| 单词 | uncomely |
| 例句 | This he said because the woman was fat and ruddy and thick in the bone, but still not uncomely. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z "Sad and gentle, and not at all uncomely for a woman of her years, for all her modesty. Yet a danger to the peace of your brother's realm none-theless." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The uncomely Andrew Lloyd Webber, suggests Edna, might benefit from the Phantom lending him “a mask or two.” Perspective | With devastating quips, Dame Edna foretold a vacuous era of fame 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z A winning record can generate hot money whether achieved through excessive clinching, uncomely pacifism or ungallant conduct. Spoil sports: five boxers who turned winning ugly into an artform 2013-03-18T12:49:00Z I imagine the things he did for the revolution must haunt him - and everybody else, but especially affectionate Mr. Ramchandar - in his uncomely life as an ostracized ex-guerrilla. India Ink: For Retired Maoists, Regret and Isolation 2012-07-20T07:35:36Z It is truly painful to dwell on such uncomely exhibitions of human character, and I should not have been so minute in these details did I not feel impelled by a sense of duty. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z He was not an uncomely man as he sat there playing with his dagger, a dubious smile on his lean, dark face. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z "An oddity," thought Gabrielle, unconsciously relieved to perceive that the large lady was uncomely. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It seemed to her as if she and her mistress were being gradually enwrapped in the glutinous film of spiders, which uncomely creatures by and by would quietly devour them. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z She found a pathos in the dull and unimpressive look of him--his bald, uncomely head, his ungraceful figure. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But never was a mighty commander freer from that uncomely fault. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z A great rabble of spectators, of whom many were women,—not all uncomely or shabbily attired,—peeped through the endless white lattice, or thronged the cross-streets,—all still and silent, with wonder or suspicion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The woman was young and not uncomely, but subdued and apparently somewhat dazed still at these sudden reverses of fortune. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, aye, and the uncomely things of the world to confound the beautiful. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The lady whom we saw has not uncomely hair, betwixt blue-black and brown. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z "This is not a fit match," said bold Robin Hood, "the bridegroom is much too old and uncomely; but since I am here, and the bride is prepared, she shall now choose her own mate." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z And fancy how the uncomely countenance of the ci-devant brewer would redden at the request, and how, probably, the unlucky artist would be consigned to the custody of the sentinel at the door! The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z She was distinctly less uncomely than the erring sister. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Whilst uttering these last sentences, Steinfeld redoubled the keenness of the scrutiny with which he regarded the banker’s uncomely and agitated physiognomy. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z She smiled very pleasantly on her uncomely admirer and never once looked at Clarence Hastings. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth, for it will cause contempt in others, and loathing in thee. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Hartley was there; Burgener was there; and the uncomely bundle was the outward form of the most incompetent guide in all the Alps. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z She did not look uncomely, but there was something coarse and plebeian in her appearance. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The ghost of a demure smile flickered about her mouth as she complied, and in that moment her face seemed less uncomely. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z There must be a new Hedonism that shall recreate life and save it from that harsh, uncomely Puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man I am not wont to shun the truth: But yet I think the reason you could give Were too uncomely. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors In spite of all, she was very far from uncomely as she stood now, about her the old indefinable stamp of class which always had clung to her. The Broken Gate A Novel She did not in the least resemble her father or her aunt, both of whom were stout, uncomely folk of true plebeian type. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Miss Brent was a tall, angular woman, with spinster shouting from every angle of her uncomely person. Patricia Brent, Spinster Her bearing was almost unimpaired, and, until very near the close of her life, her features were not wrinkled or uncomely. Lives of Celebrated Women There are uncomely and hideous things on earth; there are disagreeable and hateful subjects to be spoken of, and there are painful feelings to be expressed. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Not uncomely, one would have called her at first sight. The Broken Gate A Novel For Jacoba is, as Dutch Afrikanders go, not uncomely, and few Boer women of her looks and condition in life escape, or desire to escape, from the joys and cares of matrimony. Tales of South Africa They delight in all beautiful and dainty things, and war with things that creep and things that fly, if they be uncomely; their lives are gay with fine frolic and delicate revelry.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Which I suffered without great concern—for, being a lass from Borgue, she was not uncomely, though, like all these shore lassies, a little forritsome. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Up to that time dissenters had prided themselves on the uncomely and unpoetical aspect of the places in which they met for p. 120public worship. The London Pulpit From out the shadow a figure advances toward her, a figure bent and uncomely, that tries in vain to avoid the meeting with her, and to get out of sight before recognition sets in. Portia or By Passions Rocked She had changed from a lean shapeliness to a swollen, somewhat uncomely object, but she made the best of a bad situation. The "Genius" Shakespeare employs the word “sunburned” in the sense of uncomely, ill-favored. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Immediately a hand was seen reaching down after it, the hat was drawn up, and a prodigious horse-laugh arose from the uncomely Confederacies in the Fort. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 She was choked with tenderness, and had only this uncomely way of showing it. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine The portrait represents a cruel, thin-lipped woman, not uncomely, sitting at a table. Old and New London Volume I What is more to our purpose, a phrase or a verse in French is easily distinguishable as comely or uncomely. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) The door was then opened, and Marion swirled in with an uncomely bravery. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Sybel evidently shares and even expresses: "Some men there are who have rarely been able to refuse their assistance and help to a female pupil, greedy of knowledge and not uncomely." Woman under socialism In a well-cut, well-made gown hers would have been no uncomely presence. Shirley I feel a great and vivid pity for a thing which sets out to be so bright and beautiful, and lapses into shapeless and uncomely neglect. The Thread of Gold The houses were uncomely and the people were poor; and more than that. The House in Town He can live like a prince, in disguise, or, if he be uncomely, he may hope to win Beauty after he is free of his masquerade. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales He saw, also, that the woman’s face, though uncomely, was more intelligent and human than the 200 bestial faces of the Bow-legs’ women. In the Morning of Time Some of them wore the blue line tattoo on the lower lip, showing them to be married women; others, young girls not uncomely to look upon. Young Alaskans in the Far North There is head enough of a kind—a not at all unkempt or uncomely headpiece, very well filled with brains. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century What intolerable tyranny of private surveillance is indicated in the phrase, "what any man shall judge to be uncomely"! Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature And Mr. Hubbard tramped downstairs, followed by the assistant, who glanced back at Dorian with a look of shy wonder in his rough, uncomely face. The Picture of Dorian Gray But, in spite of the red curtain, Fenwick entered the house, and asked the uncomely woman at the bar after Sam Brattle. The Vicar of Bullhampton Early in the expedition, these two gentlemen became exceedingly troublesome; not more so, however, than might reasonably be expected from the very sullen and brutish expression of their uncomely physiognomies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The woman removed her veil, and indeed she did have two ghastly looking scars, but she had exaggerated her disfigurement, for despite the scars hers was not an uncomely face to look upon. A Successful Shadow A Detective's Successful Quest They were uncomely hewers of wood and drawers of water, but they turned their heads to look at her, and their eyes followed her as she went to her seat. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim M�rya Dm�trievna had married 4 him for love; he was far from uncomely in appearance, he was clever, and, when he chose, he could be very amiable. A Nobleman's Nest She was uncomely to any eyes but mine, and I would not subject her to unkind criticism. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood When he had gone out, Catherine wagged her uncomely grey head ominously. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 In spite of her withered aspect and wrinkled face, she was not an uncomely old woman and there was about her a dignity of carriage and manner that pleased Alan. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 For, in all my journeys, I have not met an uncomely face or form. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Camp stools stood around the tent, while the whole surface of the ground in the tent was matted with dried buffalo skins, making it free from dampness, and not altogether uncomely in appearance. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West We see among men these are separated often, and there is nothing in the world so disorderly, so unruly and uncomely, as when will is divided from wisdom. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Have a care!" she said; "you are young and not uncomely, and my heart pities you. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance Calmly enough, to outward show, Agnes looked on his face as he came up to the Bishop,—that face so plain and uncomely to other eyes, so dear and beautiful to hers. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary Small but not uncomely they were: tougher, stronger, better when broken, than the mustang, though, like the mustang, begotten and foaled on the open prairie. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Hating the man all the more fiercely because, whatever the uncomeliness of his moral constitution, he was physically very far from uncomely. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Is there any thing more uncomely, than for children to behave themselves irreverently and irrespectively towards their fathers, to whom they owe themselves? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Everywhere was a prospect of raw faces and figures, which Charity had deliberately made as uncomely as possible by clownish garb and simple toilet. Nights in London A pearl is proverbially uncomely in the snout of a swine; and truly the word "loyalty" was never more absurdly out of place than when pronounced by such lips. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The girl she addressed had only a pair of dark intelligent eyes to reclaim an uncomely face. The Californians That lady herself was a fat and by no means uncomely young woman, simply clothed in a white tunic, fastened at the waist with a belt—the arms and neck being bare. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America It was the old picture, save for the uncomely modifications of our modern costume. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The poverty of Poplar is abject, and, to that extent, picturesque in its frankness; there is no painful note of uncomely misery about it. Nights in London The grooms came and soundly flogged me for uncomely speech of my Lady Anne! The Armourer's Prentices She had remarked, the day she spent with him in the rain, that the Sage was not so old or so uncomely as she had at first supposed. The Damsel and the Sage A Woman's Whimsies He arose, holding the lantern high; and stared, shaking, into a face which no uncomely linen swathings could disguise from him—into eyes which death only would teach him to forget. Fort Amity The chief was very angry at seeing his squaw in such an uncomely attitude, and he walked over and beat her. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 Here is a miracle, for this that is beautiful, is only a changed form of that which was uncomely. The Coming of the King In truth, the sunshine pictures of Turner were evolved from a life as dingy and uncomely as could well be. Art in England Notes and Studies A woman lay there, not uncomely; rather comely with the beauty of advancing years, though weak and frail if not ill. The Long Night She carried a sort of rude and frank vitality about her, a healthful color in her face, not wholly uncomely. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West Seen in the daylight she was young, fresh-skinned, and not uncomely. The Emigrant Trail Surely, to argue about government with such ungoverned passions, to argue for reformation with a spirit so unreformed, is very uncomely. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation They are remembered more from Pope's lines, than on any other account—preserved in them, like uncomely curiosities in good spirits. Art in England Notes and Studies Heartily vexed and disappointed, Annie made no resistance, for she felt it would be uncomely. Alec Forbes of Howglen Now by uncomely parts he means the baser members, and by comely parts the beautiful members. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province They were not only uncouth and uncomely, but they were dirty. The Emigrant Trail He took a book from his table and opened at a plate representing a small, snug cottage, not uncomely. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) The rough-looking youth, whom I had once thought so uncomely, had changed to a really fine looking man. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories Her hair was dishevelled and gathered up in an uncomely heap on the back of her head. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution Society reserves her prizes largely for the man of initiative; and, uncomely block as he was, Rankin was of the true type. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman It was a cheerless-looking house, painted a garish yellow, having staring windows, and devoid of a front porch, or slightest attempt at shade to render its uncomely front less unattractive. Bob Hampton of Placer Still, the pedestrians hesitated, till Mrs. Thomas, a by no means uncomely woman, said: "Get in, gentlemen, we shall be pleased to have your company." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life The other wanted all the native beauty and proportion of the former; her person was swelled, by luxury and ease, to a size quite disproportioned and uncomely. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates Ifackins," he cried, or some such oath, both profane and uncomely, "I see a man on the verge of the sky-line, going along laboriously. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor Be thankful, poets and prophets, when you live in an element such that your uncomely features are known only to your own village. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse Mr. Waddington, the only existing member of the firm, entered—-a large, untidy-looking man, also dressed in most uncomely fashion, and wearing an ill-brushed silk hat on the back of his head. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton One of them was a fat, uncomely woman, and she was singing, accompanying herself upon a guitar. Dan Merrithew He clapped his hands and a small regiment of women-servants, black and for the most part uncomely, arrived to prepare dinner. Morocco Brick and marble are of equal æsthetic value in this magic city, in which the uncomely parts and materials have a more abundant comeliness by reason of the medium through which they are seen. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood It is true that many of the caterpillars are ugly and formidable, poor things, to the uninitiated eye, which fails to recognize under this uncomely disguise the crowned and glorious citizens of the air. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man One well-known artist has taken possession of the end of this uncomely row, intended for a supply-shop to the neighborhood. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The poor gentlewoman is timid and uncomely, but Mistress Clorinda shows an affection for her she hath shown to none other. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Judge of my amazement when, parting the bushes in a secluded glade, I came upon a distressed but not uncomely maiden, buried up to her neck in earth beneath the spreading boughs of a beech. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Beneath the soiled and uncomely exterior of the Western pioneer, native or foreigner, Douglas discerned not only a future tax-bearer, but the founder of Commonwealths. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics She had seen a rabbit, a big, gaunt, uncomely wretch, disappearing silently among the clumps of brush. The Bells of San Juan There was no encouragement to go on, so young Robert sat and pondered till his father, chafing under the silent rebuke personified in every line of the son's uncomely face, sent him to his room. Idle Hour Stories Others to places dark and uncomely; but as I sat down in my own home I could not help thinking of the three spectacles. Around The Tea-Table The door of No. 10 was opened by a rather uncomely woman of perhaps thirty years of age, with a weak face and watery eyes. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The thousands who, with uncomely names and barbarous titles, began to crowd the streets of Cairo, occupied a position to which we have no parallel elsewhere. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) Whatever building is nobly and enduringly useful, thoroughly adapted to its uses, cannot be uncomely. Homes and How to Make Them Buoys are black and uncomely, but they tell where the rocks are. New Tabernacle Sermons At thirty-eight the Reformer, we must remember, must have been no uncomely wooer. John Knox and the Reformation The women were not uncomely, nor did they dress in outlandish manner. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper God had made his face uncomely— "Paint me as I am," he said. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 “Such uncouth rocks,” he wrote, “and such uncomely inhabitants.” The Art of Letters His Beard was scattering on the Chin, and very thin; and though his Clothes were seldome fashioned to the Vulgar garb, yet in the whole man he was not uncomely. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles She may be good-looking," thought Claudius, "for I have noticed that where the men are uncomely the women are often the reverse. The Son of Clemenceau But while there was nothing lovely, there was nothing unpleasant or uncomely in Miss Balquidder. Mistress and Maid A sort of uncomely offshoot from the main inn building, built on piles in the earth after the fashion of the seashore houses of the Malay—but much dirtier and incomparably more shaky. Across China on Foot The rulers in heaven were commanded to admit the King of Glory, but seeing him uncomely and dishonoured they asked, "Who is this King of Glory?" The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Antonyms: homely, ugly, repulsive, unlovely, hideous, uncomely, inelegant. beautify, v. embellish, adorn, grace, garnish. beauty, n. loveliness, fairness, elegance, comeliness, pulchritude, grace, exquisiteness, charm, attraction. Putnam's Word Book After a pause the door opened again, and on the same uncomely face, when, without thought, our author gave a loud, deep groan. James Fenimore Cooper They were smart, active young fellows, armed with revolver and sabre, and their horses were tough brutes, uncomely to look at, but with wonderful staying power. The Firm of Girdlestone Here we have the magician crying out against All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old, and attempting to invoke a new—or an old—and more beautiful world into being. Old and New Masters The boy Francis de Valois, to whom she was affianced, was a poor, bilious, degenerate weakling, stunted in figure, uncomely of face. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The furnishing of his room was of a piece with all below, solid yet not uncomely. Deadham Hard Her hair hung in disarray over her well-developed shoulders, and recent tears had left their furrows on a painted but not uncomely face. True Tilda He was, too, "a liar and a coward, vicious and violent; pale, sickly, and uncomely—a crooked soul in a prematurely ravaged body." Love affairs of the Courts of Europe And at that moment, in the midst of my regrets, the bottle-boy thrust an uncomely head in at the door. The Mystery of 31 New Inn In refusing to comb his hair like a prig, he did not go to the extreme of making himself horridly uncomely. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Her fate is such that the parents of uncomely female infants should be compelled to put them to death at their birth. My Brilliant Career The sitting magistrate was Alderman Figgins, a nice, kindly old gentleman, robed in marvellous, but not uncomely, garments of black velvet, purple, and dark fur. Autobiographical Sketches There was nothing there but a lump of uncomely flesh. The Bent Twig What ought to have been fairy, joyful, natural, was instead uncomely to the verge of the grotesque. The Damned The evil one plied the bellows from within, while the damsels, fair of face, but uncomely of soul, supplied the evil fuel from without. Barlaam and Ioasaph She was not uncomely, and the hard, lean, stingy countenance of the attendant nobleman was almost genial. The Certain Hour Well do I remember the women of the old King's time, how monstrous uncomely they were, how little they knew how to walk or carry themselves, how painfully barbaric was their notion of dress. The Lost Continent There was nothing now between them but the real issue in all its uncomely bareness. The Bent Twig The uncomely doors and windows seemed almost like mouths that had uttered the words themselves, and on the upper floors at that very moment I saw two maids in the act of closing them again. The Damned And Mr. Hubbard tramped downstairs, followed by the assistant, who glanced back at Dorian with a look of shy wonder in his rough uncomely face. The Picture of Dorian Gray To-day hath this man's eyes been a candle to me, that I may see myself truly; and I know that though I am a queen and not uncomely, I am but coarse and little-minded. The Well at the World's End: a tale In order to expose them to greater contempt, they were often obliged to perform indecent dances, and to get brutally drunk, that their master's children might learn to despise such uncomely things. Philothea A Grecian Romance This did not prevent her making a long détour the next day to avoid meeting the uncomely old musician on the street and being obliged to recognize him publicly. The Bent Twig The grooms came and soundly flogged me for uncomely speech of my Lady Anne! The Armourer's Prentices I vaunt not myself, yet women have thought me not uncomely. Fair Margaret She drew near and I saw that it was an old woman grey haired, uncomely of raiment, but with shining bright eyes in her wrinkled face. The Well at the World's End: a tale S. No, not by no manner of means: she was very uncomely, poor child! Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories Downright ugliness must have had an especial charm for the future illustrator of the Inferno, his unconscious models sketched by the way being uncomely as the immortal Pickwick and his fellows of Phiz. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" If she really meant to be our friend after the best fashion she knew, it was at least an uncomely kind of friendship, that showed itself in constant opposition, fault-finding, and complaint. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Nay, what uncomely faces, could he see you! Becket and other plays But if he bring me not those women within three months' wearing, and if there be but two uncomely ones amongst them, let him look to it. The Well at the World's End: a tale The kernel-faith was none the worse that it was closed in the uncomely shell of ignorance and mistake. Miracles of Our Lord Strange thus to escape for a time altogether from the region of human ugliness, to be as completely isolated from ill- favoured looks and uncomely gait as if we were in a sculpture-gallery of Florence! The Roof of France An uncomely act without shame Ham commised, When he of his father the secret parts revealed. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The cotton-broker noticed the action, but silently touched his hat, and passed with a significant smile on his uncomely countenance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 The uncomely hyenas had gone slinking here and there and had found something worthy their foul appetite. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man It was odd to come upon this thick crop of an obsolete and uncomely fashion; it was like running suddenly across a forgotten acquaintance whom you had supposed dead for a generation. Life on the Mississippi, Part 5. And such as we think to be the less houourable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honour: and those that are our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision At Economy no such precautions are taken; the women wear the honest dress of German peasants, with a kind of Norman cap, and the dress is sensible, convenient, and by no means uncomely. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation The soul of the modern mystic is becoming a mere hoarding-place for uncomely theories. Imaginations and Reveries The last to go, and with signs of obvious reluctance, was his Grace of Richmond, a delicately-built, uncomely, but very glittering gentleman. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The woman nodded, her not uncomely broad face assuming a strange expression of determined fierceness. The Web of Life ‘Oh, profane and uncomely simile! - which will next, I presume, liken the coming hailstorm to hair-powder shaken from the said wig.’ Prose Idylls, New and Old She walked swiftly to a group of boys, ugly, uncomely, overgrown kids, the same who had followed her after church, and met them with eagerness. The City of Fire But you, my lord, have been able to discover the fruit through the thick and uncomely coat by which it was concealed; you have cracked the nut and have a right to the kernel. Four Early Pamphlets I will dream this windy day; No sunny spot is bare; Dull vapours, in uncomely play, Are weltering through the air. A Hidden Life and Other Poems She was our postmistress, a tall, dark, not uncomely virgin of some thirty summers. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch He saw them face to face, and he said their faces were uncomely to the last degree. Memories of Hawthorne One fine, frosty morning, then, when I had lain in this distress just four weeks, the door of my cell open'd, and there appear'd a young woman, not uncomely, bringing in my bread and water. The Splendid Spur They are tall, and not uncomely, although very dark;— they coax us, with all sorts of endearing words, to purchase bay rum, fruits, Florida water…. Two Years in the French West Indies When he returned again, a little absent-minded, the old man, by far the coolest and most self-possessed of the party, extinguished his black silk cap beneath that stiff, uncomely sombrero which all native Californians affect. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Before, indeed, I deemed him uncomely, but now he seems like to the gods. The Story of the Odyssey Now, many years after, the banker was aged, violent, and uncomely, habitually exceeded in his cups, and abused his wife before the servants. Stella Fregelius And, indeed, it becomes a gospel minister to have his uncomely parts covered with that grace which by the gospel he preached unto others. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 She was, physically, a mature young woman at sixteen, healthy, vigorous, rose-cheeked, plump, and not uncomely, frolicsome and care-free, with ten dollars a week, "just for fun." Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness The cyclone of 1892 tore down two great blocks of stone buildings in the center of Port Louis—the chief architectural feature-and left the uncomely and apparently frail blocks standing. Following the Equator, Part 7 How vain and vile a passion is this fear, What base uncomely things it makes men do! Sejanus: His Fall In whom there's nothing that contents my mind: Ill head, worse featured, uncomely, nothing courtly; Swart and ill favoured, a Colliers sanguine skin. Fair Em Almost every Austrian peasant from sixteen years old upward carries one of these uncomely pipes. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran A woman, well clad, young, not uncomely, but with hungry eyes like those of a hawk, accosted Neale. The U. P. Trail A man could scarce take his eyes from her, though there were other women there and not uncomely ones. The Heart's Highway She had dark hair, which shone and was odorous with unguents; a sallow, uncomely face, and a handsome moustache. The Nether World Carnaby was a fair example of the well-bred, well-fed Englishman—tall, brawny, limber, not uncomely, with a red neck, a powerful jaw, and a keen eye. The Whirlpool And presently they came to the plain and uncomely wooden edifice where Aubrey Leigh and his bride had plighted their vows that morning. The Master-Christian Yet again we are not to suppose in Platonic Greece— how could we indeed anywhere within the range of Greek conceptions?— anything rude, uncomely, or unadorned. Plato and Platonism And Mr. Ashton tramped down-stairs, followed by the assistant, who glanced back at Dorian with a look of shy wonder in his rough, uncomely face. The Picture of Dorian Gray This uncomely being had the unhealthy complexion, hollow eyes, slouching mien, and straggling beard common to his tribe. Monsieur Lecoq This ideal art, in which the thought does not outstrip or lie beyond the proper range of its sensible embodiment, could not have arisen out of a phase of life that was uncomely or poor. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry And now we see why Hephaestus, that crook-backed and uncomely god, is the husband of Aphrodite. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays All my peace Has vanished; my fair fame in after-times Will wear an alien and uncomely form, Seen o'er the cities I have laid in dust, Countrymen slaughtered, friends abjured! Count Julian He was," he says, "a tall, powerful fellow of a good shape, if we except that his arms were too long and that his feet and hands were of an uncomely bigness. The Sea-Hawk She had become so uncomely that he could not understand his infatuation at Aix, ten years before. Women in the Life of Balzac I was then a young man of about three and twenty years of age and not uncomely. The Virgin of the Sun Never would she grow really old, never surely would the primal fires within her die down into the gray ashes that litter so many of the hearths by which age sits, a bleak, uncomely shadow. A Spirit in Prison At a little to their right there was a thin uncomely bridge that waggled across the torrent. Irish Fairy Tales Green, probably, for most eyes are green—green or grey, if green be thought uncomely for an eye-colour. Framley Parsonage A solid Dales—man, he, with huge hands and hairy arms; about his face an uncomely aureole of stiff, red hair; and on his features, deep-seated, an expression of resolute melancholy. Bob, Son of Battle And Mayakin filled the air with a jarring, hasty laughter, at which his goat-like beard began to tremble in an uncomely manner. The Man Who Was Afraid Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth; for it will cause contempt in others, and loathing in thee. Character They should think twice, or even thrice, before leaving on Oxford for many centuries the uncomely mark of an unfortunate judgment. Oxford He was a middle-sized young fellow, with a slouching walk, but a well shaped and well set head, and a not uncomely countenance. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald This ideal art, in which the thought does not outstrip or lie beyond its sensible embodiment, could not have arisen out of a phase of life that was uncomely or poor. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry On the west are ranges of distant hills, low but not uncomely. Angling Sketches What doest thou in that beggar's garb, uncomely and desired of none? Christ in Flanders But she offers in her person certain singularities that will appear beautiful or uncomely according to the contradictory opinions of men and the varying judgments of the world. Penguin Island Now, let me think what I should deem, if I had ridden by, unlooked for, and spied my lover with a maid, not unfriendly, or perchance uncomely, sitting smiling in a gallant balcony. A Monk of Fife And such as we think to be the less honourable members of the body, about these we put more abundant honour: and those that are our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament It must be owned that the whole party were far from sorry to be relieved of his presence; his uncomely figure and repulsive countenance was a perpetual bugbear. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space When he returned again, a little absent-minded, the old man, by far the coolest and most self-possessed of the party, extinguished his black-silk cap beneath that stiff, uncomely sombrero which all native Californians affect. Selected Stories of Bret Harte For I trust my honest wife, Most honest if uncomely to the eye, Hath not with foolish chatterings wearied you, As is the wont of women. La Sainte Courtisane Then said Thorkill: "In good truth, I do not remember ever to have seen a household with more uncomely noses; nor have I ever come to a spot where I had less mind to live." The Danish History, Books I-IX And though he deemed it uncomely to inaugurate his first campaign with a wedding, yet, moved by gratitude for the preservation of his safety, he kept his promise. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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