impassionate
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4ADJ.
bumpy, quiet, sensuous, simple, simple
VERB + IMPASSIONATE
recited
IMPASSIONATE + NOUN
partizan, wilkes
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Filled with passion; impassioned
The Briton Prince was ſore empaſſionate, / And woxe inclined much vnto her part, [...]
It is essential, as in Milton, that poetry be simple, sensuous, and impassionate:—simple that it may appeal to the elements and the primary laws of our nature; sensuous, since it is only by sensuous images that we can elicit truth at a flash; impassionate since images must be vivid, in order to move our passions and awake our affections.
verb
to affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of
our Saviour Christ was one while deeply impassionated with Sorrow, another while very strongly carried away with Žeal and Anger
adj
Lacking passion; dispassionate
Various old ladies in the neighbourhood spoke of him as The Last of the Patriarchs. So grey, so slow, so quiet, so impassionate, so very bumpy in the head, Patriarch was the word for him.
“Try to serve well and to show yourself worthy,” he added, turning sternly to Borís. “I am glad— Are you here on leave?” he recited, in his impassionate voice.
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6The Briton Prince was ſore empaſſionate, / And woxe inclined much vnto her part, [...]
WiktionaryIt is essential, as in Milton, that poetry be simple, sensuous, and impassionate:—simple that it may appeal to the elements and the primary laws of our nature; sensuous, since it is only by sensuous i
Wiktionary“Well sir,” exclaimed a lady, the vehement and impassionate partizan of Wilkes, in the day of his glory, and during the broad blaze of his patriotism,—“well sir! and will you dare deny, the Mr. Wikles
Wiktionaryour Saviour Christ was one while deeply impassionated with Sorrow, another while very strongly carried away with Žeal and Anger
WiktionaryVarious old ladies in the neighbourhood spoke of him as The Last of the Patriarchs. So grey, so slow, so quiet, so impassionate, so very bumpy in the head, Patriarch was the word for him.
Wiktionary“Try to serve well and to show yourself worthy,” he added, turning sternly to Borís. “I am glad— Are you here on leave?” he recited, in his impassionate voice.
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