| 单词 | true to life |
| 例句 | It was metal, of course, but like the relief on the walls of Sarai’s rooms—the songbirds and lilies so real they mocked the master carvers of Weep—it was utterly true to life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But much of the drama that swirls around these characters, including one untimely and unexpected death, is true to life. Chasing Mavericks: Looking For That Big Break 2012-10-25T14:30:40Z "It's very true to life," said Lane, who plays a television star and Broderick's best friend James Wicker. Stellar 'It's Only a Play' cast welcomes Rupert Grint to Broadway 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Tonally, that may seem or feel very jarring, but it does also feel true to life. Alex Garland on birth as horror in "Men" 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z The hard, wild laughter that emerges from the audience, though, reminds us of how true to life the whole melee is these days. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Many of the important details of the series are true to life. Mohammed Amer Is a Salad Bowl 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z As Girls always manages at its best, season five feels both true to life and surprising. Girls: season five is a storming return to its best form 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z “It’s that moral ambiguity which I think is truer to life. That sometimes we can be a little bit mean.” Keira Knightley: ‘I used to try to be sensible and good and professional’ 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes the crisscrossing of lives, loves and ideas is confusing but still true to life in its mess and its drama. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z But I don't think life would be nearly as great if we just said, well, that's not true to life, so we're not going to tell those stories. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z The frustrated almost-communications, the drama of seeing that the other person is typing, without knowing what they’re going to say—it’s storytelling about love in the digital world that is almost painfully true to life. The best, worst and weirdest ads of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z "You look at these paintings, and you think they are photographs because they are so true to life," she said. Art critic, 90, can't complain about this show ? it's hers 2012-02-11T04:08:04Z After Tomorrow gives a true to life reflection of the impetus of people to develop. Teen book club: the story behind After Tomorrow 2013-05-10T14:39:34Z “It was so true to life,” he said. With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa. 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Their team name was very true to life: Harvey's Angels, a play on the name of their campervan. Another view on Quiz Trippers 2011-07-24T21:00:02Z But if it’s even somewhat true to life, the comparison is really a contrast. Television Review: ‘Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond,’ on BBC America 2014-01-28T22:11:21Z As for the Wagner, it did seem true to life. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Very little happens, yet how true to life it seems – the background of disconsolate rains and chattering mynah birds entirely Bombay, the preoccupations universal. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z “It’s not only a farce,” Mr. Sachs said, “it’s a tragedy, and the relationship between all those people is very real. We recognize the follies in ourselves. It’s exaggerated, but true to life.” Andrew Sachs, who played hapless waiter Manuel on ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 86 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “I think that was the real amazing thing about it. Keeping true to those characters and true to life was everything.” Poor, capable and funny: the return of Roseanne, the sitcom that broke all the rules 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Now Ms. O’Day was herself singing in an opera that felt true to life. After Struggling With Homelessness, a Chorus Sings of Gratitude 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Kenneth Lonergan’s searing Manchester by the Sea plays out a 15-minute drive from my childhood home and, true to life, the characters all struggle to articulate the perfect storms of emotion raging within them. 'I completely lost it': the movie scenes that made our writers weep 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z As Galgut’s book shows, the constraints on form when a novelist is obliged to be true to life can be weirdly liberating. Why Novelize a Novelist's Life? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the behavior of a bunch of college students in a controlled experiment may not hold true to life. Studied: The Allure of a Man?s Uncertainty 2011-03-10T22:19:31Z I dealt with that by introducing secondary characters for Margot to talk to about the texts — the stepdad, Tamara — which both helped keep the scenes from becoming static and felt true to life. ‘Cat Person’ in The New Yorker: A Discussion With the Author 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z And if you look closely at the musculature of his knees, for instance, they are marvelous and true to life.” Inside Art: The Met?s Next Blockbuster Is Expected to Stay for 10 Years 2011-08-04T20:46:23Z RELATED: "Succession": how true to life is the TV series? Succession's Kendall Roy is the perfect #Girlboss caricature 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s a fun-house mirror, one that reflects our moment bigger, caricatured and distorted, but that somehow feels true to life. The Fashion Closet, Seen From Inside and Out 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z And yet everything is also natural, true to life, true to our expectations of psychology and emotion. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Enhanced by experiments with perspective, paintings became more true to life — and packed a bigger psychological punch. Experiencing Italy’s Renaissance 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z To like Tom, the character, you have to tolerate impulses and actions that are revolting yet uncannily true to life. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z But then again, perhaps this brief storm after so much calm is true to life. Guardian book club: Brooklyn by Colm T?ib?n 2010-09-07T09:32:00Z Putting up a stony front may be true to life, but being rendered speechless doesn’t in this instance allow for much dramatic oomph. ‘After the War,’ about an Israeli musician, shows there’s no country for bold men 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z It is always tricky — and often icky — for a white novelist to create characters who are poor and black, but Ms. Pochoda avoids cheap stereotypes while keeping her characters true to life. Books Of the Times: Ivy Pochoda’s ‘Visitation Street,’ Set on Brooklyn’s Edge 2013-07-21T21:49:10Z I saw the actors on stage at the Toronto Film Festival along with their real-life counterparts, and they emphasized that they worked really hard to make their portrayals true to life. “Problems like this don’t go away overnight”: “Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy calls for the Catholic Church to do more to address and prevent sex abuse 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z "I thought it was very true to life," she said. Reba reveals painful past, lessons in OWN special 2012-03-03T22:46:04Z This is true to life, a husband or wife providing complete moral and practical support. Sales consultant Angel Hill on Death of a Salesman 2010-05-09T21:15:00Z Drawn with quick, free gestures — the movie shows Louis sketching using both hands at once — these initial pictures are very true to life and classically realized with familiar shapes, dimensions, textures, whiskers and eyes. ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ Review: The Cat’s Meow 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Maybe it is true to life, well observed even, but that doesn't make it any less uninteresting. TV review: Pete Versus Life, Roger and Val Have Just Got?In 2010-08-06T21:15:00Z For Foer, it is a carapace into which he retreats whenever the fundamental business of writing fiction true to life surpasses his abilities of observation. With joyless prose about joyless people, Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Here I Am' is kitsch at best 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The trailer, true to life, depicts snippets of the escalation of the campaign to secure the vote for women, a fight which counted among its strategies arson, vandalism, hunger strikes and bombings. Watch the Trailer for "Suffragette" With Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The film slyly comments on its own subversion and refusal to conform to stereotypes, in favor of becoming something more honest and true to life. The teen cult classic you’ve been waiting for: Catch “The Edge of Seventeen” in theaters while you still can 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z I didn’t have to act or get excited when he walked in — it was all true to life. ‘Legally Blonde’ Oral History: From Raunchy Script to Feminist Classic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z They've made something much truer to life, a comedy about four kids fluent in popular culture, mainly hip-hop. "Reservation Dogs" is steeped in pop culture. The difference is that its homages star Native actors 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z I think it’s because its detail is so true to life that it is unassailable. George Jonas, Whose Book Was the Basis of the Film ‘Munich,’ Dies at 80 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z For a novel that featured a magic ring that allowed teenagers to fly and turn invisible, Jonathan Lethem’s “The Fortress of Solitude” felt uncannily true to life. ‘Fortress of Solitude,’ Now With Musical Numbers, at the Public Theater 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Casablanca stands for movie romance in great part because it is hardly true to life. Casablanca: No 2 2010-10-16T10:53:00Z At 48 frames, the film is more true to life, sometimes feeling so intimate it's like watching live theater. Review: 'The Hobbit' suffers from story bloat 2012-12-04T23:46:08Z How much is satire and how much simply true to life? This Week in Fiction: Elif Batuman on Writing Fiction vs. Nonfiction 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “Those songs was true to life. We fought hard, and we loved hard.” Loretta Lynn, Country Music Star and Symbol of Rural Resilience, Dies at 90 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Funny, heartfelt and true to life, this graphic novel is about making mistakes, asking forgiveness and starting over again, important life lessons no matter what age you are. A Back-to-School Book List for the Ages 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z At one point, Dean, played by Ryan Gosling, throws his marriage ring away in the shrubs, and then looks for it immediately but can't find it: little touches like that were really true to life. Relationship counsellor Dr Phil Tyson on Blue Valentine 2011-01-31T21:45:00Z Although many of the scenes are true to life, there's plenty of fantasy. Bad Business = Good Entertainment 2010-04-22T18:09:00Z You could argue that the fragmentary, captured-moment way in which we’ve seen the development of her relationships with Finn and Johnny is true to life, but to me it just gives them less force. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Bad-Boy Issues 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The scenes of sexual violence feel relevant, raw and true to life, and they are effectively contrasted against scenes of consensual, if rarely gentle, sex. Roxane Gay's new book 'Difficult Women' proves her power 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t a whitewashing, it wasn’t an ignoring of it, it’s just a face of it that seemed, to me, quite true to life,” he said. He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Stillman began to defend himself by complaining about the prestige associated with unhappy endings, the idea that misery and disappointment are more honest and true to life. Whit Stillman Pays a Visit to Jane Austen 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “That felt true to life, that even in terrible situations people often find something to laugh about.” 'It's never sexy': why the women behind porn drama The Deuce refused to titillate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Consequently, “true to life” is quite hard to pull off, now. Poor, capable and funny: the return of Roseanne, the sitcom that broke all the rules 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Strauss's waterfalls, storms, and glaciers have never sounded so true to life. Sim?n Bol?var Youth Orchestra | Classical review 2010-03-24T21:45:00Z And the New York Elliot inhabits, and F Society in particular, have the sort of racial, gender and religious diversity that’s true to life and yet rarely seen on television. 'Mr. Robot' Is the Antidote to Your 'True Detective' Blues 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z “It’s not true to life if you come out that he’s just pernicious and monstrous. Neither that he was a genius. He was both.” 'It's easy to make someone a monster' - behind a Roger Ailes documentary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Jamali also says that on “The Americans,” the reasons the characters go into spying feels true to life. What’s real and fake in ‘The Americans,’ according to real-life spies 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The case for 3-D is often framed as a case for realism: 3-D seems truer to life than flat 2-D. The Medium: What?s in a Dimension? 2011-01-23T06:45:09Z But how true to life is this telling? Seen ‘Inventing Anna’? Here’s What It Gets Right (and Wrong) 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z He described it as "true to life" with no need to "dumb it down" for a mass, modern audience, despite the challenge of converting a 1,225-page book into a six-part TV series. BBC returns to Tolstoy's War and Peace 2013-02-18T13:19:07Z How true to life is the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ movie ending? Review | Quentin Tarantino turned his last movie into a novel, but don’t think you know the ending 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z I found this film less true to life than some of Ken Loach’s work. ‘It’s a form of modern slavery’: MPs on Ken Loach’s film about the human cost of the zero-hours economy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The romances are more true to life, less mythic, more dispiriting. Watch “Howards End”—Then Read It 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In this way, the portrayal of the professors is both satirical and true to life. This Week in Fiction: Elif Batuman on Writing Fiction vs. Nonfiction 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z And while that was probably true to life, it still meant that we viewers had to watch a woman’s humiliation repeatedly played out as plot. Perspective | ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z He argued that the contrast makes Ron and his cooperative white counterparts “look like allies in the fight against racism,” which Riley finds “disappointing” and not true to life. In the Black Lives Matter era, Hollywood stories tackle the ‘identity crisis’ of black police officers 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But the elephant looks surprisingly true to life. When Rembrandt Met an Elephant 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z It punctures what was always a rather distracting and silly idea: that he was somehow more perfect and true to life than other painters. Review | Ten Vermeers, but a whole world of Dutch art 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Does the fact it's so true to life, so well observed, make Outnumbered good? Outnumbered and How the Other Half Lives 2010-04-09T05:45:00Z Eyes Wide Open is too true to life to be anything but depressing. Eyes Wide Open reveals the homophobia of Orthodox Judaism 2010-05-27T11:25:00Z While passivity of this kind might be true to life, portraying it like this in fiction — generally and without counterpoint — pulls energy from the narrative at large. A Debut Novel About Two Couples, Divided by Countries and Creeds 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “He is truer to life than I would’ve been able to make him had he been a real person,” he said of Nikanov. The grammar of hard facts 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Or how bizarrely true to life — to art, to love, to itself — it feels. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Line Producer Chris Newman said they wanted as much of the scenery to be as true to life as possible, and that they weren't "doing anything in post-production to add mountains or snow or anything". Five 'Game of Thrones' Destinations Fans Should Visit 2014-04-04T11:27:45Z Teenagers wear skimpy bathing suits, and that was true to life. Examining "what consent means" for a teenage girl in audacious "Palm Trees and Power Lines" 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The chaos surrounding her performance—frantic preparations, a hyperventilating vocal coach, sneering stagehands—is at once over the top and true to life. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But how true to life can a horror film be, particularly ones, like “Winchester,” that are filled with spirits and apparitions? This Horror Movie Is Based on a True Story. Sort Of. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The office politics feel frustratingly real - does the writers' room tap into their own past work experiences to make the interaction between Carrie and her superiors feel so true to life? ArtsBeat: Your 'Homeland' Questions Answered 2012-12-14T16:46:42Z If Lee’s cartoonlike figures channel the German Dada artist George Grosz, her focus — the intensity of the women’s labor — feels much truer to life than the era’s more typical depictions of the idyllic Thanksgiving table. Doris Lee, Unjustly Forgotten, Gets a Belated but Full Blown Tribute 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z It's not subtle, in other words, or true to life. Loretta Maine 2010-08-13T13:01:00Z So I'm a little hesitant about whether or not the projects will be true to life, and my greatest hope is just that they did as much research as possible so that story is true. Gretchen Carlson on #MeToo, from Fox News to McDonald's: "We need men in this fight" 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z If Pascal’s character feels true to life, that’s because it is. In Bad Bunny’s ‘SNL’ episode, Marcello Hernández shines 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Going forward, Carnaghi says she’d like to see future iterations of this work add another variable—humidity—to the mix, to make the experiment even more true to life. World’s largest ‘scent arena’ reveals bloody preferences of mosquitoes 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z A party featuring Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven is so true to life, you can almost smell the pungent aroma of adolescent cringe sweat, Sea Breeze astringent and Brut cologne. Review | Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God?’ gets the film version it deserves 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z When did you first realize that the kind of physical proximity and emotional closeness you see on shows like “Friends,” “New Girl” and “Sex and the City” is not ultimately true to life? Adult friendship is hard. But Lane Moore's new book will help you find your people 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z "It's not true to life, it's not real and it's really frustrating that we can't just be seen for any role." Disabled actors patronised by TV industry, says artist 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z It “presents a real likeness of the man, with his rugged features and irregularities of personal appearance, true to life,” he wrote. ‘Most lifelike’ Lincoln portrait on display after years in obscurity 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z "While we included some light-hearted and 'true to life' moments, we've listened to the comments made about the serious message of sun safety," a spokesperson said. Waitrose changes Christmas advert after complaints 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But in VR, the time lag between input from sensors to the visible movement of virtual arms is shorter, which makes the experience more true to life. People Come to Grips with Having an Extra Pair of Arms—in VR 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z I could only take clear shots in the morning, and even then, they’re not that true to life. The best instant cameras you can buy right now 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Despite my criticisms of the attempt to plop the team into the real world, a lot of the show felt true to life all the same. Players tries to skewer esports with an awkward mix of humor and drama 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z But in the end, he says, his portrayals were simply true to life. How a rural victory over pig poop struck a blow against polluters everywhere 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Her failures feel true to life; there was a reason she played it safe for so long. Review | The returns of ‘Hacks’ and ‘Girls5eva’ are the comebacks we need 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z They judged the lyrics to be more offensive and true to life when told they were rap. Opinion | This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Microsoft is using this power in combination with an algorithm it has developed that automatically compensates for distortions, tilt, and wide-angle corrections to ensure objects stay true to life. Microsoft’s first AI-powered smart camera launches for the Surface Hub 2 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Douglass had been born into slavery and his description of life as an enslaved person was true to life. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Moto G Pure camera test image: the two doors’ colors are not true to life. Motorola’s Moto G Pure is an easy bargain 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Especially in low light, colors are a bit more true to life than last year. iPhone 13 review: yep, bigger batteries are better 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps the tongue-tied Everyman is true to life. Review | A true story of gay bullying turns preachy in the Mark Wahlberg movie ‘Joe Bell’ 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z If the portrayals were spot-on, if the characters were true to life, Latinos and Latinas in the true fullness of their characters and their lives, I would have never gotten involved. How Rep. Joaquin Castro emerged as a dogged voice for increasing diversity in U.S. media 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z The iMac’s colorful design houses an equally eye-popping display, delivering great color and brightness that made all types of media look true to life. Apple iMac 24-inch review: Powerful and perfect for the home | Provided by ST Content Studio 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “We show it, keep it real and true to life.” John Singleton saw a tenderness in Black L.A. that the world refused to look at 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Other recollections from the book are also true to life. My search for novelist Rumer Godden's famed French summer 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z But that fictional tale was true to life, prosecutors for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles allege. Nuke Bizzle rapped about getting rich from unemployment claims; feds charge him with doing just that 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Laurinaitis said the angle cut too true to life and led them to quit the company. Joseph Laurinaitis, wrestling’s ‘Animal’ of the Road Warriors, dies at 60 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z But he was comfortable with the show, which he descried as “about 85% true to life.” Tommy DeVito, Original Member of the Four Seasons, Dies at 92 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z This was a really dark alleyway, so from one point of view the Velvet shot is truer to life. LG Velvet review: sleek, not smooth 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z When I ask how true to life that frantic schedule was, Huppert equivocates with a clipped laugh. 'I don't conform': backstage with the indomitable Isabelle Huppert 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Though some incidents and moments have admittedly been invented, the atmosphere of a workplace where harassment was bred in the bone is unmistakably true to life. Review: Based on the real-life drama at Fox News, ‘Bombshell’ explodes on the screen 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Dixon was sometimes described as an experimental realist, a writer who tinkered with storytelling conventions while remaining true to life. Stephen Dixon, prolific writer of experimental, unsettling fiction, dies at 83 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Skin tones are true to life and the Max is not afraid to overexpose the highlights a bit. GoPro Max review: the most accessible 360 camera 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z “The philosophy is so true to life. It’s what people are living, what emotions they’re feeling.” Perspective | Washington, the capital city that’s always been a country outpost 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “I guess it’s why ‘Curb’ is true to life, because it presents this contrast, and life is all about contradictions,” Papagan says. Want to experience Larry David's Los Angeles? There’s a tour for that 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z How true to life is the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ ending? How the same actor ended up playing Charles Manson in ‘Mindhunter’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Was it difficult to keep the story true to life? Q&A: Why Luis J. Rodriguez is reviving 'Always Running' as a live show 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z There is an exaggerated binary fatalism to these stories, in which women are either successes or failures, always one or the other – and a sense of inescapability that rings more true to life. Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Just about everything else is true to life. How a Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The show continues in this way, bridging joy and tragedy, a blend unusually true to life. The Home-Cooked Pleasures of “Please Like Me” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Techies say the comedy is so true to life, it is as disconcerting as it is entertaining. Actual Silicon Valley Startup Gets Inspiration From HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Startup 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z He says the city doesn’t support any type of racist action, “whether it’s true to life or a costume party.” Bar owner says man in KKK garb attended costume contest 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z But one element is true to life: look at that tiny hand. All the president's men: what to make of Trump's bizarre new painting | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Walters and Craig suggested changes to scripts in an attempt to ensure they were true to life. Football abuse survivor helps Hollyoaks 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z It was also important to him to offer an accurate representation of a complex, flawed family that felt true to life. How Jeremiah Zagar's 'We the Animals' artfully illustrates the complexity of a young boy's coming of age 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He denied the charge and his lawyers then argued that Louis’s depiction of him in the novel was too true to life. Édouard Louis: 'I want to be a writer of violence. The more you talk about it, the more you can undo it' 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z "We try for the images, the sounds to be true to life as much as TV can get true to life." Starz’s ‘Vida’ puts the spotlight on gentrification and brown queerness in Boyle Heights 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Prescod tells his story with an agility that seems true to life, and also larger than life. Onstage in Manhattan Again, but He Still Has the Prince’s Number 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z The movie’s cinematographer, Chris Menges, is a legendary documentary filmmaker, and he is able to produce something vivid and true to life. The 10 best journalism movies, in the words of Katie Couric, Woodward and Bernstein and more 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z LCD screens tend to show more muted colors, but they're also generally truer to life. Apple’s new iPhone may have a different type of screen. Here’s what that could mean for you. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Just because a scenario is dark, dreary and dystopian doesn't mean it's any more true to life or psychologically acute than one that is kooky, colorful and optimistic. 'The Tick' lives again on Amazon in just the right clever and crazy mix 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Furst’s portrayal of Vir was reportedly true to life: in an interview, he recounted how his personality helped get him the role of the character. Steven Furst’s role on Babylon 5 was a remarkable example of a sci-fi sidekick 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The book is “real and pretty true to life, or true to the speculation,” Brunt said, adding, “I’m not the one out here throwing darts — these darts have been thrown for years.” In ‘Trophy Son,’ Fictional Character Accuses Real Tennis Stars of Doping 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z TV drama Three Girls was "extremely true to life" and "a landmark film", according to figures who were involved in the child sex grooming case. Three Girls: TV drama hailed as 'outstanding' and 'a landmark' - BBC News 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z And while their behavior often rings true to life, as individuals they lack specificity. Love at the speed of light: ‘Bright Half Life’ traces interracial union’s arc in 1 act 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It is perhaps truer to life, which may explain why it has been difficult for silicon chips to grasp. How computers were finally able to best poker pros 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z An in-person meeting with the subject would allow Bynum to touch up the work and ensure it was true to life. Portrait artist paints to show girls they are beautiful 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But that’s true to life, so we didn’t want to be making it this heavy-handed moment, “Let’s talk about the lesson.” Issa Rae the actress gets caught off guard by Issa Rae the writer with 'Insecure' 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He said: "In terms of character acting I think it's extremely true to life." Three Girls: TV drama hailed as 'outstanding' and 'a landmark' - BBC News 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z In that sense, the Naz and Chandra story line, which I know caused some controversy among fans, felt quite true to life in my experience speaking to people. Riz Ahmed and 'The Night Of' strike a chord of contemporary concerns 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It feels so true to life, I say. Carrie Fisher on Harrison Ford: ‘I love him. I'll always feel something for him’ 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z A commercial nacelle is about 300 feet tall but the lower height of the Nacelle Tower on the BSC campus allows practice in a more true to life, yet controlled environment. BSC training tower helps future wind technicians prepare 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z And it would be disingenuous to suggest that it's not true to life — whether that life is Linklater's or any other current or former college kid. Everybody Wants Some!! misses what's best about Dazed and Confused 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Though the plot amps up the drama, it’s true to life: Almost every president has received death threats. The True History Behind Claire's Crazy Power Move on 'House of Cards' 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Have a Mai Tai at Tahiti Nui, a familiar backdrop in The Descendants film and true to life as the country café it is. LARK GOULD: Eye on Hawaii: How to find paradise in the Pacific 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z This image - taken from the Fifa computer game - was sadly not true to life for Bristol City fans. Deadline Day: Niasse and Fletcher welcomed as Rhodes hits the wall 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z However, true