All 7 Uses of
spectacle
in
Candide
- This spectacle redoubled all the feelings which overwhelmed and devoured me.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *
- Their departure, with the ingenious manner in which they and their sheep were hoisted over the mountains, was a splendid spectacle.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- Dr. Pangloss, to prove the existence of design in the universe, says that noses were made to carry spectacles, and so we have spectacles.†
Chpt Intr. (definition 2)
- Dr. Pangloss, to prove the existence of design in the universe, says that noses were made to carry spectacles, and so we have spectacles.†
Chpt Intr. (definition 2)
- Observe, that the nose has been formed to bear spectacles—thus we have spectacles.†
Chpt 1 (definition 2) *
- Observe, that the nose has been formed to bear spectacles—thus we have spectacles.†
Chpt 1 (definition 2)
- Such spectacles as these increased the number of their dissertations; and when they did not dispute time hung so heavily upon their hands, that one day the old woman ventured to say to them: "I want to know which is worse, to be ravished a hundred times by negro pirates, to have a buttock cut off, to run the gauntlet among the Bulgarians, to be whipped and hanged at an auto-da-fe, to be dissected, to row in the galleys—in short, to go through all the miseries we have undergone, or to…†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (spectacle) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) The term spectacles is also used to refer to eyeglasses.