| 单词 | boyishness |
| 例句 | He had deep-set, brooding eyes, and his face was more thoughtful, more solemn, than his younger brother’s, a face as suggestive of early maturity as his brother’s was of lingering boyishness. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My swimming instructor said that I don’t have the right boyishness or something.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He is an agile, civil debater with a strong camera presence and a manner that combines boyishness with technocratic self-confidence. Movie Review: ?The Island President?: Jon Shenk Documentary at Film Forum 2012-03-27T18:12:38Z His famous boyishness, musical inclinations and facility with social media resonate with a younger generation. A Jimmy Fallon report card: ‘Tonight Show’ rocks 2014-03-14T18:20:45Z To those youngsters, Mr. Gilbert, with his boyishness and enthusiasm, must have come across as a cool big brother, not some intimidating maestro. Critic?s Notebook: No More Silent Summers 2011-06-28T22:12:22Z There was Paul McCartney, 70, with his unlined face retaining an eerie degree of his Beatlemania-era boyishness. ‘12-12-12’ Concert Performers and Issues of Aging 2012-12-19T23:07:03Z Despite the encroaching onset of early middle age, Casablancas retains a certain boyishness. ‘The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich’: Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z I knew how damaging my mother’s disapproval of my boyishness had been. Mom’s girly presents to me 2013-12-24T23:00:00Z It also may be because he is utterly without artifice: still in his 30s, he projects a cherubic boyishness and freshness. NSO offers “Lobgesang,” but highlight is organist Paul Jacobs playing Bach The brash boyishness lends the character a certain pathos: it seems cruelly unfair that this gilded youth should be required to sully his spirits with the unpleasant task of avenging his father’s death. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z Biff and Happy, in Willy’s memory, are not just boyish, but clichés of boyishness; aiming to solve this textual problem by underlining it, Cromwell’s direction makes it worse. Review: In a New ‘Salesman,’ the Lomans Look Like All of Us 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Time has eroded some of the boyishness from the singers’ voices, but the three-part harmonies still exert a hypnotic pull. Album review: Shoes, 'Ignition' 2012-08-13T22:26:00Z More than just talent, commercial appeal or dreamy good looks, he possesses that teen heartthrob quality born of boyishness: intensity, vulnerability, androgyny and a certain amount of stubble-free cheekbone action. Move over, R-Patz: how Timothée Chalamet became the movie star of his generation 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Among male poets, though, the preservation of a stubborn streak of boyishness can feel like an advantage, at least when it comes to coaxing readers into the backyard soap-bubble of a poem. Review: Looking Inward in Poetry Books From Ron Padgett and Nick Flynn 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Losing his boyishness, to say nothing of his dude-ishness, has not meant losing his charm. After five years of Gustavo Dudamel, what's next? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Instead, a silky Jonathan Groff now prowls around menacingly, his boyishness having been nicely weaponized for his role as a sly trickster. ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Review: Slipping Through Dreamland (Again) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Gray’s boyishness was a big part of his appeal. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z Lowe, whose gray around the temples doesn't nullify the boyishness of his face and slim build, asked almost rhetorically over a double espresso in the open lobby restaurant of his downtown hotel. Rob Lowe on the high road 2011-04-29T20:35:00Z At 52, he is playing a much younger version of his “Breaking Bad” character and has the kind of boyishness that makes it not much of a reach. ‘Better Call Saul’ Stars Bob Odenkirk of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z He wants that burgeoning boyishness of hers to be nothing more than an extension of the happy hours they’ve spent playing basketball together. Pariah: Coming Out and Coming of Age 2011-12-28T16:53:53Z To my mind he's not so much playing against type as investigating the dark obverse of his trademark screen presence: boyishness grown into emotional immaturity, his simple idealism now pointing the wrong way. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z A former child actor, he retains an eager boyishness—not enigmatic so much as blank-slate. Playing Edward Snowden 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z “When are you going to get beyond the boyishness of killing things?” How Hunting Became a Macho Sport 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Here, finally, was one who really understood the magic of boyishness, from a girl’s point of view: snub-nosed, gallant, and full of aw shucks. Miranda July: “TV” 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Damon, his eternal boyishness finally settling into the inevitability of middle age, brings the personal touch this movie needs. Review: Matt Damon Elevates Jason Bourne
Beyond Generic Action 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Boal, coaching him in the role, saw echoes of that 13-year-old dancer long ago: "a boyishness, a willingness to learn, a willingness to fall and experiment." Moving on: PNB bids bon voyage to principal Lucien Postlewaite 2012-06-06T21:12:03Z There was a boyishness to him that seemed to excuse his characters’ worst behavior, on “Friends” and in later roles. This week’s passages 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The veteran star, who started out in endearingly goofy crowd-pleasers like “Encino Man” and “The Mummy,” has often projected giddy boyishness on screen. Brendan Fraser knows the hurt -- that’s why he stands by 'The Whale' 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z He retains some of his Doogie Howser boyishness, but he’s attractively weathered — the worry furrows in his brow serve the part admirably — and this accords with Michael’s middle-aged naïveté. Netflix's 'Uncoupled' is a sweet, grown-up sitcom. But its New York is for the rich 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Why is girlishness so often talked about as a sign of immaturity and naivete and boyishness as a measure of vigor and enthusiasm? Perspective | The gray and the pink 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Produced, one might almost say inevitably, by Lorne Michaels, the show plays to Thompson’s natural sweetness and boyishness. The old-fashioned sitcom is still going strong. Here are 6 to watch this spring 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Johnson’s imprudence has too often been explained or excused as a kind of perpetual boyishness. Boris Johnson’s “Looking Glass” Brexit 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z He smiles again, but, with his hand on his gun, his boyishness seems a little less endearing. The Wild West Meets the Southern Border 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z There is a boyishness to a well-made man that helps him endure a lifetime of mundane daily obligation. As I approach retirement, I’m embracing a new mantra: So what? 