| 单词 | adulatory |
| 例句 | In this adulatory film, no one ever asks. Review: ‘Harry Benson: Shoot First,’ on Photographing the Beatles and Others 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Obviously, for him, there might be an element of redemption in such adulatory coverage. On the Runway Blog: Charting the Rise of the King of Retail 2012-05-25T17:42:50Z Yes, 20,000 people showed up to adulate the new PM at Madison Square Garden, but the real surprise was the adulatory response from Republican politicians. Jon Stewart dubs Indian PM the “next Ronald Reagan for the world” 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Dr. Fauci himself offers a helpful rebuff to the documentary’s more adulatory notes: “The enormity of the problem keeps me grounded,” he says. ‘Fauci’ Review: The First Pandemic That Shaped the Good Doc 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Most of those interviewed are adulatory in their descriptions of Jobriath’s musical talents. ‘Jobriath A.D.’: Glam rocker’s meteoric rise — and fall 2014-01-30T20:48:22Z Gratified by Stoker’s adulatory review, Irving summons the younger man to dine with him at the Shelbourne, Dublin’s grandest hotel. How Did Bram Stoker Dream Up ‘Dracula’? A Novel Offers Hints 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, I wrote about a regrettable preponderance of overly adulatory biopics produced in cooperation with their own subjects. Facing facts: how memoir movies are finally showing the ugly truth 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Though he has attracted countless eulogies in the two millenniums subsequent to his expiry, "phat", "sorted", and "wicked" are not adulatory terms traditionally associated with Jesus Christ. Christian teen camps are wicked, innit 2011-08-10T18:14:02Z The escalator seems to represent a simpler, happier time for Trump: the adulatory crowd; the smoothness of the ride; the absence, as yet, of any meaningful responsibility. Immersion Therapy in the Trump Archive 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z He has a lair, an old-fashioned boardroom high up in a skyscraper, decorated with adulatory front pages about public figures. The Heart Broke In by James Meek - review 2012-08-24T07:00:01Z The documentary is only occasionally less than adulatory, as when recalling Lewis’s race for Congress in 1986 against his friend and fellow activist Julian Bond. ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ Review: Past Progress, and More to Come 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Novelist and essayist Laurens enters the adulatory fray with this volume, which is part historical chronicle, part artfully discursive personal response and part imaginative close reading of the sculpture’s past and present. Review | A fascinating look at the girl who inspired Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ sculpture 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z We first see Vaklonov at a packed synagogue as he delivers his paean to American values to an adulatory audience. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: The Country They Love and Hate 2014-03-20T19:30:37Z He adds, a little superfluously: “I never matured into the age when you’re able to hide your adulatory feelings as a fan.” Richard E Grant: 'Ha ha! This is the ride of my life!' 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Mostly, however, the chat room is a place for adulatory commentary. Perspective | Inside the virtual fashion party scene, where supermodels may materialize and your clothes don’t matter 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z It is a testament to how conservative the US entertainment industry has become about abortion in the past quarter-century that Obvious Child has been greeted with such adulatory relief by pro-choice audiences. Jenny Slate: ‘We’re not saying abortion is funny’ 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The dramatic prerecorded music left no doubt as to the adulatory nature of the show. For Confucius and His Descendants, a Cultural Comeback 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The reaction was adulatory in the room and on social media. Oprah for president? A far-fetched idea just got dramatically more real 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Williams tweaked Mr. Stewart for giving less than adulatory coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which Mr. Williams described as a new phenomenon. Television Review: Brian Williams on ?Rock Center? - Review 2011-11-01T15:53:33Z Landing a publisher, and then being shortlisted for a host of major prizes, was unexpected, as were the adulatory reviews. Brandford Boase award goes to My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece 2012-07-05T17:17:00Z The Bloomsberries could be at turns backbiting, encouraging, critical and adulatory; their “radical and subversive code of conduct,” coupled with a refined taste for the good life, shaped Keynes’s approach to economic questions. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z His detractors accuse him of helium lightness and superficiality, of writing about art stars in a consistently adulatory tone. Calvin Tomkins Continues to Chronicle Artists 2011-10-04T20:34:15Z The tone he struck was more adulatory than that of “A Theater Divided.” Martin Gottfried, Theater Critic and Author, Dies at 80 2014-03-08T02:15:02Z The emerging trend may disappoint overseas viewers, dulling the uniqueness of the official media’s adulatory coverage of Mr. Kim and life in North Korea. An unsmiling Kim: North Korea’s media step up their game 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The text swerves from breathy and adulatory to cutting and punky: “Marriage was fundamentally a humiliation of women”; “And will not the adequate critic of women be a woman?” A novelist makes a beautiful hash out of feminist histories. But something's missing 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Their book has provoked strong reactions, adulatory and critical. Ancient Peoples Teach Us That We Can Create a Better World 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In buying their stakes in the private company, venture investors ultimately valued Theranos at a putative $9 billion, which led to another wave of adulatory publicity. Column: The Theranos verdict won't stop investors from pouring money into the next big fraud 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z It also posted a video featuring adulatory customers from India, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Vietnam and other countries, reflecting export hopes. Russia unveils new fighter, Putin hails country’s air power 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z He departs amid a shower of adulatory news stories and softball interviews. How the Washington Post's departing editor blew it on newsroom diversity — and why he's not alone 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z His prior reportage on the U.S. military, including a book focused on MacArthur that he later called "too adulatory," helped secure his access. This vanishing moment and our vanishing future 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z An adulatory op-ed Crump wrote helped diffuse the campaign’s concern about Harris’ prosecutorial past, a source familiar with the vetting said. Behind closed doors: How Biden's team weighed the VP candidates 2020-08-12T04:00:00Z David Adrian posted passionately about American politics, sharing adulatory memes on Facebook about President Trump and recirculating material from his reelection campaign. Facebook disables Romanian network masquerading as pro-Trump Americans 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He was helped by adulatory coverage in state media and the inability of other candidates to campaign. Poland's presidential vote headed for runoff, exit poll shows 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Duda’s once strong support, bolstered by adulatory coverage in public media, began to slip once restrictions were lifted and other candidates could campaign. Poland holds presidential election delayed by pandemic 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Before an adulatory crowd of university professors and students, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, offered a strikingly bold message about the global coronavirus pandemic. In China’s Crisis, Xi Sees a Crucible to Strengthen His Rule 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But this November 3, the General Stroessner polka – the celebration’s traditional adulatory soundtrack – was barely heard in the capital city. Past weighs heavy as Paraguay struggles with ghosts of dictatorship 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Trump has been angry with Fox News Channel because he deems the straight reporting, polling and some of the punditry it airs insufficiently adulatory. Trump’s season of weakness: A president who prizes strength enters key stretch in a fragile state 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Anolik’s book is more adulatory valentine than straight biography, but the breezy infatuation is perhaps befitting of its subject and the lush exuberance of her work. Newsletter: The return of Eve Babitz 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z At Vox, Matthew Yglesias said the Wall Street talks “undermined everything he believes in,” and usually adulatory outlets such as The Washington Post called it “a bad idea.” Obama endorsement coveted as ex-president writes own script after leaving White House 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Not exactly a sick burn, though one wouldn't know it from the adulatory response Romney got in some quarters. Mitt Romney is not going to save us: Time to get over Republican Dad 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z A month ago, riding a surge of adulatory media and remarkable fundraising, Mr. O’Rourke appeared to be giving Republican Sen. Ted Cruz all the incumbent could handle in his re-election bid. Beto O’Rourke may not be able to overcome red wall in Texas race 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z On one occasion, at Avery Fisher Hall in New York in 1983, a fistfight nearly erupted in the audience, with adulatory screamers on one side and pugilistic purists, demanding silence, on the other. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s also evident on the farewell tour, which has been earning adulatory reviews since it opened in May in Vancouver, and which included three nights that month at the Hollywood Bowl. Paul Simon, in home stretch of farewell tour, talks of unique journey through his past for 'In the Blue Light' album 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi transformed this year’s extended meeting into an adulatory celebration of him and his policies to permanently install the Communist Party at the heart of China’s resurgence. China’s New ‘Helmsman’ Offers a Strident Nationalist Message 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z In a speech peppered with adulatory allusions to China’s ascendant leader, Li signalled thsat delegates should back those proposals when they are put to the vote on Sunday. China told to follow the leader Xi Jinping in thought, word and deed 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Tillerson rang all the bells in his adulatory comments about Trump. Opinion | Why Tillerson kissed Trump’s ring today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z But when she ends her adulatory jag about the Democrats, she writes, “I am proud to be a Democrat and I wish Bernie were, too.” A tale of two leaders