| 单词 | supererogatory |
| 例句 | He’s an ineffective, chronically ruminative man who thinks of himself as a “supererogatory weirdo.” In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking Acts of charity are, by definition, supererogatory — commendably above and beyond what moral duty requires. What Do I Owe to an Impoverished Villager I Befriended Abroad? 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z No conditions seem so propitious for a practical confederation as those of Spanish America; with a few exceptions, the virtual unity of language, laws, general race-ideals, would seem to render protection of frontiers supererogatory. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z For one so often finds that acts specially showing delicacy and considerateness, little supererogatory works of kindness, are taken unkindly. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z An act of such supererogatory courtesy was not expected of him. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z I. The Schoolmaster, by Roger Ascham, is a work so celebrated and so classical, and has been so often reprinted, that it seems almost supererogatory to pass any remark upon its character and merits. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z Those arguments are not necessary, they are all supererogatory, like idle words. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z And the Apostle implies that such supererogatory and volunteered worship is no worship. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Hannah performed the supererogatory task of reading the text aloud to the vicar, who endeavoured while he listened to conceal the smile that found its way to his lips. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z ‘Didactic poetry,’ he declares, ‘is my abhorrence: nothing can be equally well expressed in prose that is not tedious and supererogatory in verse.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z In a car, drawn by mules, they were then jolted along, following the track of the Hoang-ho, rising at three o'clock on winter mornings, to save time—a proceeding which involves almost supererogatory self-denial. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Besides, if he needed such a supererogatory endorsement of his “advisers,” there was no time to get it. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Naturally enough, on the proclamation of the republic, these busts were considered at least supererogatory, and it is to be hoped they will stay where they are. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z He handed the vicar his hat, performing these supererogatory offices with the patronising air of a man humouring his superior’s peculiarities. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Confessions of this sort, besides being, as we have already hinted, somewhat indiscreet, are often also supererogatory; for conjugal dissension, like murder, will out; and that sometimes in the most provoking and untimely manner. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Isabel thought; he in whom goodness was in a manner a supererogatory attribute; since heroes who were dark, and pensive, and handsome, were not called upon to be otherwise virtuous. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z To perform the ablution preparatory to prayer in the expectation of almost immediate death, is a supererogatory act which, I believe, is seldom observed. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments If this assertion were true, that "good time" had not only arrived, but passed away, and his measures for the improvement of the involuntary bondmen were actually supererogatory. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time So far as they are concerned their beneficence is quite adventitious, their service supererogatory. Pot-Boilers This superscription is now supererogatory, for there no advertisements are received; that branch of the journal having been farmed out to a company at 350,000 fr. a year. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. This was represented as special grace and a great concession; but as the pardoning power is explicitly conferred on the President by the Constitution, the permission or authorization given by the act was entirely supererogatory. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 She had just sufficient strength for the sudden breaking off of their engagement, none for explanation, and none, alas! to save her from regretting her act of supererogatory virtue. Audrey Craven But I prefer to ascribe the tender and enthusiastic feeling which men have for their dogs not so much to the merits of the latter as to an overflowing and supererogatory goodness in the former. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 It may be considered almost supererogatory to remark that not any amount of cerates, washes or powders will cover or obliterate blotches, pimples and blackheads caused by unwholesome food or uncleanly habits. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society On this supposition, vacillating syntax, and improbable incident had a certain pathos for us, like the extremely supererogatory pincushions and ill-devised nightcaps that are offered for sale by a blind man. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Such direction proved supererogatory, first, because we all moved off together, and, secondly, because it subsequently transpired that the gentleman whom I was seeking was already present. Jonah and Co. Remember we have to deal not only with the spectral lumber left here by your scarlet aunt, but as well with the supererogatory curse of that hell-cat Torrevieja. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories To some it may seem unwelcome, to others redundant and supererogatory. