| 单词 | pomposity |
| 例句 | Read English news, yes, and English sport, politics and pomposity, but in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His first Gymnopedie of 1888, as well as sounding like a long, hot afternoon in the Midi after a liquid lunch, can be seen as a deliberate attempt to debunk pomposity and de-clutter music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She had great difficulty coping with his imperiousness: “I want to play chess!” he’d demand, with all the pomposity of a crown prince talking to a servant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I sat up stiff and straight in my seat with all the poor pomposity of youth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We want the best for Carmela but we recognise her pomposity and hypocrisy, as does she. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z Or is self-deception simply a psychological trick that enables us to live with unchecked moral pomposity and exceptionalism? Coyotes, the Ultimate American Tricksters 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Instead, his droll NB skewered pomposity in its many forms. Columns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z A tolerance for a certain amount of pomposity is a prerequisite for keeping up with serious art; otherwise, you’re always sitting at the short table and using the plastic cutlery. Review: Marina Abramovic’s ‘Walk Through Walls,’ a Memoir of Masochism and Pretension 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z His new collection of journalism, “The Rub of Time,” produced the usual reaction in me: intense, fawning admiration for his wit and verve, interspersed with bursts of contemptuous irritation at some pomposity or other. Richard Lloyd Parry: By the Book 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The session I attended focused on pushing the players into exaggeration—reveling in the King’s “patriarchal pomposity” and turning a betrothal dance into a “jug band” jam. An Opera Festival’s Local Focus 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But playing Partridge has given Coogan an angle on pomposity and an outlet valve for it. Steve Coogan: older, wiser, but as for his alter ego… 2013-07-27T23:05:40Z You can laugh at this timeless tale of political pomposity until 7 May. Iolanthe; Angela Hewitt/Britten Sinfonia ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:44Z Part of his schtick is elevating the unseen everyday to deluxe status, poking fun at the pomposity of the fashion beast. Balenciaga Goes Where Fashion Hasn’t Dared Go Before 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Today, neither Lord Clark’s benign pomposity nor his open disdain for contemporary culture would fly. Review | ‘Civilizations’ is the most ambitious story about art ever told on television 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z As the nuptials spiral into a delirious bacchanal evoking Luis Buñuel’s 1962 classic, “The Exterminating Angel,” guests delve into decadence, and a mother and father become gargoyles of parental pomposity. ‘Demon,’ a Supernatural Satire From Poland 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” with or without the British “u,” is a very youthful, disjointed text, its thin thread of plot repeatedly cut by clowns, dullards, puns, pomposities and noodling that goes nowhere. Review: Young Bros and Maidens Harmonize in ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z He's hip without being a hippie – that is, he's without the pretentiousness and pomposity which afflicts too many hippies. Jimi Hendrix's 70th birthday: celebrate with a classic interview 2012-11-27T00:02:01Z He treated subjects from every walk of life with the same generosity, though he hated pomposity. Guglielmo Galvin obituary 2013-03-08T14:20:22Z Compounding the unpleasant nature of Maher’s wheat-grass pomposity is that, from vaccines to the news items he discusses, he’s just not very well informed. Five atheists who ruin it for everyone else 2012-08-04T14:01:00Z In Ron Raines’s devastating performance of “The Road You Didn’t Take,” the personal tragedy of Ben, a stuffy, grandiose shell of a man, steadily leaks through his shallow pomposity. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z I'm attacking the pomposity that says this is more valuable than that. Billy Corgan wants to 'piss on' Radiohead 2012-06-13T10:49:27Z "It's a world full of pomposity and bull," he said. CNBC tries reality TV after business hours 2013-03-04T21:13:14Z I wouldn’t have minded that with James, whose fussbudget pomposity is always worth some deflation. Onstage, the Pen Is Usually Duller Than the Sword 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z You confused, as I would have done, authority with pomposity. TV rivals brekkie bread together at Royal Television Society bash 2013-07-16T09:18:55Z Hurt’s sprightly, louche outsider nailed British pomposity, snobbery and fear of sex, by getting his Stephen Ward to exist in opposition to all that. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z “We’re going to a Kanye opera,” a woman declared to her friend with mock pomposity as she walked into the Bowl. Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z While Victorian pomposity merchants were selling oily encumbrances by the cartload, Vincent van Gogh worked unknown, and unsold. Richard Hamilton's farewell, Frieze and Cotman paints France – the week in art 2012-10-05T13:37:48Z The question “Would you like iceberg ice in “your water glass tonight?” is the kind typically reserved for destinations of rarefied pomposity. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z Stripped of his pomposity and utterly lost, Mr. Rowan’s Torvald is a figure of pity. Theater Review: ‘A Doll’s House,’ With Hattie Morahan’s Frantic Nora 2014-02-28T03:00:01Z One gorgeous gray ink painting of a fish dates back to the 13th century, but wears a fresh expression of comic pomposity that would easily fit in a TV cartoon. Undaunted, Asia Week Forges Ahead 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Yet for children and adults alike, the sheer pomposity of the contraption, an odd marriage of funicular and Ferris wheel, are attraction enough. A Mother-Daughter Test: London, Together 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Of arrogance, and pomposity, and what Philip Larkin liked to call the smell of bum. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z Brack’s formal style, on the edge of pomposity, makes clear how in love the radically partisan Booth is both with the righteousness of his convictions and with the sound of his own voice. Voices of political outsiders, from Booth to poetic radicals 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z A lot of his portrayal's success rides on the wide-eyed, idiotic expression he wears in many scenes, and along with the concentrated dose of pomposity and excitement he lends to every petty act. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z 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 He’s also learned how to deploy — and puncture — Thor’s inborn pomposity, although by the time the final credits rolled in “Ragnarok” that haughtiness had turned into shtick. ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Review: A God’s Comic Twilight 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z But when I met him, I met a fully rounded human being totally free from pomposity. Che Guevara's 'betrayer' tells his side of the story after 40 years 2013-07-03T13:53:10Z The veteran David Garrison imparts the Major-General, the father of a brood of capering lovelies, including Mabel, with a dithery pomposity. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z What dialogue exists is down to earth and devoid of oratorical pomposity. Review: In ‘Last Days in the Desert,’ Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But the comic pacing grinds to a halt for Kunrad’s harangue, at over 100 lines a monologue of tedious length, with heavy-handed puns on Wagner’s and Strauss’s names only adding pomposity. Music Review: Strauss’s ‘Feuersnot’ via Leon Botstein at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-18T22:30:36Z The pagan pomposity of Larsson's thugs, their Wagnerian self-importance, their magazines called Valhalla and White Rebel or their racist music company named "Ragnarcock Records", are surely both contemptible and comic. The Expo Files by Stieg Larsson? review 2012-05-18T21:54:01Z Sombra is in love with her, but she may be involved with another guy, a serious activist briefly glimpsed in full revolutionary pomposity at a chaotic meeting. Review: ‘Güeros’ Amid the Mexican Student Protests of 1999 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Doyle enjoys poking fun at Doyle, his habit of making sure his books are stocked at various bookstores, his dour pomposity. ‘Threshold’ Resurrects the Angry, Ambitious Young Man 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The effect of all this is not heightened pomposity but a kind of gracious pleasure taken in what was being made possible. Museum Review: Alexander Hamilton?s Renovated Grange - Review 2011-09-15T22:35:12Z "My inclination for comedy came from being faced with so much pomposity and humourlessness when I was young," he says. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z The defence is MacFarlane was employed partly to puncture the event's pomposity, which he did by lightheartedly pointing out that some of the world's most self-important people regularly get their kit off for money. Oscars 2013: We Saw Your Boobs - sexist or smart? 2013-02-25T15:08:31Z Their ingrained hatred of authority and pomposity give the novel a rebel spirit. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Through the 1990s, as the host of a local PBS public affairs show and then writing columns at The New York Times, I watched his mean-spirited pomposity swell as he filled airtime and notebooks. Football is Trumpball Lite: Who needs Super Bowls when Trump’s real-life plays are more aggressive? 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z But Mr. Pine is stuck with highfalutin pomposities as Meg’s dad. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Review: Disney Trips on a Tesseract 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The Stinger once asked, with weapons-grade pomposity, in his stirring cold war ballad “Russians,” if the Russians loved their children too. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z In 1991, after 20 years in Munich, Divko returns to his native village in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the triumphal pomposity of an ousted dictator staging a comeback. Movie Review: Danis Tanovic?s ?Cirkus Columbia,? Set in Bosnia 2012-02-16T23:59:02Z Not that Great British Menu is alone in its pomposity. Is The Great British Menu the most self-important show ever? 2013-01-29T12:43:56Z Oh, you know: it means joylessness, piety, self-regard, self-delusion and staggering pomposity. Clean eating: yet another pious diet to squeeze the joy out of good food 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Partly, maybe, because there's a great Australian dislike of pomposity. Australian manners 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z This excellent cartoon runs with the ideas that the music really is dangerous and that its pomposity really is justified. BBC Proms 2010-08-07T05:45:00Z We will never know exactly what the wild shifts among fervent expression, deep, depressive, trembling angst, playfulness, bombast and outright pomposity mean. Salonen's 'Pollux' supplies some grunge for L.A. Phil tour 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z But they are also a handy illustration of the danger of cosying up to authority, their early talent dissolving into pomposity and self-indulgence. Nikita Mikhalkov has been Burnt By the Sun of state patronage 2010-04-30T10:58:00Z Lüscher’s style, a hybrid of intellectual posturing and absurd slapstick, is sharply translated by Tess Lewis, who captures Kraft’s pomposity and the indefatigable march of German syntax. Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Journalists picked up on its delicious pomposity, and it stuck. Perspective | Without Ivana Trump, there would be no Donald Trump 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z As the ludicrously self-important Zangler, facile Andrew Walker mingles pomposity with a hint of a twinkle. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z That voice is a noose spun from pomposity and vanity. Review | ‘Riots I Have Known’ is criminally funny 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z There is a tendency now to think the only valid form of architecture is to help earthquake victims, or do something to solve the Palestinian problem, a tendency that has its own pomposity and vanity. Brilliant biennale 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z “Because what this sounds like, Kim, is you’re using your celebrity and your newfound business head for a lot of pomposity and bullying. Like, who are you?” Wendy Williams says Kim Kardashian was 'bullying' Jack in the Box with mysterious tweet: 'Don’t string people along' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The heel is a rival armaments mogul named Justin Hammer, played with a sublime mixture of pomposity and cluelessness by Sam Rockwell. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z “I am quite sure male chefs have committed far, far worse crimes in the cause of pretentious and pomposity,” he said. What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z I liked the performers and thought that the Polonius portrayed his pomposity appropriately. The Drilling Company Presents ‘Hamlet’ in Bryant Park 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Besides being a good way to deflect criticism, this lighthearted attitude also goes a long way toward insulating them from pomposity—it takes the edge off, as it were. How Coldplay became cool: Haters keep saying they’re too soft, too earnest, too dorky — and they still don’t care 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z “I’ve always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity.” Charles Kimbrough, Actor Best Known for ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 86 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Like a negative image of Entourage where nothing has gone right instead of everything, the boys drift on the edge of the music scene, bumping into pomposity and corruption whenever they go in. Tragic, funny and weird: Donald Glover's Atlanta is a new high for TV comedy 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The intrusiveness, the pomposity, the meanness, the tensions, the game-playing, of words, and shouts, and implications. The Silence; That Mitchell and Webb Look; Shooting Stars 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Martin “Marty” Crane is gone; never again will we see the sparkle of mischief in his eye as he prepared another wind-up to gently puncture the balloon of his eldest son’s pomposity. John Mahoney: Frasier's 'cranky' dad was the stove at the heart of the show 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z His comedy dealt with puncturing the pomposity of the ruling classes. Silk 2011-03-01T08:00:02Z Otherwise the scale is grand to the point of pomposity . TV review: The Pillars of the World and The Secret Millionaire 2010-10-18T05:45:00Z It's the grandest of the lot, but there wasn't an ounce of pomposity here: from the start his touch brimmed with unaffected optimism, brilliant and clean in extrovert passages, magically whispered in quiet ones. BBCSSO/Manze – review 2013-05-03T13:16:09Z Stephen Fry is back to being a big fellow and it suited Malvolio's stiff pomposity. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z He takes glee in pricking the pomposity of Hollywood and telling you how “crazy” most of the people are there. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘Hollywood is very silly. People are so anxious’ | Tim Lewis 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Garcia, both bestowing and receiving paternal advice, differentiates between father and son with help from a pair of eyeglasses and an air of British pomposity. Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Shaw's 'Saint Joan': A marathon for four actors, and the audience 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Some of these are pretty delicious and deflate the pomposity of business spiels. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z The show nails the self-obsession, pomposity and hypocrisy of these latest Masters of the Universe, but is struggling to avoid viewers... ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 8: Erlich’s Charade 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z So, of course, with characteristic brio and mock pomposity, Mr. Colbert stepped down on Thursday as he prepares to replace David Letterman, who will leave the “Late Show” on CBS in 2015. ‘Stephen Colbert’ Says Goodbye as Stephen Colbert Heads to CBS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z In the Persia of the time, you couldn’t speak or write about the Shah openly, so he called him Marjoribanks, a silly name to make fun of pomposities. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z There is an absence of pomposity, and by the judicious extension of a material, a color or a feature from one room to the next, the entire house is of a piece. A Free Hand 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z But the wish to make smart, intelligent art is a much more manageable position – albeit one that few artists can pull that off, with most opting for decorative obsequiousness or intellectual pomposity. What makes us connect with an artist? 2013-07-23T02:05:03Z I believe the attitude of people who really love `Twilight' movies toward this subject is very similar to the pomposity with which the Academy Awards addresses the whole rest of the world. Razzies put bite on 'Twilight' as worst picture 2013-02-24T03:37:09Z And even these songs fail to capture the raw energy of Permission To Land or the orchestral pomposity of One Way Ticket, instead falling limp between the two. On Hot Cakes, The Darkness Has More Sass Than Soul 2012-08-22T16:30:33Z Mr. Shatner’s genial, relaxed self-absorption is a large part of his charm, along with his odd cadences and his unparalleled knack for blurring the line between pomposity and sincerity. | 'The Captains': To Boldly Go: A Starfleet Six-Pack 2011-07-21T22:07:45Z His bravado, his pomposity and, frankly, his inconsolable sadness risk overshadowing his art. Perspective | On Hemingway and the ideal of masculinity 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Although Russ can be an old fool capable of absurd acts of self-delusion and pomposity, he’s spent decades considering his life in terms of his fidelity to God. Review | Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ represents a marked evolution in a dazzling career 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Alvin, who might not be that much older than Lance, demonstrates a pomposity beyond his years. Movie Review: ‘Prince Avalanche’ Features Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch 2013-08-08T18:12:49Z On cue, absurdity erupts when a transparently phony savior, more full of himself than any wacko right-wing senator, ambushes America’s party of pomposity. What “unity” with Trump means: For Republicans, winning is everything, principles are swept away and hypocrisy reigns 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It takes a truly brave artist to allow himself to be regularly laughed at as a caricature of English pomposity and bombast; to play, for decades, the role of Basil Fawlty without the charm. Piers Morgan is our greatest living artist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Hugo approached his later portraits of TV stars with the same boyish energy that saw him through the Q years, when his pictures bypassed rock music's potential pomposity and found the ordinary folk underneath. Hugo Dixon obituary 2010-12-03T16:25:00Z But unvarnished hubris and unhinged pomposity—they are thrilling shows. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z As one reader reasonably put it on Amazon.uk’s website: “This book’s pomposity is unbelievable and the sex is ludicrous. Will sell millions.” Review: In ‘Maestra,’ a Heroine’s Routine Includes Sex, Murder and Shopping 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Is there a secret to nailing the faux news pomposity? | Mather Zickel: Mather Zickel ‘Reports’ the News for Adult Swim 2013-01-17T15:40:14Z “If it is important enough to be on screen, I should be the one to shoot it,” he stated with little pomposity. Christopher Nolan at Cannes: 'I want the young to sit in awe at 2001: A Space Odyssey' 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z His satire of academic pomposity, the commercialization of the prison system and the infectious influence of marketing zaps with the power of a highly charged stun gun. Review | ‘Riots I Have Known’ is criminally funny 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Chandler was also good at puncturing Ross's occasional moments of pomposity. Matthew Perry and Chandler on Friends: A match made in comedy heaven 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z With deadpan irreverence, he scoured Colombia’s bourgeois urban scenes for imagery of extravagance, pomposity and greed. This week’s passages 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The pomposity of that statement should have been a reminder that Trump should be assumed to be lying about his abortion position, just as he lies about most things. Trump hasn't "moderated" on abortion — he'll ban it first chance he gets 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The Cardinal could go independent, joining their pal in pomposity, Notre Dame. Chip Kelly's plan could save college sports, and that's why it'll never happen 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z All of it launched the theatrical Cooke on one of his flights of oratory that often soared miles past pomposity but, in that moment, passed as God’s honest truth. Opinion | Jack Kent Cooke’s football dynasty crumbled under Dan Snyder 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Benjamin Harrison, the first to be recorded, in 1889, for instance, had a pomposity of delivery that would doom him today. Perspective | Carter, Bernie, Reagan: Who is the best audiobook narrator? 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z However, she also says she wanted to "poke fun at the pomposity of politics" and engage non-voters. Forty years of monster raving loony wannabe MPs 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Seneca’s bloodless pomposity makes his end hilarious, even enjoyable, to watch. 'Be quiet and die' - Malkovich as first-century life coach Seneca 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “There’s definitely a pomposity around what cable news does,” Abrams said in an interview. Chris Cuomo’s new cable-news home woos moderates. So far, they’re not tuning in. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Perhaps not surprisingly, narcissistic arrogance can also come out in the ways one usually associated with pomposity — "pretentiousness, preening, snobbery, a sense they are better than others," according to Durvasula. The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z But it was an important, tone-setting speech that was absent of any pomposity, promising to serve rather than to rule. King Charles III pays tribute to his mother in first speech 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z There can sometimes be a Franzenesque quality to Homes’s family satire — a bitter skewering of parents’ pathetic pomposity and melodrama. Review | A.M. Homes traces the frightening (and hilarious) roots of GOP decay 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The words have a mock solemnity to them, as if poking fun at the pomposity of 19th-century inscriptions and memorials. Review | In Philadelphia, a monument to end all monuments 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z There are many ways to deflate pomposity, which is one reason Mr. Clines relished covering the State Legislature in Albany. Francis X. Clines, Lyrical Writer for The Times, Dies at 84 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z His calling card was a no-nonsense political sensibility, infused with audience-pleasing humor that punctured the dominant character trait of many an office holder: pomposity. Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z The current ruling class, blinded by their hubris and pomposity, however, is not very good at it. Jan. 6 committee is spectacle taking the place of politics: It will accomplish nothing 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Over the years I’ve heard this parody of academic pomposity put in the lips of various targets, from French intellectuals to University of Chicago economists. Opinion | We Can’t Be Ukraine Hawks Forever 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z "But we were approached all the time, I've never known anyone not want to be friendly, there was no pomposity at all, it was always just a great day out for me." Midsomer Murders: The vicar you may have seen many times before 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z From time to time, Mr. Leo devoted his column to skewering the conventions and pomposities of journalistic prose. John Leo, conservative columnist for U.S. News, dies at 86 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The pioneer and publisher Horace Bell, who loved to deflate Griffith’s pomposity in print, made it clear he thought the gift was merely a tax dodge. Griffith Park is named for a guy who shot his wife — and other true stories of L.A. parks 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z "There is a lack of pomposity, a certain irreverence," he says. 'A great sense of humour': But what makes the Queen laugh? 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z For Mr. Gottfried, comedy had to risk being offensive; it needed to have an edge of danger that would cut through pomposity and polite expectations. Gilbert Gottfried, comedian with voice for controversy, dies at 67 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z He told the congregation that there were times when Philip could be “abrupt” and “somewhat sharp in pricking what he thought to be bubbles of pomposity or sycophancy.” Queen Elizabeth II, escorted by son Andrew, makes first big public appearance in months 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Mencken, targeting hypocrisy, pomposity and contradiction wherever he found it. P.J. O’Rourke, satirist and conservative commentator, dies at 74 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z No wonder his contemporaries have rushed to help prop up Elder’s Passion play of pomposity. Column: In Larry Elder, the right embraces a false prophet of California's Talk Show Land 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z No one in the world does corporate pomposity quite like tech firms, and Chinese mobile giant Xiaomi is no exception. Xiaomi’s new logo is almost unrecognizable 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z We laugh at the self-obsessed, self-referential, and frankly selfish pomposity of it all and rightly so, problem being that when all’s said and done, its colossal monstrosity is absolutely not to be messed with. Tottenham v Leicester City: Premier League – live! 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Leftists contend this is an outdated old document with no grasp of modernity and that what we need is a living Constitution as formulated by anarchic, up-to-date pomposity. Save the court and save America 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “What it doesn’t manage is to create a credible future or avoid pomposity.” V for Vendetta knew our future would be a bleak one 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Not only is he kind and funny, but he read a Brecht poem without a whiff of pomposity. 'He's so strapping and virile': Patrick Stewart at 80 – by Shatner, McKellen, Tennant and more 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Ike disdained pomposity in word and manner,” writes Mr. Rives. Opinion | On the anniversary of D-Day, a reminder of true leadership 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z That year when Ohio lawmakers demanded the pomposity be retroactively allowed, Congress dutifully caved.” Even as pain deepens, huge resistance to reopening 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Both practices are smartly engaged in the paintings of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, an artist who uses the adroit flexibility of one to upend the persistent pomposity of the other. Review: At the Huntington Library, 'Blue Boy' and 'Pinkie' get new neighbors 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “They go five times. There’s a pomposity to the way they write.” What US food critics could learn from us in the UK (and vice versa, I guess …) 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Ruhl is hardly the first to give voice to Eurydice, who riotously mocks Orpheus’ pomposity in Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld.” Review: At L.A. Opera, Matthew Aucoin's 'Eurydice' almost has it all 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z He was immensely learned, yet he detested literary theories and pomposity. Clive James, Australian-born TV host, writer, critic and all-around wit, dies at 80 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z You only had to look at Churchill, and see the vital difference between his way of life and the ghastly seriousness and uniformity and pomposity of the Nazis. General election: Johnson's record of lying and prejudice makes him unfit to be PM, say Lib Dems – live news 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z "The ignorance and sheer pomposity of telling someone they don't look disabled really makes my blood boil," he continued. Paddy McGuinness rails at blue badge 'ignorance' 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The as yet insuperable problem with the plan is that it is fuelled wholly by the kind of bravado and pomposity that Johnson displayed this evening. Johnson’s plan is to turn his supreme court humiliation into rocket fuel at the polls | Martin Kettle 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The word “rhetoric,” at its worst, implies bombast or pomposity. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Don’t create Obama-Biden drama where it doesn’t exist 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z But there are echoes of an older, bloodier emergency: the nation’s course irreversibly changed by a combination of cultural complacency, political pomposity, bogus patriotism and unthinking submission to the timetable. Just as in 1914, the Brexit buildup is making calamity feel inevitable | Rafael Behr 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z During his years leading the newsroom, Mr. Pruden espoused an editorial policy of “puncturing politically correct pomposity” and avoiding what he described as “victim stories” about “people who were mistreated or think they were mistreated.” Wesley Pruden, Washington Times editor and pugnacious conservative columnist, dies at 83 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But they can also expose power and pomposity with a clarity and sharpness unique to a cartoon. New York Times cartoon ban leads to a world where we say nothing at all | Kenan Malik 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z The alt-right’s jokes, a teenage friend assures me, are genuinely funny: They ridicule the pomposities of “mainstream” culture, laugh at political correctness and create ridiculous memes mocking everything, including themselves. Opinion | Radicalism kills. Why do we only care about one kind? 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z At the epicenter of it all sits Mar-a-Lago, a black hole of pomposity and insecurity. Review | How Mar-a-Lago’s denizens nurtured Donald Trump’s ego 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z In one column, he lampooned the burgeoning pomposity in American speech. Russell Baker, droll columnist and memoirist who twice won Pulitzer, dies at 93 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z After the Watergate scandal ended with Richard Nixon’s resignation, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham sent him a note: “Beware of pomposity” — a timeless sentiment worthy of needlepoint pillows throughout the nation’s capital. It was a big night in Washington book parties: Bob Woodward and Michael Beschloss were feted 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It was not only his pomposity and his narcissism that were grimly funny. Opinion | Trump’s U.N. speech was funny. His worldview is even funnier. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Trudeau really began taking notice of Trump three decades ago, spoofing what he saw as the mogul’s sense of grandiosity and gilded pomposity. As ‘Doonesbury’ characters turn 50, Garry Trudeau describes his journey from pummeling Nixon to tackling Trump 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z He is also arrogant, pugnacious and capable of orbital flights of pomposity. The ugly scandal that cancelled the Nobel prize 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The whole thing – compact, based around partial songs rather than a dragged-out epic – felt based not on the self-conscious pomposity of Olympics opening ceremonies, but the tightly scheduled wham-bam of Super Bowl half-time shows. Robbie Williams show at World Cup opening ceremony is too short to ever be dull 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Because in the meantime North Korea, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel and others happily operate in the shadows of Trump’s vanity and pomposity. Trump: A new Reagan? Or a new Chamberlain? 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z This festive funfair feel overrides the strange layout of the exhibition, the silly pomposity of the Academy. Grayson Perry: ‘RAs have to fight it out with Joe Bloggs – that’s what's great about it’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z A writer whose own literary heroes included Mark Twain played a similar role, taking down pomposity wherever he saw it. Tom Wolfe: A Life in Full 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z This is why intelligent readers find the media world more about pomposity and propaganda than reality. What Meghan Markle Means to Black Britons 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z When Morel addresses the society folk about his machine, Copeland does relax and applies subtler strokes, but before long he's at it again, eventually arriving at peaks of barren pomposity. Long Beach Opera raises life's questions, loudly, in Stewart Copeland's 'Invention of Morel' 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Setting aside his usual pomposity, Mr. Stiers’s character helped the soldier return to the piano by giving him the sheet music of Ravel’s “Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.” David Ogden Stiers, ‘M.A.S.H.’ actor who became voice of Disney movies, dies at 75 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Moore is all there in Trump: the pomposity and overweening egotism, the predatory behavior that causes women to line up to tell their stories about sexual misconduct and abuse. Opinion | Roy Moore is still in the White House 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z While Hutchinson denied he ever tried to get a case laughed out of court, he could never resist pricking the pomposity of judges who seemed far removed from everyday life. Obscenity trials QC Hutchinson dies at 102 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Benne zeroes in on a good gag by having every piece written by some WASPy white dude, but he doesn’t quite capture the studied pomposity of the most parody-ripe Pitchfork reviews. Forward Flux presents ambitious double bill 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z I just liked the idea of making fun of Steve’s pomposity. 