| 单词 | farrago |
| 例句 | THE Oxford English Dictionary defines a pastiche as “a medley of various ingredients; a hotchpotch, farrago, jumble.” ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z Mr. Eotvos’s highly atmospheric music plays very much a supporting role in this farrago. Review: Better the Devil You Don't Know? 2010-03-02T12:00:00Z No competent proofreader would have allowed such an embarrassing farrago to go to press. Review | The story behind some of the world’s most awe-inspiring magic tricks 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The New York of Chronic City is a farrago of rumours, mirages and false identities where everything that is most desirable wavers just beyond reach or may not even exist. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z But such a history would be a farrago, as is clear in the case of Marclay, who is now best known for his video work The Clock. Turner prize: Susan Philipsz may be a worthy winner, but don't call her a sound artist 2010-12-07T11:47:00Z Directing The Interview with his longtime writing pal Evan Goldberg, Rogen serves up the usual farrago of sexual outrage and guy-bonding, only this time in the guise of nervy satire using real names. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The matinee won’t include Act Two, in which the farrago of fairy tales give way to a horror show. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z The play has been described as a farrago of undercooked ideas and clashing styles by some critics, lauded as a brilliantly unorthodox play of daring imaginative scope by others. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z Supporters of The Weinstein Company point out that the production company had dropped the earlier copyright claim prior to the farrago surrounding The Butler. Weinstein Company and Warners battle over rights to title The Butler 2013-07-02T12:31:32Z This farrago of nonsense was ridiculed by critics, yet was a considerable best seller, his last. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Shakespeare intends for this world to seem both mad and merry, but the production compounds the comic confusion with a farrago of accents and theatrical mannerisms. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Actually, I lied – that is not the weirdest thing about this whole farrago. Bitchy resting face: must it be taken so seriously? 2013-07-23T16:27:32Z Land ownership on the Olympic Peninsula is a farrago of state, federal, Indian, and private property lines, with sketchy boundaries and often little signage. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z The farrago over Wayne shows that our response to past and ongoing infractions – such as Neeson’s failure to realise the racism of his comments during the aforementioned coshgate – must be sophisticated. Should we be surprised by John Wayne's racist and homophobic views? | Caspar Salmon 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It's a farrago of embarrassments and humiliations, the bonkers and the insanitary. British Art Show 7: have I got spews for you 2010-10-25T20:30:00Z The trouble is that he aims to replace both sacred dogma and secular law with his own conspiratorial farrago. Inferno by Dan Brown – review 2013-05-19T07:00:02Z But maybe his Australian-ness is the reason for his wilful disregard of the Bard whose work could have showed him long ago that this whole farrago would end badly. Murdoch could learn from Shakespeare 2011-07-12T19:00:01Z The Oscars needed a crisis-free year after the La La Land/Moonlight farrago, and by and large it got one. Radicalism lite: eight things we learned from the Oscars 2018 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The film’s vision of Reconstruction is a farrago. The New Season DVDs: New DVDs: ?Citizen Kane,? ?Going Places,? ?Birth of a Nation? 2011-09-18T00:13:03Z I'm afraid this was the high point in a farrago of leaden jokes, ill-observed "observational" riffing and a yawningly familiar cast of teen idlers, old fools and Shameless-inspired lowlife. Rewind TV: Dragons' Den; Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words; My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special 2011-08-06T23:05:53Z The thread referred to in the film’s title, however, is another one: the notorious FindBostonBombers subreddit, a conversation that rapidly devolved into a farrago of unfounded speculation, amateur detection, crackpotiana and conspiracy theory. The Boston Marathon and Reddit: When the Internet’s deluded amateur-hour detectives ran amok 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z But I kept cringing: why was I even watching such a farrago? A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z After this farrago, what can Montalbano do but agree to foot the bill for the letter/litter, too? Review | Blind, Andrea Camilleri dictated this delightful mystery novel before his death at 93 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Instead, it’s more the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July — a farrago of politics, preaching and fireworks. Review | Your perfect July 4 read: A book packed with politics, preaching and fireworks 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z It’s a magnificent farrago of best guesses, classical locations, Biblical myth, and not a lot of sea. Start with the Map 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Eager "unequivocally … to influence the public", he produced what the historian the late Robert Kee called "a farrago of rubbish", sorely weakening his case. Should 'true story' films such as Zero Dark Thirty and Argo be rated L for lie? 2013-01-17T18:29:01Z At this point in previous blogs we've explained exactly what this whole sorry farrago of a tournament is all about. Football songs championship 2012: it's the final! 