150. PITY: (See Solicitude, Grief, Sadness.) Colloquial. a-Oh, look at that poor bird. Its leg is broken. That's too bad. b-Poor fellow! He had awfully bad luck. I feel sorry for him. Classical. Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel, 151. POLITENESS: Colloquial. a-Allow me to assist you. Classical. b-May it please your highness sit? 152. PRAISE: (See Admiration, Acceptance.) SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, iii, 4. Colloquial. a-Your essay was fine. b-That's what I call courage. Classical. c-Brave Macbeth, (well he deserves that name). d SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, i, 2. O wise and upright judge! How much more elder art thou than thy looks! 153. PREJUDICE: (See Assertion.) Colloquial. a-It is because it is, and that's all there is to it. I prefer my own way. I was brought up in it Classical. c-I can give no reason, nor I will not. SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1. 154. PRIDE: (See Arrogance, Boasting.) Colloquial. a-I am proud to say that they all, all must bow to me. Classical. b-Aye, every inch a king! SHAKESPEARE, King Lear, iv, 6. 155. PRAYER: (See Appeal, Entreaty, Reverence, Awe, Love.) 156. PROMISING: (See Assertion.) Colloquial. a-I promise you I'll never tell as long as I live. Classical. d-For he, today, that sheds his blood with me SHAKESPEARE, Henry V, iv, 3. e-I never more will break an oath with thee 157. PROTEST: SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, v, 1. Colloquial. a-Stop, I object. It's unfair. b Classical. Revoke thy gift; Or whilst I can vent clamor from my throat 158. RAGE: SHAKESPEARE, King Lear, i, 1. Colloquial. a-You low, driveling cur! I'll stop your slanders, you -O you Classical. b-You slave, you cur! . . . Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal! SHAKESPEARE, King Lear, i, 4. c-Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now! SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, iii, 1. d-Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, 159. REBUFF: (See Refusal.) Colloquial. a-No! There, that's flat. Classical. b-Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture. SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1. 160. RECKLESSNESS: (See Indifference.) Colloquial. a-I don't care a snap of the finger whether I break my neck or not. Classical. b-Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. 161. REFUSAL, POLITE: SHAKESPEARE, Richard III, v, 5. Colloquial. a-I don't like to refuse you, but really I must. Classical. d-This ring, good sir,―alas, it is a trifle; I will not shame myself to give you this. SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1. 162. REFUSAL: (See Assertion, Dismissal.) SHAKESPEARE, Taming of the Shrew, iv, 3. 163. REGRET: (See Remorse, Agony.) Colloquial. a—Oh, boys, if we had only done what was right! c-Oh, pshaw! why didn't I see that before? I might d Classical. O Cromwell, Cromwell! Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king He would not, in mine age, Have left me naked to my enemies. SHAKESPEARE, King Henry VIII, iii, 2. 164. REJECTION: (See Refusal, Denial, Dismissal.) Colloquial. a-Send it back; I will have nothing to do with it. b-Away with it. Classical. SHAKESPEARE, Taming of the Shrew, iv, 3. 165. RELIANCE: (See Trust, Confidence.) Colloquial. a- I have the utmost faith in him. He is as true as steel. b-I'm going to take your word for it. Classical. A man he is of honesty and trust; 166. REMORSE: (See Agony, Regret.) Colloquial. a-Oh, if I had only known; if I had only known! c-O coward Conscience, how thou dost afflict me! 167. RENUNCIATION: (See Refusal, Dismissal.) a-I could lie here and dream and dream and dream (falls asleep). Classical. b-My soul is heavy, and I fain would sleep. SHAKESPEARE, Richard III, i, 4. 169. REPROACH: (See Indignation, Reproof, Aggriev ance.) Colloquial. a-Oh, shame, shame! b—After she has sent you this lovely present, to talk of her like that! You ought to be ashamed of your selves! |