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In All's Well that Ends Well, Act I. Sc. 3., Helena says to the Countess, speaking of
her love for Bertram, — H I know 1 love in vain ; strive against hope ; Yet, in this
captious and intenible sieve, T still pour in the waters of my love, And lack not to ...
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The Church of England Magazine
But, in truth, a single particle of common sense would suffice to convince persons
of this captious turn of mind that the thing which they imagine to be the case is,
and must be, in the nature of things, an impossibility, an utter and absolute ...
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The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
I know I love in vain, strive against hope ; Yet, in this captious and intenible sieve
*, I still pour in the waters of my love, And lack not to lose still 6 : thus, Indian-like,
s — captious and intenible sieve,] The word captious I never found in this sense ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone,
1821
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems
I know I love in vain, strive against hope ; Yet, in this captious and intenible sieve
s, I still pour in the waters of my love, And lack not to lose still. Thus, Indian-like,
Religious in mine error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshipper, But ...
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier,
1858
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The SAT Word Slam: Rhyme Your Way to a Better Vocabulary and ...
REMEMbER THIS: (adj) “KAP-shus” Captious people find fault in others. Ifeel bad
forpeople With captious mothers. Now you: They nitpick and judge, And you
simply can't please 'em. The best you can hope Is to vaguely appease 'em.
Political ...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Of catching,' says Minsheu, ' because captious men catch at others.' To be
captious is to be prone to cavil ; ready to take sudden and unexpected offence,
where none is intended to be given. The captious man is one of the most
unpleasant of ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Of catching,' says Minsheu, ' because captious men catch at others." To be
captious is to be prone to cavil ; ready to take sudden and unexpected offence,
where none is intended to be given. The captious man is one of the most
unpleasant of ...
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Shakspeare's Himself Again: Or, The Language of the Poet ...
I know I love in vain, strive against hope ; Yet, in this captious and inteniblc sieve,
I still pour in the waters of- my love, And lack not to lose still. Captious and
intenible sieve.] The word captious I never found in this sense; vet I cannot tell
what to ...
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Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
23 captious /(kap'shəs)/ adjective 1 Apt to notice and make much of unimportant
faults or defects; disposed to find fault or raise objections; prone to cavil; difficult
to please; faultfinding; touchy: as, a captious man. 2 Proceeding from a ...
Wordnik, Angela Tung,
2011
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Of catching,' says Minsheu, 1 because captious men catch at others.' To be
captious is to be prone to cavil ; ready to take sudden and unexpected offence,
where none is intended to be given. The captious man is one of the most
unpleasant of ...
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Bouchard isn't the first big name player to come under scrutiny from the All England Club's captious authorities. The big names imposed ... «iFreePress.com, 七月 15»
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Bouchard isn't the first big name player to come under scrutiny from the All England Club's captious authorities. Wimbledon legend Roger ... «Sydney Morning Herald, 七月 15»
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When I wrote on 21st March 2015 on the title Creflo Dollar Will Get His G650, captious critics criticised my call. It's worth quoting a line from that ... «GhanaWeb, 六月 15»
Bright Side of the Sun 2015 NBA Playoff Prediction Contest: We …
Some people's captious reviews of the Warriors performance struck me as odd. Pundits declaring that Golden St. would need to play better to ... «Bright Side of the Sun, 五月 15»
China Likens South China Sea Development To Building Houses …
This incident provoked Global Times, a Communist Party newspaper, to create a captious editorial which says that China will be forced to ... «Headlines & Global News, 五月 15»
After The Dumsor Rally, Go To Court (Part 2)
Let my captious critics go further than calling me a "prostitute"—it won't come as a surprise. Let them rain insults on me for even suggesting that ... «Graphic Online, 五月 15»
Rex Murphy: 'White privilege' on the march
I've seen the captious phrase “white privilege” — a camp neologism by my reading — very often lately. It emerges from the intellectual marshes ... «National Post, 五月 15»
Ad Viewability Marginally Higher on YouTube Than The Web
It's absolutely mind boggling how captious Google is about recording all, and any data. With this big a grasp on information, it really is no ... «Android Headlines - Android News, 五月 15»
On Privilege and Self-Destruction
Captious but nonrigorous, Wade and Scherfig have apparently forgotten everything about the intricacies of class arrogance that they should ... «National Review Online, 四月 15»
BWW Reviews: Dia-TRIBES at Circuit
The father, "Chris," is a captious academic, opinionated, bullying, and seemingly without patience for anyone except the apparently docile ... «Broadway World, 四月 15»