All 7 Uses of
revere
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- His reverence: mum's the word.†
Chpt 8
- Of all his kings Richard is the only king unshielded by Shakespeare's reverence, the angel of the world.†
Chpt 9
- This meanwhile this good sister stood by the door and begged them at the reverence of Jesu our alther liege Lord to leave their wassailing for there was above one quick with child, a gentle dame, whose time hied fast.†
Chpt 14
- I want patience, said he, with those who, without wit to enliven or learning to instruct, revile an ennobling profession which, saving the reverence due to the Deity, is the greatest power for happiness upon the earth.†
Chpt 14
- I shudder to think of the future of a race where the seeds of such malice have been sown and where no right reverence is rendered to mother and maid in house of Horne.†
Chpt 14
- Reverently look at her as she reclines there with the motherlight in her eyes,
Chpt 14 *reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe
- With circumspection, as invariably when entering an abode (his own or not his own): with solicitude, the snakespiral springs of the mattress being old, the brass quoits and pendent viper radii loose and tremulous under stress and strain: prudently, as entering a lair or ambush of lust or adders: lightly, the less to disturb: reverently, the bed of conception and of birth, of consummation of marriage and of breach of marriage, of sleep and of death.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear