| 单词 | untidiness |
| 例句 | But there was an unmistakable grooming about him, too; he was not one of those who used untidiness to substantiate their radicalism. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not in the disarray of rumpled sheets, nor the untidiness of a kicked-off shoe or a wet towel hung over the back of a chair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Asked about his thoughts on how things ended for Will and Alicia, Charles said the untidiness felt appropriate. Josh Charles drawn to 'tragic element' of 'Good Wife' relationship 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z I like her tone and her idea that untidiness is a spectrum.” The Cult of Marie Kondo 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Benjamin Franklin, successful by almost any measure, bemoaned his personal untidiness. Are You a Slob? That Could Be a Great Thing 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Where other adaptations employ modern language, merge characters and polish the narrative, Poulton presents the words that Malory wrote, in all their untidiness. Le Morte d'Arthur: The RSC throw down the gauntlet 2010-06-06T20:31:00Z They “seek to systematize complexity, to reduce the chaos, disorder and sheer untidiness of history to neat patterns.” Is Donald Trump a Fascist? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Dramatic punchiness in the arresting opening chorus was sometimes undermined by fuzziness in the orchestral and choral parts, and occasional untidiness recurred later on, though the conductor's sense of momentum maintained cohesion and impetus. St John Passion – review 2013-03-31T17:31:01Z Though the scholarship on its origins is uncertain, it appears that Chekhov began writing it as an 18-year-old student, and it exudes a youthful, passionate untidiness. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The dilemma My wife dearly loves our two teenage children but becomes hugely frustrated at their general untidiness. My wife is unhappy, and I don’t like our life together 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?It's a toss-up between untidiness, anxiety and control-freakery. Q&A: Mary Beard 2013-03-16T08:00:02Z The occasional untidiness aside, his sureness of pacing restored to the experience both the menace and magic that the staging so sorely lacked. Prom 61: Hansel and Gretel 2010-09-01T11:48:00Z The group's director, David Bates, was effusive in gesture though occasionally less clear in articulation, allowing some momentary untidiness to creep in. La Nuova Musica/Bates ? review 2010-12-16T22:00:01Z The untidiness of the architect’s composition wants to engage the surroundings, but there is no frisson here. Don’t be aloof 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z They had all the contradictions and untidiness that come with free will. | 'The Intelligent Homosexual?s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures': Debating Dialectics and Dad?s Suicide Plan 2011-05-06T13:00:05Z But there is a kind of wildness and whimsy to our home’s untidiness, an unpredictability that mirrors the neurological difference produced by Max’s migration abnormalities. A Glimpse Into My Son’s Magnificent Mind 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It occurred to me at some point that, at the very least, even when “The Burnt City” is impenetrable, it does mirror war in its untidiness. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z At various points in her life, Norma McCorvey represented the issue in all of its complexities and untidiness. Perspective | ‘Jane Roe,’ from Roe v. Wade, made a stunning deathbed confession. Now what? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Dirtiness, untidiness and sloppiness are radical gestures, especially for women, who are consistently instructed to pluck, shave, diet and douche away the mess. 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Instead, the film depicts people grappling with the untidiness of their emotions through Song’s unassumingly poetic dialogue and luminous imagery. How a first-time director's own 'Past Lives' inspired one of the year's best films 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z If you think about nature, untidiness is actually wildly beneficial. ADHD doesn't just affect young people — and it's not about technology 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson is famous for his shambling manner, a raffish untidiness that extends from his clothes to his personal life. Boris Johnson Tries On a New Campaign Persona: Disciplined 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z At least England were succeeding in disrupting Sweden’s initially meticulous organisation, inducing an untypical element of untidiness to their play. Sweden beat England to Women’s World Cup bronze with help from VAR 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Indeed, the ultimate goal of organizing is to remedy the state of untidiness and prevent its recurrence. Marie Kondo: How to Choose Happiness 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Sports leagues struggle with domestic issues, almost always giving the benefit of doubt to their players rather than dig into the untidiness. The Josh Brown case shows the NFL is still failing on domestic abuse | Les Carpenter 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Each of them share one trait: an obsession with finding beauty in the untidiness of life. Elliott Erwitt's Discusses the Magic of Photography 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Yet given the untidiness of those themes — not to mention the sense of bewilderment she cops to more than once — what's surprising about the album is the clarity with which Stefani expresses herself. Gwen Stefani draws on raw wounds for frank and powerful 'This Is What the Truth Feels Like' 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z She listed some of her phobias: “superficiality, vulgarity especially in women, untidiness of mind and person, and cigars.” Remembering Nancy Reagan: The End of a White House Love Story 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “People love it,” Keller says, describing the impact of the carefully calculated military untidiness that now reigns over the once elegant and orderly rooms. Refurnishing campaign brings new life to George Wythe House 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z You need only look in my garden, never mind my kitchen counter, to see the sin of untidiness. The hidden religious promise behind Marie Kondo’s decluttering ‘magic’ 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Cheaper By The Dozen sees parents battle with constant untidiness caused by their many children. The parenting lessons to be taken from movies 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z This was the site of his study linking racism to environmental untidiness, supposedly conducted during a strike by sanitation workers. Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud 2013-04-26T11:00:57Z The raft of substitutions, as so often in friendly internationals, led to much untidiness. Scotland 1-0 Estonia 2013-02-06T21:48:31Z What's much more significant about these moguls is that they share a mindset that renders them blind to the untidiness and contradictions of life, not to mention the fears and anxieties of lesser beings. New-tech moguls: the modern robber barons? 