10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTENTIOUSLY»
Discover the use of
sententiously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sententiously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A sententious mode of speaking, however, is adapted to him who is more
advanced in age; but what he sententiously says, must be about things in which
he is skilled. Hence, it is unbecoming for one who is not so advanced in age to
speak ...
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The Rhetoric, Poetic and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, ...
But for a man to speak sententiously about things in which he is unskilled is
foolish and inerudite ; of which this is a sufficient indication, that rustics are
especially sententious, and easily show that they are so. To assert, however,
universally, ...
3
Vision and Narrative in Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon
In pointed contrast to Leucippe, the heroines in Chariton and Heliodorus do
speak sententiously. Callirhoe comments on a woman's vulnerability: 'A woman,
all alone and a foreigner, is easy prey for contemptuous treatment' (3.2.4), which,
...
'I am not such a fool as I look, quoth Plato to his disciples,' he said sententiously,
emptied his glass with great resolution, and we rose. "The old doctor felt my pulse
, evidently thinking of something else the while. 'Good, good for there,' he ...
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Works William Makepeace Thackeray
Sure, if he's no money, there's no use marrying him, Papa," she said,
sententiously. " Why did the villain say he was a man of prawpertee ? " asked
Costigan. " The poor fellow always said he was poor," answered the girl. " 'Twas
you who ...
6
A Modern Greek and English Lexicon: To which is Prefixed an ...
v. n. to calender, cleanse, clean cloth, press cloth. rwpaaryuò., à, май}
sentenlious, that speaks sententiously or in maxims. rwŕmmyi, in, ш ог oiìva, naar,
V. п. t0 speak sententiously, to use pitliy lanrm'vpomç, S66 weitaus. lguage. 2B2
ГМ. ГМ.
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Huckleberry Finn in Love and War:The Lost Journals
... muttered sententiously to each other After Catumseh and I muttered
sententiously to each other for a couple of hours, it was time to move north. Three
of the for a couple of hours, it was time to move north. Three of the new troopers
made the ...
8
The Complete Earl of Chesterfield Works
But, at the sametime, whenever you areaskedto play deeperthan you would,do
not refuseit gravely and sententiously, alleging the folly of staking what would be
very inconvenient toone to lose, against what one doesnot want towin; but parry ...
Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
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Letters ... by ... Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl of ...
But at the same time, whenever you are asked to play deeper than you would, do
not refuse it gravely and sententiously, alleging the folly of staking what would be
very inconvenient to one to lose, against what one does not want to win ; but ...
Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.), 1810
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Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine periods:
662, 30 'rà vapixá, marinus. yvmpixôs, adv. sententiously. Anton. 5, 18. Clem. A. II
, 196 A. yvmpoôorŕw, баш, (уитродбщс) to erpress 0118's opinion, to advise. „
Cyrill. A. III, 964 A. Nicet. Буг. 709 C. Suid. Гущ/‚1080761, yad»pnv öiůwfu.
Sophocles Evangelinus Apostolides, 2014
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTENTIOUSLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sententiously is used in the context of the following news items.
Anti-gay marriage abstinence advocate Bristol Palin pregnant and …
Palin supporters are sententiously handwringing how brave Bristol is and how she shouldn't be judged. Pointing out hypocrisy isn't judging. Bristol cast the first ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
Doug Camilli: Brangelina drop in on Will and Kate
The U.S. is liberally dotted with man-woman celeb couples — such as Lena Dunham and musician Jack Antonoff — who have proclaimed, sententiously, that ... «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»
Microaggressions and the Thought Police
“'Thoughtcrime is a dreadful thing, old man,' he said sententiously. 'It's insidious. It can get hold of you without your even knowing it.'” Note what might constitute ... «National Review Online, May 15»
Could "Investment" Save Freddie Gray's Neighborhood?
... as “a legitimate political strategy” (Salon); and called the senseless rampage part of a series of, sententiously all-caps, “UPRISINGS” (Marc Lamont Hill). «Independent Women's Forum, Apr 15»
Baltimore, a Great Society failure
... as “a legitimate political strategy” (Salon); and called the senseless rampage part of a series of, sententiously all-caps, “UPRISINGS” (Marc Lamont Hill). «Politico, Apr 15»
Net Neutrality and the Left
John links to a revealing interview in which McChesney sententiously quotes his beloved Karl Marx: “The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
What is Baltic saying about global slowdown?
... sententiously declared that the then collapse in the Baltic was the canary in the coal mine, that it showed the banking crisis was turning into a global recession. «BBC News, Feb 15»
Mel Brooks, by Mel Brooks, starring Mel Brooks, coming to HBO this …
What makes Saturday's glass-bottom board excursion into Brooks' world historic is this: he is performing, as Alan King used to put it sententiously “in one. «Buffalo News, Jan 15»
In Memoriam
I am a Southerner, after all, and a Mississippian, a member of the tribe for whom the phrase “a sense of place” is endlessly and (often) sententiously invoked. «Patheos, Dec 14»
Jesse Jackson Calls to End US Blockade of Cuba
“President Obama –he said sententiously- can revive the leadership of the United States in the region and put an end to a historic shame.” ... «Escambray, Oct 14»
