| 单词 | uxorious |
| 例句 | He felt a flush of achievement, at how easily fiancée had slipped out of him, a sign of future uxorious bliss. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The intensely uxorious Solid was the title track from the couple's second album under a new contract with Capitol Records. Nickolas Ashford obituary 2011-08-23T14:25:23Z He was a famously uxorious husband said to have preyed upon his actresses and assistants. The Many Selves of Alfred Hitchcock, Phobias, Fetishes and All 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Keynes never stopped desiring beautiful men, but he was physically beguiled by Lopokova and settled into a very uxorious husband. Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z Anyway, he is patient, constant, stoic, uxorious, deep deep deep. New Music: New Albums From Grace Potter, Josh Turner and Fly 2012-06-11T22:38:11Z Hanks is famously uxorious, and his reliability as an actor is something that, from his first marriage at the age of 21, he has pegged to the stability of his home life. Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Perhaps the least successful part of the film is that which is most easily forgotten: the sad, slightly whimsically uxorious tale of Woody Harrelson and his wife, played by Abbie Cornish. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The satirist throws down his sword, and holds out an uxorious bouquet. Poem of the week: Twenty-eight and Twenty-Nine by Winthrop Mackforth Praed 2011-01-04T10:56:26Z King Charles wasn’t really all that Trump-like—he was uxorious and devoted to theology, and he assembled one of England’s greatest collections of art. The Books We’re Turning to Now 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z With insight and aplomb, Roberts completes his mission, revealing the king to have been a conventional, conservative gentleman, uxorious husband and father of 15. Review | American colonists called him a tyrant. But was King George III really so bad? 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z They are skeptical of fancy talk about global leadership, and they despise the uxorious American elite, who have in turn abandoned them. Down the Breitbart Hole 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Nabokov’s uxorious complacence reaches its low point in the spring of 1937, the “darkest and most painful” year of the marriage, as Boyd puts it. Nabokov’s Silent Partner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Could any language be more alluring, more seductive, more passion-rousing, than the languid, uxorious, “linked sweetness long drawn out” of this Eastern marriage-ode? Is the Bible Indictable? Being an Enquiry whether the Bible Comes within the Ruling of the Lord Chief Justice as to Obscene Literature 2011-12-13T03:00:25.353Z There never were such uxorious chaps in this world, I do believe. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z They write down in red ink on the back of the Peray, or wooden seat on which the bride is to sit, the names of twenty-one uxorious husbands, and go round the bride seven times. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Rainsfield was not one of those unfortunates, belonging to that class of marital bipeds known as "hen-pecked husbands," though he was certainly of an uxorious disposition. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z It was all very well not to be uxorious but ... Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Oh! you must not imagine that an uxorious husband is never jealous. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z These words smack of the uxorious policy recommended to husbands by Poor Richard. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Of this uxorious monarch’s other three wives, it is unnecessary to speak. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z The uxorious Rupert reacted to the Journal story with fury, calling the paper to complain. Deng! The Story of Wonder Wendi 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z But the danger passed in his criticisms of the offender, whom he stigmatized as "the most uxorious and foolish of husbands." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z It might have been termed treasonable—if such phrase can be applied to speech condemning the conduct of the uxorious tyrant. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z To his wife his fidelity and devotion were such as to have earned for him the epithet “uxorious,” a title which can be more readily conceded. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Yet he became deeply attached to his wife, and proved in fact nearly as uxorious as his father. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Hence on the Attic stage Odysseus is more crafty, Ajax and Diomedes more blunt, Menelaus more unwarlike and more uxorious than in Homer. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z Indeed, Holbein's picture was made for the purpose of giving the uxorious Henry an idea of the charms of the young woman. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Less so is the notion that uxorious idealism, not greed, might lie behind insider trading. 2010-01-15T17:23:00Z In the meantime, I observed my old friend to be very uxorious and exceedingly fond of his children. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia The South African Boer makes a true and constant husband, and a good father—some people say he is a trifle too uxorious. Tales of South Africa He is represented as excessively162 uxorious, and his passion takes the very disagreeable turn of posthumous jealousy. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) She seems to have been loved by all, and had been idolized from the time of the marriage by her uxorious husband, who was more than twenty-four years her senior. The Life of Cicero Volume II. In the mean time I observed my old friend to be very uxorious, and exceedingly fond of his children. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I He can still sit and stare at her with a startlingly uxorious eye. The Prairie Child To this rite the kithara was used; but this worship, which was somewhat refined, though jovial, among the Greeks, became among the Romans so debauched and uxorious, that it was soon prohibited by law. Music and Some Highly Musical People And as the Thames narrows itself, the closer, the more genial, the more grateful and comforting this long‑anticipated and tenderly intimate uxorious dalliance seems to grow. The Martian In rude huts and shelters built with their own hands amid the thorny mimosa and dhoum palms, they washed, ground corn, made bread, cooked food, patched and mended, and waited upon their uxorious soldier lords. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The picture Procopius has drawn of Belisarius in his disgrace, is by no means flattering to the general; it represents him as a mean-spirited and uxorious courtier. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Upon Frank Wiley III Miss Beaver felt no reliance could be placed; he was an uxorious weakling. Old Mr. Wiley The subject was one which was dear to the uxorious herder. The Fighting Shepherdess He was a very uxorious man, you know, and most domestic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916 Palpably uxorious! who can be ignorant that woman was created for man, and not man for woman?… Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Many are wedded to a theory or period, and are the most uxorious of husbands—ever ready to resent an affront to their lady. Obiter Dicta Second Series The same things change their names at such a rate; For instance—passion in a lover 's glorious, But in a husband is pronounced uxorious. Don Juan His conduct during the younger part of life was scandalously licentious: latterly he became, says Camden, uxorious to excess. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth He was uxorious, and it used to come out after his wine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 —Yet obey the uxorious yoke and are tamed by Dione her doom. Brother Copas I pitied her: Made her the mistress of my countless wealth— Loving with doting and uxorious love. The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses Henry, naturally uxorious, and not distrusting this sudden reconciliation, put himself implicitly into her hands, and attended her to Edinburgh. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Charlemagne had nine wives, but he seems to have been unduly uxorious or unwearying in his infatuations. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View The same things change their names at such a rate; For instance—Passion in a lover's glorious, But in a husband is pronounced uxorious. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Old, domestic, and uxorious, he led a private life sufficiently blameless. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Truth is, I am an uxorious husband, and before we leave town would see her a last time all regal and blazing with her newest jewels; reigning over my hospitalities like a Queen. His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Here the uxorious fellow paused on a laugh, indicating that he found irony in the word. Lady Good-for-Nothing He indulged in none of those mischievous flatteries of women, which satisfy narrow observers, or coxcombs, or the uxorious. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Many are wedded to a theory or period, and are the most uxorious of husbands--ever ready to resent an affront to their lady. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 You are the gal of my heart," exclaimed the uxorious Thompson; "but I must say you have got some of the disgracefulest notions out of that ere chapel as ever I heard on. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Reason is in like manner enthralled by passion, as an uxorious man is in the hands of an artful woman. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 It inflated his uxorious breast with pride to have his Henrietta shine in hospitality thus. Deadham Hard This yarn is about the fall of Caput Magnus almost as much as it is about the uxorious Higgleby, though the two are inextricably entwined together. By Advice of Counsel This, however, "occurs only in case of soft uxorious fellows." Primitive Love and Love-Stories This exhibition of violence affrighted her all the more by reason of the contrast; for up to this he had been an uxorious husband. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 It is difficult to think of the soul of Rabelais in connection with a pedantic and uxorious Unitarian. Gossip in a Library If we heard that Mr. B. though uxorious in public, was known to beat his wife in private, we cared not for the matrimonial anecdote. