10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PONDEROUSNESS»
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ponderousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Code of Health and Longevity: Or, a Concise View, of the ...
How great the ponderousness of . the air is, may, in the first place, be gathered
from the greater or lesser weight of the dregs of alum dried before in the sun, and
afterwards exposed to the air in the night time. Secondly, from our feeling a ...
2
God Laughs & Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the ...
As they emerge from the mouths of men and women, Gods names tend to
acquire a ponderousness that ... This ponderousness is a result of human usage,
human thought, ego, self-righteousness, error, feuding, violence. Blaming God for
...
3
Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for ...
PONDEROUSNESS. AND. PRETENTIOUSNESS. Years ago I read a memoir in
which the narrator asserts, “A woman's body remembers.” It struck me as the kind
of generalized statement that makes oversized, mystical claims. It became a ...
4
State, Power, Socialism
... or to the 'bureaucratic ponderousness', excess zeal, 'inhumanity' or 'lack of
understanding' of civil servants. Today, the government can make such
accusations with a certain degree of plausibility, based as they are on the
political role which ...
Nicos Ar Poulantzas, 2000
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The Works ... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author. A ...
THE next is the these be very solid, and (which solid and compact bodies usually
are) of a considerable specifick gravity, they will be too heavy to be carried up by
the effluvia or the action of the ponderousness, or solidity of the corpuscles it is ...
6
The History of the Royal Society of London
The next is the ponderousness or solidity of the corpuscles it is made up of; for if
these be very solid, and (which solid and compact bodies usually are) of a
considerable specific gravity, they will be too heavy to be carried up by the
effiuvia, ...
7
A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
PONDEROUSNESS— PONTIA. Pomposity, pom-pos'e-te, s. (pomposita, ItaL)
Pompousness ; ostentation; boastfuluess. Pompous, pom 'pus, a. (pompeux, Fr.
pomposo, ItaL) Splendid; magnificent; grand; showy; ostentations; boastful.
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1849
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History of the Inductive Sciences: I. The Greek school ...
ponderousness of bodies is not to the purpose ; first, because the addition of
quantity is not the cause of gravity, as is proved in the fourth book, De Coelo and
De Mundo" (we see that he quotes familiarly the physical treatises of Aristotle) ...
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History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the ...
Moreover, the illustration deduced from the ponderousness of bodies is not to the
purpose ; first, because the addition of quantity is not the cause of gravity, as is
proved in the fourth book, De Coelo and De Mundo' (we see that he quotes ...
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Sergei Radlov: The Shakespearian Fate of a Soviet Director
Radlov's correctives aimed at making the antique play sound modern at the same
time proved insufficient to relieve the ponderousness of the director's erudition,
however great his talent and ingenuity may be'.31 This characteristic may be ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PONDEROUSNESS»
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ponderousness is used in the context of the following news items.
Yuja Wang plays Brahms review: Light touch redeems slow start
The speed of the finale was well-judged and apt, avoiding any sense of ponderousness, while allowing both the primary and secondary themes ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Ant-Man Is the First Marvel Film to Get Better as It Goes
If not quite the loose surprise of last summer's Guardians of the Galaxy, it's blessedly free of gods-weep ponderousness. But it's also ... «Westword, Jul 15»
Self/less Review Roundup: Is Ryan Reynolds' Sci-Fi Flick …
... and Reynolds proves a plausible action hero....the script largely eschews any cleverness for a kind of psychosocial ponderousness that milks ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood's go-to nice guy and …
It's a visually sparky film, a mercifully far cry from the solemn ponderousness of too many superhero films today. But it's hard not to wonder if ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
'Self/less' sells the soul of its story to slick moviemaking
But the script largely eschews any cleverness for a kind of psychosocial ponderousness that milks the film of its fun factor. In the end, the movie ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
England has Australia on the run
They did. At the change of innings, those sunny morning runs so lightly made suddenly acquired the heft and ponderousness of a millstone. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Netflix's 'Sense8' a stylish, murky vision
The Wachowskis like to Think Big, and their series, like their movies, is not immune to pretentiousness or ponderousness, nor to a certain ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
Review: 'Hannibal' Season 3, Episode 5, 'Contorno': Throw Will …
Once we're through all the Will ponderousness, the plot kicks in and the episode really picks up. Pazzi investigates the missing professors ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
Books reviews roundup: The Festival of Insignificance, How Music …
The new – and quite possibly last – novel from the 86-year-old Milan Kundera, named with characteristic ponderousness The Festival of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Review: 'Hannibal' Season 3 Episode 3, 'Secondo,' Moves At A …
Of course, all the ponderousness can also easily just slide into tediousness and boredom, and that's unfortunately the case this week. «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
