| 单词 | urbanity |
| 例句 | It's the symbol of his resilient urbanity, but also the uniform that the film tells us he must discard. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z The man-to-man intimacy of Ovid's voice is astonishingly modern in its urbanity and hedonism, but the poem's most seductive quality resides in the voluptuous lapidary quality of Latin into Elizabethan English via bold Marlowe. Love poems: writers choose their favourites for Valentine's Day 2012-02-10T22:52:01Z Mr. Fairchild has become a real actor: the urbanity he shows in “Sonnambula” is far from the animal way he basks in “Faun.” Critic?s Notebook: A Season Brings New Faces and Insights to Classic Roles 2011-05-23T22:10:34Z A bit part of urbanity is not boring the humans.” Invasion of the faux cities 2012-09-22T15:59:00Z Instead, this “Gossip Girl” embraces its urbanity, often in a cheeky, self-referential way. New York, ‘Gossip Girl’ Loves You, Again 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The artist defiantly equips his parcels of simulated urbanity with incandescent lightbulbs rather than more efficient and versatile LEDs. Review | In the galleries: More than just selfies, more than just photos 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z In the decades since, Eloise, and Knight’s vibrant illustrations of her, have represented a freewheeling urbanity, a happy rebelliousness within a realm of sophistication, a parentless world without danger. The Girl with the Eloise Tattoo 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z With its tackiness enamelled in urbanity and its timbre attuned to the Tinder age, “Dating Around” is marvellously of the moment—a strong candidate for the sociocultural time capsule. “Dating Around,” Reviewed: Courtship Drama and a Delicious Tingle of Voyeurism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Mrs A. M. Walden: A bit gross, lacking a touch of urbanity? Azed slip No. 2,118 2013-01-28T10:57:27Z The literary richness of their lyrics is matched by a musical approach that mixes the tough simplicity of North American folk traditions with the urbanity of the Gershwins and Stephen Sondheim. Movie Review: ‘Sing Me the Songs,’ a Tribute to Kate McGarrigle 2013-06-25T22:29:46Z Noseda is the soul of urbanity, and yet there was a rawness to his approach. Review | Noseda, NSO offer French program with Italian accent 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “When you homogenize a city, you destroy its feeling of urbanity,” Ms. Schulman said, referring to the banks and drugstores and chains retailers steadily wallpapering over the city’s indispensable quiddities. Everybody Goes to Burger Heaven 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z His fascination with the architecture, design and ambience of Tokyo’s urbanity is apparent in the pilot episode, which sets the show’s visual tone. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z "Why a journalist?" they asked, remembering the urbanity of Lord Clark of Civilisation. Robert Hughes 2012-08-07T01:48:31Z He cultivated an easy urbanity, and an awareness of transformative power of style, in the course of several decades working in the fashion industry. Up Close: Tale of a Fateful Trip 2011-04-13T20:14:54Z These factors, more than hipness or dense urbanity, may well be more influential in determining which regions do best in the ongoing war for talent. The U.S.' Biggest Brain Magnets 2011-02-10T23:00:00Z The most important additions in the long cut are extended takes in which the director fuses his intricately dialectical view of urbanity with a rhapsodic yet anxious vision of New York. Movie of the Week: “Margaret” 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Many late still lifes, too, make a virtue of pleasure and urbanity. Manet’s Last Years: A Radical Embrace of Beauty 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z People are not acting like themselves, rather, their lying urbanity is trampling all over your plain-speaking truth. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The overriding impression here was one of urbanity and restraint. Music Review: In Different Hands, an Assortment of Moods 2010-10-04T21:42:00Z He found, as expected, an inverse relationship between urbanity and driving miles. Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking 2012-11-03T19:00:00Z What that translated into in Znaider’s case was a very polished performance that risked, at times, becoming a bit monochromatic in its urbanity. Soloist-turned-conductor impresses with NSO’s Mahler 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Park life is essential in China, as it’s one of the few ways to escape from the crush of urbanity that marks its major cities. In Chengdu, Finding Peace in Parks and Heat in Cuisine 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z It depends on one’s definition of urbanity and authenticity. Architecture Review: All that’s missing from shiny, sleek CityCenterDC is CityHeartDC But the idea that brunch was ever anything but what Shaftel calls “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity” is absurd. Leave brunch alone! 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z His aura of European urbanity is unmistakable, but there's nothing bourgeois about his manner. Meet Ivo van Hove, the most provocatively illuminating theater director right now 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Kline has established a virtual monopoly on the kind of male character whose suave, devil-may-care urbanity was once the province of actors like David Niven. | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene 2010-07-29T22:23:00Z It was brass, hope, determination and urbanity — all traits I associated with musicals — incarnate. How a Jerry Herman Song Called a Future Critic to New York 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z “We need spaces in which we can perform our urbanity unashamedly and feel recognized and legitimized by it,” Nyairo said. Turning Nairobi’s Public Libraries Into ‘Palaces for the People’ 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z That would be one way to describe him, his nice mix of informality and urbanity. An Appreciation: The Endlessly Curious Richard Corliss 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Throughout “Sea of Glass,” sex is regularly alluded to with jolly, good-natured urbanity. ‘Sea of Glass’: A 1955 masterpiece you’ve probably never heard of 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Lady’s downtown world was one of urgent, restless urbanity. ‘Fin & Lady’: martinis and the Mets in 1960s Manhattan 2013-07-25T22:41:27Z At a distance, it seems bizarre that a filmmaker of such well-tempered urbanity was ever considered the right choice for the rousing, barely controllable comic indignation of “Catch-22.” Postscript: Mike Nichols (1931-2014) 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Von Pfunz may write poetry and act the courtly gentleman, but he also believes wholeheartedly in the racist tenets of the Nazi Party, and the facade of urbanity often slips to reveal a calculating tactician. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z The Metro Show, the art and antiques fair going on this week at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, is not a display of sophisticated urbanity. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z But with an only-in-Britain tapestry of vividly multiethnic neighborhoods, a postindustrial urbanity that’s gentrifying before your eyes and a food scene that can’t be ignored, Birmingham is no longer simply flyover country. 36 Hours: Birmingham, England 2012-01-26T18:29:09Z Was there ever a more brilliant union of west coast vibes with east coast urbanity than in the rhyming of "sunlight" with "Fulbright"? My favourite album: Graceland by Paul Simon 2011-08-15T12:35:11Z Like “The Hills” and “The City,” it presents a group of 20-something friends struggling toward urbanity: a blogger, an aspiring lawyer, a bride to be and so on. | 'Jersey Couture': On Oxygen, Picking Party Dresses in New Jersey 2010-05-31T23:44:00Z Kelli O’Hara’s “What More Do I Need?” from a young Sondheim’s “Saturday Night” was infused with a vivacious urbanity. Review | A blessed event for hard times: Sondheim sung by Broadway’s best 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z During the song “Another Hundred People” — a barbed tribute to the missed connections of urbanity — large neon letters that spell the show’s title start wandering about the stage, as if stalking the cast. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Whether through play, reflection or pause, their sculptures transform audiences into active agents of a social space, like oxygen in the beating heart of urbanity. For years, Gerard Tsutakawa’s sculptures have shaped Seattle’s landscape. Here’s how — and what else is coming 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Some 100 stores now carry her trademark blend of architectural body-conscious urbanity. Will We Lose a Generation of Designers? 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Exuding charm and urbanity on the phone, Mr. Zulawski is nonetheless an auteur to be approached with trepidation. ?Hysterical Excess,? Andrzej Zulawski Films at BAMcin?matek 2012-03-04T04:13:02Z He made more anthologies, translated “Beowulf,” and named a sonnet sequence for a London-tube line, “District and Circle,” merging English urbanity with rural Irish memory and melody: “Tunes from a tin whistle underground.” How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Evidence of blue-state urbanity abounds, in fact, in the new New South, but you will find virtually none of it evoked on television depicting life anywhere downward of Virginia. Critic?s Notebook: Down South, Where the Stereotypes Bloom 2011-07-21T22:20:50Z His fellow musicians admired his imagination, his versatility and his distinctive style, which blended the urbanity and rhythmic drive of the Harlem stride pianists, the dexterity of Art Tatum and the harmonic daring of bebop. Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91 2010-05-17T15:40:00Z Saying it had “an extraordinary urbanity,” she spoke to some of the concerns of the curbside critics. ‘Friday File’: The Whitney Museum’s 1966 Opening 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Members turned their backs on Parisian urbanity to embrace a back-to-the-land emphasis on painting scenes of rural French life, often doing their artwork outdoors. Suit: NY man says he drunkenly lost $1.3M artwork 2010-09-01T11:46:00Z The firm wanted “to be responsive to the ways people already used the space,” elaborated Tobias Armborst, another partner, by making temporary interventions that “enhanced its urbanity.” Arts & Leisure: Taking Parking Lots Seriously, as Public Spaces 2012-01-06T14:58:15Z Hough, 50, looks forward to revisiting Seattle, a city he previously praised with trademark urbanity and wit in his delightful blog in the British newspaper The Telegraph. Stephen Hough fans, rejoice: He'll return to town for the Rach 3 2012-06-07T20:48:04Z They demonstrate that conveying Iranian urbanity requires a special artfulness. Review | In the galleries: Tehran doesn’t reveal itself readily 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Rap music will always be rooted in the immutable allure of black masculine cool, but it’s no longer an exclusive expression of black urbanity. White echoes: Rap, race and Iggy Azalea 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Sunday talk shows, and most particularly NBC’s “Meet the Press,” defy the normal rules of television news: spit-and-polish good looks and slick urbanity are unwelcome. Chuck Todd Begins as Host of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z As the has week progressed, a handful of designers turned their backs on hard-edged urbanity in favor of a style as pale and wraithlike as Ophelia. On the Runway Blog: Drifting Away from Hard Edged 2011-09-12T17:55:15Z A nice thing about Jarv Is... is that the band conjures up the same energetic urbanity of Pulp’s most successful album, “Different Class,” without sounding like Cocker is trying to simply re-create it. Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z And, as distilled here, it feels, for all its urbanity, vacuum-packed: all French, all the time. Seeing the Met’s Greatest Hits as Artists Painted Them 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Drive 10 minutes and urbanity gives way to quiet fishing villages and banana groves. The 52 Places Traveler: São Tomé and Príncipe, Where Nature has the Upper Hand 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z First, rhyme has many functions in a theater lyric, one of which is to suggest urbanity, wit, or a degree of self-awareness on the part of the character who uses it. ArtsBeat: In Praise of a Bernstein Flop And Other Answers to Your Musicals Questions 2010-12-07T22:19:00Z Obviously any person, regardless of gender, who aspires to some form of urbanity will lament aspects of new parenthood, which ushers in a regime of cloying songs, egregiously-colored plastics and inane books. “If your child needs socking, sock him!”: How reading about pregnancy almost ruined me 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z I thought of the words "the urbanity of evil." The urbanity of evil: 20 years after the Iraq invasion, the lies continue 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z It offered an accessible urbanity, a kind of cosmopolitanism for the common folk. Once the World’s Largest, a Hotel Goes ‘Poof!’ Before Our Eyes 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Waldron was the epitome of style and urbanity in jazz, from his pendulous brown cigarette dangling from his fingers to his signature coifed natural Black hair that grew into a stately white. Mal Waldron, sideman to jazz greats, gets a solo retrospective 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Catching my reflection, I see what he does: an outsider in a Patagonia vest and hiking boots, signaling blue-state urbanity with my KN95 mask strapped to my face, obscuring my mustache. A Writer Returns to the Grand Canyon, This Time With His Mother’s Ashes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z We urbanities are born gritty, born resourceful and imaginative, born with a strategic mindset and born competitive, with a drive to succeed. Cities Build Better Biologists 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Social media was flooded with remembrances of the speakeasy, a softly lit cove of urbanity and elegance hidden in two rooms on the second story of an East Village building. The Mysterious Man Who Built (and Then Lost) Little Tokyo 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Enormously influential, it offered a guide to a new, humanist form of moral urbanity rooted in classical education. Perspective | This dashing self-portrait by Rembrandt is one of his greatest That sort of Goldilocks urbanity could cost a million in Austin, where he and his wife lived until last year. The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z The chef says he was lured to the Watermark by the promise of creative control and the opportunity to bring some urbanity to the suburbs. Review | The Japanese-inspired Wren restaurant flies high in Tysons 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Teachout sought to search behind “the mask of smiling, noncommittal urbanity that he showed to the world.” Terry Teachout, versatile critic, biographer and playwright, dies at 65 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The design, says Piano, is “about urbanity, the idea that people will walk here. They will naturally come.” Call it the Bubble? Architect Renzo Piano says his Academy Museum is no 'Death Star' 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z They act as a moving exhibit of urbanity, and desperate eyeballs start to revel even if a confined body can’t explore. Perspective | Another Olympic bus ride? At these Games, each is a wondrous journey. 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z “We thought, ‘What if we could bring the country house and camping to the city and have all the comforts and urbanity that we enjoy?’” In Los Angeles, a Foxy Henhouse 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Handsome but approachable, Mr. Segal brought a modern urbanity to his roles, representing a change from the studio-polished personas of an older generation of Hollywood actors. George Segal, actor of roguish charm and wide dramatic range, dies at 87 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Home to over 60,000 people, it’s known for its fetching Craftsman and Mission Revival homes, a blend of urbanity and nature, and a century of arts and bohemia. First gentrification, now a pandemic. Can Highland Park's fabled music scene survive? 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “Enough people will welcome the respite from the urbanity of the city, and the luxury of the terrace and a coffee.” A $2-billion condo-hotel complex bursting with gardens comes to Beverly Hills 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The bar, a new city hotspot, is located in one of the last neighborhoods in Manhattan yet to be gentrified into a corporate urbanity of global name brands and suburban lifestyles: the Lower East Side. NYC sports bar brews its own beer to make money during coronavirus lockdown 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z “Throughout the day, there’s an ebb and flow of the nature and the urbanity,” Ms. Measer said. In Los Angeles, a Foxy Henhouse 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Trapped at home with her awful family, her wardrobe regresses from Trinity urbanity into cut-off denim skirts and plimsolls. Why Normal People has the makings of a fashion classic 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Senakw would be a sharp rebuke to the mindset in Canada that indigeneity and urbanity are incompatible, says Jordan Stanger-Ross, an associate professor of history at British Columbia’s University of Victoria. 'Bring our people home': the bold new plan for an Indigenous-led district in Canada 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Black took on an air of cultured urbanity beginning in the Renaissance, when so-called sumptuary laws limited the wearing of rich colors like red and purple to the aristocracy. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Whatever sacrifices of urbanity were to be made in a relocation from New York to L.A. would obviously be offset by the glories of produce. Wegmans Has Come to Brooklyn. Why Are New Yorkers Losing Their Minds? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Manet’s buddy Charles Baudelaire, the disputatious journalist, poet and art critic, described artists’ emerging role as being painters of modern life, and urbanity seeped into many private nooks and crannies. Review: A Getty show rummages around in Edouard Manet's private shadows 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Some people do tell her Greenville is too small, too isolated from big-city attractions — a minor island of urbanity in a sea of farms and fields. After El Paso, the ‘send her back’ chant echoes to some as a prelude to murder 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z He repetitively harks back to some bygone era, when the stereotypical Englishman abroad was the model of urbanity. Ann Widdecombe’s political exhumation adds insult to ignorance in Strasbourg | Marina Hyde 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z “Bleakness,” he says, “forms the constant theme of these images, a sense of emptiness and an utter lack of urbanity.” Atlantic City: 'Trump turned this place into a ghost town' 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Uniquely valuable because that diversity is pulled together in one place, it reflects the cosmopolitan urbanity of a modern city. LACMA, the Incredible Shrinking Museum: A critic’s lament 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z It is a shoe for events, display, performance, authority and urbanity. Sex, power, oppression: why women wear high heels 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z You’d be going through the scruff of urbanity — Ethiopian restaurants, a laundromat, a comic book store, a gas station — then enter a modest residential neighborhood and incongruously come upon a bit of Eden. Perspective | Celebrating two men who left their marks on Washington in very different ways 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Abrams, a tech entrepreneur, left New York for Sonoma County a few years ago because he craved the balance of quaint urbanity and nature that the area offers. How do you build a safer city after California's worst wildfire? Santa Rosa officials say the answer may have to wait - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “It was considered a silver bullet for instant urbanity, but mostly it put a bullet through the head of those main streets,” said Leinberger, a professor at the George Washington School of Business. Cars soon will be unwelcome on Playa Vista's main drag. And a lot of people are happy about it 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z If the category is to grow again, motorcycles need to redesign around qualities that young people value, like urbanity, zero emissions and rideability. 2018 BMW C Evolution: An Electric Scooter That Hauls Like a Motorcycle 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z James Norris, the stipendiary magistrate, was known as a man of urbanity and gentlemanly manners, but his colleague the Rev William Hay was fiercer. The bloody clash that changed Britain 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In his review of the film for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert noted that Moore “has the superficial attributes for the job: The urbanity, the quizzically raised eyebrow, the calm under fire and in bed.” Watch Roger Moore in action in all seven of his James Bond films 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The Washington Times spent a weekend in and around Birmingham to experience the history, culture and hidden gems that make “The Magic City” a true Southern belle of urbanity. TRAVEL: Birmingham, Alabama, offers civil rights history, BBQ, music and blues 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z His father, a health inspector, had never forgiven him for moving away; his nieces found his urbanity condescending. Rod Dreher’s Monastic Vision 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z In April 1978 my family traded Boston urbanity for the relatively untamed South. My Childhood as a Roaming Catholic 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Yet he feels divided, not quite at ease amid the relative urbanity of Missoula and yet newly estranged from the roughneck camaraderie of the miners, including his father and brother. Kevin Canty’s ‘Underworld’ depicts survival in a toxic small town 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z One is simply aging; at some point, a lot of us decide throbbing urbanity is fine, but just not for us anymore. Ron Judd fast-forwards 25 years for a more-fiction-than-science look at our beloved city’s future 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Celebration demonstrated that suburban cities could market themselves to house-buyers by evoking urbanity. What Disney’s city of the future, built to look like the past, says about the present 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z “There is no urbanity or humor — or the wit to deal with challenge, grave or light,” he wrote in an email. Political Divide on Campuses Hardens After Trump’s Victory 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z These sociologists confronted massive processes: industrialisation, urbanisation, alienation, and a new cultural formation they called “urbanity”. How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities | Saskia Sassen 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But creating the appearance of urbanity is not the same as making a city. Ersatz urbanism 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He’s on American TV