10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIAMACHY»
Discover the use of
skiamachy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
skiamachy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Religio medici: to which is added Hydriotaphia, or ...
By degrees, however, this skiamachy grows amusing. We experience at every
page more and more of sympathy for the writer, and, at length, consent to take all
his fancies, all his theories, all his rhapsodies, at his own valuation. And this more
...
2
Delphi Complete Works of George Meredith (Illustrated):
Perhaps hewas not clear; it wasa piece of skiamachy, difficult to render clear to
the defeated. Lord Fleetwood hadnothing tosaybut 'Gorgon! agirl a Gorgon!' and
it struck Woodseer as intensely unreasonable, considering thathe had seen the ...
3
Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space and Relations
The attempt to reduce virtuality to an occult and xerographic de-realisation ofthe
world is not even skiamachy (imaginary or futile combat; fighting with shadows).
The virtual is not shadowy; it is not an oblique skiagraphy ofthe real and the ideal:
...
Mike Crang, Phil Crang, Jon May, 2013
Perhaps he wasnot clear; itwasa pieceof skiamachy, difficult to renderclearto the
defeated. Lord Fleetwood hadnothing to say but'Gorgon! a girl a Gorgon!' andit
struck Woodseer as intensely unreasonable, considering thathe had seenthe girl
...
5
Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and ...
If you look it up, you'll discover a shadow theater of silhouetted words: umbrage,
shadowbox, and skiamachy, or “shadow-fighting,” a favorite practice of boxers,
familiar to anyone battling imaginary enemies. My own earliest recollection of the
...
Whatever shape or form the animation area comes up with, the Doberwoman is
his pigeon. And fish or fowl, quadruped or cephalopod, he's welcome to claim full
responsibility for all those glosses in the manuscript's bouts of skiamachy ...
7
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the ...
As to Dr. Johnson's observation, which is repeated by Dr. Kenrick and Mr. >J ares
, that Sciomachy onght to be written Skiamachy, I have only to observe, at present
, that writing a instead of o is more agreeable to etymology ; but changing c into ...
8
Johnson's English Dictionary
As to Dr. Johnson's observation, which is repeated by Dr. Kenrick and Mr. Naren,
that sciomachy ought to be written skiamachy, I have only to observe, at present,
that writing a instead of a is more agreeable to etymology , but changing c into ...
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, 1835
9
A critical pronouncing dictionary
As to Dr. Johnson's observation, which is repeated by Dr. Kenrick and Mr. Nares,
that ScUmachy ought to be written Skiamachy, I have only lo observe, at present,
that writing a instead of o is more agreeable to etymology ; but changing c into k ...
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A Critical Pronoucing Dictionary & Expositor of the English ...
As to Dr. Johnson's observation, which Is repeated by Dr. Kenhck and Mr. Naret,
that Sciamaehy ought to be written Skiamachy, I have only to observe, at present,
that writing a instead of o it more agreeable to etymology ; but changing c into k, ...
