But it is characteristic of him, we are told, `` his little artifice '', to be able to introduce `` into a fairly vulgar and humorous piece of hackwork a sudden phrase of genuine creative art ''.

A fourth view is the transformation of emotion, as in Housman's fine phrase on the arts: they `` transform and beautify our inner nature ''.

And although Schnabel's pianism bristles with excitement, it is meticulously faithful to Schubert's dynamic markings and phrase indications.

Dominant stress is of course more than extended duration, and normally centers on syllables that would have primary stress or phrase stress if the words or longer units they are parts of were spoken alone: a dominant stress given to glorify would normally center on its first syllable rather than its last.

Kent and Story, the great early American scholars, repeatedly made use of this phrase, or of `` Christian nations '', which is a substantial equivalent.

It is a phrase as arresting as a magician's gesture, with a piquant turn of harmony giving an effect of strangeness.

there is no phrase or image that sounds like Hardy or that is striking enough to give individuality to the poem.

It is true of the rhythmic pattern in which the beat shifts continuously, or at least is continuously sprung, so that it becomes ambiguous enough to allow the pattern to be dominated by the long pulsations of the phrase or strophe.

It is natural that he should turn for his major support to a select and dedicated few from the organization which actually owns the university and whose goals are, in their opinion, identified with its highest good and ( to use that oft-repeated phrase ) ' the attainment of excellence ' ''.

) `` Quoting Mr. Kennan's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he ( Toynbee ) says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.

What was lacking was a real sense of phrase, the kind of legato singing that would have added a dimension of smoothness to what is, after all, a very oily character.

His interpretation of the Pauline phrase is that we should seek the common good more than the private good, but this is because the common good is a more desirable good for the individual.

In English writing, the phrase " a modest proposal " is now conventionally an allusion to this style of straight-faced satire.

" Heath comments that " The last phrase is curious, but the meaning of it is obvious enough, as also the meaning of the phrase about ending " at one and the same number "( Heath 1908: 300 ).

Note that this premise uses the phrase " is not ", a form of " to be "; this and many other examples show that he did not intend to abandon " to be " as such.

" American shot " is a translation of a phrase from French film criticism, " plan américain " and refers to a medium-long (" knee ") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera.

The phrase " mad Arab ", sometimes with both words capitalized in Lovecraft's stories, is used so commonly before Alhazred's name that it almost constitutes a title.

An abbreviation ( from Latin brevis, meaning short ) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

On the base of the statue were inscribed the opening words of the Scotland Act: " There Shall Be A Scottish Parliament ", a phrase to which Dewar himself famously said, " I like that!

In some studies, attributed to the phrase " know thyself " ( γνῶθι σεαυτόν ) found inscribed at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

An inscribed lead plate found in Chamalières in France includes the phrase luge dessummiíis, which has been tentatively interpreted by some scholars as " I prepare them for Lugus ", though it may also mean " I swear ( luge ) with / by my right ( hand )".

The band is placed across the ends of the branches and the phrase " Unity Makes Strength " is inscribed on it.

The Latin phrase on Northwestern's seal, Quaecumque sunt vera ( Whatsoever things are true ) is drawn from the Epistle of Paul to the Philippians 4: 8, while the Greek phrase inscribed on the pages of an open book is taken from the Gospel of John 1: 14: ο λόγος πλήρης χάριτος και αληθείας ( The Word full of grace and truth ).

Even though the motto of the Collège is " Docet Omnia ," Latin for " It teaches everything ," its goal can be best summed up by Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phrase: " Not preconceived notions, but the idea of free thought " which is inscribed in golden letters above the main hall of the Collège building.

T. E. Lawrence also had the phrase ου φροντις inscribed on his doorway.

The words over the older ' Alumni Gateway ', adjacent to campus, are borrowed from the Latin phrase inscribed over the main gateway to the University of Padua, Italy, and the Gateway was dedicated at the beginning of the 20th Century, upon the 100th anniversary of the university's first graduating class.

His tombstone is inscribed simply as Selman Abraham Waksman: Scientist, followed by his dates of birth and death, and the phrase " The earth will open and bring forth salvation " in Hebrew and English, which is a reference to Isaiah 45: 8.

This moved Jefferson, and he later had the phrase inscribed on his grave.

The following Polish phrase is inscribed below the monstrance: Adorujmy Chrystusa Króla panującego nad narodami ( in English, " Let us adore Christ the King reigning over all nations ".

Jonh Gilberts memorial at St James church in Sydney is inscribed with the following Latin phrase " Dulce et decorum est pro scientia mori " which is translated as " it is sweet and fitting to die for science.

After his death, a large bronze tablet prominently inscribed with the phrase " Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " was erected by the Masons at the place of his demise — the Raleigh Hotel in Washington, D. C. Today, this tablet resides at the private residence of one of Gen. García's direct descendants.

The phrase was also prominently inscribed in a large bronze tablet commemorating Cuban patriot Calixto Garcia Iniguez, Major General of the Spanish-American War.

* The Treachery of Images, a series of paintings by René Magritte which includes the phrase " Ceci n ' est pas une pipe " ( This is not a pipe ) inscribed alongside a painting of a pipe.

Deborah Curtis had the phrase " Love Will Tear Us Apart " inscribed on Ian Curtis's memorial stone.

She ordered its construction, and had it inscribed with the phrase Petro Primo Catharina Secunda MDCCLXXXII in Latin and Петру перьвому Екатерина вторая, лѣта 1782 in Russian, both meaning ' Catherine the Second to Peter the First, 1782 ', an expression of her admiration for her predecessor and her view of her own place in the line of great Russian rulers.

* Astral Software's 1986 puzzle maze game, XOR, features teleportation portals inscribed with the letters " BMUS "-a reference to the phrase " Beam me up, Scotty ".

In the 10th chapter of the manga xxxHolic, Yuuko cuts a laptop with a bat inscribed with the name of Goemon's blade, and says his signature phrase.

Early pressings of the album include the phrase " The faster we go, the rounder we get " inscribed on the vinyl in the matrix around the label area.

Above the entrance to the Academy was inscribed the phrase " Let None But Geometers Enter Here.

The brass square was recovered from Baals Bridge in Limerick during excavations and is inscribed with the phrase, " I will strive to live with love and care, upon the level and by the square.

The eagle holds in its beak a scroll inscribed with the Latin phrase " Regnat Populus ", the state motto, which means " The People Rule ".