单词 | ungracefully |
例句 | They were in white doth, of gold tissue, and the Queen, no longer young or lovely, carried her dive branch ungracefully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Such behavior became lethal in the presence of peasant soldiers ungracefully blasting away with guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was growing old ungracefully, and she cried or made scenes like a fishwife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes her way to her chair and footstool, turns, lowers herself, lands ungracefully. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When she tumbled ungracefully a few inches from a fellow skier, I exhaled deeply. 2010-01-22T06:19:00Z Then, after being given the ticket to Hollywood, very ungracefully began to unbutton his shirt. ArtsBeat: American Idol's Second Night Was Tolerable at Best 2011-01-21T09:25:31Z We were not sure what our mistake was and were on uncertain ground this day in October 1972, and we were scrambling ungracefully. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all Skepta had a healthy sheen throughout his set, while a couple hundred audience members raged hard and melted ungracefully. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z A lot of art about climate change is ungracefully polemical. Best Classical Music of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z He does away with “Trouble in Tahiti,” whose bitter effervescence collided ungracefully with the thorniness of “A Quiet Place,” and reduced some characters while expanding others, reinstating some arias that had been cut. Review: A Rescue Operation Salvages Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In the wake of Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and the police murder of George Floyd, Baron slogged, sometimes ungracefully, through conflicts with his staff over diversity, political participation and the use of social media. Insiders chart the power and money struggles behind the two biggest U.S. newspapers 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Voices grew louder as I ungracefully moved upstream, jumping from slippery rock to slippery rock. A pristine swimming hole near L.A. has blown up on TikTok. Is it worth the hype? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z But he stews magnificently, growing old ungracefully, the former hero tragically unable to let go of his ego. Review: In John Adams' new 'Antony and Cleopatra' opera, the orchestra is the star 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z As he pulls her body ungracefully toward him, her hair dragging across the comforter, her foot catches on a pillow and it falls over, a piece of reality quietly disheveling the fantasy. Yorgos Lanthimos’s Polarizing Visions 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z What has befallen him, in the intervening decades, we don’t discover, but he has aged, ungracefully so. Why Can’t the Future Be Fun? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The people I feel the most sorry for are the older loyal fans, who have seen us rise and then fall so ungracefully, thanks to bad leadership. Sky Blues groundshare 'a disaster' 2013-07-04T14:48:09Z It's another thing entirely for the Huskies to fall so ungracefully at home again in a 73-55 defeat to Colorado State that was decided early in the second half. Huskies humbled with blowout loss at home 2012-11-25T04:41:34Z After this answer she was dismissed, courtesying low, and not ungracefully. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Both boys leaned back in the seat, extended their legs ungracefully, but in perfect comfort, over the dashboard of the buggy, and then heaved a long sigh of well-being and content. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z Feeling a little mad with herself, she made her exit ungracefully. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Besides, the horse that has not been brought forward by this chain of principles would only execute with trouble and ungracefully what he ought to accomplish with pleasure and nobly. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z He felt that committed him to nothing, but he was careful not to look at Lady Angelina, who was lolling ungracefully in the work-basket with her toes turned in. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The removal of so many of the coupling-hooks is apt to cause the curtains of the Tabernacle to hang wondrous ungracefully; but often that is all. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Well, Waddles may have his faults, but losing ungracefully is not one of them. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z It will be observed also that in the Uffizi portrait, the left hand is stiff and cramped, and the drapery ungracefully flowing, while both uprights of the chair are actually out of drawing. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z The heiress bridled at the last remark, setting back her head in a fashion she conceived was regal, whereas it was merely ungracefully scornful. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Poverty, disease, servile labour, a criminal and hapless parent, have been evils which thou hast not ungracefully sustained. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The people are as primitive as anything one can well fancy, and wear a costume as ungracefully barbarous as any lover of nationality could desire. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z How strangely the wild, dusky-looking savages contrast with the soldiers; the latter busy in their preparations for their comforts, the former lounging idly in their skins and blankets, draped not ungracefully round their dark forms!” The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Consequently, when she stretched out her long arms and took hold, her knees bent ungracefully a foot above the floor. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z I could not be merely imagining Lady's deepening color, nor the nervous hurry with which she forced the conversation; Mr. Tabor and I helping as best we might, and at best ungracefully. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z When he limped across the platform into the store, carrying the girl’s valise, he hobbled ungracefully. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z It impresses one as a dull, grey city seated demurely beside the sands that so ungracefully border most of the lower part of the river Loire. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z It is decorated with bows, and a large feather nods not ungracefully over the crown from behind. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress Not until Jones escaped beyond reach, which he did by tumbling ungracefully backward over a chair, as he retreated from the mysterious attack, did Worth explain himself. The Auto Boys' Vacation Occasionally, too, may be seen bearing not ungracefully a blushing burden of huge bunches, a figure, male or female, who might have sat for a model to Leopold Robert. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. We sprawled ungracefully on red rugs over the mats, and they gave us chopsticks to separate the cake with. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel She not ungracefully, for an instant, faltered; but since I really would have it——! The Sacred Fount Wade managed a smile, and bowed, not ungracefully. Stepsons of Light Do I drag my heavy feet along so ungracefully? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance It was a Stuart trait, and sat not ungracefully upon him; and he now costumed himself with more than ordinary care. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier In stature he was a little under the medium hight, and he was powerfully but ungracefully built. History of Morgan's Cavalry If he was ungracefully eager and voracious, awkwardly blind to all things that did not contribute to his personal plan, at least his egotism was exerted in a great cause. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Her manners, her conversation, which she interlards with French, her very tastes and ambitions, are alike assumed, and the assumption is ungracefully apparent: Hoyden playing Cleopatra. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) If admissible anywhere, it is for the sake of variety at the top of the building, as the flat parallelogram sometimes not ungracefully in Italian Renaissance. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) It seems to me, reader, that you cannot always cut out men to fit their profession, and that you ought not to curse them because their profession sometimes hangs on them ungracefully. Shirley The general plan is symmetrical, and severe, only the twenty chapels being ungracefully disposed. The Cathedrals of Northern France I cried as soon as I had come ungracefully to the ground and found with whom I had to deal. The O'Ruddy A Romance There was dead silence as she entered, and the others copied him when one of the loungers, rising, took off his shapeless hat, not ungracefully. Thurston of Orchard Valley Neither of these appendages, however, on the other hand, should be ungracefully brief or scanty. The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual This time they had to do their worst for it, and were asked to wear it as ungracefully as they could. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 As they turned, two gleaming objects flopped ungracefully from their decks and disappeared with a splash beneath the surface. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The lady, sitting thus with her feet on the fender, her hands comfortably clasping the big arms of the dressing chair, and her head lolling rather ungracefully over its back, fell into slumber. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter The air of a spoiled beauty which rested not ungracefully upon her was sweetened by her expression of natural simplicity and goodness. Virginia Any man, therefore, who can rant and play the extravagant, no matter how ungracefully, may pass with some audiences for a very natural Octavian—an abominable absurdity! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Finally, exhausted, he gave up and flopped ungracefully on the office sofa, abandoning himself to the inevitable. The Success Machine She found her hero with his nose ungracefully tucked into an uncut magazine, and his chair tilted at a perilous angle with the floor, just like any ordinary boy, and felt a tiny bit disappointed. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls So saying, he dropped ungracefully from his horse and made a rush for Feng, who retreated, slammed the screen door, and, from inside, threatened the storming party with a formidable butcher knife. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters James acknowledged afterwards not ungracefully the distinction of his instructor in letters. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets Hugh walked lame, to be sure, yet not ungracefully, she thought; and though slender, still his shoulders were square and manly. Fernley House But there are other "pitfalls" which it is in the power of all of us to avoid, and the "pitfall" of eating ungracefully is not the least among them. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She could see their white-clad forms, under sunshades, down there in the hollow, battling ungracefully with the sand for foothold. The Valley of the Kings This they did very ungracefully, and with a choice selection of oaths. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Miss Francis squatted ungracefully on her heels and looked up from the flowerpot she had been engaged with. Greener Than You Think Hoddan climbed ungracefully upon the mount that four or five men held for him. The Pirates of Ersatz "Here, Clay," Arethusa began clambering ungracefully over the brakes and handles around the wheel of the car, and across him before he could move. The Heart of Arethusa A cap of shaggy brown fur, fancifully, but not ungracefully fashioned, covered his head, from beneath which, dropping, in natural clusters over his neck and shoulders, a cloud of raven hair escaped. Rookwood I think I bore myself not ungracefully in the Cabinet, in the field too, so long as I took my father's logic without question. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn In an instant Donald had scrambled ungracefully to his feet and found himself face to face with a picture that he was destined never to forget. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Some of them leaped wildly and ungracefully while clawing behind them. The Pirates of Ersatz He drew them off, not ungracefully, and tucked them away. The Lure of the Mask A figure in an old cloak and a shabby forage cap dismounted, ungracefully enough, from a tired nag, and crossed the uncovered porch to the wide mill door. The Long Roll Here now was a city growing rich, ungracefully—a city of arrogant Spanish colonists, of poverty-stricken immigrants, of down-trodden lower classes ... a city of riches ... a city of blood.... The Wind Bloweth Inside their own room they promptly, and ungracefully, kicked off their loose pumps, tossed their tennis shoes and racquets on the bed, and began tugging at the cords of their middy blouses. Prudence Says So One or two others followed, exhibiting several varieties in the art of falling ungracefully. Gryll Grange The trained spearmen may always be known by their riding very long, the ball of the toe touching the stirrup; some of the matchlockmen and most of the Brāhmans ride very short and ungracefully. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala "Not even the Emperor," he said proudly, "is as black as he is painted by traitors and the English, Mademoiselle!" he bowed abruptly but not ungracefully. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Only it was made up so ungracefully—just a plain, full skirt, plain, straight waist, and plain straight sleeves. Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories She watched the lithe-limbed cowboys slouching not ungracefully around the nervous ponies, waving their hats in greeting to their friends, calling loud jests to their fellows in the cowboy band. Sunny Slopes And she would be obliged to descend the stairs at the station ungracefully, one hand clutching nervously at the tail of her gorgeous gown, the other at her evening cloak. The Butterfly House The helmets are stupidly put on, the hats are outlandish and ungracefully worn. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The tassels of his dressing-gown swung wildly at each agitated step; the big carpet slippers he wore flapped ungracefully. The Second Honeymoon Three girls were dancing with cowboys, not ungracefully considering the state of the floor and the frequent discords in the music. The Black Box A snuff-colored wig sat awry on his head, and a snuff-colored coat, ornamented with large horn buttons, drooped ungracefully from his high, stooping shoulders. May Brooke Woodell scrambled to his feet ungracefully, for his hands were still strapped together before him. A Man and a Woman And the parents would take the tragedy ungracefully. The Judge Wright danced with Sally, not ungracefully for a man who rode a horse as much as he. The Rustlers of Pecos County But, by your favour, I have nothing of her shape; for, if I may be so vain to praise myself, she's a little thicker in the shoulders, and, besides, she moves ungracefully. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 There was a squeaking of chairs that was abominable when people gathered up books and wraps and staggered ungracefully towards the companion-way. The Wings of the Morning These signs have at least some advantage over the ascending lines, which in the older systems represent arbitrarily and ungracefully the horizontally ranged sedimentary strata, and their penetration through masses of basalt, porphyry, and syenite. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 For the soft snowball in Tommy's hands landed plump upon the handkerchief-covered crown of the person sprawling so ungracefully in the Pullman seat! Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp She was fond of wearing a shawl, which hung ungracefully about her, and made her figure look squarer and her shoulders higher than they really were. The Doctor's Dilemma Their car tilted ungracefully on its side, and, though I hadn't any quarrel with Weaver, I hoped his big Mercedes was out of business. The Range Dwellers You learn to submit to this fate in Northern Italy, however ungracefully, for it is the one that constantly befalls you outside of the greatest cities. Italian Journeys The words were not ungracefully uttered; but Hopton found no immediate answer. St George's Cross They step daintily, yet not ungracefully, into this brilliantly-lighted room, these creatures, gracious and resplendent, sparkling, painted, ephemeral, not unsuited to the place and hour. The Mississippi Bubble Yet wisdom itself, and the truest wisdom, goodness, said Mrs. Reeves, is sometimes thought to sit ungracefully, when it is uncharacteristic, not to the man, but to the times. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Another point," he continued; "you seem unable to move or rest ungracefully. The Common Law He was growing old, and, saddest of all, he was growing old rebelliously and therefore ungracefully—dyeing his whiskers purple. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women She swept the water from her eyes, looked up and saw him, waved her hand and scrambled rather ungracefully over the rail in her wet, clinging suit. The Happy Family The moon lay over on her back and yawned still more ungracefully. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The youth made his salutations, not ungracefully, yet with an air of reserve which the king noticed. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune "Spell-o," ordered Kettle some five minutes later, and once more the hose vomited sea water ungracefully into the sea. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Had Roscius spoken quick, thick, and ungracefully, I will answer for it, that Cicero would not have thought him worth the oration which he made in his favour. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Walter told his tale of the blockaded castle, the underground passage, and the dexterous surprise of the besiegers, ending by presenting, not ungracefully, his captives to the pleasure of the King. More Bywords As it stands, they are consenting very ungracefully, but as a matter of family pride, intend to give Linda a big wedding. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest From shoulders thus bowed hung long, muscular arms, sometimes, perhaps, dangling a little ungracefully, but always under the command of their owner, and ready for any effort, however violent. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers His shoes, which appeared to be wholly unacquainted with blacking, were, like his pantaloons, two or three sizes too large for him, making it necessary for him to shuffle along ungracefully. Phil, the Fiddler I tell you truly and sincerely, that I shall judge of your parts by your speaking gracefully or ungracefully. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Arabella, who was sitting at work, rose on beholding a stranger—a little confused—but by no means ungracefully so. The Pickwick Papers She certainly was an odd-looking little creature in the short tight wincey dress she had worn from the asylum, below which her thin legs seemed ungracefully long. Anne of Green Gables Her manners, her conversation, which she interlards with French, her very tastes and ambitions, are alike assumed; and the assumption is ungracefully apparent: Hoyden playing Cleopatra. Prince Otto, a Romance There followed a succession of lank bell-boys, with arms and legs sticking ungracefully out of sleeves and trousers. Buttered Side Down: Stories Queen Elizabeth stands out in history as a woman who struggled ungracefully against growing old. The Ways of Men He rode ungracefully, and without the command of his horse which distinguishes a perfect cavalier; so that he showed to disadvantage when riding beside such a horseman as Murat. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 I believe Mr. Hickman treads no crooked paths; but he hobbles most ungracefully in a straight one. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 I left the room ungracefully enough, with only a muttered word of farewell. The Great Secret She carried herself not ungracefully, and yet without the least movement of her arms or body, and answered us both without turning her head. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 One day Sophie Croizette slipped down full length on the stage, and as she was tall and not slim, she fell rather unbecomingly, and got up again ungracefully. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Down came in most seaman-like style the proud flag of merry England--the then spotless banner of France--and the great cross, hanging ungracefully, over the stout, but clumsy, Russian man of war. A Love Story The short, thick-set man reluctantly detached himself from his polished pillar and waddled ungracefully across the street. The Brass Bowl Doyle turned his foot on a rounded stone and set down a little ungracefully in spite of his effort to be fully himself. The Man in Gray His companion watched him and then seemed to wonder—to do Mr. Simmons justice—how he could least ungracefully give him up. A Passionate Pilgrim He might once more insist that inspired poetry gracefully written is better than inspired poetry ungracefully written. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century In person, Vincent was short, and though not ill—yet ungracefully made—but his countenance was singularly fine. Pelham — Complete In person, Vincent was short, and though not ill—yet ungracefully made— but his countenance was singularly fine. Pelham — Volume 01 At one point he lost his hold on a broad, steep rock, and slid ungracefully to the foot of it, his elbows digging frantically into the moss, and his legs straddled apart. The Claim Jumpers He only knows that it felt as though a cannon ball had struck him, and that he fell off most ungracefully. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Gracie Lorimer's arithmetic-book soared to the ceiling and came down with a bang while Gracie herself pivoted, not ungracefully, on her toes till sheer giddiness and exhaustion put an end to her rhapsody. The Bars of Iron He wore his grey hair, carelessly, but not ungracefully arranged, and, spite of his harsh gaunt features, he looks like a gentleman and a soldier. Domestic Manners of the Americans A baby colt, long-legged, sleek of head and altogether "adorable" as Betty would have said, ambled more or less ungracefully about enjoying the shade of a clump of trees and sampling the grass at intervals. Betty Gordon in Washington Luke FitzHenry was destined to be one of those unfortunate men who fail ungracefully. The Grey Lady And, sweetest maid in all New York, When all ungracefully you pierce The toothsome oyster with your fork I realize you're pretty fierce; But such a feat, be't understood, Nor Venus nor Diana could. Tobogganing on Parnassus Whether gracefully or ungracefully, the matter would soon be over now, and it pleased her a little to note that all six ladies were leading matrons of the little town. The Long Chance It grows wildly, rudely, ungracefully; but it is strong and tough, in consequence of its exposure and its trials. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story De Soto was there ahead of them, posed ungracefully in front of the fire, his feet widespread, his hands in his pockets. Green Fancy He sits like a toad on a jossing block; said of one who sits ungracefully on horseback. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue No, the man had not changed—he had grown older certainly, but age had not come ungracefully; he became the glossy broadcloth and spotless linen he wore. The Prodigal Judge Nobody dreamed it, she told herself with innocent exultation, looking at Alix, sunk into her chair ungracefully, and at Anne, peacefully sewing. Sisters Then he sat down ungracefully on the sand. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Oh! my friends, if you will but think of it, how many of you have been moths, and are now going about ungracefully with wings more or less burnt off, and with bodies sadly scorched! The Small House at Allington Summoned to receive the inferior prize, Godwin Peak, his countenance harsher than before, his eyes cast down, moved ungracefully to the estrade. Born in Exile Milton's hand on his coat collapsed him in time, and Mrs. Ahearn not ungracefully flounced the tobacco from her skirt to the floor, never once looking at it. Flappers and Philosophers He bowed ungracefully; then, with a manner naturally frank but constrained by obvious shyness, took the hand Miriam held to him. The Emancipated The Senate is a body in which you grow old, ungracefully waiting for dead men's shoes. The Mirrors of Washington How long would the fat, ugly Brunnhilde stand talking to Siegmund and the woman who lay so ungracefully between his knees? Maurice Guest Brian yielded not ungracefully: "I owe you an apology, Miss Williams," he said. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent She submitted ungracefully, while he bound a black cloth over her eyes. Long Live the King! The girl, who was about Nan's own age, fell back from the pane, stumbled in the big, men's boots she wore, and ungracefully sprawled in the snow upon her back. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret I treated them as mildly as I could; and they all tell me that I performed my difficult task not ungracefully. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The Daria Cathedral, so ungracefully joined to the ancient tower, stands on the site of a Gothic edifice which was shattered by the English cannon. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 You will see its brick tower rising not ungracefully, as you enter the inner harbor; it looks the better for being almost windowless, though beauty was not the aim of the omission. Oldport Days She rose, not ungracefully; her eyelids drooped in their old shy manner. Dora Thorne At fifty, his rhetoric was quite as rich as good taste would permit; and when he died, at almost seventy, it had become ungracefully gorgeous. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The top of the cap was surmounted with the tail of the animal whose skin had furnished the rest of the materials, which fell back, not ungracefully, a few inches be hind the head. The Pioneers Cesarine, who thought all men walked ungracefully if they stood straight on their legs, was resolved to open the ball with Popinot. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau He sat a little forward, a hand on either knee, his mouth ungracefully open, an expression of blank and utter bewilderment in his face. The Vanished Messenger Thereafter only the fit were chosen, and very ungracefully did they respond. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke The lady rose and walked away—not all ungracefully, I thought. Lilith, a romance He soars into the heavens, and then, as if his wings were suddenly clipped, he walks ungracefully and with difficulty upon the earth. Timaeus But even this is to be read not ungracefully by a well-graced reader. Essays Their hair fell ungracefully about them; their eyes, lately so brilliant, were heavy and dim; the expression of their faces was entirely changed. The Magic Skin She could not do anything ungracefully, but that did not prevent her improving upon nature a bit, when she reached forth and deftly snuffed the red wick from the midst of the yellow flame. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke In addition, he professed a willingness to relate his most recently-acquired story, that entitled "Wu-yong: or The Politely Inquiring Stranger", but the offer was thrust ungracefully aside. Kai Lung's Golden Hours |
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