Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornater
Literary usage of Ornater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"... stage was the highest it ever reached, and which showed that in competent
hands it need not lack a sober grace, almost beyond that which ornater ..."
2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"... which the capable teacher can broider and patch into a competent treatise of
Rhetoric the ornater English style. Its author's unconquer- and the aye ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"He slops it, and spills it about, so that, were it not for the more definite
rhythm, it might be a clause of the ornater prose. Now, this cannot be right. ..."
4. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... and that the best examples of it deserved a place with the best examples of
the ornater styles at any previous time and in any other kind. ..."
5. Loci Critici: Passages Illustrative of Critical Theory and Practice from by George Saintsbury (1903)
"This half apology — the last words are Euripidean — is followed by a more elaborate
one explaining the grounds of D's objection to P's ornater passages. ..."
6. History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... which the capable teacher can broider and patch into a competent treatise of
Rhetoric the ornater English style. Its author's unconquer- and the ..."
7. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1896)
"... of it deserved a place with the best examples of the ornater styles at any
previous time and in any other kind. Mr. Pater was not tempted by such ..."
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