-
speech is
often introduced by the
vocative exclamation, "O".
Poets may
apostrophize a beloved, the Muses, God or gods, love, time, or any
other entity that...
-
Philemon Asteroid 172
Baucis Friend of the
ancient Gr**** poet Erinna,
apostrophized in her long poem The
Distaff An
ancient Gr****
wrestler from Troezen...
- Paradiso. In
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Man of Law's Tale", the
Primum Mobile is
apostrophized: "O
firste moevyng!
crueel firmament, / With thy
diurnal sweigh that...
-
writes of M. Paul Emanuel: "Irritable he was; one
heard that, as he
apostrophized with
vehemence the
awkward squad under his orders." Brontë had also...
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considers the fact that his own
family "made its
money killing trees", he
apostrophizes his
apology and plea for
advice to the
coppice within which he has momentarily...
- Igor's
Campaign as
being active at the
court of
Yaroslav the Wise. He is
apostrophized as Volos's
grandson in the
opening lines of The Lay (probably a reference...
- Lazarus'
remains transferred to
Constantinople in 898. The
transfer was
apostrophized by Arethas,
bishop of Caesarea, and is
commemorated by the
Eastern Orthodox...
- the
third session of the UN
General ****embly in 1948 in Paris,
Spaak apostrophized the
delegation of the
Soviet Union with the
famous words: "peur de vous"...
-
author James Clark Walkley,
politician The "thin men of Haddam" are
apostrophized in
stanza seven of "Thirteen Ways of
Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace...
-
miniature mirror for princes. The addressee,
seemingly the caliph's son, is
apostrophized as one in
pursuit of the rule of
seemly conduct (adab). He is to give...
