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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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ROMAN'TIC, a.
Of or pertaining to romance; involving or
resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a
romantic undertaking.
Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion? South. Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. Addison. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited
to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic
mind.
Of or pertaining to the style of the
Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the
classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
as, the romantic school of poets.
Characterized by strangeness or variety;
suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Syn. -- Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental. The romantic drama. See under Drama. | ||||||||