| 单词 | misquotation |
| 例句 | There are the usual misquotations, nor does my blue jogging suit escape comment. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But I would like to draw your attention away from that slander and focus it on what purports to be a misquotation from the Book of Job: "Oh, that mine enemy had written a book!" Author, author: Michael Holroyd 2011-02-26T00:07:53Z In the book, Mr. Sullivan offers 10 common “mechanisms” that he says lead to misquotation and incorrect attribution. That Wasn’t Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Maxime is Georgetown’s new ode to the French Revolution, so to misquote that era’s most famous misquotation: Let them eat steak. Maxime, steaking its claim to attract a younger crowd 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Faulkner later called this comment “foolish” and “more a misconstruction than a misquotation.” ‘Selected Letters of Langston Hughes’ 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Some misquotations, though possibly weaker in content, sound better: such as "Possession is nine points of the law" in place of Colley Cibber's "Possession is 11 points in the law". Author, author: Michael Holroyd 2011-02-26T00:07:53Z Others were "unintentional misquotations, or represented improper combinations of previously existing quotes." Author acknowledges fake Dylan quotes, resigns 2012-07-30T20:45:08Z In his pursuit of the ideal misquotation, Pearson shows that many are improvements on the original sayings. Author, author: Michael Holroyd 2011-02-26T00:07:53Z "The quotes in question either did not exist, were unintentional misquotations, or represented improper combinations of previously existing quotes," Lehrer said. New Yorker writer resigns after faking Bob Dylan quotes 2012-07-30T21:57:41Z But some simplified misquotations lose their original flavour. Author, author: Michael Holroyd 2011-02-26T00:07:53Z “Come up and see me sometime” and “Play it again, Sam” are misquotations of this type. What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The scare was caused by a misquotation, but the coverage illustrated the anxieties surrounding smart gadgets. iRobot is giving its vacuum cleaners a new AI-powered brain 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The misquotation came from an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that has since been corrected. Opinion | Donald Trump, Meet Your Precursor 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z O’Brien’s conversation often turns to literary quotation—and, at times, to lively misquotation. Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The ploy of claiming misquotation is a particularly craven, and ancient, form of it. Hold state Sen. Mona Das to task for Trumpist attack on journalism 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z After Nowak took his turn, choosing to remain seated, Sikorski returned to the podium and warned him that personal attacks, misquotations, and mistranslations would not be considered persuasive at Cambridge. Is Poland Retreating from Democracy? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Jorge Labarga said the Supreme Court was especially troubled by Shepard’s claim that the misquotation was not meant to be deceitful. Judge suspended for using old endorsement for campaign 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z By breaking the rule, Scalia had brought the misquotation on himself. How to Write Like Antonin Scalia 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The criticism directed at her is unfair and based on a selective misquotation, according to Anna Khalfaoui, a former president of the Cambridge University Palestine society. Now cloisters of Cambridge echo to sound of battle over Israel and ‘Zionism’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes misquotations get handed down because they convey the right idea and sound better to us than what the person actually said. Winston Churchill Did Not Coin the Phrase 'Iron Curtain' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Dinner-table conversations,” Bonnie thinks, “were full of information, not always accurate, and full of earnest misquotations; the boys’ manners if not always perfect were adequate, and the dining-room mirror obediently reflected them all.” Edith Pearlman: Fabulist, Realist 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “I am not responsible for misquotations or misinterpretation.” Warm welcome in Israel: Hagel is first senior U.S. official to visit since collapse of peace talks Similar misquotations in other authors have suggested the same explanation. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z While correcting this slight misquotation, I must remove from your mind a misapprehension, which is so very absurd as to be absolutely comical. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z This is a very flagrant instance of misquotation and misapplication. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z The sorting of the letters was accompanied by such facetious subtleties as “Do we behold a billet doux?” or the murmured misquotation: “He sent a letter to his love.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z It is necessary that these words should be distinctly recorded, for their misquotation in the newspapers and elsewhere has led to a false impression, equally unjust to master and pupil. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z There is a quotation, or rather a misquotation, from it in the Preface to Alastor. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He made a misquotation and I said it wasn’t in the Bible: I hunted for days and days. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z Yet the “sneer” is not in the original, but in Borrow’s misquotation; Byron wrote “smiled.” The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Franklin's Dissertation was dedicated to his friend James Ralph and prefaced by a misquotation from Dryden and Lee's Oedipus. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z That passage is worth reading twice; note the condescension of the praise, the flippancy of the blame, the inaccurate English and French; and what a jaunty misquotation of Wordsworth's title! The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z However, the newspaper said Tuesday that the figure was a misquotation and it would correct its story. Somali pirates and Saudi ship owner say ransom agreed 2010-08-03T12:30:00Z I might make forty misquotations in an ordinary audience, and no one would tell me about them. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations And yet a mere superficial knowledge of the Book of books prevails to-day to such an extent that many grotesque mistakes and misquotations occur. The Bible Story Mr. Punch takes off his coat and westgate in this hot weather to correct a slight misquotation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 His misquotation of the testimony in that case, however, induced the State's Counsel to keep a very sharp eye on the evidence he quoted. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin No, not that, Deacon," says the minister, to whom a misquotation was like a wound in the flesh; "the last thing I want is to inherit the earth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 His speech was made picturesque by the introduction of short rhymes, misquotations from dead poets, and tales that had never been told in type. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike “I always thought that a good meal covered a multitude of sins,” and at this misquotation Frank Andrews laughed heartily. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune His words have been weighed, balanced to a nicety against any probability of error, mistake, imagination, fancy or misquotation. Christ, Christianity and the Bible Ignorance has too often been replaced by conjecture, and conjecture by misquotation and the false authority of "common knowledge" engendered by the repetition of legendary histories from one generation of textbooks to the next. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The misquotation is so common, that a reference to a concordance is necessary for proving to many persons that it is not a scripture phrase. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Some other misquotations of Sir A. Alison from the classical writers may be seen in the Edinburgh Review for April last, No. CXCVIII. p. Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc But there is no reason to suppose that in any case he has been guilty of misquotation, or that he has attributed sentiments to the Jesuit doctors not to be found in them. Pascal Katharine, in spite of her emotion, was quick to catch the misquotation. Privy Seal His Last Venture I am famous for misquotations, or rather, misapplications. The Mistress of Shenstone If Kennedy was well versed in the Scriptures, Lord Byron was not less so, and even able to correct a misquotation from Holy Writ. My Recollections of Lord Byron One of these gentlemen made a very plausible speech yesterday in defence of the University, and in reply chiefly to me, but full of fallacies and misquotations. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Then in girl fashion they stirred up a sort of gale, saying funny things 119and making droll misquotations, or putting the wrong name to others and wondering what would be in the Christmas stockings. The Girls at Mount Morris Aileen suspended her knitting and looked at her sire with some surprise, for, being a very matter-of-fact unpoetical man, this misquotation almost alarmed her. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Worse than this are many instances of gross misquotation. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 But that misquotation roused me, and I contradicted her sharply. The Lady of the Basement Flat It did not comfort Mr Ffolliot at the present moment to reflect that Buz had had to write out the whole scene in which the "germ," as his father called it, of his misquotation occurred. The Ffolliots of Redmarley I spoke before Sala, and referred to a misquotation from a speech I had made in the country, and purposely then and there made the amende honorable, of which he at least understood the meaning. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 "Time was that when the brains were out": a misquotation from Shakespeare's "Macbeth," Act III, scene iv, lines 78-79. The Short-story May I ask if it is from misquotation, or variation in the copies, that an even more hackneyed quotation is never given as I find it printed, Sat. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Rattling with nonsense and misquotation and eagerness to be off, he strode from gallery to gallery with his Mexican spurs clattering at his heels. Marion's Faith. In general the plan adopted was not to disprove, but to discredit by means of flagrant misquotations, by attributing to me views I had never expressed, or even by means of offensive personalities. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Their paltry imitations, their miserable brayings, their misquotations from Shakspeare, their mendacious accounts of interviews with the "Boy," will be enough to drive you mad. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Do ye remember one of his misquotations from Byron: "Man's love is from his life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's main subsistence?" The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts Compare with W. Shakespeare, Hamlet, 3.2.233, 'the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge', itself a misquotation from the anonymous 'The True Tragedy of Richard III'. The Noble Spanish Soldier When I have found myself misled either by imperfection of knowledge or of memory, or by too much confidence in a generally trustworthy guide, I have silently corrected the misquotation or readily repaired the error. A Study of Shakespeare You deserve a pensum of fifty lines for such a misquotation. The Bread-winners A Social Study It was, for one thing, Mary's habit of misquotation that got upon Ledgar's nerves. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 Byron might have turned in his grave at having his dissolute stiff-neck so wrung for him by misquotation. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters "Patience will have its perfect fight," said Obed, giving one of his misquotations. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty We should be less likely to see the classic words of Lincoln mangled beyond recognition by messy misquotation. The Teaching of History Nor do Mr. Sharp’s constant misquotations really help him out of his difficulties. Reviews It is sown in quotation, it is raised in misquotation: We therefore commit this joke to the files of the country newspapers, where it shall circulate forever, world without end. Mince Pie I must confess I did not always relish his misquotations, which sometimes made absolute nonsense of the passages; but what author stands upon trifles when he is praised? Tales of a Traveller He is said to be like one of O. Henry's misquotations of the classics. The Art of the Moving Picture For he was very fond of turning proverbs to his own use by altering them, and the said diary was packed with absurd misquotations of a similar kind. The Human Chord Why call upon us to admire a bad misquotation from the Midnight Mass for the Dying Year, and why talk of Longfellow’s ‘hundreds of imitators’? Reviews The misquotation is frequently due to carelessness, the pen of such people has been used to write down such trivial and banal phrases that it goes on writing them out of force of habit. Essays of Schopenhauer But the house stood fast and half a dozen misquotations of David and Paul were spouted from the braver ones of Anna's flock. Kincaid's Battery The controversy was suddenly diverted into a new channel, by a misquotation. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale It means, "Horace suffers as much by the misquotations critics make from his work as by the bad translations that wits make of them." The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems An amusing misquotation was Arnold-Forster's in the same debate: he said that Haldane was like King David, who drilled his men by fifties in a cave. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 But that explanation rests on, or at any rate derives support from, the common misquotation of the words. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII These last two examples show that the misquotation was an easy one to fall into, because there can be little doubt that Clement and Epiphanius supposed themselves to be quoting the canonical text. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' One common misquotation from a well-known philosopher, in this line, is, however, sufficiently noteworthy for special mention here. A Lie Never Justifiable It was a misquotation of the well-known lines in Hamlet, and ran thus: "There are more things in Heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio." She The critic on the Mount never made a more palpable misquotation. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Me and Andy tries to get this financial misquotation out of Murkison's head, but we might as well have tried to keep the man who rolls peanuts with a toothpick from betting on Bryan's election. The Gentle Grafter The spirit of this misquotation runs through every part of the reply of the Edinburgh Review that relates to the Essay on Government; and is repeated in as many shapes as the Roman pork. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 |
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