These observations, however, may suffice, lest we be too operose in demonstrating a matter that is so plain and perspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2] Reference
One might imagine that the sheer messiness of those involuntary consequences could be just as inconvenient as the "operose and diabolical ... machination" that. From Wordnik.com. [Romantic Loves: A Response to _Historicizing Romantic Sexuality_] Reference
Cookery so operose, no Diet so delicious, no Entertainments or Way of. From Wordnik.com. [An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War] Reference
Some of the Xenia are far-fetched and operose, while others sound rather vacuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller] Reference
An operose and expensive establishment of a Supreme Court was made, and charged upon the revenues of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)] Reference
A complex, operose office of account and control is, in itself, and even if members of Parliament had nothing to do with it, the most prodigal of all things. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
In the interim, if these directions appear too busie, or operose, or that the plantation you intend be very ample, a more compendious method will be the confused sowing of acorns. From Wordnik.com. [Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees] Reference
The atmosphere of operose indolence, prolonged through centuries and centuries, stifles; nor can antiquity and influence impose upon a mind which resents monkery itself as an essential evil. From Wordnik.com. [New Italian sketches] Reference
Subjects, 28 ff., who maintains that it is a rule, almost without exception, that “operose or complicated manufactures” are cheapest in rich countries; “raw materials,” in poor ones. From Wordnik.com. [System der volkswirthschaft. English] Reference
In reality no problem can be imagined more operose than that of decomposing the sounds of words into four and twenty simple elements or letters, and again finding these elements in all other words. From Wordnik.com. [Enquiry Concerning Political Justice] Reference
A saturated solution of arsenic in water is preferable I think to the above operose preparation of it; as no error can happen in weighing the ingredients, and it more certainly therefore possesses an uniform strength. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
Mr. Savery or Mr. Volney in their Travels through Egypt has given a curious description of one of the pyramids, with the operose method of closing them, and immuring the body, (as they supposed) for six thousand years. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
As education is a thing necessary for all; for the poor and for the rich, for the illiterate as well as for the learned; Providence has not made in dependent upon systems uncertain, operose, and difficult of investigation. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, with a Memoir by Lucy Aikin] Reference
We thought, Sir, that the utmost which the discontented colonists could do was to disturb authority; we never dreamt they could of themselves supply it, knowing in general what an operose business it is to establish a government absolutely new. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
They were conducted on a scale of grandeur and expense which may still surprise; but taste as yet was in its infancy, and the whole was characterized by the unmerciful tediousness, the ludicrous incongruities, and the operose pedantry of a semi-barbarous age. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
You know, surely, that the Prints ai-e not to be taken out of Magdalen Library, but to the Master's Lodge 1 and must be sensible that no man could have the use of his fin - gers, in such a season as this, to copy such operose drawings aa the two Crosses must be. From Wordnik.com. [Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A.] Reference
Without detailing the inventory of what organs of government have been destroyed, together with the very materials of which alone they can be recomposed, I wish it to be considered what an operose affair the whole system of taxation is in the old states of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)] Reference
From what I have said, it must follow, that the greater the Multitudes are that express this Concurrence, and the more expensive, the more operose, and the more humble the Demonstrations of it are, the more openly likewise they are made, the longer they last, and the higher the. From Wordnik.com. [An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War] Reference
Wynd on that eventful night, fifteen years before, to bring Mrs. Hislop to the house in Meggat's Land; -- one of those simple souls -- we wish there were more of them in the world -- who look upon a lie as rather an operose affair, and who seem to be truthful from sheer laziness. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII] Reference
They do not sow barley without very copious manure, and then they expect from it ten for one, an increase equal to that of better countries; but the culture is so operose that they content themselves commonly with oats; and who can relate without compassion, that after all their diligence they are to expect only a triple increase?. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
And a Bucks County Courier Times op-ed describes further Fitzpatrick’s operose finessing of the issue. From Wordnik.com. [Midterm Roundup] Reference
A revenue of two laks of pagodas, pay the expenses of the fishery, and enrich all parties concerned; while the Malayan operose plan of dredging perhaps affords but a precarious subsistence. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
I should have no objection to this method, but that I think it must smell too strong of the lamp, — and be render’d still more operose, by forcing you to have an eye to the rest of his Non-naturals. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference
It is the characteristic ingredient of the well known copal varnish, an article requiring operose and careful manufacture, but distinguished for the brilliancy, durability, hardness, and resistance of its exquisite polish. ". From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
But what an operose method!. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
His 'Turandot' is distinctly stiff and operose. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller] Reference
To be rendered, full of, or filled with, or the like: as, gritty, healthy, wealthy, stony; fearful, peaceful, vicious, hazardous, dangerous; operose, crinose, tumulose, verbose, full of, or filled with health, &c.; labour, hair, hills, words; bibacious, pugnacious, apt to drink, fight; minacious, loquacious, full of threats, talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
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