Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackbrain
Literary usage of Crackbrain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... crackbrain in ' Lethe/ and Rob Roy followed. On 17 June in ' Love, Law, and
Physic' he played Flexible, 1 after the manner of the original performer' ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"The Drawer up of this Performance was Dr. Richd Newton, Principal of Hart Hall,
who is generally look'd upon very deservedly as a crackbrain'd Man, ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"See, also, some remarks of Peter crackbrain, in American Mercury, February 18, 1793.
t Independent Gazetteer, March 9, 1793. t Gazette of the United States, ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... he treats, with leniency and the loftiest tolerance, as a mystic and lunatic;
and if the unhappy crackbrain has any handicraft, literary or other, ..."
5. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... he treats, with leniency and the loftiest tolerance, as a mystic and lunatic ;
and if the unhappy crackbrain has any handicraft, literary or other, ..."
6. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... again : ' ran ara ' from the Cleve Country' (probably some madhouse ' above
a year ago, I hear; and what is the matter ' such a crackbrain end ? ..."
7. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... crackbrain in ' Lethe/ and Rob Roy followed. On 17 June in ' Love, Law, and
Physic' he played Flexible, 1 after the manner of the original performer' ..."
8. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"The Drawer up of this Performance was Dr. Richd Newton, Principal of Hart Hall,
who is generally look'd upon very deservedly as a crackbrain'd Man, ..."
9. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"See, also, some remarks of Peter crackbrain, in American Mercury, February 18, 1793.
t Independent Gazetteer, March 9, 1793. t Gazette of the United States, ..."
10. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... he treats, with leniency and the loftiest tolerance, as a mystic and lunatic;
and if the unhappy crackbrain has any handicraft, literary or other, ..."
11. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... he treats, with leniency and the loftiest tolerance, as a mystic and lunatic ;
and if the unhappy crackbrain has any handicraft, literary or other, ..."
12. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... again : ' ran ara ' from the Cleve Country' (probably some madhouse ' above
a year ago, I hear; and what is the matter ' such a crackbrain end ? ..."
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