The long engagements of Rossetti and Tennyson are often quoted as exemplifying this idiosyncrasy of poets.
He points out the idiosyncrasy of the poet: Men consort in camp and town, But the poet dwells alone.
Whatever judgment may be formed as to the idiosyncrasyof the king, he is a figure of great significance--in the full sense of the expression--for the history of the world.
The remarkable originality and idiosyncrasy of Dickens have perhaps, to some extent and from not a few persons, concealed the fact that he was not, any more than other people, an earth-born wonder.
She likes to appear as the personification of all the virtues, self-sacrificing and otherwise, and this idiosyncrasy is, of course, frequently fatal to sustained interest.
She knew every idiosyncrasy of the hooks and buttons of her well-worn afternoon frock.
For Dickens this vital distinction was emphasized both by natural idiosyncrasy and by the pressure of events which shaped his destiny.
All great cricketers in fact, while observing certain general principles, display some individuality of style, and a bowler who is familiar with a batsman's play is often aware of some idiosyncrasy of which he can take advantage in his attack.
It has to be used, however, with the greatest care and discrimination, since personal idiosyncrasy seems to be a very variable factor.
It is quite wrong to say that the first thing to consider is some particular idiosyncrasy which a man may have picked up by chance.
But each contains characteristics which contribute too much to the knowledge of Peacock's idiosyncrasy to pass altogether unnoticed.
His political idiosyncrasy will be noticed presently; but he, who lived through the whole period from Waterloo to Maiwand, has not, as far as I remember, mentioned a single English writer later than Scott and Byron.
Lord Houghton has defined and explained Peacock's literary idiosyncrasy as that of a man of the eighteenth century belated and strayed in the nineteenth.
Economic value as a quality, present in a good in definite, quantitative degree, regardless of the idiosyncrasy of the particular holder of the good, we found a necessity of economic thought.
That reminds me of this boy's father," replied Dr Middleton; who then detailed to the pedagogue the idiosyncrasy of Mr Easy, and all the circumstances attending Jack being sent to his school.
So far as tones and expressions and habits which belonged to the idiosyncrasy of the original are borrowed by the student of his life, it is a misfortune for the borrower.
This very singular idiosyncrasy he attributed to a fright when he was an infant in the arms of his nurse.
The most effective touches, however, in Garrick, Kean, and other eminent performers, are easily traced to careful observation or a personal idiosyncrasy or association.
This enthusiasm for authors was not altogether the result of a literary idiosyncrasy or local influences; it grew out of a consciousness of personal obligation.
But curiosity is not altogether a disinterested passion; and it is amusing to see how newspapers act upon theidiosyncrasy or the interest of readers.
In truth, the law suited the idiosyncrasy of his mind, and it was most fortunate for his future life, that he adopted it as a lifetime pursuit.
She had, like a literary artist, polished and refined and stippled the effect, till something of personal touch had gone, and there remained classic elegance without the sting of life and the idiosyncrasy of its creator's imperfections.
Idiosyncrasy may not be cauterized, temperament must assert itself, or the personality dies.
The demand we to-day make, is not the idiosyncrasy of a few discontented minds, but a universal movement.
But it may be observed that their letters usually have less intense idiosyncrasy than those of the others.
One work by this royal author must not pass away with the others; it is not only stamped with the idiosyncrasy of the author, but it is one of those original effusions which are precious to the history of man.
We are not concerned with such tales, for there is nothing in them which is peculiar to the idiosyncrasy of the great poet.
To catch the passing phenomenon in all its novelty and idiosyncrasy is a work of artifice and curiosity.
A government, in order to represent the general interests of its subjects, must move in sympathy with their habits and memories; it must respect their idiosyncrasy for the same reason that it protects their lives.
A certain personal idiosyncrasy must be assumed at bottom, else cotton damask would be as good as silk and all men having like opportunities would be equally great.
The pathetic idiosyncrasy of this religion has probably enabled it to touch many a heart and to lift into speculation many a life otherwise doomed to be quite instinctive animal.
Consciousness is not itself dynamic, for it has no body, no idiosyncrasy or particular locus, to be the point of origin for definite relationships.
This idiosyncrasy is brought out by social pressure, while in a state of nature it might have betrayed itself only in trivial and futile ways, as it does among barbarians.
I think before I terminate this yarn I may tell you about a rather quaint incident that happened during the siege of Ohotaki, and as it portrays an idiosyncrasy or trait in Maori character you will pardon my doing so.
In our very varied modern societies, every man and every woman, in the upper and middle ranks of life at least, has an individuality and an idiosyncrasy so compounded of endless varying stocks and races.
Yet most of them find in after days that they have really chosen out of all the world one of the persons best adapted by native idiosyncrasy to make their joint lives enjoyable and useful.
She suffered absolutely no ill effects, so that the manifestations in his case were entirely due to idiosyncrasy and not to anything in the serum itself.
It is not, however, in most cases, but is due to idiosyncrasy or to certain special physical factors in the environment.
Often the supposed idiosyncrasy against a food is due to no better reason than that on a single occasion it disagreed, owing to its preparation, the circumstances under which it was eaten, or the materials with which it was associated.
While in most people the idiosyncrasy is limited to one article of food, this patient has it for all of the articles that are usually the subjects of idiosyncrasy.
Alcohol is said to have an idiosyncrasy for the anterior tibial nerves.
Then they find they have been harboring an illusion as to their supposed idiosyncrasyfor hog-meat.
They will usually be found to be underweight and to be nursing some thought with regard to their digestion, or some supposed idiosyncrasy towards food that is keeping them below the normal weight for their height.
I have had the opportunity to see a series of cases of intestinal idiosyncrasy in a family that has been an interesting study for many years.
The seeing eye is a gift so unusual that whoever accustoms himself to watch what passes around him in the natural world is sure to be often entertained by the remarks, complimentary and otherwise, which such an idiosyncrasy calls forth.
What I am to describe I suppose to be nothing more than an accidental and unaccountable idiosyncrasy of the particular bird in question.
In very troublesome cases of protein idiosyncrasy a method of treatment based on animal experimentation has been advocated.
Idiosyncrasy to cow's milk which is observed sometimes in infants is an anaphylactic phenomenon.
The individual idiosyncrasy of the patient doubtless plays a part.
And the idiosyncrasy of each individual rose must be studied, if we wish it to be happy.
And I must repeat that no rules will really help us, unless we study the special nature and idiosyncrasy of each individual plant, exactly as we study the character of the child we have to deal with.
