| 单词 | ungentle |
| 例句 | The Hound pulled her to her feet, not ungently. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To understand that difference, rent Eliza Hittman's ungentle and gray indie drama "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," which depicts how much more grueling a much-shorter interstate journey can be for women of very little means. "Unpregnant" takes a serious subject and makes it the reason for a road trip 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Here, a model is not only willing to accept the ungentle ministrations of what looks like a rotating drill bit, but she’s also ecstatic, entering a trancelike state that beats more conventional job perks. ‘Kink,’ a Look at the Pornography Industry 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Shakespeare was “ungentle,” as in boorish, but also not of the gentlemanly class, despite his eagerness to rise in Elizabethan society. Katherine Duncan-Jones, Who Cast Shakespeare as a Boor, Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Many Republicans seem to have caught the vapors at being subjected to such an ungentle expression. Obscenity is not just a set of words 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z This kind of acceleration actually hurts, the sort of ungentle transition from still to moving that draws a flag in the NFL. 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S Review: Still Amazing After All These Years? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z So on, indeed, for many years, with the two gentlemen pursuing their ungentle quarrel in magazines, television studios, and courtrooms, as “Best of Enemies” chronicles. Buckley, Vidal, and the “Queer” Question 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The visitors' locker room at Spartan Stadium was lathered up and crackling, stoked by the stomping of a top-10 team, when Brian Kelly ungently jerked his team's attention forward. Kelly warns Irish of overconfidence 2012-09-16T21:35:00Z Nothing looks worse nor more ungentle than to see it wantonly applied. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z He gave a curt order to the men: the prisoners were lifted from the ground where they had been laid, and urged towards the village with ungentle proddings from their captors' spears. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Judge me not ungentle, Of manner's rude, and insolent of speech, If, when the public safety is in question, My zeal flows warm and eager from my tongue. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z And thou, ungentle, yet much loving child, Whose heart still shows the "untamed haggard wild," A heart which justly makes the highest claim, Too easily is checked by transient blame. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Oh, let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z I do; I believe she will never become ungentle by living with ungentle persons, as she does and must, if she once knows what gentle persons are. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "You had better go to your room," he said, coldly but not ungently. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z But far about they wander from the grave Of him, whom his ungentle fortune urg'd Against his own sad breast to lift the hand Of impious violence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Some memory of the ungentle cobbler was aroused by the word "charge," and the boy shrank back nervously. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Having despatched my business, I was hastening to depart, when I was arrested by a voice less ungentle than the others. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z "In that case there would doubtless be an ungentle and obedient orderly to do so," rejoined Donald with gravity. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z Sharpnesses shall be turned to smooth ways, when angry and ungentle minds turn to gentleness through infusion of the heavenly grace. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The King pursued her and dragged her back with such ungentle force that her dress was torn, and her hands with which she clung to the bars of the windows were galled and grazed. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z Some hurled upon their adversaries like rams, casque foremost, smashing it down on to their shoulders, and ran blinded to fall on a seven-fold rank of furious pilgrims, the which received them ungently. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z In everything my Lord behaved ungently, How can I speak of it amongst my friends? Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z He spoke of her later to his wife as ill-mannered and ungentle of temper, a description which, while holding it to be ungenerous, occasioned Matilda considerable comfort. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z I have been a year in England, and, ungentle England, for what have I to thank you? The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Granted, then," put in Classicus in his even voice, "that we shall keep the lady in hiding and treat her to no ungentle usage! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z “Well, don’t take any more chances, then,” said the bulky person, and Jimmie was forced, not ungently, back into the niche. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Papa now said ungently and impatiently, yet as though he were restraining himself, "Well, we must get her home at once, where we can take care of her!" Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z “My dear, dear child—” She put away the kindly hands, not ungently, 163 but as if she could not quite bear them—as if she was too sore for any human touch. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z The latter discovered this and pounced upon her on her way home with a torrent of ungentle remarks. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z From thy lips Never till now fell such ungentle words, Nor ever less was I prepar'd to meet them. The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z The Vladika talked in a gentle manner of the most ungentle subject. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z "Yea," said he, "I know thee for an ungentle knight, therefore beware of me." King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z Three of them were clothed, all of them were ungently subdued by security. Mariners earn 5-4 victory over New York Yankees in 12 innings 2011-05-29T06:44:19Z The people have clearly marked characteristics; strong and robust in build, hardened to sun, rain, and wind, rough-voiced and somewhat ungentle in manner, they have, nevertheless, good hearts and are in their own way religious. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z A cursed ungentle son-in-law, truly I shall ever walk the worse for his rudeness. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z The compassion that had been growing in secret began to struggle with the ungentle impulses that came of superstitious fear. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z She dropped her cheek against his ungentle fingers. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Yet “Such the ungentle sport that oft invites The Spanish maid, and cheers the Spanish swain.” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z "I know you to be the most ungentle knight in Arthur's court." Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from those trifles springs, Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from thence, A small unkindness is a great offence. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z The ungentle thought did not for long control me. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z But the Pr�sidentin was not the woman to suffer any display of feeling in her grandson, she lifted up his head in rather ungentle fashion. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z Your foresters rated me in ungentle terms," said Shakespeare; "railed at, and bestowed vile epithets upon me. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Say, courteous and gentle—nay, uncourteous and ungentle reader—can you so far travel back in your recollection as to recall your first parting from all that was homely and kindly and familiar? A Cursory History of Swearing Both deal rather ungently with the character of women,—their intrigues with actors, gladiators, and slaves, their frequent divorces and rapid succession of husbands, their general abandonment of antique matronly reserve. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius His cheek flushed, his eye kindled, and smiting his hands together, in his ardour, he dropped so much of his dignity as to address many of his exclamations to the obsequious but not ungentle master. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Jonathan used to speak about it in ungentle terms every time he drove in and turned around. The Jonathan Papers The door swung wide, not ungently, before Christian flushed and breathless, and a flash of broad day framed with him. The Unknown Sea Much pleased in his turn, Captain Afleck leaned over and twitched Terry's ear in a not ungentle fashion. Terry's Trials and Triumphs "Don't fret yoreself none, Araminty," said the man, reassuring her with a brusque but not ungentle hand on her trembling arm. The Tempering I am ungentle, and apt to be suspicious,—especially if anything be said derogatory to my art. Ayala's Angel What I could understand, however, was that was expected to walk, and to walk smartly, too, guided by the very ungentle hands which urged me forward. A Veldt Vendetta After all, and in spite of ill-health, time has dealt not ungently with Mr. Lynch. The Religious Life of London Not ungently he lowered her to her feet and signed that she should start down. Warrior of the Dawn Shall I alone, I surely not a man ungently made, 10 Call thee worst Tyrant by which Flesh is crost? The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) In the counting-house of the years, vast cycles have come and gone till, now in these impertinent days of dynamite and electricity, uncouth, ungentle men have broken their rest forever. Seeds of Pine Livia, Agrippina, and Antonia were women of the most unquestionable virtue; but they were ungentle in their manner and capable of extreme harshness in their methods. Roman Women You knew him, Mr L——; you have known him from your childhood; the best and kindest of human beings—one from whose lips no living creature ever heard a harsh or an ungentle word. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 For Marjory's vigorous and ungentle scrubbing had overbalanced the easel, and away crashed the blackboard on to the floor, breaking the pegs, and only just missing the window by a merciful inch. Loyal to the School When he trod on the short brown moss, it shrieked and groaned at the ungentle pressure, and he saw how it wrung its little hairy hands and shake its green or yellow heads. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors I know you for an ungentle knight of the court, who has put much despite upon me. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur But Krespel, lost in the world of his harmonies, went on fiddling, so that the walls reechoed; and it so chanced that he touched the Signora, a trifle ungently, with his bow-arm. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "Yer a stranger here, are ye not?" he asked not ungently. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Human beings ought not to draw in their antennas at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Another door, a room beyond it, an ungentle shove. The Sensitive Man How The Desmond's mind is harrassed by a gentle maiden and two ungentle roughs; and how the Land League shows him a delicate attention. Rossmoyne But Krespel, carried away into the world of music, continued to play on until the walls echoed again; thus he chanced to touch the Signora somewhat ungently with his arm and the fiddle-bow. Weird Tales. Vol. I The soberer Mafistas, after recovering from their first shock, laid ungentle fists on their conductor. Mars Confidential She would too probably be rough in manner, ungentle in speech, ungifted in accomplishments, as compared with those who from their very cradles are encompassed by the blessings of wealth and high social standing. Lady Anna Till her little ones were two weeks old, the devoted if apparently ungentle parent continued to feed them at intervals of thirty minutes, the neck-dislocating performance being always as violent as I have described. Upon The Tree-Tops Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from thence, A small unkindness is a great offense: Large favors to bestow we strive in vain, But all may shun the guilt of giving pain. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Full surely his end approached 65 On earth ungentle, even as he lived, Stern striver for evil, while still in this world He dwelt under the roof of the clouds. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose She had a quick and clear-cut, but not ungentle voice. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 That earth’s alive, and gentle or ungentle Motions within her, signify but growth!— The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV I have to complain that you are not cleanly in your person, and that your manner of speech is ungentle, and rather inclines to rudeness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) A cry for help was stopped by a change in his tone—possibly even by the way his hand caught her wrist; for, though strong, it was not rough or ungentle. When Ghost Meets Ghost It is most ungentle; I have not heard the match of that in any one.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Will, as an atonement for the ungentle way in which he had come in upon his sister after school, offered her the nicest plate of berries, and insisted that she should take the crispiest roll. Happy Days for Boys and Girls He looked solitary, unsociable, critical, but not altogether ungentle. Aurora the Magnificent That life, which he had once saved by callously assailing her heart, he now risked, that her body 277 might not suffer the touch of an ungentle hand. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 For the rest, he was a conscientious, hard-headed, hard-handed, brave, stern, implacable, faithful little man; a man almost without sympathy, ungentle, prejudiced, and rigid, but a man true to principle, honourable, sagacious, and sincere. Shirley He knelt swiftly, thrust the gag back into position with ungentle paw, kicked the unresisting form in the side to show his displeasure, and rose. Slaves of Mercury The next operation was to shave them, and accordingly their faces were smeared over with a horrible mixture of shoemaker’s wax, train oil and soot, most ungently laid on with a coarse painter’s brush. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. “There!” he said, roughly and yet not ungently. The Heart of Thunder Mountain It is the bloom on the fruit and should not be brushed off with an ungentle hand. Olive in Italy His temperament boasted a certain amount of phlegm, and he preferred an undemonstrative, not ungentle, but serious aspect to any other. Shirley The guard had him by the shoulder, was propelling him with ungentle paws toward the exit. Slaves of Mercury The sentiment was ungentle, but it came from the bottom of his belief concerning himself, and a longing for moral greatness in all men. Dr. Sevier Now this ungentle girl was mistaken in her surmise, as she was about many things that caused her unhappiness. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad And he laid Flavia, not ungently, but very quickly, on the floor. The Wild Geese Some one spoke to her, not ungently, and she looked up. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. He bent over him, thrust at him with ungentle hand. Slaves of Mercury For ever on thy burdened heart A weight of sorrow hung; Yet no ungentle, murmuring word Escaped thy silent tongue. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The babies started to climb up over her at once, and howled fearfully when Bridget pulled them down with an ungentle shake and sat them on the floor. A Modern Cinderella "Your commendation is deserved, though so ungently given, Adam." Moods And I do not think he told you that the Lord dealt ungently with him.” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution A solitary woman who persisted in remaining to listen to the discussions of this body, was removed by force; "six stalwart Presbyterians" lending their ungentle aid to her ejection. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I You wonder where the bird finds breath for such an effort, and think he must be a very ungentle lover, surely. Birds in the Bush They do not forgive mysterious blood and ungentle origins. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange If I am ungentle, it is because I despise deceit, and you possess a guile that has given me my first taste of self-contempt, and the draught is bitter. Moods Wilt look ungently, and without a tear, On all the pangs I bear at thy behest? A Lover's Litanies The King was had to Kenilworth Castle, in ward of my Lord of Lancaster—a good though mistaken man, that used him not ungently, yet kept him straitly. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Once this ungentle lawyer was fairly worsted in a verbal conflict by an Irish pavier. A Book About Lawyers She, however, opposed me in this design with all her strength, and throwing it aside fell upon me with a most ungentle embrace, throttling me and burying her nails in my neck. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Amy felt an arm thrown round her waist, a rather ungentle pull was given her dangling foot, and she was set right to proceed. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life He would have been swept off in ungentle custody had not a strong hand intervened in his favor. A Victor of Salamis With scarce more care for them than would be shown by a foreign invader, gentility pursues its ungentle aims. Change in the Village And many of them, if ungently handled, availed of swift currents to thresh themselves free. The Book of the National Parks Forgive me, Fair lady, if my speech appears ungentle; Such business calls—— Otti. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 The English and Americans, in fact, were soon at each other’s throats in the ungentle game of war. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure There has been much ungentle judgment of men by women, of women by men. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) This was not ungentle; the motion had nothing rough; only Eleanor was going in a straight line over the ground at a rate that took away her breath. The Old Helmet, Volume I Yet so it was; for yesterday Thraso met Phillis with her posies, And thus began th' ungentle fray, 'Miss, I must execute those roses.' Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "I will read it to thee;" and a black-gloved hand came from beneath her robe, and she took my hand, and holding my forefinger not ungently made me trace the writing on the silver. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... It might be taken as proof of sound nerves that the lady in the bed offered no remonstrance at being jarred awake in this ungentle fashion. The Convert Under this ungentle treatment the victim presently opened his eyes. Lady Luck For her part, Kathleen was beginning to realise that the rough exterior concealed a character truthful, and not ungentle. Grey Town An Australian Story Tom Hotchkiss almost shrieked it and would have sprung forward to peer into Mr. Broxton Day's face had not two of the barefooted soldiers held him back by the ungentle means of their bayonets. The Mission of Janice Day Gentle or ungentle, this worked its office: and on the ninth of November, after half-an-hour on the rack, Fawkes recounted the names of all his accomplices. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Jarvis gave the Duke an ungentle shove, with the result that the troublesome door threshold again intercepted to demonstrate the laws of gravity. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play Wilhelmine started when Frau von Grävenitz, laying an ungentle hand on her shoulder, said close to her ear: 'And where may my fine daughter be going at so early an hour? A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The voyage proved a speedy one, with a singular lack of ungentle weather: good omen, we thought, for the success of our enterprise. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea She said: "Lor, love a duck—yes, I suppose so," in not ungentle tones, and showed us. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Still trembling from the ungentle touch Of Vánar hands ye fear too much, And bid me, heedless of the shame, Give to her lord the Maithil dame.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The indifferent tone, the hated, ungentle touch, and the nearness of the longshoreman, all worked to unman Johnnie, who gave way again. The Rich Little Poor Boy It may be weak, but I have never been able to speak ungently to any one in trouble, whatever the cause may be. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy He said no more to me, but the touch of his hand was not ungentle. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine And now, gentle or ungentle reader, we must imagine that two whole years have passed since the conclusion of those summer holidays, before we again meet our young friends of Saint Winifred’s. St. Winifred's, or The World of School But be truculent, ferocious and ungentle And the critics will infallibly acclaim Your work as unalluring, elemental But arresting and exalted in its aim. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 Passively Mary submitted to the woman's ministrations, and presently felt soothed, as Margot with, by no means ungentle hands, brushed steadily the long hair she had let down. A Girl of the Commune It is idle to deny that you are a pastmaster in the ungentle art of rejection. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The man's back was toward him, and Bill grasped the back-drawn arm at the wrist and with an ungentle jerk whirled the other in his tracks. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest The hand on Tom's shoulder pressed more heavily, but it was not an ungentle touch, and Tom wondered what was coming next. Viking Boys What hours of toil and weariness he must have been passing through at the very time when my little ones were being rocked and petted and shielded from every ungentle wind that blows! The Little Violinist He leans forward, seizing the girl, though not ungently, by the wrist. The Scalp Hunters He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere, 20 Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] O comely fool!" the Queen said, not ungently, "I contrive, it may be, but to demonstrate that many tyrants of antiquity were only bunglers. Chivalry With ungentle hands he forced open the dead jaws, not yet stiffened in the rigor of death. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain And then she left the room, shutting the door behind her with a rather ungentle hand. The Carved Cupboard My happy sisters may be, may be proud With cruel and ungentle scoffin', May bid me seek on Yarrow Braes My luver nailed in his coffin. English Songs and Ballads With no ungentle touch she grasped Frederick's arm, holding the stool in the air. Tess of the Storm Country "Yea," said Fair-hands, "I know you for an ungentle knight of the court and therefore beware of me." Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" For he was of those who must be taught, by many ungentle lessons, that one must know how to lose as well as how to win. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain If you could show Him ungentle and unkind in a single instance, you would render myriads of men so, throughout the whole course of their lives, and those too among the most religious. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection "You little fool!" said Madigan, with a hint of laughter in his heavy voice and laying a not ungentle hand on her blazing cheeks. The Madigans And, "Good stuff, you end!" approved the coach, while Tom, beaming, patted him ungently on the back. Left End Edwards Remorse stirred his boots more ungently than before. The Magic City He took her hand, not ungently, and presently they found themselves on the other side of the fence surrounding the field. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls Indeed, it was said by a certain Mrs. Frequent, a neighbor of prying proclivities and ungentle speech, that the deacon's wife sent him there as a punishment for misdemeanors. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches "Come Periwinkle, come Pearl," she said, not ungently. Pearl and Periwinkle On Mortimer; with whom, ungentle queen,— I judge no more—judge you the rest, my lord. Edward the Second He approached the snoring Pathan and roused him, not ungently, with the toe of his boot. The Great Amulet “Truly,” said the Earl, “it is of no more avail for me to be gentle with thee than ungentle.” The Mabinogion Vol. 2 Said Gwalchmai, “This was not an ungentle thought, and I should marvel if it were pleasant to thee to be drawn from it.” The Mabinogion Vol. 1 "Why it's only a child!" said the woman, thin and fatigued, with dark rings under her not ungentle eyes. While Caroline Was Growing "I do right to remind you that you are behaving worse than ungently toward a noble creature who has now a double claim upon the tender consideration of us all." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "Which, of course, was charming work!" she interpolated, with not ungentle scorn. Phantom Wires A Novel Taking the little girl by the shoulder not ungently, but very coldly, and as if he were in a great hurry to be rid of her, he pushed rather than led her to the door. The Guests Of Hercules Or is man but matter, that a touch ungentle, Back again may shatter to forms elemental? The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Then he went to the financier, unroped him, and kicked him in the ribs ungently. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World As an ungentle reminder of what was ahead of us, though going at half speed because of the fog, we struck a small berg a little way out from the harbor. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club It struck the Duchess that she always did as she was told and she spoke to her hoping that her voice was not ungentle. Robin Joe took him ungently by the elbow, turned him about and started him up the rise. Then I'll Come Back to You "I have been looking everywhere for you," he said, not ungently. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Auntie seized her hand with a rough action, but not ungentle grasp, and led her away to the house. Alec Forbes of Howglen Fresh lessons, ye thinking bosoms, how Vain are the pleasures by earth supplied, Swept into wrecks anon by Time’s ungentle tide. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath Before a great while I wakened; to speak truthfully, the ungentle voice of Piegan Smith brought me out of dreamland with a guilty start. Raw Gold A Novel If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown; A thought ungentle canna be The thought o’ Mary Morison. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham A serpent in wisdom and cunning in regard to good; gentle, humble, mild, towards sons of life; dark, ungentle, towards sons of death. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Valens was a weaker character, timid, suspicious, and slow, yet not ungentle in private life. The Arian Controversy Giotto seems to have followed this latter account, as the figure of the high priest is far from being either ignoble or ungentle. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel I know," she acknowledged, as Hazen lifted that same ungentle hand in haughty protest, "that it was not for himself. The Chief Legatee If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown: A thought ungentle canna be The thought o' Mary Morison. The Hundred Best English Poems Gentle, humble, merciful towards sons of life; dark, ungentle towards sons of death. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings The gentle and monotonous exercise, now accompanied by monotonous though ungentle music, seemed to assist the movement of his thought. Bella Donna A Novel She was one of the few persons whom anger and disdain and the other passions which we call ungentle seemed to illumine—they were so strong in her, and yet not violent. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth With the ropes, despite the sullen objections of the men, he bound their hands and feet tightly, afterward picking the men up and tossing them ungently into upper bunks on opposite sides of the room. The Trail Horde His method was simple, effective, but rather ungentle. The Blood Ship All through, from first to last, the gentle Horace pelts with most ungentle phrases one of the noblest objects in nature, provocative alike of our admiration and our awe, our terror and our love. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 Stupid people, who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited; that is, ungentle, uncharitable, unchristian.—Thackeray. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age The words came softly, but with an ungentle softness that was accompanied by a boring, twisting motion of the gun muzzle as it pressed deeper into his midriff. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country He deliberately unrolled the blankets, seized Hamlin by the middle and lifted him, setting him down on the floor ungently. The Trail Horde A gentler sunlight never lay in spring-time upon those hills and river; it made the bitter turmoil and dread of the way seem the more harsh and ungentle. Hills of the Shatemuc Never had I received an ungentle word from my father; never in all my waywardness and selfwill did he harshly reprove me. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is I took him by the arm, and held him ungently. Montlivet Martin Holt, after one minute of utter silence, released the clinging arms from about his neck, pushed Cherry not ungently towards her sisters, and stepped forward towards her preserver. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Well, Suvy," he said not ungently, "we gave each other hell. The Furnace of Gold "Ah! ye ungentle Hathors!" he mourned to himself, "why may I not tell her how much I love her?" The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt But as the Girl started to draw hers toward her, his long, thin fingers reached across once more and closed not ungently upon hand and cards. The Girl of the Golden West Bare statement, the parade of indisputable evidence, is well enough in law, but appears ungentle in a work of fiction. Idolatry A Romance But his manner, though not ungentle, was taciturn. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 "Damsel," said Sir Gareth, "ye are but ungentle so to rebuke me; for, knight or knave, I have done you good service, nor will I leave this quest while life is mine." Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Then, too, there was an ungentle, rough, coarse element in the under-strata of society—an element accentuated under the uncouth pioneer conditions. Woman's Life in Colonial Days Not ungently, he placed the squirming mass in the baptismal dress beside the girl on the bed. Love Stories Oh Friends! no Friends, that then ungently frown, When changing Fortune calls us headlong down. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) It will enable us to restrain ourselves from all rude, loud, hasty, ungentle speech and action, help us to modulate our voices, and even cultivate our laughter. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls "I cannot remember," said another, "ever hearing from her one ungentle word;" and it may be safely doubted whether she was ever heard to utter such. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Then the little one was carried by rough but not ungentle hands to the dead-house on the hill. The Tragedy of the Chain Pier Everyday Life Library No. 3 He was an ungentle photographer Who had been accustomed to take pictures of young women Coming into the harbor on shipboard, and no photograph was complete Without limbs being crossed or suchwise. The Broadway Anthology He took sop and gave stick: ungentle in Geoffrey, but he paid for it. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Mother, hard mother, of ungentle heart, why do you hold aloof so from my father, and do not sit beside him, plying him with words and questions? The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) It was not an ungentle people, and the little strand, from the woods to the water, was now free from intruding figures. Lewis Rand Old friends and dear! it were ungentle rhyme, If I should question of your true hearts, whether Ye have forgotten that far, pleasant time, The good old time when we were all together. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And Montgomery by a not ungentle effort released himself from his wife's embrace. The Just and the Unjust I had not been in Canton a week when I received a rude shock which was my first lesson in the ungentle art of politics. The Light in the Clearing He helped her to her feet, not ungently, and was very considerate in accommodating his pace to hers, and in reassuring her when she apologized for having spoilt his morning. The Divine Fire Then Wilson Moore leaped at his friend and with ungentle hands lifted him, pushed him erect. The Mysterious Rider The knights bought; mixing, however, ungentle gibes with their good coin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 He hints, he does not declare outright, but by ungentle innuendo allows them to understand that, whatever their private characters may be, to him they are all liars and rogues and thieves. Across China on Foot I did my work well, if I may believe the Senator, and grew familiar with the gentle and ungentle arts of the politician. The Light in the Clearing Alas! they know not that all this is only an illusion, a sweet morning dream from which they will speedily be roused by rude, ungentle hands. The Youth of the Great Elector For conclusion, all the hope I have lies in this, that I have already found more ungentle and uncourteous readers of my love towards them, and well-deserving of them, than ever I shall do again. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations You only avenge yourself softly by keeping back all news of your health, and by not saying a word of the effect on you of the winter which has done its spiriting so ungently. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) All sorts of feelings come into your throat to choke you, as you watch a row of "heathen" Eskimo lads carry out an ungentle joust of this kind, for the blows are no child's play. The New North “Yea,” said he, “I know thee for an ungentle knight, therefore beware of me.” The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights Though sometimes hilarious, he was never ungentle or inconsiderate, a wholesome, happy youth, having due thought for others and for his own walk and conversation, but without touch of formal piety. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe A precious boon is she to the wretched city; and when loyal men again walk those streets, may the hand wither that touches her ungently! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 He submitted without resistance to my rather ungentle handling of these sensitive structures, and showed no signs of discomfort even when I brought the candle-flame to within a couple of inches of his eyes. The Mystery of 31 New Inn The bed squeaked; the mattress, I think, was filled with corn-shucks, the hard part of which had an ungentle way of assailing you when you least expected it. Abroad with the Jimmies She never saw fear or jealousy, or knowingly allowed an ignoble thought or an ungentle word or an ungraceful act in herself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 The gentle man can not in the nature of things do an ungentle and ungentlemanly thing. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index So "gently take all that ungently comes," and hammer away as sedulously as old Boileau. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 None regretted her absence, for all said, "What a pity that so sweet a name should be accompanied by so ungentle a spirit." No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey Then he relapsed into a silence that reminded History of Achilles in his tent, though he was ungently told to keep still when he tried to suggest the similarity. The Dozen from Lakerim "The place'll be pulled if you get any noisier," he interrupted, not ungently. Alice Adams The ungentle soul, the inconsiderate, unsympathetic nature can not do anything else. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index In Mr. Superintendent I saw, as anybody might, a tall, well-looking, well-set-up man of a soldierly bearing, with a cavalry air, a good chest, and a resolute but not by any means ungentle face. The Uncommercial Traveller Yet every harsh and ungentle tone was forgiven by her, for she knew that forgiveness was of Heaven. No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey "Then who is ungentle and unkind now?" she cried in triumph. The White Company He was rough and ungentle toward those that flattered him, and still more unyielding to those who threatened him. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Miranda hung upon her father, saying: 'Why are you so ungentle? Tales from Shakespeare He had left under a cloud and with a reputation for genuine toughness and rowdyism that has seen few parallels even in the ungentle district of his birth and upbringing. The Mucker He is very ungentle, that father of mine, but I think he has a kindness for us both, and any way he is my father and I cannot help loving him. The Lost Continent To be sure, her face still bore the stamp of a simple and severe beauty, but time and grief had dealt ungently with it. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Ah, dear lady," replied the peasant, "you have ever been a good friend to us;—and there is one that sleeps, who never spoke an ungentle word to any of us. Philothea A Grecian Romance Her face bears the stigma, of a dissolute life but gives evidence of a not ungentle origin. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II "The Voice has spoken, babu," he said, not ungently, "and I have heard." The Bronze Bell But when thy gloomy lines we read, And see display'd without controul, Th' ungentle thought, the Atheist creed, And all the rancour of the soul. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 The 'bus guard was shaking Lanyard's arm with an ungentle hand. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf I was a proud, harsh man of old," said he at last, "and a father most ungentle—and 'tis thus she doth repay me! Martin Conisby's Vengeance Cry over ridges and down tapering coombs, Carry the flying dapple of the clouds Over the grass, over the soft-grained plough, Stroke with ungentle hand the hill's rough hair Against its usual set. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 One glorious morning in early summer I found myself led by the ungentle hand of Mrs. Mitchell towards a little school on the outside of the village, kept by an old woman called Mrs. Shand. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood And taking the brush from my hand, and setting me aside, not ungently or disrespectfully, she arranged it herself. Villette It is a mean and bad thing to be ungentle with our own. Weighed and Wanting "You can't go anywhere till you're out of this," answered the big policeman, and, not ungently, took the baby from him. A Rough Shaking Shall I alone; I surely not a man ungently made, Call thee worst Tyrant by which Flesh is crost? Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 1 Whereof not to be sensible when good and fair in one person meet, argues both a gross and shallow judgment, and withal an ungentle and swainish breast. Milton "You meant what you said just now, Mr. Iglesias—that you were ready to fight for me?" he asked ungently yet cringingly. The Far Horizon She rose, picked up an old newspaper from the marble-topped table with uncertain legs, and spread it ungently over the portrait upon the easel. Lonesome Land Another pretty verse in the same eclogue, "But gently took that ungently came," pleased Coleridge so greatly that he thought it was his own. Among My Books Second Series "Gently I took that which urgently came" is from Spenser's "Shepherds' Calendar": "But gently tooke that ungently came." p. Poems of Coleridge And thou—thou'rt harsh of look, rough of tongue, ungentle of—HE: Misfortunate maiden, thy loneliness is soon amended, get thee to thy friends—thy gossips, thy— SHE: I have none. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn A girl whose lips as far as he had ever heard had never spoken one ungentle word; a girl who had pity on drowning flies, and carefully turned away her foot from the abject worm. Mrs. Day's Daughters And come, now, show me thy ungentle horse. A Boy's Ride No, my ungentle reader, not all this bombast at sixteen and a half. The Three Clerks My friends with rude ungentle words They scoff and bid me fly to thee! Poems of Coleridge But pray you, Sir Downy Daintiness, how come ye that are so gentle so ungently dight? The Geste of Duke Jocelyn The ungentle Indian sun was not yet at zenith as we made our purchases in the bazaars. Autobiography of a Yogi It was the contrast—the contrast between his gentle clothing and ungentle heart, which moved my spleen. Alone Better come out, now," he said, not ungently, "and get into a safe place before folks begin to be about much. The Leatherwood God The other—not ungently—is taking Christ's red robe off His shoulders. Mornings in Florence "For though thou art very ungentle, harsh of tongue, of visage grim and manners rude—I would not have Lob harm thee—yet!" The Geste of Duke Jocelyn The lad, I see, has a singular spirit of aspiration and pride,—no ungentle pride,—but still hard to cope with. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance It was a wild, but not wholly an ungentle time. The Legends of Saint Patrick It points at me: my eyes? ungentle eyes To kill so at first sight! A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 And yet, if the ungentle king was not enamoured, he was impressed. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 Ay, 'tis I will tell 'tis ungently done Thus to defame your wife, abuse your children: Wrong them, you wrong yourself; are they not yours? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Never was Stephen heard to speak discourteously or even ungently to a human being. Mercy Philbrick's Choice Forgive me, gentle girl, My most ungentle wrongs. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 With an ungentle hand he forced round the averted head till the fear-filled eyes met his. Man Size The Spring had scarce unlock'd her store, When lo! in much ungentle strain, She bade me think of her no more, She bade me never love again. Poems To the elderly woman's horror he had swooped down and laid a not ungentle hand on her ankle in its neat and smart-looking shoe. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm His form was enveloped in a sweeping sad-coloured robe; a light, thin veil resting on his countenance, mitigated, without concealing, the not ungentle austerity of his marble features. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales An ungentle hand on his shoulder recalled him to time and place. The Power and the Glory I do know that she, because her heart was as great as her love, did follow thee in knightly guise, and thou did most ungently drive her from thee. Beltane the Smith Madge stood sulky for a minute; but she had been too often taught submission to the beadle's authority by ungentle means to feel courage enough to dispute it. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 It was very seldom, very seldom indeed, that unkind or ungentle thoughts or feelings rested there. Rosy The young Baron ungently reversed the position of the corpse, and scanned its features with evident surprise and dissatisfaction. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Thus it came that a coarse and loud voice, and rough, ungentle manners, are regarded as vulgar and plebeian. American Woman's Home "But for our tall brother now, he is changed these latter days: he groweth harsh, methinks, and something ungentle at times." Beltane the Smith Blair commanded, and poked the little creature, not ungently, with his foot. The Iron Woman But on turning the corner, she stopped abruptly, and, still holding the doll closely, she dropped to one knee and wiped off the tears from the muddy little cheeks with a not ungentle hand. Five Little Peppers and their Friends These eyes are not soft like the mother's, after all; they are ungentle, beautiful as they are; they have the dark and splendid flame of the eyes of a great bird—a bird of prey. Two Years in the French West Indies "Damsel," said Sir Gareth, "ye are but ungentle so to rebuke me; for, knight or knave, I have done you good service, nor will I leave this guest while life is mine." The Junior Classics — Volume 4 "Sir Jocelyn, lord of Alain, why come ye against me in arms and so ungently arrayed, wherefore come ye in such force, and for what?" Beltane the Smith She was not unkind; she was not even ungentle. The Iron Woman Yet was it ne'er my fate, from thee to find A deed ungentle, or a word unkind. The Iliad What we need here is a tamer for vicious and ungentle bipeds. The Rose in the Ring The good king was no ungentle boor: he spoke them fair and graciously. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 Madame Duval is by no means a proper companion or guardian for a young woman: she is at once uneducated and unprincipled; ungentle in temper, and unamiable in her manners. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World He had no scruples about sharing the secret or in keeping it inviolate; his real distress lay in the fear that Mrs. Wrandall might hear of all this from other and perhaps ungentle sources. The Hollow of Her Hand Sophy could see nothing but the most ungentle and gloomy aspects. The Young Step-Mother She dealt ungently with herself because of it, for Bonbright had not deserved it at her hands. Youth Challenges As I spoke there was a stir at the back of the crowded court, and an ungentle voice called out, "I'll go bail for you, lad." Doctor Therne For there was no change in the ungentle glittering eyes; no softening in the dry tinkle of the voice that delivered the Signora's answer. Dreams and Dream Stories The interrogations of the gentlemen and the ungentle shakings administered by his captors elicited nothing but groans and muttered oaths. At Last But Krespel, carried away into the world of music; continued to play on until the walls echoed again; thus he chanced to touch the Signora somewhat ungently with his arm and the fiddle- bow. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 He fought as strength was given him to fight, but they carried him ungently and hurled him asprawl upon the floor of a patrol wagon, already well occupied by arrests from the mob. Youth Challenges I left my purse under my pillow this morning"—a roar of laughter saluted the ancient jape—"and this ungentle fellow denies me credit. If I Were King "You better go in and get your hot supper, Tillie," he said, not ungently. Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch Then she gave the girl a not ungentle shake. The U. P. Trail Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from those trifles springs, O! let the ungentle spirit learn from thence, A small unkindness is a great offence. The Wedding Guest If a conversation was started, it soon involved disagreement in sentiment, and then came argument, and perhaps ungentle words, followed by silence and a mutual writing down in the mind of bitter things. After the Storm To be refined is to be free from all that is rough, coarse, or ungentle; to be fine, is to affect to be above such things. Friarswood Post Office Then keep the softening veil in mercy drawn, Thou who canst love us, thro' Thou read us true; As on the bosom of th' aerial lawn Melts in dim haze each coarse ungentle hue. The Christian Year "What is this?" he said, quickly, but not in an ungentle tone. The King's Highway And, which convinceth excellence in him, A principal admirer of yourself: Even through the ungentle injuries of Fate, And difficulties, which do virtue choke, Thus much of him appears. Cynthia's Revels When one of the animals loomed up close to the rock Aggie gave a low cry, but Tish covered her mouth fiercely with an ungentle hand. Tish Riggs, observing her, made a not ungentle move to pull her off. The Man of the Forest "Game, ain't he?" said one constable to the other, as they pushed him, not ungently, into an empty cell, there to wait for the hospital guard. For the Term of His Natural Life But Randalin's head was shaking too decidedly, though she was not ungentle in her answering. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest She did not know that he had spent some minutes in cooling down his vexation, lest he should speak ungently of her brother's indifference. Clever Woman of the Family Quickly she went up to him, and said, in a voice trembling and not ungentle: "Oh, why did you wait, Mr. Macdonald; go away now, go away." The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Then he laid hold of her with ungentle hands. The Man of the Forest In both houses a discussion followed of a heated sort—a new thing; there had been discussions before, but not heated ones, not ungentle ones. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories This lust has rotted these nations; it has made them hard, sordid, ungentle, dishonest, oppressive. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) His speech, though rough of purport, had not been ungentle of delivery. The Trampling of the Lilies "Was it a part of your charge to seek to turn me from my loyalty to Florimond, and endeavour to compel me by means gentle or ungentle into marriage with Marius?" Saint Martin's Summer And at such times they were grave, but not ungentle. Ramsey Milholland If there be any who think and speak ungently of their Alma Mater, it is because they have outstayed their natural "welcome while," or because they have resisted her genial influence in youth. Oxford His temper, naturally ungentle, had been exasperated by his domestic vexations, by the public reproaches, and by what he had undergone in the days of the Popish plot. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 He seemed to be listening to her; but at last he stopped and freed his arm, not ungently. The After House "Struggling! screaming!" exclaimed a gay and commanding voice; "You are making very ungentle love, Clodius." Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 With this he thrust aside some encroaching, gaping Indians so unconcernedly and ungently that they sprawled upon the grass. The Last of the Plainsmen It is with no ungentle hand I summon them back, for a moment, from that Past which has closed upon them and upon me. The Story of a Bad Boy It was indeed ill suited in more ways than one, to his ungentle nature. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Something so strong that it might not be denied gathered me up in invisible arms, whirled me round once or twice and dropped me, not ungently, in the middle of the road. Painted Windows Came at that instant O'Halloran's ungentle knock, on the heels of which his red head came through the open door. Bucky O'Connor I am afraid I hit Mr. Danglar a little ungently, and as he is still somewhat groggy, I fancy he will need a little assistance. The White Moll "How now, mistress!" broke out the Red King, as the young girl was ushered into the banquet-hall, where the disordered tables, strewn with fragments of the feast, showed the ungentle manners of those brutal days. Historic Girls Something which came nigh to being a shudder passed through Mistress Clorinda’s frame; but it was gone in a second, and she touched Anne—though not ungently—with her foot, withdrawing her robe. A Lady of Quality And hath he too Expos'd this paragon to the fearful usage,— At least ungentle,—of the dreadful Neptune, To greet a man not worth her pains, much less The adventure of her person? The Winter's Tale Bid her have good heart: She soon shall know of us, by some of ours, How honourable and how kindly we Determine for her; for Caesar cannot learn To be ungentle. Antony and Cleopatra When was my lord so much ungently temper'd To stop his ears against admonishment? Troilus and Cressida You have deceived our trust; And made us doff our easy robes of peace, To crush our old limbs in ungentle steel: This is not well, my lord, this is not well. King Henry IV, Part 1 He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere, Ill-fac'd, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. The Comedy of Errors For this ungentle business, Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see Thy wife Paulina more': so, with shrieks, She melted into air. The Winter's Tale These examples, with perhaps others which do not now occur to us, might be applied in just though ungentle retort by Mahometan doctors. The Unseen World and Other Essays But the prey on which they pounced most eagerly was one which it might have been thought that even the most ungentle natures would have spared. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Mistress Wilding met him with unsmiling, but not ungentle face. Mistress Wilding Sally firmly, but not ungently, closes and puts back the offering hand. No Thoroughfare Propriety's cold, cautious rules Warm fervour may o'erlook: But spare poor sensibility Th' ungentle, harsh rebuke. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Yea, said Beaumains, I know you for an ungentle knight of the court, and therefore beware of me. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 In alternate pages Villette is a book of spirit and fire, and a novel of illiberal rancour, of ungenerous, uneducated anger, ungentle, ignoble. Hearts of Controversy They could scream and shriek, those stairs, like aged humans, twisted and rheumatic, at the least ungentle touch. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale In both houses a discussion followed of a heated sort—a new thing; there had been discussions before, but not heated ones, not ungentle ones. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg Smile, gentle heaven, or strike, ungentle death; For this world frowns, and Edward's sun is clouded. King Henry VI, Part 3 |
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