| 单词 | aggrandize |
| 例句 | The fathers whose sons had played merited a more aggrandized status in the fraternity of older men who queued along the passageway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And when aggrandizing accolades start flying — the Los Angeles Philharmonic website says many regard this as the great American opera — it’s time to shout, “Now hold on thar!” L.A. Phil delivers a dazzling reimagining of 'Nixon in China' 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The Oscars are Hollywood’s greatest holiday, a celebration of haute couture and self-congratulation as actors fine-tune aggrandizing speeches about the vital importance of film, and the industry that made them famous. Opiate for the Masses: Jimmy Kimmel may be the right prescription for a politically charged Oscar night 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z That is why his focus is on humiliating others to aggrandize himself, as he did in the Republican primaries when he was debating and calling people names. Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Donald Trump is a "sociopath" and "a very sick individual" 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z And they have a right to have it kind of Hollywood-ized and aggrandized and made corny and wonderful just like anybody else does. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z I’m struck by your ability to address Johnston’s problems in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re trying to aggrandize his mental illness to sell books. The mystique of Daniel Johnston: “There’s something ancient in all of this — the notion of the eccentric” 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Of course, they were these aggrandized descriptions of “Caroline.” An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “Partly I think he was trying to aggrandize himself as being a part of their club,” he added. ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: Coldplay, the Biggest Band in the World, and ASAP Rocky 2011-10-13T15:51:55Z Both are equestrian statues, the magnificent, muscular horses aggrandizing their riders through the soldiers’ partnership with — and control of — a powerful force of nature. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z His "art" always struck me as puerile, self aggrandizing, implicitly misogynistic and just plain boring. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z But there is no noblesse oblige or courtly love, no dragons, witchy women or aggrandizing British accents. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z In choosing bronze, Crosher evokes a long history of aggrandizing and memorializing statuary. The lowly palm frond, all dressed up in Zoe Crosher's show at LAXART 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Van Dyck served his clients by aggrandizing their beauty, power and importance. At the Frick, clothes do make the man, and the woman 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z They were intended to "create a mood of urgency while visually aggrandizing the Soviet solder, defining the Nazi enemy as vile and subhuman, and emphasizing the woeful suffering of the Soviet people," museum exhibitors said. Chicago museum's unearthed Soviet posters a diary of war 2011-07-28T20:44:40Z Presidents’ Day shouldn’t have to be about grieving assassination victims or aggrandizing masters of the legislative process. Presidents are every bit as flawed as all of us. Let’s celebrate that. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “It sounds self aggrandizing. But it’s a comment that didn’t happen the same way before the election. It’s a specific reaction.” Movie Awards Season Kicks Off in High Gear 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Or maybe that’s just the poetically aggrandizing version I tell myself because I’m appalled that younger me would stoop to such a dumb cliché. Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z He carped, for example, that to aggrandize Muybridge’s standing I left out technological predecessors like Henry R. Heyl. The problem with “mansplaining” 2012-08-20T16:38:00Z This is where this version loosened its grip on me — all that male suffering, abusive back story and choked-up aggrandizing agony. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But Penn, like any citizen, has a right to defend himself and will no longer tolerate the reckless and malicious behaviour of others, who seek to aggrandize themselves or their projects at his expense. Sean Penn sues Empire creator Lee Daniels over domestic abuse comments 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z In assembling it, he managed to aggrandize it. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z These slacker gestures, aggrandized with an eye-rolling statement from the artist that the “artworks are finished when they have been returned,” undercut the ambition of the other three participants. Artists Space Re-emerges as an Enduring Downtown Alternative 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Ironizing and aggrandizing basic life by reaching into the Attic, as it were, is one of the most enduring habits in the Western canon. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z At Farm Fresh Produce, an aggrandized stand near Moss Landing, I roamed the aisles stacked high with avocados, artichokes, pomegranates, kiwis, strawberries, kale and more. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z These horrible, aggrandizing ones in which I would place myself in the role of the noblemen that I would see in the museums. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Trump’s goal was to rid the place of Obama supporters and climate change analysts, and to aggrandize the oil and coal sectors. Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z But by now he has transformed the role — that of a slightly aggrandized narrator — into a star vehicle. Music Review: Bach?s ?St. John,? With Bernard Labadie at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-26T22:35:40Z Although the question of whether Broccoli City’s gospel truly reached beyond its followers inside the venue remains, its latest festival lived up to its aggrandized hype. Broccoli City Festival promotes health and sustainability with music 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z But other 19th-century American painters working in the grand manner included Thomas Cole, who created cinematic cycles of symbolic paintings, and Albert Bierstadt, who painted epic and aggrandizing landscapes of the American West. Perspective | America needs an epic narrative right now. Painters are working on it. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z How do you not aggrandize him, but also keep him interesting, as the protagonist? "Spirit Run" author Noé Álvarez ran from Canada to Guatemala on "the longest prayer in the world" 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z "I felt that it was taking advantage of people's pro-life, pro-choice perspectives and aggrandizing them," she said. Virginia elections offer a test case on abortion ahead of 2024 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z He said agencies have aggrandized too much power to themselves when they seek to be both prosecutor and judge, through what’s known as administrative law judges. Supreme Court takes on the administrative state and power-hungry bureaucrats 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z No one in 1787 could have foreseen Trump, but history had taught the founders about the type: men of “perverted ambition” who “hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country.” Opinion | By indicting Trump, Alvin Bragg restores our faith in the rule of law 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z If everything is brittle, politicians have endless crises to justify aggrandizing their powers. Opinion | With the Silicon Valley Bank rescue, welcome to capitalism without risk 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, the employees either invented or aggrandized businesses, then filed for loans Congress made available to small businesses during the early days of the pandemic. New York City workers busted for COVID fraud 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They label her claims that Georgia’s election system has been discriminatory as a fraud she used to enrich herself and aggrandize her political career after her 2018 loss. GOP attacks Georgia’s Abrams on voting as judge rejects suit 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Trinidad Gonzales, a history professor at South Texas College, said the pamphlet aggrandizes Manifest Destiny, the belief that American settlers had the God-given right to expand across North America. "Patriotic education": Experts say Texas GOP's new "1836 Project" airbrushes oppression and poverty 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z