2012-06-22T10:00:00Z But you don’t need a Ph.D. in Spaghetti Western Studies to detect the mythic and pop-cultural influences on this fever-dream farrago. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z Her farrago of falsehoods includes allegations that Richer manipulated the printing of election ballots and “inserted” 300,000 phony votes into the final count to prevent Republican candidates, including Lake, from winning. Column: Kari Lake is a deceitful fraud. Now she'll have to defend her lies in court 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Director John Gould Rubin bears much of the blame for the ensuing farrago, though no one could accomplish this level of confusion alone. Review: In striving to be modern, the Wallis makes a mockery of 'King Lear' 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The comparison doesn’t exactly flatter Pearce’s movie, an uneven farrago of science-fiction thriller and child abduction drama just about held together by Ahmed’s forceful and committed performance as a man teetering on the brink. Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘C’mon C’mon’ hits home at resurgent Telluride Film Festival 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z For me, the most interesting thing about Wednesday’s farrago was the prominent role assigned in it to Nick Clegg, formerly deputy prime minister of the UK and now a bagman for the Facebook supreme leader. Nick Clegg is on the wrong side of history at Facebook | John Naughton 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z After the momentary comfort of thinking he had found someone who understood that a belligerent farrago of Fox News talking points was, indeed, intelligence — what chaos faces the president now. Opinion | Devastating news for America’s intelligence 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z A farrago of half-truths, distortions and outright invention. MPs condemn Boris Johnson for his 'despicable act of cowardice' over ambassador – live news 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Now that I’ve experienced the stylistic farrago, I can only imagine the backstage power struggles. My brunch with Glenda Jackson: A critic goes another round with Broadway’s King Lear 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z But the whole two-year farrago of phony promises, topped by violence and repression in recent weeks, amounts to a travesty. Opinion | Why Congo’s election on Sunday will be a travesty 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Anger boiled over into a tweet last week, when he could not bear the farrago unfolding on Remembrance Day. John Kerry: ‘People are going to die because of the decision Trump made’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait called the hearings a “farrago of evasions and outright lies.” Justice derailed: How Guantanamo set the stage for the Kavanaugh hearings 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z As with many issues, Giuliani has addressed the question with a farrago of bumbling confusion and sly misstatement. How Rudy Giuliani Turned Into Trump’s Clown 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The website that says it is associated with Operational Forces Action, A.F.O. in French, is a farrago of threats and vague ideology. Far-Right Cell Plotted Attack on French Muslims, Authorities Say 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Indeed, the farrago signalled his strength as well as his weakness. A blot against America 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Even now, it is fiercely alive—a one man serio-comic farrago of sexual transgression, psychic pain, metaphysical horror and cultural lament. Philip Roth was one of America’s greatest novelists 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The whole discipline of climate science is a farrago of unreliable statistics, arbitrary research techniques and politicized groupthink. How Bad Is the Government’s Science? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In his interview in February, Mr. Thaci dismissed the Marty report as part of a Russian-orchestrated program of “fake news,” a farrago of lies and disinformation intended to undermine Western influence in the Balkans. Kosovo’s War Ended, but the Shooting Didn’t. A Court Promises Justice. 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The man is simply unable to face truth or his limitations which is why we witness a daily farrago of utter and dangerous nonsense. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Radical Honesty 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z We all love Stranger Things, but we didn’t love the obvious farrago that was The Lost Sister, the seventh episode of this year’s second season. 