Word: forbearance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scene-setting for the great central struggle. Durant devotes a third of the book to the forces and the men leading up to the Reformation proper-the grimly erudite Oxonian, Wyclif; the austere advance runner of Protestantism. John Huss; the peripatetic humanist. Desiderius Erasmus, who could "scarce forbear" to pray to "St. Socrates" and expressed in satire what many of his contemporaries mutely felt about the late-Renaissance church. Author Durant delightedly quotes from an Erasmus dialogue written on the death in 1513 of Julius II, one of the worldlier Popes, who is presented as seeking admission to heaven from...
...devaluation of money." Ignoring this jarring note, Macmillan remarked that he hoped Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell would live "to enjoy this slight addition to his salary for very many years to come." Just as chummily, Gaitskell, who hopes to trade places with Macmillan some day, replied: "I cannot forbear from reminding the Prime Minister of his great interest in the salary of the Leader of the Opposition...
...fishermen: "forbear swearing, lest [you] be heard and catch no fish...
During the flight, the "King" could not forbear slowing down occasionally to acknowledge the continued cheers of his people. At the gates, the cops grabbed the lot of them-all Louvain University students who had borrowed their fathers' automobiles to stage the royal visit...