| 单词 | euphuism |
| 例句 | Sir Charles Eastlake, in whose election to the Presidency the Queen and Prince had been much interested, had not brought oratorical euphuism to the same perfection as his successor, Lord Leighton. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Poor Tony was bitten by the absurdities of euphuism, and his lines are mere nonsense. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z His language soars into the wildest hyperboles and euphuisms. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Its name is quaint, for so was its discoverer, Luke Fox, a worthy man, addicted much to euphuism. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The chief characteristics of genuine euphuism were extreme artificiality and numerous allusions to natural history embellished by imagination. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z We may prefer the racy stanzas of the Cognate to those frigid and exhausted euphuisms. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He has shaken off the rather recondite euphuism of some of the earlier passages, and has become more human and familiar. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The work of the instructor, abhorred by most men, and especially by sensitive men, was to him literally the "delightful task" of the poet who has endured many a jibe for so monstrous a euphuism. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z That lady was considered most proficient in euphuism who could keep up longest these chains of similes taken out of fabulous natural history. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He first left the 17th century, with its stiff euphuisms, its formal obsequiousness, its ponderous scholasticism and its metaphorical antitheses, definitely behind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The style of the Filocopo was new; and in spite, or perhaps because of, its euphuism, it had a decided success. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Dr. Blecker used no delicate euphuism in talking of women, which, maybe, was as well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z The word "cheering," indeed, is but an euphuism, and in no way expresses the serrated yell, composed of epithets, advice, and imprecations, that was flung like a live thing at the oncoming boats. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Her attitude was a credit to the extremes of euphuism. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time He continued therefore in this vein, writing with extreme facility and rapidity improbable love stories, with wars, kings, and princesses, with euphuism and mythology, with Danish, Greek, Egyptian and Bohemian adventures. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism. A History of Elizabethan Literature The world is so much with us, now-a-days, that we need have something that prates to us, albeit even in too fine an euphuism, of the moon and stars. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The purity of her literary taste, the love for a chaste and simple style, which Ascham noted with praise in her girlhood, had not yet perished under the influence of euphuism. History of the English People, Volume IV Her style, instead of being clear and simple, as would have best suited her subject, is disfigured by the euphuism which was the fashion among writers of the last century. Mary Wollstonecraft I make a special mention of this point, as we shall find it has a certain connexion with the subject of the origins of euphuism. John Lyly Michael Drayton, in some verse complimentary to Sidney, stigmatises not much too strongly Lyly's prevailing faults, and attributes to the hero of Zutphen the purification of England from euphuism. A History of Elizabethan Literature Each age has flung into the limpid waters its pretentious archaisms and euphuisms, but nothing has remained on the surface to perpetuate these futile attempts and impotent efforts. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. It is, however, much interspersed also with verses which, like Icelandic verse in general, are alliterative in prosody, and often of the extremest euphuism and extravagance in phrase. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Its euphemisms in reality have no baser intent than the euphuisms of Lyly, Ben Jonson, or Shakespeare. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula The euphuism of the foregoing quotation will be readily detected. John Lyly This was the Golden Age of euphemism, as it was of euphuism; the worst inventions of the English mid-Victorians were adopted and improved. A Book of Prefaces The story does not advance much, but that is of small account so long as the dialogue tickles ears taught to find delight in well-spoken euphuism. The Growth of English Drama The good wives of the neighbourhood used no such euphuisms as their more prudent husbands, when they spoke of Crayshaw’s. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys We discount them as belonging to the euphuism of a certain epoch, and are rather surprised than otherwise that they should not be more apparent. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Before, however, proceeding to fix the position of euphuism in the development of English prose, let us sum up the results we have obtained from our examination of its relation to the general European Renaissance. John Lyly It was but an euphuism of the time, this formal preamble, declaring that his errand had to do with the preliminaries of a private quarrel between gentlemen. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The result became known as euphuism, and those who employed it as euphuists. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy And with this pretty little instance of courtly and courteous euphuism we pass from the first to the second and most important act in the play. A Study of Shakespeare A prose idyl is the term which best describes the courtly and pastoral character of Lodge's "Rosalynde," the last work of fiction of any importance which distinctly bears the impress of euphuism. A History of English Prose Fiction Landmann ascribes euphuism to Spain, Symonds ascribes it to Italy, and an equally good case might be made out in favour of France. John Lyly His passion for euphuism contrasted strikingly with the simple speech of those with whom he consorted. The Magician Thirdly, there are those similes most characteristic of euphuism, though less commonly found than the two kinds just mentioned, namely, those drawn from "unnatural natural history." Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy The horrible maltreatment of women in India, which it would be an unpardonable euphuism to call simply ungallant, will be dwelt on in a later chapter. Primitive Love and Love-Stories A euphuism has been invented to cover the wrongfulness of this system; it is now called 'discounting.' Hodge and His Masters This brief survey of the framework of euphuism is far from being an exhaustive analysis. John Lyly In the genuine bardic times, no such vague euphuism would have been tolerated as that of Homer on this subject. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. "Rosalynde" marks the end of the unquestioned supremacy of euphuism as a literary mode. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy What euphuism was to the Elizabethan courtiers, what the langue galante was to the court of Louis XIV., the mythological dialect was to the gay circles of aristocratic Rome. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Much euphuism, much studied grace of manner, much formal assertion of scholarship, mingling with his force of imagination. Mornings in Florence The other ornamental device is one which has attracted a considerable quantity of attention from critics, and has frequently been taken by itself as the distinguishing mark of euphuism. John Lyly These are euphuisms to avoid speaking broadly and openly of that venerable feature, the beard. First Footsteps in East Africa It is euphuism of the purest water, with all the merits and all the drawbacks of the euphuistic manner. English literary criticism She found this sort of euphuism established; and it was not for a very young woman to oppose it. Biographical Essays I had a vision of him standing by his mission door aforetime, repeating one jest, or more likely one stale euphuism night after night. The Ivory Trail Equally unsatisfactory is the theory that euphuism was of purely Spanish origin. John Lyly Its name is quaint, for so was its discoverer, Luke Fox, a worthy man, addicted much to euphuism. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage It was a euphuism to speak of a fling at you: it was a kick. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 "Sent away" is a euphuism for "sent to prison." The Turmoil, a novel The novel of Sidney, though its loose and meandering style marked a reaction against euphuism, carried on the Lylian tradition in its appeal to ladies. John Lyly In the first place it appears that the part played by Berners in the history of euphuism has been considerably under-estimated. John Lyly We have seen that English euphuism was at first a flower of unconscious growth sprung from the soil of humanism. John Lyly And so, though we cannot say that euphuism is verse, we can say that it partakes of the nature of verse. John Lyly And here again the poetical and aristocratic tendencies of euphuism show themselves. John Lyly For some reason, the musical properties of euphuism do not appear to have found favour among those critics, and this was probably a loss to our literature. John Lyly In both answers I think there is truth; and I hope to show that they give us, when combined, a fairly adequate explanation of the vogue of euphuism in our country. John Lyly Like a fossil in the stratum of euphuism it was soon covered up by the artificial layer of arcadianism. John Lyly Indeed, until fifty years ago, Lyly spelt nothing but euphuism, and euphuism meant simply nonsense, clothed in bombast. John Lyly We shall then be in a position to proceed to the more interesting, and as yet unsettled problem, of the origins of euphuism. John Lyly But this simply evades the whole issue; for, though it explains Euphues, it by no means explains euphuism. John Lyly The cry of art for art's sake is raised, and the result is extravagance, euphuism. John Lyly But, deferring this point for a later treatment, let us conclude our study of the evolution of euphuism in England. John Lyly Other marks of euphuism, such as the fantastic embroidery of mythical beasts and flowers, are absent. John Lyly There is truth in all these hypotheses, but each misses the true significance of the matter, which is that euphuism must have come, and would have come, without any question of borrowing. John Lyly In this way, short-lived and abortive as it seemed, euphuism anticipated the literature of the ancien régime. John Lyly On the other hand, it is possible to trace a feeling towards euphuism among writers who were quite outside this group. John Lyly In Italy, in France, and in Spain, therefore, we may find parallels to euphuism without supposing any international borrowings. John Lyly This writer again brings us in touch with that Oxford atmosphere, which, I maintain, surrounded the birth of the full-blown euphuism. John Lyly No one, reading the Petite Pleasure, can doubt that Pettie was the real creator of euphuism in its fullest development, and that Lyly was only an imitator. John Lyly It was Lyly who made euphuism famous and therefore a power; and, despite the fact that he marks the culmination of the movement, he is the most dynamical of all the euphuists. John Lyly Here we have the two elements of our native-grown euphuism, and their origins, carefully distinguished. John Lyly As with most first attempts, euphuism, while bestowing immense benefits upon those who came after, was itself a failure. John Lyly As it was, prose in this country, when euphuism invaded it, could already show seven centuries of development, and, moreover, development along the broad and national lines of common or vulgar speech. John Lyly We might even concede that he was acquainted with an earlier edition of Guevara, and that his style was actually derived from Spanish sources, without surrendering our thesis that euphuism was a natural growth. John Lyly Letters, syllables, words, sentences, sentence groups, paragraphs, all are employed for the purpose of producing the antithetical style now known as euphuism. John Lyly We can, however, dismiss this second branch of our subject in fewer words, because the problem of Euphues is much simpler and more straightforward than the problem of euphuism. John Lyly With euphuism, antithesis and the use of balanced sentences came to stay. John Lyly Arcadianism came as a reaction against euphuism, attempting to replace its artificiality by simplicity. John Lyly Caring more for brilliancy of dialogue than for anything else, he was no more likely to be successful here, in portraying passion through conversation weighted by euphuism, than he had been in his novel. John Lyly And it is not fanciful I think to see in Lyly's pointed dialogue, tinged with euphuism, the forerunner of Congreve's sparkling conversation and of the epigrammatic writing of our modern English playwrights. John Lyly Cheke's famous criticism of Sallust's style, as being "more art than nature and more labour than art," introduces us at once to euphuism, and gives us by the way a very excellent comment upon it. John Lyly |
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