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance She hated what she called the mess of the ship and the idea, if she should go above, of meeting stewards with plates of supererogatory food. A London Life and Other Tales As mine was the only hymn-book in the assembly, the mention of the number was a bit of supererogatory business. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood A prolonged and vicious croak from the end of the street argued that Berry's patience was wearing thin, but to have asked the girl to make haste would have been supererogatory. Jonah and Co. To them it is supererogatory to do battle for the power of a few nobles. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 It is supererogatory to assume that Shakespeare had Chapman’s phrases in his mind when alluding to superstitions which were universally acknowledged. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles But the supererogatory lie is the gentleman without a voucher or a ticket who accommodates himself with a stool in the passage. A London Life and Other Tales "Nothing," said Shelley, "can be equally well expressed in prose that is not tedious and supererogatory in verse." Personality in Literature So far as the speaker's companion was concerned, my injunction was supererogatory. Jonah and Co. When I saw him last, the process would not have been so supererogatory. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General The first-lieutenant, followed by the master, brushed by him, and was up the ladder before his supererogatory communication could be delivered. The King's Own ‘What you mean,’ said the Bibliotaph, ‘is, that they would look upon it in the light of supererogatory supplementary evidence.’ The Bibliotaph and Other People We have seen that many of the feminine "tears" were supererogatory; and now, in this chapter of the Woman Won, we see that she can tap the source of those salt drops in man. Browning's Heroines She felt so virtuous already that the carrying out of her intentions seemed really supererogatory. The Madigans Admiral Bluewater merely shook his head, but he continued silent, as if he deemed discussion altogether supererogatory. The Two Admirals They passed into the ancient shipyard which lay beyond, and which was now a mere vague, grass-grown approach to the waterside, bestrewn with a few remnants of supererogatory timber. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) It would even have been a more useful—though slightly supererogatory—service, to point out for the million-and-first time that achievement is not all that it seems to be from a considerable distance. The Joyful Heart To Milly this ceaseless effort to comment on nature had something of the ridiculous,—perhaps supererogatory would be a better word. One Woman's Life Many who had sinned less deeply, hurried to the King with supererogatory offers of service. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel It is supererogatory to dispute either of these imperial pronouncements. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Arduous work: but what you might call supererogatory. Foe-Farrell "Beyond all doubt," says Gfrorer, "the ancient Jewish synagogue inculcated the doctrine of supererogatory good works, the merit of which went to benefit the departed souls." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Even as compared with Catholicism, Troeltsch thinks, supererogatory works were abolished because each Protestant Christian was bound to exert himself to the utmost at all times. The Age of the Reformation Her subserviency to France in separately with her making war on Russia, upon the pretence of the protection of Turkey, was supererogatory as well as needless. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 This is the very nature of science: and, accordingly, the efforts of some Logicians to expound separate principles of each Figure seem to be supererogatory. Logic Deductive and Inductive Accordingly, he soon after went again to the office, accompanied by the same gentleman as before; and, with perfect good-humour, exhibited the supererogatory certification of the loss of his arm. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 Maimonides also asserts the doctrine of supererogatory works: see p. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life This: Do be good to us by a supererogatory virtue and write to us. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II It may be a little doubtful whether Kate's spirit of supererogatory doing would have gone so far, if it had not been for the deliciousness of piling up the wonder. The Other Girls But supposing there were superabundant merits, supererogatory works of Christ and the saints, who has determined their quantity? Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation They were quite supererogatory ... the new ones ... in the sense of being flowers. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 "I lack no light to form a judgment," said Endicott, "and a further inquiry is supererogatory." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance His Holiness of the Vatican, whose name has escaped the recollection of the person who gave this information, as a reward for this supererogatory journey, presented him with the Dona. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three It would, after this, be supererogatory to say he was popular with such a people as his neighbors and constituents. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest He had such a fine chance there to accumulate supererogatory good works which he might have transferred to them to shorten their agonies, or release them entirely. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation It was courtesy at first, and the novelty of the experience; but it's ceased to be novel, and courtesy is a bit supererogatory. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse The war over, Italian statesmen confidently believed that those supererogatory exertions would be appropriately recognized by the Allies. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Bloodletting is supererogatory anyway, and serves merely to whet the appetite. Là-bas I do really; and the supererogatory virtue of kindness may be acknowledged out of the pale of the Romish Church. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Such an act of Congress, therefore, would be either unconstitutional or supererogatory. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Still there seemed but little need of such supererogatory efforts. The Red Rover To speak panegyrically of his prowess, is supererogatory; as his bravery has been the theme of history and of song. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 It may seem rather supererogatory to speak of "Vegetables" distinctively, for the "unregenorate" will be inclined to declare that we have been discussing nothing else all the while. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. But you are always given to surprise me with abundant kindness—with supererogatory kindness. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) The power would seem to be inherent in government itself; but anticipating that the enforcement of the Amendment might involve difficulty, they made the supererogatory declaration. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Do you read books through? he asked indignantly of some one who expected from him such supererogatory labour. Samuel Johnson I shall attempt no such supererogatory task as a description of Paris. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man No one could relate a dismal story with so many minutiæ of supererogatory wretchedness. Nightmare Abbey It is most supererogatory kindness in you to think of such a thing. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) "I wouldn't try it on with that supererogatory king again on this side of the Channel, if I were you." Birds of Prey Naturally enough, on the proclamation of the Republic, these busts were considered at least supererogatory, and it is to be hoped they will stay where they are. Holidays in Eastern France On the present occasion, he had even resorted to an extraordinary, and, what one less devout might be tempted to think, a supererogatory offering of thanksgiving and praise. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish For my part, I find the honour oppressive, having no such supererogatory virtue to boast of. Satanstoe But we at the same time perceive benevolent design, because we perceive gratuitous and supererogatory enjoyment bestowed. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham Still, I am quite alive to the difficulties of my task; and I am conscious that the work may to some appear supererogatory. A Study of Hawthorne To search for knowledge when one is in possession of one's object is supererogatory. The Reconciliation of Races and Religions As the excellent narrative of Captain Pike is not read as it should be by the average American, a brief reference to it may not be considered supererogatory. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway But there is something supererogatory in believing in a man obviously disposed to perform that service for himself; and Claudia's ardor gradually spent itself against the dense surface of her husband's complacency. Crucial Instances No, no!—that is not necessary to the project—I hate to do mischiefs supererogatory. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 "To slay Asinus! such a deed would be an act of supererogatory cruelty." The Prairie To the spontaneous vexings of conscience has been added an artificial pricking at the neglect of a supererogatory duty. Without Prejudice That a wife take care how she ascribe supererogatory merit to herself; so as to take the faults of others upon her. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded It would appear to be almost supererogatory to defend Sedgwick against reasonable time consumed in these precautions. The Campaign of Chancellorsville Thus she did not unduly bewail her excursion to the Town Hall to vote, which the sequel had proved to be ludicrously supererogatory. The Old Wives' Tale Repetitions become mere Sunnats, or practices of the Prophet, and are therefore supererogatory. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 What supererogatory marks of special hospitality did the host show his guest? Ulysses He could converse with a Bench in such terms of respectful camaraderie, yet with such suggestiveness of an Old Guard in reserve, that his innocence became a supererogatory merit. Such Is Life That you proposed it in a supererogatory spirit does not lessen your obligation, having once put yourself under that obligation. Two on a Tower The sisters were now on a plane of intimacy where such apologies would have been supererogatory. The Old Wives' Tale With respect to our meats, all praise is supererogatory. The Fitz-Boodle Papers She met his first kiss on her forehead; the second, a supererogatory one, based on some supposed inefficiency in the first, fell upon a shining band of her hair, beside her neck. The Argonauts of North Liberty She hated what she called the mess of the ship and the idea, if she should go above, of meeting stewards with plates of supererogatory food. The Patagonia This was supererogatory, for the tracks told their own tale too well. The Son of the Wolf For a mind like his, education seemed supererogatory. Crome Yellow The two old gentlemen were engaged at the moment in congratulating the winner of the race; it seemed an act of supererogatory graciousness; for, after all, she had only won a heat. Crome Yellow |
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