to life, Mattel warned that "not all clothes will fit all dolls". Barbie available in 'curvy, tall and petite' sizes - BBC News 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z With 25 percent more colors to work with, Apple says these machines produce more vibrant reds and greens and an overall picture that’s more true to life. Apple iMac review: two sizes of Retina 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z "It's surprising how often actors are asked to play caricatures of themselves. But these are not caricatures - they're exaggerated characters, but they are absolutely believable and true to life," he says. Ian McKellen: 'Working with Anthony Hopkins was bliss' - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The picture you're seeing is more true to life than it's ever been before, and the improvement is striking and immediate. Vizio's stunning Reference Series 4K TV is now available starting at $6,000 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z "It was no bother whatsoever. It was so ungratuitous and it came so naturally and it was so true to life. I was much more worried about the dancing than the sex scene." Courtenay and Rampling hurdle the age barrier in 45 Years - BBC News 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z I was trying to be true to the history of what went down with N.W.A, what was true to life but also tell a good story. Ice Cube says 'Straight Outta Compton' will make you 'laugh, cheer and cry' 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The outcome after 45 minutes is true to life: The player with the most points at the end of the game — or the highest legendary skyscraper — wins. Bookshelf: Gilded-Age Version of Monopoly in New York 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Designed with the help of an architect, they feature the outline of a soldier and are sized true to life. Huntington dinner planned to help raise funds for monuments 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z “Rectify” feels as true to life as drama can get. ‘Rectify’ returns for Season 3 of a murder’s aftermath 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z "Rectify" feels as true to life as drama can get. 'Rectify' creator and stars discuss Season 3 of a 'domestic epic' in a murder's aftermath 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z As a result, they are audiophiles’ top choice because they sound truer to life. The Difference Between Listening Up and Tuning Out 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z His missteps as a parent are true to life, as is his determination to succeed as a father - and a lawyer. Review: ‘Pleasantville’ has gripping, believable plot 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z That part is true to life, although reality is a little messier. Just when you thought you couldn't watch another Rory McIlroy commercial, this one gets us, too: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z There's a line in the film that is at once ridiculous and so true to life, when David's at his pitch meeting and says that the Augmenta is "not Main Street, it's Bedford Avenue." The director of Creative Control explains his augmented reality nightmare 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z But like Jack and Gib their stories are true to life as it was back then. The Hearts players who went to war 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z This drama looks awfully true to life, a bit of a surprise considering the man behind “Edward Scissorhands” and “Big Fish” directed it. Holiday Movie Guide 2014: History, hysterics and a final visit to middle-Earth And even less true to life is the effect of personal disembodiment, as the user’s own body is left largely unrepresented in the virtual world. Virtual Reality Fails Its Way to Success 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z However, other aspects of ape behaviour in the film, he says, are true to life. Where's the science in new Planet of the Apes film? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The blacks are inky, the whites are paper white, the colours vibrant and more true to life than most LCDs. Samsung Galaxy Tab S review: a rival for the iPad? 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z "It's really dark and heavy but it's also very funny which is really true to life. The most ridiculous things come out of tragedy sometimes." Streep and Roberts keep it in family 2014-01-23T23:45:24Z Now that it has learned of the error, it will be swapping the image for something more true to life. GW ad fails Reagan’s verify test 2013-06-25T03:10:48Z The noise level is true to life, he says, and very different from other planes, where headphones are needed in the cockpit.. Lydd airport awaiting clearance for expansion takeoff 2013-04-25T18:20:22Z No, but I certainly advised if something wasn't true to life or was factually inaccurate. Retired detective becomes TV cop 2012-11-15T01:54:08Z In all three tests the digitally-adjusted men were described as more dominant than in their true to life form. Bald men have more dominant image, study finds 2012-10-04T14:02:50Z The human actor in some of the newest law and economics writing is truer to life. Will Success Spoil the Chicago School? 2012-06-07T21:59:59Z The anthology is extremely true to life and seeks to capture the “tightrope parents must walk between ‘control freak’ and ‘friend.’ The Choice Blog: College Admissions Books for Your Summer Reading Pleasure 2012-06-06T20:29:40Z I know it might be horrible to watch, but maybe it's more true to life than some polite arrangement of shapes. Martin Creed: 'I don't know what art is' 2012-05-30T17:32:00Z He wanted it to look true to life and less like a film. 'Hobbit' gets mixed reactions 2012-04-26T11:53:00Z After scenes so true to life that they are a joy, he will indulge in the pseudo-giantesque of some of Hugo's purple patches, and only high genius can take such liberties. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z I read a strange story, but its contents seemed so true to life. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z It was so true to life that local residents kept calling the police to complain about a sleeping vagrant. Melvyn Kaufman, Developer Who Shaped Manhattan?s Streetscape, Dies at 87 2012-03-25T02:45:29Z There, on page forty-two, behold my odorous specimen, true to life! Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The reader must be put upon oath, and before he allows himself to enjoy any incident must swear that everything is exactly true to life as he has seen it. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z And the standard, in contrast with the artificial measures of a high civilization, is at least true to life. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z In every respect the farm was true to life. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z The pictures are as true to life at the beginning of the Twentieth Century as they were in the latter half of the Thirteenth. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The Inez Dalton of Miss Stanley was handled with great skill, and she was jealous, passionate, resentful, and loving in turn, and in a manner that seemed true to life. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z The whole figure is exquisitely simple and dignified in its perfect repose; and if the beautiful marble effigy was true to life, we can understand the overwhelming grief of Spain at his loss. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z It was set in a realistic scene and was true to life. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Ward told Mr. Chase that his father was an artist who was true to life, for he made a scarecrow so bad that the crows brought back the corn they had stolen two years before. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z The picture of New York society, as revealed in its pages, is remarkably graphic and true to life.... An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I believe that this boy is absolutely true to life, though I do not recall at this moment any other novel where this particular kind of youth occupies the centre of the stage. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z That fetich was no novelist’s conjecture; it was true to life. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The characters in this story are all drawn true to life, and the incidents are exciting. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z His head-to-toe ensemble, including his ever-present cigar, can be bought as a costume, authorized by him and in its way remarkably true to life. Jimmy Savile, TV Personality, Dies at 84 2011-11-03T04:35:06Z To give a picture true to life demands the very best and highest art. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z I believe that A Modern Instance is just as true to life as Bel-Ami. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The world knows how resolutely in all her writings she strove to be true to life as she saw it. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The joyousness of her sacrifice, too, instead of being a romantic exaggeration, is far truer to life than a willingness touched with pain and hesitation could have been. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z "All as true to life and as touchingly set forth as any heart could desire." Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z That is a picture which is not pleasant; but which is true to life. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z The boy sat down on the floor, and soon finished a tiny statuette which might have been the work of Verrocchio himself, so true to life was the figure. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The portraits were so true to life that many recognized themselves. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z What I described in the book is fairly true to life. East End drugs 2011-08-07T08:27:51Z It is bad from an artistic point of view, since it is one-sided, unbalanced, and not true to life itself, which invariably provides that compensations go hand in hand with drawbacks. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z This is still more perceptible in a figure not less true to life than the Father of the Marshalsea himself—Flora, the overblown flower of Arthur Clennam’s boyish love. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Indeed, she had a graphic pen, and her descriptions of places and things were always true to life. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z This I believe to be quite true to life. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Dumas fils had foreseen this, 517 but believing the ending truer to life than any other could be, he insisted on it. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Such an experience as the last named is most true to life and is described elsewhere under the topic "Field trips." The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics 2011-06-24T02:00:19.850Z Features of all kinds are inherited, as anyone who has ever spent some time in a family portrait gallery where the ancestors were genuine and the paintings reasonably true to life, knows very well. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z How sorrowfully true to life is the story of the dressmaker's apprentice with no place in which to spend her Sunday afternoons! Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z She had seen and noted everything, and the report she had inadvertently made to Mr. Sanders rang true to life, and almost humorously true to the results of Mr. Sanders's observation. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z The plays of the Abbey Theatre are in large part a revolt from the Irish dialogue which the plays of Dion Boucicault had practically established as true to life. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z How perfectly true to life, subsequently, is the rapid dégringolade of this passion under the gnawing curse of the homeless, workless, purposeless existence which little by little disunites the lovers! Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z To be true to life, the story must indeed be a sombre one. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z All the characters stand out, as true to life, as natural and as vivid as if portrayed by Dickens. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z A monologue must always be perfectly true to life, and as simple and natural as every-day movements upon the street. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z We remember that in that instance the little man won, but it was a spectacle less fine in artistry from the fact that it was less true to life. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z It is brutally, terribly true to life, and that to life at its worst, both in respect of the plot and the actors, who are individualized down to the minutest characteristics of utterance and gesture. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z But how true to life have these versions been? Life is a Cabaret 2011-03-19T00:22:11Z How true to life is Trollope's description of the effect of Mrs. Proudie's death upon the bishop. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z The toys were true to life and annoying. App Smart: Apps to Keep Your Dog Healthy, Active and, Maybe, Quiet 2011-03-02T20:23:22Z But most of us will have to admit that the majority of his scenes and characters seem very true to life. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Thackeray is true to life when he makes Miss Fotheringay unbend to Foker's harmless mirth, rewarding him with a make-believe box on the ear, while Pen, the sombre and dramatic, stands sulkily aloof. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z All the characters stand out, as true to life, as natural and as vivid as if portrayed by Dickens. 12mo. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z "The author knows his people and his localities, and his conception rings true to life." The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z It bears many bits of leafy foliage, twining vine tendrils, &c., all drawn as true to life as possible. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z We are told that such matter should not be excluded from the text, because it is "true to life." The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z But market traders here are hoping that the euro will offer benefits that are more true to life. Cost of change 2010-12-23T00:55:23Z For an image that purports to be painstakingly true to life, HD is loaded with art. The Medium: How HDTV Scrambles Beauty Standards 2010-06-25T16:48:00Z “I don’t know how true to life that is,” he said. Bar Serves as Classroom for Immigrants Learning Job-Hunting Skills 2010-03-01T05:06:00Z How true to life is it in a censorious world that "When I did well I heard it never, when I did ill I heard it ever." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Many a tragedy of the Prefect's Room has hinged upon that struggle; and although Mr. Coke's solution of the problem is not heroic, it is probably all the more true to life. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Drawings of the reindeer, true to life, are frequent. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The illustrations are of actual "gardens," as well as some fifty of the most valuable medicinal plants true to life. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Be true to life, and let all else go. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life "It will be a success, I am sure," she had said; "it is so true to life, that it is almost painful to look at it." Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The present book is a romance of the sword, full of charming local color, true to life as it is in Japan, and full of deep and enchaining interest. Ticknor and Company Book Catalog (1887) The other characters are alike true to life—a life that has almost disappeared now in the changes of the half-century since its scenes were made the inspiration of Hawthorne's romance. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 It would be distasteful to me, and it would not add to the interest of the story I have to tell, were I to draw a picture true to life of Sir Maxwell Danby. Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days The picture painted for me had been true to life, but not living; yet it had been sufficiently lifelike to make the reality strangely familiar. Windyridge Who’d be fairer to another girl?—If more books were written in that way, they’d be a vast deal truer to life. An Unknown Lover I offered him that book, cropped of about seventy pages, which I thought so true to life that I realised they must cause offence. A Novelist on Novels The fleet in the harbor, the encampment upon the shore, the muskets, the artillery, the horses, all were delineated true to life. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The quiet, undemonstrative love, though very different from the ravings of a lover in the nineteenth century novel, is perhaps truer to life. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition The story was true to life for, times without number, blind men and women have shown their ability to work as effectively as if they could see. The Book of Courage The other leaps to his feet with an exclamation and paces the floor as he talks about it; nothing is more fitting, because nothing is truer to life. How to See a Play Interesting and valuable and remarkably true to life. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 So true to life was it that Hal instinctively looked up expecting to see the black bird of ill omen. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp For it was impossible for any one else to be so true to life and so affecting; it was nature at its best. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun The story herein told is true to life; true, the greater part of it, to my own life. A Canadian Bankclerk "A strong book, and it is a true book; true to life." The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War Her grammar may be incorrect, but her method of expression is true to life, and there the business of the writer ends. Threads of Grey and Gold This painting, by Stuart, of the bust of Washington, is said to be wonderfully true to life. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Every feather on its body was true to life, every spot on its tail a microscopic wonder. The Recipe for Diamonds Then again, one of the most important requirements for good technique is that everything shall be true to life. An Introduction to Shakespeare In many cases—oh, so many!—the behaviour of the Catherine Wheel is painfully true to life. When Ghost Meets Ghost So well written, so true to life, so instinct with quaint wisdom and quiet humour as to stand apart from the current fiction of the hour. The Count's Chauffeur Some of the characters are so true to life that it is impossible not to recognise them. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters "So absolutely true to life that it is hard to consider it fiction." Clark's Field The same general types are always brought forward; and, as later writers have presented exactly similar ones, with but few modifications, we are forced to believe them true to life. Fathers and Children One can’t say that the squash isn’t large, orange, and true to life. Aurora the Magnificent Would that objective program201 music were always so true to life and to the real nature of music! Music: An Art and a Language She isn’t quite true to life, you know, as a book critic would say of an impossible heroine.” Carmen Ariza Oh yes, it is true to life, my dear. East of the Shadows In what way is a well-imagined work of fiction more true to life than a newspaper report of actual occurrences? A Manual of the Art of Fiction Yet this want of movement and initiative is true to life, and was the common lot of the three or four British Divisions then responsible for operations at Cape Helles. With Manchesters in the East These stories are destined to be immensely popular, because they are drawn true to life. Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer Or, The Stranger in Camp If it hadn't been for that, you would have told me, wouldn't you? that my figures breathe and move, that every touch is true to life. Audrey Craven Our heroes and villains are plucked alive from dime novels and is everything but true to life. Kid Scanlan It deals with art, with journalism, and with human nature, and its love episodes are charming and true to life. The Dominant Strain Mostly do I feel its charm when there come before me pictures true to life of far lands and lives, of valley and river, sea and shore. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This is one of Bunbury's most famous prints; and justly so, for nothing could be truer to life, especially to eighteenth-century life, and probably to Bath of the period, than these bowing and pirouetting figures. The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature The smoke interfered with the photo, but then it is true to life. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India And when the master of the ring, Commands us, we can also sing That story sad—though true to life, Of Blind Mice, and the Farmer's wife. Humpty Dumpty's Little Son French, German, English, Russian, Austrian, American, Italian—they all brought me a picture of their tribal characteristics, trivial, thumbnail sketches, but nevertheless true to life. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Or we shall fall down, down, in tragedy?—for that, it seems, can also be true to life; only just the happy things are not true. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Neither he nor Claude were true to life; but there was an insolence sometimes about Turner's variation from fact, which made him shudder. Beside Still Waters This detail is as true to life as the example of the sympathy and assistance accorded the bushrangers by settlers in the neighbourhood of their mountain retreat. Australian Writers In fact, it is the small-boy element in your Student that makes him original—and true to life. A Bookful of Girls His experiences during slavery are very interesting and true to life. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 “The outstanding merit of this series of stories is that they are absolutely true to life ... the photographic accuracy and minuteness displayed are really marvellous.” Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange Signorelli's treatment is too realistic, his figures are too solid and too true to life, to bear the decorative background so suitable to the flat, half-symbolic painting of the Sienese school. Luca Signorelli While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. A Victor of Salamis Jimmy subsided, and they all listened with keen delight as Larry imitated a host of feathered songsters, each one so true to life that the audience applauded again and again. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room And this really was uncommonly good and true to life—with wonderful artistic details, that showed keen observation. The Martian Jules Breton never gave us anything more pleasing, and never anything stronger in drawing, more true to life, or more poetic in conception and treatment. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 But sketches so amusing and so true to life would not be suppressed. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader And, of course, the social relations there represented are very much truer to life than it is fashionable to suggest. What I Saw in America Not only were they true to life, but they were conversations that had actually taken place. Stories of Authors, British and American This is not a cheerful view altogether of the retrospective; but a sketch true to life, as life was there. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method How true to life with side whiskers and that ugly cut across the forehead and his hat with the hole in it. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures It was just as true to life as it could be,” answered Alice sturdily. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Happy is he who makes facts of his thoughts that were true to life! True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin And in this picture you may see The happy girls and boys, So true to life,—but thankful be You cannot hear the noise. Children of Our Town As photographs are true to life, they also convey to the eye correct views of this vast destruction. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Ernest Thompson Seton's graphic animal stories would leave a pleasanter taste in the mouth if they ended less tragically, but they would not be so true to life as it is in the faunal realm. Our Bird Comrades The names of course are feigned; but, allowing for slight coloring, the persons and incidents described are all true to life, and easily recognizable by any one who attended the school at the time. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Out of his peasant characters, which were in every inch true to life, they were making banal figures of the sentimental melodrama, puppets dressed in folk costumes. The Comedienne Yes," said Jasper, "what is true to life is true. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk All of them, however, are stories of vigorous adventure drawn true to life, which gives them the thrill that all really good fiction should have. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block It rarely is found in descriptions of nursing, and to the unfortunate extent that it is missing, the descriptions are not true to life. Humanistic Nursing If they are led to think, to analyze, their intelligence will quickly call for something more substantial, more nearly true to life. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide This school is distinguished for its portraits, which form a large and important part of its painting; next for its domestic scenes, which are realistic and true to life in an astonishing degree. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture And when she bought it yesterday, Down at the big bazaar, She said, “What lovely little girls, How true to life they are.” The Jingle Book Louis said the London "bobbies" were true to life. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Discarding what is idealistic or unreal in characters and situations, it aims at being true to life. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism He lived in the playhouse, and his characters, true to life though they be, have about them as it were an ideal essence of the boards. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] The depiction of boy nature is unusually true to life, and there are many realistic scenes and complications to try out traits of character.”—N. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story This is why all that the best painters have produced in this direction is still so imperfect, not true to life, nearly always merely sentimental. The Conquest of Bread "Well," I said to myself, "since she has asked for it, she shall have it; I will be as true to life as her novels." Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women How far is this story true to life, as you know it? Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day There was a Mrs Maplestone, and I had drawn a mental picture of her, which I felt sure was true to life. The Lady of the Basement Flat The picture was true to life, and the blows so far from unreal that the prime actor in the scandalous performance fell a victim to the inhuman treatment and died within a few days. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 They are true to life—the happiest, most interesting, and self-sufficient set of young beggars one could well imagine. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer There is no fiction in the parables we have thus far studied; the fundamental stories are true to life and the given circumstances are facts of experience. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Nobody can object that these ideals are not real, that they are not true to life, and indeed the most vital part of life. Personality in Literature But it is more nearly true to life. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The eye does not see everything, but all the eye would naturally see along with the principal objects, must be painted, or the picture will not look true to life. The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition It is not much of a poem, even for a boy, but there is one touch true to life in it—which is the cursing. Memoirs You will have to believe it, Mr. Trent; it is so utterly true to life, with its confusions and hidden things and cross-purposes and perfectly natural mistakes that nobody thinks twice about taking for facts. The Woman in Black Since its publication more than half a century ago, this book has been the only school story which a boy recognizes as true to life. Kate Coventry An Autobiography Fastened together so as to form a tube, covered with red sateen, and supported by scarlet-stockinged legs, the effect would be pleasingly true to life. A College Girl Even Jerrold, I think, in his most bitter, cynical moods, was truer to life and nature than Dickens. She and I, Volume 1 Yet she cannot be called a great character; she does not seem so true to life as her clever maid, Madanikā. The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika It was a little portrait in an oval frame, a man's face, highly idealised by the artist, and yet strikingly true to life. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania They are full of humor and entertainment, and absolutely true to life both as to the incidents related, and the language used. The Blunders of a Bashful Man Mr. Kirke is one of its constant contributors, but better known as the author of 'Among the Pines' the great picture true to life, of Slavery as it is. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. There is, however, a danger that the novice may consider any matter usable which is true to life. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story The speeches of Good Humor scintillated with wit, and the unpleasant characters in the play were peculiarly true to life. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College If I wrote a book it might be interesting, human, heart-felt, true to life, I hope, not stupid, I believe; but it would be a chaos. The Call of the Blood His barking, growling and worrying were so true to life that the spectators could scarcely tell which was the dog and which the man. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's They brought out with marvellous accuracy all its traits, except, indeed, the underlying strain of poetry, which, while it redeems plainness, sordidness, and even coarseness, is as true to life as is its veriest prose. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art They are conventional, no doubt, in the sense that all representations of a specially artificial society must be conventional; but they are true to life, and are still as interesting as when they first appeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" There never is in such cases, and you want to be true to life in that first, great American novel. Joyce of the North Woods I read some stuff in a paper the other day about books being true to life. The Loom of Youth Cynthia's son however was one of those unconsciously successful men who are so simply true to life and life's laws that the world joyously meets them halfway. Green Valley The sublime in novels is no doubt most effective when it breaks out, as though by some burst of nature, in the midst of a story true to life. Thackeray The book is anonymous, but we believe the author will yet be known to fame, Tiffles and Patching are true to life, and the exhibition of the 'Pannyrarmer' worthy of Dickens. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy She closed her eyes and asked for clear vision, for strength to keep true to life's highest values. Suzanna Stirs the Fire When the decoys were eventually anchored in the bay they bobbed about on the rippling water quite true to life and they even took an occasional dive, when the anchor thong ran taut. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure We could not do our gardening without catalogues, but they are not true to life as we find it in our garden. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The letter is so touchingly frank and simple that whoever reads it must feel that the portrait Mozart draws of his Constance is absolutely true to life. The Loves of Great Composers That was clever and true to life—a great pair of roaring, tumbling, dashing and splashing wonders, knowing no rest, but both doing their appointed work, such as it is. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie The story must be human, the characters and their motives and actions human and true to life. Writing the Photoplay She has informed me of your flattering opinion regarding me, and I have indorsed it as being mainly true to life. Bob Hampton of Placer In the cold style he painted broadly, boldly, and frankly his beggars and his muchachos, so true to life and in strong relief, with a certain brutality almost approaching triviality. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers When we look at them we live again in eighteenth-century London, and walk in streets known to fame though now destroyed, thronged with men and women, true to life. The Book of Art for Young People The numerous scenes, therefore, wherein a group of listeners follow with keenest interest a tale that is told, are eminently true to life. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence We felt sure the portrait must be true to life, because all its companions were such faithful likenesses; and then it had itself such an honest, genuine, individual look. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The Magazine of Art.—"It is all wonderfully true to life, obviously sincere and convincing, and vastly entertaining." Rembrandt In the first place, the types were not true to life. The Sheriff's Son The stories are all true to life, and mixed with the excitement there is a wealth of humor and pathos. The False Gods Many noble women have since told me that the poem was true to life. Poems of Passion These two made a point of studying from nature, not only in their dancing, but in their acting and singing, so that their performances were always true to life, without an atom of exaggeration. The Life Story of an Old Rebel People tell me that it would then have been less true to life.But why should it be truthful to depict life only as a bad thing? Musicians of To-Day His meaning is not merely historical or poetical, but is true to life and every-day experience. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 The terrible sufferings of an almost white man and slave as here portrayed, his revenge and punishment at the stake, are as moving as they are manifestly true to life. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 But when he sketched each several character it seems that he was never content till he had either found or fabricated the aptest words possible for representing its form and pressure most true to life. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Other parts are accounts of the lives of people, and the descriptions are wonderfully vivid and true to life. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods "Not if you would have my 'Brighteyes' true to life," interrupted Ruth anxiously. Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies He need have no doubt that description of action, of mood, or of place will be vivid and convincing, true to life and essential to the story. H. G. Wells "No! a portrait more true to life than Stuart's, and which I prize above everything." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times "Clever, but not true to life," he said. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Powerful, because true to life; convincing, for it has the saving touch of humor; and abiding because love, like "A Heart of Flame," prevails in the end. Lazarre They seem closer and truer to life than the ordinary every-day happenings. A Daughter of the Snows The men and women he painted were all true to life. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) They were wonderfully true to life; and what made them still more remarkable was, that they were the production of a girl only nineteen years old. The Nursery, No. 165. September, 1880, Vol. 28 A Monthly Magazine For Youngest Readers It is in fact a prose Vanity of Human Wishes, admirably if somewhat stiffly arranged in form, and as true to life as life itself. The English Novel But I do not think Euripides would have used this situation so often unless it had seemed to him both true to life and dramatically interesting. The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse Mrs. Gamp, the outcome of a single observation, is a type certainly, but exaggerated and "founded on fact" rather than true to life. Frank Reynolds, R.I. There is a certain artificial, genuinely artificial, kind of nature in it: if not "true to life," it is true to certain lives. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory And, on the whole, these pictures are true to life. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The Ugly Duckling is a most artistic tale and one that is very true to life. A Study of Fairy Tales In criticizing works so true to life and nature as these, one should not be hasty. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 In short, the popular impression is tolerably true to life, as popular impressions very often are; though it is not fashionable to say so in these days of democracy and self-determination. The New Jerusalem Yet the pigeon-flights, Natty's cave, which sheltered Elizabeth Temple from the forest fire, and each charming picture of the Glimmerglass country, are true to life. James Fenimore Cooper It is not surprising to find among the early works of Shakespeare that some of the characters, however true to life,—nay, because true to life,—are almost impossible to be represented on the stage. Emerson and Other Essays The characters, though true to life, may be lifeless and colorless, and their doings and what happens to them uninteresting. A Study of Fairy Tales If my photograph is true to life I don't want it. Reveries of a Schoolmaster "To the reader the characters will appear as real as friends they know--all of their aims, and likes, and hatreds being portrayed as true to life as snapshots caught by moving-picture cameras." The Uncrowned King Their portraits of foreign races are marvellously true to life, and their caricatures are as excellent as their more serious drawings. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Some were no doubt true to life while others were caricatures of the persons whom they represented. By the Golden Gate This reality it will possess, not only because it is true, but because it is also true to life. A Study of Fairy Tales And when they whisper in their hearts: "That is not true to life," they are ashamed for the artist. The Author's Craft His negro characters are exceptions to his general treatment and are true to life. Short-Stories In their outward appearance they are deliciously true to life. Landmarks in French Literature Not that she is more comic, but that she is more comprehensively true to life. Old and New Masters Only my knee and my tongue worship death—my heart remains true to life. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Anyone who has been in Russia will immediately recognise this incident as absolutely true to life. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 25, 1890 "A woman remaining still and saying nothing doesn't seem true to life." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations They seem to have been painted off more at once, and have therefore a greater freshness; his flesh tints are truly surprising, most true to life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 He has left us some characters that are very humorous and at the same time true to life, such as Scrub the servant in The Beaux' Stratagem and Sergeant Kite in The Recruiting Officer. The Glories of Ireland The savage acts committed in Isabela by the inhuman Leyba and Villa cannot possibly be painted true to life and in all their tragic details. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) Her work has a vigor and breadth well suited to her subjects, while she gives such attention to details as make her pictures true to life. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. His pictures of the white frontiersmen are generally true to life; in his most noted Indian characters he is much less fortunate. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 But a Christianity which tells us to think of Christ doing good, but to forget and put out of sight Christ risen from the dead, is not true to life. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 How true to life is this final touch of indignation at the unflattering truth! Collections and Recollections "They are not true to life," replied Helmas—"particularly this one which has the look of me." Figures of Earth Emily's father, Mr. Hood, is an essentially pathetic figure, almost grotesquely true to life. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories Hard and cold, yet obviously true to life, they form a gallery of great interest for the historian of Duke Cosimo's reign. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Robert Elsmere may be true to life, as representing one of those tragedies which happen in critical moments of history. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 But they all with one voice shouted out that the Clown's imitation was much more true to life. Aesop's Fables; a new translation But it's hardly true to life, is it? Abraham Lincoln How true to life love makes everything!—so clear and straight— looking back now. Angels & Ministers He made his art as true to life as it is possible to be, without the rugged realism of Donatello or the somewhat effeminate graces of Ghiberti. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts In Uncle Josh Weathersby you have a purely imaginary character, yet one true to life. Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories So true to life was his portrayal of the disease that it has never been surpassed by modern observers. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine To contend that this does not produce a picture true to life is idiocy. At the Foot of the Rainbow They are more exciting and truer to life. The Golden Road In the best of her fiction she is truer to life than he is in a good part of his nonfiction. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations This tree, with its painted leaves, was absolutely true to life and was made of iron so as to resist all the attacks of the "patient" who was locked into the torture-chamber. The Phantom of the Opera The representation was so true to life that every one rose to his feet and was starting away when a second blow of the ruler on the table commanded silence. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine "The portraits continue," he writes, "all true to life, without being like each other." George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings There was also one containing Freckles' bullfrog, true to life. Freckles Then, to put it plainer, you and Hardy, who are of the 'Serious Family' style, don't like to see yourselves taken off quite so true to life as you were last night at the Adelphi. Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City In addition, Cooper created the Indian of literature—perhaps a little too noble to be entirely true to life—and various simple, strong seamen. The Spy If it's true to life, which I don't believe, the next generation is going to the dogs. The Beautiful and Damned The difference between the novel of the eighteenth century, which was so true to life, and this lyrical fantasy of the nineteenth century is very evident. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The whole scene, in addition to its effectiveness on the stage, is psychologically true to life. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The intention was to show the average fish true to life in color, size and contour. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission The principal points of each were summed up with a great deal of terseness and force, and in many cases were laughably true to life. One Day's Courtship He might have been sitting before a canvas instead of a desk and holding a brush instead of a pen: the picture would have been true to life. Bride of the Mistletoe Then also, as usual in such cases, each went a separate way—the eternal ending, which is always prosaic, because it is true to life. Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales A man capable of conceiving such a hero as Posa, and defending the conception as true to life, could hardly be expected to adjust his mind easily to such a work as Goethe's 'Egmont'. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller "But do you really like books that are true to life yourself?" she proceeded. The Heavenly Twins The novel is to be the work of my life, and I mean to use every talent I may have to make it unique and true to life. Revenge! Were they otherwise they would not be true to life. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Any interpretation that does not ring true to life may well be questioned. The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament But my artistic enjoyment went deeper here, for the character portrayal was very much more true to life. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth "I think I should be inclined to avoid it, then," she answered, "for I always find that 'true to life' in a book means something revolting." The Heavenly Twins His writings are in a sense a vindication of the honesty of his master, although the picture he draws of him is not so true to life as that of Xenophon. Authors of Greece But whether the picture was true to life or no, it had a very strongly marked effect on the person conceiving it. The History of David Grieve "I'll bet it's true to life—the artist is too much of a fool to have created that expression," Stefan went on. The Nest Builder The Shadhan, the influential matrimonial agent lacking in no Jewish community, is painted true to life. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) They are true to life in every particular," he maintained, "and not only to the life of those times, but of all time. The Heavenly Twins Even without the postscript one could not help feeling convinced that the social conditions he describes are true to life. King Coal : a Novel They are not true to life; they fill your mind with idle notions; they cannot form your understanding, or aid you to do your work in the world. Confessions and Criticisms I think now it is because you are always so true to life—to the things life really means. The Nest Builder On the other hand, it is an incomparable work taken as a panorama of realistic scenes, not always consecutive scenes, but always absolutely true to life—a gallery of pictures of the ghetto. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) "I have just been reading a book that might interest you," I began; "it strikes me as being so true to life." The Heavenly Twins But the reality is more incongruous still, and the unmotived outburst of wrath against the innocent bearers of a kindly invitation is only too true to life. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII In its pages are given many true to life pictures of life in India, in the barracks of the soldiers and elsewhere. Rujub, the Juggler The character drawing, though too much subordinated to the sensational elements in the story, is nevertheless distinct and true to life. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the color perfectly harmonized; it is true to life. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature Chaucer not only attempted this new realistic task, but accomplished it so well that his characters were instantly recognized as true to life, and they have since become the permanent possession of our literature. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World His labour kept him true to life and fact, Casting out worldly judgments, false desires, And vain distinctions. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Victor's gesture descriptive of the bent, stricken figure that had ridden forth that morning was painfully true to life. The Bars of Iron He would not have denied the world those consolations which flow from the literature that mirrors our hopes and dreams; but his honest spirit revolted when such literature professed to be true to life. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century He needn't apologise; we know it's true to life! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 Her characters are absolutely true to life, and all her work has the perfection of a delicate miniature painting. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World We expect him to be "true to life," and that is what is implied in Aristotle's "imitation of nature." Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism The thing in the picture that I most approved of was the end of the log in the little pool, in the foreground; it looked true to life. Hawthorne and His Circle They were really cosmopolitan, as a poor makeshift for something better, and Turgenev, in making his hero die on a French barricade, was true to life as well as to art. Rudin But is it not true to life so far as earthly hope is concerned? Canadian Wild Flowers Which tale seems truest to life as you know it? English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World A few changes in geography and time were made in her manuscript, but otherwise the story is true to life, laden with adventure, spirit and the American philosophy. The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography The masters of the new eastern school of fiction took a different view, and asked, "Is our matter absolutely true to life?" History of American Literature There being no "facts," Zola's laborious series is futile; it may be true to art, but it is not true to life. Without Prejudice "I am the only man in the world who can paint a picture so true to life," he said. Fifty Famous People Robinson CrusoeThe charm of the story is its intense reality, in the succession of thoughts, feelings, incidents, which every reader recognizes to be absolutely true to life. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World His studies of the beautiful are as broad and true to life as any that have ever been written. The True Citizen, How to Become One This school did not ask, "Is the matter interesting or exciting?" but, "Is it true to life?" History of American Literature They are true to life, and as long as natur remains the same, which it always will, they will be read. Nature and Human Nature Of course he is not true to life, of course he is not typically Russian. Essays on Russian Novelists It is readable, and contains scenes which are true to life; but it has no peculiar merits, and will add nothing to my reputation as a novelist. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Diana is represented as the enemy of love; and the allegory is true to life; the languors of love are born of soft repose, and tender feelings are stifled by violent exercise. Emile Could it be that all that mental picture, with the details that seemed so true to life, was purely imaginary? Afoot in England So long as your story is true to life, the mere change of local color will set it in the East, West, South, or North. Short Stories for English Courses It is commonly said that the leading character in Virgin Soil, Solomin, is a failure because he is not exactly true to life, he is not typically Russian. Essays on Russian Novelists Is it true to life—truer than life? Writing for Vaudeville The whole account, indeed, of the town of Plassans, its customs and its notabilities, is satire of the most effective kind, because it is satire true to life, and never degenerates into mere caricature. The Fortune of the Rougons How charming, poetic and true to life all that is! The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Some of the people depicted are very true to life. The Upton Letters That is one reason why his novels seem so amazingly true to life. Essays on Russian Novelists The shorter they are the better—usually nicknames, if true to life and the character, have a "homey" sort of sound that is worth securing. Writing for Vaudeville And this is the true reason of all those panegyrics on liberty which are often so measured in expression but are in essence so true to life and nature. Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society But do you think them really true to life? The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters His northerners speak and act otherwise than those of the south or west, and, in the main, are true to life, despite the author's perceptible satire when depicting provincials. Balzac I believe they are true to life as I see it. Homespun Tales A strong story, she said, and true to life. Cap'n Warren's Wards They were made especially for this volume and are so accurate, so true to life, that study of them will enable any one to identify the species shown. The Burgess Bird Book for Children We have it in various versions, because it is so true to life. The Last Chronicle of Barset The beggars who came to town were out in full force, "rags, tags, and velvet gowns," quite true to life. Jack and Jill Show the negative, but true to life and thrilling, thus you will achieve the positive. My Life and My Efforts Mr. Van Berg, I congratulate you; I'm not much of a judge of art, but this is my little friend here, true to life. A Face Illumined Most of the girls one comes across in books strike one as not perhaps quite true to life. They and I The true artistic genius, who will not cater to accepted notions, who exercises originality, and strives to be true to life, leads an obscure and wretched existence. Anarchism and Other Essays Thirdly, character must be true to life: for this is a distinct thing from goodness and propriety, as here described. The Poetics of Aristotle Of course you will say," she went on, "that he is too romantic, that he is not true to life. The Log of the Jolly Polly "I haven't read anything in years that I thought was half as nice and true to life." Whirligigs Cushat-Prinkly had read of such things in scores of novels, and hundreds of actual experiences had told him that they were true to life. The Toys of Peace, and other papers They ranged from photographs absolutely true to life, which revealed a plain, shrewd, kindly face, to those which were idealized until they bore a near resemblance to the conventional representations of Jesus of Nazareth. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 Shall I draw you now—true to life? The Adventures of Jimmie Dale But I never lived in the seventeenth century, so I don't know whether he is true to life or not. 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