10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SARDONIAN»
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The seven books of Paulus Ægineta
From this affection that ill-omened expression, the Sardonian laugh, took its rise.
In these cases, therefore, after vomiting, it will be proper to give honied water and
milk, with embrocations and lubrications of the whole body, by calefacient ...
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The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta: Translated from the ...
From this affection that ill-omened expression, the Sardonian laugh, took its rise.
In these cases, therefore, after vomiting, it will be proper to give honied water and
milk, with embrocations and lubrications of the whole body, by calefacient ...
L.-—-ON THE SARDONIAN HERB. The herb called the Sardonian is a species of
ranunculus, when drunk, or eaten, it brings on disorder of the intellect, and
convulsions with contraction of the lips, so as to exhibit the appearance of
laughter.
Chapter. 13: Sardonian. Swamp. I. knocked on the door and
aguardopeneditformefromthe inside. It reeked of human sweat and hay. I looked
in to find Sir Smuff looking disheveled and disoriented. He was sitting moodily on
a bale of it by the ...
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The Faerie queene (continued)
Hence when a person feigns a laugh, or laughs with his lips only, as Homer
expresses it, he is said to laugh a Sardonian laugh, Il. o'. 10] :----_ 8' s'ys'Aota-o-e
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Edmund Spenser, John Payne Collier, 1873
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The works of Edmund Spenser, with notes by H.J. Todd
So ugly creature, me was nigh dismay d ; And now for helpe aloud in earnest
cride : But, when the Villaine saw her so affrayd, He gan with guilefull words her
to perswade To banish feare ; and with Sardonian smyle Laughing on her, his
false ...
Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd, 1805
Lawrence du Garde Peach. Officer : Here is Ponta Nova. There — and there.
Anton : There are two battalions of our infantry here, are there not ? Officer : Yes,
Colonel. Anton : This village ? Officer : Held by Sardonian machine-gunners.
Lawrence du Garde Peach, 1932
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Faerie queene. book III-V
2 Keepe, attention. 4 Lcgiérdemayne, sleight of hand. XII. 6.— Sardonian smyle]
Sardonic or Sardinian smile; so called fromapoisonous herb said to grow in the
island of Sardinia, which distorted the face with a kind of convulsive laughter.
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1842
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
1674, it isa' Sardonian laughter.' So also 'Sardonian smile ; ' Spenser, F. Q. v.
9.12. — F. sardónique, used in the16th cent. (Littré) ; but usually MF. sardonien.
Cotgrave has:£ris sardonien, a forced or causelesse mirth.' —L. Sardónicas,
forthe ...
The linen made in Colchis is known by the Greeks as Sardonian linen;112 that
which comes from Egypt is called Egyptian. 106. Most of the pillars Sesostris
erected in the countries he conquered have disappeared, but I saw some myself
in ...
Herodotus, Pamela Mensch, James Romm, 2014
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Begin by approaching your boss in a sardonian manner. A sardonian is, according to the OED, 'one who flatters with deadly intent'. Look as though you're ... «Daily Mail, Oct 12»
