| 单词 | triviality |
| 例句 | Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The centaur had a tendency to go completely hyper over trivialities. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He wished that he were walking through the streets with her just as they were doing now, but openly and without fear, talking of trivialities and buying odds and ends for the household. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We talk a while longer, making peace with trivialities. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t room in my brain for what seemed trivialities. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps this is the rationale of all risky sports: You deliberately raise the ante of effort and concentration in order, as it were, to clear your mind of trivialities. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Of such trivialities are moments made; and hours built; and years constructed; and ruins, finally, remain, with ornaments half-seen beneath the grasses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And they weren’t discussing trivialities—bad checks or stolen automobiles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “This,” he said, “is no time for trivialities. I think,” he said, “we should be celebrating.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must not bother our darling Coraline’s head with such trivialities.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Lesson on lesson they’ve suffered through, recognizing, more profoundly each time, their indignity, shame, triviality. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Every question Saget threw at him, he tossed aside, as if it were a triviality. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Rodin for his part professed to renounce daily trivialities in the name of art. Looking to the Past, an Artist Finds a Soul Mate in Gwen John 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Instead of emphasizing the absolute seriousness with which Wilde’s characters embrace triviality, Mr. Noble’s production is writ in the farcical language associated with Brit-coms that are just this side of “Benny Hill.” London Theater Journal: En Travesti, Both Sides Now 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z But we are swimming in a sea of irrelevance and a triviality, and the facts don’t matter. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z So, given its gruelling lead roles, paucity of hummable tunes, and air of triviality maybe it's fair Intermezzo is not performed more often. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z We luxuriate in the incessant trivialities of pop culture as we might a mud bath, not even minding when the mud is mostly dung. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Another elision is the humdrum and the sinister: triviality is the harbinger of evil, and Ishiguro's prose from the outset is conspicuously dull with trivia. Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2011-01-29T00:06:20Z “The jury rejected the defences of substantive truth, triviality and statutory qualified privilege.” Rebel Wilson wins $4.56m damages from Bauer in record libel settlement 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Read that book, and shiver at its lies, its emptiness, its triviality; shudder at the hollow cores of the world's most ambitious men and the self-deception of the fools who follow them. Forget Pippa Middleton's party pooper. Not all celebrity books are a bum deal 2012-11-15T11:45:50Z All the latest truths and trivialities from our team of food writers • Read all the tweets from our WoM team • Follow our WoM team on a Twitter list 1. How to cook perfect chocolate macarons 2012-05-16T23:10:00Z Sentimentality about the power of cinema — to raise awareness, expand empathy, confront the truth, change the world — mirrors a cynicism that insists on cinema’s triviality. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Both sides agree the 2012 contest will turn on big issues, not the trivialities — flag factory visits, candidate wardrobe critiques — that characterized past campaigns. Iowa up first in economy-themed campaign 2012-01-03T03:23:00Z But both look more backward than forward, and “Namouna,” in particular, flaunts its own triviality. Dance Review: New York City Ballet?s Architecture of Dance 2010-04-30T23:01:00Z The piece is a scathing indictment of the triviality of contemporary media and concludes with a text invoking the resurgence of physiognomy, the pseudo-science that claimed character traits could be read in physical features. Hard truths and savage intensity 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z “Dexter” has always leavened its extreme morbidity with gutter humor, and avoided the common cable-drama outcomes of solemnity at one end or triviality at the other. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: ‘Dexter’ 2013-06-28T16:01:20Z Ice age carvings: strange yet familiar All today's stories All the latest truths and trivialities from our team of food writers Look and feel great with our online healthy eating and dieting service. Smarties with Andy Warhol 2013-02-16T23:30:01Z The grand, quasi-orchestral textures of Funérailles passed by in solemn procession, and the lighter entertainment of Venezia e Napoli was presented with an insouciance that never let this Italianate spree lapse into triviality. Evgeny Kissin ? review 2011-02-15T19:10:04Z And I imagine some theatergoers will object to the nasty triviality of most of the characters. Review: ‘Gloria,’ at the Vineyard Theater, Looks at a Toxic Workplace 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z What was strangest, and most disappointing, was the tone of inconsequentiality and triviality that marked it all. Dance Review: ?Smithsoniansmith,? in Denim, on Lower East Side 2010-07-30T21:20:00Z I was so determined not to focus on trivialities that a full month went by before I noticed one glaring problem: Chris would not express an opinion. Modern Love: Encouraging a Partner to Find His Voice - Modern Love 2012-10-28T04:01:21Z Longer, sweeter melodies were no less well served, Mr. Pollini’s unsentimental approach warding off triviality. Music Review: Maurizio Pollini Honors Chopin Landmark at Carnegie 2010-04-19T21:51:00Z The film’s solemnity is seductive — as is Mr. Scorsese’s art — especially in light of the triviality and primitiveness of many movies, even if its moments of greatness also make its failures seem more pronounced. Review: Questions and Prayers Go Unanswered in Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Significance can be overrated, and “Submarine” makes the most of its whimsical triviality. | 'Submarine': Coming of Age, and Then to Terms 2011-06-02T21:46:17Z Carl’s odd vandalism and Adam’s sudden disappearance loom large precisely because they remain—in a novel where seeming trivialities are methodically probed for meaning—unexamined and unexplained. Two Novels About Frustrated White Men, Thirty-five Years Apart 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z It isn’t in those shows’ league, but it’s a welcome change from the glossy triviality of other summer filler like “Rookie Blue” or “The Good Guys.” | 'The Bridge': Aaron Douglas Stars in a New Police Series on CBS 2010-07-09T22:24:00Z The shared context emphasizes the triviality of these supposed misdeeds. Celebrities quick to apologize for mistakes but are they sorry? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Van Vechten’s photos are fascinating but quaint: They often accentuate ballet’s glamorous triviality rather than its more profound capacity for drama. Review: ‘Transmissions’ Evokes a Climate (Poetic, With a Chance of Ballet) 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z That is a great and consequential story, of course, and focusing on it saves “The Reagan Show” from triviality. Review: In ‘The Reagan Show,’ No Grenada but Lots of the Arms Race 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z They’re the aging college professors, too busy conjuring Big Ideas to care about such trivialities as clothes and hair. Why does Bernie Sanders dress like that? Because he can. 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The same intense vulgarity which had never ceased beating the great drum of triviality in her praise and honoring her fondly on the cymbals, this same vulgarity has now become bored with the idolised artist. Charlize Theron and other evil queens 2012-06-08T17:37:52Z The greater surprise was the impact of the art itself, which in some rooms felt like a salve for miserable times, and in others like trivialities from a vanished world. Welcome to the Great Indoors: Museums Beckon in the Berkshires 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z To give an award to such minor-league bizarrerie is to reduce the greater achievements of New York dance to parochial triviality. Dance Review: ‘The Shining’ by Yvonne Meier 2012-12-13T23:06:57Z How could anyone bother with "an immensely pretty film of monumental triviality" when it was placed beside a harrowing vision such as ? Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z He would say it all the time, sometimes with profundity, sometimes with perfect triviality. Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 'Edward Snowden was warm, kind, thoughtful' 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Tux is philosophically speculative, delivering aphoristic riffs that reveal Kierkegaardian abysses in such daily trivialities as a campfire, and mini marshmallows in cocoa. What to Stream: “Tux and Fanny,” Albert Birney’s Boldly Imaginative Instagram Animation 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z It has something to do with his peculiar, irascible, enchanting personality, still vivid in our age of triviality and blandness. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z As I watched Brown, Cameron and Clegg on television, I longed for one of them to break free from this arena of triviality and statistics, this prison of innumerable regulations. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z This is not glamorous, but I do think, in its triviality, and in its, let's say, almost monstrosity, we can relate to that. From Hitchcock to the Macarena, "Titane" director on how monstrosity and humor feed her body horror 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z When's he going to take on some serious issues, not these silly trivialities, this idle gossip? The Wonders of Life 2013-01-28T06:59:01Z They resonated deeply with audiences when he spoke of the trivialities of life, like his distaste for using airport bathrooms. Robert Schimmel, 60, Provocative Comic, Dies 2010-09-04T23:00:00Z “Its triviality is beyond contempt, its witlessness at times amusing, and the standard of the acting is not exactly memorable.” Anthony Marriott, British Playwright, Dies at 83 2014-04-28T04:22:30Z “So much of the attention wars that we all are immersed in are dominated by idiocy, triviality and shouting,” Mr. Anderson said. Chris Anderson, Curator of TED Talks, Builds his Brand 2014-03-07T21:53:45Z But Mr. LaChiusa has the courage of his audacity, and he cannily balances grandeur against triviality, the eternal against the mundane. Review: In ‘First Daughter Suite’: Unelected but Still Under a Microscope 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Waters tackled big topics: “Time,” “Money,” war, the inevitability of death, the triviality of daily life, the importance of seizing the moment. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In times of great crisis, political comedy as usual can take on an unattractive pall of triviality. How late-night comedy went from political to politicized 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It seems to indicate that Montaigne saw his own sensibility as poised on a knife-edge between being submerged in the ephemeral trivialities of contingent competition, and the lasting importance of life properly engaged with. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z “I don’t like ants, and I don’t like ugly people” — followed by an hour of random irritation and spirit-sapping triviality. Television Review: ?Shahs of Sunset? on Bravo, About Iranian-Americans 2012-03-10T00:26:27Z We invest in the swapping of trivialities," he said, "precious time that we could use for serious reflection. Anyone there? When your email goes unanswered 2011-07-19T00:20:05Z In her version of alcoholic haute-Bohemia, it was also somehow “common” to trouble oneself with trivialities like regular meals. The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z It has actually introduced that triviality into the lexicon. Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and the trouble with dramatising suicide 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z He also took aim at the newspaper articles submitted as evidence of illicit newsgathering, saying they offered a "breathtaking level of triviality". Harry and others 'long way off' proving hacking claims, Mirror publisher says 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z An answer comes, indirectly, from the diary of Inge Jansen, the socialite wife of an NSB official: She didn’t mention the events at all, recording only her lunch engagements and other trivialities. Review | Dutch diaries record wartime life, and challenge a national myth 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z “Teens are just noticing there might be longevity to these moments of triviality or fun they’re having on a platform like TikTok.” TikTok loves true confessions. Colleges, not so much. 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Carlson’s seeming awareness of the triviality of his topic is all part of the deal, Peck says, tracing the roots of his attitude to the network’s earliest days. M&M’s trades ‘polarizing’ mascots for Maya Rudolph — but why? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Even appearing to surrender to Tucker Carlson inflates his ego and encourages him to inflate other trivialities into moral crusades. Column: The right wing pitched an absurd tantrum over M&M's. It worked. 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z She’s much more comfortable offering interesting trivialities about her early life than examining the decisions and contradictions that constituted her remarkable career. Review | Janet Malcolm, chronicler of psychiatry, shied away from self-analysis 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “If we don’t respect our profession and we see it frittering away into the realm of triviality and sensationalism, we’ll lose our standing,” she said. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z There are constant trivialities about how handsome Hunter looks in a suit and exchanges of “I love you” between the couple. Review | Hunter Biden’s ex opens up about why she stayed — and why she left 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z We saw White Christians in the South sit serenely in their pews listening to what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called “pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities” as blatant injustices were inflicted upon Black people. Opinion | Silence in the face of injustice is a sin, too 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z And yet, these are trivialities compared with the complications associated with open-heart surgery. ‘Dawgs helping Dawgs’: How a fellow UW football alum helped former QB Cody Pickett avoid open-heart surgery 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z White House staffers ultimately did respond after the article was published, knocking Politico for focusing on trivialities. "This is what people really care about": Politico reports "paranoid" Harris is "Bluetooth-phobic" 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Washington is also punching that panic button after three straight losses that has the team teetering on triviality just like the Broncos are. Broncos hope Jeudy’s return vs. Washington is their elixir 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “For a long time, chatting about the weather was synonymous with triviality. That’s over now,” it said. Floods Thrust Climate Change to Center of German Campaign as Toll Mounts 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z And not only the real — after all, even the basest trivialities are real — but the omnipresent, the immanent and the imminent, the stuff of being and nonbeing. Climate crisis is here; so is climate fiction. Don't you dare call it a genre 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “When we die, the kernel is buried with us. This is the horror and pity of death and the reason for the inescapable triviality of biography.” Janet Malcolm, elegant and incisive writer for the New Yorker, dies at 86 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z FDR’s relief chief, Harry Hopkins, was brusquely unapologetic when the press and congressional conservatives attacked the WPA for the apparent triviality of some projects. Column: Is Biden the next FDR? That depends on what you think about the New Deal 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Movies were meant to inspire the masses’ minds toward revolution, not indulge in trivialities like romance, family or personal happiness. Shanghai's cinephiles once secretly loved Hollywood. Now Chinese films dominate its silver screens 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The incredible triviality of stuff I had devoted so much as five seconds to thinking about! Too much perspective? Bring on the trivial luxury of the Premier League | Marina Hyde 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She’s never thought she is, and indeed, bolstering an industry that feeds the dual hungers of entertainment and expression is no triviality. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Their return doesn’t indicate that American triviality is back. Perspective | Sports are doing what they can to remain viable, just like the rest of us 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Woods seems to revel in the secrecy of what essentially is triviality. Tiger Woods' restart reticence builds anticipation for his eventual return | Ewan Murray 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Li’s wall sometimes reads like a tribute to the trivialities of everyday life, those moments taken for granted before the coronavirus. Coronavirus killed China's whistleblower doctor. Now the virus has changed how the country can mourn him 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Swift urged fans to donate to charity, while Kardashian acknowledged the circular triviality of the whole affair. Swift and Kardashian trade barbs over leaked call 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The questions lobbed at Democrats are often fair, but often pale into triviality when a Republican follows them on and starts sowing conspiracy theories. Impeachment, the Constitution and Donald Trump: Scholar William Howell on America after acquittal 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z These might seem trivialities, but they knock him sideways. Bill Nighy: ‘It takes me a long time to recover if I see myself on screen' 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z If Republicans are now of the opinion that budgets, deficits, and spending levels are annoying trivialities, best ignored, the debate over these proposals can focus more on their efficacy, and less on their price tags. As deficits soar, Trump asks, 'Who the hell cares about the budget?' 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Warhol wasn’t the first to sense how modern life, as represented in the news media, teetered always on the verge of triviality. Perspective | Warhol on fire 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z While the familiar idiom “you say tomayto, I say tomahto” is meant to showcase the triviality of differences, the irony lies in its illustration of the wide variation in English pronunciation. Bellevue startup uses artificial intelligence to help English learners’ pronunciation 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z You get trapped in your own triviality, in the mind numbing packaging and distribution of the minutiae of your day. I was Insta-famous and it was one of the worst things to happen in my 20s | Verity Johnson 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Of course, this isn’t how the federal contracting process is supposed to work, but since when does Trump care about such trivialities? Trump confronts corruption concerns over proposed border wall 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z So when the organizers of the annual Met Gala announced camp as the theme of their 2019 to-do, the required dress code of “studied triviality” sent celebrities scrambling. Opinion | Trump is America’s first camp president 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z It wasn’t an easy theme to grasp; the instructions for guests were to dress with “studied triviality.” Inside the Met Gala: Feathers, bling and ideas about ‘camp’ 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z His primary support for this claim was that the medium of television was so structurally biased toward entertainment, triviality, and spectacle that it was incapable of fostering serious, sustained, and rational deliberation. The dangers of digital politics 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Tom Jones wasted not one second on trivialities when he stepped onstage Sunday night to make his debut at the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio. Tom Jones, mourning ‘lost love,’ turns to country at Stagecoach 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z None of this would matter if it didn’t have that power – fashion, when cornered, cites its triviality as a defence – except it did. The man who froze women: why Karl Lagerfeld was an artist for our times | Tanya Gold 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z In counting the many costs of the Trump era, we focus too rarely on the president’s success in pushing divisive trivialities and self-interested contrivances to the center of national concern. Opinion | The real national emergency is the triviality of our politics 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Fontana and his wife, Jessica, attending their first Met gala, professed - like many - to some lingering confusion over the meaning of camp, without much help from “studied triviality.” Inside the Met Gala: Feathers, bling and ideas about ‘camp’ 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “When we submit to a profound experience of art, it’s a rare reprieve from the everyday torrent of triviality and distraction,” he wrote. How Facebook robbed us of our sense of self 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Golfers readily skip events for all manner of trivialities. European Tour makes a serious bogey in visiting Saudi Arabia | Ewan Murray 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z No sport links indignation and triviality to a greater degree than golf. Flashpoints of 2018: Phil Mickelson breaks the rules at the US Open 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z This is not some obscure triviality, only of interest to trade wonks. Trump struggles to understand the basics of his own tariffs policy 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The best way to avoid Parkinson’s law of triviality is to get the agenda right. Tortured by meetings 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The reason I’m not fixated on those trivialities is that the earphones themselves are an exhibition of two hugely impressive engineering feats: excellent fit and excellent sound. OnePlus Bullets Wireless review: exceeding expectations 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But you seem to be getting bogged down in trivialities, like hassling Amazon and