screens, infusing it with a cosmopolitan urbanity in the British import The Night Manager. In J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, the metaphor eats the story, and Tom Hiddleston eats the metaphor 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “That is why the combination of Google, which focuses on the technology, and, me, who focuses on quality of life, urbanity, etc., we think is a relatively unique combination,” he said. Alphabet’s Next Big Thing: Building a ‘Smart’ City 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z His identity as a painter is entwined with Central Park, which he says nourishes his creativity and is his antidote to urbanity. Tony Bennett Finds His Heart in Central Park 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The Democratic Party is increasingly reliant on white urbanities and minorities to win elections, and Kentucky is proportionately white, rural and working class. Matt Bevin's win in Kentucky governor race extends party dominance in South 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z In some sense hipness is inextricably tied to urbanity and coolness with a certain aloofness. Escape From Brooklyn 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z At the other pole of sophistication was the New Yorker magazine, the wry voice of metropolitan urbanity. Book review: ‘Supreme City,’ New York jazz and modern America, by Donald L. Miller He wore fashionable clothing not available in the old Soviet Union, and he had a smooth urbanity that was more James Bond than Leonid Brezhnev. Viktor Sukhodrev, Soviet interpreter at summits, dies at 81 It's also interesting to find that rural users led the urbanity group, which is most likely due to crafts and scrapbooking being very popular with the rural demographic. Report: Who's Using Social Networks 2013-04-03T15:00:00Z That was suburban stuff, with the Nets wandering from one leaky or dingy or soulless place to another, looking for urbanity. Sports of The Times: Knicks-Nets Will Turn Into a Rivalry to Join New York’s Rich Past 2012-11-26T02:28:46Z The 17-year-old living on the Upper West Side suffers no status wounds without a car; in a sense, a dismissal of driving is its own mark of neurotic urbanity. Big City: Teenagers’ Cars Are the Gifts That Keep On Wreaking Havoc 2012-10-13T14:25:49Z The latter was the personification of urbanity as a player, directing games at his best as though he were draped in ermine-trimmed robes with a viscount's coronet balanced jauntily on his blow wave. Joey Barton powerless to retaliate against the Merlin of Marseille 2012-10-05T17:25:26Z The result is a robotic approximation of urbanity, in which curves and oblique lines are barely admitted, like a portrait drawn with an Etch A Sketch. The Olympic Park ? review 2012-05-19T23:05:10Z Neither, on the other hand, has it the moderation and urbanity of the Ancren Riwle, though the same hand was once supposed to have written both treatises. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z To a cultivated and highly poetical mind Were united a cheerfulness and sweetness of disposition With great simplicity and urbanity of manners. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Yes, I'm sure," said the vicar's wife, with patronising urbanity; "so very pleased to make your acquaintance—at last, don't you know. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z It became a frenzy, a madness, obliterating, in many parts of New England, all traces of former urbanity, justice, affection and courtesy. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z At the same time, he had an equanimity of temper which nothing could disturb, and a gentleness and urbanity of manner, which never forsook him. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Dr. Newman returned to the charge, still with a chill urbanity which I cannot help thinking Kingsley mistook for weakness or fear. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There he caught the attention of Van Day Truex, the president of the school and an avatar of the urbanity and sleek good manners of postwar design. Albert Hadley, Interior Decorator to High Society, Dies at 91 2012-03-31T04:07:06Z Mrs. Thompson's brows gathered in a stern frown; only by a visible effort could she wipe out the aspect of displeasure, and speak with careless urbanity. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Or perhaps, more sanely, one could stay because the Roosevelt embodies mid-20th-century Manhattan urbanity at a price point considerably lower than the Carlyle’s. Big City: Not-So-?Mad? Ideas About Taxes 2012-03-24T15:23:52Z He has always, however, shown the utmost urbanity towards us, but he is not a particularly friendly or familiar spirit. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z It might seem as though something had frozen his urbanity and cheerfulness. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Even after two months' experience we never seemed to become accustomed to the consistent urbanity of the Majorcan weather, and each successive perfect day brought a fresh surprise. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z "Yes, yes, my dear sir," said Collins with consequential urbanity. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z While giving expression to lessons applicable to all men, he in this way seems to address each reader individually, with the urbanity of a friend rather than the solemnity of a preacher. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Mrs. Fry hardly deserved more credit for the benevolent impulses of her heart, than for the dignity and urbanity of her manners. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The large urban population created an atmosphere of urbanity. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z The learned Marsham therefore animadverts with great justice, “it is more probable that he introduced into Greece the urbanity of his own country, than that he was beholden to Greece for anything from thence.” Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z "The gentleman will permit me to refer him to the Pension Office," returned General Granger, with the most smiling urbanity; "he will there find the more satisfactory answer to his queries." The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Bernstein fielded the majority of questions and answered them with the urbanity of the polished executive who had ample experience of personnel difficulties. FA gang of four smoothly see off Capello without McClaren seven's rage 2012-02-09T20:55:19Z Mr. H——— is a man in whom great urbanity is blended with strong determination of character. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z That of Gladstone is very fascinating—his urbanity extreme—his eye that of a man of genius—and his apparent self-surrender to what he is talking of, without a flaw. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z There is a circle, small ’tis true, but within whose magic round abounds every pleasure that wealth, regulated by taste, or urbanity can bestow. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z But I made as though I attached no significance to his words beyond mere urbanity. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z I dined with a gentleman, of great urbanity and professed piety, living on a small plantation in the country. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z One and all were sure of a welcome at "The Corner"; one and all were received with cordial urbanity, first by Johnson, the colored butler, later by Mr. Ward, the soul of dignified hospitality. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This honour he felt due to him, not only for his unrivalled powers as a portrait painter, but for the elegance of his mind and the urbanity of his manners. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The natural vivacity and urbanity of his style is equally apparent in dialogue, or in rapid and picturesque narrative of incidents and pathetic situations16. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The landlord greeted his storm-bound guests with polite urbanity, and with none of that inquisitiveness so common in rural hosts. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z It is full of the knowledge of the man of the world; it breathes leisure and urbanity, its spirit is that which stamps the work of the great master. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z This reference I at first vehemently rejected; for I had not yet digested the courtesies which I already owed to this lady's urbanity. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z I was feeling rather uncomfortable, but Warriner's cool urbanity never failed him. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z He is, besides, something of a fop and a fine gentleman, and all his relations with his young and old master, with Simo and the Banker, are conducted with perfect urbanity. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Fox replied with urbanity and compliment, for there was at this time a marked courtesy in the language of the two protagonists, as of men who did not know how soon they might be allies. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The dresses they wore were either creations or makeshifts, but their urbanity was as solidly enamelled as their hair was waved or marcelled. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z Complimenting the mistress of the Irish mansion upon her urbanity, the visitors withdrew, jumped into their carriage, and were driven away as rapidly as they came. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z His intellectual powers, his high character, his urbanity, vivacity and satirical humour made a great impression on his contemporaries, and many of his witty sayings have been recorded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The Chinese are remarkable too for the utmost polish and refinement of manners, and even for a fastidious urbanity and a love of stately ceremonial. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z His usual urbanity withered like dry grass in the fire of his hot impatience. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z But what, more than those, I should miss was the atmosphere of Havana itself, the gay urbanity and festive lightness of tone. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z At this time Constantius, who, whilst Diocletian was alive, governed Gaul and Spain, a man of great clemency and urbanity, died in Britain. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z His urbanity and perfect 846 equilibrium at the very outset incited sympathy, while his wit and humour made him the centre of every circle within which he moved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Yet I wish I could acquire urbanity, very much as I would like to have wings. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z In justice to the legal profession, I must, however, say that I found many practicians who combined the gifts of eloquence and intellectual fervour with urbanity, cordiality, prudence, and disinterested zeal. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It may be conceded that matters-110- have improved somewhat since that receding day when Hazlitt, whose critical forte was not urbanity, uttered this acrimonious opinion. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z This is the reason for the widespread revolt against our science, the omission of all considerations of academic urbanity, and emancipation of the opposition from all restraints of impartial logic. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z And now the Beau, whose urbanity had been restored by Horace and roast duck, entertained Mrs. Courteen with delightful tales of fashionable society. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Nevertheless he was proud of the urbanity with which he treated his pupils. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z In New York, where generosities too often find their fuel in self-interest, gifts become another means by which we market the exacting nature of our urbanity. Big City: The Agony of Gift-Giving in a City That Has Seen Everything 2011-11-26T15:42:59Z Arthur Little is a man of forty-five, alert, young in manner, very intelligent, with the urbanity, self-assurance, tact, and resourcefulness of the experienced diplomatist. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z All at once he changed his tone, he became urbanity itself. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z His urbanity gained him the premiership, but his brilliancy overthrew him. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Mr. Ames was a man of great urbanity among his neighbors. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "Signorino—young gentleman," said the Italian, taking off his cap with his usual urbanity, "pardon the negligence of my people—I am too happy to receive your commands in person." The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Mention potatoes, or carrots, or the best way of dealing with slugs, or the right manure for a hot-bed, or any sensible subject like these, and he simply flows with wisdom and urbanity. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z She had always found his urbanity a little trying, it seemed particularly out of place just now. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z She was, to use her own phraseology, "quite ready" to meet with urbanity anyone distinguished in the world of letters, quite regardless of family. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z A finished urbanity and yet a thorough cordiality reigned in every thing: all the ways, all the persons, all the objects of the place were agreeable and even interesting. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Mrs. Hoze came towards her: “I can’t tell you how charming I think it of you not to have played me false!” she said, pressing Cecile’s hand with effusive and hospitable urbanity. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z His solid learning, acquaintance with the languages and modes of thought of his own people, sound common sense, wise and prudent counsels, as well as his urbanity and courtesy, made him an ideal chairman. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z There they were hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Smithers, and very graciously by Bob, who was all urbanity for the occasion. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z He and Whitlock were Jackie's godfathers; but, as against the rather loud way in which he had rung the bell, his urbanities about the spiritual relationship availed him little with Evie. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z My poor sensitive soul, which had shrunk with shyness from the rudeness of the fatherland, again expanded under the genial influence of French urbanity. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z "To the polished urbanity of a perfect gentleman he unites the kindly charity of a true Christian." Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z Had I fixed my opinion of this gentleman only upon what he intended that I should witness, I should have concluded that he had as much urbanity of humour as of manners. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z I protest to you, Madam, except at those periods when his benevolence or urbanity have excited my gratitude, my own difficulties have absorbed my every thought!' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z On the morning upon which this narrative opens Sir Penniston had entered his laboratory with that urbanity so characteristic of him. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z All urbanity, the O.S. took down the receiver, and was heard introducing himself to the F.O.O. by his official designation, as though high office alone could excuse such a liberty. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z To all of this Googagoo listened with the politeness and urbanity inseparable from his nature. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z I introduced him to them, and the Marchioness smiled again, and Fitzhervey almost resumed his wonted extreme urbanity. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z And with them went also one of the compliments in which his urbanity abounded. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Her moderation and urbanity had endeared her to her people; and, in her own well regulated mind, existed a spring of pure and abiding satisfaction. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Nor do we discover in these specimens of British journalism that abundant urbanity which etymology might lead us to look for in the writing of inhabitants of so large a city as London. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Then, as though by a great effort, overcoming his reluctance for the waste of words, he displayed an almost unexpected urbanity. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z But that was part of his beautiful kindliness of soul and admirable urbanity. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Well, sir," replied Sir Gilbert with, if possible, still-increasing urbanity, "we must in this and all things submit ourselves wholly to your will and pleasure. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z The “artifice” she used, consisted merely in the urbanity of her manners, and her determination to avoid all violence, in return for the violence which had been exhibited towards herself. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Let not Mr. Emerson's urbanity lead him to forget the days in which polite Boston laughed him to scorn. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Although raised among the Indians, and continually on the frontier, he was noted for his urbanity and geniality, and is well spoken of by the early explorers. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Let me pay a tribute to his courteous urbanity, and the patience with which he answered the innumerable questions I was inspired with. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Mr. Jefferson's urbanity matched his delightful conversation, and my pleasure in his condescension and his intellectual charm gave him evident satisfaction. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z These are replete with the urbanity and delicate irony of the Roman, but what was then still unexampled, flowing with the fulness and freedom of the versification of Dryden. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He was well acquainted with her temper and views, but, in the midst of urbanity and gentleness, studied none of those concealments of opinion which would have secured him her favour. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The latter conceived his own benefactor and his daughter's friend to be entitled to the most scrupulous and affable urbanity. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z But his own antipathetic personal attitude of intellect and of heart toward Christianity he would not in the least allow to disturb the urbanity and serenity of his tolerance for the most orthodox Christian writers. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Mademoiselle de Grandmesnil, therefore, received me with cautious urbanity, repelled my confidence, and made me look on her whom I had considered an affectionate protectress as an enemy. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z At the period when this volume appeared, we in the north were far removed from the urbanity and the elevated ethics of lettered Italy. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The yearling stared at the plebe in amazement; but Chauncey's politeness and urbanity were contagious, and Corporal Spencer could not help bowing, too. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Yet a casual observer would have guessed nothing of this, and even a friend might have sometimes mistaken her kindness and urbanity for the expression of a serene life. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z They are expected to be, and generally are, lorded and feasted, dined and wined, all in the high-sounding names of civilization and national urbanity. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z There was little of the typical Swedish urbanity in Forssell’s exterior manner, which was somewhat dry and abrupt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The American Embassy had been polite to her, both Minister and Secretary—the latter, noted for his urbanity to all, but especially to his own countrymen, or countrywomen, without distinction of class. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Mr. Trelawny, restored to something like good humour by the unexpected tidings, made surly overtures of peace, which were received on Dr. Heriot's part with his usual urbanity. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z In private life he was remarkable for his generous hospitality and urbanity, for his kindly disposition and the constancy of his friendship. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z Though not without force, gravity, and dignity, these were happily blended with the most insinuating politeness, urbanity, ease, and gaiety. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The old Baronet heard these apologies with a most polished urbanity, he bowed a continual acquiescence, and then ordered dinner. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Mr. Pelletier is a gentleman of great tact and urbanity of manner, and his fine social qualities and unassuming demeanour have endeared him to a wide circle of friends. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z We allowed him to indulge in these coarse jokes, which, though unfortunately true at the bottom, had neither Grecian wit nor Roman urbanity. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z I remember his urbanity, and his friendly conversation attracted me. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z And this attitude extended not only to the intimacy, but to Beatrice's handsome clothes and facile urbanity, which by contrast emphasised her own poor little frock and tongue-tied manner. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The old man was as courteous as ever, but under the studied urbanity of his manner, I could feel the knife-edged sharpness that only cut through when his blood was up. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z There was a French bishop, and a colonel of the French staff at Rome, among the passengers, and by their genial urbanity they fairly divided between them the affections of the whole company. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Aristotle calls the virtue directive of games eutrapelia, which may also be called reasonable relaxation, urbanity, or pleasantness. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z During this presentation, a very pleasing incident occurred, illustrative to the latter of the urbanity of Scottish aristocracy. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z There was not the courtly urbanity and polished pleasantry of a very accomplished class; nor was there the shrewd and coarse but racy intelligence of Mr. O'Connell's followers. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "Infinitely better; supremely happy, besides, to have become the object of your Ladyship's kind inquiries," said the little man, sitting up, and looking around with a very ghastly effort at urbanity and ease. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The principals of the two convent schools are gentlemen distinguished both for urbanity and literary endowments. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Napoleon was always polite to guests at The Briars, and once went to a large party given by Mr. Balcombe, pleasing every one by his urbanity. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Only his last published book, The Hands of Esau, showed a fundamental urbanity, a mellower restraint, and perhaps these were the securer the more hardly they had been come by. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Despite his urbanity, Wenger has an edge which allows him to compete avidly at the highest level. Gianfranco Zola insists he is strong as well as nice | Donald McRae 2010-03-20T00:11:00Z But at dawn recently, after walking through Soweto to the sounds of roosters crowing and her sandals slapping against her feet, Mrs. Hanong beheld a vision of urbanity: a stylish, new high-tech bus station. A Bus System Reopens Rifts in South Africa 2010-02-22T07:49:00Z He possessed also in a remarkable degree the personal qualities of industry, vigilance, practical sagacity, authority, dignity, and urbanity, which are of most importance in the government of men. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil It is conversational and yet absolutely exact in the structure of the sentences; and in spite of every vagary, his distinguishing note is urbanity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" His good-humour and urbanity and willingness to talk while we sat oppressed and silent were, in little, the qualities that had bloomed in his mature work, The Hands of Esau. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It was all in a fair and honest way; and he gave his urbanity of manner as an equivalent. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 The change struck on his heart with a low deep feeling of despondency, which a little time, conjoined with the urbanity and kindness of all around him, was sufficient to dissipate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Yet literature probably lost as much from the limitation of sympathy imposed upon it as it gained from this acquired dignity and urbanity of tone. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Rowan was then taken into the house and introduced to the old squire, who received him with the stiff urbanity of former days. Rachel Ray Our visitor, on his part, was obviously reluctant to leave an audience of three, especially as it included his admired governess; but Tiel handled the situation with quite extraordinary urbanity and skill. The Spy in Black His private worth, urbanity of manners and persevering industry in business, gained for him the confidence and esteem of community. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Michael turned out of the noisy main road into the sylvan urbanity of Holland Walk. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Her urbanity was so marked that I thought it could only be a beautiful dream, and I rubbed my eyes before answering. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen His face wore the urbanity of well-being and prosperity, but the man across from him leaned forward with an attitude of nervous tension. The Tempering The new visitor bowed to each guest at the table with urbanity, and the guests returned the salute cordially. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The private character of Mr. Livingston was a continued eulogy upon virtue, philanthropy, benevolence, urbanity, integrity, nobleness, honesty, patriotism, consistency and all the leading qualities that render man dignified on earth and fit for Heaven. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The soldierly qualities of the author appear on every page of the volume in a precision of statement, a generosity of praise, and an urbanity of temper. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The perfect urbanity, tinctured, perhaps, with a sort of racy humor, with which Maitland acknowledged the old Commodore's invitation to take wine with him, did much to allay this sense of distrust. Tony Butler He entered a restaurant that was, today, crowded, looking vaguely about him, and with a shepherding urbanity of deportment the head waiter came forward to his assistance. The Tempering Nay, he actually seemed to bestow an almost deferential attention to what the other said, bowing blandly his acquiescence, and smiling with an urbanity all his own. The Fortunes Of Glencore By his modesty, urbanity and innate goodness of heart he gained the esteem of all who knew him. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "Thank you, Dixon; you are always a mine of information," Nugent said with the suave urbanity he always used towards inferiors. A Traitor's Wooing They seem to have been immemorially handed down to him, from ancestors emulating the urbanity of Cæsar, and refined by the grace of Horace. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. "Oh, no indeed, sir," replied the footman with a full half-crown's worth of urbanity; the generosity of the gentleman had touched him on his weakest part. The Riddle of the Night The Religious replied with many urbanities and courtesies. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. The man made on Gratarol exactly the same sort of impression by his eloquence, philosophy, urbanity, and learning, mixed with a sense of untrustworthiness, that he did on Gozzi. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second On going out I was met by the dog, who accepted my advances with the greatest urbanity. A Top-Floor Idyl But he was very polite to Chard whenever he met him and they talked to one another with urbanity. Years of Plenty To these main characteristics others which are in a way corollaries might be added, such as urbanity, ease, ready adaptation to different classes of subject, and the like. A Short History of French Literature At last the D.Y.G. has exhausted his stock and his familiar recitations, but fortunately not his urbanity, and he looks at his customer with deprecation in his eyes. Windyridge In Fuller the world-spirit of the Elizabethan dramatists becomes urbanity, the mellow humor of the dweller in the town. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 "Indeed, that is what I am apprehending, Miss St. Clair," returned Uncle Tom, this time in polished accents and with marked urbanity. Ewing\\'s Lady His urbanity and kindness soon won the good will of the inhabitants, both English and French, and made the Canadians sensible that he really came to secure their rights, not to molest them. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Maikafer stood directly outside, but, far from being embarrassed by Trinkmann's sudden exit, he remained completely undisturbed and greeted the restaurateur with calm urbanity. The Competitive Nephew His son Gonzalo Nu�o, Fernan's father, succeeded on his death to the dignity of Judge of Castile, and became extremely popular, owing to his affability, and winning urbanity of deportment in his public character. 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. Well, Mr. Potts, it is agreed," said Lord Keldrum, with his peculiar urbanity, "we shall see you at eight No dressing. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance "Which means, I suppose, that he'll make the best of a bad case, and bear our tiresomeness with bland urbanity?" said Jack. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly She admires, too, "his urbanity, so opposed to the rapid, slang, Vivian-Greyish style current in the literary conversation of the day." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Talbot being received with all the courteous urbanity due to an old acquaintance; the landlord himself appearing to do the honours of the house, and welcome a valued guest. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The urbanity and polish which prevails throughout all classes is genuine, and the result of good-nature. 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. "Quite so; and now, will you, with equal urbanity, inform me who is Harpar?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance How unlike the blended pretension and cringing slavery of the one was to the high-bred bearing and courtly urbanity of the other. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The urbanity was not exactly cold enough for George's notions. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The young shoemaker was one of this committee, and with firmness, but with much urbanity, he arrested M. Beauharnais. Josephine Makers of History There were innumerable balls, concerts and theatrical performances, and I thoroughly enjoyed these gatherings, where I found all the urbanity, all the grace of French company. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Few, indeed, are the gentlemen who surpass him in elegance of appearance, or urbanity of manner. The London Pulpit "I believe I ought to apologize for the unseasonable hour, sir," blundered out Grounsell, who was completely thrown off his balance by this excessive urbanity; "but the cause must plead for me." The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "He has so much of that regal urbanity in his manner." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life At first he was elated with hope, from the numerous promises which he received, and the kindness and urbanity with which his pretensions were entertained. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment In fact, it is very difficult to convey an idea to-day of the urbanity, the graceful ease, in a word the affability of manner which made the charm of Parisian society forty years ago. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun His urbanity and sympathy for all made him universally beloved. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. His high scientific attainment, the soundness of his judgment, high dignity and urbanity of manner, his amiable temper and blameless life added character and weight to the institution. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University There was a stern rigidity of look as he sat still and motionless in his saddle, which relaxed into the polished urbanity of an old courtier as often as the Emperor addressed him. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Excuse here, benevolent reader, a small tribute of gratitude to an Irish family, whose urbanity and goodness have long gained it the esteem and respect of all p. 141ranks in Pernambuco. Wanderings in South America Colonel Regnault, with all his urbanity, had a despotic will, extending to the most minute and seemingly indifferent things: he was just the kind of man to graduate a gentle, loving woman into a saint. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. He, paying no heed to this, came up to me, smiling at me with a calmness and urbanity which increased my inward horror. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II He smiled, still with that untroubled urbanity, on the small flaming thing as she arraigned him. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur They crowded into the sitting-room, where the old man rose to receive them, with his usual urbanity. Cudjo's Cave By the charm of his manners, by his urbanity, by his brilliant and thought-provoking conversation, the Oriental repaid his host a hundred times over. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies Presently, however, his brow cleared; he smoothed his gown over his knees two or three times, coughed once or twice, and then addressed himself to Brian with all his accustomed urbanity. Under False Pretences A Novel He grasps the situation and is urbanity itself. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium His urbanity never deserted him, though it was an exasperated urbanity. Ivory Apes and Peacocks "Pray, gentlemen, be seated," he replied with his usual urbanity of manner, taking a chair beside them. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. She had a fixed habit, I believe, of sticking fast to that jewel-case; for she was too overpowered by the Count's urbanity, I feel sure, to suspect for a moment his honesty of purpose. Miss Cayley's Adventures His eyes were black and large, and on his lips, which were slightly opened, played a smile indicative at once of urbanity and benevolence. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Would not this have been a good occasion for a similar exercise of urbanity? God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' A moment after, he had received Mrs. Desborough with that grave and touching urbanity that so well became him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The polite major shifted his conversation from politics to art, with the urbanity of the good diner-out. Clark's Field He had risen by urbanity to his brother directors, like a model guinea-pig. Miss Cayley's Adventures He received me with beautiful urbanity, if a thought languidly. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography "That," said Horace, with all the urbanity he could command, "is precisely the difficulty I was trying to convey." The Brass Bottle The literature of this period is immortal through the genius of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, and has made the name "Augustan" an universal synonyme for classic elegance and urbanity. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 For with all his beauty, power, breeding, urbanity, and mirth, there was in those days something soulless in our friend. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The statement of these facts involves no impugnment of American urbanity, American wit, American chivalry, or American enterprise. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations "Quite naturally," admitted Sherwood with a certain urbanity, though his color deepened. The Monk of Hambleton In other words, always mingle caution with urbanity, even with kindness.—I need not speak of the name you have to keep unsullied. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire In power, directness, urbanity, and impartiality, Mr. McGavack cannot be excelled. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 And here he found persons who were the equals of his mother and himself in intellect and width of interest, and the equals of his father in mild urbanity of disposition. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 And if they receive us without gross awkwardness, they speed us on our way with proportionate urbanity. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The fashionable world were delighted with his urbanity; and in his society found rare and unequalled pleasure. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series But though he certainly was condescending, he treated me with great urbanity. My Autobiography A Fragment It is the voice of a virile and vibrant personality who unites vigour of thought with urbanity of expression. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 If you will only wait a few minutes he will slop his pond over you with all the genial urbanity of an intimate relation. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly We manage to correct a stranger with urbanity and good humour. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Charmed with the urbanity Franklin displayed in the correspondence, the next time he met the philosopher, he grasped him cordially by the hand. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series "He is—he really is—a tremendous donkey, poor James," she thought to herself as he gave out playful sarcasms at her expense, and was incisive without loss of urbanity. Love and Lucy But the Dean, who was and is urbanity itself, won the day, and soon became certainly the most popular man in Brotherton. Is He Popenjoy? Knowles sat down to his review of Miss Armstrong's book with unruffled urbanity. Audrey Craven Urban tone may be corrected by Hardy, and Lowell will give you urbanity. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences He found many Englishmen established in various sections of the country, and the better sort of inhabitants very much disposed to treat them with kindness and urbanity. An Old Sailor's Yarns He is vivacity incarnate, he is urbanity on a holiday. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Lord George, with stately urbanity, had signified his intention of treating Miss Tallowax with every consideration. Is He Popenjoy? Sir Robert seeing Swift look pale and ill, inquired the state of his health, with his usual old English good humour and urbanity. A Letter From a Clergyman to his Friend, with an Account of the Travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver He sat down opposite with a careless smile and she noted his smooth urbanity and easy pose. Partners of the Out-Trail Even at the present day, there is a most regrettable lack of such urbanity in the disputes of educated theologians. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He was then sent on board the Lord Admiral, who received him with similar urbanity, and exprest his regret that so distinguished a personage should have been so coolly deserted by the Duke of Medina. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index The grace, delicacy, urbanity, tenderness, and humour which went to the making of Perrault's stories must, it seems, have also gone in somewhat similar proportions to the making of these delightful drawings. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Wilberforce owed much of his influence to the singular sweetness of his disposition and the urbanity of his manners. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The latter was thin and dark; his face was rather inscrutable, but he had a superficial urbanity. Partners of the Out-Trail Hump Doane still shot out his questions in an inquisitorial manner but Bas met its peremptory edginess with urbanity, though his face was haggard with a night of sleeplessness and fatigue. The Roof Tree The urbanity, the softness, the humanity, the sweetness are all there. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Monsieur," said he, "your urbanity is French all over: it comes from my own country. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The recognition of his genius was no doubt due in great part to the singular urbanity which made him the pride and delight of all Oxford common rooms. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice “I said your own room, sir,” cried this impartial father, distributing to all alike an equal share of his urbanities. Phoebe, Junior It was really only his indestructible urbanity, persisting through the wreck of him, that bore, tolerantly, temperately, with Milly and her plans. The Flaw in the Crystal A bitter time had come upon them; but it was softened by the personal urbanity of the victor. The Life of Cicero Volume II. To these first happy lessons fabulous antiquity ascribed the courtesy, politeness, and urbanity, so remarkable amongst the Athenians. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) For the singular diffidence and urbanity of criticism, as well as depth of learning, which it evinces: 2. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance A dean might have taken him as a model of decorum, and when he drove of afternoons with Joanna in the dog-cart, no dyspeptic bishop could have assumed his air of grim urbanity. The Belovéd Vagabond "So it's you, is it?" snapped the Court Godmother, with none of her customary urbanity. In Brief Authority Holgate asked me to his cabin with his customary urbanity, saying that he wanted a few words with me. Hurricane Island There was not a member of his own college, graduate or under-graduate, of any pretensions to family, who could not speak from experience of the dean's capital dinners, and his invariable urbanity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Bidding these last, whose Italian urbanity had won upon me, adieu, I started on foot for Ferrara, which lay on the plain some five miles in advance. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge His men obeyed him with pleasure, because his orders were always given with urbanity. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series All who needed his assistance and advice were received with urbanity. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books His frankness, his ease, his understanding, his urbanity, void of vanity or sophistication, sympathetically caught the feelings of Alonzo, and he even felt a sort of solemn regret when the stranger departed. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father "Three or four, to make certain," answered Moore, with what urbanity he could command at the moment. A Man of Two Countries The deal is smothered in chivalrous urbanities and sentimental verbiage. Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) The house sparrows were as much surprised as I was at the sight, and, with characteristic urbanity, gathered from far and near to sit in the same tree with the visitors, and stare at them. Birds in the Bush He will, as somebody has said, "cut your throat most politely, most politely," or with profound urbanity offer you a cup of poison. In the Tail of the Peacock The world was a long way off from the firm urbanity of the English policeman. Progress and History The tone was sharp; the mask of urbanity had fallen from the resolute face, which showed now an expression relentless, dominant. Making People Happy This very sensible personage listened to me with his usual urbanity, and promised to serve me. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. We concluded that he would afford us some fun; but we were mistaken; for, with the body of Dr. Slop, he bore a round, ruddy, open and smiling countenance, expressive of good nature and urbanity. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Mr. Eggleston sprang from his chair, and a combination smile showing urbanity, apology, and contentment, now that Phil had arrived, overspread his features. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman "I wish for peace," he declared, "and I am taking means to procure it, but it does not depend on me alone"; and he dismissed Vincent with an unwonted urbanity. Life of St. Vincent de Paul I could not help smiling at this rough urbanity. A Sailor of King George He differed from the former in many ways, and spoke with a deliberate 132 urbanity, but I felt that he also spoke with authority and was quietly taking stock of us. Lorimer of the Northwest However, his prepossessing manners and perfect urbanity, in some measure compensate for these personal defects; and, upon the whole, the people appear well pleased and contented with their youthful monarch. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 To successfully view Canton requires some urbanity, a wealth of patience, and a stomach not readily overthrown by gruesome and unusual sights. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan From the Olympian disenchantment of his tolerant urbanity, all eruptive seriousness foams back spray-tossed and scattered. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations We now come to the brothers and sisters of the first Lord de Saumarez, children of Matthew, the fourth son, already mentioned as remarkable for his urbanity of manners and hospitality, particularly to strangers. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II That fine quality with which he was so richly endowed, the quality which used to be called “urbanity,” was as fresh when I saw him last as when I first knew him. Old Familiar Faces The real gentleman is easily discovered by his superior breeding and genuine urbanity. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. He pocketed the young men's money with humour and urbanity. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands After all, in the confused noises of our human arena, it is something to encounter an author who preserves restraint and dignity and urbanity. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations We visited the rajah several times, who invariably received us with urbanity, and entertained us in a very hospitable manner. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery She had found Pitt's society delightful; it had all the urbanity without the emptiness of that she was accustomed to. A Red Wallflower The girl with sunshine in her thoughts and sunshine in her eyes will find Gentleness, cheerfulness, and urbanity are the Three Graces of manners.