Putnam's Phrase Book. Edwin Hamlin Carr
prudential reasons
Without any undue haste
CLEAR
Manifest Plain
As clear as daylight
The issue was clearly drawn
It makes forever clear that——
Left with no misapprehensions
It is self-evident that——
An axiomatic truth
Give me ocular proof.
Othello, III., 3
The apparently inevitable conclusion is that——
It is a matter of the simplest demonstration that——
A lucid explanation
It is a vivid portrayal of——
The results are everywhere apparent
Plain to every eye
I have a very clear conviction that——
I am perfectly clear in my mind as to——
There is nothing ambiguous about it
As significant as raised letters to the blind
With admirable clarity of mind
Open, aboveboard, and explicit
That clears the air
I see it
That simplifies everything enormously
It needs no great play of imagination to see that——
The plain unvarnished fact is——
It can be demonstrated to a mathematical nicety that——
It requires no extraordinary perception to discern that——
It has become perfectly evident that——
A mere cursory examination will make it clear that——
It casts an informing light upon——
As simple and as matter-of-fact as a fever chart
COMMENDATION
(Shakespeare)
Second to none.
The Comedy of Errors, V., 1
There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.
The Tempest, I., 2
A lovelier gentleman——the spacious world cannot again afford.
King Richard III., I., 2
He’s the rock, the oak not to be wind-shaken.
Coriolanus, V., 2
He reads much; he is a great observer, and he looks quite through the deeds of men.
Julius Cæsar, I., 2
A dish fit for the gods.
Julius Cæsar, II., 1
This comes off well and excellent.
Timon of Athens, I., 1
That stirs good thoughts in my breast.
King John, II., 1
He should have a volume of farewells.
King Richard II., I., 4
My man’s as true as steel.
Romeo and Juliet, II., 4
A kinder gentleman treads not the earth.
The Merchant of Venice, II., 8
Ay, every inch a King.
King Lear, IV., 6
I remember him well, and I remember him worthy of thy praise.
The Merchant of Venice, I., 2
He has done nobly.
Coriolanus, II., 3
Happy the parents of so fair a child.
The Taming of the Shrew, IV., 5
The kindest man, the best-condition’d and unwearied spirit in doing courtesies.
The Merchant of Venice, III., 2
Sing again: mine ear is much enamour’d of thy note.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, III., 1
Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
King Lear, V., 3
Your fair discourse hath been as sugar, making the hard way sweet and delectable.
King Richard II., II., 3
You know the very road into his kindness, and cannot lose your way.
Coriolanus, V., 1
Neat, trimly dressed, fresh as a bridegroom.
I. King Henry IV., I., 3
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Measure for Measure, V., 1
Not meanly proud of two such boys.
The Comedy of Errors, I., 1
Your worth is very dear in my regard.
The Merchant of Venice, I., 1
A countryman of yours that has done worthy service.
All’s Well that Ends Well, III., 5
I have heard of the lady, and good words went with her name.
Measure for Measure, III., 1
We lack’d your counsel and your help.
Othello, I., 3
Thy charge exactly is performed.
The Tempest, I., 2
Thy counsel’s sound.
The Taming of the Shrew, I., 1
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading.
King Henry VIII., IV., 2
The very thought of this fair company clapp’d wings to me.
King Henry VIII., I., 4
This was the noblest Roman of them all.
Julius Cæsar, V., 5
I do applaud thy spirit.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V., 4
Good phrases are surely, and ever were, very commendable.
II. King Henry IV., III., 2
Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship.
I. King Henry IV., II., 4
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