单词 | good rule |
释义 | > as lemmasgood rule a. With preceding adjective, as good rule, right rule, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > conformity to principles of social order > orderly condition of state or society peace?a1160 God's peacec1300 good rulec1300 the king's peace1428 quiet?c1450 civilityc1454 civilness1556 composure1702 social order1703 eunomy1721 eunomia1861 c1300 St. Dunstan (Harl.) l. 46 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 35 (MED) Of þe hous of Glastnebure a gret ordeynour he was, And makede moche of gode reule þat neuer er among hem nas. a1391 J. Clanvow Two Ways (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1975) 66 We musten keepe oure flessh in right reule as men keepen a seek man þat is disposed to fallen in woodnesse, hoopynge to bryngen hym to heele. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 5991 Prelates and prestes of ilka suggette, Þat þai wald noght in right rewel sette. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4958 Eelde gan [read can]..sette men by her ordinaunce In good Reule and in gouernaunce. 1458 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 41 Sey Grenefeld that if he wyll..brynge hym [sc. Clement Paston] in-to good rewyll and lernyng..I wyll geue hym x marc. for hys labore. 1513 T. More in R. Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 761 Wales..was begonne to be farre out of good rule and waxen wylde. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xii. 19 To keip gude reule he raid, and tuke na rest. a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 374 He had greter fascherie to kepe gud reull and ordour. 1660 C. Hoole New Discov. Old Art of teaching Schoole ix. 293 That the Master doe not molest, or come amongst his Scholars,..nor trouble himself concerning them, more then to hear that they keep good rule. 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xxiv. 719 The Observance of good Rule and Order has produc'd many good and great Effects. 1799 G. Stacey Let. 8 July in Early Amer. Trade with Mauritius (1954) 41 Capt. Joliff..finding thing in perfect rule, permitted Capt. Thompson..his course. 1878 24 Oct. in W. M. N. Geary Law Theatres & Music-halls (1885) 185 That good rule and order be preserved within each theatre to the utmost of the power of the manager. 1885 C. M. Yonge Eng. Hist. Reading Bks. II. ii. lii. 139 King Henry kept good rule, and made the Normans fear his strong hand. 1931 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 14 114 Licenses were given then from year to year... They involved an engagement to keep good rule and order. < as lemmas |
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