| 单词 | unostentatious |
| 例句 | The spelling of "wile" as a verb meaning "to magic," is surprising and produces a neat, unostentatious pun with the implicit "while." Poem of the week: The Shortness of Life by Francis Quarles 2013-01-07T10:21:04Z It certainly did during a week of Milanese fashion shows that were so unostentatious as to be generic. Fashion Review: Designers Anonymous 2011-01-19T22:49:22Z It features a clutch of unostentatious, intelligent originals, most of which he played at the Jazz Standard on Tuesday night. Music Review: At Jazz Standard, Steve Cardenas?s Flinty Spine 2010-06-02T21:55:00Z Master Harold and the Boys" praised Mr. Canada's lead performance as the South African servant, Sam, as "an unostentatious triumph. Charles Canada, co-founder of Seattle's Group Theatre, dies at 61 2010-10-25T20:00:00Z Does Warren Buffett really pursue an "oblique" approach to wealth just because he has an unostentatious lifestyle? Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z "Japanese unostentatious, decent, altogether very appealing," Einstein writes, and then later, "Intellectual needs of this nation seem to be weaker than their artistic ones — natural disposition?" Albert Einstein was known for speaking out against racism, his travel diaries reveal racist views 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z At the core of that experience are the 10 unostentatiously extraordinary dancers. A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Wood often came through unostentatiously as an anchor, playing the right phrase to pull the song together. Music Review: The Rolling Stones at Barclays Center 2012-12-09T10:03:19Z In its quiet, unostentatious way, it's one of the most sensitive films I've seen about the experience of living through and responding to the profound social changes of the past 60 years. Beginners ? review 2011-07-23T23:05:49Z Mr Davenport-Hines calls it a decisive moment in arts funding, though it happened, Keynes said, in a “very English, informal, unostentatious way”. A man for all seasons 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Their voices are untrained and their harmonies unostentatious. Review: Girlpool, in ‘Before the World Was Big,’ Grows Up and Loud 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Rather, they are handsome and unostentatious and fine in a way that has taken me all these years to understand defines what is best about Milanese style. The Europe Issue : How I Fell for Milan 2011-04-15T18:55:00Z Stretching from 1976 to 2003, this is a story of profound connection and awakening disquiet, which Sullivan directs with his customary unostentatious lucidity. ‘Summer, 1976’ Review: The Path to Freedom Starts With a Friendship 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Sam has always been loyal and generous, neurotic and melodramatic, wickedly but unostentatiously smart, frank and funny and someone who makes the people around him feel funny, too, because he laughs frequently and hard. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z This world-class fish mecca is unostentatiously small and bare. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He was wearing an ironed, pin-striped shirt and an old wristwatch, and, with his usual unostentatious cordiality, had set the table with bread, cheese, and a thermos of coffee. Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The collection was rife with the sorts of unostentatious sartorial details that don't shine on the catwalk, like hidden pockets and innovative fabric with chalk stripes that fade in and out. Paris menswear designers break out Jesus sandals 2010-06-24T21:37:00Z Vogt is an unostentatious pianist, save for the occasional facial expression mirroring the music. Review | Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio’s combined musical voice impresses at Library of Congress 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z For the Armani look itself, the document commits them to the "search for an essential, modern, elegant and unostentatious style with attention to detail and visibility". Focus: Giorgio Armani fashions his own legacy with succession plan 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The funerals were unostentatious, unlike those of the elites in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The mysteries of a mass graveyard of early Indians 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z And what will cause it to be remembered is its intrinsic and inspiring spell of the goodness that is to be found in unostentatious and sincere people. How to watch every best picture winner from 1950 through 1959 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “We appreciate the unostentatious prayers and efforts of woman,” Massachusetts ministers protested, “but when she assumes the place and tone of a man as a public reformer...her character becomes unnatural.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z At least one couple, Drohman related, were quietly wed with their ordained minister and witnesses unostentatiously seated at a table in the back room. As all-time favorite restaurant Café Presse closes forever, Seattle says a sad adieu 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z They seemed to be living the most ordinary of lives, Jonathan and Diana Toebbe - professional, comfortable, unostentatious. The US suburban couple accused of a bungled treason plot 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Among the trickling, small waterfalls; languorous path; the reassuring, unostentatious rainbow, it asks you to stay awhile. A closer look at Robert Duncanson, the Black landscape artist behind the inaugural painting presented to the Bidens 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Sadly, in recent years, this most unostentatious and proletarian of foods has been gentrified and made to dress up gaudily with superfluous additives such as honey, Nutella and cinnamon. Time to recognise that western greed is one of the causes of global hunger | Kevin McKenna 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Mine That Bird lives below it, in a good, clean, functional, unostentatious shed with four stalls. Ten years after long-shot Kentucky Derby win, Mine That Bird still seems like a UFO 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He lives unostentatiously in Rosh Haayin, in central Israel, in a suburban neighborhood of neat, semidetached homes built for army officers. Benny Gantz Led Israel’s Army. Now He Eyes a Long Siege of Netanyahu. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It was clearly the return of the Schumacher name to racing that had brought so many people to the unostentatious Oschersleben circuit in Germany. ‘All our hearts are very red’ – Mick Schumacher enters Ferrari maelstrom | Giles Richards 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z That pulsing blue dot, which now lives everywhere, is the real sort of world-changing disruption that the unostentatious persistence of Kilday and his associates produced. Review | Remember when we used to get lost? Here’s why we don’t anymore. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Einstein’s perceptions of the Japanese he meets are, in contrast, more positive: “Japanese unostentatious, decent, altogether very appealing,” he writes. Einstein's travel diaries reveal 'shocking' xenophobia 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The rally took place in a central square near an unostentatious memorial marking the spot where thousands of corpses were burned after the 1945 Allied bombing that destroyed the city. The Prophet of Germany’s New Right 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The New Jersey scenery changed unostentatiously to Pennsylvania scenery. “I.O.U.” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z It is an act of historical imagination to have recovered their unostentatious courage. Learning from the Slaughter in Attica 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z But he does not employ an army of servants, and, inside, the place is homey and unostentatious. A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Today, artsy circus and acrobatics shows flood festivals the world over, with bling giving way to unostentatious beauty celebrating the human body. The reinvention of an Australian circus - BBC News 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “Dark Star” reveals Giger’s bizarre home, filled with skulls, statues, books, paintings, gigantic watches and, unostentatiously on a bookshelf, his golden Academy Award statuette. H.R. Giger documentary ‘Dark Star’ shows Oscar-winning Swiss artist’s dream world 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z It was founded by Captain William Fowler - of whom it was said that everyone associated him with "good fellowship, a big heart, and simple, unostentatious charity" - at his Knickerbocker Cottage restaurant on Manhattan's Sixth Avenue. Why are we suspicious of Friday 13th? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Also, Mr Kejriwal represents what many say is a refreshing brand of unostentatious politics, far removed from the flashy political culture associated with both the BJP and Congress. An epic comeback by India's Arvind Kejriwal 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Smith, who in conversation is as mischievous as her work might suggest, insists not: "It seems to me very simple and unostentatious." Ali Smith: 'There are two ways to read this novel, but you're stuck with it – you'll end up reading one of them' 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Onam used to be very private and unostentatious, but today, Onam is a street festival, with an eye on attracting tourists. India Ink: In Kerala, Feasting, Splurging and Mollywood Usher in Onam 2012-08-30T07:21:07Z The house was, in all that quiet comfort and unostentatious excellence can make, a veritable Home! Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z He might have been led to neglect, and, perhaps, finally despise, the unostentatious blessings of heaven. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Her great object was to do good to souls, but in a quiet, unostentatious, womanly way; gently leading to virtue, never inculcating it. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z By the servant's side stood an unclassified looking man of quiet appearance, and plain, unostentatious dress. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Her face was quiet and reverent; she was unostentatiously religious and her calm confidence banished his doubts. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z His integrity was unchallenged, and his charities were numerous and unostentatious. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z She removed to Sydney in 1828, where she was conspicuous only for the mildness of her manners, and the unostentatious character of her habits of life. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z In this way a large amount of valuable though unostentatious supervision would be kept over the boy. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z A telephone message was quietly whispered to him and, after hesitating a moment, Davis unostentatiously slipped on his overcoat and left the place. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in the history of nations. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z It gave her an unostentatious expression; while her eyes were as he had found them before, baffling. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z The bequest was to be quite quiet and unostentatious. