10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUAVITY»
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suavity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
suavity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Savage Survivals: Amid Modern
Suavity
Here are arcane mysteries, here are forgotten histories; here are assorted arcana and incunabula; and here there is a transposition of a Chinese classic to contemporary Glasgow, filtered through the mesh of a Chinese martial-arts movie.
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
SUAVITY. SUBJECT. Ti very object is termed strong which is the reverse of weak;
persons only arc termed robust who have every bodily requisite to make them
more than ordinarily strong; persons only are sturdy whose habits or life qualify ...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
SUAVITY, URBANITY. Suavity is literally sweetness; and urbanity the re-
nnement of the city, In distinction with the country : Inasmuch, therefore, as a
polite education tends to soften the mind and the manners, it produces suavity ;
but suavity ...
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Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition
It is in this same vein that Epicurus recommended the cultivation of “suavity” in
one's demeanor and personality. Suavity was understood by Epicurus as a form
of generosity to one's fellow human beings, especially to one's friends. One of the
...
Robert Pogue Harrison, 2011
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
SUAVITY. questioned in the presence of others may appear very stupid in that
which is otherwise very familiar to him. Dull is an incidental quality, arising
principally from the state of the animal spirits: a writer may sometimes be dull who
is ...
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order
To hesitate. STYLE, v. Diclion. SUAVITY, URBANI'I'Y. SUAVITY is literally
sweetness; and URBANITY the refinement of the city, in distinction from the
country: inasmuch, therefore, as a polite education tends to soften the mind and
the manners ...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
... circles of such a capital as London could have submitted to an arrogated
supremacy, unredeemed by suavity, and unsupported by rank or fortune. Should
the professed admirers of this Leviathan of literature be 446 The " Bubble
Reputation.
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
SUAVITY, URBANITY. Suavity is literally sweetness; and urbanity the refinement
of the city, in distinction from the country: inasmuch, therefore, as a polite
education tends to sofien the mind and the manners, it produces s-uavity; but
suavity ma ...
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Unravel. See Develop. Unrelenting. See Implacable. Unruly. See Befractory.
Unsearchable. See Inscrutable. Untruth. See Falsehood. Upbraid. See Blame.
Upon. See Over. Uprightness. See Honesty. Uproar. See Clamour. Urbanity.
Suavity.
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The New Monthly Magazine
A man's character is made up of spleen and liveliness. What is termed a bad
temper arises solely from mismanagement in the control of our spleen and our
suavity. Let us suppose these to be divided into the following proportions : —
Spleen ' .
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1832
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUAVITY»
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suavity is used in the context of the following news items.
Mostly Mozart Festival Opening, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
34, K.338, its charms projected with equal parts bravado and suavity. Incidental intelligence: after the oddly truncated menuetto, Langrée took a microphone to ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., Ken Newton column
John L. Bittinger, a state representative from St. Joseph and said to possess a “suavity of manner,” had been appointed by the County Court as its agent to ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
CD review: Brahms Piano Trios
They play the composer's three piano trios with limpid purity of tone, unruffled rhythmic suavity and sweetly lyrical phrasing. Yet apart from some expressively ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
Daily Telegraph July 22 1915
... the past few days that, in association with a tact and suavity of manner above the ordinary, it constitutes a national asset of inestimable value in our day or trial. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
DJ Taylor: Millie is three years into the post of club meeter-and-greeter
Given this pitch of poise and suavity, it is scarcely surprising that Millie's fame has spread far beyond the confines of this somewhat dingy suite of rooms in ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Postscript: Christopher Lee
Suavity, whether of costume, gait, or voice, was not a style imposed upon life but a means of deflecting any slings and arrows that happened to come your way ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
The Appalling Mr. Zarif
Is that all it takes to have reporters and diplomats praise your suavity and charisma, chuckle at your jokes, cavil to your every demand? Bibi Netanyahu's English ... «National Review Online, May 15»
PEN Has Every Right to Honor Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo is not for those who like subtlety and suavity in their satire. Credit Photograph by Bertrand Guay/Pool/AP. The annual PEN Literary Gala, in which ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
High Clarity in the Moment
Together they may lack some of the suavity, elegance, and profoundly experienced engagement—artistry, that almost meaningless word—of older masters in ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Apr 15»
Review: '3 Hearts,' With Three Stars, by Benoît Jacquot
Although reasonably presentable, he ranks far below Cary Grant, leading man of “An Affair to Remember,” in suavity and charm, and he lacks the boyish ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
