| 单词 | magniloquent |
| 例句 | In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the Revolution succeeded by the reign of Napoleon, that meant history painting: magniloquent tableaus — battles, shipwrecks, coronations — in which myth and reality met. Art Review: ‘The Path of Nature,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013-01-24T22:22:49Z His star power is based on brains and brawn; he can recite magniloquent phrases while also giving the impression that he could fillet an enemy, Jason Bourne style, armed with only a Bic pen. Why Is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto? 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Boris Johnson has long spun political gold from his magniloquent tongue, using what some linguists and observers say bombastic language, esoteric vocabulary, occasional crudity and episodes of bumbling bluster. Boris Johnson's magniloquent tongue reaps political gold, linguists... 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z One cannot help thinking of the magniloquent terms in which he would have extolled his remedies, if the fates had led him to the concoction of patent medicines. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z My feller directors"—the chairman waved a magniloquent hand—"agrees with me that the Rovers can offer you a pound a week because you are promisin', although not justified as you are at present. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The tumults, the misery, the bloodshed, and the disappointment that followed, until the Rump of this "magniloquent Parliament" sought shelter at Stuttgardt, are fresh in our memory. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z There is almost equal truth in the magniloquent eulogies of his admirers, as in the impassioned invectives of his enemies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z For many a year, a copy of Young's mournful, magniloquent poem, bound in morocco and gilt-edged, was reckoned one of the most acceptable and worthy gifts to a person in affliction. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z And that George Throckmorton is a high-toned gentleman”—General Temple paused a little before saying this, hunting for a term magniloquent enough for the occasion—“no one, I think, will deny.” Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Its use had to be learnt from French masters of deportment; the old magniloquent Italo-Spanish rapier jargon was forgotten; French terms, barbarized into carte, tierce, sagoon, flanquonade, and so forth, were alone understood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Is that absolutely true? mr. voysey draws himself up, dignified and magniloquent. mr. voysey. My dear Edward, for the future my mind is open to you, you can discover for yourself how matters stand to-day. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z My relation by marriage drank his coffee and fished out a vile old pipe, and lit it amid the most magniloquent silence to which I have ever been a contributor. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Ellenborough could not resist the temptation to copy Napoleon’s magniloquent proclamation under the pyramids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z This was the same Beverley Temple of twenty-five years ago, only a little more magniloquent than ever and a little more under Mrs. Temple’s thumb. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z He has rather too magniloquent a style both of acting and singing, but is a very agreeable artist. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 Cortez, with magniloquent pretensions of invincible power, and inexhaustible resources, proposed to assist the Tlascalans in reducing the power of Mexico, and putting an end to the oppressions and exactions of Montezuma. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Nor can we expect to be always building Houses of Parliament; and, therefore, too soon the magniloquent patronage must come to an end. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 This is an age of critical enquiry; commonplace twaddling, inane generalities, and magniloquent essays and lectures, even if delivered by professors who enjoy the happiness of presiding over Roman colleges, only excite derision. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The Emperor is shown seated in a chariot, surrounded by female figures representing the abstract virtues, while the leaders of the twelve horses, and even the wheels and reins, have magniloquent Latin names. Dürer Artist-Biographies These last words were pronounced with an accent of the most magniloquent solemnity. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands There are others that enunciate grand sentiments, high sounding and magniloquent, the very music and resonance of their words imparting a warm glow within them. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Nothing for the magniloquent Mr. Basil Bloom, clearing his throat behind his dirty hand; nothing for the Second Mate, with his perpetual expression of knowing something about her and being mightily amused by it. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He could get into the most surprising ecstasies about everything, and give utterance to the same in the most magniloquent words. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II If it be added that the poem was made to conclude with a magniloquent panegyric upon Louis XIV., the king could not fail to read it with visible signs of satisfaction. Weird Tales, Vol. II. A poor old negress becomes, in the hands of the Jupiter of the Museum, the nurse of Washington; after that, can you marvel at the magniloquent titles coupled with my name? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 He sauntered up the beach, and in five minutes wondered how he had based such magniloquent ideas on a child out for a holiday. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 “I would to God that there were any other head as noble under its roof!” was my magniloquent and thoroughly earnest inspiration. The First Violin A Novel The day was spent in magniloquent addresses, which affected the style of ancient types, urgent exhortations to war, poetical orations, rounds of applause, rapturous demonstrations. Pius IX. And His Time Indeed he gained accession, for after this he talked often to me of France in his magniloquent way, until I began secretly to be ashamed of being English. The Belovéd Vagabond No matter by what violent shocks the author proceeds from Danton to Napoleon, that concluding passage, ending with the shining and magniloquent phrase, "the most splendid of human swords," is a glorious piece of writing. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work Here is found the prose character of Shakespere which, if less magniloquent than that in verse, has a greater touch of sheer sincerity. A History of Elizabethan Literature Rather a magniloquent term, perhaps, but what else am I to say? Anna the Adventuress It has come to be the mode to express the most simple thought in the most magniloquent phrase. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Magnificent, magniloquent, turbulent, it is starred with glowing phrases as thickly as with glowing deeds. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III This it is that more than excuses, it glorifies, his repeated magniloquent allusions to himself throughout the prose works. Milton Had he been called upon to write the document he would certainly have given something more terse and simple than that rotund and magniloquent instrument which Jefferson bequeathed to the unbounded admiration of American posterity. Benjamin Franklin The painter's palette, charged with color, is the instrument with which he thrills a melody to the eye, even as the magniloquent organ or the sigh-breathing flute speak to the ear. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy I never see these rival batteries, for it is too magniloquent to style them fortresses, but they picture to my mind England and the United States. Canada and the Canadians Volume I He used to insert very pompous and magniloquent sentences in his themes, much to Channing's disgust. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The office was a modest one, and "official station" may perhaps appear a magniloquent formula for the functions sketched in the admirable Introduction to The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) In spite of the most magniloquent orations, he saw that his power was nearly gone. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 The Germans in front of our Division were so cowed by our magniloquent display of gunnery that they have remained moderately quiet ever since. Adventures of a Despatch Rider According to his own magniloquent phrase, he was 'exceptionally happy.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The regiments were not numbered as with us, but adopted some magniloquent high-sounding title suggestive of their valour in war, fearlessness of danger, and other martial qualities. A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with The Camp of Jung Bahadoor; including A Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home Indeed, he made and fixed up the first that same week, though he labelled it "For Church Repairs," fighting shy of "Restoration" as too magniloquent. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales And so after some bewildered opposition on the part of Mr. Price, who was alternately appalled and fascinated by the magniloquent language of his would-be son-in-law, they were married. Unleavened Bread MacDowell had not the Promethean imagination, the magniloquent passion, that are Strauss's; his art is far less elaborate and subtle than that of such typical moderns as Debussy and d'Indy. Edward MacDowell Yet we must own you master Of the magnificent and magniloquent. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 "I'm afraid I've grown magniloquent since—since—" "Since you ran away?" The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight A cloud of pamphlets followed the Letter to a Noble Lord—some in doggerel verse, others in a magniloquent prose imitated from his own, others mere poisonous scurrility. Burke The Southerners, who had been on the point of running away when the Northerners anticipated them in so doing, now triumphed immoderately, and uttered boastings magniloquent enough for Homeric heroes. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I "It must be a satisfaction to you to have conferred such a blessing on mankind," said Harry, inclined to laugh at the doctor's magniloquent style. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success Let no one expect a stage Spaniard, with the air of a matador or a guerrillero, who wears only picturesque and outlandish costumes, and speaks only magniloquent Castilian. Overland Empiricist minds, putting the parts before the whole, appear to rationalists, who start from the whole, and consequently enjoy magniloquent privileges, to use epithets offensively diminutive. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy The "Memoir," written by an old man who had squandered his energies and sunk into deserved obscurity, is tedious and magniloquent, and sometimes inaccurate. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 You will find men who are very turgid and magniloquent at five-and-thirty, at forty, at fifty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Then, honestly, I never heard so much magniloquent unwisdom talked in the same space of time. Phaethon After this magniloquent address the poor animals were trundled out by the other gate to have their throats cut. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal The magniloquent Ellenborough dubbed Sale's brigade 'the Illustrious Garrison,' and if the expression is overstrained, its conduct was without question eminently creditable. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The cavalry pressed forward without halting and reached the hills above James City—a magniloquent name, but the "city" was a small affair—a mere village nestling down amid an amphitheatre of hills. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee "I give you my word of honor, Mr. Piper, to keep everything I know entirely and completely secret," said Oliver, slowly, trying to make the large words seem as little magniloquent as possible. Young People's Pride A Novel Blushing and trembling, I read my verses aloud in as resonant and magniloquent a voice as I could command. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Lucy kissed her, and Sandy escorted her halfway to the garden-door, giving her a breathless and magniloquent account of the 'hy'nas and kangawoos' she might expect to find congregated in the Merton Road outside. The History of David Grieve He carried into the bookselling craft somewhat of the grandiose manner of the stage, and was prone to be mouthy and magniloquent. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Machination, macrocosm, magisterial, magniloquent, maladroit, malfeasance, malignity, malleable, mandate, matutinal, medieval, mephitic, mercenary, mercurial, meretricious, metamorphose, meticulous, microcosm, misanthropic, misogyny, misprision, mitigate, monitor, mortuary, mundane, mutable. The Century Vocabulary Builder Yet he wrote to them—wrote them vaunting and magniloquent letters, hinting darkly of great doings and great riches. The Secret of the Tower Lamb's verses were always good, steady, and firm, and void of those magniloquent commonplaces which so clearly betray the immature writer. Charles Lamb Lance laughed at the magniloquent thanks, and asked how the intimation had been received. The Long Vacation His magniloquent western name was the moral umbrella upon which he balanced the fine problem of his finances. Dubliners It is a strange passion, one wholly of the brains, nourished by magniloquent phrases, but the more destructive, because phantoms are created out of words, and against phantoms no reasoning nor actual facts can prevail. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Paul interrupted him with a magniloquent wave of the hand. Caught in the Net Enter, Sons of the Stars," he said, in a magniloquent voice, "and deign to rest awhile in our humble habitations. King Solomon's Mines Those of New York and Pennsylvania are the least so, and that of Massachusetts by far the most violently magniloquent. North America — Volume 1 |
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