| 单词 | unobservant |
| 例句 | I wonder if I actually look happy, or is he just ridiculously unobservant? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Strange, because it was obvious even to the most unobservant person that our friendship had been on its last legs for a long time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I hadn't been seen yet, still half in the farthest tent and with Lincoln’s unobservant current state. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I’m pretty unobservant and it only took me about a minute.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, like my armlessness is something that could slip by someone. I mean, how unobservant do you have to be to not notice that someone doesn’t have arms?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I glanced at Sander and knew from the stunned look on his face that, like me, he had guessed the truth that Nick was either too slow-witted or too unobservant to see. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Even if he was silent, he was not unobservant “I do not think they would be understanding at all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When he calls himself “unobservant,” it is with religious humility. Review | The relentlessly introspective vision of Gerald Murnane 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The editors . . . are responsible as well, for being too indolent, timid or unobservant, if the reviewers are right. The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z I am exorbitantly unobservant, and hence disinterested in theatre as a culture... Tom Stoppard, beneficiary of the subconscious 2012-02-02T10:54:07Z The natural world is Flanagan’s muse, and his heartbreak at its demise never fades, in part because it’s not the only thing to suffer when people become “remarkably unobservant.” Scrolling While the World Burns 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z That will lead to more temporary shock from unobservant or indifferent men and sometimes fleeting anger. Perspective | Our sports need a healthier version of masculinity, and men need to create it 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z She and Al are classic opposites: he is internal and unobservant and can disappear into his head for days at a time; Suzanne is chatty and social and hyper-present. The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z As more women came forward, well-meaning but unobservant men could no longer ignore sexism as a systemic problem. What happened when the infosec community outed its own sexual predators 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “It does not come with secret detective powers despite the convention of the Sherlock Holmes stories. My experience with OCD is that it makes me incredibly unobservant.” After a best-seller, novelist John Green lays bare his mind 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Gary Johnson comes across as unobservant with his two recent comments about not knowing what Aleppo was or saying that no one had been injured in the NYC bomb explosion. The Bernie Bump 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z An unobservant reviewer might accidentally misrepresent the OC performance numbers as the stock results from the card, lending MSI’s product an unearned helping hand. MSI and Asus accused of sending reviewers overpowered graphics cards 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The unobservant Trump, whose tunnel vision seems filled with mirrors, adores the Kane figure and the movie. Narcissist in chief: The danger of having Donald “Citizen” Trump in the White House 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z With the war over, our visibility was lost, and it seemed for a while—to the unobservant—that we had disappeared. The Rise of the College Crybullies 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The "criminal network" succeeded "thanks to unobservant and/or corrupt supervisors, deficient or absent monitoring mechanisms and complicit or tolerant attitudes", said Granma last week, when news of the scam was first published. Cuban officials jailed over egg scam 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The "criminal network" succeeded "thanks to unobservant and/or corrupt supervisors, deficient or absent monitoring mechanisms and complicit or tolerant attitudes", said Granma. Cuban officials probed for egg theft 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z But even those who don't follow the oil and gas company would need to be terribly unobservant not to clock a change at the top this week. ENRC – lots of drama, not many shareholders 2013-02-03T00:05:50Z But she seems to have noticed nothing; these rustics are very unobservant. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z He seemed totally indifferent to the scene; or, at least, unobservant of the splendors that encircled him. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z While he spoke, his eyes gazed aimlessly around, thus revealing to the most unobservant bystander the painful fact of his physical defect. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z No stupid or unobservant person will be made wise through books, be they never so choice. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Two happy persons together are totally unobservant of what passes around them. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z However quiet, demure, and comparatively unobservant the young ladies may have been, depend upon it not the smallest detail of the gentlemen's dress and manners has escaped their penetrating eyes. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z Baptiste had not been unobservant of Carew's start and change of expression at the mention of his name. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z He had, however, too much tact to force himself on her, and he lay still, apparently unobservant of her approach until she pulled up the horse. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The early stages of culture—whether in nations or individuals—are unconscious, and unobservant of self; they are therefore without the conditions which make remembrance possible. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Absorbed by these thoughts he sat through dinner unobservant of his few neighbours at the long table. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z But those of us who have, recognise that with very few exceptions they are all egotists, although some conceal it from the unobservant more deftly than others. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z When we entered Mrs. Bouverie Barton's handsome rooms, we saw a great crowd of people whom even the most unobservant stranger would instantly have recognized as out of the common run. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z He was noisy, but unobservant, she was quiet and exacting. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Being strongly drawn to the man, and believing in his destiny, I was not unobservant or careless in this respect. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z She laughed immoderately at his jokes, she was extremely confused by his compliments, she displayed the completest deference to his opinions; so that even the unobservant Miss Holt was surprised. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z This serenity was taken by unobservant people, if not for pride, which certainly could not be laid to the charge of Cecilia, for cold-heartedness. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z He was a slow-witted, heavy man, full-blooded, unobservant; a fact had to hurt him through his comfort, through his pleasure, before he noticed it. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z It is less in size than any of the common species of Gull, with which, however, it is often confounded by the unobservant. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z The simplicity of the story is so remarkable that to some superficial and unobservant readers it has seemed childish. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Their unobservant mothers and nurses suppose them to be sleeping! Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z This will be asked, I am sure, only by the unobservant and unreflecting. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Only the blind and unobservant Emmie ever saw the letter when it came. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The ordinary or unobservant person sees and hears far more of the jackdaw than of any other bird in Bath. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He went on his way, preoccupied and unobservant, with a face of happy thoughtfulness and a head full of joyous hopes and projects. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z They are like nothing we have ever seen, because Blake was so curiously unobservant of details not interesting to him that he simply did not know about them when he came to draw them. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z She strained every nerve to keep the squatter engaged and unobservant; and she found herself fluctuating, in a rather irritating manner, between her first instinctive antipathy and her later liking for the man. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Although no gossip, Mrs. Bindle was not unobservant, and she knew the movements of her neighbours as well as they knew hers. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z For some years back I have had many—nay, but constant—opportunities for studying the habits of sparrows and many other kinds of birds, and I am not unobservant. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z I took the brush and turned to the window, leaning my forehead against the glass and staring unobservantly at the view. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Before I could give any warning, I was shaken to the ground, and the humming-bird continued to talk of her great relations, unobservant of my fall. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z The unobservant passenger believes himself still sailing upon the broad ocean until he finally sights the land on which the city stands. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Literary people, for example, must be very unobservant if they do not notice how demoralising is the influence of public applause, and the constant inducement to court notoriety. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Our interior position cannot render us cold and unobservant on this point, whilst the victory of Perry yet supplies to us a proud and inspiring anniversary. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z You unobservant men display your ignorance the moment you open your lips. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Type presents characteristics so marked that even the unobservant cannot have failed to discern them in their fellow men. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The Selkirk Range strikes even the unobservant traveller as markedly different from the main range of the Rockies. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z Dolly should have known the way, but she was absorbed and unobservant, and those cross-ways were a labyrinth except for those who were well used to them. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Ruskin, with all his talk, was both unobservant and careless. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Otherwise, what he puts on paper will be practically sure of immediate rejection because the manuscript proves that the writer has either not been in the theatre, or being there, has been wholly unobservant. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Even the unobservant Lucian at last noticed this and tried to turn the conversation into cheerful and impersonal channels, with poor success. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z A hint had made Cornelius and his sister acquainted with the scene of the marriage, and they had been unobserved, but not unobservant, spectators of the ceremony. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z And then occurred one of those changes familiar to the students of nature but marvelous to the unobservant. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z He was not unobservant of the frequency of invitations to houses where there were daughters of marriageable age, and had often smiled quietly at the innocent manœuvres upon the part both of mothers and daughters. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z As for Amelia Simpson, she was habitually unobservant, with an inconvenient faculty, however, of suddenly making clear-sighted remarks when they were least expected. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z He stuck his mens' hats up on sticks like scarecrows, and he fastened the oars along the boat so that the intimidated Indians kept at a cautious and unobservant distance. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z When I had impersonated him for Butts' benefit, that detail had not troubled me, for Butts was a dull, unobservant creature. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "I don't agree with you," the Colonel answered shortly; and he added, with strange insight in one usually so unobservant: "Alice is not herself to-night." At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Meyrick had never been an unobservant lad; he had simply made a discovery that evening that in Rome certain Roman customs must be adopted. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z His object is rather to seize upon some absurd but amusing idiosyncrasy all unguessed by the subject himself, and very often by his friends, for we grow unobservant of everyday occurrence and familiar faces. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z When challenged by reality in the form of, say, the unobservant friend, the recipient of the vaccine finds he is inoculated against inappropriate anxiety. Psychiatry: Therapist-free therapy 2011-03-03T10:48:29Z "She's the girl my mother wanted me to marry, you know," goes on Rodney, unobservant, as men always are, of the small signals of distress hung out by his companion. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Then, looking back at his host, he fancied that this gentleman had not been unobservant of the glances of his guests. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z A glance around the table, however, soon assured even unobservant Bess that the red-haired girl was letting her tongue run idly when she criticised the food served. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z He was rather a handsome man after a sinister, foreign fashion, although he had been past youth when he first came to Oldfield, and he had a dashing way with him which fascinated the unobservant. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Lean and lithe, and quick in his movements, he betrayed his gypsy blood immediately, to the most unobservant, for there was something Oriental in his appearance. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "Show Mr. Rodney in here, Bridget," says Mona unflinchingly, not looking at the distressed maid, or indeed at anything but the unobservant butter. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z As Mr. Bulkley drove out of the old White house gateway the most unobservant person must have noticed that the big chestnut gelding was either in great discomfort or in a very bad temper. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Should the unobservant person feel that this statement is far-fetched, let him take a stroll through some tree-shaded street of an old New England village, and the truth of the assertion is readily revealed. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z The secretary was not unobservant and he had profited from his association with Mr Carrados. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z The problem isn’t that certified nursing assistants, who provide the great bulk of hands-on care in nursing homes, are as a group callous or unobservant. The New Old Age: Getting to Know You 2010-12-13T14:42:00Z Yet, though occasionally furious, and even dangerous, he was kind-hearted, and not unobservant of character. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Apparently heedless, however, or unobservant of the questioner's emotion, the dying man at length slowly added, "Of the Earl of Bothwell"—and expired. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Moreover, he was a married man,—married to a young and pretty wife,—and married men know things that are not revealed to the ordinary unobservant bachelor. "Pip" A Romance of Youth There was the sound of movement in the hall outside, not the first about the house, but towards the new complication Carrados had been strangely unobservant. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z Also that she was, for a smart young woman, strangely unobservant of the fact that a man had entered by the window, until an arm round her waist brought the fact to her notice. A Poached Peerage The traveller who lets himself be whirled past them, unobservant or unrecording, loses more than any devices of inquiry at his inn can repair. How to Observe Morals and Manners Yet I am a pretty constant lounger in our streets, and not unobservant; indeed, my dear wife reproves me for looking over-boldly under the bonnets of pretty girls. Barbarossa and Other Tales "Then Mark will go and fetch him for us," said Mrs. Maxwell, the most unobservant of all old ladies. Tony Butler Still he was not even in these matters so dull and unobservant as he looked, that is, when he had any reason for observing. The Firebrand The sheriff was a Simon-pure Arcadian, the company’s nominee; his deputy was a concession to the disgruntled Hinterland, where the unobservant rarely reach maturity. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus As she moved deliberately forward, many heads were turned in her direction, but she was heedless and almost unobservant of the interest she evoked. The Gambler A Novel The Greeks saw but little of them, and the Romans were all and at all times most singularly unobservant of natural phenomena. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 The head girl was not an unobservant individual, and she had noticed Jack's unhappy face and remorseful manner during that walk down from the hockey field. Just Gerry This doubtless seems strange to a great many unobservant landsmen, who know that ships are usually made as pointed and sharp as possible at the bow. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 Nature to the unobservant is merely a mass of things more or less beautiful or interesting, but without any definite order or significance. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science He smiled, unobservant of the slightly tired irritability of Clodagh's tone. The Gambler A Novel Randolph, after resigning his partner, wandered rather desolately through the brilliant throng, unobservant and little observed. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. It must have struck even the most unobservant of our guests how the land improved as we travelled northward. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal Klein, and even Linnæus himself, adopted this strange opinion, which was considered to rest upon good testimony, and that not only of the illiterate and unobservant. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The careless, the indolent, the unobservant, and the idle, either fail to remark, or are too slow to profit by them. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance "How really unobservant some men are," said Anti loftily. Accidental Flight Presently Mr. Mitchel took Dora to the window and stood there looking out and chatting, apparently absorbed and unobservant of the others. An Artist in Crime "Now look at this, my dear Dulce," says the unobservant Julia, holding out a strip of paper about half a yard in length to Miss Blount, who has been ominously silent for the past hour. Portia or By Passions Rocked "She's worth a dozen Janes," said cook to herself, for she was not so wholly engrossed with her own pursuits as to be quite unobservant of Ruth's disappointment. For John's Sake and Other Stories. His eyes, so clear and intelligent, were now fixed in idiocy, or rolled about unobservant of all objects living or dead. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) An unobservant citizen might almost suppose she was one of us. The Crow's Nest It was easy, even for Adelle's unobservant eyes, to detect signs of trouble in this new marriage. Clark's Field Peyton, unobservant of the wistful sigh by which the maid’s speech was accompanied, replied, “Nay, for me, ’tis safest travelling at night. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 But for three years the situation had remained the same—the husband unobservant, the lady capricious and wilful. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists Still as seems the night to unobservant eyes, it is fluctuating in its expression as the face of a sleeper overspread with pleasant but disturbing dreams. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Kate made many efforts to break down the barrier between them, efforts which Philip and even the unobservant Jacqueline found piteous. Kildares of Storm There was an old lady who had once been Clara's governess—a gentle, mild-tongued, unobservant person, who was greatly in want of a home. Name and Fame A Novel To the most unobservant it was evident now that a storm was in the making. Slaves of Mercury At length his embarrassment became obvious even to unobservant Mr. Lyle, who longed for an opportunity of asking him what the matter was. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend It was the man with the 'soo-vy-neer matches,' quickly and deftly metamorphosed to escape the unobservant or untrained eye, but the same, notwithstanding. Against Odds A Detective Story The average man, on the other hand, is the most unobservant creature under the sun. The Curse of Education The act was only the usual courtesy of the highway; yet Mary was startled, disconcerted, and had to ask the unobservant, loquacious driver to repeat what he had said. Dr. Sevier She was rather unobservant about some things, and she would never have suspected a lady born of coming in by the kitchen for any reason whatever. The Prisoner He was quite unconscious of the increase of the distance between his boat and the shore, which grew greater every moment, and equally unobservant of the lapse of time. Among the Brigands "She's pretended some errand in town—she's come in to get hold of him again," went on Cousin Jane hurriedly, as one who tells the story of the act to the unobservant. The Innocent Adventuress I was tired and unobservant and kept my eyes closed. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The beautiful appearance of the tufts or clusters in which the Pineapple Pholiotas grow will attract the attention of an ordinarily unobservant beholder. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth I wondered that the beadles were unobservant of him. Ghetto Comedies Clover understood this and never forgot to notice and praise, which gratified Choo Loo, who had found his bachelor employers in the old days somewhat dull and unobservant in this respect. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series Apparently he had noted nothing unusual, yet he had looked through the window before entering the house, and back of his unobservant seeming lay the purpose of averting bloodshed. The Roof Tree Sensitive to a degree, keen and alive at all times, the strength of his personality, suggestive of his mastery over men, impressed the most unobservant. When Dreams Come True After that the play became every moment more exciting and the central figure 209 more entirely captivating, and even between the acts Nannie was preoccupied and unobservant. A Bookful of Girls Kate had said so herself, yet here was she who was so generously admiring, almost covetous, calmly unobservant of braid, ribbon, and all. The Brass Bound Box Clarence had not been unobservant of her—indeed it would not be too much to say that he had been acutely conscious all the time of Miss Heritage's presence. In Brief Authority The walk or ride to the city school is likely to make some contribution of socializing character even to the unobservant child. Rural Problems of Today No one who is careless and unobservant about his manner of life can prosper in the things of God. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Nor were other Boer artillerymen, posted close to the railway station, unobservant of the British flanking movement. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Luckily, Rivas had not been unobservant of what was going on between the girl and his companion. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley From their position they could see all that went on about them, yet be quite hidden from the unobservant. Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore His absorption in other things rendered him somewhat unobservant of certain niceties in expression just now. Making People Happy He wandered far, unobservant, forgetful: the real world out of mind. The Mother She speaks but little, yet her keen and watchful glances show that she is by no means unobservant of what is going on around her. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France When I’m in Rattlesnake Gulch I don’t aim to pick posies too unobservant.” Crooked Trails and Straight “But what makes you think this man is only pretending to look like a dreaming, unobservant idiot, and why do you call him American so definitely?” The Mystery of the Green Ray The Irish on the other side of the river had not been unobservant of the King's movements. The Huguenots in France I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarcely tell, a few hours after dinner, of what dishes it consisted. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. "What?" asks Philip, still feasting his eyes on the girl's fair physique, and unobservant of the gathering darkness overhead. When the Birds Begin to Sing She was not unobservant, either, of his new white summer clothes. A Tar-Heel Baron The locks were so often open, the keepers so dull and unobservant, that their bodies might easily have drifted by without being noticed. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls I am not unobservant, and I cannot help seeing. Girls of the Forest People who know us both have often expressed a doubt as to whether Charles or myself is the more absent-minded and unobservant. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 To the unobservant eye the muskrat house in the alders might have looked like a mass of drift in which the rank water-grass had taken root. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Thus the crow of these birds, which may seem to the unobservant a very unvaried sound, discloses to those who have lovingly studied them at least half a dozen distinct modifications. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization "I am not unobservant, Mr. Brent," he said. In the Mayor's Parlour Its anthropomorphism is only, to unobservant minds, less apparent. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative But he is not unobservant of the fog itself; indeed, he seems pleased at having it around him, as though it afforded concealment from pursuers. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure He who consciously observes usually observes the obvious, and may rank as a discoverer only among the unobservant. A Tramp's Notebook She was dreamy and unobservant, slow in her ways, and not much interested in any special subject. A Patriotic Schoolgirl He was not so commonplace, or so unobservant as I had imagined. "The Pomp of Yesterday" Volunteer workers are not so likely to fall into this error, though it is possible for volunteers to be very unobservant. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers The garden is small, but cannot possibly be overlooked even by the most short-sighted and unobservant. Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 She might, however, have spared herself any uneasiness, for this always the most unobservant of mortals, was too much overburdened with some affair of his own, to notice even a two-quart dish. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Home people, whose air of ownership to the surroundings classified them at once, moving unobservantly about their affairs. At Fault The girl looked mild and unobservant as usual, but she was busily engaged in watching for danger-signals. A True Friend A Novel Until now she had been unobservant of his presence, innocent of other audience than the old friend, to whom it was fitting enough to confide dear secrets. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Like the paradise flycatcher, it is a bird which cannot fail to obtrude itself upon the most unobservant person, and, once seen, it is never likely to be forgotten. Birds of the Indian Hills Presently the most unobservant of watches must have perceived that their movement was random. A Matter of Importance Mosk made no defence; he did not even offer a remark; but, accepting his fate with sullen apathy, sunk into a lethargic, unobservant state, out of which nothing and no person could arouse him. The Bishop's Secret "Oh, from Elsie Gossamer!" she cried, and took her letter and sat, unobservant of him, for several moments, the little frown that his words had brought out still on her brow. Sally of Missouri Care, the Leopard, crouched, unobservant, forgetful to spring, while the Hart was fixed spellbound in the midst of its headlong flight. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance It might seem so to the unobservant," he replied, "but in these days of stew, rush and fret, there is no telling what men may attempt to do. Old Ebenezer She returned to the Day house early on Sunday morning, and her unobservant aunt did not notice the marks the young girl's sleepless night had left upon her countenance. How Janice Day Won Mrs Williams was not unobservant of the gradual but steady falling off in Eric’s character, and the first thing she noticed was the blunting of his home affections. Eric, or Little by Little So they had been talking him over, those quiet, apparently unobservant men! Janet of the Dunes And unobservant as the girl naturally was, she could not help noticing that Mrs. Middleton retained the book. Elsie Marley, Honey Sir Philip Hastings, as the reader already knows, was a somewhat unobservant man of what was passing around him in the world. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 How many mysteries and marvels lie hidden in the dim depths of the woods, no one suspects who hurries unobservant along the 165 beaten tracks. The Adventures of Maya the Bee Eric leaned over the desk with his head resting on a book, too stunned even to think; and Wildney looked straight before him, with his eyes fixed in a stupid and unobservant stare. Eric, or Little by Little To the unobservant stranger the frank gaiety of his laugh was as spontaneous as ever, but then that had never had much to do with Barter's inward sensations. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Most people in the North Country understand this double standard; but occasionally someone, either stupid or inexperienced or unobservant, makes the mistake of concluding that the town-character and the woods-character are necessarily the same. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stepping from one of the windows, thereby displaying to the unobservant air an instep large but exquisitely arched, Marcia Amherst comes slowly up to where the lazy fowl are dreaming. Molly Bawn “So there are!” cried Peterkin, who, being of a very unobservant nature, had been too much taken up with other things to notice anything so high above his head as the fruit of a palm-tree. The Coral Island To an unobservant eye—such as that of Jim Scroggles, for instance—she was the same in all respects a few days after as she had been a few hours before the event. The Red Eric The outer form, the composition and actual structure, represents the "body" of music: that part which is visible even to the unobservant eye and audible to the indiscriminating ear. Spirit and Music He was at all times absolutely fearless and self-reliant in regard to material conditions, but singularly unobservant and stupid when it was a question of psychology. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Then you must have been very unobservant, young gentleman. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap I have not been quite so unobservant, Eugène, of certain incidents, as you and your friends appear to have supposed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 Were the other men in your boat in a similarly unobservant condition?” The Red Eric But clever angling was thrown away upon Brother Bonaday, whom preoccupation with trouble had long ago made unobservant. Brother Copas "Then it only shows how extremely stupid and unobservant you are," snapped Ulyth. For the Sake of the School But if Aunt Trudy slept long hours and did not interfere with the goings and comings of her young nieces, she was not quite so unobservant as they sometimes thought. Rosemary The object is then closely and carefully observed, in the hope of discovering features in it which might escape the unobservant. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular The excitement of his mind, and the intensity with which it was bent on the one great object, rendered him at first almost unobservant of the flight of time. The Red Eric It is astonishing how unobservant people are about such things as umbrellas, sticks, and handbags. The Shrieking Pit And it has often irritated me that you were so unobservant. The Plum Tree Search high and search low, unobservant. 15There is life in the breath from her body, Fond caress by a hand not inconstant. