 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 էջ
...it is generally understood to mean p iy to a state hireling for treason to his country." "XETWOBK, Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances-, with interstices between the intersections." " MAX, Not a woman, not a boy, not a beast." . . "CoiruH, A convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by... | |
 | Richard Marsden - 1895 - 564 էջ
...the above definition Dr. Ure appears to have imitated Dr. Johnson's definition of lace, which is : "Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." John Murphy, author of the standard and justly celebrated treatise on " The Art of Weaving," gives... | |
 | Austin Phelps, Henry Allyn Frink - 1895 - 350 էջ
...the unfinished roof of his prison house. 50. There is a fortune in a new discovery. 51. " Network is anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances with interstices between the intersections." 52. The different branches of study in this course mutually reflect light on each other. 53. He has... | |
 | Gilbert Milligan Tucker - 1895 - 258 էջ
...others, his Johnsonese got decidedly the better of his English, as when he tells us that network is " anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." In other cases we find the personal element verging on the side of pathos, as where Grub Street is... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 500 էջ
...finished. Some definitions illustrate his style and his prejudices: — Lexicographer, a harmless drudge; Net-work, anything reticulated or decussated, at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections; Oats, a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people; Whiy,... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 264 էջ
...adjudged, not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid. — Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections. — Oats. A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but which in Scotland supports the... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1899 - 58 էջ
...the speeches for Congressmen, write Johnsonese. Quibblers possibly may arise and present Johnson's definition of network—" anything reticulated or...distances with interstices between the intersections," but with the quibbler we have no 120 time to dally. Some people insist on having their lit- SAMUEL... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 էջ
...say a Gower." What he could do in the way of pedantic Johnsonese is seen in the stock instance — network, " anything reticulated or decussated at equal...distances, with interstices between the intersections." From 1758 to 1760 he resumed periodical writing by contributing to the ' Universal Chronicle ' the... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 694 էջ
...terms, Dr. Johnson's famous definition of Network has caused much amusement : " Network (net and work). Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." To these should ordinarily be added, as a secondary requisite, brevity. That is, the expositor should... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 702 էջ
...terms, Dr. Johnson's famous definition of Network has caused much amusement : " NETWORK (net and work). Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections." , To these should ordinarily be added, as a secondary requisite, brevity. That is, the expositor should... | |
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Network: anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances with interstices between the intersections. 
