ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1894
It is a pilgarlicky mind that is satisfied with saying, “I like you, Dr. Fell, the reason
why I cannot tell.” Analysis is the art of telling the reason why. But still more feeble
and slovenly is the criticism that has to say, “1 liked Dr. Fell yesterday and I ...