It seems aggrandizing and selfish to dwell on it when there are many people who lost everything in the course of that single day. Sept. 11, 2001: I was 16 and a Senate page when the Pentagon was hit 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z His self-made story is tantalizing enough but Western media can’t resist aggrandizing the hardship. Can Arabic-language pop conquer America? A Tarzana ingénue and her power manager say 'inshallah' 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z They aggrandize executive power at the expense of checks and balances. Perspective | How journalists can spot the signs of autocracy — and help ward it off 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The official estimates had seemed inflated, deliberately aggrandized, exaggerated for dramatic effect, right up until the planes started landing and the streets started filling. By Land and by Air, the Destination Was Seville 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In 2019 alone, “red” museums and memorials, aggrandizing Communist Party history, drew 1.4 billion visits, making them among the most popular destinations in the world. In a Race to Shape the Future, History Is Under New Pressure 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Furthermore, Oklahoma’s Supreme Court refused to allow the lower court to aggrandize itself by apportioning, like a legislature, the $465 million to particular uses. Opinion | The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s J&J ruling strikes a blow against institutional derangement 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z This points to Trump's inability to comprehend or value other people; he can only use them while they serve his endless need to aggrandize himself, then discard them when they do not. What happens to America's mental health under a second Trump administration? Very bad things 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “It is troubling to see this kind of creep of” the separation of powers rationale, she said, “because, over time, it will invariably aggrandize presidential power.” House Democrats granted limited access to Trump financial records 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Fatherhood for me rests somewhere between selfless sacrifice and aggrandizing self-preservation. Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z The spectacle of passing and implementing punitive welfare and crime policy elevated a macho vision of political authority that discredited some institutions and aggrandized others. The deeper history of "defund": How the "get tough" policies of the '70s and '80s led to disaster 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Presidents are inclined to insist that they and not the fragmented legislature speak for “the people,” as a way of aggrandizing their power. Perspective | Did Trump prove that governments with presidents just don’t work? 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The Amazon Prime series, which returns Friday, is a sharp, entertaining, eviscerating satire of superhero franchises and the culture that aggrandizes them. Why you need to watch 'The Boys,' even if you loathe superheroes 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Jakab said Christmas employed a not-uncommon method of aggrandizing himself: “If you tell a lot of lies, people sort of think there must be something true in there.” Perspective | A Virginia historian claims aviation history was made in 1908 in Fairfax 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z He did everything to feel aggrandized and powerful. Dr. John Gartner: "Donald Trump is the most successful bio-terrorist in human history" 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “Without limits on its subpoena powers, Congress could ‘exert an imperious control’ over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President’s expense, just as the Framers feared,” Roberts wrote, quoting the Federalist Papers. With wave of major rulings, Roberts and Supreme Court emerge as powerful counterweight to Trump and Congress 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z "Without limits on its subpoena powers, Congress could 'exert an imperious control' over the Executive Branch and aggrandize itself at the President’s expense, just as the Framers feared," he wrote. Trump rips Supreme Court, claims ‘political prosecution’ after rulings on financial records 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Donald Trump is seeking to aggrandize himself and divide our nation at yet another rally,” said Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Mr. Biden. Trump Uses Mount Rushmore Speech to Deliver Divisive Culture War Message 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The existence of demeaned and subservient Black people makes their charity and good will feel even greater, further aggrandizing their sense of self-worth, of moral superiority. Zora Neale Hurston’s new collection highlights her unapologetic celebration of Black culture 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself. Inside the Britney Spears monologue that became late-night legend 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Matheson has written about ”medicine’s culture of misattribution” that aims to ”aggrandize the role of academics and downplay that of companies.” What’s in a name? Ghostly spirits stalk the medical literature 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Gamers, to protect what they cherish, become defensive and aggrandize games even though the gaming community isn’t perfect, as demonstrated when the author recounted being ridiculed for unconventional choices. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Never forget Harriet Tubman 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z As a prefix, über is sometimes equivalent to the English “super”—übernatürlich is “supernatural”—but it has less of an aggrandizing effect. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Members, by and large, seem more interested in aggrandizing themselves — which they do to perfection and often at each other’s expense — than in taking oversight seriously. Opinion | Do District voters care about D.C. Council races — or the council itself? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In his autobiography, which he published and then repeatedly revised over the years, Barnum is, by turns, confiding and aggrandizing. What P. T. Barnum Understood About America 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It seems like, among other things a miserable mindset, one that aggrandizes your ego but withers your soul. Why you'll never meet a white supremacist who cares about climate change | Rebecca Solnit 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z One pale mural aggrandizes communism, showing a powerful hydro-electric power station and muscular workers on tractors. 'Forbidden city' tells Germany's complex military history 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z To him, there is no higher calling than aggrandizing himself. Reagan vs. Trump: Two entertainer-politicians compared 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z “Impeachment is meant as a defense of the constitutional order, a defense of democracy against a president who would abuse his power to threaten the constitutional order to aggrandize power.” ‘It’s Premature’: Incoming Judiciary Chairman Warns Against Rush to Impeach 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z All that emphasis on Powhatan as the only native leader of significance — that’s because he was the most familiar to the settlers, who tended to aggrandize their own experience, King said. The Indians were right, the English were wrong: A Virginia tribe reclaims its past 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Even when he was right on the merits of an issue, he was still too aggrandizing, too eager to impose his own judgment, too quick to short-circuit legislative debates. Opinion | Anthony Kennedy’s Imperial Legacy 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The proliferation of books exploring the Trump-Russia connections, with their ominous red dust jackets and vaguely Cyrillic cover type invoking Soviet-style propaganda posters, risks aggrandizing Putin far beyond his merits. Books on the Russia scandal focus on the news. What they need is more history. 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s lifelong preoccupation with aggrandizing himself seemed to intensify in office, and he quickly leveraged his 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. address and his Twitter handle to burnish his brand and misrepresent reality. Opinion | John Brennan: I will speak out until integrity returns to the White House 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “There are overtones that do indicate an aggrandized sense of self in history,” he said. Mexico's presidential front-runner is at war with business elites who warn he'll wreck the economy 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The aim always seems to be bringing someone down, or aggrandizing Trump at someone else's expense. Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z I do not aggrandize what I have or what I am. Opinion | Stop Apologizing for Being Elite 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Just as history enshrines its heroes, it aggrandizes its villains. Review: In ‘Death of Stalin,’ a power vacuum full of comedy 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z “He is not standing stoically or posed ‘heroically’ on a pedestal or being aggrandized in bronze,” Weitzman said. Perspective | Marion Barry’s statue captures the essence of the man — his strengths and his vulnerabilities 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Free speech advocates all despise him for being self aggrandizing and a tool of the Russians. Ecuador Gives Assange Citizenship, Worsening Standoff With Britain 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Once the simple baseline experience of standing on a street corner had been quantified and branded, we started aggrandizing the assorted weather phenomena that have been racking our planet for millennia. Perspective | I’m sick of ‘supermoons’ and ‘superstorms’ and ‘bomb cyclones’ 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z America’s greatest ally, Britain, responded with horror, because Trump’s hysterical tweets aggrandized a previously marginal hate group known as Britain First. Opinion | The volume is all the way up to 11 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s my way to get good news during all the accusing and aggrandizing we see in politics. Perspective | How readers got refunds from the IRS, a toll road and even VerizonIt never hurts to ask for your money back, and you might be pleasantly surprised 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Nichol, who also deftly shot and edited the film, never fetishizes or aggrandizes the typewriter, but instead smartly contextualizes its place as a classic symbol of American ingenuity, practicality and style. Documentary 'California Typewriter' smartly recounts analog glory and contemporary passion for beloved machine 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The uproar only seemed to inspire the North, whose propaganda machine rarely fails to aggrandize its leader and its military or to thumb its nose at rivals Seoul and Washington. Kim Jong Un: Nukes Are Not Up For Negotiation 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Or you could aggrandize it by pointing out it was done on the longest course ever to hold a major championship, Erin Hills stretched to 7,818 yards for the third round. Where does Justin Thomas' round rank among the 63s in majors? - Golf Digest 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z All participants understood the Executive would be an untrustworthy steward of the war power because of the temptation to initiate hostilities gratuitously to aggrandize executive power generally. NATO Article 5: The law bows to power 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z He is the one with a constant need to demonstrate his might, to harp neurotically on his win, to belittle others and aggrandize himself. Donald Trump's handshake: never has such a strong grip looked so weak | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z When you are holding on to the toxic combination of self-loathing and -aggrandizing that powers Trump, it’s a sickness too large to hide. Forget what's 'in Trump's heart.' Listen to his words | Jessica Valenti 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z And would the predictable reaction have been helpful, or only further aggrandized terrorism and divided society? Counter Terror Smarter 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The result is arbitrary enforcement that aggrandizes prosecutors at the expense of the rule of law. Insider Trading Hits the High Court 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z A system that transforms this activity into “labor” that is bought and used to aggrandize others is an obstacle to the full realization of our humanity. Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “Lights, camera, a platform to aggrandize and the world’s breathless anticipation? These are his four main food groups.” Pre-Debate Guessing Game: Will the First Also Be the Last? 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Spayd is correct - language does have meaning, and is parsed carefully by political operatives for partisan purpose, often using falsehoods and Truthiness to misrepresent opponents and aggrandize themselves. When to Call a Lie a Lie 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump lies compulsively to aggrandize himself or belittle vulnerable people, whether it’s a handicapped reporter or a bereaved mother. NeverTrump for Dummies 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z If the Olympics have not, and cannot, achieve their lofty aims, then exactly what special purpose does this quadrennial exercise in corporate and governmental gigantism serve — other than to enrich well-connected businesses and aggrandize states? Stop the Olympics 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Cruz’s detractors see a man who engineers moments to aggrandize himself at the expense of fellow conservatives. Ted Cruz’s Security Misstep 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The major points of that discussion: policy flip flops, frequently changing party affiliations, and accusations of Trump speech as “self aggrandizing bombast” that lacked in substance what it made up for in bluster. Rand Paul targets Trump 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z From the opening moments of the evening, when he flashed a wry grin and a mischievous victory sign at the boisterous crowd, Mr. Trump remained his irrepressible self: aggrandizing, unapologetic and cutting. Donald Trump Steals the Show, Mixing Politics and Pizazz 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most aggrandizing quality of Bruce Conner is his veiled honesty. Last Chance: Bruce Conner at Paula Cooper Gallery 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “The court’s insistence on making a choice that should be made by Congress both aggrandizes judicial power and encourages congressional lassitude.” The Supreme Court Decides: A Conversation 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z "Using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death," the prosecutor said. Mommy blogger faces life in prison for NY son's salt-poisoning murder 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Alarm bells start ringing immediately i.e. is this really a platform, or is the firm rebranding some of its existing software with a bit of aggrandizing swagger and spin? What's The Difference Between A Software Product And A Platform? 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z "Using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death," DiFiore said in the statement. New York mom convicted of murder in son's salt-poisoning death 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z But he understands that if you say you may run for president, there are entire new frontiers, soaring vistas yet unexplored, of media attention awaiting your input and willing to aggrandize your every word. Lindsey Graham’s diabolical plan: How his presidential “candidacy” affects GOP foreign policy 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Government officials administering regulatory programs, particularly by bureaucratic staff without electoral constraints, will tend to aggrandize their own authority as each year passes, even with the most benign motives. The Need To Regulate What Constitutes A Federal Regulation 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z I think it’s fascinating that, as your role aggrandized there, you took on some of the natural roles for a talented IT executive but you also listed corporate strategy as one of your responsibilities. The CIO On The Boards Of Southwest Airlines And Fossil Group 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Modi, on the other hand, seeks the aggrandizing of India, the building of new relations, not the dismantling of old ones. Why Modi Is No Erdogan 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Whatever the particular aggrandizing group of the moment, it is the persistent craving for membership that threatens to bring forth a catastrophic downfall of individual responsibility. Ukraine, Syria and the Struggle Between Warring Crowds 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Close observers of contemporary American history say they are irritated by what they see as Mr. North’s continued attempts to aggrandize and whitewash his role in it. Oliver North, Now in the Service of TV’s K.G.B. 2014-04-15T21:31:44Z "There's a lot of reasons not to talk about your marriage honestly with everyone else," she concedes, noting the fear of seeming ungrateful to your single friends or aggrandizing a conflict. 'Sex and the City' Scribe on 'Life as a Wife' 2014-01-13T17:15:00Z Among the spoils of winning in professional golf -- and especially a major championship -- is that the victor for a short time is aggrandized beyond proportion. Tiger, Phil And Player Of The Year 2013-08-06T04:00:00Z That was when everything about golf was aggrandized. On Par: To Lure New Golfers, a Push for a Shorter Round 2013-05-05T21:37:02Z If you are like me and are tired of hearing this aggrandizing attitude, please read on. The Fifth Down: Show Me Twice, Coach 2013-01-19T11:58:32Z But the ones who do are the ones we liberals dependably aggrandize. Riff: Liberals Are Ruining America. I Know Because I Am One. 2012-06-08T22:10:00Z To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Perhaps that line best explains why golf's aging baby-boomer demographic seems more susceptible to aggrandizing youth than ever. The Next One? 2012-02-20T05:00:00Z Make new hopes shine through the flesh they fray, New fears aggrandize the rags and tatters: To bring the invisible full into play! Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z If, however, it is ever honest for a city to aggrandize to itself all the prosperity of its suburban neighbors, it is eminently so with Louisville. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z And thus the legend of the crucifixion became the crowning chapter, the aggrandizing episode in the history of their lives. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z They were equally zealous for the embellishing and aggrandizing of the City, and caus'd a great many Houses to be built there which were both neat and commodious. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z Sheridan and other theorists capitalized upon a number of intellectual currents and social pressures of the era that centered attention upon delivery in speaking and that helped aggrandize this facet of rhetorical training. A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) 2012-01-01T03:00:09.283Z The contrary policy of Priests, destined solely to aggrandize their trade, is debasing the Deity, degrading man, and trampling upon his creation. The Character Of A Priest 2011-12-24T03:07:58.807Z The Council, if it entertained such views, would be forgetting altogether that it was only called together for two purposes—to increase the plenary power of the Pope, and to aggrandize the Jesuits. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z From the foundation of Christianity the whole object of religion has been to aggrandize the priesthood on the ruins of nations and governments. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z May he continue his Presence with him as he has done hitherto, to the end that his Royal Throne may aggrandize his Power from day to day. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z Beyond facial and vocal signs of disapproval, there are sometimes bizarre, exaggerated movements, like abrupt stops or aggrandized sidesteps. | Misplaced Multi-Tsk'ing 2011-11-07T12:00:08Z About 1323 Louis had secured the mark of Brandenburg for his son Louis, and he was eager to aggrandize his family in other directions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Yankees fans should know that before there was a “Burn, Baby, Burn” — the first renowned Sterling home run call, for Bernie Williams — there were these aggrandized descriptions of dunks by the Hawks star Dominique Wilkins. Voice of Yankees Draws High Ratings and Several Critics 2011-10-01T16:50:12Z We only wish to see the interests of the poor a little more regarded, instead of laws being made solely with a view of aggrandizing the wealthy, whose eyes already stand out with fatness. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z For one thing, we love those dopey lists, which sometimes aggrandize people or companies that may have satisfied a publication’s set of metrics, but may not be worthy of our adulation. Looking for CEO Love in All the Wrong Places: Susan Antilla 2011-09-01T00:22:01Z By the time it reaches Paris this vin de Touraine of commerce has aggrandized itself so that it commands two francs fifty centimes on the Boulevards, and a franc fifty in the University quarter. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z “He isn’t about aggrandizing his own ego,” says Karen Bachelder, a New Hampshire sales executive and registered independent who voted for Obama in 2008 but isn’t sure if she will again. Ron Paul Can't Get Any Respect 2011-08-25T11:17:26Z A half century after Dwight Eisenhower's historic warning about an aggrandizing "military-industrial complex," American militarization is an established and probably immutable fact. How we became a nation of warriors 2011-07-31T16:01:00Z Because we wished to be free to choose our faith, and now steps in this Frederick, whom we ourselves elected, whom we aggrandized, and we are no better off! Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z “This focus also inadvertently aggrandizes Al Qaeda at a time when we want to emphasize its irrelevance.” Obama Adviser Outlines Plans to Defeat Al Qaeda 2011-06-30T02:01:32Z It rises far up in the Breton peninsula, and before it empties itself into the Loire, it has been aggrandized by three great tributaries, the Loir, the Sarthe, and the Mayenne. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z With years we will correct, we will task ourselves to aggrandize and elevate our work. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z That assault is part of the great class war of our era, in which the rich and their proxies in government have endeavored to aggrandize their holdings at the expense of the rest of us. The colonialism behind the IMF sex scandal 2011-05-23T18:30:00Z M. Cousin has a convenient method of exaggerating and aggrandizing the objects of his admiration: he degrades or depresses their surroundings. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z They only cared to aggrandize themselves, without thought of national feeling or geographical conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Up to this time the chief architectural monument was the ch�teau, which was commenced in the eleventh century and which through the next five centuries had been aggrandized and rebuilt into its present shape. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The second part, the study of the beautiful, will give us the same results elucidated and aggrandized by a new application. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Ambition and Avarice influence us — We represent the different Interests of our States — the larger States wish to aggrandize themselves at the Expence of the others. City Room: Sotheby's to Offer a Founding Father's Illicit Notebooks 2011-05-09T18:55:51Z If we ought to be continually fighting to prevent other countries from aggrandizing themselves in point of territory, we ought equally to do so to hinder them from becoming disproportionately powerful in point of wealth. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Reading aggrandizes the soul, and an enlightened friend affords consolation. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z From the situation of his previous possessions, he was of all the vassals of the French crown the one whom a union with Eleanor was fitted the most to aggrandize. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z He was very grasping for money in order to aggrandize the Church and his own relations, making no shame of gain, for he said that he might do anything with what belonged to the Church.... A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It has often been alleged that Henry, under the guidance of Wolsey, followed a consistent scheme for aggrandizing England, by making her the state which kept the balance of power of Europe in her hands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z She did not try to aggrandize herself at their expense, nor did she take up weapons against them. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z “They’re aggrandizing themselves and making a lot of money testifying,” says Robert Block, the president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court 2011-02-02T05:01:01Z Under the Restoration little happened with regard to the beautifying and aggrandizing of the city, though certain improvements of a purely economic and social nature made their own way. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Dignity and sovereignty had subtly replaced the grace of her movement, her very stature seemed aggrandized by the consciousness of her unique mission. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z No! she will be wise enough to answer that passion alone that can aggrandize her glory. 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 Few in the industry had kind words for Zucker, who has presided over repeated failure at NBC and was often seen as aggrandizing himself despite his signal lack of success. Hollywood hopeful for NBC without Jeff Zucker 2010-09-27T01:49:00Z Instead of devoting resources to reporting real stories, too often it wastes space reviling — and ultimately aggrandizing — figures such as Palin. Sarah Palin and the age of tweetalism 2010-08-08T15:01:00Z In attempting to aggrandize and inject some drama into the characters in this saga, however, Ward may have achieved some unintended results. Book review: 'The Devil's Casino' by Vicky Ward 2010-04-18T04:00:00Z Long after the smoke of an explosion has cleared, the battle over language goes on, as contending sides seek to aggrandize the act or dismiss it, portray it as noble or denounce it as vile. Words as Weapons: Dropping the ?Terrorism? Bomb 2010-04-03T19:34:00Z The viewer could get a personal view with the very people themselves and not through the filter of self aggrandizing newpersons. 2010-02-05T22:21:00Z Judicial activists—at least as I define them—are judges who are unduly eager to aggrandize their own power and impose their own policy preferences on the electorate. 2010-01-23T02:55:00Z The only option left to him as a conqueror was to continue aggrandizing himself at the expense of China. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Henry possessed certain territorial rights in France which he was desirous of aggrandizing, and the constant quarrels, resulting from these pretensions, rendered each sovereign desirous of cultivating exclusively for himself the Emperor's friendship and favor. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Man is the same everywhere; the difference of climate does not change the nature of our sentiments; he who finds the opportunity of acquiring power and of aggrandizing himself, profits by it always. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Lorenzo, these are thoughts that make man Man, 110 The wise illumine, aggrandize the great. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Did he merely wish to aggrandize himself, to create and perpetuate his own renown, by being the greatest and the best monarch earth has ever known? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 In campaign, the mission of the tender will accentuate itself and aggrandize itself. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 This ubiquitous possibility of the Mark's occurring—the ignorance of the archer where his gifted arrow will strike—ennobles, aggrandizes his person and his work. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 This loan would be another means of aggrandizing the house of Kaulmann; its reputation would be world-wide. Black Diamonds As he life detests, More life is still more odious; and, reduced By conquest, aggrandizes more his power. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Environed with small and defenceless states, she never lost an opportunity of aggrandizing herself at their expense, no matter what amount of mutual treaties had intervened. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Titles and family are then the only merit, and the few men of business who surround the throne have it then in their power to aggrandize themselves by riveting the chains of slavery. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem In exposition he had the rare art of unfolding and aggrandizing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Here the Rhine hurls itself against the slopes of the Taunus and turns abruptly again to the west, aggrandizing itself at the same time, to a width of from five hundred to seven hundred metres. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine More devoted than the pelican, she would have given her heart's blood,—had given all her life,—not only to nurture, but to aggrandize her child. Lady Anna Hence the laws passed by the former method had usually too great a tendency to aggrandize the patricians or rich nobles; and those by the latter had too much of a levelling principle. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First The privileged orders had aggrandized themselves at the expense of the community. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" We could sweep in their little earnings, and aggrandize our own wealth and importance, and lose our souls. Daddy's Girl They have established orders of nobility, with a distinction of titles which aggrandize it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Their aim was chiefly directed against Austria and Venice, which had aggrandized themselves at the expense of the Moslem power. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The last, the result of his long, final imprisonment, and published in his thirty-first year, possesses similar attributes, aggrandized, or improved. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Meanwhile the Danish monarchy was attempting to aggrandize itself at the expense of the Germans, the Wends who then occupied the Baltic littoral as far as the Vistula, and Danish expansion. the other Scandinavian kingdoms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Even if there did not exist the treaty with Serbia," he said, "our interests oblige us to depart from neutrality, as another state wishes to aggrandize itself at our expense. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Let all be worthy of the royal Dead; Spare no Expense to grace th' unhappy Scene, And aggrandize the solemn, gloomy Pomp With all our mournful, melancholy Rites. Ponteach The Savages of America After the battle was won, everything became aggrandized. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He was greedy of money, and exceedingly desirous of aggrandizing his family by such matrimonial alliances as would strengthen his dynasty. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series An usurper may be popular, if his genius has saved or aggrandized the nation which he governs. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Make new hopes shine through the flesh they fray, New fears aggrandize the rags and tatters:150 To bring the invisible full into play! Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning The male element is a destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The scale is immeasurably aggrandized—multitudes of dunces are comprehended—the composition is elaborate—the mock-heroic, admirable in Dryden, is carried to perfection, and we have, sui generis, a regular epic poem. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 That this honor which is bestowed upon the inferior divinities does ultimately redound to the supreme God, and aggrandize his state and majesty, they being all his ministers and attendants. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He forgot the general welfare of the empire in his eagerness to enrich his own house and aggrandize his paternal kingdom of Bohemia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 It was he who after Austerlitz aggrandized the margravate at the expense of Austria; transformed it into a sovereign principality and raised it to a grand-duchy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The object is not to aggrandize or enrich the Pope. The Faith of Our Fathers Austria has been made, aggrandized, and saved by marriages; but no conception of the duty imposed on families by that relation as understood in private life has ever controlled her politics. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) And it produced, as war generally does, a class of unprincipled men who aggrandize themselves at the expense of their country. Ancient States and Empires Louis XIV. was growing increasingly ambitious of enlarging his domains and aggrandizing his power. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series He commenced his work, however, of strengthening and aggrandizing the Church, before he was appointed to this high office. Charles I Makers of History The aggrandized bucket or "kibble" of the Cornishman has practically disappeared, but the cage still remains in many mines. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration He will laugh at those who imagine to satisfy the Publick with the Magnificence of their Habits, without reflecting, that Merit and Ignorance are equally aggrandized by Pomp. Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers It was afterward indeed turned to aggrandize Athens, but, when it was originally made, was a means of common defense against a power as yet unconquered though repulsed. Ancient States and Empires It was his sole object to aggrandize himself by promoting the splendor, the power, and the glory of the monarchy. