单词 | an error on the right hand |
释义 | > as lemmasan error on (also of) the right hand ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > on the right side an error on (also of) the right handa1591 right-handed1616 right hand1631 a1591 H. Smith Fruitful Serm. 42 For Salomon saith, There is an errour vppon the right hande as well as vpon the left, that is, as I may call it: The zealous errour. 1656 H. Stubbe Let. 7 Oct. in T. Hobbes Corr. (1994) I. 311 I hope you can pardon offences of ye right hand, & dispense with insolencyes which proceed from an excesse of respect. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World III. i. sig. B2 I humbly conceive it is an Error on the right-hand, wherein I am but better than my Word. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. Argt. 76 One Error, though on the right hand, yet a great one, is, That they are no Helps to a Virtuous Life. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 207 It was an Error of the right Hand if it was an Error, for by this she kept up the Reputation..of her Business. 1756 S. Pike & S. Hayward Some Important Cases Conscience Answered II. viii. 8 If Persons are inclined seriously and conscientiously to take the whole Fault upon themselves, this is an Error on the right Hand. < as lemmas |
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