| 单词 | pedantic |
| 例句 | Too many connectives can make it seem as if an author is belaboring the obvious or patronizing the reader, and it can give prose a pedantic feel. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The most pedantic difficulty—and the one that has undoubtedly spilled the most scholarly ink—is the question of which version of the stade Eratosthenes used in his work. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Julian and he were talking—in jocular, mocking, pedantic Latin—like a couple of priests tidying the vestry before a mass. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Yes, as Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Everyone has always regarded any usage but his own as either barbarous or pedantic.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Because Ollie might be pedantic and boring, but he could never be a Nazi. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I used to tease him about being pedantic. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who’s so petty and pedantic at the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to change. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Stripping pods is a precise and meticulous job that might be suited to pedantic dentists or finicky spice experts, but it’s a horror for an impatient teenager like me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This logician would be unbearably pedantic, but there is a grain of good taste in the pedantry. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Almost all his summer had been spent collecting pedantic data for his thesis, and now he was in a mood to think about important facts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I felt drawn by professionalism to the edge of sterility, capable of no more than pedantic, lifeless, unassailable prose. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The international press was simply saturated with stories of violence from Africa, and this one was particularly bland and pedantic, the deputy editor wrote, but perhaps Richard could do a piece on the human angle? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The voice that had spoken it was a Scholar’s, precise and pedantic and lazily arrogant, very much a Jordan College voice. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Northern School included meticulous, often pedantic academic art of the established court. 'Alternative Dreams: 17th Century Chinese Paintings From the Tsao Collection' at LACMA 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z "If we tried to answer every question, it would be very pedantic." 2010-01-12T22:38:00Z Despite its overwhelming barrage of information, the piece isn’t pedantic, or out to prove anything about conspiracies other than their endless fascination. Review: ‘Real Enemies,’ at the BAM Harvey Theater, Sheds Light on Conspiracies 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I am a cantankerous, pedantic, hidebound old geezer. The Geezist 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z At worst, the sporadic leaping from allusion to allusion is distracting and pedantic, as in the story “Waiting,” where in one paragraph the narrator discusses Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wharton, Anderson, Joyce, Porter, Faulkner and Beckett. ‘Paper Lantern’ and ‘Ecstatic Cahoots,’ by Stuart Dybek The narrator’s authoritative voice starts to turn pedantic, and we are inclined to smile, as at a subtle parody. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z “He’s pedantic and he’s kind of dizzy, but he’s dizzy like a fox,” he said. Richard Gere and Peter Dinklage Bundle Up for ‘Three Christs’ 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z This may sound like a small, pedantic quibble, but a movie that continually proclaims its reverence for the discipline of the kitchen and the glories of tradition should pay attention to such details. In ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ Kitchen Wars Break Out 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z As such, it is both pedantic and surreal. Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s one of many instances of Winters’s pedantic tendency to correct self-mythologizing reminiscences, offered in the first flush of fame, that Shepard has long since disavowed. The real Sam Shepard behind the man we think we know 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Indulging in a pedantic analysis of classic joke structure, comedy rules and the ways Gutfeld falls short of those standards is pointless and fails to understand what his rise signifies. The late night rise of "Gutfeld!" is telling us something. It isn't funny, but that doesn't matter 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Depending on who you asked, it was either brilliantly dreamlike or boringly pedantic. 'Boyhood' director Richard Linklater versus time: the big stare-down 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It sounded perfectly on point until I realised that the president, if we’re being etymologically pedantic, had essentially just praised a team of sportswomen for behaving like guys. The problem with being 'badass' 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z He’d developed a habit of speaking very deliberately— his voice rising and falling in steady, pedantic waves. My father, his honor: Losing his prestigious job likely saved his life 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z The year of mumble rap was rough on pedantic grumps who use the term “mumble rap” — a pejorative hurled at young artists who smudge their rhymes with melody. Perspective | How to love that Black Thought freestyle and ‘mumble rap’ at the same time 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z They thought he was cool, smart without being pedantic, and seemed to have his act together. Barack Obama: the college years 2012-05-25T22:00:53Z Either way, the segment, which bookends “Liminality,” is the most pedantic and least interesting part of the show. ‘Liminality’ Is Theater of the Mind That Explores the In-Between 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Vanda recalls Aldo’s “pedantic calm” as he pontificates on “the roles we were imprisoned in by getting married.” A Novel of Infidelity in Dialogue with Elena Ferrante’s “The Days of Abandonment” 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Also, not to be pedantic or anything, but “The Hobbit” is just one book, and its expansion into three movies feels arbitrary and mercenary. Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ by Peter Jackson 2012-12-13T18:58:19Z And if you would argue that historical data does not support Henry’s account, which brims fulsomely with the misty clichés of biographical writing — well, you’re just being pedantic, aren’t you? Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The notes, pedantic as they are, are also often simply wrong: Wolf Mankowitz spelt his last name with a W, not a V; the "Trumpet Voluntary" is not by Henry Purcell but Jeremiah Clarke. The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z He has also, however, made works in which he seems to trivialize musicality, devising dance effects whose timing and structure seem smart-aleck, pedantic, campy. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z She stands in the frame smiling wanly and swinging her arms while he impatiently reels off the kind of pedantic nonsense that is meant to signify superior intellect. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z I actually cut a lot of stuff in there that felt kind of pedantic and really tried to concentrate just on the performances and the emotion. Schwimmer puts 'Trust' in family drama 2011-03-30T13:12:00Z But servers can come across as robotic — or, worse, pedantic — when reading from a manager’s script. Rethinking dining value: Eating at restaurants shouldn’t be only about volume Those premieres, for one thing, were heavy on voice-overs that made each, to varying degrees, pedantic and already stale. An Evening of Ronald K. Brown Lifts Alvin Ailey’s Season 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z What’s especially strange about Reicha is that this unconventional streak was embedded in a sober, even pedantic personality and a compositional work ethic rooted in the past. A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z There can be a thin line between obsession and aggression, and, under the Internet's veil of anonymity, particularly rabid fans can sometimes turn into petulant, pedantic bullies. Comic-Con, Hollywood and the nature of modern fandom 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Historical cinema can do this brilliantly, and it does not have to be pedantic to create a sense of time travel. Do artists need to be accurate to recreate history? 2011-02-28T15:19:06Z Handler’s eponymously named talkshow, which she launched with the express purpose of moving away from celebrity gossip and towards more socially conscious subject matters, was a mixed bag, often funny but generally pedantic. David Letterman's comeback: can his Netflix show take him back to the top? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z I get pedantic about the placement of the vocative comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Like Sheen, that character used lofty, pedantic language to construct a defiant, larger-than-life persona and mask a roiling sea of inner anguish. Charlie Sheen wants $10 million for tell-all memoir 2011-02-26T16:27:00Z Gore was often onstage, pedantic as ever, but he was also speaking a language that was familiar to her. Al Gore is near the end of his quest to save the Earth. Nina Barrett just got started. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z No one in them is exempt from criticism, implicit or otherwise: Greyfriars's Mr Quelch is shown to be pedantic and bad tempered in comparison with the genial and honourable headmaster Dr Locke. Has public school fiction passed the test of time? 2011-01-04T14:53:11Z Yet by engaging the material in just the way he wanted, Mr. Brown avoided any trace of the pedantic. Music Review: Jaimeo Brown at Drom 2013-05-16T21:48:50Z This might all sound a bit pedantic — it almost is — but it quickly turns out to be a kind of training session for us to read about the good doctor’s second guest that evening. Yann Martel’s ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’ is his best since ‘Life of Pi’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Jamison loves the sense of sobriety in Wallace’s novel “Infinite Jest” because, she writes, “it wasn’t stolid, or pedantic; it was palpable and crackling and absurd. It was so brutally alive on every page.” Leslie Jamison’s Memoir Finds Its Footing in Sobriety 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z In Week 1220, we asked you to be comically pedantic in correcting or clarifying some statement or voicing some peeve. Style Invitational: We beg you to differ — it’s our compare/contrast contest 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Unlike Greuze’s pedantic attention to the accoutrements of antiquity, Kauffman’s selection of a Roman subject is an excuse for a display of human feelings in a tragic atmosphere. Art Review: At the Louvre, Vivid and Varied Imaginings of Antiquity 2010-12-03T16:11:00Z Part of what keeps the sorority girls’ feminist teachings from ever feeling pedantic is that they’re not aimed, at least directly, at the audience. How 'Neighbors 2' Became a Gross-Out Comedy With a Feminist Conscience 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A foreign detective with pedantic habits and a host of potential suspects with secrets to hide. Anthony Horowitz’s Whodunit Within the Whodunit 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It is a bit pedantic to fuss too much about the editing of detail. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z No doubt the usual pedantic fact-checking will follow the release of “Mary Queen of Scots.” ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Sexy, Spirited and Almost Convincing 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Still Working: Not to be pedantic … who am I kidding, that’s exactly what I’m after: Just listening about it is most likely what did the trick. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Out-of-work husband wants you to goof off with him while you’re working 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Jason, a pedantic New York University professor, judges Henry, especially when the topic of race comes up, as Lydia attacks Coleen and moons over Jason. In Four Audio Plays, No Stages but Lots of New Voices 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The museum’s publications are models of pedantic scholarship with elaborate citations, some of which lead to nonexistent sources, others pointing to extraordinary historical figures, like the 17th-century Jesuit polymath Athansius Kircher. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z In Hades, the pit most tartarean’s Reserved for pedantic grammarians. Style Invitational: ’Hew ready? Verse for the rhythm-deaf 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He is precise, weighing in on the intersection of orange and natural wines, without being pedantic. The Best Wine Books of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He doesn’t get pedantic or talk down to them. How to make an art museum feel like a playground for kids 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It was cute but got a little pedantic. Dance Review: Airborne Bodies and Balls 2011-07-15T23:23:35Z Sometimes it’s witty and warm, sometimes pedantic and repetitive. Review: In ‘Steel Hammer,’ a Man and a Train in a Race and a Legend 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z What if that doctor, Edwin Matthews, was a bit of a prude, with pale skin and a pedantic way about him? ‘The Fever Tree’: a Victorian epidemic in South Africa 2013-07-24T22:06:30Z Breitbart’s article on the Hamilton dust-up, titled “Tolerance: ‘Hamilton’ Cast Lectures Mike Pence From Broadway Stage,” is threaded with buzzwords — tolerance, lectures, Broadway — that cast liberals as elite, pedantic hypocrites. How Conservative Sites Turn Celebrity Despair on Its Head 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “Constructive Summer” and “Stay Positive,” The Hold Steady. Don’t get pedantic about the unseasonal title, “Constructive Summer” is an anthem for new beginnings, for big hopes and dreams, and the exorcising of communal angst. A playlist for Salon’s epic New Year’s Eve catharsis party 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Like its foremother, “Twilight,” “The In Between” depicts a pedantic girl in a supernatural world who’s willing to die for her boyfriend. ‘The In Between’ Review: Love Never Dies 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The Partridgisms in The Look of Love crop up here and there in the form of pedantic wordplay. Sundance film festival 2013: The Look of Love - first look review 2013-01-20T11:27:42Z I didn’t want to get into too many verbal reverberations, unless they arose naturally, or too many pedantic parallels. Edward St. Aubyn on the Challenge of Reimagining Shakespeare 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z He’s intelligent, funny, but also physically unpleasant and somehow both juvenile and pedantic at the same time. Are Creative Types Inherently Wicked? Ask Tom Bissell. 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z In one section, Shea offers a compendium of old rules of English that were once harrumphingly promulgated by cantankerous, pedantic, hidebound old geezers. The Geezist 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z One of the most satisfying aspects of “Nine Perfect Strangers” is that it is thought-provoking but never pedantic. Liane Moriarty’s New Novel, Set at a Spa, Features Some Killer Treatments 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z They informed me that it is snobbish and obnoxious and pedantic and prescriptive and elitist and outrageous to make fun of someone whose message is so earnest and inarguably correct. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Leading the fight against mispronunciations 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Born can be a bit pedantic when speaking with his wife about “black victimhood” in popular culture, citing “12 Years a Slave” as an example that seems to irritate him. Review: Okwui Okpokwasili’s ‘Bronx Gothic,’ From Stage to Screen 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Although his intentions are noble, in attempting a conversational tone, he alternates between pedantic lecturing, unnecessary personal asides and oddly amateurish declarations as though he were submitting a doctoral thesis. ‘Gay Directors, Gay Films?’ review: Onscreen depiction of sexuality 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Theatre thrives on the new, of course, and pedantic literalism is as much an abuse of the art of interpretation as the view that any idea is as valid as any other. In praise of? sticking to the script 2010-07-29T23:05:00Z He was drawn to the kind of paintings that Paul, the pedantic, know-it-all character in “Midnight in Paris”— the Hemingway opposite — would have liked. Hemingway the Museumgoer at the Met 2011-09-15T22:52:42Z Aristarkh, played with amusing pedantic pomposity by Robert Stanton, urges Semyon to die a martyr to the oppression of the intelligentsia under Soviet rule. ‘Dying for It,’ Adapted From a Banned Soviet-Era Satire 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Writing a book about the quest for ethical perfection, Schur risked coming across as unbearably pedantic or worse, sanctimonious, but he grounds his overviews of abstract doctrines in self-deprecating digressions. Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Each man plays games of the sort a moneyed and therefore powerful expatriate is tempted to play with the nominally subservient locals – waitresses, porters, and a pedantic retired academic. Writers pick their favourite short stories 2011-01-04T14:28:46Z At other times he captures the textbook experience via pedantic tone. Books of The Times: What Befits a Leader in Hard Times? An Intimate Knowledge of Insanity 2011-08-10T21:05:51Z And that’s a great part of the success of the design: It is faithful to both fundamentals and details, without being slavish or pedantic. Subtle changes make a big impression at the National Gallery East Building 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s thought to be snobbishly pedantic for one to think critically about these wines, as if preferring a good bottle robs everyone else of the lighthearted diversion that is rosé. American Rosés Without Clichés 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z See, for example, the pedantic, imperious comic book guy on “The Simpsons” known as Comic Book Guy. Television: AMC Goes Inside Kevin Smith?s Comic Book Shop 2012-02-05T06:00:09Z I don’t know that you can fix, however, a person’s fundamental comfort with causing you pain just to get a pedantic win. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He wears a bra, bro. Get over it. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The deletion of people’s selfies with their pets has earned the group a reputation for pedantic enforcement of rules at the expense of the straightforward appreciation of dogs online. Dogged enforcers: the well trained social media world of Dogspotting 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z And perhaps it’s pedantic to gripe about visitors wearing sunglasses at museums. Dear celebrities (and everyone else, too): Stop wearing sunglasses at museums! 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, April 3: our contest inviting you to be comically pedantic. Style Invitational: Who’s kidding whom? Give any two people a child 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Rosenberg’s chimeric prose prevents all of this from feeling too pedantic. Mack the Knife, Now a Transgender Hero of London’s Riotous Underground 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Elegantly conceived, the plan nonetheless makes going to the villa feel like a pedantic cultural exercise. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z Here he is a pedantic Englishman, who corrects everyone's grammar, overrides other detectives, and is disparaging to women and men. Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: what is behind the detective’s appeal? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z My mind raced with ways to respond to this pedantic upstart when I was overcome by an entirely different impulse. A man’s crusade to bring civility to our rage-filled roads (Good luck with that!) 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Not a cube, by the way, more a rhomboid, to be pedantic — poised like a ballerina on point. Take a Virtual Tour of the Financial District and the Battery 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Or worse, that their pearly-white pixie had become pedantic? This Life: Act II for the Tooth Fairy ? This Life 2011-12-09T18:52:47Z However, said it was "more sharply focused than the 1996 film adaptation of the novel, and does a better job of incorporating folksy humour into the disturbing and at times pedantic story". Grisham Broadway play to close early 2013-11-07T15:21:57Z “It’s less competitive than salsa and less pedantic than tango,” Marion said. 2010-02-12T07:14:00Z After this point the show settles into a more pedantic, less rousing pattern — not unlike the Whitney’s “Picasso and American Art” of a few years ago. Art Review | 'Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris': Picasso and Peers at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010-04-01T22:49:00Z Or for several millennia, if you want to be pedantic. From the royal wedding menu to Nigella – why bowl food is so wildly popular 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z There’s nothing distant or pedantic, however, about Vogler’s bracing, deeply personal narrative of his travels through the homelands of Calvados, Cognac, Armagnac, rum, scotch and mezcal, in search of the soul of those spirits. If Tea Isn’t Your Cuppa, How About Beer, Wine or Coffee? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z I didn’t find the exhibit painful, though, just pedantic and depressing. How Should I Respond to Overzealous Gestures of Sympathy? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z I try not to think too much in advance about theme, because you know — you get pedantic if you think too much about it. “How accidentally a fate is made”: Ed Tarkington on love and its complications, the toll of mental and physical illness — and how dark episodes become the seeds of story 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s a daunting task for any novelist to express her characters’ political views without growing pedantic, and Wolitzer doesn’t entirely avoid that trap. Review | Meg Wolitzer’s ‘Female Persuasion’ captures our era’s gender politics 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z If you’re not in the field, though, it probably sounds like pedantic nitpicking. ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ and entertainment’s classical-music problem 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet nothing in this magnificent image feels pedantic, or overstuffed. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Hewitt's programme notes point to her concern to reflect the music's dance origins, so it was ironic that tempi and cesuras were sometimes pedantic. Kammerorchester Basel/Schr?der/Hewitt 2010-05-25T21:00:00Z Sneering at her gives further ammunition to those apologists who accuse her critics of being pedantic and overeducated. Sarah Palin: getting the Humpty 2010-07-20T19:00:00Z His style was informed but conversational, erudite but never pedantic; he displayed none of the typical autodidact’s flaunting of his own hard-won knowledge. Ronald Blythe, Scribe of the English Countryside, Dies at 100 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But if the Conchords concept is looking shaky, the songs are solid as ever: masterpieces of bathos that unite earnest musicianship with pedantic and gloriously banal sentiment. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z As a youth, she identified with the “Middlemarch” character Dorothea, an impassioned, naive upper-class girl of 19, who longs for “a substantial, rewarding, meaningful life,” but disastrously weds the frigidly pedantic middle-aged scholar, Casaubon. ‘My Life in Middlemarch’: looking through a novel’s lens 2014-02-12T20:11:16Z Aslan is steeped in the history, languages and scriptural foundation of the biblical scholar and is a very clear writer with an authoritative, but not pedantic, voice. ‘Zealot’: Jesus as revolutionary in a turbulent age 2013-07-20T00:02:24Z It furthered the argument that J. Cole, 33, was nothing more than a pedantic rap snob who looked down on the younger generation. Review | A sincerely good concert from J. Cole 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Her paintings, he wrote, “are broad and bright, considered without being fussy, thoughtful but never pedantic.” Jane Freilicher, Lyrical Painter of Long Island Light, Dies at 90 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Stone puts on a pedantic voice, mocking his friend: “For your information, I was a crocodile.” The friends who foiled a gunman - and are now playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood movie 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The narrator says things like, “While writing the previous paragraph . . .” or “I strayed a little in the previous two sentences . . . ” or even the comically pedantic, “I reported in the fourth most recent paragraph that. . . .” Review | The relentlessly introspective vision of Gerald Murnane 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z In his introduction, he explains that when he first heard of this feud, and their pedantic exchanges, he couldn’t help but laugh. When Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson went from friends to enemies: 'The Feud' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Despite its varying states of existence, MUON's music is rather akin to its sub-atomic namesake with its deconstruction of pedantic structures, but also as intelligent, intense and cryptic aural and visual forms. August's best music from across the MAP 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z Raimund is as parched and pedantic a creature as T. S. Eliot’s J. Alfred Prufrock, and Mr. Irons voices his thoughts in a tone of sepulchral weariness that contradicts the character’s supposed awakening. Movie Review: Jeremy Irons and Lena Olin Star in ‘Night Train to Lisbon’ 2013-12-05T23:12:57Z Here the secret and interesting book, the memoir of conversion, slides into the advertised, pedantic one, about the importance of virtue. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Huberman is not a pedantic, encyclopedic curator, however, but an enthusiast and an explorer, willing to let his theme lead him where it may. ‘Drum Listens to Heart’: Images, Words and Sculptures, Bound by a Beat 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z After de Botton, it is a relief to read someone less pedantic and more pragmatic, but Perry’s reluctance to take a position on anything other than breathing and journaling makes her book utterly useless. Self-help hits rock Botton 2013-05-13T19:58:00Z But it’s gorgeously directed and acted and not at all pedantic—the opposite. My Not-Top-Ten Television List, 2018 Edition 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z It reads, “This above all:”—a fragment of a line from “Hamlet,” spoken by Polonius, the pedantic adviser to the King, to his son, Laertes. Rebecca Hall’s Complicated Inheritance 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Then, to fine comic effect, there is the jargon-y pondering of Dr. Watkins, who gets the town mostly wrong, judging it through a pedantic sociological lens. ‘The Dogs of Littlefield’ review: Who’s poisoning the pets in this idyllic town? 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “Golden Hill” possesses a fluency and immediacy, a feast of the senses, without ever being pedantic. Review | Old New York springs alive in Francis Spufford’s ‘Golden Hill’ 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z With your indulgence, let me start on a somewhat pedantic note. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 6: Brick by Brick 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Retaining responsibility for such matters is key to parents ensuring children are protected, even if the task seems trivial or pedantic, or requires you to communicate with your pesky ex. How to help kids survive divorce 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Not to be pedantic, but that is wrong. Don’t Judge a Wine by the Grape on Its Label 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z We felt if we tried to just answer questions, it would be very pedantic. 2010-01-29T04:08:00Z Readers responded: They found this arbitrary, arrogant, pedantic and just plain wrong. Gene Weingarten: How do you tell Snap, Crackle and Pop apart? Who cares? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Fact-checking imaginative interpretations of the past is more than a little pedantic. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z Somehow, expecting readers to know Joyce’s “Ulysses” is not considered pedantic. Markov Chains, Sinclair Lewis and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z I’m not being pedantic in listing the cooked weight for the potato and butternut for this recipe: it’s important to get the proportions right, so the gnocchi are light enough but still hold their shape. Yotam Ottolenghi’s squash recipes 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z So I think people must just have a bit of, don't be pedantic about it. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Characters revealed tics and traits over the years, like Oscar’s pedantic streak. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z The show’s tone varies widely, from pedantic, especially when dealing with statistics, to rollicking during the conversations. Television: T.J. Holmes on Black Entertainment Television 2012-10-21T03:29:02Z Atticus’s pedantic reverence for the rule of law communicates to Scout and Jem a message that has misled generations of “honorable white Southerners.” Harper Lee and Her Father, the Real Atticus Finch 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Our knowledge about ivories of that ilk is next to nil, even if clad in the pedantic apparel of academic publications. Auctions: Glamorous History Drives Divine Surprise 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z Even after the story darkens, Mr. Lapine’s book sustains enough humor to prevent the tone from sounding pedantic. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z I didn't want this to feel completely pedantic or that we had all the answers. "This is where WW III starts": "The Grab" filmmaker on the urgent scarcity created by the powerful 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The Whistlers is a clear break from the garrulous, sly and sometimes wilfully pedantic arthouse he produced when he graduated as a leading light of the 00s Romanian new wave. Sing like a canary! The whistling consultant who taught Romanian noir gangsters a tune 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Spotlighting the process by which artworks are made can be pedantic, but not in this witty show. In the galleries: ‘Spring Solos’ at Arlington Arts Center 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But Mr. Newman “was never preachy or pedantic,” Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of the NBC “Nightly News,” said in a statement. Edwin Newman, Journalist, Dies at 91 2010-09-16T15:17:00Z In reframing this patriotic number for more modern audiences, the performers spoke about social justice issues; it gravitated toward the pedantic. Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Next time you’re at a party, you can kill the vibe by unleashing this pedantic point. Parasites are the bedrock of life and evolution. It's time to give them the respect they deserve 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z In reality, the supposed differences between "white supremacy" and "white nationalism" are largely pedantic, if not simply double talk, obfuscation and evasion. GOP tests new marketing for old racism 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The first bullet point of ChatGPT's answer is factually correct but quite pedantic, and doesn't really help us get to the correct answer. ChatGPT and its ilk are definitely not sentient. Here's why 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z At the novel’s outset, Ezra scrabbles through his world with honest hunger and understandable, if sometimes pedantic, disdain for those with more than him. Review | ‘Confidence’ skewers the rich in a most satisfying, clever way 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z This might seem pedantic, but it's an important distinction. The bizarre "NoFap" movement is rooted in pseudoscience — and the right has latched itself onto it 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z He called Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, “pedantic, self-righteous and pompous,” and urged her to “learn from the Palestinian people” and resign because of “repeated moral failings,” the article said. Biden withdraws nomination of human-rights candidate over Israel remarks 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z A few years later, he and Prince worked together on a revival of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” for which he played the pedantic Dr. Pangloss. Charles Kimbrough, ‘Murphy Brown’ actor with prim persona, dies at 86 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Group leader Bob Holman, 78, said he was 'totally gutted' that 'nit-picking and a pedantic attitude' by the overseeing organisation had denied them the record. Intrepid septuagenarians have cold water poured on cross-channel record 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Over the next decade, however, Wahl became the definitive chronicler of the sport in North America, a world traveler who applied rigor, depth and passion, without being pedantic or precious, to his coverage. There was something Bourdain-like about the big, soccer life Grant Wahl led 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The answers are not trivial or pedantic: whether and how much the American people are invested in defending democracy against the rise of neofascism is likely to determine the future of the country. A new day? Voters stood up for democracy — and now we have the data 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z You may hear the pedantic argument that L.A. has indeed already had a woman mayor — two, in fact. L.A. hasn't yet elected a woman as mayor. But a few have come close 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Royster’s writing is sometimes conjectural, other times pedantic, but in many passages her prose soars, particularly in her chapter on Valerie June. Review: How Black country music became undeniable 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In more recent years, as the expediency of social media brought casual flare to the niceties of grammar, syntax and punctuation, Fuhrmann was neither fussy nor pedantic. Henry Fuhrmann, Times editor and 'word nerd' who fought for fairness in grammar, dies 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z When making it — and even more so, when writing about it — I kept thinking about an old friend, a former copy editor colleague who, like many of us, is perhaps a touch pedantic. How to turn Middle Eastern fattoush into a party platter 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Zawahiri spent his fugitive years avoiding detection and sending ideological, often pedantic video missives to his followers. Zawahiri appeared on his balcony. The CIA was watching — and ready to kill him. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The toppling of the pedantic figurehead, notorious for his dull speeches, could provide an opening for a more charismatic new leader who could help al-Qaeda regain its stature atop the global Islamist movement. Zawahiri’s legacy: Querulous bands of militants and a chance for rebirth 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z With his thick beard, heavy-rimmed glasses and a prominent bruise on his forehead from prostration in prayer, he was notoriously prickly and pedantic. Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Trimble encouraged other would-be peacemakers to pursue pragmatic solutions and avoid being “too precise or pedantic.” Tributes paid to Northern Ireland peacemaker David Trimble 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Is this red-faced, pedantic, perennially disgruntled display of yours something you genuinely think America's young men should mirror to get their collective mojo back? Let's talk about Tucker Carlson's obsession with "legacy Americans" 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Because of this, my tweets tended to contain at least one glaring typo, something that shook my pedantic tendencies to the core. Opinion | Goodbye to You 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s the most coveted burden in sports, a profound acknowledgment of greatness that sometimes doubles as a target for pedantic evaluation. Perspective | Being the NBA’s MVP is an honor and a burden. Just ask Nikola Jokic. 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The negotiations are pedantic by nature, and there would never be a deal without people in the weeds. Perspective | Nobody in baseball cares deeply enough to save the game from the people who run it 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Let’s start this exploration of whether it lives up to that billing on a somewhat pedantic note and consider the nomenclature of the newest faux-chicken to land in the coop. Review | KFC’s new plant-based nuggets look and taste close to the real thing 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Frankly, it sounded like it had the potential to be preachy, or pedantic. ‘We are more than just athletes’: Bobby Wagner showed deeper side in thought-provoking media sessions 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z He could be pedantic and was the type to correct your spelling or grammar, notes Cohen. The feminist love story between Julia Child and husband Paul 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z More playful than pedantic, Rashid douses his work in a heavy helping of humor — and with it comes the quiet guilt of catching yourself amused by scenes that are both funny and horrifying. Umar Rashid’s narrative paintings collapse past, present and future into a darkly comic vision of colonialism 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z "I think they felt that I was being pedantic, but I thought it was incredibly important, for Leah as well, just to really keep her parents and her birth family in mind," Nina says. 'We didn't call ourselves mum and dad for 10 months' 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Likewise, the government telling you either to obey the law or go to prison is a choice only in the most formal, pedantic sense. Opinion | Biden isn’t proposing a vaccine mandate. He’s giving people a vaccine choice. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the published excerpts, Zawahiri’s commentary is delivered in his notoriously dry, pedantic style. As opportunity beckons in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda’s leader squabbles and writes ‘comically boring’ books 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z So he tried to find a different way to tackle this character - and ended up copying the pedantic voice of a know-it-all from his old local pub. John Challis and Boycie - how one of TV's greatest comedy characters was born 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z And to be honest, I’m so tired of the bell curve and how it comes around like Halley’s comet every so often — but instead of bringing delight, it’s just a footnote to pedantic racism. Poem: A Cat Lover’s Guide to The Bell Curve 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z I once sent her a memo somewhat caustically discussing whether a sentence on the site should say “memento” or “momento,” and she took my pedantic copyediting in stride. Sally Ride’s Enduring Legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z To avoid the full hammer of regulation, he says, some industries can get specific and pedantic in order to distract from their share of emissions and their societal responsibility to mitigate. Can you trust a pro-beef professor? It’s complicated. 