| 单词 | the republic of letters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe republic of letters b. the republic of letters: authors collectively; the field of literature.Cf. republic of literature in quot. 1610 at sense 3a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] writing1340 scripturea1382 scripturea1382 scrowsa1513 stuff1542 the republic of letters1677 belles-lettres1710 literature1711 the Muses1838 lit.1850 letters1916 society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > company or body of writers worship1486 the republic of letters1677 1562 J. Dee in Notes & Queries (1879) 5th ser. 11 402 The frute wherof, my Cuntry et tota Resp. Litteraria, iustly shall ascribe to your wisdome.] 1677 E. Ravenscroft Scaramouch iii. i. 49 Go friend, you are very impertinent, and ought to be banish'd [from] the Republick of Letters. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 441 Pray consider what a figure a man would make in the republick of letters [etc.]. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. i. 38 One of the greatest..discoveries that has been made of late years in the republic of letters. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 120 Those men have merited so well of the republic of letters. a1808 R. Hurd in J. Addison Wks. (1811) II. 364 The satire contained in this paper..I doubt, has done no small hurt in the republic of letters. 1858 Derby Mercury 27 Oct. 5/3 He voluntarily takes a lower place in the republic of letters than the world was ready to accord to him. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxvi. 341 There was another field of exertion..in the republic of letters. 1909 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 9 Apr. 7/3 The republic of letters is peculiarly liable to revolution and disaster. 1951 J. Lavrin Nikolai Gogol i. 16 Unlike Pushkin, Gogol was hardly familiar with even the major figures in the European Republic of Letters. 1992 Isis 83 133/1 The Republic of Letters was no democracy. < as lemmas |
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