122. INSOLENCE: (See Contempt.) Colloquial. a- -I wouldn't own such a name. b-I wouldn't belong to such a miserable nationality. Classical. c-As you are old and reverend, you should be wise. SHAKESPEAR, King Lear i, 4. 123. INVOCATION: (See Appeal, Entreaty.) 124. IRREVERENCE: (See Contempt.) Colloquial. a-I don't revere laws; I don't revere anything. Classical. c-You're a fishmonger. SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, ii, 2. 125. IRRESPONSIBILITY: (See Excuse.) Colloquial. a-It's not my fault. b-Well, am I responsible? You surely didn't expect me to do it, did you? c--Don't blame me for it. I didn't do it. Classical. d-If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, And, when he's not himself, does wrong Laertes, 126. IRONY: SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, v, 2. Colloquial. a-You're brave, very, very! b-You are so smart!-so smart! Classical. c-I fear I wrong the honorable men SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, iii, 2. 127. JEALOUSY: (See Contempt, Anger, Malice, Threat ening.) 128. JOY: (See Delight.) Colloquial. a-Throw up your caps! We've won! Hurrah! glorious! c-Why, what do you think? d Papa is going to take us to Europe. I could dance for joy. Classical. More dances my wrapt heart SHAKESPEARE, Coriolanus, iv, 5. 129. LAMENTATION: (See Remorse, Reproach, Agony.) 130. LAUGHTER: (See Mirth.) 131. LOATHING: (See Contempt, Aversion.) 132. LOVE: (See Admiration, Adoration, Affection.) Colloquial. a-There, my little one, put your arms around me-so. Classical. c--It is my lady, Oh, it is my love! SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, ii, 2. d-My bounty is as boundless as the sea, SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, ii, 2. 133. MALICE: (See Cruelty, Malediction.) 134. MALEDICTION: (See Execration, Malice.) Colloquial. a-Serves you right, you wretch. I hope you'll have bad luck and lots of it. b Classical. Poison be their drink! Gall, worse than gall, the daintiest that they taste! SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI, II, iii, 2. c-Oh, may such purple tears be always shed From those that wish the downfall of our house! d-There let him sink, and be the seas on him! 135. MEDITATION: Colloquial. a-Let me see-four into thirty-nine goes (work the sum aloud)—four into thirty-five goes (work the sum aloud)-ninety-eight times seventy-four isb-Ought I to do it, or ought I not? If I do it, they will-they wouldn't ask me that. If I don't do it, they might-no-yes-they will avoid me. Classical. To die, to sleep, No more; and, by a sleep, to say we end The heart ache, and the thousand natural shocks To sleep; perchance to dream;-aye, there's the rub. SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, iii, 1. 136. MELANCHOLY: (See Despair.) * Colloquial. a-I've tried to do the right thing, but somehow everything goes against me. I feel right down miserable. b-Hope? There's no hope. How dull and dead my whole life seems! Classical. -I am a tainted wether of the flock, Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit 137. MIRTH: (See Gayety.) Colloquial. a-Laugh? I should think I did; to see that great fat man with his tall silk hat bump into that fat woman and then fall flat in the mud! It was so funny that I-ha, ha, ha!— b-Fun! That doesn't half tell it. We laughed and sang and sang and laughed until I thought the roof would come down. Classical. c-A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest, d As I do live by food, I met a fool. SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It, ii, 7. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, And love to lie in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. On the light fantastic toe. MILTON, L'Allegro. 138. MISTRUST: (See Suspicion, Assertion.) a-Oh, don't praise me; I did my duty, that's all. Classical. d-I am no orator as Brutus is; For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar, iii, 2. 140. MOANING: (See Agony.) Colloquial. a-Oh, the pain, the pain, the pain! Classical. b-All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh! Oh! Oh! SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, v, 1. 141. MOCK-DEFERENCE: (See Sarcasm.) Colloquial. a-Really, you are so very, very, very superior that I bow to your majesty. Classical. b-Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key Say this Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last; |