"Specialised" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... time the war was begun that the patriotic Englishman could hardly be blamed for asserting that the struggle would be of only a month's duration. On the one side was an army every branch of which was highly developed and specialised and kept in constant practice by many wars waged under widely different conditions. Back of it was a great nation, with millions of men and unlimited resources to draw upon. At the head of the army were ...
— With the Boer Forces • Howard C. Hillegas
... compare with the Rasad, the Observatory, and its charms whereof every viewer as he approacheth saith, 'Verily this spot is specialised with all manner of excellence!' And if thou speak of the Night of Nile full,[FN580] give the rainbow and distribute it![FN581] And if thou behold The Garden at eventide, with the cool shades sloping far and wide, a marvel thou wouldst ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton
... the crime. An individual who for some months past specialised in thefts of clocks ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 • Various
... hardly venture outside of them without impairing the totality of his achievement; but even in these cases it is often a question whether too great a price has not been paid for a narrow and highly specialised skill. There is not only no conflict between a high degree of technical skill and wide interests and knowledge; there is a clear and definite connection between the two. For in all those higher forms of work which involve not only expert workmanship but a spiritual ...
— Essays On Work And Culture • Hamilton Wright Mabie
... the belief that the crowd had no sense of humour . . . then I re-read my novel. I still hold that it is funny in parts, but I see what is wrong. It is a specialised type of humour, or rather wit, the type that undergraduates might appreciate. In fact I was recently gratified to hear that the students of a Scots university were rhapsodising about it. The real fault of the book is that it is clever, and to ...
— A Dominie in Doubt • A. S. Neill
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