| 单词 | disquisition |
| 例句 | “Ah, but apparently you do! I know this because last night at dinner we were treated by Hugh to a fascinating disquisition on the wonders of twenty-first-century telecommunications technology.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I stared down at the page; and well can it be imagined how little I perceived of the meaning of Mr. Locke’s disquisition on space and place; though I shall transcribe and seek to understand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z No one now reads his scholarly disquisitions on the Tower of Babel, or on the Scribes and the Pharisees. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The series, with its disquisitions on bodily humors and “the great American evil — indigestion,” shows Whitman’s long-known immersion in the health science, or pseudoscience, of his era. Walt Whitman Promoted a Paleo Diet. Who Knew? 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z While Ms. Rasdjarmrearnsook’s disquisitions on death are mildly interesting, the corpses are catalytic in a not necessarily good way. ‘Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook,’ a SculptureCenter Exhibition 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z There’s a disquisition on Osama bin Laden’s father’s brilliance as a builder of roads. Books of The Times: What?s a Submarine Officer Doing in the Desert? 2010-09-21T21:23:00Z If the times really were a-changing, would we go on loving “Downton” as we do, through all its longueurs and contrivances and disquisitions on pig stewardship? 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Do We Really Want Anything to Change? 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s a potted history of the early 20th-century “organ wars” and a disquisition on “chiff,” the breath of air at the beginning of each note that keeps contrapuntal music from becoming “soft and muddy.” Matthew Crawford and How to Survive Brain-Eating Distractions 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Moments of genuine narrative are most often the springboard for a jump into book chat, music trivia or historical disquisition. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-17T09:00:03Z Mr. Moses’ drama, which opened on Tuesday night at Playwrights Horizons, is chock-full of disquisitions about the interactions of proteins and the strange magic of computer algorithms. | 'Completeness': ?Completeness,? by Itamar Moses - Review 2011-09-14T02:01:02Z He launches into an impassioned disquisition on the private life of JS Bach. James Rhodes: 'I hate the term "classical music"' 2011-01-23T00:05:24Z Rosamond is Eliot’s disquisition on just how oblivious a beautiful woman can afford to be, but for all its perceptiveness, the portrait is not free from spite. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z But he also excels in a more relaxed vein, sauntering through “Carousel” in easy waltz time, or delivering an elegant disquisition on “The Pawnbroker,” the movie theme by Quincy Jones. Review: The Steve Kuhn Trio’s New Album Offers Heat and Intimacy 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z There are crunchy bits of autobiography, political laments, disquisitions on food and soccer and women and exile and keeping airplanes afloat with your mind. Books of The Times: Freewheeling Essays, to Be Consumed With a Cocktail 2011-06-07T14:01:39Z Those first 10 pages begin with a child’s fascinating disquisition on the state of Burundian noses. A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z There are similarly lengthy disquisitions about Jelly’s relationship with the phone — how a voice, divorced from sight and feel, can take on a power of its own, like music. Review: Dana Spiotta’s ‘Innocents and Others’ Explores the Dynamics Between Life and Art 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z It’s also a disquisition on the ordinariness of good and evil, on how people in a particular time and place encounter and partake of both and go on with their lives, no matter what. Art Review: ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography 2012-09-20T22:48:21Z This then leads to a long disquisition on Glover’s family tree, prompting further thoughts on the country’s changing geography over the centuries. Crispin Glover: ‘When you raise questions people say, ‘You’re crazy’’ 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z He offers grisly disquisitions on the death squads, on the disappeared, on body parts washing up on the beach. A Poet Remembers Her Impulsive Trip Into a Civil War 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Fans of “30 Rock” will enjoy his disquisition on one episode’s running gag, about a hard-to-pronounce movie called “The Rural Juror.” Books of The Times: Wooing With Words in the Age of the Incredible Shrinking Message 2011-07-26T21:30:40Z Whenever she returns from her spiritual, political and environmental disquisitions to the medical and personal heart of the story, the wet feeling of longing for significance that sometimes swamps the narrative dries right up. Review: Eve Ensler Goes Deep ‘In the Body of the World’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z It’s more of a disquisition than a drama, and nowhere is that more apparent than in a big third-act aria for Song, “Awoke as a Butterfly.” Review: ‘M. Butterfly’ Metamorphoses Again, as an Opera 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z But this week we get a bit more, starting with Isaac’s delightful disquisition on the study of kinesics that enables him to instantly interpret what has happened. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap: Origin Stories 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The prose is no longer a formal disquisition of the self but becomes a forceful assertion of control: a chef in her own kitchen, a woman who knows how to find the answers. “Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z As one of McCarthy’s characters avers during a disquisition on the three-point turn that killed Franz Ferdinand: “I’m not saying anything. Just tracing out a set of lines; a fracture network. That’s all I do.” Review | Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Making of Incarnation’ is a mind-bending international caper 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z You will hear dozens of disquisitions, in rich prose, on the moral gridlock of privileged people who can’t think of anything to do that won’t make the world worse. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z His extended disquisition, almost, on the subject of the "man drawer" will be quoted and repeated for years, I'm sure. Comedy gold – Michael McIntyre's Live and Laughing 2013-07-23T09:28:55Z Cumulatively, what emerges from To Kill a Mockingbird is a thoughtful disquisition that encompasses – and goes beyond – the question of racial bias at its worst. To Kill a Mockingbird: the case for the defence 2010-07-09T13:49:00Z West's disquisition came on the heels of announcing his upcoming album, "Donda," which led many to believe that he's simply creating publicity for himself in the name of album sales. Kanye West, bipolar disorder and me: When I hear Kanye's rants, I remember my own delusions 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z There will be disquisitions on arcane topics including, frequently, mapmaking. A Mother Keeps Wartime Secrets in Michael Ondaatje’s New Novel 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z This is the sort of drama where even the thugs serve up disquisitions on Tiananmen Square and the historical uses of power along with their beat downs. Review: ‘Devs’ Is a Cold and Beautiful Machine 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z His disquisitions on balletomania, his references to André Gide and A. E. Housman, his description of Chicago as “a man-city, healthy, sweaty, and sensual” — they’re all playful clues pointing to his true identity. Review: ‘Philip Sparrow Tells All’ Paints a Samuel Steward Portrait 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z In a movie that mostly treats womanhood as something that’s both rigid and incidental, Hathaway, playing the vapid, self-entranced actress Daphne Kluger, delivers a subversive and shockingly funny disquisition on femininity performed to fit. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I start to feel paranoid when my friend André offers a disquisition on how to identify a “good black” hue versus a “bad black” one, and which blacks don’t match. Op-Ed Columnist: It Goes With Everything, Even Bad Hair 2012-10-01T03:01:10Z Advertisement Advertisement Some of the best disquisitions about art come from the painting itself, which, yes, is a character, and a very refined one at that. Review: In ‘The Improbability of Love’ by Hannah Rothschild, an Art-World Caper 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Take, for example, a dish called La Saint Jacques, his painterly disquisition on the scallop. Choice Tables: France?s Luberon Invites You to Lose Yourself 2010-04-30T15:51:00Z And his previous disquisitions on show business have been zingingly, stingingly cynical. Everything We Know About ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet’s New Play 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z These pressures culminate in what is perhaps Murphy's most ill-conceived lyric, "You Wanted a Hit", a grouchy disquisition on why he doesn't do hits. LCD Soundsystem: This is Happening 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z As with Beckett’s other work, it’s a existential disquisition on the meaning of life, in which a codependent couple take shelter from a senseless world. Daniel Radcliffe Does Not Have Coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z This left me more than ready to read this perceptive disquisition. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In “Take Me Out,” Lemming’s announcement that he’s gay, prompted by no scandal and involving no lover, is essentially a pretext for a disquisition on maleness. Review: In ‘Take Me Out,’ Whose Team Are You On? 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Or, to apply our Coleridge Tea Test again here: To know that Proust dipped a madeleine in tea isn’t interesting; that his novel unpacks this into a disquisition on the architecture of memory is. Tom McCarthy Thinks the Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z And later his disquisition of the three forms of passion: love, crime, and sometimes a fruit. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: A Long Day’s Journey Into Nate 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z They compare the cannibalistic courtship of the praying mantis to a bad Tinder date, and their disquisition on the male elephant’s hormonal state of “musth” is headlined “Musth-Dos.” How Humans Can Coexist With Other Animals 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z In a small disquisition on the development of written language in ancient Greece, Norris tells us that the Greeks wrote words as run-ons: JUSTIMAGINETHAT. A Passion for Punctuation Meets a Love for All Things Greek 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Now he’s an amateur boot historian, able to slip easily into a disquisition on what a 19th-century Cornish miner might wear. T Magazine: Sole Mate 2011-03-08T15:50:15Z Personal episodes mingle effectively with engaging disquisitions on, say, the dilution of antitrust law, the financialization of modern medicine and other arcane economic issues that rarely intrude so forcefully in the pages of literary fiction. Review | Ayad Akhtar’s play ‘Disgraced’ won a Pulitzer Prize. Now ‘Homeland Elegies’ shows what that success cost him. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The opera is also, however, a disquisition on the permanent values of art in the face of transience. Lully: Bell?rophon ? review 2011-04-07T20:30:00Z Much of the book’s power lies in Nathan’s bitter retrospective disquisitions on the Swede. Review: ‘American Pastoral,’ Philip Roth’s Fiery 1960s at Low Heat 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z At one point she veered into a disquisition about the impossibility of keeping friends in Hollywood — she finished by singing a nursery rhyme about friendship. The TV Watch: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Celebrate Gender Equality 2014-01-13T05:27:00Z An early conversation about Carol’s wish for chickens dances into a disquisition on fowl sex habits before you’ve even stopped laughing about her dizzy ways. Review | ‘Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe’ author Evan James is a writer to watch 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Wiking takes a broadly sociological approach, laced with disquisitions on interior design and cooking. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z A section on the opiate crisis includes a speculative and persuasive disquisition on the possible links between chronic pain and the authoritarian promise of control. How the Mind-Body Connection Is Rewiring Our Politics 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z George Steiner, writing in the New Yorker magazine, was among those critics who saw in Mr. Pirsig’s disquisition on motorcycle maintenance parallels with Melville’s explanations of whaling. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Still, wherever Lopez goes, he is never far from a disquisition on humanity’s merciless ways. Barry Lopez Travels to the Ends of the Earth, Seeking Glimmers of Hope 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “Half the Battle,” featuring Mr. Rosenwinkel, is a shadow-realm prowl suspenseful in its harmonic irresolution, an excellent disquisition on the dark grandeur of the unknown. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Luckily, the philosophical flights and historical disquisitions are affixed to a sturdy and eye-opening documentary structure. ‘All Light, Everywhere’ Review: Watching the Watchers 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z I have never got around to it, but this story would loom large in such a disquisition. Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Even the details of producing compost for the Roederer vineyards fascinate him, and he will launch into a disquisition on the differences between horse and cow manure. How Climate Change Has Altered the Way Cristal Champagne Is Made 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Today, a disquisition on the nature and function of comedy. If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Liebig begins an enthusiastic disquisition on Kit Kat history, explaining that the cobalt wrapper dates from World War II, when the chocolate-and-wafer confection was impacted by rationing. Wrapper’s delight 2012-12-16T17:00:00Z Here is a lumbering genius who holds court at your table with disquisitions of breathtaking complexity, lachrymose confessions, and, when all the wine is drunk, fist-pounding, yet somehow profound, pronouncements. Alan Gilbert Conducts the New York Philharmonic 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z A few scenes are successful, like an encounter on a park bench, but others aren’t, like a disquisition on the secret identity of the narrator of “Don Quixote.” Review: ‘City of Glass,’ Down a Rabbit Hole of Meta-Noir 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z A pedicure inspires his disquisition on his clients’ responsibilities to freelance laborers. In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking The first is an exclamation — Oh, I love Edinburgh! — that tends to be followed by a wistful sigh and a disquisition about skylines or craggy hills. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Chaudhuri, for all his occasional disquisitions on history and politics, is at his best when he's in pointillist reverie. Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z Bring up Mr. Koons, whose work she collects, and she may begin a scholarly disquisition about his place in art history, her major at Northwestern University. Scene Stealers: Once Writer for ‘The Young and Restless,’ is Charging Into a New Episode 2013-07-26T18:07:51Z His disquisitions on the intricacies of vocal embellishment and improvisation, some written while he was still in his 20s, can be found in scholarly journals and on the subscription service Grove Music Online. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z His disquisitions on topics like the nature of individual cities and prisons aren’t well integrated. Review: ‘Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim’ Studies the Life of a Pimp 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Richie serves as the sometimes skeptical audience for Scorcher’s disquisitions on the detective’s art. “Broken Harbor”: Suburban gothic 2012-07-22T22:00:00Z There was a time when that metaphor was treated as at least somewhat expendable; in deference to singers’ stamina, Wagner’s longest disquisition on the philosophical metaphor, in Act II, was traditionally cut. Review: A ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Plays Out in Shadows and Light 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z There is a disquisition on “ecosystem beards,” so named because they are so large they contain entire small worlds. In ‘Home Fire,’ Lives Touched by Immigration, Jihad and Family Love 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z It mixes up a range of genres, including fantasy, sci-fi, horror, historical and the detective stories, with long philosophical disquisitions on the nature of religion and science. Anime for beginners: five TV series to get you started 2013-04-01T14:00:00Z The play begins as a farce, detours into an alternate reality and concludes with a disquisition on quantum physics. ‘Cancún’: Not your average romp Is the film partly a disquisition on acting? Brandon Cronenberg on gougings, knifings and pokerings: 'CGI is too floaty and unreal' 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z As Mr. Zhu led a tour of the grounds, he stopped by the chicken enclosure to offer a disquisition on economic history. Their Crypto Company Collapsed. They Went to Bali. 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It is also a disquisition on the body, the nature of identity and the brutality of love. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Life Stories 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Indeed, “Tár” and “Women Talking” have generated more critical disquisitions than packed theaters. Opinion: Oscar's 2023 polarized picks — moody and cloudy vs. box office flamboyance 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z As a partial balm for his passing, revisit his 2014 disquisition on screen technology, which he considered a primal threat to creativity. Perspective | In the esoteric mind of Mike Leach, football was just the tip of the sword 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Last week, Rivera delivered a disquisition on how close he believed his team was to a breakthrough. Perspective | The Commanders needed a decisive win. All they got were more ‘what-ifs.’ 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z All the while, Bobby converses with friends who riff on time or men and women or Vietnam or failure, paragraphs and pages of disquisitions that can be funny and moving and dirty and insightful. Cormac McCarthy, 89, has a new novel — two, actually. And they're almost perfect 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z We await his kingly disquisitions on classical architecture, gardening and homeopathy. Perspective | Looking for a royal fix? Hawaii’s sidelined monarchy may satisfy. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But then there are the big four — the flamboyant blockbusters that needed no critical disquisitions. Opinion: Oscar's 2023 polarized picks — moody and cloudy vs. box office flamboyance 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Rather, Lelio and his co-writers have made a smart, subtle disquisition on the necessity of both skepticism and faith, with a particularly keen understanding of religion’s uses and abuses. With 'Bones and All,' 'The Wonder' and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover,' Telluride feeds the hunger 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z In one episode, he was cooking lunch for his pals when he paused for a long disquisition on the dangers of wet shoelaces. Tony Sirico, ‘Sopranos’ actor who played Paulie Walnuts, dies at 79 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z These scenes become a kind of disquisition not only on the limits of documentary filmmaking, but by extension on the series they’re in — and truth itself. A new, scripted 'Staircase' offers a meta twist on a true crime classic 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z When politicians extolled “the rising glory of the Republic,” they shared the message that patriotic feelings said more about national destiny than dry disquisitions like The Federalist Papers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Jackson's sensible retort was that she wasn't a biologist, which unfortunately led to Blackburn rambling further about transgender competitors in college sports as well as a disquisition about the vaporous evils of progressive education. A hearing overtaken by cranks: a dispiriting round-up of Republican criticisms of KBJ 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Hurt’s disquisitions were beginning to feel less spontaneous than calculated and grandiose. Perspective | William Hurt was a serious actor, with all the baggage the term entails 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Then he began a disquisition about Dante, of all people. The James Webb Space Telescope and a Quest Every Human Shares 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Talk all you like about Hamilton's disquisition on judicial restraint in No. 79, the spirit of the thing, its raison d'être, was a call for a stronger central government. The Federalist Society built this Supreme Court — but how did it get its dishonest name? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But somehow, after such a powerful, 400-page disquisition on our nation’s ills, it is hard to believe that will be enough. Review | Between 9/11 and Jan. 6, fundamental shifts and deep fractures 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Such questions are at the heart of Ben Rhodes’s “After the Fall,” a combination of personal memoir, travel diary and political disquisition. Review | A three-pronged examination into what happens to America next 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It was a disquisition on the vagaries of memory, and it dredged up plenty of memories — and synonyms — in readers’ minds. Perspective | Rubber sole: More adventures in what most people call ‘flip-flops’ 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Castor’s moment in the national glare, televised from the well of the Senate chamber, was seen as an ambling and at times aimless hour-long disquisition in search of a point. Lawyer who defended Trump accustomed to political disaster 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “They’re not waiting for my disquisition on the state of the world,” Mr. Brown said with self-aware earnestness. What Jerry Brown Could Teach Joe Biden 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He was just clearing his throat before beginning a complex disquisition. How viruses shape our world 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But there is more to her stories than cold disquisitions or horrific self-caricature. Review: Salt, fat, acid, humans: A tangy new entry in the cannibal lit canon 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Hannity devoted much of the rest of his program to a disquisition on unsubstantiated allegations about Biden’s son Hunter’s overseas contacts as an energy consultant. Snap polls give Joe Biden edge over Trump in final TV debate – US politics live 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In fact, Graham began the hearing with a disquisition on the flaws of ObamaCare and his party’s determination to replace it. How Barrett parried endless questions on abortion, ObamaCare, election chaos 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z In a bizarre disquisition on Thursday, during a campaign appearance in Pennsylvania, the president seemed to confirm one famous aspect of Daniels’ story about their alleged relationship: that he is scared of sharks. Judge orders Donald Trump to pay Stormy Daniels $44,000 in legal fees 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z A breathlessly involving read that is also a disquisition on community, love and self-sacrifice. The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z He answered with a long, meandering disquisition about how hard it is for rich people to run for office: Trump's magical thinking: Snake oil, an Easter resurrection and killing Nana for capitalism 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z He would find his laborious metaphysical disquisitions totally forgotten, whereas the observation he used simply to argue for the residence of the soul in the blood is widely praised! The Most Important Scientific Problems Have Yet to Be Solved 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Asked whether he would acknowledge that two women widely reported to be his daughters were indeed his children, Mr. Putin veered off into a long disquisition about the importance of developing high-tech projects in Russia. Putin Hints at Holding Power Past 2024, and Defends Trump on Impeachment 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The author Bill Bryson is sitting before a lectern in Audible’s London headquarters, narrating his latest book, a disquisition on human biology called The Body: A Guide For Occupants. 'Your throat hurts. Your brain hurts': the secret life of the audiobook star 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z My father endured my disquisition with unusual forbearance. The Final Frontier 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z His work can be read as a lifelong disquisition on ageing, memory and the inevitability of extinction: “all that stuff”. Julian Barnes: ‘Do you expect Europe to cut us a good deal? It’s so childish’ 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z So don’t expect a disquisition on death and dishonor. Review | ‘The Lion King’ feels way more like ‘Hamlet’ this time — and that’s why it’s so good 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Composed of tiny, carefully plotted squares, lines and rectangles, they are little disquisitions on tension and balance, suggesting an animate abstract world. Review: ‘Migrant Caravan’ isn’t so different from ‘Disco!’ in this artist’s hands 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z In both films, what began as quirky slices of hitherto unseen American life became brilliant disquisitions on the contours of power and popular culture. Review | The documentary ‘Hail Satan?’ is a cheeky, provocative look at the Satanic Temple 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But neither was it strong for French President Emmanuel Macron to offer a disquisition on the difference between nationalism and patriotism in his remarks. ‘As an American, you are in it with them’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Both the British allergy to hyperbolic disquisition and the American taste for getting right down to cases—not quite the same thing—were alien to him. How Charles de Gaulle Rescued France 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Ellis isn’t keen on the prosecution turning the trial into a public disquisition on luxury brands and fabric content. Perspective | Paul Manafort’s ostrich jacket pretty much sums up Paul Manafort 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Academic writers began prefacing scholarly papers with disquisitions on their own “positioning” – their race, religion, gender, background, personal experiences that might inform or skew or ratify their analysis. The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Neither could it be a disquisition on female power. Meg Wolitzer: ‘You go for what feels human, and it transcends a political moment’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Obama’s bare arms were in keeping with contemporary fashion, but their particularly lean musculature also served as a silent disquisition on the subject of physical fitness, one of her early East Wing initiatives. Analysis | For Melania Trump, 2017 was the year of the sleeve 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Then he was into a long disquisition about his earthly mentor, who turned out to be the British 18th-century judge William Blackstone, who had been regarded as a little reactionary even in the 1770s. Scary, nasty and armed: the Roy Moore I knew | Stephen Bates 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z And I was not prepared, or disposed, to be taken aback by some of what came next — in particular, Kelly’s disquisition on the loss of the sacred: Opinion | No, John Kelly, women should not be seen as ‘sacred’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Handy interrupts a disquisition on the similarities between “The Runaway Bunny” and “Portnoy’s Complaint” for a two-page takedown of “The Giving Tree.” Author says some ‘Wild Things’ about children’s literature 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z He often addressed an empty House chamber, boring the C-SPAN producers with his libertarian disquisitions on policy. 10 years ago: Remember when Ron Paul was the wildest U.S. presidential contender? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The flurry of arguments thrust the jury a into a netherworld of construction arcana, with disquisitions from attorneys on slab thickness, torsion and shear and axial stiffness. Silver Spring Transit Center contractors, Montgomery County settle lawsuit over late, overbudget project 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The speeches began with a long disquisition on the ills of sanctuary cities delivered by Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and a leading figure in the anti-immigrant movement. The Hard-Liners Standing Behind Trump Against Sanctuary Cities 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z However, this confounding musical disquisition is shortly followed by such a fascinating paragraph about the Americanized rumba of Desi Arnaz, the Cuban emigre and co-star of “I Love Lucy,” that you long for more. From island to island capturing the atmosphere and allure of the Caribbean 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z And while Chinese politicians love slogans, they prefer to communicate with foreign leaders through long, tranquilizing disquisitions. Enough of the Tweets, China’s State Media Tells Trump 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. James, a mergers and acquisitions banker at heart, opts for a dealmaker’s approach, and his book is less a disquisition than a series of action plans aimed at bringing Democrats and Republicans together. A Concerned Billionaire Develops a Plan for Retirements 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z There are poems, serialized stories, colored illustrations, a disquisition on the word “But,” and the highly alliterative “Musings on Milk.” How You Can Read the Magazine That Lewis Carroll Produced as a Teenager 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z However, she says, after a fairly long disquisition on the legal history of 17th-century Massachusetts, this is not at all what the Trump situation is like. Margaret Atwood: ‘All dystopias are telling you is to make sure you’ve got a lot of canned goods and a gun’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z In one stunning exchange, he turned a grilling about his boorish behavior into a disquisition on former President Bill Clinton’s sexual history and his rival’s alleged role in discrediting his accusers. Why Trump Went Nuclear in Sunday's Debate 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Trump's Monday night response was a weird disquisition in which he said that he had some really, really mean things to say about Clinton's family but decided not to. Does Trump Pay Income Taxes? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z During one of his disquisitions on natural law at his news conference, he stopped and peered at the audience, the banks of cameras and the hundreds of reporters. I.O.C. Chief Thomas Bach Supports a Peculiar Form of Justice on Doping 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z I misheard, and launched into a disquisition on the political disturbances in Britain, the challenge of maintaining an integrated Europe and threats to the world economy in the wake of “Brexit.” An Index of Uncertainty Surges After ‘Brexit’ 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z At an October debate in Colorado, Cruz talked up his support for Ron Paul’s original proposal to audit the Federal Reserve in a weedy disquisition about the dangers of “loose” money. Ted Cruz Embraces Ron Paul Liberty Voters in New Hampshire 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The mainstream media adroitly handled, Trump began his disquisition on the subject dearest to his heart: his own success. White man pathology: inside the fandom of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z The questioner is being polite, and hardly expects a disquisition on the status of your life. Assessing How Important a Statement Is for Securities Fraud 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Though Rugnetta's disquisitions would also work on the page, they are performances as much as they are prose: exuberant, literally embodied. On Mike Rugnetta's Idea Channel, worlds collide and comments count 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The senator follows with a disquisition about the Sherman Act. The media’s lying to you about Bernie Sanders: This is why a socialist can win the Fox-loving red states 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z It is, however, occasionally slowed by lengthy disquisitions or dulled by plain language. Author Hanya Yanagihara's Not-So-Little Life 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The opinion is indeed a disquisition on illegal immigration. The Judge Who Halted Obama’s Immigration Reform 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The 68-year-old investor was one of America’s richest men, a star of the private-equity world prone to high-minded disquisitions on global sustainability. Meet the Twinkie-saving, beer-selling billionaire who has changed the way you eat From there, he took off on his disquisition on the hegemonic power of mass media. Bernard Hopkins, Boxing’s Oldest – and Most Cunning – Champion 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, whatever Ernst’s disquisition on government dependency lacks as material for an attack ad is more than compensated for through its value as a window into the potential U.S. senator’s mind. Iowa’s Tea Party disaster: Joni Ernst’s shocking ideas about the welfare state 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Consider his latest New York Times column, a misleading disquisition on how “we should all relax about campaign spending” and stop worrying about the effects of Citizens United, as just the latest case-in-point. David Brooks’ latest trick: Exposing the sleight of hand in his defense of the Kochs 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z During the government shutdown, during which the government did not shut down, the republic was treated to endless disquisitions on “essential” federal workers. Washington Bureaucrats Paid to Put Their Hands Down Their Pants 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z After our last disquisition on Tom Friedman we thought we were through with him for good. Thomas Friedman has no soul: The New York Times’ quasi-journalistic Wall-E does it again 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z He launched into a long disquisition about a court case in Namibia. Eat more meat and save the world: the latest implausible farming miracle 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z In a thirteen-hour disquisition, Paul argued that extrajudicial killings of Americans in the fight against terrorists violates the Bill of Rights. Rand Paul To Grab Spotlight Again With Another Filibuster On Drones 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Thornton’s hit man is prone to issuing threats in the form of riddles and disquisitions, but they make him sound less like an unhinged mastermind and more like a stoned undergraduate. Review: FX's <em>Fargo</em> TV Miniseries 2014-04-17T20:34:47Z It’s 10 a.m., and the Kiplinger Letter meeting begins with a disquisition on the state of the nation’s energy. Kiplinger, one of the last old-style media companies, ponders the future 2014-03-07T15:29:16Z To support his argument, he delivered a long disquisition on “fundal height” — the distance from the top of the mother’s uterus to the top of the pubic bone — as a measure of gestational age. Exclusive Excerpt: Gosnell Tries to Justify Crimes 2013-09-25T11:05:23Z He recommends that I familiarize myself with an American academic named Wes Cecil, a professor at Peninsula College, whose YouTube videos include disquisitions on Arabic literature, Karl Marx, Jacques Derrida, and Simone de Beauvoir. The Repentant Radical 2013-09-17T09:45:00Z With a madcap populism, Liu is prone to disquisitions so extensive that a listener grows fearful of their destination. Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York 2013-07-25T15:17:11Z Having felt sluggish until now, I now find myself delivering a detailed disquisition on Belgian constitutional politics. Caffeine nation - Am I an addict? 2013-07-09T23:33:34Z He launches into a disquisition on the falsity of media attention and the mendacity of image-creation that ends with a concession: Feherty never anticipated how long Woods would take to regain form. Scorecard From The Edge 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z With apologies to an entertaining disquisition on Pitbull, Tupac and the coastal rap wars of the 1990s, the most interesting section of the interview is this: GQ: How old do you think the Earth is? Senator Marco Rubio's Long Road to 2016 Begins Now 2012-11-19T18:35:32Z There are dangers in that thicket, and he mustn’t wander off into a disquisition on the various views of when life begins. Biden, Ryan separated by their common religion 2012-10-10T13:02:50Z THE phone rings and Mr. Lewis, in midsentence of a long disquisition, picks up the receiver. The Lonely Redemption of Sandy Lewis, Wall Street Provocateur 2012-09-15T15:33:41Z Seated under the severe gaze of several generations of previous inhabitants of Ellingham Hall, Julian delivered a rambling disquisition that displayed many of the frequently contradictory aspects of his personality. Who is Julian Assange? By the people who know him best 2012-08-24T22:00:52Z Next week, we might return to topics such as Apple's uneasy relationship with file systems, Android tablets and phablets, or some such tech disquisition. How Microsoft's human resources culture drove away talent 2012-08-13T11:11:21Z The book starts and finishes well but has a long central philosophical section in which the disquisitions on Marcuse and Aristotle give the impression that the authors are showing off. How Much Is Enough? by Robert and Edward Skidelsky – review 2012-06-29T21:55:04Z When Kenneth Roth, director of Human Rights Watch, asked Chen about the current state of government crackdowns on corrupt provincial officialdom, Chen’s disquisition on society and its discontents was gently cut short by Cohen. Insight from the Blind: A Chinese Activist Speaks His Mind from New York Exile 2012-05-31T22:35:29Z The energies of Christendom were diverted from all useful and progressive studies, and were wholly expended on theological disquisitions. