| 单词 | unimpassioned |
| 例句 | His rope was improperly tied; his bell had a tinny unimpassioned sound. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Reason — cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason — must furnish all the materials for our future support and defense,” he said. ‘Up Is Down’: Trump’s Unreality Show Echoes His Business Past 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z "Then many girls do not do their duty," she said, in her even, unimpassioned tones. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z "Willingly, fair Columbine," responded Fell in his dry and unimpassioned tone of voice. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z They are, respectively, the most combative and peaceful, the most impassioned and unimpassioned, the most concrete and abstract, the most human and divine amongst the great apostle’s writings. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z "I pass no opinion," was her unimpassioned reply. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Reason—cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason—must furnish all the materials for our future support and defense. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z “A grief without a pang, void, dark, and drear, A stifled, drowsy, unimpassioned grief, Which finds no natural outlet, no relief, In word, or sigh, or tear.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Thus it will not be out of place in this unimpassioned record of some of the truths and errors in the world to refer briefly to Mr. R*ss*ll’s short and stormy career. The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z I listen to the cool melodies of Couperin and admire his unimpassioned symbols of the Passions where a purple domino is the most violent, the most fervid emotion. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Their unimpassioned faces, unspontaneous gestures, the artificiality of the whole impression, were undoubtedly a new reading of the ancient charm of the story. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z Du Gard kept his promise to say the truth: his paper is as unimpassioned as could well be a paper published "by authority." The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Condensed in the highest degree, the diary is yet easy to read when the style is once mastered, and it is a great help to the understanding of his cold, methodical, unimpassioned character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Cool and unimpassioned he directed a battle as he would a review. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z The detective’s face was as dull and unimpassioned as a caricature carved out of wood. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Like one feels at the play, where the actor expresses feelings, yet is himself cold and unimpassioned. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Of that true, pure, and unimpassioned love— That lasting love which father bears to son! Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z Henry of unimpassioned temperament 21 Took after unimpassioned mother 22 Derived nothing from his father 23 Character of Henry VII. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z A middle tone is used in the rendering of expressions which while not conversational in character are too unimpassioned to require a full tone. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z They were cool, unimpassioned, scientific; sentimentalism they abjured; enthusiasm to them was folly. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The waiting-girl left the room, and falling at the feet of the unimpassioned beauty, I stammered forth my passion. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z But Pope expressed unqualified approbation for the stately but classical “Ferrex and Porrex,” and occasioned Spence to reprint it;—a tragedy in the unimpassioned style and short breathings of the asthmatic Seneca. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z But in many men and women the intellect takes an unduly large share in the fashioning of life; these are called here the “less impassioned,” the “unimpassioned,” or for the sake of brevity, “the passionless.” Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z She was trying hard to form herself on Mr. Digby's model, and so to be even and calm and unimpassioned in her manners. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Edwards looks sold, and something like a smile passes over Losing's unimpassioned countenance. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z He had proved himself to be what the French call un homme de gouvernement—that is to say, an authoritative administrator of unimpassioned temperament capable of governing with the arbitrary machinery of Napoleonic centralization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z She put the question in a curiously unimpassioned voice that made him ache with its reproach. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z When the mental endowment is high, and the training and environment favourable, the unimpassioned temperament furnishes some of our finest characters. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The dreadful Pauli adventure, told for the first time by Mr. Festing Jones, in his deliberate, unimpassioned way, is the most amazing revelation of simplicity traded upon by fraud that it is possible to imagine. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z I must take care that my answer be as calm and as unimpassioned as his own note. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Foley in his cold, unimpassioned voice asked: "What do you want me to do?" The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It is not difficult to believe in the genius or the patriotism of these orators; but it is difficult to believe in their unimpassioned wisdom. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z But the progress of the world at large is mainly due to the combined efforts of the more extreme types—the supremely reflective and impassioned and the supremely active and unimpassioned. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z It has sometimes been said that a writer of history should be as phlegmatic and unimpassioned as the judge upon the bench. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "I meant to say, also through your cleverness; or, if you prefer it, through the cool, unimpassioned frame of mind which you have grown into, and which I often envy you!" Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Were your pure lips fashioned Out of air and dew: Starlight unimpassioned, Dawn's most tender hue— And scented by the woods that gathered sweets for you? The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 He had never come in contact with its worship or its professors; and to his unimaginative, unimpassioned, and profoundly intellectual temperament, no ideal type could be more uncongenial than that of the saint. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Markedly unimpassioned men tend to be fitful, petulant, censorious, self-important, self-willed, and eager for popularity—so tended Henry. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z It must therefore be regarded as unfortunate that Mr. O'Brien's chapter suffers most emphatically from comparison with the generally high level of calm and unimpassioned argument, characterizing the larger portion of the book. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses But she looked so unimpassioned, so still, so detached, that self-control came back to him, and for the moment she was safe. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Solemnly, unimpassionedly the words were uttered, and the voice was that of a man who has done with life, and is glad that it should be so. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The quiet, unimpassioned tone, so different to the suppressed excitement which he had brought to bear on the subject when it was first mentioned, struck the other all of a sudden. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The unimpassioned are frequently sincere, conscientious, pious, and conservative—Henry was all these. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z He is spare in words, cold and unimpassioned in delivery, and somewhat too indifferent to party attacks. Here and There in London Mr. Hamerton points out Mr. Ruskin's poetic fallacies, and forcibly demonstrates the crushing power of common-sense,—that is to say, unimpassioned sense,—when acting upon whatever has grown out of an emotion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 "You have long been of age and wealthy, and therefore independent," said Agatha, in the former unimpassioned tone; "give me better reasons for your perjury." Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians The decline and frigid formality did not set in until the reign of his unimpassioned and repulsive son. Cathedrals of Spain Like Henry he belonged to the unimpassioned class; he was without either deeply good or deeply evil passion, but probably he had somewhat stronger emotions than his grandson. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Cold and unimpassioned as you call yourself, I know your heart better. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I The calm, unimpassioned tones produced their usual effect on poor Kitty. Under False Pretences A Novel The unimpassioned German, who had no taste for ideas released from controlling fact, took little pleasure in the impetuous declamation of the Breton, and afterwards pronounced him inferior to Loyson. The History of Freedom It has been still further illuminated in the German white-book by printing alongside of his despatches those of the unimpassioned Fritze. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) The unimpassioned and the impassioned temperaments may alike scale the highest or descend to the lowest levels of character, although probably the most hateful level of human degredation is reached by the more impassioned nature. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The bride and her passive and unimpassioned bridegroom were conducted to Versailles. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Would a real adherent of the Papal Church again express himself in the following unimpassioned manner? Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Mrs. Franklin proved in all respects an excellent woman, and an admirable wife for her calm, philosophic and unimpassioned husband. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series That man, sitting calm and unimpassioned, nodded his head slightly. Carmen Ariza But in all the provinces of life the men who have imprinted their names on history have been for the most part active, practical, and unimpassioned men. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The unimpassioned bridegroom led his scornful bride to the church of Notre Dame. Henry IV, Makers of History He was too sagacious, as well as too unimpassioned a man, to be taken in by the ingenious tale of such an adventurer as Henry. James Madison This inversion is never admitted into plain discourse or unimpassioned narrative. Elements of Gaelic Grammar But let a drawling, unimpassioned reader, read a play of Shakespeare's, or an oration of Demosthenes, and if your pupil is not out of patience, he will never taste the charms of eloquence. Practical Education, Volume II Let there be given three factors, an unimpassioned temperament, a vigorous intellect, and circumstance favourable to public life—committee life, municipal, platform, Parliamentary, or pulpit life—and self-importance is rarely wanting. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z His face, powerful, unimpassioned, mild, and thoughtful, was always the same as he rolled through the streets and lanes, for he sat “as though carved in stone.” Life of Charles Darwin The same figure is found in the description which Brutus gives of his unimpassioned nature, IV, iii, 112-114. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar But when she looked into herself she found the cordial, unimpassioned sentiment he first inspired still unchanged, and her heart answered— "This is friendship." Moods The distinctive, life-giving, and inspiring element of every faith has been eliminated, and only the common, unimpassioned, and uninspiring elements have been retained. India, Its Life and Thought The unimpassioned are prone to imitation, but they first condemn what they afterwards imitate. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z He saw everything under the broad and searching light of day, white and uncolored, and with an unimpassioned eye. Spare Hours The orations of Antony, in vivid contrast to the conciliatory but unimpassioned speeches of Brutus, fire the people and liberate fresh forces in the falling action. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar It was pleasant to be thus greeted: a change from Aunt Alison's calm unimpassioned placidity. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls A message which appeals to unimpassioned reason awakens no response. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan In all the parts he played, save the part of husband, his unimpassioned temperament stood him in good stead. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Her voice died down to a mournful monotone as she spoke—colourless, unimpassioned, melancholy. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush It was understood that Mr. Spurgeon was labouring under severe indisposition, and probably this fact gave to his brief address a tone comparatively quiet and unimpassioned. Faces and Places Her Pearl!—For so had Hester called her; not as a name expressive of her aspect, which had nothing of the calm, white, unimpassioned lustre that would be indicated by the comparison. The Scarlet Letter The astonishment of Paullus, at this strange burst of feeling on the part of one usually so calm, so self-controlled, and seemingly so unimpassioned as that sweet lady, may be more easily imagined than described. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Very curiously, Henry’s compeers were, most of them, like himself—unimpassioned men. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Presently he ceased his dirge and spoke, telling in an apparently unimpassioned way of the doings of the warriors when he was a young man. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Macaulay is everywhere equally impassioned or unimpassioned; the smooth-flowing and useful canal, rather than the picturesque river in which rapids follow the long reaches of even water, and are in turn succeeded by them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 We throw out this suggestion solely for the benefit of unimpassioned philosophers. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains That cold dislike which is the anger of unimpassioned beings was hardening within him. Romola Both father and daughter were extreme examples of the intellectual and unimpassioned temperament. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z But serene in the rapturous throng, Unmoved by the rush of the song, With eyes unimpassioned and slow, Among the dead angels, the deathless Sandalphon stands listening, breathless, To sounds that ascend from below,... Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Emory was a mild, reflective, unimpassioned gentleman,—too modest to be eminent, too scrupulous to be ambitious. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War He tried to assume his usual unimpassioned manner as he entered the room; but the frown on his brow and his puckered lips showed his annoyance and anger. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times In his own sphere, that of unimpassioned appeal to reason and to conscience, Bourdaloue is still without a rival. Classic French Course in English The Tudor father and daughter were, as we have already seen, not examples merely but extreme examples of the unimpassioned, ever active, ever visible class. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z He wants to be calm and just, and that makes it sound cold and utterly unimpassioned. A War-Time Wooing A Story Parting here is like meeting with you, calm and unimpassioned. The Blindman's World 1898 Fear, rage, pity, and the like are not unimpassioned judgments, but highly charged physical changes. Human Traits and their Social Significance If he could have seen how unimpassioned she was in coming to this conclusion he would have been grieved. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure His hands and feet were small, and his movements deliberate and unimpassioned. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Perhaps, he reflected, it would be cheaper to pay the price the girl’s uncle demanded, yet—— MYalu had bought other wives whose unimpassioned charms had quickly staled. Witch-Doctors Hence the Sermon, or Essay as it more truly is, is written in a dry and unimpassioned way: it shows as little of human warmth of feeling as a Sermon of Bishop Butler's. Apologia Pro Vita Sua His conduct on the retreat was cool and unimpassioned. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 The Turk," says Mr. Thornton, "is usually placid, hypochondriac, and unimpassioned; but, when the customary sedateness of his temper is ruffled, his passions ... are furious and uncontrollable. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Wright was an unimpassioned man, little given to excitement, but this scene threw him into a vehement state. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 If you doubt this, reader, consult the pages of the Lifeboat Journal, in which you will find facts, related in a grave, succinct, unimpassioned way, that ought to make your hair stand on end! The Lifeboat I do not wish in attempting to paint a man to describe an air-fed, unimpassioned, impossible ghost. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power My own part of the great field of the law is a relatively unimpassioned one—office-work involving real-estate, conveyancing, loans, and the like. On the Stairs To the cold, the unimpassioned, or the unpoetical, this may seem impossible. Rattlin the Reefer We say good-bye with unruffled spirits, and meet again with an unimpassioned nod. The Master of the Shell Mr Armstrong alone went through no stages, but remained the same unimpassioned individual he had been ever since he became a member of the Maxfield household. Roger Ingleton, Minor And yet, in my unimpassioned moments, I do not think I was a notorious coward. Tom, Dick and Harry The discussion was becoming very animated, when General Garfield, in an unimpassioned speech, recalled the Convention to the real question and warned delegates against committing an error. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The narrative which he gives is as calm and unimpassioned, and as free from any trait of this kind, as the narrative of the evangelist. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) Since the equable concrete is the natural colorless expression of unimpassioned thought, force applied to any part of it changes its character, and gives it a more or less significant emphasis. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 I wish we might reach some mutual calm thought of the past, like the tranquil unimpassioned brightness of the close of this troubled, threatening day. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Hence the sermon, or essay as it more truly is, is written in a dry and unimpassioned way: it shows as little of human warmth of feeling, I repeat, as a sermon of Bishop Butler's. Apologia pro Vita Sua It was all drawn back by the croupier's unimpassioned rake, and the rolls of gold were restored to the tray from whence they had been taken. Can You Forgive Her? The whole is picturesque and life-like in the highest degree, yet every circumstance is mentioned in the cool, unimpassioned way in which we mention any common occurrence. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Moderate Force is the natural expression of tranquillity, and, therefore, of all unimpassioned diction. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 His companion slowly drew his hand from157 Tom's shoulder, and gazed, perplexed and dumfounded, into that square, homely, unimpassioned face. Tom Slade at Black Lake It has no infusion of personal feeling; it is a serene and unimpassioned verdict, neither won by favor, nor withheld from prejudice. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O With the eye of an intelligent, and of an unimpassioned observer, he marked all passing events, and communicated them with fidelity. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States When the violin seemed to be bringing out laughter and tears, the piano must do its part, and not merely supply a succession of unimpassioned chords. A Popular Schoolgirl As the diction rises above this plain unimpassioned character, and becomes more and more informed with feeling and sentiment, the constituent vocal signs, and hence the whole vocal expression, become more and more expressive. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 The Philosopher and I took it quite in good part, for nothing could be more settled than the unimpassioned character of our old friendship—as there could be nothing more satisfactory. A Court of Inquiry "Look a little pleasanter," said the photographer, in an unimpassioned but confident and commanding voice. Cheerfulness as a Life Power His speech so far had been quiet, unimpassioned, deliberate. The Crucifixion of Philip Strong Matthew Arnold presses upon his time, in clear and unimpassioned voice, the claim of neglected Hellenism. Among Famous Books It is natural to the expression of all unimpassioned thought, and also of all emotions, except the livelier, and the deeper and more intense. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Before I had time to recover myself my own name was read off in the even, unimpassioned tones of the lawyer. Medoline Selwyn's Work Where other people writhed or vacillated, Anne had held on her course, uplifted, unimpassioned, and resigned. The Helpmate Above all it is manifest in the cool and unimpassioned tone of her letter. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons "Listen, Mademoiselle"—his voice was soothing—as kind and unimpassioned as though he were talking to a troubled little child. The Title Market His listeners, who were still smarting under Watson's words, and had been restless at the unimpassioned tone of Van Derwater's reply, began to feel the grip of his slowly developing logic. The Parts Men Play Their narratives are calm, unimpassioned, and straightforward, without expatiation on the greatness of Christ's character and works and the wickedness of his enemies, as is the way of all excited enthusiasts. Companion to the Bible Dejection" exactly describe my case:— 37 "O grief without a pang, void, dark and drear, A dreary, stifled, unimpassioned grief, Which finds no natural outlet nor relief In word, or sigh, or tear. Is Life Worth Living? She had spoken in a hard, unimpassioned voice, as if repeating a lesson; only her eyes betrayed the intense feeling that possessed her. In the Roaring Fifties Recommended by his friend, he wrote for nearly all the public journals in turn, giving them specimens of his cold, unimpassioned style, which was never after changed. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business "Yes, of course you do," she went on in the tone of gentle, unimpassioned reason that women sometimes use in violent anger, to the utter amazement and undoing of their male opponents. The Halo He spoke; the clear, rich, mellow, unimpassioned tones of his voice rolled over that mass of human heads, penetrating every heart, and reaching every ear. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers The anxious and earnest, but, notwithstanding its occasional virulence, the somewhat unimpassioned controversy with Rome, and the newly aroused hopes of reconciling the moderate Dissenters, had tended to a similar result. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century It is a true and sincere art this realistic, unimpassioned, impersonal work of Ghirlandajo's, and in its result, for us at any rate, it has a certain largeness and splendour. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition It is only the quiet, unimpassioned things of nature that seem what they are. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays As Rowbotham points out, impassioned speech is the parent of music, while unimpassioned speech has remained the vehicle for the smaller emotions of life, the everyday expression of everyday emotions. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University His heroes and heroines, cold and unimpassioned to the man of society, are classic and genial to the man of thought. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 The tones of his voice were all on a dull level, cold and unimpassioned. The Grey Cloak The workings of their imagination were perpetually emancipating them, and one deep loneliness of feeling proudly insulated them among the unimpassioned triflers of their rank. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The treatment in Dryden is cool, unimpassioned, objective—like Boccaccio's, in fact. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century There were a few members, whose characters forbade violence of prejudice, and who were mild, considerate, and unimpassioned. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Mrs. Burton, taking advantage of this, went on with her story, struggling, not altogether unsuccessfully, to assume a calm tone of unimpassioned reason. The Claverings Keats ostentatiously resents the action of the unimpassioned philosopher Appollonius in revealing the true nature of the woman-serpent, and dissolving her spell. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Therefore thou art not wrong, Israfeli, who despisest An unimpassioned song; To thee the laurels belong, Best bard, because the wisest: Merrily live, and long! The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics Its excellence can only be estimated by the degree of emotion it produces; how then can an unimpassioned examination ever form a true estimate of its merit? The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Clear, unimpassioned, impartial presentation of the subject . . . is the prominent feature of the classic style. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century His hands were firm and kindly and unimpassioned. Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena There was a disquieting, relentless element in this unimpassioned man's tone. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel It was the only thing that looked like life about him; and when he first rose he began to speak in a slow, distinct, unimpassioned manner, and without the least attempt at eloquence. Lewie Or, The Bended Twig The unimpassioned style, which suited the areopagus of Athens, or the courts of Rome, where the advocate spoke by an hour-glass, does not deserve the name of genuine eloquence. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements It was the strangest sermon I have listened to for many years, and all the stranger for its unimpassioned delivery. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality Though Goldoni tried to write tragedies, they were unimpassioned, dull, and tame. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series "Madam, I pray you give your attention to me," said the unimpassioned voice of Mayence. The Sword Maker In practice, it is true, the historical critic generally fails of this ideal of unimpassioned objectivity. Aspects of Literature “Bother your rot,” answered the other coldly, and quite unimpassioned before Martin’s eloquence. Children of the Mist When, sir, did millions of people, as a single man, rise in organized, deliberate, unimpassioned rebellion against justice, truth, and honor? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) And when we think on this subject, let us aim to be cool, unimpassioned, deliberate, and give reason and religion their just influence over us. The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law A Sermon by Ichabod S. Spencer Preached In The Second Presbyterian Church In Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850 Coldly, unimpassionedly, he stated his terms: the entire French army to surrender arms and baggage and be treated as prisoners of war. The Downfall He had the clear and unimpassioned vision which often goes with a warm temperament, and could scrutinize his friends without endangering his affection for them. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Her face blanched, but by a supreme effort of will remained unimpassioned, as though she were a marble statue, fixing dilated eyes upon him. A Love Episode But forcibly constraining himself to an appearance of moderation and reserve, he stood still and assumed a calm, unimpassioned expression. The Youth of the Great Elector Once he glanced back and Miss Benham was standing where he had left her, looking after him with a calm and unimpassioned face. Jason The character of A., if somewhat cool and unimpassioned, was pure, magnanimous, and kind. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Awful Faces, unimpassioned, silent Presences were by us, Shrouding wings—majestic beings—hidden by this earthly veil— Such as we have called on, saying, "Praise the Lord, O Ananias, Azarias and Misael!" Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. On consulting my inmost thoughts I found there an unimpassioned serenity, a something akin to ennui; I scarcely heard the noise of the wheels, the horses—the crowd that surrounded me. The Cross of Berny In both these stanzas the words, and the order of the words, in no respect differ from the most unimpassioned conversation. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Raising His head slightly, He begins to speak in a firm, cold, unemotional, unimpassioned voice, like a reader hired by the hour reading the Book of Fate with brutal indifference._ Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev So sweet is this unimpassioned love, it knows no dark reactions, it does not idealize, and cannot be daunted by the faults of its object. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II On this occasion his impersonal, unimpassioned temperament left his judgment free to work with evenness and clearness amid the whirl of momentous events and the clash of angry tongues. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II No speaker could be better adapted to a New England audience, accustomed from of old to weighty, argumentative sermons, delivered with deliberate, unimpassioned earnestness. Famous Americans of Recent Times I looked at him, and could hardly believe him to be the cold and unimpassioned man that I had at first imagined him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Excepting Ralph, his relation to the world was that of an unimpassioned critic. A Spinner in the Sun This fact was discovered by STENDHAL, who was the first to combine an enlarged view of the world with a plain style and an accurate, unimpassioned, detailed examination of actual life. Landmarks in French Literature There were delicate and dangerous missions where his tact, his diplomacy, and his shrewd, cold, unimpassioned intelligence won the stakes for which he played. The Purple Heights It was not a great speech,—a series of calm, unimpassioned statements in which clearness of phrase and absolute abstention from aggressive attack upon his opponents were the most marked characteristics. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe His reasonings are perfectly calm, perfectly unimpassioned, and his bias has not hitherto seemed to make for credulity. The Making of Religion The Te Deum rather good, the sermon sensible, but the whole uninspired, unimpassioned and dull. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections She flushed red as she met his eyes—now cold and unimpassioned—looking into the very depths of her own. Mistress Penwick A tragic drama, peopled with heroes who set forth their woes in frigid and unimpassioned verse, will unquestionably leave its audience as cold as itself. Sterne The first characteristic, though only an occasional defect, is the inconstancy of style; the sudden and unprepared transitions from lines or sentences of peculiar felicity to a style not only unimpassioned, but undistinguished. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters "The drudgery of the tent and field renders the squaw cold and unimpassioned." Primitive Love and Love-Stories For a Space they stood apart, and in the radiant loveliness of Mary Standish's face and in Alan's quiet and unimpassioned attitude were neither shame nor regret. The Alaskan The letters which passed between him and his betrothed partake of the same sedate character; but through the unimpassioned Quaker style gleams the steady warmth of sincere affection. Isaac T. Hopper Niafer, even in the rapture of her happiness, found this an unimpassioned greeting from one who had gone to unusual lengths to recover her companionship. Figures of Earth There is in them a pervading tone of sadness, and, here and there, an expression of bitterness of feeling, all the more effective for being conveyed in restrained and unimpassioned words. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Her feelings for him remained at the calm unimpassioned level of blood relationship. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes "I was born rich, enormously, hatefully rich," she said in the low, unimpassioned voice of a confessional. The Alaskan He commonly talked in a mild, unimpassioned undertone, but just above a whisper, letting his voice sink with rather a pleasing cadence at the completion of each sentence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Feeling transcendently deep and powerful is unimpassioned and far lower-voiced than indifference and unfeelingness, being wont to express itself, not by eloquent ebullition, but by extreme understatement, or even by total silence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Again the wife's instinctive fear came back to her, and she endeavored to conceal it by a calm, unimpassioned exterior. The Lost Trail Thus the preacher might safely remain perched up in his far distant unimpassioned eyrie. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers "No," he replied in a tense, unimpassioned voice. The Alaskan His oratory was not of the cold and unimpassioned kind which falls upon the ears but fails to make an impression on the heart. Poems: Patriotic, Religious It was such a determined, unimpassioned, inflexible, cold-blooded way of going to work. Dombey and Son Perhaps I was simply tired of the whole thing, and, my enthusiasm having burnt out, my reason was left to its own unimpassioned judgment. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Then she spoke, and though the words were few, the unimpassioned tone carried unfathomable depths of cold contempt. Thuvia, Maid of Mars I think of this thing and love her, of that and hate her—of a hundred aspects in which I can now see her with an unimpassioned sympathy. Tono Bungay It has been still further illuminated in the German white-book by printing alongside of his despatches those of the unimpassioned Fritze. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa Ugly and haggard it lies upon its bed of unrest; and by it, in the terror of her unimpassioned loveliness— for it has terror in the sufferer's failing eyes—sits Edith. Dombey and Son "She would hardly have been happy with me," he said, in the dry, unimpassioned voice under which he hid his feelings. The Woodlanders Her Pearl—for so had Hester called her; not as a name expressive of her aspect, which had nothing of the calm, white, unimpassioned lustre that would be indicated by the comparison. The Scarlet Letter Yours," she said, in a weary unimpassioned voice; "all that I had—such as it was. Tono Bungay The officiating clergyman delivered a long homily in a dull unimpassioned manner, which failed to awaken his interest. Paul Prescott's Charge "I had noticed that she was much changed," Mr. Wentworth declared, in a tone whose unexpressive, unimpassioned quality appeared to Felix to reveal a profundity of opposition. The Europeans "And are you personally satisfied"—Mary's voice broke in clear and unimpassioned—"are you personally satisfied, Mr. Manderton, that Mr. Parrish shot himself?" The Yellow Streak "I can certainly testify to the cool, unimpassioned manner in which you speak of it." The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Her heart was not cold and unimpassioned; she could not see these perfections, united with youth and personal beauty, without being attracted. Imogen A Pastoral Romance From my unimpassioned tribunal here in the dreamy and forgotten little town, I hold acquittal for all who have strayed and gone to ruin in Cupid's flowery and thorny labyrinth. The Bride of Dreams Suddenly the unimpassioned face lighted up; the narrow-lidded eyes gleamed with brightened interest. Thoroughbreds In both of these stanzas the words, and the order of the words, in no respect differ from the most unimpassioned conversation. Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 Therefore thou art not wrong, Israfeli, who despisest 30 An unimpassioned song; To thee the laurels belong, Best bard, because the wisest: Merrily live, and long! Selections from Poe There lay extended his mistress--cold--colourless--silent--unimpassioned. A Love Story When he had finished, her voice sounded cold and unimpassioned, and he felt with relief that the outbreak he had feared was at least postponed. Revenge! Their temperament is cold and unimpassioned, they are capable of enduring extreme hunger and thirst, and seem almost insensible to pain. In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada It was a glance lofty and serene and unimpassioned, like that of some spirit which has passed beyond human cares, but sad as that of some prophet of woe. Cord and Creese The perfectly unimpassioned tone, in which her mother had discussed this lady's character, even the candour, convinced Lady Cecilia as well as Helen, that nothing further could be done as to drawing them together. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 He sat down quietly, with an unimpassioned air which seemed to rebuke the emotional close of the remarks of Father Frontford. The Puritans You study my exclusive happiness with too unimpassioned a soul. Jane Talbot So great an event told in such few, unimpassioned words! Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts My family, mere Germans, dull and unimpassioned, had nothing in common with me; nor did I out of my family find those with whom I could better sympathize. The Pilgrims of the Rhine It arose at a period when the Greeks, accustomed only to the calm, unimpassioned tone of the epos, had but just found a temperate expression of lively emotion in the elegy. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities His generation is passing away, and the light of history already dawns upon his grave, and she speaks his name with cold, unimpassioned voice. Purgatory But he answered his friend, and then the girl's heart leaped to hear that quiet, unimpassioned voice. Lying Prophets Their beautiful features seemed quite unimpassioned, and they moved as if they expected everything to yield to them. Endymion There are causes in which an unimpassioned advocacy is worse than silence; and this is one of them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms He tried to write on classic lines, repressing the emotions, holding to a severe, unimpassioned style; and he proceeded on the assumption that poetry is "a criticism of life." Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived Those eyes that rarely met another's were fixed upon his searching yet unimpassioned glance. Coningsby Lemuel did not mind all this; he talked through his nose too; and he accepted Mrs. Harmon's smooth characterisation of her guests, as she called them, which she delivered in a slow, unimpassioned voice. The Minister's Charge So calm and unimpassioned was the memorandum, so entirely was he at ease himself that I was tempted to think absurdly enough, that he was not sufficiently aware of the magnitude of the occasion. The American Union Speaker His retribution is a great deal more analogous to the unimpassioned, impersonal action of public law than it is to the 'wild justice of revenge.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Never where the banana grows has there been art or literature, a good priesthood, unimpassioned law-makers, honest bankers, or a noble knighthood. Over the Pass He was, as usual, intelligent and unimpassioned, and yet not without a delicate deference which is flattering to women, especially if not altogether unworthy of it. Coningsby It was an unimpassioned wooing; but any other would have repelled Katie's sense of loyalty and truth. Between Whiles Here we have vigorous writing, staid and grave and unimpassioned, and a more regular metre. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 His speeches were clear, unimpassioned, sensible, and he was always listened to with respect. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen This step, 'decided upon in this deliberate and unimpassioned manner,' gave a useful lesson, which was not lost either upon Montreal or the rest of the Province. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin He was not a cold, dry, unimpassioned impersonation of mere intellect, like Thomas Aquinas or Calvin, but more like St. Augustine,--another African, warm, religious, profound, with human passions, but lofty soul. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity Yet we seeing him in the unimpassioned moods of daily life, it is more than probable that we should see nothing in him but what was ordinary; nay, in some qualities he would seem inferior. The Principles of Success in Literature The narrative which he gives is as calm and unimpassioned, and as free from any trait of this kind, as the narratives of the evangelists. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 His temperament made him calm and unimpassioned, and his knowledge made him profound. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen Such things may draw a smile from his audience, a nod, an unimpassioned wave of the hand, a murmur of approbation: they can never hope to evoke the deafening uproar of universal applause. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Hereward was obliged himself to ask her, with the unimpassioned and reverential demeanour of a private soldier to a princess, whether he ought to summon her female attendants? to which she faintly uttered a negative. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 The incurious unimpassioned gaze of the Alpine peasant on the scenes which mysteriously and profoundly affect the cultivated tourist, is the gaze of one who has never been taught to look. The Principles of Success in Literature In Under the Old Elm, for example, he speaks of Washington as:— "The equestrian shape with unimpassioned brow That paces silent on through vistas of acclaim." History of American Literature You represented God calm and unchangeable as fate, as unrelenting and unimpassioned. From Jest to Earnest As I stood there, listening to the dead-level, unimpassioned, mechanical voice of the phonograph, pouring forth those deadly sentences, I realized for the first time what the sunny-haired little songstress was to me. Caesar's Column All men and all animals fall, roughly speaking, into two great divisions of type: the impassioned and the unimpassioned; the vivid and the phlegmatic. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Go home, and in the silence of your own chamber, enter into unimpassioned and solemn communion with your heart. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life Have you tried a kind, affectionate, unimpassioned manner with the boy? Home Lights and Shadows In her vivid fancy, she saw an unrelenting, unimpassioned, and yet all-powerful Being, from whom there was no escape, calmly subjecting one human life after another to the severest crucial tests. From Jest to Earnest "We are to have a romance enacted in our very midst, it would seem," replied my wife, in her unimpassioned way. The Allen House The tone was not vehement, but the words bit all the deeper for their unimpassioned accent. Born in Exile His work, his relations with colleagues and pupils, had all amused and interested him; he had cared for people, he had many friends; but it was all a cool, temperate, unimpassioned kind of caring. Watersprings She fixed upon him eyes which had a strange inward look, eyes veiled with reverie, vaguely troubled, unimpassioned. A Life's Morning Without looking at him, her eyes still on the distance, she said in an unimpassioned voice: 'Did you lie to me, or were you yourself deceived?' Veranilda Every novice in unimpassioned crime has that thought, and the more self-conscious the man, the more impressed with a sense of his own importance, so much the weightier is its effect with him. The Nether World The king is too young, too ardent, too much the genius and poet, to be completely unimpassioned. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends It was a still voice that uttered these words, yet one of a peculiar character; one of those voices that instantly arrest attention: gentle and yet solemn, earnest yet unimpassioned. Sybil, or the Two Nations That unimpassioned Icelander devoted himself with incomprehensible deliberation; and, thanks to him, we crossed many a dangerous spot which we should never have cleared alone. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Her promise that she would never throw him over was the warmest word of love that she had ever spoken, but even that was said in her own quiet, unimpassioned way. The House of Heine Brothers She advanced to the fireplace with her halting movement, embraced the little lady by the fire with a soft and unimpassioned clasp. The Captives But for many other reasons she had been gradually feeling within this hour that she would not go out of her way at a beck from a man whose interest was so unimpassioned. The Hand of Ethelberta Jeanne Bergère spoke in a low unimpassioned voice: "What would you do to them, father," she asked, "if you were God?" Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy Of course she was thinking over her situation, and she was apparently doing so in a deliberate and unimpassioned manner, with a view of making the best of it. Washington Square "Few spectators," said the guide-book, "even the most unimpassioned, can stand in the courtyard and gaze upon those historic walls without feeling a thrill of awe," etc. Colonel Starbottle's Client They confound belief with evidence, often trusting the first because it is expressed with energy, and slighting the latter because it is calm and unimpassioned. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 He had been struck by the fact that they were half-veiled but singularly unimpassioned eyes, with a certain expression of cold wonderment and criticism quite inconsistent with their veiling. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Reason cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason—must furnish all the materials for our future support and defense. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 A roar of laughter and approval followed, but was silenced again by the quiet, unimpassioned voice of the stranger. Clarence Perhaps Owen was not fully aware of the force of all these circumstances; for an actor in a family drama is seldom unimpassioned enough to be perfectly observant. Doom of the Griffiths Reason—cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason—must furnish all the materials for our support and defense. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller Might not this strange, unimpassioned, omniscient man already know HIS secret as he had known the others'? The Crusade of the Excelsior But such are generally dull, close, unimpassioned spirits, 'gloomy gnomes who live in cold dark mines.' Barchester Towers These epigrams in their clear and unimpassioned brevity are a type of the Greek temper in the age of reflection. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Had Bertha been unimpassioned, she might have judged him at his value; but she had lost her power of insight. The Mystery of Orcival We may observe that Socrates himself is not represented as originally unimpassioned, but as one who has overcome his passions; the secret of his power over others partly lies in his passionate but self-controlled nature. Symposium The two principles at work were themselves abstract enough to have satisfied the most unimpassioned of philosophers. The Soul of the Far East Even the light eyes seemed to have grown slightly oblique; the voice, the unimpassioned greeting, were those of a son of Cathay. Dope |
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