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula He was a quiet, unobservant, and, as previously noted, self-absorbed man, with a sense of the picturesque, which took the form of mediocre water-colour sketching. Dross In the latter case the unobservant one would have his correct and ultimate destination described with a wealth of epithet and in a variety of dialects. With Our Army in Palestine But those of us who have, recognise that with very few exceptions they are all egotists, although some conceal it from the unobservant more deftly than others. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends "Let us walk a little faster," said Lawson, who was not so unobservant. A Girl in Ten Thousand Iris Yorke was accustomed to this ritual; she gave it the unobservant tolerance good breeding extends to the commonplace. The Stowaway Girl But Miss Farnham could not answer; and even the unobservant captain of river boats saw that she was moved and was sorry he had spoken. The Price If they stared at her, however, Madame was not unobservant of them, and the critical power was on her side. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls My purpose in all this is to show how unobservant are the people of the world and how ignorant, and on the day of the establishment of the Kingdom, they remain heedless and negligent. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá With a groan, the money-lender, quite unobservant of the sinister air, breasted the ascent. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World But she glanced at the obtuse, unobservant countenance of Captain Willoughby, and she understood that however much she craved for these particulars, she must go without. The Four Feathers Perceiving, as he believed, at a glance, that Alec Forbes was totally unobservant, he gave her an ignominious push from behind, which threw her out on her face in the middle of the floor. Alec Forbes of Howglen He was always slow to interfere in domestic matters, but he was not unobservant. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls In Switzerland, although the ancients even in Roman days were in contact with the ice, they were so unobservant that they did not even remark that the ice was in motion. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography He would probably pass this door, unobservant of me, and my muffled face would save me from the agonies connected with the sight of him. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The beauty of the lilies fell on unobservant eyes. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches It will inspire us with a love of nature, and open our eyes to many objects of which we have before been unobservant. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners For a clever woman, Comptesse, who has heretofore played the game so brilliantly, you have grown singularly unobservant. The Lighted Match Miss Gordon had not been entirely unobservant of all that had been going on. The Shield of Silence After giving us this example of the consistency of his views, Dr. Kuyper speaks of the English as being "unobservant." Boer Politics But the contrasts that strike even the most unobservant visitor to the so-called American "metropolis" are of a different nature. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin They were not altogether unobservant of the growing change in her, of course, but attributed it to a returning and healthful interest in the simpler pleasures of life. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow She was what the Scots call ‘a buddy;’ that is, she was large, round, attired in black, between two ages, and not easily to be distinguished, by an unobservant eye, from buddies as a class. The Disentanglers Powerless to win the affection, or even confidence, of Henry while he lived, Catharine remained unobserved; but, as the event proved, not unobservant. A Short History of France Some people are so unobservant that, although they are handling the coin nearly every day of their lives, they are at a loss to answer this simple question. Amusements in Mathematics And all at once pretty Sylvia Bailey, though unobservant as happy, prosperous youth so often is, conceived the impression that her companion did not at all wish to discuss Anna's sudden departure. The Chink in the Armour It is not uncommon to meet among unobservant people those who regard all mountain ranges as volcanic in origin. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays In any case, the parents must have been singularly unobservant or singularly slow to reason upon what they observed; for we sent their backward sons home to them each night in a mask of ink. Poison Island To the unobservant, he seemed to be a lovable, useful, able man. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt He awaited his end in silence, and sat moodily unobservant of the bright rays of the sun which poured into his cell through the grated window. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine "I'm not unobservant, remember," she returned, lightly, her eyes avoiding Kitty's. The Moon out of Reach To the unobservant eye this scale would certainly appear to contain no more than a trace of the vigesimal in its structure. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development "Oh, how good of you, sir!" said the young man, seizing his hand, unobservant of the dry cynical look in his eyes. Bluebell A Novel We need say nothing of its perfume, for this is a quality which the most unobservant can scarcely fail to notice. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Cuxson, unobservant for once, and anxious to get to the end of the trail again failed to notice that it was still far too light for any member of the owl family to be abroad. Leonie of the Jungle But long continued solitude had rendered her as taciturn and unobservant as if she had been born deaf and blind. Ishmael Or, In the Depths The unobservant visitor wondered how Hugo made it pay. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes His eyes are keen, bluish gray in color, and when at rest, have a sleepy look, but he sees every one and every thing around him, although apparently unobservant. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South And Mr. Burt drained the glass, quite unobservant of the fact that the Rev. Dr. Peewee was standing beside him without glass or old Jamaica. Trumps But should we, therefore, be unobservant spectators of the progress of society within the last twenty years; of the silent but powerful change wrought, by time and chance, upon its composition and temper? American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) In the first flush of conquest all men are a trifle fatuous, unobservant. Lady Good-for-Nothing The risk of entrusting one's daughter to an unobservant man is shocking, but to a physician! If Only etc. Both Greeks and monks, judged by nineteenth-century standards, were unobservant of natural beauties. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series She was glad that Elly was the only one who was looking at her, because, of course, dear old Mr. Welles' unobservant eyes didn't count. The Brimming Cup It struck me that she let me see, made me see, that she and Gurnard had an understanding, made manifest to me by glances that passed when the Duc had his unobservant eyes turned elsewhere. The Inheritors The mistake which all unobservant people make is to assume that others are as unobservant as themselves. Red Pottage Mr. Holland," she said, "you must think me singularly unobservant. The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story Down the grassy lane she sped, but so lightly that the couple by the wall were as unobservant of her as they were of the wind stirring the long grass. Different Girls Indeed, since George was strangely unobservant, he thought it should have been made earlier; but the matter had appeared too delicate for him to meddle with. Ranching for Sylvia Their venerable antiquity and majestic proportions do not more command our reverence, than the mystery which involves their construction awakens the curiosity of the most unobservant spectator. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Had she allowed her mind to dwell upon this phase of the affair she would surely have revealed to those about her, unobservant as they might be, that she had a secret cause for worry. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod He was not, as perhaps some thought, too unobservant to notice the condition of the government everywhere. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Who but he could fail to have noticed the contrast, and noticing, who but he could remain so loftily unobservant and unimpressed? Sketches in the House (1893) I need not go over the ground again in detail, but I may say that Sir James was never unobservant; he made the most minute notes and sought to provide against every difficulty. A Dream of the North Sea "For a while!" repeated that lady, who had not been unobservant of the flush. Mona She gave him an inquiring glance, as if she wondered why he did not state his reasons for going to Newcastle, but he looked as unobservant as he could. Carmen's Messenger There is nothing like action for making man unobservant. Flames In his constant habit of introspection, he had become unobservant and had no least idea that the two young people he loved so well were nearing what was to him forever impossible. Westways The most quiet and careless of the citizens of North Carolina were not unobservant, however, of the political aspect of the times. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Pilkington followed the movement with an innocent, but by no means unobservant eye. The Divine Fire It is thus to the shy, in their moments of tremor, that we should endeavor to be calmly sympathetic; not cruel, but indifferent, unobservant. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs It is more like the story of an ignorant, unobservant, careless sailor, who entertained no idea that any importance would be attached to his statements. John Rutherford, the White Chief At which, Samoa expressed much surprise, that he should be so unobservant as not to know, that in Mardi, guests might be pressed to demean themselves, without its being expected that so they would do. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The unobservant younger brother consents, thinking this number will be few, and the older wins the whole catch. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai The Countess of Berg for once was unobservant, however. Clementina He stood passive, looking out over the park with unobservant eyes. The Rocks of Valpre To the most torpid and unobservant it exhibits the humorous in life and the sparkle and finesse of language, which in dull ordinary existence is stupidly shut out of knowledge or omitted from particular notice. The Drama One may be little given to philosophizing, and possess but scanty skill in putting into words the conclusions which form themselves in one's mind, but it is impossible to cross China entirely unobservant. Across China on Foot The unobservant man would have passed it by, and the observant, though untrained and inexperienced, would have wondered without an answer. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Opportunity is coy, is swift, is gone, before the slow, the unobservant, the indolent, or the careless can seize her. An Iron Will The most unobservant person could not help but see birds here. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico Anybody not deaf and blind, or unobservant as a stone, knows that the genius of dancing is born in the London girl of the people, as surely as in children of the sun. The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England Some of them are so plain that there is scarcely any grown person so unobservant as not to have seen them. Analyzing Character She enjoyed the spectacle of men and women making fools of themselves, and she did not hide her enjoyment under a pretence of unobservant good-nature. Old and New Masters He had not been so unobservant that he had not seen the change in her. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Those scars, Miriam!" he went on, as if unobservant of my manner, yet with the old sarcastic gleam in his eyes, in the most audacious way, "have nearly disappeared, have they not? Miriam Monfort A Novel You English," he said, "are not so unobservant as you seem, but you hate facts. The Secret City Isabella and Otho had been talking earnestly,—so earnestly, that they were quite unobservant of the coming storm, of the strange lurid light that hung around. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 That was all his own fault, and but for it he now thought he should not have been so unobservant of things about him. Fated to Be Free It is the statement of Joseph Ridley, another cabman, and unfortunately, a rather dull, unobservant fellow, unlike Wilkins. The Mystery of 31 New Inn Mrs. Williams was not unobservant of the gradual but steady falling off in Eric's character, and the first thing she noticed was the blunting of his home affections. Eric As her uncle was too unobservant in general to detect his disguise, he made a sign for her to command herself, and continued rowing as if nothing had occurred. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet Some of the species are so striking, both in color and habits, and in one case also in shape, as to attract the attention of even the unobservant. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Men of middle-age walked by as in dreams, cold, unobservant, listless; the younger ones, fuller of life, strode on with high heads, and flinging glances that were harder to bear than stony indifference, even. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 She appeared quite unobservant of the children and nurse sleeping in the room. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 Long before this, unobservant though she was, had the girl not been living in the future instead of the present, she would have recognised its coming. Where the Trail Divides When the vessel was as nigh the weather shore as his busy lead told him was prudent the ship was tacked, and her head laid directly towards the still motionless and seemingly unobservant slaver. The Red Rover And then he was absent-minded, unobservant, easy-going, indolent, and the slave of habit, as such a nature is apt to be. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Had the woman not been very indifferent or unobservant, she would have noticed the striking difference between the manner and appearance of Lizzie Stevens and the class who generally came to see McCloskey. The Garies and Their Friends Frequently, also, she took long drives alone or with one of the children, holding the reins listlessly, and ranging the highway unobservantly for miles around. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 This man, of all men in the world, a spy upon him; this man, changing his identity; casting off his shrinking, purblind, unobservant character, and springing up into a watchful enemy! Martin Chuzzlewit I wondered how I could have been so unobservant as to overlook this. The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Cherokees, meanwhile, were not unobservant of the preparations and approaches of the Carolinians. The Life of Francis Marion Not unobservant of the change, and putting his own interpretation upon it, Mr Dombey resumed: 'Mr Carker has been so good as to go down and secure a house there, for a time. Dombey and Son Isaac Welles had stood by, no unobservant witness of this scene. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 In the midst of my tears, I was not unobservant of his motions. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale He plodded on with bowed head, unobservant, mechanically rubbing nose and cheeks, and batting his steering hand against the gee-pole in the straight trail-stretches. Love of Life and Other Stories Just imagine," she said, "how stupid and unobservant I was! The Age of Innocence But the expression of Dinah's eyes gradually relieved her; they seemed unobservant of all details. Adam Bede Neither had she, unobservant though she was, been within sight of her son's character for twenty-eight years without having unconfessed, unformed misgivings concerning it. The Price She Paid Until that day Susan had been about as unobservant of the obvious things as is the rest of the race. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Not a suspicion crossed their unobservant minds that this sweet little rosebud was the child of the morning. Dear Enemy You are not mad," said Brown, "only a little unobservant. The Innocence of Father Brown Providence was not unobservant of his mother's heroism and piety, and she is amply repaid, not only by his superior excellence, but by her own increasing family. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I To perceptions used to the open dealings of an unobservant honesty, it would have signified nothing. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Life deals hardly with them, punishes them for the mistaken notion of themselves they have through forbearance and gentleness of heart permitted an unobservant world to form. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise At this time, a man, with downcast eyes, and arms folded within the sweeping gown which descended to his feet, was seen passing through the streets, alone, and apparently unobservant of all around him. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete It was Madame Poulain, and suddenly Nancy—though unobservant as is youth, and especially happy youth—noticed that mine hostess looked far less well in the daytime than by candle-light. The End of Her Honeymoon Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell, a few hours after dinner, of what dishes it consisted. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin She sank into a little chair and tried not to tremble visibly to the most unobservant eye, and the door opened, shut, and the owner of the room stood before her. Quaint Courtships A stranger—the ordinary, unobservant, feebly imaginative person, going along those streets would have seen nothing but tawdriness and poverty. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He looked back, and saw that he had been blind to the things he should have seen, dull and unobservant where he should have had sense and understanding. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger He was an unobservant man, and it did not occur to him that the Widder had on her Tycoon rep, the gown she kept "for nice." Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Many unobservant persons think and say that all Negroes, or all Chinamen, as well as all animals of a kind, look alike. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted The Hotel of the Old Shooting gallery stands on the Toornoifeld and the unobservant may pass by without distinguishing it from the private houses on either side. Roden's Corner He wandered on unobservant of the fact that it was growing dark, and that a storm was fast approaching. The Dare Boys of 1776 Brian walked at her side, saying very little, but not unobservant. The Golden Calf She seemed like one unobservant of all around her, and buried in thoughts to which all else were strangers, and had nothing in common with. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra Each day he grew a shade paler, a degree feebler, but the change came too gradually for the unobservant and over-habituated eyes of his wife. With the Procession The subtle is so often the obvious that to be unobservant is a social duty. Roden's Corner Unconscious of the interest he excited, the lad stood calm, haughty, and seemingly unobservant, cautious to let no sign of weakness or of concern escape him, in this scene of womanly emotion. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish It was inconceivable to her that there could be men so stupid and crassly unobservant as to be able to confuse the identity of the two men for a single instant. The Brass Bowl It is just as well perhaps that Mrs. Y. is unobservant. The Delicious Vice I at length ventured to say, though the words were uttered in tones so tremulous, that even the usually unobservant divine perceived the change. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Mrs. Herman was not unobservant of his condition, although she was far from understanding his state of mind. The Puritans It is thus to the shy, in their moments of tremor, that we should endeavor to be calmly unsympathetic; not cruel, but indifferent, unobservant. Manners and Social Usages I. Our Lord was not so absorbed in His anticipations of the near Cross as to be unobservant of the wrangling among the Apostles. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke When she came close to him, he, usually so unobservant, noticed that she, too, was in distress. The Cathedral The naturally unobservant Charles divined a cause and, looking for it, he saw with a shock of surprise and horror the tall figure of a man at the end of the street. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing The Baroness had her trumps to think of, her dinners, her twinges of rheumatism: and her suspicions regarding Maria and Harry, lately so lively, now dozed, and kept a careless, unobservant watch. The Virginians When in that presence," says Miss Burney, "he was unobservant, if not contemptuous of every one else. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Having observed whatever he thought it would afterward prove useful to know, he descended the same way, not unobservantly, as he had gone up, but exploring and noticing all the peculiarities of the path. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War In the meantime, Ovid and his cousin had not been unobservant of what was passing at a little distance from them. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time This is a thing which parents must look to, for the grown-up people in the school-rooms, though suffering grievously themselves from insufficient ventilation, will be unobservant of it. Friends in Council — First Series There was no reality about her, and the want of it was strangely plain to most unobservant eyes. The Eustace Diamonds The circumstance that baffles is that fish are so unobservant or so slow that they do not always, in place of sometimes, escape. My Tropic Isle I do not bring the proof of them: they are patent to all the world, and that man must have been unobservant indeed who is not perfectly convinced of their truth. Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 They should be recognised, by even unobservant eyes who know nothing of the inner secret of their lives, as plainly belonging to another order. Expositions of Holy Scripture But somehow a very hard and unobservant spirit has got abroad into our rural life, and people do not note things as the old folk did. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies One touch of the poetry of contrast caught his eye, of which custom would probably have made him unobservant. Young Lives The Cardinal was not unobservant of the trend of Florentine affairs. The Tragedies of the Medici On account of its singular appearance this shrub always attracts the attention of even the most unobservant in such matters. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs Those men were the old and the experienced; the unobservant overlooked him altogether. The Broken Road If ever there were hostilities in which, to the unobservant or short-sighted, naval operations might at first glance seem destined to count for little, they were these. Sea-Power and Other Studies I had seen the house a thousand times, and knew well the people in it, but my unobservant eye had never before rested consciously upon that bit of basement wall. Great Possessions And in the barnyard back of the house Harriet's hens are cackling triumphantly: they are impiously unobservant of the Sabbath day. Adventures in Friendship It gratified him to see that, among the shower of bouquets she was constantly receiving, his was the one she usually carried; nor was she unobservant that he always wore a fresh rose. A Romance of the Republic For the quiet accent of authority in the words of the unobservant man who rode beside him rankled deeply. The Broken Road Madame Gilbert, though to the unobservant eye intent upon her tea and cakes, saw every one who came and went. The Lost Naval Papers Signore, there are many signs seen by a wise man, that escape the unobservant. The Bravo Eve herself was not unobservant of these peculiarities, nor was she slow in comprehending the reason. Home as Found On shipboard he had encountered the usual assortment of missionary critics; the unobservant, the profane, the superior, the loose-living, and all that tribe. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment But Jane, a clever child once, a clever woman now, had not been unobservant of some things in Lydia's past, some things that Lydia supposed to be buried in the grave of her own heart. The Children's Pilgrimage "Suffer me to help my Lord yet a little more," the Prince continued, apparently unobservant of the lowering face behind the crucifix. The Prince of India — Volume 02 I have not been unobservant, Miss Drayton," continued the Captain, "of the—what shall I say?—the moral transfiguration of your character. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 He paused just outside the doorway, and the boy who did not catch the sneer on his chalky face as he looked superciliously over the group must have been very unobservant indeed. Boy Scouts in a Submarine : or, Searching an Ocean Floor His confidence in me was of the most unobservant, suspicionless character; either that, or I succeeded better than I thought in the effort to maintain the external aspects of old friendship. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story The others, being unobservant 'mere men,' did not notice that the stitches she made must have produced queer kind of stockings if continued. A Prisoner in Fairyland Yet Sergius went his way unobservant of the remarks drawn by the elephantine ears of his outlandish hood, his tall form, and impeded step. The Prince of India — Volume 02 The mother had not been unobservant of the degree of hostility which her brother, as well as cousin, entertained for Stevens. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky And Smith, ordinarily unobservant of the other sex, found himself staring with all his eyes. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix There is latent in the mind of every man, unless he be the most untidy and unobservant of the species, a love for well-mown grass and for sharply outlined gravel-walks. The Recreations of a Country Parson Somehow his unobservant, masculine acceptance of things better and worse appealed to the woman in her. The Iron Trail Elizabeth was bending over her dog, but even Tavernake, unobservant though he was, could see that she was shaken. The Tempting of Tavernake One chilly autumn afternoon, Armine was seen, even by the unobservant under-master, to be shivering violently, and his teeth chattering so that he could not speak plainly. Magnum Bonum I couldn't eat a thing, and Cyrus noticed it—it is queer how observant men are about some things and how unobservant about others. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors There are some people who are wholly unobservant, let us say, of scenery or houses, who are yet very shrewd judges of character. Escape, and Other Essays Uninformed and unobservant, neither saddened nor startled, I passed through the glittering highways of London. Basil Always singularly unconscious of herself she seemed at this period to be also unobservant of those about her. In the Wilderness Irene emerged from the taciturnity into which she had more and more withdrawn, and March, not an unobservant man, evidently noted this, and reflected upon it. The Crown of Life He paused in front of her, his short-sighted unobservant glance concentrating itself unexpectedly on her face. The Hermit and the Wild Woman He sat in the Emersons' parlour, seldom stirring, his eyes unobservant. Thyrza What instinct made me so thankful that I was alone with my dear unobservant cousin? Cousin Phillis He talked pleasantly, and looked remarkably unobservant till they reached the hotel, where he parted from Dion. In the Wilderness Before her lay a book on geometry, and, engrossed by study, she was unobservant of Dr. Hartwell's entrance. Beulah Dumouriez had not been unobservant of the danger of his comrade, thus isolated and involved; and he had ordered up troops to support Kellerman on either flank in the event of his being attacked. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Even the unobservant Marina was forced to a remark. The Getting of Wisdom Gradually the passers-by began to look at him with the right amount of attention; he jostled, as if by accident, one or two of those who were unobservant, then apologised for his hurry. Maurice Guest Joan was thankful when lunch was over, and murmured "Amen" to grace with a fervor that would have surprised an unimaginative and unobservant person. Who Cares? a story of adolescence My dear madam, if you don't know what Mr. Engelman's wishes are likely to be, without asking him, you are the most unobservant lady that ever lived! Jezebel's Daughter Persons in the lower ranks of life are curiously unobservant of the aspects of Nature. Poor Miss Finch Such thoughts as these passed through the Pagan's toiling mind as, unobservant of all outward events, he paced through the streets of the beleaguered city. Antonina Princess Wilhelmina stood silent and unobservant; she knew not the dance was ended; she knew not that the music was silenced. Frederick the Great and His Family He hates those who have valour merely, and are unobservant of propriety. The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) This, I observed to him, may have rendered him unobservant to what was passing at home. East Lynne He was quite unobservant of the marked attention bestowed on him. The Puppet Crown But as for envy and jealousy, I think it is pure, unobservant, antique Cant which has fixed them on the female character distinctively. Hard Cash The possessor of an unobservant eye might have called her a mean-looking, little old woman. The Last Chronicle of Barset But Mr. Smith continued unobservant; or at any rate regardless. Framley Parsonage Unsuspicious and unobservant as he was, he had feared at that time that Nastasia might have some scheme in her mind for a scene or scandal which would drive Aglaya out of Pavlofsk. The Idiot There was a sinister something behind that smile, but Maurice was unobservant. The Puppet Crown The thief inserteth his thumb into the tail pocket of the unobservant archbishop for purposes of research. The Prophet of Berkeley Square He was sitting saturated with rain,—saturated also with thinking,—and quite unobservant of anything around him, when he was accosted by an old man from Hoggle End, with whom he was well acquainted. The Last Chronicle of Barset But he was false, imperious, obstinate, narrow-minded, ignorant of the temper of his people, unobservant of the signs of his times. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Hugh came to these conclusions rapidly enough, now that his attention was directed to her; for, though naturally unobservant, his perception was very acute as soon as his attention was roused. David Elginbrod They belonged to her nature and a quality of judgment which, even in her most extravagant romances, is never for a moment swayed from that sane impartiality described by the unobservant as common sense. Mauprat Strange! that with my vague mind, susceptible and unobservant, hating inquiry and given up to contemplation, I should have been drawn towards a youth whose strongest passion was science. The Lifted Veil I should have thought him a singularly unobservant man from his writings. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Even Bunting, unobservant as he was, had come to realise that his wife took a morbid interest in these terrible happenings. The Lodger The seams were white, the edges curled, the buttonholes torn in spite of many mendings; the whole presenting to the most unobservant eyes the heart-breaking stigmas of honest penury. The Brotherhood of Consolation What these elves were like I have failed to gather, so vague and imperfect is his vocabulary, and so unobservant of all minor detail does he seem to have been. Twelve Stories and a Dream The past hour I had been wholly unobservant; the inner eye had had its turn; but that was over now, and I sat as upright as possible, seeking greedily for a sail. Dead Men Tell No Tales Cecilia has not been unobservant, in her own quiet way, of what has been going on. I Say No The natives of Hindustan are peculiarly so; but they are also unsympathetic and unobservant in a manner that is altogether their own. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan He was too unobservant a man to notice that Magdalen looked unaccountably startled, and Miss Garth unaccountably relieved, by his announcement of Frank's good fortune. No Name He was much too egotistical and unobservant to give me any clear idea of the kind of place, kind of country, there is on the Other Side of Things. Twelve Stories and a Dream But the passengers, though unobservant, began to murmur; especially those who had wagered that the Pomerania would dock on the eighth day. Where the Blue Begins He hesitated about altering the position of the cards on the shelf, but Kelley and Loomis were unobservant young men, and the half-breed placed the pink cards on top of his blue ones. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories She is so unobservant as to need to be told that life is brief, and youth briefer than life; that the rose fades, and so forth. The Spirit of Place and Other Essays Apparently unobservant and easily deceived, they see with bright and horrible eyes. In Defense of Women "The quiet duck puts his foot on the unobservant worm," murmured Shen Yi, with delicate encouragement, adding "This one casts a more definite shadow than those before." Kai Lung's Golden Hours |
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