2012-06-30T23:04:09Z Portugal were pushing the defending champions into unaccustomed untidiness and uncertainty. Euro 2012: Ronaldo's save it for later approach costs Portugal dear 2012-06-27T22:29:09Z The sentence was out before she had time to realize that the general untidiness included a searing vision of Lily in an arm-chair, imparadised upon the lap of the impossible Tom Hewitt. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The Queen receiving him most graciously, apologized to the composer for the untidiness of the room, beginning herself to put it in order and laughingly accepting his assistance. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z "When Mistress Fuller comes, which is a weary day awaiting, I hope she may not find me fallen into untidiness," he said, whimsically. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z On the other hand, there is no excuse for untidiness, holes in the boots, a broken hat, torn gloves, and so on. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z It was such a long exercise and I had copied it out so neatly, and you know uncle hates blots and untidiness.' Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z One of the marked features of the disease in women is a tendency to untidiness. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z To one form of her untidiness, however, I objected though, had I known what was to come of my objection, I would have borne with worse in silence. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Thus, when speaking of cleanliness, he will appeal to the æsthetic instinct of the children, awakening in them a feeling of disgust at untidiness. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z It is advisable to keep it in canvas bags or hang it in braids in the class room, as careless handling may cause untidiness or tend to disorder in the class room. Practical Basketry 2012-01-28T03:00:23.977Z Now, as to the general untidiness of Borrow’s home at the time of his death—the point is a distasteful one, but it had better be faced. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The boarding house was unattractive and the vestibule where Emmy Lou stood to ring the bell embarrassed her by its untidiness. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z In England she had borrowed the untidiness and tawdriness that degrade the English poor. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z In return for untidiness, they keep the universe a vibrant place. Astronomers Catch Black Hole Spitting Out Material 2012-01-11T20:15:28.217Z I doubt if you would have loved the girls at that moment; and yet ... you know ... their black or brassy hair, their untidiness, and the cotton blouses half-dropped from their tumultuous breasts.... Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z “In any case,” she added diplomatically, “it adds a look of untidiness.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z But try as I may, I cannot see St. Joseph's as it was, cannot see any detail, nothing save the general shabbiness and untidiness that shocked my convent-bred eyes. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Then she preened her ruffled plumes, and went down and rated Mrs. Maru for the untidiness of her dwelling-place, till the old lady regretted more than ever the exchange she had made. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Miss Arnott, who had had a notion that Mrs Plummer was the soul of neatness, was surprised and even tickled by the evidence of untidiness which met her on every hand. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z From his general negligence and untidiness, he was nicknamed Masaccio–"hulking Tom"–which has become one of the most honourable names in the history of art. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z She remembered the glimpse she had had of the full room—the fretting babies, the general air of untidiness which only a half-open door had revealed. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z Making "confusion worse confounded;" leaving things worse than they were before; adding to the discomfort of their husbands, their children, and themselves; whom they keep in a perpetual state of slovenliness and untidiness. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Prosecutors point to a frayed friendship between Kercher and Knox, who they say resented the Briton's criticism of her sexual habits and untidiness in the shared apartment. Amanda Knox a promiscuous "she-devil": appeal court told 2011-09-26T12:47:05Z In spite of the extreme untidiness of his study, Mr. Saltus was scrupulously particular about his person, changing his linen several times a day after a tub and a shower. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z But there is an art in its very untidiness, and the thickness of the nest renders it cool in summer and warm for a shelter-nest during winter. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z There were children here too—plenty of them—but children at their best and daintiest, and looking as if untidiness and quarrels were things unknown to them—though possibly they were not. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Salome felt more and more uncomfortable about her hair, and said, "I am quite ashamed of my untidiness; but I have lost all my pins, and my hair is such a dreadful bother." Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z Her dress was disordered; her hair, that had grayed slightly in the suffering of past weeks, had something of wildness in its untidiness. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The whole room has an appearance of hopeless untidiness and slovenliness. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Her sails hung loosely in the gaskets, and the slackness of her ropes and her general air of untidiness alike showed the absence of any sort of discipline on board. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z In vain Mildred protested that the so-called untidiness was natural, and that no amount of brushing or damping could reduce those rebellious waves to order. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z “Just my luck,” muses the traveller with vexation in his face, as he gazes round upon his friend’s sitting-room, a typical bachelor den in all its pipe-and-book-and-stick-bestrewn untidiness. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He wears white suits and must wash them himself; untidiness is never excused. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z And most of the untidiness was caused by telltale bits of red, yellow, and green paper. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z Dinner over, Whitman retired awhile to his own apartment: that fearful chaos of pell-mell untidiness which was the delight of its occupant and the despair of Mrs. Stafford. A Day with Walt Whitman 2011-06-05T02:00:12.967Z Mollie, in her younger days, with a capable, scheming mother to skillfully conceal her faults—her indolence, her untidiness, her lack of education—had seemed a fitting person for the task of rearing Jeanne. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z What with his drinking, and her untidiness, small wonder the children are in rags. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z She was slipping back into shiftlessness, into minute untidiness—into actual slovenliness. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The apartment resembled, except for its air of general untidiness, nothing so much as a corner in the British Museum library. