Careful Words

large (n.)

large (v.)

large (adv.)

large (adj.)

Large elements in order brought,

And tracts of calm from tempest made,

And world-wide fluctuation sway'd,

In vassal tides that follow'd thought.

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cxii. Stanza 4.

Who so shall telle a tale after a man,

He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can,

Everich word, if it be in his charge,

All speke he never so rudely and so large;

Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe,

Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400): Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 733.

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,

Heaven did a recompense as largely send:

He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear,

He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): The Epitaph.

Thou large-brain'd woman and large-hearted man.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861): To George Sand. A Desire.

Thou large-brain'd woman and large-hearted man.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861): To George Sand. A Desire.