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. 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, Then Hamlet does it not. 126. IRONY: SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet, v, 2. Colloquial. a-You're brave, very, very! b-You are so smart!-so smart! Classical. -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! c-Why, what do you think? Papa is going to take d 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. b-To see that grand old hero smiling there, with his silver locks--yes, man though I am, I could have kissed him. 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. -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 is— b—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, Nods, and becks, and wreathéd smiles, 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. 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; |