| 单词 | superfluity |
| 例句 | If Noguchi sculptures seemed superfluous on the pond in the Hill-and-Pond Garden, that superfluity called attention to the carefully placed bridges, temples, and specimen trees already there. Noguchi in Suburbia Vs. Noguchi in Nature 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z A group of crows is a murder; pandas, an embarrassment; nuns, a superfluity — a term that dates to the Middle Ages, when nunneries were overcrowded, lice-ridden and destitute. The Nuns of Fiction: Experts in Affliction and Awe 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Under low light, these faded, wispy clippings from the cutting-room floor suggest a superfluity of ideas that might have supplied a lifetime of inspiration to other artists. Review | Not every Leonardo is in the huge Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. What’s at the Louvre, though, is brilliant. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will. Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The sleeping docks, the decrepit industries, the disused railroads: at such places, the city is shorn of all superfluity and reduced to its essentials, as in a play by Beckett. Second Sight 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Of course, I didn’t bother with superfluities like gold pieces or twenty-sided dice, but I did think upon the same factors. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z In the same way – as Mozart's first audiences would have known – sumptuary laws in Europe had long forbidden 'superfluity' for the lower classes and dictated who could wear what. Nozze di Figaro: The revolution in action 2013-07-10T14:55:47Z But, a little paradoxically, the collection is most valuable when it’s proving its own superfluity: The best material is what made it onto the completed record. Behind Wilco’s 2001 Masterpiece, a Band Breaking Its Heart 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Claims of necessity or superfluity imply some end goal, but it’s rare to see one explicitly stated. When the pope offers writing advice, should you listen? | Oliver Burkeman 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The Drumpfs had long before simplified their name to Trump, and they were shedding the superfluities of Europe in other ways, too. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Mostly such superfluity is exhilarating, especially since Gough has enough charm and wit to make you want to follow him, even though you have no idea where he may be going. Not the Booker prize 2011: Jude in London by Julian Gough 2011-08-25T11:21:28Z Other members of the Simpsons family learn more about decadence and superfluity in the margins than Burns or Homer do the rest of hour. The Simpsons mixes The Great Gatsby with hip-hop in misfiring special 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z He was a breath of fresh air, removing superfluity from interiors so that you could better appreciate their qualities of light, proportion and material. John Pawson: Plain Space 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z It's never a good sign when you leave a world premiere pondering the superfluity of the interval. Scones and tea won't help Theresa Rebeck's 'Zealot' at SCR 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The sequel serves up plenty for specialists to chew on, not least a Jack Nicholson look-alike—insofar as that’s possible—behind the hotel bar, yet these semi-reconstructions betray an odd sense of superfluity and strain. Boys Will Be Boys in “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Yet, what is most striking about Wolff’s book is its superfluity. Opinion | Trump has already authored his own tell-all 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Partly, I think, because Miller treats his story line as Max would treat his car—stripping out superfluity and softness, in the interest of pure speed. Maddest Max 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Baumbach’s films include “Frances Ha,” “Kicking & Screaming” and “The Squid and the Whale,” the latter of which provided a superfluity of uncomfortable laughter. Noah Baumbach film ‘While We’re Young’ fills generation gap with dark comedy 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “This superfluity of information, all this static in the air.” Irving Kahn, Oldest Active Wall Street Investor, Dies at 109 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z And the larger this industry grows the more apparent the disparity between the superfluity of its products and the increasingly convoluted restrictions on accessing them. The Incoherent Fight Against Videogame Piracy 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Given the vast range of phones that Samsung sells, the near superfluity of models, that’s an impressive number for just one of them. Interesting Number, Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 Alone Approaches 50% Of All Of Apple's iPhone Sales 2013-12-10T15:52:00Z The “him” is the “Most Interesting Man in the World,” the faux character in the Dos Equis beer ad campaign, and these are my favorite skeptical lines from a litany of superfluities and braggadocios. The Danger for Scientists of Keeping an Open Mind 2013-09-10T12:45:19.750Z There is a superfluity of science enveloped in the ticking seconds that we cannot perceive. Why The Flash is the Only Human Living In the Present 2013-07-11T16:15:11.117Z They then delivered the biggest tax cuts of all to those who already had a superfluity of money and weren't going to pump the extra they got back into the economy. Words are the greatest weapon for political activists 2012-10-29T13:30:01Z They might freely eat all kinds of meats according to the rule of the gospel, avoiding all excess and superfluity, yea, and that at all times. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Civilisation makes many of what once were superfluities, necessaries of life, so that their loss inflicts a pang long after their possession had ceased to be a pleasure. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z A superfluity of romantic affection was rapidly accumulating that must have been deposited somewhere by now. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z To the English reader, therefore, it is not a superfluity. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:30.783Z A shilling or half a crown a week painfully saved would not have been squandered again for the sake of that little superfluity that had now become the minimum itself. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z For they cut away from the female infants something which they think to be an indecency and superfluity of nature. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z There were six bedrooms, all of them with large four-poster beds, and all of them haunted by that strange frigidity, that frigidity almost of death which is produced by the least superfluity of china. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The room was a mass of little luxuries—trifles too light and various to be describable, all the nameless elegancies of modern life, with its superfluities, its pretence of intellect, its discriminating taste. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The foreigner, finding so many difficulties in spreading his superfluities in those countries, is the less capable of taking off theirs. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Abundance without superfluity, and good quality without extravagance, are your best rules for an entertainment. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The Egyptian girls are generally freed from this inconvenient superfluity at the age of seven or eight. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z There is no defect of invention, no superfluity of detail, no purposeless stroke. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The dashes in the following represent the passages where the superfluity of the harmony prevented the proper appreciation of the poetry. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Xenophon maintained that it prevented men from spitting or blowing their noses, as we were not in need of superfluities when we decreased the consumption of what was necessary. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z How many of us are slaving all day and late into the night to add artificial superfluities to the simple necessities? The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Elbel attempted nothing in the way of fortification for his camp except a light stockade—with his superior numbers defensive work seemed almost a superfluity. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I exclaim, like Cæsar, when he, too, was afflicted with superfluity of water, "Help me, Cassius, or I sink!" Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Rankness affords another example where superfluity of water is concerned, though it does not involve simply this, because the plant may also contain excessive quantities of nitrogenous and mineral matters taken up by the roots. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z All the necessaries, most of the superfluities, of existence are to-day unprecedentedly cheap. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z “My learned friend does not appear to have gained a great deal by his superfluity of interruption”, remarked the Solicitor-General suavely, and the Court laughed loudly. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: Ð strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Macduff was attired more like a Lake Superior Indian than anything else, with a superfluity of red flannel fringe, and silver rings in his ears and nose. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Mehemet Ali, the "superfluity," is a scamp, and, I fear, dishonest. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The fine arts were not then children of superfluity, but of want and necessity. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Forgive my pouring into your lap this torrent of mingled uncertainties and superfluities. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z I had been seeking for men suffering immediately from want of means, whom one might be able to help by sharing one's superfluities with them. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z As Benjamin Franklin says, he who buys superfluities will at last have to sell necessities. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The Draper was charged with the clothing department, and had to distribute garments “free from the suspicion of arrogance and superfluity” to all the brethren. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Riches and superfluity met him in every street; and it seemed as if scarcity and want had been exiled from the busy town. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Mrs. Strong, be it understood, regarded any kind of fitting garment as a foolish superfluity. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z If the rich would thus only deprive themselves of but a small portion of their superfluities! Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z Meanwhile it remains open to every one to pluck out a small feather here and there for his own use, for the superfluity of thoughts at home should not be very oppressive. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z In the Typographical antiquities we certainly have "copious extracts from his works;" but they are mixed up with much superfluity of disquisition. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z What is this superfluity and waste, as at a banquet? Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Many Lazaruses ye have now lying at your gates, begging for your superfluity. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The desire to be just and equal was present; the one thing wanting was a due sense of the difference between superfluity and need. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z They also have the appearance of being unmotivated, the appearance of insignificance and unimportance, but in addition, and more plainly, of superfluity. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The former, consequently, would be glad to dispose of, and the latter to purchase, a part of this superfluity. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z After hearty luncheon and social tea, it would seem to be a mere superfluity, not needed, a danger if partaken of, a mockery if neglected. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z I pray you, men most beloved, despise not God's poor, though they perpetrate anything reprehensible; because their misery cleanses that which a little superfluity corrupts. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z Is it not a fact that throughout nature a superfluity of any kind of energy or product may be a source of happiness, rather than of distress? The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Hysteria also, aside from its wealth of individual features, has a superfluity of common typical symptoms that appear to resist any facile historical methods of tracing them. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z But he has now been rehabilitated, as the Jesuits have no superfluity of theologians, and is to take part in drawing up the Schemata. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Their dress is modest, yet as they do not wear a superfluity of garments, at times, as when bathing, their figures are revealed to view. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z There was little light, but the dimness seemed to come not so much from lack of light as from superfluity of nastiness of every possible description and human misery indescribable. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Love becomes a superfluity and a danger, and all the forces of society, including institutionalized religion, combine to outlaw it and drive it underground. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Perceiving that Isabel made no reply, Nannie addressed her again, with both in her manner and her words perhaps a superfluity of truculence. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z For this reason all the manuals of this kind, in general all the exercises of development, suffer on the one hand from absolute arbitrariness, and on the other from superfluity. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z He avoids every superfluity, but the spirits of sound which he invokes must obey him. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z To seek, then, for some medium through which force may traverse vast distances, is the perfection of superfluity. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z As he lives from hand to mouth, alternating between hunger and superfluity, he kills more animals than he can eat, and robs and maltreats men more than is necessary. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z This year was unpleasantly distinguished by a great deficiency of rain in the valley, and a corresponding superfluity, though at irregular intervals, in the hills. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Great is even the look of Authority; it was almost a superfluity when Mrs. Lovenant-Smith asked in measured tones from the doorway: "What is the meaning of this?" The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z In fact, must the destitute person wait for the periodical visit of the relieving-officer, and is the duty of the overseer thus made a superfluity? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Reader, in view of the teaching of this new and widely heralded sage, how many "superfluities" must you and I strip off from our "conception" of life! Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z But there was no one who answered, except one, who said that there was no superfluity at all in the refectory which could occasion such a debt or pressure. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z That such is the case is shown by the great abundance of most of the species which possess these wonderful superfluities of plumage.... Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The stiff, upright, careful old man cannot understand the jocund pliability of the boy, who, nevertheless, simply expends the superfluity of his natural vigor, and relieves his excess of nervous excitability. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z From all sides thousands of volunteers poured in, and the flower of Prussia's youth joyfully exchanged the comforts and superfluities of home for the perils and privations of a campaigner's life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Divesting this conception of all superfluities, and reducing it to its most abstract shape, we see that Life is definable as the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z All this is surely vain ostentation and superfluity. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Poor Poverty! how agonising must thy hunger be where others swell in scornful superfluity! The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z He cut out all superfluities—no dancing—no reading for amusement except on Sunday mornings, and then only short poems about Vagabondia and the Open Road. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z "I do not burden my memory with superfluities," answered Miss Norwood. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z The way was to throw down coat, umbrella, or other superfluity beside the last hole. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z How he ever got there it is difficult to say, for he had apparently neglected to provide himself with ready cash, doubtless deeming this a superfluity and a needless encumbrance. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z The Court and the Tuileries are as thronged as ever, collations and the rest of the superfluities go on as always. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Of course, as a man, he could not have a superfluity of the first of these; but, as a poet, they have been a great injury to him. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z "And do you rank the best way of making pies, cakes, and puddings, with necessaries or superfluities?" Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z For as things stand, 'tis the superfluity of one man which makes the poverty of the other. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z For six years did Massenet have the opportunity of venting the superfluity of his energies by striking the drums. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z It was notorious that although Lady Lechester had a sufficient income for all her purposes, and even a superfluity, that the revenue from her large estates was greatly reduced by encumbrances upon it. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Nothing was left but the delightful sense of being an absolute necessity to Martin—she who had been a superfluity all her life! The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z "But Mrs. Child's 'Frugal Housewife' renders them superfluities as a part of memory's storage." Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z They held forth to their respective flocks against the “superfluity of their clothes,” the “targeting of their tails,” and “the rest of their vanity.” Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z I, pampered with all the superfluities of civilization, forgot this noble youth in his exile. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z There remains a superfluity of 14 per cent cases in the right ring-finger which perforce must have for their partners either arches or loops. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream, which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell, with dreadful noise, from precipice to precipice, till it was heard no more. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z In general the conscious power of maintaining themselves, habits of attention and manual industry, the application of our feminine superfluity of sensibility and imagination to a tangible result—have produced fine characters. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Even strangers recognized him as no common person, so thoroughly was all he did and said purged of superfluity, so veracious was he, so free from apology. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z A man returning from a residence of several years abroad has a sense of superfluity in his own country—he has become a mere supernumerary whose presence or absence makes no particular difference. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Thus property divides men into "two castes, an oppressed laboring caste that famishes and suffers and an idle oppressing caste that enjoys and lives in superfluity." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z He would turn the foolish superfluities about him into hard, tangible money.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z If any have been mine enemies, I thought not of them, neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Since firm texture is what is wanted, not embroidery or superposed ornament, beauty has been well defined as the purgation of superfluities. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z For this very multiplicity, this excessive superfluity, is a burden and a drawback, and obscures the integration of the thought by attaching to it a quantity of needless qualifications. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z It is unjust that a man works to the point of destroying his health or his life, while another riots in superfluity. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z "Here, however, we shall not come to suffer want," continued the king; "here we find not frugal fare alone, but God's gifts, almost to superfluity." King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z This accomplished, others would examine to get rid of superfluities. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z With these the holy man used to wipe the perspiration from his face and neck, the runnings from his nose, or such other superfluities from which the human frame is not free. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z And if they can procure all these superfluities, they are quite content to live on mujik's fare, and to sleep in beds without any thing in the shape of sheets. