How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
English vice — noun a) Hypocrisy. If hypocrisy was the English vice, as the French critic Taine declared, then it had soon become naturalized in the United States. b) Vacuous, base, and tedious moralism. No new thought, nothing of the nature of a finer turning… … Wiktionary
The English College, in Rome — The English College, in Rome † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The English College, in Rome I. FOUNDATION Some historians (e.g., Dodd, II, 168, following Polydere Vergil, Harpsfield, Spelman, etc.) have traced the origin of the English… … Catholic encyclopedia
The English Constitution — is a book by Walter Bagehot. Written in 1867, it explores the constitution of the United Kingdom, specifically the functioning of Parliament and the British monarchy and the contrasts between British and American government. The book became a… … Wikipedia
Cultural relationship between the Welsh and the English — The relationship between the Welsh and English within Great Britain is mostly characterised by tolerance, respect, and an intermixing of people and cultures. However, elements of mutual mistrust or dislike, and occasionally overt racism, also… … Wikipedia
Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage — Première page de Short View de Collier s. Jeremy Collier publia son pamphlet contre le théâtre, Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (en français Coup d œil sur l immoralité du théâtre anglais), en mars 1698. Dans ce… … Wikipédia en Français
Seafaring and History in the English Channel — ▪ 1995 Introduction by Nigel Calder Queen Victoria welcomed an early proposal for a tunnel under the English Channel in the name of all the ladies in England. Nearly 140 years later the tunnel is open, and its top selling point is still the … Universalium
vice anglais — /vēs ã gleˈ/ noun The English vice, most often applied to flagellation or corporal punishment, but also to eg sodomy ORIGIN: Fr … Useful english dictionary
vice — {{11}}vice (n.1) moral fault, wickedness, c.1300, from O.Fr. vice, from L. vitium defect, offense, blemish, imperfection, in both physical and moral senses (Cf. It. vezzo usage, entertainment ). Horace and Aristotle have already spoken to us… … Etymology dictionary
vice anglais — n [sing] a French phrase meaning ‘the English vice’. It sometimes refers to the practice of gaining sexual pleasure by beating or whipping people, thought to be characteristic of the English, but is often used to mean any typically English fault… … Universalium
The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
