10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAK-KNEEDLY»
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weak-kneedly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
weak-kneedly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fragments of Attic Comedy
... in Menander. — 1019 Photius: 'Speckled': A sort of undergarment, Menander. 1
1 Pollux: The 'speckled' chiton is one embroidered with animals or flowers. b —
1020 Photius: 'Weak-kneedly' : Sluggishly, in an unmanly way; so Menander.
Menander, John Maxwell Edmonds, 1959
2
Princeton Alumni Weekly
... is regarded with a deal of good-natured contempt, and is patronized almost
exclusively by girl students and Americans; at whose demand it was weak-
kneedly begun. Oxford believes that to teach English is a sheer and crimin'l
waste of time.
... the ultimate answer to : "What should go into this message?" Yet the times
when these minor considerations are ignorantly or carelessly or weak-kneedly
allowed to become major factors in deciding Content, are legion; and direct-mail
text is ...
4
The New Zealand Journal of History
Dr Shirer, of Wellington, blamed the selfishness of women for the decline in the
birth rate and scorned the men who 'weak-kneedly' agreed with them. In his
opinion, 'Race suicide is being practised on a terrific scale far and above the
needs of ...
5
Sri Aurobindo: A Biography and a History
... Morleyward".32 However, some time after the session was over, the Moderates
began to think that they had committed themselves too readily and a little too
much, and the Nationalists thought that they had weak-kneedly acquiesced in too
...
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, 1985
6
With a Pessimist in Spain
"Let 's go shopping," said my friend; and as I had not the strength to combat her
evident determination, nor the heart to disturb her open delight, I weak-kneedly
agreed, and we went. My advice to another is "Don't !" As sure as crops fail in ...
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet, 1897
Two letters received in the same mail, since this was said, impel me to mention
the different ways in which the concrete craze affects different architects, how
some weak—kneedly yield against their better judgment, while others stand out
for ...
And, on the other hand, those which have weak-kneedly dodged the publication
are the very chapters which plaintively wail of their need of alumni support. Those
chapters which have proved successful publishers have discovered that the ...
9
The Happy Time of an Ilocano Boy: And Other Essays
I asked him archly, and he paled and weak-kneedly asked me what an atrium
was, unaware that I was pulling his leg. I rejoiced that the fool had forgotten his
meager Roman history. I told him the atrium was definitely mod, and that it was to
the ...
Benjamin M. Pascual, 1989
... little or not at all the ultimate answer to : "What should go into this message ?"
Yet the times when these minor considerations are ignorantly or carelessly or
weak-kneedly allowed to become major factors in deciding Content, are legion;
and ...
