jeremiads

Wright's "jeremiads," Remnick wrote, "were meant to rouse, to accuse, to shake off dejection."

Christopher Lydon: David Remnick: The "Race" Route over Obama's "Bridge" (AUDIO) 2010

Wright's "jeremiads," Remnick wrote, "were meant to rouse, to accuse, to shake off dejection."

Christopher Lydon: David Remnick: The "Race" Route over Obama's "Bridge" (AUDIO) 2010

There isn't much evidence that Stevenson's "jeremiads" helped his cause much.

Larvatus Prodeo 2008

Perhaps not surprising for a former actor, Reagan is often remembered for his best lines: "Trust, but verify," his warning about Soviet relations; "Our enemy is no longer Red Coats, but red ink" and other jeremiads about big government and spending; and references to the "shining city upon a hill," which recalls a 17th-century sermon.

Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011

Perhaps not surprising for a former actor, Reagan is often remembered for his best lines: "Trust, but verify," his warning about Soviet relations; "Our enemy is no longer Red Coats, but red ink" and other jeremiads about big government and spending; and references to the "shining city upon a hill," which recalls a 17th-century sermon.

Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011

Then come the famous denunciations of the Marquis de Custine, along with the jeremiads of Chaadaev—a homegrown convert to the idiom—who, just as Pushkin was publishing Eugene Onegin, chastised Russia for failing to contribute anything to human civilization.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Kevin Mattson, of Ohio University, says that initially the speech was well received, as most jeremiads are.

How America Can Rise Again 2010

In one important way, the jeremiads I have heard since childhood are not part of the great American tradition.

How America Can Rise Again 2010

Then come the famous denunciations of the Marquis de Custine, along with the jeremiads of Chaadaev—a homegrown convert to the idiom—who, just as Pushkin was publishing Eugene Onegin, chastised Russia for failing to contribute anything to human civilization.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Perhaps not surprising for a former actor, Reagan is often remembered for his best lines: "Trust, but verify," his warning about Soviet relations; "Our enemy is no longer Red Coats, but red ink" and other jeremiads about big government and spending; and references to the "shining city upon a hill," which recalls a 17th-century sermon.

Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011