10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURDITY»
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surdity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese: Italiano ed inglese
Sordâggine, s. f. surdity, deafness. Sordamente, adv. softly, gently, secretly. —
Suonar sardamente, to play softly. — Che sordamente la mia vita see- ma, that
consumes my life insensibly.— Terminare una éiffcrema sordamente, to make up
a ...
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1813
... this affectation extended to France j but the ab- * surdity was too gross to
remain long after the revival of literature. It was ridiculed here so early as the
Silent Woman of Ben J on son; and aftmvatds more strongly and prefesse Jly in
nV ...
Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, 1788
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The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy
The underlying mood is one of deep pessimism characterized by the word “
surdity”—that is, deafness or voicelessness, an unusual term that appears to
have been coined from an obscure dictionary reference (surd = “of a sound
uttered with ...
Bruce Shaw, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, 2010
SURDITY,. THE. 26TH. Suzie was gone when I walked outside, into the humid
dawn, and picked up the newspaper. I ate breakfast, showered, and read until ten
o'clock. Then I heard the Corvette pull loudly into the driveway. Nina and Kristin ...
5
Being and Value: And Other Philosophical Essays
THE CONCEPT OF SURDITY A surd fact is one whose explanatory rationale is
wholly encompassed in the general principles of its domain.1 And the "general
principles" at issue include first and foremost: • the characterizing facts about the
...
Had this been done, I will venture to say, we should not have had so many
contending system-s, respecting its nature and causes, as have prevailed at all
times from the aera of Hippocrates to the present period ; systems, the ab- , _ 5 si
surdity ...
John Obadiah Justamond, William Houlston, 1789
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The Works of Adam Smith
Money in common language, as I have already observed, frequently signifies
wealth ; and this ambiguity ofexpreffion has rendered this popular notion so
familiar to us, that even they, who are convinced of its ab. surdity, surdity; are very
apt to ...
Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, 1811
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The New Annual Register: Or General Repository of History, ...
Earl Stanhope was glad that some alteration was to be made in the bill, as in that
case it would be sent back to the commons. His lordship proceeded to show the
ab; surdity surdity of contending, that because judges were sometimes honest ...
9
The elements of logick. By William Duncan
... self-evident Truths, or Propositions already established, continue a Series of
Reasoning, in the NVay of a direct Demon; stration, until at length we arrive at
some Ab. surdity F surdity or known Falshood. Thus Euclid, in the Example (262)
William DUNCAN (Professor of Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen.), 1776
10
Up the Rhine. Romances and extravaganza
inquires bewildered Surdity, dancing with excitement, and looking hastily North
— Nor- Nor-East, — Nor-East, — East-Nor-East — East, and so all round the
compass. " A Comet of the first magnitude," says Rumor, bedecked in her old
robe, ...
Thomas Hood, Epes Sargent, 1869
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURDITY»
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surdity is used in the context of the following news items.
Spin is Dead
It's self-parody. Low comedy. Kitsch. For years, as the country and political parties have grown more polarized, we've been moving the goal posts of spin-surdity. «Politico, Nov 14»
All-Star Weekend predictions
Not sure what we'll end up calling this (Ross-surdity?), but if he works on the creativity factor, Ross will be a dunk-face phenom. Soriano: James "Flight" White. «ESPN, Feb 13»
Sardarji jokes
The moment you leave the race, you realise the absurdity of it - the ab-Surdity, if you must.” For a community which has less than 2 per cent of the population of ... «Deccan Herald, Dec 11»
AOL: 60000 Servers, Retooling for the Future
A starting point was “Project Ops-Surdity,” a mission to find and retire servers that were plugged in but not performing any useful functions. “In 10 months, we've ... «Data Center Knowledge, Nov 11»