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 "Sounds fine, doesn't it?" he demanded, with an uxorious air. Within the Law This was perfectly glorious, and it must simply be those silly books and Elsie Goldmore's too uxorious imagination which had given her some ridiculously romantic exaggerated ideas of what love hours would be. The Price of Things In consequence, he had been often thought a weak, uxorious person. Sir George Tressady — Volume II This invention consorts still worse with the nature of Aurelius, who was one of the most uxorious of men and by nature monogamic and austere, almost ascetic. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire A prominent character in Ibsen's comedy is the Rev. Mr. Strawman, a gross, unctuous and uxorious priest, blameless and dull, upon whose inert body the arrows of satire converge. Henrik Ibsen The duchess made a solemn vow to that effect, but the uxorious feelings of the duke were not yet satisfied. The Crayon Papers It was moreover unjustly judged, for the weak and uxorious spirit of one or a few, to bereave all others of the fellowship of their wives, the natural partners of their prosperity and distress. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Her husband was uxorious and she had no children. The Avalanche It witnessed the abdication of the uxorious bigot Philip V. in 1724, and his resumption of the crown the next year at the instance of his proud and turbulent Parmesan wife. Castilian Days Yet obey the uxorious yoke, and are tamed to Dione her doom. The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" But yet to say divorce was granted for relief of wives, rather than for husbands, is but weakly conjectured, and is manifest the extreme shift of a huddled exposition … Palpably uxorious! The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 And his fame as a physician spread far and wide, inasmuch as he knew the secret of Death, that uxorious and henpecked Angel having revealed it to his wife in a weak moment. Without Prejudice Of their consideration and regard I was equally uxorious as I was of the affections of my wife. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story The queen asked her false husband whether it were possible to make her parrot talk, and he in a moment of uxorious weakness promised to make it speak. The Book of Were-Wolves But Henry VIII's power is most fatal to those whom he loves: he is cruel and remorseless to pamper his luxurious appetites: bloody and voluptuous; an amorous murderer; an uxorious debauchee. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays At once slovenly and uxorious, he detested his drills and loved his wives with equal earnestness; and altogether 'Sambo'—for such is the Soudanese equivalent of 'Tommy'—was a lazy, fierce, disreputable child. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan My dear Mrs. Juno, Gregory is one of those terribly uxorious men who ought to have ten wives. Overruled Of looks, words, consideration, habitual deference, and eager attention, I was quite as uxorious as I should have been of the warm kiss, or the yielding, fond embrace. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story He becomes indolent and uxorious, and Enid deplores his weakness, and awakes his suspicions, thus:- And one morning in the summer time they were upon their couch, and Geraint lay upon the edge of it. Alfred Tennyson Though cruel by nature, he was uxorious and somewhat prone to be managed by his wives. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada That night, in the very goodness of his heart and uxorious self-abnegation, he, like all devoted husbands, not only offered himself, but his friend and benefactor, as a sacrifice on the family-altar. Tales of the Argonauts People smiled a little when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes' name was mentioned, some called him effeminate, other uxorious, his fond attachment for his pretty little wife was thought to pass the bounds of decorum. The Elusive Pimpernel Now that it was mine—mine, at last—I grew uxorious in its contemplation. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story He selected the Princess Orsini to be first lady of the bedchamber, no insignificant post in the household of a very young wife, and a very uxorious husband. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 And Collinson, either through his unconquerable patience, or possibly in a fit of his usual uxorious abstraction, appeared to take no notice of it. In a Hollow of the Hills Being, however, a very uxorious husband, he at length consented—as he eventually always did to everything on which the Queen had set her heart. Erewhon How wouldst thou insult, When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thraldom! Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) How wouldst thou insult When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfet thraldom, how again betray me, Bearing my words and doings to the Lords To gloss upon, and censuring, frown or smile? The Poetical Works of John Milton Philip was not so sickly as his predecessor, but he was quite as weak, as indolent, and as superstitious; he very soon became quite as hypochondriacal and eccentric; and he was even more uxorious. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 A man need not, I hope, be deemed uxorious for liking a quiet dinner alone with his wife before he starts on a long journey. Rupert of Hentzau |
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