| 单词 | unimpressionable |
| 例句 | But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Bruce was a one of a kind - an irreverent, unimpressionable reporter and the absolute definition of a heart of gold,” Borreca said. Longtime AP Hawaii political reporter Bruce Dunford dies 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “Bruce was a one of a kind — an irreverent, unimpressionable reporter and the absolute definition of a heart of gold,” Borreca said. Longtime AP Hawaii political reporter Bruce Dunford dies 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Her world is the charitable trust in south London she founded in her son Stephen's name, and when we meet there she conveys an immediate air of unimpressionable, quiet self‑possession. Doreen Lawrence: 'I got quite emotional. I thought: hold it together' 2012-08-12T19:00:02Z He, the most unimpressionable of men, rejoiced when a grey beam of light shot through a chink of the curtain and spread like a fan into the room. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Long hardened, and indifferent to all but the immediate gratification of his senses with smoke and beer, Augustus had lost all the finer perceptions, and had become not exactly callous, but unimpressionable. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Subconsciously she was sensitive to a feeling of kinship with the beautiful, unimpressionable, enigmatic stone: as though their natures were somehow complementary. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z At first I do so to her extreme delight, but finally I only pretend to take her picture, and the last bewildering poses and bewitching smiles are all wasted upon an unimpressionable plate. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Fortunately I am very unimpressionable as regards such-like romantic dangers, besides being sufficiently used to them. Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:38.687Z But her questioning, reproachful look said enough, and these serious, dark eyes seemed to produce an extraordinary effect on the usually unimpressionable man. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Certain unimpressionable plants refuse to alter their season of blooming, but, as a rule, it is a sure method of attaining this object. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them She is very fat, very unimpressionable, and very fond of argument. Faith and Unfaith Very acute in mind, he had long flattered himself on being unimpressionable; and he was much inclined to think that to be insensitive was to be strong with the best kind of strength. Bye-Ways Grenville was, as a matter of fact, one of those unimpressionable men who rarely fall in love, unless moved by some mighty and overmastering passion. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa "Oh, of course," he answered, "you unimpressionable people are never in the least affected by music!" The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II A tall, ponderous man, his eyes were small, contracted, with a rather vacuous look, and his face was sluggish and unimpressionable. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times He was irresistible by ordinary means, his head being unimpressionable by direct impact. When Ghost Meets Ghost These profound woods conveyed nothing to his unimpressionable mind; not even danger, for fear was quite foreign to his nature. The Hound From The North Pausing before one skeleton, Grenville pronounced it unmistakably that of a young woman, and Leigh, usually unimpressionable, rapped out a string of oaths, and vowed to pile a hecatomb of Mormon bodies to her manes. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa History has not yet settled how it was with C�sar, and so far as I know, Frederick the Great of Prussia is of the very few who have been unimpressionable. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Then he caused the unimpressionable Judge to tie his horse to the hitching post at the side of the road and walk between the hedges of sweet peas that bordered 95 the path. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West To me the character of the man is unpleasant to contemplate, unimpressionable, very far from divine. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Being a brute, leniency invariably fails, but unimpressionable to these methods as his moral and humane instincts are, his skin remains sensitive, and through it his instincts may be appealed to and quickened. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science His uncle, a crusty and unimpressionable bachelor, was not long in getting the truth out of him. What's-His-Name Even in this middle-aged unimpressionable assembly, his indignant self-control had a certain influence. The Perpetual Curate He turned to Yetta with an engaging smile which, with his black hair and his dark, melancholy eyes, completely won over that far from unimpressionable lady. Elkan Lubliner, American Not as hard, unimpressionable, dull, and inert, but as live, supple, sensitive, and active�active with an intensity of activity past all conceivability. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty He had not seen his father for eighteen years, and, as he had been separated from him at the unimpressionable age of two, he may be said never to have seen him at all. The Wooden Horse But you can't always entirely tell what will happen, especially if the victim is husky and unimpressionable. At Good Old Siwash And his would indeed have been a hard, unimpressionable nature not to have yielded the influence she was surely, but slowly, exercising upon him. Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Twenty minutes later, an unimpressionable horse, attached to a hybrid vehicle, was jogging him along country lanes which would have delighted a man with less serious purposes. The Crooked House He had thought her unimpressionable, even a little stupid, and he saw now how much he had wronged her. Despair's Last Journey It would be far stranger were it to fail of effect even on so unimpressionable a thing as a six-story red-brick tenement house. White Ashes Now Duncombe was a young man who prided himself a little on being unimpressionable. A Maker of History He threw a glamour of poetry and romance over the most commonplace incidents; and Cardo, to tease him, would often assume a stolid and unimpressionable manner that he was far from feeling. By Berwen Banks For an unimpressionable man, he was rather wrought upon. The Stolen Singer Yet up to that period of my life my temperament and habit of mind had been calm, unimpressionable, and if I may say so, not specially absurd. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy Spiritual movements have always found some relatively unimpressionable classes. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking He threw away his cigar with an impetuosity oddly out of keeping with his somewhat rugged and unimpressionable nature. The Odds And Other Stories His was a temperament antipathetic to hers,—unsympathetic, unimpressionable, and taciturn, yet withal of the Cavendish characteristic persistency of purpose and honest intent. Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment Douglas was among those unimpressionable younger men who would not believe the Union to be in danger. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics This tranquillity of spirit owed nothing to an unimpressionable mind or a thick skin. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Unless a man's soul is unimpressionable, he cannot be faced with the Christ of the New Testament without being deeply affected. Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking "And I hope he will" the girl said, and confronted her mother with a stormy exaltation that would have frightened any creature less unimpressionable than a cat. Different Girls She had the hard, staring, observant and unimpressionable eyes of a cockatoo. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Even the most stoical, unimpressionable men in the party looked at each other in bewilderment and—awe, there was no doubt of it. Truxton King A Story of Graustark But there are several who would marry Constance in a minute if she'd only give any one of them the smallest encouragement; and that's what I mean when I complain of her being so unimpressionable. Wanted—A Match Maker Here then is the written testimony of a beneficed English clergyman, occupying the responsible position of tutor to the young Marquis of Ely, a most sober-minded and unimpressionable man. True Irish Ghost Stories We, the new-comers from the mountains, now learnt that this was the daily occurrence, and really the most unpleasant feature of the house, where the landlord and landlady remained as sleepy and unimpressionable as ever. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 They ceased just as Flossie's palpitating heart told her that she was really making an impression on this singularly unimpressionable young man. The Divine Fire Her companion, tall, gray and unimpressionable, listened as if through coercion and not for pleasure. Nedra Accustomed for years to rise at all hours, in all weathers, unimpressionable, calm and strong, he seemed superior to the course of events. A Tale of a Lonely Parish “And I hope he will,” the girl said, and confronted her mother with a stormy exaltation that would have frightened any creature less unimpressionable than a cat. Between the Dark and the Daylight Fate is never so unkind as to those who blindly resist her and into the lap of stoic and unimpressionable she pours the horn of plenty. Madcap I will give my own experience the first, which is striking to me, because I am very unimpressionable in these matters. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development He was bright as a diamond, and as cutting, and also as unimpressionable. The Warden Though he was usually unimpressionable, like all who lead a precarious existence, still, when his emotions were once aroused, they did not spend themselves in empty protestations. Baron Trigault's Vengeance They could see no reason for keeping up with a girl who, under her jocularity, was cold, self-centered, and unimpressionable. The Song of the Lark She is handsome, energetic, executive, but to me she seems unimpressionable and temperamentally incapable of enthusiasm. My Antonia Like some priest of Tezcat he stood, his eyes upraised to the roof, his lean body quivering—a sight to shock the most unimpressionable mind. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu There were a dozen women she might have had with her, unimpressionable women. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories He found the most degraded of them open to the impressions of the gospel, and even the worst and unimpressionable among them were compelled to confess the power of that gospel to renew. Stories Worth Rereading Again that picture came to him—unimpressionable as his life had rendered him. The Slave of the Lamp Many a child grows up a hard, unimpressionable, unloving man or woman simply from the uncheered silence in which the first ten years of life were passed. Bits about Home Matters Once more he attacked the good-humoured but unimpressionable Lord Melbourne, and presented another petition to Parliament through Lord Morpeth. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century All of this slaughter and more makes no impress upon the unimpressionable surfaces of these stocks and bonds, and leaves no record save in the hospitals and graveyards. Great Fortunes from Railroads The bandit had shown himself peculiarly expert in the use of his weapon, having shot the pipe out of the messenger's mouth, merely to impress that unimpressionable functionary. The Long Chance "Leslie is such a steady, unimpressionable boy, you see," she said, apropos of nothing. The Hollow of Her Hand Here the red-faced man grew so very red indeed that the others fell to coughing, all together, and shuffling their feet and giving divers other evidences of their embarrassment, all save the unimpressionable Tom. The Broad Highway Knapp, who was really of a cold and unimpressionable temperament, refrained from further argument, and confined himself to watching the young man, whose movements seemed to fascinate him. Agatha Webb As she dressed, she began to realize how much this matter-of-fact, unimpressionable young man had done for her during the last few hours. The Tempting of Tavernake Those have traduced you who call you unimpressionable. The Burning Spear For an air that was difficult to explain, of preponderating authority, lurked in the solid figure; and the lordly breeding of the House of Cavendish was visible in the large, long, bearded, unimpressionable face. Eminent Victorians He must be an unimpressionable reader who soon forgets the death-room scenes, the destruction of the compromising letters, the spectacular funeral. The Nabob This made itself perceptible even to the toughened and unimpressionable nerves of Inspector Dunbar. The Yellow Claw His identification with his unimpressionable neighbour's mood had shown him what to expect. Initials Only You are a very impressionable woman; he is a singularly cold, unimpressionable man. The Malefactor But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated. Jane Eyre |
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