bombast

• It is far removed either from meanness or bombast, and has as much elegance in it as any letters in our language. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
• Karleen said that illI the bombast, the extroversion that seemed to increase, there was an acute withdrawal behind, as it would ever be, the center, a depression that foamed up as the whirlwind of a constant hysterical display. —  Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin
• Excessive ferocity and bombast were the keys, accompanied by exaggerated gestures and body movement. —  The Fire In His Hands
• Ramsay's miscellany: the bombast is abated, and the whole much improved.] —  The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
• The origin of this song may be found in Ramsay's miscellany: the bombast is abated, and the whole much improved I It was the charming month of May When all the flow'rs were fresh and gay One morning, by the break of day The youthful charming Chloe From peaceful slumber she arose Girt on her mantle and her hose And o'er the flowery mead she goes The youthful charming Chloe Lovely was she by the dawn Youthful Chloe, charming Chloe Tripping o'er the pearly lawn The youthful charming Chloe II The feather'd people you might see Perch'd all around, on every tree In notes of sweetest melody They hail the charming Chloe Till painting gay the eastern skies The glorious sun began to rise Out-rivall'd by the radiant eyes Of youthful, charming Chloe Lovely was she by the dawn Youthful Chloe, charming Chloe Tripping o'er the pearly lawn The youthful, charming Chloe CCXXXIII LASSIE WI' THE LINT-WHITE LOCKS Tune--"_Rothemurche's Rant. —  The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

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