the sententiousness
1sententiousness — sententious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb sententiousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «full of meaning or wisdom»: from Latin sententia opinion …
2The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …
3sententiousness — noun The state or condition of being sententious …
4sententiousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being sententious …
5Classical Latin — Latinitas Latin inscription in the Colosseum …
6Michael Bishop (author) — Michael Bishop Born November 12, 1945 (1945 11 12) (age 65) Lincoln, Nebraska Occupation novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, teacher Nationality American Period 1970 present …
7Spanish literature — Introduction the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …
8Jean de La Bruyère — (pronounced|ʒɑ̃dəlabʁyˈjɛʁ in French) (August 16 1645 – May 10, 1696), was a French essayist and moralist.AncestryHe was born in Paris, not, as was once thought, at Dourdan (in today s Essonne département ) in 1645. His family was middle class,… …
9Shakespeare's Politics (book) — Shakespeare s Politics (1964), by Allan Bloom with Harry V. Jaffa, is an analysis of four Shakespeare plays guided by the premise that political philosophy provides a necessary perspective on the problems of Shakespeare’s heroes. Its methods and… …
10Geoffrey Bennington — (born 1956) is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emory University, as well as a member of the International College of Philosophy. He is a literary critic and philosopher, best known as an expert on… …