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The great ones of the world have taken this earth of ours to themselves; they live in the midst of splendor and superfluity. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Here was a fair kingdom in which they reigned as victorious king and gracious queen, without the tiresome superfluity of subjects. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Not for want of the spirit of art, as thou writest from Rome, but from a superfluity of it, thou goest among soldiers. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z They could take it easy in the matter of clothing—shirts, neck-ties, pantaloons, waistcoats, and coats were superfluities which they can dispense with. Lost in the Jungle Narrated for Young People 2011-06-07T02:00:11.183Z All that he had, according to the principles of social equity, was hers; yet he, to whom nothing belonged, rioted in superfluity, while she, the rightful claimant, was driven to the point of utmost need. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Not of course in the abundant East Prussian way, the way of generous curves and of what he now began to think were after all superfluities, but with delicacy and restraint. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Modest as was the price of entry, this price perhaps sufficed to pay for some of the needs of the little being, or even more, for a superfluity, a toy. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z I had not space on it to say that the superfluity of superlatives noted, is accentuated by the words "west" and "quest" immediately following, making a lot of "ests." The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Clearly these lawyers were an unmeaning, an impeding, an offensive, though unavoidable, superfluity. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z The wisest of us are more or less foolish, by nature and of necessity; but it seems a gratuitous superfluity of folly to ignore our own ignorance. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Obviously one frequently prefers to turn away one's eyes, or even close them, when the superfluity of the player's gesticulations prevents the concentration of one's faculties of hearing. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z You felt she was led out to dance only because of the superfluity of males. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z A digestive system is a superfluity to an animal which, like the tapeworm, obtains its food ready made in the very kitchen, so to speak, of its host. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Whether the Yorkshire regarded the fire as a superfluity, like a dinner one does not want,—but that was far-fetched. Loveliness A Story 2011-04-27T02:00:23.450Z Abe had a pious horror of stewards, he considered them superfluities, and said they were appointed to prevent honest men earning a decent living. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z I found that the absence of many-colored effects and of all superfluities produced a wonderful freshness. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z There was besides an immense superfluity of rich hangings of cloth of gold; and painted tablets, the most exquisite that could be procured, were disposed all around the pulpitum and scenes579. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Why, when my darling sighed, "The weekly books are ready, Ted," And I rejoined that we were thin while they were fat,— Why, their increasing superfluities were credited All to a manifestly unoffending cat. Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z The flowers of a garden are an incumbrance—the waves of the sea are an impediment—the sails of a ship are a superfluity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Yet with their infantile arithmetic these paradoxical islanders have contrived to develop an astonishingly intricate form of speech characterised by an absolutely bewildering superfluity of pronominal and other elements. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Haroun sat in all his splendour, his viziers, his chamberlains, his great officers about him, in his golden court which displayed all the wonders and superfluities of the East. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z It was draughty, too, as there was a superfluity of doors, two of which, one at each end, we at once condemned. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z We suffer, indeed, from a superfluity of riches. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z But since he has so well increased his superfluity, what shall I do to augment my small modicum? Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z As she knew that, she knew also where to have found me of course, so that the little melodramatic recognition scene in the Thiergarten had been a mere picturesque superfluity. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z No such excuse, however, can be made for you, possessed as you are not only of all the necessaries, but of many of the superfluities, of life. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z It is not a lack, a privation, not a complaint or a wish that his work expresses; it is a plethora, a superfluity of riches, a pressure. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z But the mere fact that one has a superfluity does not oblige one to give alms. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Almost all the superfluities are necessarily paid for with ready specie. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z There is some violence in many of the most attractive nursery tales; many of them reflect a rather rough-and-tumble state of social communion; many exhibit a superfluity of bloodshed or other grisly physical horrors. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z To the Epicureans the elaborate logic of the Stoics was a superfluity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It is not in the record; the necessities of your position have no-relation to his superfluities. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z As to his successors through gift inter vivos or testament, they are not bound to give the superfluities as an alms, since the church precept was for the cleric himself. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Perhaps one can, and that too may be a superfluity to those who face life squarely. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Of course, when one is judging a story from this point of view, he must take into account the effect to be produced before he pronounces as to the sufficiency or superfluity of the incidents. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Rich men, out of their superfluities, were thenceforward to pay more than poor men out of their necessities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z They are too apt to regard matters of taste as mere superfluities; to speak lightly of order, neatness, and ornament; to think time and money spent on such things as useless. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Again, since the goods of a benefice originated in gifts offered to God Himself, it is most becoming that their superfluities be devoted to the causes most pleasing to God. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z There was not a superfluity or an ornament in sight as they walked past me; not a necktie, a finger-ring, nor a watch-chain. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Compare in his Cinderella the sufficiency of his single proviso, "Now, this godmother was a fairy," with the tedious superfluity of irrelevant marvels in Grimm's version of the same tale. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z In the magnificent parlor, giving evidence of that superfluity of expensive comfort and luxury which to wealthy Americans seems an absolute necessity of life, sits a young lady, in an elaborate and costly home dress. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z He wore a superfluity of gorgeous gold lace on his uniform, and assumed the dignity of a major-general. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Nevertheless, they seemed to have no wish for acquiring more than they possessed; nor did any thing that was offered them by the English appear acceptable but beads, as an ornamental superfluity of life. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Right now the many Web sites that beckon to the jobless look like a microcosm of the larger Web, peppered with silliness, superfluities and scams, along with useful information. Economix: The Unemployed Online 2011-01-10T11:00:29Z This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream, which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The new Liberalism, seeking to extend life, must draw upon abundance and superfluity. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Even to Madge one could hardly have committed the grossness and superfluity of saying that one was sorry; what then of Julia? The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The rich man sends his sons to trade, to make too much of inheritance yet more by fresh acquisitions of superfluity. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Beyond a certain point that is soon reached all else is needless superfluity. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources At the moment Pierre was certainly a superfluity. A Blot on the Scutcheon Having thus discharged a brotherly duty, Leo began to be depressed with a sense of his own superfluity and complete aloofness from everybody around him. The Undying Past Could she toss her an alms out of her superfluity? The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Plebeians may perhaps consider that they are superfluities, but such democratic notions are the offspring of ignorance. A Double Knot An ordinary mechanical mechanic would have been harmless; but a gentleman was a superfluity, and therefore a source of danger. "Pip" A Romance of Youth "They will do the boy no wrong," said Amador; "and I know not why thou shouldst ask me the superfluity of an oath." Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Must the great majority of our young ladies be elegant superfluities? 2nd. Household Organization It would be a superfluity to explain any farther, as the same tactics must be followed as described earlier in this work. Bee Hunting A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters - Tell How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. He still gives us, however, a great many silly superfluities, though some of them we have ventured to cut out. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 If your stature be short, you should not allow a superfluity of flounces upon the skirt of your dress: if you are tall, they may be advantageously adopted when fashion does not forbid them. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies "Alas!" he cried to those who were with him, "what will become of us who need so many superfluities in our lives!" Brother Francis Less than the least "We are degenerating owing to our superfluity of indulgence and of compassion, and to our moral drought." The Life-Work of Flaubert From the Russian of Merejowski Their views often clashed, but interest is sustained by conflict; complete agreement makes conversation a superfluity. The Gay Adventure A Romance No one takes any more care of the superfluities of the one than of the wants of the other. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Let me see: a little room, and work enough to maintain you,—those are positive necessaries; but, when one is merely wishing, there is no harm in adding a few superfluities. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Michael thought the scout's prophecies about the superfluity of Lonsdale's wine were rather premature, for it seemed that everybody intended to drink port. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Sometimes they must suffer hunger and evil days, at others they have abundance, and indeed such superfluity, that they might clean their shoes with wine or beer. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. But to be an elegant superfluity, like a parrot, or a piano on which she doesn't even know how to play--the prospect wouldn't be very glorious, but for lack of a better. The Children of the World NY Weekly: Happiness thinking that, with contentment, the peasant 160 is greater than the prince destitute of this benign blessing, and that a competency, rather than a superfluity, could convey real happiness to man. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Superfluity of riches, like superfluity of food, causes weakness and decay. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Here's what I mean: Coffers which are full will have to pour some of their superfluity into coffers which are empty. The Progressionists, and Angela. The Saxon cities readily agreed, at the Diet at Torgau, to a great addition to the land tax, as money was to be obtained everywhere in superfluity. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The quota of absolute necessities being thus reduced to almost nothing, the quota of superfluities has been able to be extended to almost everything. Underground Man The hatred of superfluity was a marked characteristic of the people of Thule. The New Gulliver and Other Stories It only meant, after all, that one had to practise a certain selection, and one could select the right things, meaning thereby life's pleasing superfluities, and leave the necessities to take care of themselves. The Furnace Some have two horses, and with the silver and the livery and the long dangling traces and a look of superfluity, have rather an air of high life. To Cuba and Back Nevertheless, there grew from these burnt huts and ditches so thick a crop, that in the same year, there was a superfluity of winter food. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. It is true, of course, that in early days there were many who guarded books as very precious things, but in times of wars and tumults people would naturally give little thought to such superfluities. The Story of Books Prodigality and superfluity are stamped on everything she does.” The Vagabond in Literature For they had a little besides professional earnings; only it happened somehow that they spent always rather more than they had, superfluities being so essential to their existence. The Furnace To purchase corn, the Dutch or Genoese want money, and to obtain this money, they are obliged to sell their superfluities. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation June 18.—A walk in North Salem in the decline of yesterday afternoon,—beautiful weather, bright, sunny, with a western or northwestern wind just cool enough, and a slight superfluity of heat. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 It was rather beyond his means, but he counted on making up the extra amount by cutting off superfluities. Maximina Yet I can find no superfluities which could be omitted. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The introductory paper on this subject may speak of the complex way in which our houses are furnished, and the superfluity of things in them. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. It is the market value and price of these superfluities which falls, and money appears to rise as compared with them. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation But she did not allow this superfluity, of cloth to hamper her movements; she sprang into the little back seat, and they started. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance No superfluity of furniture—a stone bench, rings and chains. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 We have all had experience with a superfluity of contestants, and we know what interminable trial heats mean. Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 A month had gone by since his unexpected and most unwelcome recall; but unwelcome as it had been, he could not quarrel with it on the ground of its superfluity. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Had he not a superfluity of that? it was very evident that their eyes would not be turned upon him. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine We’ll start with just what is necessary, and amuse ourselves with picking up the superfluities one by one. Lady Cassandra The producers get their trouble for their pains—they gain nothing—the consumers get more than they require—great part of the superfluity is wasted or sent abroad at a ruinous loss. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The elder sister was obliged to make her Christmas gifts with her own hands; she had no money to spend for such superfluities. Anne The style is simple, and comprehensible at a glance: the pen has gathered no superfluities upon its journeys into these remote domains, no scholastic terms cling to it, no ambitious rhetoric. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 I enjoyed a superfluity of the pleasures furnished by the world. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Cronin had a superfluity of hair about the wrists, and this point of resemblance was found on the corpse. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin His sheer intellectual strength, his experience and power in affairs, the tremendous hold that he had now gained upon the general public out of doors, made the artful genialities of the tea-room pure superfluity. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Up is used only with wake, waked and waking, but even then it is one of our most senseless superfluities. Every-Day Errors of Speech And yet, I'd wager these people," said he to himself, "are revelling in superfluities; at least, as compared to me! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She had brought from Paris all the new fashions, but now she said to Eric, How foolishly we burden ourselves with superfluities! Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine You may easily see it in him; wisdom breaks forth in every part of him, and, therefore, great must be the superfluity within! Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors It is becoming more and more not alone a social superfluity but a social impediment. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" The down, up, over and big are certainly superfluities, but they have been heard so long that they are seldom mentioned as errors. Every-Day Errors of Speech He has seen enough of life to know that thousands might live in enjoyment out of the superfluities of rich men, and yet make them nothing the poorer. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life We can tell him by his superfluity of white linen and superabundance of black cloth. The London Pulpit After it has increased consumption by the superfluity of products, it leaves them in the lurch owing to the low rate of pay; instead of keeping off want it actually produces it. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory How little a way will that sum go in superfluities, which will make two honest couple happy! Coelebs In Search of a Wife The character of the Khan is consistently observed throughout, as we learnt subsequently more particularly—viz., that of a place which affords necessities, but no superfluities—nothing portable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 They are having, as you can see, a superfluity of advice which is not helping them. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Goats do not graze, but browse upon the shrubbery, of which there is a vast superfluity in all the Southern mountains. Our Southern Highlanders It was our first idea that the catechist, true to his evangelical vocation, was clothing the naked from his superfluity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Were God a hard master, might he not withhold these superfluities of goodness? Coelebs In Search of a Wife They shook hands, each pair of eyes confessing to the other the superfluity of the ceremony. John March, Southerner Stripped of all its superfluities, what function does love serve in the scheme of life? The Kempton-Wace Letters Barbara spoke so fast that she panted, and laughed in a divine superfluity of joy. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur To one who conceives of these atolls, so narrow, so barren, so beset with sea, here would seem a superfluity of ghostly denizens. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I cannot call to mind more than one similar example in English, a or an; and its existence is attributable to the superfluity of consonants, n being dropped in a, not added in an. Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It has been advocated, in opposition to the heroic measure, upon the ground that ten syllables lead a man into epithets and other superfluities, while eight syllables compress him into a sensible and pithy gentleman. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century He showed that this new tax was a superfluity, provided the attempt was abandoned by the government to increase still further the strength of the army. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day His body, however, becomes yellow by the superfluity of bile. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. A superfluity of wagons on board a steamer, five miles at sea, is not necessarily a proof that there are more than enough wagons on shore. Campaigning in Cuba Silence is preferred by the wise and the good to superfluity of talking. Talkers With Illustrations What he was pleased to term the "superfluities of the main and after cabins" had gone first, fetching fair prices. The Recipe for Diamonds This future universal inundation of books, this superfluity of knowledge, in billions and trillions, overwhelms the imaginnation! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The world has commended the man who gives out of his superfluity, but it has condemned him who keeps too much to himself. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects For a voyage of forty miles to hospitable quarters, not much food or water was required but they took both in superfluity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) It does not need this constantly, because, when moisture is abundant, there is a bag in which it stores up superfluity of water, to be used in any day of need. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. It must be stripped of all its artificial colorings and superfluities. Tyranny of God In his first satisfaction at escaping that possible great motor-car and all the superfluities of Sir Isaac's accumulation, he had forgotten that side of the business.... The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Going through the village street, he saw twice—which seemed a superfluity of ill-fortune—Lizzie Hampson, with her demure air, passing without lifting her eyes, as if she had never seen him before. A Country Gentleman and his Family This she did, not by remitting the tenths and first-fruits entirely; but, in a spirit of the truest equity, by applying these superfluities of the larger benefices to make up the deficiences of the smaller. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First "A superfluity of good things is good," was the Jinnee's sententious reply. The Brass Bottle Browning had “an enormous superfluity of vital energy,” which he had to work off in long walks, in modeling, and in conversations. The Brownings Their Life and Art In order to be able to reach materially higher rungs on the ladder of civilization we shall, for a long time to come, have in Europe, not a superfluity, but a dearth of people. Woman under socialism In the third stanza we find the day-way rhyme again repeated, also a superfluity of syllables in the sixth line. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 They seemed to be tolerably well cared for, too; and those which we saw caparisoned were ornamented with gay saddle-cloths, and rather a superfluity of trappings for civil animals. Records of Later Life To be free from the necessity of daily self-denial and continual calculation is indispensable to happiness, but the major luxuries—ostentatious superfluities—contribute little or nothing to rational enjoyment. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III He and his eight hundred dollars, a sum so small that a shoestring promoter would hardly notice it; and yet these two men with their superfluity of claims were fighting for his favor like pawn-brokers. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp Unfortunately, however, for this theory Germany has "superfluity," not of proletarians only, but also of "intellectuals." Woman under socialism As they had almost all the conveniences of life within themselves, they seldom visited towns or cities in search of superfluity. Eighth Reader His vest was short, but that deficiency was made up in superfluity of dickey, and a profusion of sorrel whiskers. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes I have no time to waste on superfluity of any kind. Byways of Ghost-Land Grandolpho mine, it were sheer superfluity For you to bid your forces scatter now. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 The atmosphere was so permeated with the roseate luster that the eyes blinked from its superfluity. In Desert and Wilderness Also there was a sprinkling of foreign gentlemen suggesting that they might exchange titles of high nobility for some little superfluity of wealth. The Peace of Roaring River He lived, moved, breathed—ideally, his ideality based, of course, upon ridiculous superfluities of life—leather and prunella, entirely. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes If he rob, why it is only to get possession of a little of the superfluity of the rich, and that he divides among the poor—that’s all. Adventures in the Philippine Islands When criticising Milton or Dante, he can hardly keep his hand off the finest passages in his desire to pare away superfluities. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Yet he declared that he needed no extraneous assistance to be as good as any Christian; Jesus he considered a superfluity, and said so. Trail Tales What if it seemed an odd, bare place to eyes used to the superfluity of hangings and stuffings that prevailed at Estcourt? The Benefactress Occasionally a famine occurs in India which might have been averted by half our superfluity of water. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) I presume, that, if we had had the means, notwithstanding our peculiarly strict training, we should have been indulged in some of these superfluities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 It is probable, indeed, that there would now be a superfluity of certain things. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy When a seal can make you understand him without it, talking is a noisy superfluity. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Stoffles, however—she is still with us—has a superfluity of long hair, and is constantly leaving it about. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales You know without looking that it's the superfluity of naughtiness in one form or other. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse I pronounce them both to be mere superfluities; both shall be sold, that we may eat off the table in the manner of the patriarchs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 In modern times, therefore, there is only dearth, where there formerly would have been famine, and sufficiency everywhere when anciently there would have been scarcity in some places and superfluity in others. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Then, never mind warming over, or making one joint into two; let your poor neighbors and Bridget's friends enjoy your superfluity. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen Well, we have a superfluity of grain which we can give you—in fact we have grown it for you—but then it is for us to select the equivalent. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Certainly no superfluity of money had been thrown away upon her education. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 "Meanwhile, on the proceeds of those and other superfluities, I invite you to a repast which, at all events, shall not savour of extravagance." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The blame rests with America, whose competition has so lowered the price of produce that the farmer's superfluity, that is, what he does not consume himself, will no longer suffice to pay the rent. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy He would then find himself in a state of confusion, owing to what seemed to him to be a superfluity of explanations of value. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College With difficulty Phil extricated himself from the man’s superfluity of negatives and continued on his way. The Spoilers of the Valley Left to himself he would always be tripped up by his desire for birds and fishes and other such superfluities. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists We have always lived on the land, selling our superfluity to pay the rent, and now that our arrangements are disturbed, we don't know which way to turn. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In many of them not a single house or hut was left standing, and thousands of Polish peasants, who even at the best had no superfluity of riches, were deprived of everything they possessed. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Indeed, the rarities here stand side by side with the superfluities––the abominations with the blessings of literature––cluttered together, reduced to a common level. The Book of Khalid In almost every family there is some superfluity; and if it be prepared with cleanliness and care, the benefit will be very great to the receiver, and the satisfaction no less to the giver. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families A signature would to me and to all in the secret have been a superfluity. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions A surplus of grain is likewise less calculated to exchange for superfluities or luxuries than many other articles of produce. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton But what madness must it be to run in debt for these superfluities.... The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I Economy would be much more judiciously exerted in retrenching superfluities, than exercised in this manner. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I looked without seeing the bed, which was so piled up with superfluities that they nearly touched the ceiling. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate As to the care of his person, cleanliness was his chief object, he desiring no superfluity or costliness, either in his habit or food. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance In nervous diseases, there is a superfluity of examples: epidemics of hysteric fits, convulsive barking, hiccup, etc. Introduction to the Science of Sociology There was not at our disposition, either in armored ships or in cruisers, any superfluity of force over and above the requirements of the projected blockade of Cuba. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles Billy Louise was not one to waste time in the superfluities of speech when she had anything on her mind. The Ranch at the Wolverine This was a world of superfluities, a standard of excess. The Beloved Woman It is in the nature of a superfluity: the excuse for it is that it is beautiful. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery And she read about miracles—those symbolic superfluities attributed to a life which in itself was the greatest of all miracles. The Gay Rebellion “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Whosoever of you has enough to support life, let him bestow the superfluity upon these poor people. Mediaeval Tales Another epitaph is a shining example of the proper manner of attributing to the dead an almost crushing superfluity of virtues. Highways and Byways in Surrey I thought, while I lingered there, of all the fine things it takes to make up such a monarchy; and how one of them is a superfluity of mouldering, empty palaces. A Little Tour of France He is, according to Wiggins, a patriot of the finest type—only prevented from going to the front by the claims of business, a family of nine, and a certain superfluity of adipose tissue. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 Said Scopas of Thessaly, "We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things." Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature I do not know that, in the terms of classical scholarship, it is "castigated" to the same extent as its rival in point of superfluities. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century At the back a fresh hem is added from moment to moment; but the overlapping superfluity in front drops off of its own weight at the same time. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Those are much better who without leaving for the desert pass solitary lives in their homes, not associating with other people, and abstaining from superfluities of all kinds. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy If this evacuation, however, took place only in a state of superfluity, and within proper bounds, it is not detrimental to health. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Said Scopas of Thessaly, "We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things." Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature From this famous provider of necessaries and superfluities to the hospitable club is but a step, and there the traveller lunched. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India Adam Smith, on the other hand, claims that gold and silver, because they are costly superfluities are uniformly paid most dearly for, in the richest countries. Principles Of Political Economy I shall give another anecdote in refutation of the statement made in the prospectus, albeit a superfluity. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This was, in short, Go-Sanjo's plan for rendering the regent a superfluity. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era At least, he did whatever was done in the way of governing, and therefore did not sink into a mere excrescence or superfluity. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. It is not only so of the State and statesman, but of all the classes and descriptions of the rich: they are the pensioners of the poor, and are maintained by their superfluity. Lectures on the French Revolution An extreme superfluity of the former is as disastrous to civilization as a too great scarcity of them. Principles Of Political Economy If the principles of historic criticism had no stronger reasons for clearing the story of the first Saxon settlement in Kent of its romantic and apocryphal superfluities, this argument would serve us badly. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 There was no ornament, no upholstery, no superfluity at all. Appearances Being Notes of Travel The pauper and the vagabond represent a kind of social extravasation; the 'masterless man' who has strayed from his legitimate place or has become a superfluity in his own circle. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Did she love George—or was it all delusion, and was he less to her than mere superfluities, the fringe of life? The Talking Horse And Other Tales Is there so great a superfluity of men fit for high duties, that society can afford to reject the service of any competent person? The Subjection of Women In a woman's eyes a superfluity of cupboards can transform the most poisonous habitation into a desirable residence. Jonah and Co. Later the same superfluity of meat—in this case, "mutton"—recurred and became general when wool-growing and the manufacture of woollen goods developed into important industries. More Science From an Easy Chair Here, as in the poor-law, the insufficiency of the administrative body suggests to contemporaries, not its reform, but its superfluity. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. But the beauty of eighteen summers is trained to look on worship as simply her due, and to regard amiability as a mere superfluity. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Though the besieged did not suffer from want, they were far from having superfluity. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests I understand that it must seem strange to you that while living in this house where there is such superfluity, I should wish to earn something. The Light Shines in Darkness When there was a superfluity of fish the crofters and tenants were supplied first, and then anything that was left over was sent to friends in London and elsewhere. The Mystery of the Green Ray To place wit above sense is to place superfluity above utility.—Madame de Maintenon. Pearls of Thought If you ask me whether it will pay you to employ the superfluities of your cleverness in writing reviews and sketches and stories,—why, certainly, do so by all means. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance This superfluity of boot has probably originated in the custom, still common among the native women of Labrador, of carrying their children in them. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage All of them were well-known and eminent citizens, burdened with the duties of active business; and the time they gave so freely to the management of the Cooper Union was not the superfluity of leisure. Peter Cooper The Riverside Biographical Series, Number 4 The portraits of the age of Francis I. and our Queen Elizabeth, frequently represent ladies in a superfluity of jewellery, of a most elaborate character. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture Their gowns are laced commonly with streamings of ale, the superfluities of a cup or throat above measure. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters This is implied in the omitted words, which Mr. Reddie—whose omission would have been dishonest if he had seen their meaning—no doubt took for pleonasm, superfluity, overmuchness. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The roads were obstructed by these accumulations; and the open places, like the camp, were turned into markets, whither every one repaired to exchange superfluities for necessaries. The Two Great Retreats of History Toward the end of the dinner he called the butler, and, turning to his bride, said: "My love, let poverty also have a share of our superfluities." The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Provide that which is indispensable to thy subsistence; but beware of purchasing superfluities. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers There was superfluity neither of chattels nor of tilth. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay A set of habits is acquired, a scale or standard of luxury is adopted, which at once sweeps away the margin of superfluity. The Map of Life Conduct and Character The patient heaved a deep sigh of content as the unwieldiness of the wounded member increased, and held his fat little fingers wide apart to accommodate the superfluity of rag. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories So it is that excessive riches, like steering oars of too great weight and bulk, serve to sink the ship rather than to guide it; for their bulk is unprofitable and their superfluity a curse. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura About as long as the ordinary novel might be if only novelists would omit superfluities. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Good looks in a man are a superfluity. Vixen, Volume I. So each land's superfluities Should bind lands by commercial ties; And carry, from abounding stores, The luxuries of distant shores. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) There is no room to pasture cows or to feed them, for one cow can eat as much food as twenty people, so no land can be devoted to such superfluities as that. Peking Dust The Egyptian, however, was supposed to possess one very precious thing in superfluity, namely, gold; for at that time the gold mines of Nubia were in good working. The Tell El Amarna Period Publishers and editors would not then have a superfluity of matter. The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers They chirp in lively or bored fashion, as the case may be, of the things that don't matter, of the ornamentations, the superfluities and the relaxations of life. A Poor Man's House Can the greatest luxury of the table afford so true a pleasure as the reflection that instead of its being over-charged with superfluities, the homely board of the cottager is blessed with plenty? A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue If these are the principles of Neo-conservatism, our case is made out with a superfluity of proof. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 The drawbridge has been made way with, and the turrets over the portal have been bound together by a diminutive balcony of stone, which, while a manifest superfluity, is in no way objectionable. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Shouldst thou not amend thy life and refrain from superfluities, I fear that thou wilt be severely chastened, as I am myself.... The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan There was such a superfluity of game, that even those among us who had never been sportsmen before, when once they took the gun in their hands, became as eager as the rest. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Careless of what we consider valuables, our superfluities were their necessaries. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Whom, likewise, do you give me who is content with necessaries, who despises superfluities? St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Indeed, the desirability of a chaperon never occurred to either of them; which was, after all, the best guarantee of the superfluity of that mark of an advanced civilization. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Each Missionary possesses a piece of land, cultivated by the natives, which produces him in superfluity all that he requires, and he also receives an annual allowance of fifty pounds from the London Missionary Society. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 Nearly every tradesman of importance in this country has some sort of trade mark; but most printers agree in regarding it as a wholly unnecessary superfluity. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography And can a man learn all this and not know better than another how to economize what he has, and how to appreciate the numberless superfluities of life? Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 This seems a great achievement, but if one spends nothing for superfluities and does most of his labor himself, he can lay by his income, much or little. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies Dirt is the essence of savagery, and there is a superfluity of both in the Soudan. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan He was splendidly built, with clean, firm muscle, a white glossy skin, and no superfluity of flesh. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland The pictured scene, with its superfluity of accessories, is grotesque enough; but the poetic scenery, inconsequent and yet vivid as a dream, awakens, and fulfills the imagination. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 The one law being adaptability, the one aim to apply means to ends, and more and more perfectly, inessentials and superfluities are shed, and invention triumphs. Line and Form (1900) I am cheated in heart by injurious superfluity of houses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 But however rough this spoliation may be, it only touches superfluities on the outside, that is to say, gifts, graces, and favours. Spiritual Torrents On closer approach to Jessimina, I have made the rather disenchanting discovery that she has rendered her nose lilac from too much superfluity of face-powder. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Must we wait until “The news is, sir, the Voices are in arms; Then indeed—we shall have means to vent Our musty superfluity?” A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' Their superfluities they exchange with other lands for what they themselves lack, which is little but iron; or for money, which they use but seldom, and that for the hiring of soldiers. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics In this case beauty is not produced by superfluity or luxury, but by grace and harmony of line and color, combined with that absolute simplicity necessitated by the lightness of the furniture. Spontaneous Activity in Education The king himself set an illustrious example, and even dressed in gray cloth, with a doublet of taffeta, without embroidery, dispensed with all superfluity at his table, and dismissed all useless servants. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Her voice failed, and Charteris and Gerrard remained awkwardly silent, each intensely conscious of the extreme superfluity of the other's presence. The Path to Honour The great ones of the world have taken this earth of ours to themselves; they live in the midst of splendour and superfluity. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg And if ye seek more, if ye will be rich, and will have superfluities, then ye shall fall into many temptations, snares, and hurtful lusts, which shall drown you in perdition, 1 Tim. vi. 8-11. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning All these superfluities have been abolished; the prize, the object, is simply handed to the winner in an ante-room of the school. Spontaneous Activity in Education If I have a complaint to make against The Priceless Thing it is indeed that it suffers from some superfluity of plot, and what approaches a plethora of villains, real or supposed. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 "Wealth is simply a superfluity of what we don't need." The Lost Despatch The rich had speculated with their superfluity, and they could bear to joke on the subject of the Romantic Valley, though they shook their heads when the supposed value of the shares was hinted at. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852 I would think one great help to amend this, were to abate much from the superfluity and multitude of discourses upon others. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning But in Paris in August my incognito was almost a superfluity for me, although a convenience to others. The King's Mirror He was Mrs Stumfold's father, and from his coffers had come the superfluities of comfort which Miss Mackenzie saw around her. Miss Mackenzie Cut off all superfluities and fasten off by the drawn knots, then with a needle trim the fibres and your fly is made. The Teesdale Angler Not even Milton or Shakespeare could make head against such a Lopez de Vega principle of ruinous superfluity. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 When the superfluity of naughtiness is cast out, and all the faculties of the soul composed to quietness and calmness, then his voice will best be heard, and himself readiest to receive it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Bodies, souls, gifts, superfluities, deficiencies, just pitched together anyhow. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance But this cutting away of superfluities to get at the root, is precisely what a ’prentice hand should not attempt; like an unskilled gardener, he will prune away the wrong branches.” Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow A constant fusillade of small arms and singing of bullets were kept up, indicative of a superfluity of disorder, if not of ammunition. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War In war man strips himself of the unessential things which make up the museum of superfluities that he calls his home. David Malcolm No unclean thing can enter into heaven, and he is trimming himself against that day, and setting apart all superfluity of naughtiness, and filthiness, and still all his righteousness is as menstruous rags. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning To say anything about "Gulliver's Travels" or the "Dunciad," except to note the historical fact that each was published, would of course be mere superfluity and waste of words. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I Lunch is a superfluity if you haven't the money to pay for it—but stealing a ride in Scotland is out of the question. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers But though you may avoid superfluities, and entertain an instinctive horror of effeminate luxuries, there are some things quite necessary. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The camp was as devoid of luxuries and superfluities as an Indian village. The Fighting Shepherdess And for superfluities, what need ye care for them? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The nun, who had known Ursula Drew for some time, was quite aware that superfluity of meekness did not rank among that worthy woman’s failings. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time No!—you in your fine style have deemed that a superfluity; but you might find use for one now. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Suppose there is no wrong in enjoying a large superfluity: is it indispensable to display it, to wound the eyes of those who lack necessities, to flaunt one's magnificence at the doors of poverty? The Simple Life "Play interests me greatly," replied the person addressed, "but I hardly care to sacrifice the necessaries of life for uncertain superfluities." The Queen Of Spades It lays him all night between its breasts; and is still emptying itself of all superfluity of naughtiness, and purging out all vanity and filthiness, that there may be more room for his Majesty. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning His mind was too rich and facile, always suggesting a superfluity of arguments, cases, examples, quotations. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation He was not wordless, for the letter contained almost a superfluity of words; but people often said things they did not mean literally. Fair Harbor Staid people generally neglect it as a frivolity; utilitarians, as a costly superfluity. The Simple Life But oh, all these sick people—so depressing and gives one such an impression of superfluity of the human species. Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch War turns them from making the glittering superfluities of peace to making its grim engines of destruction. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice A series of notes on the utility of printed catalogues of public libraries may seem to be a superfluity. Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I abridge, as afterward, at discretion; and an initial account of the Barons' War, among other superfluities, I amputate as more remarkable for veracity than interest. Chivalry The strange world full of Marys, Hazlitts, and Teslas had added further superfluities. Erik Dorn Deny yourself all superfluities and all luxuries until you can say: "Everything in this house is mine, thank God!—every timber, every brick, every foot of plumbing, every door-sill." The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony But note that this itself would not matter much, if somehow and in some way not yet found, the shortening of the production of goods cut out the luxuries and superfluities first. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Marius found himself not in the least embarrassed by his superfluity of parents. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The passages which are due to it have been criticized as irregularities or superfluities, but, as Johnson justly asked, "superfluities so beautiful who would take away?" Milton Hanging on the wall was a pair of Mexican tapaderas—deep hooded stirrups with a great superfluity of leather extending below as if they were wings for the feet. The Wrong Woman His tales are overladen with detail and superfluity of minute description. Maxim Gorki The magnificent road now building through the island and traversing the parish of Metcalfe, has a superfluity of workmen, notwithstanding the shameful unfairness with which they have often been treated by the superintendents. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Hugh Crimble stared as at the odd superfluity of this reassurance, almost crude on exquisite lips and contradicting an imputation no one would have indecently made. The Outcry These cravings, increased, no doubt, by luxury and an inclination, to superfluities, demand daily and hourly to be satisfied. A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth In Pennsylvania, as it discouraged useless expense in foreign superfluities, some thought it had its share of influence in producing that growing plenty of money which was observable for several years after its publication.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Is it objected, How can we decide between superfluities and necessaries, in this list? it is replied, that we are not required to judge exactly, in all cases. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School And are mankind so stupid, so wicked, that, upon the demonstration of these things they will not, amending their ways, devote their superfluities to blessing the world instead of cursing it? The Confidence-Man But the superfluity of the pudding thus caused became now a new source of trouble to Bryan. Ungava The carriage entry was lighted up, not by intention, but from the mere superfluity of fire and candle in the house. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Now the study of Milton, if it teaches anything, teaches to discard and abhor all superfluity. Milton Then, by comparing what is spent for superfluities, with what is spent for intellectual and moral advantages, data will be gained, for judging of the past, and regulating the future. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Out of their superfluities they give nothing to the Lord or His saints; no, not even stirrup or girth, wherewith we may mount our horses and go forth against those who thirst for our blood. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection What was formerly ascribed to the lack of charity was now attributed to a superfluity of charity. Selected Essays In return for this superfluity, our Saxon line of kings is passed over with very little notice, only three legends, and those of very obscure personages, being interposed between Cadwallader and king Harold. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth A. The goods they take from Britain are either necessaries,=123= mere conveniences, or superfluities. Benjamin Franklin But, if this is the duty of any, it is the duty of all; and we are to inquire what would be the result, if all conscientious persons gave up the use of all superfluities. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School A.—The goods they take from Britain are either necessaries, mere conveniences, or superfluities. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Nature, too, has conveniently assorted our wants and our superfluities, to each other. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) We are really very plain people, and easily flurried and worried by superfluities. By the Christmas Fire Franklin said that he learned by inquiry that of the interest money which was disbursed in Paris most was laid out for "superfluities, and more than half of it for tea." Benjamin Franklin How impossible it is, to determine, exactly, what are necessaries, and what are superfluities! A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School All this parade of force was mere superfluity; Verona had no desire to revolt. Little Novels of Italy Certainly, the artist who seeks for permanence among the whites, reds, or blues, will not be troubled with a superfluity. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists As it was an excursion, the Fall of Rome carried a band and booths laden with many delicious superfluities such as pop-corn and the misleading compound known as "salt-water taffy." The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Kerr says that war is due to a superfluity of animal force that must vent itself, but such explanations of war seem certainly to be very far from the truth. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History I suppose that you have such a superfluity of money and property, that you must go and squander it on others! The Home More will be required of them in the way of a traceless consumption of superfluities and an unexampled expensive standard of living. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The seeming superfluity is rendered necessary through some artists knowing a pigment by one name and some by another. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists This is now a superfluity, but it is no doubt the remnant of a more primitive costume, perhaps the support of the antique fig-leaves. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala He points out, with an odd superfluity of illustration, that bank-notes enable a man to be bribed much more easily than of old. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I was of high birth, had several not undistinguished family connexions, and was brought up in a brilliant circle, in all the superficial accomplishments of the day, amid superfluity and thoughtlessness. The Home His table had nothing of the superfluity, nor his palace any thing of the magnificence, of several of his predecessors. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March That kind was not exempt, any more than the Elizabethan drama or the modern novel, from the impertinences and superfluities of trivial authors. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature But those who have not worked have ten pairs of shoes, they could have a thousand; and clothes too, in the greatest superfluity. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands There was always a superfluity of gall in the diarist's ink. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series We considered ourselves to be virtuous, because we loved those who loved us, and because we gave of our superfluity to those who needed it. The Home He enters into a severe and elegant detail of these superfluities, Hom. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March In Chrestien's Enid there is not a little superfluity of the common sort of adventure. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature No, what he demanded was that all those who could should support themselves—hear that, my daughter!—and that those who had superfluity should employ it in work which should be fruitful for others. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Exactly; they free the country of this superfluity. Sophisms of the Protectionists Nay, dear sister, such, a superfluity in eating never can prosper. The Home Toward the end of the dinner he called his butler, and turning to his bride, said, 'My love, let poverty also have a share of our superfluities.' The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg But the menstrual blood, the flow of which is subject to monthly periods, has a certain natural impurity of corruption: like other superfluities, which nature does not heed, and therefore expels. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition No economist can inform me what proportion of the labour and resources of England are at this moment devoted to the means of life, and what proportion to superfluities, luxuries and the means of death. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles And he was mortified by a more serious charge than murmurs about superfluity of zeal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" We would not be charged with the superfluity of commending to scholars the writings of Mr. Spencer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Watch the drift of verbal trifles; for Shakespeare uses no superfluities. A Hero and Some Other Folks The hope of Christ's return was therefore a superfluity, but was not felt or set aside as such, because there was still a lively expectation of Christ's earthly Kingdom. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) It is as if Sibelius had come upon himself, and so been able to rid his work of all superfluity and indecision. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Life," Basterga continued sonorously, "is seen to be that which it is, the one thing needful which makes all other things of use, and without which all other things are superfluities! The Long Night To give out of a man's superfluities to the needy was, they held, undoubtedly a bounden duty. Mediaeval Socialism But who so blind as not to see that there is no untruth nor superfluity in the poet's art? A Hero and Some Other Folks Tearing aside all mental superfluities, there was revealed a new structure of thought: "I am goin' to be a man again!" Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers This is the only way in which the deplorable superfluity of great wealth and miserable, demoralizing, degrading poverty can be abolished. Paris Talks As for the Shaykhí group, their essence was gone, only the dregs remained; the kernel of them had vanished, leaving the shell behind; most of their dialectics was lumber and superfluities by now. Memorials of the Faithful But they could make no attempt to apprize in definite language what in the receiver was meant by need, and in the giver by superfluity. Mediaeval Socialism Every superfluity and ornament was carefully retrenched: no plaits to their coat, no buttons to their sleeves; no lace, no ruffles, no embroidery. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Leave behind your delicacies and superfluities of clothing; woolen clothes will be serviceable throughout. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The book then lies in the drawer a superfluity. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma If he were laboring under a superfluity of adipose, she had equipped him with muscles of steel and lungs of tremendous expansion, a fierce courage, and nerves of a tempering such as she rarely bestowed. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon His possession of superfluities does not compel him to part with them unless there is some real want which they can be expected to supply. Mediaeval Socialism A number of them fancied, that the renovation of all things had commenced, and that clothes were to be rejected, together with other superfluities. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Lithe lianas, starred with flowers, coil up the stately trees, and then hang down like strung jewels; they can be counted only by myriads, yet they are mere superfluities. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Do you ask for money, arms, ships?—take all and everything to superfluity—but oh, give us victory and power!' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It means the selecting and simplifying of essentials into an ideal shape; and therefore it implies the absence of all superfluity, incongruousness, bombast, extravagance or purposelessness. Platform Monologues How much "need" must first be endured before a man has a just claim on another's superfluity? Mediaeval Socialism I was nursed by a man, and educated by monks, all of which shows that women are more or less of a superfluity in creation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers He said that a dear and only sister, as she was, ought to have no reluctance in sharing the superfluity of his wealth: she would thereby give far more than she received. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Why are women given so much more to ornaments and superfluities in dress and finery than men? The Last Harvest One learns quickly to discriminate between details which are ornaments, because they have meaning, and those which are only illiterate superfluities; and one learns to master many other points. Woman as Decoration By what standard are "superfluities" themselves to be judged? Mediaeval Socialism Only students, carrying superfluity of culture in their knapsacks, will ponder over the imperial lunatics who made Capri and Baiæ fashionable in the days of ancient Rome. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series There is, perhaps, an excess of foreground—a superfluity of fights and processions—by way of preparing for the ordeal through which the character of Coriolanus is to be displayed. Shadows of the Stage Light vapors, which rose here and there, and floated in fleecy clouds from rock to rock, indicated hot springs, which also poured their superfluity into the vast reservoir at our feet. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Detail.—Trimming with raison d'être,—not meaningless superfluities. Woman as Decoration Still young, energetic, resolute, he enjoyed that superfluity of authority given by success. Life of St. Francis of Assisi It is, nevertheless, considered so far a superfluity that few who have not abundant time to spare trouble about it, and the material decorated is seldom worth the labour bestowed thereon. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Their hair was of that length and quantity, that, when let down, it almost entirely shaded the person, so as nearly to render dress a superfluity. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 He looked like a man equally prepared to enjoy superfluity or total want. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth But there is no sin attaching to the emission of other superfluities. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Rings, breastpins, and similar superfluities, are in great demand among them. Choice Readings for the Home Circle "With superfluity of breeding First makes you sick, and then with feeding." Queechy, Volume I There is neither want, nor superfluity, nor disagreement. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story I will provide the wretched stranger with food and raiment and dwelling; I will pay for all, if Mrs. Fielding, from her superfluity, will supply the means. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 But the other superfluities of the human body are such as not to be needed, so that it matters not how they are emitted, provided one observe the decencies of social life. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province How many bright prospects for business have ended in bankruptcy and ruin in order to satisfy this secret hankering after fashionable superfluities! Choice Readings for the Home Circle He had a fixed idea on this subject, and declared that before thinking of superfluities, one ought to provide for necessaries. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter For Vera remembers that there is not a superfluity of servants at the vicarage, and that they all of them have plenty to do. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance |
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