10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «DOUCENESS»
Scopri l'uso di
douceness nella seguente selezione bibliografica. Libri associati con
douceness e piccoli estratti per contestualizzare il loro uso nella letteratura.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Douceness, s. Sobriety, sedateness, decency, S. " I told him, that a sky-blue silk
dress, with great red roses and tulips, was surely not in any thing like a becoming
concordance with the natural douceness of my character." The Steam-Boat, p.
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A Supplementary English Glossary
Some luscious delight, yea, a kind of ravishing douceness there is in studying
good books. — Ward, Sermons, p. 166. Dough-baked, imperfectly baked, nnd so,
deficient in intellect. Cf. Half- baked. [Love can] make these dough-baked, sense
...
Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1881
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Yks.' Hence (1) Douce-gaun, adj. prudent, circumspect; (2) -like, (3) -looking, adj.
quiet, respectable, grave-looking; (4) Doucely, adv. quietly, gravely, sedately,
soberly ; ( 5) Douceness, sb. quietness, sedateness, sobriety of deH'l€3l'lOl1l'.
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The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
1. Soberness; sedate- ness; modesty. [Scotch.] — 2f. Sweetness. Da- vies. Some
luscious delight, yes, a kind of ravishing douceness there Is in studying good
books. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 166. douceperet, n. See douzepere. doucett, a. and
n.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A work of Universal ...
Burns, Prayer to the Scotch Representatives. douceness (dos'nes), n. 1.
Soberness; sedate- ness; modesty. [Scotch.] — 2f. Sweetness. Da- vies. Some
luscious delight, yes, a kind of ravishing douceness there is in studying good
books.
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... with great red roses and tulips, and glass buttons, was surely not in any thing
like a becoming concordance with the natural douceness of my character.
However, persuaded I was; and we brought the dress away,-—sword, and cockit-
hat, ...
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
DOUCE-GACN, adj. Walking with prudence and circumspection ; used as to
conduct, Buchan. Tarro»'» Poemt. DOUCELY, adv. Soberly; prudently; sedately,
S. Burnt. DOUCENESS, ». Sobriety; sedateness; decency, 8. ! Gait. DOÜCHERIE,
».
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
But our author has more to tell us about the fair Japanese than the douceness of
their dress: “ \Voman," he says, “ holds in Japan a high social position. She is not
cooped up in a pestiferous apartment, to delight some flattened-up Chinese ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1860
... of the region of Scotch 'According to Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, derived
from the Teutonic, and meaning a building annexed to the wall of a larger one. "
douceness." The brothers were clad in suits of blue QUARTERLY MAGAZINE.
209.
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Tarras'l Poems. 'DOUCELY,adr. Soberly; prudently; sedately, S. Burns.
DOUCENESS, e. Sobriety ; sedateness ; decency, S. Gall. DOUCHERIE,s.
Adukedom. R. Coilyear. DOUCHT, (gum) s. A stroke or blow, Buchan.—-Gael.
doiellte, denotes ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
3 NOTIZIE DOVE SI INCLUDE IL TERMINE «DOUCENESS»
Vedi di che si parla nei media nazionali e internazionali e come viene utilizzato il termine ino
douceness nel contesto delle seguenti notizie.
Where the Kirk leads, will Catholics follow?
My first excursion to Morningside, the south-western arrondissement from which the rest of Edinburgh draws its annual supply of douceness, ... «The Guardian, feb 15»
Val McDermid: living the tartan noir in Edinburgh
... McIlvanney's 1977 novel, Laidlaw, encompasses a wide range of work, from apparent rural douceness to raw urban savagery. But it seems to ... «New Statesman, mar 14»
The Joy of Essex: In praise of much maligned ancient county
... intimacy; it incites awe rather than fondness; it is harshly handsome, douceness is a rare commodity; it is often astonishing, seldom pretty. «The Independent, gen 13»
