单词 | gasconade |
例句 | “I found more champions than anyone in history,” Van Pelt says without a hint of gasconading. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z “Your gasconade and cache of catchphrases, so limiting and reflexive, escalate the emasculation of you by a world whose patience is in nuclear peril,” says the book’s title character. Sean Penn novel ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’ includes Trump allegory, assassination threat 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z For the rest, I calmly went on with my eulogy on courage; only that, instead of ludicrous gasconading, which directly betrays the coward, I purposely expressed myself in words at once cool, clear and firm. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z But those, who know anything of our history or situation, must have the utmost contempt for all these gasconades. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z No one excelled him in ingenuity, eloquence, bombast, gasconade or dialectic skill. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z From what motive this rather exaggerated statement was made, I know not, but am inclined to think it was merely an inclination to indulge in a trifling gasconade. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Never did writer more intrepidly hoax his readers, never were readers more indulgent to an author's gasconades. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z For the rest, I calmly went on with my eulogy on courage; only that, instead of ludicrous gasconading, which directly betrays the coward, I purposely expressed myself in words at once cool, clear, and firm. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z These representations might serve a temporary purpose and hoodwink the authorities at a distance, but Lord Sydenham was not so verdant as the Chief imagined, as his remarks were treated as mere gasconade. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z Poor Flinter! a braver heart and a more gasconading mouth were surely never united in the same body. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z "Peopled by a race fiery, ardent, and impetuous ... with a peculiar tendency to boasting, hence the term gasconade." The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z But the officers who lead the troops do not allow their enemies the monopoly of gasconade. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z At the time Deschappelles made his ridiculous challenge to play any English amateur a match at Pawn and Two moves, Mr. Perigal was sent out to Paris to arrange preliminaries with the gasconading Frenchman. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion The English bounce a great deal about obtaining seven thousand troops from the petty German princes and ten thousand from Ireland, to send to America, but this is only a repetition of their annual gasconade. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Foaming bragadocia—bullying gasconade—personal crimination and a violation of the sanctity of the domestic circle were not then current coin. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Notwithstanding the warlike despatches, speeches, and proclamations of the Mexicans in the earlier part of the year, our secretary of state seems to have sufficiently understood their gasconading habits, to disregard these inflated productions. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 His gasconades had frequently roused Mirabeau from his reveries, and of this he was not a little proud. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The sarcophagus which holds Wellington's ashes is of massive and imperishable Cornish porphyry, grand from its perfect simplicity, and worthy of the man who, without gasconade or theatrical display, trod stedfastly the path of duty. Old and New London Volume I The English reproach the French with gasconade, but they never gasconaded as the English do now. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams But will not the same men who glory in this great event, even in the midst of a gasconade, turn to a foreigner, and ask him, 'What is the latest fashion in Europe?' Noah Webster American Men of Letters Meanwhile Mexico continued to excite our curiosity by spasmodic struggles in nerving her people for the war, as well as by gasconading despatches which breathed relentless animosity to our country for the annexation of Texas. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 Russell, he thought, had been indulging in some foolish gasconade about himself, and had let out the secret of Katie's fortune. A Castle in Spain A Novel This secrecy which was practiced also prevented any one from informing Franklin of the Governor’s real character, as a vain, unreliable, gasconading boaster. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The English reproach the French with gasconade, but I don't believe their whole history could produce so much of it as the English have practiced this war. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "Oh, he is the most famous Gascon that has ever gasconaded on the earth; with that, a figure indescribable and assurance unbounded; and as to the rest, sufficient courage." A Romance of the West Indies It was neither a battle nor even an affray; yet, bearing to warfare the same relation that trapping does to sportsmanship, it nevertheless afforded material for Mexican gasconade. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 In most men this would have sounded like gasconade. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The British generals thoroughly understood what they called Lafayette's "gasconading disposition," and they relied upon it to work woe to his plans and to contribute to their own glory. Lafayette He would do all manner of gasconading things. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Pitt had discerned the genius and heroism which lay hidden beneath the awkward manner and occasional gasconade of the young soldier of thirty-three whom he chose for the crowning exploit of the war. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 It was the forced realization of all those gasconading manifestos, which for the last two years had breathed war and defiance against the United States. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 In time this function lost its dignity and became a sport, a gasconade, in which the slaves attired themselves extravagantly and paraded about, begging, blowing horns, beating drums, and bandying jokes with the spectators. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate But most Northern people regarded the disunion threats as mere gasconade,—meant only to carry an election, and then to be quietly dropped. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement We of the North have heard much said in denunciation of us, and have thought it political clap-trap and gasconade. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 I love their jolly abandon of manner, their kindness and "honesty," and their gasconade. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah His late gasconade has done him great mischief; it is said that Charles Ellis disapproved it strongly before he wrote the letter. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents Morrow said there was too much of that kind of gasconade in America, and that after our desperate struggle at home we would not be likely to engage in one with England. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Dawn and Mrs Bray were on Walker's committee, and nearly every night there was an advocate of one party or the other gasconading in Citizens' Hall. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn "You do not speak like a Highlander," said Montaiglon, finding some of this gasconade unintelligible. Doom Castle This is no gasconade or bravado, but simply an evidence of an intensity of purpose, of which no man ever had a greater supply than Andrew Jackson. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure I had already descried what a peaceful family life—upright, pure, and devoted—my friend Meurtrier hid under his chimerical gasconades. Ten Tales They seemed again ready and eager to believe all the unsupported assertions which the Northern Democrats, in a spirit of effrontery and not without gasconade, ventured to put forth. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 From the quiet precincts of his contracted quarters he issued several proclamations, which teemed with gasconade and valiant promises, of which the following is a sample: Ludlow St. Jail, New York, June 11, 1866. Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 I became more and more convinced that the pompous story of the victory the day before was a mere gasconade. Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813 The captain of Le Genereux, in an official letter of true French gasconade, describes the Leander as carrying "seventy-four guns, twenty-four, and thirty pounders on the lower deck, and twelve pounders on the upper!" The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 In short, all France resounded with gasconades, of which Bonaparte alone knew perfectly the secret. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. "That is it," answered Lorimer, with an anger all the more terrible for its restraint; "it is the Spanish blood wi' its gasconade and foolish pride." Winter Evening Tales The Abbe was thoughtfully stroking his chin, debating within himself whether all this was a bit of gasconade on the part of these middies, or whether it represented the actual facts of the case. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America It was not the vainglorious gasconade of a swashbuckler. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans He had in abundance the Canadian gift of gasconade, and boasted to the Colonial Minister that one of his countrymen was a match for from three to ten Englishmen. Montcalm and Wolfe We hear of no gasconade on her part. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) But Columbia stoops not to tyrants; her sons will never cringe to France; neither a supercilious, five-headed Directory, nor the gasconading pilgrim of Egypt will ever dictate terms to sovereign America. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 And at that retort a laugh was raised against Arthur, who was a little disposed to gasconade, and to an unmerited scorn of the valour of their French rivals. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America We conclude that all these endless conflicts with the legal necessities of his case are the mere gasconades of Irish newspapers, addressing themselves to provincial readers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 They were excessively given to gasconade, and every true Canadian boasted himself a match for three Englishmen at least. Montcalm and Wolfe Antonyms: disparage, decry, belittle, depreciate. brag, n. boasting, self-glorification, vaunt, gasconade braggadocio, bravado, vaporing. Putnam's Word Book A proceeding, which to people abroad, must look like the highest strain of temerity, folly, and gasconade. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer She began having it, gently; but seeing me with the empty bottle in my sable hand, and the murky inspiration rolling off my face in gasconades, she got graver, and came in very soberly. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull So that Theagenes and Proxenides Might flourish and gasconade and prance away Quite at their ease, both of them four-in-hand, Driving abreast upon the breadth of wall, Each in his own new chariot. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Columbia stoops not to tyrants; her spirit will never cringe to France; neither a supercilious, five-headed Directory nor the gasconading pilgrim of Egypt will ever dictate terms to sovereign America. Famous Americans of Recent Times Nay, faction's ante-chamber Were fitter place for him, A trifler transitory, To gasconade of "glory"! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 20, 1890 We have not lowered our tone on this new disgrace, though I think we shall talk no more of insisting on implicit submission, which would rather be a gasconade than firmness. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II The first severe battles made an end of the greater part of this gasconading. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation We will content ourselves here with the king's own words, striking in their precision, brevity, and freedom from any self-complacent gasconading on the narrator's part, respecting either his party or himself. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 But to this gasconade the simple-minded have given credit—because the author showed certificates that testified to his great success, and called him "amiable and modest!" The Grammar of English Grammars As we say in this country, he could "carry corn" We have said that "Gascon" is often used in connection with boasting or gasconading. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist They heralded the coming of Santa Anna, the victorious avenger, with passionate gasconading. Remember the Alamo He was famous for much gasconading, and a fondness for whisky and other material things. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The impropriety of a traveller’s setting at naught the regulations of a foreign State is clear enough, and the bad taste of compassing such a purpose by mere gasconading is still more glaringly plain. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East "Ha-ha!" cried she and with a gasconading flourish of her blade. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Never tell me he didn't revel in those highly articulate evenings of monologue, gasconade, heated yet brotherly argument, lasting on to midnight and after, every bit as much as we did! The Best British Short Stories of 1922 What gasconading rascals those saints must have been, if they first boasted these exploits or invented these miracles. Villette But he silenced the lad quickly enough when Tom began to talk with some gasconade concerning greet deeds done westward of the Scilly Islands. Lying Prophets This gasconading advance, which would have foundered utterly against a single battalion of the troops which fought in 1812-13 amongst the Pyrenees, was here for the moment successful. Autobiographical Sketches That they were captured by the Indian seems too much of a gasconade. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 The French are much out of humour with their Algerine follies, and heartily tired of their expensive gasconade. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II At length, Nemours, after remaining some days, and finding there was no chance of decoying his wily foe from his defences, broke up his camp and retired, satisfied with the empty honors of his gasconade. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 The results did not correspond with the magnificence of the apparatus; and these brilliant expeditions too often evaporated in a mere border foray, or in an empty gasconade under the walls of Granada. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 A vein of gasconade appears in most of his letters, not however accompanied with any conclusive evidence of a real wish to fight. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV From gasconade to gasconade Passed to the conquests he had made In love. Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete A more amusing scene than that presented by the attitudes-the questions in regard to South Carolina licking the Federal Government-the strange pomp-ribald gasconade, and high-sounding chivalry of the worthies, cannot be imagined. Manuel Pereira Graspum is, indeed, a well-developed type of our modern democracy, the flimsy fabric of which is well represented in the gasconade of the above outpouring philanthropy. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter "We have," he continued in loud tone and gasconading temper, "proved ourselves the superiors of the City and County, government, and of the State government; and if the Federal government dares"—He got no further. The Vigilance Committee of 1856 The big painter, in his full-blooded, boyish fashion, fairly gasconaded over the success of his exhibit. Children of the Whirlwind Frog and cricket in the mosses,— Confound your gasconading! Faust — Part 1 One cause of this is the wilful blindness and silly gasconade of some of those who lead and form public opinion. Manuel Pereira This, however, was no better than a gasconade. Travels through France and Italy But for him, regicide and court-spy, for him who patronised Lebon and betrayed Demerville, for him who wantoned alternately in gasconades of Jacobinism and gasconades of servility, what excuse has the largest charity to offer? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 She was the most marauding Army lately seen, also the most gasconading, and had the least capacity for fighting: three worse qualities no army could have. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Mentzel had a glorious dinner; still more glorious drink,—Prince Karl and the others, it is said, egging him into much wild bluster and gasconade, to season their much wine. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 In fact, the government in Paris, having neither troops nor money to send to the interior, evaded the difficulty by a parliamentary gasconade. The Chouans This gasconade made the whole court laugh, even Catherine. Catherine De Medici This French word signified a sort of sport much used among the French chivalry, which consisted in vying with each other in making the most romantic gasconades. The Talisman The Cafe Valois and Meot the Restaurateur's hear daily gasconade; loud babble of Half-pay Royalists, with or without Poniards; remnants of Aristocrat saloons call the new Ministry Ministere-Sansculotte. The French Revolution In place of gasconading, a sort of desperation, and hydrophobia from excess of water, is threatening to supervene. The French Revolution |
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