20050901 tenebrous I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under...
LAVINIA. When did the tiger's young ones teach the dam? O, do not learn her wrath- she taught it thee; The milk thou suck'dst from her did turn to marble, Even...
see also: http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Vocabulary_dir/antonymous_synonyms.html On Sep 6, 2005, at 9:38 PM, xah lee wrote: 20050906 restive to her credit in...
20050908 slob Pity the poor slob who just wants to get something done. Set adrift in a sea of functionality he can neither comprehend nor control — buried in...
some words from Shakesphere's Titus: • minion | this minion stood upon her chastity, upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty. • perforce | Now perforce we will...
MARTIUS. Why dost not comfort me, and help me out From this unhallow'd and blood-stained hole? [• uncouth = archaic: unfamiliar; unknown.] QUINTUS. I am...
a passage of seafaring jargons ... Finding it was likely to overblow, we took in our sprit-sail, and stood by to hand the fore-sail; but making foul weather,...
20050915 brazen Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land: Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A...
20050920 yellow-bellied There are a number of conceptual, logical, and methodological flaws in his doctrines. As part of his efforts to gain a mainstream...
My mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly parts for her age, very dexterous at her needle, and skilful in dressing her baby. ...
... and should be guilty of great ingratitude, if I omitted this honourable mention of her care and affection towards me, which I heartily wish it lay in my...
Whiskers (technically called vibrissae) can aid with navigation and sensation. Whiskers may detect very small shifts in air currents, enabling a cat to know it...
On Sep 28, 2005, at 2:55 PM, xah lee wrote: That my health was much impaired, by the continual drudgery of entertaining the rabble every hour of the day; ...
Shakespeare's Titus, describing a girl's tongue being cut off: O, that delightful engine of her thoughts That blabb'd them with such pleasing eloquence Is torn...
BOY. Help, grandsire, help! my aunt Lavinia Follows me everywhere, I know not why. Good uncle Marcus, see how swift she comes! Alas, sweet aunt, I know not...
hai, i am new member of this group.I would like to get words daily from you. I am writing GRE exam on march 2006. Please kindly help me how to remember...
• stool pigeon | When consulted for the Buffalo Bill case, Lecter stubbornly refused to provide any mere “stool pigeon” leads, rather in an almost P.T....
Whether those holy lords I spoke of were always promoted to that rank upon account of their knowledge in religious matters, and the sanctity of their lives;...
