| 单词 | suppleness |
| 例句 | His suppleness, combined with his bigness of frame, and his large, wide-set rather glowing eyes, heavy black hair, and markedly bronze complexion gave him some of the handsomeness of an Indian. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Under her faded sari her breasts hung loose; gone was the tense suppleness that had been her pride and her power. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw again the strength of her legs, the brown of her ankles and calves, the suppleness of her spine, the film of sweat at her throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was something inebriating in the suppleness of this feat. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Strength and suppleness came back to my muscles. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Throughout, Okonedo displays the suppleness of thought, and the wit, with which Medea surely once bewitched Jason, and the remorseless logic that has led to her monstrous deeds. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Lindsey sang and acted the role with an exquisite suppleness that perfectly offset the quiet madness of Mr. Filianoti’s Hoffmann portrayal. Music Review: Is It Traditional or Modern? Both, With Nods to Kafka and Fellini 2010-09-29T22:38:00Z If there were constants running through the recital’s poised first half and galvanic second, they were Matsuev’s razor-sharp articulation, suppleness of phrasing and unerring sense of the way a musical argument unfolds. Pianist dazzles in Strathmore recital 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The men found strength in suppleness; the women were softer still, plush yet never weak. An Evening of Ronald K. Brown Lifts Alvin Ailey’s Season 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Three of his band members are good singers, and their work on "Drive My Car" and others helps cover for the fact their boss' voice has lost some of its youthful suppleness. McCartney performs radio concert at Apollo 2010-12-14T13:01:04Z Though lacking the complexity and suppleness of later novels, “Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes” is concerned with the same themes. Per Petterson’s ‘I Refuse’ and ‘Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z But they are enough — all the dish needs to bring the suppleness of sweet peppers to the fore. What’s Better Than Caramelized Onions? Caramelized Peppers 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Because that career was possibly over now — the next Olympics will happen when she’s 19, which is ancient in the Russian figure skating program that relies on the physical suppleness and mental compliance of youth? Perspective | The most painful part of Kamila Valieva’s Olympic stumble was what happened after she left the ice 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Parsons has hummingbird-like feet, huge elevation and mercurial leaps, and Brach's porcelain demeanor belies a fierce technique, her back a study in suppleness, her turns precise. In-your-face Tchaikovsky from American Contemporary Ballet 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z There is simply and once again Reeves, the axis who centers this franchise with his grave sincerity, beatific glow and mesmerizing, rooted fighting style, with its heavy-footed solidity and surprising suppleness. ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: There Will Be Blood, Yeah 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Most exciting of all is the energy and suppleness he has unleashed in Cunningham’s own role, here danced by Raymond Pinto, a tall Juilliard student now entering his final year. Dance Review: Cunningham Work at Summer Stages Dance in Boston 2012-07-27T21:13:23Z In the pensive Andante, he played the mournful melodic line with lyrical suppleness while eerily articulating the delicate rhythmic figure that runs through the music obsessively. Richard Goode Plays Bach and Schubert 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z There was vibrant singing from the chorus and elegant playing from the orchestra, conducted with suppleness and Verdian style by Steven White. Music Review: City Opera Returns With Jonathan Miller?s ?Traviata? 2012-02-13T23:38:27Z Ms. Royal’s voice is sweet and focused, and she uses it with the suppleness and warmth that Rimbaud’s texts demand. Music Review: Traditional Works Made in an Avant-Garde Time 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z For the most part, Gorr simply gives Thor another chance to play the hero, which Hemsworth does with a stellar deadpan and appreciable suppleness. ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Review: A God’s Comic Twilight 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z This injected suppleness into works that can suffer from excess blending. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z Lacey writes with a peculiar suppleness entirely her own; her sentences have a way of dancing around common turns and spinning off in strange directions. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Yet he has his design fingers on the pulse of now in the way he uses leather as an outer skin without losing the suppleness of the body underneath. Special Report: Celine's Chic Severity 2010-03-07T18:39:00Z Ms. Wakim, in particular, sang with extraordinary suppleness and beauty, and the ensemble singing was exquisitely unified and balanced. Critic?s Notebook: A Festival Brings the Obscure to the Fore, With a Global Touch 2011-06-20T21:59:21Z The ensemble captured that spirit by playing the score with a suppleness that hinted at stage action and emotional give-and-take, without becoming overtly pictorial. Music Review: Baroque Style?s Evolution Is Traced Across Europe 2010-10-12T21:45:00Z In their lavender gowns, the young women looked like sophisticated debutantes, but there was little suppleness in their entwining lines. Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Atmosphere came late to the party 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Her subject matter is so appealing, it almost obscures the power and suppleness of her language. Looking at Gish Jen and the Conglomeration of Others 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z “But I was a little mistaken about Billy’s extraordinary ability. His suppleness and flexibility won him the role.” Billy Porter Tells His Own Story in ‘While I Yet Live’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z His skin, owing to infrequent sun exposure and generous bastings with baby oil, has a Madame Tussaud-like smoothness and suppleness. How Hef Got His Groove Back 2011-02-06T07:48:01Z It offers apricot and pear fruit aromas and flavors, and a medium texture and suppleness. Five wines to try this week 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Loueke has switched from nylon to steel strings, and he leans more on his effects pedals, while subtly toning down the vocalizing that gives his music some of its folkloric suppleness. New Music: Music From Yeasayer, Tamia, Lionel Loueke and Divine Fits 2012-08-27T21:53:22Z In the piano passages thick, wayward chromatic chords are pierced with twisting inner voices, played here with a rich sound and suppleness by Mr. Höll. Music Review: Expectations Are Made to Be Upended 2011-01-12T22:00:01Z Ms. Gummer, who played an amusingly ditzy lawyer in a few episodes of “The Good Wife,” shows a little more individuality and suppleness as Mina, an insecure but ambitious doctor. | 'Off the Map': Doctors Operating Abroad, With Lots of Body Language 2011-01-12T00:12:29Z After the entrance of Mr. Courchel, a dancer of yogic suppleness, the two engage in partnering that seems provisional. Dance Review: Jon Kinzel’s New Work Debuted at Chocolate Factory 2013-12-08T20:23:33Z The suppleness of the typewriter’s clicks, as heard in the hall, served as a reminder of the work of the sound designer Levy Lorenzo, whose subtly effective approach to amplification helped the evening cohere. Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Barhany adds a sift of wheat flour for suppleness and lets the batter ferment a week or more. At Tsion Cafe in Harlem, Food From Ethiopia via Israel 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The reading unfolded with startling efficiency, moving briskly through a cycle of aural imagery, from warm-hued suppleness to mechanistic precision, mysteriousness and sparkling fragility. Music Review: Bamberg Symphony Led by Jonathan Nott at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-05-22T22:06:14Z Mr. Gere is one of cinema’s great walkers, graced with a suggestively predatory physical suppleness, and he slips through the movie like a panther. Movie Review: Richard Gere in ‘Arbitrage’ 2012-09-13T21:28:56Z So why was I reeling down 42nd Street in a daze after seeing Edie Falco play her, ferociously and with extraordinary suppleness, in Sharr White’s “The True,” at the New Group? Enraged by Their Times, Women of Ambition Seize the Stage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s the suppleness of the back, or the constant undulation of the spine rising and falling, that gives the movement a gentle kaleidoscope affect. Dance Review: ?Juilliard Dances Repertory? at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-03-30T21:31:38Z The musicians threw themselves into the fray, a bit stiffly at first and then with increasing suppleness. Orchestra presents first concert since founder George Shangrow's death 2010-10-11T19:33:00Z Their suppleness is so inviting,” said the composer Mark Grey, who captured their sounds with a mobile studio in 2002 to build simulacrums for the Kronos Quartet. A Sibling Rivalry Divides a Famous Artist’s Legacy 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Even so, the plush use of plié and of the suppleness of the back, integral in Mr. Taylor’s work, expressed an urgency and brio continuing to the final diagonal crossing. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at City Center 2013-12-11T22:17:24Z The stately presence of Ms. Young contrasts beautifully with her silken suppleness. Dance Review: Ronald K. Brown/Evidence at the Joyce 2012-07-12T20:40:16Z Ballet is a series of the strictest, most rigid disciplines invented to portray ultimate suppleness and effortless musicality. The Silent Song of Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina (1925-2013) 2013-04-12T21:50:43Z Her “Casta Diva,” couched in a dark, almost mezzolike tone but with real power in the high notes, was the picture of vocal suppleness and deeply felt phrasing. Music Review: The Trees and Fields Are Laced With Arias 2011-07-12T20:32:20Z The orchestra, as in the Wagner, produced a solid, thoroughly unified sound, qualities it retained — with a measure of suppleness and mystery added — in the Debussy. Music Review: Knights in Naumburg Orchestral Concert at Central Park 2012-07-11T22:01:58Z A molten, creamy mass of potatoes permeated with mountain cheeses, aligot combines the stretchy pull of fondue with the silky suppleness of potato purée. A Dish to Comfort on Those Cold, Dark Days 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Bicket’s superb players brought clarity and suppleness to their stylish and refined playing. Review: Joyce DiDonato Is Wrenching in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z She brought suppleness to Verdi’s long-lined phrases, executed every trill and turn cleanly, sang pianissimo high notes sensitively and summoned earthy power in moments of torment. Music Review: Bold ?Trovatore,? Inspired by Goya 2010-10-27T23:23:00Z He tries printing on green silk instead of paper, to get extra light and suppleness into an image. Barocci: Brilliance and Grace – review 2013-03-03T00:05:53Z The most beguiling presence is Ghrai DeVore, a nimble, androgynous creature — she looks a bit like Grace Jones — whose strength is tempered by suppleness. Dance Review: Ailey II, ABT II and Taylor 2 at Joyce?s 1.2.3. Festival 2010-04-18T21:55:00Z At Dior Homme, the bold hats contrasted with the liquid suppleness of the clothes. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z She laughs, and you can hear the elasticity of her vocal cords—the suppleness of a slingshot ready to lob a High C into the dress circle at any moment. Soprano He Hui Is Blazing a Trail for China's Opera Singers 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The result deprives Curlew River of its quiet wonder and mystery, and the performance, directed from the keyboard of a chamber organ by Roger Vignoles, also lacks the suppleness it needs. Curlew River – review 2013-06-19T16:42:28Z Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who died at 85 on Saturday, had so many gifts as a writer — suppleness, wit, an unsparing eye for detail — that he could seemingly do whatever he wanted. V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious Greatness 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The suppleness of these portraits yields all sorts of enriching details, many of them about Rose, the play’s unseen central character. Review | Playwright Richard Nelson ends his epic cycle of hyper-realistic drama with — what else? — a global pandemic 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Maybe you think your obsessive need to find out everything about everything via your personal device is a delightful reflection of the boundlessness of your curiosity and the suppleness of your intellect. The Multiverse Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in ‘Come With Me’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z As Stravinsky goes, this is unusually cheerful music, and both Mr. Serkin and the Philharmonic played it with the warmth and suppleness you expect in Beethoven but hear too rarely in performances of Stravinsky. Music Review: New York Philharmonic in the Modern Beethoven Festival 2012-03-02T22:43:08Z In her case, that involves more than finger power and interpretive suppleness. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z The fish should fall into silky, pink chunks when your fork breaks into a fillet, without any browning to distract from its suppleness. For a Silkier Salmon, Turn Down the Heat 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z She takes on the physically grueling task with ninja-like focus and suppleness. Review: The Met’s ‘Walküre’ Has a Cast Worth Bragging About 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z In a way, she offered the best of both worlds: complete fluidity in the music’s exotically winding, intricately melismatic lines, along with an entirely contemporary suppleness in both phrasing and dynamics. Music Review: The Food of Love, Coaxed From Ancient Instruments 2011-03-07T22:05:43Z True enough, but you can also appreciate the aptness of the critic Adolphe Jullien’s observation that Massenet showed “the greatest suppleness and skill” in the score “without putting much musical pith into it.” Opera Review: This Version of Massenet's 'Cendrillon' Fits Just Right 2011-07-12T13:00:05Z He savors and shares tiny triumphs: “Before kicking off, he took a moment to rub the bills between his fingers, enjoying their raggy suppleness.” Numbers, Speed, Mystery: The World of the Delivery Worker 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The orchestra played beautifully for him: the brass and woodwind choirs in the Andante moderato were exceptionally fine, and the string playing captured the work’s suppleness as well as its grandeur. Music Review: Many Different Sounds In a Wide-Ranging Week 2010-10-15T21:26:00Z Conducted by the orchestra's music director Christopher Warren-Green, the orchestral playing lacked some of the fizz and suppleness one nowadays looks to hear in this repertoire, but it was an eye-opening evening nonetheless. London Chamber Orchestra/Warren-Green – review 2013-04-19T16:41:24Z Ms. Cooke’s strength here was an ability to strike a credible balance between two conflicting qualities: a youthful freshness and the kind of expressivity and suppleness that only experience can convey. Music Review: They?re Young, Even if They Aren?t Beginners 2010-10-20T21:28:00Z But over the course of the first act, Daniel Schmutzhard’s direct, bright baritone sound found a suppleness that lent his Schwanda a smooth melodic line. An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Nicholas Phan, a tenor with a sweet, lyrical tone, sang Obadiah’s music with a suppleness that contrasted strikingly with the drive of Mr. Outlaw’s reading. Music Review: A Score To Praise A Prophet 2011-04-28T20:51:24Z The moral suppleness of the flood hero crescendos with his first reaction to the post-flood world. “Noah” wasn’t the first: 5 flood stories you may not know 2014-04-12T14:30:00Z Mr. Kigawa recast the sonata as an essay in how to apply suppleness to virtuosity, and the result was an energetic but also characterful account. Music Review: Difficult Pieces Inspire a Pianist 2010-08-25T22:15:00Z At Hermès , the designer Christophe Lemaire devoted his second collection to “nonchalance, simplicity, freshness and suppleness” — which is very much in the current spirit, as well as central to Hermès. Fashion Review: Phoebe Philo at Celine and Haider Ackermann on Paris Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:48:42Z Despite her suppleness there’s a tenacity about her as she crosses from one side of the stage to the other, in the end disappearing into the wings. Review: A Sophisticated Journey Continues 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The former employs fabric and tar, while the latter uses mixed media to suggest the chilly suppleness of carved marble. In the galleries: The Washington Color School on show Gilman points to “transformations,” exercises in which improvisations were rapidly changed to build agility, suppleness and ensemble unity, as a crucial link between these two figures. Sam Shepard, the cowboy playwright who rewrote the rules of the American stage 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Lighting one of many cigarettes – the suppleness of his mind and body at 86 defy medical opinion on the risks of chain-smoking – Camilleri indicates a central bookshelf, explaining that this contains "my most important authors". Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing 2012-07-06T21:55:16Z Abigail Fischer sang them with a suppleness and intensity that emphasized their meditative qualities and underlying drama. Music Review: Missy Mazzoli and Matt Mehlan in River to River Festival 2012-07-13T21:22:07Z She floated pianissimo high notes, shaped melodic lines with suppleness and dispatched coloratura runs so that they emerged as elaborations of lyrical lines, not just showy passagework. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z Still, he brought shape and suppleness to the music, and, most important, allowed the singers plenty of leeway for lyrical expression. Opera Review: ‘I Puritani’ Revisits the English Civil War 2014-04-18T21:33:16Z With a 100m strip to straddle, the artist relied less on the suppleness of his line than on the pizzazz of a technical transformation. Signs of the times 2010-04-16T23:05:00Z Today, however, Washington has lost the flexibility and suppleness that would inform just this sort of strategy. Opinion | America’s foreign policy has lost all flexibility 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Under the composer’s fingers, the opening chord progression grows with a natural and elegant suppleness. Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z But for now, voters’ 2022 verdict should highlight the suppleness and integrity of American political institutions, and the advantages of playing by their rules instead of undermining their foundations. Opinion | The midterms have busted the myth of conservative ‘minority rule’ 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z When placing the rolled round in the pie plate, you should feel the suppleness of it on your fingers and keep it from going taut. Pie, Made Easy 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z So-called K-leather — which is prized for its strength, light weight and suppleness — is the product of a brutal and inhumane system of harvesting that slaughters up to 2 million kangaroos a year, animal advocates say. California banned the sale of kangaroo leather years ago. Lawsuits contest its continued presence 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z But only the last comes close to matching the suppleness and pizazz of her prose. Review | Marina Warner’s new book evokes the vanished glamour of yesterday 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Anyone who loves an athlete sees in O’Connor’s work a kind of intellectual athleticism, a suppleness. Perspective | Alito’s draft opinion would halt Title IX’s forward march 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z You cannot taste the suppleness of the noodles once they start to fuse together in the container. Review | Menya Hosaki serves bowls of ramen and moments of peace 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z He’s managed to tame it in a way that highlights the variety’s complexity and suppleness. Andy Perdue reveals his 25 top Northwest wines for 2019 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The vastness of the Bowl exposed a lack of vocal suppleness when there was nothing else competing for our attention but the nasally tone of his singing. Review: Hugh Jackman sings, dances and charms, delivering a grand time at the Hollywood Bowl 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Stick with it, and you'll figure out the feeling of suppleness in the wrists that lets you pinch the ball off the turf. How to hit Jordan Spieth's favorite chip shot - Golf Digest 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z But the lack of emotional suppleness grows only more noticeable. Review: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ from Roundabout Theatre has more showmanship than chemistry 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Her ballet training was evident in her suppleness and elegant positions, and she said the picturesque positions are second nature now. Expressive program puts Bradie Tennell in lead at Four Continents competition 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The beef added flavor and texture while the pork added suppleness, fat and moisture. We tried all the meatballs at the Meatball Shop and ranked them from worst to best 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z It was renowned for its riverine suppleness, and for an ethereal translucence that few other voices could equal. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Always a proud carpenter of plays and a seemingly limitless Sears catalog of jokes, Simon eventually discovered the artistic suppleness that brought him the one thing box office glory couldn’t buy: respectability. Neil Simon: How the playwright wrote his own second act and finally won over critics 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z It is a home counties English Conservative view that has little feel for the human and cultural suppleness of the UK union, or of the European one either. England must start to listen to its neighbours on these troubled isles | Martin Kettle 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Such suppleness eludes him now — when he pushes into the extremes of his register, he misses pitches and warps his tone. With 'Broadway and the Bard,' Len Cariou helps us hear the music in Shakespeare 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The softer ears are reserved for uses where suppleness and smoother grain are preferred. Elephant Skin Auctions in Zimbabwe Are Booming—And Legal 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It requires a pragmatism and suppleness of intellect that ideologues don’t possess. Trump’s reshaped Fed won’t reveal itself until the next crisis 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Mastering the left hand requires incredible touch and suppleness, and I would not be surprised if lefties have an advantage here. Do Lefties Have an Advantage in Sports? It Depends 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Set against these considerations is a commercial one: leather, prized for its durability and suppleness, is a business worth $100bn a year. Leather grown using biotechnology is about to hit the catwalk 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Also, five-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, uncut and relatively scrawny but better than ever as he hits 40, is strongly endorsing muscle pliability and suppleness over bulk. Survival of the Fittest? - Golf Digest 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z If he pierced that, he told me, there would be no way to preserve the power and suppleness of her voice. Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice? 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The movement thus develops a suppleness, a buoyancy, that enables it to massage the inevitable differences and fissures that accompany any expansion beyond its base. The G.O.P.’s Existential Crisis 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It is a reassuring sign of the creativity and suppleness of the American Constitution, of its amphibian capacity to grow a new limb when an old one atrophies. Opinion | Revolt of the attorneys general 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z But I was soon to discover that suppleness on the page was nothing compared with the real world, where survival depended on being adaptable in very different ways. When a Writing Opportunity Knocks, Answer 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Goffin’s lyrics do not get short shrift in the show, but rather they are highlighted for their verbal suppleness and an emotional sincerity that often transcended pop schlock. A hit-filled trip through the life and loves of Carole King 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The young men's tough and strong bodies were not conditioned to handle the suppleness needed for those fluid movements in the French dance. The ballet dance troupe started in a Nigerian garage - BBC News 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The suppleness of jazz is there but the album's solos are either brief or tucked under the vocals. David Bowie charts yet another new direction in latest release 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z And the gleaming, curvaceous quality of welded car parts lends them suppleness and tactility.” Who made the shiny car-bumper sculpture in an Adams Morgan park? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z He drops to the floor and rolls his body from head to toe with an impressively liquid suppleness. How Taye Diggs Is Transforming the Role of Hedwig 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z I tend to think that while Becker became stronger as he matured, he also lost the suppleness that made his volleying exceptional in his teens. 'I knew it would be life changing' 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z How easily that suppleness of sound, patterned on the page, can clog into visual fuss. Why Can’t the Future Be Fun? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The Russian methods focus on preserving the body’s physical form—its look, shape, weight, color, limb flexibility and suppleness—but not necessarily its original biological matter. Lenin has never looked better: Why his body is improving with age 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The Russian methods focus on preserving the body's physical form—its look, shape, weight, color, limb flexibility and suppleness—but not necessarily its original biological matter. Lenin's Body Improves with Age 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The Russian methods focus on preserving the physical form of the body—the look, shape, weight, color, limb flexibility and suppleness—but not necessarily the original biological matter. Lenin Lies in Precarious State 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z "Frost-proof," he says before bending with the suppleness of a yogi to dam a channel with a slab of obsidian. The dogged old man of the badlands 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z His practical experience of elections and election law would have magnified the customary effects of his persuasiveness, intellectual suppleness, wit, and personal magnetism. Mario Cuomo: A Miscarriage of Justice 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Finely tuned, with high toned fruit notes, some clove and cherry and a lovely suppleness on the palate. Ten Best Wines From 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z This top-ranked wine from the 2014 Virginia Governor’s Cup competition oozes suppleness with warm baking spices and dark cherry to black fruits. Six Great Wines To Serve At Thanksgiving Dinner 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z He has kept his body supple and fit enough to obey his fighting mind, but it’s the continuing suppleness of that mind, as he strategizes, that has always constituted his principal advantage. Bernard Hopkins, Boxing’s Oldest – and Most Cunning – Champion 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In essence, the GDS is trying to bring to government the digital suppleness that occurs more naturally in the private sector. Laboratory conditions 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z He praised Marshall’s “mental suppleness” and said advanced age had not slowed him down. Pentagon weighs future of its inscrutable nonagenarian futurist, Andrew W. Marshall 2013-10-28T01:10:06Z He made sure I noticed every detail, including the suppleness of the strap. Is Shopping Actually Good for You? 2013-04-16T07:35:00Z The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill. The pun conundrum 2013-01-16T00:55:26Z He abandoned his design of a steam motorboat engine, for example, because once he had developed it to rival diesel power it lost its suppleness and "was not a nice thing any more". Alex Moulton obituary 2012-12-10T18:06:07Z It was Douglas who led off the concluding fusillade of floor routines with a performance of jaw-dropping suppleness. London 2012: US gymnastics victory rolls back the years 2012-07-31T21:20:25Z In her the Indian strain had only physical expression, and that only in the slim suppleness of her frame; she would never grow stout as do so many Spanish women. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z In a work devoted to the curiosities of human nature, we must not omit Joseph Clark, of London, a man whose suppleness of body rendered him the wonder of his time. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Poor Queen Victoria looked awkward and homely indeed by the side of this graceful, noble form; this figure that expressed so well the combination of suppleness and affluence, of imperial dignity and charming womanhood. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There is an uncompromising spirit of liberty breathing its divine inspirations over every page, wholly irreconcilable with that courtly suppleness which is adapted to the genius of these governments. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The usual outward sign of such suppleness is an arched neck, though as occasionally an habitual puller will arch his neck naturally, this is not an infallible sign. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Never attempt to put any hard instrument, or, indeed, any instrument at all, other than the soft suppleness of a feeling finger, into a dog's ear. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Without a trace of pedantry or dogmatism, such works appear from time to time in Paris and are delightful reminders of the good breeding and suppleness of Gallic criticism. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z I fancy, too, there is more rapidity and suppleness, and I am sure there is more mirth. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z It had made him hardy, it had given strength and suppleness to his body; he had gained a delight in adventure and unshaken courage in danger. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z The late Sir Henry Maine, differing in that respect from earlier political theorists, has in that very suppleness and elasticity which his predecessors praised discovered a source of weakness to the English constitution. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z For these purposes, if carefully and judiciously carried out, it is most effective, calling alternately upon every portion of the frame wherein suppleness is indispensable to easy and graceful riding. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z "The attributes of the Foreign Office, my boy, are rigidity where there should be suppleness, weakness where there should be firmness, and for intelligence the substitution of hair brushed back from the forehead." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z His sister was wholly Western, tall, and somewhat spare, with the suppleness of a finely tempered spring rather than that of the willow in her figure. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Her figure, in a gown of clear green, had all the slim suppleness of youth; her great black hat with its heavy plumes, might have been worn by Joan herself. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z Lost to the traumas of religious and social turmoil were the humble and pragmatic humanistic approaches of Francis Bacon and Michel de Montaigne and the suppleness of William Shakespeare. Economists: A Profession at Sea 2012-01-19T07:00:14Z The shoulders pressed well back, and the hands close to the waist, will give firmness and suppleness to the whole figure. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z She bent and straightened several times, with all the suppleness of a reptile, finally succeeding in escaping from the chain of his arms, as she gave a sigh of weariness and relief. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And then, by your looks and strength and suppleness, you are only a boy. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z His suppleness, his natural gaiety, his graceful airs of rustic simplicity, made him a first-rate Harlequin. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The suppleness given to all parts of the horse, the just oppositions of hands and legs, lead him to keep himself in the best possible position. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The waist should be bent slightly forward, which will give it more suppleness. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z Seen from behind they had kept all the vigor and suppleness of youth. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Her muscles seemed to respond: suppleness, strength, coordination, were reported satisfactory. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The suppleness of her carriage, intensified by the simplicity of her soft, faultless dress, was a poem of delight which needed no skill of adornment to beautify; no touch of art to dignify. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z I then created new figures of the man�ge, the execution of which rendered necessary more suppleness, more ensemble, more finish in the education of the horse. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The straight, slim, boy-like lines of the hoyden girl have evolved into the curves and rounded suppleness and beauties of a woman. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Still, though without strength, they had always borne him along with vigor and suppleness. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z But the suppleness of waist and the exquisite modeling of throat and wrist were signs that proved her to be of mature years. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z He was the easy prey of every invader; and, like the cowardly Corean, only the extreme suppleness of his back saved him from extermination. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Here, as in every other case, we see that suppleness and lightness alone can make the execution of the work easy. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z It was now the strength and natural suppleness of her body showed itself. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z For his intellect had, like his person, more size than shape, more adroitness than force, more suppleness than solidity, and affected its ends by continuity of action not mass of power, by manipulation not muscularity. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "Mr. Van Noppen has produced a text which, so far as mere suppleness and naturalness go, might be taken for an original production, and his editorial labors have been considerable." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Marmontel had repeatedly urged upon the trag�dienne the advisability of aiming at greater simplicity, pointing out that her acting was "too splendid, too impetuous," and was wanting in suppleness and truth. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z Her tiny feet were shod with silken sandals and her yellow chiton disclosed the rounded grace of her delicate limbs and the willowy suppleness of her figure. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Although wanting in the height, weight, and experience possessed by his veteran opponent, the wiry borderer had the advantage of youthful suppleness and activity on his side. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z It was his firm and often inflexible 'attitude' which was a source of strength in Spencer, though it was the strength of rigidity rather than that of sinewy suppleness. Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 2011-09-25T02:00:15.883Z “Have you anything to say?” demanded Squeers again; giving his right arm two or three flourishes to try its power and suppleness. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Her arms were bare from the elbow and there were suppleness and strength in their firm outlines; her hands were long and slender and had known vigorous service with racket and driver. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z It struck through him with a chill which reached to his bones, numbing his muscles, and making his joints lose their suppleness. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z Her Su�de gloves fit like her skin; they were the skin of a kid, and were probably stripped from its living body as this lends suppleness to the skin. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z His face was worn and weary, and he stood slackly with all the springy suppleness apparently gone out of him. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z The position did not at all suit his stiff, erect bearing, which was entirely wanting in the graceful suppleness of the born aristocrat who lolls with ease upon silken cushions. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z It has, of course, taken a great deal of perseverance and determination, and has required constant effort and practice, coupled with no little physical skill and suppleness. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z They submitted bona fide to this restriction; but with a suppleness of understanding such that in seven cases out of nine they gained more than they lost thereby. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Instead of the suppleness and endless variety of Chaucer’s verse, we have a treatment of metre which at its best is apt to be dull and stiff, and at its worst is intolerably slipshod. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z In a moment, the lower body sank into suppleness.” Curing the Pelvic Headache 2011-06-24T16:25:18Z What she wore was something in white to Phil, but the figure in its suppleness and grace—how like Henriette's it was! The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z The officer was explaining to them the various movements in the physical drill, calculated to give the boys a powerful physique as well as great suppleness. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z After they had exhibited their agility and suppleness by a thousand extraordinary performances, they re-entered the elephant, which went away as it came. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z She was extremely refined-looking and supple, with that suppleness peculiar to Creoles; she had a jessamine-like complexion, and heavy, silky hair of jet black. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z The suppleness of the limbs of the children here is extraordinary. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Drink, my children; health consists in the suppleness and humectation of the parts: drink water in great abundance: it is an universal menstruum that dissolves all kinds of salt. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Though he was now an old man, his limbs had not lost all their suppleness, and after a moment of hesitation he sprang to his door and opened it. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z She was a creature of grace, and it was a grace of strength, the suppleness and ease that mark our later outdoor American woman. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Yet younger too,—though this be a paradox,—for the birches had infused into us some of their own suppleness and strength. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z What is yoga if not a personal inward quest, as much a search for peace and enlightenment as for physical strength and suppleness? Finding the right yoga instructor: It's not just karma 2011-03-23T17:42:03Z Competitors are marked on accuracy of movement, calmness, suppleness and flexibility. Watching the Olympic Games 2012: Equestrianism 2011-03-18T09:00:05Z She is all music, in the music of her movements bathed, they also soft with pensive grace, and very slow with suppleness that undulatingly unrolls. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z It is from this, that results much of the delicacy of the female form, as well as the ease, suppleness, and capability of grace in its movements. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He was not a person of great suppleness or outward empathy, but no one would consider leaving his side. Building America?s Most Innovative Brands 2011-02-25T05:00:00Z She, too, was tall and beautifully formed, with that slimness of early youth that only escapes being angular, but has in it the charm of suppleness that lends grace to every action and every gesture. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z He held her closely, loving the warm suppleness of her body, the scent of her burnished hair, his lips were hot on the satin smoothness of her skin. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z If the toe is not inserted far enough the trooper risks losing his stirrup; if inserted too far suppleness is diminished. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z From this it follows, that woman never enjoys existence better, than when a moderate plumpness bestows on her organs, without too much weakening them, all the suppleness of which they are capable. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z One can hardly imagine how it was possible, with simple threads, to procure such delicacy in the hair and beards and to express the suppleness of flesh. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The fifty competitors were soon stripped, and presented to the admiration of the spectators the suppleness and grace of their delicate limbs. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z She just rubbed herself, briskly, with the white ointment which Oorip always prepared, her magic elixir of youth, suppleness and firm whiteness.... The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z To his mind cleverness is associated with moral suppleness and sharp practice. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z But it is thence that spring woman’s suppleness and lightness of movement, and her capacity for grace of attitude. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Not a moment's flagging: they danced with as much suppleness at five in the morning as at the beginning of the evening. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Athletes find that yoga greatly increases their suppleness. | The Jocks Throw Down Their Mats 2010-10-02T23:30:00Z The gene is known to affect the suppleness of collagen or connective tissue in tendons like the A.C.L. Phys Ed: Are Bad Knees in Our Genes? 2010-09-29T04:01:00Z The suppleness of her form, it was divine; the carriage, the poise, the smile—it was intoxication, it went to the senses! The Belovéd Traitor His neck is short, his shoulders slope greatly, his body is thick-set and wanting in suppleness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In the Americans and French there is suppleness. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z This operation is repeated for several days, until the beans, by their bright chocolate color and suppleness, indicate that they are cured. Cacao Culture in the Philippines The costume was well calculated to display the elegant shape and carriage of Rodolph, which combined so much grace, suppleness, and power. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 But hindered by the bonds that bound her, she was unable to follow with suppleness the motion of her mount. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter Certain litheness and suppleness of motion still lingered in his body. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery It is true that Dante’s Vita Nuova was written before, but its involved sentences, founded essentially on Latin constructions, cannot be compared with the infinite suppleness and precision of Boccaccio’s prose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In 1879 he was appointed French ambassador at Bern, and in 1880 was transferred to London; but he lacked the suppleness and command of temper necessary to a successful diplomatist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The French woman is the embodiment of suppleness and gracefulness, more fascinating by her manner than by either her face or figure. Her Royal Highness Woman The Thibetians are of the middle height; and combine, with the agility and suppleness of the Chinese, the force and vigour of the Tartars. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The truth is that, until the improvements of language and style which the Pléiade had introduced, the Alexandrine couplet had not had either suppleness or dignity enough for the work. A Short History of French Literature At the opposite pole to her Sieglinde it was equally a masterpiece of interpretative art, like Duse's Camille "positively enthralling as an exhibition of the gymnastics of perfect suppleness and grace." Interpreters But wherein lies the beauty of this form of mental suppleness? From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel She had reckoned without Henry’s meanness, Cromwell’s cunning, and Cranmer’s suppleness. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History The prose of the seventeenth century lacked "easy suppleness in lively movement, and imagination in the expression"--two qualities which Mme. de S�vign� possessed in a high degree. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) They have considerably increased its chance for action and the agility and suppleness thus acquired permit it to struggle with the bourgeoisie in elective assembles. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History But he had none of the duplicity or of the suppleness which often marks the character of the courtier. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Through the chubbiness of almost babyhood, or the delicate suppleness of maturer years, in mouth and eyes and hands, it betrayed itself. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There was, however, a certain lithe suppleness about his walk and movements that would have given him away in a moment to any South African not of the town born and bred. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Now as always with consummate suppleness he confronted the necessities of a situation that he had not sought, and assuredly had neither invented nor hurried. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The smooth brown body bespoke of suppleness and the nimble agility of a cat, despite banded layers of iron muscles rippling beneath an unclouded skin. Warrior of the Dawn It is the same finesse, the same suppleness of mind, the same wonderful adaptability. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things He was a giant with the suppleness of the dancer and athlete. Rose MacLeod He walked a little stiffly at first, but, by degrees, as his muscles worked, his body regained its suppleness, and very soon he was moving with the free swing which is particularly a wolf's. Dusty Star In the interval the movement went forward as if all his political tact, his prudence, his suppleness, his patience, and his daring, had passed into the whole population of central Italy. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) But, on the whole, the bishops of our grandfathers’ days were more remarkable for their prudence and tact, their adroitness or suppleness, than for intellectual or moral superiority to the rest of the clergy. Studies in Contemporary Biography There was both French and Indian blood in mother Ricord’s veins, a passionate loyalty in her heart, and the suppleness of youth still in her spare frame. A Daughter of the Forest He was as much a model of activity and suppleness, as Meikle Robin was of bodily power. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III He found that an outer-sole of hemlock-tanned leather would greatly lengthen the working life of a poor man's heavy boot; though for want of suppleness it was useless for goods supplied to the "quality." Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies According to my judgment, there is nothing which so quickly destroys the contour and suppleness of the hands, and that much prized, white, velvety smoothness of skin, as dishwashing. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century She slipped with a soft and charming suppleness into his embrace and received his ecstatic kisses without a murmur of protest. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 Whenever he has occasion to express his feelings on a subject of popular interest, his manner begins to grow animated and his language to gain in force and suppleness. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Her figure was hardly of medium height, and, despite the suppleness of youth, as "plump as a partridge," according to the familiar saying. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories He bent forward respectfully with Oriental suppleness to take his Highness's orders. Miss Cayley's Adventures In the inky blackness of the shed it was impossible to see his eyes; and from the suppleness of the wands, I did not like to trust to a parade. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) After a bath and a shower, the Bohemian kneaded and punched some suppleness into him; an hour's sleep followed this, and he was pleased to find himself in a mood for dinner. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist The gargoyle-faced ape-man who held the stage alone danced with increasing wildness, writhing, twisting, with weird suppleness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 These measures were calculated to combine beauty, strength and suppleness of body with wit and elasticity of mind, both of which were transmitted to the descendants. Woman under socialism They possess a suppleness like that of youth, even long after what is called the juvenile period of life is passed over. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery And so saying, she threw herself upon her knees before the new-comer, and clasped her arms around her with a rapidity and suppleness that almost resembled the coilings of a snake. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The boy seemed as though he would have welcomed death—anything that brought an end; yet the health and suppleness of the bright figure held out no hope of that. The Thread of Gold How young the old trees suddenly become! what suppleness and grace invest their branches! Under the Maples If suppleness could only be maintained there is no reason why it should not continue to work for a much longer period, for a hundred and fifty, two hundred years—as long as you fancy. Amaryllis at the Fair All is accomplished in you by the suppleness of your will,—by the state of infancy. Letters of Madam Guyon Indeed, we took exercise in any way possible, and endeavored by throwing, running, and other gymnastic sports, to restore strength and suppleness to our half frozen limbs. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. The old woman watched the Duke keenly as he swung into the saddle in the suppleness of his youthful grace. The Duke Of Chimney Butte At each turn his wrist flexed and his back swayed with a willowy suppleness but except for that he was like a herculean statue planted upon the point. Hidden Water But nothing has yet been devised to keep up the suppleness. Amaryllis at the Fair This Yes, this suppleness, renders the heart agreeable to the heart of the Spouse. Letters of Madam Guyon This is a proof that Catena was very susceptible to various influences, and was "an artist of extraordinary suppleness of mind, never too old to learn or to appreciate new ideals and new sentiments." Six Centuries of Painting The fluidity of the blood, the ruddiness, the suppleness of these vampires, ought not to surprise any one, any more than the growth of the nails and hair, and their bodies remaining undecayed. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. And while suppleness marked their dealings with others, they were inflexible only in their fidelity to the Teuton cause. England and Germany They had a suppleness that came from using the long ax, and toil in the wilds had given them a fine-drawn look. Partners of the Out-Trail This weight from the hips destroys all freedom of movement, just as the tight corset deprives the body of all the suppleness and flexibility given it by nature. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Trim denotes a certain shapely and elegant firmness, often with suppleness and grace; as, a trim suit; a trim figure. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We should say that the tastes if they stiffen at the one period limber at the other; their forbidding rigidity is succeeded by an acquiescent suppleness. Imaginary Interviews "Sabbath-breaker, strip off your jacket," mildly remarked by dear uncle as he savagely flourished a cowhide of most formidable aspect and alarming suppleness. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. The man’s broken wrists had healed, but they had lost all their suppleness, and he could never throw the lariat again. With Hoops of Steel Why? either because he can’t understand your aids, or you can’t enforce obedience to them: these will be the reasons, not his want of suppleness. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding Here I admit that suppleness, as you call it, is in place. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Though of a build unusually powerful, his limbs possess all the grace and suppleness of the Apollo Belvedere. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life The horrible vision gave new vigour to my body, extraordinary suppleness to my legs and—wings to my feet. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) His limbs have not that suppleness which makes the scratch player. The Complete Golfer The reins should be thin and supple, they will last the longer for it; for reins break from being stiff and cracking, and suppleness of reins is essential to delicacy of hand. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding It is weak even to helplessness, for purposes of manly resistance; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Even though most of the joints become useless, there is often sufficient suppleness in the fingers to allow of their use, as in writing or knitting. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Juve took a few steps, bent his knees and stretched his arms, tested the suppleness of his body. A Royal Prisoner What they lack in size and strength they make up in speed and suppleness and temperament. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific His long tapering fingers seemed to have the suppleness and deftness of a woman's and his whole attention seemed concentrated upon his patient. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Where the people fail in sensitiveness is from a want of imagination, as we say, though we should say, rather, a want of suppleness in their ideas. Change in the Village A perseverance unexampled both in idea and conduct, a rare suppleness in the means, had made her the principal instrument of an enterprise in which a virile ambition, united to a deep devotedness, sustained her. Political Women, Vol. 2 What is known as the Ned Wayburn method brings into play all the bodily muscles that are essential to the dancer's use, gives strength, suppleness and symmetry to the entire body. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession The red giant had the advantage in height, if not in weight; the black giant in strength of muscle, if not in suppleness of limbs. Burl —Solomon C. Acrobats do not use any artificial preparation to increase their suppleness. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 There is also a certain remarkable feebleness of constitution, combined, it may be, with vigour, suppleness and strength of body. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington He had quitted the bar to enter parliament, and his suppleness as well as his talents had rapidly carried him on to the Speakership and the Ministry. Political Women, Vol. 2 Alternate work and rest, strenuous toil and complete relaxation, is the ideal way to build yourself into beauty and strength and suppleness by my method, without danger of straining or injury. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession The lightness of their tread, their suppleness of movement, and their spring and litheness, fill us with delight. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty To these qualifications he added a remarkable suppleness, which made him very useful and accommodating to a Prime Minister. Political Women, Vol. 1 To satisfy the immense variety of conditions and needs which will spring up as soon as private property shall be abolished, it is necessary to have the collective suppleness of mind of the whole people. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Having thus brought himself to a happier and more courageous frame of mind, Peveril stiffly gained his feet, moved his limbs, and rubbed them until a certain degree of suppleness was restored. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines His bodily prowess was as great as his suppleness. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Avoid, on the one hand, the stiffness of the soldier, and, on the other, the ape-like suppleness of the dancing-master; and let there be no straining, no fidgeting, no uneasy shifting of position. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Lucy tried to do the same, but her limbs seemed like a wooden doll's compared with the suppleness and ease of Iñes. Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe It means we have a sense of proportion—the mental suppleness that is capable of the ironic view; an eye that can look right as well as left.' The Convert The moderate plumpness already described should bestow on the organs of woman great suppleness. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources And she was made like a lad for suppleness. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales That india-rubber suppleness, those little nerves of iron, his Lily, his glory, his star, his own star! The Bill-Toppers Mobility and suppleness were sought for, and also—through many experimental attempts, and not without a tendency to excess of substance and brute force at the start—variety of movements. Creative Evolution Pupils test the strength and suppleness of the branches and find the gummy nature of the surface. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study During this operation the skin had dried, and consequently lost its suppleness. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. By his suppleness and audacity he had forced his party through the crises of a revolution which they had denounced beforehand, and the consequences of which they contemplated with dismay. The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 Now she was determined, dangerous, ready to fight with all the quickness of her wits and the suppleness of her youth against the elder woman's dogged devotion. The Tragic Bride It will always be easy afterwards to soften the outlines and to correct what is too geometrical in the drawing—in short, to replace the rigidity of a diagram by the suppleness of life. Creative Evolution The cat's body is longer and more slender, and this gives it greater suppleness in crawling and leaping. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study She shot up into the tall suppleness of a lovely young birch, and she was a sweetly glowing thing. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim With her smooth cheeks a little withered and the suppleness gone from her body, and her eyes dim and her glorious hair white. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Two or three days of assiduous grooming will bring back the strength and suppleness to the aged limbs, and restore something of the olden spirit. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization In adroit resource and suppleness no diplomatist could match him. Horace They need not have felt embarrassed for there was the grace in their movements that goes with strength and youth and suppleness. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power He lacked alike the sagacity, the foresight, and the suppleness of Leopold. William Pitt and the Great War In time of peace, this kind of dance was considered as even necessary to keep up that suppleness and athletic disposition of body, to bear action and fatigue, essential to the military profession. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing They have formed its limbs, and developed its strength; they have endowed it with vigour, exercised it in suppleness and dexterity, and taught it grace. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin She was rather undersized, but her figure was so perfectly proportioned as to give the impression of height and suppleness. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) The mental agility is often moral suppleness, and nobody expects a critical examination of the parallelism itself. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 To the Arab's suppleness, mobility, imagination, artistic feeling, democratic tendencies, and anarchic individualism, the Turk opposes his slowness, gravity, sense of discipline and regularity, innate militarism. The New World of Islam The final operation has for its object the restoration of the luster and suppleness of the silk, which has to some extent deteriorated from the many operations through which it has passed. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades But the leader—General, Prime Minister or Captain of Industry—is distinguished from the pig by a certain intellectual suppleness which makes his obstinacy a more effective though less showy thing. General John Regan Helmar's back and chest were ribbed with beautifully developed muscles, while his long, sinewy arms hung loosely at his sides, their very pose indicating to his practised eye their perfect suppleness. Under the Rebel's Reign Our stiff-necked, stubborn Lowland nature, produce of half-a-score of conquering nations, has not the right suppleness. The Dew of Their Youth Before setting him down to this, however, she wished to try the suppleness and accuracy of his touch with some simple reed-plaiting. Shining Ferry Her form, indeed, seemed only made to express suppleness and passion, and was as speaking in its slight proportions as if it had breathed forth the nobler attributes of majesty and strength. The Forsaken Inn A Novel Last among the preventive measures may be mentioned those which serve to maintain the suppleness of the hoof. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse They were well enough shaped, and would have been pretty if they had not been robbed of their youthful suppleness by labor. Esmeralda Her slim straight figure was eloquent of suppleness and strength and her movements, quick, purposeful, showed decision and activity of mind. The Fighting Shepherdess The coward calls black white, white black, At bidding, or in fear of death; Such suppleness, thank God, I lack, To die is but to lose my breath. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan THe suppleness of her motions sent a thrill of delight through my frame; my heart beat madly as she turned her beautiful eyes in the direction of the spot in which I stood. The Diamond Lens The suppleness of the horn is to be maintained by the use of ointments, damp floor, bedding, etc. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse They watched her graceful movements, those two angular old ladies, and marvelled over her roundness and suppleness. Marcia Schuyler He had naturally a most insinuating address and a suppleness of manner which enabled him to adapt himself with facility to the tastes and temperaments of the men among whom he was thrown. Julian Home His most conspicuous defect was a want of suppleness—a certain rigidity of spirit which, when he succeeded, was called firmness, and when he failed, obstinacy. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 In this rough sport only the greatest agility and suppleness of limbs, combined with extraordinary physical strength, can secure the palm, while the less dexterous combatants may not escape without the disgrace of broken heads. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia The extensive system of calisthenics gives to the body suppleness. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Then, thought I, if I was to put him before the fire, he might presently thaw into some sort of suppleness, and so prove not harder than the other to get on deck. The Frozen Pirate Her hands and feet show power and rude strength, but no dexterity or suppleness is noticeable in her fingers, and she has therefore no ability for very fine or delicate work. In the Forbidden Land Joe knew in an instant that he was in combat with a man larger and more powerful than himself, but his own youth and suppleness were in his favor. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service That very sweet language will be gone soon, if not gone already, and no book learning will revive the suppleness of idiom, that haunting misty loveliness.... The Wind Bloweth The idea of majesty is not connected with them, but they are celebrated for grace, elegance, suppleness, and insidiousness. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals And here, as in all his mature work, Thackeray is the master of a style that for ease, suppleness, and range of effect has seldom been equaled in English. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American The singer must stand erect, the weight of the body evenly supported on the balls of both feet, with the whole body in a condition of lithe suppleness. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The suppleness of his Slavonic character displayed itself in this desperate game, in which, the happiness of his life was at stake. French and Oriental Love in a Harem A new suppleness has taken the place of that rigidity which you have been accustomed to mistake for strength of character: an easier attitude towards the accidents of life. Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People He was magnificently dressed in some vesture that had the luster of a polished plate of gold, and the suppleness of velvet. Edison's Conquest of Mars An Indian makes up in suppleness and activity what he lacks in strength, and it takes a good man to handle one. George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers Exercises for these parts are therefore given only for acquiring suppleness and agility. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern The door was gently tried—opened with a soft dexterity and suppleness of touch which much impressed the sham sleeper in the bed. The Dictator From the suppleness of the jaguar’s paw, it is able to remove the double armour of the creature, and to scrape out the flesh with the greatest neatness. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela What suppleness of limb he must have possessed, and what an immense amount of practice he must have gone through before he could have accomplished any one of the feats he performed. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Both General Wood and the Secretary were mountaineers, but the two faces were different; one represented blunt strength and courage; the other suppleness, dexterity, meditation, the power of silent combination. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond An unusual suppleness in all bodily exercises gave to his carriage and to his movements grace and ease. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 It is a great and noble school for the creation of all the qualities of force, suppleness, and versatility of intellect. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 It calls for sinews of steel and great suppleness of limb. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania The joints, though they had not their ordinary suppleness, could be bent and extended without any great effort. The Man With The Broken Ear The first loses in large part its nimbleness, its agility; its body becomes stouter, its limbs diminish in power and suppleness, and its faculties are no longer the same. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work For a long time, she held it in her hand, meditatively trying its strength and suppleness while she glared at the child. The Secret of the Storm Country But when fired by his position as Conductor, or when at the piano, the slender body was nerved to a point where it seemed all suppleness and sinewy strength. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The bowed back and shoulders, despite their suppleness and strength, had in them a pathos too deep for tears: and Mackay, feeling himself dismissed, went noiselessly out. The Great Amulet The skin and muscles had recovered nearly all their suppleness, but the joints were still hard to bend. The Man With The Broken Ear Because the phenomena of political economy have a suppleness, an elasticity, and, so to speak, a self-leveling power, which seems to escape the attention of the school of protectionists. Sophisms of the Protectionists These exercises give firmness and suppleness to the figure, quickness to the eye, and briskness of decision to the mind. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS They do not want strength, but agility and suppleness; besides, the straining of some small muscle or tendon may incapacitate one for the entire season, or even permanently. Base-Ball How to Become a Player He does not conceal from himself the weaknesses of the character of De Seyres, he blames him for his lack of suppleness, of simplicity of manner, of self-confidence. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France There was a feline suppleness in his stance just as a jungle cat might wait coming of its prey. Key Out of Time The skeleton of a typical carnivore is the perfection of strength and suppleness. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon He wanted suppleness and dexterity sufficient for the first measure; he was nor endowed with the vigor requisite for the second. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell A short-stop should be a player of more than ordinary suppleness and activity. Base-Ball How to Become a Player He was magnificently dressed in some vesture that had the lustre of a polished plate of gold, with the suppleness of velvet. Edison's Conquest of Mars His companion, Bob Archer, was considerably taller than Frank, straight as an Indian, though rather inclined to be slender; but with a suppleness that indicated such strength and agility as the panther displays. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain Though not gifted with the strength and suppleness of a great humorist, he had an intermingled sweetness and brightness beyond even the alchemy of Addison. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 And there was a lithe suppleness in the manner that the movement of the muscles rippled over the skin that was alarmingly suggestive of ferocity. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The "Red" Ralestones were marked also by height and a suppleness of body and movement. Ralestone Luck "Have you anything to say?" demanded Squeers again, giving his right arm two or three flourishes to try its power and suppleness. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book She was proud, as proud as Lucifer, and she was forced into positions which suppleness and cheerfulness might have made tolerable, if not agreeable. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters He was a little stiff in the joints and moved rather slowly, but what was wanting in suppleness was certainly made up in dignity. Phineas Redux So women that take physic during their pregnancy, have slighter children indeed, but of a finer and more delicate turn, because the suppleness of the matter more readily obeys the plastic power. Ideal Commonwealths Look sharp with your eyes, and give suppleness to your limbs! The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. Her body stretched backward like a bow, and, when it had recovered its suppleness, she fell as if dead. A Mummer's Tale The ironwood was heavy as stone, while the cedar, being light and elastic, lent buoyancy and suppleness, all that we could wish for. Voyage of the Liberdade They are perpetual, and on that condition only does a dancer retain her activity and suppleness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 He climbed the auction block before the gaping multitude, and leaped to show his suppleness. Tales of the Chesapeake With the marvelous suppleness of a cat, he climbed trees, flung himself to the ground, crept along barriers, slipped between the legs of his adversaries, and bounded triumphantly off with a number of brassards. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air These delights of love we bring Have the suppleness of spring, Softness, sweetness, wantoning; Clasp, my Phyllis, in their ring Sweeter sweets than poets sing, Anything and everything! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse In spite of his seventy summers his carriage was erect, and there was a jaunty suppleness about his gait that made him seem much younger. The Mintage Beneath the suppleness of the drawing and the soft touches we recognize in Mary the Immaculate, the woman and even the Andalusian. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers At once in the range and suppleness of his music he is not merely the first of our living poets, but incomparable. Adventures in Criticism He has all my skill, some of yours, and has besides an activity and suppleness greater, I think, than I ever had. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars The prose of the seventeenth century lacked "easy suppleness in lively movement, and imagination in the expression"—two qualities which Mme. de S�vign� possessed in a high degree. Women of Modern France But both difficulties were overcome by the suppleness of the clergy. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 He seemed by some strange suppleness to flatten his instep paddle-wise and to bring the entire leg from toe to knee at one blow against the ground. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert There was a fine play of broad shoulders, a resilient disposition of the long, straight limbs, an impression of tiger-like strength and suppleness, not lost upon his observers, upon Virginia Howland least of all. Dan Merrithew He was tall, and had that curious, loose-jointed suppleness that, I have heard women say, comes only from gentle blood. Montlivet Indeed, her features were well-nigh perfect, her skin transparently clear, if dark, and her form was suppleness itself as she danced. The Girl of the Golden West With the exercise in the open air she had gained in suppleness and brilliancy. The Voice of the People It is the way one ought to begin, for it develops firmness of the fingers and suppleness of the wrist, and, by easy stages, adds the weight of the forearm and of the whole arm. Musical Memories Many of the young men and maidens made him think of deer in the swiftness of their movements and in the suppleness of their bodies. The Princess Pocahontas His dealings with Augustus indicate much suppleness and dexterity. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Because the phenomena of political economy have a suppleness, an elasticity, and, so to speak, a self-levelling power, which seems to escape the attention of the school of protectionists. What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader In women you have the sweep and wave of drapery, gentle undulations, summer-cloud floatings, soft, sinuous movements, the fluency of pliant forms, the willowy bend and rebound of lithe and lovely suppleness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 When I was Stamaty’s pupil, it was considered most difficult to “tie” the notes; that required, however, only dexterity and suppleness. Musical Memories I do not, myself, grant this suppleness to the Norman, the less because another sentence of M. le Duc's, occurring incidentally in his account of the archivolt, is of extreme counter-significance, and wide application. The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford "And the suppleness of thy arms, and the softness of thy limbs are like the young plaintain tree, and thy fingers are the buds of the champaka flower." Leonie of the Jungle It had been a breathless affair, demanding all they possessed of bodily fleetness and suppleness, of cool, yet reckless, courage. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Yes, as you say, it is a rather remarkable hand in regard to size and suppleness. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers But his cat-like suppleness enabled him eventually to wriggle his sheath-knife out of his breast pocket, and he found no great difficulty then in freeing himself from his bonds. The Pilot and his Wife He lacked their dusky bloom, their clearness of eye, the suppleness and easy flow of muscle that is the hall-mark of these frontiersmen. Judith of the Plains "Sit down!" he said gently, and she sank to the ground as easily and with all the graceful suppleness of a native woman. Leonie of the Jungle In her slim suppleness, vibrant, feminine to the finger tips, alluring with the unconscious appeal of sex, there was a fine courage to face frankly essential facts. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Some of us have youth and vigor and suppleness of limb; some of us are crippled with years or infirmities, and we are at best but little ants. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 A classic robe, outlining all the fine lines and showing the suppleness of the body. Parisian Points of View He, too, was—if Marrineal's idea worked out—to draw down a percentage varying in direct ratio to his suppleness in accommodating his writings to "the best interests of the paper." Success A Novel The evening before the eventful day, he repeated in pantomime his victory over the lion near Damascus, with so much elegance, precision and suppleness as to elicit round after round of enthusiastic cheers. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 The girl had the grace of a forest-born creature; she moved with the mysterious strength and suppleness of a tree's branch. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls As to her figure, it was just in its roundness and suppleness, and had a lightness of carriage that I have never seen equaled. Lazarre In all that Diderot writes upon his magnificent undertaking, we are struck by his singular union of common sense with elevation, of simplicity with grasp, of suppleness with strength, of modesty with hopeful confidence. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Over against the self-assertion of the proud and angry is set the ideal of humble obedience, with its wise suppleness and abnegation of self-will. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day In his so often unsparing verses, Martial, even, celebrates with an erotic rapture the undulating suppleness of the ballet dancers of Gades, who are continued in our day by the majas and chulas. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 If this struggle with it had come years before she could have mastered it, flinging against it the irresistible suppleness and lightness of her ignorant youth. The Brimming Cup You are like a lion in suppleness and tawny color, which influences me against my will. Lazarre Winston, answering nothing, swung an ax round his head, and the girl kneeling beside the stove noticed the sinewy suppleness of his frame and the precision with which the heavy blade cleft the billets. Winston of the Prairie Rand, though tall and largely built, moved with the step and carriage, light and lithe, of one who has used the woods; the Frenchman had the suppleness of his profession and of an ancient courtier. Lewis Rand Ann Hicks showed her suppleness by being one of the first to land and beating some of the boys; but she did not run with them. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box He did not believe a word of this, but with his brilliant suppleness of mind he perceived that he was in the wrong key. The Brimming Cup Should these turn away from him, however, the cosmopolitan financiers, whose cardinal virtues are suppleness and adaptability, would readily work with his successor, whoever he might be. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference When they sought to render the Greek suppleness of figure and fulness of limb, they only succeeded in missing the rigid but learned precision of their former masters. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt To the other contest between them he brought an amazing sureness, a suppleness, power, and audacity beyond praise. Lewis Rand The man's age was apparently twenty-five, and eight years' use of the axe had set a stamp of springy suppleness upon him. Alton of Somasco "Your father was a squaw-man; your mother—" He bent his body with the swift suppleness of an acrobat, and the cutter, flying past, rang upon the wall of the shack. The Lure of the North It was happiness never to be exhausted, to see her thus walking sedately by his side, for he was ever discovering some new charm in the lissom suppleness of her limbs. Abbe Mouret's Transgression This stoicism as well as the unrivaled mental suppleness was illustrated early in the war by the highly typical case of a laundress whose business was in one of the best districts of Paris. The Living Present He showed a suppleness and a tenacity of purpose that amazed those brought into contact with him. France in the Nineteenth Century Alton swayed with a steely suppleness from the waist, and the broad wedge of steel flashed about his head before it came down ringing. Alton of Somasco With all her suppleness of mind, Christian had in her something of the inbred obstinacy of fidelity that often goes with long descent. Mount Music With adder-like suppleness, he once more glided into the graveyard, that paradise full of lizards, nests, and flowers. Abbe Mouret's Transgression They are intensely conservative and their mental suppleness is quite as remarkable. The Living Present Nature, with her usual ingenuity, has succeeded in combining those opposing qualities—rigidity, suppleness, and elasticity or springiness—by resorting to her favorite device, the use of muscular engines. A Book of Exposition Physical exercises are then in order, to achieve for us suppleness of movement and to extend its scope. Poise: How to Attain It He was like an elephant in his hugeness, and suppleness, his dangerousness, and his gentleness. Mount Music She filled the eye and the mind now in the well-knit suppleness of figure and the finished maturity of features which bore the mark of inner growth of knowledge of life. The Last Shot Men and women, boys and girls, young and old, sought to rival each other in suppleness, and the festival became joyous and general, as if in celebration of a marriage or a victory. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women What we want is suppleness, chest expansion, resistive force, and endurance; and these do not come from great bulging knots of muscle nor from extraordinary feats of strength. Keeping Fit All the Way He had a fencer's suppleness of wrist and balance of body; he pressed Wogan hard and without flurry. Clementina Then the valves, which are made up of folds of membrane, lose their suppleness, and what is called valvular disease is permanently established. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink I had noted her strength and suppleness of limb the very first day I had seen her; and she gave marvellous proof of it now. A Heroine of France Ann Howland, as the wife of an eminent politician, had long since cultivated the art of mental suppleness and had learned to fascinate the most diverse intelligences and egos. The White Morning They are intended to promote suppleness, and especially to strengthen those muscles which are seldom brought into play in ordinary daily life. Keeping Fit All the Way Everything that develops suppleness, elasticity, and grace—that most subtle charm—should be carefully cultivated, and in this regard your admirable gymnasium is worth volumes of advice. The Drama The true mode of representing him is to give him suppleness, agility, the playfulness of a kitten with a certain coarseness of exterior, which renders his actions more absurd. A History of Pantomime With suppleness hardly to be expected from one of her years, she stooped to pick it up, and in a twinkling had the donor's name before her. Out of the Ashes Delicacy imbued with strength was betokened, too, by the tall slenderness of her figure, whose silence and suppleness of movement came—in Conquest's imagination at least—from her far-off forest ancestry. The Wild Olive Finally, if we give a man endurance and suppleness he becomes more available in time of need. Keeping Fit All the Way "What deliciously amusing names," she sighed, changing her position beneath the lace with the swift suppleness of a kitten. The Lady of Big Shanty It is a pleasure to watch my son or my daughters glide through the intricacies of these modern dances, which the natural elasticity and suppleness of youth render charming in spite of their grotesqueness. The "Goldfish" The high level of strength, suppleness and beauty occupied by our English tongue has been reached, and can only be maintained, by strenuous, varied, and continuous mental action. Essays Æsthetical For this kind of piece the actors naturally required not only uncommon cleverness but also great suppleness of body. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Fifth—Direct them specifically in the line of increased resisting power, endurance, and suppleness. Keeping Fit All the Way The blood was bright in her face; her brown hair shone; she was sweet with youth; the suppleness of her body showed it and the steadiness of her great clear eyes. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories But it cannot be denied that his suppleness and sagacity went along with a moral nature that was weak and vulgar. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty Natural fineness, instinct for what is elegant, suppleness of wit, are the sole hierarchy, and make from women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories The part of Robert the Devil is one of those in which Delsarte best developed the resources and suppleness of his genius. Delsarte System of Oratory The average man of the service needs expansion of chest capacity, which adds to his resistive power; a stronger, better-developed back; and suppleness and quickness and mobility of trunk. Keeping Fit All the Way Youth in Sir David's case meant suppleness of limb as well as youth's spirit and dash. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form The suppleness and richness of his mind sufficed to save him from wearisomeness; the liveliness of his literary impressions communicated itself to his pupil. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 The strength and address of the veteran appeared invincible, yet the suppleness and activity of the youth attracted still more admiration. The Lay of Marie The orator needs great suppleness in wrist movements to give grace to the phases of the hand. Delsarte System of Oratory It shows off Aniela's figure to perfection, its suppleness and rounded curves. Without Dogma She has also made me go through all kinds of exercises to insure suppleness, and to move from the hips. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Rather a witty, shrewd, and able versifier than a great poet, Boileau displayed in the Lutrin a richness and suppleness of fancy which his other works had not foreshadowed. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 To give more variety to the fête, Marimonda developes all the resources of her daring suppleness; she leaps from right to left, clearing large spaces with inconceivable dexterity. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe This exercise in gesture has two advantages: it presents all the interest of the most fascinating drama, and is the best means of gaining suppleness by accustoming ourselves to the laws of gesture. Delsarte System of Oratory Turpicula was the heiress of a large estate, and having lost her mother in her infancy, was committed to a governess, whom misfortunes had reduced to suppleness and humility. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II The suppleness, the elasticity, the sympathy with which Michelangelo handled the nude, when he began to paint in the Sistine Chapel, have disappeared. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti "Have you anything to say?" demanded Squeers, giving his right arm two or three flourishes to try its power and suppleness. Ten Boys from Dickens Cocoanut oil is chiefly used and is supposed to add strength and suppleness to the body. Modern India C.--The repeated extension of the arms denotes but little intelligence, little suppleness in the wrist and fingers. Delsarte System of Oratory By this constancy of moderate exercise they preserve health and suppleness of limb, without exhaustion of strength. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Moreover, strength and suppleness have grown together; you have not stiffened by becoming stronger, but find yourself more flexible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The lips not only open to receive food, but by their suppleness and the variety of their motions serve likewise to vary the sounds that form speech. The Existence of God He ran off as if his limbs had regained their youthful strength and suppleness. A Hero of Our Time Turpicula was the heiress of a large estate, and having lost her mother in infancy, was committed to a governess, whom misfortunes had reduced to suppleness and humility. The Works of Samuel Johnson I saw now that he was a splendid figure of a man, and when he got to his feet every movement had the suppleness of an athlete in training. Mr. Standfast She was rather unusually tall, and her body had the suppleness of a young bamboo. The Shuttle His skill and suppleness brought a glow of admiration into the eyes of the women, and spread a cloud of jealousy over the faces of several of the younger men, who saw themselves eclipsed. The House Behind the Cedars It was then also that certain Italian masters of the gaming art displayed their talents, their suppleness, and dexterity. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) The amazing improvement in Mildred's health, the splendid slim strength and suppleness of her body, the new and stable glories of her voice—all these she knew about, but they did not convince her. The Price She Paid Twice, when she had been playing to him, she turned to find him testing the suppleness of his injured arm. Miss Billy — Married His figure was a little thin but lithe, and his movements showed all the suppleness of a man who has continued the pursuit of athletics into early middle-life. The Box with Broken Seals Mr. Parker's fingers seemed to play with it for a moment and I noticed at that moment what a strong and capable hand he seemed to have, with fingers of unusual length and suppleness. An Amiable Charlatan One is an exquisitely modelled figure of a cat, whose crouching posture suggests with admirable spirit the suppleness, vigilance, and craft of the redoubted adversary of the genus Mus. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories The suppleness of the Angora's tail is also a mark of fine breeding. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Even Crashaw, whose translation of Strada's "Music's Duel" is a masterpiece for litheness of phrase and sinuous suppleness of rhythm, quails before the "Dies Iræ," and contents himself with a largely watered paraphrase. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 His figure had always promise of athletic suppleness. The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy The good man gave us a soothing draught to overcome our fatigue, and the next day a very hot bath brought back the suppleness to our limbs. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Monnica had tact, suppleness, and, when it was needed, a very acute and very reasonable practical sense of which she gave many a proof in the bringing up and management of her son Augustin. Saint Augustin His wounds were healed, and the colonists saw that he would soon recover his accustomed suppleness and vigor. The Mysterious Island But the grace, suppleness, and precision, so characteristic of the human hand, are lacking. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Just as her figure had matured, retaining its admirable proportions and suppleness while gaining in distinction and dignity, her mind had matured likewise. The Far Horizon Lucidity and suppleness of thought, critical delicacy and inventive resource, these are his attributes. Amiel's Journal But with her mental suppleness she had quickly readjusted her point of view. The Sisters-In-Law His diction, if wanting in the more hardy evidences of muscle, has a suppleness and spring that give proof of training and endurance. Among My Books Second Series He, more than any other single writer, contributed, as well by precept as example, to give it suppleness of movement and the easier air of the modern world. Among My Books First Series This water cannot be entirely eradicated without injuring the leather, which will lose in suppleness and appearance. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 In short, the hand of the maker is far from showing the same suppleness and strength. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 I confess, for my own part, that it seems to me deprived of "poetic" treatment, that is to say, of grace, charm and suppleness, to an almost fatal extent. Henrik Ibsen And it seemed to him that only then did she possess all her charm, her alert suppleness of movement, the awakening of all her senses, her integrity of life and will. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House His arm had recovered its usual strength and suppleness, for his flesh, healthy as any savage's, now had the power of healing with a rapidity unknown to civilized men in the old days. Darkness and Dawn Each one in the combat counts on his strength, on his skill, on the suppleness of his mount, on his personal courage; he does not want a blind encounter, and he is right. Battle Studies Availing himself, therefore, of the forwardness and suppleness which met in this young man, she doubted not but his intelligence had contributed to acquaint him with her proceedings. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 The crowd parted before them as they came, not sullenly, perhaps, but certainly with no alacrity or suppleness of deference. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 As for his style, it is limpid, accurate, easy and strongly marked, with a sound framework and having the suppleness of a living organism. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories He needed a few hours yet to work them into suppleness and perfect strength. Darkness and Dawn As for the unknown's figure, it was seen, when he entered the dining-room, to be tall, well-formed and flexible, denoting, if not great muscular strength, at least much suppleness and agility. The Companions of Jehu |
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