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series For Agassiz it might be said, with a variation of the well-known adage, that there was nothing he touched that he did not aggrandize. 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 Cattle, silent, enormously aggrandized, emerged like fabled beasts of 190 the eld, and stared upon him, their jaws dripping with dew. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West He shows that the progress of science enriches, aggrandizes, and elevates the imagination. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The Romans, engrossed with the war with the Cimbri and the insurrection of their Italian subjects, allowed his empire to be silently aggrandized. Ancient States and Empires It was the state legislature aggrandized—noisier, more tumultuous and confusing. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Were Austria and Russia permitted to aggrandize themselves by adding the Turkish territory to their possessions, it would gravely disturb the balance of power which England had so much at heart. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe None of Iraq's neighbors—especially major countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel—see it in their interest for the situation in Iraq to lead to aggrandized regional influence by Iran. The Iraq Study Group Report And in the same instant the answer came: He was to profit by my disgrace; he was to be aggrandized by my downfall. The Reckoning This was with Carthage, the greatest power, next to Rome, in the world at that time—a commercial State which had been gradually aggrandized for three hundred years. Ancient States and Empires Deeming themselves attacked by France, they were determined to gain security from the reckless schemes of aggrandizing philanthropy now in favour at Paris; and, viewing the matter impartially, we must admit that they were right. William Pitt and the Great War Providence permitted him to humble the powers of Europe, but did not design that he should be permanently aggrandized by their misfortunes. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges I made not creation, Self to aggrandize, But that creatures might with Me communion prize. Mystics and Saints of Islam And our Lord would have us "take no thought for the morrow," which surely is a dissuasion from aggrandizing ourselves, accumulating wealth, or aiming at distinction. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) It resisted, in the lower classes, the attempt of the church to suppress it in order to aggrandize the corporation. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals No man, however, can pay a more servile tribute to the great, than by suffering his liberty in their presence to aggrandize him in his own esteem. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II All motives of a religious kind were absorbed in his prevailing passion to aggrandize the French monarchy. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges It cannot be that its friends should much longer be withheld from those by whom it was achieved, only to aggrandize one old man and his sons. Edmond Dantès Indeed, it was but the general policy of Philip II. to aggrandize his vast realm under the pretence of rescuing benighted souls. The Philippine Islands The ruling classes in mediæval society were warriors and ecclesiastics, and they used all their power to aggrandize themselves at the expense of other classes. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The design of aggrandizing himself he disguised with such dexterity, that, though Addison discovered it, Steele was deceived, and was afraid of displeasing Pope by publishing his paper. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He was not envious nor cruel, but inordinately ambitious, and intent on aggrandizing his family. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges To aggrandize his own has been for years his sole end and aim. Edmond Dantès Moved by the ambition to aggrandize Greece, he felt at liberty to use whatever means might conduce to so desirable an end. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 It is plain from the words of Isaiah that Lucifer, already of exalted rank, sought to aggrandize himself without regard to the rights and agency of others. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern His conduct was guided solely by a desire to aggrandize the crown, and he seized without a scruple the tools best fitted to his hand. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa But Providence, which ordained the civilization of Russia, also ordained that the triumphant czar should not be unduly aggrandized, and should himself learn lessons of humility. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Their gigantic creation launches into the second decade of its second century, belted with power, aggrandized with El Dorados, the amazement of the world, the "Arabian Nights" translated into every-day reality. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 In France, when aggrandized by the conquests of Napoleon, the empire of ancient Rome was re-produced before the astonished world. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I The Master proceeded to show that a man who speaks on his own authority alone seeks to aggrandize himself. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Arcimboldo was not the man to let slip an opportunity to aggrandize himself. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa None of their actions merit recital, but, during this period, the brave Pelagius aggrandized his petty state, advancing into the mountains of Leon, and, in addition, making himself master of several towns. History of the Moors of Spain The offspring of Egyptian priestcraft, they were instituted with a view to aggrandize that order of men, to extend their influence, and enlarge their revenues. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy There is the possibility, and not only the possibility but the possible need, that Holland should come out of this world war aggrandized. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 "Mrs. General" was a pet-name the lady had won from a wifely and lovable trait that prompted her to aggrandize her placid lord above his deserts. Marion's Faith. The splendor of the ceremonials which aggrandize living royalty as much as they glorify dead heroism, was wholly wanting in the obsequies of Mr. Lincoln. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 My mother knew all about the Clemenses of Virginia, and loved to aggrandize them to me, but she has long been dead. Chapters from My Autobiography The most important interests of France in aggrandizing and enriching herself with what she most wants, supplies of every naval store from America, must inspire her with different sentiments. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 In spite of his numerous engagements, Burnell found time to aggrandize his bishopric, to provide liberally for his nephews and other kinsmen, and to pursue his cherished but futile aim of founding a great family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Heaven will, at last, aggrandize Hell is but a poet's dream, 847-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Charles had undertaken to reduce them to obedience; and on pretence of securing the purity of religion, he had laid a scheme for aggrandizing his own family, by extending its dominion over all Germany. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary She said that great griefs had purified his ambition, and lent a strange interest to him, elevating and aggrandizing his character. The Friendships of Women "Weishaupt," he writes, "was a radical in politics and an infidel in religion, and he organized this association, not more for the purpose of aggrandizing himself, than of overturning Christianity and the institutions of society." Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Maximilian tried in every way to aggrandize his personal power, not that of the German Nation. The Age of the Reformation It must be humanitary or beneficent in its aims, and not inhuman and malevolent, as is always the case when the weak are subjected to distinguish, aggrandize, and enrich those who subject them. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 Again to judge from its English-British antecedent, its informing purpose is to restrain rather than to aggrandize power. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Others charge him with a Project for aggrandizing himself upon the King's Death. The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol In the mob, as a French psychologist has said, ideas neutralize each other, but emotions aggrandize each other. Anthropology When the nations of Europe give themselves up to the sword, let us aggrandize ours with the arts of peace. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth He sought to aggrandize his relatives, to honor and enrich men of genius, and to surround himself with costly splendors and pleasures. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties But Carausius made use of the power with which he had been intrusted, not so much to suppress the pirates as to aggrandize himself. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Perhaps, on the whole, it is most probable that, nominally, he was Antiochus's ally in the war, but that, practically, he gave him little help, having no wish to see Syria aggrandized. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. These two colleges aggrandize the city greatly and the sons of the inhabitants of these islands are being reared in them in culture, virtue, and learning. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Such is his activity and care “that he alone aggrandized that city more than had all his predecessors, or his successors to this time.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. But England was unwilling to see the French power thus aggrandized. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power He could find no method of humbling one subject grown too great, but by aggrandizing in the same excessive degree some others. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) I know her avaricious and acrimonious disposition—her love of wealth, and her anxiety to aggrandize her family. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One But let us depend upon it, whatever tends, under the name of security, to aggrandize Austria, will discontent and alarm Prussia. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) To rule the whole world so that a corrupt oligarchy might be aggrandized! A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. His ambition was not to secure for himself ease or luxury, but to extend his imperial power, and to aggrandize his family. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power To the bigots it was enough that it aggrandized the Pope. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Experience showed that I was right; for the French wrought their own ruin by aggrandizing the Papacy and introducing Spain into the realm of Naples.' Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots It is ridiculous to say we are not men, and that, as men, we shall never wish to aggrandize ourselves in some way or other. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Forgery of the "Donation of Constantine" used as a plea to urge Charlemagne still more to aggrandize the see of Rome. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 His desire to aggrandize his family burned with a quenchless flame. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Mad ambition parleying with the devil, in the guise of a woman lost to all virtue save a desire to aggrandize her husband and herself. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction It is formed on a supposition that the king is something external to his government; and that he may be honored and aggrandized, even by its debility and disgrace. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Can we say that even at this very hour we are not invidiously aggrandized? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) To say that the sun was a god was equivalent to saying that it was a man, a human consciousness, more or less, aggrandized and sublimated. Tragic Sense Of Life How he had toiled and planned to aggrandize this only son, who seemed far more delighted with an old coin or an old picture than with the great works which bore his name. Scottish sketches These peremptory tripartite brethren arrived at Greenwich, wishing to aggrandize themselves by indulging in exemplary relaxation, indicatory of implacable detestation of integral tergiversation and exoteric intrigue. 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Federico, after his wars for the Emperor, appears to have reposed in peace for the rest of his days, and to have devoted himself to the adornment of Mantua and the aggrandizing of his family. Italian Journeys The ruins of this government aggrandize the States. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) History does not produce an instance of a family, which has so greatly aggrandized itself by marriage, as the house of Austria. The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands In the second place, this very effort to aggrandize him above his fellows puts every material advantage in the hands of the chief. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Genoa, which was his native country, treated his schemes as visionary, and by that means lost the only opportunity that could have offered of aggrandizing her power. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Style is truth aggrandized, simplified, freed from all insignificant details, restored to its original essence, its typical aspect. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Associated words: howdah, pachyderm, kraal, corral, keddah, ankus, mahout. elevate, v. lift, raise; promote, advance, aggrandize, exalt; ennoble, dignify. elevation, n. promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation, dignity, advancement; eminence, hill. eleven years. Putnam's Word Book Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Poems Household Edition Ability in learning and language is, therefore, a highly prized chiefly art, respected for its social value and employed to aggrandize rank. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai It was a sickeningly aggrandizing clump that was exacerbating itself within her stomach; and it made her doubt the efficacy of the plan. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Comparisons between men of genius for the sake of aggrandizing the one at the expense of the other are the staple of the meaner kinds of criticism. Ralph Waldo Emerson There is not a power in Europe which can suppose, that, in expressing our opinions on this occasion, we are governed by any desire of aggrandizing ourselves or of injuring others. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The enmity of Christian nations anxious to add to their properties in the islands in remote seas was so strong that any one preferred that rather than his neighbors might aggrandize the heathen should prevail. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient After the reigns of Julius Caesar and Augustus, concentrating power in a single person and his chosen brain trust, using that power to further aggrandize the Roman Empire and Roman Civilization. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History The taxi's meter was aggrandizing numbers for some time when they finally found her and took her away with them. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America It is in fact by faith that reason is aggrandized and elevated to the height of the intellect whence it draws its certitude. Delsarte System of Oratory Like the barbarian who thought himself enriched by the powers and gifts of the enemy he slew, he aggrandizes his own personality, and heightens his own sense of freedom, through the subjection of feebler natures. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 He had, moreover, embroiled himself with his neighbors the Venetians, who were watching for an opportunity of aggrandizing themselves at his expense. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 Their affection for her has infused into it an element which greatly aggrandizes and ennobles it—an element somewhat analogous to that sentiment of lofty devotion which a loyal subject feels for his queen. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind Did authority figures believe that making others wait aggrandized their influence? Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Imlac now felt the enthusiastic fit and was proceeding to aggrandize his profession, when the prince cried out, "Enough, thou hast convinced me that no human being can ever be a poet." Samuel Johnson But his antagonism to Hamilton was specially called forth by the latter's creation of a National Bank, with its tendency to aggrandize power and coerce or control votes at the expense of the separate States. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch La Salle, on his return to Canada, actively set about aggrandizing his new possession. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 He was deficient in that sovereign will which alone accomplishes great changes in states, and which is as essential to monarchs who wish to limit their power as to those who seek to aggrandize it. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Jezebel would aggrandize empire, which her unlawful marriage thereto had jeoparded. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 He will never see in such a god, but a being of the human species, in whom he will strive to aggrandize the proportions, until he has formed a being totally inconceivable. The System of Nature, Volume 2 VENICE.—Venice, which up to the fall of Constantinople had been the strongest of the Italian states, forgot its duties and its dangers in relation to the Turks, in order to aggrandize itself in Italy. Outline of Universal History His wish to re-establish his house grew into an ardent desire to aggrandize it. A Love Story Hundreds of thousands of Germans have in this manner aided to aggrandize the British colonies, and Germany has derived no benefit from the emigration of her sons. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Lady Macbeth will run the risk of an unlawful marriage with empire, if she may thereby aggrandize it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 To aggrandize France and gain fame for himself, Louis plunged his country into a series of struggles from which it emerged completely exhausted. Early European History But Northumberland proved to be less worthy to hold the protectorate than he, and labored to aggrandize his relatives. Outline of Universal History A preliminary failure to aggrandize themselves with the goodwill of Persia actually brought on their revolt, but it only precipitated a struggle inevitable ultimately on one side of the Aegean or the other. The Ancient East "If the Guises were French princes, their interest would be to aggrandize France." Chicot the Jester It is certain that thus far it has been the triumph of a minority; but of a minority moved, inspired, combined, and aggrandized by slavery. The American Union Speaker The other Chiefs of Note, Mavrocordato and Colcotronis, are men of perfectly different characters but both by their different means attempting to aggrandize themselves. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir The dukes and the electors whom he had made kings, the princes whose domains he had aggrandized, were to unite in a confederation for the protection of the new State of Germany. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France Well, gentlemen, while free peoples have been alienated, a despotic Power has been aggrandized through our direct agency. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 Thus two kings in succession, by different methods, the one by war, the other by peace, aggrandized the state. Roman History, Books I-III Thus far, we think, if the circumstances of the time and the opportunities which he had of aggrandizing himself be fairly considered, he will not lose by comparison with Washington or Bolivar. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam The terrible wars through which France passed, to aggrandize an ambitious and selfish egotist, were attended with far greater evils than those which the nation sought to abolish when the States-General first met at Versailles. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen He wished to aggrandize his monarchy; that aim was dearer to him than the reformed faith. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Gentlemen, this is the most dangerous form of aggrandizing Russia. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 The people were virtually enslaved to aggrandize a single person. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets The Sultan, in fact, not only aggrandizes himself by the quarrels of his own subjects, but he profits by the disputes between the foreign consuls and his governors. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. How one "Power" may be aggrandized and another curtailed, how the spoils may be divided among the victors, how the "balance" may be arranged—these kinds of considerations and these alone have influenced their minds. The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife Wars to preserve the "balance of power" have not generally been deemed offensive, when any power has become inordinately aggrandized. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers They have aggrandized the power of Russia in two ways, which I will state with perfect distinctness. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 The mask aggrandized the features: even so far it acted favorably. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater We could go back still further, and show from the whole history of Asiatic conquests that their object was to aggrandize ambitious conquerors. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. First, the whole idea of aggrandizing one nation and humiliating another must be set aside…. The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife It was by aggressive and unscrupulous wars that the Romans were aggrandized, and it was also by the habits and tastes which successful war created that Rome was ultimately undermined. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers It further aggrandized the power of Russia in Armenia; but I would not dwell upon that matter if it were not for a very strange circumstance. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 And shall our great republic blindly rush Into the perils of an unjust war, To aggrandize the Waywode, and to crown His daughter as the empress of the Czar? Demetrius They had will and passion, sagacity and the power to rule, by which they became aggrandized; but they were wanting in those elements and virtues which endear their memory to mankind. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The view of aggrandizing my family, of ennobling yourself, is what I proceed upon. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling But Europe was determined that the Bourbons should not be further aggrandized. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Man is thus aggrandized in the image of his Maker. English literary criticism It was not an Alexander nor a Charlemagne, coming in his strength to subdue ancient enemies, or to aggrandize his name, by vanquishing nations far remote, with whom he could have no affinity! The Scottish Chiefs Such, at the first glance, appears to be the domain of gastronomy, a realm fertile in results of every kind and which is aggrandized by the discoveries and inventions of those who cultivate it. The Physiology of Taste The little knot of gentry-folk soon found the limitations of their new conditions; years went by in decades, aggrandizing none of them. The Imperialist Cardinal Richelieu saw the danger of allowing Austria to aggrandize itself at the expense of all Germany, and now took the field in earnest. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus I aggrandize them; I idealize them in an inverse direction, in their ugliness or their stupidity. Balzac All warfare that is not defensive is criminal; and he who draws his sword to oppress, or merely to aggrandize, is a murderer and a robber. The Scottish Chiefs His fame was to consist, not in revenging himself upon his enemies, but in aggrandizing France. Napoleon Bonaparte You are right, certainly," replied the Marquis de Gallo, slowly; "but Austria cannot intend to aggrandize herself at the expense of France. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times He cares for nothing save to aggrandize his children, by fair means or foul, and this is his sole desire. The Life of Cesare Borgia "That means, that Austria, who will unjustly aggrandize herself by Bavaria, will deprive Prussia of a lawful inheritance!" cried the king, his eyes flashing anger. Old Fritz and the New Era To the bigots it was enough, that it aggrandized the pope. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke The first of these moves was to aggrandize the "Association" to a "Church." Christian Science But then poor old Mr. Harding had been thoroughly deficient in that ambition which had served to aggrandize the family into which his daughter had married. The Last Chronicle of Barset He was afraid that Caesar, who was a descendant of Venus, would be aggrandized at his expense. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls I have aggrandized your life by introducing into it that which makes it delightful to most people—the stamp of political influence and dominion. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Gospel is to aggrandize Christ and the mercy of God. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians Alexander the Sixth, in wishing to aggrandize the duke, his son, had many immediate and prospective difficulties. The Prince The Gospel is not there for us to aggrandize ourselves. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians But if you look closer you will notice that Christ's merit is belittled, while monkish merits are aggrandized. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians |
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