单词 | epicurism |
例句 | Auber faithfully renders note for note, what the other writes word for word—braggadocio, degrading sensuality, pedantry, epicurism, and parodies of foreign nationality. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z To be jealous of fragmentary composition as epicurism of genius—apple-pie made all of quinces. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Their mode of killing swine was as refined in barbarity as in epicurism. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z I daresay you will disapprove all this and attribute it to indolent epicurism. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z It was reflected in the corruption of the Court, in the sensual epicurism of the people, in the very manners of those whose ecclesiastical dignity ought to lead to more modern types of excellence. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z I will not attempt to describe the feast, having no particular fondness for epicurism. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The most rigid moralist couldn't accuse me of my epicurism, for I seem to be husbanding my Continental pleasures with a laudable degree of self-denial. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z But it is a most fascinating contribution to the literature of epicurism, and quite worth looking up and into. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z And yet with all this spice of epicurism and apparent selfishness, he was liberal, kind-hearted, and obliging. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Consomm�s, ragouts, p�t�s, potages, jellies, with an infinity of that smaller grapeshot of epicurism with which fine tables are filled, all here met a fair and a candid appreciation. Jack Hinton The Guardsman He had passed forty without gourmand tastes, and no man takes to epicurism after that. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The greatest luxury to them is, when they can procure a roast of cattle that have died of any distemper: to eat their fill of such a meal, is to them the height of epicurism. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies When Shomu reigned at Nara, the Court in Changan had entered the phase of luxury and epicurism which usually preludes the ruin of a State. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era To abstain from enjoyment, is the philosophy of the sage, the epicurism of reason. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother In such cases knowledge produces but a passing impression; a sensation, gut no more; it is, in fact, the merest epicurism of intelligence—sensuous, but certainly not intellectual. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Perhaps I shall not have an opportunity to inculcate my innocent epicurism upon you for a long time again. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 He remembers one night that he passed “with the greatest epicurism of sleep,” because he was often disturbed, and so got out of sleeping more conscious enjoyment. Lost Leaders The recipes may be thought extravagant in these late hard times—though epicurism has changed rather than vanished. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Ragged as a beggar of Murillo's, courteous as a hidalgo by Velasquez, he added a grace and an epicurism completely French. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Those predisposed to epicurism are for the most part of middling height. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Scottish tables were at that period plain and abundant, but epicurism or gluttony do not seem to have been handmaids to drunkenness. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character The reproach of epicurism, on which Mr. Theobald has bestowed a note, is nothing more than a natural invective, uttered by an inhabitant of a barren country, against those who have more opportunities of luxury. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces It was not epicurism, however, or a love of the stomach, that induced him to defer his explanations on the present occasion. The Crater The restoration has introduced into monarchy the representative forms friendly to epicurism, and in this respect it is a true blessing—a new era opened to those who are hungry. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829 In such cases knowledge produces but a passing impression; a sensation, but no more; it is, in fact, the merest epicurism of intelligence—sensuous, but certainly not intellectual. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance She was nice only from natural delicacy, but he had been brought up in a school of luxury and epicurism. Mansfield Park If I might judge from my own experience, I should attribute fashionable epicurism in a great measure to ennui. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 All the extravagant anecdotes of morbid self-love, miserly epicurism, strained courtesy, and frivolous absurdity current used to boast a Frenchman as their hero. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 The grocery approached more nearly than the smithy the grateful epicurism of the Athenaeum, the Reform, or the Carlton. In the Midst of Alarms After dinner—at which an unwonted and perverse epicurism detained me longer than usual—I lighted a cigar and paced the piazza, minutely attentive to the aspect and business of a very ordinary village. Other Tales and Sketches (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") The latter is likely to be occasionally deranged, as in point of epicurism, he has as great a reputation as our celebrated Quin. Paris as It Was and as It Is Analyzed to the bottom, the writer is a freethinker, but a free thinker whose flexible imagination still allows him the delicate epicurism of religious emotion. Amiel's Journal He was now able to look over his notes of epicurism, and to discover where the most exquisite dishes were to be had, and the best cooks procured. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 350, January 3, 1829 The heats of epicurism put out the gentle flame of devotion. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Such of our readers as are not addicted to epicurism may have been somewhat puzzled at the display of "Fine Fresh Laver" in the Italian warehouses and provision shops of the metropolis. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828 After dinner--at which an unwonted and perverse epicurism detained me longer than usual--I lighted a cigar and paced the piazza, minutely attentive to the aspect and business of a very ordinary village. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 If a man through epicurism or gormandizing has brought on disease, what do you do with him? Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend The major, who was noted for his epicurism, enjoyed the delicacies served up to him with the profound seriousness and immovable tranquillity of a philosopher. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times They cannot submit to resign the highest sensual gratification, nor even to relish the epicurism of virtue—self-denial. Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
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