Chesterton
[ches-ter-tuh n]
- G(ilbert) K(eith),1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.
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Contemporary Examples
It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.
A little gospel here, a little Chesterton there, a little waistcoat here.
I found her, as Shaw found Chesterton, “to sometimes be at his best when you disagreed with him.”
Historical Examples
At this point agreement with Mr. Chesterton becomes difficult.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
Chesterton's method in writing it is that of the digger wasp.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
Chesterton has been throughout his career essentially a Crusader.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
But Chesterton is as devoid of suggestions as a goat is of modesty.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
Another of Chesterton's intellectual aberrations is his anti-Semitism.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
Chesterton
- G (ilbert) K (eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
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