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Definition of Surmisals
1. surmisal [n] - See also: surmisal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surmisals
Literary usage of Surmisals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Representative Significance of Form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1909)
"Connection between the Thought in this and the Preceding Chapter—The Surmisals
of Art those of One Individual, the Artist—Should Have a Personal Effect—A ..."
2. The Representative Significance of Form: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1900)
"Connection between the Thought in this and the Preceding Chapter—The Surmisals
of Art those of One Individual, the Artist—Should Have a Personal Effect—A ..."
3. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"... primarily, it is one that is quick in apprehending effects of nature, in making
comparisons between these effects, and in drawing surmisals from them. ..."
4. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"Such surmisals with reference to the general subject are sometimes suggested;
but there is nothing to prove or disprove either side of the question. ..."
5. Private Lives of Kaiser William II, and His Consort: Secret History of the by Henry William Fischer (1909)
"... modest surmisals were well founded, as the gossip brought back from Anhalt by
the courtiers and adjutants proved. ..."
6. The Campaign of Chancellorsville: A Strategic and Tactical Study by John Bigelow (1910)
"... Surmisals The line of cavalry outposts from Falmouth westward and northward
was now dispensed with. Devin's brigade (f2^) remained in camp resting up. ..."
7. The Royal Burgh of Forfar: A Local History by Alan Reid (1902)
"Open to question, as they may sometimes be, these works are at least superior to
the fond surmisals of local tradition. We may well be thankful for them, ..."
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