| 单词 | prolix |
| 例句 | From General Peckem’s office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as “Procrastination is the Thief of Time” and “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Or that the prolix Gaev — a man as likely to apostrophize a piece of furniture as the stars above — keeps promising he’ll be quiet. | 'The Cherry Orchard': ?Cherry Orchard? With Turturro at Classic Stage - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:07Z In fact, the distances she needs to bridge are far greater than Orwell's – Wigan miners weren't to old Etonians as hill tribes are to metropolitan Indians – and her writing is more prolix and melodramatic. India's bold, brilliant daughter 2011-01-29T00:06:38Z But despite its moments of charm and caprice, the film is prolix, inert, indulgent and often just plain dull. Cannes 2012: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ? review 2012-05-21T11:24:05Z In their prolix dystopian theater piece “Returning to Albert Joseph,” writer Spike Friedman and The Satori Group envision a society in a continual state of peace. ‘Albert Joseph ’ visualizes a society of mind control 2014-05-08T22:09:23Z Her tunes scatter and dance, changing harmonies often and wreathing themselves around her prolix vocals. Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Illinois State University also decided on that signage, with a somewhat prolix addendum: “Anyone may use this restroom regardless of gender, gender identity or expression.” In All-Gender Restrooms, the Signs Reflect the Times 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The impression made in this section of the show is of prolix distraction, with drawings of crucifixions, images of Picassoid satyrs, and oleaginous paintings that suggest food-processor versions of earlier things. Art Review: ?De Kooning: A Retrospective? at MoMA - Review 2011-09-15T11:00:58Z The dramatic voice is hectic and philosophic, prolix and restrained, wry and desperate. In ‘Love in the Wars,’ Achilles Battles an Amazon Queen 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z There's no attempt to force the issue, even in those passages when Schumann's invention is too prolix for his own good, and Luisi trusts the composer's often-questioned symphonic instincts. Schumann; The Symphonies; etc 2010-05-27T21:15:00Z But he fell victim to his own volubility, for while a talking peanut is one thing, a prolix peanut is quite another, and he and Planters soon parted ways. Marty Ingels, Actor and Comedian, Is Dead at 79 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Fondrie's sentence is the shortest winner in the prize's history, "proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy", said organisers. Bulwer-Lytton prize for bad writing goes to brutally mangled metaphor 2011-07-27T09:56:04Z It is hard to imagine an author simultaneously so famous and so unfashionable, his novels frequently written off as prolix and unbearably dense. Scotland's image-maker Sir Walter Scott 'invented English legends' 2010-08-16T16:21:00Z "But despite its moments of charm and caprice, the film is prolix, inert, indulgent and often just plain dull." Alain Resnais revisits classic Greek legend at Cannes 2012-05-21T16:54:01Z Titus Andronicus once offered intense noise themselves, but have lately gone a bit more prolix. Field Day, Haim, Metz: this week's new live music 2013-05-25T05:00:12Z It’s hard to imagine a more committed recording; but if there are moments in the first three movements when Rott’s promise truly shines through, there’s nothing Hrusa can do for the absurdly prolix finale. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Gore’s tunes are pleasant but, barring Carrie and Mom's songs, not very individuated, Pitchford’s lyrics are prosaic, at times prolix, and Cohen’s book doesn’t explore its All Teens Are Alienated theme beyond surface considerations. With 'Carrie: The Musical,' you can't say they haven't tried 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z She added, in a prolix sentence that nonetheless makes its point, “Or is it actually that the sense of achievement his work self-consciously carries with it itself carries less credibility than it used to?” In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z She just released “12 Little Spells,” an album of high-flown, prolix compositions, performed with an electrified ensemble. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z This month they will hold a second reading of Gertrude Stein's notoriously prolix novel, The Making of Americans. New York magazines – start spreading the news 2013-01-06T00:07:33Z The least interesting thing about Mr. Williams, unfortunately, is his actual dance making; instead, there he’s at his most prolix and imprecise. Dance Review: Christopher Williams Works at Dance New Amsterdam 2010-06-09T00:18:00Z Throughout, Mr. Williams and the pianist Orrin Evans maintain a jittery and prolix flow, demanding action but not waiting around for you to take it. The Playlist: The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar Join Forces, and 15 More New Songs 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The “how to open a bar or restaurant and then how to run it” book, which is hidden amid prolix self-observation, is instructive. ‘I Hear She’s a Real Bitch’: A Swaggering, Feminist Restaurant Memoir 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z On one especially prolix ballad, “Blind,” she lets her lyrics fly fast and furious, only half-apologizing for being “raunchy like Bob Saget” before outlining how toxic romances erode self-worth. Review | On ‘SOS,’ SZA unpacks her most complicated emotions in so many words 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He wasn’t a particularly gifted or prolix orator. It’s George Washington’s birthday, not Presidents Day 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z A certain type of actor thrives in these prolix circumstances. Review: At South Coast Rep, 'A Shot Rang Out' proves to be an eloquent misfire 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z On airplanes, she said, she could quickly shut down the annoying small talk of prolix seatmates when they asked, “What do you do?” Margaret Richardson, IRS commissioner during Clinton’s first term, dies at 78 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z He was narcissistic and prolix, speaking up to seven, eight, nine hours straight. Bluster, distraction, denial: Trump follows Chavez's successful template 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z “This is clearly a very tumultuous time for the Recording Academy,” the famously prolix record executive said to begin his remarks Saturday night in a ballroom full of A-list artists and behind-the-scenes power players. Race and scandal grab spotlight at the usually frothy Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z President Trump’s trans-Atlantic pout after learning that the other world leaders were caught on tape mocking him as prolix was typical but still pathetic. Opinion | Hating the Word ‘Hate’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z He said he had become fascinated with Mr. Bercow, whose prolix verbal style and braying cries of “order, order!” have made him one of Brexit’s “spicy memes.” Scapegoat or Hero? John Bercow, Commons Speaker, Upends Brexit 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z It depicts a battle of wills between the mercurial, eponymous heroine and a rancher, with lush, prolix descriptions of the great plains – the llanos – cowboys and spirits. The best books to understand what is happening in Venezuela 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It is Delaney’s persona — think of a Joe Biden 20 years younger and half as prolix — that will distinguish him and seem either pleasingly adult or insufficiently carbonated when the prancing ponies from the U.S. Opinion | Want to topple Trump? Take John Delaney seriously. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Only once did he have to shut down a prolix questioner…. Prime Minister's Questions: The verdict 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Buddhism in the United States may be a large and prolix phenomenon, ranging from ethnically defined groups which foster community and ritual to the more individualistic approach epitomised by those Seattle classes. An Asian religion gains popularity in the New World 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z While the final sartorial result might appear spontaneous, looks were planned and executed with startling precision — a mirror to hip-hop’s prolix rhymes delivered with casual ease. How hip-hop fashion went from the streets to high fashion 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet readers today are often deterred by Conrad’s convoluted, prolix style. Joseph Conrad, the first novelist of globalisation 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The collective pledges spiritual allegiance to Sun Ra, Prince and Betty Davis, and makes its intentions clear with prolix verbiage as well as tousled funk. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z President Obama, who’s very effectively used entertainment programming to convey bite-sized messages throughout his presidency, was contemplative and far too prolix for the hourlong time slot. President Obama's Town Hall Meeting Showed TV's Limits 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Clinton did not mention Israel’s illegal military occupation once in her prolix address. “She sounds like Netanyahu”: Hillary Clinton goes extra hawkish in her biased, die-hard pro-Israel AIPAC speech 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Group 63’s literary efforts now look decidedly prolix and pedantic; but Eco, to his credit, understood early on that a fiction without a story was not worth its weight in paper. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Who among us can put a hand up and say: “I’ve read the whole thing”? Dreamy, prolix, funny – Proust is not intended to be finished. Best holiday reads 2015 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Although the Buckeyes would ultimately win the inaugural and prolix College Football Playoff National Championship Game 42-20, at this moment the outcome was very much in doubt. Ohio State Buckeyes Crush the Peaking Ducks for National Title And Hopkins, who is known for his prickly charm and prolix self-assessments, has become something of a crowd favorite in his later years. Bernard Hopkins, the Not-So-Ageless Alien 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z US texts, they say, are becoming increasingly prolix. Text Mining Uncovers U.S. Emotion and British Reserve 2013-03-22T22:45:00.513Z Jackson didn’t go that far, but he is fleshing out a lot that even the prolix Tolkien thought better to handle in asides. Hobbit: More Like The Unending Journey 2012-12-18T08:10:00Z Now Mill, even when he is most prolix, when he is pursuing the intricacies of the most involved points of logic and philosophy, can seldom or never be charged with dulness and heaviness. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The author’s method is prolix and often far from clear; the book is no compact system, but it contains the skeleton and much of the soul of a complete philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z His controversial writings are vigorous if prolix and his theological essays have little merit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z This ante-diluvian heraldry is expatiated upon by our author in a manner far too prolix for us to follow him through all his grave statements and learned proofs. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z No one doubts that many of the great novelists of the past are somewhat tedious and prolix. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z In truth the Nun was a trifle prolix and prosy, but she also looked so nice that they were quite content to listen and to look. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z He has the courage to say that Milton is tiresome—that Dante is prolix—that they deal with subjects having no human interest. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z One of them you have met--Admiral Palkin, a prolix old gentleman, with a habit of saying nothing at remarkable length. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Presently she arose and bade a courteous goodnight to the still prolix parson. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The style is wearisome and prolix, attaining to precision at the expense of circumlocution, and setting forth the smallest particulars with the same distinctness as the main features of the narrative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Emilio went on through the portfolios without ceasing his long prolix explanations. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z I flatter myself that readers will be found to appreciate the brilliant, though prolix and desultory, portraiture of life in Venice during the last century which these "useless memoirs" offer to their imagination. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Upon which many great things occurred, which I say nothing about, in order not to be more prolix. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z In style the work is pompous and prolix, and often very tedious, but as a record of the lives of the Sevillian artists it possesses great value. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The latter part of this prolix autobiography is occupied by a detailed account of a long tourneying trip, which he contrived as a parallel to his Venus-journey, this time under the disguise of King Arthur. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z In another place in the same lives his tumid and prolix eloquence disembogues itself to prove, what no man ever doubted, viz. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z It has likewise supplied Mr. Langhorne with the principal materials from which he has woven the fabric of his sweet, though prolix poem of Owen of Carron. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Many more, not to be prolix, I omit. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z At the same time the work is not without its defects, chief of which is the frequent recurrence of prolix digressions. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The meeting continued for ten days, and Ulrich grows prolix in his particulars, though he is modest enough about his own exploits, pronouncing himself neither the best nor the worst of the participants. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z An earnest endeavor has been made to be minute in the details without becoming prolix. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z If we have been too prolix in our account or too severe in our remarks respecting our late basely-treated queen, we hope our readers will excuse us. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Therefore we need not tire our readers by giving a prolix account of this one in particular. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Hutton wrote in so prolix and obscure a style as rather to repel than attract readers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Like most of its kind, it is formal, sentimentally prolix, and supplicatory, yet not without a certain pleasant interest. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z This trick, of course, makes a writer formidably prolix. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z He wrote in order to raise the religious and moral character of the people, and to this end employed language which, though at times prolix, was always correct and clear. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z He founded his newspaper nevertheless, and conducted it for nine months under the prolix name of the Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences and Pennsylvania Gazette. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z All the arts err at this epoch in the same manner; literature has the common malady; it is prolix. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z "It is a prolix and difficult question, your grace," answered the general-superior of the chapter, evasively, with a dubious side-glance at the bishop and the abbot of the Forest Monastery. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z But it is prolix, and could be compressed to advantage. Studies in Old Testament History 2011-06-17T02:00:16.420Z He expands the same image, and loses all likeness in a prolix simile, for his readers were not so impatient as ourselves. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The simple-hearted Sarah was prolix and minute in the history of her own affairs. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The indecencies of D'Annunzio, like his other descriptions, are prolix; and the prolixity is not redeemed by the indecency, nor the indecency by the prolixity. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Superior, keen, perfect in detail, finite, compressed—such was his manner in the free and easy, prolix, rambling, multitudinous nineteenth century. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z A. L. Kroeber says, "The passage is a somewhat prolix mixture of narration and depiction...." Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z No, your Royal Highness need not be afraid of being too prolix. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z "Speak, then," said Don Quixote, "and be brief in thy discourse; for what is prolix cannot be pleasing." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The Ameto is a tissue of pastoral tales, descriptions, and versified interludes, prolix in style and affected with pedantic erudition. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Fortunately, but a few of them are thus prolix and puzzling; the greater number being notes about the late ball, birthday congratulations, invitations to "at homes," dinner parties, and such like. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Shortening services let users substitute a prolix link for an abbreviated placeholder. Gadhafi Does Swimming.ly on Web 2011-04-08T02:34:45Z Cæsar, too, though often circumstantial, is never diffuse, while Xenophon is frequently prolix, without being minute or accurate. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Of the arrival of Clavileno; with the conclusion of this prolix adventure. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z His style is prolix; his versification, if we omit the Canzoni a Ballo and some sonnets, is slovenly; nor does he show exceptional ability in the conception and conduct of his stories. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I feel I am prolix, Mr. Grenfell, even without the admonition of that painful sigh. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “Like the majority of conservatives, I watched and marveled at his eloquent didacticism drawn from a prolix lexicon that can only be described as Buckleyesque.” Michele Bachmann has hilarious William F. Buckley-worshiping son 2011-03-25T18:05:00Z The paper is prolix, confused, and confusing, but, upon the specific question at issue, the propositions advanced are definite and intelligible. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z They are highly sensational, full of incident, and never prolix. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z In looking back upon the subject, which has thus been discussed, too briefly for its merits, but too prolixly for your patience, several important inferences force themselves upon our attention. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z It must be confessed that, judged by Western standards, the poems of Ephraim are prolix and wearisome in the extreme, and are distinguished by few striking poetic beauties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z I never knew that Wordsworth's greeting was a languid handful of numb, unresponsive fingers, that his speech was prolix, thin, endlessly diluted. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Fortunately, but a few of them are thus prolix and puzzling; the greater number being notes about the late ball, birthday congratulations, invitations to “at homes,” dinner-parties, and such like. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z I have been, thus far, prolix in sketching the history of those with whom I was now to be domesticated, because, once placed before the reader, my daily life is easily understood. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z An abuse had been growing for a considerable period by which prolix florid passages of music were written for single syllables. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Young lady," he said, "it seems to me that you have been unnecessarily prolix. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z They had the same craving for beauty of form, the same self-repression, the same horror of what is prolix or tawdry, the same love of that simplicity which is the perfection of art. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z I trust the honorable gentlemen of the court have received this somewhat prolix preface with favor. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z The good emir, who was punctiliously religious, and likewise a great dealer in compliments, made an harangue five times more prolix and insipid than his little harbingers had already delivered. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Even as therapeutic concepts of the self spread widely in simplified, easily accessible form, they retained something of the prolix, literary humanism of their inventors. Magazine Preview: The Data-Driven Life 2010-04-28T15:16:00Z Venezuela's prolix president, a leader who does not speak so much as bathe in words, thousands of them at a time, is embracing the microblogging site, which caps utterances at 140 characters. Hugo Ch?vez embraces Twitter 2010-04-28T06:33:00Z Anxiety to drive home every possible point, and cut his adversary off from every possible line of retreat, makes him seem intolerably prolix. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" There is a whole ocean of scientific matter before us, but we desist, apprehensive of making our treatise unduly prolix. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy His writings are exceedingly voluminous, and his style is clear and straightforward, though undeniably prolix. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" I have been very prolix, but you, as an intimate friend of the departed, will not find these details too minute. The Children of the World Again and again during that night did I wonder at my own diffuseness—again and again did I curse the prolix accuracy of a description that cost such labor to reiterate. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. I hope I am not getting tedious; but this business made such an impression on me, that I can't help being too prolix, perhaps, when describing it. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times We do not insert here all the minute subdivisions through fear of being too prolix,—they are fully explained in the aphorisms. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy I shall, therefore, very likely be too long and prolix in my narrative of a friendship, which folk are quite at liberty to call love if they like. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Generelli's illustrations of Moro, 1749.—The style of Moro was extremely prolix, and, like Hutton, who, at a later period, advanced many of the same views, he stood in need of an illustrator. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Mr. Jefferson's style is confused, labored, and prolix. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence I have only one person more to speak of ere I conclude my rather prolix account of the family. Jack Hinton The Guardsman But there is little doubt that he was diligent in collecting and careful in recording his facts, and his extreme minuteness often supplies gaps in less prolix chroniclers. A Short History of French Literature It was far too feeble and too prolix. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Why are very old people necessarily prolix and tedious? The Handbook of Conundrums Her good-humoured young mistress never interrupted her, even in her most prolix moments. The Intriguers Of the history, Mr. Jefferson in his "Notes on Virginia" has remarked, that it is "as concise and unsatisfactory as Stith is prolix and tedious." The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Its descriptions, though prolix, and injured by allegorical phrases, are sometimes vigorous. A Short History of French Literature I replied that it was true; I had nearly finished the piece, but finding it dull and prolix, I had laid it aside among my waste papers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second And as for the logical tourney between egoism and altruism, has it not been in full view from the time of the Reverend Malthus up to that empty, prolix and tiresome reasoner, the indispensable Spencer? Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History Still, modern novels as a class are more apt to be voluble than prolix. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. And as this writer, the secretary of the Inquisition, had access to very important materials; and as his account, though somewhat prolix, is altogether remarkable, I cannot pass it by in silence. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 "He is just as prolix as when he talks," said Julia. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly We have been somewhat prolix in this reference to one who is not a chief figure in our picture, but without whom any sketch of the Stuart household would be defective. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Electoral Manifesto The performance was styled by his rival “a prolix narrative,” but it is said that in spite of this Mr. Disraeli read it with much alarm. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Again and again during that night did I wonder at my own diffuseness—again and again did I curse the prolix accuracy of a description that cost such labour to reiterate. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune This half-hour I have been talking to a plausible prolix villain whom it would be easy to like greatly. Seeds of Pine Like Scott he is long, perhaps prolix; like him he is indifferent to niceties of style, does not linger over the choice of words, but serves himself with the first that comes to hand. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He is at once prolix and concise, indulging in a single vein of thought till the monotony becomes tedious, and yet enunciating his ideas with sententious brevity. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The old lady set much store by such praise, and grew rather prolix about all the considerations which led her to adopt the wise course she had taken. A Rent In A Cloud If I have been too prolix in my sketch, kind reader, attribute it to the true cause,—my anxiety to serve those who are good enough to place themselves under my guidance. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas "That would be much too prolix, and cost too much breath," replied the professor. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors On important topics it is better to be a good deal prolix than even a very little obscure. Eureka: A Prose Poem Thy pardon for this long and tedious case, Which, now that I review it, needs must seem Unduly dwelt on, prolixly set forth. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse You will each of you rise, hold up your right hand and be sworn," said the Judge-Advocate, and they each pronounced after him the prolix and ponderous oath prescribed by the regulations: "You, Maj. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Forgive, most kind reader, the prolix fondness with which I linger on this theme. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In the more languid House of Lords he was apt to be didactic, sometimes even prolix. Studies in Contemporary Biography It may be a little longish, for age is prolix—but every whit as natural and congenial with circumstances, as Hamlet's "to be or not to be, that is the question." Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He can be as compact as Tacitus, and as prolix as Thackeray. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy Cranmer, to remedy this evil, attempted to gradually reduce the number to ten, which was petitioned against as insufficient and tending to "delays and prolix suits." Old and New London Volume I To those who do not, I have been prolix without being profitable. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The old parson was apt to be prolix on public occasions, and his temper being rather irritable, none dared to suggest that brevity would be acceptable. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Not to be prolix on this point, we will take a few cases. The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. Persoon first saw distinctly the outlines of the genus as now understood and adopted the name given by Hill in his curiously prolix description of certain species, probably partly of the genus Arcyria, partly Stemonitis. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species He hated vice and honoured virtue, but he is too often prolix and wearisome. Old and New London Volume I It is harder for French writers to be prolix. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 I believe their smelling or hearing does much contribute to their dexterity in catching mice, as to all those animals who are born with those prolix smelling hairs. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing She considered her husband a prolix Earl, sometimes. When Ghost Meets Ghost This species is known at sight by its peculiarly beautiful tint when fresh, as by the crowded prolix habit of the singular overlying sporangia. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Much of what a man says in conversation is prolix. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The great desire I had, my lord, to converse with you at this distance, has forced me to be prolix, and still obliges me to proceed; though not much farther. Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein is demonstrated, by his own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age The Chancellor was prolix and confused; he hit upon a bit of metaphysics in one of the cases on which he took pleasure in dilating. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II Of course, I assured her how much I lamented the prospect of an inundation of dull, prolix books to which France was thus inevitably exposed. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) They agonized toward the truth, if not by intense thinking, yet by what many good people are apt to mistake for it,—immense endurance of the prolix thought of others. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 A prolix style tires the reader; and newspaper space is valuable. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Farewell, uncle; in future I will write to you often, and as much at length as you recommend me, if not quite so much so as to-day, lest I should appear prolix. Pepita Ximenez What we now regard as tedious and prolix was looked upon as so much linked sweetness long drawn out. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 As a matter of fact, a great deal of devotional language of which the Oriental liturgies is made up is prolix and tedious to a degree simply insufferable. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Never prolix or oratorical, the compact and homely dialogue is full of shrewd observation and sage comments, pertinent to the contributory causes of a conel private and public tragedy.... Changing Winds A Novel Not to be prolix on this subject—let us remember one capital illustration—that of the clown and his two pieces of fireworks. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 A. More prolix than was necessary? certainly not, in my opinion. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero This book is prolix and languid in form, and undoubtedly bears a curious resemblance to Richardson's novel. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The diversion was welcome to his listener, where doubtless many another might have found the narrative of by-gone campaigns tedious in this prolix retelling. Heart of the Blue Ridge There you find the prolix intimate announcements of domestic events compared with which the first column of the Times is so bare, so nichtssagend. Home Life in Germany This is a work of much higher authority, and contains much valuable information; but it is prolix, long-winded, and diffuse, filled with immaterial documents, and written throughout in a tone of inflated panegyric. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Each age has as certainly its own mode of telling its stories as of adjusting its dress or setting its cap; and the mode of this northern historian is somewhat prolix. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The inscriptions, prolix enough on some subjects, hardly touch on others that would be much more interesting, and, moreover, their interpretation is full of difficulty. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 When the Holy Spirit is prolix, there is a cause for it. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Page vi—Antony amended to Anthony—"Anthony Hamilton tried his hand with The Ram, a story too prolix and confused, ..." The Olive Fairy Book He was an effective painter of customs, a learned, witty writer, and a master of the art of dialogue and description, but, unfortunately, often prolix. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Immediately thereafter is a prolix discussion of the geometric cube. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Although infinitely too prolix for our nineteenth century ideas, it contains many curious anecdotes and pictures of Scottish life. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville His passion for 'codification,' for tabulating and arranging facts in all their complexity, and for applying his doctrine at full length to every case that he can imagine, makes him terribly prolix. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Anthony Hamilton tried his hand with The Ram, a story too prolix and confused, best remembered for the remark, ‘Ram, my friend, begin at the beginning!’ The Olive Fairy Book Those events which we are now about to describe also succeeded each other with marvelous speed, and occupied an incredibly short space of time, although our narrative must necessarily appear prolix in comparison. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Paul Bourget lacks, too, that fine malice, that sly arch humour, which saves Henry James from ever making his artists "professional" or his writers prolix. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Should the reader deem any portions unduly prolix, he will, perhaps, kindly excuse it on this score. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter That sainted man, Martin Luther, never took greater pains than when he drew up into a brief sum those prolix expositions which he taught most energetically in his various books…. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Thus "the beadle whipped the beggar," in prolix language might be expressed, the beadle with a whip struck in time past the beggar. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes But, as will have been seen earlier, the continuation of romance genealogically had been not uncommon, and there had been a constant tendency to lengthen from the positively terse Roland to the prolix fifteenth-century forms. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The counter-proclamations of Spanish juntas were more prolix and equally arrogant, but one of them reveals the secret of national strength when it asserts that "a whole people is more powerful than disciplined armies". The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Still the repetitions of previous portions of the Odyssey are to our mind unnecessary and prolix, though the literary skill manifested just herein has been highly lauded by Saint Beuve and Lang. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary There are others here with far greater claims upon your attention, and I promise to be as brief as heretofore I have been prolix. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses The critical reader is perhaps by this time become so far interested in this subject as to excuse a more prolix elucidation of it. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Brevity and plainness of speech do not, however, necessarily imply superficiality, which, in truth, is not unfrequently veiled by a prolix parade of pompous technicalities. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Nevertheless, we fear that the present generation will find little cause for demurring to Jeffrey's judgment upon the tragedies, that they are for the most part 'solemn, prolix, and ostentatious.' Studies in Literature and History As a speaker he was prolix, monotonous, and never eloquent, except, perhaps, for a few minutes when provoked into a passion by something which had fallen out in debate. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I Though rather prolix, however, it has attractions as a somewhat devious romantic treatment of the subject. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti This is one reason why he is prolix in the last three volumes. Historical Essays I am not a prolix man; I know the value of time, and of other people’s time. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He is a little too prolix in his eclogues; but there can never be too much of what is really good: let it be preserved with the select. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The correspondence which has just appeared at the tail of the Report exhibits a grand specimen of arrogance and vanity on Durham’s part, not unmixed with talent, albeit his letters are intolerably prolix. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) I hope I may not be deemed prolix in giving these particulars; it is not from any feeling of vanity, but from gratitude due to the high power that encouraged my talent in its infancy. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Here, too, lived a good old man and prolix poet, a friend of Tennyson. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Some were prolix, others confined themselves to a sentence; one or two talked unintelligible gabble. The Gods are Athirst Be brief in thy discourse, for what is prolix cannot be pleasing. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote I speak only for the copyright salesman, and not to be too prolix, take only the copyright novel as an illustration of the day's work. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing As I had neither the time nor the patience which the pious, but rather prolix, Scotchman bestowed upon his composition, I found it necessary to content myself with a mere abstract of the larger portion. Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A. The definition would be a somewhat prolix one. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The style of these documents is felt to be prolix, and their arrangement perplexing. The History of Tasmania , Volume II His prolix correspondence still exists in manuscript in the National Library of Paris, together with the replies of his royal penitent. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 An after-dinner interview with the President of the Confederacy, to present the "very important" documents from one of the martyrs pining for hanging at Washington, proved them only a prolix report of the inauguration. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The Speaker was so prolix, so tedious, so confused, the queen said—his sentences were so long drawn and so little to the purpose—that she sate down before he had half-finished. The Reign of Mary Tudor From this it will be seen that Sir James was a prolix rather than a clear thinker. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Not to be too prolix, I persevered, and so did my nephew, in the esquire's interest, who was chose chiefly through his means; and so I lost my curacy. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Our foremost now are more prolix, And scrape with three-fell fiddlesticks, And, whether bound for griefs or smiles, Are slow to turn as crocodiles. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The doctor’s answer was too prolix for insertion; it was a curious compound dissertation upon love and physic, united. Newton Forster The Merchant Service You speak as a Christian should, and I honour you for it; but go on,” replied Captain Poynder, who was evidently anxious to arrive at the conclusion of the master’s somewhat prolix narrative. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman I am afraid I have been prolix; but my dear Morris, bear that in mind. Glyn Severn's Schooldays He finds in that famous composition 'a good deal of prolix and fanciful, though acute speculation, but the practical parts of the book have a wonderful force, and inimitable sweetness and simplicity.' The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 "Did you, too, find me somewhat prolix this afternoon?" Brother Copas It is a valuable book of reference, but somewhat prolix, and the type is small and the volume unwieldy. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Dear Sir,—The French, I think, in general are strangely prolix in their natural history. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 But not to be prolix in describing what relates to the affairs of this great city, although it is with difficulty that I refrain from proceeding. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure But notwithstanding the instructive part he played in every conceivable conversation, he was never prolix, and he never "lectured." Memories and Studies The story, being entirely modern, cannot require much explanation, after what has been here given, either in the shape of notes, or a more prolix introduction. St. Ronan's Well Father Gilbert listened rather impatiently to the prolix story. A Little Girl in Old Detroit The sampling may appear to the reader needlessly prolix, but experience has taught us that in giving directions for the scoring of tests error always lies on the side of taking too much for granted. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale And oftentimes cases of genuine distress, prolix and tiresome, of people who do not even know how to tell how unfitted they are to earn their living. The Nabob, Volume 1 Forgive me if I was a little prolix," he said, "but, after all, what would you have? Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Here it might be said that Lamarck’s is the philosophic style; often animated, clear, and pure, it at times, however, becomes prolix and tedious, owing to occasional repetition. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work Lovelace, like everybody else, is at times unmercifully prolix; he never leaves us to guess any detail for ourselves; but he is spirited, eloquent, and a thoroughly fine gentleman after the Chesterfield type. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Considered apart from the Northern poems, the poems of England and Germany give indication of a progress in style from a more archaic and repressed, to a more developed and more prolix kind of narrative. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature But his style was too often prolix, sententious, and turgid—faults which marked nearly all the writing done in this country in those days. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series I may be excused from dwelling upon the description of this ceremony here, since the Catholic historians have been so prolix upon the subject. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 This matter is discussed in the author’s often leisurely and prolix way, with more or less repetition, which we will condense. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work A man may become prolix from the fulness or fervency of his mind; but prolixity produced by this finical minuteness of language, ends by distressing one's nerves. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Even the more prolix of the two, which in some respects is the fullest and most elaborate of the Northern heroic poems, yet comes short of the English scale. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The attempt to show how a questionable hero apologizes to himself recalls the very powerful "Bishop Blougram," and "Sludge, the medium," of earlier works, but becomes prolix and obscure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Among other ‘good words,’ the reviewer observes: ‘He is full and copious, without being prolix and wearisome; his narrative is flowing and spirited, sometimes very picturesque; his style is pure, sound English.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 So when these writers against inspiration plied the pen, and burdened the press with their prolix effusions, there was no harmony in their thoughts. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology It is an easy matter to skip the prolix passages and the unnecessary introductions. Modern English Books of Power His style is prolix and redundant, and suffocates us by the length of its periods: but it discovers imagination and sentiment, and pleases us at the same time that we disapprove of it. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell It has been necessary for me to be thus prolix, to make you understand the nature of the society—and a sort of danger too—by which we were surrounded. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Asks some booby rebuke, some prolix prattler a judgment? The Poems and Fragments of Catullus At the end of this part there is a prolix recital of the many errors of George Calixtus and his followers. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology In the common room his prolix anecdotes were not encouraged. The Loom of Youth Aiming to impersonate a character he treated Shakespeare's prolix play in such a manner as to make it a practicable living picture of a past age. Shadows of the Stage Gibbon was rather too modestly inclined to agree with the public and "to believe that, especially in the beginning, they were more prolix and less entertaining" than the previous volume. Gibbon There was much neatness and some acuteness in Mr. Daubeny's satire, but there was no heat, and it was prolix. Phineas Redux His style was prolix but his conclusions carried great weight with them. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology The old singers are somewhat prolix; it behooves us to be brief. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality After a prolix interchange of civility and defiance, Rama and Bali resolve to determine their respective supremacy by single combat. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists Johnny had gone back to dismal lodgings in town now; he only heard of the plan by letter, and the Captain's letters were very prolix, and not informing. The Good Comrade After listening to a dozen prolix stories from people who merely wished to "talk" but had nothing to tell, we wanted "essentials." The Best Ghost Stories The poet received this note at Vaucluse, and sent an explanation of his flight, sincere indeed as to good feelings, but prolix as usual in the expression of them. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Even if the talker is prosy and prolix, the well-bred person will appear interested, and at appropriate intervals make such remarks as shall show that he has heard and understood all that has been said. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society And I hope you will not consider me tedious or unnecessarily prolix in my remarks. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Undesirable qualities are the diffuse, verbose, redundant, inflated, prolix, ambiguous, feeble, monotonous, loose, slip-shod, dry, flowery, pedantic, pompous, rhetorical, grandiloquent, artificial, formal, ornate, halting, ponderous, ungrammatical, vague, and obscure. Talks on Talking He says I brought my afflictions on myself by writing too prolix letters several hours a day. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books The writer is the most human of the annalists of the reign, prolix, self-conscious, moralising, and somewhat incoherent. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) It is a good and good-humoured man, but pestilently prolix and paradoxical and personal. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals Proof of this may not improperly be offered here, provided it be not too prolix. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. I would rather have a Birch, or a Hawkins, appear heavy, cold, and prolix, than that anything material which concerns a Tillotson, or a Johnson, should be lost. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Yet the handling of the piece seems to me prolix and uncertain, and the drift either very obscure or somewhat unimportant. Matthew Arnold Paris, perhaps the greatest historian of the Middle Ages, has literary skill, a vivid though prolix style, a keen eye for the picturesque, bold and independent judgment, wonderful breadth and range, and an insatiable curiosity. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) We had Tom * * up after dinner;—very facetious, though somewhat prolix. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals The baylan gave a talk or a prolix prayer, and finished by saying: “May the dead receive that obsequy, by giving good fortune to the living.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. But not to be prolix in the Character of the old Cacklogallinians, I shall give it in few Words. A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Of the other islands of this archipelago no mention is made, to avoid being prolix, although there are a great number of them. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. It is somewhat wandering and prolix as to method, but written in delightful prose. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century These Memories are put down without system, or order, as they have presented themselves, and have been related in a manner which I have attempted to make entertaining and instructive, without being prolix or tedious. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Secondly, he has every where confined himself to the number of verses in the original, being never more laconic nor more prolix; which discovers a very ready genius, and a singular patience. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works And though it partakes of the stilted dialogue and false conception of character that abound in Mrs. Radcliffe's romances, it has neither the excess of scenery nor of sentiment which distinguishes that very prolix narrator. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century His periods are almost interminable, and his rhetoric is prolix and monotonous. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The dialogue, however, is unavoidably prolix, and I hasten to wind up the discussion. The Awakening of China The expression is not obscure, but it is awkward; not exactly prolix, but heavy, overcharged, and opaque. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The ministers of the Devil also cast lots for them; this was another fraud and deceit which I must not describe for fear of being too prolix. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century On arriving in New York, I found the affair which had threatened to be a prolix one, only demanded a few minutes' attention from me. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories His moralities are sometimes prolix, and sometimes rather dull. A Wanderer in Holland Command those fathers who are out of Goa, to write to him from time to time, but not too prolixly; and to give him an account of the fruit of their labours. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 Other critics, again, say that Philo is wearisome and prolix, artificial and sophisticated. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria As a matter of fact, what Coleridge has to say on poetic diction is prolix and perilously near commonplace. Aspects of Literature If I durst say all, I know of the Elogies received by me from abroad concerning Him, I should perhaps make this Preamble too prolix, and certainly offend the modesty of our Author. Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) Mr. Chaplin is always to the front on such occasions; pompous, prolix, and ineffably dull. Sketches in the House (1893) One of Kukolnik's dramas bears the rather prolix name, "The hand of the Almighty shelters the Tzar." Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Why should God, asked the scoffer, reveal these trivial or prolix details? Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria This circumstance threw upon the Custode, a naturally tedious and oppressive old man, the responsibility of being doubly prolix and garrulous. Italian Journeys These I shall not specify, lest I be prolix. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Mr. Asquith had intended to speak on April 14th, evening, but the portentous and prolix Courtney had shut him out, and he had to wait till the following evening. Sketches in the House (1893) Remember, also, that in this letter I must condense when I might easily be prolix, and that after all is written, probably I shall have left unsaid the very thing I most wished to say. The Touchstone of Fortune It might perhaps be Landivisian, for even the most prolix man is obliged to be concise in his remarks, when there is a lack of matter. Over Strand and Field Her descriptions of scenery are elaborate, and often prolix, but it is often difficult to form a clear image of the scene. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance I fear I have tired your Majesty with so prolix and unpleasant a narration. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Had I not already given your Majesty news of many other things which occur here, I would not dare to omit them now, even if I might be considered prolix. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The authorities did not admire the brilliant young Coleridge, full of his reasons and prolix abstractions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors There is one more difficulty connected with this matter which I must touch upon, although the discussion may already be regarded as prolix. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Instead of having reason to complain of short letters, you will, I fear, find mine only too prolix. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America It is a prose love story, mixed with mythological allusions,--after the fashion of the day, which thought more of the classics than of nature; and like all his earlier works, prolix and pedantic. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 And, not to be prolix with long relations of affairs and details concerning this land, I will refer you to those which I am writing to the royal Council of the Indies. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century The Hindoo poet flounders along, amid a maze of prolix description and wearisome simile. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala "Better," she said with even more than her usual curtness, and she was never prolix. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 G. represented the serious and cultivated man of his time, in which he was reckoned the equal of Chaucer, but as a poet he is heavy and prolix. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Antonyms: diffuse, prolix, long. shortage, n. deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, deficit, ullage. Putnam's Word Book I have been rather prolix, and have entered much more fully into detail than some may deem necessary in the account of this trip, for two important reasons. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter It may be deemed prolix, yet I should not do justice by a farther abridgement. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society I leave the rest unsaid, not to be prolix. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Nor, if, in order to do the story full justice, I be somewhat prolix of speech, should it be burdensome to you, if you will but glance at the sun, which is yet in mid-heaven. The Decameron, Volume II Associated word: librettist. wordy, a. diffuse, prolix, verbose, redundant, pleonastic. Putnam's Word Book SIR,-- It is certainly of some moment to me not to appear in a false light, which must account for the accompanying statement being so prolix. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 For is it not true that the most prolix poet is capable of briefer expression than the least prolix prose writer, or am I wrong?... The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) The doctor's answer was too prolix for insertion; it was a curious compound dissertation upon love and physic, united. Newton Forster And the twain began to wrangle so that Joseph thought they would never end, so prolix was Philip in his explanations. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Southey's biography itself is very helpful, though too prolix and too much filled out with dissertations for common readers. Cowper They colour so deeply the entire texture of Rousseau's prolix second part as to make it not only unreliable, but almost unreadable. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Most illustrious sovereign, your majesty may perhaps be surprised at my presumption in writing this prolix epistle, knowing, as I do, that your majesty is continually engaged in conducting the arduous affairs of government. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It is not unfairly characterized by Symonds as 'a tissue of pastoral tales, descriptions, and versified interludes, prolix in style and affected with pedantic erudition.' Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England With deliberate malice I loaded a prolix narrative with every triviality that a fairly retentive memory could rake out of the half-forgotten past. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Do not be prolix; avoid digressions; do not often reiterate the same expression. 89th. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway His Koran has become a stupid piece of prolix absurdity; we do not believe, like him that God wrote that! English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice They have several other barbarous customs, which I omit mentioning, to avoid being prolix. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Besides being prolix, Wordsworth is often cumbrous; has often no flight; is not liquid, is not musical. Studies in Literature The most closely contemporaneous and most given to detail of his chroniclers, the monk of St. Gall, tells in prolix and pompous, but evidently heartfelt and sincere terms, the tale of the great emperor's far-sightedness. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 The result is, they put what they have to say into forced and involved language, create new words and prolix periods which go round the thought and cover it up. Essays of Schopenhauer Clark's decidedly prolix speeches to the Indians are given with intolerable repetition. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 It is altogether too prolix, and the distinction is not sufficiently observed between what is interesting simply to the Bunsen family and their friends, and what is interesting to the public. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 He was rather querulous and prolix, than piquant, and declaimed rather than said sharp things. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 Had the dunce But aimed at these bare words the rogues had found him, But striving to be prolix, they half drowned him. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Ray wittily observes that an obscure and prolix author may not improperly be compared to a Cuttle-fish, since he may be said to hide himself under his own ink. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. "But in what manner was your own shipwreck connected with the safety of Mr Wilder?" demanded the governess, unable any longer to await the dilatory explanation of the prolix seaman. The Red Rover He did not wish to be prolix about it. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The writing of those days was, in almost every case, extremely prolix, and often irrelevant. Famous Reviews She listened smilingly, and with patience, to what, I dare say, were my prolix narratives, though her own recollections were so singularly impaired. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" He refrains from boring his readers with prolix gammon about his foreign and domestic relations. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870 I will not detain the reader with a prolix account of the classification of trees in assemblages, but simply glance at a few points. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 The Indians are prolix, and attach value to many minutiae in the relation which not only does not help forward the denouement, but is tedious and witless to the last degree. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers I have stated these things with greater brevity than the subject deserves; but still, with reference to my present object, it was not worth while being more prolix. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Fifteen moral and political sentences are illustrated in a series of apologues: but the composition is intricate, the narrative prolix, and the precept obvious and barren. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Ovid may well have suggested the device, but Ovid never abuses it as does the more prolix mediaeval poet. Four Arthurian Romances Jacintha related her business in as few words as She could manage; But her account was still so prolix that Ambrosio had need of his patience to bear him to the conclusion. The Monk; a romance I have been already prolix with respect to these Gypsies, but I will not leave them quite yet. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain But at present, lest we should appear to be too prolix, we will speak of the other points which it seems desirable to insist on. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 The President, having already chidden Meilhan for being prolix in his answers, now scolded him for anticipating the questions. She Stands Accused For a long time we have striven in France against the prolix explanations of Walter Scott. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue "I will endeavour not to be prolix," Crawshay continued, carefully removing his rubbers, unfastening his scarf and loosening his overcoat. The Box with Broken Seals We had Tom Crib up after dinner;—very facetious, though somewhat prolix. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 In this and the following chapters we have a prolix statement of the births, deaths, and ages in the male line. The Woman's Bible I had intended saying something about the two other articles that relate to home politics, but I have been already too prolix. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. He is at once vain and obsequious, servile and spiteful, professing candor and practising adulation, prolix and prosaic. Josephus But, as I said before, my oldest inhabitant is somewhat hazy, and excruciatingly prolix; his chaff is in the proportion of some fifty to one of his wheat. Birds of Prey It is a good and good-humoured man, but pestilently prolix and paradoxical and personal8. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 My mother wrote me long prolix letters in reply, which I read attentively and reverently, unwilling to admit that they really had nothing more to tell me. The Bride of Dreams We scarcely expect rapidity in an historical drama; and many prolix speeches are pardoned from characters, whose names and actions have formed the most amusing tales of our early life. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 That's the style—' The comfortable and prolix doctor dressed and bandaged the knee and recommended bed and a light diet for the little lady. England, My England I can scarcely hope to escape these various evils; for if I appear too prolix to a man of the world, a lawyer may on the other hand complain of my brevity. American Institutions and Their Influence From his pen came the tedious, prolix preface to the work; and the first draft of it in his own handwriting is preserved in the Prince Library. Sabbath in Puritan New England Few constitutions can bear to be long wet through in intense cold I fear it will tire you to death to read this prolix scrawled story. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Cimon had listened with profound attention to a speech unusually prolix and descriptive for a Spartan; and he sighed deeply as it closed. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Dry and prolix, indeed, it is to me in the writing, full as much as it can be to others in the attempt to understand it. Literary Remains, Volume 2 The work, though prolix, is valuable, as the author was an eye-witness of many of the facts, had others from persons who were concerned in the transactions recorded, and possessed copious documents. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Ockham, though certainly very prolix, is a most extraordinary writer. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Junker, in the latter place, rendered themselves especially ridiculous by the innumerable offices and chambers in which they transacted their useless and prolix affairs. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 I am becoming extremely prolix, but I perceive that I have forgotten dates, and two lines more or less will not add much to your fatigue. Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Even as it petered out in the west, feudalism remained entrenched in the prolix codices and patents of the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian empire which encompassed central Europe and collapsed only in 1918. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism I fear it will tire you to death to read this prolix scrawled story. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Those enormously prolix harangues are a proof of weakness in the higher intellectual grasp. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The king, thus vigorously and unanimously opposed, was constrained to yield, and the most prolix negotiations, in which the citizen deputies, headed by the advocate, Weisshaar, were supported by the nobility against the government, commenced. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 The style is prolix and declamatory, and characterized by awkward affectation and involved obscurity. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Elements of feudalism survived in the mellifluous and prolix prose of the Habsburg codices and patents. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism He regretted that the main section of the argument was deficient; the premises were too prolix. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth One might argue at considerable length on this novel subject; and perhaps, after all, produce little more than prolix pedantry: "Vox et praeterea nihil." Wanderings in South America I have been very prolix here; for I cannot overlook a single incident connected with this eventful journey. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain In consequence it is easy to read his most prolix passages, as it is easy to walk over almost any kind of ground if one but keeps step to outward or inward music. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived I am prolix upon all these different reports, that you may be completely master of the subject as it stands, and which I shall continue to advertise you of in all its variations. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 Goethe's prose he did not consider good, but heavy and prolix, and lacking in descriptive power. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Let not the reader expect to find perfection of form, pure art, in its often monotonous lyric poetry, or its prolix, didactic novels. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) We recollect no instance in which Horace is prolix; none in which he can be called obscure; though there are many passages that require weighing, and many abrupt transitions that somewhat task thought. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius In very few men is found the power of sustained conception necessary to the successful composition of so prolix a tale; and certainly I have never betrayed the ownership of such a qualification. Confessions and Criticisms But the poem, though in its final state prolix and structurally formless, exhibits great power not only of moral conviction and emotion, but also of expression—vivid, often homely, but not seldom eloquent. A History of English Literature That very public whose impatience keeps the poets and players under such strict discipline, has, however, patience enough to listen to the prolix unfolding of what ought to be sensibly developed before their eyes. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Firio, you brown son of the sun," said Jack, with a sudden display of his old-time trail imagery, "you prolix, garrulous Firio, you knew! Over the Pass This provoked into action the prolix pen of the celebrated Mr. Page, who wasted on the subject an immense quantity of ink and paper. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States I must be excused if I am almost prolix over the events of a day memorable to me. At Last He was prolix, but, chiefly, he was undignified in appearance and manner and lacked a good delivery. A History of English Literature He was distinguished not only for eloquence, but for his historical compositions, which are brilliant and suggestive, but rather prolix and discursive. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen If I were to describe all the pomp and magnificence of these festivals, and all die dainties and delicate dishes which are served up, I should become prolix and tiresome. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time One Sunday evening; when we heard him, be preached just one hour, and at the conclusion intimated that he had been requested to give a short sermon, but had drifted into a rather prolix one. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston He hastened to their assistance, but being punctiliously religious and likewise a great dealer in compliments, he made an harangue five times more prolix and insipid than his harbingers had already delivered. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The bulk of his work consists of long moralizing poems, prosy, prolix, often trivial, and to-day largely unreadable. A History of English Literature He never failed to bid me good morning and good evening in most prolix fashion, but beyond these courtesies I did not feel disposed to go. An Antarctic Mystery At the risk of seeming prolix, I must say a few more words on this matter. Town Geology The most closely contemporaneous and most given to detail of his chroniclers, the monk of St. Gall, tells in prolix and pompous but evidently heartfelt and sincere terms the tale of the great Emperor's farsightedness. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) President Chauncey of Harvard College preached upon it, for the college undergraduates were vexingly addicted to prolix locks. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The speeches of the Doge are solemn, but prolix, if not ostentatious, and—perhaps the vital defect—his cause fails to enlist our sympathies. Byron Instead, she plunges into a prolix recital of the circumstances of the engagement, so that the all-important fact that the engagement exists has no special emphasis in her welter of words. The Century Vocabulary Builder "One thing Billy said," he added, waxing unusually prolix for him, "was truer than maybe he knew." The Mystery We will not abuse the reader's patience by quoting more of Lady Margaret's prolix epistle. Old Mortality, Volume 2. Thus their debates were excessively prolix; and the consumption of tobacco was immoderate. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century His manner of narration, though prolix, is perspicuous, and may compare favorably with that of contemporary writers. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Their discourse was often dull and prolix, but never a composite of sacrilege and exaggeration. The Prince of India — Volume 01 And we do not wish to be too prolix, in order that this ease may be the more readily seen through. Apology of the Augsburg Confession The work is tedious, prolix, affected, abounding in pedantry and in intellectual foppery. England under the Tudors Modest records of marvellous adventures and sacrifices, and vivid pictures of forest-life, alternate with prolix and monotonous details of the conversion of individual savages, and the praiseworthy deportment of some exemplary neophyte. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century It contains a very full, and, indeed, prolix notice of the principal persons in Spain, their lineage, revenues, and arms, with an inexhaustible fund of private anecdote. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Far and wide he sought for men, like a bee in quest of honey, to condense a somewhat prolix trope of his biographer. Lectures and Essays The fourth is a more prolix form of the first. Deductive Logic Prate its higher classes might of the blessings of poverty; and they might spread broadcast their prolix homilies on the virtues of a useful life, "rounded by an honorable poverty." Great Fortunes from Railroads Good God! how intricate, laborious, and prolix this study of Latin has been! The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 No novel, however realistic, however prolix in its descriptions, can give us more than the barest outlines of the course of life followed by the personages it attempts to portray. A Handbook of Ethical Theory Neither Ishmael, nor his sons deemed it necessary to enter into prolix explanations. The Prairie I have so much to tell you, that I shall be prolix, for I have to recount to you the most painful, the most romantic incident of my life. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Thus, "One must mind one's own business if one wishes to succeed" may seem prolix and awkward, nevertheless it is the proper form. How to Speak and Write Correctly Not represented by so much printed matter now, but as prolix then, was the dispute on the question of Accounts. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Some of his companions had been admitted at Lerida, and at Balaguer, in Catalonia, under very extraordinary circumstances, which are omitted not to be too prolix. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Harkee, old trapper," shouted Paul, whose patience could no longer maintain itself under the calculating and prolix explanations of the other, "suppose you cut two things I can name, short off. The Prairie He can be as prolix in his brooding descriptions as Meredith with his intellectual vaudeville. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism The bishop is perfectly easy and unassuming, very communicative, and, though not very entertaining because too prolix, he is otherwise intelligent and of good commerce. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 At all events, he had recently, in the presence of the Scottish Commissioners themselves, been reasoning "prolixly, earnestly, and passionately" for universal Toleration. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison. Waverley I had often to endure prolix accounts of his exploits,—how he had already often fought, without wishing to injure the other, all for the mere sake of honor. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life It is unequal, and it is too prolix: but when it is good, which is not seldom, it is very good, unforced, idiomatic, and felicitous. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry But in striving to make your premises clear do not make the mistake of being prolix—or you will be tedious. Writing for Vaudeville This is no plea or excuse for careless work, but rather a suggestion that the day of prolix, fine, flowery writing is passing. Taken Alive He was prolix, it may be admitted, but who could bear to have him cut? Through the Magic Door The voters had withdrawn into the /sanctum/, where prolix ceremonies usurped the place of a deliberate consideration as to the election. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life But I must not be too prolix; to be concise is a fine thing, which you can see by my letter. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Mr Brown was tedious and prolix; and Melmotte, though he thought much of his project and had almost told himself that he would do the thing, was still doubting, when, suddenly, Mr Brown sat down. The Way We Live Now I am afraid I have given cause to think I am needlessly prolix in handling this subject. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Her mind had entirely grasped the situation, despite the prolix nature of Bainton's discourse. God's Good Man If he found one that you had not read, he sketched the plot in an intolerably prolix manner, so that it was practically impossible to fix the mind on what he was saying. From a College Window He told me long and prolix stories, he discoursed on rural needs. The Altar Fire I have been prolix in showing the weakness of our conductors, in the very field, where, by rights, they ought to feel at home. On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, I might enlarge at great length on this curiosity; but I will refrain for fear of being prolix. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini I will give you one, but Sidonius is prolix and florid, and I have had to condense. Roman and the Teuton Therefore let us follow the prolix and unmapable trail into that mooted country, Bohemia. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million As the constitution of this court is altogether new in the British annals, I hope my reader will not think me prolix in the description I am about to give of it. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay But even these can be made so prolix and tiresome, can be so messed up with irrelevant detail, that the general effect is utter weariness relieved by a kind of shock at the end. My Discovery of England But, not to be too prolix, I will pass them over. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "You will acknowledge that it is exceedingly difficult to render the concise style of Tacitus into the prolix, long-winded German?" Old Fritz and the New Era Every grammar school teacher is ready to point out that his style is often prolix and his sentences are sometimes ungrammatical. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters But excuse me for being so prolix on this question! News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Common men are apologies for men; they bow the head, excuse themselves with prolix reasons, and accumulate appearances because the substance is not. Essays — First Series My dear Hannah,—Let me see if I can write a letter a la Richardson:—a little less prolix it must be, or it will exceed my ounce. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 My father, you know, is apt—be it said with all filial duty—to be a little prolix in his harangues. Redgauntlet Not to weary my readers with too prolix a description, I will merely add, that to every blemish she united some advantage, which was perhaps all the more evident by contrast. Carmen Though weighty and learned, it was, in its original form, much too prolix: but it was abridged and translated into English by Burnet, who well understood the art of popular composition. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 "The Rhyme of Sir Thopas," as it is generally called, is introduced by Chaucer as a satire on the dull, pompous, and prolix metrical romances then in vogue. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems We have, indeed, characterised, in terms of just reprehension, that spirit which shows itself in every part of his prolix work. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Had I not been thus prolix, you might either have misunderstood me altogether, or, with the rabble, have fancied me mad. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 And often genuine distresses, wearisome and prolix, of people who are unable even to tell how little competent they are to earn a livelihood. The Nabob Like his father he was a distinguished speaker, impressive, but prolix, and too monotonously solemn. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 The good Emir, who was punctiliously religious, and likewise a great dealer in compliments, made an harangue five times more prolix and insipid than his harbingers had already delivered. The History of Caliph Vathek It is sometimes as minute as one of Lovelace's letters; yet it is never prolix. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Julie's prolix narrative only enlightened me as to the sad cause of what I had taken for the oddity of a fidgety and lonely old maid. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels A knock at the office door interrupted the circumlocutions of the prolix document. Colonel Chabert His father was said to have kept a dram shop, but he himself was a lawyer of robust physique, a good though prolix speaker, with a self-important air and a reputation for ability. Penguin Island "From which you conclude?" said Rastignac, with that curtness of speech which to a prolix speaker is a warning to be concise. The Deputy of Arcis He secured silence, at the outset, by a humorous allusion to the prolix speaker who had preceded him. I Say No He is not prolix, his style is not involved, his dialogue is as rapid and keen as an assault at arms. Essays in Little Ernest and Canalis had, as may well be supposed, talked over all the aspects of the affair, and the rather prolix Ernest had given a good many useful hints to his rival. Modeste Mignon But these charges were set forth in the prolix and inflated style of a bad pamphlet; and the paper contained other charges of which the whole disgrace falls on those who made them. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Dear Sir, The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history. The Natural History of Selborne And to lose one's sense of an auditor is for a man of my temperament to lose one's sense of the immediate, and to become prolix and vague with qualifications. The New Machiavelli If I am too prolix upon this head, I am sorry for it. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 |
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