All 6 Uses of
flourish
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- And thereafter in that fruitful land the broadleaved mango flourished exceedingly.†
Chpt 12 *
- The lewd suggestions of some faded beauty may console him for a consort neglected and debauched but this new exponent of morals and healer of ills is at his best an exotic tree which, when rooted in its native orient, throve and flourished and was abundant in balm but, transplanted to a clime more temperate, its roots have lost their quondam vigour while the stuff that comes away from it is stagnant, acid and inoperative.†
Chpt 14
- Stephen, flourishing the ashplant in his left hand, chants with joy the introit for paschal time.†
Chpt 15
- He flourishes his ashplant, shivering the lamp image, shattering light over the world.†
Chpt 15
- He understood however from all he heard that Dr Mulligan was a versatile allround man, by no means confined to medicine only, who was rapidly coming to the fore in his line and, if the report was verified, bade fair to enjoy a flourishing practice in the not too distant future as a tony medical practitioner drawing a handsome fee for his services in addition to which professional status his rescue of that man from certain drowning by artificial respiration and what they call first aid…†
Chpt 16
- …bazaar ticket, no 2004, of S. Kevin's Charity Fair, price 6d, 100 prizes: an infantile epistle, dated, small em monday, reading: capital pee Papli comma capital aitch How are you note of interrogation capital eye I am very well full stop new paragraph signature with flourishes capital em Milly no stop: a cameo brooch, property of Ellen Bloom (born Higgins), deceased: a cameo scarfpin, property of Rudolph Bloom (born Virag), deceased: 3 typewritten letters, addressee, Henry Flower, c/o.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)