| 单词 | unchivalrous |
| 例句 | No murderous monster but a venal brute nonetheless, the General is enraged to learn that Catherine is not the heiress he assumed and packs her off with unchivalrous haste. A puppet version of Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' is modest success 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The quintet – part of whose appeal was that they appeared to be part of some kind of brotherhood, however unchivalrous – began to fall out with one another. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z “Surely you would not be so unchivalrous as to dismiss these adoring ladies with either a ‘no comment’ or an evasion, would you, Ari?” he said. Lester Kinsolving, Episcopal priest and pesky White House questioner, dies at 90 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The band were asked to play an acoustic set but by this time their girlfriends were in the band and Heron says it would have been "unchivalrous" to leave them out. An incredible journey with the Incredible String Band - BBC News 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z General Buckner considered the terms "ungenerous and unchivalrous," but he surrendered his sixty-five guns, seventeen thousand six hundred small arms, and nearly fifteen thousand troops. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Meanwhile Amadis, calling himself ‘Knight of the Green Sword,’ had resolved to do away with the ill reports of his unchivalrous sloth. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He knew that he was doing an unchivalrous thing, but the passion he hitherto had kept in check mastered him. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z But both he, and they, could be very unchivalrous towards Karl, without its striking them that they were so. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z Take from the 14th and early 15th centuries two well-known instances, which would be utterly inconceivable in this unchivalrous age of ours. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Judge Barton planned to wipe out the memory of his unchivalrous conduct by his most deferential manner and his very best conversation. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z I regret that I was so unchivalrous as to soon forget the name given, but in our circumstances who would try to remember a name, even that of a beautiful lady? Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z I think this is another evidence, Baron, of your base and unchivalrous regard for the distressed of my sex, by the brutal way in which you are treating this helpless Saxon lady! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z An unchivalrous and wobbly character, who evidently expects you to make the advances. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z "In a different time and place, that action might have been seen as unchivalrous or unsportsmanlike," Conrad Crane, director of the U.S. Special Report: How the White House learned to love the drone 2010-05-18T20:11:00Z "You surely will not be so unchivalrous," she said, "as to pry into other people's secrets." The Undying Past But there were circumstances I can not touch upon to you which made them disapprove—which made my facing him just then seem unchivalrous. The Valiants of Virginia She was staring at him in astonishment at such an unchivalrous act, when a second volley was fired; a ball whizzed past her, and the officer fell heavily against her, then lifeless to the ground. Ten Girls from History Could you, for a moment, believe that I was capable of an act which you have justly described as unmanly and unchivalrous?” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion You forget the narrow lane where all men jostle together in unchivalrous contention, and the kennel, deep and unclean, that gapes on either hand for the defeated. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers "I shall certainly be so unchivalrous," he responded, and tore the envelope open. The Undying Past I’ll be done with him for one,” added the unchivalrous friend. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Memory returned; all his treachery; his unchivalrous desertion of a helpless girl in a dangerous place; and, to his honor be it said, did for a moment turn him deadly sick. The Brass Bound Box If you persist in this resolution, unchivalrous as I believe it to be, yet I will try to see my duty in ameliorating the condition of these unhappy females as far as possible.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The calm dignity of her replies, the ingenuous frankness of her manners, and the manifest malice and falsehood of Viard's accusation, made even her enemies ashamed of their unchivalrous prosecution. Madame Roland, Makers of History General Buckner sent back word that he was compelled by circumstances "to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms" which had been proposed. Ulysses S. Grant I repeat, I was cruelly bitten in the wrists, and, snorting with rage, pure, primitive, unchivalrous rage, I fell upon that shameless little Pagan and shook her violently, till the teeth rattled in her head. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty A logical distinction may certainly be made, but in practice it was felt to be unchivalrous and harsh, so it was speedily abandoned. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct "Your terms are very unfair and very unchivalrous; and I should judge that you were a Yankee, as I am told that you are," growled the marauder. A Lieutenant at Eighteen I call it unchivalrous because it has been known to elide eulogies of enemy decency and enemy valour. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship Now, by our Lady," she said, turning to the gentlemen around her, "this is a chivalrous fidelity, right pleasant to behold in these unchivalrous days. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 There again, my friend, I was ungenerous, unchivalrous, and all that. The Lady of the Ice A Novel Mr. Methuen makes a good deal of the foolish and unchivalrous, even brutal, way in which some individuals and some newspapers have spoken of the enemy. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct She looked up so anxiously as she put this question that, quite apart from the interests of Phyllis Rivers, I could not have dashed hers, or any other woman's hopes, by giving an unchivalrous answer. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Buckner replied that circumstances compelled him "to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose." Pushing to the Front In view of this fact the use of the term "unchivalrous" by the Confederate commander can be justly appreciated. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The wrath against this unchivalrous wickedness increased mightily. Legends of the Rhine If you did, you'd see at once that the judge must simply have forced himself on Miss King, using, I have no doubt, the most unchivalrous and despicable threats to achieve his end. The Simpkins Plot She was smiling deliciously when she said: "You are from the South, Mr. Broffin, and I didn't suppose a Southerner could be so unchivalrous as to suspect a lady of fibbing." The Price The remembrance of this unpardonably unchivalrous act often tortured him afterwards, but his repentance by no means took the form of greater respect for women. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) General Buckner felt himself "compelled to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms" which General Grant proposed. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He Himself is full of chivalry, full of fidelity; and therefore all that is unchivalrous and treacherous is hateful in His eyes; and that which He hates, He is both able and willing to destroy. Westminster Sermons with a Preface This ungallant act was the climax of the painful scene, for there and then Sir William threw aside his disguise, and hastened to revenge the unchivalrous conduct of the Welsh knight. Strange Pages from Family Papers And when, in more recent times, the devilish ingenuity of science invented poisonous gas, there was nothing unmanly or unchivalrous in retorting on our German enemies with the hideous weapon which they had first employed. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences "You're welcome to all the good they may bring you, old boy," was Nicholas's unchivalrous retort. The Voice of the People Firstly, he may have felt impelled to redeem the pledges which he too trustfully made to the Czar in his Rustchuk telegram, and of which that potentate took so unchivalrous an advantage. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) But their conduct was most unworthy and unchivalrous. John Knox and the Reformation But the Cid refused to take part in so unchivalrous a deed, and thereby so angered the king that he vowed he would exile him. The Book of the Epic My little friend from California is crazy about him—and I haven't dared tell her he's only a drummer; such a fling would be unchivalrous of me—" "It would, Richard. The Port of Missing Men He could not exult over her, for that would be unchivalrous; but would not her own conscience reproach her bitterly? Romance of California Life It was well that Miss Verbena Martin could not overhear their talk, which was unchivalrous and unfriendly in the extreme. The Happy Family But the fact remains, and it will only be brought out more clearly by the Emperor's unchivalrous phrase, that in every arm the British have already shown themselves to be the better troops. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index But to smite a creature conspicuously your inferior in fortune—past, present, and prospective—is unchivalrous, not to say downright mean-spirited. Deadham Hard "But that is unchivalrous, and does not look well." Figures of Earth I should have been left, as Augustus was unchivalrous enough to tell me this morning, 'in the gutter.' The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel The stranger, on his part, looked a very unchivalrous hesitation; but this proved to be only a doubt of Sylvia's capacity as a walker. The Bent Twig I am afraid I took a rather unchivalrous delight in picturing your desire and resolve to go back eventually to your native jungle. Return of Tarzan Even that has been called in question by certain unchivalrous old bachelors, those unfortunates whom the ladies of Boston propose to expel from politics for dereliction of duty. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 This sounds unchivalrous, but she will please remember that her attorneys insist that this cause be tried solely upon its merits. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 On the evening before I spoke, however, Dr. Buckley made an indiscreet remark, which, blown about Chautauqua on the light breeze of gossip, was generally regarded as both unchivalrous and unfair. The Story of a Pioneer I have never read such unchivalrous sentiments in my life—from a man, I mean. A Pair of Blue Eyes Harry Lessingham, in a crudely unchivalrous mood, once described her as "without form and void," adding that she "had a mouth like a fish." The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Thanks to this prudent but unchivalrous policy,* the retreat of the army was as uneventful as had been the movement of concentration. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 It may seem unchivalrous to say so, but it is a stubborn fact nevertheless, and merits the consideration of Dr. Maxwell, that more men are misled by lustful women than maids betrayed by designing men. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Dion thought that he would be unchivalrous if he now neglected to make a point of speaking to Mrs. Clarke and of introducing his wife to her. In the Wilderness So he accepted what seemed to him the "ungenerous and unchivalrous terms" which Grant proposed, and surrendered the fort with all its guns and great stores of ammunition, and fourteen thousand men. This Country of Ours It must be confessed that this step may appear harsh and unchivalrous to the impartial observer, so long as those leaders were guilty of no practices which are foreign to the laws of civilised warfare. The Great Boer War The man who is unchivalrous to a woman—" "Oh, stow it! Where Angels Fear to Tread There was a comradeship among men of gentle blood and bearing which banded them together against all ruffianly or unchivalrous attack. Sir Nigel The wrecks of Fouquet's Infantry were, many of them, massacred, no quarter given; such the unchivalrous fury that had risen. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 I'll be done with him for one,' added the unchivalrous friend. The Wrong Box But without indulging in unchivalrous reflections we may draw certain morals from it of both immediate and ultimate applicability. The Soul of the Far East In her hand, she carried the tall lance of her unchivalrous lord, fluttering with feathers; his round white shield hung at the side of her mule; and his pipe was slung at her back. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life |
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