—Marguerite de Valois. sunshine everywhere. The Girl Wanted There must be urbanity and tenderness in it. Pearls of Thought And she said this morning with unquenchable urbanity, "I will learn you how to do shadow work." Letters of a Dakota Divorcee For these duties he was peculiarly well qualified by his extensive acquaintance with the laws and constitution of the Church, by his masterly habits of business, and by the urbanity and kindness of his disposition. Chronicles of Strathearn It is impossible," says Sir Moses, "to describe the magnificence and splendour of the palace, and equally so the great kindness and urbanity shown to me by the Primate. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 She was masterful in temperament, not always ready to listen with urbanity to opinions she did not share, or to admit that her conclusions could even conceivably have their foundations in doubtful premises. Great Testimony against scientific cruelty He was remarkable for his urbanity of manners and hospitality, particularly to strangers. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I Then there was a silence, and when Jane with competitive urbanity inquired after Brodrick's sisters, Brodrick's manner gave her to understand that she had touched on a subject by far too intimate and personal. The Creators A Comedy Official Japan was the very essence of politeness and urbanity whenever we came into contact with it. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise But for all of that he seemed as cheerful as usual, and took off his gray hat to Mrs. Worden with accustomed and somewhat formal urbanity. The Rapids With this parting shot delivered in his best professional manner, Herr Windt left the room with an air of triumphant urbanity which added not a little to the respect with which Renwick now regarded him. The Secret Witness "Iambi," he calls them, a Greek word meaning "lampoons"; and six of them are bitter personal attacks on individuals, foreign to the good breeding and urbanity which distinguish his later writings. Horace He wandered from guest to guest, shaking hands, in his solemn urbanity, with each. The Creators A Comedy Next summer you will feel deep gratitude for the kindness you received during the last; but no such indebtedness is payable in urbanity. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 All this was natural enough To any female of urbanity;— But holy men are made of as frail stuff As all the lighter sons of Vanity!— Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." Upon which Madame Moronval repented of her urbanity, and became more reserved. Jack 1877 It is strange to contrast this urbanity of literature with the savage ferocity which characterized political controversy in the England of the Revolution and the Georges. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 The ship's officers were urbanity itself, and did everything in their power for our comfort. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Upon its grizzled expanse there would pass in amazing succession the whole range of canine passion, rage, love, urbanity, shame, drollery, ennui, and, most frequent of all, curiosity. Tutors' Lane I have heard a poetess call attention to the beauties of her own production, and receive praise or adverse criticism with the same charming urbanity. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Whatever result she looked for from her spirited words, his manner lost none of its urbanity. The Daughter of a Magnate He had several interviews with the legate, by whom he was treated with courtesy and urbanity, and by whom he was dissuaded from his present courses. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Man, to use the language of another, is a queer combination of cheek and perversity, insolence, pride, impudence, vanity, jealousy, hate, scorn, baseness, insanity, honor, truth, wisdom, virtue and urbanity. The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself The town and comfort, taste and urbanity are first; the clearing, the farm house, the wagon road and the improved country, second. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky "Somebody has been saying so to you," said Lady Caroline, with less urbanity than usual. A True Friend A Novel "To the right?" inquired Mr. Quayle extending his hand, his head a little on one side, his long neck directed forward, while he regarded first his sister and then the dressing-case with infuriating urbanity. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The people were characterized for hospitality and urbanity, but were reproached for the indolence which a residence in scattered villages, a hot climate, and negro slavery must almost inevitably lead to. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Raikes discovered himself, at last, responding, with a degree of chill urbanity, to the advances of the stranger, and ere the week had concluded had assumed the initiative in conversation on more than one occasion. The Flaw in the Sapphire Young men whom I have noticed, in times gone by, for their urbanity and quiet demeanor, now use language unbecoming gentlemen upon any occasion. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Paulo da Gama spoke in the same way, and with much urbanity, to his people, also promising to intercede for the prisoners. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold He too was wet and dirty, but such trifles in no wise affected the completeness of his urbanity. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The merchant extended his hand with a smile of genuine urbanity. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters “Perhaps not,” returned Montague, on whom the urbanity and candour of the captain of the Foam were beginning to have a softening influence. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader In high life they saunter and affect easy-going urbanity—slightly mingled with mild superiority to things in general. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains There was no trace of his usual urbanity and he chewed nervously upon the end of an unlighted cigar. The Lady Doc He spoke with admirable urbanity, yet with even greater rapidity than usual. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As if to compensate for this, however, the man was exceedingly communicative in regard to all other subjects, and there was a quiet urbanity in his manner which rendered his conversation exceedingly attractive. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar If beyond his time, the driver is mulcted by the proprietors; and when dollars are in the question, there is an end to all urbanity and civility. Diary in America, Series Two O keep your eye on Lulu Who Greater Britain sways From distant Woolloomooloo To Nova Scotia's bays; Whose sumptuous urbanity, Combined with well-groomed sanity And freedom from profanity, Stirs David's deep amaze. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 Even Mr Ffolliot unbent to a dignified urbanity in his presence. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It was called 'The Cheerful City,' and dwelt on the delights of civilization and urbanity. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales This fact would have raised him a host of enemies had it not been for the kindness of his disposition and the urbanity of his manners. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar Age and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the duties of a public prosecutor; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. The Ontario High School Reader During two years' administration of War Office affairs, he has by straightforwardness, urbanity, and display of perfect command of his subject, increased the personal popularity enjoyed whilst he was yet a private Member. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 On these occasions, the light-keeper is seen in his best mood, and is the perfection of politeness and urbanity, for then a hope of reappointment is betrayed in every movement. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 He was the very letter of urbanity, but beneath the velvet of his voice I felt the steel. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure How many men have brutalised the elegance, the grace, the winning urbanity of Horace! Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation For he was a man of great urbanity, sobered by thought upon the complexities of life, but yet with sparkling courage. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure I have met with but four men in my experience who have been distinguished by that splendid urbanity of manner which was once thought to express the acme of high breeding. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Through all his experience he lost none of his natural urbanity, his freshness of feeling, his earnestness and sincerity. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 We should not be told "His Majesty received me coldly," but we would have a beautiful analysis of the royal mind in all its varied moods of displeasure, concealment, urbanity, reserve, and deception. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General His style has distinction, elegance, urbanity, precision, an exquisite clarity. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation The Duc bore all the contradictions with imperturbable serenity and urbanity, smiled to himself, and bowed himself out in perfect good-humour. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The younger daughter of the house might have arrived in preoccupation, but she had urbanity to spare. The Outcry None of the customary urbanity was visible in his deportment; his countenance was dark and severe, his reception of me cold and stately, his voice more harsh and bitter than ever. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century It was not always so easy to adopt my lord's urbanity, his unassuming dignity, his well-bred ease; but one might reasonably aspire to be as wicked. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Two hours later the Foam got under way, and, after some heated language owing to the watchman mistaking Mr. Green's urbanity for sarcasm, sailed slowly down the river. A Master Of Craft He found his breakfast waiting for him, and Julian Wemyss took the letter with his usual grateful urbanity. Patsy The hawklike appearance of the man was softened in debate by the urbanity of his manner and the modulations of his voice. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. And saluting us with urbanity, he sallied from the shop. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century “Poor cooks and dressmakers!” murmured Professor Fortescue, “where are their serenities and urbanities?” The Daughters of Danaus The newcomer apologised with an urbanity that rendered Joe and old Ben speechless. A Master Of Craft He had taught himself to be courteous and urbane, because he had been clever enough to see that courtesy and urbanity are agreeable to men in high places. Dr. Wortle's School There was about the man an air of gentle urbanity and tenderness which might have induced a stranger to suppose him effeminate, had not his manly looks and commanding stature rendered the idea absurd. The Madman and the Pirate He approached us one sweltering afternoon and introduced himself with all the urbanity of a native of Glanmire, County Cork. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice We seem to know nothing of the serenities, the urbanities of life.” The Daughters of Danaus He looked at me in the same way without answering, and I went on with deliberate urbanity, "I suppose you are at the studio of one of those great men." Four Meetings “Hall serene,” he replied, looking with cool urbanity in the doctor’s face, “fire away!” My Doggie and I Then the middy took to advancing in a sitting posture—after a manner known to infants—at the same time intensifying the urbanity of his look and the wheedlement of his tone. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Mrs Podge, charmed with the stranger’s urbanity, wished him good afternoon, admitted that she was quite well, and begged him to be seated. The Iron Horse The qualities and defects of the female character were frankly canvassed, each view being held with fervour, but expressed with urbanity. The Daughters of Danaus Then, turning with much urbanity of manner to the ladies, he entered into conversation with them. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Dr Hayward, who had given great satisfaction with his lecture, possessed so much urbanity and power of anecdote and song, that he soon became a general favourite alike with steerage and cabin passengers. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue Beauty of feature and complexion she had, but these were lost, as it were, and almost forgotten, in her beauty of expression—tenderness, gentleness, urbanity, simplicity, and benignity in a state of fusion! The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story “You have not hurt them, sir,” returned Charlie, with almost provoking urbanity of manner and sweetness of voice, “you have only misunderstood me.” Charlie to the Rescue Mr Sloper received this observation with the smiling urbanity of a man who eschews war at all costs. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan “Pardon me, Macnab,” returned my friend, with more than his usual urbanity, “I differ from you there.” The Big Otter She always accompanied it with a smile so full of sympathy, interest, and urbanity, that it became doubly significant on her lips. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables Dear, good, starched Misses Dunning! if they had had their way, boys would have played cricket and football with polite urbanity, and girls would have kissed their playmates with gentle solemnity. The Red Eric The urbanity of manner and blandness of expression increased as he returned the salutation. Twice Bought I was surprised, almost hurt, and greatly perplexed, for the captain was noted for politeness and urbanity, but of course I retired at once. In the Track of the Troops He was all kindness, gentleness, and urbanity, yet treated them with that unassertive firmness which a father exercises—or ought to exercise—towards a child. The Big Otter To his gay nothings, nothing was replied, Or something which was nothing, as urbanity Required. Don Juan Manuela decided the question for him by inviting the negro to enter, which he did with humble urbanity. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America “Yes, Angus, I am,” replied Ravenshaw, with as much urbanity as he could assume—and it wasn’t much, for he suspected the cause of his neighbour’s visit—“you’d better sit down and light your own.” The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood These ladies were exceptions to the rule of general urbanity before mentioned. Post Haste “Gentlemen,” said Colonel Langley, with much urbanity of tone and manner, “I suppose you wish to make a prisoner of this man?” The Pirate City An Algerine Tale The long-fostered urbanity of his make-believe must last a little longer. The Tyranny of Weakness This was quickly given with much urbanity by a handsome middle-aged man, who was the active head of the household. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America His style has that nameless urbanity in which we recognise the perfection of manner; courteous, but not courtier-like; so dignified, yet so kindly; so easy, yet high-bred. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 When obliged to jostle each other they were all politeness and urbanity. Post Haste He was all urbanity and smiles, therefore, when the pirate captain obeyed his summons. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale He could then throw aside that mantle of urbanity which he must yet endure for a while before other eyes. The Tyranny of Weakness Right glad was Lawrence to find that Colonel Marchbanks’s humour was entirely changed, that the asperity of the previous night had passed away, and that the natural urbanity of his nature had returned. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Such is the urbanity of Caesar, even while he bites his lip with displeasure. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The Secretary’s urbanity gave the whole of Mr Blurt’s last rags of indignation to the winds. Post Haste It is always wise to act with urbanity when it costs one nothing.” The Pirate City An Algerine Tale "But this changed attitude—this positive urbanity where there used to be utter intolerance—how do you account for that?" The Tyranny of Weakness At once I understood the urbanity and the gentlemanliness that must have existed in the patriarchal times. Rattlin the Reefer The captain, satisfied with their obedience, intended, although he had brought them there by force, to do the honours of his table with the greatest urbanity. The King's Own This urbanity and extraordinary ability as a speaker won for him from the first a place in the hearts and in the imaginations of the people of the State. The University of Michigan The captain treated us with his usual urbanity. Paddy Finn After this expenditure of gunpowder I hurried up to pay my respects to him, and was received with all his usual kindness and urbanity. Hurricane Hurry Above all, they said, with the unassailable urbanity of the Frenchman, it was surely permissible to be on politely familiar terms in private, provided one held aloof from the foreign soldier in public. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories All the urbanity of Frenchmen, joined with the delightful frankness of the profession, assured us we were welcome. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 He is a genuine prophet of what we now describe as Culture, and his exquisite urbanity and delicacy qualify him to be a worthy expositor of the doctrines, though his outlook is necessarily limited. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Sloyd whispered in his ear; Duplay guessed that he counselled more urbanity; Harry turned from him with a rather contemptuous little laugh. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House He had recovered something of his old urbanity, and now stood, or rather straddled, with his legs apart, his thumbs in the armholes of his waistcoat, beaming benignly upon the detective. The Daffodil Mystery Hence, as a matter of urbanity, in cases where no injury exists except as concerns chastity, the Code calls for agreement without rancor. The Galaxy Primes Much of this Greek spirit was reflected in More; its universality, its urbanity, its balance of buoyant reason and cool curiosity. A Short History of England Now, spite of the real charm which every lover of delicate humour and exquisite urbanity must find in Addison, I fancy that the Spectator has come to mean for us chiefly Sir Roger de Coverley. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century He answered questions about his department with urbanity, replied to criticism with courtesy and painstaking detail. Lloyd George The Man and His Story “There can be no offence taken where no offence is intended,” said Lord Etherington, with much urbanity. St. Ronan's Well "I underestimated—at least, didn't consider carefully enough—your power; and overestimated your ethics and urbanity." The Galaxy Primes Mr Forsheu, with that urbanity we so well understand how to appreciate, informed the distinguished lady that he had an article exactly suited to her wants. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith Let each be thoroughly persuaded of his own faith;—different temperaments and habits of thought are suited by different modes and forms;—but let us treat each other as Christians, and with urbanity and kindness. Bertha and Her Baptism He wore a slight, pleasant, yet rather rigid smile, and his attitude was as though he listened to what his master said with even excessive deference and urbanity. Simon Dale The possessor of great personal urbanity, always clear-headed, and very reticent, especially concerning the President, he is emphatically "the right man in the right place." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Pairing with one is very definitely not my idea of urbanity and there's altogether too much obligation to suit me. The Galaxy Primes We of Carthage have had but slender chances to avail ourselves of Greek culture and urbanity. The Lion's Brood He, with all his urbanity, is apt to show the smallest possible vein of testiness, or, at least, the clouded look of high-bred sense of honor. Bertha and Her Baptism His manner had changed to a forced urbanity; when he was civil he was treacherous. Simon Dale But he had not the natural urbanity of Odo Russell, nor the invariable discretion of Lord Lyons. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies She received them with her accustomed urbanity and politeness, while they cast wondering glances toward each other; probably that they had not found Mrs. Orville in hysterical tears. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He must have been a good specimen of the urbanity and good manners of his class in Bordeaux, and certainly no finished cavalier could have expressed himself better. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre His connexions were with beauty, urbanity and conversation, as usual, but they made up a circle you couldn't find in the Court Guide. The Tragic Muse Sound sense comes recommended from his lips by the language of a scholar and the urbanity of a gentleman. The Young Duke That office he filled with tact, urbanity, and reasonable ability. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Hence her joy at the prosperous passage of a critical time, at the enthusiasm of their supporters, and at the gratification and urbanity of Sir Winterton. Quisanté He did not pick up his hat to go; he sat in his chair taking his chance of the tax which Mrs. Luna might lay upon his urbanity. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) "I like lessons in getting on—in other words I suppose you mean in urbanity—from you, Julia!" The Tragic Muse It is more probable, that he introduced into Greece, the urbanity of his own country, than that he was beholden to Greece for any thing from thence. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) I called punctually at eleven next morning, and was received with charming urbanity by Mr. Dacre himself. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont He did not display quite his customary urbanity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 As soon as he had finished it he accepted, with the readiest urbanity, her suggestion that they should go out on the sea-front. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl "Miss Dormer's herself an English picture," their visitor pronounced in the tone of a man whose urbanity was a general solvent. The Tragic Muse There will be horticulture and agriculture going on within the "urban regions," and "urbanity" without them. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought They originated from the urbanity of the heart; because unattached to the world's affairs, he could have none but the purest motives of rendering service to the cause of morality and his country. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell All praise her incomparable beauty, her active beneficence, her sweet urbanity. The Friendships of Women What would be urbanity on the part of the real "masther" is in the middleman viewed as deceit. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. It was the actress's manner that struck Miriam most; it denoted such a training, so much taste, expressed such a ripe conception of urbanity. The Tragic Muse His bluff, unconventional, easygoing manners, natural to men brought up in new countries and intensified by his early association with the buccaneers, may have been distasteful to a courtier accustomed to the urbanities of Whitehall. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century It was made incumbent on the author to propose inquiries to the President on certain points, and this was rendered easy by his urbanity and his frank and explicit answers. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. He praises wild mountains and winter forests for their domestic air; snow and ice for their warmth; villagers and wood-choppers for their urbanity, and the wilderness for resembling Rome and Paris. The Last Harvest |
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