10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYCOPHANTISH»
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sycophantish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sycophantish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Who does not prefer the open, ardent, impetuous, independent spirit of a Melville,
to the close, cold, sycophantish, intriguing, intolerant spirit of a Barlow or a
Bancroft ? The minute of council committing him to the Tower has, it seems,
perished, ...
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Works of the rev. Thomas M'Crie, ed. by his son (T. M'Crie). ...
Who does not prefer the open, ardent, impetuous, independent spirit of a Melville,
to the close, cold, sycophantish, intriguing, intolerant spirit of a Barlow or a
Bancroft? The minute of council committing him to the Tower has, it seems,
perished, ...
“We had often,” continued Colonel Guildford, “ jested, as I have said, on the mean
, sycophantish habits of this youth; but on the night of the day when the above
conversations took place, (Bearfoot joined our party,) we were, as gentlemen ...
... tomorrow's nets. "Aargh! Yaww!" I reel, smash trees. Disfigured son of lunatics.
The big-boled oaks gaze down at me yellow with morning, beneath complexity. "
No offense," I say, with a terrible, sycophantish smile, and tip an imaginary ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Immediately from the sycophantish part of the crowd, of whom a vast majority
were Pagans, ascended a cry of glorification as to some manifestation of Deity.
Agrippa, gratified by this success of his new apparel, and by this flattery, not
unusual ...
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Memoirs of George the Fourth: descriptive of the most ...
All was sensual, selfish, and sycophantish ; there was no external sympathy
vibrating within to cheer the royal solitude from without ; there was one note,
indeed which resounded responsively to his own, but it 32S MEMOIRS OF
GEORGE IV.
... the expiration of some ten years after the defunct poet or historian had ceased
to dispense his hospitality or his jokes. There is something so terribly mercenary
and 'sycophantish ' in the composition of all civilized society, that social rank ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1856
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Local lays, and other poems
When wagtails, wheedling, danc'd around her head, And as the cow advanc'd the
march still led ; Of their superior friend I thought them proud, So sycophantish
heads and tails they bow'd ; Suggesting thoughts of odious hypocrite, Whose ...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Hence a horror arises for that class of offences, which is (philosophically
speaking) exaggerated; and by daily use, the ethics of a police-office translato
themselves, insensibly, into the ethics even of religious people. But I tell that
sycophantish ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1847
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Biographies of Shakespeare, Pope, Goethe, Schiller, and On ...
... it followed that the lethargies of pedantic dulness were uniformly deepened by
the lethargies of aulic and ceremonial dulness ; so that, if the reader represents to
himself the very abstract of birthday odes, sycophantish dedications, and court ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYCOPHANTISH»
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Mayweather: Alternate Reality and Sycophantry of a Brain-Stem …
What the brain-stem only, emotion-based, and in some cases, sycophantish Stephen A. Smiths of the world fail to admit, like their hero Mayweather with Jim ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, May 15»
Give thanks to the boss, because everyone likes to hear it
In any event, no matter how bad or good a boss, any relationship can always be improved by a simple, short, professional, non-sycophantish thank you. Try to be ... «The Seattle Times, Nov 14»
Jason Hirschhorn bets big on curation
We looked at fashion journalism in general, and while there's a lot going on, there was a lot of sycophantish coverage. There was a lot of reposting of press ... «Digiday, Mar 14»
What's In an Anniversary?
Proust was snobby and sycophantish, but he was a genius — and could take what in lesser hands might have been society gossip and create a masterpiece. «The Smart Set, Dec 13»
Why white South Africans should learn the grammar of blackness
Your point is OK'ish but also a bit sycophantish taking into account Roxzy's point as well. Ben. Hi Sarah, Yes I agree that we should learn more of the black ... «Thought Leader, Jun 13»
Legit Review: 'One Night with Janis Joplin'
Johnson glues the songs together with lots of original Joplin quotes, but the character he and Davies create comes off sycophantish and rather dull in her ... «Variety, Mar 13»
Irreverent Truths by Gorgon
You would think, if you didn't know anything about the history of art criticism, and from reading Lacayo's sycophantish review -- one media hypster going down ... «Artnet, Oct 05»
