| 单词 | erudition |
| 例句 | There is a big difference between a coherent passage of writing and a flaunting of one’s erudition, a running journal of one’s thoughts, or a published version of one’s notes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She was pre-interviewed for television quiz shows such as Top Dollar and Lucky Partners, but despite her high intelligence and erudition she was never chosen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And after a lifetime of scholarship he was so laden with erudition that his ideas came avalanching down faster than he could organize them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There are several striking features about Vergil’s display of erudition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z No one could match the smooth erudition of Bawden or the assured nihilism of Pirie, who strongly disliked the notion that some phages have tails or that TMV is of fixed length. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z No, this world of thought was still on this side, and it led to no goal when one destroyed the senses of the incidental Self but fed it with thoughts and erudition. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Patrick Kerr summons some wild-eyed Martin Short lunacy in his handling of Sir Nathaniel, the curate who always looks happily stunned by Holofernes’ inscrutable erudition. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z But diverted by the book’s charm and erudition, readers may overlook its more challenging purposes. In Defense of Liberalism 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Hersch, 56, is a pianist of cultivated taste and erudition; he’s also the sort of jazz musician who brings a lissome elegance to his playing, disinclined to accentuate the effort behind it all. Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio, Live and Recorded, at the Village Vanguard 2012-02-08T22:51:48Z An art collection confirmed erudition, but also could be read as a self-portrait, revealing cultural range and chosen models of virtue. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z As to the erudition, with Wallace it was literature, maths and grammar. Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America by John Jeremiah Sullivan - review 2012-07-26T07:00:06Z White’s epic novel sparkles with his trademark wit and erudition. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Both were banned immediately on publication; in both cases the charge was obscenity, though Joyce's erudition and Lawrence's passion could hardly be more distinct from one another. Rereading: The Rainbow by DH Lawrence 2011-03-19T00:06:22Z But despite some pleasurable music, the heart of the show was Mr. Goldblum’s interaction with the audience with a kind of running quiz show to identify quotations from movies and literature and highlight his erudition. Jeff Goldblum Plays Jazz at the Café Carlyle 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Newman, recognizable for his balding head and fierce dark eyebrows, was known to three decades of postwar television viewers for his erudition, droll wit and seemingly limitless penchant for puns. Edwin Newman, Journalist, Dies at 91 2010-09-16T15:17:00Z Byron was a brave traveller, an art historian of erudition, and a connoisseur of civilisations. William Dalrymple's top 10 books on Afghanistan 2013-03-27T11:27:32Z With its easy erudition, but not a footnote in sight, this book seems a long way from today's average academic output. Sir Frank Kermode obituary 2010-08-18T13:20:00Z In art today, open-ended process is taken for granted the same way highly finished erudition was in the 19th century French academy. First full Edgar Degas retrospective in nearly 30 years shows an artist who liked to be in control 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He has pointed his erudition and imagination toward concrete advice on building sentences, using adjectives and structuring fictional works. In Praise of Samuel R. Delany 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Corey brought both musical erudition and a common touch to the job. John Mangum to head Philharmonic Society of Orange County 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Her method showcases Buckley’s erudition, his willingness to engage seriously smart people, etc., but to such an extent that it works best as a training book for would-be television producers. The conservative rich kid who found his place on television and in politics 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Founding editor Thomas Frank cultivates an institutional tone that balances righteous outrage with tweedy erudition, though he also finds room for bloggier snark. The best of literary magazines in three new collections For the most part, he wears his erudition lightly, using it to illuminate aspects of New York that are relevant to his state of mind. Open City by Teju Cole ? review 2011-08-06T23:05:38Z Threaded through its damp spots are moments of clarity and wily erudition. Books of The Times: Shame on Me, and You for Taking Pleasure in It 2011-08-02T21:23:10Z He was, however, more a personage than a professional anything, a notorious aesthete who roamed Manhattan’s contemporary art scene with a capacious, autodidactic erudition and a Wildean flamboyance. Rene Ricard, Art Arbiter With Wildean Wit, Dies at 67 2014-02-07T01:26:22Z If the 1968 speech was indeed a piece of rabble-rousing opportunism, the credibility of Powell's evidence is as important as the erudition of his rhetoric. Enoch at 100 edited by Lord Howard of Rising – review 2012-07-12T07:09:21Z It’s a literary category in which erudition, integrity and high-mindedness are pitted against unthinkable malevolence. New Book Returns to an Irresistible Theme: the Harvard Murder 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z How could that kind of instinct and erudition not be intimidating? Greg Kucera, champion of artists and a leading force in the Seattle art world, leaves for France 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Fullington wore his considerable erudition lightly, sharing the thrill of discovery when the notation matched a description in memoirs. Dance Review: ‘Petipa Exotique,’ Part of Works & Process at the Guggenheim 2014-02-24T22:43:59Z Stage Stage Directions by Michael Frayn Frayn's erudition is always displayed to entertaining advantage, writes Victoria Segal Lost in translation: why have we declared war on foreign dramatists? Feeling the farce 2010-12-15T13:01:43Z It wasn’t just his erudition and charm that made me swoon. Thirty years after I fancied him at school, my teacher landed back in my life 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Chapters are short, enticing and written with a casual erudition that whispers to readers that, no matter the apparent surprises of the game, the author is in full control. Aztec and European empires collide in the strange and bloody 'Sudden Death' by Álvaro Enrigue 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Fortner, his duet partner in this one-night stand, is a young pianist of erudition and rhythmic assurance, a well-traveled sideman and the recent winner of the prestigious Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz. Jazz Listings for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It helps to have an expert team: The bassist Sean Conly fills leagues of space, while the drummer Chad Taylor provides a dose of earthy erudition, casting dark shadows on the toms. For Mara Rosenbloom, Piano as a Remedy and a Force in Jazz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Mendelsohn, a classicist by training, may be criticism’s answer to Michael Jordan; highbrow, lowbrow, antiquity, modernity, Sappho, “Suits” — he can do all the moves, as these essays, sparkling with insight and erudition, show. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z There are puns and odd misspellings: erudition giving way to doodling at the back of the class. My hero Cy Twombly by Edmund de Waal 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z James, slightly older than his fellow students, became a leader of the revels and discovered a taste for mixing erudition with performance. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z “There is no writer better equipped — by dint of erudition, wit, and forcefulness — to fill the role of critic for The Atlantic.” Leon Wieseltier Joins The Atlantic 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Skill — a great, amazing style, or graceful erudition. Diane Johnson Wishes More Authors Would Write About Friendship 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Museums, like public libraries, have long enjoyed an exalted status as places that promote erudition by permanently preserving and displaying the significant objects that define human history and culture. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Joyce’s art was as much a product of these everyday encounters as it was of his literary erudition; that’s often how it is with the best writers. Sunday Reading: Literary Chronicles 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Behind the facade, he was known for his erudition and penchant for literature, and he devoured the world’s leading newspapers daily. Karl Lagerfeld: fashion's prolific commander-in-chief 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z For all its erudition, the book strikes its pithiest note by way of a “Peanuts” cartoon. Three Books That Gaze Upward to Heaven and Inward to the Heart 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z At the point of his walk-on, this trio had been thrashing with impressive force and erudition. Music Review: Tri-Centric Modeling Event Honors Anthony Braxton 2010-06-21T22:59:00Z In The Square Jungle, he was the gentle trainer of boxer Tony Curtis, showing his erudition by quoting the Bard at his protege: "Uneasy is the head that wears the crown." Ernest Borgnine obituary 2012-07-08T23:14:24Z Mr Fawcett’s erudition and his voluminous list of sources attest to a lifetime’s engagement with liberalism, both in the academy and at the hustings. On the barricades 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Her portrait, no less than Sargent’s, is a triumph of observation, insight and erudition. Review | These three sisters were the one percent of the one percent — before it all crashed 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Lawson, too, admires “the elegance and archness of Anna’s writing, so particular to her now Anglo-Milanese sensibility,” and finds “her combination of erudition and practicality an object lesson in cookbook writing.” Why Americans should get to know Britain’s favorite Italian cooking authority 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The essay came closest, and it’s there that Vidal most gets to show off his wit, stylishness and erudition — to be Vidal. ‘Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal,’ by Jay Parini 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Scott Anderson’s hallucinatory, disjunctive dreamscapes, some populated by bizarre historical and mythical figures, are made with skills and a visual erudition rarely developed outside art school. Art Review: The Allure of the Homespun in the Maw of the Digital Age 2010-09-02T21:48:00Z As a composer, he brought the blues erudition of Duke Ellington into every group he led, whether sextets or full orchestras. The Multifaceted Mingus 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The concert was part of Carnegie Hall’s series; it was a night of hyperactive improvisational freedom grounded in deep musical erudition. Music Review: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Carnegie 2012-12-05T22:57:47Z The Biennial has been organized by Elisabeth Sussman, the Whitney’s curator of photography, and Jay Sanders, a writer, independent curator and former art gallery director known for his erudition in areas of poetry and performance. Art Review: 2012 Whitney Biennial 2012-03-01T23:59:52Z The assurance, wit and erudition of her vocal embodied R-E-S-P-E-C-T to such a resounding degree, the recording went on to become one of pop’s most stirring anthems of both feminism and black pride. Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z It all leaves you to wonder how exciting works of such academic erudition can be for the average viewer wandering through City Hall Park. Art Review: Pondering Sculpture Under the Trees 2010-08-26T20:00:00Z Potentially a peripheral character in Atlanta’s mix, he has quietly stolen the show with his mix of stoner wisdom, obscure erudition and bewildering eccentricity. Is Lakeith Stanfield the coolest actor of 2018? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z He sprinkles quotes from writers ranging from Aquinas to Robert Lowell, like an undergraduate eager to show off the scope of his erudition. ‘The Hero’s Body’: The dangerous world of hyper-macho men 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But these are ordered in a way that is less concerned with telling a story, or explaining Bartlett’s life, than with evoking his qualities of erudition, curiosity, enthusiasm, care and sometimes anger. ‘Electro-Pythagorus’ Review: An Experimental Look at an Innovator 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z To television viewers who have followed the medium’s resurgence of erudition and artistic credibility, the 77-year-old Milch is a towering figure. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The two best single-volume studies known to me share the virtues of erudition and brio; and they very nearly share a title — “The Soviet Tragedy,” by Martin Malia, and “A People’s Tragedy,” by Orlando Figes. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z His knowledge of history, overall erudition and outspoken, often outrageous, opinions — frequently mean but only slightly mean — were an asset to the national discourse whether you agreed with him or not. Gore Vidal’s reading list for America 2012-08-02T20:25:00Z Yet another is apt to “quote lines written in stone and papyrus” and takes quiet comfort in his erudition. Books of The Times: ?The Cat?s Table,? by Michael Ondaatje - Review 2011-10-05T22:00:20Z But if “Coco” doesn’t quite reach the highest level of Pixar masterpieces, it plays a time-tested tune with captivating originality and flair, and with roving, playful pop-culture erudition. Review: ‘Coco’ Brings the Pixar Touch to Death 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Mark Jones Displaying both erudition and a refreshingly homely presentational touch, Dr Joann Fletcher continues her exploration of ancient Egyptian culture, this week examining their attitude to the afterlife. TV highlights 29/03/2013 2013-03-29T07:00:04Z This enchanting illustrated collection of essays and lectures by the British author best known for his children’s trilogy “His Dark Materials” is animated by wit, erudition and a passionate interest in how stories are made. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Besides, this kind of mindless stuff is such a waste of the English language, and of the elegance, imagination, wit and erudition that can be brought to bear on a really cracking parliamentary insult. Is it unparliamentary to call someone a 'muttering idiot'? 2012-05-26T17:19:01Z Atlas later notes that Wilson “never showed off his vast erudition.” Literary biography: possibility and peril 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z It exemplifies an admirable erudition, precision and devotion to the collection, but also a tendency toward the cerebral and austere, visible in many temporary exhibitions of recent art here. MoMA Takes On the ’60s in a Welcome Shakeup of the Permanent Collection Galleries 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Bill; children of farmers, laborers and Main Street businesspeople who brought a singular combination of erudition and practicality to breaking old forms apart and bringing new ones to life. Perspective | D.A. Pennebaker revolutionized film while living in a New York that revolutionized culture 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z On one level this blend of erudition and lubrication started on Valentine’s Day in 2009 at Judson Memorial Church, the birthplace of many avant-garde collaborations. Taking Schubert for a Wild Joy Ride 2010-12-03T22:00:00Z Most drape their work in lofty erudition drawn from fields like philosophy, experimental science fiction and mysticism. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z Americanah is a deeply felt book, written with equal parts lyricism and erudition. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z He combines his raffish erudition with accounts of traveling to tap the minds of cosmologists, theologians, particle physicists, philosophers, mystics and others. Books of The Times: ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-02T18:37:46Z The Sauli commission is, indeed, quite bawdy, although the sex is wrapped in the scholarly moral erudition so common to Baroque art. Getty purchases Gentileschi's radiant 'Danaë,' now owns 2 of 3 paintings in a set 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z “Lanka Tattersall possesses a wonderful mixture of youthfulness and erudition: She is as connected to her generation of artists as she is to our contemporary old masters,” Molesworth said in a statement. MOCA expands curatorial team with new assistant curator 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z This bittersweet show is a poignant reminder of the polymorphous talent and erudition of the poet, painter, aesthete and man about town Rene Ricard, who died in February at the age of 67. Rene Ricard: ‘Remember’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z It generally requires erudition, far more than one funny book can supply. Books of The Times: Wooing With Words in the Age of the Incredible Shrinking Message 2011-07-26T21:30:40Z She became a fellow and director of studies in art at Newnham College, Cambridge, where for more than 20 years she taught as she wrote, in a lively, accessible style that combined erudition with enthusiasm. Carola Hicks obituary 2010-07-27T17:33:00Z A certain studiousness afflicts even his most accomplished work as a screenwriter and director, a tendency to put his erudition ahead of his instincts. Review: ‘First Reformed’ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z At the top level, art collecting has always been about two things: Demonstrating one’s erudition and showing off one’s wealth. The affordable-art paradox: Do reasonable prices make pieces of art less desirable? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z He was also a fluid, engaging writer, able to bring entertainment as well as erudition to the page. Thomas Cahill, Popular Writer of Ireland’s History, Dies at 82 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z His rhetorical zest and throwaway, self-assured erudition were instantly apparent. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z Confident in his own erudition and powers of judgment, Kermode was always open to, and excited by, new ideas in a manner unusual among literary academics. Sir Frank Kermode obituary 2010-08-18T13:20:00Z Visible from the first essay, written 27 years ago, through the last are the lush layers of Hass' rare combination of brilliance, erudition and self-awareness. 'What Light Can Do': Robert Hass ponders a big picture 2012-08-29T19:19:03Z Combine erudition acquired at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford with, of all things, minstrelsy. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “I don't think I've ever spent half an hour in my life doing research,” said playwright Tom Stoppard when asked about the impressive erudition behind his intellectually dazzling comedies. With his first new play in nearly a decade, Tom Stoppard aims to 'stretch your mind just a little bit' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z At the suggestion of Nicholas Serota, the Tate director, Kitaj sought to reflect some of this erudition in extended captions to his paintings that explained their inspiration and genesis. RB Kitaj: an obsession with revenge 2013-02-10T06:00:01Z Nancy Mitford, for her wit, funniness and immense chic; Michael Wolff, for the riveting stories he could tell about the White House; and the diarist James Lees-Milne, for his all-around erudition, charm and good conversation. Anne de Courcy: By the Book 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Cicero’s was a life rich in gravitas and drama, and Harris depicts it with erudition and élan. Robert Harris’s ‘Dictator’ finds new drama in the lives of Caesar and Cicero 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z He was, however, a man of erudition, a poet of some ability, and an interesting political theorist. The King James Bible's language lessons 2011-02-18T12:59:49Z Exotic ingredients and a heavy hand with spices were signs of wealth and erudition. Thanksgiving, medieval style: Give thanks that “Red Deer testicles” and “living eels in roasted pig” aren’t on the menu today 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z They were an ideal pairing; Mr. Bernstein and the Hot 9’s New York City erudition and gusto worked to compound Mr. Butler’s encyclopedic New Orleans flair. Music Review: Henry Butler With Steve Bernstein at the Jazz Standard 2014-01-02T22:31:14Z He apparently was effortlessly erudite, having gone to Eton, which specializes in bestowing the appearance of effortless erudition. The Very English Politics of “A Very English Scandal” 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Because what makes “Travesties” so deeply engaging — and hilarious and touching — isn’t its flashy erudition but its author’s rapt fascination with the workings of the human mind and its enduring relationship with art. Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in ‘Travesties’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Next week, Annette Gordon-Reed, who already has brought such compelling erudition to bear on the Jefferson-Hemings debate, will publish another book that deals with this issue with exceptional clarity and moral breadth. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z In “The Banished Immortal,” a biography of Li, the novelist Ha Jin narrates the poet’s unusual life with erudition and empathy. Ha Jin’s Self-Revealing Study of The Chinese Poet Li Bai 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z And Last: Ink Floyd: “We don’t need no erudition, we don‘t need no taste control . Style Invitational Week 1086: Play the dozens with 12-letter words Updike was that rarity among American intellectuals, one who wrote with both humility and erudition about his religious faith. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z She is a whirlwind of rage and erudition, and she almost makes everyone else look timid and banal. Review: In ‘Maggie’s Plan,’ Greta Gerwig Aspires to Motherhood on Her Terms 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z He was gifted son of a Welsh miner whose escape to Oxford helped him become a man of erudition, insight and self-knowledge, as well as a hell-raiser. Burton diaries' passion and shame 2012-08-15T11:56:58Z And the two antagonists, with their upper-crust accents and their compulsive displays of erudition, are not the kind of guys you see much on the tube these days, or anywhere else for that matter. Review: ‘Best of Enemies’ Recalls Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.’s TV Battles 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z And “The Image Book,” for all its historical sweep and erudition, has the feeling of a personal testament — elusive, almost hermetic, but still motivated by an urge to communicate. ‘The Image Book’ Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z She makes her debut at the Village Vanguard, which rarely books vocalists, with a trio led by Mr. Diehl — a pianist of refined erudition, who has been her musical director for the last several years. Jazz Listings for Sept. 9-15 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z His classical erudition can be too much with him. A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z His loose resemblance to Baldwin is secondary to what Boseman might have done with Baldwin’s erudition and elocution. It’s Hard to Make Dignity Interesting. Chadwick Boseman Found a Way. 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z He also conveyed a twinkling sense of fun around reading and thinking about the world and literature, a notion that erudition could be not just edifying but entertaining. ‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z This shouldn't prevent film reviewers from still writingentertainingly, wearing their erudition lightly. The film critic is dead. Long live the film critic 2010-04-07T14:52:00Z They are liberal, yet doubt the efficacy of political action; they are erudite, yet question the use of erudition. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z It deals “less with people as such than with mental attitudes,” and proceeds through the “creative treatment of exhaustive erudition.” A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z I was amazed and impressed by the range and depth of his erudition. The spy who taught me: My sophisticated British diplomat friend harbored a secret double life 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z What he lacked in political smarts, he made up for in erudition. Tested by Tragedy, Two Politicians Review Their Records — Mistakes Included 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This focused study showcases the erudition of one of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars. New & Noteworthy 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The new order will not relieve us of the old burdens, and the old pleasures, of erudition and interpretation. Among the Disrupted 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Through his erudition, his eloquence, and his piquant wit, Nichols cast a huge light on his tumultuous times. A Last Lunch with Mike Nichols 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Meticulously assembled by Lisa Small, the museum’s curator of exhibitions, the show is a labor of love and erudition. A Feast of ‘Killer Shoes’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Nobody else could match its sweep, its erudition, its discernment or its warmth. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z The idea was to showcase a sovereign’s erudition. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z He wears his enormous erudition lightly, so lightly that most readers will forgive him for talking, at times, a bit down to them. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z His father, he said, was an electronics-systems analyst who could light up a room with displays of erudition, wit and, often, bluster. Up Close: A Founder of Vice Magazine Branches Out 2010-08-16T21:02:00Z She treats Rama, one of the only other Black women in the courtroom, as a confidante and a substitute daughter, to whom she can brag about Laurence’s erudition and elegance. ‘Saint Omer’ Review: The Trials of Motherhood 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z He has so much erudition and high-stepping passion. The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Bartlet decided to own his erudition rather than run from it, sarcastically shredded his opponent in a debate and won re-election in a landslide. ‘The West Wing’ and David Byrne Stage America 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z A figure of twinkly erudition, a natural pedagogue as well as an artist, he has deep history with his trio mates, Chuck Israels on bass and Leroy Williams on drums. Jazz Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The rocket fuel that propels these abrupt plot twists past the slightest suspicion of implausibility is the author’s trademark narrative virtuosity and high-octane erudition. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z She deploys scholarly erudition in the service of policy transformation, propelled by Black voices whose hitherto untold stories of protest add much-needed sustenance to America’s collective imagination. Recasting ‘Riots’ as Black Rebellions 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z He addresses all three with erudition, sensitivity, humour and aplomb: a remarkable achievement. Not just the faiths of Abraham 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z But Dunn is a good writer, with some of the easy erudition of Mary Beard, that great popularizer of Roman history, and her translations from both Plinys are graceful and precise. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Richard Taruskin, a music historian of towering intellect and erudition who delighted in stirring up good trouble, died on Friday at 77. Music’s Towering Intellectual, With an Appetite for Trouble 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z James, a journalist, critic and novelist, applies his cultural erudition to Capri’s history, particularly events of the 19th and 20th centuries, in a leisurely, sometimes even meandering, but always colorful way. Review | How Capri became a hotbed of hedonism 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Further back, I can remember the time when Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate, a novel in verse, a work of great charm and erudition, was a popular choice. Summer reading is a holiday essential 2013-06-24T12:45:11Z Mr. Murphy is impressed by Justice Scalia — the wit and erudition behind his bushy eyebrows, his charm and drive. ‘Scalia: A Court of One,’ by Bruce Allen Murphy 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z A noted raconteur and a popular speaker, Mr. O’Doherty bore his erudition and polymathic talents as lightly as the Irish lilt that remained in his voice, even decades after he settled in Manhattan. Brian O’Doherty, Art Critic and (Conceptual) Art Creator, Dies at 94 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Renaissance humanists found in Jerome a man of erudition and wide learning, largely overlooking the combative ways he employed that knowledge. Perspective | In real life, Jerome was a combative intellectual. Artists made him lovable. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Larsen’s bristling erudition too easily gets in the way of his ability to rivet attention. Review: In Reif Larsen’s ‘I Am Radar,’ an Odyssey of Exploding Particles 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There are no peacock displays of pointless erudition in her work; no recondite allusions are dragged in. ‘Nine Pints’ Is a Brisk Biography of Blood 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Even some who respected Mr. Carter’s erudition and the detail inherent in his compositional method were unmoved by his music. Elliott Carter, Composer of the Avant-Garde, Dies at 103 2012-11-06T03:06:19Z In its sources and allusions, the concert took for granted the broad-spectrum musical erudition of current composers: hip-hop, medieval motets, Broadway, Impressionism, dubstep. Review: Julia Holter and the Spektral Quartet in the Ecstatic Music Festival 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z They are sought-after guests not because they speak with nuance or from deep erudition but because they can be counted on to hurl thunderbolts. Why do cable news shows use so many celebrity ‘experts’? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The quarter-hour lectures veer between humor, erudition and passion, while the venues — including cozy Union Chapel in Islington, a still-working church — are as unique as the format. In Transit Blog: 5?15, London Salon, Offers Lectures Short and Sweet 2011-11-09T11:00:22Z Love is a subject he treats with enormous erudition, startling self-analysis and exceptional musical vitality. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla brings her magic back to the Bowl 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Seldom has a study of the past combined such erudition with such exuberance. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z Much of the book’s power, in fact, comes from the way it brings together these different fictional genres and the values—observation, feeling, erudition—to which they’re linked. A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The sweep and daring of his intellectual project, and his immense erudition, ensured that Mr. Gay remained an unignorable historian long after his retirement. Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z However, his erudition includes a knowledge of Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic that reveals subtleties an ordinary reader would surely miss. Jay Parini on the complexities and contradictions of Jesus 2014-01-15T22:18:32Z One story led to the next, each a skillful mix of erudition and profanity. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z We do not even get the gloss of erudition that the Borghese princes put on it; just that Piranesian feeling that the good times are past, and you are here to walk through the ruins. Alone in the Temporary New Ruins of Rome 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z He adored the wisdom of Montaigne, the imagination of Calvino, the erudition and insight of Henry James and Edith Wharton. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z Her persona mixes goofiness with flashy erudition, and she displays delighted self-satisfaction at her own punchlines, as if each was a killer last word. Sara Pascoe 2010-08-09T21:45:00Z Gilligan describes Norris as a "guy's guy" who combines a down-to-earth personality with erudition. Dean Norris' Big Jim does what it takes in 'Under the Dome' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Midnight's Children is a novel of extraordinary imagination and erudition that anybody might enjoy. Is the Booker a barometer of the best literature? 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z The catalog’s author, Pietro Ercole Visconti, described the sculptures as “an immense treasure of erudition and art, amassed in silence over the course of many, many years.” A Storied Collection of Ancient Sculpture Will Finally See the Light 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Comparisons to figures like Spielberg go only so far, and Rubens’s mix of wit and erudition almost always compensates for any reservations about his religious sensibility or his energetic embrace of the widest possible audience. Review | Rubens had it all — fame, fortune, good looks. But you can’t hate him. 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z The tragic story of the death of the creative class calls for an author with the grand wit and erudition of a Harold Bloom or a Christopher Hitchens. 'Culture Crash' examines the crisis in the creative industry 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Together, their collective erudition and oddness isolate them from their small French town, which is still intrigued by their precocity. A Trove of Continental Fiction Explores Loss 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z A pianist in the Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson lineage, and a singer of gruff erudition and charisma, Mr. O’Neal, 60, has been enjoying a late-career comeback possibly sweeter than his ostensible prime. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z For all his affected erudition, Michel makes a living shooting weddings and baptisms, is estranged from his teenage son and is passionately in love with a married woman who won't leave her husband. "Let It Rain": Feminist French comedy, edgy yet sweet 2010-06-19T13:01:00Z Wallace is the strongest comparator in terms of his high/low vamping – the way nuggets of erudition coexist with a studiously offhand idiom. Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America by John Jeremiah Sullivan - review 2012-07-26T07:00:06Z Mr. Mulderig saw fit to gather and annotate them because they are very good — a curious mix of frivolity and erudition, peacockery and restraint. Review: ‘Philip Sparrow Tells All’ Paints a Samuel Steward Portrait 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z When Spencer took up Sanskrit, Schjeldahl crowed about him “expanding his erudition in all directions!” In ‘Also a Poet,’ a Search for Frank O’Hara and for Peace With Dad 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But while I have passing knowledge of the first two, my erudition of olive oil is limited to articles about its health benefits and which labels I like the best. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z We men were once a proud people known for erudition, wit and curiosity. Critic’s Notebook: NickMom, a Late-Night Programming Block on Nick Jr. 2012-11-08T22:51:46Z There’s no denying that every page of “The Dog” is a little masterpiece of comedy, erudition and linguistic acrobatics. In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking It's primarily a showcase for comedian Mike O'Connell, who plays K. Roth Binew, the kind of insufferably egotistic idiot who speaks with flowery erudition but really has very little to say. 'The Living Wake': high-minded, with lowbrow pleasures 2010-06-03T22:32:00Z “The Lucky Star” is gilded with the signature Vollmann brew of erudition, irony, mysticism and banality. A Lesbian Who’s Not a Lesbian Walks Into a Bar, and ... 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The film “plays a time-tested tune with captivating originality and flair, and with roving, playful pop-culture erudition,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Coco’ and ‘The Bachelor Winter Games’ 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s thick with scientific references, tech talk, arcane erudition and historical research, and it features a child born black to white parents. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z And this pretty much carries over to his list of recommended reading, which is much more useful as a display of ostentatious erudition than an actual guide to science writing comprehensible by non-scientists. Recommended Science Books For Non-Scientists 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In his work as a filmmaker and a critic, Mr. Rivette has shown remarkable erudition and, to some, marked eccentricity. Review: Jacques Rivette’s 1971 Film, ‘Out 1: Noli Me Tangere’ 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It sparkled with showy erudition and the electricity of a true original. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z Even the busiest captain of industry envied erudition and yearned to be more than just an ignorant millionaire. Review | Looking back to a time when leaders and millionaires were also men of letters 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Their level of erudition suggested that they could be working in many different settings — at an investment bank, at the Whitney. Big City: Closing of Loehmann’s Reflects Changes in Shopping 2014-01-24T21:12:30Z Much of the humor in these sequences is, in the modern manner, action-, celebrity-voice-over- and excrement-based, but enough of Ward’s cracked erudition survives to make intellectually insecure grown-ups and precocious children feel smart. Movie Review: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Reboots the Time Machine 2014-03-06T13:00:01Z But a similar intelligence courses through them, coupled with an erudition that, unfortunately, tilts into exhibitionism. Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Cicatko is remarkable for his wide-ranging erudition, and these works draw upon a whole slew of cultural references. Review: James Cicatko draws on dark history for 'Conversations with Messerschmidt' 2011-03-17T20:05:20Z With his erudition and ease with people, Stephen Fry could make a reasonable stab at being the new Whicker. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z This literary study of mankind’s transition from hunted to hunter connects the pursuit of prey to the pursuit of knowledge; Calasso’s encyclopedic erudition yields fascinating meditations on mythology and classical antiquity. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z And they are hot too with painterly attention and erudition — inviting a similar scrutiny from the viewer. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “As the jokes and bon mots and aphorisms fly past, the book is anchored in soliloquies that wear their intent and erudition lightly.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Ernst Cassirer, the most settled and least eccentric of the bunch, painstakingly built a reputation for lucid explication and formidable erudition, not for charisma or audacity. How Wittgenstein and Other Thinkers Dealt With a Decade of Crisis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Like so many pianists with his level of erudition and emotive range, Hersch has become a fixture at the Village Vanguard. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The book includes a marvellous picture of Dan and Alfred Hitchcock standing in front of the theatre’s marquee—an atmosphere of toughness, comedy, and erudition cackles between the two men in their ostentatious suits. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Robert Simonson, reporting on that dismissal in Playbill, said that Mr. Feingold’s writing was known for “erudition and understanding of theater history, both ancient and modern, and how current plays fit in with that continuum.” Michael Feingold, Forceful Drama Critic, Dies at 77 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The duke was drawn to Catherine’s erudition, and the Limbourgs took care to portray her as a scholar; the image that opens the cycle shows Catherine in her book-filled study. Close Reading: The Belles Heures on Display at the Met 2010-03-31T23:05:00Z An esteemed book editor who can write well about nearly anything here brings erudition and passion to essays on romance novels, Hollywood classics and, especially, ballet. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z In the movie “Roxanne,” Steve Martin displays a copy on his desk as he writes those love letters to suggest the level of erudition we can expect from his character. Who cares about hyphens, commas and capital letters? You should. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Harold Bloom was one of the leading critics of his generation, and there is no question about his erudition. Review | ‘The Bright Book of Life’ examines ‘novels to read and reread’ 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The easy erudition was more moving for being so hard won. The Coruscating Moral Vision of André Glucksmann 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Potts is tall, slim and dashing, with a crisp Australian accent and an aura of erudition. Why is a zany comedy troupe performing ancient Roman theater? The story behind the Troubies' 'Haunted House' 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Started in 1553 the paintings are studies in erotic passion and its effect on destiny and were designed to arouse the senses and flatter the erudition of his regal patron. Titian: His Life by Sheila Hale – review 2012-07-06T21:55:13Z All these years later, the enduring mystery about Kissinger — only deepened by Grandin's book — is how so much erudition and so little wisdom could be united in one man. 'Kissinger's Shadow' explores diplomat's long reach in U.S. foreign policy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He was an eminence grise before he went gray and an intellectual who brought a kind of cosmopolitan erudition to the world of music. Lorin Maazel, 84, remembered: A conductor of the old school 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Bellow displays a dazzling range of erudition with lightness and easy wit, and almost every section of his book bears surprising insights. ‘Les Misérables’ is not just a great story — it’s a great publishing story 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z What makes her search particularly thrilling is its brashness and its erudition, its equal propensity to reach for Nietzsche, J.M. Sigrid Nunez's flawless recipe for literary excellence: Throw in a parrot 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z "In the busy world of journalism he was - to the end - a pillar of the old-fashioned values of courtesy, humour and erudition," he said. Tributes to former BBC and STV journalist Colin Mackay 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z I admire David Brooks' prose style, his erudition and his evolution from reflexive support for all Republican policies to writing about character. Can't we all get along? Actually, no — not when the other side behaves like that 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Given that the Catholic tradition has always made a show of scholarly erudition, and that Jesuitical training has its advantages in the cut-and-thrust of debate, Catholic apologists have won the conservative idea war by default. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z With staggering erudition, he tried to make sense of an economic system that somehow repeatedly destroyed itself and yet regrew stronger, faster, and more violent with every business cycle. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z But like Simon, I worry I am being too harsh in my judgments: because this is an illuminating book, written with exceeding wit and erudition. Review | A scathing critique of U.S. Middle East policy, from Carter to Biden 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z While his influences included everything from “Huckleberry Finn” to the Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of images of grotesque reality, little of this erudition called attention to itself in his fiction. Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and Critic of Postwar Japan, Dies at 88 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps no other creature has been invested with such contradictory meanings across so many different cultures — as a protective spirit, a totem of erudition and an omen of death. Why We Love Flaco 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z He was ordained a priest in 1951, earned a doctorate from the University of Munich two years later and gained a reputation for deep erudition. Pope Benedict XVI, conservative pope was first in 600 years to resign, has died 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The Oscar-winning screenplay he co-wrote for “Shakespeare in Love” translates to the screen this gift for turning erudition into high jinks. Tom Stoppard's Jewish roots: Carey Perloff on Broadway's acclaimed play of the season 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Those boneless fingers by her face serve multiple functions, implying her erudition in the Arcadian reference and her accustomed leisure in their languorous droop. Review: Picasso season arrives in L.A. with two smashing museum shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z It involved Princeton’s graduation-day tradition, in which a senior addresses classmates in Latin; during the oration, the classmates are instructed to laugh at various points, demonstrating their supposed erudition. Ralph DeNunzio, Wall Street Chieftain, Is Dead at 90 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Hadot’s view of philosophy as a way of life was unusual, but his erudition concerning the ancient Greek schools was undeniable. Review | Self-help philosophy, inspired by Socrates, that avoids hard questions 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z It is a roundabout confession and sublimated cry for help half-hidden by veils of erudition. Opinion | ‘The Waste Land,’ T.S. Eliot’s primal scream, resonates 100 years on 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Here’s hoping that, despite his sharp insight and erudition, he’s wrong this time. Opinion | It’s good to run into an optimist these days. A roomful is even better. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z He articulated issues with miraculous sophistication, drawing on exceptional verbal skills and extraordinary erudition: e.g., Opinion | Gerson was right about the Christian right 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But people tended to back down in the face of such seeming erudition. How the Supreme Court's "fauxriginalists" are warping the Constitution 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z One man sporting a basketball jersey and tattoo sleeve paged through one tome with studied erudition as he posed for photos, suppressing his laughter. For Hong Kong’s Beijing-Backed Officials, Xi’s All That 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z She had the erudition and the credentials to have been considered a candidate to become librarian of Congress. Opinion | Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, for all the Black women whose talents went untapped 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Kunzru said that he admires both Sjón’s erudition — his novels cover such diverse subjects as whaling, alchemy and the history of cinema — and the way he folds that deep knowledge into swift, effortless stories. Into the Belly of the Whale With Sjón 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But this is Cumberbatch’s movie, one in which he invests his character with just the right degree of menace, casual erudition and unconscious grief. Review | ‘The Power of the Dog’ belongs to Benedict Cumberbatch, who brings menace and grief to the western film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z But Mr. Gerson, whose thoughtful writing and erudition I admire, did not apply the term “privileged” to the structures he so helpfully described. Opinion | Acknowledging the privilege we got at birth 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Every issue was filled with this kind of erudition, and an attendant beauty, which made the magazine’s disappearance all the more spectacular. The Original Black Media King 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Powell was everything we admire in a human being: a military man of conscience, courage, honesty, erudition, loyalty and gentlemanly demeanor. Opinion | Americans trust no one today as they trusted Colin Powell 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Viktor Sedov, 65, had played violin for the Moscow theater's ballet and opera productions for almost four decades, and was reportedly known for his sense of humor and “extraordinary” erudition. Bolshoi performer killed in onstage accident during opera 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The Brewers lost that night to Simmons’s first team, the St. Louis Cardinals, but Simmons was a hit this time, speaking with the delivery and erudition of a tenured college professor. On His Biggest Stage Yet, Derek Jeter Delivered One More Time 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Times magazine article by Mark Z. Barabak about Alvin, Locklin said: “He certainly had the discipline and erudition to have gone on for a PhD. But he made the right choice.” The night L.A. rocker Dave Alvin was an English professor 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z He paints a picture with words that, to me, indicates someone with high intelligence, combined with an erudition that results in the use of language very few achieve. Calendar Feedback: Directors should honor African Americans by hiring Black Americans to play them 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Longtime Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell announced his retirement Friday, ending a decorated 52-year career in which he chronicled the biggest moments in Washington and national sports with enthusiasm and erudition. Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell to retire after 52-year career 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z As played by Leo Marks, Dr. Miller is figure of preternatural erudition, wit and compassion. Review: When Maurice Ravel, a painter and an UCSF neurologist connected on Zoom 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Legendary narrator Gardner’s homespun charm is the perfect foil for Vidal’s erudition. Brace yourself for cold winter nights with these 6 epic classics, retold in audiobooks 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z He became one of the world’s leading public intellectuals through his uncommon erudition, multilingual perspective and the provocative lessons he drew from his Jewish roots and escape from the Holocaust. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Historically minded visitors to Rome as well as Roman-history enthusiasts will appreciate the erudition and context with which he illuminates one of the great stories — and personalities — of the ancient world. Review | What was Nero really doing while Rome burned? 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Perec is the sort of writer most writers want to be, brilliant, inventive and prolific, managing to combine huge erudition with the ability to tell a really good yarn. Top 10 books about great thinkers 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z If the Renaissance seeded the early modern version of the polymath, the 17th century saw its flowering in what at the time were called “monsters of erudition.” Review | Polymaths want to know everything — but ‘everything’ isn’t what it used to be 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Post readers will sorely miss this champion of erudition and good sense. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: There are other sports besides football 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Hammer’s easy, resonant baritone curiously mixes the desirer and the desired, while doing justice to the erudition and elegance of Aciman’s prose. Masterful audiobook narrations by 5 actors and actresses, from Marisa Tomei to Benedict Cumberbatch 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z A somewhat milder version of the many socially maladroit, chronically melancholic schlubs who have traipsed through Kaufman’s fiction, Jake is a fount of impressive, useless erudition. Review: 'I'm Thinking …’ is another marvelous, melancholy mind trap from Charlie Kaufman 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Yelling “Save history!” is just a way to cover bias with a respectable veneer of erudition. Column: It's time to chop down the 'lynching tree' from this California city's logo 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The book is stuffed to its mad gunwales with gags and ideas and scattershot erudition, and my strong hunch is that readers will find it ... challenging. Charlie Kaufman: 'Making people laugh makes me feel validated as a human' 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Over 10 tracks, he seeds Rough and Rowdy Ways with deep musical and lyrical erudition, witticisms and considerable panache. Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways review – enthralling, mischievous – and very male 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z But curation was exactly what Willner did: His records and stage shows were testaments to erudition, exacting taste and a thirst for adventure. 10 inspired, singularly eclectic productions by Hal Willner, music's hippest curator 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The playful title, taken from a Prince lyric, is matched by the wit and erudition in the essays. 21 new and classic books to keep you in touch with the natural world 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z In person, Dr. Lightman is soft-spoken, with a tangibly southern twang at times, and, as in print, he wears his erudition lightly. Time Is Still a Mystery to ‘Einstein’s Dreams’ Author 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z I try to emulate his style, which combines moral force, erudition, and plain English with unique wit and humanity. Bertrand Russell's home recordings discovered 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But he might well watch an Oxford team on University Challenge fumble an answer that he knows and be sure that, within that pocket of erudition, he has proven a winner. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The book also displays a lively erudition: when Deakin describes a swim off the virtually unpopulated island of Jura, in the Scottish Hebrides, he notes that George Orwell retreated there to write “1984.” The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The latter, who at times were drawn in by his charm, were seasoned and capable professionals who felt a duty to lend him their erudition and expertise. ‘Why haven’t you shut down the border?’: inside Trump’s White House 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z I wasn’t moved to take up his cause, to defend his expansive erudition, to pay homage to his exact use of language or to praise his beautifully manicured journalism. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Cities anywhere contain jarring contradictions: misery and success, crime and erudition, grit and glitz, all stacked on top of each other. In India Tech City Shocked by Gang Rape, Vigilante Justice Gets Praise 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Like movie or restaurant reviewers, city critics write from their own perspectives, in distinctive voices enriched by knowledge and experience, but wearing their erudition lightly. 'A way of learning from everything': the rise of the city critic 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The function of a film critic may be open to debate but I am getting very cranky reading letters criticizing Justin Chang’s style and erudition. Calendar Feedback Sun., Oct. 13, 2019 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z From the audience, Shelley thinks, “I’m watching him as he talks. I love watching him. He has that sex-mix of soul-saving and erudition. His body is lean and keen … Women adore him. Men admire him.” 'Frankissstein' author Jeanette Winterson gives new life to the monster 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The erudition of these men cannot be denied. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The towheaded Mr. Boyd, who had once been in the CIA, was an idiosyncratic blend of Midwestern reserve and Harvard erudition: plain-spoken, but in six languages. Robert Boyd, journalist who shared Pulitzer for Eagleton shock therapy revelations, dies at 91 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The erudition for which she is known was part of a passion for culture that emerged, like a seedling in a crevice in a rock, during her emotionally and intellectually deprived childhood. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z On my Roman holiday my guide was a dead man of incomparable erudition and wit: the late Australian art critic Robert Hughes. Opinion | The perfect vacation requires the right book 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z But his erudition and affection for the city shine through. Russian tour guide’s personal story is an attraction 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z As remarkable as Dr. Macksey’s erudition was his personal library, which overflowed a converted garage and filled every room of his house. Richard Macksey, Johns Hopkins professor with capacious mind and library, dies at 87 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z If there’s a showiness to Melville’s pyrotechnics, his erudition was hard-won. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z One did not need the brainpower of a scientist or the erudition of a philosopher to know it. Opinion | 50 years after the moon landing, Apollo 11 remains a miracle 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z No amount of evidence or erudition will convince someone who still believes that Trump is “making America great again” while he battles the deep state, the Zionist cabal, and the liberal elites. Can America recover from Trump? A radicalized right wing suggests dangers ahead 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z The material’s erudition makes it a bit stodgy; acceleration is required to keep things moving. Review: It's '1776' again, and independence is in the air 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “I grew up in a world in which the objective quantification of intelligence and eloquence and erudition was valued above all else,” Donnersmarck told me. An Artist’s Life, Refracted in Film 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Though such experts usually dazzle the public and the powerful alike with erudition and boldness of vision, their geopolitical moves often have troubling long-term consequences. Trump’s trade Czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Both the clothes and the voluminous notes that he distributes at the shows betray an erudition and a roving, restless mind that have a lot do with his deep roots in Rome. Alessandro Michele, Fashion’s Modern Mastermind 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Basking in the Washington audience’s admiration of his erudition, discussion of history and robust lack of self-consciousness, Mr. Johnson did not seem particularly bothered by this, or much of anything, on Thursday. Boris Johnson, Eyes on Downing Street, Sets Political Fires 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Basking in the Washington, D.C., audience’s admiration of his erudition, discussion of history and robust lack of self-consciousness, Johnson did not seem bothered by this, or much of anything, Thursday. The rise of Boris Johnson, in all his carefully honed, disheveled glory 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z “Sarah has guided readers through the digital world with verve and erudition, staying ahead of every turn on the vast beat that is the internet,” the newspaper wrote. Sarah Jeong’s racist tweets spotlighted after New York Times hiring: ‘White men are bulls—’ 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Despite being a mediocre player, he was a favorite of sports journalists, whom he entertained with his erudition. Review | Paul Rudd plays a Jewish baseball player who becomes a spy — and yes, he is a real person 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He was one of my early counselors in the game, always reliable for straight advice steeped in erudition and experience. Peter Thomson: Remembering the outdoor intellectual - Golf Digest 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Robert Kennedy’s erudition stands in contrast to the anti-intellectual populism embodied by Trump. Robert Kennedy's daughter on his death, Donald Trump and America's future 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Culp and Marsh didn’t want merely to name dinosaurs; they also wanted to describe and classify them in scientific journals, each man showing off his erudition, buttressing his claim to be the discipline’s top dog. Review | How the cataclysm that obliterated the dinosaurs gave rise to humans 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Such erudition would be hard to imagine today when the most sophisticated stump speech coming from the current incumbent of the White House is “CNN sucks!” The 'Bobby phenomenon': Netflix doc looks at Robert Kennedy's stellar political rise 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z What really separates him from other officers at his level is his extraordinary erudition and his profound interest in diplomacy. Can Jim Mattis Hold the Line in Trump’s ‘War Cabinet’? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Mattis didn’t become defence secretary because of his erudition, but at least in part because Trump heard he was nicknamed “Mad Dog”. John Bolton finally made it into the White House. Does this mean war? | David Shariatmadari 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z The best central bankers strive, with all the benefit of their erudition and experience, to be as boring as machines anyway. Monetary policy suffers a shortage of central bankers 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z He was backing her, he said, because of her erudition — she has a law degree from Stanford — and her expertise regarding homelessness and affordable housing. It’s a Gay, Gay, Gay Government 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z For the general reader, Marxist-Leninist or not, their energy and erudition are evident today. The strange afterlife of Antonio Gramsci’s “Prison Notebooks” 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z I was awed by his intelligence and his erudition and had quickly come to live in fear of disappointing him. Is it too late to save the world? Jonathan Franzen on one year of Trump's America 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z As conservatives cultivated their everyman anti-intellectualism, Lewis said, many “deliberately shun erudition, academic excellence, experience, sagaciousness, and expertise in politics.” Charles J. Sykes: Where the Right Went Wrong 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z "David Tang was a remarkable man of many talents whose charm, erudition and wit were ever present," the newspaper's editor, Lionel Barber, said in the obituary. David Tang, flamboyant and outspoken Hong Kong fashion mogul, dies at 63 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z “David Tang was a remarkable man of many talents whose charm, erudition and wit were ever present,” the article quoted the newspaper’s editor, Lionel Barber, as saying. Hong Kong businessman and socialite David Tang dies 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In fact, he tends to get downright obstinate when his erudition is questioned. Please go back to tweeting, Mr. President: Trump reveals his massive ignorance on health care 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z A former Jesuit priest who left the order to marry and have children, McGirr is a man of letters who has a wild and woolly way with his erudition. ‘Snooze: The Lost Art of Sleep’: a delightful eye-opener 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z I’m awed at the erudition of The Post’s copy desk. Opinion | Step 1: Learning that Trump is solipsistic. Step 2: Learning what ‘solipsistic’ means. 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Fascinated by his artistry, dazzled by his erudition and curiosity, I would occasionally suggest a coffee or a drink. The Ethereal Genius of Craig Taborn 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The tone is positive and in some cases hagiographic, emphasizing Kennedy’s glamour, erudition and soaring oratory – and preferring not to linger on his extramarital affairs, secret medical problems or foreign policy blunders. JFK at 100: Trump comparisons fuel nostalgia for 'Camelot' 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z In a video made by the Asian Art Museum in 2004, Mr. Cotsen moved from one basket to another and described the craftsmanship of each one with erudition. Lloyd Cotsen, Collector of the Ordinary and the Odd, Dies at 88 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z He works his schtick as the voice of erudition in conservative media, but sometimes this just amounts to a higher standard of sophistry. What conservative writers are saying about James Comey's firing 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z "A restless but hypnotic novel written with remarkable erudition and sensitivity." Israeli comic novel up for International Booker Prize - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z One of Trump’s great successes was to make articulacy and erudition appear inherently suspect. Howard Jacobson: ‘Trump in the White House – that must never feel normal’ 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s less effective when it comes to Simon and Begbie, whose nastiness can’t be erased by occasional erudition or grim slapstick humor. Review | With ‘T2 Trainspotting,’ a watershed movie gets the sequel it deserves 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Question-and-answer columns gave him a chance to demonstrate his erudition and to encourage readers to undertake research on their own, a task that grew easier with the introduction of computerized databases. Christopher Gray, Architecture Writer and Researcher, Dies at 66 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Mokyr knows Asian history, and shows, in a truly humbling display of erudition, that in China the minds evolved but not the makers. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z At the end of each film, the man Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales dubbed “an avatar of erudition” offered his closing remarks. Robert Osborne dead at 84, movie connoisseur who offered fascinating history as host of Turner Classic Movies 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z But this profusion of seemingly disparate material is not just a display of encyclopedic erudition. Opinion | How come we have a mind? And how can we even ask or answer this question? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Straddling the line between erudition and showing off, this book makes you feel smarter for having read it, even if you feel a little stupid first. Review | Inside the anger that gave us Trump — and that will long outlast him 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z A great deal more than the sum of national parts, these multi-layered works impress in erudition and judgment. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z The Islamic State was also endowed with an unusual mix of military expertise — many of its core members were former Iraqi officers with plenty of battlefield experience — and religious erudition. Weakened Militarily, ISIS Still Has Power to Sow Deadly Mayhem 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z I liked that he expressed admiration for others’ better qualities — their intelligence, humor, honor, dignity, generosity, grace, erudition and other attributes of the sort. It’s all a joke, so we may as well laugh 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The erudition and calls to multiple authorities can be wearisome. Medical research: Mariners' malady : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z There are lots of books about books — this one stands out by virtue of its beautiful design, compact size and the author’s erudition, wit and predilection for puns. 18 books perfect for the bookworm in your life 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The book fizzes with erudition and is delightfully leavened by the companionship of his aged and doughty father, who infuriates and is deeply loved in equal measure. Readers’ books of the year 2016 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z He boiled down Judaic erudition to aphorisms like “There’s no roof overhead unless you build it.” A Rabbi’s Enduring Sermon on Living Your Last Five Minutes 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z He trusted that his audience would appreciate an intelligent, measured account of the game, laced with knowledgeable analysis and a never-saccharine icing of erudition. Baseball will never have another Vin Scully 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The position of the supreme leader was once thought to belong to an esteemed cleric known for his theological erudition. Iran’s likely next supreme leader is no friend of the West 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “We’ve had presidents who have reveled in their lack of erudition,” said Allan Lichtman, a political historian at American University, citing Warren Harding and Lyndon Johnson as leaders who scoffed at academics and other experts. Donald Trump doesn’t read much. Being president probably wouldn’t change that. 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z For Ben, a fount of erudition and progressive thinking, this discovery is not cause for alarm, but rather a chance to nourish his child’s intellect. Father doesn't always know best in the slick 'Captain Fantastic' 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z She said Harris struck her as “personable, very approachable — but a lot more powerful than she appears to be. Behind that smile is a very big determination and erudition.” Kamala Harris catches ride on populist wave in California Senate primary 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s her voice that sets her work apart, and her inimitable tone – earthy erudition spliced with abrasive advocacy – that gives The Female Eunuch its unique narrative power. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 13 – The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer (1970) 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He also had a hunger for erudition, expressed in precocious poems, essays, and orations. The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z With a scholar’s erudition and an artist’s imagination, the Italian architect and set designer liberated late 20th-century interior design from staid authenticity and historical correctness. Renzo Mongiardino, the Architect of Illusion 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Then again, it’s not clear that today’s media, with its rewards for a coarser, quicker kind of combat, would have any tolerance for someone of Bill’s erudition and willingness to tease out an argument slowly. A Bill Buckley Lesson for Conservatism Today 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z An artful reworking of Conan Doyle, with Sherlock Holmes transplanted to 14th-century Italy, the book’s baggage of arcane erudition was designed to flatter the average reader’s intelligence. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z McGovern is approachable on the way to avuncular, as readers will see, but the preference for simplicity and plain speaking masks an impressive erudition. “Intelligent people know that the empire is on the downhill”: A veteran CIA agent spills the goods on the Deep State and our foreign policy nightmares 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z And Dionne has a crucial new book that explains this dangerous moment with passion, clarity and erudition. “It’s going to be hard to change the Republican party”: E.J. Dionne explains how the right went wrong — and helped create Donald Trump and Ted Cruz 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But as told by Holland with erudition and brio, the truth about these tyrants is more dramatic and complex than we may have thought. Roman tyrants in all their brutal glory 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Gene Tunney, a heavyweight world champion in the 1920s, was lampooned for his apparent erudition. Klitschko v Fury: Has Wladimir really killed heavyweight boxing? 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z So much erudition could easily come off as pretentious in a book about running, but it doesn’t. What We Think About When We Run 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Good-looking, charismatic and articulate, he is a spine-tingling preacher, combining biblical erudition with folksy humour, compassion with fierce devotion. Love the sinner 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z His seven novels about American history form an elegant and entertaining interlocking series that runs from the Jeffersonian years through the mid-20th century, and which puts his vast erudition on display in palatable ways. A life in feuds: how Gore Vidal gripped a nation 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Writers can be frauds, conjuring erudition with the right words, pretending to be smarter or funnier or cooler or kinder than we are for a sentence or paragraph or essay or novel. My dad taught me how not to be a dad 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Franzen was so charmed by her erudition and the strange dazzle of her prose that he correctly suspected her to be a writer of fiction. Meet Nell Zink. Her story is as good as her novels... | Hermione Hoby 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Both that voice and the stories Zink tells are so startling, so seemingly without antecedent, that she would seem like an outsider artist, if she did not betray so much casual erudition. Bricklayer, Bird-Watcher, Literary Sensation 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z “It’s like if you had an Arab who could quote the Gettysburg Address. It showed off my Arabic and it showed off my erudition. It would impress the hell out of them.” A Billion-Dollar Mirage 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Winemakers, generally as congenial a group of people you are likely to meet, are not widely known for erudition or deep perceptive thinking. Seventeen Beauties Shine At Burgundy Dinner 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The casualness of their erudition, and their willingness to wield it, is one of the greatest differences between our era and theirs. When Conservatives and Liberals Threw Punches He was a self-taught man who impressed friends with his erudition, the newspaper said. Victims of the Terror Attacks in Paris 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z While I can't take issue with the message, typical road sign messages include traffic and hazard advisories, not aggressive attempts at building public erudition. This is what it might look like if Reading Rainbow hacked a road sign 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z My Twitter account, which I had updated once in five years, exploded with counterarguments of similar erudition and insight. My week in the right-wing lie machine: When Fox News, Twitchy and Montel Williams declared war on me 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Her combination of breeziness and erudition makes her unusual among contemporary essayists, and unusually valuable. Book review: ‘Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation,’ by Laura Kipnis 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z To support the Knowledge is to make the unfashionable argument that there’s something dystopian about the outsourcing of humanity’s hard-won erudition to gizmos. The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The book, Abducting A General, recounts the incident with typical Fermor erudition and flair. The man who hiked across Europe and kidnapped a general 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In it, the mindless erudition and misguided aspirations of certain society dames are merrily lampooned. A Review of ‘The Learned Ladies’ in Morris Township 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Those points are the sort of bloodless, purely legal bases that appellate courts prefer when asked to reverse a trial judge, especially one with Kaplan’s reputation for erudition. Appeal in Chevron Case Will Test the Boundaries of RICO 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Nor is he just showing off his erudition about the theater and providing years of material for Ph.D. dissertations. A Review of ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ in Hartford 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z They spoke of the broad-mindedness of the prisoners, the erudition they exhibited speaking in class, the striking references they made. Prison Program Turns Inmates Into Intellectuals 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z For better or worse, guns have acquired a symbolic meaning in modern American society to which Stevens, for all his erudition, gives short shrift. Gun Control and the Constitution: Should We Amend the Second Amendment? 2014-02-20T11:00:47Z They praised Doniger's "vast erudition, insight, graceful writing laced with gentle wit". Why did Penguin recall a book on Hindus? 2014-02-12T15:43:31Z It was his dash, his elan, his humor, his sophistication, his effortless charm, his erudition and, finally, his fearlessness in the face of brilliance that mattered so much. Obama honors President John F. Kennedy complete coverage) 2013-11-20T17:28:00Z At that, the doctor, who obviously considers himself a person of erudition, bucks up and tells us that he's sixty years old, and has been serving this village since 1968. How Beijing--and the Rest of China--Recycles Plastic [Excerpt] 2013-11-08T16:45:03.663Z She added Sedov was much loved in the theatre for his "sense of humour and extraordinary erudition". Bolshoi violinist dies in pit fall 2013-07-17T16:34:06Z When we first met, at a book reading 13 years ago, I was struck by his wit and erudition and by that literary knack of hoisting just the right allusion to illuminate a story. The armed robber who became a writer 2013-07-12T00:07:36Z Even his defenders agree that Mr. Reed grew more contentious and unrelenting as the years went on, though even his detractors admit that his fervid erudition served a purpose. Henry Hope Reed, Architecture Historian, Dies at 97 2013-05-03T01:41:09Z It combines erudition, passion and also wit, charm and quirkiness - not qualities you usually associate with a book of literary essays. India Ink: Pocket Guide to the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013-01-23T12:29:10Z I would like to approach all of this with scholarly erudition. Exercise: of Math and Myth 2012-11-08T21:33:00Z London 2012 has given Johnson’s signature blend of erudition and slapstick a worldwide platform and hitched his star to an event hailed globally as a triumph. Boris Johnson: The London Mayor is the Biggest Winner of the Olympics 2012-08-14T08:05:30Z In doing so, the mayor taps into a British tradition of absurdity and erudition: he’s taken the lessons of Monty Python and turned them into a formidable political brand. Mayor on a Wire 2012-08-06T05:00:00Z The author writing that letter may be a man or woman of exquisite taste and immense erudition, of literary skill and real moral authority. How to get your own back on your critics 2012-06-22T18:00:30Z His library contained vast stores of learned works on antiquities, languages, and the curiosities of erudition. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z I have particular pleasure in quoting these words by a man of immense erudition, because he does not belong to orthodox writers, and will not therefore be thought biassed by a preconceived opinion. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z As displayed by their authors, they generally denoted strange ignorance of Arab customs, notwithstanding that these commentaries were accompanied by considerable erudition, although too bookish. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Anything like a résumé of such a work would be out of place here, but we can cordially recommend it as, with all its recondite erudition, a most readable book. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The work itself is the production of a prelate of high character and reputation for his thorough theological erudition and ability as a writer, and as a clear logical expounder of Catholic doctrine. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Cousin describes him as “a Platonist, of a firm and profound mind, who bends somewhat under the weight of his erudition.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z He wrote with a nerve and a boldness which carried all before it, and his extensive erudition and vast powers of concentration of thought made his works valued and esteemed. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z He had taught her to read his favorite classics, and had left the mysteries of "shaping and hemming," knitting and domestic erudition, to the faithful slave Dinah. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z He was a man of blameless morals, deep erudition, and sincere piety; and he was greatly beloved for the amiableness of his manners. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z For instance, he referred continuously to "my Civil Liberty" as a book of extraordinary erudition, new in its field and the last word on the matter. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z "Just so," said Lord Marlborough, whose erudition was not on a par with the marvellous strategical powers he has since displayed. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z De Gourmont was at base a poet; also a dramatist, novelist, raconteur, man of science, critic, moralist of erudition, and, lastly, a philosopher. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Under his sparkling pen, erudition ceases to be ponderous and becomes full of life. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Nor is he overwhelmed by miscellaneous erudition, like Aulus Gellius for instance, or like Clement of Alexandria, to come to a man more on his own level. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Our teacher was a gunsmith who had more piety than knowledge, and what he lacked in erudition he made up by good intentions which, after all, had a cultural value. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Men of erudition are seldom men of genius. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z But his erudition could not be challenged; only two other men matched his scholarship, Anatole France and the late Marcel Schwob. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z But the musical, directed with an uncommonly deft touch by Davis McCallum, wears its erudition lightly. | Connecticut: A Review of ?February House? at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven 2012-03-04T00:48:11Z Happily, however, for those who distrust their power to surprise by erudition, or delight by wit, good-sense, accompanied by good-humor and courtesy, render their possessors the most enduringly agreeable of social and domestic companions. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Dr. Washburn was a man of statesmanship as well as erudition. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z One is unfortunately familiar with the cosmic preoccupation which the dominant scientific mood is apt to engender, as also with historical erudition which loses the wood in the trees or leaves Nature out altogether. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z "By your favour," said Mr. Butler, "may I ask whether your erudition is impairing your bodily health, that you leave school so early in life, Master Cardigan?" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z These books show marvellous erudition; but some of the judgments expressed in them are warped by prejudice; they are diffuse in style and overloaded with 943 computations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z I hope that this may not prove the opening wedge for erudition. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He had an enormous and varied store of erudition at his command, and the keenest eye for observation. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z To him Damasus entrusted the revision of the Latin text of the Bible and other works of religious erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z After experiencing the erudition of these advanced scholars, we passed into another part of the establishment appropriated to the use of the infant school. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z It was at that period that the accepted identification of our Roman roads came into being, mainly through the fearless erudition of Gale. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The Gentle Reader turns to these highly praised volumes and finds himself adrift, without human companionship, on a bottomless sea of erudition,—writings, writings everywhere and not a page to read! The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z For instance, it is a violation of intellectual duty to spend one's time in acquiring out-of-the way erudition which is useful only for display. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z With a good deal of superfluous, and some superficial, erudition, it cannot be neglected by any one who wishes to study the poem thoroughly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It presented in an attractive style what were then the latest results of scholarly research, but was criticized as wanting in erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z A lively fancy, a strain of genuine erudition beneath his pedantry, and some sparks of insanity, are other elements in his fantastical character. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Giraldi was a man of very 44 extensive erudition; and numerous testimonies to his profundity and accuracy have been given both by contemporary and by later scholars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The work of Jean de Bloch, among others, though covering different ground from this, possesses an erudition and bulk of statistical evidence to which this can make no claim. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z All the arguments, archæological and philological, erected and advanced by mere erudition will not convince me to the contrary. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Curran’s legal erudition was never profound; and though he was capable of the most ingenious pleading, his appeal was always to the emotions of his audience. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Fiske’s erudition not only fortified his judgment, but was a basis for many productions of great scope and importance. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z To understand it requires more instinct than erudition, more sympathy than analysis. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Kelly Lambert’s writing in “A Tale of Two Rodents” is a blissful mix of humor and erudition, and the illustrations by Kate Francis are fabulous. Readers Respond to "Fight the Frazzled Mind"--and More 2012-01-06T16:15:00.250Z Another thing he could not but observe was the manifest learning and erudition of the speakers. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The first season all but perfected the upstairs-downstairs genre of period drama, that British conflagration of erudition, class division, sumptuous acting and impeccably-dressed historical soap opera. ‘Downton’ Butler Wages War With Shiny Forks; Sleazy Cheadle: TV 2012-01-05T09:43:38Z For example, what he says about Royce embraces both men perfectly: "that unique mixture of erudition, originality, profundity and vastness, and human wit and leisureliness." The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z His struggle was the quixotic effort to assert the superiority of his erudition. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z This over-excitement is, moreover, not unknown to men of the highest character and the greatest erudition. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z He turns away contemptuously from the mere curiosities of literature, and is never tempted to make a display of trivial erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His numerous excellent memoirs on Greek coins, and his clever work on the coins of Cyprus, form permanent memorials of his erudition, research, and correct judgment. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The piety and erudition of Tabira are displayed in this writing. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z He had, however, developed into a scholar, using a knowledge of Greek and Latin to acquire a baggage of classical erudition. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z A sense of polished erudition welled strong within him. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z In fact, allusions to the necessary studies of a gentleman meet us constantly, reminding us of the unlikely erudition of the schoolboy in Macaulay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z It went against my conscience to give a gentleman of his civility and erudition the price of a pot of beer, and I added a small testimonial, for which he seemed more than sufficiently grateful.' Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z This financial erudition did not impress me agreeably. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z He is a walking caricature of learning, and the low stupid cunning of his nature contrasts with the vain pomp he makes of erudition. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This is certainly an awkward sentence, if I may be allowed to say this of the productions of an assembly which has been characterised as a paragon of excellency in erudition and theology. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z Others also were made in the defence with much erudition, especially by the Advocate of the Poor, who was a certain Monsignor Spreti. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z "Everybody felt that he knew too much to write," and the best part of his erudition was given to his pupils at Munich. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z I could not help admiring the varied qualities of his erudition, his penetrative talent, and, above all, the clarity and grace of his choice of words. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z One thing, however, appears certain, after shaking the dust from ponderous tomes of erudition. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Its true work was in erudition and science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z And they exemplify the party’s fondness for exalting homespun common sense over hard-earned erudition or even baseline historical grounding. Op-Ed Columnist: And Now ... Professor Gingrich 2011-12-04T00:47:06Z The young man took far less kindly to grammar than he did to reading, writing, arithmetic, or even geography, which Miss Foldal considered one of the mere frills of erudition. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It is sufficient for the rider to be able to translate, by his mechanism, the meaning of these three remarks, to possess all the equestrian erudition, and share his intelligence with his horse. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The one thing apparently impossible to him was to speak ex cathedra from heights of scientific erudition and attainment. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Conspicuous there among the partisans of the union, by reason of his erudition and general literary merit, was Bessarion, afterwards cardinal, whose chief activity already falls under the head of Graeco-Italian humanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z It was a slow, painstaking, meticulous task, requiring common sense, good judgment, a good sense for words and erudition. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z People generally are familiar with Mr. Cuomo's politics, mannerisms and speech patterns, a less lofty version of his father's signature blend of erudition and Queens. The Appraisal: A Chance to Be Andrew M. Cuomo?s Neighbor 2011-11-14T18:10:19Z Learned men abound, whose erudition embraces every subject under the sun. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z As a "professor" I always felt myself a sham, with its chief duties of being a walking encyclopedia of erudition. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z In historical research the Greeks continue to display much activity and erudition, but no great work comparable to Spiridion Trikoupis’s Recent prose writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z His further displays of erudition were cut short by the soothsayer, who cried out to him as they departed, "Remember, thy carcase for his, if he return not." The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z "England," wrote Bayle, "is the country in the world where metaphysical and physical reasonings, spiced with erudition, are the most appreciated and the most in fashion." The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z He was ready to impart of his own inexhaustible wealth of experience, observation and erudition, to any one capable of receiving. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z When this actually takes place, it is very hard for me to conceal my pride in any trifling bit of erudition which I may have accidentally picked up about Boston. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z His prose works display wide erudition; but their style is dull and tedious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z I didn’t mind Jennings’s praising the obvious erudition and sensitivity of people in my situation. Take granddad, NOT dad, on college tour 2011-10-30T21:36:42Z He was often seen riding his bicycle, and he was popular with colleagues for his wit and personal modesty, as well as his erudition. Antonio Cassese, Noted Italian Jurist, Dies at 74 2011-10-24T02:55:06Z Nothing can be farther from the allegorical erudition, the political diatribes and the sermonizing moralities of the authors of Renart le Contre-fait than the sly na�vet� of the writers of the earlier branches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The learned author has rendered this one of the most pleasing features of his work, and it has evidently afforded him no little gratification to exhibit clearly the vast erudition of his numerous brethren. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z This and the other book was pointed out as of great importance, and discovering great erudition in the author. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z But the advancement of English education—the only passport to honor and emoluments—has necessarily laid, as it were, an embargo on the extensive culture of Brahminical erudition. 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 Whoever, therefore, thinks one thing, and teaches another to his followers, appears to be no less destitute of erudition than he is of virtue. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z In the mouths of these personages and of another, Raison, he puts the most extraordinary mixture of erudition and satire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z From the first, Mr. Meyer's erudition and sincerity drew forth the confidence and interest of the young Jew. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Profound erudition, critical acumen, and a subtle insight amounting almost to intuition, are displayed in their writings. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Their pupil united to the erudition of the one the critical spirit of the other. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z This work is the first comprehensive history of German literature written both with scholarly erudition and literary skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z In both Christine and Chartier there is a great deal of rather heavy moralizing, and a great deal of rather pedantic erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The pious old man who is thumbing the book is displaying his Talmudic erudition to his hearers. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z She was surprised that, notwithstanding my youth, I was so learned, and spread the fame of my erudition through the whole Passage de l'Op�ra. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z But when we see erudition without such power, as we often do in every department of scholarship, we perceive at once upon how much lower a level it stands. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z At this Gronski, who was a man of great erudition, began to discourse upon country life; that, in truth, it was, from time immemorial, considered the only real and normal life. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z We have observed that, at least in the later section of the Roman de la rose, there is observable a tendency to import into the poem indiscriminate erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z At the end of some years of banishment her "erudition" struck Dr. Huet, who met her at the baths of Forges. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The former was an exceptional character, combining the enthusiasm of a scholar and the erudition of a sage. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z In all departments of learning, and not less in scientific than in literary studies, erudition does not necessarily imply a high degree of culture. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z The Student’s Mythology lays no claim to any superiority in point of erudition; the text-books already before the public leave nothing to be desired in this particular. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Here we have, besides floods of miscellaneous erudition and discourse, political argument of the most direct and important kind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Geffcken was a man of great erudition and wide knowledge and of remarkable legal acumen, and from these qualities proceeded the personal influence he possessed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z But it took Schmidt's charm and erudition to carry this one off; however important Google might be to the future of broadcasting, newish chief executive Larry Page would have lacked the "human interface" required. Google crashes TV's Edinburgh party 2011-08-28T17:01:01Z Culture implies the acquisition of some power of the mind in an eminent degree, and such power is constantly associated with erudition, simply because it leads to erudition. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Though the saying, "Japanese spirit and Chinese erudition" was henceforth fondly spoken of, the Japanese spirit itself was not yet clearly defined, and did not enter into the full consciousness of the nation. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z It consists partly of a defence of its nominal subject, partly of satirical polemics on the Protestant side, and is filled almost equally with erudition and with the buffoonery and fatrasie of the time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z He is, moreover, a man of great erudition, and has been wisely selected to be the editor of a monumental work, Le dictionnaire de physiologie, which is issuing from the press to-day. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z And all three began to talk with vivacity, revealing, on the subject of candied fruit, great erudition and subtle knowledge. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Better to let the veil of obscurity cover a point of erudition, than to call in question so high and incontestable an authority. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Not so much because of David Chang personally, but because of all the energy and virility and obsessive erudition that has surrounded him over the past few years. David Chang's 'Lucky Peach' Magazine Is Deliciously Hip 2011-08-17T09:40:00Z But at this very time there were in France students and scholars of the most profound erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Hereafter, the combat with the giant was preceded by a long disputation, wherein King David demonstrated, with great erudition and eloquence, wherefore he must and would smite his frightful antagonist to death. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z I marked his gentle ways, his enormous reading and erudition, never flaunted, never refused, never at fault. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z To these early methods, and to his native “slimness” and cunning, the Boer now added some German erudition. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z All science," says M. Comte, "has prevision for its end, an axiom which separates science from erudition, which relates to events of the past without any regard to the future. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z Romance in prose and verse, drama, history, songs, satire, oratory and even erudition, are all represented and represented worthily. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Perhaps it was best for his peculiar office and proficiency that he allowed all erudition to go unlooked-upon. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z In our own country, the printers were men of erudition and literary acquirements; and were honoured as became their mission. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z In an essay prepared for the intelligent and thoughtful, not for the learned or scholarly class, reference to stores of erudition would be out of place. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z He was a man of erudition, but he owed his fame chiefly to his personality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z During all this devotion to science in its modern acceptation, the older and more literary forms of erudition were not neglected, especially by the illustrious Benedictines of the abbey of St Maur. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The men appreciated that, although they were proud of his erudition and books. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z I wish I had noted down all the odd bits of erudition with which he used to entertain me. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Rainoldes was the leader of the Puritans, a person of prodigious reading and doctrine, and the very treasury of erudition. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Apart from his reputation for learning—though this involved a wide and general knowledge rather than erudition in any particular branch—he was a man of considerable means, and was open-handed to a fault. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The desultory arrangement, the light 139 and lively style, the extensive but not always too accurate erudition, and the somewhat captious and quibbling objections, are intensely Voltairian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z I suppose they think it a sign of erudition.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z His Introductions, Notes and Appendices to these books are storehouses of erudition and enable the reader to correct the biased information of the text. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Men care comparatively little for erudition in women, but very much for physical beauty and good nature and sound sense. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z Bede describes Aldhelm as “a wonder of erudition in the liberal as well as ecclesiastical learning.” Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z The same century, moreover, which witnessed these developments of well-intentioned if not always Artificial forms of verse. judicious erudition witnessed also a considerable change in lyrical poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z There is a vast amount of erudition displayed in its pages; and remembering how slow and painstaking a workman Moore declared himself to be, it must, one would suppose, have been the work of years. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z It is weary to listen by the hour to men or women who principally teach you their own opinion of their own erudition. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z I began to find limits even to my father's erudition, and chafed under them. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Do you fancy you can dazzle Faustina with your foreign erudition? Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z The Jesuits were learned enough, and their principal journal, that of Tr�voux, was conducted with much vigour and a great deal of erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The mandarins of the highest rank were on one side, the calao with the professors of the college on the other, and several doctors, renowned for their erudition, occupied other seats. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z This was the useful age of critical erudition. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Cousin describes him as "a Platonist, of a firm and profound mind, who bends somewhat under the weight of his erudition." Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification 2011-05-31T02:00:37.797Z His vast erudition may have deceived him; but titles are distinct from things. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Mascaron has the older fault of prodigal and somewhat indiscriminate erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The imitation of the classics implies, in the first place, erudition on the part of the poet; and, moreover,-191- it requires intellectual labor and study. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z With more erudition than taste, he marked the mechanical 103 gradations—the stages of every language, from rudeness to refinement. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z How far a certain charm of spontaneity was obscured a little, perhaps by erudition and a sort of Aristotelian preciseness, it is not for me to say. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Health of body only runs parallel with health of mind; it turns aside and departs from erudition, from over-much imagination, and from great profundity. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Of science and erudition the time was fruitful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The poet is born, it is true; but this only refers to the ardor and joyfulness of spirit which naturally excite him, but which, without learning and erudition, are absolutely useless. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The age of erudition and taste was to be succeeded by the more energetic age of genius and philosophy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In order to put on a false show of erudition, you lug into your last article a familiar Latin sentence. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Whoever, upon comparison, is deemed by a common audience the greatest orator, ought most certainly to be pronounced such by men of science and erudition. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z All day, hitherto, our talk had been of the poets—Greek, Roman, English, and German, and so much erudition, taste, and feeling, I had rarely found united. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The Renaissance, with its humanistic tendencies, never quite succeeded in discriminating between erudition and genius. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Although he took no degree at college, his erudition was not the less extensive, as appears by his critical knowledge of the Hebrew and Greek. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z More than one eminent German authority speaks in terms of high praise, of the accuracy and unwearied erudition which characterize the accompanying test. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z They compliment the learned doctor's erudition and eloquence, and beg him to name the evening when he will speak to them. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z From this showing it would appear that French and German erudition is about on a par with English and American. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z We went forth to take a walk, Pete accompanying us as a sort of cicerone, and discoursing with much erudition of bar-rooms as we went. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z At a time when sciences had no reality, they were constantly alluding to them; ignorance hardily imposed its erudition; and experimental philosophy only terminated in necromancy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Dr. Vollmer is an amiable and hard-working scholar of immense erudition, and possessed of a boundless enthusiasm on the subject of early German and Gothic dialects. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z But, dear sirs, can you supply the eloquence and erudition which you indorsed in Dr. Dunderhead, for which many Easy Chairs paid many dollars, and which Dunderhead failed to display? From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Her illustrious rank, her piety and her erudition necessarily made the Lady Jane an object of special interest to the leaders of the Reformed Church in England and on the continent. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z He shut himself up, and eagerly employed his time in reading every kind of books; Latin, Spanish, and Italian authors—all served to contribute to his various erudition. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z For the good sense of Lady Masham erudition lost its curiosity, and imagination its charm; and she probably with some had certain misgivings of the tendency of her father’s writings! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In any case, his curious and out-of-the-way erudition found its scope in the production of this volume, which he published in collaboration with Mr. S. R. N. Macphail and Mr. H. W. Lonsdale in 1897. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z His first work was The Theatre of the Greeks, a work showing much erudition. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z |
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