of the Left 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z He declared himself one of the most productive presidents in American history, then basked in adulatory statements from each senior adviser at the table. Russia, Theresa May, Donald Trump: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z He asserted that the U.S. was “seeing amazing results” from his leadership and then basked in adulatory statements from each of the senior advisers at the table. Apple, Russia, Jeff Sessions: Your Morning Briefing 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Marked “For immediate release,” the memo was titled “Praise for the President’s Bold Action” and featured adulatory quotes from various journalists. Watching President Trump with Horror Around the World 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He jets around the country holding adulatory victory rallies in the manner of an authoritarian strongman, preening like some latter-day Juan Perón. Trump is assembling an anti-government. Did Russia help get him here? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z If this adulatory “American Masters” production elides certain chapters of Angelou’s biography, it nonetheless offers ample evidence of her commanding intensity and of her importance as an unwavering voice of the black experience. 'Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise' In praise of the poet 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But as the primary season has drawn on, what looked like a partial and qualified stamp of approval has been developing into something more complete and adulatory. Yes, he tried: what will Barack Obama's legacy be? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The unexpected backlash sent a shiver through the political landscape here, exposing deepening unease about the adulatory promotion of Mr. Xi and his demands for unquestioning public obedience. Chinese Tycoon Criticizes Leader, and Wins Surprising Support 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z But as adulatory as these stories may be, few are as fawning as Pu’s poem, which ends with these rousing verses: Ode to Autocracy: Viral Poem Highlights Cult of China's Leader 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z There have been roughly a bajillion adulatory pieces written about Letterman since he announced he was retiring a little over a year ago, and every single one of them was deserved. 11 times David Letterman humiliated the right 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The new book is careful, admiring, even adulatory—so uncritical that it sometimes diminishes its subject, draining the life from him. The People You Meet 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z London’s Wembley Stadium is rumoured to be his target when he visits the UK next year, and has the capacity to could hold up to 90,000 adulatory and applauding admirers. Modi Struggles With Hindu Extremists Signs of Mr. Xi’s ascendancy are everywhere, from the collections of his speeches selling in bookstores to the intense, often adulatory, news coverage of his busy routine. President Xi Jinping Makes It His Mission to Empower China 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Answers stayed within the equine and ursus genera, until one woman was less adulatory. Best Damn Clubs Around 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z We’re past that, and being a pretty color will never again get a black politician walking in Obama’s footsteps that kind of adulatory reception. The Cory Booker Problem 2013-08-16T11:05:23Z What Erdoğan appears to resent, however, is any interpretation of the Ottoman past that is less than adulatory – or at odds with Islamic values. Why Is Turkey's Prime Minister at War with a Soap Opera? 2012-12-26T17:05:23Z While some Indian newspapers carried critical commentaries of Mr. Thackeray’s career, much of the nonstop weekend coverage on India’s television news channels was far tamer, in some cases adulatory. India Police Arrest Student Over Facebook Post 2012-11-21T01:01:10Z In fact, he said, at times when he’s seen the hype around Facebook as becoming too adulatory, he’s made a point of writing memos advising employees not to buy into it. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: 'Everything I Do Breaks' 2012-09-11T22:11:44Z On Wednesday, he will receive a less adulatory welcome on Capitol Hill. DealBook: Live Blog: Senate Banking Hearing on JPMorgan 2012-06-13T13:31:05Z Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Five years ago an award-winning management book called "The Cult of the Leader" would be expected to contain adulatory references to Jack Welch-type figures. L'Oreal generation faces wake up call over big bonuses 2012-02-10T11:11:27Z Hypnotized by the adulatory excitement surrounding his name, he acquired forthwith the characterization foisted on him by the headlines. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z It was perhaps a bit of adulatory verse. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Secret contempt of women, coupled with a smooth and adulatory manner towards them, show only too plainly the school in which these opinions have been formed. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The town slept placidly like a sultana, receiving the adulatory caresses of this breeze. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z But its most adulatory passages are not about people. Books of The Times: ?Steve Jobs? by Walter Isaacson - Review 2011-10-22T02:11:22Z The adulatory words which he puts into Moreau's mouth, may therefore never have been uttered by that unfortunate officer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Windows Phone 7, Microsoft’s attempt to claw its way back into the lucrative smartphone arena, was released a year ago to respectful but hardly adulatory reviews. Microsoft Claws Back to Smartphone Relevance: Rich Jaroslovsky 2011-10-05T20:22:01Z Demochares, then, has said all this about the adulatory spirit and conduct of the Athenians. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Beyond the milestones, the interesting thing about Apple's press release is the choice of developers to supply their own adulatory quotes. Apple's iOS App Store reaches 15bn downloads milestone 2011-07-07T12:56:00Z State media covered Mr. Chávez’s reappearance in adulatory fashion. For Ch?vez, a Triumphant Homecoming 2011-07-05T10:40:56Z State media covered Mr. Chávez reappearance in adulatory fashion. Ch?vez Returns to Venezuela 2011-07-04T15:00:57Z Luca Pulci, the descendant of an ancient house of Tuscan nobles, composed an adulatory poem in octave stanzas on this event. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His interior decoration of choice appears to be adulatory newspaper articles about Ken Feinberg. Should BP?s Money Go Where the Oil Didn?t? 2010-10-23T23:31:00Z Music historians were probably always sending Mr. Miller long, adulatory letters, asking him to illuminate the various ways he molded the midcentury pop music sound. Big City: Trying to Connect With an Elusive Mitch Miller 2010-08-03T02:56:00Z In this universe, the crowd was adulatory, despite having been told off by Wayne Rooney for having the temerity to voice their displeasure in the absolute dying seconds of the Algeria game in Cape Town. World Cup 2010: Boot Campers 1, Smokers 0 2010-06-23T19:17:00Z "I have already remarked, sir, that such adulatory titles—" "Pardon me, Mr. Jefferson!" A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Such were the business-like plans which usurped the place of those mutual adulatory confidences presumed to occupy the first elysian hours of an engagement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The Sultan addressed a couple of brief words to the sailor, metamorphosed by the dragoman into a floridly adulatory rigmarole, which he represented to be a faithful version of the Sultan's ineffable salutation. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries They are adulatory slaves who tremble at the truth. Sónnica The cardinal's adulatory letter to Charles IX., on receipt of the king's missive, is strongly corroborative of the view to which everything forces us, that the massacre was not long definitely premeditated. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 This well-authenticated anecdote has been told by writers who expressed the most adulatory sentiments towards the present Czar. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 As was customary, he was presented with adulatory addresses, and on October 10 departed in state. The Siege of Boston Is it conceivable that two thousand lines of adulatory poetry could have been written to and of him, and no hint appear of incidents like these? Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems We do not indeed mean to deny that adulatory inscriptions were sometimes written on the houses or doors of powerful or popular men or pretty women. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Their address was sufficiently adulatory, but it contained a suggestion that the trade and commerce of the country were not all that could be desired. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Unluckily for him, there was born in his time a Dauphin, and he wrote a little adulatory tale of the birth, and the editors of the Cabinet Appendix thanked him much for giving it them. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Somewhere between the dignified despair of Daniel Webster, and the adulatory slang of these gentry we must look for the actual truth about Jackson's administration. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "Whenever you can spare time to listen," answered Lady Mabel, more flattered by his earnestness than by all the adulatory nigar-plums which had been showered upon her since her d�but. Vixen, Volume III. It used to be pretty to watch those two, pouring adulatory articles over each other. Marge Askinforit "The benefits conferred by Rome upon mankind" were the theme of adulatory addresses everywhere, to which, however, it would be unjust to deny some sincerity. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. But even as he spoke we heard the adulatory shouts of the royal crier somewhere in our vicinity. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Hallam has caught at some phrases couched in the adulatory style, 'so much,' Hallam allows, 'among the vices of the age, that the want of it passed for rudeness.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography The assembly rejected the adulatory proposal of M.�*****; and in this it did right. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Such was the adulatory language addressed by the English people to the son of the king they had murdered, and to a man noted for every frivolity and vice that could degrade a sovereign. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The young poet wrote a most adulatory composition to the Regent, setting forth his innocence. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 His barbaric instinct overcame him, and seizing his spear he executed a kind of war-dance around us, bestowing upon us the most adulatory phrases of the Dagomba vocabulary. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason They hurled flowers and adulatory speeches at Ludovick and composed extremely flattering songs about him. The Blue Tower The Lady of the Lake, invisible since the disappearance of the renowned prince Arthur, approached on a floating island along the moat to recite adulatory verses. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth When printed, the comedy was dedicated in adulatory terms to Nell Gwynne. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I One of the commonest errors, attributing immense antiquity, oriental origin, and everything noble in Ireland to the Milesians, originated with these men; or, rather, was transferred from the adulatory songs of clan-bards to grave stories. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry A murmur of adulatory incredulity arose from the group of courtiers. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" But D'Urfey's short songs and poems were his most successful productions—sometimes he breathed martial strains in honour of Marlborough's victories, sometimes formed adulatory addresses to members of the Royal Family. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour There are positions in life, in society, where all loveliness is seen and noted; chronicled in men's admiring comments, and perhaps celebrated in adulatory sonnets and songs. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors That the poet sought his patronage need not be concealed; and if he used a little flattery in doing so, we must make allowance for the adulatory instinct of the tuneful tribe. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch It has shown genuine dignity, in my opinion, in exploding adulatory titles; they are the offerings of abject baseness, and nourish that degrading vice in the people. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Authors who had received the prizes of the Academy for grave historical works sent her adulatory verses. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 The adulatory phrases used as mere conventionalities seemed to have actually turned his head. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 It is, in form, necessarily a panegyric, as high-flown and adulatory as such performances in those days were bound to be. Bacon A cricket match was played in the afternoon by twenty-two disciples of Tapley; and sundry flashes of congratulation—adulatory of our gallant stand—were exchanged between our Mayor and Port Elizabeth's. The Siege of Kimberley He was now a plain Japanese business man, servile and adulatory in his patron's presence. Kimono Sainte-Beuve has constituted himself judge, reversing even his own adulatory articles, as they may be read in the earlier volumes of the "Causeries." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Alas, beholding Yudhishthira a courtier sitting beside another and breathing adulatory speeches to the other, who can help being afflicted with grief? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva The press note, one should note, had been composed to ensure the inclusion of some adulatory phrases in the first paragraph. Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press To censure all dedications as adulatory and servile, would discover rather envy than justice. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II It is not quite adulatory to make a young woman the involuntary keeper of the secrets of two unreflecting young men; that is all, my good Nanny. Homeward Bound or, the Chase His eyes were open to all the operations of whiggism; and he bestowed some strictures upon Dr. Kennett's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the duke of Devonshire. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Beattie's letters to the duchess, although too adulatory, were those of a man who respects the understanding of the woman to whom he writes. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire "Well?" said his neighbour, in the tone of one who would say that only words of an extremely adulatory character were conceivable after such a performance. The Foolish Lovers As no man is willing to believe that he suffers by his own fault, they imputed the preference which I had obtained to adulatory compliances, or malignant calumnies. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II On the contrary, we should probably have had an adulatory paragraph from Peron's pen about the beneficence of the Imperial will as exercised in the cause of science. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia The dedicator does not disgrace himself by descending to that fulsome adulatory style which was then too frequently employed in addressing the great. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Socrates' profession of obstetric art is good philosophy; and his finding that word "cookery," and "adulatory art," for rhetoric, in the Gorgias, does us a substantial service still. Representative Men His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism; and he bestowed some strictures upon Dr. Kennet's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the Duke of Devonshire. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 Hawes laughed in an adulatory manner, but observing that Mr. Williams, who was a grave, pompous personage, did not smile at all, he added: "But not to do mischief like this one, I'll be bound." It Is Never Too Late to Mend The parliament voted an address, scarcely less adulatory than the chancellor’s speech. History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second There were moments now when she seemed almost flattered by his vile ogling and adulatory speeches, as if she had been one of those brazen ladies of his Court. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza The Master said, 'The superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable.' The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) Dr. Price, in this sermon, condemns very properly the practice of gross, adulatory addresses to kings. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke The most adulatory of his addresses is that in which he dedicates the State of Innocence to Mary of Modena. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 |
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