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z They grow accustomed to think that untidiness must necessarily be associated with drudgery. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z His helpless untidiness, and utter inability to look after himself, were also troubles which I could at least ameliorate. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Una had risen and gone to the piano to gather up the music which Jack, with his usual untidiness, had scattered about. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Emmie rather felt than saw that her uncle’s eye detected the little untidiness; the naval officer was himself “so dreadfully neat!” The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z I never saw him in a passion, though he used to get a good deal teased at one time for his untidiness. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z That feeling of the untidiness of the muffler, of its being something strange to her skin, something with the rough virtue of masculinity, which no one could detect in the gloom, was in itself pleasant. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z His scrupulous care as to his personal appearance rather amused Garth, who was careless in such matters almost to the point of untidiness. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Moreover, where before he had found disorder and untidiness, he now found positive chaos. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z I must explain that I have fits of untidiness occasionally, and I was arranging my papers. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Mrs. Hoxton showed her into a larger bedroom on the first floor, just opening the door and giving Alex a glimpse of extreme untidiness and an unmade bed. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z For the widow had a certain indolent Southern negligence, which in a less pretty woman would have been untidiness, and a characteristic hook-and-eye-less freedom of attire, which on less graceful limbs would have been slovenly. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It would be well if she understood the look of love in her mother's eyes as clearly as she sees the untidiness of her mother's dress. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z Mrs. Barnes insisted on forgiving me yesterday for the cigarettes, for the untidiness. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Gabrielle was the very personification of untidiness, and the note in question had been left by her on her mantelpiece. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z All the untidiness existent about this dwelling was hid in darkness, and only the faint sounds and odors betrayed these conditions. The Girl From Tim's Place The smallness, the untidiness, the pure joy of Squibs Bailly's study! The Guarded Heights There was a general air of disorder and untidiness throughout the apartment, which seemed to bespeak early and late revels, and no great observance of the thrift of even military housekeeping. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Aunt Annie is always taking me to task for my untidiness. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins There was more untidiness, uproar, and trouble in one week now than had been seen in three years before. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves "But, mamma, untidiness isn't such a very bad fault—not like telling falsehoods, or bullying, or anything like that?" Five Minutes' Stories This to a clever but idle youth remarkable for his large, inky hands and persistent untidiness of apparel. Years of Plenty Twice she wiped the chair on which he was to sit, uttering all the while many apologies at the untidiness of the room. Edelweiss A Story There was a box crowded full of green houseleeks down at the side of the door: they were straying over the edge, and Melissa stooped stiffly down with an air of disapproval at their untidiness. Old Friends and New She had ushered Enid into Hubert's front room, from which the untidiness had disappeared. A Life Sentence A Novel Lecture on the Principles of Shorthand, together with practical lessons in disorder, untidiness, negligence, forgetfulness and carelessness, all thoroughly taught in three months more or less. Silver Links But these were extreme and exceptional cases of untidiness, the worshipers generally being neatly clad and careful of their personal appearance. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Owing partly therefore to the shabbiness, partly to the untidiness, partly to the very comfort of the slightly overheated room, the visitor who entered it did not form a very high opinion of its occupant. Under False Pretences A Novel The town into which the highway leads lies straight before my window, flat, unpicturesque, uninteresting, marked by the untidiness of crudeness and the untidiness of neglect. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. One must conquer habits of laziness, untidiness, extravagance, voice, gestures, clothing, to gain power to concentrate Thought. The Colored Girl Beautiful And although her own small tract of New Jersey woefully failed to come anywhere near those same ideals she had a weakness for the gentle disparagement of Latin untidiness and lack of finish. Aliens It was very warm certainly, so close up under the roof, but it was as clean and neat as a new pin—all the untidiness was left behind in Faith's room. Anxious Audrey In spite of my innate English horror of untidiness, and my maid's innate Irish tendency to it, I should be very sorry if she were to leave me. Records of Later Life The mills were cleaned of the year's accumulation of dust and cobwebs and general untidiness. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The very clatter pleased me, the crowds, the camp-like slovenliness, a disorder so entirely different from the established and accepted untidiness of China or India. The Passionate Friends Apparently to Driver there was nothing odd in this mad rush over to Paris; his expressionless eyes saw the untidiness of his master’ toilet without changing. The Phantom Lover In her heart she wondered how she could ever endure the hopeless muddle, the dirt and untidiness, for fifty-two long weeks. Anxious Audrey There were none of the usual impedimenta of a prairie man’s abode, there was no untidiness, no dirt, no makeshift. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The old white farm, with crumbling walls about it, remnants of attempts at fortification long ago, looked fairly prosperous in its untidiness. Angelot A Story of the First Empire This pseudomanic episode lasted for a couple of months, and then she settled down to a fairly consistent deterioration with indifference, silly laughter, occasional assaultiveness, destructiveness and untidiness. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type He was on terms of intimacy with the late Mr. Alexander Douglas, W.S., who, on account of the untidiness of his person, was known by the sobriquet of "Dirty Douglas." Law and Laughter His first impression of the city was that it was noble, even beautiful, in spite of its untidiness, its distress. Changing Winds A Novel I was under her care, and slept in her room, which was one of those in the gateway; and though she was always scolding me about some untidiness, she was very kind to me. The Fairchild Family Nothing but ruin, neglect, disorder, untidiness, irreverence, and inconvenience. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Yet now, as he gazed about him at the result, he knew that only a cleanly untidiness prevailed, and he felt disheartened. The Twins of Suffering Creek "I do hate dirt and untidiness," Lalage explained when he made a remark on the subject. People of Position The wheel-tracks could hardly be seen on the fine turf, but Bernard disliked untidiness. Partners of the Out-Trail He was educated at Maynooth, was the son of a little farmer in the neighbourhood, was perfectly illiterate,—but chiefly showed his dissimilarity to the parish priest by his dirt and untidiness. The Macdermots of Ballycloran We cannot agree with this favorite saying, because it saves so many more than nine, besides saving time and preventing untidiness. How Girls Can Help Their Country All the ancient grandeur of the sitting-room seemed overclouded with shabbiness and untidiness. Ghetto Comedies The vicarage kitchen was untidy, and yet to him beautiful with the untidiness of her and her child. The Rainbow It was then that Mollie was accused of untidiness and feckless ways, when hints of idleness were dropped, and strict rules, never to be carried out, were made. Lover or Friend Occasionally she sniffed in disgust at the general untidiness of the place. Hepsey Burke True love will endure much, but it sometimes dies in the presence of untidiness, of carelessness as to dress or room, or lack of sweetness of person or of breath. What a Young Woman Ought to Know It is the recognized symbol of untidiness and carelessness, being found not so much in barren ground as in good ground not properly cared for. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Wild untidiness had given place to some semblance of order. The Master Mummer As Dorothy said, he was responsible for the untidiness and she the comfort. Malcolm Sage, Detective Presently up came the untidy Deb, in all her untidiness, to say that dinner was served; and was parenthetically told by Philippa that she was a shame to the family. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution A little untidiness, in so good a cause, could hardly be taken amiss by even the most fastidious taxpayer. Birds in the Bush No litter on the grass, no untidiness of walls or chimneys; and no seeming of comfortable homes when the door was opened. Daisy Men slaving at their gardens he might see, and women weary at their washing and mending, amid scenes of little dignity and much poverty and makeshift untidiness; but that was all. Change in the Village The house had the usual Sunday morning air of untidiness. The Cheerful Smugglers I noted the poverty, the untidiness, the want of system and thrift, that existed about the cabin, notwithstanding his knowledge of French and other academic studies. The Future of the American Negro Ela was thinking deeply, and frowning at the untidiness of the table. The Secret House She knew that he didn't care a rap about the little squat god, but he abhorred untidiness—in other people. The Creators A Comedy The smoke of the chieftain's pipe, the smell of burning meat, and the untidiness of the place and people, left a stale odor, which was nauseating to one unaccustomed to it. Camp-fire and Wigwam By untidiness, I mean dirt and dust, and bureau drawers in a mess, and desks in disorder.” Patty's Social Season Low, straggling houses stretched out lazy lengths of untidiness, except where a group of taller, more pretentious buildings indicated the stores, a hotel or two, several boarding houses, and numerous saloons and dance halls. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch The same untidiness that marked the house was to be seen about the barn also, which, if anything, was in a more dilapidated condition than the former. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 An Indian squaw—for all her filth an untidiness a fair representative of her breed—pushed through the door and came stolidly inside. The Snowshoe Trail In spite of her untidiness, we all liked her, for she was always good company. Cricket at the Seashore It was composed of a woman who reminded her very strongly of Miss Letitia in the round chubbiness of her face and her comfortable untidiness, although she was undoubtedly much younger, and her two children. The Heart of Arethusa They rolled over and over amid the plaudits of their companions, and Ben, who hated dirt and mud and all untidiness, didn't mind now. A Little Girl in Old New York Aunt Jen despised men, but she had a way of reproving their congenital untidiness by the shine of her plates and the mirror-like polish of her candlesticks. The Dew of Their Youth For neither should the frugal wife neglect neatness, nor the virtuous one neglect to make herself attractive, for peevishness makes a wife's good conduct disagreeable, as untidiness makes one disgusted with simplicity. § xxix. Plutarch's Morals But so interested was she in making a sheet of black paper that she paid no heed to the untidiness. Marjorie's Busy Days The presence of flies in the home is usually a sign of untidiness; but it means more, it means that disease and often death is hovering over the home. An Elementary Study of Insects One of the most offensive public plagues is the man who leaves a trail of untidiness behind him. The Book of Business Etiquette The place had rows of bunks in various stages of untidiness. I've Married Marjorie Even a careless housewife would have been driven insane by such deliberate untidiness. The Paternoster Ruby “I seem to have been ‘tidying up and starting afresh’ all my life,” he said, wearily; “I’m beginning to see where the untidiness lies, and the only way to get rid of it.” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Frederick glanced hurriedly about the room, the untidiness of it all striking his sensitiveness. Tess of the Storm Country Nobody was in the ground-room floor, nothing, except the untidiness left by half-a-dozen rough men, and I mounted the narrow stair and tried the room above. The Black Colonel Another boy, a little younger and shorter, and clothed in a superior untidiness, had somehow got on to the bridge, and was leaning with his back against the parapet which supported Edwin’s elbows. Clayhanger Girls who wore fringes were in her eyes stamped with three certain faults: untidiness, vanity, and love of dressing beyond their station. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May But then who is there that can bear so total a disguise as filth and untidiness spread over a woman? Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 If people could only realise the amount of time lost by untidiness, I think they would regard the fault with positive horror. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I can’t understand a dirty or disorderly Christian—leastways, it’s very dishonouring to the Master; for dirt and untidiness and confusion are types and pictures of sin. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best He had an air of somewhat gross and prosperous untidiness. Clayhanger I can’t think how I came to be her daughter, and I know I’m a trial to her with my untidiness. The Heart of Una Sackville His study was a spectacle for untidiness and grime. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth If Jack goes to business, he has a very poor chance of getting on, for untidiness and business will no more go together than oil and water. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life And don’t dirtiness and untidiness in Christians bring a reproach on religion? True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best The Dux’s locker, I grieve to say, was a model of untidiness. Tom, Dick and Harry In thickly settled districts among the poor and uneducated, where filth and untidiness reign, the "itch" is a very prominent disease. The Mother and Her Child The unthinking untidiness and active penknives of the holiday makers made it recently necessary for the grounds to be closed to strangers. Highways and Byways in Sussex But not only does untidiness waste time, and render the person who falls into it a disreputable member of society, but it seriously endangers his success in life. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life That is, how many dead souls fly over our untidiness like swallows and build under the eaves of the living. Fantasia of the Unconscious Books were strewn here and there, but there was no slovenliness or untidiness; and, ha! there were the first signs of work on the white sheets of manuscript paper. My New Curate So our first thought was one of scandalised amazement at the extreme untidiness of the business. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Mr. Reeve described the scene as one of rank dilapidation and decay—evidences of extreme untidiness and neglect everywhere.' George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Few things are more against a man in business than untidiness; people fight shy of him. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life He has unloosed it, as, quite oblivious of any untidiness in his appearance, he hurries on, ruthlessly crushing the pages of the folio back, as he grasps it in his hand. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation "For instance, I didn't snore," she cried, rising to her feet, and thanking the kindly night that veiled her untidiness. The Stowaway Girl All day he had been very busy destroying old letters and papers and seeing to everything so that he should leave no untidiness nor carelessness behind him. The Prelude to Adventure Now, as to the general untidiness of Borrow's home at the time of his death—the point is a distasteful one, but it had better be faced. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends For all its untidiness and confusion, its litter of boards, tools and battered paint pots, the shop was unquestionably one of the most homey corners of the Spence cottage. Flood Tide Now, it is well known that the little creatures commonly called fairies, though there are many different kinds of fairies in Fairyland, have an exceeding dislike to untidiness. The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories No litter on the grass, no, untidiness of walls or chimneys; and no seeming of comfortable homes when the door was opened. Daisy How clean, orderly, leisurely, and respectable after the untidiness and explosive anarchy of New York! Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists By those moving lights other depressing things could be seen: untidiness, buildings not kept up to perfection, evidences of apathy, the road, which hadn't been cleaned lately, litter here and there. This World Is Taboo The kitchen had been repulsive, but the bedroom fairly shocked with the very indelicacy of untidiness. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Neither his hardened untidiness nor his lonely lot seemed, however, to weigh heavily on his mind; for he withdrew whistling, and his notes were heard about the passages for some little time. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The woman you choose should be plain, as plain as you can find, as old or older than yourself, devoid of social gifts or accomplishments, poor—for your self-respect—and with a certain amiable untidiness. Certain Personal Matters What man or woman either would not be utterly discouraged to come home day after day to poor meals and untidiness everywhere, conditions which in time bring poor health and disease. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada His two younger sisters' untidiness was a perpetual annoyance to him, and he still felt sore and angry at the way Rosamund had upset his toy-box when looking for that old prescription. What Timmy Did Then she withdrew her attention for a moment to glance round upon the clumsy appliances and masculine untidiness of the place. The Astonishing History of Troy Town But the untidiness was something dreadful—"Never did I see such a mess—smears of honey; and moss, and thistledown—and marks of big and little dirty feet—all over my nice clean house!" The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse "Phelps had an idea you were making music," he explained; "and, for the untidiness, I suppose he remembered that I was used to it of old." A Comedy of Masks A Novel Sylvia secretly wondered how the Wachners could bear to leave the garden, which might have been made so pretty with a little care, in such a state of neglect and untidiness. The Chink in the Armour The untidiness of my garden is due to the fault of the previous tenants. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 The thought of untidiness always underlies their freshness, and so we prefer to put the night pillows in the closet during the day and let the bedroll or the day pillows take their place. The Complete Home Mrs. Lang began at once to clear a very large old sofa of its untidiness. The Story of Jessie It is an untidiness of years, and it is hopeless to cope with it. A Comedy of Masks A Novel The nest was a big, untidy structure of sticks and dead branches; but it was strongly woven for all its untidiness, because it had to stand against the great winds sweeping down over the Ridge. Children of the Wild There is no such cure for untidiness as clearing up after other people; one sees so clearly where the fault lies. The Brownies and Other Tales "Oh yes—you must come inside, please; but you will have to forgive our untidiness." The Ship of Stars He printed convincing photographs taken in various "dirty cities" that tolerated refuse and other evidences of untidiness on their streets and literally shamed those communities into cleaning up the plague-spots. A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After She was waiting for him on the landing, her fresh cleanness in fragrant contrast to the forlorn untidiness of the stairways. The Vehement Flame Then Chaine remained alone with Mathilde in the damp shop, amidst the heaps of clay and the puddles of water, while the chalky light from the whitened windows glared crudely over all the wretched untidiness. His Masterpiece A faded and very stout lady, gowned with elaborate simplicity, yet somehow suggesting well-bred untidiness, rolled toward them, propelled in a wheeled-chair by a black servant. The Firing Line As he said this—or only implied it in saying something else—the broken slats, the dirty windows, the uncarpeted floor, the universal untidiness, whispered in the mind of the hearer, "Amen!" Trumps When she saw her cap and the untidiness of her hair and her white collar all spotted, she frowned. Love Stories As usual, the room is a nest of filth and untidiness. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls This was the period of absent-mindedness, of untidiness, of unpunctuality, for she was convinced that these three ingredients compose the spiritual life. Balloons Departmental chiefs had nothing to do but acquiesce in this startling untidiness. Your United States Impressions of a first visit All this untidiness was poison to Mr. Job, and it worked inside the man until he was just one simmering pot of wrath, and liable to boil over at the leastest little extra provocation. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Where there are carking cares, querulousness, untidiness, slovenliness, and dirt, there can be little comfort either for man or woman. Thrift Who can endure the continual untidiness of children? Historia Calamitatum Of all people in the world; she has the least mercy for anything like domestic untidiness. Homes and How to Make Them The untidiness of his wife's room, her lack of method and charm, and the memory of her peevishness on the journey disgusted him. The Mating of Lydia It implied to him a masculine untidiness, and he was intensely orderly and hated untidiness. If Winter Comes Scouts who had cost their patrols points through untidiness were upbraided by their comrades. Don Strong, Patrol Leader "That child is not canny," she muttered, while aloud she chided her for idleness and untidiness in having thrown her cap on the floor. Halcyone In scarcely any part of it was there any evidence of business prosperity or thrift, but, generally, there was abundant evidence of poverty, untidiness and decay. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink And his study with pillows on the sofa, with stacks of papers in the corners, and with a dirty invalid poodle lying under the table, produced the same impression of unkemptness and untidiness as himself. The Darling and Other Stories Forgetting their morning deshabille and general untidiness, they rushed breathless with excitement to meet the regiment, and listened greedily to the band playing the march. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories At a distance, peeping out of the trees that surround them, they look pretty, but they, have more than the usual French untidiness. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 Rose-Marie could see that the untidiness of the flat, the drunken mutterings of Pa, and her mother's carelessness and dirt had strained Ella's resistance to the breaking point. The Island of Faith His untidiness was probably congenital to begin with, and in any case would have been a policy from the first, of that deep and subtle mind. The Conqueror Why, you go out with buttons loose, or entirely off your dress, or your frocks unmended, not to speak of the untidiness of your room. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Only on deck and among the ropes of her running gear was shown that sign of untidiness which distinguishes the merchant vessel from the man-of-war. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" Her waist is open at the throat, collar off, and she has the appearance of a woman's untidiness when she is at that particular stage of her toilet. The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 It ought therefore to be a pleasant city, but it is not, owing to its extreme untidiness. Far Off At West Point no excuse whatever is accepted for untidiness of person or quarters. Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life The real comfort of the house need not thereby be impaired, as there is a vast difference between your scrupulous cleanliness and careless untidiness. Quit Your Worrying! "You are aware that Mr. Darrin has been punished by the imposition of a great many demerits for untidiness in the care of his equipment?" Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis I promise never again to speak of any untidiness—although it is torture to me! Old and New Masters Tokugawa Iyeyasu, the greatest of all Japanese statesmen, who gave peace to the whole country, put in order this untidiness also. Kimono If we wish to convey this impression to our reader, our description must include the details that give that impression of untidiness to us. Composition-Rhetoric Unlike the rest of the premises, the garden was in perfect order--the roses trimmed and cared for; the walks neatly edged and clean; with no weed or sign of untidiness or neglect anywhere. The Eyes of the World "You did not turn down, disarrange and soil his bed this forenoon, or create the appearance of untidiness in connection with Mr. Darrin washbowl?" Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis And how many men," said Edith, "make the indifference, the ill temper, or the untidiness of a wife an excuse for their intemperance, tavern-haunting, and all their neglect of home. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland There was no suspicion of affectation about that good man; yet I regarded his untidiness as a defect, and not as an excellence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 It is his garden, and his eye always sees the least weed and the least untidiness. Emilie the Peacemaker So if a city has to tax heavily to pay its debts, it must cut down its current expenses somewhere, and the results are sure to be visible in more or less untidiness and inefficiency. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins His appearance was not prepossessing nor—though he was a large man and somewhat florid as to his countenance—particularly striking, except for a general air of untidiness. The Red Thumb Mark Mrs. M'Crawney exclaimed with pious fervour, as she emerged from her bedroom and seated herself in all her squalid untidiness on the nearest chair. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods The offence in No. 45 is more the result of untidiness than of a lack of artistic discrimination. What Dress Makes of Us His fingers had ruffled his hair into a dissipated untidiness. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Two chairs, a home-made table with a Kansas City Star as a cloth, a sheetless bed, a rough cupboard, a stove and floors carpeted with accumulations of untidiness completed the furnishings. Dust If there was one thing more than another that Alfred detested it was untidiness. Baby Mine It was clear to me that she regarded me with an eye entirely more critical than I had for her, that she didn't like my scholarly untidiness, my want of even the most commonplace style. Tono Bungay I agreed with him that nobody could help the untidiness of the vestry, and then suggested that we should proceed to our business without more delay. The Woman in White But the untidiness was something dreadful—"Never did I see such a mess—smears of honey; and moss, and thistledown—and marks of big and little dirty feet— all over my nice clean house!" The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter We went to his study for coffee, a jolly room full of books and trophies and untidiness and comfort. The Thirty-Nine Steps The untidiness of sorrow and poverty has its bounds. Baron Trigault's Vengeance That they were invariably clean, that his were the scoured fingers of the surgeon, made his stubborn untidiness the more jarring. Main Street In the institution was also noted the tendency to untidiness of which her mother spoke. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology The place would have been squalid enough in any case, but the litter, the untidiness, made the impression revolting. Of Human Bondage Being for the most part attached to boarding-houses they were in a state of chronic untidiness and fluttering, on certain days of the week, with miscellaneous garments and frayed table-cloths. The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Without his scrap-books, his chemicals, and his homely untidiness, he was an uncomfortable man. The Return of Sherlock Holmes I noted the poverty, the untidiness, the want of system and thrift, that existed about the cabin, notwithstanding his knowledge of French and other academic subjects. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue He pointed to his boots which were white with dust, while a dejected flower drooping in his buttonhole, like an exhausted animal over a gate, added to the effect of length and untidiness. The Voyage Out Everywhere there were mingled the luxury of the wealthy man of taste and the careless untidiness of the bachelor. The Lost World Without his scrapbooks, his chemicals, and his homely untidiness, he was an uncomfortable man. The Return of Sherlock Holmes Her untidiness is not all; her toilette at home revolts my sensibilities, but—well, one cannot have everything, and her salary is substantial; I have closed my eyes to the curl rags. A Chair on the Boulevard There was something singularly Irish in the way Lady Conroy managed to make a kind of muddle and untidiness all round her, when she had been in a room a minute or two. Love at Second Sight No untidiness anywhere; the ordinary litter of an author's room was quite absent. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 In 'conduite' he made but a poor showing, and he was several times billeted for untidiness. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Her hat was on one side, her hair was very untidy, and it was not a becoming untidiness either. The Incomplete Amorist The reboso, in itself graceful and convenient, has the disadvantage of being the greatest cloak for all untidiness, uncombed hair and raggedness, that ever was invented. Life in Mexico Then, for the wretched untidiness surrounding her, there could be no excuse. Villette Here fighting, bullying, and teasing lead all others; then come stealing, bad manners, lying, disobedience, truancy, cruelty to animals, untidiness, selfishness, etc. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Poor little Mrs. Palliser made strenuous efforts to keep the sparsely furnished dusty house as clean and trim as it could be kept; but her life was a perpetual conflict with other people's untidiness. The Golden Calf Separate and unsightly fires for cooking, and untidiness, because there are no "hours" for performing the light but necessary domestic work, are common objects of individualism on the camping ground. The Naturalist on the Thames Even lodgers rebelled against their untidiness and want of punctuality. The Uninhabited House He dusted a little heap of ashes from the small table beside him and scattered them with his foot, in a well-meant attempt to cover the traces of his previous untidiness. The Philistines She had been dismissed from Mme Fauconnier's and in the last few weeks had worked for eight laundresses, one after the other—dismissed from all for her untidiness. L'Assommoir Lévy-Coeur, with his neck swathed in a high stock, was dressed with a scrupulous care which was strikingly in contrast with his adversary's untidiness. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House He was distinguished, too, by intentional untidiness, thinking this, for some reason, witty. The Possessed (The Devils) There is an air of untidiness about the streets of the settlement which is unpleasing. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation She was a little put out that he should see her untidiness. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Thanks to the untidiness of the actors, her larcenies passed unnoticed or else the owners put up with cursing and swearing. Jean-Christophe Journey's End For her Fires and Walls, for her no questions, no untidiness moral or physical—the Explorer travelled ever with his life in his hands—Clare believed in the Stay-at-homes. Fortitude Try to have nobody here and no untidiness, for the place isn't fit to be seen. The Possessed (The Devils) Snow-shoes, fencing foils, boxing-gloves, and tennis racquets littered the corners, and on every side a general air of boyish untidiness prevailed. The Story of Sugar Katie could be untidy on occasions; but her very untidiness was inviting. The Three Clerks He led her in without uttering the sentence he had prepared by way of excusing the untidiness of his room. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Besides, I had always hated dirt and untidiness, and the feeling that I carried both about me was hateful. Jim Davis The untidiness, the scratch meals, the nights with Julian? Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel Furniture was scattered everywhere, boxes of all sizes and descriptions were strewn about amidst dead fires and charred branches, and a general air of untidiness and discomfort pervaded everything. A Trip to Manitoba It would not do now, at this moment, for Norah to offend her lover by any untidiness. The Three Clerks Easels and artists' materials thrust back to the wall sufficiently advertised the art student, and perhaps explained the untidiness. The Claim Jumpers She knew with all the certitude of her omniscience that numerous clean handkerchiefs must be concealed somewhere in the untidiness of her mother's wardrobe. Hilda Lessways All bear upon his gentleness, his untidiness and his want of humour. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Then, at the other end, a French window gave access to the nurses' waiting-room, and here again there was a nauseous spectacle of dirt and untidiness. Fruitfulness When Mrs. Corbett entered the room she sprang up hastily and apologized for the untidiness of her house. The Black Creek Stopping-House It added not only to the expense, but to the discomfort, inconvenience, and untidiness of wig-wearing. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) A curious old town is Quebec—thoroughly like a French town, with French spoken everywhere, and French dirt and air of poverty and untidiness, as in the remoter and older towns of France. The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters It was about this time that he slew the demon of untidiness so far as his own dress was concerned and doggedly became a model for still younger officers. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Many a toiling housewife, warring against untidiness, has felt the truth of these lines, though she may not have known that the great poet embodied it in words. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household She was the born natural enemy of dirt, dust, untidiness, and of every kind of irregularity, as the cat is the born natural enemy of the mouse. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane She knew that nothing had come undone or was crooked and that untidiness had nothing to do with the matter. The Head of the House of Coombe There was something in the untidiness of those grimy houses, the smoky disorder of the backyards, that ran a thrill of nostalgia through me. Letters from America She simply could not look at untidiness like that without tidying it. This Freedom He cannot endure the least untidiness in the house. More Pages from a Journal He has to pass the cabin of an Irish miner, whose little boy is toddling in the ditch, with a pinafore, hands, and face in a chronic state of untidiness. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Never gossip about your sister nurses; of the stupidity of one, the untidiness of another, or the overbearing nature of the third. Making Good on Private Duty Caroline had never treated her thus, being more willing to permit untidiness than to endure her temper. The Two Sides of the Shield Lack of proper lighting, space, and ventilation, unnecessary noises, and general untidiness, undermine the health and morals of laborers; while insufficient fire- protection causes intermittently one tragedy after another. Problems of Conduct There is even a studied untidiness which passes under the name of picturesque. The Professional Aunt There is no dirt, no decay, no rubbish anywhere—nothing that even hints at untidiness—nothing that ever suggests neglect. The Innocents Abroad — Volume 02 Hal still looked as if a smothered sense of injustice might presently explode into hot words; but in the meantime the air of dignity stood its ground in spite of smudges and untidiness. Winding Paths But it could not be denied that there was something very homelike and lovable about the Glen St. Mary manse in spite of its untidiness. Rainbow Valley That active and energetic young person was dismayed at the untidiness and discomfort all about, and felt a strong desire at least to alleviate it. Marjorie's Vacation "Baby May pulled my hair down, but I have the grace to be ashamed of my untidiness." Patty's Butterfly Days Coming into her house by the shop and showroom, she had first noted the phenomenon of the pail —proof of her theory of Maggie's incurable untidiness. The Old Wives' Tale Her bright, clear complexion saved her, however, as it saves hundreds of middle-aged Englishwomen, from that look of peculiar untidiness which belongs to dark-skinned persons who take no trouble about their appearance or personal adornment. Sant' Ilario After all, it was comfortable to have some one come in and straighten the things which for ten days past had vexed her neat eyes with their untidiness. What Katy Did at School It did my heart good to see this untidiness, so characteristic of Judith, so familiar, so intimate. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The others showed in various aspects of untidiness the lack of female standards. Angel Island He was observing the feminine details the untidinesses so characteristic of her; the daintinesses, equally characteristic—all in such odd contrast with inevitable bush roughnesses. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life She was short and plump, with rebellious nut-brown locks, that rippled about her face and from under her close white cap with persistent untidiness. Thelma The bedroom was in a state of untidiness which eclipsed anything which Archie had ever witnessed. Indiscretions of Archie He bursts open his letters with his thumb, and glances through them, flinging the envelopes about the floor with reckless untidiness whilst he talks to the valet. John Bull's Other Island "But, Ethel, do you think there is nothing disconsolate in untidiness?" The Daisy chain, or Aspirations She looked around at the dirty untidiness of the study. The Captives Kate dearly loved to have herself taken off her own hands, and not to be reproved by Mary for untidiness, or roughly set to rights by Lily's nurse. Countess Kate There is no dirt, no decay, no rubbish anywhere—nothing that even hints at untidiness —nothing that ever suggests neglect. The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain ‘I shall never rub ’em out; no, though ’tis such untidiness as I was never brought up to, I shall never rub ’em out.’ Two on a Tower Ombreval was sullen and his dress untidy, even when allowance had been made for the inherent untidiness of the Republican disguise which he had adopted to so little purpose. The Trampling of the Lilies He treated her with contempt, often not answering her questions, laughing at her little stupidities, complaining of her forgetfulness and, sometimes, her untidiness—telling her again and again to "go back to her parson." The Captives And she had written these words considering herself bound to him—a man of sentiment, of rebellious sympathies, of untidiness of principle! The Island Pharisees For heaven's sake forgive the untidiness of this whole note. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A studied untidiness, and even then better than a room I shall show you in the cellar, filled to overflowing with boxes containing the winter's ashes. Long Live the King! In a word, the confusion and untidiness of the room were indescribable. The Idiot The room was in a mess of untidiness. The Captives My only hope of salvation lay in an affectation of untidiness. Youth For the first time he became aware of the dreadful disorder and untidiness of its uninvaded privacy. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Twin barrels of water stood in opposite corners, provisions were stored on the hanging shelves and the bunks once again reveled in untidiness. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up The Talfourd household, as it is described by Mr. Lestrange, is a droll mixture of poetry and prose, of hospitality, of untidiness, of petulance, of most genuine kindness and most genuine human nature. Our Village The untidiness of his clothes was still marked-his coat, his cravat, his finger nails, all showed the old lack of neatness. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Every trace of dirt and untidiness had disappeared from her person, which was one of importance both in size and in bearing. Sir Gibbie I tremble when I think that some day his Excellency may perceive my untidiness, and say—well, what will he NOT say? Poor Folk “I seem to have been ‘tidying up and starting afresh’ all my life,” he said wearily; “I’m beginning to see where the untidiness lies, and the only way to get rid of it.” Novel Notes So long as something took her for a little while away from the sordidness of home, its stale odors, its untidiness, its querulous inmates. A Poor Wise Man Dirt, untidiness, and noise seem in nowise to afflict them. North America — Volume 2 The thing that haunts me most is the impression of a prevalent relapse into extreme untidiness, of a universal discomfort, of fields, and of ruined houses treated disregardfully.... War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Schmucke was a musical Diogenes, and he felt no shame whatever in his untidiness; in fact, he was so accustomed to it that he would probably have denied its existence. A Daughter of Eve The book-lined walls and the crimson curtains were the same; but there was no litter on the floor, no untidiness on the desk, and not so much as a grain of dust in sight. Pollyanna All untidiness, all want of system and regularity, cause me the acutest irritation. No Name And when Christmas came near, there was his lovely house in a dreadful state of untidiness. Where the Blue Begins He lived on the second floor of a house in the rue de Ponthieu, where he had three rooms delivered over to the untidiness of a bachelor's establishment, in fact, a regular bivouac. Bureaucracy For the sake of the light in her eager eyes, much crudity of expression and some untidiness of person were forgiven her. Night and Day When Chichikov opened the door in question, the spectacle of the untidiness within struck him almost with amazement. Dead Souls |
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