| 单词 | unpleasing |
| 例句 | He long ago learned that if he speaks a truth unpleasing to the white, the white will make life miserable for him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The result is a sad jumble of shops, booths, and bazaars often unpleasing in themselves and incongruous when taken together.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While it seems less like a parody than the original, it is also silly in a not unpleasing way. Tron Review: Prepare for Deresolution 2010-12-16T23:00:00Z There are narrowboats, barges, lifeboats; what can only be described as “makeshift” boats, rafted two and three together, their bows jutting at unpleasing angles. Ten years living on a boat: 'It's a fun life – I'm not a watery hobo' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The way his choreography ignores the climax of the dance-unfriendly music is unpleasing. Royal Ballet’s Focus on British Choreography Exposes Its Limits 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z To the list of unpleasing settings the center brought to Schmidt’s mind, he added a fishbowl. He Wanted to Count Every Vote in Philadelphia. His Party Had Other Ideas. 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z On a night when the defenses ruled, Brady did just enough to win his sixth Super Bowl ring , leading the New England Patriots to an aesthetically unpleasing 13-3 victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Rams. Brady merely average, but good enough for championship No. 6 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Yet the hint that Britons are making politicians work harder for their favour is not unpleasing. The view from Grimsby 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Most offensive, stylistically, was probably his decision to stretch the letter to a second page, making it aesthetically unpleasing on social media. Memorable Sports Apologies Through the Years 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z They are unpleasing blocks, but ecologically as well as socially essential. In praise of Ian Jack's small town India 2013-08-22T00:27:04Z Anything over these limits would be aesthetically unpleasing, but it’s doing you no harm. I Hate to Break it to You, But You Already Eat Bugs 2013-06-05T16:45:05.713Z He was made up of the usual pleasing and unpleasing compound of faults and virtues, as is any great man, not born of a book. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The effect was strange and barbaric, but not altogether unpleasing. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z This unpleasing peculiarity of expression marred the good looks which the shape of his face and the fit of his curly black whiskers unquestionably gave him. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Margaret’s appearance was not remarkable for beauty, nor was it by any means unpleasing. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The jangling of the military trappings gave forth a sound not unpleasing to the ear, as the escort swept merrily on. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z A good anecdote survives of this unpleasing trait in Warren’s character. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z A fimbriation," he says, "is a narrow border to prevent the unpleasing effect of metal on metal or colour on colour. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z These were advantages that might be fairly set against the absence of beauty, wondrous as is that charm: beside, her person was not unpleasing. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A "gentleman's horror" is still a "blue stocking," which unpleasing epithet is invariably bestowed upon all women who have read much, and who are able to think and act for themselves. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The process is mechanical and unpleasing; the noises which accompany it, discordant and obtrusive; the artist is surrounded with rubbish. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z He was a man of whom those about him stood in awe, and who if he had any of the softer affections hid them under a mask of unpleasing reserve. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It will have an unpleasing grey colour at this stage, but in the end it will be creamy white. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z The variety of color presented by slate, sandstone, or marble upon green is not unpleasing to the eye, yet those reckonings scored upon slate shall endure longest. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z While the fortunes of the last Duchess of Orleans are still in uncertainty, it may not be unpleasing to read something of the family and character of the first princess who bore that title. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The characteristics he notes are good temper, insight into human nature, a certain reserve, and withal a gentle irony that makes the praise of folly not unpleasing to the wise. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z It is another unpleasing fact with regard to our little earth, that nothing can remain stationary. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z It was not unpleasing to Doreen to hear her cousin defended; but she shook her head. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Every one of the court circle--hatamotos, lords, knights, dependants--was to witness the unpleasing ceremony. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Old man Fournier was a desperate coward on the sea, yet he had put out to the Bishop on a most unpleasing day. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Their angularities are softened and become less uniformly unpleasing. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z From his birth, he laboured under some peculiar disadvantages—his sight was weak, his voice harsh and unpleasing, and he was totally deprived of the sense of smell. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Its softly billowing landscape was to him unfamiliar and unpleasing. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z I have known many a noble heart enshrined in an unpleasing body. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The Tagals are a small race, of a clear yellow complexion, and, notwithstanding their broad flat noses and thick lips, are by no means of unpleasing appearance. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Coming from the charming coast of Brazil, with its luxuriant verdure, the contrast becomes doubly unpleasing. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z I shall, however, dwell no longer on this unpleasing subject than to express my hope that we shall no longer suffer ourselves to be deceived and oppressed.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z However, he replied at once, with a gallant bow: "And to take my chance of such unpleasing meetings as this one." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The new dramatist was a surprise, and an unpleasing one. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Resolutely, she turned her thoughts to the unpleasing one; she who had somehow had special opportunities of clear sight. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z All the buildings being white, formed very conspicuous, and not unpleasing objects in the landscape. An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. 2011-12-02T03:00:21.770Z The voice was rather deep, not unpleasing, but strained. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z His face was not unlike those of the dolls on which tailors display ready-made clothing, and was not less unpleasing and repulsive. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Their sharp but not unpleasing cries sounded constantly overhead as they sped swiftly to the stream and then, after wheeling hither and thither once or twice, stooped suddenly to the margin, alighted and drank thirstily. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z His face was not unpleasing; there was a mildness in his eye and a sweetness about his infrequent smile which spoke of a gentler nature than the typical pedagogue is supposed to have. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Their faces are wide, the cheek-bones being very prominent; yet their appearance is not unpleasing, for they have large dark eyes shaded by long eye-lashes. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z If the result was a trifle vivid, it was not altogether unpleasing. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z His scandalous tongue knew no restraint, and he was a privileged person who was allowed to state even the most unpleasing truths to Louis XIV. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z It was, in fact, a great building, without being pretentious, and comfortable, without falling into the unpleasing vulgarity of many modern constructions. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z He was a young man of four or five and twenty, with a not unpleasing countenance; so far as she knew, a stranger to her. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z But the emergence in the one sex of the characteristics of the other, when appreciable and permanent, is abnormal and unpleasing, and is obviously degenerative. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z She stared at her surlily, unblinkingly, affrightedly, as one might stare at some unpleasing object in a dream. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z All her recollections of the family life were agreeable; if anything had left an unpleasing impression it had faded away in 1883, when the present writer saw her. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z A very unpleasing expression of countenance would act upon him so strongly, that he would go far out of his way to avoid it. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Not only strangers have noted the unpleasing name of the place, but some of the inhabitants even endeavoured to change it a few years ago. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Our affairs to the southward wear no unpleasing aspect. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z He goes on into an architectural description, with drawings, of the arched roof he intends to build, the present form of roof being "unpleasing to the eye." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z His whole face was covered with wrinkles; his eyes were black, and his mouth moved so quickly that it was impossible to describe its shape; while in motion it made Ludovici unpleasing. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z A nervous manner and a slight stammer in the presence of his superiors, combined with a shifty eye at all times, served to enhance the unpleasing effect which he produced on all who knew him. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z But the altercation had stirred the emotions of both young men; neither spoke in his natural voice; each resembled an unpleasing portrait of himself. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z All the merit I can claim is the ability to rhyme a limerick or sing a "come-all-ye" in a manner perhaps not unpleasing to my friends. By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z The only unpleasing feature in the view from the terrace is the aqueduct, made to carry to Versailles the water of the Seine raised by the machine of Marly. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z To the woman sitting in the corner the atmosphere of the railway carriage was still charged with a not unpleasing electricity. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Either mood was unpleasing to him; it contained tacit reproach for his separateness. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z It is an unpleasing impertinence for anyone to assume that nobody save himself reads any particular book. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z It is one of the unpleasing characteristics of the American house to dispense with doors between the various living-rooms, and thus many things may be overheard that are not meant for general circulation. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z But whatever unpleasing opinion some people might conceive of Mr. Walpole, on account of those halfpence, I dare boldly affirm it was entirely owing to Mr. Wood. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z This little danger, which we escaped without loss, was not unpleasing to me, as our precautions, which had nearly been forgotten, were aroused once more by it. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z The simplicity of these English forms is in remarkable contrast to the tortured and ungainly outlines of continental seekers after a conscious and unpleasing “originality.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z We can find pictures in which the proportions of the figures are bad, and the outlines are hard and unpleasing, there are a few in which the colour scheme is poor and ineffective. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z His new duties were not unpleasing or unsuited to one of his indolent and contemplative temper. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z There was a smell of delicatessen wares but it was not unpleasing to one who had been economizing in food for so many days. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z “So you were unhappy,” he said, as if the statement was not entirely unpleasing. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z But she had resumed all her former occupations, and added to them the far from unpleasing task of imparting to Rosalind much that had either been ill taught or altogether neglected in her early education. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z That men should agree in the assertion of truth, is no unpleasing evidence of their virtue. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z Mr. Magnus Morrison had by no means recovered the blow given him by this most unpleasing news, when a note from Mrs. Barnaby to the following effect was put into his hands. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z This gas has a very unpleasing odor, but its presence is not of pathological significance. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Some were, as obviously, modern, but not, on that account, unpleasing to the more critical, for harmony had been aimed at and achieved. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z But there should be no wide divergence between the natural beauty and the art, and nothing which in itself is unpleasing is suitable for decoration. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z However this may be, the effect is not unpleasing; more especially when the rural temple, as is frequently the case, is shaped like a barn, and without a belfry. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z He had a dignified manner, with a deep roughish but not unpleasing voice, and an exalted mode of speaking. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z A common remark, an ordinary utterance in a letter, taken by fond parents as an unpleasing affair such as the cook giving notice. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The captious may regard this as an unpleasing trait. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The result has not been unpleasing to the numerous advocates in France of protectorates as a means of colonization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z My dear Sterling, I am glad my few words of commendation were not unpleasing to you. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Therefore, Lem had with rare forethought equipped himself in a manner not unpleasing, and calculated to ward off disdain and ridicule. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "Has Elpsy spoken the truth, maiden?" asked the sorceress, her eyes gleaming with the unpleasing smile habitual to her, when she observed Kate to turn her face away in disappointment. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z What concerns us at present is, that there grew up between Blake and Wainwright an intimacy not unpleasing to commemorate. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z When society put him in prison he was face to face with that unpleasing fact. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z The colours show the true old tone; and the effect, after all, is not unpleasing. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z In its first appeal to the stranger's eye there is something unpleasing; a mingling, as it seems to him, of over severity with over minuteness. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z I fear I have too long detained the reader with this account of the life and writings of Varro; yet it is not unpleasing to dwell on such a character. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Her face was small and well-featured, and she had pretty dark eyes and smooth coils of brown hair, but her lips were thin and their expression unpleasing. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z She was the exquisite embodiment of a new type of girlhood, from which was excluded all that was crude and unpleasing and unfinished. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z From this unpleasing revery he was suddenly aroused by the groans of the wounded sufferer, who now awoke in the greatest agony. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z The regularity is not unpleasing, because not overstrained. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z One unpleasing sketch of the deformity of decrepit old age, which need not be quoted, is largely impressed with his air of truth, and some personifications already noticed are also in his manner. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Here, then, is one great and general cause of unpleasing dreams. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z To answer it involved the utterance of a name which was known to be unpleasing in Mr. Maxfield's ears. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z “Beauty without expression would be insignificant, and expression without beauty would be unpleasing; but, from their influence over each other, from combining together their apparently discordant qualities, results an eloquent, persuasive, and interesting beauty.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z It was an unpleasing record for your eyes. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Here alone in our author do children occur, and that in an unpleasing context.498 The ghosts of Malefort's victims, which appear in the last scene, seem to me a legitimate and powerful episode. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z My tears rained down upon the work-table on which he leaned, contemplating me with an expression of compassion new to me, yet not unpleasing. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z This is by no means unpleasing to the eye. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The passions may be excited, also, in an unpleasing manner; the feeling of fear may be powerfully produced by novelty. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The vicar saw instantly that the girl had missed the more unpleasing phases of the tragedy. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Material prosperity does not imply spiritual development, and it must be confessed that from the intellectual and moral point of view 15th-century England presents an unpleasing picture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The countenance, however, is far from unpleasing; his voice is odd, with occasional clicks in pronunciation, which May chooses to introduce, notwithstanding his education. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z These are garish and in every way unpleasing, and the interior effect, like that of the exterior, places the cathedral at Chamb�ry far down the scale among great churches. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Sometimes, when the first impression has been rather unpleasing, a custom has been acquired, because, afterward, it had been found pleasing or advantageous. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In fact, there is no form in nature—scarce even in the imagination—more unpleasing to the eye than that of the lizard, the serpent’s shape not excepted. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z The doctor's unpleasing physical contour would have furnished strong evidence against him on any charge of moral obliquity. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z But this unpleasing picture of a Sabbath morning, has brighter tints to redeem the graver character of its moral shades. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z It is by no means beautiful, but it is not unpleasing. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z A white man, with a very unpleasing physiognomy, carelessly leaned against one of the brick pillars, who raised his hat very respectfully as we passed, but did not change his position. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z I ventured to ask where she had been, but this question was plainly unpleasing to my lady, so I dropped the subject. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z It was an extraordinary notion; fantastic, yet not wholly unpleasing. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z And because the manner of this bowsening is not so unpleasing to hear as it was uneasy to feel, I will deliver you the practice as I received it from the beholder. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z The square tower which flanks the portal to the north is not unpleasing, and dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z To the foreign student Bilderdijk is a singularly uninviting and unpleasing figure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Yet you see how strongly it takes hold of me, that while I see the absurdity of the whole thing, it is not unpleasing to recall the recollection of it. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z But by this time he had made the unpleasing discovery that these light skiffs could be propelled very rapidly for a short distance. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z But there was no question that the three products all tasted very different, and not unpleasing: they're neither blankly insipid, like vodka, nor gasoline-y, the way so many clear spirits are. White Dog Rising: Why Moonshine is Having a Moment 2010-05-18T08:55:00Z As to architectural style, the cathedral presents what might ordinarily be called an undesirable mixture, though it is in no way uninteresting or even unpleasing. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z "I hope at least, sir, that the recollections I recalled were not unpleasing ones?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 No more unpleasing revelation could have been made. The Great Mogul Yet, after all, we must concede to Juvenal and Martial, that such a person is always a somewhat unpleasing social product. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius This literalness, though unpleasing from a literary standpoint, gives to many of their ancient versions the value almost of a Greek codex of the age in which the version was made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" I could have fretted myself to death when it was rumored in the servants' hall, and in the village, that the Ma'm'selle who had snowed down was not unpleasing to the master. A Sister's Love A Novel The revelation is undoubtedly unpleasing, but all the same a great truth underlies it, and in the end of the play the virtuous are not sacrificed to the wicked. The Wish A Novel The entrance displays columns and an entablature of debased but not unpleasing Renaissance architecture, and the building altogether resembles an English Elizabethan or Jacobean building to a greater extent than most Scottish designs. Architecture Gothic and Renaissance The minds which have shaken off the old spell are still in the form of transition which gives them a specially unfinished and unpleasing aspect. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. There was much in him which, only viewed from a distance, appears strange and unpleasing, but the more closely we examine his character, the greater and more amiable we find it. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. Down the straight road, unpleasing even in the distance, I could see new houses standing aimlessly about, lodging-houses out of sight and sound of the sea waiting for chest-sufferers, the lodging-houses of the Lonely One. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen The omnibus rattled along with a not unpleasing vibration. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel You haven't a house, not a corner, you have become a beggar, a tramp, a nobody, despised and avoided, with unpleasing habits, and living a dog's life. Yiddish Tales It is just possible that it may be from him I inherit my own unpleasing exterior. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Picture to your mind the tortures of a scrutiny that may take in anything, from your complexion to your character, and which, though satisfied with your morals, might discover "something unpleasing about your mouth." Tony Butler He was walking off in high dudgeon, prepared to give the silent maid a piece of his mind—indeed, a sample most unpleasing, when something in the tone of the lover's voice attracted him. The Firebrand As he sat he was a not unpleasing figure of middle-aged success. The Broken Gate A Novel Our visitor spoke in a hurried, nervous tone, with a marked foreign accent which was not at all unpleasing. The Social Gangster Fate, in one of her cruel moments, has cursed me with an unpleasing exterior. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance "It is a plant that has a deep root in my heart," said Mr. Skinner, "and I hope the flower is not unpleasing, and that the fruit will be satisfying." Little Miss Joy Then to me the direct personal relation in which we are brought to the author is unpleasing. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It dates mainly from the 12th to the 15th centuries, but the fa�ade is modern and unpleasing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Can we analyse the charm that Borrow’s books and Borrow’s personality exercise over us, despite the presence of unpleasing traits which repel? The Vagabond in Literature Full of passion and poetry, of startling scenes, and vivid images, its subject is unpleasing, and the various perplexities of the plot are not skilfully disentangled. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It is exceedingly difficult to do this; and such sound when produced is smooth, but without character, and unpleasing. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action “From your hesitation,” said the old lady, with unimpaired self-possession, “I gather that the matter involves an explanation of some delicacy, or else—pardon the egotism—that my appearance is personally unpleasing to you.” Man and Maid The art nouveau school has occasionally produced something of not unpleasing simplicity; but more often its efforts have been frankly ugly or even grotesque. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Besides, it suggests that the only treatment in literature of the sexual life is a coarse, unpleasing treatment, which I do not suppose Mr. Burroughs p. 185really holds. The Vagabond in Literature Notwithstanding these vast dimensions, there was yet a comeliness about her bulk, and an expression of benevolence and good-nature in her rosy countenance, that rendered her altogether by no means an unpleasing object. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 The latter was a man just past middle age, with a quiet and far from unpleasing cast of features. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Then I awoke to the unpleasing realisation that dusk was giving way to darkness, the downright sheer darkness of night. A Veldt Vendetta Yet they worked hard, pushing at the wheels of the wagons, and talking in their harsh and unpleasing tongue. The White Shield Surely it is a Puritanism softened and refined, a Puritanism which is free of those harsh and unpleasing elements that have too often obscured its finer aspects. The Vagabond in Literature If there is aught unpleasing in them, it is not our fault, for we but repeat the words that entered into our ears.” My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Coarse as the flattery was, it was not unpleasing. One Of Them The sickly paleness of his flesh is sometimes unpleasing, and his personages are gainers by the addition of drapery, in the arrangement of which he approaches to the excellence of the best Italian schools. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. She found it not unpleasing to the palate, and full of cool and thirst-satisfying juice. Red Nails Then a man, black, indifferent in person, unpleasing of visage, meanly dressed, makes his way among the crowd to Biassou swelling with rage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 What augmented his pleasure was that he believed himself loved, and indeed he was not unpleasing. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels “Now, Mr Kershaw, can’t you and Frank get together for a moment without fighting about the Boers?” interrupted a brisk, not unpleasing, and yet not altogether refined voice. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion This is certainly a fine picture; the composition is good, and the drawing admirable, but the colouring of the Greco is always unpleasing. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The very plash of the fountain is a grateful sound, and the long necks of the hock-bottles, reposing in the little basin, have an air of luxury far from unpleasing. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands There is more of gloom in landscapes of a later time; and this would point to a defect in the taste of Cranach, whose stag hunts are otherwise not unpleasing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" My thanks for the interest this gentleman and yourself have vouchsafed me will only be more lasting by leaving the impression of them unassociated with anything unpleasing. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The architecture of the city was not altogether utilitarian and it was not unpleasing. Stamped Caution The next morning the party assembled at an early hour to breakfast; after which the gentlemen went out, and did not appear until dinnertime,—day succeeding day in unvarying but to me not unpleasing monotony. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II She had three daughters, not unpleasing young women. Coelebs In Search of a Wife It takes on, as a result, a thin, unresonant quality which we call nasal, although it is thin and unpleasing because it lacks true nasal resonance. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation All were men of pleasure, and of that indolent, lounging, purposeless character so peculiarly unpleasing to those who have led active lives, and been always immersed in the cares and interests of business. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "As I told you before, one always thinks most of what is unpleasing to one." Portia or By Passions Rocked On that Paris journey, however, we talked together much concerning Francezka and her strange fate; and I found that Count Saxe, like myself, saw a subtile and unpleasing change in Gaston. Francezka But that unpleasing glimpse of disruption was quickly dispelled by the magnificent volume and virgin purity of the glacier as a whole. The Silent Barrier Lone to live And die are rebel acts, to Heav'n unpleasing. Olla Podrida Such are among the inevitable reminiscences of meeting; and they are full of a soft and touching sorrow, not all unpleasing, either, as they remind us of our youth and its buoyancy. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Mr. Hammersmith, at sight of her open, not unpleasing face, understood for the first time the decided attitude of the coroner. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories The ceiling in the nave exhibits bold groining, and the general effect is not unpleasing. Old and New London Volume I She wanted to absorb the sunshine, to dispel once and for all the unpleasing picture of life in the high Alps presented by the stupid crowd she had met in the hotel overnight. The Silent Barrier That art is the appropriate art for an unpleasing type. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century He spoke with a kind of soft drawl, not unpleasing to the ear at first, but irritating if too long continued. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Spenser's age was very insensible to the presence and the dangers of the grotesque, and he was not before his time in feeling what was unpleasing in incongruous mixtures. Spenser He was a plain man, with a red face and a nose exaggerated by intemperance; and yet there was something not unpleasing in his countenance, especially when he spoke. Old and New London Volume I Upon his lip there seems to bask an eternal smile; but if it be studied, it is not a smile—yet it bears no unpleasing aspect. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital And I found I could do all 303 this with a sense of exhilaration that was not unpleasing, and with a certain cr�nerie of manner that raised me in my own esteem. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Mr. Brooke's short, hard laugh was distinctly unpleasing to her ear. Brooke's Daughter A Novel An unpleasing note in both women was furnished by the powder. Gold Yet, to show the king that the regal power incurred no great risk in them, he laid down one principle, which could not have been unpleasing to Charles II. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The house, too, was and is a not unpleasing one, situated within a stone's throw of Russell Square, Bloomsbury. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography I am tempted to share your view of this unpleasing person. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings It was a name that had sifted from the court down into distant plebeian corners of the Mexican Empire, and it was tinged–let us say so at once–with the unpleasing hue of notoriety. The Missourian There, to be sure, is the mission-house, conspicuous enough, quaint and by no means unpleasing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 It seemed rather a lonely place at first, though it was not unpleasing to me as I looked abroad. The Gates Between The first evening pipe is nearly always good; the second may be flavoured with melancholy, but yet is seldom unpleasing. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography To Jacob Worse's ear, all these voices in the low room, the subdued tones of the women, and the rough bass of the men, sounded weird and unpleasing. Skipper Worse His relations with Pope give him a more prominent position among men of letters than he would otherwise deserve, and mark with unpleasing distinctness the coarse methods of literary warfare adopted in Pope's day. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) Assuming that a man can find perfect satisfaction in the versification of the 'Essay on Man,' we can understand his saying of 'Lycidas,' that 'the diction is harsh, the rhymes uncertain, and the numbers unpleasing.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) A curious though not unpleasing effect is produced57 by the blackened pointing of the interior masonry, of piers, walls, and vaulting alike. The Cathedrals of Northern France You have put the idea into my head, and it’s not an unpleasing idea. The Princess Virginia His jaws were set, and his smile was unpleasing. The Twins of Suffering Creek But his most unpleasing efforts are the mythological subjects such as the Dana� at Munich, and the Neptune and Amphitrite at Berlin. Six Centuries of Painting I stretched out my hand to detach the mask, which was by no means unpleasing in its appearance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 At first, perhaps, accustomed to the ordinary forms of Gothic tracery, these windows seem strange, to some even unpleasing. Portuguese Architecture From Drass to Karghil the landscape is unpleasing and monotonous, if one excepts the marvellous effects of the rising and setting sun and the beautiful moonlight. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The music produced a most extraordinary effect upon him, and for several weeks afterwards he remained immersed in a strange but not unpleasing melancholy, followed by an absolute loathing of his usual studies. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 I am sorry, sir, to be the bearer of an unpleasing tale—— Gen. Washington. The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant Their language, upon the whole, is not unpleasing, and it has none of the harsh Chinese sounds. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island Everything is of granite except the capitals and bases which are of white marble; but instead of the orthodox twenty-four flutes each column has only twelve, with a distinctly unpleasing result. Portuguese Architecture The face of the country not very interesting, though not unpleasing, reminding us of some of the vales of the north of England, though meagre, nipped-up, or p. 187shrivelled compared with them. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 And suppose," he added, struck by a sudden and unpleasing thought, "there's a house built on the place. Harding's luck Making every allowance for thoughtlessness and high spirits, it seemed unnecessary that these qualities should manifest themselves so unpleasingly. Beside Still Waters Schumann said of it: "It is the empty and unpleasing music of an amateur." Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Another unpleasing feature are the three niches which, with hideous painted figures, are placed one above the other between the pilasters. Portuguese Architecture Fluff's red eyes, however, Fluff's disordered, untidy appearance, her downcast looks, her want of appetite, presented to him, just then, a most unpleasing picture. Frances Kane's Fortune Now was this errand grievously unpleasing to Faith, simply because of the implication of that one year of reprieve which she must ask for. Say and Seal, Volume II The first thing that English people notice about German servants is, that they are allowed to dress anyhow, and that the results are most unpleasing. Home Life in Germany To find Holgate there was not unpleasing, as it seemed in a way to recall what I almost began to consider old times—the time that was in the "Three Tuns." Hurricane Island The Brownie showed signs of uneasiness, quitted his quiet pace, and took to little starts and springs and whiskey motions, most unpleasing to his rider. The Wide, Wide World Christopher looked round involuntarily to see by what passage he had passed from that unpleasing world to this sunkissed land of beauty. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker He could never have done with degrading religion and the sacred books for the sake of injuring priestcraft, as he called it; and thus produced in me many an unpleasing sensation. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed She had also been taught to sing, but her voice was metallic and unpleasing. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Holgate still stood there with his unpleasing smile, and he answered nothing. Hurricane Island She is a person of ladylike manners, elegant form, and not unpleasing, though decidedly African features. Music and Some Highly Musical People However, so it was: facts were facts: it was imperative he should know his own position, even if it was an unpleasing subject. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Bessy Lake, the bride, proved a very gentle, amiable-looking woman, not pretty, but not unpleasing, and by at least ten years the senior of her bridegroom. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Ornaments of this character, which can be comprehended under none of the orders of architecture, are common in Pompeii, and far from unpleasing in their effect, however contrary to established principles. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Gray guffawed, and Pierce grinned, his thin face puckering to his eyes, an unpleasing sight. Hurricane Island The voices of most of our night animals are guttural and unpleasing. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Whereas strange houses are, in this matter of catching it, full of the most unpleasing surprises. The Magic World Not an unpleasing picture as he sat there in the sunshine astride the big blood-bay, but Constans, looking upon him, knew that neither now nor hereafter could there be any verity of peace between them. The Doomsman Twenty-five boys are received, clad in a cleanly and not unpleasing manner, and they are fed in an orderly way, with a wholesome and abundant diet. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Yet apparently without noticing anything unpleasing, Mr. Kaye assisted his wife from the carryall and walked with her to where the stranger still sat and rocked. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Unscrupulous, restlessly active and cynical, he was a singular contrast to the placid philosopher, upon whom his confidences seem to have made an impression of not unpleasing horror. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. This staircase, its walls and ceiling painted by Verrio, has on the whole a somewhat sombre and certainly unpleasing effect. Hampton Court Especially we may note two unpleasing features of modern wage-earning which had not then made their appearance. Change in the Village The "clean and not unpleasing" costume spoken of by the writer consisted of a blue uniform which he had assigned to the boys, with a white cockade bearing the inscription of "Vive le Roi." Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 And now that he was face to face with the prospect, it struck him as anything but an unpleasing one. The Sign of the Spider The chief consolation we find in this unpleasing business is, that the most experienced States have not been able to restrain the vices and irregularities of individuals altogether. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Although we were well provided with dried meat, the prospect of fresh buffalo steak was not unpleasing, and a hunt was at once determined upon. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Viewed from without, the villa was not unpleasing. Jonah and Co. With all these reflections you will own that the prospect before us is not an unpleasing one. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Yet was not the profound gravity of his manner of an unpleasing or repulsive character; it partook of a gentleness and benevolence that rendered it rather graceful than otherwise. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 The bulls heads on the angles have a new and not unpleasing effect, and are executed in a grand style; their horns are short and bound for sacrifice as in the antique. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 I do not think there is anything unpleasing in this. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Amongst other unpleasing peculiarities, he was apparently possessed of a fetish that brought misfortune or death to all who were associated with him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Evidently the prospect of reward was not unpleasing to him. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter The trick of adding a vowel to sound words is not unpleasing to the ear. Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation He mentions this calamity in a tone of pious submission, mingled with a not unpleasing pride. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The buildings are somewhat formal and unpleasing, being for the most part of corrugated iron, and conveying the impression that they are constructed with a view to being carried off at any moment. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Altogether the sum of his meditations was assuming a not unpleasing aspect; and the undercurrent in time assumed almost the nature of self-congratulation. The Light of Scarthey Plain, yet not unpleasing, she had a superabundance of bright Irish humour, and a quickness of repartee that amused all, but offended none. Grey Town An Australian Story His face was dirty, and marked by a mingled expression of fun and impudence; but the features were not unpleasing, and, had he been clean and neatly dressed, he would undoubtedly have been considered good-looking. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets Far from being the surly, taciturn misanthrope generally imagined, I always found him dwelling on the lightest and merriest subjects; carefully shunning discussions and whatever might give rise to unpleasing reflections. My Recollections of Lord Byron The consequence, as every one who travels through the Highlands must be painfully conscious of, has been trees shapeless and crooked, giving no shelter, and unpleasing in view. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. Whatever my external appearance may become—and I trust it will remain not altogether unpleasing—I shall see to it that my conduct rebuts any breath of scandal. The Prodigal Father I recall a place boiling with worried people, rent with unpleasing sounds, and beset with unsatisfactory pleasures. Edge of the Jungle Once when upon the shore," he says, "I heard what appeared to be wind instruments, the tones now harmonious, now discordant, yet never unpleasing. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The arrangement of the tiles on the risers of the steps is very monotonous and unpleasing. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See This fact was not unpleasing to Triffitt; it argued that he would have small difficulty in finding a lodgment within the walls which sheltered the man he wanted to watch. The Herapath Property It is hot, glaring, sandy, stony, sun-burnt, a most unpleasing introduction to one of the most beautiful and interesting islands in the Mediterranean, or, for that matter, in the world. A Tramp's Notebook In less than a year I shall long for a sight of these worried people, my ears will strain to catch the unpleasing sounds, and I shall plunge with joy into the unsatisfactory pleasures. Edge of the Jungle Altogether it was an unpleasing but instructive little episode. From a Cornish Window A New Edition I admit I looked very eagerly into the mirror when I was done, and I thought that the result was not unpleasing. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 "An unpleasing thing, and framed in Mr. Whistler's odd fashion." The Gentle Art of Making Enemies By this contrast both entertainments are hurt; the abruptness of the transition is intolerable to the audience; and the thread, especially 127 of the tragic fable, is unpleasingly broken. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing It is by no means an unpleasing marvel that you and I, on the last day of 1841, should be conversing so pleasantly and amicably. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Public opinion has declared against it, and now they begin to see that they have done a very foolish thing, odious to the Corps Diplomatique and unpleasing to the people. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) The second couplet is abrupt, general, and unpleasing; exclamation seldom succeeds in our language; and, I think, it may be observed, that the particle O! used at the beginning of a sentence, always offends. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He thought blank verse was verse only to the eye, and found the "numbers" of Lycidas "unpleasing." Dr. Johnson and His Circle And he had unpleasing prospects to make it seem less satisfying, even, than it would have been otherwise. The Pirates of Ersatz Occurring chiefly in such phrases as arch enemy, arch heretic, arch hypocrite, arch rogue, it acquired a depreciatory sense, which has now become so weakened that archness is not altogether an unpleasing attribute. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Helen's white garments turned livid, her neck and bosom gray—and that, somehow, was extremely unpleasing to Madame de Vallorbes. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance But enough of this melancholy, though not unpleasing strain. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II When the birds are feeding in company, they keep up a continual chatter, which is not unpleasing to the ear. Birds of the Indian Hills Three more unpleasing but not violently loud sounds. The Pirates of Ersatz "The most unpleasing trait in the Boer character is his callousness, amounting to brutality, in the case of natives and of animals." South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 There was a sprightly mirthfulness in the touch of it, not unpleasing to her. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The indulgence and accommodation which his sickness required, had taught him all the unpleasing and unsocial qualities of a valetudinary man. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II In regarding traces of mediæval colouring one often forgets that time has blended harmoniously a scheme otherwise entirely crude, and to modern taste unpleasing. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum Again painters mix gay colours and dyes: there are also some drugs which are gay in appearance and not unpleasing in colour. Plutarch's Morals She was accustomed to have her remarks treated with respect, and the tone of superiority was a new and unpleasing experience. About Peggy Saville Nor was this unpleasing effect lessened by the proportions of the room itself. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance This he has attempted, but without success; his interrupted lines are unpleasing, and his sense, as less distinct is less striking. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II This character is absolutely necessary to them in the present time; but it, of course, occasionally renders their work comparatively unpleasing. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 Timber-framed and gabled houses, steeply pitched red roofs and stunted grey and mossy church spires, certainly make no unpleasing picture. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes She liked his good looks, his refined voice, his very weakness of character was not unpleasing to her. The Bishop's Secret I fancied that such thoughts were passing in his mind, and that they were not unpleasing to him, for he looked less afflicted than before. The Scalp Hunters The young Viscount was evidently not unpleasing to her. Edmond Dantès About nine in the evening we repaired to the scene; loud music, barbarous but not unpleasing, resounded, and we took our seats on mats in the midst of our Dyak friends. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Half starved human beings, unclothed, are ever unpleasing. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Arriving at Sleswick, the residence of Prince Charles of Hesse-Cassel, the sight of the soldiers recalled all the unpleasing ideas of German despotism, which imperceptibly vanished as I advanced into the country. Mary Wollstonecraft Yet strange to say, the effect of the façade, with the smoothness and roundness of its pillars and the uncompromising squareness of its towers, while altogether bad, is not altogether unpleasing. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Despite the presence of these unpleasing persons, the opening performance must be pronounced a real success. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 To be the victims of such injustice seemed not unpleasing to the South. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays His features, to me at least, were harsh and unpleasing; but he was evidently a man of great energy, to whom action was as the breath of life. At the Point of the Sword Surely no ordinary being could have so read the unpleasing story of her life; she impulsively confessed her conviction, saying: "Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet." Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern She is very unreserved and very fond of talking of her deceased brother and sister, whose memories she cherishes with an enthusiasm which, though perhaps a little affected, is not unpleasing. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record It may be added too, that the four heads, in the form of a diamond, make an unpleasing shape. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Another unpleasing feature was a full set of false teeth, which grinned in a ravenous fashion that was truly disquieting, as if they were capable of devouring the whole internal revenue. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) I seated myself on the opposite rock, and indulged the emotions which, with a melancholy not unpleasing, filled my bosom, while I reflected on the consequences that had sprung from the victory here obtained. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 It is impossible that any public slight upon him should be unpleasing to you.” Danger! and Other Stories The little flaw of having a mistress now living with him at Ashdown Park seems to be the only unpleasing circumstance about him. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record This proposition, coming from people who regarded nothing but their own interest, to some might have appeared very unpleasing; but it was in no wise so to me. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon And it came to be so that no person or thing in the world seemed to me trivial or unpleasing. My Reminiscences But those eyes were of a darkish blue colour, their glance was keen and vivid, and the whole face was 'not unpleasing.' John Knox Manners may be defined as the pleasing or unpleasing expression of our thoughts and intentions, whether in word or action. Life and Conduct United to a man of double her own age, whose disposition was not amiable, and whose manners were unpleasing, though his character was respectable. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Such was Sombrin, 9 miles south-west of Arras, where officers were faced with the unpleasing alternative of sleeping in barns or in dripping and unboarded tents. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) Sometimes a wasp or two would drop off the nest on to my bed, and if perchance I happened to roll on one, the meeting was unpleasing to the wasp and keenly discomforting to me. My Reminiscences Without more ado he walked over to his substantial roll-top desk, and unlocking a drawer took from thence an envelope which he handled gingerly as though it were unpleasing to him. Afterwards “I am placed between the horns of a dilemma: one lady clamours for the bare truth: another forbids me to say anything unpleasing.” The Daughters of Danaus She did not leave her cell, but toward evening Aubry brought up two dishes which were as unpleasing to the taste as to the eye. Which? or, Between Two Women Finally, Orchis glanced off from so unpleasing a subject into the most unexpected reflections, taken from a religious point of view, upon the unstableness and deceitfulness of the human heart. The Confidence-Man At the door Brady stopped to drop a quarter into the basket labelled "Silver contribution," held by a buxom and not unpleasing young woman in the Army uniform. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Her small features were cut as clearly as a cameo, and her short upper lip, while giving her an air of pride which was unpleasing, was in itself beautiful. The Making of a Soul The human invader, above all; how loud and unpleasing his voice is! The Complex Vision Yet the expression of all these anomalies, though very grotesque, was not unpleasing. Rattlin the Reefer These peculiarities were strange and unpleasing; but another was alleged, one really incomprehensible. The Confidence-Man I admit that the sulks are not heroic; but Homer permitted them to Achilles, and why should I conceal the fact, unpleasing though it be, about my lesser hero. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes His features were regular, but there was a sternness in his countenance, and lines of deep thought on his brow, which rendered the expression unpleasing. The King's Own The philosophy of the complex vision seems to detect in the pragmatic attitude something which is profoundly unpleasing to its taste. The Complex Vision The word mister sounded sharply, yet not unpleasingly, to my ear: it was the first time I had been so designated or so dignified. Rattlin the Reefer There was a weary expression in his intelligent and not unpleasing countenance. The Trapper's Son Flint was conscious of a not wholly unpleasing excitement as he watched her. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes I lent a hand, and in sailor fashion erected a pulpit, which, as there was no time to carve, I covered with matting and native cloth, which had a novel, though not unpleasing, appearance. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific This led to much serious, yet not unpleasing, Discourse, which lasted till Supper. Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary As for the instruments, they are the most inartificial things that ever gave out musical sounds; yet they have not an unpleasing effect. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Nor is the idea unpleasing which shows itself in various parts of these papers, of naturalizing American bottoms, and American citizens in France and in its foreign possessions. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Of the sedge-bird, be pleased to say it sings most part of the night; its notes are hurrying, but not unpleasing, and imitative of several birds; as the sparrow, swallow, skylark. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 I myself have but little appetite; and it is so unpleasing to me to go to sleep at night, and to get up in the morning with my head full of schemes for cooking. The Home Above all things despise a slovenly movement, an ugly bearing and unpleasing manner. Fantasia of the Unconscious That these old madrigals, with their flowing parts and melodic imitations, are not unpleasing to modern ears, has been often proven. Woman's Work in Music It is, it is, hie hence, begone away; It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. Shakspere, Personal Recollections This is not an unpleasing style on Agricultural subjects—nor an uncommon one. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The state into which he has gravitated is a very unpleasing one. Real Ghost Stories In many cases this superstition is based on unpleasing associations connected with the days proscribed. Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Few faces with bright eyes, clear skin, and white, regular, well-kept teeth are unpleasing to look at. A Handbook of Health The instrument had a light, thin tone, not unpleasing. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present And for this reason their suppressed, not-understood, thwarted instincts have broken out in unpleasing and often dangerous ways. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards It was a new and unpleasing thing to Billiken, to find cold eyes upon her, level, unloving, hostile eyes, but she had an antidote. Jane Journeys On The costume—long coat, waistcoat buttoned to the neck, knee-breeches, and stockings—is not unpleasing, but the expression of the face is something between a leer and a sneer. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Amidst this stunning, yet not unpleasing variety of sounds, we at length reached the Plaza de los Toros, and it was with some difficulty we obtained places in the stage seats. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II This habit the Japanese still have in playing their ko-ko, and the results are said to be not unpleasing. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Mrs. Warren, in her morning déshabille, looked a more unpleasing object than ever. Sue, A Little Heroine Dr. Wilkinson seemed lost in thought; and Louis, in painful anxiety, scanned the strongly marked countenance of his master, now wearing its most unpleasing mask, and those of Hamilton and Trevannion, alternately. Louis' School Days A Story for Boys All women, mothers or other, are to become economically independent, instead of being "parasitic on the male," our author's unpleasing way of recognizing that fatherhood has reached high and responsible estate amongst mankind. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Unless a man were downright rude to him, he counted him an adherent; this streak of a not unpleasing simplicity ran across his varied nature. Quisanté The eyelids shut tightly once more, and the Earl, feeling rather irritated and disturbed by this unpleasing habit, shifted his chair noisily. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords, and unpleasing sharps. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries The lengthened shadows of the cliffs, and of the hills towering again far above them, cast a brown but not unpleasing tint over the waters of the bay. The Annals of the Poor In this short detail we have no unpleasing account of the birth of science in Egypt, and of its progress thence to Attica. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) A bright July sun made no unpleasing picture of the huge hulks of the men-of-war, and of the many-masted merchant ships which lay within the harbour, or behind the fortifications. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers He was about to add the unpleasing fact—unpleasing to Lord Valletort, that is—that the man on duty at the Detective Bureau would certainly refer an inquirer to him, Steingall, when the clerk reappeared. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York How unpleasing to the eye if all the flowers and plants, the leaves and blossoms, the fruit, the branches and the trees of that garden were all of the same shape and color! The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh How unpleasing to the eye if all the flowers and plants, the leaves and blossoms, the fruits, the branches and the trees of that garden were all of the same shape and colour! Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá She had hitherto rarely visited the Court, where he was residing; for her visits might be unpleasing to the feelings of her rival, the other ex-Empress, and prejudicial to his interests. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan The blood of the victim and the tears of the victor flow together in an unpleasing stream. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers As he sat there, in the quiet, almost shabby room, which was so curiously different from the splendours of the Pargeter villa, there came over him a sense of profound and not unpleasing lassitude. The Uttermost Farthing The Brownie showed signs of uneasiness, quitted his quiet pace, and look to little starts and springs, and whisking motions, most unpleasing to his rider. The Wide, Wide World His public voice was not unpleasing, but when he was tired it became a little veiled, and he had the sad trick of dropping it at the end of his sentences. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters From the same pictures I gather that the house was very bare within and decidedly unpleasing, with no atmosphere except that of a denuded Victorian domesticity. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother The general appearance of the men is somewhat unpleasing and, perhaps, among the Man�bos of remote regions, might be said to be coarse. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir His silence seemed to be the joint result of modesty and unpleasing remembrances. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 If the object gives only unpleasing colors, the light is not the cause, for its rays can be variegated to produce pleasing colors. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence No biographer has achieved an understanding presentment of Jefferson's curious character, which as presented by unfriendly critics is an unpleasing combination of contrasting elements. Abraham Lincoln He put the unpleasing ones into practice too. Operation: Outer Space Whence such figures are not unpleasing as, "I had almost forgotten to say"; "It escaped my memory to acquaint you"; and "You have given me a good hint." The Training of a Public Speaker The scene before me was the unpleasing reverse of all that my fancy, while coming hither, had foreboded. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 To give up their pleasure-grounds to the agriculturist, to diminish sensibly the number of horses kept for the purposes of luxury throughout the country, were means obvious, but unpleasing. The Last Man Let a man say that which is right, not that which is unrighteous, ... that which is pleasing, not that which is unpleasing, ... that which is true, not that which is false.—Subhasita-sutta. The Essence of Buddhism The essayist who feeds his thoughts upon the segment of the world which surrounds him cannot avoid being an egotist; but then his egotism is not unpleasing. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Catius, an Epicurean, has some levity in his way, but in the main is not an unpleasing author. The Training of a Public Speaker His face was not unpleasing—the eyes well apart and direct in their gaze, the forehead square, and the contours of the mouth firm and well-cut. Leaves from a Field Note-Book For this scene, select an extremely barren and unpleasing bit of desert landscape. Writing the Photoplay The man spoke with a slight, and not unpleasing, accent. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films Either mood was unpleasing to him: it contained tacit reproach for his separateness. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 A powerful, and yet not unpleasing melancholy, touches the heart ... as one moves leisurely along these speaking proofs of the mutability of earthly grandeur. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Mr. Grenville also had his book-stamp, though there is little joy to be won from it, for it is unpleasing in itself, and is too often found spoiling a fine old binding. English Embroidered Bookbindings This is a singularly unpleasing process, especially when all you have to look forward to is the prospect of attacking 9,000 Turks in trenches behind a Canal! Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years Her influence, from this time, appears to have remained unshaken; though her extravagance and incurable habit of contracting debts gave rise to many unpleasing scenes between her and the most methodical of mankind. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Moreover they deceive no one, and give an unpleasing impression as regards one's good sense. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Pepys, who was to know something of 70naval administration under the second Charles, has his reflections on this unpleasing incident. Andrew Marvell This illustrates one of the queer and not unpleasing features of motoring in England. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Nor do I see how the spontaneity of that soul should be consistent with the sense of pain, and in general with any unpleasing perceptions. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Oh, friend, may each domestic joy be thine, Be no unpleasing melancholy mine. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses So he had been set to the dreary work of committee-rooms; and then, since his manners were not unpleasing, dispatched as aide-de-camp to any chance orator who enlivened the county. The Half-Hearted The not unpleasing drone of bagpipes resounded through the woods, and a number of Bulgarians executed their national dance in a circle, taking hold of each other's girdle, and keeping time with the greatest exactness. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. In the immediate neighborhood a monument has been raised in memory of Gray—a huge bulk of stone of inartistic and unpleasing design. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Yet the general aspect of the temples is not unpleasing. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 "But a very racy tune, my dear," said Grandmama, "though the words are foolish and unpleasing." Dangerous Ages Nor is the idea unpleasing, which shows itself in various parts of these papers, of naturalizing American bottoms, and American citizens in France and in its foreign possessions. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 A sweet smile was the only reply, and notwithstanding the unpleasing effect, she immediately put the flowers sent by the servants in the most conspicuous place. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse Its hard angle superimposed on the great arch is unpleasing to the eye accustomed in this city to easy fluid curves. A Wanderer in Venice Something told her, and the thought was not wholly unpleasing to her, that Bill Chester and the Comte de Virieu would not get on well together. The Chink in the Armour It sounds to me an unpleasing business, but it is obviously doing you good, so far. Dangerous Ages But—"pas de rue sans but"—and at last all that unpleasing business was over—except a little after-clap of which you will hear presently. Carette of Sark However, gloomy as the prospect has been, it may clear up, and I could, if it was right, encourage hopes and anticipate a perspective that is not unpleasing to me. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life You do not answer me about H.'s book; I want to write to him, and not to say any thing unpleasing. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals The more ignorant or the stiffer sort thought it unpleasing to Allah. Foes As we have frequently mentioned Grotius, the short account of so great a man, which is inserted in Langbaine, will not be unpleasing to the reader. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II Dotty did not know why it was unpleasing. Dotty Dimple Out West The thunder roared; and the oars plying quickly, in order to reach the shore, occasioned a not unpleasing sound. Mary A Fiction In spite of her ill-temper and unpleasing voice, however, she was so beautiful, that—being also heir to the throne of a large kingdom—many princes sought her hand in marriage. Miscellanea "You see me in a passion—you know that I have cause—for is not this cause enough—this vile scar on features, now hideous, that were once surely not unpleasing." Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia I forgave, I even admired, your first scruple; I thought it generosity: but I have answered it; and if you had loved as I do, you would never again have named so unpleasing a subject. The History of Emily Montague Seen from the lake the low, spreading buildings in the rough clearing among gigantic pines were not unpleasing. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Several colours bear their share in the production of its dull unpleasing hue, tinged as it is with the lurid gleam of sensuality, as well as deadened with the heavy tint indicative of selfishness. Thought-Forms It may not have been unpleasing to him to see Artavasdes punished. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. His eye, too, had a not unpleasing twinkle, promising more of good-fellowship and a heart at ease than may ever consort with the jaundiced or distempered spirit. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Its water, notwithstanding the quantity of mineral matter held in solution, is exquisitely clear, and not unpleasing to the taste. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. "They are indeed but filthy rags," said Mr. Eliot, "to them who rely upon them for salvation; yet are they not unpleasing as being the fruits of saving faith." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance The effect was quaint and not unpleasing; a little cold, perhaps, but picturesque and graceful. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel Arthur smiled and shook his head, though the subject was by no means an unpleasing one, at least judging from his animated countenance, and the rapt attention which he paid to every word. Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire The whole atmosphere seemed to indicate a cultivated and luxurious taste, kept in bounds by a certain not unpleasing masculine severity. The Lighted Way Before, I had never experienced aught but a not unpleasing sadness. The Piazza Tales "Thy comparison," said Endicott, in reply, "is somewhat unpleasing, and the shoe fits us not; but in vain hath been our pilgrimage hither, if we continue to imitate the unhappy model we left behind." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance "The circumstances are entirely different—I may add that—that any intimation of inconsistency will be very unpleasing to me—very!" The Seeker Not only in the matter of draining, but in other respects, were these habitations deficient: but that strong terms are apt to grate unpleasingly upon the ear, one might say shamefully deficient. Verner's Pride It was not unpleasing on her full, rosy mouth. Judith of the Plains To recite the Commendations given him by several Authors, would of it self require a Volume; to rehearse some few not unpleasing to the Reader. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) His stanza is at once difficult and unpleasing: tiresome to the ear by its uniformity, and to the attention by its length. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century And I was presently fully persuaded he spoke a kind of English, and that not unpleasingly, with a liquid, shrill, voluminous ease. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance The landscape, over which the stranger gazed, was by no means unpleasing. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life They are long-visaged, and of a very unpleasing aspect, having no one graceful feature in their faces. A Source Book of Australian History Seen in the full daylight, she seemed to be at least thirty-five years of age, and her features, though not unpleasing, were coarse and large, especially the nose. Tracy Park It would appear that in mediæval India the colour in use was reddish: at present a rather bright and not unpleasing yellow is worn in Burma, Ceylon, Siam and Camboja. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 But the weather was serene, and as I walked on I fell into no unpleasing reveries. Mathilda Mr. Barker was not exactly unprepossessing; he was certainly not handsome, but there was a look of action about him that was not unpleasing. Doctor Claudius, A True Story His diction—in prose, at least—is almost perfect, and his poetical style not unpleasing. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Hissing is no doubt a dreadful sound—a word of fear unpleasing to the ear of both playwright and player. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character He was uncommonly ugly and unpleasing in appearance, but was very richly dressed. My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales "I thought she had a very unpleasing temper," he said. The Imaginary Marriage Reason, indeed, acquiesces in the melancholy necessity of punishing, but chains and badges of servitude are unpleasing objects, and compassion will always revolt at the sight of actual infliction. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) The author's style has its admirers, and is a not unpleasing novelty and variety to lovers of plain English; but it wearies in continuance, and one turns to French or German with relief. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The old shambles still stand in the shadow of the Tolbooth, the somewhat gaunt but not altogether unpleasing building that occupies a central position in the village. The Evolution of an English Town I imagine those instructions would not be unpleasing to the reader; I am sure, at least, they will not be unprofitable to missioners; and for that reason I shall make a recital of them. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 Undoubtedly an odd feeling, this, of being cared for by an outside man—- but withal tending to increase of self-esteem and therefore not unpleasing. A Maid of the Silver Sea The lively young lady, when she joined the party the second day in her canoe, stood up and gave a song which was far from unpleasing. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) She was not unpleasing, a bit sensuous, rather attractive in dress and manners, not very well informed, but gay, clever, up-to-date; such a girl as would pass among other women as fairly satisfactory. Twelve Men Another category remains excluded—namely, that of the pleasing and the unpleasing, or the agreeable and the disagreeable: in other words, the hedonic. Tragic Sense Of Life To top up, Dale made the not unpleasing discovery that Mavis was an heiress as well as an orphan. The Devil's Garden The commandant, Duchambon de Vergor, a captain in the colony regulars, was a dull man of no education, of stuttering speech, unpleasing countenance, and doubtful character. Montcalm and Wolfe He was aware of the flutter and whisper on either hand,—perhaps he did not find it unpleasing. Audrey And the brothers started up with fright when they heard it "We do not know," they said, "what is that weak, unpleasing voice we hear." Gods and Fighting Men It stands high on a hill, away from the centre of Bayreuth—a great structure of red brick and timber, not an imposing piece of architecture by any means, yet not unpleasing to the eye. Wagner I trust you did not find our little repast to-night unpleasing? 54-40 or Fight The whole atmosphere of the house and of this tour of inspection, which had been deliciously absorbing, became mysteriously conspiratorial, unpleasing. If Winter Comes Now we meet with men who take a decisive part in the fate of India, and they appear as sharply outlined, even though generally unpleasing, personalities. Akbar, Emperor of India In time the unpleasant look grew less unpleasing, and I noticed more the beautiful oval of the face, the brown eyes, and the fine chiselling of the features. The Lost Stradivarius If I have made the character more consistent to you by putting in these bits of mosaic, my pen will not have been ill employed, nor unpleasingly to you. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time On my earliest visit to this mansion, I was disturbed, I own, by a not unpleasing expectancy. In the Wrong Paradise She made her excellent speaking voice do duty in recitative for song, and the innovation is not unpleasing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 3, 1917 The people, too, though utter savages, were not in their own way altogether unpleasing. The Great Taboo His general expression was unpleasing, and from the first my brother felt as by intuition that there was present some malign and wicked influence. The Lost Stradivarius She saw a man in shabby clothing and with unkempt beard and hair, yet with a not unpleasing expression. Romance of California Life The comparing my sufferings with theirs would, I think, be no unpleasing occupation. Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates The Jew at last, in despair, rushed from the room, leaving me to the unpleasing consciousness that I had distressed an honest and even a friendly man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Her weaving together of incidents is artistic and her style graceful and not unpleasing. A Study of Fairy Tales What more welcome news to men under public calamities, unpleasing employment, plundering losses, sad tidings, than this of rest? The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Without a lavish expenditure of the utmost care and effort, our work will tend to be slovenly and unpleasing to God, and man, and to ourselves. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) McKann described to his wife this unpleasing picture only last night, while he was undressing, when he was making every possible effort to avert this concert party. Youth and the Bright Medusa Now, straight, even paths are not unpleasing if the effect is to be that of a formal garden. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. We must utter to God our real desires in their actual intensity; while at the same time we must learn to moderate desires which we see to be unpleasing to God. How to become like Christ This is not an unpleasing style on agricultural subjects—nor an uncommon one…. The Bed-Book of Happiness Their language was not unpleasing, and whatever they said, was in a singing kind of tone. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 I told him that I could sing, certainly, but that my singing was unpleasing, and that I only knew foreign songs. Hills and the Sea Soul landscapes and etched sonnets are not unpleasing to the ear. Promenades of an Impressionist His view of the "divine right of Kings" as on a level with "the divine right of constables" was unpleasing to George III., notwithstanding which his ecclesiastical career was eminently successful. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature That he was stirred to strong words by unpleasing comments on his country appears in his "Notions of Americans: Picked up by a Traveling Bachelor." James Fenimore Cooper The harmony produced is melancholy and not unpleasing, but at best all who form the several classes of professors in Native societies are indifferent musicians. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society We afterwards came to sandhills and extensive tracts covered with that most unpleasing of shrubs to a traveller, the Eucalyptus dumosa, and the prickly grass mentioned by Mr. Oxley. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The pleasures of certainty are generally far less enjoyable—I mean as pleasures go in this unpleasing world. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) It can't be wrong, though, to rejoice That his unpleasing capers Are ended. Black Beetles in Amber There is, throughout his work, an unpleasing strain, like the vibration of a rope drawn out too tight,—a strain and a tug of intellectual intensity, that is not fulfilled by any corresponding intellectual wisdom. One Hundred Best Books These rutts are drawn by bullocks, having bells of a small size strung round their neck, which as they move have a novel and not unpleasing sound, from the variety of tones produced. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Between these comes the street front by Waterhouse, for whose unpleasing façade no one seems to have a good word. Beautiful Britain—Cambridge Abbé Sieyès provides yet another constitution; unpleasing to sundry who will not be dispersed. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History Uncanny the place is: Thence upward ascendeth the surging of waters, Wan to the welkin, when the wind is stirring The weather unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy, Then the heavens lower. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 At least, it can never be unpleasing to Americans to recur to the most interesting specimen of our kind that has lived in America since Franklin. Famous Americans of Recent Times The country still retained the same woody, hilly, and irregular, though not unpleasing, appearance; but in running along the shore it manifestly grew worse, having more tendency to sand. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 How unpleasing were the reflections that arose from this catalogue of criminals and their offences! An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Growing up amid these influences, his features were softened into a civilized expression, and his tawny face was not unpleasing. California Sketches, Second Series While she danced with him, she found his brisk directness not unpleasing. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts This is an unpleasing picture of a citizen of polite and amiable Philadelphia. Famous Americans of Recent Times Can you think it necessary to me, or believe that your letters can be so long as to make them unpleasing to me? The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 The building is of considerable magnitude; its proportions are not unpleasing, and it contains much elaborate sculpture; but the labor has been ill bestowed, having been lavished without any attention to consistency. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 He had refused his father's suggestion of settling down in a house on the Brandan estate, for Lord Brandan was an unpleasing old gentleman, a frequenter of country bars and country barmaids. Kimono As a verb, the word is needless and unpleasing. Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults Their evenings are passed away round the fires, with songs generally of a low, plaintive, and not unpleasing character, time being kept by beating one bone or stick upon another. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 Instead of these, parties were formed unpleasing to my taste, and every opportunity was embraced to join in diversions in which she knew I could not consistently take a share. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton A lady-punster is a most unpleasing phenomenon, and we would advise no young woman, however witty she may be, to cultivate this kind of verbal talent. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette He wore a clerical suit, with a dingy white neck-tie; the skin about his throat hung in deep folds, and the folds were filled with an unpleasing grey stubble. True Tilda She heaved a sigh, which was no more unpleasing than her giggle. Wee Macgreegor Enlists His courtesy was unpleasing, while extreme coarseness met with a ready apologist. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 The ingratitude of Kings was a commonplace; the ingratitude of peoples an unpleasing novelty. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays When their patience was almost exhausted, the boat returned, but instead of provisions, brought the unpleasing information, that the lieutenant, one Kennedy, had run off with both the ships. The Pirates Own Book He was an unpopular man in East Kent and he knew it, doing nothing to counterbalance the unpleasing impression caused invariably by his surly manner, and his sarcastic, often violent, temper. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk There is always wearing anxiety, and the unpleasing, thankless, humiliating searching for work, under the most distasteful conditions possible. Women Workers in Seven Professions Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers were strangely vilified in their unpleasing likenesses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 He was expected to help the students in the house where he found entertainment, and it may not have been unpleasing to him on occasion to display his talents before his host. The Glories of Ireland They made a quaint and far from unpleasing picture, thought Bently Gibson, the ideal juror, and he wondered what the poor old devil could be up for. By Advice of Counsel Indeed, I am sure you would respect our poor friend's wishes, even if they were to take a form unpleasing to yourself, which is far from likely. Fenton's Quest The movements of one beast may have a character that is unpleasing to the eyes of another; his cries may sound discordant; his smell may be repulsive. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development |
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