No division of literature, perhaps, would serve better as a kind of chrestomathy for illustrating the positions on which the scheme of this series is based. From Wordnik.com. [The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)] Reference
He will be entertained by the chrestomathy of Bokhari; he will be entranced by the story of the winsome and dainty Bidasari. From Wordnik.com. [Malayan Literature] Reference
During a sojourn in the Baltic region he collected texts of spoken Lithuanian and organized them into a grammar and chrestomathy. From Wordnik.com. [LINGUISTICS] Reference
For instance, Nestle's classic Syriac grammar and chrestomathy lacks many of the features that make Zammit's so helpful for students at this stage. From Wordnik.com. [Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard: A Review] Reference
Another lovely gift from mollpeartree, who discovered both volumes of this chrestomathy sheltering in the dim recesses of the Printer's Row Book Fair one year. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
And so all who are interested in Syriac language and literature, for whatever reason, will surely be grateful to Martin Zammit and to Gorgias Press for this chrestomathy. From Wordnik.com. [Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard: A Review] Reference
Meanwhile, I'm enjoying working on Syriac, and trying my hand at not only the Peshitta but also a new chrestomathy i.e. selection of texts published by Gorgias Press, `Enbe men Karmo Suryoyo. From Wordnik.com. [You Don't Know The Language Until You Can Say "Fireman"] Reference
The seventy-nine pages of the present chrestomathy do indeed represent a convenient gathering of Samuel Beckett's recent activities; but they are neither very recent nor, in the crude, quantitative sense, very copious. From Wordnik.com. ["Ssh"] Reference
The lengthy chrestomathy (more than 40 pages in the recently released trade paper edition) is based on at least two actual reference works and provides not only an understanding of the words, but often their etymology and usages. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference
There are other potentially useful resources for Syriac online: Eberhard Nestle's Syriac grammar with chrestomathy for those who have a good grasp of German, the Syriac grammar and Elements of Syriac by Philips, and the Syriac grammar by Uhlemann. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
The volume is a chrestomathy (i.e. a selection of readings) "intended primarily for students who have covered the essentials of Syriac morphology and syntax" (p.viii) and as such it makes a logical place to go next when one has completed John Healey's Leshono Suryoyo: First Studies in Syriac. From Wordnik.com. [Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard: A Review] Reference
I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the Latin grammar and prosody. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life — Complete] Reference
This admirable book has not been, and from its mixture of taste and learning is never likely to be, superseded as an introduction to, and chrestomathy of, the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)] Reference
It is, however, a useful though incomplete and one-sided chrestomathy of Mr Arnold's style from the formal point of view, illustrating both his minor devices of phrase and the ingenious. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Arnold] Reference
If clyster, clonic, chrestomathy, cidevant, clerihew, and clepsydra are "known to the average literate person," then I can only be thankful that VERBATIM is a quarterly so I'll have time to look up all the words. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 3] Reference
If you need to pause to contemplate what chrestomathy means (one dictionary definition: "a selection of literary selections, especially in a foreign language, as an aid to learning"), it won't be the only time "Sea of Poppies" slows you down. From Wordnik.com. [Alanat News] Reference
It is no aimless anthology or chrestomathy like. From Wordnik.com. [Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene] Reference
Rosetta Code is a programming chrestomathy site. From Wordnik.com. [AutoHotkey Community] Reference
Aramaic, chrestomathy. From Wordnik.com. [Books in the Mail and on the Shelf] Reference
Astrology, chrestomathy. From Wordnik.com. [Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard: A Review] Reference
Although it does list unusual, obscure, and preposterous words, it also lists many that are not (clyster, cloaca, clabber, clonic, claqueur, cimmerian, cicada, chrestomathy, cidevant, cist, clerihew, clepsydra -- all words known to the average literate person). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2] Reference
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