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z But for any disquisition on this subject, or allusion to the causes that, in the first years of the Revolution, prepared its way, we look through Taine's pages in vain. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Another early English law book was Robert Maugham's "Treatise on the laws of literary property, comprising the statutes and cases; with an historical view and disquisitions," published by Longmans in 1828. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z If you ever admit such a disquisition again, order your operator to instance and illustrate all his propositions by cases or examples, and to reason and explain with reference to these. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z This will appear from the mere perusal of the disquisitions on this head of the so-called Christological school. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Some one has even gone the length of calling it ‘the logic of the body;’ and Addison defends himself for making it the subject of a disquisition.” The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z They display more vividly than any mere philosophical disquisition the abyss of depravity into which it is possible for human nature to sink. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z But in his disquisition on the history of central banking in the United States, he was clearly speaking not only to the past but also to the present. A history the Fed ? with 50 slides ? by Professor Bernanke 2012-03-20T20:08:00Z The concluding sentences are instructive examples of editorial self-confidence: “If ever you admit such a disquisition again, order your operator to” do so-and-so. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z His life has often been written, and many are the disquisitions on his character and influence. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z The People's Journal and Howitt's Journal are successful attempts to mingle tasteful literary essays with radical political disquisitions, and bring them within the reach of every-day men of business and toil. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Various philosophers, in idle disquisitions, have endeavoured by the most absurd hypotheses to determine what is the natural food of man, and to show that he is not created omnivorous. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Mr. Wilson, who taught government at Harvard for more than two decades, was the author of disquisitions on politics, the family, the nature of bureaucracies, virtue and vice that both countered and steered intellectual trends. James Q. Wilson, 1931-2012: James Q. Wilson Dies at 80; Originated ?Broken Windows? Policing Strategy 2012-03-03T03:13:15Z I was anxious, and in no mood to listen to one of those learned disquisitions with which she would sometimes favour us, without any thought whether we understood her or no. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z In his disquisition on Argent or silver, he remarks, “Being fine it is medicinable.” The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z The Review gave an impulse to periodical literature, and elevated the tone of literary criticism and political disquisition. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The origin of the fabled giants has led to marvellous disquisitions. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Here he wrote his sermons, his brilliant and witty essays, the wise and effective disquisitions on the disabilities of the Catholics, the coruscating and incisive articles for the Review which electrified the English world. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Are not such methods of proceeding more suited to placards at an election, than to disquisitions on these most solemn subjects? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The Nun pressed Mr. Belfield to join her party after his own was over, but gained nothing thereby, save a disquisition on the pleasures appropriate to youth and age respectively. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The crowd, encouraged by a word or two from Thorne, seemed disposed to drift off into a disquisition on the homestead laws, but Sergeant pulled them up. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z This visitation, accurately described in Holy Writ, has led to the most curious disquisitions. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His resolve, besides, to exact a full and speedy retribution from Hawke was mail of proof alike against the covert innuendo of the disquisition and the ironical malice which had prompted it. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z It is a disquisition on the affinities of prepositions, the relationships of conjunctions, and the intimacies of other parts of speech. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z But these trail off into philosophical disquisition, and the tender sentiment in which they were conceived and commenced is lost in the shallows of paltry argument. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Whatever the future disquisitions of the Countess of Landsfeld may be, there is little doubt that many will go to hear them for the sake of the peculiar celebrity of the lecturer.” Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The same observation has been made in regard to logical disquisitions. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He was forever in search of principles; but the result of his quest is not a massive disquisition. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z I am apprehensive that I shall not be able to find leisure for making all the disquisitions and experiments which would be desirable on this subject. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z I will not descant upon it here, as a book on Spanish romance and legend is scarcely the place for a disquisition on the occult. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z “Do you despair?” asked Mr. Longcluse sharply, after a long disquisition. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z I know not how far this etymological disquisition may illustrate the history of their enfans trouvés, or our foundling hospitals, the inmates of which are generally uncommonly ill favoured by beauty. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Each time he and Pe�alver went past them, his heart swelled with a pang; he scarcely heard, or even tried to hear, the learned disquisition his companion was pouring into his ear. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z While the duke continued this drawling, learned, endless disquisition, Don Rosendo evinced by his eyes and gestures that he was consumed with an anxiety which he vainly strove to conceal. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z "Man and the earth,"—this has been the subject of our previous disquisitions, and might serve as the superscription to this first portion of the work. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z In the Typographical antiquities we certainly have "copious extracts from his works;" but they are mixed up with much superfluity of disquisition. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z It would be endless to recount all the idle disquisitions on this matter, which have too frequently converted universities into Pandemoniums. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I encourage you to read or listen to the full disquisition, which is under the title “Infinite Stupidity,” and I look forward to reading the book. Dot Earth Blog: Is the Web Selecting for Copiers Over Creators? 2011-12-15T22:44:21Z His technique is so familiar that it is surely unnecessary to make even a brief disquisition on its merits in expressing facts as they exist in a popular scheme of reality and imagination. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z He entertained us all day long with disquisitions on the advantages of this one and the disadvantages of that, with practical examples. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Throughout this introduction Dewey speaks with considerable feeling, as if the question were a moral one, rather than a disquisition concerning the best method of dealing with the personal aspects of thought. John Dewey's logical theory 2011-11-28T03:00:21.547Z Philosophical ingenuity has long been displayed in the most learned disquisitions in an endeavour to account for the nature of these phenomena. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In France, in Holland, and in Germany, there has already appeared a multitude of disquisitions on this subject. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z But he was too practical-minded to waste much time in mere theorizing or in theological and metaphysical "disquisitions." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z In this attitude he proceeded, as was a habit with him, upon a disquisition upon the value and importance of historical study. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Don Mariano and his proselytes were still promenading from one end of the parlor to the other, involved in deep disquisitions on the probable fall of real estate. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z A further disquisition would lead me beyond the limits of a sketch. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His best moment: Tough disquisition on how regulation is “killing” America. GOP Debate: Grading the Michigan Mash-Up 2011-11-10T04:50:38Z At his hospitable board I have listened to disquisitions from his lips, on poetry, especially the dramas of Shakspeare, music, painting and sculpture, of rare excellence and untiring interest. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z We say needless disquisitions; for such they appear to us to be. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z At a town hall in Lebanon, N.H., in August, Mr. Romney turned a heated back-and-forth with a voter about the role of government into a disquisition on whose turn it was to speak. Parker on the Trail: Romney Seeks Order in Chaos of Campaign 2011-10-29T04:28:29Z Mrs. Werner answered her, and plunged into a disquisition on some of the plays, and on the parts of the performers, but Aunt Francisca heard them without any apparent interest. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z But in the midst of an ardent disquisition it occurred to him that if he were to be the Gracchi, Augusta must be their mother. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z The old and venerable Munis and Rishis, and their philosophical dissertations, their theological controversies and their religious and ethical disquisitions, evoked the admiration of the world in the dark ages before the Christian era. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Above all, in whatever disquisition upon the "Atonement" or "The Johnsonian Era," there is no flash of humor. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z And these strictures, if we consider them, will explain much in regard to the philological disquisitions in “Lavengro,” “The Romany Rye,” and “Wild Wales,” where the knowledge is all “dictionary knowledge.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Numerous disquisitions have been written to prove the identity of Junius; but, in spite of many arguments to the contrary, we recognize him in the person of the Rev. James Wilmot, D.D., 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 He is also intimate with the question of apples, and he treats of it in a succulent disquisition which imparts to the somewhat trivial theme a kind of lyrical dignity. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Then he segues seamlessly into a disquisition on “building synergies” and “developing the ecosystem.” Skolkovo, Russia's Would-Be Silicon Valley 2011-09-01T21:25:54Z The schoolmistress, who was one of the sharp ones, gave a little disquisition to show why it was a mistake, and wherein she knew better than the world's poet and wonder. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z His introduction to his Report on Popular Education in France, published in 1861, is as instructive a piece of writing as is to be found in any historical disquisition of the last three decades. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z I shall not enter into a disquisition, let be determination of the species or kind of magistracy, whether monarchy aristocracy or democracy, be preferable. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Many more of the feminine ills can be explained in this way than by learned pathological disquisitions. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z It is not intended to present the following sheets as a treatise, or compleat disquisition on the subject, but merely as remarks, which have occurred during the treatment of several hundred patients. Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-14T02:00:24.997Z Among all the disquisitions in this kind, none seem to me more excellent than those which treat concerning the genii that attend upon men, and guide them in the actions of life. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z As a practical question, seeing things as they were then—sweeping aside all incontrovertible legal arguments and metaphysical disquisitions—I do not think the answer admits of doubt. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The images which I have discovered, and which form the subject of this erudite disquisition, are worn, as I have before remarked, by the women of America, in the time of sickness. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Something of the same idea lies at the root of much in Miss Hennell's mystical disquisitions. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z He composed several works on theological subjects, among which we find a curious disquisition on bells, the invention of which he ascribes to Noah. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc 2011-07-26T02:00:17.693Z So then and there he entered into a disquisition on women in general and Judith Temple in particular, which caused Throckmorton to ask sarcastically: “May I ask where you acquired your knowledge of the sex?” Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z In his disquisition on the Indian gods, Dr. Muir has been observing* that some passages of the Rig- Veda imply that the reigning deities were successors of others who had previously existed. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The long disquisitions on the Mosaic law, the discussions on the privileges of the Hebrew race and the rights of other races were necessary. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Forgive me, my lord Bishop, if I declare that the animus you display in conducting the present critical disquisition not only astonishes, but even shocks me. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The work is concluded by some philological disquisitions of value to whoever wishes to study the Celtic tongue. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The grave disquisition on predestination and free-will which prefaces the account of his untoward fate has an irresistibly comic effect. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z It was full of magical disquisitions and mysterious characters, and he found inscribed on one of its earlier pages a name which instantly riveted his attention. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z There is nothing oratorical in it, there are no laboured disquisitions, and no minute rules, at least in the New Testament. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Roy was pretending to listen to the doctor's elaborate disquisition upon an important political question, but he stole a sidelong glance at the sparkling face, across the hearth, and smiled, in gladness of content. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Motives are discriminated, and doubtful questions cleared, while we are spared the fatigue of elaborate disquisition. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Paul pressed Kathleen Hogan, a D.O.E. official, to say whether she was pro-choice before going off into a long disquisition on liberty. Bulb in, Bulb Out 2011-06-03T12:00:41Z Gray had found the manuscripts of Lydgate at Cambridge, and has made them a vehicle for the most beautiful disquisitions. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Slosson, in a long, coarse disquisition upon ranching, had been displaying his most perfect ignorance and conceit. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Her girlish prattle was more charming to him than the profoundest disquisitions of scholars, or the brilliant repartee of literary coteries. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z I am not going to enter into a disquisition upon the merits of the servant question. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The author describes his illustrious relative as having had no desire that any such disquisition should be written. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The verse of Conybeare and the disquisitions of Price would have completed this cycle of our ancient poetry. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z On the other hand, it was clear that he did not appreciably depart from a carefully prepared disquisition. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The long "historical disquisition," as Martine called it, that Amy had given them on their first day at Annapolis, was not immediately followed by another. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z What followed was a Sarah Palin-caliber performance, with Trump delivering a disquisition peppered with political quips, macho talk, and good old-fashioned fear mongering. President Trump? "I'm Very Serious" 2011-04-28T05:45:07Z Helen looked down at me with her eyes dancing, and the black murder that had been swelling up in me, during Miss Conover's disquisition on the care of men, subsided. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z His philosophic dialogues are rather to be considered as popular treatises, adapted to the ordinary comprehension of well-informed men, than profound disquisitions, suited only to a Portico or Lyceum. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Hence no disquisitions on the latter subject will be found in these pages: the Moderate Realism of Aristotle and the Schoolmen is assumed throughout. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z With the Greek historian's philosophic disquisition on these Pelasgian and proto-Hellenic relations may be compared A. R. Wallace's account of the Batjan coastlands when visited by him in the late fifties. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Here follows a labored disquisition on the possibilities of serial education, which we omit, as the substance of it can be found in the standard expositions of Fourierism. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z "Neither of us has the faintest idea what truth is"—I began, preparing another disquisition. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The Paradoxa, indeed, seem to have been written as a sort of exercise of rhetorical wit, rather than as a serious disquisition in philosophy; and each paradox is personally applied or directed against an individual. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z But what of the disquisition had been caught gave rise to an important reflection. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Then he heard the prince speaking to him, and, the curtain being dropped back, he turned to listen to a disquisition upon French politics. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z She took some of the noble folios from the lower shelves of the library, and read the lives of her favourite painters, and stiff translations of Italian disquisitions on art. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z I have thus been able to spare you a long disquisition. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Andrew's disquisition was interrupted by the young man falling into a fit of trembling that was fearful to look at, and threatened soon to terminate his existence. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Conversation was briskly kept up amid the usual fire of pun, repartee, anecdote, politics, toasts, healths, jokes, broad laughter, erudite disquisitions upon the vintage of the wines they were drinking, and an occasional song. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Dryden’s own prose disquisitions on the principles of poetry may have helped to diffuse many of those notions of genuine poetical merit by which he was now tried. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z My readers may think, that a disquisition on tobacco can have but little to do with the Adventures of a Rolling Stone. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The form varies: it may, perhaps, be a five act tragedy, possibly a psychological disquisition, or a sensational novel in three volumes of MS. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z The Greek conception of society was such that the life of the free-born citizen consisted mainly of his public function, and, therefore, the pseudo-ethical disquisitions of the Sophists satisfied the requirements of the age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z George Eliot did not receive this adventitious aid from romance, and her work was, perhaps, unduly burdened by ethical diatribe, scientific disquisition and moral and philosophical asides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English Books, with original disquisitions, articles of biography, and other literary antiquities. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Without being encumbered with learned disquisitions, it presents a complete statement of the points essential to the elucidation of Roman history. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z I have not space for a long disquisition upon the uses and pleasures of fancy work; every woman has moments when such pretty playwork will be a valuable recreation. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z I have written quite a disquisition on depth gears; I must get on with my record of events. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z The allegoric form, long-winded and broken-backed, survived late in Henry More’s and Joseph Beaumont’s verse disquisitions on the soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z “And I must bore you a little with a disquisition on the state of affairs.” The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z In answer to my inquiries, I obtained nothing but some learned disquisitions upon special studies,--not a word of what I desired to know. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z It seemed the opening pages of some ruinous old pamphlet—a pamphlet containing a chapter or so of some very voluminous disquisition. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z "Do you desire a complete geographical and political disquisition?" asked the Secretary, laughing. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z I don't mean it in a pejorative sense necessarily, I say, slightly taken aback by the searching disquisition. Mary Portas: 'Sometimes I come across as horrible ? I don't like that at all' 2011-01-10T07:59:01Z The half-light gave such a sombre and appropriate touch to the profligate scene that it would have moved a moralist to a disquisition of five pages. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Taken altogether, then, Rasselas is a prose Vanity of Human Wishes, a disquisition on the limitations of life rather than a novel holding our attention by a sequence of events. 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 A nice disquisition of these matters the unlearned must leave to astronomers, and be content religiously to admire what they do not understand. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He did not lay aside justification by faith, and the need of grace, for semi-heathen disquisitions about morality and duty, virtue and vice. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z This is hardly the moment, Benton," replied Mr. Cayley, "for a disquisition on geology, but I appreciate your kindness in thinking of me. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Mr. Faust’s passionate pregame disquisitions on the nature of winning, friends say, made a lasting impression on Mr. Boehner, who was a linebacker. Boehner?s Path to Power Began in Southern Ohio 2010-10-15T02:44:00Z It might be an interminable disquisition on the taste and composition of biblical manna, or it might be pictures of celebrities like Merle Haggard drinking Scandinavian liquor, a big tradition on the blog. Cooking Issues: The Duo Behind the FCI's Food Blog 2010-09-22T09:40:00Z When the subject of his relationship with his son came up, Cuomo went into a philosophical disquisition on the strength of the family bond, its ability to withstand “tsoris.” The Making of Andrew Cuomo 2010-08-13T19:47:00Z He saw clearly that the most powerful weapon against such men is not metaphysical reasoning and critical disquisition; but preaching the whole gospel, living the whole gospel, and spreading the whole gospel. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z He was determined that what he lacked in height he would deliver in volume: in lengthy e-mail messages to elected officials and in fiery disquisitions at public hearings or community board meetings. Big City: Remembering the Giant in a Dwarf?s Body 2010-04-30T22:02:00Z Wordsworth’s High Church Pantheism and Coleridge’s disquisitions on the Logos seem farther removed from the speculations of to-day than do the dreams of Lucretius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The introduction contains a most interesting disquisition on the migrations of these fables, tracing their reappearance in the various groups of folk-lore legends. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy It is not necessary to enter into the distinction between "slides" and "breaks," or into the learned disquisitions that have been written about them. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise It contains disquisitions on literary tendencies of the day in poetry and oratory, anecdotes and desultory talk. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He has written numerous books, comprising philosophical disquisitions, essays on nature and art, and lyrical poetry. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The Abb� treated me to many an argument and disquisition upon the subject. Glories of Spain Franco, who hated psychological disquisitions, passed frowning, with his empty watering-pot, on his way to the little garden, and thought: "Then there are those souls that are bores!" The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Those arbiters had read long and learned disquisitions as befitted the final chapter to months of hearings. The Tempering To his older friends he would address disquisitions on style, consolations in bereavement, congratulations on official preferment, descriptions of some fair scene or picturesque incident in rural life. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Rollo Blair was beginning a genealogical disquisition with great eagerness when the Englishman stopped him. The Firebrand No excuse need be made for the dry and critical disquisition of the following pages; but among such obscure inquiries I cannot feel myself as secure from error as I certainly do from partiality. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 To the First Chapter, which turns on Paradise and Fig-leaves, and leads us into interminable disquisitions of a mythological, metaphorical, cabalistico sartorial, and quite antediluvian cast, we shall content ourselves with giving an unconcerned approval. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII In the Κατηγορίαι Aristotle prefixes to his enumeration a grammatico-logical disquisition on homonyms and synonyms, and on the elements of the proposition, i.e. subject and predicate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It was composed upon certain verses of that obscure Florentine poet Burchiello, which I selected as prophetic texts for my own disquisitions. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Nothing, for instance, can be less suitable for historical or scientific disquisition than the octosyllabic metre of a satiric poem. A Short History of French Literature "Aye," said the duke, for he loved these philosophic disquisitions, when he was in the mood for them. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium Apart from its valuable political disquisitions, no recent work can compare with this volume as a contribution to the history of literature. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The liquid was duly brought and the old fellow, having disposed of two-thirds at a gulp, resumed his disquisition. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War In its present form the story contains certain passages not printed in the magazine—notably, a brief disquisition on sitting for the nude. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel His works are almost entirely occasional, consisting of 'conversations,' letters, 'portraits,' short literary disquisitions and tractates on subjects of historical and ethical interest. A Short History of French Literature As it was, I had no ear for choicest phrases, his subtlest criticisms, or his most philosophic disquisitions. International Short Stories American We refer to the well-known work entitled The Federalist, and on whose profound disquisitions the pillars of our government may be said to rest. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The rustic quatrain, quoted in the outset of this disquisition, mentions the Corncrake, as associated with the Swallow in this winter-sleep,—"in the hollow." The Romance of Natural History, Second Series It has afforded great room for geological disquisition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" A single example will explain this better than a page of disquisition. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Albert availed himself of the moment to put a stop to the baron's tedious disquisitions, by urgently asking his friend how he was going on. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors At nine twenty I had been stolidly puffing one of Weighborne's Havanas and listening to his disquisitions on courts of appeals decisions and squatters' rights. The Portal of Dreams I cannot conclude this long disquisition better than with a caution derived from the words of inspiration—Discern the things of your peace now in the days thereof, before they be hidden from your eyes. Essays on the Constitution of the United States "Oh," said Odalie, in a casual tone and with a slight shrug of the shoulders, not relishing the intrusive turn of the disquisition, "a souvenir, perhaps, from the colonies or over seas." The Story of Old Fort Loudon The latter's explanation was far more effectual in letting the light in upon Si's mind than the scientific disquisition of the "Perfesser." Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran He then entered into a disquisition on Aunt Martha to little Mary, until she seemed to feel as much interested in Aunt Martha as did Uncle Ham. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles At any rate the qualities of Byron are very much of a piece, and, even by the contention of his warmest reasonable admirers, not much varied or very subtle, not necessitating much analysis or disquisition. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Whereupon he proceeded to pour forth a further flood of knowledge and disquisition. Studies in Contemporary Biography Nor will it be necessary to tire the reader by any disquisition upon the other passengers, excepting Captain Leach, whom I shall have good cause to remember to the very last day of my life. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published Such disquisitions," answered he, "are very suitable to reasonable creatures; and you may be sure, there are many curious spirits amongst us who employ themselves in such amusements. The Tatler, Volume 3 They are perfectly legitimate, but rather dry, metaphysical disquisitions; and Parliament might quite as fairly have burnt Locke's famous essay on the Human Understanding. Books Condemned to be Burnt In spite of his emphasis of fact, Glanvill was as ready as any to enter into a theological disquisition. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 This song, of course, was a disquisition on the evanescence of all things here below. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies Nor must such anomalies between the type of the men and their deeds, between their abominable crimes and their high qualities, be merely made a subject for grandiloquent disquisition. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I Throughout The Prelude and The Excursion he seems striving to bind the wizard Imagination with the sand-ropes of dry disquisition, and to have forgotten the potent spell-word which would make the particles cohere. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century His works on genitures, and on the errors of his favourite science, are specimens of acute reasoning, not exceeded by the ablest disquisitions on more worthy subjects. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew That James should indulge in religious disquisitions rather than in points of evidence was to be expected. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 About two thirds of your apology is occupied with an historical disquisition, which has as much to do with your vindication as the question respecting the existence of a lunar atmosphere. A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill. “Made in Germany” is a call to arms, not an academic disquisition on the movements of trade. Are we Ruined by the Germans? If by chance, in the midst of an angry satirical disquisition, the word poetry comes to his pen, he is suddenly transformed, he smiles, he melts; nothing is left in him but human sympathies. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Perhaps, Sir priest, you now will treat me to A learned disquisition on the birth Of evil? The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts Under the wing of the Executive, Chief-Justice Taney gave his famed disquisition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 To master his subject the deluded novelist read all the essays, disquisitions, and works he could find on the theme of æsthetics. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The first volume, which is now printed, and will soon be ready for publication, is occupied by an elaborate disquisition on Government, and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. I should have to give you quite a disquisition to explain my conclusions, and I doubt if it would be practicable for you to consider the subject now. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Dry precept and disembodied disquisition, as they can only be read with an effort of abstraction, 116 can never convey a perfectly complete or a perfectly natural impression. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) My dearest Hal, you have written to me three days running, and good part of each of your letters is disquisition on Calvinism.... Records of Later Life The preaching of the Gospel had better be laid aside for literary and scientific disquisitions.” Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series I didn't start out on this, however, for a philosophical disquisition, but rather to tell how a certain Kentucky gentleman established valid title to the rank of Colonel. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order The standard of such disquisitions was then so low that writing which would now be impossible passed muster without an objection. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Miss Simmons had no desire of pushing the conversation any farther; and the rest of the company coming in to tea, the disquisition about Lord Squander finished. The History of Sandford and Merton But I am writing you a disquisition, and no one needs it less.... Records of Later Life It would be said, that philosophical disquisitions on government are for the closet of the studious man, but not for common people coming to perform a plain, practical, duty. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed Man returned from the particular to the general, from romantic examples to those disquisitions on the norm which were thought to display a classical taste. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The poem is in fact a political, moral, and religious disquisition interspersed with charming vignettes, which, though not obtrusively moralised, illustrate the general thesis. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) He is not interested in Shakespeare's art for its own sake; but that he should use Shakespeare's characters as the subjects of moral disquisitions is eloquent testimony to their truth to nature. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare I do not think I agree with you about the very early cultivation of the reasoning powers, but have left myself no room for further educational disquisition. Records of Later Life Common sense dispenses with learned disquisitions, and tries everything with simple mother wit. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Nor can we comprehend the pertinence of our contributor's disquisition on the great question of free will and necessity, as applicable to our ideas of the relations existing between mind and matter. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 In reply to which godly disquisition, the spokesman of Na-im-be and Te-tzo-ge invited the followers of the True God to a feast where only strong men could come. The Flute of the Gods Were this a proper place for such a disquisition, I could give you many cases of this kind. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare In short, is not the book a disquisition on life from the standpoint of Jefferies' personal experiences? Amaryllis at the Fair It may here, once for all, be remarked, that in all his disquisitions, by "verse" he usually means rhyme as opposed to blank verse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Then there are very ill-timed interruptions, and wearisome disquisitions, just where they should not be. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 But this, our paper, purporteth to be, in some wise, a disquisition on Beaux, and, by our faith, we had well-nigh forgotten it. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I saw several other Enniskilleners, but they added nothing to the disquisitions of those already quoted. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Granted that the first half of the 'novel' is beautiful in style, does not Jefferies suddenly break his method, introduce his own personality, intersperse abrupt disquisitions on food, illness, and Fleet Street? Amaryllis at the Fair The wives of literary men have ever been a fruitful source of disquisition to the admirers of their heroes, and Terentia, Gemma Donati, and Anne Hathaway, have divided the biographers of Cicero, Dante, and Shakespeare. James Boswell Famous Scots Series What would be his amazement at receiving a copy of a disquisition on the Will written by an American mill-owner! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 He and Hoover held long disquisition together, each having clear-cut ideas of his own and glad to try them out on the keen intelligence of the other. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work It is a disquisition quite after the manner of the day, and, though it has no permanent value, is nevertheless a most unusual production for a boy of nineteen. Benjamin Franklin We left the old men to their books and endless disquisitions, and went on to the women's quarter. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India This was a very poor and paltry experience, but it enabled me to understand better how it is that clairvoyants see than any amount of disquisition. Clairvoyance But his disquisition is not only very long but very dark, and we shall therefore pass it by with the exception of the following. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 An unlucky question, for it led into a disquisition o all dukes, ancient and modern, and an encomium on the late Duke of Beaufort, as the best soldier that England had ever produced. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 What sort of legend would a technical disquisition by the archbishop on his theory of the angle of machicolations have generated in men's minds? Rosinante to the Road Again The satire of "Salmagundi" had been principally local, and the original design of "Knickerbocker's History" was only to burlesque a pretentious disquisition on the history of the city in a guide-book by Dr. Samuel Mitchell. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History How pale and insignificant are Mr. Lincoln's disquisitions aside of that proclamation, which is greeted in heaven by angels and cherubim—provided they are a reality. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 On the subject of Syntax his disquisitions are deficient in fulness, and there is a want of grammatical exercises throughout. Elements of Gaelic Grammar This is not a botanical disquisition; it is not a complete account of all the members of the important tree family of maples. Getting Acquainted with the Trees Merely that perfunctory air of so many of your disquisitions. Imaginary Interviews The result is that his biographies, however deficient in research, bear the stamp of genuine artistic intelligence, equally remote from compilation and disquisition. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Mr. Lincoln again publishes a disquisition, and points to the signs of the times. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 And many other such material disquisitions are to be found in this small, but very Ingenious and Learned Treatise. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World "Yes; I think that character has done harm; it has thrown a ridicule upon metaphysical disquisitions." Practical Education, Volume II But the law permits of no refined metaphysical disquisitions. Practical Education, Volume I Then he enters into a long disquisition with Atticus as to the advice which had been given to him, both by Atticus and by Brutus, and he says some hard words to Atticus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The message—a disquisition upon labor and capital; hesitancy about slavery. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The political disquisitions in his 'Right Way,' which he edited for a year, upon the question of reconstruction, were keen and convincing. The History of Dartmouth College Only indulge me in my rambling manner of disquisition, and I will strive to satisfy you in every reasonable particular. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Why even did he not continue his disquisition on the philosophic value of allusiveness? The Belovéd Vagabond I may recall the disquisitions on the moral teaching of Liguori. The Sexual Life of the Child It is not an abstract disquisition on the influence of religion and government, such as one might compose without stirring from his own fire-side, which I intend to write. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge About to die, they ask for words of life—they are given disquisitions on tithes. A Padre in France The fifth volume contains a curious disquisition upon the antiquity of signatures, catchwords, and numerals; and is enriched with a number of plates of watermarks of the paper in ancient books. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance We find here philosophical disquisitions on the Divine Being which few men can understand and none can hope to harmonize. India, Its Life and Thought But in the moral education of children, and also in the disquisitions of adults upon morality, mistakes are made. The Sexual Life of the Child And we see in its keenest form his intellectual delight in subtle disquisition. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning There are obvious reasons why this portion of the poem should consist as largely as it does of these subtle disquisitions. Dante: His Times and His Work He has none of the defining disquisitions that are born of the closet. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life When our ancestors were in the depths of savagery, Indian sages were indulging in metaphysical disquisitions which are even to-day the admiration of western sages. India, Its Life and Thought This tendency of the country is shown even in Parliament, where the deputies often confute their opponents with biblical quotations read in Hebrew, or translated and commentated, the discussion degenerating into very disquisitions on theology. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) By developing a philosophical disquisition on some such lines did Phineas McPhail seek to initiate Doggie into the weird mysteries of the new social life. The Rough Road In this enchanting palazzita the younger Faustina may have passed her childhood, while the scholarly boy, Marcus Aurelius, her cousin, listened to the disquisitions of the philosophers as they discussed great problems with the Emperor. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) This is followed by a disquisition on the science of the Scriptures. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 And yet these are much more an essential part of his faith than all his moral platitudes and eloquent disquisitions. India, Its Life and Thought Either its teaching was superfluous or men were too much engrossed with fighting to listen to academical disquisitions. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era But too much abstract disquisition on the subject of humour is a frequent cause of the lack of it. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work In the midst of his disquisitions, the reward of the continuous reader is to come suddenly upon an unexpected 'as I myself have seen in America,' or 'as once befell me also in Ireland.' Raleigh He entered into a long disquisition of our claims to the western country. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII He reconsiders it all with affectionate disquisition, fresh delight in every point. The Wagnerian Romances "The disquisitions and conjectures of the learned concerning Gad and Meni are infinite and uncertain: perhaps the most probable may be, that Gad means good fortune, and Meni the moon." Moon Lore What is it that causes us to smile at the following passage, a disquisition on the aptitude of the word "surprising"? Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work It is in disquisition that he rejoices, and succeeds; it is the argumentative matter which excites and sustains him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 A flutter of silks, a ripple of feminine laughter, distract the audience from graver disquisitions. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) But there were many people, particularly in America, to whom these rhapsodies did more good than any learned disquisitions or carefully arranged sermons. Stories of Authors, British and American Therefore, although nothing has commonly been less attractive than treatises on beauty or less a guide to taste than disquisitions upon it, we may yet hope for some not merely theoretical gain from these studies. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory I always think of an editor as having only ink-bottle insides, ever ready to turn winged fancies into printed matter, or to enter upon a “lyrical disquisition” concerning them. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance In a style always lucid in disquisition, and always elegant in narrative, he appears to be solely anxious to communicate the fair result, whatever it may be, to which his extensive reading has conducted him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Aware, however, that the term naturalness would lead to a deeper disquisition than I here mean to enter upon, I shall take it in its common meaning, as it represents the common aspect of nature. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. But Boston crowds to hear disquisitions which from men in a different social position would be voted a bore, and sits reverently and patiently to catch his feeble and to many, scarce audible utterances. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 Narratives which are no longer seriously believed become texts for moral disquisitions. The Map of Life Conduct and Character To the disquisition that followed, Mr. Carrington listened with the most intelligent air. Simon The disquisition on the legend of Troy naturally leads the historian, and will naturally suggest to our own readers, the mooted question of the authorship of the Homeric poems. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 I am aware that a host of artists and connoisseurs will rather admire the audacity of making the inquiry, than pursue it, through the necessary disquisition, into the true principles of art. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. This is hardly the place for a disquisition upon African Latin. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura This sudden change in the current of the talk was due to the appearance of the subject of this friendly disquisition. Vixen, Volume III. With a few pages of summary, we may now bring this long disquisition to an end. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark We, conceive, however, that even those who differ from him most, would readily own, that to his instructive disquisitions they were indebted for at least one half of all that they know of philosophy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Properly, I might spare myself these disquisitions on the question of species, for Virchow does not go into this main question of the theory of descent—but this is very characteristic of his attitude. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel A sumptuous meal, but spoiled by the host's tedious disquisitions on each dish as it appeared. Horace Dryden's Moribund runs on, quite at his ease, in eloquent disquisition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Its vast importance will be a sufficient apology for the particular disquisition which follows, and might have been spared, but for the plain challenge of the famous Critic to be named immediately. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark The critical disquisitions which thus arise often possess great interest, and furnish suggestive lessons which few living poets can study without profit. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 "Why this disquisition on the arts, Tam?" asked Captain Blackie testily. Tam o' the Scoots He was one of the creators of modern English prose; and his disquisitions have for two centuries ceased to be read. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography The book is a mingling of biographical narrative, shaped largely by the ideals of the imagination, with expositions of philosophical doctrine, disquisitions on matters of science, and discussion of moral truths. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 But further ethical disquisitions were here cut short by the appearance of the Colonel's daughters, when the conversation was at once changed, as by tacit consent of all three of us. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Teachers often make long digressions in connection with these allusions, till the mood of the poem is completely lost in the mist of the disquisitions. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature But men make strange distinctions between speech and action, not to be accounted for without long investigation and disquisition. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 It is not my purpose to enter into a disquisition upon the causes which brought about this emigration. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 If that course is taken, every member may offer his disquisitions on the Constitution, and they will be printed at our expense. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The crowd was great, and he had to stand, while for an hour and a half or so the great man poured out a learned disquisition against the Jews! Oxford Such is the difference between an unbelieving or heretical philosopher in person, and in the mere disquisitions proper to his science. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin He disliked mere disquisitions in Edinburgh, and prepared impromptus in London; and puzzled the promoters of such things sometimes by placid silence, sometimes by broad merriment. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) Some time later he again illustrated the same opinions more at length in a disquisition before the Speculative Society; and, indeed, he always adhered to them. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Many a poor sinner exercises faith in Christ who cannot give a p. 140philosophical disquisition as to its nature. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 A disquisition on the evils of using Tobacco. A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation Not, of course, by any train of arguments, or refined theological disquisition, but merely by knowing and understanding the answers in his catechism. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin These attempts to impart energy to weakness, and terror to insignificance, gave to the articles of many old newspapers the aspect of auction bills, rather than political disquisitions. The History of Tasmania, Volume I The abuse has been most developed in connection with political economy, which has been almost robbed of the character of a serious discipline by converting its discussions into ethical disquisitions. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Still it will be conceived that they would have appeared with more propriety and better effect, in an academical disquisition, or a concio ad clerum, than in sermons preached in a country church. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The speakers of Mantuan carried their disquisitions beyond the country, to censure the corruptions of the church; and from him Spenser learned to employ his swains on topicks of controversy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II When preached at all, they were usually extremely dry scholastic disquisitions. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century The seriousness of these disquisitions has been occasionally enlivened by a spice of pleasantry. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 The nearest approach to the practical was his disquisition on negro suffrage, which he thought should be accompanied by education. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Elsewhere the Cockney revellers were drinking their eternal whisky-and-sodas or beers, and their salutations led Georgie to a disquisition on the changing toasts of the last twenty years. Nights in London The train of my disquisition has now conducted me to that poetical wonder, the translation of the Iliad, a performance which no age or nation can pretend to equal. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Nevertheless, the old topic of logic proper, or deductive reasoning, is not omitted, and the first passage to which we feel bound, on many accounts, to give our attention, is the disquisition on the syllogism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. What followed was no scholastic disquisition, no common-place remarks on the passage chosen. Mistress Margery The presence in blazon of animated beings of whatsoever kinds, whether real or fabulous, led to rambling disquisitions in the most ludicrously unnatural of imaginary Natural History. The Handbook to English Heraldry By the time Mr Ffolliot had thoroughly confused him by a learned disquisition on the principles of bridge, Lady Campion's motor was announced, and he departed in her train. The Ffolliots of Redmarley Finally, the public of that day always chose to veil and confuse the furtive voluptuousness of the time by moral disquisition, and a light and busy meddling with the insoluble perplexities of philosophy. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. They entered upon a long disquisition of how much affluence might affect their humility and endanger their religious life. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The period has been treated cursorily in writings extending over wider limits, while several of the most striking incidents, including, especially, the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, have been made the subject of special disquisitions. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 This seemed such a promising topic that they got out the encyclopædia and found to their joy that there was quite a lengthy and learned disquisition on the subject. The Book-Hunter at Home The press—in many instances filled with gloomy forebodings and learned disquisitions on the I-told-you-so principle, fanned the flame of discontent. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death He enjoyed learned disquisitions just as he did a fine painting, the excellencies and beauties of which he appreciated, and could point out, without knowing how to use the brush or the pencil. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren At first he began to loosen the prejudices of the vulgar, and proceeded by slow advances; with the metaphysical disquisitions of the age, he mingled opinions in divinity apparently novel. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The parable and precept of the early gospels give place to polemic and metaphysic disquisition. The Chief End of Man No treat was greater, no honour more esteemed, than a visit to that study and a learned disquisition there on its owner's favourite books or methods of work. Robert Louis Stevenson Very many of you may remember the philosophical disquisitions of the ethnological school of 1847, the contemptuous dissertations of Hunt and Gliddon. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time This was a most informing disquisition on the achievements of these people prior to the time when they came into contact with the so-called more advanced Asiatic and European races. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 There are, at the same time, special disquisitions on matters of science or learning intended for peculiar and limited audiences, which find their way to publicity without the aid of the publisher. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author The disquisition on the reasons for the Euxine's freezing over is, however, new. The Last Poems of Ovid As it was, I had no ear for his choicest phrases, his subtlest criticisms, or his most philosophic disquisitions. The Old Stone House and Other Stories We make disquisitions which render us only more and more dim-sighted, and excursions that only consume our stores. Obiter Dicta Second Series The conversation, taken up and led, as usual, by Major Harper, became a general disquisition on the race of North American Indians. Agatha's Husband A Novel But as this is not the place for theological disquisition, I shall not refer further to that subject. The Gorilla Hunters This remark sent the Scot into a rather learned disquisition as to the merits and probable prospects of a hill as compared with a low-lying region, during which Hans Marais turned to Gertie. The Settler and the Savage When we adhere to one point, whatever the form, it should rather be called a disquisition than a conversation. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection For me, who only desired to become more wise, not more learned or eloquent, these logical or Aristotelian disquisitions of poets are of no use. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 These half-hidden dwelling-places inspired Starr to launch out in a disquisition upon some of the characteristics he has observed among my people. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon He made this piece of granite the nucleus of many political disquisitions. Gryll Grange The doctor was entering into a learned disquisition as to their species. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Upon this another councillor, apparently the only agriculturist of the company, went into a disquisition on chemical fertilisers and the scientific applications of them. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Whatever the future disquisitions of the Countess of Landsfeld may be, there is little doubt that many will go to hear them for the sake of the peculiar celebrity of the lecturer. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert When nearly eighty, we find him writing elaborate disquisitions on grammar, astronomy, the Epicurean philosophy, and discussing style with Edward Everett. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 But I do not think it otherwise an incongruity after dinner, provided it be carried on, as our disquisitions have always been, with frankness and good humour. Gryll Grange We are unwilling to interrupt the course of our narrative by disquisitions on subjects of natural history, and, therefore, relegate to a note the following particulars about the dugong. The Castaways Let us by all means have, then, a "graphic" narrative of what was, not a set of moral disquisitions on what ought to have been. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Taking this for encouragement, Dumas launched out into a disquisition on the history of the duello through the ages that was nearly as long as one of his own serials. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert The importance of the interests involved perhaps demands a long disquisition, but the close union of our hearts is contented with brevity. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order I am not sure that the incessant search for clues through this labyrinth would not end in analysis and disquisition, that might be no great improvement even upon political history. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Wordsworth noted that his guest was "full of anecdote and averse from disquisition." Brief History of English and American Literature And again: "It is allowed by the best judges to be one of the most useful and ornamental Improvements that could have been effected"; and he gives a long disquisition highly praising the alteration. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See They swill more than they should and would like to swill more than they do, they spoil the wine with unwelcome and untimely disquisitions, and they can not carry their liquor. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Do you really come to me for disquisitions on things that I can scarcely conceive even in imagination—you who have distanced everybody in that style of vivid and descriptive writing? The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order But you are aware that both in England, and more especially in France and Germany, most elaborate disquisitions were written to prove that thought was only the product of nervous matter. London Lectures of 1907 But I refer these disquisitions to the learned; especially, as mentioned by that incomparable philosopher, and my most noble friend, the Honourable Mr. Boyle, in his second part of the Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, Sect. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees To the Medical Repository, which he regarded highly, there was sent a rather thoughtful disquisition on dreams. Priestley in America 1794-1804 To the most touching endearments of her betrothed, the young fiancée responded with disquisitions on the vital principle. The Man With The Broken Ear This is not the time for a formal disquisition on the indications by which a true friend may be distinguished from a false: all that is in place now is to give you a hint. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order The histories of that time were rather dry and long spun out, but he had a way of skipping the moralizing and the endless disquisitions and adding a little more vividness to people and incidents. A Little Girl in Old Salem But to resume the disquisition, whether it be truly so proper for shipping, is controverted; though we also find in Cassiodorus Var. l. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees Why mention our disquisitions on the Social Contract, on the Standard 2of Taste, on the Migrations of the Herring? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History But miracles may be the subject of a particular disquisition. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March This was a very poor and paltry experience, but it enabled me to understand better than any amount of disquisition how it is that clairvoyants see. Real Ghost Stories There may be later and completer disquisitions on the lunar influences, but they are not known to me. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. |
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