10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «METROMANIA»
Discover the use of
metromania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
metromania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
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Perilous Enlightenment: Pre- and Post-modern Discourses : ...
The book opens with a discussion of a subject called metromania, a word
capable of various etymologies — including one dealing with poetic verse and
numerical measure - but whose correct etymology in this instance is related to the
Greek ...
George Sebastian Rousseau, 1991
2
Historical & literary memoirs and anecdotes
This turn for jokes, had gone near to deprive the world of a chef-d'oeuvre, the
Metromania. Piron came to Paris, but not conceiving that he had talents for any
great undertaking, confined his ideas to framing amusements for the fairs. Here
he ...
Friedrich Melchior Grimm (Freiherr von), Denis Diderot, 1815
3
Bright Stars: John Keats, Barry Cornwall and Romantic ...
According to OED, the first use of metromania in the sense of nymphomania
doesn't occur in an English publication until Dunglison's Medical Lexicon (1848).
All the same, used as a sub-species of erotomania (and, after 1771, ofthe freshly
...
Richard Marggraf Turley, 2012
4
Sexuality in Eighteenth-century Britain
The book opens with a discussion of a subject called metromania, a word
capable of various etymologies — including one dealing with poetic verse and
numerical measure — but whose correct etymology in this instance is related to
the ...
5
John Keats and the Culture of Dissent
The word 'metromania' actually dates from the revolutionary decade, and William
Gifford's Baviad of 1794: 'This pernicious pest, I This metromania, creeps thro1
every breast' (O£D); metromanie — rampant, demented scribbling — might be ...
6
Neoclassical Satire and the Romantic School 1780 - 1830
This he dubbed “metromania”, a craze and mass epidemic of the maniacal rabble
for writing poetry in metres:69 And may not I – now this pernicious pest, This
metromania, creeps thro' every breast; Now fools and children void their brains
by ...
7
Women in Antiquity: New Assessments
After Galen. In Rufus, ed. Daremberg, pp. 119ff 22 2, XI, 32. 23 Etymologiae IV, 7.
24 Symptoms ofAcute Diseases II, 13. 25 On Women's Diseases (CUF) III, 3. 26
Acute Diseases III, XVIII, 178. 27 23, p. 75. 28 Page 57. 29 2, XI, 32. Metromania
...
Richard Hawley, Barbara Levick, 2002
AS IF LIVING IN NEW YORK weren't fun and games enough, two new trivia
games — Metromania and Only in New York — are now being sold in
department and gift stores. To win at Metromania ($39.95), a player tries to be the
first to get his ...
9
Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the ...
InTheCase ofthe Gilded Fly most of theseare members of a repertory companyen
route from London to Oxford wherethey areto rehearse a play,Metromania.
Thumbnail sketches establishtheir types. Sheila McGaw (5)is “atall young woman
...
10
Neuman & Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
Metromania, tf. Metromania, rhyming-madness. Metropoli, tf. 1. Metropolis, the
chief or principal city of a country. 2. Archiepiscopal church. Metropolitino, tm.
Metropolitan, metropolite, archbishop. Metropolitano, na, «. Metropolitan. M£.ya,
if.
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METROMANIA»
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Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 28
Metromania, Super: Jeff Klotz 245-245-717, Barry Christensen 681, Tim Hopfensperger 667, Rick Maurice 652, Karen Ruel 242-647, Rachel Schmal 238-626, ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Oct 15»
Scoreboard for Oct. 21
Metromania, Super: Patrick Woodridge 256-247-736, Rachel Schmal 236-245-212-693, Julie Clemins 264-669, Marn Stern 267-665, David Schepis 289-676, ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Oct 15»
Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 14
Metromania, Super: Randy Southworth 256-266-745, Marn Stern 245-223-266-733, Jeff Klotz 266-256-733, Rick Maurice 243-688, Tony Gore 267-667, Aaron ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Oct 15»
Dare to dream about a Kingston Stadium playoff triple-header
Wednesday, Oct. 28, would be the date of MetroMania. “What a cool environment that would be,” said Jefferson Athletics Director Chris Deam. “It would give us ... «The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines, Oct 15»
Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 7
Metromania, Super: Ralph Schmal 247-279-756, Scott Reagen 247-244-697, Marn Stern 245-224-214-685, Rachel Schmal 216-246-641, Karen Ruel 225-614, ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Oct 15»
Scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 30
Metromania, Super: Drew Thompson 244-269-728, Patrick Woodridge 650, Ralph Schmal 244-258-716, Randy Southworth 268-703, Barry Christensen 658, ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Sep 15»
Metromania all the way!
At half past 12, amid the loud cheers of the crowd on the platform, Chennai Metro Rail took off in all its glory from Alandur station to Koyambedu. The first ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
