10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUAKERISH»
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The Face of Love: Feminism and the Beauty Question
ing girl, whose form, not shamed by the Ariadne, was clad in Quakerish grey
drapery; her long cloak, fastened at the neck, was thrown backward from her
arms, and one beautiful ungloved hand pillowed her cheek, pushing somewhat ...
Ellen Zetzel Lambert, 1999
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The Century dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the ...
Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), a. [< Quaker + -ishX.] Pertaining to Quakerism ;
characteristic of or resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-like. Don't address me as if I
were a beauty ; I am your plain Quakerish governess. Charlotte Bronte, Jane
Eyre, xxiv.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A Work of Universal ...
Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), a. [< Quaker + -tsfti.] Pertaining to Quakerism;
characteristic of or resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-like. Don't address me as if I
were a beauty ; I am your plain Quakerish governess. Charlotte Bronte, Jane
Eyre, xxlv.
William Dwight Whitney, 1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), a. [< Quaker + -ish1.] Pertaining to Quakerism ;
characteristic of or resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-like. Don't address me as if I
were a beauty ; I am your plain Quakerish governess. Charlotte Bronte, Jane
Eyre, xxiv.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1897
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Macaulay, in Trevelyan, EL 19a Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), a. [< Quaker + -ish1.]
Pertaining to Quakerism ; characteristic of or resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-
like. Dont address me as if I were a beauty ; I am your plain Quakerish governess.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Quakerish (kwa'ker-ish), o. [< Quaker + -isft1.] Pertaining to Quakerism ;
characteristic of or resembling the Quakers ; Quaker-like. Dont address me as If I
were a beauty ; I am your plain Quakerish governess. Charlotte Bronte, Jane
Eyre, xxiv.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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A Dictionary of the English Language ...
QUAKERISH. an ancient philosopher. — a Pertaining to Py thagoraa nr his
philosophy. [ Py th agora*. P\-tiia<;'o-r1sm, n. Doctrine* of PYTH'1-AN, «. '[(Jr.
Ilv&oc, belonging to Py tho, the older name of Delphi.} Pcrtaf ui ng to the Py
thonera , or ...
Noah Webster, William Greenleaf Webster, William Adolphus Wheeler, 1878
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Beautiful Boredom: Idleness and Feminine Self-Realization in ...
Despite Jane's protests that he not address her “as ifI were a beauty” (cer- tainly a
negative term, to her mind, in this situation) and her reminders that she is his “
plain, Quakerish governess,” Rochester is adamant that she is a “delicate and ...
I have sickened on the modern rhodomontade and Byronism, and your plain
Quakerish beauty has captivated me. It is all wholesome cates, ay, and
toothsome too, and withal Quakerish. If I were George Fox, and George Fox
licenser of the ...
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The Standard Dictionary of English Slang
Putrid 237 Quakerish enter one's name. && $JK ; ft ; $!E, St#. To put upon: to
oppress. KilS. To put »" /or •' to^apply for. Ifi*; SS(S. To be put to it: to be
compelled, or embarrassed. %iiJt ; 36 IB. To put up : to provide with board and
lodging.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUAKERISH»
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What Hats Tell Us About American Men
... routinely wore "a high hat of a most venerable vintage seven inches in measurement and with a wide, straight brim that gives the wearer a Quakerish aspect.". «KSMU Radio, Jul 15»
London Theater Review: 'Measure for Measure' at Shakespeare's …
At its center is Gale's quakerish Isabella. A temperate and, yes, measured presence in a plain cornflower blue smock, she hardly speaks — so much so that the ... «Variety, Jul 15»
GK Chesterton: The Sinner Who Might Be a Saint
But if this mass of mad contradictions really existed, quakerish and bloodthirsty, too gorgeous and too thread-bare, austere, yet pandering preposterously to the ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
Jefferson's Garden (Watford Palace) - Wertenbaker explores …
It's a pretty gruelling watch nonetheless. Brigid Lamour's Brechtian staging has a Quakerish simplicity: bare wooden stage, grayscale costumes, a soundtrack of ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Feb 15»
Robin Ventura gets mad
Actually, even when he charged Ryan, Ventura was Quakerish about it. He got halfway to the mound and then slowed up, hesitant about what to do next. «Chicago Reader, Aug 14»
Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center Sculpture Celebrates Women's …
6, 1870, Louisa Swain -- described by a Laramie newspaper as “a gentle white-haired housewife, Quakerish in appearance”-- was the first woman in the United ... «University of Wyoming News, Feb 14»
So How's the Family? and Other Essays, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
... York City when she was 17 and he was 20. Although they are not Quakers, Hochschild told the Bulletin that they are “Quakerish. We like the ethic, the spirit”. «Times Higher Education, Sep 13»
The freedom to hurt one's head
Given my Quakerish tendencies, I find myself attracted to the idea that standing up at baseball games to offer a round of applause to "our troops", whatever it is ... «The Economist, Jul 13»
Toast's halterneck swimsuit, Red Or Dead's flatforms and more …
Paisley on the beach!' We love the quasi-Quakerish restraint of Toast's halterneck swimsuit. And how pretty is Melanie Tomlinson's bird brooch? The designer ... «Metro, May 13»
If you build it, they will carp: Mariinsky II opera house prepares for …
Compared to the one in Mariinsky I, it is almost Quakerish in its eloquent simplicity, but it does have a new-age chandelier on computer controls, ... «Macleans.ca, Apr 13»
