A. W. Ward
Cited as A. W. Ward. — 9 quotations
Defeat
In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
Desiderate
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire.
dislike
His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories.
dissociate
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer.
Emancipate
To emancipate the human conscience.
Empire
Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men.
Epoch
The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history.
Erst
Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe.
Suspicion
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor.