The subject of this youthful effort was suggested, its author says, by a refinement of vanity - the desire of justifying and praising the object of a favourite pursuit, namely, the study of ancient literature.
The old palace, now used as public offices, is a large but unattractive edifice, scarcely justifying the boast of an old writer that it did not yield in magnificence even to the palaces of Italy.
justifying הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד