单词 | by character |
释义 | > as lemmasby character ΚΠ 1718 W. Gordon Apol. Use of Eng. Liturgy & Worship Pref. p. vi I have not the Honour to be acquainted with the Ingenious Gentleman who is the Author of it; but by Character, he is a Man of a Regular Life. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §76 A nobleman scarce known to him, but by public character. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. x. 217 I had known you by character long before. View more context for this quotation 1859 F. Nightingale Let. 13 May in G. Vallée F. Nightingale on Health in India (2006) 87 He does not highly extol even his Colonel Campbell (he knows him by character only). 1865 S. Meredith Lacemakers 235 She knew the originals of several of the pictures by sight, and by character. < as lemmas |
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