| 单词 | well-favoured |
| 例句 | In particular, unusually for a well-favoured suitor, he's prepared to contain his carnal urges lest their gratification harm his beloved. Twilight: the franchise that ate feminism 2010-07-12T16:07:00Z Regardless of where the boundaries are drawn, the medal map will surely inspire many triumphant emails from inhabitants of well-favoured localities to their more sparsely-rewarded neighbours. Olympic counties: Does it matter where medal-winners come from? 2012-08-15T09:29:24Z In each of the two semi-finals there were four well-favoured champions and two less fancied outsiders. From the archive, 6 August 1948: A brilliant 400 metres race 2012-08-06T06:30:00Z Hawke loomed larger on his own horizon, the more particularly because the analyst was a young woman and well-favoured. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z He was a well-favoured young man, with an honest, sun-bronzed face. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z He was a well-favoured man with a curiously pleasing manner. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z The Lord Mayor wore a frilled shirt-front behind the massive chain of office, and between its tufts of whisker his well-favoured face shone like the sun. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Were I persuaded, as many are, that each person is a subject of Providential care, I might count myself as one of the well-favoured. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z He came up the rude steps hastily, a well-favoured young man of her own world, and almost her own age, which she felt was in some ways unfortunate then. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z A lithe, well-favoured man, picturesquely attired, skipped into the ring, holding a crimson cape in one hand, and a couple of little decorated darts in the other. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Two who came foremost stopped in front of the veranda, and one of them was a well-favoured man with restless dark eyes. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z He married an extremely well-favoured damsel who dwelt at the location upon the adjoining farm, and his master contributed liberally towards the dowry. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z She suggested a well-favoured squirrel among a family of moles. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Why, that he is a well-behaved, and a well-meaning, and a well-favoured lad, and yet wicked in that he killed the Duke. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z He is indeed a right well-favoured boy," replied Mr. Fairfax, "and one calculated to win his way to a colder heart than that of a maiden near his own age. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Ingleby was a well-favoured man, and physical effort and endurance with a wholesome singleness of purpose had set a stamp on him that almost amounted to distinction. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z About Yule, when the wind blew cool, And the round tables began, A! there is come to our king's court Mony a well-favoured man. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z All were very gay, and now and then fought desperately for a well-favoured vine. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Our little Sally is ten times as well-favoured. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z You are a well-favoured well-mannered pair, with rare good heads on your shoulders. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z We were both well-favoured by Nature—perhaps I may be allowed to speak thus of myself when life is closing in—and fortune seemed to have been equally considerate. Glories of Spain As a matter of fact, however, Silas was very fond of this son, proud of his appearance—the lad was as neat as a pin, and fairly well-favoured,—and proud of his love for books. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction None were spared save three of their chiefs and certain of the women who were young and well-favoured. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Wherefore, as she is young and well-favoured, I will take her to wife, so shall she practise sorcery no more.” The White Shield Formerly the very stones of the court had breathed of life, and sunshine, and youth; formerly that poor dog had been bright and well-favoured, and as happy as are all things that are loved. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The women are more than well-favoured, and the men fine tall fellows; but they look slipshod and dissipated. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers But you are not only well-favoured but well-fortuned; and had you not found yourself worthily bound to your duty I doubt not you might have prospered in the Archbishop's household. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters He was, as she had naturally noticed, a well-favoured man, and the flannels and straw hat he wore were becoming to him. The Greater Power A lank, stoop-shouldered woman emerged from the craft and fixed the well-favoured young woman with keen, bright eyes. The River Prophet On the second of these Tuesday gatherings which I was privileged to attend, Joanna presented me to two well-favoured young women, the daughters, I gathered, of people who had country places near by. The Belovéd Vagabond Eh me!—and time was I was a comely young maid—as young and well-favoured as you, my dear: eh dear, dear, to think how long it is since! One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Well, if she is there now, and cannot get her Prince, and would like a gay, tolerably well-favoured young fellow for a lover, I suppose she need go no further than the present company. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts Nasmyth was certainly a well-favoured man, but there were respects in which his companion was not altogether satisfied with him. The Greater Power He was tall and well-favoured, and he moved with a jaunty and yet not ungraceful swing; but it almost seemed to her that this was merely the result of an empty self-sufficiency. Hawtrey's Deputy If now, I write what seems not well-favoured, most merciful prince, vouchsafe to ascribe it to the counsel of a dead heart, and to a mind that sorrow hath confounded. State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) The well-favoured Goat, aged five years, wears a brilliant yellow cotton jacket, on which are sketched in bold brush work every species of venomous insect. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow He was a tall, well-favoured man, slender, and lithe in movement, with dark eyes and hair, and a slightly sallow face that suggested that he was from the South. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter This description, however, must not be considered as applicable to the whole of these tribes,—those on the S. E. coast of the island being by no means so well-favoured. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery So, on the island those two noble knights met, and Sir Marhaus was sad to see one so young and well-favoured come against him. Cornwall's Wonderland Dishonoured before his clan, his male dignity sadly shorn, his woman shrieking out the 155 wrongs and excellences of another man—and that man a young and well-favoured enemy—his bitterness may be forgiven. Judith of the Cumberlands The individual who approached was a little larger than the average of the Kakisas; well-favoured, and with a great shock of blue-black hair hanging to his neck. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] He was a well-favoured man, and the girl was vain. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter “He is not so well-favoured as Mr Jeremy Stone,” said she, “though he hath the better name, and comes of an elder line by much.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He looketh right well of his face, and is grown higher, and right well-favoured: but, eh me, so fine! Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall When we know well-favoured and graceful women, such as thou art, we prefer to be their slaves, rather than they ours. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Dorking looked, as it always does, solid, serene, and cheerful, the beau-ideal of a prosperous country town, well-fed, well-groomed, well-favoured. The Green Carnation So Honoria had taken over the duty, for friendship's sake, of keeping the well-favoured, genial, middle-aged gentleman innocently amused. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance He looked very brown and strong, and so well-favoured that it almost seemed as if he must have caught some good looks from the people among whom he had been staying.” The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge I do love every bit of Father, right down to the tip of his nose, and I never thought if it were well-favoured or no. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall “But she’s a well-favoured maid, this: it were verily pity to burn her, if we could win her to recant.” The King's Daughters He is as well-favoured and tall of his hands as e’er a one. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him I know him not: —yet I wrong him to call him poor; they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money; for the which his wife 245 seems to me well-favoured. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Blanche’s first idea on seeing him, was a feeling of wonder that her father should have thought him otherwise than “well-favoured.” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada She kept on her journey until it was day, And went unto Rumford along the high way; Where at the Queen's arms entertained was she: So fair and well-favoured was pretty Bessee. English Songs and Ballads A tall, well-favoured young maid she is—might be a princess, to look at her. The King's Daughters Having married when about sixteen, she was now just thirty-eight years of age; and though the bloom of maidenhood was gone, the beauty of a well-favoured and healthy woman still remained. Erling the Bold The youth, as we have observed, was well-favoured. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines “Oh, what like is he?—and how old?—and is he well-favoured?—and—” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada He looked dusty and fatigued, yet he was a stout, well-favoured, robust young fellow, so that his hapless condition was evidently the result of recent misfortune and accident—not of prolonged sickness or want. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn His wife Maggie, a stout, well-favoured lady, with an insufficient intellect and unbounded good humour, was of considerable intrinsic value, but highly unpolished. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Caspar is well-favoured, she will not refuse him; we will give her the choice.” The Ferryman of Brill and other stories A tall, well-favoured youth, coming from the farther South, boarded the train for Richmond one raw, gusty morning. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond He seemed a decent sort o’ man, far as I could see, only that he wasn’t well-favoured,” said Jenny doubtfully. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Twiddel turned in his seat, to see the clergyman standing over him with a look of the keenest inquiry in his well-favoured face. The Lunatic at Large The many towers and pinnacles of Copenhagen, with the golden dome of the Marble Church, flash a welcome as we steam into the magnificent harbour of this singularly well-favoured city. Denmark She rolled up and packed away the years of longing for her mighty Father, and for Him, her loving and well-favoured Brother, and departed to her abode in the midmost heart of the Heavens. Bahíyyih Khánum He passes the galleries under review, and tells us of the huge gold and silver globes, the instruments of science on the walls, and an innumerable crowd of well-favoured and well-clad books. The Great Book-Collectors In the course of his wanderings with his father’s regiment he develops into a well-grown and well-favoured lad, a shrewd walker and a bold rider. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 There had always been a likeness between them: in the bright-coloured, waving hair, the blue eyes and the well-favoured features. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 The young lady seems to have been well-favoured, though it is not easy to learn much from the female portraits of those days, which are all very much of a piece. Claverhouse Set your reliance on the army of justice, put on the armour of wisdom, let your adorning be forgiveness and mercy and that which cheereth the hearts of the well-favoured of God. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas By our lady, not to mention Saint Pancras, a well-favoured stripling. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars Nay, all the Prophets of God, His well-favoured, His holy, and chosen Messengers, are, without exception, the bearers of His names, and the embodiments of His attributes. The Kitáb-i-Íqán I then went to Irvine, where I heard a well-favoured, proper old man with a long beard, and that man showed me all my own heart.’ Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents The daughter of the house was well-favoured and played the piano with some skill. Adventures of a Despatch Rider The hands of Thy well-favoured servants are raised towards the heaven of Thy bounty and those of Thy sincere lovers are lifted up to the sublime heights of Thy generosity. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas The Boy was in very mean Cloaths, but of a very fresh and well-favoured Countenance, and as he sate by himself he Sung. On The Art of Reading I thanked him, the steward appeared, a stout, well-favoured man, whose djellaba was finer than his master's. Morocco He is the foe of all others; he is a power irresistible; the storm-wave that drowneth, the glitter of ice is that well-favoured man. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The queen is brawly clothed in white linen, and in white and brown cloth; and the king is a braw man, well-favoured, and broad-faced. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century He was a sailor and a calm sort of chap—dark and well-favoured with a lot of fun in him and a lot of character and determination. The Torch and Other Tales The Boy was in very mean Cloaths, but of a very fresh and well-favoured Countenance, and as he sate by himself he Sung…. On The Art of Reading Dignity he had in abundance, and a certain mellow, old-fashioned quality; yet, in spite of his well-favoured youth, he was singularly lacking in sympathetic appeal. One Man in His Time A large, 5white-breasted,5 well-favoured man in the van of that company. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The commentator's only objection to the lines as they now stand, is the discrepancy of the metaphor, the want of opposition between wicked and well-favoured. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Yes, not being a fool, she knows she is well-favoured—much as you do, no doubt. The Spinners His mother, with nothing more than maternal prejudice to excuse her, had discovered some twenty odd years ago that he was a well-favoured young man, and had easily imbued her son with the same opinion. When William Came He was young and well-favoured, and, it was evident from the firmness of his flesh, well-fed. Master of His Fate As she turned up her face to the window, the minister could see by the moon's rays that it was well-favoured. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts The cart-road to Kasvin, now being constructed by a Russian company, will pass through some of these well-favoured parts, and this will help to draw attention to natural resources which have hitherto been unnoticed. Persia Revisited By the rood, a well-favoured youth, and a strong. The Thirsty Sword You are equally well-favoured with the handsomest of them; and it was by good looks alone that the whole party rose to their present eminence. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance Being well-favoured and sharp-witted, he won the heart and the hand of a wealthy Dutch widow, whose dollars he afterwards, in some bold but successful speculations, turned to good account. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Nor was it to be wondered at, for they were a well-favoured pair. The Refugees He was her only son, and was at this time very fair and well-favoured. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829 There is a well-favoured youth without, whom the earl pointed out as your father's apprentice. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire He found her a courtly old lady, formerly a Beauty, and still sufficiently well-favoured to have dispensed with the powder on her nose and a certain impossible bloom under each eye. Little Dorrit The little man, who sometimes brings an elderly sister to our meetings, and sometimes another female too, who is conscientious, I have no doubt, but not well-favoured?' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty ‘Was you looking for anything, sir?’ asked a tidy, well-favoured woman. The Uncommercial Traveller She was a tall, upright, well-favoured woman, though severe of countenance, and had more of the air of a schoolmistress than mistress of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Our Mutual Friend Mr. Enfield, a young, well-favoured and recent importation from another town, was deliciously impressed by the charm of the waiting lady. The Flirt This well-favoured and comely girl soon made appreciable inroads upon the emotional constitution of young Farmer Oak. Far from the Madding Crowd He was reckoned well-favoured, but I cannot say that I found him so. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 About Yule, when the wind blew cool; And the round tables began, A' there is come to our king's court Mony a well-favoured man. The Book of Old English Ballads Ho, ho, ho! this well-favoured head of mine, What thing soever it hath in hand, Is never troubled with ale or wine, Neither by sea, nor yet by land. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Perhaps some day I might take after her and grow equally well-favoured. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day I found only one relic of the bygone—and a well-favoured relic he is—Mr. W. N. Corrie, with whom to exchange condolences and to wail over the ruins. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I He was tall and well-favoured, with handsome eyes and smooth cheeks, and had with him a company of his people. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV And so the stream of carriages and hansoms, and the conspicuously well-favoured human beings occupying them, began to intrigue his attention. The Far Horizon SIR PALAMON: Fellow, though youthful, well-favoured and poet esteemed, I am yet marvellous modest! The Geste of Duke Jocelyn If Pa and Ma could see me now, would they say their little Nelly'd "filled out well-favoured?" The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day It even disquieted the well-favoured young Don Rodrigo de Cardona, who in all his vain, empty, pampered and rather vicious life had never yet known perturbation. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series So praised be God who hath sent us a well-favoured man of the sons of the Turks; for had a lesser than thou presented himself, he had been Sultan.' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV He was tall and fair, well-favoured, preoccupied, not to say morose. The Far Horizon She had been a spoilt child, and, being well-favoured, her head had been turned by flattery, and she indulged in all sorts of foolish dreams. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire The boy was in very mean clothes, but of a very fresh and well-favoured countenance; and as he sat by himself he sang. Fan : the story of a young girl's life She uttered a word now and then for politeness' sake, but she never looked at him and seemed not in the least to care that he was a well-favoured and well-dressed young man. Madame De Mauves A was a little, low, broad, tall, narrow, big, well-favoured fellow: a jerkin of white cloth, and buttons of the same cloth. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Under such conditions most well-favoured women would have appeared beautiful; Juanna did more, she seemed divine. The People of the Mist And the knight replied, "Truly I think not of thee as of one of the well-favoured among women." Warlock o' Glenwarlock Retold by F. J. H. Darton Sir Gawain had a son, and he was fair to look on, bright of face and well-favoured in body. The Junior Classics — Volume 4 "At least he is a well-favoured thief," said one of the queens to another. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales The boy was in very mean clothes, but of a very fresh and well-favoured countenance; and as he sat by himself, he sang. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 In about a minute a stout labourer was patting Dumple, and introducing him into the stable, while Mrs. Dinmont, a well-favoured buxom dame, welcomed her husband with unfeigned rapture. Guy Mannering — Complete The well-favoured white-haired man seized him with one hand by the shoulder in a grip that convicted Samuel of frailty. The Old Wives' Tale She should be modestly well-favoured, as becomes her childish stage of development. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel He was a well-favoured man of something between thirty and forty, brilliant in conversation, personally engaging, and known by his literary productions, which found small favour with conservative readers. Born in Exile In India, on the little farms of Burmah, of Mysore, and of Sind the grain, year after year, headed out fat, heavy, and well-favoured. The Pit Bunce was not a well-favoured man, but ordinarily a rugged honesty helped the misfortunes of his features, a sort of good-humour, too, which seemed unable to find free play. Thyrza I said admiringly: "Do you know you're a remarkably well-favoured young person?" The Red Planet He had a well-favoured countenance; fair, good-humoured, but very sly. Sybil, or the Two Nations Thou must know that I am a man from the land of China and was in my youth well-favoured and well-to-do. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] The immediate result of her examination was the possibility she dimly acknowledged that a man might exist as a well-favoured individual and yet belong to an unquestionably lower class of life. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields And now the sickness of hunger had gone from his face, the lad, if not actually what our scriptural Saxon terms "well-favoured," was certainly "well-liking." John Halifax, Gentleman The boy was in very mean clothes, but of a very fresh and well-favoured countenance, and as he sat by himself he sang. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Moreover, having fed plentifully and travelled easily, they were fat and well-favoured, as, given good food, natives soon become after a period of abstinence. Child of Storm He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him. Twelfth Night Come hither, neighbour Seacoal: God hath blessed you with a good name: to be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. Much Ado about Nothing God hath blessed you with a good name: to be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. Much Ado about Nothing That she is not so fair as, of you, well-favoured. Two Gentlemen of Verona |
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