单词 | the king's person |
释义 | > as lemmasthe king's person a. The self, being, or individual personality of a man or woman, esp. as distinct from his or her occupation, works, etc. Formerly also as a term of respectful reference: e.g. the king's person for ‘the king’. Also figurative. his (own) person: himself. your person: yourself, you personally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood > self > one's, etc., self myselfeOE onec1175 persona1382 ownselfa1400 personage1531 his (also her, my) watch?1536 manself1880 his jills1906 ass1916 fanny1916 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xix. 6 Manye herien [a1425 L.V. onouren; L. colunt] the persone of the myȝti. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2487 Ye shal do youre diligence to kepe youre persone and to warnestore youre hous. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 166 I can nouȝt..depraue þi persone with a proud herte. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 45 Ye ar the falsyst lady of the worde and the moste traytoures unto the kynges person. 1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 37 I am so extremely desyrows that the noble parson yf [sic; perh. read of] my saide Prynce showlde tarry withyn Hys Realme. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. liiiiv He [sc. Henry VII] espyed and tried oute suche as he knewe..to beare no good wyll..towarde his person. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I2v Traian..was for his person not learned. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 75 Robbery and Violence, are Injuries to the Person of the Common-wealth. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 368 His circumstances may deserve that his character should be given, tho' his person did not. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments i. i They [sc. our senses] never did, and never can, carry us beyond our own person. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. x. 310 Let me first..see your Majesty's sacred person in such safety as can now be provided for it. 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. ix. 148 Asserting the dignity of his own person, or at all events of his own office. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. iii. 61 We observe..to begin with, that our bodies are not we,—not our proper persons. 1938 tr. E. Mounier Personalist Manifesto i. 1 The whole complex of implements man needs for the development of his person. 1975 J. Russ Female Man 138 To resolve contrarieties, unite them in your own person. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 22 May A court in Rabat found Ali Lamrabet guilty of ‘insulting the King's person’..by publishing satirical articles and cartoons. < as lemmas |
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