10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLUBLENESS»
Discover the use of
volubleness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
volubleness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An English and Chinese standard dictionary: M-Z
Aptness to TM11, Si^Mn, volubleness, PiUS SiJ; fluency of speech, m^m^^m.
Voluble, (vol'-u-bl) a. 1. Formed so as to roll with ease. g$f«Bij, .giU&ufi; apt to roll
, Smh'l, %mH(tl ; rotating, m$tflM easily set in motion, Utk^'h kUWl tfl,Ji{Si§i!/li'j; 2.
2
The Youth of Shakspeare
... of both sexes, he was stopped by a throng of persons of all ages and
conditions, who seemed to be laughing very merrily at the rivalry of two travelling
chapmen, seeking by dint of volubleness of tongue and low humour to get off
their wares.
Robert Folkestone Williams, 1839
3
The origin and character of the Bible: and its place among ...
He gave the language fixity, volubleness, grace, beauty, simplicity, and
directness,"(thus adding his own to the influence of Wycliffe, and carrying to
complet- ness the work which Wycliffe had begun). Tyndale's influence, as a man
of letters, ...
Jabez Thomas Sunderland, 1908
This Sort, of all * Others, doth most nearly resemble, in their ' Morions, such
Reptiles, as have no Feet, and * do, with a Kind of Volubleness, make their * Way
in the Waters with many mtricate Dou* blings. To these may be added Plaices,
Soles, ...
5
Yale Sophomore: An Epic Novel of Youthful Ambition, ...
It is volubleness that my personality lacks. Some think I am the strong, silent type
and that may be true. I do not mean to be antisocial but there is a great lack of
confidence that other people have an interest in what I would say. Toward the
end ...
Robert Leland Johnson, 2004
... of both sexes, he was stopped by a throng of persons of all ages and
conditions, who seemed to be laughing very merrily at the rivalry of two travelling
chapmen, seeking by dint of volubleness of tongue and low humour to get off
their wares.
7
Minor poets of the Caroline period ...
Moreover, the Caroline (and the rather late than early Caroline) volubleness of
form is accompanied by a nonchalant disorder of matter which is also by no
means strictly Elizabethan. I do not know any Elizabethan poem — plays are not
here ...
The medicine they administer with so many wise injunctions, and thrusts without
number, at the "professional pride " of teachers when administered to themselves
, produces a startling wryuess of countenance and volubleness of protest that ...
Iowa. General Assembly, 1894
9
English and Chinese pronouncing dictionary
... speech, YfrS) mutability, g; the vol- ubilily of human affairs, Voluble, (vol'-u-bl j
a. Formed so la to roll with ease, JJ$h!1> nim- He, HtfcA<|,Bl»A<>; fluent, ftftfeft 3"
6!i; a voluble tongue, fftfi, Volubly, (vol'-u-ble) orfr. gftfij), fi t»W. Itff & Volubleness ...
Shang wu yin shu kuan, 1903
10
The British Quarterly Review
And thus, with an easy volubleness, the writer pours out his platitudes and
unintelligible nonsense. Here is another instance of his ignorance of the use of
words : ' In the management of two very important dioceses he [Dr. * Wilberforce]
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