“Plain English” such a one will call his desideratum, as one might call the viands on a. From Wordnik.com. [Mankind in the Making] Reference
"Plain English" such a one will call his desideratum, as one might call the viands on a New Cut barrow. From Wordnik.com. [Mankind in the Making] Reference
And, surely, such a "desideratum" may best be effected by a careful perusal of the manuals to be included in the present series. From Wordnik.com. [Musicians of To-Day] Reference
With regard to this motor, engineers and electricians had been approaching more and more to that desideratum which is known as a steam horse in a watch case. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
I am persuaded that such candor is the desideratum of the world to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
This desideratum of varied tone-colour is sought even by instrumentalists. From Wordnik.com. [Style in Singing] Reference
= Boiling Water = is a very important desideratum in the making of good coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast Dainties] Reference
Hence, the first desideratum being obtained, how shall we accomplish the other. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
A good memory, not critical acumen, is the great desideratum in a Muslim theologian. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Every well-informed person knows that a monopoly is the desideratum of business men. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Pointers for Patentees] Reference
Nevertheless, he paid his board promptly, and that was the desideratum with the landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
The choice of soaps has considerable influence in promoting and maintaining this desideratum. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Fine binding is a desideratum, and, for its cost, that of the Procrustes could not be improved upon. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
The great desideratum of our time is the culture of the component parts of society, of the individual man. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
A higher efficiency is the goal, and the intention is to obtain this desideratum by fair and by just means. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
A greasy havresack, especially on the line of march, is the soldier's first desideratum; and it was rare that. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
For heating, in addition to the furnace, there were several open fire-places, a great desideratum in any house. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance and Tragedy] Reference
It was the fortune of the State of New York to take the earliest step to effect this great desideratum, although. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
As the apparatus was portable and the stream could be directed to any point, it was obviously the desideratum needed. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882] Reference
In acquiring it you must remember that pace is the great desideratum, and, consequently, rapidity of action is requisite. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
A community building, tasteful in architecture and equipped for community use, is a great desideratum, but is not often available. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
It was good that the hotels were behind him and that that inexplicable feeling for the desideratum had died down to a few burning cinders. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
No registration could, of course, take place, but long practice enabled the gunners to put down a very accurate barrage without this desideratum. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919] Reference
That the introduction of an informal and healthful and inexpensive way of entertaining is a grand desideratum no one can fail to observe and allow. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
But, confronted with the concrete problem of what desideratum by which tale, and how, the average teacher sometimes finds her cheerfulness displaced by. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
A good adherent deposit of copper on aluminium used to be considered a desideratum in the days when it afforded the only means of soldering the latter. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
And she would prove to the demagogue, out of his own mouth, that everything cannot be reduced to "bread and shoes all round," as the grand desideratum. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
The Declarer should bear in mind that as the game is the desideratum, the surest, not the most glorious or enjoyable, route of reaching it should be chosen. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
It is the mystical need, the desideratum, expressed in terms of this world's goods -- "Marion's form and colour," "Mantegna's pictures," the lines of a boat. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
Fortunately, sufficient wood has been left in his instruments to enable time to exert its beneficial effects, a desideratum overlooked by many makers of good repute. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
As to the continuation of the "Lives of the Poets," it is a work sadly wanting, but I am not the person to supply the desideratum, even were my power equal to the deed. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
One of the most valuable products of the madder root, it has supplied a great desideratum, and in water especially is indispensable, both as a local and auxiliary colour. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
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