| 单词 | pragmatical |
| 例句 | But this is pragmatical, and putting an imaginary for a real state of things. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z For all his opposition to James I., the Archbishop lost a good friend when that pragmatical monarch died, and gained an enemy when Charles I. came to the throne. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z We were glad to be handed over by our pragmatical custode to a pretty contadina, who announced herself as the gardener's daughter, and gave us each a bunch of roses. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z I heard the creeping and scurrying of rats in the walls, I counted every tick, and cursed every quarter told off by a pragmatical cuckoo clock in the hall. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z And in its turn, well-a-day! our pragmatical little city hath departed. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The Dean deaf and fretting; the lady’s maid awkward and clumsy; Robert lazy and forgetful; William a pragmatical, ignorant, and conceited puppy; Robin and nurse the two great and only supports of the family. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z The chief enemy of lightheartedness is the constant companionship of the grim, the glum, the gloomy, and the grumpy, the solemn and the pragmatical. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken? The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Well, he mustn’t come here, for I’m a very selfish pragmatical old woman; and if I engaged you—which I don’t think I shall do—I should want you all to myself. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z What a trite, pragmatical, moralizing fellow it is! The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z His brother was as chilly disagreeable in private life as he was popularly considered irreproachable in public, and as pragmatical and uncharitable as your immaculate individuals ordinarily are. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories His system certainly succeeded with his numerous children, though it might, as a rule, incline to make the pupils somewhat presumptuous, self-sufficient and pragmatical. Maria Edgeworth "A smith," said one, "is the most pragmatical fellow under the sun, for he hath always many irons in the fire." The Handbook of Conundrums So Blagge, I say, thrust us both out, with many vile words, for a pair of pestilent, prating, pragmatical rascals.’ Rewards and Fairies There you are as pat and pragmatical as Marcus Tullius Cicero. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z He was succeeded by Marshal Möllendorff—a soldier of some reputation, but old, testy, and pragmatical. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Though not the surest kind of clue, this indicates at least that Hazlitt’s rejection of “pedantical rules and pragmatical formulas” was not equivalent to a declaration of anarchy. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature All about him was pragmatical and self-complacent, from his turned-up nose and elevated chin to his clerical black gaiters, his somewhat short, strapless trousers, and his square-toed shoes. Shirley And would he not deserve to be hissed and thrown stones at till the pragmatical fool could learn better manners? In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts It is evident that Burke's mind was at this period turned to authorship, and that his chief quarrel arose from the petty and pragmatical demand of Hamilton, that he should abandon it altogether. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Yes, that is how the children of the earth should be conceived, not on a pragmatical system, in an I-don’t-care-about-the-issue manner. The Book of Khalid A very circumspect and pragmatical old lord, believe me. The Panchronicon They knew by heart a certain young-ladies'-schoolroom code of laws on language, demeanour, etc.; themselves never deviated from its curious little pragmatical provisions, and they regarded with secret whispered horror all deviations in others. Shirley Probably some allusions in this refer to Harvey, whose pragmatical pedantry may have in many ways annoyed Nash, a Cambridge man like himself. A History of Elizabethan Literature The man who had recalled the Dieppe boat accident could be heard, self-assertive, pragmatical, his voice raised above the voices around him. Studies in love and in terror I do remember, in particular, a tidy, laborious, parsimonious, pragmatical little Scotchwoman, Christiana. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 "It's preaching rather—pragmatical prosing, the death of useful Parliamentary discussion." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 The girl he loved with all the strength of his being, honored and revered and longed to make his wife,—and the world could speak of her in that loose, pragmatical, possessive, chattel-like way. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike "Let them have a good time," said the chief, when his pragmatical adjutant would have suggested sending some of them back to their posts to finish maps and reports they were only neglecting here. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War He used to denounce him as a disagreeable and pragmatical little muff, and was as loud as any of them in condemning his announced determination to “sneak.” Eric, or Little by Little It is an attempt of the pedagogue to assert a jurisdiction over grown intellects, and hence such books naturally develop in flagrant exaggeration the pragmatical priggism which is the pedagogue's characteristic defect. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Both of these things tend to become, under the pressure of the play of circumstance, pragmatical, time-serving, and opportunist. The Complex Vision In this dread it was very evident that his companions largely participated, not excepting the pragmatical clerk. Rattlin the Reefer Miss Manning's delightful humour comes out in the two pragmatical little boys. Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Call a person ‘pragmatical’, and you now imply not merely that he is busy, but over-busy, officious, self-important, and pompous to boot. English Past and Present It had been her habit to keep accurate account of her expenditure, and to send her father a quarterly balance-sheet that was a delight to his pragmatical eyes. Marion's Faith. Inferior practitioners, troublesome, pragmatical, jealous, anxious for power, had availed themselves of the loose terms of the charter, to creep into the society, and conspire against the legitimate influence of the respectable members. Art in England Notes and Studies Well! well!" replied Frank, "my rifle shoots true enough for me--true enough to kill generally--and who the deuce can be at the bother of your pragmatical preparations! Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago This I by no means now regret, and rejoice that my tuition escaped the Spartan discipline no less than the present pragmatical curricula. Confessions of Boyhood No cursory inspection would suffice her: the pragmatical housekeeper and the rosy milkmaids had time to give up their hearts to Lady Betty like the rest. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The Dean deaf and fretting; the lady's maid awkward and clumsy; Robert lazy and forgetful; William a pragmatical, ignorant, and conceited puppy; Robin and nurse the two great and only supports of the family. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish He's a pragmatical fellow, but as plucky as ginger, and I love him for it. Hetty Wesley She did not believe that life was really much like that, and Kay's assertion that if it weren't it ought to be, she rightly regarded as pragmatical. Dangerous Ages Another voice broke in upon them, harsh and pragmatical. Macleod of Dare He is tedious, he is pragmatical, and—I affirm it in all sympathy and sorrow—he is crazed. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance This is the most pragmatical conceited little fellow, he will needs understand my business better than myself. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 He was a scribe and a Pharisee, a pragmatical, self-righteous, canting old scribe and Pharisee. My Friend Prospero I know they call me Paul Pry, say I'm fussy and pragmatical— But that's because sheer moonshine always hates the mathematical. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 He was very contradictory and pragmatical, and apt, as I thought, to differ from Master Simon now and then out of mere captiousness. Bracebridge Hall He is a little bit pragmatical, and seems evidently proud of his superior knowledge of the river. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America He was very contradictory and pragmatical, and apt, as I thought, to differ from Master Simon now and then, out of mere captiousness. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists However, before his death he consented to have his own congregation sing his own hymns, although it is said that two pragmatical elders rose and strode indignantly down the aisle of the church. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography I am not preparing myself for a governess, that I should make a point of honor of such things, little pragmatical prig that you are; nor are you, that I know of. Miriam Monfort A Novel He was meagre, but active in his make, with a long, pale, bilious face; a black, ill-shaven beard, a feverish eye, and a hat sharpened up at the sides into a most pragmatical shape. Bracebridge Hall Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and beauty, birth and birth, are always odious and ill taken?—Cervantes. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations A second species of Reflective history is what we may call the pragmatical. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "He didn't say much," answered Swan in his most pragmatical manner. Fated to Be Free He used to denounce him as a disagreeable and pragmatical little muff, and was as loud as any of them in condemning his announced determination to "sneak." Eric But man is a pragmatical, foolish creature; and the more we look into him, the more we must despise him—Lords of the creation!—Who can forbear indignant laughter! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 In every thing this pragmatical rascal throws me behind. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are He is pragmatical, restless, unfixed, full of experiments, beginning every thing a-new, wiser than his betters, judging for himself, dictating to others. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits He was generally most at ease among the children; he saw some of them, and Swan holding forth to them in his most pragmatical style. Fated to Be Free That pragmatical prig, Harry, became so detestable in my sight, that, he being reported studious in the South, I would have fled idle to the extremest North. The Uncommercial Traveller This hath given the former such an air of superiority, and made the latter so pragmatical, that neither of them are well to be endured. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Ay, you may look surprised at me, you two pragmatical Scotsmen; but I have, so to speak, lived with the man for months, and there's fineness and nobility in him. Prester John He is therefore either pragmatical and offensive, or if he tries to please, he becomes cowardly and fawning. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits So Blagge, I say, thrust us both out, with many vile words, for a pair of pestilent, prating, pragmatical rascals.' Rewards and Fairies Don't you remember his pragmatical triumph, as told you by your aunt, and prided in by that saucy Betty Barnes, from his own foolish mouth?* Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Here is plain allusion to some secret, which that pragmatical idiot, Mrs. Rebecca, studiously endeavoured not to hear. Birds of Prey The Squire receives me afterward as the meddlesome, pragmatical priest he understands me to be; puts his foot down to begin with; and, hinc ill� lacrym�. Robert Elsmere Though he was a man of dignity, for he sat in his own pew, he could not escape the rod of the pragmatical tithingman. Sabbath in Puritan New England But he was interfered with by the pragmatical, imbecile, and conceited Congress. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched A pragmatical, conceited positive.—He came yesterday, in a fearful pucker, and puffed, and blowed, and stumped about our hall and parlour, while his message was carried up. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 In returning from Leipzig, J.Y. and his friends committed a more serious offence against the pragmatical regulations of the German States. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel If you do that, they will take you for pragmatical and haughty; this they may interpret friendship and freedom. Sermons on Evil-Speaking He is described as 'an impudent, amorous, pragmatical fop, that pretends to wit and poetry.' The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III The breadth and vigor of the early days were lost, the pragmatical and disputatious element gaining more and more ground. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time But the pragmatical daughter, by the fatal meeting, precipitated all, and frustrated her indulgent designs. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Here again, the carnal world judges that these people are proud, self-willed, pragmatical, contentious, self-conceited, and so unsufferable people. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 As for him—he was a blundering creature, dull and pragmatical; he was a great spiny monster that she had drawn up from the ocean-depths. Love's Pilgrimage "Do as you list," answered Lord Glenvarloch; and having bestowed a passing thought on the whimsical and pragmatical disposition of his follower, he dismissed the subject for others better suited to the day. The Fortunes of Nigel He never made foolish remarks, although not in the slightest degree uncomfortably precocious or pragmatical. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia I do not mean a petted, wrong-headed, pragmatical determination to let him see that you can think for yourself. The Recreations of a Country Parson Prideux, a justice of peace, a very pragmatical busy person in those times, and a mercenary and cruel magistrate, infamous for the following methods of getting of money among many others. Hudibras Carleton came before the States-General soon afterwards with a prepared oration, wearisome as a fast-day sermon after the third turn of the hour- glass, pragmatical as a schoolmaster's harangue to fractious little boys. Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1617 He simply regards it as a desire to meddle, a priggish and pragmatical act, and even as a sneaking desire to inflict punishment by proxy. Where No Fear Was A sort of itch for settling other people's destinies, and so gaining a title to their curses for our pragmatical and fatal interference, is the commonest of all the forms of sanctioned lunacy. Love Me Little, Love Me Long We shall fail to understand it unless we recognise that it was a pragmatical, opportune work, designed for the needs of the time, and with express references to current tendencies of thought. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Thus pragmatical belief has degrees, varying in proportion to the interests at stake. The Critique of Pure Reason Here a good organ; but a vain pragmatical fellow preached a ridiculous, affected sermon, that made me angry, and some gentlemen that sat next me, and sang well. The Diary of Samuel Pepys I have known lowly and unimportant people who were yet full of pragmatical self-concern, and whose pride took the form not so much of exalting their own consequence as of thinking meanly of other people. Where No Fear Was "Have I been one of those interfering, pragmatical fathers who cannot let their children enjoy themselves their own way?" Hard Cash Some kinds of criticism are as much too insipid as others are too pragmatical. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners He had felt no love for her whatever, and practically none for her two children—they were in his view colourless, pragmatical, very unexpected characters. Five Tales What dost thou see in that pragmatical coxcomb to make thee so in love with him? History of John Bull The other young man shall suffer restraint a few days, probably only a few hours,—it is not more than due for his pragmatical interference in what concerned him not. Redgauntlet I shall tell him it is to be very soon, at any rate; and that if he wishes to see how I value his pragmatical advice, he may come and dance at the wedding. The Heir of Redclyffe They cannot tell whether you are right or wrong, but they know that you are guilty of a pragmatical assumption of superiority over them which they do not like. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners In charge of the Catalina's house, was an old Scotchman, who, like most of his countrymen, had a pretty good education, and, like many of them, was rather pragmatical, and had a ludicrously solemn conceit. Two Years Before the Mast But the personage that most struck my attention was a pragmatical old gentleman in clerical robes, with a remarkably large and square but bald head. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon A pragmatical man, taken along with an inconsiderate man, and then a wild-headed man added on to them, are three about as fatal hands as any truth could fall into. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) There is not so impudent a thing in nature as the saucy look of an assured man confident of success: the pedantic arrogance of a very husband has not so pragmatical an air. The Way of the World "It is like you to give a pragmatical opinion without being acquainted with any of the circumstances of the case; I have had no dinner." The Professor Just then my eye was caught by the pragmatical old gentleman in the Greek grizzled wig, who was scrambling away in sore affright with half a score of authors in full cry after him. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon |
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