The OED PET n. 3 Offence at being or feeling slighted; a fit of peevishness or ill humour from this cause, (now) esp. a childish sulk. Frequently in in a pet. Also to take (the) pet: to take offence, to become bad-tempered or sulky…
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Word of the Day: MW Quotations and Authors: Now, Belford, I had really some apprehension of treachery from thee; which made me so miserably evade; for else, I could as safely have sworn to the truth of this, as to…
Words of the Day: December 19 2020 – January 28 2021
To explore quotations for the OED or Merriam-Webster Word of the Day 19/12/2020-28/1/2021, follow this link. Jeopardy Itinerant Ear-tickling Obeisance Insouciance Sarcophagus Gulosity Conjecture Preeminent Modicum Effusive Servile Nevvy Rapport Pedantic Treason Haet Devious Pugilism Comely Megrim Dissociate Apologia Feckless…
‘Spontaneous’ through the centuries: 1658 – 1921; ‘Spontaneous Combustion’ – a fashionable metaphor? (Dickens, Bronte, Melville, Joyce); the concept of ‘Spontaneous’ and ‘Spontaneity’ in Lawrence’s Fantasia of the Unconscious
Our collage ‘Quotations, Authors and Literary Works’ was inspired by the Word of the Day ‘Spontaneous‘ posted by Merriam-Webster on 10/12/2020. In the collage, we show you the quotations with ‘Spontaneous’ from different centuries without disclosing the name of the…
The Kings last wife contrived to survive him, but with difficulty effected it.
In her book “How to Suppress Women’s Writing” (https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/russ-how-to-suppress-womens-writing), Joanna Russ discusses methods that society uses to undermine the work of women writers. The excerpts that follow below describe “some unpleasant possibilities” (Joanna Russ’ words) of the kinds of treatment…
Give me a Quill Pulled from that Eagles Wing!
Our Recent Additions Jesus Praefigured; Abbot, George (Literature of the Sacred) 1623 An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and other Magical Practices; Beaumont, John 1705 The Castle of Otranto; Walpole, Horace 1764 From an Anthology, Some…
The double-click function in the Writing Aid Tab fixed.
When you double-clicked on a word in your writing in the Writing Aid tab, you may have been moved, in some browsers, to the Words tab. Now, when you double-click on a word in your writing, you will see quotations…
John Maynard Keynes: Thoughts with Wings
We added to our Library a number of works by John Maynard Keynes, a brilliant economist and a brilliant writer: Note: “…thought had wings” are Keynes’s words from his introduction to the textbook Supply and Demand; they are part of…
Anne Askew and Catherine Parr; John Foxe and David Hume
A tragic story links our today’s additions to the Library – the works of Anne Askew, Catherine Parr, John Foxe and David Hume. Anne Askew and Catherine Parr are two writers contemporaries who each have a distinction of being the…
Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man
Our today’s addition to the Library: Oscar Wilde’s essay “The Soul of Man” In his recent article “The Men Who Brought Political Radicalism to Oscar Wilde” (Literary Hub), Christian Williams tells us that Oscar Wilde’s interests in political economy and…