'The Trip to Spain' director Michael Winterbottom discusses fine food and funny men 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z In its first few decades, comedy creators fed off the pomposity of network news; as a result, we got delicious inventions like Ted Knight and Bill McNeal, “SCTV” and “Weekend Update.” Wanting More from Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z She taunted his pomposity, calling him “the Great White Hope” and “the Boy Wonder.” Where Prince Charles Went Wrong 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Coaxed by Republicans and pressed by Democrats, Gorsuch aimed for piety and risked pomposity. Neil Gorsuch Makes the Case for His Own Independence 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z With a savage sense of purpose — and despite the cheesy “Indie for the Holidays” conceit from Amazon Music — the Melvins reclaim the song from such pomposity. California Sounds: Kristin Kontrol echoes through her new song, Melvins tackle 'Carol of the Bells' and Miles Mosley rejoices on 'Young Lion' 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z I think, on the basis of the putative headlines pomposity alone, we should be gland it never saw the light of day. ‘Madam President’: An Iconic Front Page That Wasn’t to Be 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s no swagger, no preening, no pomposity that sets him apart. More prankster than screamer, Redskins Coach Jay Gruden carves his own path 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He glanced at the review, and saw four stars, but he didn’t read the piece, which included teasing references to pompous elements that had survived a recent effort to contain pomposity. Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Were he alive today, Mark Twain at his most scathing would be hard-pressed to do justice to The Donald’s blowhard pomposity. Sixty years and nothing to show: The slow decay of American politics since Eisenhower, Stevenson 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The necessity of classifying each person one came across as vous or tu, outsider or insider, potential foe or friend, seemed at best a pomposity and at worst an act of paranoia. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Newt is shameless enough to do this, but his penchant for pomposity will invariably threaten Trump. The sad incurious case of Mike Pence: Why he’s a perfect fit for Donald Trump 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The performances avoid easy characterizations too, as Moore’s pomposity, Law’s nonchalance and Gordon’s sarcasm are merely initial notes that deepen as the play proceeds. In ‘Sorry,’ events national and personal play out in one family 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Campy takes on archaic pomp and skewered pomposity are the day’s hallmarks. The Generation Gap That History Forgot 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It is incredibly easy to parody the “Ring” because it is pitched on the precipice between literary ambition and turgid pomposity. Two critics trade thoughts on Wagner’s ‘Ring’ in D.C. 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Many senators resemble Victorian bishops in their slow-moving pomposity. Ben Heard 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Undertaking this journey in a state of deep ignorance, we told ourselves, would help mitigate against pomposity. Welcome to the land that no country wants | Jack Shenker 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z My own political sympathies apart, it is a study in the vanity of human wishes, and of the beautiful fragility of human pomposity. A Point of View: Why Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders aren't as revolutionary as they appear - BBC News 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z His view of a positive though complicated future for Canada contrasts with the pomposity of a Trump or confusion of a Carson. Trudeau’s Canada, Again 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z “The first blogs were a reaction against the idiocy and pomposity of mass media,” Mr. Denton said in an interview by Instant Messenger on Tuesday. Gawker to Retool as Politics Site 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Although the ceremony itself was intended to be a humbling experience, the culture of the institution assured that it was laced with plenty of pomposity. Ben Carson’s chilling God complex: The commencement speech I won’t soon forget 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Belarus was still very much in the grip of communist officialdom, intensified by the pomposity of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Svetlana Alexievich: Exposing stark Soviet realities - BBC News 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Still, Trump demonstrated that he is often balancing precariously between the everyman outrage he claims to represent and a sharp-tongued pomposity that could rattle his candidacy with a single sentence. Trump makes it clear that he plays by his own rules 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Munger: I never like the pomposity of the old system, where the board of directors was absolutely permanent and did as it pleased. Charlie Munger's 2015 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part 1 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your naïve pomposity. Tiny Beautiful Things 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z His letter in the Berliner Tageblatt did at least contain a dash of humor to undercut the risk of pomposity, being titled “My Answer to the Anti-Relativity Theoretical Co. Ltd.” How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In the corner of old, we get spy movie standards, gentlemanly manners, aristocratic pomposity and Colin Firth. Review: ‘Kingman’ shakes up the traditional spy thriller 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Take two parts narcissism, one part pomposity, three parts bluster, add a dash of unbridled insincerity and then mix in a melting pot of activism, and you get Colbert. A Eulogy for Colbert QUOTE: “Humorlessness correlates directly with pomposity and, I really believe, also with failure.” Preet Bharara, US attorney in Manhattan 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z So does a pragmatic, non-ideological approach and his lack of pomposity. The puzzle to the key 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The pomposity of using honorific titles for academics when the rest of us deserve as much or more respect is becoming properly outmoded. Learning How to Exert Self-Control 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z And the account of Amis that stresses his hunger for seriousness or importance – that looks in his work for pomposity – is one that also misses his self-mockery. Why we love to hate Martin Amis 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z That only four of the five Olympic rings were illuminated at the proper moment seemed an especially amusing glitch, pricking the balloon of the pomposity with which the IOC conducts its ceremonies. Russia shows its face to the world 2014-02-08T03:56:00Z It has the power to deflate pomposity faster than any whoopee cushion. Is cheekiness a truly British concept? 2013-10-16T00:10:43Z David Amess joked that it would be nice to get a pay rise and a new suit, before declaring war on "pomposity" and revealing the loftier motive of "restoring respect to this place". Deputy speaker race: Best of seven 2013-10-15T21:28:18Z Danger Mouse is based on that purely British humour, like Monty Python, that so lacks any of that London-based cosmopolitan pomposity. When Danger Mouse ruled the roost 2013-10-11T02:10:14Z It could lampoon TV news and all its habits and idiocies, its pretense and pomposity. HBO's The Newsroom is a homage to everything that's wrong with TV news | 2013-07-18T16:30:00Z Those who were either entertained and amused, or outraged and ready to burst with pomposity at the horror of it all, got their money's worth. The Fiver 2013-01-24T16:07:33Z Overnight, they went from one extreme to the other, from the pomposity of a feeling of momentous destiny to the decadence of an amusing escape.’’ Israel's Election: Where Is All the Excitement? 2013-01-22T17:05:23Z Love and loss, making it in the world, greed and selflessness, pride, pity and pomposity - none of that goes out of fashion with the headgear. My year with four million words of Charles Dickens 2012-12-24T01:29:39Z Prison or not, the women forcefully argue that their art opposes the fake grandeur of the Kremlin and the pomposity of the church, whose values they say have long ceased to be spiritual. Tsar of the Intelligentsia 2012-10-15T05:00:00Z The format, O’Reilly said, will be exactly like a presidential debate but “without all the phoniness or pomposity,” and will offer a “no-spin analysis” on the “intense issues of the day.” Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly Ready to Rumble in Charity Debate 2012-09-18T18:35:28Z What is beyond doubt is that the Olympics have an awful tendency towards frigid protocol and pomposity. Salute – review 2012-07-12T21:30:01Z Henley Street August 1, ’15 What times we had, Raleigh, Marlowe, Jonson, and I, Marlowe and his wit, Raleigh and his tales of the sea, Jonson and his satirical pomposities in Latin or Greek. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The Walkers were prosperous and pompous, but they knew when to sink their pomposity. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z One writer speaks of his “little vanities, his amusing egotisms, and his good natured pomposity”. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Eventually he went too far, slouching toward pomposity: "We are the ones we've been waiting for" was a rhetorical bridge to nowhere. How Romney Can Win 2012-03-08T12:18:58Z This seems to have surprised him; for he enlarged on it with the naïveté and pomposity of youth. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Always the contrasted characters are on the stage together; simple dignity is followed by strutting pomposity, and after the hero the braggart swaggers and storms. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Thus it was that, when a little green-clad lawyer alighted one day from the mail coach and entered the coffee-room at the Chequers, he was received with pomposity and scarce-veiled condescension. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I can quite understand," he returned with a pleasant pomposity, "that to a sailor who has been three years in the Antarctic the deficiency is a very lamentable business. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z All its titles and little performances of charity are sounded forth with imperial pomposity. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z After hitching the horse to a post near by for that purpose, the general walked into the tent, and, confronting young pomposity, he said in his peculiar twang, “Well, sir, what will you have?” Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z How could he be humble to that uppish, vainglorious tune, that toreador pomposity? What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z But Charles, with a heavy pomposity, which in happier circumstances would certainly have made Henrietta laugh, replied that he had grave cause of offence. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z She spoke with pomposity and a friendly mimicry of the class she described. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The judge was a good-hearted man, when one penetrated beneath the crust of official pomposity with which he was generally enveloped. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z It had taken but a week at the Ritz to disgust him with the elaborate pomposity of life at a fashionable hotel, and, in its unpretentious way, Remson Peake's apartment was a gem. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z But where servile white foreigners, with their curious humilities and pomposities, bowed heads and elevated eyebrows, he had not learned just how much to demand and how much to concede. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z His manner was urbane, with a tendency towards pomposity; and when he smiled, which was often, he showed a set of teeth which were as white and regular as the dentist could make them. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z My companion had to make a call at his tailor's, who inhabits the low house nigh to the Ford.—A very strange personage this, but of an infinite humour, and pomposity of demeanor. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The splendour of his dress, and the pomposity of his manner, procured him a livelihood for some years. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z The pomposity of this amused him very much during his later years. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The surf school should have a permament building to tell the visiting world that this is the new Ireland, stripped of pomposity, open to adventure. The Surprising Benefits of Austerity 2011-08-21T11:33:58Z “Brain labor, Skipper Jonathan,” he concluded, with an odd touch of pomposity, “is hard labor.” Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Extreme self-importance is usually based on high capacity, and Edward’s capacity did not lift him out of the region of pomposity and frequent indiscretion. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The assorted Twickenham committees are now lost in a destructively introspective cycle of provincial power struggles and pomposity. Kenny Dalglish splashes cash but Liverpool spirits rise 2011-07-16T21:55:03Z Mr. Pore finished with the salmon and then spoke with his usual pomposity: "The message also states that my brother's only son has met with an untimely death in the Dardanelles." A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Those piercing dark eyes penetrated his poor coating of pomposity as a lance-head might penetrate the rind of a pumpkin. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Then to me he said, with a pomposity that was almost ludicrous— "Señor, Equinata thanks you for the service you have rendered her." The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z They beheld a man of undistinguished size and form, eked out by a splendid pomposity of manner. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z 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 Siebenk�s took pleasure in the little, because in his eyes it was a satirical, caricaturing diminishing mirror of everything in the shape of burgherly pomposity. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The expanse of waistcoat swelled, and the folds of a truly magnificent pomposity deepened around its wearer as he went on. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z This was a caricature of the ceremonious pomposity of the petty German courts; it was dramatized by Mr. M. P. Andrews. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z That gigantic, magnificent actor Richard Griffiths seems ready to explode with sneering pomposity as King George. Johnny Depp's Pirates Sinks on the Riviera 2011-05-14T23:02:38Z When their studies and their language received a literary character, they coveted great pomposity in their style. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z “Tina has a total straightforwardness, no pomposity or pretension, which I find a refreshing change from many people in American journalism,” says Sullivan, who brought three employees with him. Tina Brown Is Still Hungry for Buzz 2011-05-07T03:21:20Z “Well, among other young fellows who came sparking around was this young Orlebar,” went on old Glover, forgetting his stilted pomposity in the thread of his narrative. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Though its pomposity was easily mocked, the Senate had a sensible centrist bloc that was real and could produce progress. Senate’s Biggest Scandal Doesn’t Involve Sex: Michael Waldman 2011-04-25T23:05:42Z But Birkeland was superior to this local weakness, and was genial, without the least pomposity. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z The dreary stucco pomposity of Kensington and Belgravia fortunately cannot be discovered in Paris, and it is well for the world that few cities indulged in this architectural make-believe. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z He spoke with his characteristically priggish air, with a pomposity ludicrously like his father’s, and doubly ludicrous in a lad of barely sixteen. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z “What is a beggarly baronet?” cried old Glover, the coarse huckstering blood showing through the veneer of a would-be stately pomposity in his blind rage at finding himself outwitted at every point. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He laughs to himself at the flat pomposity of the phrase. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z This intelligence the lawyer announced to the bench with great pomposity, and the witness was allowed a little time to recover her spirits. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Prone to pomposity and with a tendency to interrupt, Oakeshott is unrepentant. Lord Oakeshott ? the outspoken peer still up for the fight 2011-02-25T20:19:35Z He was a trifle subdued too by the elderly gentleman's attitude, which despite his deplorable plight had not been devoid of pomposity, not to say dignity. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Artie put the question with less pomposity than his cousin, and the answer was the same. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z The apparent earnestness of the manner did not exactly consort with a certain pomposity of enunciation and an over-exactness in the tone of the declamation. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The sermon, delivered with his usual confidence, not to say pomposity, did him good. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z She saw in a moment that he was very good-looking, the best-looking of them all, with Sir Francis' pleasantly serious expression and the merest shade of pomposity in his manner. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z So much so, in fact, that in the decades after 1945, self-mockery became an export, finding a characteristic vehicle in the humor of Monty Python, with its puncturing of British pomposity, social protocols and pretensions. London Journal: Pride in Batsmen and Bowlers Breaks Through Britain?s Winter Gloom 2011-01-13T04:05:01Z It was a remarkably personal speech, effortlessly sweeping away any notion of pomposity, over-intellectuality or distance. Obama in Tucson: Getting Personal, and Speaking to All Americans 2010-12-22T19:35:00Z To influential parents he is servile and oleaginous, and he treats his staff with fatuous pomposity. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z But his joy in puncturing the pomposity of his broadcast partner, Howard Cosell, proved short-lived. Appraisal: Don Meredith Favored His Wits Over His Playbook 2010-12-11T02:04:00Z A folksy foil to Cosell's tell-it-like-it-is pomposity, Mr. Meredith was at his best with unscripted one-liners — often aimed at his broadcast partners. Don Meredith, ex-quarterback and broadcaster, dies at 72 | NFL 2010-12-07T03:58:00Z Paul Conrad’s rapier editorial cartoons in The Los Angeles Times, The Denver Post and other papers slashed presidents, skewered pomposity and exposed what he saw as deception and injustice for six decades. Paul Conrad, Cartoonist, Dies at 86 2010-09-05T00:24:00Z Thursday: a whirl of briefings, a touch of pomposity and the day ending with suspensions for the Pakistan Three. County cricket - live 2010-09-03T08:30:00Z Beyond the sheer pomposity of the declaration, “we” don’t do the “one-to-the-many” anymore, preferring a more conversational, democratic approach to rhetoric. The Media Equation: How to Save Newsweek 2010-06-07T01:30:00Z A 14-year member of the House before becoming Transportation secretary last year, he is familiar with the pomposity that often dominates these sorts of hearings. Congressional Kabuki 2010-02-25T05:00:00Z "The Dukes of Salolja," he said with a touch of defiant pomposity, "have never permitted inequality of birth to be a bar in affairs of the heart." A Poached Peerage He disliked pomposity, but he seems to have loved little private ceremonials. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Moses had always interested him by virtue of his decorous address, which escaped the usual negro pomposity as entirely as his speech escaped the negro dialect. The Tempering There was a degree of pomposity in the manner he uttered this that served to conceal in a great measure its sarcasm. The Fortunes Of Glencore Blackwell has been called the restorer of Greek literature in the north of Scotland; but his good qualities were somewhat spoiled by pomposity and affectation, which exposed him to ridicule. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Scipio at New Carthage was a hero Of virgin virtue and high generosity; But hopes in Africa will fall to zero, If "policy" means virtuous pomposity. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 June 7, 1890 Although written in his heavy-footed, stilted style, that broke forth now and again into comic pomposity, of the two his is the more entertaining, for he tells many stories that do not concern himself alone. Maria Edgeworth Perversion—vanity; affectation; ceremoniousness; aristocracy; pomposity; eagerness for popularity; outside display, etc. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology For a moment he stared at me with stupid pomposity, as if he had been overcome with the whiskey, a bottle of which stood on the table before him. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois We placed on record, not long since in the “Drawer,” two or three anecdotes of the pomposity and copied manners of New England negroes, in the olden time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 I’m not afraid of Nick for all his absurd pomposity,” rejoined Mr Sefton, with something like a snort of defiance, and his nose in the air. Haviland's Chum No pomposity when speaking of the natives or of men in a lower station. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Mrs. Fairfax said of her brother-in-law that he was a "vain creature whose pomposity stood in place of dignity." Fairfax and His Pride There was noticeable in his tone some return of his former pomposity. Jacob's Ladder But the effect of his address was to put all these strangers at ease, for none could help laughing at his happy pomposity, and after people laugh together once stiffness disappears. Dorothy on a House Boat With the pomposity of office he pretended not to recognise me, but merely asserted as an axiom, that no one was allowed to ride through turnpikes without paying the fare. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa The little hobgoblin with ridiculous pomposity then strode out of the house. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Antony remembered Miss Mitty and that his uncle was a pillar of the Church, and he watched the pillar support in grave pomposity his part of the edifice. Fairfax and His Pride And now he was running like hell and stealing several million bucks worth of Uncle's Navy, all because Garson's pomposity and a radio operator's voice got under his skin. Way of a Rebel I glided over that medley of intrigue and pomposity which composed the genius, both feminine and Roman, of this woman. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Yes, you are right, colonel," put in Sir Arthur, with a touch of his old pomposity; "the government shall know how its representative was delivered from the hands of these impious fiends. Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa It is mere pomposity and self-importance, like consulting a mysterious oracle that one carries about with one in one's pocket, instead of asking a common question of an acquaintance or companion. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The starch was out of his clothes, but not his pomposity. Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer A Drummer Boy from Maine It chanced that one of the courtiers was in disgrace when the P. T. volume appeared, and Pope introduced a sneer at his egotism and pomposity. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He is a very good-hearted person, and his pomposity merely a mannerism. Lord Stranleigh Abroad Nancy Leavitt, how are you ever going to stand all that pomposity—for days and days. Happy House And if it be expressed it tends easily to become fantastic or romantic pomposity, as is shown even by certain parts of the writings of Schleiermacher himself. Naturalism And Religion Anything American or Texas plainsmen could do to hurt or discredit the inhuman pomposity whose rise to power had been through black treachery and coldly planned murder, would be done with enthusiastic zeal. Bring Me His Ears Strings straightened up and puffed with the pomposity and pride of a landed proprietor. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time His prating, insignificant pomposity, rendered him at once offensive, suspected, and ridiculous; and his total neglect of all business had so disgusted the Americans, that they proposed drawing up a protest against him. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Stepping forward to meet the gendarmes with satirical pomposity, he cried: "Your servant, gentlemen." The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature He replied to that most responsible of butlers with some pomposity of manner. When Ghost Meets Ghost Cornelius, in spite of his pomposity, had acted the part of a real friend. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century "To General Villa" is a peculiar piece of verse written last summer for the purpose of defying those who had charged its author with pedantry and pomposity. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 He was a tiny man, unlike the others; but he carried himself with a gentle pomposity, and he faced the gathering with a proud gesture, holding up his hand to enjoin silence. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists It is only against the weak affectation and futile pomposity of a would-be aristocrat they turn mutinous. Shirley Nor, indeed, does his pomposity sink to mere verbiage so often as might be supposed. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Yes, I have the pleasure of saying pretension and pomposity do have a wonderful effect here in New York. Phemie Frost's Experiences The rector's face fell, but it brightened as Sydney proceeded with a touch of youthful pomposity. Name and Fame A Novel Robinette’s imitation of Carnaby’s possible pomposity was so amusing and so clever that it drew a laugh from the boy in spite of himself. Robinetta They go about swelled with pride and pomposity, dressed up and bedight, not with their own labour, but with that of others; and they will not concede me mine. Thoughts on Art and Life His uncle turned to Mrs. Stanley with old-fashioned pomposity. The Dominant Strain "First," he said, once more assuming great pomposity, "may I ask the lady who just spoke, whether she does, or does not represent any authoritative body of women of this grand and noble state?" Mixed Faces He was wearing, so Gorman assures me, the very best kind of official manner, that interesting mixture of suavity and pomposity with which our mandarins approach the public. The Island Mystery Mr. Balfour, a Scotch advocate of dry humour, but much pomposity, being in a large company, where the convivial Earl of Kelly presided, was requested to give a song, which he declined. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. He was the prototype of pomposity and good-nature, and he strutted like an actor in a procession. The Pirate, and The Three Cutters They looked so insignificant and put on such an air of austere authority that one did not know whether to laugh or cry at their pomposity. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China “If you don’t attend to business in small matters, how can you hope to succeed when you go out into life?” he asked with some pomposity. The Readjustment He unbuttoned, so to speak, the two bottom buttons of the waistcoat of pomposity which he wore. The Island Mystery With a good deal of pomposity and laziness, they mingle much filth and rascality. The Land of Thor The resemblance is great, and it has given his strut additional pomposity. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century It is a relief to pass beyond such tawdry pomposities into the solemn little chapel, sacred to one of the great regiments of the Army, the Queen's, the old Second of the Line. Highways and Byways in Surrey His pomposity, he felt, grew out of 6 his embarrassment; he had a dim feeling that he was making himself ridiculous. The Readjustment He had the same appearance of imbecile gravity, the same enormous pomposity. The Island Mystery “I must deny you, pomposity,” he answered, gayly. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The Survival of Barbarism.—Amid the fussy pomposity of the Queen’s jubilee, the voice of the thinkers has not been entirely silent. Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 In the case of the bishop and the schoolboy, the use of the classics is, on the one hand, pomposity; on the other, discretion. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Let her so arrange that we shall see more of each other socially, not in grand fêtes, tiresome dinners, idle pomposities, but in simple and hospitable greetings, in frequent, unrestrained, and easy commune. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He depended not a little on his professional pomposity to bolster up a certain lack of confidence in himself, and stripped of this legal regalia he shriveled to a very ordinary person indeed. The Wall Between I hate throwing away money on mere pomposity and grandiosity and show. The Martian When the sun is ill aspected, the native is both proud and mean, tyrannical and sycophantic, exceedingly unamiable, and generally disliked because of his arrogance and ignorant pomposity. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The cloud of scandal that seemed to be menacing him had worn his pomposity to a thread, and his dignified “Ahem!” had quite disappeared. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Rigaud was especially successful with the rich bourgeoisie of Paris, and later became court painter, supreme in expressing the grandiose and inflated pomposities of the age. The Story of Paris "My dear child," began Laisangy, with some pomposity, "you have, doubtless, ere this discovered that matters of finance are composed of a thousand details more important than those of diplomacy." The Son of Monte-Cristo “Oh! why—Mr. King!” he cried, all the pomposity suddenly gone. Five Little Peppers at School He made a great effort to recover his pomposity and actually took up the correct attitude which a well-trained servant assumes when he shows a great lady out of a room. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days He was an officer, judging from his side arms, and with great pomposity he now advanced, puffing and blowing, toward the boys. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite Seated on the resplendent cloud of official Elysium, Far away, far away from fuliginous busy hum You are now perched with phenomenal velocity On vertiginous pinnacle of poetic pomposity! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Despite the pomposity, Gibbon’s style is correct, and the exact use of words is a marvel. Historical Essays It was the first time he had ever been ragged in such a way, and his composure had suffered; he spoke now with more than his usual pomposity. Hidden Gold "I may, or I may not, but I'm not going to have my future wife conduct herself in a silly style without saying a word," he answered with youthful pomposity. The Privet Hedge I was sorry to note his speech, always so simple and unaffected in contrast to his letters, was infected with an unbecoming pomposity. Greener Than You Think If that word means merely pomposity it has already been discussed. Dr. Johnson and His Circle His opponent, with brag, bluster, pomposity, cheap wit, and insincerity, served him as a magnificent foil. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators He took the conductor's chair with all the pomposity of a provincial borough official. Nights in London That part of the fall reminded me of ladies’ hair in flowing ringlets, and the one nearest me of the Lord Chancellor Eldon, in all the pomposity and frowning dignity of his full-bottomed wig. Diary in America, Series One His pomposity was on the surface, and his stiffness and hauteur were but the mannerisms with which some men are cursed. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden The gentleman took it seriously, and it has given his strut additional pomposity. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 It was defined by one as "the science of religion," by another as "learned pomposity;" but the most remarkable of all was "pedagogy is the study of feet." A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Mr. Vincent Crummles had a colossal intellect; and I always have a fancy that under all his pomposity he saw things more keenly than he allowed others to see. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens It is true that he does himself occasionally fall into the empty pomposity which characterized his eighteenth-century imitators who fancied that big words could turn prose into poetry. Milton The constable was strictly within his duty, as he had been called in, but the pomposity of his manner betokened that he was very, very young in the service. The Grell Mystery The beginning, say the Critics, ought to be plain and simple; neither embellished with the flowers of poetry, nor turgid with pomposity of diction. Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning "Don't answer me, sir," said Mr. Cox, with much pomposity; "you're an eyesore to an honest man, a vulture, a harpy." Light Freights Though he still seemed tired out and nervous, he showed himself not without a quiet humor in describing the pomposities of the local police and the portentous airs of Dr. Stock. The Woman in Black So saying, the stripling pitched the jumping-jack into the lap of Skipping Rabbit, and strode out of the lodge with the pomposity of seven chiefs! The Prairie Chief “Taking the sun,” replied the interpreter, with immense pomposity. The Pioneers If the evil passions of the rebel Angels invented the pun, it was the pomposity of our father Adam that first brought "poetic diction" into vogue. Milton The perfection of Parliamentary style is to utter cruel platitudes with a grave and informing air; and, if a little pomposity be superadded, the House will instinctively recognize the speaker as a Statesman. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography This is called by the French, "la morgue littéraire," the surly pomposity of literature. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He was the prototype of pomposity and good nature, and he strutted like an actor in a procession. The Pirate I cannot say that I was partial to him; indeed, his pomposity, as I considered it, was to me a source of ridicule and dislike. Percival Keene The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Edwin nodded sympathetically, perceiving with satisfaction that beneath his Metropolitan mannerism, and his amusing pomposities, and his perfectly dandiacal clothes, Charlie still remained the Sunday, possibly more naïve than ever. Clayhanger The Emperor fell back into his seat, all his pomposity gone, but the general stiffened eagerly and went straight to the point. Skylark Three “I suppose I had better put my statement down in writing?” said Samuel, making a last effort at pomposity. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Mr Doubleday was a most curious mixture of humour, pomposity, and business, which made it very hard to know how exactly to take him. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Dr. Pangloss was a literary prig of ponderous pomposity. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 His manner was gentle, and perhaps somewhat pompous, as is common with very big men; but you could never be sure whether an extremely subdued humour did not underlie his pomposity. Clayhanger For in war, or danger, or hunger, or sickness, who would value tobacco, or money, or the pomposity of Pride, or would entertain a thought of welcoming either Wantonness or Sloth? The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell What we ought to be afraid of is not seriousness and earnestness, but of solemnity and pomposity. Joyous Gard Pausing for breath, he drew himself erect with ridiculous pomposity. Lords of the North Dr. Johnson being asked his opinion of the title of a very small volume remarkable for its pomposity, replied, "That it was similar to placing an eight-and-forty pounder at the door of a pigsty." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings There were other guests to whom the Baron was presently introduced, and towards these he carried himself with the pomposity and hauteur which are only permissible to the very highest rank of new wealth. Dross Shouldn't a Count and a Countess, in all their actions, show a certain degree of pride and pomposity? The Stranger A Drama, in Five Acts "And you say," began the Pretore, with a certain heavy pomposity, "that you did not see the signore at all yesterday?" The Call of the Blood The Gascon character, though here a little softened, prevails a good deal, as the continued boasting about their town proves, and a certain pomposity in their demeanour, which, however, is harmless and amusing. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre He has lifted the only shield I cannot break, the shield of an impenetrable pomposity. The Napoleon of Notting Hill “And not only that,” said the doctor, that night, concluding his narrative of busy days in the city, “but I have been appointed,” with a great affectation of pomposity, “the magistrate for this district!” Doctor Luke of the Labrador Having this innate weakness of pomposity and exaggeration, it naturally expired, and became altogether ridiculous, with the generation to which it belonged. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series I would have expected perhaps a certain solemnity or even pomposity in the style of it; he had never a strong sense of humour. The Dark Forest When we have to tell a story to a small boy or girl, we avoid little pomposities, and seek for the plainest, clearest and most direct phrase. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 An excited crowd streamed after the policeman, who stalked on with no little pomposity. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Yes," replied the little paymaster, whose present humbleness was in striking contrast to his former pomposity, "I can understand how, from your point of view, my recent course of action may be open to misconception. At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear Puff'd up with pride and insolence, Without a grain of common sense, See with what consequence he stalks, With what pomposity he talks; See how the gaping crowd admire The stupid blockhead and the liar. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell I have made it brief, because I wished to avoid any appearance of pomposity or pretension. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle His dignity had a bare suspicion of pomposity in it. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 In their lofty eminence of pomposity they are challenged only by Anglican bishops and grand opera tenors. Damn! A Book of Calumny It consists in the satire of the pretence and pomposities of others by means of a sort of exaggerated and playful self-depreciation. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series A prevailing grandiloquence, which easily slides into pomposity, is its greatest blemish. Gibbon He was now quite an old man; and under the influence of age, and the cheerful society of Mrs. Marryat and her daughters, he had lost much of the pomposity which had before distinguished him. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire This time Dominique's arm swung back the door with less pomposity, and Dominique's voice was a trifle less emphatic as he ushered in "M. le Capitaine." In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World It easily degenerates, as Europe saw it degenerate for a century and a half, into pomposity relieved by flatness. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters To receive the cut direct from a man whose pomposity and mental density had excited her wit and amusement, surprised her even if it did not hurt. Parrot & Co. These completed the officer stood before me with all the pomposity he could command and delivered a harangue at high speed in a worrying monotone. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben He is a handsome man, or would be but for an assumption of grandeur in the carriage of his eyes, giving to his face a character of pomposity which he himself well deserves. Phineas Finn The Irish Member Most of us were known by our initials—our official initials—for the use of them saves time and avoids pomposity. Leaves from a Field Note-Book He was a small, sharp-eyed man, whose youthful agility had crystallized into a nervous pomposity. Jane Field A Novel One day, in solemn conclave, they decided that the patient would live, and announced the intelligence to the poor painter, as he sat in his lonely studio, with much pomposity and emphasis. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales With rhythmic pomposity a pipe-major was twirling a staff, while a band of pipes and drums blared out a Scottish battle-song on the frosty air. The Parts Men Play Artificiality, affectation, pomposity, mouthing, undue vehemence, monotony, intoning, and everything that detracts from the simplicity and genuine fervor of the speech should be avoided. Talks on Talking We found hardly a trace of the poluphloisboisterous pomposity with which he used to camouflage his dearth of ideas. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 One is the increasing use of jargon and pomposity, which can partly traced to the size of the government. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s The language of the Félibres is by no means free from the grandiloquence and pomposity that results from the employment of these high-sounding and long terminations. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence It will be remembered how Burns detested Blair's absurd condescension and pomposity. Life of Adam Smith The young Mr. Thompson talked shrewdly enough on things of business, and Mr. Stocks abated something of his pomposity and was honestly amiable. The Half-Hearted Any affectation of manner or pomposity is quickly detected. The Man in Court They usually come from meager backgrounds, and then they can look up and see the pomposity and the hypocrisy of many human beings. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Boys and girls are, for all their high spirits, creatures of infinite solemnities and pomposities. Dangerous Ages "The sun has smiled upon us," he said, with a certain sedate pomposity which, like the black crest on his head, might be ludicrous in itself, but seemed fitting enough in him. Montlivet Hugh was very angry and a little absurd in his youthful pomposity. The Plastic Age "My ideas generally are of that category," observed Ardan with an affectation of dry pomposity. All Around the Moon Another story, which was much enjoyed in Ireland as showing the pomposity of his Excellency, may be recalled. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Plon, who was recovering his pomposity, pressed forward, and laid a hand on the soldier's arm. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Whatever its faults may be, it is simple and natural, and its tender little melodies fell pleasantly upon ears too well accustomed to the pomposities of Rameau and his school. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. He replied, with much pomposity, that it was the far-famed Arabian foot, the instep of which arched so beautifully that water could flow beneath it without wetting the skin. A Man and a Woman The beginning, say the critics, ought to be plain and simple—neither embellished with the flowers of poetry, nor turgid with pomposity of diction. English Satires At this the French agent draws his figure up with much pomposity. Miss Caprice If one can escape the being shocked at things and yet be untainted by them, and, on the other hand, if one can avoid pomposity and yet learn self-respect, that is enough. The Child of the Dawn A certain pomposity which in a way became the man—proclaimed his prosperity and redeemed him from complete insignificance—had for a moment departed. The Lighted Way For the moment, Johnson's old pomposity had returned to him, but in the next, a wave of despondency bore it down. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories The word "luncheon" is of a certain pomposity, which, though it may suit the mansions of the great, is out of place when applied to the meals of active sportsmen. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892 He bore his surprise and honors with a courteous pomposity. New Faces His pomposity grows daily but he eyes me with suspicion when he sees me in secret conclave with Petunia. The Tinder-Box The crowd, merry once more, lauded him to the skies for the manner in which the supposed culprits had been trailed, and the marshal's pomposity grew almost to the bursting point. The Daughter of Anderson Crow It was not done with pomposity, but rather with the exuberance of a man whose purse and letter of credit possess an assuring circumference. The Goose Girl The overtures are often very noble, but without pomposity or grandiloquence; indeed, they move as if unconscious of their own tremendous strength. Purcell Unreal and monstrous art this, and fit only for such periwigged pomposities as the nobility of France at that time, but not at all fit for you or me. Miscellanies People seemed delighted to find in the ruler of the nation freedom from pomposity and affectation, mingled with a certain simple dignity which never forsook him. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him The latter personage was flabby in flesh, and the oppressively civil counter-jumper style of his youth had grown naturally into a deportment of most imposing pomposity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Stella broke through his pomposity without effort, giving him both her hands with a simplicity that went straight to his heart. The Lamp in the Desert "What do you see upon my table?" said she, with something of the Prince's pomposity. Clementina The door of the smoking-room had burst suddenly open, and Colonel de Vigne, very red in the face and as agitated as his pomposity would allow, stood glaring at them. Greatheart Alderman TOLLAND, as the heavy father, provoked screams of laughter by the studied pomposity of his manner. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 18, 1891 Then he cleared his throat, with the pomposity which is inseparable with most men from the act of reading aloud. The Firm of Girdlestone "What do I mean?" he said, with a pomposity carefully moulded upon the Colonel's mode of delivery on a guest-night. The Lamp in the Desert These beginnings of make-believe pomposity are followed up by the strangest revelations wherever the adventurer sets his foot. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 She made it with so childlike an earnestness, and—all his pomposity notwithstanding—he had a soft heart for children. Greatheart And you should see his pomposity as he rides his humble donkey through the streets of Seoul. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm "I've been performing my ablutions," he said, rolling out the last word with great emphasis and pomposity, for, like many Scotchmen, he had the greatest possible reverence for a sonorous polysyllable. The Firm of Girdlestone Colonel Mansfield with a species of jocose pomposity specially assumed for the occasion, his wife, upright, thin-lipped, forbidding, instinct with wordless disapproval. The Lamp in the Desert Provincial manners are always a little formal, and the pomposity of the colonial governor was never quite worked out of our literary men. Emerson and Other Essays This phenomenon puzzled her very considerably, for Scott was wholly lacking in the pomposity that characterizes many little men. Greatheart No mortal, not even the most malevolently skeptical Democrat, will believe what a vast amount of charlatanism and consequential pomposity there is in this diplomacy. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Then he swaggered out with a great increase of pomposity and importance, and ordered his cabman to drive to Kennedy Place. The Firm of Girdlestone In his later years this solemnity degenerated occasionally into pomposity, to which it is always perilously near. Daniel Webster Big words and pomposity never were designed for the highest types of men. Laugh and Live The oration was chiefly a rapid, exulting review of the history of the young Republic, with an occasional pomposity, and a few expressions caught from the party discussions of the day. Famous Americans of Recent Times In their work, the most penetrating realism is beautified and ennobled by all the resources of linguistic art, while the rhetorical instinct is preserved from pomposity and inflation by a supreme critical sense. Landmarks in French Literature Down this sombre avenue the major strutted with all his wonted pomposity, until about half-way down he reached a tall, grim-looking house, with many notices of "apartments" glaring from the windows. The Firm of Girdlestone No doubt whatever rested on the mind of Lander, that Clapperton was in some respects made the dupe of the pride, pomposity, and deception of the African sultan. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa When he seeks to have a style he falls into ponderosity and pomposity. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold In his hand was a book, and his face had suddenly lost all its pomposity and grown genial and merry. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book "It shall be done," replied Georges, eying the newcomer with some disfavor because of his pomposity. The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne He recovered himself more quickly from this one, however, and inflated his chest with even more than his usual pomposity. The Firm of Girdlestone I do not wonder at my venerable friend's vexation, for there was a world-wide contrast between his own chaste simplicity and the stilted pomposity of his Glasgow namesake. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography His American manners and his pomposity had both been laid aside with the tweed suit and the swallow-tail. Kimono To condemn Racine on the score of his ambiguities and his pomposities is to complain of the hastily dashed-in column and curtain in the background of a portrait, and not to mention the face. Books and Characters French and English It was only the hypochondriacal character of his mind that shielded him from that chief human absurdity, pomposity. Miriam Monfort A Novel A design in the Petit Courier Illustré, I need scarcely tell you," pursued Müller, with indescribable pomposity, "is in itself sufficient to make the fortune not only of an establishment, but of a neighborhood. In the Days of My Youth Without an atom of pomposity or air rectorial, he settled himself to listen. Paul Faber, Surgeon His wife, by a pomposity of manner and an assumption of superior knowledge, succeeded, where no other white woman has succeeded, in acquiring the respect and intimacy of the great ladies of Japan. Kimono Such a movement was right and inevitable as a reaction from the mean and dingy pomposity of English Victorian statuary. The Defendant Who 'll let me out some gala day, With implements to fly away, Passing pomposity? Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete A certain pomposity of manner, which had been a characteristic of his, ever since the days when he wore dresses and lorded it over the other infants in the park, had made him unpopular. Strawberry Acres There was no pomposity about Lord Holmhurst now—all that had gone—and nothing but the simple gallant nature of the English gentleman remained. Mr. Meeson's Will He was a middle-aged man, ponderous and slow of motion, with a latent pomposity, which he rendered as agreeable as possible by the urbanity of his manners. Fenton's Quest His shaven face, his eyes of a metallic gray, his elegant pomposity did not enlighten the Spaniard's memory. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Pope's couplet again may possibly best convey the pomposity of some Idylls and the point of others. Theocritus, translated into English Verse If the good knight did not call out to the people sleeping in church, and say "Amen" with such delightful pomposity; if he did not mistake Mde. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The song proceeded; but if the prior had frowned at the first stanza, the podesta was doubly angry at the second, which sneered at Venetian pomposity in incomparable style. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) His tendency to pomposity is not redeemed by the naïveté and spontaneity of his masters. Samuel Johnson They then vent their pomposity from one end of a harangue to the other; and to hear them lavish imagery on every occasion, one might fancy that they never spoke of anything with simplicity. Democracy in America — Volume 2 Unreal and monstrous art this, and fit only for such periwigged pomposities as the nobility of France at that time, but not at all fit for you or me. Essays and Lectures If he laughs at the authority of priests, he laughs louder at the pomposity of men of science. Heretics "No!" said the husband, with the absurd pomposity of his tribe. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance I was nearly dumbstruck to see the pomposity of that woman who appeared to be, at the very least, the wife of a privileged gentleman or of some wealthy citizen. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself A new grace invested his every gesture; a new sonorousness rang in his voice; a simple and manly pomposity marked his very walk as he passed from curio to curio. Penrod Squashy pomposities, Shocked at our violence, Let not one tactful hiss Break her new silence! Young Adventure, a Book of Poems Roderick stroked his light moustache, gave it a twist, and then announced with mock pomposity: "Three hundred dollars!" Roderick Hudson "Dine, sir!" said the good dame, forgetting her pomposity in her astonishment. Vivian Grey The phrase occurs in a letter describing a call at Fox How, and its slight pomposity makes the contrast with the passage in which Matthew Arnold describes the same visit the more amusing. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 The slight pomposity of look and manner had disappeared. The Case of Richard Meynell Lord Kilrush introduced him to me, with great pomposity, as a gentleman of talents, for whom he and his brother O'Toole interested themselves much. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 He had just an individualizing amount of the pomposity characteristic of many old-time actors. Tales from Bohemia He cleared his throat once or twice with an attempt at pomposity which he vainly tried to sustain as he came out to meet me. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett He writes with tremendous pomposity," Tom would say, "and he is in no end of societies for molly-coddling art. The Pagans Along with the revival of financial security had come a revival of pomposity, an addiction to patronage in manner and platitudes in speech. The Far Horizon "Tommy" Bowles said of him in the House: "The right honourable gentleman answers, or, rather, does not answer, my questions with the pomposity of a Belgravian butler refusing twopence to a beggar." The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Inwardly I could not but remark that whereas I despised and loathed Bambilio for his pomposity and self-esteem, he made and kept friends. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "I am in good company," said the little man with much pomposity. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett The faults of Thomson are triteness of thought when he becomes argumentative and a prevalent pomposity and pedantry of diction; though his later work, "The Castle of Indolence," is surprisingly free from these blemishes. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The proclamation was so far from answering the general's intention that it was derided by the people as a model of pomposity. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched He said Lord Clarendon, who had the old carefully cultivated Whig manners, yet with the faintest possible tendency to pomposity. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 I had always disliked, despised and even hated Bambilio for his pomposity, self-esteem and bad manners. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire And ask it what it thinks of you—of your patronage and pomposity and conceit. The Cathedral The pomposity of the last words roused a wicked gleam in his wife's eyes. Together It would have been part of the joy, three months ago, to talk over his loving perception of Imogen's little foibles and childishnesses, to laugh, with a loving listener, over her little complacencies and pomposities. A Fountain Sealed Colonel Shaw was carrying his shoulders well back and seemed to be taller than usual, his new air of pomposity making him a head thrust above the horde. All-Wool Morrison He was also slightly affected with official pomposity and reticence; so, unfortunately, he went away without declaring his good intentions, and discouraged them all with the fear of innumerable delays in the matter. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day He took refuge, as he always did when he was confused, in pomposity. The Cathedral He recalled the threat of the black pomposity he had driven from the house—it was possible that there were others, banded, and that they would return. The Happy End "Thou mistakest my meaning," returned Walter Skinner, a trace of his pomposity returning. A Boy's Ride You will provide it that he does not measure his voice against the big-drum thumping of the best-selling pomposities of the hour. The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Too quick to detect affectation or insincerity in others, too impatient of dulness or pomposity, she is more sarcastic now than she became when after years of suffering had softened her nature. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It was as if someone had punctured him and let out all the pomposity. The Adventures of Sally It is seldom "God" for him, but rather learned pomposities. Autobiography of a Yogi So this threat about the heavy task of Beginning breeds discouragement, anger, vexation, irritability, bad style, pomposity and infinitives split from helm to saddle, and metaphors as mixed as the Carlton. The Path to Rome Through its medium several cloth of gold figures discovered themselves, ministering before the altar, and acting their parts with a sacred pomposity, wonderfully imposing. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents In English clubs the prefix "Mr." is a solecism, but in American clubs I have watched quite old friends and associates whose greetings have been marked almost by pomposity and certainly by ritual. Roving East and Roving West It is a fact of general observation that there is no pomposity like the pomposity of littleness. Prisoner for Blasphemy In Great Britain public pomposities take up the strain and deliver large vague, foolish discourses on our intellectual decline. Mankind in the Making It was no new access of official pomposity, but the man's natural bearing, that maintained a lofty reserve at these public receptions. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders All the pomposity went out of Mr. Campbell, he became flurried, then excited, then he lost his temper. The Old Man in the Corner He was a strange mixture of pomposity, servility, and self-importance, a creature most abjectly, yet most amusingly, devoid of anything like tact, taste, or humour. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The consultation between the physicians, in Act 3, amusingly ridicules the pomposity of by-gone medical professors. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 |
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