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z “While the Brownshirts are well remembered in contemporary Western society, the history of far-left paramilitaries in the German interwar years has faded to memory,” Ngo writes, in the tendentious, pedantic tone of a Wikipedia enthusiast. Review: Andy Ngo's new book still pretends antifa's the real enemy 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Some of Mr. Clark’s associates said he could be pedantic. Jeffrey Clark Was Considered Unassuming. Then He Plotted With Trump. 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z She added the officer involved was "pedantic and inflexible". Covid: Couple fined for seven-mile trip to care home 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z If the officials are going to be that pedantic, can we have the same on foul throws please? Who made Garth Crooks' team of the week? 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z “While they may seem annoying at times and pedantic, they are effective,” he said. College virus testing reviewed; Nantucket battling COVID-19 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z At his trial, which spanned three years, Duch at times appeared remorseful and apologetic, at other times defensive and pedantic. Kaing Khek Iev, Khmer Rouge security chief known as ‘Brother Duch,’ dies at 77 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Parsing the planet’s highest temperature by degrees, or tenths of degrees, may seem like a pedantic task in the face of a global climate crisis with vast consequences. We may have just seen the world's highest recorded temperature ever. Has that sunk in? 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Let us be creative, not pedantic or political. Opinion | Renaming our institutions for the better 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z To be pedantic, it is not quite accurate to say the Weierstrass function. The Monster That Expands Our Mathematical Imaginations 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Family members, friends and colleagues may retreat into themselves, become easily distracted or maybe get too analytical, critical or pedantic in a subconscious attempt to control the conversation when all else is uncontrollable. Listening During a Pandemic 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The correct definition is more than pedantic in Italy, a country where the generous concept of family embraces extended clans tied by blood or marriage. Easing of lockdown begs the question: Who’s family in Italy? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Group members say they are "pedantic" about abiding to the social distancing rules and at least two or three of them try to get out every day. Why are we seeing superheroes during lockdown? 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z I pick the most pedantic examples because these are the kinds of accommodations any white American would assume they’d receive. Opinion | The Healing Power of ‘Steven Universe’ 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z I did not at that time have any daughters, but I felt it would have been somehow pedantic to point that out, because I understood that on some level he wasn’t even talking to me. Real estate for the apocalypse: my journey into a survival bunker 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Solidarity is not exclusive or pedantic; it is compassionate and fights oppression where it finds it. Feminist solidarity empowers everyone. The movement must be trans-inclusive | Zoe Williams 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Let’s not get all pedantic and ask why cookery writers persist with the term “preheat”, rather than plain old “heat”, seeing as that’s all they’re telling you to do, anyway. Do I really need to preheat the oven? | Kitchen Aide 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Cases like these are becoming alarmingly frequent, immigration attorneys say, as the Trump administration increasingly refuses to process asylum applications for pedantic reasons. Bureaucracy as a weapon: how the Trump administration is slowing asylum cases 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Ultimately, you serve the truth — which isn’t the same thing as a pedantic enslavement to just what happened. The idea of two popes at once intrigued, but how to let each land a punch in their debate? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The law professors who testified in Congress about impeachment the other day did their pedantic best to remind the nation that the president is not a king. Opinion | A strike at Trump must succeed. Democrats are ensuring it won’t. 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Canteen Boy is a neighborhood pariah of indeterminate age — a pedantic boy scout old enough to walk around the neighborhood alone but naïve enough to not realize he is the butt of every joke. Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z His was the pedantic, put-upon conservative with a small “c”, frustrated with the superficiality of modern trends, comically thwarted and superbly enraged. David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z See is clearly interested in drawing people into its elaborate and well-crafted post-apocalypse, but it’s telling that the only questions I have after watching are purely pedantic ones. See is a funny TV show, but not on purpose 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z That is no mean feat – A Series of Unfortunate Events’ fans, now adults, are incredibly pedantic. Wicked wonder: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events at 20 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Warren’s stump speech is disciplined and on message; her superpower is the ability to explain issues in simple terms; some critics find her style pedantic. The debate Democrats have waited for: Joe Biden vs. Elizabeth Warren 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Miller often launches into pedantic arguments with others in the White House, citing lengthy, arcane statistics that he mentally stores like munitions. How Stephen Miller authors Trump’s immigration policy - The Washington Post 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Critics find the terminology pedantic, obscure and sometimes ideologically one-sided. Cisheteropatriarchy. Hxrstory. The language of ethnic studies, explained 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z There’s the pedantic argument to be made that there is gravity on the Moon, but this just looks gross. All of the Apollo anniversary swag you can buy from dumb to fun 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z I think the other thrill is watching Tucker Carlson be pedantic, combative and contrarian. Media expert: How Tucker Carlson and Fox News have mainstreamed "unfettered white nationalism" 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Nor does he instruct viewers in a pedantic, patronizing way. You cannot be serious! John McEnroe has matured into a beloved figure at Wimbledon. 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “He’s pretty aggressive with his opinions, pedantic even. He interrupts me and restates what I just said.” 4 strategies for managing uppity interrupters | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Yet despite writing with authority, he’s anything but pedantic. ‘Smokelore’ is a tasty history of barbecue, food and culture 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z There’s no time for pedantic “both sides” arguments right now. Game of Game of Thrones: season 8, episode 1, Winterfell 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Our burgeoning Netflix-and-chill habit, however, somehow turned a pretty pedantic documentary about health and diet into a talker. How ‘plant-based’ rebranded vegan eating for the mainstream 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z With those fussy italics, the insistent spelling out of the perfectly obvious, this is an almost pitch-perfect imitation of musty, pedantic rule-book prose. The New Rules Of Golf Is An Ode To The Masochist - Golf Digest 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Some players openly acknowledge their devotion to elaborate pregame rituals, including the time-consuming, pedantic left sock/right sock progression that is apparently still in vogue. Christmas Music, Twizzlers and Long Walks: The N.F.L.’s Obsession With Superstition 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z There were also bots that acted as grammarians, making pedantic corrections to tweets, or simple gags like Robot J McCarthy, which sought out conversations using the word “communist” and replied with a nonsensical slogan. The charge of the chatbots: how do you tell who’s human online? 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Wind players, in particular, turned solos into pedantic examples of the true Czech style — namely, lots of tremulous forthright expression. Critic's Notebook: In two local concerts, Alisa Weilerstein shows why she is the next great cellist - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z It was paranoid, but it was also pedantic. Are the Midterms the Tea Party’s Death Knell? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z I had a pedantic quibble with this, although, in the moment, I kept it to myself. The Pittsburgh Shooting and the Dark, Specific Logic of Online Hatred 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z I am, however, super pedantic about camera performance on phones, and this is where OnePlus again lets me down. OnePlus 6T review: revised formula, same results 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Murphy’s politics have always been liberal, and that hasn’t changed, but English is using the younger Brown to keep things from becoming pedantic. If the most anticipated show of the fall revolves around a woman over 70, it has to be 'Murphy Brown' 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z I delight in how pedantic and technical these conversations can be, the conviction and force driving a wacky, pie-in-the-sky trade proposal, the way a host surgically pokes and prods at a caller’s logical fallacy. Should We Keep Politics Out of Sports? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Which other teams qualify for a pedantic definition of true contender at this early moment? Two Tigers to Meet in College Football 2018’s Biggest Game Yet 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Like the section on emotion, the other disorders in the book receive equally pedantic treatments. Review | Can neuroscience merge science with the humanities? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z You’re grouping items in a similar print or colour and wearing them together, in a way that would really annoy pedantic colour theorists. Style clash: how matchy-mismatchy became the new matchy-matchy 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z But, to De Blasio, the debate over the term “socialist” was in some ways pedantic. Bill de Blasio: Murdoch's media empire is behind Trump's election 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Its unflinching realism, pedantic detail retrieval, and unusually awesome sub-bass performance have me a little bit addicted. MrSpeakers Aeon Flow headphones review: songs of ice and fire 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Before the World Cup, there were concerns about referees who hadn’t used the system before, about slower games and pedantic rulings on minor fouls. FIFA says video reviews have been 99.3 percent correct 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z His attention to detail is never pedantic, but provides clues to attitudes and beliefs. Capturing the voice of a brilliant, unorthodox teacher of literature 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z What we said: “Each track is an elocution lesson, his bars enunciated with the almost pedantic menace of a bad cop explaining what he plans to do to you.” Best albums of 2018 so far 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Why do we want him to become a pedantic bore? Malcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Each track is an elocution lesson, his bars enunciated with the almost pedantic menace of a bad cop explaining what he plans to do to you. Pusha T: Daytona review – Kanye ably props up rap's best drug storyteller 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z One tries to avoid being pedantic with this stuff as nothing can kill a joke quicker than somber outrage. The story behind this New Yorker cover of Donald Trump playing golf - Golf Digest 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Most of the government technology jobs here now are “fairly pedantic” and “not very exciting or fulfilling for young people,” McNabb said. How can the D.C. region absorb an Amazon headquarters if it can’t cope now with gridlock and housing costs? 