| 单词 | detraction |
| 例句 | It's fast-moving and sharply written, though the frequent explicit sex scenes make the whole seem jadedly one-dimensional, and an improbable intersection of the main figures is a clumsy detraction. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z And this nagging detraction never quite goes away, making the creators' intention to fully sketch its white characters at the expense of the non-white ones harder to ignore as "Stateless" progresses. The gripping immigration story of "Stateless" risks being blanked out by star power 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The one detraction this season is that The Knick seems to be trying a little too hard to draw the parallels between modern New York and the one 114 years ago. The Knick: scalpel-sharp second season cuts away at Mad Men's status 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The programme’s problems are small detractions from a show that is otherwise compelling and extremely effective in ruining your sleep schedule. Fear the Walking Dead: the zombie spinoff that'll keep you up at night 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps if the overall production were better, the musical cues wouldn't even be noticeable; but as it is, they're a distraction on top of multiple detractions. "Dopesick" is an ineffective prescription for telling the story of the opioid crisis 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z His relatively modest number of caps, in contrast to some of the other players in that World Cup winning side, is no detraction from his talent. 'Cohen forever immortalised by World Cup victory' 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z She told the BBC: “Not having that would be a detraction of the ceremony, and we’re very big on pomp in the U.K.” Prince Charles opens Parliament, but it’s still the Queen’s Speech 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Responding to Harris, Gabbard called Assad’s atrocities “detractions,” before eventually saying she doesn’t dispute that he’s guilty of torture and murder. Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard’s Syria record shows why she can’t be president 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z But both of those are small detractions, and there’s still a lot to like about the T20 Wireless. RHA releases wireless edition of the excellent T20 earphones 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “I wouldn’t go for a political speech, a detraction from the purpose of the day. And the purpose of the day is really all of us together celebrating the nation’s birthday. That’s why we go.” Trump’s takeover of Fourth of July has some weighing protest or boycott 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z One of the running themes of “Grandma” is how parents, no matter their age or their detractions, do they best they know how, no matter their pasts of present circumstances. Paul Weitz, ‘Grandma’ director, on first-rate performance of Lily Tomlin 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Its limited scope and somewhat silly tie-in to the broader Lord of the Rings mythos are its only detractions. Check Out 'The Game Awards' Game Of The Year Nominees 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But that fact might also be a detraction for some patients as she noted previously that a major advantage of generic gabapentin is it’s price: $10 to $12 a month. XenoPort And NIAAA To Test Alcoholism Treatment 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z I’m still not sure if this is going to be a welcome feature or a distraction, but so far it’s neither a selling point or a detraction. PS4 Review Part One: Video Game Console Meets Gaming PC 2013-12-16T21:16:00Z Where I think many of the “the Internet is making us stupid” claims get it wrong is that these detractions also apply to other mediums. This is Your Brain on the Internet (Maybe) 2012-09-11T14:15:02.720Z They are to be known by their modesty and precision of speech, avoiding scurrility and detraction and light words and lies and oaths. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z From the pulpit, every kind of falsehood and detraction is poured forth concerning him. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The eye of envy would be upon you if you had wealth, and detraction would be busy with your name. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z But her beauty had slight detractions—so slight, indeed, as to be imperceptible to strangers, but well known to her intimate friends. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you might see more detraction at your heels, than fortunes before you. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z Christians in modern times carry on wars of detraction and slander against one another. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Cromwell! our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed, ... Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z He has been exposed to more serious detraction in modern times, as the corrupter of the pure stream of early Roman poetry. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But I will still hope, detraction is among the catalogue of her failings, and that she views the world with jaundiced eyes. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z We are a city of 1 million people and sometimes we acted, to our benefit and detraction, as a community of 50,000 people. In Tucson, a Year After the Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords 2012-01-08T22:00:19Z True thy shortcomings were many, but only one blessed with such brilliant gifts could possibly realise thy temptation; and the sorrow thou didst endure must silence detraction. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z But nothing can be farther from the truth than this evangelical detraction, with its inexorable disregard to facts. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z There is no trace in him of the malice or the love of detraction which is seldom wholly absent from satiric writing. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Scarcely one had a kind word for him; on the contrary, he found nothing but suspicion, jealousy and detraction, and even charges of fabricating the whole story of having found Livingstone. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z So, in the assaults which the opposing newspapers, led by the Courier, were making upon the Democracy there was no hint of detraction of the Judge. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z In the recollection of those happy days he endeavours to find consolation for the calumny and detraction of the present. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z But she had hired the young fellow the more readily for those very detractions. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z That he should occasionally have been mistaken in his judgment and his views is certainly no detraction from his claim to greatness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z What he would, perhaps, believe implicitly if told to him by a man, he would attribute entirely to jealousy, or to a love of detraction if related by a woman. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Like a human being who has been too much lionized, he suffers from the detractions which are excited by his pre-eminence. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z His Presidency past, the wise and blameless spirit of his official administration came speedily to be acknowledged on all sides, and envy and detraction, left without an aim, turned to eulogy. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z It is about as certain as anything in the future can be that all detraction from the moral character and patriotism of Davis will after some while wear itself out. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Mr. Tuckerman himself says that "Lafayette's name has suffered more from the admiration of his friends than from the detraction of his enemies." Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z —This is eternal life, which doth forbid Mortal detraction to the exalted soul, And from her inward eye all fate hath hid. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Michelet," continues the Recorder, "calls the spirit of Jesuits the spirit of intrigue—of holy detraction. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Yet, in spite of this exposed situation, scandal had proved powerless to wrong her; she defied detraction. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z So worth above detraction's rout Maintains its even lofty course, And clamour ceases, wearied out With its own futile force. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Sad is the wane of beauty to the fair, Sad is the flux of fortune to the proud, Sad is the look dejected lovers wear, And sad is worth beneath detraction's cloud. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z No one, however, whom Christian exaggeration has not goaded into unfair detraction, or who is not blinded by theological hostility, can fail to revere portions of the character sketched out in the three synoptic gospels. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z It is overburdened, at times, with droves of tourists, and this in itself is a detraction in the eyes of many. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z But despite detraction, as one came from school, when the wind was north, an agreeable whiff of lard and cooking touched the nostrils as a happy prologue to one's dinner. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z He had no patience with malice, and refused to allow the Pennsylvania Gazette to be made a vehicle for detraction. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z "There are a good many easier ways of making money," she offered, including the entire industrial strife in the implied detraction. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z There were reasons to justify a man's joining either party, but there were none to justify, on one side or on the other, lying accusations forgetful of past service, a frenzy of detraction. Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z But it is no detraction to cull the best phrases from the most common sources. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Already there had been detractions whispered against his administration of the city, and the genuine appreciation of this little maid for his military exploits was soothing to him. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z We should watch the hatred of virtue and purity, and the envy of fair fame, developing themselves in every form of slander and detraction, from the sly innuendo to the open falsehood. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Even they who now shout at my heels will become my calumniators, revenging themselves for past adulation by present detraction. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z How much just such detraction from all mere natural human greatness is contained in the following penetrative maxim: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Being a conscientious Catholic, she asked a Jesuit priest whether it was libel, detraction or scandal to be spreading news that was common knowledge in America but completely unknown over here. Troubled century 2011-05-16T10:42:59Z Asked if missing the No. 1 player was a detraction from the tournament, Goydos said, "I think it's a detraction to him, not us." An island unto itself at Players Championship 2011-05-11T20:41:11Z That is the origin of the detraction of the motor-car industry and the individuals who created it and who are enjoying it today. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Take the detraction and the mischief from the untruth, and we are little offended by it; turn it into praise, and we may be pleased with it. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z For ills by battery or detraction, Say, can you bring at once your action? The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z I found contempt more bitter, opposition more active, detraction more relentless, prejudice more stubborn and apathy more frozen, than among the slaveowners themselves. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z So far, however, he adds, as the subject is within his capacity, he will speak without envy or detraction. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z I am resolved that this shall be so noble an edifice that the voice of detraction shall never be heard. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z “Most of the detraction to GDP growth from the floods and Cyclone Yasi will be concentrated in the first quarter.” Australia’s GDP Grew 0.7% Last Quarter, Matching Forecasts 2011-03-02T00:54:53Z Those who listen to detraction in such a way as to consent to what is said share in the guilt of the detraction. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Their words of detraction cannot harm so much as the poison of evil thoughts toward others, which they ever seek to infuse. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z This is quite true of all races, and is no detraction whatever from the real merits that were justly their own. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z For a little space her life was pure joy, without one clouding thought of—after; without conscious knowledge of the envy and calumny, the conflict and detraction going on about her. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z If a man in the midst of all the contumely and detraction of the world, can yet get one woman to believe in him, it is enough! The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Gossip is dangerous, since it prepares the way for detraction, as detraction prepares the way for calumny. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z While these demonstrations continued, every opposing voice was hushed in the chorus of national rejoicing; yet some there were, no doubt, who looked on with silent envy or whispered detraction. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Of Darwin himself he remarked truly, 'He has lived long enough to outlast detraction and opposition, and to see the stone that the builders rejected become the head-stone of the corner.' Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z If detraction is to be made from the originality of expression in the Georgics, the debt due by Virgil was incurred to his own countryman. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Do not look for faults in the characters or habits of your friends—the critic generally likes to communicate her opinions or discoveries—hence arises a habit of detraction. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies Hence, there is no sacrilege in detractions, lies, perjuries, blasphemies, or in most internal sins, when committed in a church or cemetery. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z "Mrs Mendham and her daughters had been playing tennis," said the Vicar, feeling he ought not to listen to detraction even of his mortal enemy. The Wonderful Visit His fame is too bright to be burnished by eulogy—too pure to be tarnished by detraction. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It is no detraction from the originality of his idea to suppose that some such suggestion as that attributed to Maecenas gave the original impulse to the poem. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil I make these observations in no spirit of detraction. The Salvaging Of Civilisation Examples: The prohibition against fortune-telling belongs to the First; the prohibition against perjury and false teaching, to the Second; the commandment to honor the aged, to the Fourth; the prohibition against detraction, to the Eighth. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Your tongue is swift, your cheek is red, If some one speak to his detraction, And yet, the fact the thing is said Affords you half a satisfaction. Impertinent Poems There is no difficulty in arriving at the conclusion that such exhibitions as this is an instance of detraction from the otherwise great and striking characteristics of the ruler of Kashgar. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar In the virulent factions that arose out of their metaphysical quarrels, either party was eager to expose its adversary to detraction and persecution. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 A small watch is delicate, but it bears no comparison to the delicacy of these detraction spectroscopes. The Social Gangster Lord Castlereagh, whatever detraction party hate may visit on his home politics, was a consummate Ambassador. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Knows he, that mankind praise against their will, And mix as much detraction as they can? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes This, however, is mere detraction by a man who firmly believed that the cruelly wronged Katharine whose cause he served had just been murdered by Henry’s orders. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Envy was silenced; criticism was abashed; detraction ceased to decry—malignity to deride. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Minola, with all her real or fancied delight in noting the jealousies and weaknesses of men and women, could hear no words of detraction or even dispraise. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. I drink to your satisfaction, Not that I envy or wish you detraction, But for good feeling and brotherhood. Black Forest Village Stories Meanness and detraction were without any effect upon him; for he could look over and beyond them. Waldfried A Novel Still, they have displayed a more than common spirit of detraction when speaking of the German student. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Consider what a tender flower is woman's reputation, which the least air of foul detraction blasts. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee It was no detraction from its merit that it might be all acting, for it was still "high art." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Within these two days I have lost forty knights, and, above all, the noble fellowship of Lancelot and his kindred, and all because I listened to the tongue of foul detraction. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Better the merest nonsense, better anything that is not scandal and detraction, than absolute and freezing silence then. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 There is nothing which is less affected by unjust praise and unjust detraction than an author's works. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition There is a tall, modern spire which is not a beautiful addition, and the magnificent octagon has had a slate roof added, which likewise is a detraction. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine The old habitu�s, of course, will not be affected in any way except by peevishness and petulance, which will drive them into their usual course of detraction. Physiology of The Opera She is too handsome to be envious, and too generous to have any relish for detraction, but she gives to excess into the opposite fault. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Fame, that her high worth to raise Seemed erst so lavish and profuse, We may justly now accuse 10 Of detraction from her praise: Less than half we find expressed; Envy bid conceal the rest. Minor Poems by Milton “Because I am now your best friend, and must tell you frankly your foibles and dangers, and endeavor to guard you from the faintest breath of detraction.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Upon the whole, success outweighs detraction, And thou canst view thy fate with satisfaction. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. But the words, as they stand, carry with them a sweeping detraction and are nothing less than calumnious. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Not one word was he ever heard to say in comment or rebuke, while censure and detraction were most frequent against him, and his zealous, paternal care for his army was never relaxed. History of Morgan's Cavalry Men of self-respect, conscious of their own honest motives and upright actions, will not submit to his unrighteous detraction. Talkers With Illustrations He married Mary in a legal manner soon after Harriet's death, and of course a most violent storm of detraction and denunciation burst upon his head. Home Life of Great Authors Spenser speaks in places of envy and detraction, and he, like others, had no doubt his rivals and enemies. Spenser It was to be expected, when once these writing-masters imagined that they were artists, that they would be infected with those plague-spots of genius—envy, detraction, and all the jalousie du m�tier. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Not only did General Morgan have to contend with difficulties thus arising, but now, for the first time, he suffered from envy, secret animosity and detraction within his own command. History of Morgan's Cavalry My reader, be you among the honourable exceptions, with whom detraction shall find no life. Talkers With Illustrations That cloud of 'detractions rude,' of which Milton speaks in his noble sonnet to our 'chief of men' as in his own day enveloping the great republican leader, still lay thick and heavy over him. Select Poems of Thomas Gray A man who has breasted a whirlwind of detraction and abuse for Justice—not the "male, adult" justice of Lincoln, but the freedom and justice, without limitation, for "man, woman, and child." Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures Envy offends with false infamy, that is to say, by detraction which frightens virtue. Thoughts on Art and Life The windows throughout are but weak decorative elements, and lack tracery and glass of a decorative quality, an obvious detraction in any great architectural work. The Cathedrals of Northern France Hence detraction is a sign of a weak, ignoble spirit; it is an impotent and grovelling serpent, that lurks in the hedge, waiting opportunity to bite the heel of any nobler creature that passes by. Talkers With Illustrations From the day when our independence was declared, America has been an eyesore to all the leading Governments of Europe—the object of detraction and bitter hostility, of envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This I am authorized to say, from undeniable facts in my own possession, from publications, the evident scope of which could not be mistaken, and from private detractions industriously circulated. Patrick Henry His transcendent virtuosity was only equalled by his splendid munificence; but he found—what others have so often experienced—that great personal gifts and prodigious �clat cannot possibly escape the poison of envy and detraction. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History For envy is an uneasiness; so are emulation, detraction, anguish, sorrow, sadness, tribulation, lamentation, vexation, grief, trouble, affliction, and despair. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero “He fought, I grant it; no malignant spite “Shall move detraction from his valiant deeds. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The over-praise which, in the British Isles, has been lavished upon his scientific importance is being followed abroad by what may be an unnecessary amount of detraction. Pioneers of Science No, hope it not; for know, most wretched man, 'Tis not thy base and weak detraction can Buy thee a poem, nor move me to give Thy name the honour in my verse to live. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II She had instantly detected the tone of detraction in the allusions Lady Benyon and her mother had made to Aunt Victoria that afternoon, and stolidly resented it. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But even envy, detraction, pity, have their use. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero They are willing to fall before truth, but not before detraction. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Yet there should be no detraction from the fact that the heredity is strong. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Then followed a period of acrimonious detraction; at last, cordial appreciation has come. Jewish Literature and Other Essays An you had any eye behind you, you might see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before you. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Now envy implies being uneasy at another's good because one does not enjoy it oneself; but detraction is the being uneasy at another's good, merely because he enjoys it. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero These rare villains are eliminated when one speaks of inability to distinguish between detraction and adverse criticism. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it One hundred and forty girls to spend their recesses in envy, ridicule, malice, and detraction. Macaria To which of these great men society owes the heavier debt of gratitude thoughtful historians cannot agree; but even envious detraction admits that they deserve high rank amongst the benefactors of mankind. A Book About Lawyers He was to be one of the historical personages against whom scandalmongers have not been able to unearth a mass of detraction. Lafayette Depraved, corrupt, and polluted presses exerted themselves to the utmost in the work of slander and detraction; hireling scribblers for worse than hireling presses glutted themselves and made their meals on good men's names. Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio It is a good sign of them, or of the age, that they should yield to man’s innate love of continuous detraction? The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" To balance these detractions he was civil in his manners and extremely moderate in his terms. Werwolves Detraction.—Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending.—Shakespeare. Pearls of Thought Lesbia's always speaking ill Of me—her tongue is never still: Yet may I die, but 'gainst her will, She loves me, spite of her detraction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The seedtime of life is too short, and its hours are too few, to spend in baffling detraction. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Bill after bill framed with only one great-hearted purpose to benefit all the people went through the grinding process of detraction, of vilification, of amendment and final defeat. The High Calling So have we, in the midnight scene, Seen purity with face serene Awake the clamour of detraction From jaundiced Envy's yellow faction. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) From this mighty source spring constant detraction, gossiping, tale-bearing, falsehood, anger, pride, malice, revenge, and every evil word and work. An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females None the less the storm of detraction continued. James B. Eads Hints of hope, not detraction, build a boy. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Tell the next man or woman who speaks about it that scandal and detraction are steps in the ladder down to the devil's kingdom. Grey Town An Australian Story He not only never indulged in detraction, but when any species of scandal was exhibited in his company, he either remained silent, or endeavoured to give a turn to the conversation. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions The very words that import lying, falsehood, treason, dissimulation, covetousness, envy, detraction, and passion, were never heard of amongst them. Montaigne and Shakspere I was sorry to notice, not only in Stockholm, but more or less throughout Sweden, a spirit of detraction in regard to everything Swedish. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland We have her picture embellished or distorted, as friendship or detraction has held the pencil: the impartial portrait was hardly to be expected from a contemporary. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 If they introduce an atmosphere of suspicion, doubt, distrust, 192or detraction, they break the continuity of the flow of psychic energy that has to be employed. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers It is therefore no detraction from the merits of Islam that some of its doctrines resemble those of other revealed religions. Notes on Islam It involved no detraction from their professional excellence, the excellence of men professionally self-made; but none comprehend the advantages of education better than candid men who have made their way without it. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life This habit of detraction is carried to quite as great an extreme as the vanity of the Norwegians, and is the less pardonable vice of the two. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Such, in brief, is the general charge of inadequacy which may be urged against natural science, not in the spirit of detraction, but for the sake of a more sound belief concerning reality. The Approach to Philosophy I would have the name of my race pure of all stains and detractions, as it has been for an hundred years, but I would not bear hardly against your son, Margaret. Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family Apologists and impartial chroniclers are as distinct as enemies in intimating that he was a constant mark for 'detraction' and 'envyings.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography But the spirit of detraction was most fully developed in men who were not professionally idle, but had, or professed to have, some little business on hand. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 "Thus," he concludes, "was all matter for detraction removed from the malice of the unrighteous." Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 Even envy and detraction could not lessen his grandeur nor tarnish the lustre of his name.... The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The action of the Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society summarily disposes of this detraction, to which its object, during his lifetime, never vouchsafed either remonstrance or reply. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 She is pretty in spite of all detractions, Laura has discovered. Floyd Grandon's Honor They were, indeed, accused of peculation; but specific charges were generally rebutted, and can now only be noticed as a rumour, and dismissed as detraction. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Dr. Jacobs, 1893: "It was endorsed by one of the smaller synods in Ohio, but everywhere else it aroused intense indignation, as a misrepresentation and detraction of the Lutheran Church." American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Florio has pasquino, "a statue in Rome on whom all libels, railings, detractions, and satirical invectives are fathered." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Garrison says that he found here "contempt more bitter, detraction more relentless, prejudice more stubborn, and apathy more frozen than among slave-owners themselves." History of the United States, Volume 3 A vice, like detraction, so congenial to our imperfect natures, is not to be confined to one channel, and only resorted to, as a political weapon, when required. Diary in America, Series Two The governor complained bitterly of this covert detraction, and especially of the attack on the character of his wife, whom he solemnly vindicated from that interference with public business charged upon her. The History of Tasmania, Volume I How much just detraction from all mere natural human greatness is contained in the following penetrative maxim!— Classic French Course in English Though their country grumbled, and detraction and ingratitude often assailed them; yet at the bitter ending no man nor woman in the broad South but believed they had done their devoir—honestly—manfully—well! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death God is a jealous God, and cannot of course admit of any detraction from His authority by the creatures He has formed. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land The severity of the world's censure, ridicule, and detraction has usually been in proportion to the benefit the victim has conferred upon mankind. Pushing to the Front There is one heavy detraction, however, from the excellence of the Avignonese climate. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources His life was eminently pure, his career exceptional, his fame established beyond the reach of calumny, beyond the power of detraction. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Oh, my friend, a truce to all your detraction! The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika One of the most unwarrantable kinds or forms of detraction, is the attributing of any man’s conduct to corrupt or unworthy motives. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew My opinions have long since been maturely formed, and my course deliberately taken, and is not now to be changed by detraction, prosecutions, or threats of "Convention or death." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 His mean spirit of detraction and insinuating ill-will kills friendship at its birth. Friendship During four centuries of admiration and detraction his life and character have been dissected and torn to bits. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He interweaves excellent moral instructions against vain-glory, detraction, rash judgment, avarice, and the cold words mine and thine; on prayer, &c. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The intricately twisted language of this mele is allegorical, a rope whose strands are inwrought with passion, envy, detraction, and abuse. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula And what have not the antivivisectionists suffered by detraction, by ridicule, by misrepresentation and personal abuse! An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals I pass over as unworthy of serious consideration the detractions and attacks, sometimes thoughtless, and sometimes malicious, to which Mr. Lincoln was subject during his administration. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Now as I am in a way a practical person, which is, I take it, a diminutive state of hard-headedness, any detraction against hard-headedness must appear as leveled against myself. Journeys to Bagdad Yet in the world how few resist the torrent, and are not carried down with the crowd, sliding into anger, detraction, rash judgment, covetousness, or some other sin. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March She spoke of others with so much kindness, and never indulged in that spirit of detraction or that love of personal gossip which Tancred had frankly told her he abhorred. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Perishing, he had left us an imperishable boast; an example to which, though our own conscience might accuse us, we could point, and saying "This was a Son of Troy," silence detraction for ever. The Mayor of Troy And here I cannot help remarking, that young women do not always carefully distinguish between running into the error of detraction, and its opposite extreme of indiscriminate applause. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies The storm of detraction through which he went never once shook the almost haughty independence of his conduct, or swerved him in the slightest from the course he had chosen. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters In spite of all the powers we boast Of independent action, An intervening hand may cost Our progress great detraction. Our Profession and Other Poems I was morally a coward, and could not possibly face the evil spirit of detraction. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems At the same time, concerning things said of myself in detraction, and they are many, and are very prejudicial to me, I find myself much improved. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings The many laudatory notices of Charlotte and her works which appeared since her death may well make us indifferent to the detractions of a few envious or malignant persons, as there ever will be such. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle She recognised the futility of all that she had said, of her boastings of courage, of her detractions of Ethne. The Four Feathers Even then detraction steadily followed him, and its voice—though impotent and immeasurably trivial—has not yet died away. Shadows of the Stage Aunt Aggie was to become the object of burning jealousy and detraction on the part of the female—that is to say almost the whole—population of Saundersfoot. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron In this way my soul actually gains peace and strength under detraction, till it becomes a great favour done me, and a great advantage. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings Yet not long since I heard her torn to pieces by the tongue of detraction—scarcely a virtue left—twenty odious defects imputed. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Secondly, when the knowledge of sensible things is directed to something harmful, as looking on a woman is directed to lust: even so the busy inquiry into other people's actions is directed to detraction. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Such niggardly persons, in their detraction of Henry Irving, are prompt to declare that he is a capital stage manager but not a great actor. Shadows of the Stage It is precisely the truth of such talk that makes it detraction; if it were not true, it would not be detraction but calumny—another and a very different fault. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals For, although, when I first hear the detraction, it causes me a little disconcert, yet not any long-lasting disquiet or alteration. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings Even Chase was carried away, and after months of insidious detraction, went for Lincoln on the stump. Abraham Lincoln Wherefore even as detraction is evil, so is flattery, which is contrary thereto as regards what is said, but not directly as regards the end. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Instead of consulting contemporaneous documents,—which would have entailed both cost and labor,—modern writers have, unfortunately, been satisfied to serve up a rehash of the detractions written by the old historians. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark This will place your victim in the least unfavorable light, and will, in some measure, repair the evil of detraction. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals It has long outlived the amazing detractions of Hallam and of Byron, and will certainly be read so long as English is a living tongue. Among Famous Books It is a kind of moral sense, which recoils from detraction and backbiting. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister The beginning is that a man strives to lower another's reputation, and this either secretly, and then we have tale-bearing, or openly, and then we have detraction. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Nor is it any detraction from Fletcher to take this view. Adventures in Criticism TO THE malice of detraction calumny adds that of falsehood. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals He next went over to have more palaver about them, and they do not hesitate to play me false by detraction. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is detraction to the Pow’rs above, To think they suffer what they don’t approve, For if they did this to divert my ill, They go about, for they might change my will. The Fatal Jealousie (1673) He has been made the victim of the most exalted panegyric by one set of fanatics, and of the most painful, malignant abuse and detraction by another set. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South I am aware that at the end of about sixteen years, a gradual detraction from this sum will commence, from the gradual diminution of breeders, and go on during the remaining nine years. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Translated in words such a judgment is not calumny because it is supposedly founded in reason; but it is detraction, because it is injurious. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Although he was notable for knowledge, yet he desired to continue humbly, modestly, and in quietness unto his life’s end in the condition of a Laic, and specially to avoid the sin of detraction. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes Even in the controversies where his strongest convictions were involved, he steadily abstained from bitterness, violence, and detraction. Matthew Arnold I worship great learning, which they had: I loathe flippant detraction of what is great; I have usually a heart for men-against-odds and the unpopular cause. On The Art of Reading When I felt as if I should sink beneath the storm of abuse and detraction, which was violently raging around me, I have found myself upheld and sustained by your encouraging voices and approving smiles. Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Therefore I find none so fit and meet to patronize it, as your selves: being able out of your owne knowledge and observation to defend it against all malicious detractions. Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Cecil was incapable of detraction, or envy at another's greater success; but in the face of Bertie's abduction of Lilla before her eyes, she did not feel particularly in charity with any daughter of Canada. Bluebell A Novel She, indeed, seemed to possess some talisman, as potent as the magic ring that bewitched King Charlemagne, by whose spell she disarmed envy and silenced detraction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 In the presence of Death, the great leveler, all detraction is hushed, all enmities are extinguished; and even some who had thwarted and criticized the admiral sincerely deplored his loss. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow For in spite of detraction, Walter Scott remains one of the foremost British lyrists. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century That Mephistophelean spirit of detraction has wide scope in this day. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Surely a more harmless and beneficent life could not be led by woman; yet the poisonous alchemy of detraction turned all her good deeds into evil ones. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Swearing, gambling and drunkenness, are the most common vices among Southern men; and slander, detraction, and a species of low detestable swindling in business transactions, are the vices most obvious in the North. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery Its unresisting victims become, by degrees, capable of every species of detraction, until they lose even the very power of perceiving that which is true. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Lady Louise bit her lip—it was a rebuff, she fancied, for her detraction. The Baronet's Bride Nor is detraction or slander allowable in any case. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 She had lived a life as blameless and as beneficent as that of any old time saint or martyr, and had won by it nothing but detraction and calumny. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Are Friends preserved in love towards each other; if differences arise, is due care taken speedily to end them; and are Friends careful to avoid and discourage tale-bearing and detraction? A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 You and I know the conflict of the last twenty years; the ridicule, persecution, denunciation, detraction, the unmixed bitterness of our cup for the last two, when even friends have crucified us. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud, Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations It is a law of the society, enforced by their discipline, as I shewed in a former volume, that no Quaker is to be guilty of detraction or slander. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 It is for those who believe in the spiritual life to take full advantage now of this social suggestibility of man; though without any detraction from the prime importance of the personal spiritual life. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day To avoid tale-bearing and detraction is a lesson inculcated into them in early youth. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Only they twist that very characteristic into an excuse for still further detraction. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Happy are they that hear their detractions, And can put them to mending. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Although the malice of Freeman did once provoke him to a retort the more deadly because it was restrained, he suffered in silence all the detraction which followed the reminiscences and the biography of Carlyle. The Life of Froude The object of my ambition is attained—I am now the equal and representative of Shakspere—detraction cannot wither the laurels that shadow my brows—Finis coronat opus!—I have done. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 Even when the last criticism has been made, detraction from these estimates is impossible. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham If a fool, no amount of newspaper or magazine puffery can set you up; and if you are useful, no amount of newspaper or magazine detraction can keep you down. Around The Tea-Table The tongue of detraction was never more busy with his alleged infidel doctrines or to more damaging effect. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist A. Envy begets in the soul a want of charity for our neighbor and produces a spirit of detraction, back-biting and slander. Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 In my own case, for instance, brute as I am, I see that with every fourth phrase I utter, words full of malice and detraction come to my tongue like flies to wine. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Mention not a blemish which is thy own, in detraction of thy neighbor. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Give future time the satisfaction, To leave one handle for detraction. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 The tongue of detraction is busy against me. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist What are rash judgment, backbiting, slander and detraction? Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 A cooling of the general regard—a breath of detraction coming no one knows whence—and how soon new claims emerge, and the indispensable of yesterday becomes the negligible of to-day! The Marriage of William Ashe Now youth has gone, and manhood come, Your Jubilee we keep, Good-will shall strike detraction dumb, And sound from deep to deep, My Prince, From white-cliff'd deep to deep! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 14, 1891 Calumny and detraction are sparks which, if you do not blow, they will go out of themselves. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures I found contempt more bitter, opposition more active, detraction more relentless; prejudice more stubborn, and apathy more frozen than among slaveowners themselves. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Wickersham himself made a speech, in which he professed his joy that he had silenced the tongue of slander and wrested from detraction a victory not for himself, but for New Leeds. Gordon Keith No better encomium is needed than the detraction of some people. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen It was not, however, the detraction from our repute as prophets that saddened us, so much as the wearing off of what was novel in our beleagured state. The Siege of Kimberley Lady Petulant has by the use of it cured her husband of jealousy, and Lady Gad her whole neighbourhood of detraction. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 "I always knew that merit such as I felt I possessed, would force its way, in spite of envy and detraction," he said. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Whoever walks in My presence in truth will be kept safe from the assaults of evil, and truth will liberate him from those who lead astray and from the detractions of unjust men. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy That I may refrain from calumny and detraction; that I may abhor deceit, and avoid lying, envy and fraud, flattery, hatred, malice and ingratitude. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen But the moral worth of man does not suffer the least detraction from his inability to effect his benevolent purpose. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Antonyms: subtraction, deduction, detraction. additional, a. supplemental, adscititious, supplementary. addle, v. muddle, confuse; spoil, rot. address, n. discourse, speech, lecture, oration, allocution; direction, superscription, delivery. Putnam's Word Book And then to be sure some bitter stroke of detraction against Alexander and Caesar, who never did us the least injury. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Oh! the jealousy, and detraction, and heart-burnings of those who move in this bewildered maze! The Abominations of Modern Society It is very absurd to consider criticism that is not always favourable, detraction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 But when the recipient becomes unwilling to admit the obligation which is no detraction to himself, and without which the giver is poor indeed, the case is altered. Daniel Webster But circumstances soon extended his field of action, and gave detraction fresh opportunities. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II And that in most people's eyes would be no detraction. Frontier Stories He bore his honours meekly, yet he did not escape calumny; for at a court, as everywhere else, distinguished success is certain to awaken a spirit of envy and detraction. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance I delivahed on 'im as complete an oration of sarcastic detraction as I could prepare on the spot, out of my own meanness an' with the vulgah sympathies of the crowd. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 I was placed by my fortunate circumstances rather above the intrigue, and detraction, and heart-burning, that attends the social struggle for life in ordinary cases. Richard Vandermarck After this, let detraction do its worst; for if this be not his, it deserves to be. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 As he could not bear the least whisper of detraction, so he was never heard to express uneasiness at the growing reputation of another; nor was he ever engaged in literacy contests. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. The love of detraction is unhappily a thoroughly English vice, flourishing under all circumstances, and quite as prevalent, though not, perhaps, equally hurtful, in great cities as in the smallest village. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay The beauty adorned only with the unambitious graces of innocence and modesty, provokes, whenever she appears, a thousand murmurs of detraction and whispers of suspicion. The Illustrated London Reading Book They may proceed by a more sure and silent way, and attain the desired end without noise, detraction, or oppression. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces That she has now and then commented unnecessarily, and in a too-learned manner, is a very small detraction from the interest of her books. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Camden was in his sixtieth year, in 1610; he had enjoyed slow success, violent detraction, and final triumph. Gossip in a Library But, although this was generally the case, there wanted not some to exercise the invidious task of criticism, or rather of malevolent detraction. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Let him, therefore, who will charge detraction upon me, first understand wherein it consists. The Grammar of English Grammars On every hand there has been a most deplorable impeachment of motive, accompanied by a detraction of character by imputation which is quite shocking. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 That such a shining mark has not escaped envy, detraction, and persecution, will surprise no one who is well acquainted with the materials of which human nature is composed. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers He may be allowed also to disclaim an opinion too generally prevalent; namely, that envy and detraction are the natural offspring of the art. The Sylphs of the Season with Other Poems Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another. The Devil's Dictionary The apprehension of a revolt was urged by the voice of envy and detraction, which had so recently triumphed over the merit of Belisarius. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 There have been men, whose virtues may well redeem all the contempt with which satire and detraction have sought to overwhelm our species. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Like many men who have attained eminence in public life, James Otis was the victim in his day of detraction and envy. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist Thus Fortune, deferring her displeasure and jealousy of such great success to some other time, let Aemilius at present enjoy this victory, without any detraction or diminution. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans It was like the oleaginous Ohio poltroon to inspire detraction of one who is his official inferior, and his superior in everything that goes to make a man. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 The results are envy, detraction, and a love of attack, of raillery, of persecution, and a habit of attributing all actions to low motives, of refusing to believe in probity, disinterestedness, and intelligence. The Psychology of Revolution He experienced the lot of many patriots, even the purest—the suspicion and detraction of his contemporaries. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers I regretted it especially," he resumed, taking the usual course from detraction to insincere eulogy, "because of my gratitude and respect towards my cousin. Middlemarch Had but Lucullus ended his days in the field, and in command, envy and detraction itself could never have accused him. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Then came envy; then detraction; then calumny; then hate; then persecution. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories By many kinds of detraction they sought to weaken his influence and damage his popularity. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 He knew that I was not properly protected by Mr. Robinson, but he was too generous to build his gratification on the detraction of another. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire But whether Moses did or did not hear, or, hearing, disregarded the detractions of his nearest relatives, God observed them, and instantly came down to express his displeasure. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I The admission of wealthy capitalists could not be considered a very marked social detraction to the dignity of the order. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate The weeks of suffering, the long storm of detraction, had left their mark; and it was not a light one. The Case of Richard Meynell Henceforth he would live for his palette only, defying poverty, detraction and fiercely antagonistic opinion; if failing in allegiance to others, at least remaining staunch to his first, best, highest self, his genius. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" On her arrival in London she was affectionately received by the few friends whose attachment neither detraction nor adverse fortunes could weaken or estrange. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Its success, which at the time was triumphant, roused against him the whole host of envy and detraction. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Any detraction that was necessary she felt competent to supply, without help from the nominal head of the house. In the Midst of Alarms It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and calumny. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing Ormond was particularly pleased with the indulgent manner in which Lady Millicent spoke of her own sex; she was free from that propensity to detraction which had so disgusted him in his last love. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 This is, certainly, the writing of a malicious, altogether spiteful man,—a man, too, irrational in his calumny,—revelling, in short, in the spirit of detraction. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century Let it not be supposed, for one moment, that I consider young women as more generally in the habit of detraction than other people; for I venture on no comparisons of the kind. The Young Woman's Guide How weak were friendship could she shake with dread Of thy detraction 'gainst her worthies dead! Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author On Wordsworth's more stubborn nature the effect produced by many years of detraction was of a different kind. Wordsworth Every road to eminence was opened: eloquence, fortitude, military skill, envy, detraction, faction, and treason, even the muse herself, was courted to bestow importance among a busy, acute, and turbulent people. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition If it is the lot of prosperity to awaken envy and excite detraction, it is certainly the lot of misfortune to atone for a multitude of faults. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) This detraction or scandal is so common every where in life, that multitudes are addicted to it without the shadow of a suspicion that they are so. The Young Woman's Guide No! such detraction makes her zeal more just To every claim of their yet speaking dust. Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author I confine myself to institutions, of course, and do not mean personal detraction. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Would you have thought, after this simple relation, that there was any room for malice and detraction to build up their inventions? Jane Talbot His success proved the signal for envy and detraction; he became angry at being obliged to fight his way, and therefore withdrew from the path in which he was likely to meet enemies. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Then a feeling of envy—peradventure a half expressed feeling of detraction— appears to mar, for a short time, their peace. The Young Woman's Guide Honour is taken away by insult, reputation by detraction. Moral Philosophy Your success will bring down on you a loud and angry flood of detraction. The Fugitive And, indeed, if you are one of those weak spirits to whom censure is intolerable, there is a cheap and easy way to moderate the rancor of detraction—you have only to die. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day Indeed, they would not tolerate any such detractions from their well-earned reputation. The Web of Life Everything, in spite of the captain's boastful detraction, was in perfect trim, at least to landfolk's eyes. The Lady of the Aroostook If the detraction involve a falsehood, it is called calumny or slander. Moral Philosophy There was none of that vulgar boastfulness and detraction which is to be met with in less educated society. The Englishwoman in America Home to His home, where never envious tongue, Nor vile detraction, nor base ingratitude, Nor cold neglect, shall sting the quiv'ring heart. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. But do not think that I say anything of this prophetic vision in any spirit of detraction of what we possess here at present. Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses It seemed to her that there had been a malicious magic in Jean's detraction; for immediately, as though the harm had been wrought by the girl's voice, she saw that her clear freshness had gone. Linda Condon As there is a right to honour and a right to reputation, so insult and detraction are sins, not against charity, but against commutative justice, calling for restitution. Moral Philosophy Why paint a dark and odious disposition which, devoid of all human sympathy, feeds its vanity in a cold contempt and derision of everything, and solely occupies itself in aimless detraction? Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature That the present edition has, perhaps, fairer claims on public approbation than most preceding ones, we feel ourselves justified in asserting, without envious detraction of those who have gone before us. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes Such crying ingratitude and malicious detraction prove that these self-constituted judges are as great knaves morally as they are intellectually, which is saying a great deal. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature It were sickening to detail all the paltry irritabilities, jealousies, and cabals, the spiteful detractions and animosities, that lurk far down, and cling to the very kelson of the ship. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The name backbiting, given to detraction, points to the absence of the person spoken of. Moral Philosophy So his happiness shall be made the colour of detraction. Character Writings of the 17th Century Hilda resented this casual detraction of a being who had so deeply impressed her. Hilda Lessways Washington was infinitely annoyed at the stream of detraction which flowed from discontented officers, and civilians in power, but held his soul in patience, rarely taking any notice of the innumerable slanders and hostile insinuations. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders Compression with him was either a mere preventive against or vengeance for detraction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 For if such detraction is passed over in silence, my own reputation, and not my work, may be attacked by an anonymous hireling in the cause of slavery. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions By many kinds of detraction they sought to weaken his influence and damage his popularity; detractions probably repeated in all sincerity by many who were honestly incapable of understanding his real motives for forbearance. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Every old libel and pretext for detraction was diligently revived. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France She now ceases to speak ill of people, and persuades others to cease from all detractions, so that absent people are safe. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women You will perceive that I have on no occasion sanctioned the baser motives of private pique, envy, revenge, and love of detraction. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments She recollected now that Simon had once said, in his odd, significant way, that Mr. Withers was a charming person to contemplate from a safe distance,—Simon, who never lent himself to idle detraction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 This detraction of the Sultan's suzerainty is only a corollary of the Premier's indifference towards the Muslim idea of the Caliphate. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation Under Louis XV., and indeed before his reign, intrigue and faction had been the real rulers of the court, spiteful detraction and scandal had been its sole language. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France There are very few persons who are beyond the reach of envy and detraction; and the loftier the position one occupies, the more subtle, numerous, and desperate are one's secret enemies. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women He was never soured by calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them; "for they are sparks," said he, "which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 This seems not to be accurately conceived or expressed: an alexandrine, with the addition of two syllables, is no more an alexandrine, than with the detraction of two syllables. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons Madame Thompson elevated a pair of glasses which were no detraction from her very good looks, and remarked, with the serenity of a reconnoitring general. Old Creole Days But though she herself disregarded all such attacks with the calm dignity which belonged to her character, her friends were not free from serious apprehensions as to the power of persistent detraction and calumny. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France One grows weary of the perpetual half-truths of inveterate detraction. Byron But when detraction is printed in the morning paper you can't overlook it without incurring the suspicion of being illiterate and virtueless. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations A critical listener was not wanting, according to the testimony of the witness who, on his own account, certainly did not object to chronicle detraction of every kind. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 He still continued to provoke the detraction which he deprecated, till he drew, at last, a sharp remonstrance from the minister. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV A call might be there for me, so weary of the egotism, envy, detraction, greed, grind and battle of the soulless artificiality called society. The Prince of India — Volume 01 But grant the host, with wealth our chieftain load; Except detraction, what hast thou bestowed? Mosaics of Grecian History Nothing can be spoken with such care that it can escape detraction. Apology of the Augsburg Confession I have myself no gratification in uttering detraction, and therefore none in hearing it. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 The ears are on the alert to catch every report, every murmur, all kinds of news, detractions and calumnies, stories and scandals. Serious Hours of a Young Lady This stanza is a detraction from the poem as we know it, and assuredly its author has a right to drop it. Our Friend John Burroughs To these, Roland Graeme was of course an object of envy, and, in consequence, of dislike and detraction; but the youth possessed qualities which it was impossible to depreciate. The Abbot I have not escaped the fate of other public men, nor failed to incur censure and detraction of the bitterest, most unrelenting, and most malignant character. Public Speaking Let him try as he might to forget the old priest's grumblings and detractions, the fact was before him. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Nor is it a detraction from the genius of Montesquieu to say that the comparison will not be altogether in his favor. The Eve of the French Revolution The voice of detraction is silent, and there are none to contradict us when we say of him: "His body is buried in peace, but his name liveth forevermore." Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. But grant the host with wealth the general load, Except detraction, what hast thou bestow'd? The Iliad He felt instinctively that there were no adverse currents of mental criticism and detraction, that they were loyal to him as their invited guest, notwithstanding jest, banter, and good-natured satire. His Sombre Rivals And so the tide of detraction ebbed and flowed while Hesden was absent, his destination unknown, his return a matter of conjecture, and his purpose a mystery. Bricks Without Straw So the usual machinery of detraction was put in motion. The Eve of the French Revolution At night the day's contribution of detraction, innuendo and malicious conjecture would be canvassed in her mind, and then she would drift into a course of thinking. The Gilded Age, Part 2. Here is the poison-bag of malice, here The gall of fell detraction, pure and sheer: And these, I'swear, if man such pledge may give, My pen and heart shall keep from, while I live. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry If he had achieved little for praise he had achieved nothing for detraction. The Imperialist He had expected anger, and was prepared to meet it with forbearance and gentleness; but he was not prepared for detraction and calumny and insult. Bricks Without Straw But after a time even he became anxious and confused in his judgment of my works, when he saw the systematic and increasingly virulent detraction, depreciation, and scorn to which they were subjected. My Life — Volume 1 Sir, your silkness Clearly mistakes Mecaenas and his house, To think there breathes a spirit beneath his roof, Subject unto those poor affections Of undermining envy and detraction, Moods only proper to base grovelling minds. The Poetaster The review, when examined, is seen to be a smart essay in detraction with its arguments ad invidiam very deftly inserted. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays When I look abroad, I foresee on every side, dispute, contradiction, anger, calumny and detraction. A Treatise of Human Nature To make the fact known was to expose a family difficulty that concerned only himself and wife; and give room for idle gossip and gross detraction. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine And if Mason had circumvented him; as was alleged, of course there was a very good reason for detraction. Off-Hand Sketches A Little Dashed with Humor Your majesty's high grace to poesy, Shall stand 'gainst all the dull detractions Of leaden souls; who, for the vain assumings Of some, quite worthless of her sovereign wreaths, Contain her worthiest prophets in contempt. The Poetaster Bunglers will not mend matters by blackening the great canvases they can't paint on, nor the impotent become males by detraction. It Is Never Too Late to Mend There was an instant motion among the guests in Markland's heart, the evil inciting to envy and detraction, the good to approval and emulation. All's for the Best Would it successfully weather the gales of malice, envy and detraction? St. Elmo The principal ingredient, however, is an apparently judicious caution in presence of that which one happens to be incapable of, together with detraction of that which one would like to accomplish one's self. On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, He knew what was said about her; for, popular as she was, there had always been a faint undercurrent of detraction. The Descent of Man and Other Stories With how much arrogant derision men given to such detraction, contrast the noble thoughts of the poet, with his unworthy acts! Life of Chopin The tide of detraction of the sovereign steadily rose. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Not the hatred of the Theban brothers could more thoroughly accomplish this fiendish design than the whisper of detraction, the sneer of malice, or the fatal innuendo of envious, low-bred tattlers. Beulah It is no detraction from the glory of Columbus to say that he was only one of many eager spirits occupied with new problems of discovery across the sea. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada Ecstatic praise and groundless detraction go hand in hand, bewildering to any one not possessed of the key to the mystery of the art of blowing hot and cold, which Mr. Froude so startlingly exemplifies. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas Envy and detraction in their blackness only emphasise his brightness, just as a star shines more brilliantly in a dark sky. The Secret Power Oh, Gossip! delight of ordinary souls, and more delightful still when you furnish food for detraction! A Woman-Hater So much has been said of the abundance in which fish are found in the harbours of New South Wales that it looks like detraction to oppose a contradiction. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson The suppression of anything that might justify a deed attributed to Cesare reveals how much defamation and detraction were the aims of this Venetian. The Life of Cesare Borgia No envy, nor detraction, nor jealousy, no such low underbrush full of crawlin' reptiles, nor no high solid trees, no danger of any sort can keep him back. Samantha at Saratoga "No more need we corn and clothing, feel of old terrestrial stress; Chill detraction stirs no sigh; Fear of death has even bygone us: death gave all that we possess." Wessex Poems and Other Verses But even among the pure there is room for envy and detraction. Doctor Thorne But they noted neither praise nor detraction: they saw nothing, heard nothing, felt nothing, but themselves and the other music, till two valsers a deux temps plunged into them. Hard Cash But he who makes reproaches and detractions an addition to his discourse seems to incur the tragedian's curse on the "collector of men's calamities." Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies A malignant campaign followed in detraction of Washington. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence The voice of detraction, however, was for a time drowned by the loud applauses of the Parliament and the City. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Henry colored to the brow at the inferior workman's vanity and its concomitant, detraction. Put Yourself in His Place On each side admiration and detraction buzzed all the time. Hard Cash This seemed credible to the Romans, upon the honesty and oath of the relator, and laying aside all jealousies and detractions, they prayed to Quirinus and saluted him as a god. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls There was no irony in Washington's reference to malignant detraction and mean intrigue. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence It is so easy to condemn; and so pleasant too; for eulogy charms no listeners as detraction does.' Barchester Towers Standish had followed his career with an admiration and a joy that was without taint of envy or detraction. The Lost Road Dr. Sampson had three shields against subtraction, detraction, and all the wrongs inventors endure: to wit, a choleric temper, a keen sense of humour, and a good wife. Hard Cash In detraction you draw away something from your neighbour that is most precious and most dear to him. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) Happy are they that hear their detractions and can put them to mending. Much Ado about Nothing Fame that her high worth to raise, Seem'd erst so lavish and profuse, We may justly now accuse 10 Of detraction from her praise, Less then half we find exprest, Envy bid conceal the rest. The Poetical Works of John Milton The way to detraction has been pointed out, and will probably be pursued. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 I did never think to marry: I must not seem proud: happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. Much Ado about Nothing Take detraction for an example, one of the commonest, and, surely, one of the most detestable of the sins of the tongue. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) All that was not worth having of admiration then has soured into detraction now. Hearts of Controversy But this is, after all, not a serious detraction from a work of this character,—which is, as I have said before, excellently done. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 People are apt to conceive, or at least to profess, exaggerated expectation, such as no performance can realise; then ensue disappointment and the due revenge, detraction, and failure. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 But the detraction of his rivals was not yet silenced; and some pretended that the king would die suddenly if he learnt Thorkill's tidings. The Danish History, Books I-IX But to give that tall man his due, he was not given with all his talk to tale-bearing or scandal or detraction. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) Fifty further years, and his centenary was marked by a new detraction. Hearts of Controversy Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you might see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before you. Twelfth Night; or What You Will Happy are they that hear their detractions and can put them to mending. Much Ado about Nothing They dreaded to be polytheistic; equally did they dread the least apparent detraction from the power and importance of their Saviour. God the Invisible King For detraction has a thousand devices taught to it by the master of all such devices, wherewith to drag down and defile the great and the good. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) Henri, regardless that envy stared and detraction whispered whenever I approached her. The Professor In detraction you are a thief, and a thief of the falsest and wickedest kind. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) And detraction,—how some men’s ink-horns are filled with detraction for ink, and how it drops from their tongue like poison! Bunyan Characters (1st Series) |
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