| 单词 | sycophancy |
| 例句 | He no longer muttered “nation of intractable sycophancy” when the nightly news started on NTA, no longer held long monologues about how Babangida’s government had reduced Nigerians to imprudent idiots, no longer teased her mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The recent carnival of sycophancy only reinforced this. Why we're all flying the union flag 2012-06-21T18:31:56Z Effective negotiators need less ego and sycophancy, more humility and coordination with members of their own side. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The writers’ conference depicted in “Country Porch Lights” is a cesspool of snobbery and sycophancy, gilded with “self-indulgent aphorisms and psycho-babble.” ‘The Richard Peabody Reader’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Clearly Don isn’t entirely in his element with all the sycophancy going on at work and all the efforts to win him over. 'Mad Men' Watch: Scrappiness in the Sixties 2010-07-26T12:19:00Z Although he found himself unable to meet Goebbels' exacting standards of sycophancy, and got into trouble, he did the same thing when the communists were in power, postwar. Letters: Alone in Berlin is morally compromised 2011-01-11T00:04:00Z But it’s a fig leaf for Fox’s usual sycophancy. Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump — and uniquely independent at Fox News 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z As an insider’s outsider, Kingelez ranks right up there with the Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still, who said that most other modern artists were “impaled and their sycophancy exposed on the blade of my identity.” ‘Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams’ Review: Utopia in Miniature 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Hannity’s interviews, though, tend to be exercises in Trump sycophancy rather than fact-finding missions. Perspective | The data is in: Fox News may have kept millions from taking the coronavirus threat seriously 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z But this book is not purely a work of sycophancy, and its language is just as blunt about Allen’s failures: “ ‘Interiors’ is practically unwatchable. ‘Woody’ review: A new biography of the notoriously private filmmaker 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Nick Sampson transforms himself into the essence of sycophancy, his back bent into an "S". Timon of Athens; Peace Camp; The Only True History of Lizzie Finn – review 2012-07-21T23:05:46Z The sycophancy of the scene will be etched in the memory of all of us who watched it in excruciating detail on our primitive black and white TVs. Mick Jagger by Philip Norman – review 2012-10-04T07:00:01Z His spiel on Trump has blossomed into hyperbolic boosterism that borders on sycophancy. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z She had “both a distaste for sycophancy and a need for a certain degree of obeisance,” and she sends very mixed signals, even now. Books of The Times: ?Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark? and ?Lucking Out? - Review 2011-10-26T22:07:52Z Hannity, by contrast, offered only sycophancy — and the opportunity for Trump to ramble on. Perspective | Sean Hannity, Chris Wallace and why Trump wants to control follow-up questions 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z I’m still nervously awaiting the sycophancy, but there are reassuring signs that the defensive, preemptive counterprogramming is continuing. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Mainstream media fawning over Biden? Hardly. 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Iannucci is particularly good at the theater of sycophancy and at all the ways in which supplicating faces, hands and bodies can quiver in fear and with a terrible love. Review: The Slapstick Horror of ‘The Death of Stalin’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The questions are often barely veiled insults, delivered in a mirthless deadpan that’s somewhere between stupidity and sociopathy — the exact opposite of the breezy sycophancy that passes for most late-night banter. How ‘Between Two Ferns’ went from hilariously awkward web series to hilariously awkward Netflix movie 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z This is a woman who has lived with nonstop admiration and a lot of sycophancy, but at the same time is a very straightforward, pragmatic, down to earth person, I suspect. Helen Mirren talks royalty and 'Doctor Who' 2013-06-10T13:19:18Z The two men had a complex relationship rooted in admiration, sycophancy and chats that persisted until dawn so that the actor could decompress after performances. Where Dracula Was Born, and It’s Not Transylvania 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Soviet society was a tangled web of bullying, sycophancy, arm-twisting, back-scratching and emotional blackmail. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z He's been cautious not to offend the former president but has not demonstrated any willingness to adopt the obsequious sycophancy Trump has come to expect in his VP. Republicans desperately need the distraction of a GOP presidential debate 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Navalny has long forecast Russia could face seismic political turmoil, including revolution, because he says Putin has built a brittle system of personal rule that is reliant on sycophancy and corruption. Factbox: Who is Alexei Navalny and why is he on trial again? 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Are the Republicans so blinded by Trumpian sycophancy that they didn’t realize what a gift they gave Schiff by singling him out for supposedly misleading voters about Trump? Opinion: Kevin McCarthy's clowns wasted your tax dollars and Congress' time this week 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Grey Zone, a strongly followed Telegram channel affiliated with Wagner, wrote that Mizintsev had become "not the first and obviously not the last general who was out of place amid the bureaucracy and sycophancy". Russian ex-deputy defence minister joins Wagner as feud escalates - war bloggers 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “There was a lot of reluctance to criticize and challenge the queen. There was sycophancy and deference around her. That hasn’t been inherited by Charles.” ‘Not My King’ protests are now the norm at King Charles III’s events 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z "Charles has not inherited the deference, respect and sycophancy that was enjoyed by the queen, so people are far more willing to challenge him." Charles' coronation seized on by republicans as chance to ditch monarchy 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z While he doesn’t explain how attacking Cancún would solve the immigration crisis, he does give you a whiff of the sycophancy that came with his service. Review | Political books are often bland. Mike Pompeo’s is savage. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The exchange followed a previous post last week by Mr. Musk in which he disclosed Twitter employees’ sycophancy for Dr. Fauci. Musk teases release of ‘Fauci Files’ on Twitter later this week 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Pence sacrificed all integrity or dignity with his extravagant display of sycophancy. Mike Pence's delusional quest: After all this, he still believes in a GOP that died long ago 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Give Pence this much: After four years of sycophancy to Trump, he went far in redeeming himself when it really mattered to democracy. Column: The Jan. 6 hearings are sorting real heroes from the fakes 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z But she survived only by turning hard toward sycophancy, casting herself as a longtime Trump loyalist. Opinion | Inflation could put election deniers in charge of our democracy 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z This man is a provably hateful, vindictive, lying, cheating, stealing insurrectionist who inspires slavish devotion from a white nationalist base and sycophancy from craven Republican leaders. Has the mainstream media already made its peace with fascism? We'll soon find out 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “DeSantis is as powerful in Florida as Trump was and still is among Republicans nationally. When that sort of thing happens, this is what you get. Gutless, spineless, sycophancy.” Florida legislators give DeSantis their power to draw House map 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He told the congregation that there were times when Philip could be “abrupt” and “somewhat sharp in pricking what he thought to be bubbles of pomposity or sycophancy.” Queen Elizabeth II, escorted by son Andrew, makes first big public appearance in months 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z They are testing the same proposition, which is that you needn’t choose between Trump sycophancy and Trump apostasy. Opinion | There’s a New Wizard of Oz. It’s Donald Trump. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z After breaking creative new ground in the area of sycophancy, Pence said last month in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that he was “proud” that he certified the election. Opinion | Slip Sliding Away From History 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Zeldin is now trying to walk back his Trump sycophancy and it's almost comical. No vacancy: Republicans struggle to make space for Trump regrets 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z And that is what makes his reversion to sycophancy so contemptible. Opinion | Meet Kevin McCarthy, political hollow man 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z “Mr. Prime Minister, you’ve destroyed the Likud and brought an atmosphere of a cult of personality, sycophancy, fear of expressing criticism, and a Byzantine court,” he said. Netanyahu re-election hopes hinge on vaccination campaign 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z “Mr. Prime Minister, you’ve destroyed the Likud and brought an atmosphere of a cult of personality, sycophancy, fear of expressing criticism, and a Byzantine court,” he said. Netanyahu re-election hopes hinge on vaccination campaign 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z And now, regardless of what happens in Georgia on Tuesday, we all suffer for his sycophancy. Opinion | We all suffer for Mitch McConnell’s sycophancy 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Our historic rejection of Trump will also warn his enablers to abandon their sycophancy. Opinion | Vote as if our way of life depends on it. It does. 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z It features egregious internal sycophancy and hacks in high positions, abusive presidential rhetoric and mendacity on an unusual scale. Opinion | There Will Be No Trump Coup 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Say this for Vice President Pence: He doesn’t care in the least if his critics say that he’s turned sycophancy into high art. Opinion | The only old-fashioned aspect of the RNC: The jockeying for 2024 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Speaker after speaker paid homage to the absolute monarch as if competing to outdo one another for obsequious sycophancy. RNC 2020: a two-hour glimpse into the upside-down world of Trump TV 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z That August day at Flushing Meadows she showed a healthy disregard for convention in a setting that encourages sycophancy. Audacious to the end, on and off the court: the remarkable Angela Buxton | Kevin Mitchell 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Trump is accustomed to sycophancy from Pence and the others around him – phrases such as “The president has ordered” and “The president directed”. Trump reverts to media-bashing and blame-casting in latest press conference 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z When Yamiche Alcindor of PBS asked him about the valuable time lost because of that inexplicable decision, Trump bristled at the sound of a voice that dared pierce his cocoon of sycophancy. Opinion | Plagued by the President 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z Revolting sycophancy by Pence and others in the Administration to Trump. Retired four-star military general rips Mike Pence's "revolting sycophancy" and "devotion" to Trump 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Instead of the intelligence and expertise of South Korea, it is emulating the sycophancy, incompetence and propaganda of North Korea. Opinion | Some countries have been successful in combating the coronavirus. The U.S. is not one of them. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z It remained one of the hallmarks of the show as Parsons, with varying degrees of success, dealt with panellists such as Kenneth Williams, whose treatment of his chairman ranged from toadying sycophancy to outright abuse. Obituary: Nicholas Parsons 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Opposition parties said she had been "rewarded for political sycophancy". Bill to block further delay to Brexit process 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Generally speaking, by the time of his separation in 1992, that kind of sycophancy had ebbed away. The party prince: how Andrew got his bad reputation 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Jordan is not, of course, alone in his heroic sycophancy. Opinion | Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan give us a taste of the Truly Trumpian Man 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Senate that their continued sycophancy to this White House leader is the path to their own doom in the 2020 elections. Donald Trump: The art of the “self-shakedown” 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Whereas Owens had kissed the ring with peerless sycophancy, the activist and broadcaster Van Jones had betrayed him, he recalled, after pleading for his help. Moral leader, standup comic: Trump summons alternative reality at black youth summit 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It takes superhuman levels of sycophancy to always agree with a president who is constantly changing his mind. Opinion | Yes, Trump is losing it. But don’t pretend he ever had it to begin with. 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Still, sycophancy is an effective path to favor with any President, especially this one. “Congratulations Again, Mr. President”: Trump and the Co-opting of the G.O.P. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority. Trump's spat with the UK reveals the bottomless depths of his insecurities | Richard Wolffe 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s reelection would entrench a particularly vicious brand of know-nothingism, advocated with tireless arrogance, combined with resolute ignorance, enabled by steadfast sycophancy. Opinion | American politics doesn’t need a Christian supremacy. It needs solidarity. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z There are also concerns about his willingness to support some of Trump's more outlandish proposals, raising questions about possible sycophancy. Trump acting defense secretary cleared 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The sycophancy of the tech press defied parody. Opinion | The World Wide Web just turned 30. We’re celebrating with anti-tech fervor. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The President’s essential love of sycophancy predates his ascension to the White House, of course, even as it continues to shape his decisions there. “Congratulations Again, Mr. President”: Trump and the Co-opting of the G.O.P. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z But it is in keeping with a president who has set the tone of prizing loyalty and personal sycophancy over wisdom and vision. Opinion | She exposed Russian trolling. Her award for her work was rescinded after she criticized Trump. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z As Young wrote in “The Politician,” inside the campaign there was “a cult-like atmosphere” that encouraged extreme sycophancy. Opinion | The Sycophant and the Sociopath 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Given the Senate’s sycophancy toward Trump, it falls to the House, the media and lower-court judges to protect us from autocracy. Opinion | What House Democrats need to do 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z But he apparently impressed Trump with his extreme sycophancy, so he went directly from guest hits on CNN to being the attorney general's chief of staff. Breaking bad: Low-grade right-wing hack is now our nation’s leading law enforcement officer 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z In today’s monochrome GOP — color it orange, for the coiffure of its Dear Leader — postures range all the way from sycophancy to adoration. Opinion | America has shingles. A divided Congress could be the cure. 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Still, it’s hard to believe that even they don’t remember Pence’s self-abasing performance that launched a Cabinet meeting circle of sycophancy in June 2017. Review | Is it God’s plan for Mike Pence to be president? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z And some have Trump sycophancy thrust upon them — since he’s a star, they let him do that. Review | I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z If he’s seeing that collection of pictures in his head when he looks at Vladimir Putin, it would go a long way to explain his prayerful body posture and cringeworthy sycophancy. 3 theories that explain Trump’s approach to Putin and Russia. Which makes the most sense? 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Instead, we got last week’s parade of sycophancy and abasement. As a conservative, I despair at Republicans' support for Trump. His vision is not conservatism 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z This brings us to the second, less obvious reason McCarthy’s sycophancy is alarming: the strength of the economy. Opinion | The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The sycophancy masked a covert reality, because editors had unleashed their reporters to hunt for skeletons in the Markle closet. Royal wedding shows growing irrelevance of monarchy and press | Roy Greenslade 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z But is all this effort – undignified sycophancy in the eyes of critics – worth it? Dandruff diplomacy: why Macron groomed Trump but Merkel got the brush-off 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The sycophancy only dialed up once Trump became president. Perspective | Sean Hannity isn’t a leader. He’s just a fan of powerful Republicans. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z More to the point, given Trump’s perpetual hunger for sycophancy, is the fact that Jackson showered the president with hyperbolic Dear-Leader-style praise during a widely viewed television appearance in January. Opinion | Surprise: Trump’s newest Cabinet nominee has no relevant experience 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Many others whose qualifications for service do not include sycophancy — from the regional immigration spokesman who quit rather than defend falsehoods up to top economics aide Gary Cohn — have self-purged rather than suffer more debasement. Opinion | Trump’s presidency is becoming ‘The Purge’ 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Not only is Navarro proudly declaring that he’s a propagandist, not a policy analyst — that his role is solely to confirm Trump’s prejudices — he’s also engaging in an utterly un-American level of sycophancy. Springtime for sycophants 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z That, Lee speculates, could explain powerful sycophancy that overcomes those who get close to Trump. Opinion | Is Trump’s doctor okay? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z To the outsider there was an almost comic feel to this explosion of sycophancy, even if some of the praise for the thoughts of Xi Jinping seemed to be heartfelt. Xi Jinping’s Leninist quest for authority and control carries dangers 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z One of the most appalling aspects of the Trump presidency is the sycophancy he requires of the officials who serve him. Opinion | Loyalty to Trump isn’t enough 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z And he has maintained the president’s confidence without adopting sycophancy. Mattis Shows How to Split With Trump Without Provoking Him 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Ruling party sycophancy and oppositional weakness around an authoritarian leader is to be expected in immature or struggling democracies. A letter to my American friends: when did the dream die? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps most important, the President's chaotic style and insistence on sycophancy often mean that serious problems do not get addressed until they turn up on the front page of the Washington Post. Donald Trump Can Stop Leaks If He Stops Acting Like Donald Trump 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z He shows his aides no loyalty and—judging by the frightened sycophancy of many of his underlings—has no interest in hearing harsh truths. Donald Trump sacks Reince Priebus as chief of staff 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z This is the Trump White House, where competency is of far less value than sycophancy, and virtuous staffers are worth rather less than a Ruby Tuesday special. Anthony Scaramucci is vindictive, petty and unprincipled – perfect for Trump | Richard Wolffe 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z This is the recommendation of sycophancy based on hysteria. Opinion | The GOP’s hard, messy options for destroying Trumpism 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z For those works often explore how sycophancy clouds the judgment of great men, especially when pride prevents them from seeing that they are being gulled. Donald Trump’s need for flattery is trashing reputations 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Mike Pence has discovered a freaky talent for such freakish sycophancy, and called it “the greatest privilege of my life” to assist “the president who’s keeping his word to the American people.” Opinion | The Mortification of Jeff Sessions 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z He demands sycophancy and yet, driven by his own obsessions and disorders, he regularly exposes his closest aides to public ridicule and humiliation. Opinion | The Trump-Comey contest is a titanic clash of worldviews 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Is there a more perfect expression of sycophancy? Anthony Scaramucci is vindictive, petty and unprincipled – perfect for Trump | Richard Wolffe 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z What Trump demands is not, in fact, loyalty; it is fealty, servility, sycophancy. What Kind of Loyalty Does a President Need? 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Many tech workers are disgusted by such sycophancy – and afraid of what it might lead to. Trump needs tech to achieve his vision. But Silicon Valley isn't having it 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z “This decision is tone deaf at best, naked sycophancy at worst,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Jews object to Hanukkah party at Trump hotel: ‘Tone deaf at best, naked sycophancy at worst’ 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Recognition and success caused her confidence to go up, though she also suffered from the classic trials of celebrity: isolation, sycophancy, exploitation. Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016: an appreciation 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Since I often covered parties, this was made manifest by the sycophancy of many who we mocked, which in turn, simply fed my contempt. Former Gawker editors on the Hogan trial aftermath: 'It's about what journalists can cover' 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Efficiency, innovation and independence are the watchwords of a carefully managed public relations campaign that slips easily into sycophancy in Saudi media coverage. Saudi king's son drives reforms and war in a year of anxiety and change 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Even the Economist, reporting on Modi-mania among “private-equity types, blue-chip executives and the chiefs of India’s big conglomerates” was startled by the “creepy sycophancy”. Narendra Modi: the divisive manipulator who charmed the world 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z It was seeing the “culture of sycophancy” around Warner that convinced Nakhid there is a better way to run the world’s most popular sport. Platini’s credentials as reformer questioned by FIFA rival 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Being one of these folks who win elections involves projecting a sense that you identify with “real” people while expending great time, soul and sycophancy on the millionaires and billionaires who tantalize your campaign dreams. ‘Folk’ Wisdom 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Habits of sycophancy will widen support for the new rulers. Ask Siri 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Choe also accused the European Union and Japan, the resolution’s co-sponsors, of “subservience and sycophancy” to the United States, and he promised “unpredictable and serious consequences” if the resolution went forward. U.N. Push Against North Korea on Rights Moves Ahead 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Choe also accused the E.U. and Japan of “subservience and sycophancy” to the United States, and he promised “unpredictable and serious consequences” if the resolution goes forward. U.N. committee condemns North Korea, citing crimes against humanity They are often surrounded by sychophants, and over time, they can’t seem to tell the sycophancy from the sincerity; surely a deadly flaw in a leader. Ralph Nader on How Much Entrepreneurs Should Be Paid 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The Gandhis have dodged responsibility because of the Congress culture of competitive sycophancy. Congress after the cataclysm 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Ah, but a different narrative is developing for those who reside outside the Seahawks’ sphere of sycophancy. Seahawks beloved here, but are growing into a hated team elsewhere 2014-01-10T03:40:57Z But we might only imagine the calls on your time, the distractions, the sycophancy, the line of multinational companies seeking to buy into your image. Global Soccer: To Lionel Messi, on His Return 2014-01-02T10:46:22Z However, the AAP's emergence also points to an inflection point in India's stodgy politics dominated by identity, caste, patronage, sycophancy, dynastic impulses and opaque financing. A spectacular debut by a new Indian party 2013-12-09T06:23:27Z But even in less dysfunctional firms the whims of the man at the top can cause damaging depression or sycophancy below. Schumpeter: Going off the rails 2013-11-28T15:58:36Z If nothing else, the letter is an indication of the sycophancy surrounding the republican imperium of the French presidency, especially under Mr. Sarkozy. French Relish Cycle of Scandals Featuring Sarkozy-Era Officials 2013-06-22T18:37:23Z They have ridden the aura of their Nehru/Gandhi heritage, not forgetting the overweening sycophancy it generates in their Congress party, to lives of power and privilege. How Gandhi Blew the Rape Crisis 2013-01-19T05:00:00Z The good czar showed he despised the preposterous sycophancy of his pettifogging officials just like ordinary Russians did. Op-Ed Contributor: Please Hold for Mr. Putin 2012-09-22T00:51:07Z I just don't understand the fawning sycophancy of otherwise reasonable and rational people. Flypast ends Jubilee celebrations 2012-06-05T15:31:12Z They were taunted with sycophancy to England, and a craving after English distinctions and aristocratic preeminence. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Ingratitude is base; sycophancy is vile; undue compliances are mean. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z And from the same root spring pride, anger, cruelty, and sycophancy, the mean subservience of the poor and the mean arrogance of the rich. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z This is not the idle sycophancy of words. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Under its direction the monks flattered every power they were ordered to subvert, and blushed at no sycophancy that facilitated the accomplishment of an object. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Think not, however, that this inequality favors pride on the one hand, and sycophancy on the other. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z A smart dictator of a sultanistic regime eviscerates his country’s institutions; rules by personal fiat, not by law; and creates a divided society in which sycophancy and corruption are the paths to prosperity. Way of the World: The Imprint of Iron Fists Fades Slowly 2011-08-25T13:30:35Z He knew that the malice was as shallow as the good will; and the alternatives were resentment, sycophancy, or a little subtlety. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z You can never be well off, my dear Phil, for to do you justice, you lack the essential qualities of rascality and sycophancy which are requisite to the manufacture of the ‘successful man.’ Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z For this base sycophancy he was assailed by princes and people with a storm of indignation. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Such displays of sycophancy are not just limited to politics. Anger over India tongue cutting 2011-05-24T18:17:49Z Successive Lord Mayors of Dublin have held aloof from the Government—some from conviction, the majority frightened by the bogie of sycophancy. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z But even courtesy has limits where dignity should govern it, for when carried to excess, particularly in manner, it borders on sycophancy, which is almost as despicable as rudeness. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z He had but seen the Irish of St. Giles's; the physiognomy he alone knew was that blended one of sycophancy and dissipation that a degraded and demoralised class wear. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z By hypocrisy, intrigue, and cringing sycophancy, these unscrupulous monks obtained rights and privileges enjoyed by no other ecclesiastical corporation. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Fueled by ample petrodollars, he would descend into an increasingly self-contained and self-reverential world, a closed system fed and reinforced by the sycophancy that always surrounds dictators and that brooks no opposition. Op-Ed Contributor : The Many Qaddafis 2011-02-24T17:26:17Z Irishmen are seldom cowards, but it is only necessary to bring a charge of sycophancy against an Irishman to make him forswear the Castle and all its works. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z There remains, indeed, the old political lounger, the loafer of the market-place, ever seeking to obtain some shabby maintenance by sycophancy or by bullying. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It is institutionalised sycophancy, for which the viewer is paying. TV's chance to elevate football punditry to the level of enlightenment 2011-01-27T14:47:17Z Take the vague sycophancy that accompanied Time's announcement. Please, stop the Zuckerberg love train 2010-12-23T18:00:01Z If there is one charge for Anson and his team to answer, beyond excessive idealism, it is their appalling sycophancy in relation to the Sunday Times and Panorama corruption allegations. Revenge and retreat: England's options after their 2018 World Cup snub 2010-12-03T17:32:00Z Only the craven sycophancy of Labour and coalition ministers to their banker friends allows this racket to continue. A Treasury whinge at banks won't pull us from the mire 2010-08-03T20:00:00Z More common than civil war, and yet quietly devastating, due to its atrophy of the state, sycophancy and corruption, is the effective presidency-for-life. Letter from Africa: President for Life, and Then Some 2010-05-11T11:40:00Z Mr. Carpenter, in a career of more than half a century, won wide respect for a style devoid of any sycophancy toward fighters, whether it was Muhammad Ali, George Foreman or Mike Tyson. Harry Carpenter, 84, the 'Voice of Boxing' in Britain 2010-03-27T00:30:00Z Unlike most politicians, Obama doesn't thrive on sycophancy; he mistrusts it. 2010-01-21T07:25:00Z Succumbing to sycophancy, after all, is a way of reassuring oneself that all is good in the world, when clearly it is not. 2010-01-23T12:07:00Z The scenes which followed the massacre are an awful revelation of cowardly sycophancy. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Lastly, we need not speak of mere sycophancy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Then one forgets all wrath, impurity, sycophancy, and other vices.” The Story of Our Hymns They stepped not out of their sphere to act a part,—I did; mine was all the sycophancy of imitation. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Since I have been a rich man, I have seen nothing but the servile flattery of sycophancy, or the insidious snares of deeper iniquity. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) On the contrary, the man was at least fifty-three or four, a perfect monster of ugliness, with an ex-pression of sardonic sycophancy actually demoniac. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Arrogance and sycophancy are such despicable qualities, whether in dog or man, that they are held up not only for our laughter but for our contempt. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation He speaks of the Scotch "cunning," "treachery," and "fawning sycophancy," of "the characteristic prudence, the selfish nationality, the indefatigable smile, the persevering assiduity, the everlasting profession of a discreet and moderate resentment." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence "It is not necessarily proof of sycophancy that one has acquired his manners in New Orleans." A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Pride hates the sycophancy which is acceptable to vanity. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The judge listened with deference and attention, his manner being suddenly converted into the very lowest sycophancy. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier He had emphatically satirised the sycophancy which estimated literary works by the rank of the author: What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He speaks of the Scotch "cunning," "treachery," and "fawning sycophancy," of "the characteristic prudence, the selfish nationality, the indefatigable smile, the persevering assiduity, the everlasting profession of a discreet and moderate resentment." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Favoring servility, or sycophancy, to conciliate superiors, very easily loosens the restraints of conscience. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. They have unquestionably been guilty of miserable pride towards inferiors in wealth or in station, and guilty of miserable sycophancy towards the rich and the powerful. Modern Substitutes for Christianity We no longer have that old Roman's courtier-like sycophancy, nor his nonchalance when others are condemned by divine caprice to the eternal flames. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But was it loyalty or sycophancy that could thus transmute even George I. into "the best of princes"? Books Condemned to be Burnt It was not until all hope of turning sycophancy to further account was gone that he took up with patriotism. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. If he had done so, none of his fellow-slaves below, in spite of their present sycophancy towards Tag-rag, would have shown any particular alacrity in picking up their common oppressor. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. But nobody has described more vigorously all the meaner forms of selfishness, stupidity, and sycophancy engendered under 'that fatal drollery,' as Tancred describes it, 'called a parliamentary government.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The worth and birth of the country are sick of this veiled communism that they call justice to Ireland—sick of democratic sycophancy—deadly sick of the Old Man. Name and Fame A Novel Her contempt of sycophancy, and bold independence led her constantly into trouble. Amaryllis at the Fair He traced the history of the Bedford opulence up to its origin, which he loftily pronounced to be personal sycophancy and public spoil—the plunder of the Abbeys, obtained by subserviency to a Tyrant. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 “Well, if a man can’t get what air he wants, what is likely to happen?” continued Brazzier, with an insolent swagger that was exasperating, following upon his fawning sycophancy. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Jeanne scrupulously requited the courtesies she received from Catharine, though she regarded with much suspicion the adulation and the sycophancy of her proud hostess. Henry IV, Makers of History They smiled upon the queen with a perpetual sycophancy, and gnashed their teeth secretly upon each other with a hatred which, unlike the pretended love, was at least honest and sincere. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History For no man would ever be insincere in his art, except for pay, except to cater to some other taste than his own, and to win approval and favor by sycophancy. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Thoughtless eclecticism, eager backward glances at a career, and income down to the meanest sycophancy occupy their places. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy There was no sycophancy on the part of the young man, no patronage on that of the employer. Macaria By fraud, and thieving, and over-reaching, and sycophancy—in short, by running through the whole gamut of the scale of rascality—rascality of the meaner kind, mark you. The Sign of the Spider The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to men. The Subjection of Women A hatred and a sycophancy, such as no Priest, Pope, or despot before, had encountered, would have been brought against him. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply This has been said and reiterated, until it descends into the lowest depths of sycophancy and utter folly. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Losing sight of their own manhood and self-respect, they descend to the most degrading sycophancy. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies They are humble enough to their masters; ages of oppression have taught them sycophancy. The Mission of Janice Day However it may be customary for English newspapers to designate the English sovereign, they are at least not addicted to sycophancy in designating the rulers of other countries than their own. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Indeed, James would have made a much better schoolmaster than king; and his pedantry and conceit were beyond all bounds, so that Bacon styled him, either in irony or sycophancy, "the Solomon of the age." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Indeed, Mr. Wilcocks was deeply and painfully sensible that Little York abounded in meanness, corruption, and sycophancy, and notified his constituents accordingly. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 In it the mores of conservatism are developed,—unchangeable manners, fixed usages and ideas, unenlightenment, refusal of new ideas, subserviency of the lower classes, and sycophancy. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In short their presence at our public schools could not be safely tolerated, as even the children of good Radicals were not immune to the danger of snobbery and sycophancy. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 This peaceable tendency obviously arises from neither fear nor sycophancy, but from an anxious desire to be entirely just and good-natured, and to avoid coarseness or breach of taste. The History of "Punch" But their sycophancy was nothing compared with what the bishops and clergy of the Established Church generally evinced. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges It was a contemptible pandering to unblushing and self-interested sycophancy, involving practically the ruin of all that the best spirits in the art world had laboured for since the commencement of the century. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 The returned Tories had indeed all become Federalists, which fact, with many others, lent to this attitude the appearance of deficient patriotism, of sycophancy toward our old foe and persecutor. History of the United States, Volume 2 He doubtless professed his readiness to go any length in the way of sycophancy which might be required of him for the future. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion There was nothing in “Cobbler” Horn to encourage sycophancy; and there was not in Mr. Durnford a particle of the sycophant. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn What are we to think of that public joy, and public sycophancy, after so many years of hard fighting for civil and religious liberty? A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Much of this sycophancy is due to the poverty of the educated classes. Face to Face with Kaiserism In their prosperity they encouraged toadying and sycophancy. Friendship Nor must such a course imply time-serving or sycophancy, or the least concealment of any of the loftiest and noblest sentiments. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. I assured myself that I was simply stating the truth, and ignored the fact that telling the truth can be the most degrading sycophancy, and the subtlest and for that reason the most shameless, lying. The Plum Tree And never was there such a mixture of finery, effeminacy, insolence, and sycophancy in any royal minion before or since. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges It is of that kind ‘which neither gods nor men permit;’ and is conclusive, not of Burns’s judgment, but of his ‘tender’ sycophancy. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 He saw France deadened by a universal sycophancy, and tyrannized over by a court life which made a lie of everything. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France For example, this man plays for a petty office, and gains it; but the real stake he gains is sycophancy, uncharitableness, slander, and deceit. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry By persistent sycophancy he had pushed his way into the inner circle of the crowned. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Gay, as a poet, was respectable, but poor, unfortunate, a hanger on of great people, and miserably paid for his sycophancy. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges If they could be restored they would bring back personal caprice, favoritism, sycophancy, and intrigue. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other Samuel Pepys, the weather-glass of his time, hails the first glimpse of the Restoration of Charles II. in his usual quaint terms and vulgar sycophancy. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 I was struck by their simple natural manner, and the absence of anything like sycophancy to be observed in them. Milly Darrell and Other Tales "My daughter, what possible connection can Mrs. Carew or anybody else find between the habit of sycophancy and baskets of figs?" Infelice It does not mean either sycophancy or truculence, but freedom to every individual to make the most of himself and so help others to make the most of themselves. The Vitalized School This is to substitute the sycophancy of a courtier for the respect which the Creator inspires, as the source and reward of a scrupulous and delicate life. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Phillimore himself makes some very severe strictures on the sycophancy and greed of the higher clergy.—See his History, passim. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Mike's sycophancy was so innate that it did not appear, and was therefore almost invariably successful. Mike Fletcher A Novel The pro-slavery spirit has always demanded sycophancy where its strength was great enough to enforce it, and has ever been ready to invoke the law of force where its theories were contradicted. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Despite his sycophancy and his fulsome flattery of prospective benefactors, he displays more of the sober moderation and sane common-sense of Horace than either of his contemporaries. English Satires Amid the sycophancy of the court of a learned sovereign some truths will manifest themselves. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions I suspect himself of sycophancy, if not of briebory, and it may well be that he shut out others of his kidney in order that he might have free play with the great estates. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary He was not born to an inheritance of sycophancy; it comes like an afflatus upon him, and it turns his head. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times He objects to the gloomy Jonathan-Edwards view, because it helps to precipitate by reaction the opposite extreme—“the boundless sycophancy of human nature from which we are now suffering.” The Art of Letters One really feels her disagreeable presence, and is annoyed with her whining, leering, fawning, sycophancy. A Love Episode He also speaks of him as a toady; but he was a friend of Johnson, whose detestation of sycophancy was a positive principle. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 He is perfectly at ease about his own dignity, and the respect of those around him; nothing disgusts him sooner than any appearance of fawning or sycophancy. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Gallo would willingly have thrown his bronze inkstand at the insolent ecclesiastic; his temper was naturally choleric, though years of sycophancy and State service had taught him to control it. The Waters of Edera Swallow not the wheedling of a rival, nor pay for the sycophancy of a parasite; for that has laid the snare of treachery, and this whetted the palate of gluttony. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 His mother, Livia Augusta, was the object of a like sycophancy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Anyhow, he preferred the sardonic bearing of his professional intimates to the sycophancy of certain acquaintances and of eager snobs unknown to him. The Roll-Call As for the particular bit of sycophancy which educated men wickedly dangle before roughs and clowns, we should like to be sure that the proposition is correctly reported. Studies in Literature However, I feigned an interest in his weakness, for I was drunk enough for such small sycophancy. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The heart and mind, consciously or unconsciously, ask for some deeds other than those of arms and sycophancies. Russell H. Conwell Gifford was hated even more than his associates; not only, we fear, for his venal sycophancy, but because he had been apprenticed to a shoemaker and never concealed the lowness of his origin. Famous Reviews He had inherited the feudal deference for his superiors in position, joined to a certain self-respect which saved him from sycophancy. The Marrow of Tradition In our sycophancy we attach grandeur to the name exotic: we call aristocratic garden-flowers by that epithet; yet they are no more exotic than the humbler companions they brought with them, which have become naturalized. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Actually, they felt, Dale was a great deal more engaged with his audience than many of the imaginative writers whom he affected to despise for their sycophancy. The Ghost Ship In college he learns contempt for human nature from the sycophancy of others. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers If he be really the hero that his friends represent him, he must despise all mean condescension, all grovelling sycophancy, all self-degradation and self-abasement. Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate That spirit of sycophancy is directly concerned with the farmer next door. Down with the Cities Burton, deficient in money, and in sycophancy, was discredited for a time, although now his name is immortal in geography as a pioneer of African travel. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The duke wished his protégés to regard him as their father, but his system tended to the encouragement not so much of honest gratitude as of rank sycophancy. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller In so worthy a cause much sycophancy may be forgiven him. The Cathedral To Boswell, a recent acquaintance whose intrusive sycophancy had not yet made its way into his confidential intimacy, he gave no invitation. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Out of such sycophancy it is easily explained why our State schools have been so ineffective as to necessitate the sending of the Negro youth to private institutions maintained by northern philanthropy. A Century of Negro Migration For I swore early in life never to utter a falsehood, and, above all, a sycophantic falsehood; and, in the false homage of the modern press towards women, there is horrible sycophancy. Miscellaneous Essays At the same time it is a pleasure to learn from certain well authenticated anecdotes that he and his élèves did not always live in a fool's paradise of sycophancy. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Power was his master-passion, and consumed all other passions; and he resolved to gain it in any way he could,--unscrupulously, by flatteries, by duplicities, by sycophancies, by tricks, by lies, even by services. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers In regard to sycophancy,--a disgusting trait, I admit,--we should consider the age, when everybody cringed to sovereigns and their favorites. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation How unmeaning would have been a friendship between Chesterfield and Dr. Johnson, even had the latter stooped to all the arts of sycophancy! Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity There was no sycophancy in the words which he uttered during an interview with King Hsuan of the State of Ch'i. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) One M. Brutus in particular disgraced his family by sycophancy in the time of Sulla and was afterward killed in Gaul by Pompey. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Not even Frederic the Great, when he patronized Voltaire, was aware what an insidious foe was domiciled in his palace, with all his sycophancy of rank, with all his courtly flattering. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers These romancers, distinguished for their sycophancy and lack of knowledge, would have us believe that these enterprises originated as splendid and memorable exhibitions of patriotism, daring and ability. Great Fortunes from Railroads I found sycophancy established there, as a principle of action; flaunting on the lord's gold tassel in the street; enthroned on the lord's dais in the dining-room. Basil Ah! at least your honesty is refreshing in these accursed days of hypocritical sycophancy! St. Elmo He himself despised sycophancy sufficiently to be pleased with this rebuke. Napoleon and Blucher And not content with this, he did not limit his sycophancy to Valentina, but sought also by a smiling persistence to ingratiate himself with Francesco. Love-at-Arms "Well, I'll show you the letter, Mr. Montgomery," said I, with a petulance tempered by sycophancy. Such Is Life At the same time he had too much discernment, and too much elevation of mind, to be gratified by sycophancy. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 The affronts which his poverty emboldened stupid and low-minded men to offer to him would have broken a mean spirit into sycophancy, but made him rude even to ferocity. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Any touch of the sycophancy of the future in it? Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus Expressing himself in empty phrases, mistaking sycophancy for politeness, and wordiness for wit, he uttered his commonplaces with a brisk assurance that passed for eloquence. The Lesser Bourgeoisie In regard to sycophancy, a disgusting trait, I admit,—we should consider the age, when everybody cringed to sovereigns and their favorites. Beacon Lights of History |
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