transgender soldiers. Dear Trump, Make World Peace Your Mission 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z As their members struggled with poverty, they mouthed “pious irrelevancies and sanctimonious trivialities.” Opinion | We Forgot What Dr. King Believed In 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Together the three Egelunds are the sole owners of the business, one built on transforming mundane, often unglamorous household trivialities into attractive tools to be both used and admired. How a Salon Trash Can Turned a Design Brand Into a Phenomenon 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z All you hear is the sound of the admin's voice echoing back and forth with one triviality after another. Inside Africa's WhatsApp's gated communities 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z An exhibition game makes an excellent canvas for Peak Cat because exhibition games actually don’t count, but Peak Cat does not dwell in trivialities such as don’t count. Perspective | ‘Well, they’re playing like dirt’: For Kentucky basketball fans, angst has no preseason 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z I didn’t want to annoy teachers with what I considered triviality. Opinion | College Advice I Wish I’d Taken 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Macron once said he wanted to be a “Jupiterian” leader, unchallenged and detached from trivialities, like the Roman god of the skies. Emmanuel Macron wanted to rule like Jupiter, but governing France has brought him quickly down to earth 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Only in that way do you reveal its mendacity, its triviality. UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol T. Christ: 'Free speech has itself become controversial' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “The thing I keep returning to on the Senate bill is the contrast between the intense hardship it imposes and the triviality of the gains,” Krugman said. Why we need a return to moral politics: The GOP’s health care assault is only the latest example 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z While Carlson deserves credit for criticizing Trump over his tendency to tweet trivialities, the rest of his logic is so flawed that it almost boggles the mind. Tucker Carlson’s absurd defense of Trump’s Brzezinski tweets: “Barack Obama vacationed with rappers” 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s equally gratifying whether a client decides to spend time chatting with me about trivialities or important things happening in their lives. Providing a Haven for the Homeless 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z “I didn’t expect such triviality,” she was quoted as saying after winning the contest. The Lauded Russian Hacker Whose Company Landed on the U.S. Blacklist 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z For all its emphasis on life and death, “Exodus” also includes moments of joy, humor and everyday trivialities. Intimate cellphone footage gives 'Exodus' a powerful first-person view of the global refugee crisis 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Existing Chinese terms for humor were tainted with associations like abusiveness, triviality or cynicism. Finding a Rich Vein of Humor in China’s Past 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z With a note of exasperation, Obama said he had lost patience with the trivialities of a campaign dominated by what he called a reality-television mentality. Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z These choices may seem like trivialities, but, like everything else about Clinton’s campaign, these songs are picked to navigate a set of difficult political conundrums. What Hillary Clinton’s campaign songs say that she can’t 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z As you move towards normalcy you see the grass in a new light, the birds, the majesty of nature's balance, the great, the good, the idiocy, and the triviality in all things. When Do You Give Up on Treating a Child With Cancer? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z They chatter about their grandkids, the traffic and the trivialities of everyday life, idling while the stragglers catch up for their weekly hike. Retirees enjoy scenic, guided walks in Seattle 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Above all though, I reject the ominous subtext about importance and triviality at work here. ‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z But Mr. Philips cautioned Mr. Trump that in the world of American Parliamentary Debate, “theatrics don’t work — the audience might be superficially amused, but at some level they get bored by the triviality.” Advice on Out-Debating Ted Cruz From Someone Who Did 1455-04-01T05:00:00Z But among a certain class of old-fashioned conservatives, such foppish trivialities are as transgressive as a heroin addiction. A charm offensive: the repellent magnetism of Justin Trudeau 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z No—but that triviality is exactly why it ought be so easy to let the term go. Good Riddance, 'House Master'—That Demand Actually Made Sense 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z It also claimed an unpublished proof of the triviality of German. Mathematicians prove the triviality of English 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In a sense, Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent incendiary comments about the Holocaust are a relative triviality when compared to the never-ending host of other issues plaguing the most protracted conflict in the world. Netanyahu’s dangerous Holocaust lie: Yet another disgrace shows he’s one of the world’s most repellant leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Ahead of my approaching nuptials I’ve been wondering about our collective wisdom on marriage and how to find advice that escapes the usual traps of cliche, triviality and overgeneralization. The 9 tips that can save your marriage 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Once upon a time in America, it was believed that the president of the United States should have the gravitas and proper sense of priorities to distance himself from the triviality of showbiz. The Danger of a Celebrity President 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Although dismissed at the time by von Neumann as a triviality, the Nash equilibrium has been used to analyse all sorts of competitive situations. John Forbes Nash (1928-2015) : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z But perhaps the odor of triviality will cling to the fictions of the younger generation? Alejandro Zambra, Latin America’s New Literary Star 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z A stats prof. who thought that the most important theorem in probability stated a standard triviality. The Roots of Obama’s Ambitious College Plan 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z These are not trivialities, but the public will likely never obtain answers to more serious questions around Grimm’s conduct as an elected representative. The Appalling Career of Michael Grimm 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet because your brain conjures up most of what you see anyway, trivialities such as pristine optical transmission are not that important. Filling in the _________ 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z If young people in this country can’t be bothered, surely it’s evidence of our fecklessness and triviality! America lost the millennials: How a generation was left behind and taken for granted 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Now they were needlessly delaying the project again, this time over a senseless bureaucratic triviality. What to Do When Anger Takes Hold 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z As I discussed in a previous post, the banality and triviality of the findings does not prevent the big data priests from claiming they have discovered the “mathematical laws that govern society.” The Government-Academia Complex and Big Data Religion 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The fact they provide these trivialities is why I’m there. Why I'm Going All-In On Customer Service 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z There is also just as much noise, time-wasting triviality, and plenty of room for grandstanding. #Ferguson Exposes the Fault Lines Between Facebook and Twitter 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The conversation will then be truly a two-way conversation, not just about trivialities but about fundamental things. 7 Reasons Marketers Are Not Innovating Fast Enough 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Prime-time programming in those days consisted of scripted entertainment; no one then could imagine that, two decades into the future, televising the trivialities of daily life would captivate the public. A riveting case that captivated the country A condemns it as a "monument to the triviality and intellectual poverty of today's culture industry". Zurich gets foghorn art installation 2014-05-07T10:48:36Z The judge referred to a number of savage beatings that the man had inflicted on his children for "trivialities" such as stroking one of his dogs' pups or getting sauce on a communion dress. Mother was a 'heartless tormentor' 2014-04-11T11:58:56Z Finally, one of the reporter's followers named Aaron scolded the group: "Keep bickering about trivialities, that's what Americans need." In political messaging wars, White House deploys a Twitter army 2013-11-03T23:41:56Z In fact, I assert that they were often viewed as trivialities or jokes.” Peter Thiel vs. Marc Andreessen: Is Innovation on the Decline? 2013-05-02T16:05:35Z Perhaps the joke is on the president’s office, for Youssef’s good-humored nature means that he has spun the legal case as a passing triviality. Jon Stewart takes Egypt 2013-04-06T19:00:00Z Every time I hear about the triviality of sports, I think about a moment like this, when the nation seems to drop everything and talk about a game. Seattle enjoys a noisy and successful week of sports 2012-09-29T23:52:03Z Each electoral cycle, news organisations vow to cover the issues in depth and not be consumed by gaffes and trivialities that habitually dominate coverage. The shared language of sport and politics 2012-09-27T23:59:27Z It also illustrates the triviality of some of the advancements of the past decade. Is U.S. Economic Growth a Thing of the Past? 2012-09-04T13:05:35Z We are witnesses to and prisoners of what a wise man from the old TimeForm betting guide once described as, "our magnificent triviality". My kingdom for a horse, a ball of some kind and a television zapper 2012-08-25T21:20:14Z I guess they are absolutely wed to sitcoms and the triviality that they are going to load onto the TV other than the two conventions.” John Sununu calls major TV networks ‘hypocritical’ on convention coverage 2012-08-25T17:12:26Z Serious charges of immorality are mingled with trivialities, much as the chroniclers of the period mingle battles, monastic gossip and sea monsters cast upon the shore. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z You might think this prediction is safe to the point of triviality, but certain prominent scientists are claiming not merely that they can answer The Question but that they have already done so. Science Will Never Explain Why There's Something Rather Than Nothing 2012-04-23T20:45:33.007Z Sharon Bennett, a divorce lawyer in London, said that she advises her clients to use anodyne language or inoffensive trivialities. Divorce, British Style: Fault-Finding as Fine Art 2012-04-07T23:38:06Z Under a literary and dramatic point of view," says M. Sainte-Beuve, "that which is the essential characteristic of the mysteries of the sixteenth century is its low vulgarity and its too minute triviality. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Thousands of innocent people were snuffed to one Nihilist, and the Nihilists profited by the triviality of suspicion. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Nino looked into the pale, kind face, from which every trace of triviality had been washed by the warm water and the tears. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z His eyes were always meeting Sallie's—and it seemed to him that it was costing her also no little effort to maintain any interest in the trivialities of the table. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z The only truth for mind is the substantial and underlying essence, and not the trivialities of external existence and contingency. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z And it must be avowed that puerility, triviality, indecency even, so dominate there, that it is easy, when approaching it, to give one's self over to a universal disgust. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But under the trivialities there was tense excitement. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Fred was there, and Fred's wife—a pretty black-haired little matron, full of trivialities and full of sympathy with Lydia—was sitting by that respected sister at a little table. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Do you know how their minds work? how they talk? what they wear? and the thousand and one trivialities that go to make up character portrayal? How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z His trivialities were reading and penmanship, and he was so wrapt up in them that often he could hardly be got away to his meals. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Engrossed by trivialities how can it be otherwise? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z His eyes look upon no pictures or porcelains or bronzes, for to one who communes at will with deities or spirits, and may peep even sometimes into Nirvana, such trivialities are, of course, superfluous. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z You felt that for the British Empire these places and issues were trivialities. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z There are some puerilities and much philosophy, trivialities and some of the profoundest reflections. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z A faint flush suffused Adelina's cheek, and, as if to conceal her emotion, she uttered some polite triviality, which, it is safe to say, was not remembered by her. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z Smallness of horizon, triviality of design, feebleness of mind or body are absent. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Subtle and intricate trivialities of sentiment took the place of passion, and made the episode infinitely mean. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Mr. Murray long refused to publish it unless it was curtailed, and Borrow, with his usual self-will and self-confidence, refused to retrench the trivialities. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z It was likely to come out at its strongest in his present condition of mind, and to throw into shadow his innate triviality. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z The heroic face before me said, 'You cannot have those and these, cannot have Christian elevation with heathen triviality.' Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z He's just mature; a 28-year-old former professional baseball player who's married and doesn't get caught up by trivialities that might slip up younger players. Fiesta Bowl pits 2 of nation's best QBs 2012-01-01T19:32:03Z But he only saw that Miranda scrutinised his looks, and he only heard her gabbling of this triviality and that with a feverish vivacity. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z He's just mature; a 28-year-old former professional baseball player who is married and doesn't get caught up by trivialities that might slip up younger players. Quarterbacks will be in spotlight in Monday's Fiesta Bowl | College football 2012-01-02T05:22:03Z Who, trivial with the trivialities of to-day, could foretell, trifling with her, what incentive might drive the steel deep up under his arm? San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z It is Christianity alone which stamps importance upon each individual life, and which invests the apparent trivialities of time with the sublimities of eternity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Nothing that all may not acquire, if but a tithe of the zeal and labor claimed by the trivialities of a few years are spent upon these issues of eternity. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The darkness and the enclosed space make them assume exaggerated dimensions; all the little trivialities in the room accentuate their importance. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The parody turned upon some trivialities of detail and some basenesses of character in dramas written by the two poets. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z I realized for the first time the inanity of imposed pretences, the thick, the suffocating armor of triviality that criminally and ludicrously muffled life. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z They prefer to stop at home and read, as they consider, seriously, than to go abroad and listen to what they hold to be, trivialities. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Their garish triviality had no place among these mellowed, long-tried volumes. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Where he recognised a sympathetic personality he left trivialities alone and plunged straightway into the depths. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Sensational skies that repeat one sensation to monotony, scattered blacks and emphasized trivialities, are set aside by those who follow Mr. New. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z I answered in the affirmative, and gave no further matter for questions; nor did he, but spoke of other trivialities, and then went away. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z He had no room for such trivialities in his life. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z This tremendous tragedy of love and revenge dwarfed all her theories of life to the merest trivialities. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z I, of course, don't expect you to be interested in the trivialities of my life, and I only mention it as a mere detail, but--the lady would very much like to know you. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z About this present one hangs the inferiority, the comparative triviality, of its primal origin. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z "It's long since we spoke of certain things—trivialities, maybe, such as forgery, theft, and blackmail—" "As to blackmail—" put in the other, with an attempt at bravado. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z In both cases, however, Paine is pointing out some biblical triviality or indecency—or what he conceived such. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Faded, almost gone, are many of the words, but when we rescue them from threatening oblivion, they throb again with the actual, which throbs best in trivialities. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z It is all wrong, and no gifts of fortune can make up for the want of thoroughly rational companionship between parties so allied, and so apt to belittle each other by triviality. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Such trivialities and externalities invested her with glamour. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z They spoke in English, of trivialities—Paris, the weather, the crowd, and the victory of Mathias—and, as the saddling-bell rang for the fifth race, all walked out together to the trackside. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z It affords a proof of what can be achieved with limited means by a true artist, and how burlesque situations are susceptible of being treated without a suspicion of vulgarity or triviality. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z It showed occasionally profound insight, and made brilliant remarks, but contained also many trivialities and absurdities. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z The triviality of the subject which he often selects is relieved by the charm of an astonishingly vigorous and spirited execution. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z He seemed above what may be termed the little trivialities of life, and to have a wide and general view of everything. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z The forest, like the sea, has in its every mood a magnificent dignity of its own—a superb indifference to the transitory doings of man, which dwarfs human affairs to an aspect of utter triviality. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z But it was only trivialities about the Germans having nearly all gone now, their being free to travel, their coming back to Sardinia because they liked it better than Germany. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Its two cardinal defects are lack of simplicity of treatment, and tenuity or triviality of the subject, or plot. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z The simplicity of trivialities Dou made the subject of the finest and most precious pictures in the world. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z Many of them were full of the most distressing trivialities. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z When she is well enough to be bothered with such vain trivialities, I shall present my manuscript to Joyce. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z He took refuge in trivialities seriously, and played the fool in order to remain sane. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z She had established herself as Masterman's nurse, glad to exchange the idle trivialities of Kensington for these hard duties of helpful service. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z "Mrs. Spottiswoode was just about to make me a wager that you wouldn't descend to such triviality." The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Seeming trivialities were seized upon as food for thought. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z But when he turned to face the judge again he had forgotten the time, and crowded trivialities were racing through the narrow gates of his brain once more. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Nothing can excite greater contempt than the mean trivialities which are served as communications from that infinite, silent universe wherein the energy of individual life sinks on death. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z Some women may be superficial in education and accomplishments, extravagant in tastes, conspicuous in apparel, something more than self-assured in bearing, devoted to trivialities, inclined to frequent public places. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z A saving sense of humor came to remind him of his own sardonic musings on the silent drive from the camp with the colonel; how he had railed inwardly at the social trivialities. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z It is not much good to have a framework composed of trivialities. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z And out of such trivialities is life made. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z Do not let us talk of trivialities," she completed, "till the great question of all is settled. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z Sectarian rivalries and ecclesiastical trivialities vanish in the trenches. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z It strikes the true note of a harmonious introduction, and is free from the irritating trivialities of the former openings. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z However, to put such trivialities out of the account, we have left only this question of identity, and that I shall have no difficulty in disposing of, entirely to your satisfaction. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Yet of such trivialities will the lips force themselves to chatter while the heart is bursting. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z In nine cases out of ten they are discussing the veriest trivialities.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They have their place as part of the tragedy, and it is the sense of tragedy, not the triviality of the incident which is uppermost in our mind. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z The critics point to the extreme triviality of the alleged communications from this world. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z He was not in the least interested, but at that moment, as a result of his wound and his weariness, his brain felt that it needed the rest of such trivialities. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Strange are the trivialities that combine together for stupendous results. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She had sacrificed herself, and the sacrifice was complete; what mattered a mere triviality of detail? The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z These features combine to make The Windsor's contents, month by month, a popular theme for conversation in circles that are weary of the trivialities of the common-place periodicals. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z This seems almost too trivial for a doctor to talk about, but it is on the care of trivialities that good health often depends. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It is only as we grow older and get more sense that such trivialities cease to amuse! Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Margaret had her foot on the step, her hand on the servant's shoulder, and was about to alight, when a triviality stayed her steps, an incident changed her purpose—she sat down again and waited. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z In the six lines which tell of the scene’s profanation the style sinks with the theme into flat triviality:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z I pass over trivialities and come at once to the point, that we all withdrew in a body and that Gustavus gave his arm to our fair Dauphiness and took hers. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Perhaps we are too comfortable in our apathy and ignorance, in our cosy homes and pretty rooms, by our bright fires, and surrounded by the endless trivialities of life, to look beyond. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z But to-day, beyond this people dressed in blouses and calico, I saw one whose nobility was in striking contrast with all the surrounding triviality. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z You know I have always been addicted to trifling, and no book from which trivialities were excluded would fairly represent me. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z For certainly the strained simplicities and trivialities of some of his country ballads, which were what Leigh Hunt and his friends most disliked in Wordsworth’s work, could never be called thunders. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Clem never took notice of such trivialities, but Mrs. Capron and the other women would raise delicate eyebrows and even the men exchange inscrutable glances. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z With true divinity, she had stepped out into the world, smiling, amidst the trivialities and dissensions, and weaknesses that assail and tempt and twist and scar the lives of humanity. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z If only once it marred its triviality with a bruise of passion, its beauty would vanish with the blow. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z She is a heroic invalid who displays the air of a martyr about trivialities. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z He was far less at his ease than when talking trivialities, and he occasionally stammered and sometimes hesitated for a word. The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z Chatteris rose to greet them and explained—what had been by no means apparent before—that he was on his way to Adeline, and after a few further trivialities he and Melville went on together. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z While pointing out the pathos and humiliation of the thought that a soul can be stunted by the trivialities of personal appearance, they own to having set down Charlotte Mullen’s many evil qualities “without pity.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z While she made the most of each triviality there was a rattle of wheels outside, and Mr. Earle came in. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Yet these are hidden beneath a superincumbent mass of trivialities. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Why, the day Charles was graduated his friends had honored him with—But why think of trivialities? The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The reader will please to recollect the antiquity of these, and their curiosity, before he condemns their triviality. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z There's reporting and commentary happening right on-screen right now, of a type that throws cable news' business-as-usual triviality and sleaziness into unflattering relief. Radiation released in Japan threatens 140,000 2011-03-15T16:59:00Z There's reporting and commentary happening right onscreen right now, of a type that throws cable news' business-as-usual triviality and sleaziness into unflattering relief. Japan nuclear crisis most perilous since Chernobyl 2011-03-15T11:49:00Z He is very good at the trivialities and absolutely awful at the important stuff. Lib Dem views 2011-03-12T14:01:25Z For Maria's descriptions of the pretty trivialities of their school life was music and wine to his soul. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z They were going to escape from society and shopping, and petty engagements and incessant triviality—as a bird flies up out of weeds. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z From its very brevity there is no small danger of the epigram passing into childish triviality: the paltriest pun, a senseless anagram, is considered stuff enough and to spare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Indeed it is not the subject the poet chooses that one objects to, but to the absence of ideas, or the shallowness or triviality of the idea. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z But Millet never descended to anecdotal trivialities; he avoided the pale sentimentality of such a painter as Jules Breton. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z A hundred trivialities flitted through his mind, as he had always been told they did in face of death. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z This flame that arises out of life, that redeems life from purposeless triviality, isn't life. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z With all its trivialities and incongruities, which belong to a barbarous age, Beowulf is yet a solid and comprehensive example of native epic poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This Roman Academy continued to exist, now flourishing, now occupied with trivialities, as is the way with such institutions, until the sack of Rome in 1527. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z His life had become a drear, monotonous triviality. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z I had my first good look at the medium before the proceedings began; a fattish, fluffy woman with large eyes, pale-haired and slow-moving, whose voluble trivialities of conversation and dress exaggerated both vulgarism and convention. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z The Popes based their fame on a heavy, proud type of vehicle, which the increasing luxury and triviality of the age tended to replace by lighter forms of carriage, carriages with diminutive and apologetic names. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Out here in this everlasting calm he could smile at the little agitations which had beset him in Cairo, and could observe their triviality. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z In Spain St. Teresa and the great mystical writers were compensating for the triviality and worse of the picaresque romances and the tales of chivalry. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z I asked, conscious of the triviality of the question. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z But presently she broke in with a comfortable triviality. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z This ineffective triviality in so much of our literary life of which Boon complained would give place to a sense of urgent purpose…. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z I do not know, Stimson, why you worry me with these trivialities," said the Dowager, "in which I can have no possible interest. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z In politics it is almost a triviality to say that public opinion now rules the world. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z In her presence, and indeed in the presence of ladies generally, men talk trivialities. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z It may seem like captious triviality to raise questions and objections thus early in the exposition of Professor Fisher's doctrine. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Joan, rather dazed, had assisted at these hasty rites, marveling at the triviality of a mind which could turn in one second from the catastrophe of a wrecked life to considerations of vanity. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Such trivialities as anonymous bouquets or verses bearing the superscription, "Thine forever," with two initial letters intertwined, were, of course, not to be counted. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The mind which has dwelt, again and again, upon every nook and corner, unmarked perhaps and unappreciated whilst in the neighbourhood, becomes enamoured absolutely of trivialities and trifles. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Not that he could not, for with his men friends he often chatted on all sorts of trivialities. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Such harmless trivialities—for trivialities they must be called—are indulged in by men who are the honor and joy of their homes. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z At their worst, they invite derision for trivialities like a preponderance of throw pillows, causing buyers to move on to other listings. The Appraisal: To Sell a Luxe Apartment, No Ordinary Snapshot Will Do 2010-06-21T15:51:00Z We only ask because such trivialities seem to bring out the beast in you. The readers' room: what you thought of G2 this week 2010-05-27T23:04:00Z Perhaps more important to their prospects of winning the party leadership than such trivialities as political principles is the different skill-set and leadership style of each brother. Britain's Labour Leadership Race: A (Mili)band of Brothers 2010-05-15T20:20:00Z Nevertheless, the debates have changed things and, although there is no shortage of triviality, there seems to be a revival of interest in policies. Hanging around for a political breakthrough ? again 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z But when the book was released, a spokesman for the Syro-Malabar order of the Catholic Church in India dismissed it as a "book of trivialities." The next Catholic abuse scandal: Crimes against women 2010-04-23T13:01:00Z He would function as Mr. Sarkozy’s missing political buffer, steering daily governance and protecting the Élysée Palace from its trivialities, a method employed by every other president since de Gaulle. Politicus: Sarkozy in Need of a Second Act 2010-04-19T17:30:00Z There will always be another forum for our triviality, our community building, and our hive mind meta-consciousness. Twitter finds a business model 2010-04-13T17:27:00Z The men were laughing over some triviality, and Mr. Ataranov is still not sure what happened, but the woman glared up at them from the ground and said she hoped they would all be killed. In Russia?s Dagestan Region, Police Live in Fear 2010-03-20T16:33:00Z Even Virgil’s idealising art fails to conceal the triviality of the media through which the invisible Power made its will and purpose manifest. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Nothing more definite was ever gleaned about the calling he had chosen, for he did not consider it seemly to discuss such trivialities. The Undying Past But I am descending into trivialities, and the Rock is not trivial by any means. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise He addressed a few trivialities to the musical-comedy star who was sitting on his left. The Hillman But his favourite pursuit, botany, has never deserved the name of a science, and inevitably bears a character of triviality in the eyes of the mathematician and the philosopher. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Though Virgil indicates in them the ambition which was moving him to vaster undertakings, yet he shows at the same time his consciousness of the comparative triviality of his art. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil At such moments he appeared tired—not physically, but of mundane trivialities. The Gay Adventure A Romance "Michael, how can you dare to think of such trivialities when you are standing at the edge of this terrible step?" Sinister Street, vol. 2 Here all trivialities were dismissed, and like one who falls asleep when a star is shining through his window-pane Michael fell asleep, with Lily radiant above the horizon. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The situation was too grave for personal trivialities. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Our social consciousness is too barefaced and open in its union of triviality and pathos. The Sources Of Religious Insight Instead, they talked cheerfully of trivialities for a time, and then Miss Blair announced her intention of going out to do some shopping. The Gay Adventure A Romance And so, Tom, for these trivialities, you picked a quarrel with a man who is a notorious and deadly duellist? Our Admirable Betty A Romance The chief defects, as already suggested, are the triviality of many of the subjects, the limitation in range, and the inadequacy of treatment. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology I am driven to absurdities and extravagances to give it any character of interest in my eyes, and then I feel ashamed of such triviality. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Just such triviality and absurdity belong to the thesis that absolute truth is an unpractical and inaccessible abstraction. The Sources Of Religious Insight However, to my disgust she insisted on remaining in the room and discussing trivialities. The Gay Adventure A Romance For some time there was a tacit agreement to ignore the impending danger, to talk of trivialities, wheeling round the central idea without ever settling there. Love's Usuries But Mandeville was in no mood to listen to trivialities, and being of a somewhat impatient nature, presently rose and excusing himself, took a hurried leave. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Every one was laughing a little exaggeratedly over just such trivialities. Shadows of Flames A Novel They attempted to hoot it down by clumsy abuse, affecting at the same time disgust and contempt for its literary triviality. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Yes! there it was—the justification of her memory for seeming trivialities. The Gay Adventure A Romance He asked a few trivialities regarding the invalid's health, and each query received an appropriate reply—nothing more. Love's Usuries Moreover, what was the use of thinking about such trivialities when the world's great problem was unfolding itself, just seven steps away over the worn strip of Brussels on the landing. A Top-Floor Idyl You could not get Antony and Adriana Van Hoosen, after all their American generations, to take an interest in church millinery and such trivialities.” Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance What a contempt old Tusser would have had for all the imported and fabricated condiments and trivialities that now come to our tables in packages suggestive of medicines and drugs! The Holy Earth She glanced across at him, when she had settled herself, and the first little trivialities of their being together were over. The Indian Drum Her soul was not adapted to the analysis of triviality. Love's Usuries For a moment she had forgotten us and the trivialities of the entertainment, and was breathing a prayer for her man-child. A Top-Floor Idyl The prose Conte of the eighteenth century forms a remarkable branch of literature, redeemed from triviality by the exceptional skill expended on it. A Short History of French Literature This is much like the instruction in manual training that begins with formal and meaningless model work or trivialities and neglects the issues of life. The Holy Earth The contrast between the flowing triviality of her speech and the strained intentness of eye and hand was a quaint thing to behold. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Where there are wide lawn spaces and fine trees in garden ground much of the effect is often lost or spoiled by the presence of unworthy trivialities where there should be distinct and bold features. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens He felt an interest in Orwell’s dog, running about in search of its master—in short, a dozen other trivialities raced through his brain. In the Whirl of the Rising A certain triviality is indeed noticeable, and the tendency of the middle ages to perpetuate favourite forms and models is by no means got rid of. A Short History of French Literature Katrine had been wading through trivialities all her life; a big experience was just what she needed. Lady Cassandra I don't think that ever in his life before had Luke realized the trivialities of life as he did at this moment. The Heart of a Woman But under this tedious triviality, as the reader of stock-novels will deem it, lurks a meaning serious enough to entice all save those who are indeed trivial. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 There a long and strange procession flits before our eye—dreams, “little bustling passions,” trivialities, floating like a myriad motes into the dim Octagon. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Perhaps they are right, but it seems to me that when Nature stretched her stone canvas in the Rockies she did not trouble with the trivialities of pleasing prettiness or technical nicety. Seeds of Pine I was driving; the load was heavy, and the horses, worn with fatigue and the heat, lagged more and more; therefore my anxiety grew, and I had no time to waste on trivialities. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls The first of those thousand and one trivialities which would go on and on from now onward in endless monotony, whilst Luke prepared for his trial, for his condemnation, perhaps for death. The Heart of a Woman This is a flimsy story, and rather suggests the triviality of the minds of those who concocted it than it impairs the character of Plotina. Roman Women He states that as the old poet was occasionally diffuse, and more often undignified, he had curtailed the redundancies, and rejected the trivialities. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Aside from the trivialities—which are wrapt up in such words as "culture," "custom," "precedent," and the like—the fundamental, explanatory reason for the intangible differences is one of years. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Could you not select from the younger ladies whom you habitually meet, a few who, like yourself, feel bored by the dulness or triviality of what you describe as the current feminine conversation? The Intellectual Life With a make-believe of composure, we discussed the trivialities of the day. Long Live the King And the mother, whose life is given to the trivialities and inanities of every season's mandate, merits not her children's reverence despite all Biblical injunction. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home But joy indescribable—what was that triviality—I was alive! alive! On the right of the British line The discrepancy between the triviality of their subject-matter and the exquisiteness of their diction is striking. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion The episode 135 seemed utterly meaningless, undemanded; the more remarkable because of de Vaca’s indifference to him, to all the trivialities of his Cuban duty. The Bright Shawl The good that is in it, which is considerable, is defaced by triviality and bad taste. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Emotional desire for a life in beauty would yield to the triviality of usefulness. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 There is a hideous triviality about the things people say at important moments in their lives. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome If Keble has not the exquisite poetical mysticism of Christina Rossetti he is more copious and more strictly scholarly, while he escapes the quaint triviality, or the triviality sometimes not even quaint, which mars Herbert. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) A general uneasiness permeated the small throng; they conversed with a forced triviality, or, sunk in thought, said nothing. The Bright Shawl No need to get yourself all worked up over such a mere triviality, is there? Collector's Item He learns the significance of trivialities, and the high importance of method. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police As they sat, now, talking over trivialities, Evan told his friend that he had found a new boarding-house, which, of course, he had not. A Canadian Bankclerk "Tommy's dead," the lament of a father over his son, is too long, it has frequent flatnesses, repetitions that do not add to the effect, bits of mere gush, trivialities. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) He waved away, with unconcealed impatience, the trivialities she used to soften the violence of his invasion. The Return of the Prodigal Not forty-eight hours, but long years, as measured by the seeming trivialities that go to make or mar existence, spanned the interval between Bristol and Hereford. Cynthia's Chauffeur What I saw unnerved me most surprisingly, considering its relative triviality. The Shunned House He could believe she would be endlessly pleased with simple things, that she could be made to laugh delightedly over the trivialities of daily life. Old Crow Nor is it at all certain that any genuine conception of its pretentious triviality had much to do with the decay which, after many years, it, like other human things, experienced. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The subject—the development of his own great powers—raises him above that willful dallying with trivialities which repels us in some of his other works. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Are they not sufficiently known to us? does not their triviality sadden us enough every day? The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The theaters offer nothing of importance; only trivialities are to be found on “the trestles.” The So-called Human Race Have "Marmion," and "The Lady of the Lake," and the immortal "Lay" been superseded by the trivialities and inanities of modern poetasters? or do the good old lines still hold their own? Home Life of Great Authors Wolcot's extreme coarseness, his triviality of subject, and a vulgarity of thought which is quite a different thing from either, are undeniable. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) She says that, at least where women are concerned, the reporters are sure to seize upon some triviality and ring its changes to the exclusion of serious matters. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years On the front page of even the best newspapers, paragraph after paragraph is taken up by descriptions in poor English of devastating trivialities. My Impressions of America A proud self-denying asceticism had given way to trivialities and superficialities. Jena or Sedan? Señor," exclaimed the anarchist, "how can you have the face to speak of trivialities at such a moment? The Recipe for Diamonds Triteness and triviality are fatal to a proverb. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But that it should invariably exclude mere trivialities, faults of taste, slovenlinesses of expression, etc., is at least the opinion of the present writer. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The teeming millions left in the hinterland were a plodding, uninspired mass content with trivialities. The Cartels Jungle It was to me like school in holidays; but to him, until I had worn him out with my invincible triviality, a delight. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) To repeat, no; nor was he disturbed even by such a triviality as a formal summons. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Thus far was mere recognition of a self-assertion of the Baronet's, as against female triviality. When Ghost Meets Ghost Why should I go on to reproduce his grossness and trivialities? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) They exchanged a few meaningless trivialities—with Hector still thoroughly tongue-tied and ended the conversation on a polite but strained note. The Dueling Machine Elegance.—Force also requires that one heed what may sometimes seem trivialities of good usage. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It we attempt to speak of details, we fall easily into triviality. Pedagogics as a System Granny Marrable had been right, and old Maisie had slept again, or seemed to sleep, after some dutiful useless attempts to head off Death by trivialities of nourishment. When Ghost Meets Ghost "Don't bother me with trivialities," Homer told her. Border, Breed Nor Birth We sought comfort and salvation in self-devised trivialities, in penances, confessions and satisfactions, in self-righteous works of monkery and in obedience to the commands of the Pope. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent They have their work, their time and their lives laid out systematically and do not allow trivialities to upset them. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types If we go into details, we fall into triviality. Pedagogics as a System But they follow male precedents, dropping trivialities as soon as womankind is out of hearing, and preserve a discreet silence—two discreet silences—about their respective recencies. When Ghost Meets Ghost Lady Granville, a woman expert in judging, thinks his capacity first-rate; that it approaches to greatness from his enlarged views, disdain of trivialities, resolution, decision, confidence, and above all his contempt of clamour and abuse. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III The closing theme borders on triviality; the Exposition ends, however, with some exceedingly brilliant improvisations on the rhythmic figure of the main theme. Music: An Art and a Language They sat for a long while, silent or speaking in trivialities, when he proposed a walk to the sea; but she declined in that curiously loud and false tone. Wild Oranges But he was rather too much given to dally about voluptuous subjects with a sort of chuckling epicene triviality. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 She approached it with the air of one who dismisses a triviality. When Ghost Meets Ghost For some time they talked indifferently upon various matters—the weather, the heat of the day, and like trivialities. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 His fine literary perception enabled him to detect the genuine excellence which underlay the superficial triviality of Crabbe's verses. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) A triviality,” he added, thinking of the other’s hand groping beneath the apron. Wild Oranges The difficulties in the way of such a course would have daunted most men; but Jim was going strong for the moment, and to him impossibilities were mere trivialities. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Yet by the triviality of these our criticisms one may measure the astonishing excellence of his books. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 They forgot their own trivialities, and rendered me such homage as genius commands from commonplace minds. Phemie Frost's Experiences If the matters in dispute between theist, deist, and pantheist are trivialities, then and then only can we regard the enterprise of the Christologians as chimerical and their achievements as futile. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology The faith of those gentlemen was unbounded, and they were so fond of trivialities, that where they found none they manufactured them. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) His mind is kept free from trivialities and his tongue is never employed in gossip. Elementary Theosophy It never failed to find the promise of disaster or good-fortune in the trivialities of its daily life. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country People came to Venice to waste time; trivialities, the last scandal, sensational stories, were the only subjects worth discussing. The Venetian School of Painting The room was full of walnut trivialities that looked aggressively obsolete in the sunshine that filled it and flooded a green little garden at the back of the house. The Camera Fiend He is high-flown in expressing even small ideas, or in describing trivialities. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Yet to-day, her anger had been stirred by an incident so small that its very triviality annoyed her pride. Robinetta Women may, and do, protest against the triviality of their lives, but emotional interests are more immediate than intellectual ones. The Truth About Woman He cuts out all unseemly trivialities, his actors are stern, powerful men, the treatment is historic and contemporary, but not gossipy. The Venetian School of Painting The public is too concerned with trivialities and too little with Truth. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Because there dwell in them triviality and vacuity, which prepare the way of the devil. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V She talked of the thousand trivialities that go to make the conversation between a man and a woman. The Man Who Wins There were flowers everywhere, and a benign, small old man with a snowy beard and hair, sat at a desk as if chatting of amiable trivialities with the frock-coated men who stood about him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 They were talking now across some thin barrier woven of trivialities, as it were some half-transparent Japanese screen, with all sorts of frivolous figures painted on it in an absurd perspective. Audrey Craven Such trivialities as no job, no relatives, practically no money, made little impression upon my Rocky-bound mind. A Mountain Boyhood All omit one or other of the absolute essentials, or dwell on some triviality. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 He fancied that they were going over the old items of the family budget, the thousand trivialities of family gossip that never seemed to be ended and never lost their interest. The Man Who Wins It is simple and natural, and entirely free from the besetting sins of so slight a picture triviality, affectation, empty prettiness, or simply silliness. Six Centuries of Painting Again, entre nous, I regard photographs as trivialities—above all, those abominations "photos from the Front." War Letters of a Public-School Boy She began to talk confusedly of trivialities; and Morrow, seeing that it would be hopeless to attempt to draw her back to her unguarded mood, left her soon after––heartsick and dejected. The Crevice Not one inspiring thought has yet been transmitted by this mystical way; only the most vulgar trivialities. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He seldom brushes his wings against the dust or lingers among the humble flowers close to the dust: he does not follow the masters in their entertaining trivialities and fatuities. The Book of Khalid But if we do not neglect those things, and yet do not refer them to the chief good, we shall not be very far removed from the trivialities of Herillus. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Replying to those who say "You must have lightness sometimes," he wrote: Yes, but never triviality. War Letters of a Public-School Boy But soon his eyes wandered again towards Miss Aaronsberg, and he forgot trivialities. Ghetto Comedies It may even be true that the evidential value rises with the number of trivialities recorded. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war No, we are not warranted to draw from these trivialities the grand results which send Shakib in ecstasies about his Master’s genius. The Book of Khalid A critical examination of an international legal document leads to a discussion of trivialities and to hypotheses of almost impossible possibilities. The Geneva Protocol The commonness, the triviality, the immediate meaninglessness of it all drove her to frenzy. The Rainbow It was not a land where men took desperate measures upon a triviality. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories But Bunner's realism never concerned itself with the record of trivialities for their own sake. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 This is no question of women usurping the place of men or any trivialities of that kind; it is a much more serious matter. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III And like so many of life’s tragic moments, it began out of something that is almost ridiculous in its triviality. The Prairie Child Things became so remote and of so little significance, as he knew the powerful source of his life, his eyes opened on a new universe, and he wondered in thinking of his triviality before. The Rainbow One would say it was there for trivialities only, since in a crisis they are usually dense, fatally doing the wrong thing. The Limit He smothered the instinct that had warned him of his danger, and persuaded himself that dry things would meet the triviality of her case. The Combined Maze For a play that made pretence to a serious purpose there was far too much time thrown away on mere trivialities. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 But I’m not going to let Duncan start a quarrel over trivialities like this. The Prairie Child A small undercurrent of thought in the doctor's mind, in which he can still accommodate passing events and the world's trivialities, begins to receive impressions of the facts of the case. Somehow Good Her most marked characteristic was her intense decision on trivialities. The Limit “The result of laziness,” she rejoined, and then was angry with herself for allowing an opening for mere trivialities. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The object of the ride must be constantly in view, and the report not be overburdened with trivialities about the enemy's patrols and the like, which are often in War of quite negligible importance. Cavalry in Future Wars The triviality or vulgarity does not depend on what we do, but on the spirit in which it is done. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In He cannot complain that they are superfluous if we give him fair warning of their triviality, and enable him to skip them without remorse. Somehow Good You get, moreover, almost invariably a broad and dignified effect: the process does not lend itself to triviality. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery They fought together against the difficulties that beset the great venture and their comradeship reduced the irritating trivialities of the first start to bearable limits. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The valentine episode was forgotten with other pre-war trivialities and she was reinstated in her old place of leadership. In Orchard Glen He talked incessantly on trivialities, and fussed about the house, vainly imagining that no one noticed his delight and excitement. The Scarlet Feather Nine cases out of ten I bring to an issue by means of a triviality. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator "Nothing!" exclaimed Latimer, with a gesture of his hand that swept away such trivialities like mere cobwebs that annoy but do not obstruct the vision. A Man of Two Countries That impresses men's minds, and to such a degree that the very triviality and incompleteness of the evidence becomes less trivial and less incomplete even to an unprejudiced mind. The Brothers Karamazov It is so freely employed in all sorts of trivialities that, like the dyer's hand, it becomes subdued to that it works in. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it Both are full of poetry, notwithstanding the triviality of the subjects which he has chosen in common with other painters of his school. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) These first descriptions she afterwards rewrote, discarding weakening detail, elaborating the occasional triviality which seemed to reflect the true local tint—a nice distinction, involving conscientious hard work. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales It would be easier to speak in dusk than in bald daylight—easier also before the bloom of reunion had been rubbed off by the prosaic trivialities of life. Captain Desmond, V.C. He has not explained anything since that fatal night two months ago, he has not added one actual illuminating fact to his former fantastic statements; all those are trivialities. The Brothers Karamazov He felt no physical discomfort, neither from tiredness nor thirst, nor from the branches scraping his bare skin, nor anything to drag his mind into trivialities. Eight Keys to Eden Charlie's voice, his dear, familiar voice, though it only spoke of the trivialities of his journey, seemed like music to her. The Girls of St. Olave's That a grave historian should intersperse the innumerable trivialities of the Worthies may be only less shocking. A History of Elizabethan Literature He sat in the comfortable chair, and lit a cigarette, shielding it with his hand so that she would not see it, recognize in its triviality his detachment. Mountain Blood A Novel His lassitude was noticeable, and when he roused himself it was often for trivialities. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Erect barriers of triviality, and it would waste its substance upon trivial matters. Eight Keys to Eden Subsequent to this we see the light vanishing and earnestness giving place to triviality of thought, to the ravings of superstition, to the inanities of ceremonialism and to the laws of social and religious bondage. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ One more of many illusions which deceptively gladden our lives, making us bearers of its misery and its triviality! The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Reading no books, for they thought it waste of time to read, the minds of his father and mother had sunk into such a narrow sluggishness that they could interest themselves only in trivialities. The Hero She adores Mr. Kingsley because he is earnest, and groans over the triviality of the literature of the day. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) He would spend three hours in illustrating a letter to a friend, filling the letter with gossipy trivialities and using six different kinds of ink to make it look grotesque. Stories of Authors, British and American These philosophers seem to feel that unless moral and aesthetic judgments are expressions of objective truth, and not merely expressions of human nature, they stand condemned of hopeless triviality. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The richness, indeed, of these Romans d'aventures is surprising, and they very seldom display the flatness and triviality which mar by no means all but too many of their English imitations. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 In reading them one is not inclined to ask as of Schopenhauer's letters, why a philosophic genius of such depth should be laden with thousands of philistine trivialities. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 She is severe on the triviality of the House, or the quarrelsome debates of the past Session. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) "And you will accomplish this triviality by means of Huxley's comet, I suppose?" The Crack of Doom Such trivialities were beneath the notice of a scion of the house of Whittington. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Passing however, from trivialities, let us consider the lessons which the history of astrology teaches us respecting the human mind, its powers and weaknesses. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Stone brushed this triviality aside with a wave of his heavy hand. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man His indolence, his triviality, his worldliness become her own. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Realism was a reaction against sham and falsity and sentimentalism, and, above all, perhaps, triviality of theme. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Is not this the worship of triviality and trash! Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 The state in which I found myself, and numberless others along with me, was one the common ordinariness, the dull triviality of which was quite appalling. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck In the excitement of what the thing stood for, she had overlooked the utter triviality of the thing itself. Antony Gray,—Gardener Passages are cited to demonstrate the comparative triviality of Benzler’s work. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century She wondered, as she rode through the timber how it was she had been so quick to doubt this grave, unsmiling hillman upon such a mere triviality as the finding of a glove. The Gold Girl Naturally, mere oratorical trivialities must not be mistaken for striking statements. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing J. S. Mill hardly alludes to any member of his family except his father, and his early days are marked by a total absence of triviality. Studies in Literature and History Conscious of the wall between herself and her companion, Tory was aware that she was talking of trivialities until the moment when Kara would admit her inside her closed citadel. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest I am not to be balked by trivialities!” Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub Such trivialities are non-existent for people accustomed to see them from the cushions of their carriage at an elevation of two feet from the road. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 These are trivialities, no doubt; but they would not be trivialities to some of Us. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers They belong to the type of private diary or chronicle, and as such they inevitably include trivialities, though not many. Studies in Literature and History French and German he deemed unnecessary trivialities, and the Christian religion a banality. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg A man born for the creation of beauty in words was doing daily turn along with the humble chronicler of metropolitan trivialities. Old Junk Stewards were ordered here and there, loud complaints were heard on every side, threats were made to report trivialities to the captain, and altogether there was plenty to amuse us. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason It must be remembered that in those days offense constituting crime was often a mere triviality. Blue Ridge Country Such language however as that used in reference to the changes made by the Revisers as “unnecessary and uninstructive alterations,” and “irritating trivialities,” was a somewhat harsh form of expressing the judgement arrived at. Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture I recall many things connected with our stay there, but chiefly trivialities. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life They only need, as it were, a perpetual pair of ears into which to pour the trivialities of their daily life. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends A man would be considered insane who expected any rational being to burden his mind with such trivialities. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly To Ralegh the whole appeared the triviality it was. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography All these plays preaching about virtue disgusted them by their triviality. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life When announced, he listened absently, and continued his aria unmoved by such trivialities. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life It is sufficient to see the triviality of argument and the cheapness of thought in those newspapers which seek and enjoy the widest circulation. Psychology and Social Sanity These are the trivialities which Mr. Stead tries to bluff us into classifying as 'horrible and shameful incidents.' The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct "For the moment I was thinking of trivialities." Mufti "Only last week," says I, "while you were away in London, he ran young Richards through the lungs over some triviality, and they say he lies a-dying." The Honourable Mr. Tawnish It will lift us above the absorbed occupation with present trivialities, which is the bane of all that is good and noble. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John There is no triviality in it, as we find in most of the comic operas of Offenbach and others; it is always noble as well as characteristic in every part. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The important trivialities of the householder's existence are the main theme of every verse. The Story of Rouen It would be a triviality to think that Jesus meant to say that Lazarus had only become ill in order that Jesus might manifest His skill through him. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Often in his career he had seen a well-laid plan miscarry because some seeming triviality was ignored. The Justice of the King There was no important information; just messages to friends and kindred, just the trivialities of camp life. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 With "Irrlicht" the composer takes a step towards verisme; both, subject and music are terribly realistic, though without the last shade of triviality. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas All the same, he gave us much matter for mirth, though the Second Act, which promised so well, was dragged out by interminable trivialities over the preparations for tea. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 And it would again be a triviality to think that Jesus meant to assert that faith in Him brings to life again one who in the ordinary sense is dead. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Comprehension had been staggered but had recovered, and was growing to conviction as small significances, luminous and imperative in spite of their triviality, pieced themselves together in his memory. The Justice of the King |
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