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z He was also unostentatiously displaying other good qualities which had all gone to make those days pass very pleasantly for her. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z "Yes, we do," said Leicester, trying to look modest and unostentatious. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z The cross thus gladly borne, the yoke of sacrifice thus unostentatiously assumed, is the supreme expression of the Christian Spirit. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z And yet he was the same modest, unostentatious man as when he tried farming to support his beloved family. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Certain I am, that he was the most unostentatious of human beings, as simple and natural as a boy, to the end of his days. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z His masterly impersonation of an unostentatious millionaire was not without its effect on the flunkeys of the Casino also. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Whether they will not, when this time arrives, lose on the side of unostentatious enjoyment more than they will gain by increased splendour, may, I think, be very doubtful. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z He had accumulated considerable wealth during his Indian service, which for the most part he spent in unostentatious charity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It was mere luck that I saw him, and that I happened to be able to recognize, in this unostentatious figure, the Premier Duke and Earl, the Hereditary Earl Marshal and Chief Butler of England. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z No habit will more fully enable you to be generous as well as just, and to gratify your better impulses and more refined tastes, than the exercise of this unostentatious art. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z They are industrious, frugal, hospitable, simple in their habits, plain and unostentatious in their manners. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z Without trumpet or flag Germany sent her agents to practically every Latin-American center and seaport, and there the unostentatious German proceeded to control as much business as possible, and generally get hold of the situation. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z In the moral protection afforded to them by the attitude of the United States, the unostentatious and almost tacit support of Great Britain has counted for much. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z He was a man of medium-height, rather slender, sans teeth, passionately fond of his pipe, unostentatious, and speaking very broken English. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Miss Merril was wholly unostentatious in speech or bearing, and there was a certain gracious tranquillity about her which suggested latent vigor instead of languidness. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z But if, in the vindication of unpalatable truth, or in the steadfast and unostentatious discharge of duty, I encounter scorn, be scorn my portion. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z She was brought up in wealth and luxury; sober wealth, unostentatious luxury, but enough of both to make it needless for her ever to consider questions of ways and means. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The impression has gone abroad, so quietly and unostentatiously has the work been done, that the Society gives nothing in charity. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z The orders directed me to make my visit as unostentatious as possible; to keep all my movements secret, and, on my arrival in Washington, not to appear at the Navy Department, but to telephone headquarters. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Everything was most unostentatiously sumptuous and most enjoyable. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z It was consistent with her own simple unostentatious life. The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z He works incessantly, is unostentatious, and when he appears among us all eyes follow him with outspoken blessings.’” Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Archbishop Errington was of a kindly and generous disposition, and performed many sterling but unostentatious acts of charity. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z If our boat happened to be on the surface when it sighted the German, which, however, was very seldom the case, the first manœuvre was to dive as quickly and as unostentatiously as possible. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z He would not reach Jackson by the north road until about ten o'clock, and then he would drift quietly and unostentatiously about for a while, watching the gathering of the two clans. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Besides, the Prince's generosity permitted the Colonel secret pleasures, less noisy, and agreeably unostentatious. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The result was that the latter went to one of the witch-doctors and bought a charm to protect him while he unostentatiously murdered his rival. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He carried the manuscript unostentatiously about in a long brief bag, while the book was writing, and worked at it during all his spare moments. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Towards the community she stood as an unofficious and unostentatious missionary and educator. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z He looked decidedly ordinary, and might have been taken for anything from a dejected clerk of middle age to an unostentatious gambler. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z In her first days of satisfaction in mere proprietorship of so respectable and worthy a possession, she took pleasure in unostentatious exhibition of it. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z On my obeying this summons, the singer was "discovered"—as the librettos have it—standing near her grand piano, alone, and as unostentatious as your own sister. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The Rabbi unostentatiously withdrew it beyond his easy reach, looking at Yankelé the while. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Accepting these tenets, I began an unostentatious retirement, in which I was joined by Philippa. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Shaughnessy was unostentatious in his manner of living, as he was in matters of political procedure. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z He was unostentatious and almost always walked, whether for visiting, business or exercise. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Attracted by the novelty and splendid success of the occasion, we have certainly yielded more admiration to the grand and the beautiful than to the unostentatious, the practical, and the useful. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Until she had left the house no one realised the amount of unostentatious service that she represented. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z His name is M—, and the unostentatious hospitality of himself, his wife, and daughter I am never likely to forget. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z He was the divinest and sweetest impersonation of unostentatious unselfishness and of transparent honesty and integrity that I ever knew among men. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z A loosened pin will stand just so much shaking, and then it will unostentatiously work its way out and look around for something else to do. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Three years afterwards he married the widow of Judge Fell, in the simple unostentatious manner practised by the sect to the present day. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Wessex, a firm yet unostentatious adherent of the new faith, was to him an opponent in every sense. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z But with this unostentatious and truly kind-hearted people, the Shakers, I found it; and the reality, in beauty and harmony, exceeded even the picturings of imagination. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Quiet, retired, benevolent, largely subscribing in an unostentatious manner to the village charities, ready always with a helping hand to the poor—surely he ought to have been secure? World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Here she unostentatiously discharged the duties of a respectful and attentive wife, in a manner which gained for her the admiration of all who visited them. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z He had enough of moral rectitude to understand the distinctions between right and wrong, but too much selfishness to observe them unostentatiously, and too much prudence to disregard them openly. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z There in that study—he first in the unostentatious effusions of a private letter, suggests the seed of those convictions, which led to the formation of the Colonization Society. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z All were so kindly, the surroundings were so unostentatious, that for a short while my confusion passed. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Endeared to all his acquaintances by his unostentatious character, and by his mild, patient, and prudent habits, the separation from his society in Salem was mutually a hard task. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z "In religion," says one most intimate, "she was unostentatious and charitable, but decided and sincere; and her whole life was an exhibition of the ascendancy of principle over mere taste and feeling." Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z I have had little kindnesses unostentatiously done me by Pawnee men, such as I should never expect to receive from white persons not connected with me by ties of blood. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z By the first train next morning the Countess de Venetza made an unostentatious departure from Rome, for Paris, accompanied by her father and her cousin, Conrad, Count Reiffenburg. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Used to going unostentatiously about with her chums, she now found herself continually in the limelight. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z His generosity was unostentatious, and sought such channels as run beneath the shades of domestic necessities, rather than those exhibited on hilltops, or that advertise themselves in open places. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z As we withdrew unostentatiously, we noticed her springing in our direction and talking. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z Like that science-taught air, which blazes as it exhales itself, prayer—simple, sincere, unostentatious prayer, sheds light and warmth upon the soul that breathes it, even by the act of breathing. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Easier said than done, thought he, as once more in the small inner room of his unostentatious edifice he lit his pipe and abandoned himself to fullest contemplation. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Separated from those causes of extrinsic splendour which domineer over other parts of our island, the opulent landholders freely dispense the wealth of their inheritance with unostentatious liberality. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z The author has made no attempt at fine writing, and has sought only to present a "plain, unvarnished tale," in keeping with the unostentatious simplicity of the subject of his pages. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z In a quiet and unostentatious manner a large establishment had been managed by a superior mind so skilfully, that these boys found no difficulty in keeping everything in train till their father's return. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Surely never had the ruler of a country returned to his palace in a more unostentatious fashion. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z He stood singular among his fellow-jurists for plain and unostentatious demeanour, both on and off the bench. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z In this unostentatious but carefully written volume, the author of "Old Masters" and "Modern Painters" has given a simple account of the great musicians of the world and of their works. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z It was regular, exceedingly neat, and well executed, yet unostentatious, and in no degree ornamental. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z His wife shared with him this unostentatious spirit, preferring the voice of friendship to the acclamations of the multitude. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z They had never seen such things before; for our father, rich as he was, was plain, frugal and unostentatious in his tastes and habits. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Every occurrence is stated clearly, simply, and unostentatiously. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Rowe silently corrected his unostentatious edition; when fifteen years had elapsed, Tonson called on a greater poet to succeed to the editorial throne. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z His manners were simple and unostentatious and breathed the genuine spirit of civility. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z A few years since they were highly ornamented, and fantastically tied together; now silver-edged cards are fashionable; but, unquestionably, the plainer and more unostentatious a wedding-card, the more lady-like and becoming it will be. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z When honors came in troops, I found Edward was the same kindly unostentatious man, the truly loyal friend. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z She was very unostentatious and simple in her dress, and never, in the slightest degree, affected the mannerism of mindless and artless fashion. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z But the others unostentatiously kept their hands near their automatics, ready for action should treachery be displayed. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Would it not have been more sensible to bury him simply and unostentatiously, preserving a little of the money left her for the necessities of life? Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Its house is an utterly unostentatious frame building with a dining room containing a single table at which all the members sit at meals together, like one large family. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z And she knew enough of his unostentatious good works in Oldchester to have a considerable esteem for him. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z He was punctual to the minute, most exact, and unostentatious. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z He was typically lean in face and frame, but his dress was as unostentatious as his speech, and he wore no diamonds, which are, indeed, not usually displayed by men of substance in his country. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z She will find that to be perfect is to be natural, and that one must be simple and unostentatious to be beautiful in the true sense of the word. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z She has an old, exclusive, and delightful society, and a widespread and pleasantly unostentatious interest in esthetic things. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The road he knew to be one of four which cross-line Central Park as unostentatiously as possible to accommodate the heavy vehicular traffic from East Side to West and back again. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Though sitting sideways to the door, he nevertheless unostentatiously commanded a full view of the entrance. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z "These simple, unostentatious tastes do you credit before the world, sir," said Heffernan, with a well put-on look of admiration. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z I pulled the bedroom door open with an unostentatious gesture, and sat down, apparently to read a book, but actually to study the man and listen to what he would say. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z One of them, as I recall it, was painted sky-blue, and bore the simple, unostentatious word, "Hotel." Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Lord Metcalfe embarked for England quietly and unostentatiously, as his suffering state compelled. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Chesters is famous for its liberal unostentatious hospitality, and Miss Clayton always lives here, though it is her brother's place, and he resides at Newcastle. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z He occupied private rooms upon one of the main streets of the city, where he lived in an unostentatious and unpretending manner. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z After the regency, Humboldt lived at Berlin, in an unostentatious home, with his attendant, Seifert. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Architecture cannot compete with the Rocky Mountains; the best thing it can do is to submit to them: to blend itself into the picture as unostentatiously as possible. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z He died on the 5th of September, 1846, and was interred in a quiet, private and unostentatious manner in the little parish church of Winkfield, near Fern Hill. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z He was a most excellent man, and one could not help seeing how nobly and unostentatiously he employed his large fortune for the good of others. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The meeting is skilfully contrived, for the secret and unostentatious conclusion of the matrimonial treaty. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z In 1844, when but twenty-two years of age, his neighbors and friends elected him to the State Legislature, where he began his political career in a quiet, unostentatious manner. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Its furnishings are, like the house itself, old-fashioned, homelike, and unostentatious. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Her noblest ambition is to foster domestic happiness, to bring comfort to the afflicted, and to move with unostentatious but salutary step over the vast territory of human affection. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Nothing could be more false; she was the kindest person that ever lived, and so simple and unostentatious. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The whole affair was carried out so unostentatiously that Betsy was in jail before the public knew that she had appeared at the police court. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z They will, however, steadily and unostentatiously persevere, both by precept and practice, in their mission to make all duck hunters better and happier, and to mitigate the harsh and bloody features of duck hunting. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z If only he could be induced to alter the rules secretly, unostentatiously, on a business footing, instead of making catastrophic plunges into publicity! Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z He read about his immense popularity in England, his vast but unostentatious charities, his political and social status. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z The sister's love is as unselfish as it is unostentatious. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Being late, she slipped into her place unostentatiously. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z I must remain here, where I am unknown, practising my religion unostentatiously and in secret. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z One of those Louis families, for instance, could never have stopped their motor by the roadside and prepared their luncheon in our modest, unostentatious way. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z For, however unostentatiously home deals are made and transfers effected, society soon learns the facts. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z These are a few of the cultured and learned women who shed glory on their country by the refining influence which they exerted in the quiet and unostentatious precincts of the family circle. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z It was as unostentatious as all his other acts, undertaken with a dutiful desire to benefit those about him, and to glorify God. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z All this had happened so swiftly and unostentatiously; the subscriptions were so munificent; the ladies so readily ordered a dress or a hat which they did not need that Eva was astounded. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Compared to O'Neill, whose touchline telephonics will always recall Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, MacDonald's presence was unobtrusive, his celebration unostentatious. Aston Villa 3 West Ham United 0 2010-08-14T16:08:00Z Beyond its condition -- which was the better of the two on our visit -- Falls is the more scenic, with several of its middle holes surrounding a reservoir and a pretty, unostentatious waterfall. Southern Alabama: The Real Deal 2010-08-09T04:00:00Z It's the sort of solid, unostentatious compound, hidden behind walls, where Afghanistan's old upper-middle class lived in the 1960s and '70s, the Afghan equivalent of WASP. Ann Marlowe: The Man Who Might Have Been 'King' 2010-04-10T02:05:00Z In a quiet and unostentatious manner the chaplains of all denominations have worked with devotion and energy in their respective spheres. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War The sick were healed, the hungry fed, an economical and unostentatious hospitality was exercised toward one and all, and good, effective, charitable work was constantly performed. The Story of Malta The chauffeur remained in the car, keeping his face unostentatiously concealed. The Spy in Black The farmhouse itself stands close to the road, a simple, plain, unostentatious building, yet showing good lines and careful treatment. Remodeled Farmhouses Now every Waac has to be in by eight, can go nowhere without permission, is carefully though unostentatiously shepherded, and is provided with healthy recreation, such as Swedish exercises, Morris dancing, hockey, and the like. The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France Regina's little kingdom, from which she had ruled and regulated the m�nage so unostentatiously, had seemingly been dispersed to the four winds of heaven. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers My noble-minded friend," exclaimed the abb�, with the deepest and holiest admiration, "how naturally and unostentatiously you do these things! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Soon after eleven o'clock two dark figures slipped unostentatiously out of the back door, and a moment later a third followed them. The Spy in Black He was deeply religious in a quiet, unostentatious way. Making Money For myself, I shall be satisfied with an unostentatious tablet in bronze when I’m no longer with you in the flesh. The Key to Yesterday After registering they will disappear as unostentatiously as they came. The Tempering His life was pure and unostentatious, and his manner frank and undisguised. Reminiscences of service with the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, and a memorial of Col. George H. Browne All Washington knew the customs of its unostentatious chief. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories As you are aware, I have been often called to the cabins of the sick poor, and there the quiet, unostentatious labors of this maiden have become known to me. The Progressionists, and Angela. The home-coming of Señor Miraflores must of necessity be unostentatious, since his arrival would be the signal for the conversion of the quiet steeps of San Francisco into craters. The Key to Yesterday It had woven its spell out of the dauntless resolution of a little coterie of women who, like unostentatious vestals, had kindled and fed here, where it meant everything, the fire of education and wholesomeness. The Tempering Felipe possessed a talent for pursuing the ends he desired in a quiet, unostentatious fashion. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines Let us follow the Colonel in his unostentatious wanderings. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories With a quiet, unostentatious movement he stepped to her side, and stood looking upon the scene that spread before them. The Gambler A Novel There was in it a quiet and unostentatious but unvarying current of resolution, that shrank before no perils. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "Any trace yet of the Invincible?" asked Craig, stopping in an unostentatious corner. The Social Gangster “A clear, close, unaffected, unostentatious exposition, not verse by verse, but thought after thought of this most interesting, perhaps, and certainly most various, of all the Apostle’s writings.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus In the meanwhile, detectives were stationed unostentatiously throughout the White House, watching with professional acuteness the movements of everyone within its doors. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Reaching the courtyard of the station, she unostentatiously hailed a hansom, and, having given her new address to the cabman, took her seat. The Gambler A Novel The work of Department Z. continued quietly and unostentatiously. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Instead of taking the nearest way to the village, he turned at the first cross-road, along which he could pursue his harmless amusement in a quiet and unostentatious manner. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation The funeral, which was a very quiet affair, took place unostentatiously with Mr. and Mrs. James Marsh as chief mourners. John Marsh's Millions The people felt ashamed to laud and celebrate as sent by God One who had grown up so quietly among themselves, and whose whole demeanour was so unostentatious. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I No; they would go down quietly, sensibly, and unostentatiously like other people. The Red Rat's Daughter It has worked in a practical, economical and unostentatious manner, with consummate knowledge of those with whom it has to deal. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire He lived the modest, unassuming life of a country planter when at his home, and at Washington lived as unostentatiously as possible, consistent with 3 his public duties and position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" “A clear, close, unaffected, unostentatious exposition, not verse by verse, but thought after thought, of this most interesting perhaps, and certainly most various, of all the Apostle’s writings.” The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The people found it difficult to believe this, because He had slowly and unostentatiously grown up like any other man. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I All that afternoon and evening he had been quietly, unostentatiously attentive, as if divining her sense of loss, and striving, in so far as might be, to fill the gap. A Question of Marriage The ceiling had fallen, gently, unostentatiously, without fuss or clamour, and deposited itself upon the floor! Lady Cassandra As the colonel rather frigidly replied that he most distinctly did not, Sube was nervously forced into the background by his parents, and a moment later was as unostentatiously as possible elbowed into the house. Sube Cane It came forth most unostentatiously, about the end of June, 1798, dedicated to his friend Doctor Parry of Bath. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The first impression they must have received from the miracle was, no doubt, simple amazement at the power which so easily and unostentatiously turned the water into wine. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I A list of the builders’ names emphasizes what I said a while ago about the unostentatious charity of rich New Yorkers. The Children of the Poor Very late that afternoon a disillusioned monitor of supplies fared unostentatiously homeward from Room 18. Little Aliens The ribbon of St. Louis, which he wore unostentatiously on his waistcoat, was his only decoration. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands During the last years of his life he occupied a suite of rooms in the Sorbonne, where he lived simply and unostentatiously. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He had come too easily and unostentatiously, and from so unlooked-for a quarter, “Can any good come out of Nazareth?” The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I He gave unostentatiously, and he must have been a very, very good doctor. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks During this little bit of by-play, the assistant enters, bringing with him, unostentatiously, the lid of the dove-pan, which he places on the centre table, retiring immediately with the brass globe, now finished with. Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic Next day, M. Boitelle was appointed a senator; that is, removed from his post as prefect of police, which he had so worthily filled, and where he had done a great deal of unostentatious good. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections During his unostentatious career he has earned an enviable reputation as an earnest, honest musician deeply devoted to his art. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Both these men were truly devout, unostentatious spirits, who had found that the delights of Divine communion exceeded the pleasures of this transitory world. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Only once in my memory have I heard of a reigning family leaving their palace in so unostentatious a fashion. Long Live the King I would have given a full fourth of my wealth to be landed unostentatiously and quietly, and to have my mind relieved from all dread of the cursed Chevalier. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It delighted her to see him here lay aside the cares of state, and enjoy with her the unostentatious pleasures of the flower-garden and the farm-yard. Josephine Makers of History Red unostentatiously flecked a speck of dust from a slight bulge in his coat under the left armpit. The Song of the Wolf Such expressions are not mere form, as was shown by the cheerful and unostentatious way in which the owner put himself out in order to insure my comfort. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Furnishings of unostentatious elegance made the place a delight. The Portal of Dreams He had, as customary, come directly, unostentatiously, to her room, and he was certain that he had not been observed. The Bright Shawl And yet, what a quiet, peaceful, unostentatious home, with its little windows opening out upon the snow in winter and upon bare ground in summer. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories In his deportment he was plain, unassuming, unostentatious; and his whole aspect was indicative of one who had long been a companion of the midnight lamp. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University He was well pleased with his corps commander, who was a fine-looking man of middle age, very quiet and unostentatious. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles Weighborne unostentatiously shifted his position so as to place his bulky shoulders between Frances Weighborne and the crowd, and She with an impatient shifting declined his shielding and sat steadily looking to the front. The Portal of Dreams Few rich parvenus have intruded among them; society is therefore exceptionally easy, simple, and unostentatious. Studies in Contemporary Biography He has been watched, with unostentatious vigilance, for defects of temperament or intelligence. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Their son, whose early education was under the auspices of this Society, possessed all the unostentatious virtues which characterized that sect. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University Hollis’s return to the Circle Bar was unostentatious and quite in keeping with his method of doing things. The Coming of the Law Unlike most of his fellow guests, Jimmy arrived on foot; but the crowd saw his unostentatious advent and greeted him with envious badinage. The Girl in the Mirror And Ravenel; Ravenel was still the arbiter of political fortune, but it was part of his unostentatious wisdom never to let himself be envied. John March, Southerner The guests, only two hundred in number, were bidden to come in ordinary evening-dress, and their Imperial Majesties moved about among them as simply and unostentatiously as any well-bred American host and hostess. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Though plain and unostentatious, the style of its architecture is chaste and neat, its execution is solid and substantial, and its interior arrangements are of the most convenient, comfortable, and commodious kind. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University The experience with Indian and Frenchman, as has often been shown, had made the unostentatious farmer-soldiers of New England a formidable and resolute body when the day of the Revolution came. Noah Webster American Men of Letters The secretary unostentatiously insinuated himself into the center of the room. The Girl in the Mirror Keeping himself well behind his Royal Highness, the portly stranger took a deep but unostentatious interest in the performance. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Fully 2,000 people, representing the beauty, wealth and intelligence of the city, passed before this unostentatious, kindly woman during the evening and esteemed it an honor to press her hand. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years But his chief enthusiasm was reserved for the diligent, unostentatious work, quietly accomplished and conscious of its aim, which, begun by Stein, Scharnhorst and Boyen, had led through long struggles to such a glorious result. Jena or Sedan? Don't you think the best thing we can do is to stroll down to the cutter, fill your tummy on corned horse there, and help me slip moorings unostentatiously after dark? The Recipe for Diamonds He tore it quite unostentatiously so that no young lady disposed to be amused by his defeat could see anything worth staring at in his performance, and he was forgotten in his corner. The Wishing Moon In the cunning scheme she had evolved, it was her intention to remove Donald McTavish completely, though unostentatiously; then could come the great revelation and the noise of conquest. The Wilderness Trail He hoped by these means to get rid of the Lusitania incident unostentatiously, and told me, through one of his personal friends, 'to let it drift.' My Three Years in America A life, could one use the word vulgar?