full of
presumptuous
pride .
John Donne
6.
_Natures Secretary_: i.
e.
Aristotle.
He is always 'the
Philosopher' in Aquinas and the other schoolmen. Walton speaks of 'the
great secretary of nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon'.
l. 7. _jolly Statesmen. _ All the MSS. except _O'F_ agree with _1633_
in reading 'jolly', though 'wily' is an obvious emendation.
Chambers adopts it. By 'jolly' Donne probably meant 'overweeningly
self-confident . . .
full of presumptuous pride . . . arrogant,
over-bearing' (O. E. D. ). 'Evilmerodach, a jolly man, without Iustyse
and cruel. ' Caxton (1474). 'It concerneth every one of us . . . not
to be too high-minded or jolly for anything that is past. ' Sanderson
(1648).
l. 10.
Philosopher' in Aquinas and the other schoolmen. Walton speaks of 'the
great secretary of nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon'.
l. 7. _jolly Statesmen. _ All the MSS. except _O'F_ agree with _1633_
in reading 'jolly', though 'wily' is an obvious emendation.
Chambers adopts it. By 'jolly' Donne probably meant 'overweeningly
self-confident . . .
full of presumptuous pride . . . arrogant,
over-bearing' (O. E. D. ). 'Evilmerodach, a jolly man, without Iustyse
and cruel. ' Caxton (1474). 'It concerneth every one of us . . . not
to be too high-minded or jolly for anything that is past. ' Sanderson
(1648).
l. 10.