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Most of the government technology jobs here now are “fairly pedantic”and “not very exciting or fulfilling for young people,” McNabb said. For the DC area, Amazon would be a boon and a bane 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The president also bridled at General McMaster’s military-style briefings, viewing him as pedantic and condescending. For McMaster, Pomp Under Bittersweet Circumstances 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The effect is more educational than engaging; pedantic rather than dramatic. Adam Smith, unlikely hero of the stage 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to come across Sehgal’s action not in this pedantic show but over in the Hammer’s ordinary permanent collection galleries. It takes a striptease to enliven 'Stories of Almost Everyone' at the Hammer Museum 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The Hollywood elite gathered Sunday to celebrate itself with the Golden Globes, and it was everything you’d expect from the self-serving awards show: Political, pedantic and pathetic as ever. Politics keeps getting weirder: Media endorses Oprah for 2020 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It is Mr Bale’s performance, however, that elevates the sometimes pedantic material into something more human. “Hostiles” is a bloody depiction of the American frontier 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The direction by James Macdonald creates a taut but playful psychological drama that lets nothing become pedantic, following the text’s lead and dissolving most solemnity with glints of wit. ‘The Children’ Review: Living in the Shadow of the Meltdown 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z But to repurpose it for a group of rappers makes some snarky, pedantic sense, in that a frequent rockist, often racially motivated critique of hip-hop is its general lack of live instrumentation. Boy Band of the Future 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But since Google is being pedantic and needlessly obsessive over every detail of how the app functions on Amazon’s device, that’s no longer possible. Google and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Gauld’s artwork appeals to me most as a book lover: each piece teases out jokes inherent to the science fiction or literature communities, equally decrying literary snobbery and pedantic fans. Cartoonist Tom Gauld discusses his latest book Baking with Kafka 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z One important caveat: I do not buy the pedantic argument that “valuable” is different from “best.” Dodgers mailbag: Who should be National League MVP? 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z In every other way it was authentic, Merifield said, noting that the foundation was “pedantic” about everything. Geoffrey Rush adds Alberto Giacometti to his roster of troubled artists 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Suddenly my interlocutor, a specialist in ice, got pedantic, telling me that there were others “more qualified to speak” about rising sea levels. Watching ice melt: inside Nasa’s mission to the north pole 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z But since Google is being pedantic and needlessly obsessive over every detail of how the app functions on Amazon’s device, that’s no longer possible. Google and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Comey’s testimony revealed the encounters between a skilled, sometimes pedantic student of the Constitution and an amateur with no moral governor and no prudent counsel. Comey’s Revenge: Measuring Obstruction 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Call me pedantic, but London City Island in the capital's Docklands is not really an island at all. How to live on an island just 20 minutes from Bond Street - BBC News 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z If this tends to make happy-hour conversation in the city a little more pedantic than the American norm, then it also has its advantages, among them a fanaticism for records. James Comey and the Revenge of Washington’s Professional Class 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Tillman: It’s almost become so pedantic that I have to explain what music is, or what a metaphor is. When Father John Misty Met Patton Oswalt 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z As the poet D. M. Thomas writes, “The unconscious is a precise and even pedantic symbolist.” The Trauma of Facing Deportation 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The result was a pedantic hodgepodge that made no one happy. The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse! 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Keeping a checklist of what a remake gets wrong may be a fundamentally pedantic, ungenerous approach to criticism. Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' tries to reawaken that timeless magic 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Her peremptory conclusion, punctuated by another pedantic bell stroke, gets a laugh, because the meaning of this music, or of any music, is far from obvious. Kate Soper’s Philosophy-Opera 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s another pedantic critique trying desperately to make a mountain out of less than a molehill. This is why conservative media outlets like the Daily Mail are 'unreliable' | Dana Nuccitelli 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z To claim that the ultimatum he gave her was anything other than forcing her to resign is, at best, pedantic. Excerpts from recent North Dakota editorials 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z There is a fussily pedantic side to the project. ‘Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition’ Review: A Master in Full 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Genuine discussions over criticism, identity and censorship were paralysed and waylaid by Twitter voices obsessed with rhetorical fallacies and pedantic debating practices. What Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Would it be pedantic to point out that this is not how people actually read a book? Tom Ford’s Seductive Enigma 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z An idealist with a pedantic streak and “a political mind,” she is forever initiating community-improvement programs. Zadie Smith’s Memory Tricks 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z If you're going to be pedantic about this, I think you mean homophones--they sound alike--and this was probably the result of a mis-transcription. Aasif Mandvi Knows How to Make America Great Again 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Anyway, beyond the pedantic, I agree with others here who describe punk as more of a philosophy and attitude. Because Punk Still Rocks 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z In her mind, all those repulsive statements are true, and anyone questioning them is a pedantic scold. BULLSH**TER OF THE DAY: Betsy McCaughey, who dubbed Hillary the “speech police” for calling out Trump’s bigotry 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Place name changes can be serious, pedantic, justice-restoring – and even comical. This place ain’t what it used to be – the politics of geographical names 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z They are also nicely painted, in an almost pedantic way. This is not an article: why René Magritte is a timeless genius 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Hillary is supposed to be the pedantic spouse, and Bill the poet, but he took his wife’s edit and it elevated the speech. Hillary Clinton’s Patriotism 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Nick is also pedantic and sometimes condescending but the twins aren't even sure what condescending means. Bachelor in Purgatory: the season three finale spectacular 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But if we're being pedantic, the first events are actually on 3 August - the women's football match between Sweden and South Africa kicks off the Olympics. Rio 2016 Olympics: All you need to know and plenty you don't - BBC News 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z I won’t bore you, the dear reader, with a pedantic definition of plagiarism. Melania-gate illustrates everything wrong with Trump campaign — and Republicans know it 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z But beyond the canned rhetoric and pedantic detail that risk rendering them all but ignored even by party leaders, platforms have retained an important place in the American political process. Why the Republican and Democratic platforms are as consequential as they are unwieldy and arcane 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But pedantic Miss Mary Bennet of “Pride and Prejudice” is not Big Brother of “1984,” and tedious directives on mind-numbing subjects do not make the EU another Soviet Union. Of Trumpkins and Brexiteers 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z This might look like a slight edit, trivial at best and pedantic at worst. ‘Freedom of Worship’ Isn’t Enough 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z My quibbles with Straw Stick & Brick are few and probably too pedantic for the Dagwoodians among us. Straw Stick & Brick: A gem of a deli packs deliciousness into sandwiches 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The Guardian's critic, while more complimentary, still found its tale of thwarted romance in the 1930s "insubstantial", "unfocused" and "freighted with a pedantic nostalgia". Woody Allen’s rough ride at Cannes Film Festival - BBC News 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Many still see the books as unsophisticated and pedantic, more of a sleep aid or a tool to teach literacy than a place to showcase elegant prose. Children’s books next frontier for high-profile novelists 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Many still see the books as unsophisticated and pedantic — more of a sleep aid or a tool to teach literacy rather than a place to showcase elegant prose. Masters of Prose Warm Up to Children’s Picture Books 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z But Barris knew that the episode was odd—not especially funny and possibly pedantic. “Black-ish” Transforms the Family Sitcom 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z I know it seems a little pedantic, but that's what I wanted. 'The Coming of the Supermen': Neal Adams doesn't like your current 'Man of Steel' 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Group 63’s literary efforts now look decidedly prolix and pedantic; but Eco, to his credit, understood early on that a fiction without a story was not worth its weight in paper. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Mother Sophie Kendall, 28, said: "We both work as journalists so are perhaps a bit more pedantic about these things than most. " Tesco apologises for baby clothing slogan errors - BBC News 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z But calling something a two-wheeled self-balancing scooter is pedantic, and it will never reasonably fit in any headline. They're called hoverboards now, and there's nothing we can do about it 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z He’s losing for a lot of reasons: he doesn’t seem to like campaigning too hard; he’s not a magnetic speaker; and his pedantic delivery isn’t leavened by didja-know facts that aren’t really obscure. Presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is no Libertarian. He's a pro-pot Trump | Jeb Lund 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z For hearing people who don’t know much about deaf culture or ASL it’s a great history lesson, without feeling like a pedantic educational lecture. Spring Awakening on Broadway: deaf viewers give their verdict 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z He’s just incredibly vain, when you see that little man walk, so pedantic, an annoying little fella, always saying, ‘Come here’. Bosnia-Herzegovina v Wales: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It is evidence-based and thematic, not pedantic and prescriptive; it is born of data, not dogma; it emphasizes wholesome foods in sensible combinations, leaving nutrients to sort themselves out accordingly. The Emperor Eats Cheese! 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z For him, it seems the cryptic mystery of Jobs is far more fascinating than any pedantic explanation might prove. Steve Jobs still mysterious in Alex Gibney documentary 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z I didn’t want to be pedantic in any way. Judy Kuhn pays tribute to 3 generations of songwriters 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z I didn't want to be pedantic in any way. 'Fun Home' star Judy Kuhn pays tribute to 3 generations of songwriters in new CD 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z He’s just incredibly vain, when you see that little man walk, so pedantic, an annoying little fella, always saying, ‘Come here’. Bosnia-Herzegovina v Wales: Euro 2016 qualifier – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z He is one of the most annoying and notoriously pedantic bankers I’ve ever worked with, but in fairness, this is a bona fide fire drill. How I f***ed Morgan Stanley: Deviance and debauchery of the 1 percent 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z A romantic Europe of memory ran up against a pedantic Europe of rules. Greek debt crisis: What next for the European Union dream? - BBC News 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z But if Escher’s work had been nothing more than a pedantic meta-artistic commentary on the plasticity of techniques, it would by now have been forgotten. The impossible world of MC Escher 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z But sometimes even that is not enough, as the relentless, pedantic hall monitors of our discourse often see fit to exact economic costs for perceived social transgressions. "End of Discussion" Excerpt 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Sorry to be pedantic but, so far, this looks like more of a case of "negative inflation", not deflation. Deflation: What it means in practice - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Please hold the pedantic lectures about how the global oil market works: Demand will be met, if not by oil pumped from beneath the Arctic Ocean, then by oil pumped from somewhere else. Obama drills a hole in his climate policy 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z “You don’t need to be pedantic to me, sir,” she said. Did George W. Bush Create ISIS? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Then the student, Ivy Ziedrich, complained that Bush was being “pedantic” in response to her remarks. On Iraq question, Jeb Bush stumbles and the GOP hopefuls pounce 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “Applicant should be old, badly dressed and pedantic but capable of getting to work on time,” he wrote. BBC Suspends Host of ‘Top Gear’ After String of Warnings 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The decision was, in other words, a perfectly Warburgian event: conservative and reassuring to a pedantic degree, it was also potentially destabilizing. The World’s Weirdest Library 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z His “bad education” of Luke is made even more frightful by his slick, pedantic nature. THEATER REVIEW: ‘Kid Victory’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z But his quirky style and pedantic manner sometimes grate on other Republicans, whom he amicably dismisses as “graybeards.” Ted Cruz seeks role of 'disruptive app'; some colleagues would hit delete 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z A rambling, repetitive work panned by literary critics for its pedantic style, “Mein Kampf” was drafted by Hitler in a Bavarian jail after the failed Nazi uprising in Munich in November 1923. ‘Mein Kampf’: A historical tool, or Hitler’s voice from beyond the grave? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z And imagine that the “get” is a radical, pedantic, Freud-inflected Marxist with a German accent. Bob Simon and Herbert Marcuse 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Rectifying this misapprehension may seem like a pedantic concern, but it is not. Happy Darwin Day. Will We Heed His Time-Tested Wisdom? 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z This may seem pedantic, but it’s an important point: there is a warmest year on record. How 'Warmest Ever' Headlines and Debates Can Obscure What Matters About Climate Change 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Questions about where to put hyphens — and more often, where not to — may seem trivial, even pedantic. Tricky Little Things 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z De Castro’s new Yahoo colleagues got a full dose of his strange locution at the company’s annual sales meeting, in early 2013, when he berated his sales force with a rangy, pedantic speech. What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Today, I’m religious enough and also pedantic enough to sincerely think of Christmas as “Christ’s Mass,” and I can also recognize that this sweater is not a threat to that. I Love This Multicultural Holiday Sweater 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Pink is an engaging host who references the underlying science without being pedantic or boring his audience. Prime-Time Psychology And Persuasion 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z This might surprise those who have not ventured beyond hand-waving dismissals of Keynesianism, but it was true to form: Keynes was a pragmatist and a problem solver, not a pedantic salesman of rigid doctrine. Who's Afraid of Maynard Keynes? 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z “But you try not to be pedantic about it.” The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z "You need to be a lot more pedantic," he says. Sam Shepard: 'America is on its way out as a culture' 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z In an interview with The New York Times in 1993, Mr. Palomino remembered Mr. Cuomo as “kind of pedantic” in those days. Fabian Palomino, 90, Dies; Advised New York Governors 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The general's aide complained that the French were behaving "brusquely" - a word that sounds oddly pedantic in translation. CAR: Where rumours can kill 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Although a loyal friend and mentor to those whom she deemed worthy of her attention, she was known for her impatience with those she found pedantic. Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, exposed toll of South Africa’s apartheid Mr. Niemann may lack the common touch; he can come off as pedantic, and street-level politics is not his strong suit. For Prince George’s council "If people laughed," went one comment, "then this pedantic point is neither here nor there." Deconstructing Jimmy Carr is no joke 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z "Without being too pedantic, the making of a cancer drug versus the making of a chocolate bar is somewhat different," the shareholder said. EU likely to block any UK intervention in AstraZeneca bid -lawyers 2014-05-08T14:33:38Z A bit like a pedantic headmaster, says Dear. The people who oppose the gay marriage law 2014-03-26T02:06:25Z I was going to say, it might sound like a pedantic distinction. We are all right-wingers now: How Fox News, ineffective liberals, corporate Dems and GOP money captured everything 2014-03-09T11:00:00Z He could be smug and pedantic with his critics. Wise: David Stern knew that promoting the NBA meant embracing its players 2014-01-31T02:31:14Z That is not how he sees himself, Mr. Lehrer said, not “in a pedantic sense” anyway. Breaking Bread: Going Unseen, but Asking the Tough Questions for Almost a Quarter-Century at WNYC 2013-12-30T01:12:25Z Instead it’s a pedantic and obvious narrative of a Facebook-mandatory future. Super-Secret Life At 'The Lobby' - And A Book Review 2013-10-22T19:15:00Z They speak in an over-precise way with much pedantic insistence on letters not generally sounded, especially Hs. How 'thank you' fell out of fashion 2013-07-17T16:58:44Z It is the chance meeting of Ulysses and a telephone interchange, as strange to our eyes as a pedantic speech from an ape, a tale told by a robot. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt Part Two] 2013-06-19T16:15:00.180Z At the risk of becoming overly pedantic, there is no such thing as a slippery slope. Guns and abortion: Is compromise even possible? 2013-05-11T10:30:00Z Before he became speaker, Mr. Bercow was already known for bringing a pedantic streak to Parliamentary debates. The Saturday Profile: John Bercow, House of Commons Speaker, Seeks to Quell the Unruly 2013-04-26T23:38:30Z Tall, bespectacled and jowly with grey suits and a paisley scarf, Steinbrueck can appear pedantic and aloof. Straight-talking Steinbrueck struggles to debunk Merkel "cult" 2013-04-10T14:17:20Z Eventually, demoralised by reading Joyce, he gave up his artistic ambitions and became a sportswriter, turning in eccentric articles that were "dense and allusive and saddled, at times, with what could be called pedantic humour". Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan – review 2013-03-21T10:01:01Z If our own pedantic critique dies down long enough, we can better inform ourselves about the oppression happening on the ground all around the world in the name of economic progress. Jared Diamond On Traditional Society, Warfare And Eschewing Technology Plus Updated Commentary 2013-02-13T04:06:33Z Now, as my pedantic server helped show me, that’s no longer the case. Is the Bourbon Boom for Real? 2013-01-25T12:45:43Z Dr. Badger, however, remains true to character: pedantic, smug and disdainful. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘A Wind in the Willows Christmas,’ at the Two River Theater Company 2012-12-23T02:50:02Z Which tends to be a perfectly acceptable exchange – unless, of course, you're making pedantic points about other people's use of an "official" English. 'Your in America' sets grammar fascists against fascists 2012-11-28T12:44:28Z “A pedantic sense of order is typical of the compulsive character,” wrote the Freudian analyst Wilhelm Reich in his 1933 book, “Character Analysis,” a groundbreaking text. Clearing the Fog Around Personality Disorders 2012-11-26T23:17:17Z As an English teacher and Fiver reader, I would say a solid career of having pedantic, inane, and statistically dubious letters published would mark the writer out for a deputy headship at the very least. The Fiver: How Many People Do You Need To Write A Banner? 2012-11-26T16:32:55Z They have stolen an economist’s pedantic measure of proportionate spending to argue what the size of the defense budget should be. Military Budget Debate: Ignored and Misinformed 2012-10-02T00:05:16Z His gracious example was matched by Victoria Pendleton, twice denied a likely gold by pedantic applications of the rules; and by the self-effacement of countless others. London 2012 Games fortnight has been one of dreams and wonder 2012-08-11T18:42:00Z After the pedantic penalty was awarded, this spirit intensified. London 2012: Alistair Brownlee wins the triathlon gold and the sibling rivalry 2012-08-07T16:38:55Z I was typing a pedantic 'I think you'll find ...' type email about her changing her name and going on to greater fame and fortune before I decided to run an online check of my 'facts'. The Fiver: The Case of Jack Wilshere 2012-07-10T15:47:35Z He's just incredibly vain, when you see that little man walk, so pedantic, an annoying little fella, always saying, 'Come here'. The Joy of Six: European Championship controversies 2012-06-22T09:59:26Z I hate to be pedantic, but as the topic is guns and I went to public school in the United States, I feel as though I am overly qualified to comment on small arms. The Fiver 2012-06-14T15:45:29Z But let me put aside my role as a pedantic buzzkill for a moment and propose a theory. A theory on the Obama campaign’s messaging problems 2012-06-14T14:55:38Z Pardon me for being pedantic, but aren't most nib pens sold today actually cartridge pens rather than fountain pens? Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z That was exquisite, and all the more surprising coming from a man of Von B�low's pedantic nature. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z As a teacher and master Hegel inspired confidence in his pupils, and maintained discipline without pedantic interference in their associations and sports. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z And when we did speak to the common man, we were pedantic and even condescending at times. Is water on the public's mind? Not really. Not yet. 2012-04-24T23:45:00.457Z It seems pedantic to notice every trifle of this sort, but if small errors in quotation were, so to speak, nipped in the bud, many logomachics would be saved. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Where there are charges both upon and beside a bend, fesse or the like, a curious inversion is used by pedantic blazoners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dr. Parker was an elderly man, somewhat pedantic and notional in his ways, but withal full of energy and zeal in the cause. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z We have all laughed over the pedantic surgeon in Molière's "Malade Imaginaire," who invites his fiancée as a delightful treat to see him dissect the body of a woman. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It is extremely rude and pedantic, when engaged in general conversation, to make quotations in a foreign language. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Abuse may lead the militant Impressionist to an impasse of assertive agnosticism as pedantic in its way as the lucubrations of the most literary pedant in paint. Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day 2012-03-29T02:00:13.340Z It lacks a certain pedantic and scientific form. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z As moralists, they exhibited a very genuine love of moral excellence, but the same pedantic and retrospective character. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Look at the two pedantic, pompous, dull advocates in the later part of Robert Browning's "The Ring and the Book." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z In another novel, "Gloria," a beautiful passionate girl of sixteen is incapable of being the pedantic prig Gald�s makes her in the opening chapters. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z From the Latin, sir; I do not quote the original tongue in the presence of ladies, which would seem pedantic. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Be pedestrian and pedantic when you're patronizing prose, Spur your Pegasus quite frantic when a poem you compose. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Moreover, Huxley appears to have a certain professional, and I had almost said pedantic, contempt for anything calling itself science which cannot be rated and registered in the regular and practical way. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Colman's comedies made upstart noblemen and pedantic doctors of laws shade their faces, while the pit shook its sides with laughter. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z They are written in an urbane and agreeable manner, but are wholly lacking in originality, insight, and vigour; while their bits of learning strike the more modern reader as old fashioned, even if not pedantic. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z No less pedantic is the style in which the grown-up, in stature at least, undertakes to become acquainted with Dante. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The categories into which causes and kinds of legal action and pleas, were divided, in their pedantic complexity, recalled the tortuous refinements of the logical school men upon the comparatively simple predicaments of Aristotle. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z He marked time, retreated, lost his confidence; and the pedantic and scholastic features of his thought more and more became apparent. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Hall crushed a pedantic fool with a single blow of his truncheon. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z I don't know how it is, but our critics, though not pedantic, have not the businesslike air, or the air of the man of the world, which gives manliness and significance to criticism. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z No less pedantic is the style in which the grown-up, in stature at least, undertakes to become acquainted with Dante. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z His style is highly pedantic, and the reader would scarcely thank me for a specimen. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z The Civil War, after the barren and pedantic pamphlet of Kautsky, acts like a storm that clears the air. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The marquis was a tall, well-built, handsome fellow, dreamy and absent in manner, pedantic in his ways, a trifle too much enamoured of the crotchets of his day. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z She knew the depth of sincerity which was sometimes obscured by his pedantic phrases. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z We must say a few words as to the pedantic folly with which this study has been prosecuted in this country, and, we believe, in England. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The style is highly pedantic, yet withal sufficiently amusing, and the illustrative woodcuts are executed with great spirit. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Hearn, like Gauguin, was a disillusionized cosmopolite, disgusted with the banal artifice, the blatant commercialism, the pedantic and Puritanic hypocrisy of our Occidental civilization. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z In open play, City were pedantic, with too many studied passes when the need was for flicks and mercurial movement. Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City 2012-02-12T18:10:02Z Although some of his ideas may now be thought pedantic and antiquated, the books which contain them will not die. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z He spoke in a pedantic, self-satisfied voice, and introduced himself as Mr. Raphael Princkley, and his companion as Mr. Jonas Stiles, both undergraduates of Queen's College, Oxford. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z His pedantic phraseology reveals his hand in the construction of the reply to the Commissioners' remonstrances and threats. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z They are no longer exclusively engaged upon ecclesiastical work; domestic glass is an important industry; and a workman once comparatively exempt from pedantic control is not so easily restrained from self-expression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z When the courtly and rather pedantic poetic system of the Troubadours encountered the grave and vigorous Castilian, it was ill fitted to make any prolonged resistance. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z It is pedantic to have read them, and we are proud to know them only by reputation. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z I cannot here discuss the strange mixture which they present of slavish literalism with exalted speculation, of pedantic orthodoxy with physical and moral insight far beyond the level of that age. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Never pedantic, it was a city more for the emotions than the intellect; intellect, in its astigmatic conceit, had largely overlooked Havana; and Havana had missed little enough. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z The pompous, pedantic, venomous Monsieur Cardinal will long survive as the true image of sententious and self-glorifying immorality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z But the spirit of his Court was a pedantic one; it strayed after Italian models, and he himself affected the Provençal manner. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The English words by which we attempt to render them are either vulgar or pedantic, or not of sufficiently general application. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-26T03:00:11Z But here there is something of controversy to traverse before a revived Platonic conception of love can hope to be treated by the physiologist as more than a pedantic jest. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Further than that, ignoring them was, for any measure of pleasure, absolutely needful: the pedantic spirit in Havana was fatal. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z But almost in the same breath he insults, minimizes and reproaches our Lord as a pedantic peasant, an eccentric, an anarchist, and the like. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z This, too, was a studied phrase, brought out with pedantic decision. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z He had to keep a voluminous repertory of pedantic lumber always ready, to blunder with wit and pun in paradoxes, seasoning the whole with broad Bolognese dialect and plebeian phrases. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It had not yet become fashionable for the latter to rehearse deeds of philanthropy in pedantic garments. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z US Soccer is either being bureaucratically pedantic saying we need at least six teams or it’s pushing the league into the grave.” US Soccer Could Drop Sanctioning for Women?s Professional Soccer 2011-11-25T00:20:14Z Royce wrote a very funny thing in pedantic German some years ago, purporting to be the proof by a distant-future professor that I was an habitual drunkard, based on passages culled from my writings. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z I remember thinking I was doing something rather pretentious and pedantic when I began to read Ruskin. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z "Hideous," he said, with a touch of pedantic reproof which consorted oddly with his jacket and trousers. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Some pedantic enthusiast once said of them that, "The Gilders were empowered by divine right to put the cachet of recognition upon distinction." Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Although they must be distinguished as far as possible, we should be taking a narrow and pedantic view of literary history if we insisted on regarding them as mutually exclusive. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z His influence speedily declined, and before his death his name became proverbial for pedantic folly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z At times the style becomes heavy and pedantic, at others the touches of the pencil have a vigour and simplicity altogether Dantesque. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Miron, judging from his letters was rather pedantic, but in no way stupid. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The manufacturer could include a thin cylinder of graphite within the roll of graphene so that the pencil could actually be used to write, but that strikes me as pedantic. Elephant Illustrates Important Point 2011-11-07T14:45:00.237Z We learn about trips to the “dangerous East Village” and educating oneself via art magazines — even if “much of the art criticism was aloof and pedantic.” | Westchester: ?Circa 1986,? a Decade of Art, in Peekskill - Review 2011-11-06T00:42:48Z Such references, whilst they occupied an undue portion of the book, would be ostentatiously and tediously pedantic in a work of so little pretension as mine. 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 Then came one or two inflated and pedantic paragraphs, and the letter was subscribed 'Respectfully yours, 'Carl.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z True parliamentary eloquence easily brought to reason pedantic and bombastic oratory. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z If it wasn't quite so perfect it would be pedantic now. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In both Christine and Chartier there is a great deal of rather heavy moralizing, and a great deal of rather pedantic erudition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Although his cosmological references are often incidental they are not introduced in a pedantic manner. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z There is little confusion in the matter, however, for the context shows what kind of a segment is to be understood, so that the word "sect" is rather pedantic than important. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z At page 116, in a virulent charge, Mr. Bourassa says that Mr. Wilson though a passionate and obstinate pedantic of democracy, is as much of an autocrat as William of Prussia. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z All that is pedantic would be exploded, and truth, fresh and warm from the heart, would be substituted in their place. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z He then told them a few of the names that enlightened thinkers had applied to the Christian deity—how Professor Tyndall had called him an 'atom-manufacturer,' and Professor Huxley a 'pedantic drill-sergeant'. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z In poetical allusions to heavenly phenomena, much attention to detail and a pedantic regard for accuracy would be inappropriate. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z He never laughed at it as odd or pedantic. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z Bill Gates popped up on a 100-foot screen, appearing pedantic and flaccid in contrast to Jobs’s swagger. The Return: 1997-2011 2011-10-06T15:42:34Z The order in the country and the army was pedantic; the customs were Spartan. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The book is diffuse, pedantic and somewhat heavy in style, but valuable historically as written by a theorist who was also an expert man of affairs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Julian himself was placed under the charge of an old family servant—a Scythian, Mardonius by name, a strict and pedantic disciplinarian, but also a man of culture, as the sequel shows. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z In consequence they are generally exquisite, and make exquisite combinations; but the result is intellectual poetry and not passionate—poetry which, if the term is not too pedantic, one may qualify as static poetry. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Under ordinary circumstances no reasonable doubt would attach to the observation, "I see my brother"; it would be pedantic and silly to resolve this recognition back into a more elementary form. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z "My dear Lady Caroline, noblesse oblige—and a man must do his obvious duty," he heard Claude saying, in his slightly pedantic fashion. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z We need not be pedantic about literal accuracy, and may allow that the statement has a rhetorical colouring. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z “We then learn only useful things, and don’t cram our heads with pedantic knowledge.” The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z It was French, that's what it was, in its breadth, its charity, its continual attenuation and inter-correction, its horror of the dictatorial, the pedantic. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z What is unusual is the patient, unhurried, slightly pedantic but altogether reassuring tone. Books: Two Doctors Take a Patient-Centric Approach in New Books 2011-08-29T22:08:19Z She had plunged into the frivolities of the town with a zest that was a trifle emphasized through her wish to escape any charge of being pedantic or literary. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z This is one of the instances where minute accuracy in translation is not pedantic, but clear gain. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z I soon went over to call, and found everything much as it was formerly, except that the pedantic cousin was not mentioned. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z His Latin was bad, his views narrow and pedantic, his chief instrument of instruction the birch, of which he made assiduous application. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student 2011-08-25T02:00:32.027Z In this volume Galiani parodied with exquisite felicity, in a series of discourses on the death of the public hangman, the styles of the most pompous and pedantic Neapolitan writers of the day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Well, despite of some thousand objections pedantic, The “Great Western” has cross’d and re-cross’d the Atlantic, Nor is this the first time—to the foe’s consternation— That the deeds of our tars have defied calculation. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z In that connection they do not seem quite so pedantic. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z In any event, Polybius would appear to have been a rather pedantic authority for the military operations of the American backwoods. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z L. was a reformer, though pedantic and fantastic. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z The lieges straightway emancipate themselves from the constraint in which Reason would have held them, and will no longer stand or walk as their pedantic tutor would have them to do. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Good and slow and pedantic, he yet realized what a lovely thing life had put into his hands, and he longed to keep it, and he communicated this ever-growing longing to Ellen. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Perhaps we saw her to peculiar advantage, but we certainly do feel that she has been greatly scandalized in having the reputation of acting the pedantic authoress, and partaking of her father's scepticism. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z These," she says, "consist of the frothy, the prosy, the pious, or the pedantic. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Early amateur efforts often bristle with quotations, foreign words, stilted phrases, pedantic remarks, or references to classical personages. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z We English accuse the German artists of mannerism, of a formal, hard, and elaborate execution,—a pedantic style of composition and sundry other sins. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The quiet, pedantic spirit which breathed from these carefully preserved relics of a former century could not have trained the original, modern, enthusiastic nature of the Prison Fairy. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z This mythological lore is not merely a harmless form of imagery, against which it might be pedantic to rebel. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Professor Graham Bell is not like some pedantic wise men who talk as if they believed that the end of knowledge in their particular line had been already reached. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z A pedantic style of phraseology, and a desire to let other people see how much one knows, are amateur failings. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z A student takes amongst the flowers a pedantic old volume, a treatise as dry and crabbed as its title. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z She had thought it out with perfect fairness, with an almost pedantic precision. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z By pedantic ratiocinations he proved that the plague could not be a contagious disease: “for,” he said, “in nature everything is either a substance or an accident.” The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Barbara Churchill at times is wearyingly pedantic; then, again, she is just as delightfully original—her first meeting with Mrs. Sandyshaft is so inimitable that I must transcribe a part of it. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z The deed had been prepared by the chancellor in Danish, and in the usual stiff and pedantic style of such documents. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z One moment she will call me awkward, pedantic, the next I am her comfort, her stay, the friend for whom she has been longing. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Upon which another character concludes the play with a pedantic definition of the word “gentleman,” and morality is satisfied. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z While of great promise in his profession, he is not at all 431 pedantic, but has many interests. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z It was not difficult to do, given the movement's pedantic determinism and disregard for environmental influences. Beauty pageants and the misunderstanding of evolution meet....again 2011-06-29T14:45:00.253Z If you are subjected to a pedantic lecture on the terroir of your mind, express impatience by looking away, saying "ok," "oh," and so on, and, if that doesn't work, saying "thanks a lot." Texting While Eating: The New Etiquette of Casual Dining 2011-06-22T09:15:00Z King Saul, with his golden crown and his black velvet robe, Mariana did not like: he looked, she said, too stiff and pedantic. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z His indolence, eccentricity and pedantic stiffness seemed to promise just such a wooden figure-head as the princes required: it is difficult to imagine any other reason for the selection. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z These Spanish books are marvellously pedantic; one may as well say it, frankly ridiculous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z He wrote a splendid hand, but from the pedantic ungainly way in which he took hold of anything, I made sure he was not a good worker. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z I have really," she added, smiling, "become a pedantic parson's widow. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z It is a vile term—that of Anglo-American—a pedantic term—and rather surprising from the pen of Chasles. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The pedantic race, in their furious Latinisms, bristling with polysyllabic pomposity, deemed themselves fortunate when they could fall upon “dark words,” which our critic aptly describes “catching an ink-horn term by the tail.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The WLB's guidelines say "pedantic or antiquarian forms and literal or whimsical translations should be avoided unless there is sound evidence that they are in common use both locally and nationally". Villagers win Welsh name removal 2011-06-01T16:05:46Z If a mere metaphysician were to attempt to revive this mode of expressing the doctrine, probably his speculations would be disregarded, or treated as a pedantic resuscitation of obsolete Platonic dreams. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Yet his quotations, references and allusions are never pedantic, nor are they allowed to clog and weight his style. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z For a fine showy assertion that looks very original and striking, but is not calculated for pedantic verification, commend me to a Frenchman. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Stanyhurst has left a memorable woful version of Virgil, and the pedantic Gabriel Harvey had espoused this Latin intruder among the English muses. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z That's not surprising, the researchers said, since people who talk fast tend to be seen as not trustworthy, while those who speak too slowly are usually perceived as slow-witted or overly pedantic. Want to Be Heard? Try Changing the Way You Talk 2011-05-20T14:10:00Z The prose of Bacon, Harrington, and Milton, is altogether stiff and pedantic, though their sense be excellent. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z The problem of the education of such a young idealist is a difficult one; but it seems clear that its principle ought to have been a judicious, not a harsh or pedantic, regularity. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z They form a college of horses, with pedantic grooms for professors, and a harness room for a library:" English omnibuses— "The omnibuses of London are worn out, ill built, and remarkably dirty. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The reader who concludes that “The Arcadia” of Sidney is a pedantic pastoral, has received a very erroneous conception of the work. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He borrowed from the ancien r�gime its plenipotentiaries; its over-centralized, strictly utilitarian administrative and bureaucratic methods; and afterwards, in order to bring them into line, the subservient pedantic scholasticism of its university. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z For the rest, he introduced his Victor with no pedantic rules of march to the ice-course and tilt-yard of the court. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Put yourself on the same level as the person to whom you speak, and under penalty of being considered a pedantic idiot, refrain from explaining any expression or word that you may use. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z At this point Zimoveykin swung off with pedantic dignity a low bow right down to the ground. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z This latter critic published his animadversions on the pedantic writings of Hamon L’Estrange, who had opened on us a floodgate of Latinisms. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But that is what happens when the people elect a pedantic professor as their President. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z Your uncle is now and then pedantic but one could only feel respect for him to-day.” The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z His style is quaint and pedantic; but he displays sound learning, deep thinking, and originality of manner. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z With the pedantic attention to details which characterised the Egyptian, every part of it has been carefully elaborated. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z His verse is very largely concerned with negations: it is not ornamented, it is not preposterous, it is not pedantic. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The visionary science upon which it was based, had to be studied in codes of doctrine and repeated with pedantic precision. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z What certainty that yonder pedantic booby is right in his prognostics? Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z Varro makes but a pedantic figure in the part which he has modestly taken to himself. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Without being in the least pedantic, it has a smack of the period; and as a sheer, joyous bit of comedy it ranks very high in the repertory of Shakespearian music. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z Fine clothes and pedantic affectations awed her, but she had no appreciation for the simple good-breeding of a man whose manners are the natural outgrowth of the habits of his class. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The Ameto is a tissue of pastoral tales, descriptions, and versified interludes, prolix in style and affected with pedantic erudition. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "Men do not jest about the women whose names are sacred to them," he said with the pedantic chivalry, which always provoked his colleague's opposition. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Our ancestors, who had good reason to know the place, called it The Groyne, but it would be pedantic to so call it now. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z I excused myself: for if you satisfy curiosity you are no longer sublime; besides it is so pedantic to remember accurately anything one meets with in books. Leonora 2011-03-22T02:00:21.627Z He was no pedantic theologian, but a broad, liberal-minded man of the world. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Elizabethan literature tinged with classicism.All the literature of that period is tinged with classicism to a degree which in our satiated times is apt to seem pedantic. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z His blunt conscientiousness and quite pedantic frankness of speech were displeasing on first acquaintance. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The discussions were a blending of pedantic declamation and phosphoric denunciation. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Such delight the artist can never communicate by the display of a callous and pedantic impartiality in presence of the facts of life and nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z "Very well, they may be pedantic," said his father; "but if you had been with them you would not have squandered sixty thousand roubles." More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The universities of Britain were at this time in a state of educational retrogression, largely given over to a pedantic conning of the Latin and Greek classics. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Now, I'm tired to death of 'distinguished' people; they're all a set of bores—ugly as sin and pedantic as schoolmasters. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Law, not lawlessness, is the natural condition of poetic life; but the law must itself be poetic and not pedantic, natural and not conventional. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z After Goldsmith, the eighteenth-century essay declined into tamer hands, and passed into final feebleness with the pedantic Richard Cumberland and the sentimental Henry Mackenzie. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z It might be pedantic to recite the passage in the original. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z He was an accomplished scholar in a pedantic age,—and his love is, therefore, illustrated by such comparisons and turns of thought as were allied to his habitual studies. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z If dull and pedantic over certain stretches, it is usually infallible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z |
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