—so that Carpaccio, Della Robbia, old furniture, a garden unostentatiously perfect, and the atmosphere of belles-lettres, seemed things of another more desirable world. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman But when this was imminent, the girl would unostentatiously change sides and put Northmour between her and the sea. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) Her unostentatious goodness and amiable character have now become matter of history. Records of Later Life C. was her chapel; before a little unostentatious altar, which had every appearance of having daily witnessed her devotions, was a beautiful Raphael; the walls were hung with seven small Scripture subjects by Poussin. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) It is this sincere and unostentatious love of letters, and anxiety to spread the love of letters, that is the redeeming point of Leigh Hunt throughout: he is saved quia multum amavit. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The most exalted virtues are negative: they are hardest to attain, too, because they are unostentatious, and rise above even that gratification dear to the heart of man,—sending another person away pleased with us. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts He remained as Second Master for some years at the Grammar School, being much esteemed among neighbouring clergy for his unostentatious manners and general worth. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time A week later the Express, scarcely recognizable in its clean, fresh type and modest headlines, with its crisp news and well written editorials, very unostentatiously made its entry into the already crowded metropolitan field. Carmen Ariza On we tore to where, in an unostentatious little villa, lived the King and Queen of the Belgians. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. His neglect of society, therefore, seemed in need of no explanation, while his unostentatious intimacy with Barbara attracted no attention. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Their usual practice is to seek a very high tree, where they can build their nests safely; and, their houses being so unostentatious in size and furnishing, a tree holds them easily. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century With Saurez in his office at last he telephoned the priest to call at once and unostentatiously caught on the street four other Mexicans of the better class, bringing them in. In the Shadow of the Hills The few men within earshot were already on their feet and moving away from there with unostentatious celerity. Slaves of Mercury In another minute he unostentatiously entered the dining-room. A Great Man A Frolic Then, quite suddenly and quite abruptly, and generally with the unostentatious efficiency with which Nature manages such things in the tropics, night fell. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 The burro chose to overlook these insults and drew near the fire, unostentatiously. A Mountain Boyhood But she decided against risking that avenue of escape; it would be far less foolhardy to steal away via the basement, unostentatiously, that the always-possible passer-by might more readily take her for a servant. Nobody The temper of the people was rapidly reaching the explosion point. ut Hilary picked himself up, meekly brushed himself off, and melted unostentatiously into the moving crowd. Slaves of Mercury I never heard a soul breathe a more simple, firm, and unostentatious faith in God. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 His generosity, if not absolutely and foolishly indiscriminate, was extraordinary, and as unostentatious as it was lavish. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series He lived a quiet, unostentatious life, at the hotel, where his well-known face and figure could be seen when the senate was not in session. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War A little unostentatious minding of one's own affairs is a good way to remain undiscovered. The O'Ruddy A Romance Industriously licking the broken wrapper of a cheap cigar and rolling it fondly under his forefinger, he was making his way unostentatiously toward Du Sang. Whispering Smith I did not feel then, nor do I now, that we were doing anything better or more praiseworthy than is done in a quiet, unostentatious way at home every day. Leading Articles on Various Subjects For one thing, it was unostentatious and invariably tinged with the colour of legitimate trade and industry. England and Germany My father’s charities alone, as you are aware, unostentatiously as they were conducted, would have tended to give that impression. The Crevice A minute later Dr. Curtis and Hank Judge, the machine man, dropped unostentatiously into chairs. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Erös Béla had long ago made public his determination to win Elsa for wife, and he had carried his courtship unostentatiously but persistently all along, despite the many rivals in the field. A Bride of the Plains Yet so unostentatious, so unconscious even of her own excellence that even the objects of her kindness often knew not whence it came. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I Thousands of people in common life belong to his Third Order, now, and continue his work unostentatiously. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She was very unostentatious and simple in her style of dress, and never, in the slightest degree, affected the mannerism of mindless and heartless fashion. Madame Roland, Makers of History Table appointments at this time were most simple and unostentatious. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Its style of architecture is unostentatious, and its rows of large windows will admit a broad decided light upon the marble groups. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 How he avoided asking anyone to hand him things though he did not object to unsolicited help, which Christopher soon learnt to render as unostentatiously as Vespasian himself. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Is it treason for her to live an unostentatious life and use her fortune to aid others to live? The Maids of Paradise Here she lived, engrossed in study, busy with her pen, and taking an unostentatious and unseen, but most active part, in all those measures which were literally agitating the whole civilized world. Madame Roland, Makers of History The ceremony was performed in a very private and unostentatious manner, and took place in May, about three months after the murder of Darnley. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History The students of that period seemingly enjoyed its somewhat humble joys and its unostentatious and frugal amusements. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Ah, my father did not know the noble impulses that underlay Roger Dale's unostentatious manner! A Romantic Young Lady The exiled prince, with his companions, travelled in the most unostentatious manner. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series Its facilities are sensible and unostentatious, yet they meet every requirement of the department. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Mr. Macaulay was very quiet and unostentatious in his manner, and did his work brilliantly. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches The funeral was conducted according to the custom of the Society of Friends, and was in all its appointments simple and unostentatious, in keeping with the character of the noble woman who had passed away. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I She wore a white cloth gown of elegantly-simple cut, that revealed with unostentatious art the lovely lines of the slender shape. The Dop Doctor Inspired devotion of strength and life to Judaism was as natural with a Jewess as quiet, unostentatious activity in her home. Jewish Literature and Other Essays His appearance was familiar to most people, he was aware, but he had entered unostentatiously among a group of black-clad women, and had thought himself unrecognised. The Orchard of Tears They attract not indeed the admiration of the public, because true piety is unostentatious and seeks a “life hidden with Christ in God.” The Faith of Our Fathers There was to be no fuss and bother; they decided to enter quietly and unostentatiously by the larder window, which was done without any noise whatever. The Slave of Silence Just such an expedition was unostentatiously carried out in China before our own eyes. Operations Upon the Sea A Study The latter were, however, proud and stubborn men, who had unostentatiously directed affairs so long that they found it difficult to grasp the fact that their ascendancy was vanishing. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter He was cultivated, unostentatious, and genial; but ambitious, and versed in all the arts of dissimulation and kingcraft. Ancient States and Empires He drew her before a little unostentatious piece of furniture, that looked certainly as if it was made out of a good bit of English oak. The Old Helmet, Volume II Let us bear in mind, also, that every holy service of unostentatious love exercises a hallowed influence on those around us. Memories of Bethany This same doctor often went among his friends in State Street, in 'change hours, to preach the gospel of charity in his own unostentatious way. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter He probably said more, but Grant did not hear him, for he had as unostentatiously as possible conveyed Muller and the fr�ulein into a wagon, and had horses led up for the Dakota men. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter They constitute a habit of doing the right thing at all times and so quietly and unostentatiously that no one is made to feel any sense of obligation. The Girl Wanted A few moments afterwards I quietly and unostentatiously slipped out of the room. The Mystery of the Green Ray Afterward, however, it came to the light that in many cases she had quietly and most unostentatiously given food, clothing, and like comforts to the deserving poor. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God What Lord Milner desired of the Home Government was, as we have seen, a polite but inflexible demand for the Bloemfontein minimum, coupled with unostentatious, but effective, military preparations. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 By nature he was a democrat, plain, simple, and unostentatious. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In fact this was at least the third compartment he had occupied, for whenever a fellow traveller entered, he unostentatiously descended, and in a moment had slipped, also unostentatiously, into an empty carriage. Simon Waiting until the party was well under way, she joined it unostentatiously and sat down in the outer circle of women. The Huntress Everything from first to last was as simple and unostentatious as he himself would have wished. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God The holiday was to be kept very unostentatiously. Her Mother's Secret "You are too kind," declares Philip, touched by the unostentatious hospitality of his newly found friend. When the Birds Begin to Sing Charles's first visits to England were made in the most unostentatious way, largely to look over the ground and see what he could pick up for America. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man He went unostentatiously to some of the best and most pious men there, and endeavoured to interest them in the inquiry. An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females Economy has been manifestly a ruling law in their construction; the furniture is equally unpretentious and unostentatious; and, as to garniture, there is absolutely none. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Pardoe, quite convinced that he had to deal with a lunatic, gasped and began to wonder how on earth he could leave the ship unostentatiously without damaging his subsequent career. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The anecdotes he told me were all of the class of those I have related,—simple, unostentatious. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 For Mrs. Wrottesley was failing in health, and in her own plain, unostentatious way she had made up her mind that her time for quitting this world was not very far off. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir She paused and looked doubtfully at the unpretentious little one-story building that stretched away capaciously and unostentatiously from the grassy roadside. The Search I sent to invite him to come round before he left; and I found him to be an unostentatious, straightforward, and agreeable fellow. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 At last they came, after the nine days' talk had subsided, after W—— had become accustomed to the idea, quietly, unostentatiously. The Diamond Coterie Mrs. Carlyle, therein so extravagantly though naturally belauded, he described as a bitter little woman, with, however, the one redeeming quality of unostentatious charity: "The poor of Chelsea," he said, "always spoke well of her." Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti All day long the ways are full of people who are fairly but unostentatiously polite. A Tramp's Notebook He got permission to go home over Sunday and retired to an upper back room in our house, very unostentatiously. At Good Old Siwash On Saturday, which was a day of the same pattern as its predecessors, at eleven o'clock Joe quietly rose from his desk, took his hat, and unostentatiously walked out of the office. Stubble Mary 'Liza towered above them in scholastic attainments, although the junior of the youngest of them, keeping at the head of every class with unostentatious ease. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Of her tact—a quality which she possesses in common with the Prince of Wales—stories are innumerable, and of her quiet, unostentatious, continuous charity and natural kindliness of heart there are as many more. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Certainly I have always since enjoyed the comfort of a pleasant, well-kept, unostentatious home; but the fact is this—it was my fate to marry a woman generous almost to a fault. The Golden Magnet It is an unostentatious home, with simple gables and plain windows, and is but a story high. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 The Khan led the way, Plekhanov and Chessman followed side by side and the other Earthlings, their weapons unostentatiously ready, were immediately behind. Adaptation His ordinary mode of life was simple and unostentatious, and his favorite residence was the palace of Sans Souci, at Potsdam. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges "Or that, with considerable wealth at his command, he lives simply and unostentatiously, enjoying nature's choice gifts and content with the simple life he leads, with only the society of his young daughter." Mary Louise Solves a Mystery The justness of Ensal's request, his unostentatious, manly bearing had the desired effect. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist With all its grandeur and architectural merit, it appeared to us like an arrogant intrusion, and passing by it we entered a simple, unostentatious portal, opening into the interior of the Moorish palace. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Even his brothers, we are told, did not believe in him, and in their impatient zeal for a temporal kingdom, they found fault with his unostentatious proceeding. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He lived simply and unostentatiously, and to the last preserved the form, and perhaps the spirit, of his early piety. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges They lived unostentatiously, in modest, but entirely respectable lodgings in the West End, London, except Judge Rost, who resided in Paris, and Commander Bulloch, who made his headquarters in Liverpool. The Supplies for the Confederate Army, how they were obtained in Europe and how paid for. Oscar would then follow unostentatiously in Jim's wake, but close enough to get a good idea of the ground that Jim covered. Still Jim The work was carried on in a very quiet unostentatious manner. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 This simple and unostentatious man has been very obliging to all the scientific men who have visited the region. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The unostentatious pressure of his black bordered handkerchief to his eyes once or twice during the service attested to a sorrow that could not be kept wholly within stoic bounds. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play And later, an afternoon extra in which his demise was featured and his delicate, unostentatious charities described—not that he could think of any, but he presumed that that was the usual thing. The Man from the Bitter Roots But we met no Boers; and since we desire to proceed very quietly and unostentatiously at first this was fortunate. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 The General is of plain, unostentatious appearance, a keen eye, lips compressed, the whole countenance denoting determination and quickness of perception. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Withdrawing quietly to his cabin, he presently reappeared with a mahogany case, to which he unostentatiously directed my attention, immediately afterwards laying it carelessly down in a dark corner of the cabin. The Castaways Every little while he must unostentatiously, and with an easy, careless, indifferent, well-bred, and even blasé gesture, manage to pull them down. The Perfect Gentleman Controversy has now quite ceased to busy itself about his noble character, and his life of splendid unostentatious beneficence. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I The Parisian gentleman wears in his button-hole merely a single orchid,—not half a dozen,—and pins his necktie with one plain, ordinary ruby, set in a perfectly unostentatious sunburst of sapphires. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Detachments of a Vermont and a New York cavalry regiment composed the reconnoitring party, and the whole was commanded by Gen. Crawford, a clever and unostentatious soldier. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War His appearance—substantial, unostentatious—inspired confidence in his integrity and confidence in his ability to cope with any emergency. The Fighting Shepherdess She impressed all who knew her by the unostentatious faithfulness of her spirit, and purity of her life. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands What they did was silent and unostentatious; more, however, than perhaps the public is aware of in the way of preparation for an outbreak. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Schiller seems to have been, what he might have wished to be, neither poor nor rich: his simple unostentatious economy went on without embarrassment: and this was all that he required. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works He was an intellectual looking man, unostentatiously attired in a peasant's garb. Monte-Cristo's Daughter He must die as speedily and unostentatiously as possible. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective The beautiful hostess looked tired and worn, but her eyes brightened as she looked at her husband, and, in a quiet, unostentatious fashion, he watched incessantly over her comfort. The Love Affairs of Pixie My aim is this—to make men think about unostentatious goodness; above all, to make them love it and practice it. The Simple Life Reports of these men came at times to Virginia,—reports always of a quiet and unostentatious prosperity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 As for private society in Washington, although limited, it can in no place be conducted in a manner more agreeable, or extended to the stranger with more unostentatious freedom. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. In General Taylor's general public relation to his country, what will strongly impress a close observer was his unostentatious, self-sacrificing, long-enduring devotion to his duty. The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address In Washington, as in Toledo, Mr. Waite's home is one of unostentatious comfort rather than elegance, commendably in contrast with those of many men at present prominent in political circles at the national capital. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 Because it is unostentatiously given, its size is known only to the bridegroom and the clergyman, and to none others unless they wish to tell. The Etiquette of To-day Theodore Roosevelt was rich enough to have lived in elegant style while at Harvard, but he preferred unostentatious quarters, and took two rooms in the home of Benj. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt Horses, grooms, slaves, were at his disposal; no wish of his, however lightly uttered, but was unostentatiously fulfilled. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain It was entirely a voluntary offering on the part of the veterans to pay this tribute of regard, which was as touching as it was unostentatious. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Simple and unostentatious to a degree during his life, the great master left instructions that he was to be buried quietly in the early morning. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles It is all done so unostentatiously that one might look for hours at the figure without noticing the license. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship She always stood ready with her unostentatious help. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid The Hon. J. M. Mason, representing the Confederate Government, was living very quietly and unostentatiously in London; and although not officially recognized, he was the frequent guest of the nobility and gentry of the kingdom. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner The ceremony was accordingly performed in a very quiet and unostentatious way, in one of the provincial towns of Poland, and after it was over Alexis went home with his bride to her paternal domains. Peter the Great The burial was very unostentatious and the widow received much sympathy and did not suffer in the esteem of the community. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls And it may be that the plain school in which he was educated loaned him that modesty, plainness, and unostentatious air, which were among the many remarkable traits in his character. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens In addition to his office in this connection Mr Durant also held the position of a retired merchant and ship-owner, and was a man of considerable wealth, although he lived in a quiet unostentatious way. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Birna Drellgannoth picked up her tickets and went on board, mingling unostentatiously with a group in a mood of festive leave-taking. Legacy They are plain sarcophagi, are usually covered with black velvet palls, very simple and unostentatious. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Permit me to state, with all due deference to your correspondent's term 'bolt,' that Madame Lola Montez left quietly and unostentatiously.... The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Steadily these troops moved on, led by officers whose unostentatious bravery is worthy of emulation. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Mr. Hyams' methods of business were quiet and unostentatious, and rumor had it that he might retire at any time and live in luxury. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant She went fading even more unostentatiously down a hallway when the group stopped cheerfully to pose for a solidopic girl from one of the news agencies. Legacy Eternity alone will be able to reveal the full measure of what, with a glad heart, he has been constantly and unostentatiously doing for many of Christ’s ambassadors, and among the different Churches. By Canoe and Dog-Train The boys did not repair to the appointed spot in large noisy bodies, but in small groups, quietly and unostentatiously. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys When the unostentatious funeral was over, Amos and his sister returned home cast down yet hopeful and trustful. Amos Huntingdon The walk was a most enjoyable one to all, but it was especially delightful to three couples who early paired off together, and in a quiet unostentatious fashion dropped into the rear. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific He had a neat and comfortably furnished home, presided over by his wife, an intelligent woman of color, who was often seen driving with him in his own unostentatious carriage. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 After this unostentatious entry into my constituency I duly established myself in my apartments, where I spent most of the afternoon writing cheques. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton Sometimes he noticed that Stanton eyed him cynically when he performed unostentatious services for Sanda, but outwardly the only two white men were on civil terms. A Soldier of the Legion It has now been in existence for some years, and its members have worked zealously, though unostentatiously. Better Dead Her long life was distinguished by unostentatious acts of charity and good works. The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses They welcome the stranger as a friend, take his goodwill for granted, take him into their confidence, and show him, tactfully and unostentatiously, many pretty courtesies. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular She seemed born to teach mankind unostentatious charity. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Thus I passed out of the office of Haight & Foster much as I had slipped in—quite unostentatiously. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble I thought five would be an unostentatious number and make it clear that I was not trying to compete with the wholesale egg-dealers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 Now, in any other country but Ireland, and perhaps, indeed, we may also except Spain and France and Italy, a simple thing is done in a simple, unostentatious manner. My New Curate So we "rested" as best we could, each man effecting such improvements to his own personal bit of cover as could be carried out unostentatiously behind the shelter of the parapet. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 The good people were quite embarrassed to behold so smart a visitor in their unostentatious little parlor, but the colonel, by his gentlemanly grace, soon placed them at their ease. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Without the bore of an establishment, he found himself among many agreeable friends, living in an unostentatious and impromptu, though refined and luxurious, style. The Young Duke Carry firearms also, and take the first unostentatious opportunity of showing your pistols to the landlord. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The cakes vanished unostentatiously and the young gentleman filled his cup and disposed of it before anyone spoke. While Caroline Was Growing Wholly unostentatious himself, the humblest felt at ease in his presence. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Poor Jean de Courtois may have had some notion of the fact, but I lived so unostentatiously in Paris that he would necessarily be inclined to minimize the amount of my fortune. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York How unostentatious his bravery, and riches puffed him up not a trifle! A Hero and Some Other Folks But the spirit of the eighteenth century made for toleration, and the Whigs were as unostentatious in their own piety as they were indifferent to the piety of others. The Rise of the Democracy Mrs. Mansfield's quiet tenderness flowed over him, but unostentatiously. The Way of Ambition Our high-noon wedding was in all respects as quiet and unostentatious as we had planned it. Branded Urge upon your Brethren the teaching and the unostentatious practice of the morality of the Lodge, without regard to times, places, religions, or peoples. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry In all his acts he is unostentatious, and seeks to avoid public comment. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities If he heard her express a desire, it was unostentatiously gratified within twenty-four hours. His Heart's Queen Second-rate painting pleases one person much, and displeases another; but first-rate painting pleases all a little, and intensely pleases those who can recognise its unostentatious skill. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870 The thing to be done now and first was to drop out as unostentatiously as possible. Branded Going about his work quietly and unostentatiously, the proprietor has, in the course of forty-two years, completely altered the conditions of existence on his land. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bag in hand, the Boss, whom he imaged above stairs between sheets, was unostentatiously letting himself out into the night. The Henchman I learnt later that he had explored the lascars' quarters, the forecastle, the engine-room, and had even descended to the stoke-hold; but this was done so unostentatiously that it occasioned no comment. The Devil Doctor Already he had sent his two policemen over to the house, into which he had instructed them to enter in the quietest and most unostentatious manner, and now came to escort the barrister across. The Silent House It often happens, that the most boisterous, lofty women bear their grief in unostentatious quiet, giving it a more forcible relief from contrast. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Then, one morning, unostentatiously as he had disappeared, Whitmore returned to his office. The Substitute Prisoner During his probation he would visit Henrietta and bring presents to the children and unostentatiously protect them all and "do" for them. Robin It was unostentatious and printed on indifferent material. The Great Book-Collectors Quietly, modestly, unostentatiously, "he went about doing good." Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men It is astonishing how readily the Moors submit to the most radical changes when unostentatiously but forcibly carried out. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond All this was done in such a quiet, unostentatious manner that no one of their friends or customers but thought that the father was the chief manager. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 They used to say of him that "at home" he was kindly and forbearing, simple and unostentatious. Phineas Redux Felibien relates an anecdote which pleasingly illustrates his simple and unostentatious mode of life. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) Jusseret, passing unostentatiously out through the Palace gate, glanced at his watch and smiled. The Lighted Match It has worked in a practical, economical, and unostentatious manner, with consummate knowledge of those with whom it has to deal. With Our Soldiers in France Quietly, unostentatiously exercised, it penetrated through the nation and brought them back to Jehovah, and prepared the way for the removal of their yoke. Notable Women of Olden Time The house was large but unostentatious; the well-matured beautiful grounds and gardens were notable even in Rangoon. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma At all events he unostentatiously and unconsciously betrayed his opinion of a pro-German. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben But the drama of the eagle is eclipsed by the quiet unostentatious poetry of the angel of St. Matthew. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres They never attempted to interfere with me, and I went on doing my work quietly and unostentatiously. Round About the Carpathians She again returns to her own sphere, to the unostentatious, yet all-pervading usefulness of domestic life. Notable Women of Olden Time He was benevolent, giving of his means in a quiet and unostentatious way. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 And in his great joy he never lost one of his most beautiful natural graces, the grace of an unostentatious humility. Bella Donna A Novel In the following letter to Mrs. Byron, he mentions this among other matters of interest,—and in a tone of unostentatious sensibility highly honourable to him. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals He had cause to regret his lapse if it were noticed before he slipped back unostentatiously into our ranks. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital She came in very early one morning, and hauled herself unostentatiously out of sight amongst a ruck of small craft moored in the lower part of the harbour. Romance I see him going in, quietly and unostentatiously—quite at his ease, yet a very unusual figure in such surroundings. None Other Gods He is unostentatious, quiet, genial, and at his hotel makes everybody feel as much at home as though enjoying the hospitalities of his private house. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The result of Aleck's moment of grave thought came a few days later, with the arrival of two quietly-dressed, unostentatious men. The Stolen Singer Their habits and manners were plain, simple, and unostentatious. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Let her quickly and unostentatiously render such small services as are helpful without being obtrusive. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada The house itself, situated in a Chelsea square of some repute, was small and unostentatious, but was painted a spotless white and possessed, even from the outside, an air of quiet and unassuming elegance. Nobody's Man The servants, exclusively women, were foreign; the table glass and decorations were all foreign; the unostentatious little banquet was distinctly foreign. Sunrise Foreign victims of misgovernment had long viewed America as a land from whence came the plain unostentatious gentleman of sense. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth Simply and unostentatiously, but withal convincingly, expressed, they give to the man and his deeds the unmistakable semblance of fairness and legitimacy. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia "Only, sir, in an unostentatious way," deprecated the man. Destiny After this we went into the English camp unostentatiously, and by some means men came forward from nowhere, and without greeting or superfluous words showed me what they had. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation Here he devoted himself to the tillage of the soil and became engrossed with the pursuits of a plain and unostentatious farmer. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session Here is another noted judge of horseflesh, in knickerbocker breeches that seem to have been made at home for some one else, in leather gaiters of unostentatious roominess and rusticity. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches In her unostentatious way Miss Francis knows how to provide ample entertainment, and she has nothing to learn in point of form. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 He was a genuinely patriotic Irishman, steadfast in his political creed, though unostentatious in his professions, being more a man of action than of words. The Life Story of an Old Rebel He is always the same whether the day's news be good or bad, and perhaps his unostentatious services will be adequately recognised in the end. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith From time to time, Dr. Surtaine jotted down an unostentatious note. The Clarion The elderly man to whom this was addressed continued to gaze steadily at the ground, and turning his head slightly away, spat unostentatiously. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Yes, it was a simple thing, an unostentatious remembrance; no breaking, surely, of his father's conditions. The Other Girls "And I do believe," after another pause, "that the two girls' lives will be passed as unostentatiously as if the money had not come to them." Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters Here you may see the prosperous docker with his wife and family sitting quite unostentatiously at the next table to the needy scientist who has come to make notes about the purple narcissi. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 How unostentatious their kindness was: the delicate, scentless air that hung about them: the fresh flowers always near. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 From the fact of her unostentatious position in the rear it might safely be concluded that it, like the wind, was still rising. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches But few of our citizens can now justly appreciate the obligation the community is under to Mr. Carpenter for the large part of his life-work which he here so unostentatiously performed. A Sketch of the History of Oneonta Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well; and the robin will doubtless be repaid for the unwearied patience with which she performs her unostentatious duties. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories For a few days after his departure matters moved on quietly at the Crompton House, where Howard assumed the head unostentatiously, and without giving offence to any of the servants. The Cromptons As for Spike, he glanced from one rapt face to the other and—unostentatiously helped himself to more turkey. The Definite Object A Romance of New York If he had known the deep, the treasured secret that poor Rose concealed within the sanctuary of her bosom, he would have wondered at the unostentatious generosity of her pure and simple nature. Turns of Fortune And Other Tales Their residences were unostentatious, but capacious and comfortable, with every attachment which could secure comfort or contribute to their pleasure. 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 Without being asked, and as unostentatiously as he did everything else, Flint had taken his place in church every Sunday. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The ruling idea of the genealogy is clearly though unostentatiously shown by the employment of the names 'Jesus Christ' and 'Christ,' while throughout the rest of this Gospel the name used habitually is Jesus. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII It is generally an unostentatious house in some crowded neighborhood, where the people are poor and life is hard. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World He did not understand those expressions of disapproval—a wheelbarrow with one leg missing was surely an unostentatious conveyance enough. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 5, 1892 It was an unostentatious home, but comfortable, and without pretensions superior to those of his more humble neighbors. 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 On the contrary, he made it his business to search out the humblest objects of charity, and in a quick, unostentatious manner, relieve their wants. Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians They came and found no air of charlatanism such as they had looked for—only a peaceful, unostentatious, patient air of sincerity that left them remorseful and abashed. The Miracle Man The introduction was equally unostentatious; one of the natives who had accompanied us from the ship, pointing towards him, said, in tolerably pronounced English, "That the king." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 It supposes, indeed, some magnanimity in the possessors of great powers and widely extended influence, to be willing to exercise them with silent, unostentatious vigilance. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Many wondered at the very quiet and unostentatious style of the last services for him; but the widow had said: "In death it shall be with him as he always preferred in life." Edna's Sacrifice and Other Stories In a quiet and unostentatious manner the Chaplains of all denominations have worked with devotion and energy in their respective spheres. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Before this same club came our quiet, unostentatious, plain young friend of the toilsome life. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls She was thoroughly radical, but quiet and unostentatious about it. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative She made a detour around two or three blocks in order to avoid retracing her steps down Main Street and slipped into the door of this establishment as unostentatiously as she could. The Real Adventure Come, you know well enough that unostentatious immodesty is no part of your partner's programme. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith In three months' time they were married and commenced housekeeping in a very unostentatious way, for Frank had nothing but his salary to depend upon. Tracy Park There is a regular cordon of guides—like me—drawn across the entrances to the main-line platforms—unostentatiously, of course. The Man with the Clubfoot Take, first of all, the unostentatious old Scotsman, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who was regarded in the light of a mediocrity by the bellicose-minded people. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon When she was late, as she usually was, she slid unostentatiously into the back row—if possible at the end where she could look out the window. The Real Adventure His character was that of a quiet, unostentatious country gentleman; but withal of a proud spirit, not brooking either insult or neglect. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 They set up, in fact, a little Court, but lived a quiet, unostentatious life, so far as it was diplomatic and permissive. The Tragedy of St. Helena The account of the cause and origin of the revolutionary movement and its subsequent history, which sparkled with heroic deeds, was told in a quiet, unostentatious manner. Looking Seaward Again In his dress Mr. Peabody was simple and unostentatious. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Strangers and travellers receiving hospitality are always courteously and unostentatiously admitted to those family devotions. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked The rule should be simple and unostentatious, and need indeed be little more than the "heavenly rule" of faith, hope, and charity. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Throughout his whole career he lived quietly and unostentatiously, as a simple citizen, on a very moderate income, and he died a poor man. History of Holland Tiffany, and, in the presence of a few friends, were quietly married, after which we made an unostentatious wedding trip to Wisconsin to visit some of his family friends. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl Are not truth and generosity the princely paragons of manly virtue, greater, because unostentatious? and these perfect attributes are part and parcel of great Giles. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 He had come unostentatiously by rail, travelling in a third-class carriage, for the advantage of Jack Briderly's company, and getting a world of useful wrinkles about the steeplechase that was coming off next week. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Therefore, immediately after dinner, he had made an unostentatious exit, and reached the laboratory in safety. Acton's Feud A Public School Story The barge will proceed to-morrow night down the Main, leaving Frankfort as unostentatiously as possible, while we march across the country to Assmannshausen, and there join this craft. The Sword Maker She was disappointed to observe that Mrs. Taylor's clothes, though unostentatious, were in the latest fashion. Unleavened Bread Quiet, unostentatious, and even apathetic on most subjects, he then, as we may judge from subsequent events, determined to give to Russian energies a decided trend towards the Pacific. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Talking together, they decided that the hero of the tale had done rather a fine thing in a very unostentatious way, and it occurred to several of them that pluck ought to be rewarded. The Devil's Garden Their arrival at Bingen had been so unostentatious that their presence in the town was scarcely known outside of the hotel in which they had taken rooms. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 She was so unostentatious about it, however, that Dr. Hü did not know she was a vegetarian until she prescribed milk for her. Notable Women of Modern China Quietly and unostentatiously he moved to his seat—the junior advocates, and all the Confederates in the body of the court, rising and bowing to him in silence. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 At eleven o'clock he announced he would be in the House again, and accordingly, at eleven o'clock—quietly, unostentatiously, without the welcome of a cheer—he almost stole to his place on the Treasury Bench. Sketches in the House (1893) Quietly, unostentatiously, he presented himself to its individual members as a candidate for the post of administrator of this new territory. The Congo and Coasts of Africa They have worked unostentatiously, making no idle attacks on time-honored prejudices, but still having a purpose of enlightenment which they frankly avowed. Italian Journeys His simple, unostentatious, and even ascetic life during these years was noted. Cosmic Consciousness Folco Corbario's mourning was unostentatious and quiet, but none of the few persons who saw him, whether detectives or servants, could doubt that he was profoundly affected. Whosoever Shall Offend And from this intelligent, unostentatious way of giving Shakespeare there come to us, naturally, many lessons. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory As he spoke, he drew his knife, and opened the blade, unostentatiously, but firmly. The Great Taboo He had been relieving distress in a quiet, unostentatious way, and he now settled the native question with characteristic celerity. The Siege of Kimberley |
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