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Under a thatch of graying brown hair, Berry's face still retains a pleasant boyishness. Actor Ken Berry comes full circle in 1986 interview 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Benjamin, who is now fifty-eight, retains something of the boyishness of a half century ago, despite the fact that his close-cropped hair is silver. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z And there still is a boyishness in him, a tangible innocence. British Open 2018: A pensive Rory McIlroy reflects on first Open, seeks to revive the carefree attitude he had then - Golf Digest 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z It reminds me of his inherent boyishness and my own Huckleberry past. This warm-and-fuzzy pup brings to mind some other comforts, including good books 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Men hate to pack, and my 16-year-old son is nearly that — a man, with occasional bursts of boyishness. As I approach retirement, I’m embracing a new mantra: So what? 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z “I think Dylan brought an innocence and a boyishness, boy-next-door quality to the character,” he said. How ‘American Assassin’ took a long, twisting path to film 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s a boyishness to his persona, too, even during this breakout summer. Perspective | Alexander Zverev might be tennis’s heir to the Big Four. Enjoy him in this moment. 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The young British actor - not to be confused with Rev's Tom Hollander - has a pleasing boyishness and excellent comic timing in a film that is laugh-out-loud funny when it's not noisily thrilling. What do the critics think of Spider-Man: Homecoming? - BBC News 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z In contemporary art our youngest son finds a boyishness, a sense of stretching the rules. Most teenagers are insane. I like that in a person. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z His athleticism is obvious, and so is his boyishness: he would never signal for a ball kid to bring him a towel—despite the desert heat, he preferred to wipe his face with his shirttail. Glimpsing the Future of Men’s Tennis 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z He projects a focused, constant energy, and today his boyishness was amplified by a retainer in his mouth, a corrective measure to address problems left over from a childhood without dental insurance. What’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ Without Garrison Keillor? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Despite his boyishness, this mild lament is a reminder that he has been a cancer survivor for 22 years. The Zen Of Zinger - Golf Digest 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z While his peers wear short sleeves, he chooses a long-sleeve khaki uniform and a dark brown tie, a formal get-up that, coupled with his buzzed hair, accentuates his boyishness. In the aftermath of Ferguson, St. Louis cops embrace crime-predicting software 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Have you seen the video for "Kiss You"? It is 100 percent raw joyful boyishness, and no science. The science of 'Drag Me Down': a roundtable on One Direction at NASA 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z This is one of Sterling’s first appearances before the media on England duty and it is impossible to get away from his boyishness. Mum’s the word for Raheem Sterling, the new symbol of England 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The clean-shaven look was more or less mandatory for American men, Peterkin said, and for baseball players in particular, who were considered “icons of all-American boyishness.” Bonding With Beards, the Red Sox Repair Their Clubhouse Chemistry 2013-09-09T02:53:56Z In the snap of a finger, or the throw of an elbow, we can revert instantly to hot-blooded boyishness. Essay: Weekly Communion, With the Occasional Elbow 2012-05-22T14:50:37Z He is to his friends, the most frank and gay creature in the world, and open to boyishness with those who he thinks understand and value him. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z There was a certain boyishness about Prescott, however, which usually enabled him to carry these things off without offence, because they were obviously so natural and so unpremeditated. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z There was none of his brother's boyishness about him; even his smile seemed forced and tired, and his laughter rarely held merriment. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The effect of boyishness that one derived from his tall, thin figure was increased now by the marks of weeping about his eyes. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z There was a quaintly attractive boyishness about her now, an unsuspected athleticism. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The boyishness was gone; it was the form of a man, a strong well-set-up man who would find favour with any woman. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z His boyishness took other forms which were more generally pleasing. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z There was a boyishness in the noble breadth of her forehead, full of front, serene almost to seriousness, and marked by delicate black brows too level to be ideally feminine. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It cut out a part of his boyishness forever. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The boyishness in him which had been one of his charms, was passing away definitely and forever. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Some men seem to improve with age, as their boyishness fades and is replaced by lines and touches of gray that suggest wisdom and experience. For President Obama and other boomers, what's in a face at 50? 2011-07-30T23:35:04Z Scholarship broadens and deepens, boyishness diminishes, teacher and pupil meet less artificially. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Miserable, insolent boyishness it was, when I would deny my tyrant's right of guardianship, and quarrel with my powerful oppressor about petty islands and paltry mint privileges, when I had his crown in view. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He lacked buoyancy, lacked it utterly; every trace of boyishness was gone. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Young Somers, without intending it, revealed the essential boyishness of his nature, and Adelaide relished it immensely. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z "He is charming," thought Miss Marr, "so modest and well-mannered, and with such a bright merry boyishness about him." Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z At times his brother's unreasoning boyishness seemed almost to provoke him; want of earnestness was always a heinous sin in his judgment. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z They combine often the delightful American boyishness with the sober mien of men of learning. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Combating again an almost overwhelming desire to stand in awed worship, he advanced hastily, speaking with a diffidence and an incoherence utterly foreign to his usual blithe boyishness. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z And then, with a certain boyishness that went oddly with his monk-like face, he went over to Lola and put his hand on her shoulder. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z In this man of fifty-eight there showed a strange boyishness. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z It was true that he looked much older; boyishness had left him, and Sally could have screamed out her pain that this was so. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z His shoulders dragged as though under a pack, and every trace of boyishness was wrung like a rag out of his face. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z He was talking to himself rather than to her, and the boyishness had vanished from his voice and manner. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z He had lost, too, something of the boyishness, the simple light-heartedness of the day before. The Hillman An odd youthfulness crept into his eyes; a subtle paradoxical boyishness. The Valiants of Virginia Yet, though Gavin’s zeal was what the congregation reverenced, many loved him privately for his boyishness. The Little Minister Then all the boyishness died out of you—the sweet, idle reveries, the mystic responsibilities. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z "What are you looking at?" she asked, flaunting her imperious boyishness in his solemn countenance. Sinister Street, vol. 2 I wanted to keep on smiling—but there were times, I must confess, when I wished that I were through with college and all its rough-and-tumble boyishness. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Curiously enough, in sleep the boyishness of his face was less apparent. The Missioner In place of the spirited, unformed child that he remembered, Milbanke saw a very young girl, whose boyishness of figure had disappeared in slight feminine curves, whose bright, fearless eyes had softened into uncommon beauty. The Gambler A Novel "But you tried her yesterday," laughed the captain, who enjoyed the boyishness of this boy as much as he admired his manliness. Campmates A Story of the Plains It appeals to that strain of boyishness which survives in the average man even though his pow be frosted, his reputation starched and conservative. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day Also his face was deeply lined and his shoulders stooped considerably, and yet in spite of these and other signs of age in some indefinable way Ambrose Thompson had kept his boyishness. The Loves of Ambrose But the bedrock of sexual differences puzzled her: obviously one vital quality of boyishness was the right to wear breeches. Carnival They were all pleased with the lieutenant, whose former wild boyishness had changed to dignified composure. Landolin Most of the stories told about him illustrate his naïve boyishness. The Romance of the Reaper Mansfield had suddenly sloughed off his boyishness and become unexpectedly self-contained, giving the impression of capability. The Portal of Dreams Both the children show a delightful unconsciousness in the recitation of their lines, but Tommy’s natural boyishness fits the character rather better than Elsie’s assumed character, although her gracefulness charms the audience. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 All but idolaters acknowledge a certain boyishness in him—a boyishness which is in fact no mean source contributary of his charm in verse. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing And at seventeen, which is the age when girls most despise the boyishness of young men, she met Sir Isaac and filled him with an invincible covetousness.... The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman She was lithe almost to the point of boyishness, even though she was clearly some years older than Geoffrey. The Barbarians He went to Italy, and, as he imbibed Italian literature, sympathised with the joyous spirit of Boccaccio and the eternal boyishness of classical art. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) He was well enough known for a certain unsteadiness; then, too, there was a boyishness about his look, an irresponsibility which was not general among the hard features of the men they knew. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Under Carnaby’s apparent boyishness, there was a certain somewhat dangerous quality of precocity, which was stimulated rather than checked by his grandmother’s repressive system. Robinetta The girl was frankly amused by the streak of boyishness in him––the perfectly transparent desire of this young man to detain her in conversation. The Crimson Tide A Novel He was better than his word, for he seemed to have shaken off all his boyishness from that terrible day. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic This superlative self-esteem strikes one, to say the truth, as part of Landor's abiding boyishness. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Year by year her slim body lost its unformed boyishness 24 in a new soft roundness which her long outgrown skirt and too scant little waist failed completely to conceal. Once to Every Man He attempted a bow of finished grown-upness, failed somewhat, and melted at once into an engaging boyishness, under which his frank admiration of his new-found relative was not to be hidden. Robinetta He laughed to find the boyishness of old still alive in him. Valley of Wild Horses “There are two kinds of boyishness,” continued Wallace. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story He surprises me, now and then, by disturbing little gestures of boyishness. The Prairie Child The frank boyishness was clean out of it. It, and Other Stories There was no longer any look of boyishness in the drawn fare, with the chin thrust forward belligerently, the brows drawn low, the eyes blazing. Making People Happy There was something peculiarly charming in the lighter side of Stephen’s nature; a simplicity and boyishness, which was the secret of his popularity far more than his weightier qualities. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 “In one sense it is boyishness, for it is boys, and not men, that take pleasure in possessing useless animals.” Stuyvesant A Franconia Story It is characteristic of the Prince's irrepressible boyishness that he and the boatmen here went lobster-hunting with great enjoyment and success. The True Story Book One day as he rode out of Rome he saw that fog was gathering; and he resolved, for there was an inexhaustible well of boyishness within him, to get lost in it. It, and Other Stories She was about sixteen, with a suggestion of boyishness in her appearance. 'Me--Smith' She had the slightly hard beauty of nineteen years and exuberant health; contrasted with Flavia, there was almost a boyishness in her air of assurance and athletic vigor. From the Car Behind “It is a very harmless kind of boyishness at all events,” replied Wallace. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story No book in the world has more spontaneous gaiety, more of the triumphant spirit of human boyishness in its blood. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Tall and strongly built, clean-shaven, with a wide, high forehead and kindly sympathetic expression, the author of Fortitude has a refreshing boyishness and zest for enjoyment which are pleasant to his close friends. When Winter Comes to Main Street There was something almost uncanny in the exaggerated boyishness; he reminded one of some figure in a dance of death, of a living skeleton, hollow-eyed, strutting gaily by the side of a gallant youth. The Hero She had discovered something about him that had eluded her the 75 day before—an impulsive boyishness. 'Firebrand' Trevison “What kind of boyishness do you mean then, that is not harmless?” asked Phonny. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story His face still held its boyishness, but it had lost forever the irresponsibility of a few months before. Crooked Trails and Straight There was a pathetic boyishness in his tone that the sad, clear lines of his face would never prepare you for. The Rose-Garden Husband He seemed daily to lose more of the boyishness which all his life had made him want to dance in the sun. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life He had a fair, high-bred face, and his smile emphasized its boyishness. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories That is the nature of the kind of boyishness that I am speaking of. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story More than one pulse quickened at sight of him, for his gallantry, his peril and his boyishness combined to enwrap him in the atmosphere of romance. Crooked Trails and Straight He had been kind and loving to Esperance; he had, as he believed, armed him for the battle of life, but he had extinguished his boyishness and engrafted the seeds of distrust. The Son of Monte-Cristo There had been no hint of boyishness before, in fact something of baffling inscrutability in the black eyes, gave the man an expression of extreme sophistication. The Gold Girl He became older suddenly, and a certain boyishness, which was characteristic of him, was gone and never returned again. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Still that kind of boyishness does little harm, and we should not probably do any thing about it, but should leave you to outgrow it in your own time.” Stuyvesant A Franconia Story It was as if something had sponged all the boyishness from his face. Crooked Trails and Straight He looked up into her face with a curious hint of boyishness in his face. The Prodigal Father Always, during these brief visits, her lurking distrust of him vanished in the frank boyishness of his personality. The Gold Girl Affectation, in the case of girls who ride straight and don't know what it is to have a headache, very often takes the form of boyishness. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir “It is not like some other kinds of boyishness, such as I told you about the other day.” Stuyvesant A Franconia Story "You are quite right," the ghost of a smile hovered around the white-fringed lips of the Spaniard, at Jim's innate boyishness. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power A bit of boyishness entered into Roy just then, brought about by the business he was upon and the work he had been engaged in. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War And then she thought upon Claybrook's boyishness in wanting her to help him go pick out a new toy. Stubble Instead of taking the idea for a long, cool walk, you sit down here to work it up ... it is the eternal boyishness of the Englishman. War and the Weird “It is a very harmless kind of boyishness, at any rate,” replied Wallace. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story In many ways, he was far older than his years, but there was a certain inerradicable boyishness about him to which her heart warmed. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 There was strength and good humor in plenty; and it was hard to reconcile these qualities with an unquestioned wistfulness and boyishness in his eyes. The Snowshoe Trail His head with the graying hair so closely cropped gave him an odd appearance of boyishness, to which the smart little bow tie added not a little. Stubble It is another proof of their invincible boyishness, this total inability to pretend interest. 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' “I like gray squirrels,” said Phonny, “very much indeed, if it is boyishness.” Stuyvesant A Franconia Story One's moustache is confirmed in its place; one has the stature and muscle of a man, a man's tenacity and resistance, while the heart of boyishness still pulses in one's body. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories And when the Advocate looked in, the surprising boyishness of Boyd rubbed off even on him. The Dew of Their Youth And, despite her fears Keeko smiled at the boyishness of it all. The Heart of Unaga Yes, I just do!” answered the boy, in whose countenance every trace of boyishness was instantly swallowed up in an intense gaze of manly determination. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication This is boyishness of a very bad kind. Stuyvesant A Franconia Story "The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln" would be incomplete without some insight into the perfect boyishness of the President of the United States. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln "Please come over here and sit down," he said very courteously, but with the boyishness gone from his voice even more completely than Marjorie had wished. I've Married Marjorie Something of the old boyishness and impetuosity was gone, a new purposefulness—not of the will but rather of the spirit—had supplanted it and engendered an unwonted serenity. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The face before him was showing the strong, serious lines of maturity, yet he almost regretted the lost boyishness as he noted them. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story The boyishness had gone out of his voice again, and Lady Mary knew all too well of what he was thinking. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Cheniston's face had lost all its boyishness; it looked haggard, unhappy, old. Afterwards Then the boyishness pent up within him came bursting out once more. The Brentons Even his talk was a mixture of boyishness and experience and he seemed to know her thoughts before she had them fully spoken. A Voice in the Wilderness And yet, on the other hand, in his pleasanter moments he has a boyishness and vivacity which are attractive. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Irrepressibly gay, impish, it seemed as if he vented all of the stored up boyishness in him, spilled it in one heaping measure. Terry A Tale of the Hill People This railing against marriage on the part of his friends was pure boyishness, and they all were engaged on the mere prospect of a kirk, but Carmichael had more of a mind on the matter. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Mother," he said, and now all boyishness had fallen away from him; "I am sorry if this is going to hurt you; but I can't help it. The Brentons Herbert breathed more freely, but he was firm, and seemed suddenly to have grown out of boyishness into manly determination, and gradually he extracted the whole story from her. That Stick His quick face darkened suddenly, and all the boyishness vanished from it. Dross In Sicily she actually loved and rejoiced in Delarey's mental shortcomings because they seemed to make for freshness, for boyishness, to link him more closely with the spring in their Eden. The Call of the Blood The whipcord riding habit had given place now to a tailored suit which deprived her of the boyishness that had been so apparent on their first meeting. The Cross-Cut The mahouts had planned it in sheer boyishness; and to their mountain hearts it meant something like the clown-play in a western circus. Son of Power Boyish the workmanship may have been, yet there was nothing of boyishness about the music itself. Story-Lives of Great Musicians The boyishness which had been a part of him when he had fought at Foscar's command was gone. The Time Traders It was the frank and daring expression of her face and great black eyes which gave the look of boyishness. The Golden Silence Instantly at that question all the boyishness left the other's face. Then I'll Come Back to You And the halting boyishness of the request had warmed Cecille's face too; warmed her through and through. Winner Take All The sporting element in the contest appealed to his undying boyishness. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Those who have been novices themselves will not be surprised at the boyishness of these three manly characters under the circumstances. Life of Father Hecker He had, too, the lovable boyishness, which never quite leaves some fortunate men. Flower of the Dusk Here was an air almost of frank boyishness, a smile of pleasant friendliness, with just enough of flushing cheek to show womanliness and warm blood. Contrary Mary Nor have I any time longer to dally over such boyishness. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country His irrepressible boyishness refused to accept it in all its moral gloom. The Helpmate Then something in her face held him, and at the same time his impulsive boyishness—a little dramatic, perhaps, but only so much as is consistent with his race—carried him into a new mood. The Title Market It seems to me that this moment was the last of my boyishness. Romance His exaggerated manner, the looseness of his phrasing, the flush on his cheeks were in strange contrast to his usual frank, clean boyishness. Contrary Mary She was convinced that, had her own mother lived, with her half-censorious yet wholly loving care for him, he might still have preserved his youth and his handsome boyishness and health. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Perhaps he would never grow up into a man as Kettering and Sangster understood the word; but his very boyishness was what Christine had first loved in him. The Second Honeymoon Something in the boyishness of him struck a chord of sympathy in the doctor's heart. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame There was a frank boyishness about this young man, and his manner reminded her of Edwardes. Destiny He had sloughed the gay devil-may-care boyishness of the range and taken on a look of strong patience new in her experience of him. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story Here, again, Jim was struck with the untamed boyishness of the miners; their levity was that of coarse, healthy children. In the Roaring Fifties Until she had known his father, Théo had never seemed to her to lack personality; he was young, but his very boyishness was individual. The Halo He was standing before her by the table, looking fairly into her eyes, with that dancing boyishness amazingly bright in his own. The Furnace of Gold All the boyishness had gone out of his face, which now had the spent look of one who has had a great fright or suffered great pain. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder He is English enough for anything, but I am afraid of his not keeping his appropriate boyishness if he is always hanging about with an old and serious valetudinarian like myself. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College In truth, they were well worth looking at: the boyishness of one and the sober manliness of the other, the clear eyes, tanned skin, the quick, strong limbs. The Grey Cloak But under all his lovingness and his boyishness, Laurence had a sternness, a ruggedness as adamantine as one of Cromwell's Iron-sides. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man A couple of weeks' rest and good feeding had given a healthy glow to his cheek, had brightened his eye, and brought back the native boyishness and brightness to his face. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young He seemed to know that he was going—west, as they say, and he wrote so seriously; all the boyishness had gone from him, and he seemed to be old, much older than I am. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder But he seemed to have a certain boyishness of spirit that appealed strongly to Ned. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad The boyishness, vivacity, and motion, had quite vanished. Bressant You may see the boyishness of his nature in the devotion with which he threw himself first into bicycling, then into motoring, and then into flying. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster The mere feeling that she could talk and take pleasure in talking beyond his comprehension wounded him, as a sensitive half-grown boy sometimes suffers real pain when his boyishness shows itself among men. The Children of the King There was something sweet and wistful and charming in his boyishness; and she was surprised, as Harwood had been from the first, by the intelligence he evinced in political and social questions. A Hoosier Chronicle Noel's dark eyes became suddenly intent and shrewd, and the boyishness passed from his face. The Keeper of the Door But with all his boyishness, and charm, and humility, and engaging cleverness, there is a light in his eyes too feverish for peace of mind. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality The remarkable beauty of his face always seemed to me an expression of this delightful boyishness—his smile deepening this effect in a most charming manner. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster He had that sunny boyishness which is so irresistible to young and old. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 With a boyishness I now regret, I put my sword to his throat, demanding the money, which I received. The Sword Maker Mostly it was pure boyishness, the impish desire to tease, that struck the audacious sparkle to his eyes, but there was, too, a masculine impulse he did not analyse. Mavericks There was an element of boyishness in him. Montcalm and Wolfe The quality which chiefly drew people to him was his extreme boyishness. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster The youth of the French troops had not impressed me so forcibly as had the boyishness of the English and the Belgians. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front A certain wild boyishness had stolen over him, a reckless devil danced in his blue eyes. Flames Yet, she loved him for not knowing, for his boyishness, his babyishness, his simplicity. Mount Music The boyishness, the stunted moral force, replaced the manhood in him then. The Mysterious Rider His enjoyed facility of fervid expression, his boyishness, his gift of making the lived moment the greatest of his life, was the very gift she had craved to make her forget her yesterdays. The Last Shot They loved him, this old priest, with his boyishness, his enthusiasms, his tiny camera, his cigarette, his beautiful faith. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front While inverted women frequently, though not always, convey an impression of mannishness or boyishness, there are no invariable anatomical characteristics associated with this impression. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion He waved back at it with an absurd, incredible boyishness. The Dark House But his boyishness did not usually last long. The Party His boyishness was gone; he seemed to have aged years since that evening in September when he had sailed for Alaska. The Rim of the Desert His virtues, boyishness and absolute fidelity, and a love of plain words and things are the virtues which are counted as vices among the æsthetic prigs who pay him the greatest honour. Robert Browning In inverted women some degree of masculinity or boyishness is equally prevalent, and it is not usually found in the women to whom they are attracted. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion There was an air of responsibility about the younger man, calmness, observation and concentration, very different from his former light-hearted, easy-mannered boyishness. Out of the Ashes His face had lost much of its boyishness, and had taken a thoughtfulness beyond his years. The Lord of Dynevor Something of the appealing boyishness had gone out of his eyes. The Collectors And the poet's boyishness demands still further consideration. The Rowley Poems Remembering the boyishness of it, Anthony Dexter smiled a little and took another satisfying look at the pictured face before him. A Spinner in the Sun Yes," he said, with a great deal of boyishness in his defiance, "I do know it, Hester, but it is those who have been through the fire who can sometimes come out—new. The Vertical City "Only for a minute," said George boyishly, and irritated by his own boyishness. The Roll-Call It was haggard and drawn and ghastly, but even then its boyishness remained. The Way of an Eagle Big as he was, he was a year, perhaps two years, younger than most of us, and had the boyishness proper to his immaturity. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe But in most places there is the further obstacle, that a certain stigma of boyishness goes with them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 So she let me stare about me undisturbed, and smiled like some indulgent mother, amused at my boyishness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Then, with a sudden boyishness, "There, it's done with, darling," he said. The Top of the World There was something engaging in their boyishness and their views. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form His earlier boyishness came again somewhat, but only somewhat, as he dropped his elbows to his knees, looking now into his cap and now into her face. Kincaid's Battery He chaffed the native who waited upon him, and his face softened into charming boyishness as he laughed. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel The little man sat up again, with new animation in his eyes,—the same eager boyishness that he had somehow kept through all his years. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West An unguessed boyishness and charm had come to Ben in these ripe, full summer days: the hard lines softened in his face and mostly the hard shine left his eyes. The Sky Line of Spruce It may be dull, stupid, illogical, and the like, and yet have nothing of boyishness about it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 It was Carroll's very boyishness which was his greatest asset. Midnight Or it may have been that her deep nature found delight in the excellent boyishness of the tanned face. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel His letters were full of his usual simplicity, brightness, boyishness, and enthusiasm. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist There was a sweetness, a hint of kindly boyishness in his face now, so changed since she had left him beside the glowing coals. The Sky Line of Spruce The tendency to boyishness of thought and style may be repressed, when you know you are writing for the perusal of readers with whom that will not go down. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 This peculiar boyishness of temperament in sporting men immediately becomes apparent when attention is directed to the large element of make-believe that is present in all sporting activity. Theory of the Leisure Class What aroused her to something more than liking was his boyishness when they went tramping. Main Street He was conscious of colouring, and was annoyed at his boyishness. Adam Bede Part of his rage was the rage of a man, but he was a boy still, and the boyishness of his bitterly hurt youth was a thing to move to pity. The Shuttle One closes behind one the little gate of mere boyishness—and enters an enchanted garden. The Shadow Line; a confession The unfading boyishness of hope and its vigorous irrationality are nowhere better displayed than in questions of conduct. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers And he pulled off his cap with quick boyishness and added, "God be thanked!" The Lost Prince This must have been in the year 1900, and the impression of boyishness remained until I met him in France sixteen years later. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems The audience seemed to warm to his boyishness. Fanny Herself The girl smiled a daughter's amusement at her father's boyishness. The Rise of Silas Lapham Then, forgetting all his customary reserve with the Boss, the pent-up boyishness in the lad broke forth. Freckles After the adventure in Munich their unimportant boyishness had not even been observed by such perils as might have threatened them. The Lost Prince He is still handsome; but the old sparkling lustre of his eye has gone, and no trace of boyishness is left. Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City She was bringing out the distinction, the suffering, the boyishness in his face, and toning down the queer little foreign air he had. Fanny Herself With a stray boyishness he saw himself a power upon the earth; with his grandfather's money he might build his own pedestal and be a Talleyrand, a Lord Verulam. The Beautiful and Damned You are such a baby, riding for a fall—No, I don't mean the boyishness you trade upon. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The weak and shaken invalid still had something of unconquerable boyishness in the lift of his head and the light of his eyes. Southern Lights and Shadows We may call it boyish if we will, but its boyishness is like that of 'Titus Andronicus'. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller It was permitted that, unabashed, you be as silly, as frivolous, as inconsequential, as boisterous, as lighthearted, as delightfully irresponsible as your ordinary concealed boyishness pleased. The Gray Dawn She understood the type with which she had to deal, the absurd boyishness that was linked with the brutality of it, the lack of mind to give words their true, their inmost meaning. The Woman with the Fan His mind was an odd compound of manly sense in everything connected with his profession, and boyishness in other ways. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 He found himself drawing in his breath keenly and almost audibly, and gripping the arms of the easy-chair: with a sudden half-amused feeling of boyishness he relaxed his grip and leaned back comfortably. The Short Line War They were men who hardly outgrew their boyishness. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions Lane was in high spirits, throwing off completely that sober self which made him so weighty in his world, revealing an unexpected boyishness. Together "That is a man!" he had said to Beatrice, as they had spoken of his presence of mind, and his enthusiasm had rung like a last echo of his old boyishness. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People He always retained that boyishness, which was probably an excellent thing for him as a relaxation from serious cares. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 But now, the strain lessened, his face revealed that charm of boyishness which is always curiously attractive in a man who has actually left his boyhood behind him. The Vision of Desire Among his own immediate associates, the gaiety of his spirits amounted almost to boyishness. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 All boyishness was gone from his hard, level voice. Snow-Blind It was curiously at variance with her boyishness. The Wishing-Ring Man His first contact with responsibility, suffering, and death had demolished the light-hearted boyishness which had lasted in the youngest of the family through all his high aspirations. Chantry House He had not heard her come in, and he was looking straight ahead, eyes half closed, mouth set—no unsurrendered boyishness there now. Lifted Masks; stories He and Kedzie talked their honeymoon plans with the boyishness and girlishness of nineteen and sixteen. We Can't Have Everything Bob's face, that had been so merry, was sterner than she had ever seen it, all its boyishness gone. Back to Billabong The alert, vigorous boyishness that had been so characteristic was gone. The Sheik His presence, his boyish, quivering touch, so withheld from anything but boyishness, even the impulsive humility of his thin, kneeling body, were inexpressibly soothing, inexpressibly comforting. Hidden Creek That straightening of the shoulders always affected Hilda as something wistful, as almost pathetic in its confident boyishness. Hilda Lessways That air of the ancient Roman was wonderfully compelling, too compelling for her taste, but then his boyishness counteracted it to a very great degree. The Bars of Iron In her rough outdoor costumes she had a certain naïve boyishness, a very taking quality of vital energy that was sexless. Man Size But the emotion that this girl's uncommon beauty and slender boyishness had aroused in him had not diminished during the months she had been living in his camp. The Sheik In the interval he had put off boyishness, and taken on manhood replete with a faculty for worldly thinking that would have alarmed Father Hilarion. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Blair Maitland stood looking after her; in that one hot instant boyishness had been swept out of his face. The Iron Woman His boyishness had utterly disarmed her, and not till later did she realize how completely he had masked his soul therewith. The Bars of Iron These two were generally the closest companions, and were alike in having more boyishness, restlessness, and enterprise than their brothers. The Pillars of the House, V1 The boyishness was evident in every line, in the underscored words, the pitiful attempt at dignity and the silly veiled threats. Kent Knowles: Quahaug He did not reply to his father immediately, but when he did so it was with a certain decision, a firmness, a lack of the old boyishness which was marked and distinct. Youth Challenges He now saw that what he had previously considered boyishness in her was, in fact, simply the vigor and freshness of an earnest, healthy, energetic girl. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life "I say, I'm beastly rude!" he said, with sudden boyishness. The Bars of Iron There seemed nothing of the old boyishness left. Winding Paths Her pagan simplicity, her frank boyishness, and her absolute unconsciousness of self, appealed to him irresistibly. Old Rose and Silver Yet, though Gavin's zeal was what the congregation reverenced, many loved him privately for his boyishness. The Little Minister His companion, Mr. Joseph Cuthbertson, Grace's father, has none of the Colonel's boyishness. The Philanderer All the boyishness went out of his face with the words; he looked suddenly grim, and in that moment the likeness between them was very marked. The Bars of Iron But, taking all things into consideration, he was singularly unspoilt and unassuming; and sometimes blended with an old-fashioned, paternal air a boyishness and power of enjoyment that could not fail to charm. Winding Paths That gave her a piquant quality of boyishness. Angel Island Dion's strong boyishness, which had never yet been cast off, was met and countered by the best of good fellowship in Rosamund. In the Wilderness But their scorn, their sneers at my weak credulity, their bitter ridicule of my awkward, overgrown boyishness, stung me to desperation. St. Elmo He spoke with an odd boyishness, and Crowther's lips relaxed in a smile that had in it something of a maternal quality. The Bars of Iron Then Landry Court with his exuberance and extravagance and boyishness, and now—unexpectedly—behold, a new element had appeared—this other one, this man of the world, of affairs, mature, experienced, whom she hardly knew. The Pit Lucy Olcott looked up at him for a moment in silence; he was very tall and straight, and his face retained much of its boyishness, in spite of the firm, square jaw. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch She was so tall and straight, with a certain Rosalind boyishness about her that made for charm. The Red Planet He seemed to have taken out a new lease of boyishness, and, though constrained before Mary, laughed, talked, and played pranks, so as unconsciously to fret his father exceedingly. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 He laughed with sudden boyishness and nodded gaily. The Lamp of Fate The impulsive energy, the huge boyishness, the appetites physical and mental that age never trained nor chastened were phenomena that all his friends noted, though the manifestations differed. Balzac His eyes were as clear as ever; but their boyishness was all in the past. On the Firing Line There was something in the frank, eager boyishness of the invitation that fascinated her, and the sunny face turned so hopefully upon her had its amusing eloquence. Dr. Breen's Practice Somewhere on that dark stairway she lost the boyishness out of her nature forever. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest But the boyishness of the other officer asked for help. Now It Can Be Told Ladies may perhaps think that Mary should have been deterred, by the very boyishness of his manner, from thinking at all seriously on the subject. Doctor Thorne The impudent boyishness of Pasqualino, and his childish passion for finery, were refreshing, and seemed to belong to a young and thoughtless world. A Spirit in Prison The face had lost its boyishness, and the strenuous life he had lived had scored it with lines that gave him the semblance of a greater age than was his. The Trampling of the Lilies His manner was simple almost to boyishness; but he possessed the cool carelessness of a man of far greater age and experience. Cabbages and Kings Mainwaring saw that she was serious, and withdrew, a little ashamed at his familiarity into which his boyishness had betrayed him. A Phyllis of the Sierras One did not usually see a face built up of boyishness and maturity, simpleness which was baffling, and a good nature which could be hard. T. Tembarom His beardless face gave him a quaint boyishness quite inconsistent with the mature lines of his temples and forehead. Snow-Bound at Eagle's What charmed and surprised her in her mate was his tenderness and boyishness. An Iceland Fisherman She fixed her eyes on Paul, partly to satisfy her curiosity and justify her predilection for him, and partly to detect him in any overt act of boyishness. A Ward of the Golden Gate That lingering boyishness in him which endeared him to Ann always led him to open his Sabbath reading in this fashion. Piccadilly Jim Her voice was crisp and boyish, and there was something of boyishness in her manner—if one can apply the term to so dainty a lady. Captain Blood And that touch of boyishness almost broke down her reserve of strength. Dangerous Days He had observed Sir Willoughby in the society of his daughter, when the young baronet revived to a sprightly boyishness immediately. The Egoist The sort of boyishness which had come with the resurrection of his early identity had gone, and the man who sat before him was grave, weary, and much older. The Breaking Point She stole glances at the smoothness of his face, and the essential boyishness of him, so much desired, shocked her. The Valley of the Moon There was a note of boyishness in the laughter. Chronicles of Avonlea But his invincible look of boyishness persisted, at that. Dangerous Days There were, of course, sundry exhibitions of boyishness, but the spirit of the whole body was better than that of any similar collection of young men I had ever seen. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 But they held an assembly first, and judged that the minority of the king should be taken in charge by guardians, lest the sovereignty should pass away owing to the boyishness of the ruler. The Danish History, Books I-IX Hastings called, "Oh, you kid!" back to them; and Saxon, pleasuring in the boyishness of his sunburned face, was reminded of the boyishness of Mark Hall and his Carmel crowd. The Valley of the Moon |
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