| 单词 | provincialism |
| 例句 | But the net result has been to bind the Earth together, to decrease provincialism, to unify the human species and to advance powerfully our knowledge of our planet and ourselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very backward in those days and the combination of poverty and provincialism made for some amusing incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And you can see that provincialism in the writing that his opponents praise: formally retrograde, frequently narcissistic, and with none of the insight or rebelliousness that might make anyone beyond our shores take notice. The gripes of Roth: US incredulity at not winning the Nobel literature prize 2012-10-11T18:07:59Z But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. Barry Unsworth, Historical Novelist, Dies at 81 2012-06-08T02:47:19Z Bruce grew up with five siblings in a home tightly circumscribed by T.C.’s paltry salary and the dour provincialism of Simcoe, in the southwest corner of the province, not far from Lake Erie. Bruce McCall, Satirical Artist Who Conjured a ‘Retrofuture,’ Dies at 87 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z It is the opposite of provincialism: To my mind, it points to a theater town scaling new heights of worldly self-confidence. Review | ‘City in Transition’ is an exhilarating journey across Washington through the eyes of Black artists 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The apparent provincialism of the inhabitants of the plains is actually a kind of camouflage: A Strange Australian Masterpiece About Our Relationship to the Land 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “When the StB — the secret police — wanted to hear you, they placed bugs in the kitchens. That’s why we call it Kitchen Culture. It’s interesting, but think of provincialism, of isolation.” At the Prague Marathon, History Is a Spectator 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Such provincialism is not allowed to define her, however; her identity politics are situated, if anywhere, with the cultural elite. ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Never underestimate the provincialism of Tony voters: my guess is that Kinky will pull an upset here, and in several other top categories. A Critic’s Guide to the 2013 Tony Awards 2013-06-08T09:45:58Z For Moore, the town’s provincialism is part of its appeal. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Emma is fairly patient, even when Bruce’s sweet but clumsy American provincialism alienates her relatives and friends. ‘Welcome to Sweden’ and ‘Working the Engels’ on NBC 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Alas, today’s border walls, whether real or only metaphorical as in a post-Brexit England, are dismal signs of provincialism, pettiness and decline. Review | A welcome reminder that there’s value to being a citizen of the world 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z By then, Benton had left New York, which he thought was overrun with Communists, and returned to his home state, Missouri—replacing one provincialism with another. The Bump and the Hollow of Thomas Hart Benton 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Ellison detested the hypocrisy, provincialism and crass materialism of Tuskegee. Ralph Ellison’s Letters Reveal a Complex Philosopher of Black Expression 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Kimberling grew up in the Hoosier state, and the book captures the place with wry humor, affection for its woodlands and exasperation with its provincialism. ‘The Slippage,’ by Ben Greenman, and More 2013-04-24T21:29:52Z Ian Buruma’s “A Tokyo Romance” is a memoir of both his own callow youth and the sophisticated provincialism endemic to Japan in the 1970s. Coming of Age as Performance Art: An Outsider in 1970s Japan 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The world of the movie is all kitsch and gimmick, a non-stop gag of yah-you-betcha Midwest provincialism interrupted by violent flares of criminal disorder. “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Bringing his European sensibilities to the programme, Aimard has ensured that the provincialism Britten himself dreaded has no place here. Madama Butterfly; Cavalleria rusticana; Pagliacci; Pierre-Laurent Aimard – review 2013-06-15T23:05:36Z These aren’t songs about the might of nations or cities, the traditional sites of sports provincialism. A YouTube Journey Through Rap Tributes to Soccer Stars 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z We are doing our best to combat our natural New York provincialism. Theater Talkback: Answers to Your Questions About London 2010-08-04T16:29:00Z Set in a fictional working-class Texas town, “Friday Night Lights” made it its business to upend the snooty presumptions of coastal provincialism. Critic?s Notebook: Down South, Where the Stereotypes Bloom 2011-07-21T22:20:50Z Vance escapes by way of the Marines, then Ohio State University, then Yale Law School, where he discovers a provincialism opposite but nearly equal to the kind he grew up with. New Memoirs Show How the Other Half Lives 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Anyone who knows the Park Cities will understand that the suspension of these books wasn’t driven so much by provincialism as by conservatism. What Kind of Town Bans Books? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Like many country singers, Mr. Paisley boasts about his provincialism, but he’s a closet cosmopolitan. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z This worry is really the identifying mark of provincialism. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z One of the costs of racism, xenophobia, or any form of pathetic provincialism is that freezes the prejudicial person in a permanent state of mediocrity. The case for open borders 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Britpop, as its music was called, worked out some decidedly mixed feelings about British culture — pride, frustration, provincialism, betrayal, habituation, disenchantment — in songs that drew on particularly British predecessors. Review: With Original Lineup, Blur Returns to New York in Punky Form 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z If the potent whiff of Mayfair that trailed Nichols seemed glamorous at first, before long it smelled to villagers like a comment on their provincialism. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z These criticised the climate of repression, the censorship, the claustrophobic narrowness of the classroom, the provincialism of sporting life, but particularly the grip of the clergy. Peter Lennon obituary 2011-03-20T17:10:17Z It’s also an entertainment and a rip-roaring sendup of the provincialism, venality, smugness and greed ingrained in a certain strata of the American ethos — and, the curmudgeonly Twain might add, in humanity in general. Book-It’s engaging Huck and Jim navigate the n-word | Theater review 2013-04-23T01:30:59Z You mention in “The Art of Loading Brush” that the word “provincialism” has become problematic. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z When art critics focus on her storied biography, we’re trying, I think, to convey something about Ms. Adnan’s output itself: that its simple gestures never read as provincialism. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “It was a term that he associated with narrow-mindedness, with a certain provincialism,” Dr. Brunsman said. George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The more outsiders mocked his Roman accent, dialect-abbreviated grammar and colorful vocabulary for its Roman provincialism, the more he became the city’s human coat of arms. A Messy Marital Split Tarnishes a Roman Soccer Legend 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z You can have a provincialism growing up in a poor place. Spokane author Jess Walter on writing short stories, his working-class roots and his hometown 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z “The weird thing is that San Francisco has kind of a small-town mentality, maybe a provincialism,” Ostler said in an interview. Giants-Dodgers rivalry sometimes has turned ugly. In San Francisco, few fans forget 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s not at all a serious remark, yet it’s a reflection of Stewart’s regular-guy populism — or, to be unkinder, provincialism. Review | The problem with ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps we are biased by a bit of provincialism when it comes to Cleary, because she holds a special place in the Northwest. Editorial Roundup: US 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z One of the most rewarding subtexts of the film is the theme of journalism — as a balm to dress the wounded provincialism of post-Civil War America. Review | Tom Hanks stars in the broad-minded, bighearted western ‘News of the World’ 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z He shows how Americans with an antipathy for war now found themselves castigated as "isolationists," a derogatory term created to suggest provincialism or selfishness. Reframing America’s role in the world 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The provincialism of American culture renders its politics both farcical and dangerous. Independent of everything: Is America too dumb for democracy? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z There is indeed evidence of “locality, insularity, national exceptionalism, isolationism, provincialism, and white tribalism in the rural heartland,” she writes, describing it as “a place shaped by long histories of antiblack legislation.” Review | Are we telling the right story of America? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z And with a strong vaquero and ranching heritage, and relative isolation from the rest of Mexico, the city reckons with a reputation for provincialism. Exploring Hermosillo, northern Mexico’s great unsung food city 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Proud of his Rolex — or, as he called it, his “Rollie” — but unafraid to rap about taking the Metro Blue Line, he rhymed about his heritage, provincialism and recent history with equanimity. Nipsey Hussle's lyrics were designed to be recited the world over 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Just as weary as a modernist belief in artistic progress is New York’s often-remarked provincialism — the assumption that if it didn’t happen in Manhattan, it didn’t happen. Review: Who invented abstract art? Victor Hugo show at the Hammer proves critics and historians wrong 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z American provincialism also functions as insulation of the brain, preventing the average citizen from seeing and hearing the warning signs that history offers into the transformation of democracy into despotic rule. Independent of everything: Is America too dumb for democracy? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z She clung to the provincialism she satirized, and she was sometimes clumsy at conveying real life among blacks beyond her own circles—their class distinctions, their communication with one another apart from whites. Flannery O’Connor’s Revelatory Honesty 2001-01-22T05:00:00Z Following this route, all the other Ford models portray the corny vision of an outdated mentality exuding provincialism and a general lack of sense for contemporaneity. Ford Changed Leaders, Looking for a Lift. It’s Still Looking. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The Punch, a popular Nigerian newspaper, said in a recent editorial that Mr. Buhari was “unfamiliar with the nuances of modern governance and insular to the point of self-entrapment in primitive provincialism.” In Nigeria, Pressure Mounts on President to Bow Out of Race 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Dear NYT, Thanks for a well-reported economics article from a global perspective -- nice to read a Times piece not infected with provincialism or partisanship. Every One of the World’s Big Economies Is Now Growing 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z To look at him you’d never know that he was responsible for Estonia’s transformation from post-Soviet provincialism to the most digitally administered country in the world. Report From the Cyberwar Front Lines 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Seattle Shakespeare Company has just the remedy: a delirious rendering of “The Government Inspector,” Nikolai Gogol’s knockabout lampoon of Russian provincialism in particular and human foibles in general. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Escaping this provincialism is the theme of Franklin’s most recent album, “Losing My Religion,” which was released late in 2015 and was just nominated for a Grammy. How Kirk Franklin Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gospel 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Alexandrians dug deeper into provincialism and their faith. Remembering My Mother’s Alexandria 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Due to Winslet’s design-savvy seamstress character, it features a wardrobe full of colorful frocks clinging to even more colorful characters, all set against dusty, eccentric Australian provincialism. Australian drama 'The Dressmaker' can't find its fit 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z My earliest political memories feature Gladstone’s internationalism triumphing over small-minded provincialism. E.U. referendum exposes Britain’s political decay 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Seattle Shakespeare Company presents a delirious rendering of “The Government Inspector,” Nikolai Gogol’s knockabout lampoon of Russian provincialism in particular and human foibles in general. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z There are growing pains, chiefly among them provincialism and ignorance. Lessons About China and Race from a Detergent Ad 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The majority cannot understand this – cannot realise that it is partly blind – because its own provincialism has persisted uninterrupted for so long. What three decades in journalism taught me about the persistence of racism in the US | Howard French 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Americans are often chided in Britain for their perceived cultural provincialism. Moms: as American as motherhood and apple pie 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z They need to cooperate with federal colleagues, as public safety is a higher cause than jurisdictional provincialism or “sanctuary” practices based in feel-good sentiment. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z They were seeking to shame us for a provincialism that most of us have long-ago proudly embraced. The week the Olympics and Deflategate set off Boston's BS sensors 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Dinosaur provincialism, he said, often reflects the approach of “splitter” paleontologists too eager to separate dinosaurs into different species. Utah’s ‘Grand Staircase’ Leads Back in Time to Dinosaur Shangri-La 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z But there's nothing like the specter of force reductions to bring out provincialism and short-term thinking from both sides of the aisle. The Pentagon Can Make Ends Meet 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Maggie: There’s a provincialism that I think he will struggle with throughout. The Chat: Chris Christie's Announcement Speech, Instantly Analyzed 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Yet his idea, beyond the provincialism and propaganda, makes sense. An eight-team College Football Playoff would level playing fields 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Her infamous essay on U & Non-U language was ridiculed as snobbish after publication, but was in fact a great tease during the provincialism of the 1950s. The six sisters that captured the maelstrom 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z It isn't a huge issue yet, because tennis crosses the boundaries of provincialism much better than other sports. Money's there at the U.S. Open, but where's the fire? 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “There is a certain provincialism – this is a state where people really do still expect the candidates to show up.” Arkansas Senate race tests limits of political destruction by remote control 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z We compensated for our sports provincialism by calling the champions of our domestic sports leagues “world champions.” How Soccer's Growing Popularity Undermines America 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z GelinLooi So she is saying that bronze age tribalism and provincialism is winning because it encourages fanaticism and close-mindedness and this is supposed to be a good thing? Viewpoint: In the War Over Christianity, Orthodoxy Is Winning 2013-04-29T09:45:16Z This cosmopolitan attitude notwithstanding, Barclays’ partnership with Golden Boy fell prey almost at once to provincialism. Fans Hope Barclays Center Will Revive Brooklyn Boxing 2013-04-20T04:40:21Z Dispassionate and cosmopolitan, Monti appears a world away from the excitable provincialism of his predecessor. Mario Monti and Italy: after the carnival, the meagre diet of Lent 2012-07-30T20:59:01Z Their interest is not rooted in provincialism as much as it is in connecting to a uniquely American product. On Basketball: Twenty Years Later, Dream Team’s Legacy Endures 2012-06-22T01:27:08Z Localism and provinciality have been forced on Spain by nature, and it is this very provincialism which is her charm for the traveler. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z His self-sufficiency coupled with his provincialism seems to have prevented him from closely criticising his productions; so that he often published things that were prosaic as well as faulty in other respects. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z It would be no narrow provincialism into which they would emerge. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z He has widened the thoughts of men, has enabled them to think in larger terms, and has done something to enable men to overcome a mere provincialism of thought. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z The provincialism of his native city was odious to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Travel is a specific for provincialism, but it must be real travel and not imitation home-swagger. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z We have produced men and women great enough to free themselves from the prejudices born of provincialism—from the prejudices, we might almost say, of patriotism. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Isolation is the soil of ignorance, and ignorance is the soil of egotism; and nations, like individuals who live apart, mistake provincialism for perfection, and hatred of all other nations for patriotism. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The Latin putare, from putus, pure, means: to make an account clear, and therefore corresponds to the American provincialism, "I reckon," i. e., Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z It meant "Finis" to all the exaggerated provincialism of the old republic. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z The right kind of travel shifts the viewpoint, readjusts life forces, and shakes up the provincialism of the man with the "township horizon." Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z We have outgrown the provincialism that thought is back of substance, as well as the old Platonic absurdity, that ideas existed before the subjects of thought. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z We have at last found that every creed is of necessity a provincialism, destined to be lost in the universal. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Evidently he hated the provincialism of the Flowery Land, and loved to lose his identity in the wider culture of a Western civilization. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z It perished with the conventions and provincialism of its era. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Mr. James says that Poe's collection of critical sketches "is probably the most complete and exquisite specimen of provincialism ever prepared for the edification of men." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z All discoveries become almost immediately the property of the whole civilized world, and all thoughts are distributed by the telegraph and press with such rapidity, that provincialism is almost unknown. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The civilized man, having outgrown the ignorance, the arrogance, and the provincialism of savagery, abandons the vain search for final causes, for the nature and origin of things. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z It is the self-sufficiency, the "provincialism," and careless unthinking disposition of the individual, as much as mountain-barriers, that have separated adjacent provinces as effectually as broad oceans. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z At Looe, in Cornwall, the gift was generally a small cake made for the purpose, and called the “christening crib,” crib being a provincialism for a bit of bread. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Lowell was so heartily cosmopolitan that American newspapers accused him of Anglomania—which proves their provincialism but acquits him. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Commerce has done a great work in destroying provincialism. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Horace Seaver was a good and loyal citizen of the mental republic—a believer in, intellectual hospitality, one who knew that bigotry is born of ignorance and fear—the provincialisms of the brain. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z He edited a dictionary of Cuban provincialisms, and published a volume of "American Rhymes." The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z That the cold winters and deep river valleys have tended to the formation of isolated communities, clannishness, and provincialism, as is contended by some writers, has not generally been true. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z Of dignified and self-respecting provincialism, such as Professor Royce so eloquently advocates, there might well be more in American books. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z His "Literary Bible", as well as his "Commonplace Book", contains many examples which might be used to illustrate his provincialism or, if one prefers, his regionalism. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Above all other institutions and all other influences, it is the greatest agency in breaking down the hedges of provincialism. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z His extraordinary voulu Scotch provincialism crowns it and rounds it off really making one at moments ask with what kind of an innermost intelligence such inanities and follies were compatible. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z We hear much about the provincialism of small towns,—but there is nothing worse than the provincialism of the upper classes. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Of provincialism of the narrowest type American writers, like other men of imagination, are not guilty to any reprehensible degree. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z I do not urge sugared lettuce as symbolizing our higher provincialism, but mayonnaise may be poison to men who are nevertheless competent to construe and administer law. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z The same was true in our own country, and here, too, was in a great degree, the provincialism of the Old World. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z A mere nationalistic Pope, who would not be able to rise above the provincialism of his own race, would be, humanly speaking, a disaster. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z If he be a person of will, and of the right energy and ambition, he can conquer provincialism or inherited faults of speech. Talks to Freshman Girls 2011-09-04T02:00:03.470Z It is difficult to come to any conclusion about provincialism as a characteristic of American literature. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Andrew had had a good education in his youth, but lapsed two generations ago into broad provincialism. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z There was apparently a slight provincialism in her way of the rendering the liquid in the middle of the word, but this didn’t matter. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z This is only one of many incidents of criticism that I might relate in illustration of the hurtful, crippling, paralyzing provincialism that afflicts and obstructs our literary development. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z In the easy and fluent language of the former we see the influence of Luther and Goethe, whereas the latter often show a certain stiffness and a greater number of provincialisms. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z The welcome that we gave Whitman betrays the lack of an admirable kind of provincialism; it shows us defective in local security of judgment. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The provincialism of sceptics The most hopeless situation of all is where sceptics consort almost wholly with sceptics. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z But in 1991, Bonn’s provincialism seemed a plus, not a minus. Memo From Berlin: In Germany?s Capitals, Cold War Memories and Imperial Ghosts 2011-06-23T21:48:48Z But as a people, have we outgrown our provincialism? Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z An error that had happened, a mispronunciation, a provincialism of some actor, such were the weighty points by which they held fast, beyond which they could not pass. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z What, then, of the "provincialism" of the American province of the empire of British literature? Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The provincialism of doubt may be even greater than the provincialism of a bigoted faith. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z County officials say going to a district system would promote provincialism, while others point to San Francisco’s polarized Board of Supervisors. The Bay Citizen: San Mateo?s Asian and Hispanic Voters Speak Up 2011-05-14T20:51:04Z They ran down and ran over, and crushed out of existence a provincialism that had much of evil promise and very little of present good in it. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Upon the embers of provincialism he heaped the inflammable brush-wood of excited rhetoric. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z With your educational advantages, to lock up your mind in a stockade of provincialism! A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z One therefore soon discovers a marked absence of provincialism and is led to expect that the quiet lady or gentleman to whom he is introduced has seen far more of the world than himself. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z No doubt a New Yorker would have spoken of San Sabatano as a "Rube" town, an expression which implied extreme provincialism in the smallest possible way. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z A Bathroom Episode The crudities here referred to, however, are not properly to be reckoned as belonging exclusively to the West, or as specially indicative of the provincialism of the West. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z We shall be in the minority, a great minority; a minority branded with provincialism as our badge, and accused of prejudice and narrow-sightedness, from the very fact of our nationality. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z So writes my kind and valued correspondent, Captain Henry Smith, but town is, I think, merely a provincialism for village. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Before the millennium, there must be a world wide charity, to take the place of what we call patriotism; which is either national selfishness or a make-shift provincialism. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The fundamental objection to prohibition, as it stands, lies in the cold fact that provincialism, no matter how sincere, can never compete with international common sense and cosmopolitan culture. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z Mingling together in the most intimate ways, socially and in business pursuits, each lost something of his prejudices and provincialism, and gained much by contact with men of other ways of thinking and living. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z They were too glad to give assent, without noticing her ungrammatic provincialism. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Cook is to toss, or throw, a provincialism common in the Midland counties. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Never was humanity individualized in purer forms, crippled by no alloy of provincialism or nationality, than in this circle of joy, wherein childhood, womanhood, and manhood, twined with flowers, met and softly clasped each other. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z They made frequent mistakes in their grammar, and a good deal of Middle States provincialism showed itself in their pronunciation and expressions. The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine 2011-03-15T02:00:14.097Z Its smack of provincialism gave it a higher flavor. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The provincialism of Toulouse has been the theme of many a French writer of ability,—offensively provincial, it would seem from a consensus of these written opinions. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z I could perceive in the pronunciation a certain provincialism, which proclaimed the speaker a peasant, but one of a special class. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z For to those in the happy state to which Thackeray alluded, the theatre was loved not for itself, but as a symbol of gaiety; I would almost say of metropolitanism as opposed to provincialism. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Flappers with very short skirts and every known specimen of leg added to the tragic-comedy of a thoroughfare in which provincialism and sophistication were like oil and water. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z I am thrilled to read this book is being assigned to first-year students, and appalled by the provincialism of its critics. Brooklyn College Furor Is More Heated Online 2010-09-01T22:51:00Z In this way, the Washington rules reinforce American provincialism -- a national trait for which the United States continues to pay dearly. The unmaking of a company man 2010-08-26T16:45:00Z But on 7 May harsh realities will break into the parochial provincialism of British politics. We ignore foreign policy at our peril 2010-05-04T08:00:00Z The English spoken in the West is the purest to be found, because the various provincialisms of the immigrants are mutually corrective. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 What was so astonishing about Good Eggery was the members' obvious equipment for citizenship of the world as opposed to the provincialism of Bad Mannery. Sinister Street, vol. 2 So far had he outgrown the strictures of provincialism, that he was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. The Tempering The accentuation of these words, marked as it was by the strongest provincialism of the peasant, attracted the sick man's attention, and he bent upon him a look at once searching and severe. The Fortunes Of Glencore She saw the gradual enlargement and improvement of Chicago but she was able to pick flaws in the struggles of society to break the shackles of provincialism, and she longed to hasten the metropolizing process. With Edge Tools I thought we might bring the halves together if we had a national literature that made Ireland beautiful in the memory, and yet had been freed from provincialism by an exacting criticism, an European pose. Reveries over Childhood and Youth Yet a moment's reflection should have taught him that provincialism in academic matters is possibly an advantage. Sinister Street, vol. 2 There is so much patriotism in the world, or, I should rather say, so much provincialism, that men all over the earth give the palm for beauty to the women of their own country. Her Royal Highness Woman Latin, what is meant by, 67. changes in, according to Polybius, 67. the old Salian poems, 67. provincialisms of Cicero, 67. stagnation of Latin when it became the language of civilization, 68. Lectures on The Science of Language Its growth has been so marvelous that in a single generation the simple garb of provincialism has been exchanged for the more imposing mantle of a great city. With Edge Tools It is rapidly driving from our rural homes the specters of ignorance, superstition, provincialism and prejudice, and the positive good accomplished cannot be estimated. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity A metropolis takes provincialism and skims the cream. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "You attend the Glostenbury Church, then, Madam?" says Maverick, who enjoys the provincialisms of her speech, like a whiff of the lilac perfume which he once loved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Footnote 10: Black Forest provincialism:--a scamp, a loafer. Black Forest Village Stories "It is a provincialism quite permissible in the West," said Marion. With Edge Tools A peculiarly amusing kind of provincialism is the attitude of the superficial city dweller who cannot understand why any one could possibly prefer to live in the country! The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity I don't care," said Colonel von Brelow, "you may say what you like, she is a magnificent creature without a particle of provincialism about her. Gertrude's Marriage On the other hand, the individual whose motives and interests in life are confined to the narrowest circle of experience represents the extreme type of provincialism. A Man of the World But the old fashions are passing from Europe: the sewing machine and the railway sweep before them the pleasant provincialisms of dress. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Hence the choirmaster must make a determined effort to cure provincialisms in so far as they prevent the issue of pure vowel sounds from the mouth. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. It is this which is overcoming rural narrowness and provincialism. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity It is provincialism, pure and simple—a provincialism more crudely expressed in Appalachia than in Gotham or The Hub, but no cruder in essence for all that. Our Southern Highlanders The developments of the middle period of civilization cannot be considered, therefore, to have tended to decrease the spirit of nationality, with its concomitant penalty of what is sometimes called provincialism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Yet, under all her pert provincialism, we can detect that mysterious quality which distinguishes the good letter-writer. Pot-Boilers There are a number of other little points which tell against correct singing in a country choir; the generally thick enunciation, the provincialism, the difficulty in getting open mouths. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. In contrast to formlessness distracted by the want of all ideal of culture of provincialism and dogmatic confusions, we find the power of representation of ancient art. Pedagogics as a System And then with a mighty provincialism he repeated without a break:— The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit The majority of "Americanisms" in speech were in their origin mere provincialisms—modes of expression and pronunciation which had sprung up unchecked in the isolated communities of a scattered people. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations It cannot away with his peasant morality—moralizing rather—his provincialism, and the grossness of his method. Pot-Boilers All these were symptoms that Canadians were beginning to outgrow their narrow provincialism and to perceive their relations to the outer world, and especially towards Britain. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Even the little wince of distress he gave her by his provincialism was forgotten in the anguish her foster-parents caused her. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards They are so characteristic and put forward with such absolute simplicity that they have the same effect as a good old provincialism in the mouth of a genuine countryman. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Into that speech were at first absorbed, as has been said, the peculiarities, localisms, and provincialisms which had inevitably grown up in different sections in the days of non-communication. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations There was nothing of the narrow spirit of provincialism about these men. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Sometimes one is tempted to look on dialect as expressing simply the pathos of provincialisms, but there is more in it than mere mispronunciation. A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies In that memorable parliamentary battle between Webster and Hayne, the broad nationalism of the former stands out in splendid contrast with the narrow provincialism of the latter. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Tours, says her historian, has ever employed the pure French in her spoken and written word; "patois and provincialisms have no place here." The Cathedrals of Northern France True provincialism, on the other hand, is essential to the progress of civilization. The Farmer and His Community Mr. Froude, as late as 1885, found that ‘no provincialism had yet developed itself,’ but he wrote chiefly of what he had heard in the towns. Australian Writers There are others who are not quite so ready to believe in the pathos of provincialism. A Critic in Pall Mall Being Extracts from Reviews and Miscellanies Such a truth is contained in that pointed antithesis: 'A vulgar, low-bred provincialism, and the hallowed hopes of a national patriotism.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Special research in dialects, in folklore, and in provincialism shows how spatial isolation fixes differences in speech, attitudes, folkways, and mores which, in turn, enforce isolation even when geographic separation has disappeared. Introduction to the Science of Sociology That parts of the Angle differ from parts of the Saxon districts in respect to the character of their provincialisms is true; but it is by no means evident that they differ on that account. A Handbook of the English Language The diction of Trimalchio and his fellow-freedman is the South Italian popular speech of the time, filled with grammatical mistakes and provincialisms, and rich in proverbial expressions. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors He himself is lean, wrinkled, hungry-looking; his eyes are restless with excitement, and his tongue overwhelms us with a torrent of words, spoken in a strange accent, but singularly free from provincialisms and bad grammar. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot The criticism of Europe alone can rescue us from the provincialism of an over or false estimate of ourselves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The first effect of the introduction of competition in any society is to break up all types of isolation and provincialism based upon lack of communication and contact. Introduction to the Science of Sociology To write for all he must use the language of all; he must avoid provincialisms. English: Composition and Literature This word is still a provincialism in the North and West. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Of that intense provincialism, in the good sense, which is characteristic of French literature, there have been few better representatives. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century But provincialism is relative, and where it has a flavor of its own, as in Scotland, it is often agreeable in proportion to its very intensity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The former have discarded much of their provincialism; they are astir with ambitions and ideas at which the old town would have stood aghast. Change in the Village It was a pleasing voice, a cultured voice, and refined withal, nor could his fastidious ear detect the faintest trace of provincialism or vulgarity about it. The Sign of the Spider It seems to be a dogma with her, that he is the very “first man in Virginia,” an expression which in this region has grown into an emphatic provincialism. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Schools are the victims of just such provincialism. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) We shall have to be content for a good while yet with our provincialism, and must strive to make the best of it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Local news is sifted of its provincialism to become matter of national concern. If You Don't Write Fiction In Australia, says Mr. Froude, 'no provincialism has yet developed itself. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Her provincialism, like everything else which belonged to her and had become endeared by habit and association, seemed to her so truly beautiful and desirable that she would not have parted with it for worlds. Virginia His speech at times was droll and full of quaint provincialisms. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage In the biography of Mr. Quincy by his son, there is something of the provincialism of which we have spoken as inherent in most American works of the kind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 A provincialism denoting a sudden and local motion of the air, resembling a miniature whirlwind. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This shows the worst kind of provincialism and a vulgar spirit. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Here it was again, this fatuous intolerance! this incomprehensible provincialism! Virginia This strictly Lancastrian provincialism is supposed to be a corruption of “choose how.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot To this age Emerson's provincialism appears sad enough. American Sketches 1908 A provincialism for handspike; a corrupt form of lever. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Other forms are also in use, but they are generally provincialisms confined to particular states or districts. A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay A certain fidelity of purpose, the quality which had lifted him above the petty provincialism that crippled James, made the display of wealth as obnoxious to him as the possession of it was agreeable. Virginia This, now a Northern provincialism, is an archaism at least as old as the fourteenth century. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Though Mark Twain cultivates the South-Western dialect, and does not disdain the speech of Pike County, there is in his two romances no suspicion of provincialism. American Sketches 1908 It is scarcely possible that the vulgarity which my parents apprehended was anything worse than colloquial New England provincialism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Bohemianism, in German music, has more the character of provincialism than of a national mark. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations Even Miss Harriet Pyne herself had lost some of the unnecessary provincialism and prejudice which had begun to harden a naturally good and open mind and affectionate heart. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories "They are just like prairie schooners," said one young man, to Lily's huge delight, for she had never before seen so much provincialism all at once. Tutors' Lane With this went a kind of provincialism of thought, bred from the wide difference which slavery made from the life of the world at large. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Wide reading in various departments will banish narrowness and provincialism. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Whether we should regard these national peculiarities in his music as provincialisms, considered from the world's standpoint, or as a fortunate appeal to the ears of his own countrymen and generation, who shall decide? The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations This provincialism is correct for Lancashire, and as far as I know for Cumberland. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Now, in America, they have a dictionary containing many thousands of words, which, with us, are either obsolete or are provincialisms, or are words necessarily invented by the Americans. Diary in America, Series One But, compared with the provincialism of the South of 1860, he is a cosmopolitan. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement It is one of the endless outworkings of sin that tends toward that narrowing provincialism which everywhere hinders so much, and so intensely. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation It is a common provincialism now, and was formerly good English. Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Among the signs of growth of a healthy provincialism is the formation of sectional historical societies. The Frontier in American History When the people of England emigrated to the states, they came from every county in England, and each county brought its provincialisms with it. Diary in America, Series One In its histories, the note of provincialism still lingers,—inevitably, and not blamably. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Pronunciation, when perfectly pure, should be free from what we call provincialisms; that is, from any peculiarity of tone, accent, or vowel sound, which would mark the speaker as coming from any particular locality. The Ontario High School Reader To prejudiced provincialism, on the one side, they may appear too lukewarm; by stupid fanaticism on the other, they may be called treasonable. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Obsolete words would be permissible in poetry or in historical Page 188 novels, technical words permissible in technical writing, and even vulgarisms and provincialisms permissible in dialect stories. Practical Grammar and Composition With dark bodies that are probably external to our own solar system, I have, in the provincialism that no one can escape, not much concern. The Book of the Damned It was evident that the Niagara of news pouring out of Europe into the press and periodicals of the day had inundated the provincialism of his countrymen. Erik Dorn It excites a smile to-day to read that men from New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland charged New Englanders generally with provincialism and cowardice, and that the charge was resented; but such was the fact. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn "From where?" asked Agatha, puzzled by the provincialism, and attracted at once by the man's intelligent face, and by a keen, misery-stricken, hungry look, which she had truly called "wolfish." Agatha's Husband A Novel There is human nature in this; more human nature than there is in most provincialism. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches The provincialism of their minds was not dispelled by communion with the classics of all ages, and no cheap magazine or popular novel came to dull the edge of native shrewdness or curiosity. Beginnings of the American People And now, people are inquiring why the Five Towns, with a railway system special to itself, is characterised by a perhaps excessive provincialism. Clayhanger For only in this way can he come to feel kinship with the race at large, and thus save himself from provincialism and narrowness. New Ideals in Rural Schools That a country is without national poetry proves its hopeless dulness or its utter provincialism. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry The Scot admitted that he was touched by provincialism; but he retained a national pride, and only made the modest and most justifiable claim that he was intrinsically superior to the Southron. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century No bitterness endures like that of the provincial despised because of his provincialism. Beginnings of the American People “And one for the skipper,” shouted Joe Fergusson, who was a sailor of sailors by this time and had learnt all their ways and talk, dropping out of his old provincialisms. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea There would seem to be something in the relation of a colony to the mother country which dooms the thought and art of the former to a hopeless provincialism. Brief History of English and American Literature Provincial English Nor is it otherwise in respect of our English provincialisms. English Past and Present I rushed impetuously out of the cage of my provincialism and looked eagerly about the brilliant universe. The Promised Land This conceit is in part a product of isolation, and is pure provincialism. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History He had so many funny nautical terms, provincialisms, that she had to inquire what some of the words meant. A Little Girl in Old Salem Any correct designation of a coin is satisfactory, including provincialisms like “two bits” for the 25-cent piece, etc. 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 I would suggest that this is cotes, the well-known provincialism for cats; but the recorder understood the word as colts and further improved it into horses. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology The foregoing words and expressions are probably provincialisms rather than Devonianisms, good old English forms of expression; as are, indeed, many of the so-called Hibernicisms. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It has everywhere accepted a certain provincialism as natural and necessary, and has tacitly assumed that national boundaries are the horizon of the practical life of the child. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History Ah!" he said, shaking his head and assuming an unnecessary air of age, and a provincialism of accent—"Ah! The Napoleon of Notting Hill As a people, we are, beyond a question, decidedly provincial; but our provincialism is not exactly one of external appearance. Recollections of Europe It still occurs as a provincialism in England. Milton's Comus This anxiety of man to know the aim and the end is essentially human; it is a kind of infirmity or provincialism of the mind, and has nothing in common with universal reality. The Buried Temple New York is emphatically a great city, and it is entirely free from provincialisms of any kind. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City But there was no touch of provincialism in him. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Occasionally in her manner was that effect of shyness one finds in the British even after they have escaped from provincialism. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North No more striking illustration of this could be found than his constant charge of provincialism made against this country. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters What this man had said of Hilton and its provincialism was in my mind now. The Fifth Wheel A Novel Is there nothing but bad grammar, mispronunciation and provincialisms in the heart of the rustic? Confessions of Boyhood The call of Bahá’u’lláh is primarily directed against all forms of provincialism, all insularities and prejudices. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh The call of Bahá’u’lláh is primarily directed against all forms of provincialism, all insularities and prejudices.... Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era The taint of provincialism was diffused over all feelings and beliefs. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters He laughed freely at our provincialisms, accustomed us to take raillery good-naturedly, disillusionized us in many ways, and showed us always a pattern of polished and careful demeanor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. I tell Mrs. Bennett she must cure him of some little provincialisms, however.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They are interchangeable in many popular provincialisms and in some words, e.g., Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance The very provincialism of our poets endears them to us. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Without a specific description of what in particular is meant by provincialism, the charge cannot and ought not to have any weight with those against whom it is directed. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The long roll of names and of styles of furniture, hitherto unfamiliar, confused him, and the constant reiteration of the local point of view seemed an almost incredible provincialism. The Mayor of Warwick He discovers his own provincialism, and trying to be polite and urbane, he says "Meejor." Thackeray He became aware of the isolation and what he calls the "provincialism" of the Anglican Church. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother It is probably the most complete and exquisite specimen of provincialism ever prepared for the edification of men. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) True internationalism will spring from the provincialism that holds fast to its own home and does not interfere with the worship by other countries of their gods. My Second Year of the War How many efforts our bigoted provincialism has neutralized in the past! Catholic Problems in Western Canada If the "Gazetteer" were indeed correct in this, then the Book of Genesis contains an American provincialism. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' He had rarely seen a face so radiant in expression, and she had lost, he noticed, the touch of provincialism in her voice and manner. The Miller Of Old Church It bore, intellectually, the stamp of provincialism; it was a beginning without a fruition, a dawn without a noon; and it produced, with a single exception, no great talents. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) Travelling takes away provincialism because it broadens the outlook. A Girl's Student Days and After The reading of the Catholic paper breaks down the narrow walls of parochialism, provincialism and nationalism, and introduces its readers into the more serene and more spacious regions of Catholic life. Catholic Problems in Western Canada He has certain rude virtues which command respect and other qualities, not in themselves virtues—such as clan conceit and an intensely narrow provincialism—that beget the virtues of industry, honesty and frugality. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 In conversation all provincialism, affectations of foreign accents, mannerisms, exaggerations and slang are detestable. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society We can no longer indulge our traditional provincialism. President Wilson's Addresses Certain peculiarities of expression which occasionally appear in them may be naturally explained as provincialisms, or as belonging to the language of conversation and common life. Companion to the Bible The message to the nation to forget local boundaries and provincialism is a message likewise to the Catholic Church. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Law, the chain which binds an enslaved people; thrift, born of childish fear; love of country, which is another name for crass provincialism. The Big-Town Round-Up Afterwards she learned that it was a Southern provincialism for a common dog. A Little Florida Lady They fatten on provincialism, which is mistaken for patriotism. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II The Federalists Discredited.—By a strange turn of fortune's wheel, the party of Hamilton, Washington, Adams, the party of the grand nation, became the party of provincialism and nullification. History of the United States This naturally requires the sacrifice of parochialism and provincialism. Catholic Problems in Western Canada English Schools, English vestrydom, English provincialism—all alike stand in the most urgent need of reform; but with all alike the Middle Class is serenely content. Matthew Arnold One of the prime characteristics of the man of culture is freedom from provincialism, complete deliverance from rigidity of temper, narrowness of interest, uncertainty of taste, and general unripeness. Books and Culture Mr. Lowell speaks somewhere of a "divine provincialism," which expresses the sturdy sense of a nation, and is but ill replaced by a cosmopolitanism lacking in virtue and distinction. Americans and Others The Second United States Bank.—In driving the Federalists towards nullification and waging a national war themselves, the Republicans lost all their old taint of provincialism. History of the United States If she is a lady by birth and education, she must necessarily feel that the advantages which wealth bestows are squandered upon such provincialism as she is perforce subjected to. Town Life in Australia I am reading now Mrs. Stowe's 'Sunny Memories,' and like the naturalness and simplicity of the book much, in spite of the provincialism of the tone of mind and education, and the really wretched writing. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The essence of provincialism is the substitution of a part for the whole; the acceptance of the local experience, knowledge, and standards as possessing the authority of the universal experience, knowledge, and standards. Books and Culture "Divine provincialism" had no halo for the man who wrote "Friendship's Garland." Americans and Others It was not that he was more provincial than he had to be; for that matter, there is no provincialism so rampant as that of the thronging, striving, self-sufficient city. Empire Builders They will ask—"Is it possible that gentlemen could submit themselves to the guidance of a clergyman whose manners are unformed and whose English is marred by provincialisms and defective accent?" The Young Priest's Keepsake Indeed colleges and universities, not infrequently, are haunts of provincialism and of dread of enthusiasm. The Ascent of the Soul Society is full of provincialism in art, politics, religion, and economics; and the essence of this provincialism is always the same,—the substitution of a part for the whole. Books and Culture So impressive was their loftiness, their haughty patronage, that their supercilious sneers at our provincialism were heart-rending, I came to look at everything with an eye to English judgment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 It was precisely to put an end to such abuses, folly, and provincialism, this hobbling spirit inculcated in a great nation, that he had assumed power, and was about to increase his efforts. His Excellency the Minister The language of the entire population was French, or a patois, as the European French term it—a provincialism which a Parisian finds it difficult to understand. 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 There would seem to be something in the relation of a colony to the mother-country which dooms the thought and art of the former to a helpless provincialism. Initial Studies in American Letters There is as genuine a provincialism in Paris as in the remotest frontier town; it is better dressed and better mannered, but it is not less narrow and vulgar. Books and Culture He had the natural advantage of a refined appearance, and his accent was pure, and not marred by any provincialisms. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town Only men of genius have imagination enough for handling history so that it is not a nuisance, a provincialism and an impertinence in the serene presence to-day of what is happening before our eyes. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy Similarly, there are plenty of “provincialisms” in Shakespeare. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day Cooper, in his Raven's Nest, makes Mr. Aristobulus Brag use the provincialism "I swanny;" "by which," observes the author, "I suppose he meant—I swear!" Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851 This liberation from provincialism is not only one of the signs of culture, but it is also one of its finest results; it registers a high degree of advancement. Books and Culture The lake and prairie plains bred a spirit which contrasted strongly with the smug provincialism of rock-ribbed and sterile New England. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics As travel to Europe became safer and more common, visitors brought new fashions, and provincialism in manner, style, and costume became much less apparent. Woman's Life in Colonial Days Nan's quick eyes had noticed already the difference between the city people and the country folks, and would have even recognized a certain provincialism in her father's sister. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches A less objectionable phase of the sentiment is provincialism, which makes it easy for an invader to employ the troops of one province to conquer another. The Awakening of China For the man who has passed beyond the prejudices, misconceptions, and narrowness of provincialism has gone far on the road to self-education. Books and Culture Even when the danger of separation was small, the isolation and provincialism of the new West was a real menace to national welfare. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But while I have not ventured to discuss the provincialisms of the Indiana backwoods, I have been careful to preserve the true usus loquendi of each locution. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Henceforward there was peace; and throughout the whole of this northern part of his domains it was the constant policy of Philip gradually to abolish provincialism and to establish a centralised government. History of Holland The negative implication is also clear: whenever a spirit of particularism, provincialism and isolationism was strong in a Church, it did not fulfil its duty toward the persecuted Jews. The Grey Book "Sharper" was written all over his hatchet features; but probably his provincialism and lack of book education had kept him from being a very dangerous villain. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box But, in all this, we imply American citizenship and American civilization, and here, again, we show forth our provincialism. The Reconstructed School Such an attitude would constitute a species of continental provincialism and chauvinism. The Promise of American Life The provincialism of Lancashire varies with its valleys. Lancashire Idylls (1898) Its limitations were so narrow and so palpable, its possibilities were so restricted, its complacent provincialism so glaring, that the imaginative glories with which he had once enwrapped it seemed now simply grotesque. Queed Sometimes one is tempted to look on dialect as expressing simply the pathos of provincialisms, but there is more in it than mere mispronunciations. Reviews One who thinks in small units convicts himself of provincialism and soon becomes intolerant. The Reconstructed School It had been intimated in the course of the debate that Eastern members, who did not favor the improvement of the river, refused to do so on account of a narrow provincialism. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 There was in William Wales a perpetual fund of humor, a constant glee about him, which, heightened by an inveterate provincialism of north-country dialect, absolutely took away the sting from his severities. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Taken all in all, Berlin has not yet shaken off its provincialism, and is far behind Vienna in drainage, water-supply and paving. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 There are others who are not quite so ready to believe in the pathos of provincialisms. Reviews In our day, this provincialism, which impregnates all our culture, is liable to have disastrous consequences politically, as well as for the civilization of mankind. The Problem of China He is very proud of the cosmopolitan spirit which exempts him from the usual French provincialism, and has sought to develop it by travel and study. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Of course in what I have said I wish to be understood as keeping in mind the difference between provincialisms properly so called and slang. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell This delicious bit of provincialism served to make life worth living for many a long day. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 And she was as bitterly opposed to union, to what a narrow provincialism held to be the humiliation of the States. The Conqueror Her parliament was gone, and in the blighting shade of the provincialism to which she was reduced, genius and courage seemed to have died out from the land. Speeches from the Dock, Part I If Rowley's language differs from that of other fifteenth century writers, the difference lies in provincialisms natural to an inhabitant of Bristol. The Rowley Poems These people are constantly on the hunt for something peculiar and ridiculous in Americans, and make no allowance for difference in station, provincialisms, or traits of character. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland This lady in her younger days had been familiar with the best phases of metropolitan society, and she counteracted in Madge all tendencies toward provincialism. A Young Girl's Wooing "Travel is not the only cure for provincialism," said General Schuyler. The Conqueror His love-letters are often ignobly inept, and nearly always spoilt by the crass provincialism of the refined and cultivated hermit. The Author's Craft Those who accused him of provincialism, of regionalism, mistook the tastes of the private individual for the convictions of the statesman. Cavour They were, in short, ordinarily provincial, without, however, the rude durability or the homely truthfulness of provincialism at its best. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) In reality, the seat of all the trouble between McCulloch and Price lay in particularism, a phase of state rights, and, in its last analysis, provincialism. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War And she was one of those of whom I was thinking, when in a former chapter I spoke of highly educated people whom I had known to affect provincialism of speech. What I Remember, Volume 2 In this wilderness of words we look in vain for the New York provincialism "Sprue." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 These lines, written by a young officer of twenty-one, show how far Cavour had already outstripped the Piedmontese provincialism which had the upper hand in the early years of Charles Albert's reign. Cavour Israel was taken out of its petty provincialisms, its race insularity, and placed amid one of the most highly cultivated civilizations of the ancient world. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible The remark applies first and foremost, of course, to the Calender, and opens up the whole question of archaism and provincialism in literature. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England There is no provincialism like the provincialism of London. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Thus may the breath of God sweep across our pastorates and dismiss timidity, provincialism, ease, and narrowness of outlook. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index I think he dwells a shade too much on her small asperities and acidities, and on that "ton de critique mesquine", which he puts down to her provincialism. The Three Brontës The life of the professions is described, local dialects and provincialisms appear, places and scenery are carefully painted, and the disagreeable and painful become elements in these novels, because common to humanity. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy We believe the pronunciation of Shakspeare's day to have been so qualified with perfectly understood provincialisms as to have allowed puns and rhymes impossible now. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 How absurd is the preoccupation of our schools and colleges with the little provincialisms of our past history before A.D. An Englishman Looks at the World The word "bowssen," too, is very frequently heard in these parts; it is a provincialism for a stall or shed where oxen are kept. A Cotswold Village I never intended to curse the people with a provincialism so vast as this. American Notes In this light, provincialism or local patriotism is a prolific source of good, and may be regarded as among the most valuable and beautiful emanations of the parish life of our country. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain By the Ilyssus, my dear Gilbert, there were no silly art congresses bringing provincialism to the provinces and teaching the mediocrity how to mouth. Intentions Excepting a few provincialisms of slight consequence, you have no marks of the manners which I am habituated to consider as peculiar to your class. Wuthering Heights His tone made her feel how absurd it was to suspect him of such provincialism. The Price She Paid The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself. American Notes Anderson soon adopted the posture of a free, liberated spirit, and like many writers of the time, he presented himself as a sardonic critic of American provincialism and materialism. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life The subject is provincial, but the historian transcends all provincialism. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations In other words, when it comes to the choice of our law-makers, reducing provincialism to a system we make the local numerical majority supreme, and any one is considered competent to legislate. "'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913 She had the curious provincialism so often seen in cosmopolitans who have lived most of their lives in hotels, without apparently noticing or caring about their surroundings. Love at Second Sight Captain Truck, like a true New-England-man, invariably using a provincialism that has got to be so general in America. Homeward Bound or, the Chase "Brutal riding to death of the casual analogy is another mark of provincialism!" Traffics and Discoveries The word does not properly belong in an English dictionary, unless as an American provincialism of very narrow range. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 An honest provincialism has escaped Mr. Stabler's weeding-hoe here and there, and we get a few glimpses, in spite of him, into log-cabin interiors when the inmates are not in their Sunday-clothes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 From the specimen given by Niebuhr of the Egyptian and Hedjazi dialect, I could show, word by word, that there is not one provincialism in the whole. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred That contained many words which were rather vulgarisms than provincialisms, and more properly English than American. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 No matter how proud he may be of his country, he is pleased to learn that there is no provincialism about him which, as the Americans say, 'gives him away.' A Woman Intervenes He calls the result of his labors an "American Dictionary of the English Language," as if provincialism were a merit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 There is no trace of provincialism, nothing to suggest that Seneca was a Spaniard. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Some neighbouring Bedouin tribes, especially those of Fahm and Hodheyl, use a dialect still more pure and free from provincialisms and grammatical errors. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Even persons not otherwise interested in the study of provincialisms will find Mr. Bartlett's book an entertaining one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Charley was abashed to find she could take advantage of probably a provincialism to turn into ridicule such fine verses. Wilfrid Cumbermede The word "foundling" was for me like an opening blind in a dark chamber of boorishness and provincialism, suddenly revealing a vista of distant, mistily romantic perspectives. The Bride of Dreams Her provincialisms were dropping away; her character, perhaps, was only emerging. Eleanor We should suspect no well bred lady of provincialism," returned the Marquis, "and so I shall take my chance. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes The Unitarian churches have been few in number, and they have suffered from isolation and provincialism. Unitarianism in America He becomes impatient with the provincialism of his own people, ashamed of their transparent selfishness, astonished that human values should have got so fatally distorted in our fat, comfortable world. The World Decision "The thing which I dislike about the place is its provincialism," she answered. The Puritans The spiritual provincialism of the Jewish race found something congenial in the English mind. Among My Books Second Series He bore with us when we were new in the business, and used such provincialisms as "We have saw" and "If we had knew." Remarks Those kind folk, now off the stage, never allowed the spirit of provincialism to guide their judgment or their attitude toward great public affairs. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him The next day he printed the interviews—a collection of curiosities in utopianism, cant, ignorant fanaticism, provincialism, hypocrisy. The Great God Success He was evidently a man who had read, and not a little; and there was no taint of vulgarity, scarcely a provincialism, in his pronunciation. Endymion But ‘provincialisms’ do not seem sufficient to account for the use of β for u consonant in inscriptions and in writers of the first century. The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Perhaps it may also be useful to state here that the word Idlelon is more than a provincialism, and should be in our dictionaries. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire But the beauty of it is that their ignorance and their provincialism can be made so perfectly visible. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him But we sought in vain for any verbal provincialisms in support of this theory, and there was something in the character of the man that rather went against it. Obiter Dicta Hawthorne did not carry with him to Europe that narrow provincialism, which asserts itself in either condemning or ridiculing everything that differs essentially from American ways and methods. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne To use such phrases as "How was that" when you mean "What was that" or "How's things" when you mean "How are you" are provincialisms which have no place in the cultured drawing-room. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 What sublime egoism of isolated provincialism to imagine that it had been anything but a great event! Over the Pass I supposed them to indicate some provincialism with which I was not acquainted. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States The abolition of Latin as the universal language of learned men, together with the rise of that provincialism which attaches to national literatures, has been a real misfortune for the cause of knowledge in Europe. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature It was at first written in the Somersetshire dialect, but was afterwards judiciously stripped of its provincialism. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The very Orgreaves themselves were tinged with this odious English provincialism. Hilda Lessways He rises superior to the narrow provincialism and racial prejudices that he deprecates in other criticisms of literature. Halleck's New English Literature Country life was marked with the rigidity of a hard provincialism. Adventures in Contentment The governing social evil of America is provincialism; a misfortune that is perhaps inseparable from her situation. Home as Found Other names, to be regarded as provincialisms, may exist in different districts. The Book of Household Management The New Yorker smiled at the provincialism but sought the banker without further ceremony. The Winning of Barbara Worth The Castilian writers recognize certain provincialisms in his style belonging to that district. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Our best novelists delight in giving her barrenness, her unloveliness in all individual life—her provincialism and conceit, and strenuous money-getting. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time It was attributable partly to the natural feeling of distrust of strangers which is common to ignorance and provincialism, but still more to a general suspicion that all Eastern men were abolitionists. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 It seemed an unkind allusion to his provincialism. Tales of the Jazz Age The provincialism of the day writhed under any suggestion that the New World was not the rival of the Old in every intellectual particular. The United States of America, Part 1 To this day a certain grudging provincialism is observable in the East Anglian character. The Coming of the Friars The Far West still keeps the American inheritance of open hearted hospitality and its provincialism. The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography From the resulting isolation there developed a strong feeling of localism or provincialism. Problems in American Democracy She was on the alert for traces of provincialism and rusticity, but was agreeably disappointed at their absence. Nature's Serial Story The provincialism of the day was well illustrated in the strife of the Committee over the place of sitting. The United States of America, Part 1 Do not use provincialisms, as "I guess" for "I think"; "I reckon" for "I know," etc. How to Speak and Write Correctly But there is a lot of unnecessary ballast upon him and in him—for example, his provincialism…. Letters of Anton Chekhov In spite of the numerous jealousies and rivalries among the various sections of the country, there were at work forces which tended to break down the spirit of localism or provincialism. Problems in American Democracy The time will come when this little orbit and its slaying delusions will be well back among the provincialisms; not a bad word in itself, rather a lost meaning through abuse. Red Fleece "Simmily" is a word of little interest, being evidently a mere provincialism and distortion of "seemingly," as "summat" of "something," or "somewhat," indifferently. The Life of the Fields A word that is obsolete or too new to have gained a place in the language, or that is a provincialism, should not be used. How to Speak and Write Correctly The intermixture of Americans is now so great, in consequence of their steamers and railroads, that there is but little pure provincialism left. Nature and Human Nature "Main Street," when it came to be written, found an awakened consciousness of provincialism, and a detached view of the home town such as had never before been shared by many. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Betty had almost lost hers; she retained just enough to enrich and individualize without a touch of provincialism. Senator North This is the best way of rubbing off provincialisms, etc. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia Prejudices and provincialisms crumble, personal eccentricities fade, barriers are broken, all sorts of fanaticisms and frictions are choked off, under the influence of a widespread cultural education. Problems of Conduct When you first came amongst us, major, you spoke with the barbaric provincialism and nasal twang of your countrymen, but in your years with us you have lost them. Janice Meredith If we can escape provincialism and yet remain local, all will be well. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism That which distinguished his speech from theirs and theirs from his would, in large part, be covered by the word "provincialism." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Not that provincialism is unknown in California, or that its occasional exhibition is any less absurd or offensive here than elsewhere. California and the Californians It is only a very smug provincialism that can attribute the alien standards of other races and nations to a disregard of the light. Problems of Conduct To Janice, hungry with the true appetite of provincialism, it was all the most delicious of comfits. Janice Meredith So they smoke and harangue, and drink and swear, and with inimitable provincialisms fill up the clattering music. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Favor, Resemble The use of the word favor in the sense of resemble is a provincialism that should be avoided. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking This is the usual provincialism of ignorance, and it is found the world over. California and the Californians He was wholly unacquainted with that rank form of provincialism which we know as patriotism. The British Barbarians You must get rid of that provincialism—let us call it Camberwellism.' In the Year of Jubilee But the Nonconformists, and many of our Liberal friends along with them, have a plausible plan for getting rid of this provincialism, if, as they can hardly quite deny, it exists. Culture and Anarchy So common is this provincialism in some localities that the incongruity of such an expression as the last would pass undiscovered. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking I desire to see the world, to rub off some of my provincialisms, to broaden a little before I settle down to a prosaic existence. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Barbados has a considerable number of provincialisms of dialect. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas By geographical position, the land of the Puritans was devoted to provincialism. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 And so we might be inclined to urge that, to cure the evil of the Nonconformists' provincialism, the right way can hardly be to provincialise us all round. Culture and Anarchy Therefore, as I think, we find some coarse passages of the Arabian Nights rendered with unnecessary crudity and some poetic passages marred by archaisms and provincialisms. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 These arrangements do not interfere, however, with my Boston plan, for sooner or later I shall breathe its intellectual atmosphere, that I may outgrow provincialism and become intellectual by force of habit rather than will. Letters of Franklin K. Lane I have noticed the Hibernian "kilt" which is not a bull but, like most provincialisms and Americanisms, a survival, an archaism. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] She had certain provincialisms which he could not ignore. The Kentons So America, without religious establishments, seems to get ahead of us all in culture and totality; and these are the cure for provincialism. Culture and Anarchy Last of all, its size—and personally I think there should be a federal law forbidding cities to grow any bigger than San Francisco—makes it an engaging combination of provincialism and cosmopolitanism. The Native Son She was willing to make any sacrifice; she considered herself just a missionary of provincialism up North, where people had become so cosmopolitan that they dared not enjoy anything. Their Pilgrimage She was awfully slangy herself—she and Harriett were, in their thoughts as well as their words—but she had no provincialisms, no Londonisms—she could be the purest Oxford English. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 The partisan press never exhibited its crass provincialism more shamefully than when it made fun of Gallatin's imperfect pronunciation of English. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty We could not give her over to a lumberman, doubly accursed by wealth and provincialism. The Four Million It sounds a little provincial, but we lawyers exist by reason of provincialism. The Country House How much of the underlying tribalism, or provincialism, or religious adherence, or how much of the functions of literacy at work can be read in the political fervor of nationalistic activism of our day? The Civilization of Illiteracy The newer strata of Oldport society are formed chiefly by importation, and have the one advantage of a variety of origin which puts provincialism out of the question. Oldport Days The pretty, musical voice was trained and softened; the delicate, refined accent retained no trace of provincialism. Dora Thorne It is therefore sheer British jingoism which points to America as the country of Puritanic provincialism. Anarchism and Other Essays In this way they kept themselves free from the taint of provincialism. The Country House But in New York you must be either a New Yorker or an invader of a modern Troy, concealed in the wooden horse of your conceited provincialism. Strictly business: more stories of the four million That is one of those last remnants of colonialism and provincialism which must depart forever. Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors Indeed, his whole career was marred by the provincialism of his native manse. A Book of Scoundrels In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million "My dear," said Mrs. Gregory to Mrs. Weguelin, "we must ask him to excuse our provincialism." Lady Baltimore But I must give you some account of what has taken place, to illustrate our provincialism, and to give you some idea of the way of doing business in London. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family Now, the measure in which you don't allow for the customs of another country is the measure of your own provincialism. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge He was well-mannered, cultured, with scarce a touch of provincialism to mar his gay demeanour: whereas Peace knew little enough outside the practice of burglary, and the proper handling of the revolver. A Book of Scoundrels He thus modifies his provincialism, for if an old enemy working by his side has turned into a friend, almost anything may happen. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes And in a like mood Nature made New England and endowed her with purpose, with mortuary frivolities, with long views, with energetic provincialism. The Rhythm of Life Matthew Arnold, by the way, knew so little of the French character as to be altogether ignorant of French provincialism, French practical sense, and French “convenience.” Hearts of Controversy Defeated in a long war and inheriting the provincialism and sensitiveness of a feudal order, he remained proud in his isolation. A Biography of Sidney Lanier An ineradicable, invincible, provincialism of envy and vanity clings to the forms of its thought like a frowsy garment. Notes on Life and Letters He had nothing of the provincialism of the parish or of the period. A Biography of Sidney Lanier |
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