2017: the year in pop culture 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z On the contrary, this farrago of corporate goodies — along with the absurd repeal of the estate tax and various other benefits showered on the well-off — would only aggravate existing inequalities. Opinion | Stop obsessing about tax cuts 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Yet there are two reasons to find hope in this farrago. Racial progress and the NFL 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The farrago Trump has created on healthcare is consequential and shameful. Sorry, Kellyanne Conway. 'Alternative facts' are just lies | Jill Abramson 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Still, this farrago offers lessons for both parties in how to win, and lose, elections. In one state, the 2016 election is still not over 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The governor’s line is that the farrago is an intentional distraction from the state’s economic recovery. Carolina crossfire 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z All things considered, this pitifully plotted Belgian-French production represents the nadir of animated movies released so far this year, a farrago of frantic action and mindless cacophony. ‘The Wild Life’: Animated tale leaves us stranded with a klutz 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He thought the whole farrago was a practical joke, or a mistake, or a miscarriage of justice. Billy the kid 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Was the spring’s movement—the greatest swell in student activism in decades—truly the depicted farrago of screaming, shoving and casual repudiation of the First Amendment? The Revolution on America’s Campuses 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z If the city’s citizens are baffled by this farrago, they are not alone. The plughole of history 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z All are sacrificed to the plot—the usual farrago of childhood trauma, lumps of kryptonite, and panic in the streets—or, rather, to the very loud noises that the plot creates. In “Batman v Superman,” Nobody Wins 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z When this paranoid farrago met reality, the ensuing events were brief, frightening, and sad. Ammon Bundy Stands Down 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Five years after the law’s passage, opposition to the Affordable Care Act remains strong both among GOP and independent voters, and the explanation is the law’s farrago of mandates, subsidies, transfer payments and political control. The Post-ObamaCare Debate Begins 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Australia would perform creditably in Germany, their first finals since 1974, and would not have to bother with this kind of farrago when among their Asian friends. The Joy of Six: football miskicks 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z And what must the Argentinian think of the MK Dons farrago? Manchester United and Louis van Gaal dare not lose again after drubbing 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Is the backlash just another example of a small minority shouting the loudest, or is the farrago part of a wider threat to online freedom and the right to anonymity? Manchester Evening News bars non-Facebook users from commenting online 2013-01-18T10:42:00Z In summing up, the judge talked about just how complex the whole farrago is. Rail official job case adjourned 2012-11-29T18:07:32Z He asked me to sit with him alone, when the table began rapping out a number of consonants—a farrago of nonsense, it appeared to me, and I stopped and said so. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z To her practical but limited intelligence the creed was a farrago of folly. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The decision to retain him on time-limited terms has haunted David Bernstein since he walked into the FA chairman's job in December 2010 in the wake of the 2018 World Cup bid farrago. David Bernstein left to pay for FA mistakes over Fabio Capello 2012-02-08T21:50:59Z Now we arrive at the curiosity shops displaying several porcelain articles, a few of bronze, many tiles, and a farrago of rubbish. 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 "Fishing vessels at New York," for one, listing the "trips" brought into this port by the Stranger, the Sarah O'Neal, the Nourmahal, a farrago of charming sounds, and a valuable tale of facts. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z In the vast farrago of crudities which the elder Pliny's ambition of encyclopædic attainment and his ready credulity have gathered together, we meet some judicious observations. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z "Wherever did these military fellows," it was asked, "find such a farrago of uncouth and ridiculous phrases?" Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z It is a farrago of history, geography, folklore and political theory—one of those books of table-talk in which the literature of the age abounded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z He tried to remember how he had come there, but the final stages were a painful farrago. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z It is strange that such a farrago of nonsense should have been deemed worthy of serving as an operatic text. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Where to start analyzing this farrago of illogic and misinformation? Buffett’s Tax Idea Withstands ‘Write a Check’ Critique: View 2011-08-31T00:23:01Z Their words and arguments consist of a farrago of names, baseless stories, calumnies, falsehoods and lies, and not one of them had any knowledge of the first principles of the religion of the 'Bayan.' Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z It was, in fact, a worthless farrago of nonsense. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z I sat and dreamed of you till the farrago about me became unbearable; and whispering a word to my father, I rose and strode away, with a yearning truly mastering. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Her finely-moulded head contained a strange farrago of fantastic and poetical notions, and for one so illiterate she had a wonderful gift of language. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z But she sat down, and Sabina opposite to her, who began pouring forth a farrago of nonsense, which she pretended to have dreamt. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z And the delicate nature of a monkfish entree was all but eclipsed by an imposing farrago of ingredients that included lobster, tomato, corn kernels, mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus purée and porcini dust. | Branford: In a Darkened Alcove, Plenty of Bright Spots 2011-05-28T22:39:58Z Where had he acquired this language, this farrago of phrases from Godey's Ladies' Magazine? I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Is it the Theological hodge-podge, the farrago of all the religions, which believe in the Gospel? Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z One of the company advanced that Tasso, with all his faults, was as superior to Homer, as Montesquieu, with his still greater imperfections, was above the farrago of Grotius. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z In a case of life imitating art the BBC on Monday night launched a Thick of It style mockumentary, Twenty Twelve, which featured a PR farrago around a countdown clock. London 2012 Olympics countdown clock stops 2011-03-15T15:24:53Z I don't know how much of this farrago his audience believed, but their faces were intent and serious, and I fear they believed much more than was good for them. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z ‘The Flame beyond the Dome’ it is called—the queerest farrago of balderdash and metaphysics imaginable. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z There are only three small things that bother the Fiver about this whole sorry, unpleasant-mental-image-conjuring farrago. The Fiver 2010-09-06T16:12:00Z You ask me if the mesmeric phenomena—which you ridicule, yet of which I believe you covet a closer investigation—are not part and parcel of the same incomprehensible farrago? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Out of all the farrago that he listened to, all that he could collect was, "that he was one of those fellows that the chiefs always hated and invariably crushed." Tony Butler He was seventy-five when he published his edition of Pope, and to save himself trouble he apportioned out the old farrago in notes. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition She was afflicted with none of the complex psychology which makes the Western woman's life a farrago of intricate inhibitions. Command In his terms and way of speech, he draws no new farrago from his brassbound shipmate. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The nephew's harangue had struck him as being a farrago of incredible nonsense, and he contented himself with asking him what he considered 'the serious business of life.' The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "It is," says Hermia, who has evidently, by help of some mental process of her own, understood all this amazing farrago of apparently meaningless words. Rossmoyne One year it is said they had the courage to leave out this farrago, with the hieroglyphics originally stolen by Lilly from monkish manuscripts, and from Lilly stolen by Moore. Old and New London Volume I It would be impossible to cram such a farrago of imposition and absurdity down the throat of this or any other nation that was capable of reasoning upon its rights and its interest. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Darts, flames, cupids, love graces and all that farrago are just ... a senseless rabble.' Robert Burns Famous Scots Series “I cannot understand a word of this farrago.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) And what an amazing farrago is that same Boswell! An Ocean Tramp But the book at my side was not the Koran, though it might have been, for the strange farrago it contained. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia His face filled in his tale; it was another farrago of privation and excess. The Camera Fiend Since it is in consequence of your own request, Sir, that I write this long farrago, I expect you will overlook all inaccuracies. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir That the farrago of the novelist's book is absolutely universal and indiscriminate, provided only that he knows what to do with it, had not dawned on the general mind. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series Surely no mortal can decipher such a farrago of alphabetical obscurity. An Ocean Tramp The lively lady's anecdotage, dateless and confused, he could afford to despise as 'too void of method even for such a farrago,' as Horace Walpole said of it. James Boswell Famous Scots Series No real harm can come of this typical farrago. The Camera Fiend The slang of the taverns and ordinaries, the wit of the bagnios, form the strongest part of the farrago of which these libels are composed. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges To the reader under Anne it was otherwise, for to him "verdant isles" and "waving groves" and the whole farrago of gradus epithets were not only grateful but indispensable. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It was, indeed, a strange farrago, this romantic drama with which the vast audience had replaced the Sabbath pieties, the home-keeping ritual of the Ghetto, in their swift transformation to American life. Ghetto Comedies We have rejected some outlandish farragoes, from a conviction that they were by no means adapted to an English palate. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual With such a farrago of sublime nonsense were our worthy forefathers called upon to be enlightened and amused! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance "How much of this nightmare farrago have you read?" The Belovéd Vagabond The former prefers a vegetable diet—the latter likes better fish, flesh, and insects—though he will also fill his stomach with a farrago of vegetable matters. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The general observational-experimental theory of the Goncourts is very widely, in fact almost infinitely extended, "documents" being found or made in or out of the literal farrago of all occupations and states of life. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The book is a farrago of absurdities, reminding one, alike in its text and its illustrations, of an overgrown English chap-book of the olden time. The Critical Period of American History I had intended the celebration to be a brilliant affair; but when I hear of wrong tracks, changes, and such farrago, I begin to fear all my plans will fall through.” Major Frank His magnum opus appears to have been his Miscellany; a farrago of prose and verse, which, to distinguish it from the herd of books bearing that title, is yclept, par excellence, Brett's Miscellany. Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. In all this farrago, she never gives the reader an atom of information worth the paper which she blots. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 The word "Satire" meant originally a farrago, a medley of various topics in various styles and metres. Horace Lay bare the weak farrago of those men Who fabricate such visionary schemes, As if the night-mare rode upon their pen, And trouble’d all their ink with hideous dreams. Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." Some were found who believed this odd farrago; but those who watched the calculating balance of Hapsburg policy saw in it one more excuse for a masterly inactivity. William Pitt and the Great War Yet do I carry every where with me such a confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain! The Rivals A Comedy This vile, low, degrading farrago is taken from an opera called the Russian Impostor, or Siege of Sloremskho. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 We care little for the old-fashioned whimsicality of the Odes, and little for such an inimitable farrago of vulgarisms, such a reductio ad absurdum of sentiment and style, as p. 168The Lost Child. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation I wired all this meaningless farrago to the Daily News that night, but with much more nonsense to the same effect, and on the following day it was all duly printed. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile It was to them an aggravating farrago of filth and oddity, under which they suspected some formal allegory or meaning which had perished, or was impenetrable. Memoirs The "burlesque" statue of the famous actor, David Garrick, with "a farrago of false thoughts and nonsense inscribed below," must ever be associated with Charles Lamb, who thus appropriately described it. Westminster Abbey Rodney Maxwell had been arrested, on a farrago of fraud charges—"I don't know who he's supposed to have defrauded; the Planetary Government is the sole complainant"—and bail was being illegally denied. The Cosmic Computer Plot and counter-plot, bravery, treachery, death,—these are elements for a romanticist farrago; and in Daudet's hands they are woven into a tapestry almost as stiff as life itself. The Nabob, Volume 1 When I die, what a farrago of such things will be found! Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 It was a marvellous farrago, and it “took.” Memoirs The farrago in question is in verse, and represents Shakspeare and Garrick as "twin stars," who as long as time shall last are to "irradiate earth with a beam divine." The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Or was this really Messer Blondel the austere Syndic, this man standing before her, shaking in his limbs as he poured forth this strange farrago of remedia and scholars and princes and the rest? The Long Night In support of all this farrago of nonsense there is of course no foundation of truth; Robison was a well-known savant who lived sane and respected to the end of his days. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements When read, it of course made the greatest farrago of nonsense imaginable. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside The second, or sentimental, line belongs to certain newspapers; and even their intelligence can hardly believe the ad captandum farrago which they indite. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Darts, flames, cupids, loves, graces, and all that farrago, are just a Mauchline * * * * a senseless rabble. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham "Then it was a farrago of lies you told me about your adventures in the western mountains?" 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 "If you can find leisure to answer this farrago of unconnected nonsense, you need not doubt what gratification will accrue from your reply to yours ever," &c. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals It was impossible to make a selection from such an indigested farrago: but the backs happening to be lettered, this afforded me considerable facility. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Most modern readers will be surprised that any sensible people could think otherwise than Dr. Johnson did of such a farrago of highflown sentiment clothed in the most turgid language. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century By what chemical process M. Camus supposed that an extract of truth could be obtained from such a farrago of falsehood, I must leave to the chemists and moralists of the age to divine. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 He feared for his self-restraint if he were to remain, and he realized what a poor figure he would make standing up there and replying to the malicious farrago of the woman under the veil. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Then let the Eye of Science and her parabolas and hyperbolas, and conjugates, and asymptotes, and the rest of the confounded nonsensical farrago, all go to pot! All Around the Moon In such a farrago, there must necessarily be an abundance of trash. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three She never lost the key nor forgot to lock this volume—a saving clause of common-sense protecting a farrago of nonsence. Bluebell A Novel “What has all this farrago about savages to do with Dionysus?” The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological He had poured out the wildest farrago without sense, coherence, or story. In Luck at Last He acknowledged the force of Mr. Mill's argument, that "The Infinite" must include "a farrago of contradictions;" but so also, he said, does the Finite. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors But this new book is wretched; a high-varnished preface to a heap of rubbish in a very vulgar style, and too void of method even for such a farrago. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings It is made up of a farrago of almost every topic which has been agitated on national affairs in parliamentary debate, or private conversation, for these last seven years. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) It is difficult to read this disingenuous farrago of insinuation even now without a strong sense of moral contempt. The Life of Froude There might, after all, be some meaning in the farrago of nonsense that that fantastic girl had let off upon me. The Inheritors Hence he read through the farrago with only one very strong desire—to kick Raffles neck and crop out of the stable. Acton's Feud A Public School Story Was it possible that I had been mistaken and that Jaffery, in the assiduity of love, had made coherence out of Adrian's farrago of despair? Jaffery It is a sort of dream-exaggeration of an autobiography; at first sight, and not at first sight only, the wildest of farragos. The English Novel I think my common sense was deserting me, and I was on the point of believing in the farrago of nonsense which they call magic. The Magician I remembered that she had said she stood for the future, that she was a symbol of my own decay—the whole silly farrago, in fact. The Inheritors My lord proceeded to tell him I know not what glib and convincing farrago, with every excellence, I made no doubt, of accent and gesture. Helmet of Navarre It would be an insult to my readers' understandings to attempt anything like a criticism on this farrago of false thoughts and nonsense. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 He had bowed several times, finding acquaintances, it seemed, even in this glittering farrago. V. V.'s Eyes Therefore, I expect that, when the experts translate this document, the translation or transliteration will be a mere farrago of unintelligible nonsense. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Delaherche replied with a long farrago, but his voice was inaudible in the shuffling tramp of so many feet. The Downfall Constructively, the work is a mad farrago; but the end quite justifies the means. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Mr. Grey had of late learned one thing which had before been dark to him,—had seen one phase of this complicated farrago of dishonesty which had not before been visible to him. Mr. Scarborough's Family I have asked myself whether perchance I had the right to remain silent, whilst they poured their farrago of nonsense into your ear. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Yet though the book, as one thus summarizes it, may appear a mere farrago of digressions, it nevertheless, after its peculiar fashion, advances. Sterne When the farrago season is on, feed that to them, but in the same manner as I have described in respect of endive. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro It includes, doubtless, 'a farrago of contradictions;' but so, also, does the Finite—and so, also, do the actual manifestations of the real, concrete universe, which manifestations constitute a portion of the Finite. Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.' This may be believed; but the book is a most wretched farrago of articles plundered without acknowledgment, or judgment, which, indeed, was the case with most of Rolt's compilations. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Not a word of all this, which common minds called farrago, but which had its truth to me, did I utter to Laura. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 "I cannot understand a word of this farrago." New Arabian Nights Then is the time too to begin to feed him that mixture of grain in the milk which we call farrago, for this is very good for a horse as a purgative. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Dialectically minded readers of this farrago will at least recognize the region of thought of which Mr. Clark writes, as familiar. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature No authority whatever—Interference—Wondrous farrago—Brandt and Struensee—What a life!—The hearse—Mortal relics—Great poet—Fashion and fame—What a difference—Oh, beautiful—Good for nothing. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest The newspaper writers are great sinners, and what with the frequent ignorance and haste of the authors and the carelessness of the printers a complete farrago of nonsense is sometimes concocted between them. Literary Blunders A blatant farrago of lies, included in this list because of its supreme worthlessness. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Darts, flames, cupids, loves, graces, and all that farrago, are just a Mauchline—a senseless rabble. The Letters of Robert Burns What strange farrago of impossibilities have these holy dealers in occult divinity jumbled together? The Adventures of Hugh Trevor And, coming from Stella, this farrago doubly astounded me. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking This farrago of folly, this pride of birth, and riches, and I know not what else lumber, is very contemptible! Anna St. Ives Bismarck must have smiled grimly as he read this strange farrago; yet, whatever may have been his motives, he furthered the errand on which Regnier was going to Metz. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places We send to Paris for our clothes, and borrow their newest words—for they are ever inventing some cant phrase to startle dulness—and we make our language a foreign farrago. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger I am not quite clear about the story, but it's one of those farragos of rubbish they make young men learn at public schools. Charlotte's Inheritance Apropos, talking of love, … … If you can find leisure to answer this farrago of unconnected nonsense, you need not doubt what gratification will accrue from your reply to yours ever, etc. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 "I am to understand, then, from this farrago, that on account of the—um—a—incident we have just witnessed you decline to marry my daughter?" Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes All this farrago of miscellaneous subjects is treated in a frank, uncompromising spirit of criticism and satire, a spirit of broad fun, side-splitting laughter and reckless high spirits. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 It is a farrago of vanities, has no order, many obscurities, and perpetual barbarisms. Books Fatal to Their Authors If you read the apocryphal gospels you will see how eager they are to lay hold of any point in the true gospels, and spin a whole farrago of rubbish round about it. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke And how, while heaping thus with gibes The Pegasus of modern scribes, My own small hobby of farrago Hath beat the pace at which even they go! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes His epic poem, which, in accordance with the terminology of the age, is called "Dionysian Adventures," is an enormous farrago of learning on the well-worked subject of Bacchus. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities What a farrago of old fables is this! The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family All the others seemed merely parts of a fantastic farrago of wonders, more or less possible, which is only just beginning to become intelligible and coherent. Equality A lot of rubbish from Confucius, with a farrago of useless knowledge anent the breeching and birching of babies in Japan. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 "If," said Colonel Musgrave in some perplexity, "I understand one word of this farrago, I will be—qualified in various ways." The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Like everything that falls from her pen, it is pert, shallow, and conceited, a farrago of ignorance, indecency, and blasphemy, a tag-rag and bob-tail style of writing—like a harlequin's jacket.' Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Why, he will be trying day and night to convert me to that eclectic farrago of his, which he calls philosophic Christianity. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Here is a farrago of myths and symbols. God and my Neighbour It was "La Traviata"; and there was not much food for their hungry souls in this farrago of artificiality and sham sentiment. Love's Pilgrimage You know this is a mere farrago that you have conjured up. The Young Step-Mother He pronounced the Latin words in flagrant violation of all the rules of quantity, and when he came to give the English meaning, his translation was a ludicrous farrago of nonsense. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute Sophia learnt the complete history of the woman's efforts to pay for the furniture: a farrago of folly and deceptions. The Old Wives' Tale It was more like a farrago of nonsense, an outcome of delirium, than a plain statement of solid facts. The Beetle I smiled upon him: I listened to his farrago of nonsense about the chemical components of his various notable inventions, as if a girl attends a ball to study chemistry! A Rock in the Baltic Bless me! what a farrago is my letter! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 I say, that life dumfounds, with its wondrous muddle and farrago, makes one stand aghast. Yama: the pit It was a sad farrago of enthusiasm and levity and heady writing. At Large The presence of strangers moved Mr Napper to talk his farrago of philosophical nonsense. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl He called the letter a farrago, but his laugh was mixed with tears at the faithful affection it displayed. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 To add spice to this farrago of absurdity, Balzac spits out his hatred of the English, albeit he is compelled to acknowledge their common sense. Balzac Owen was listening to this pitiable farrago with feelings of contempt and wonder. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Baird's serious effort had turned out to be a wild, inconsequent farrago of the most painful nonsense. Merton of the Movies Here he launched into an amazing farrago of scientific terms, in which the names of great thinkers and scientists were mingled at random. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl The farrago he had administered would have done an excited maniac no good, of course, but no great harm. Hard Cash "A farrago of superstitious nonsense," thought Alan to himself when he had gone. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa Barbeyrac threw overboard the old complex medical farragos of the pharmacopoeias, as his church had disburdened itself of the popish ceremonies. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Nonsense!" he stammered; "the girl was a foolish farrago of absurdities, improbable on the face of things, and impossible to prove. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's I could not suppose that you could have suspected me of seriously composing such a farrago of false metaphor and unmeaning epithet. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Marius watched and listened, but his rage nowise abated; it grew, instead, as if that farrago of a language he did not understand were but an added insult. Saint Martin's Summer I should have thought it had been as little to the taste as it is to the honour of some of you to listen to such a farrago of lies.' Robert Falconer It was, of course, Palliser saw, a ridiculously impudent flinging together of a farrago of nonsense, transparent in its effort beyond belief. T. Tembarom Then I believe you don't care a rush for him, and never want to see him again, and believe the whole monstrous farrago. The Heir of Redclyffe That as far as it concerns myself it is a farrago of absurdity. The Crusade of the Excelsior If we add to this evil, the attendant glitter upon glitter, we have a perfect farrago of discordant and displeasing effects. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 This I could discern by the studied hair-splitting farrago of his rejoinder. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 In the country, at Tixall, he knew a Jesuit named Evers, and through Evers he professed to know much about the mythical plot to kill the King, and the rest of the farrago of lies. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies I recognized at a glance, in this incomprehensible farrago, the argot of the true alchemist. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American In both cases the only thing in the whole farrago that can be called real is the wrong. A Miscellany of Men "Look here, my dear Nathan, what farrago of nonsense is this?" asked the Marquise in bewilderment. A Prince of Bohemia And it would seem to Michael that on one side, clinging to him, Cocky talked farrago in his ear, and on the other side Sara clung to him and chattered an interminable and incommunicable tale. Michael, Brother of Jerry Blake listened with unconcealed impatience to the farrago of legal phrases, and snorted contemptuously when the reading came to an end. Mistress Wilding And thereafter Saxon listened, in a maze, to what almost seemed a wild farrago, save that the strange meaningless phrases were fraught with dim, mysterious significance. The Valley of the Moon It urged the commissioners to "save American letters from the humiliation of presenting to the assembled world such a farrago as this." A Biography of Sidney Lanier Now I know, my reader, that the foregoing seems all a farrago. The Jacket (Star-Rover) After that came a farrago of Chinese, so like the voice of Ah Moy, that again, though for the last time, Michael sought about the steerage for the utterer. Michael, Brother of Jerry |
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