c-Sir, you prated long and loud of bravery, and this is how you show it-by desertion. d-Oho, aha, I see! Aha! You've been kissing someone, and I know who! Oh, shame! shame! Kissing the boys! kissing the boys! Oh, shame! shame! shame! Classical. 0 proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear: SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, iii, 4. f-O shame! where is thy blush? SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, iii, 4. 170. RESENTMENT: (See Reproach.) Colloquial. a-That was a very mean thing for you to do. Classical. b-Your words and performances are no kin together. I think it is scurvy. 171. RESIGNATION: SHAKESPEARE, Othello, iv, 2. Colloquial. a-I am resigned to my fate. b-I'm used to it now, so I accept the situation and say nothing. Classical. c-If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, v, 2. 174. REPROOF: (See Indignation, Advice.) Colloquial. a-Never stand in front of a lady in that manner; it's discourteous. b-That was very ungentlemanly indeed. to be more careful. Classical. You ought c-Do you take the court for Paris-garden? ye rude slaves, leave your gaping. SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII, v, 4. 175. REQUEST: (See Interrogation, Authority, Com mand.) Colloquial. a-May I take this book? b-I want you to go there and ask him for my letters. c-Will you oblige me with your pencil? d Classical. Grant me two things, I pray you: Not to deny me, and to pardon me. SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1. e-Give me your gloves . . . and . . SHAKESPEARE, Merchant of Venice, iv, 1. 176. RETALIATION: Colloquial. a-There, that's what you get for striking me. b-You strike, gentlemen, I strike back; you taunt, I return it; you curse, I return that. Whatever you give you'll get; rest assured of that. serve you right. And it will Classical. c-And there's for twitting me with perjury. 177. RETORT: SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI, III, v, 5. Colloquial. a—Well, I never lie; that's one thing I don't follow your example in. Classical. b-OCT.: Not that we love words better, as you do. BRU.: Good words are better than bad strokes, Octavius. SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, v, 1. 178. REVENGE: (See Malice, Triumph, Retaliation.) 179. REVERENCE: (See Awe, Solemnity, Sadness.) 180. RIDICULE: (See Sarcasm, Irony, Mockery.) Colloquial. a-The gentleman says he saw the thunder; I have no doubt he will soon assert he heard the lightning, and looking forward to the past he will solemnly swear he saw the footprints of a hand. b-He says he saw a ghost? Bah! He saw a sheet held up by some jackanapes of a boy, and he calls that a ghost. The whole thing is ridiculous, absurd. Classical. c-What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon. 181. SADNESS: Colloquial. a-It was the saddest death I ever witnessed. The children touching the face of the dead and calling, "Papa," "Papa"; the mother choking with sobs; the sheriff standing there with his writ—but I can't go on, I—I— Classical. b-The sun for sorrow will not show its head; 182. SARCASM: (See Ridicule, Irony, Mockery.) Colloquial. a-The gentleman is so very considerate, very; so amiable, so gentle. His remarks are so profound, so all-embracing, that I think we shall soon find him editing a baby's primer. b-Brilliant? Of course you are; so, so brilliant. Really, it's a wonder you're not President. Classical. c-What, will the aspiring blood of Lancaster Sink in the ground? I thought it would have mounted. 183. SATISFACTION: (See Admiration.) Colloquial. a-Ah, that's just what I wanted, the very thing. Why, if you had thought for a year you couldn't have brought me anything I should like better. It's perfectly charming. b-That, sir, is absolutely satisfactory. It realizes our hopes to the letter. It is perfection itself. Classical. C- -This gentle and unforced accord of Hamlet Sits smiling to my heart. 184. SCORN: (See Contempt.) SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, i, 2. Colloquial. a—I scorn your offer, and you too, you hypocrite. b—I want nothing to do with you, you wretch. Classical. -You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate That do corrupt my air,-I banish you! 186. SELF-DENUNCIATION: (See Admission, Indigna tion, Remorse.) Colloquial. a-I am absolutely ashamed of myself. b—I admit it, I am a coward, a wretch-it was downright mean of me. a-Oh, it's too much trouble to move. I'm sleepy-so sleepy. I could lounge here all day. 189. SOLEMNITY: (See Sadness.) Colloquial. a-I said to the doctor, "Is there any hope?" "None," he answered. We kept quite still. The poor fellow was breathing his last. |