单词 | as why? |
释义 | > as lemmasas why? ΚΠ a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 262 Anna. Nay..And do it lawfully. Cayphas.As how? Anna. Tel you I can. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 117 Hoope Thi argument procedith of ignoraunce. Vndrestondyng As hough? Hoope By as moch as thou knowest not the condicion and the difference of qualitees and of the attribucions of the names of God. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 16/1 We shall see sometime how heretikes come to turne the groundes of our faith wholy vpside downe. As how? If any denie that Iesus Christ is God euerlasting, etc. a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xxxi. 39 But I have yet no meanes to benefit my countrey! As how man? you cannot builde it a schoole, an Exchange, or a Bathe: what's all that to the purpose? 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iii. i. 36 Naive! as how? Phil. Speaking of a thing that was naturally said; it was so naive. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xi. 161 If he could be ruined alone, she should be very willing for it, for because as why,..he deserved it. View more context for this quotation 1764 S. Foote Lyar i. i. 7 Pap. This disguise procures me many resources... Y. Wild. As how?.. Pap. Why, at a pinch, Sir, I am either a teacher of tongues..or a dancing-master. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 213 When he might awe the Elements, and make Myriads of Spirits serve him!..But as how! By a league with Hell, a covenant that binds The soul to utter death! 1871 All Year Round 17 June 64/1 Didn't see any harm in poaching. As why? The squire didn't feed the partridges, the pheasants, and the hares, as he did his horses and dogs. < as lemmas |
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