| 单词 | captious |
| 例句 | Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In Harrison’s words, “she was born mean, captious, sullen, with occasional small dirty windows of charm.” Jim Harrison’s ‘Brown Dog’: full life for a mischief-maker with a noble heart 2013-12-18T22:50:20Z She can be a captious and irritable mother-in-law to Ruth, and you feel the friction between the dominating women in Walter’s life. Theater Review: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Brings Denzel Washington Back to Broadway 2014-04-04T02:00:14Z Still, readers shouldn’t be overly captious about this diverting, light entertainment. Review | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z From Tennessee to Birmingham, their captious free-for-all Suggests that I am riding on the Squabash Cannonball. Style Invitational Week 1287: Oldies for newsies — a song parody contest 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The captious, however, might complain that Levi’s autobiographical writings are somewhat repetitive, his essays a bit dry and his fantasy fiction rather labored. ‘The Complete Works of Primo Levi’: A literary treasury on humanity 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “I do not want to be captious, but desire the public to understand the facts,” Baker told The Washington Post. Perspective | Great escapes: Remembering other zoo animals that have made a run for it 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Then suddenly she had become captious and uncertain. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Why should I remain the butt of all the captious critics throughout the country? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z It is offended at every resistance to its captious, domineering humour, and will quarrel for straws with its best friends. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The Hillelites appear to have been more tenacious of principles, but the Shammaites were very captious in regard to the minutiae. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Why, not the most captious and unbelieving critic of them all can find fault with so modest and unpretending a title. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Every dish was more exquisite than the last, and everything was served in a way to please the most captious. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The captious might certainly have objected that the dessert would have been more satisfactory had nut-crackers been supplied with the walnuts. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z So she began to fall foul of Lettice's new bonnet, and to say, in a captious tone, "You got money enough to buy yourself a new bonnet, I see." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He evaded any direct reply to her rather captious remark, and answered ambiguously: 'I hardly knew whether I was to accept Edmund's promise as sufficient. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z There is one other point which a captious critic might bring against Mr. Bridges, but is one the prospectors would not be likely to think of. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The captious critic may object that the reason for the plainness of alarm clocks is that their use is restricted to what is loosely called "the working class." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The patriots were captious, held out for special terms, dictated alterations in the proposed agreement, behaved in a flippant manner--not meekly and decorously as people should who feel the hemp about their necks. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z There was no breeze that afternoon, and the air was still and heavy; the white prairie flung back a trying light, even on to the shaded veranda, and she felt restless, captious and irritable. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z No doubt the captious are sometimes found to say that Baltimore, first in years, is very far behind in works, in the great race of Catholic American progress. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Throughout her stay in Germany she suffered from the captious and provoking tone of the Prussian press about things American. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The fact that he was a poor man240 was the only mitigating circumstance, leaving it open to the more captious to criticize the lady sharply. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z He beheld the possibility, if this captious Viceroy would only depart, of himself returning to his former position. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z But Gabino Maza, who was always captious, knew how to make a malicious use of the rupture with the Church by appealing to the consciences of several of the townsfolk. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Any Church or Red Cross breeze is an example of the captious temper of the godly. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z The desultory arrangement, the light 139 and lively style, the extensive but not always too accurate erudition, and the somewhat captious and quibbling objections, are intensely Voltairian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z It may safely be affirmed that criticism which is merely captious has never yet permanently injured any work. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Dumesnil and her school of acting and the most captious of critics were compelled to acknowledge her charm, while the ordinary playgoer was "transported with enthusiasm." Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z SINGER, in his observations on "captious," has a very unlucky remark, which A. E. B. unluckily repeats—"We, no doubt, all know," says MR. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z “I am too insignificant a unit in this little world to excite criticism, captious or the reverse,” she answered. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z It was not the moment, however, for captious criticism. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z By degrees, he grew less civil, assumed a more imperious air, became fault-finding and captious, and seemed ready for an outbreak. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Her mother was very captious, and the babies fell off. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z They are mentioned merely to account for and excuse the fact that an impartial review of his career and character needs to be commenced with what might otherwise seem words of captious disparagement. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z This very captious and subtle question seems to have taken the bishop by surprise. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z Don’t take me up in that captious way. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z But the true secret of the change in the character of that government, was in the erroneous views conceived by the captious old knight, during the government of the commonwealth. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z "I believe that slight sufferings make us captious—great ones, humane and benevolent." The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z And he has become, for him, quite captious and irritable. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I know, of course, what captious critics have had to say on the subject. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The captious may regard this as an unpleasing trait. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The most captious Salamander would have accepted him at a glance as the beau ideal of a prop—a perfect blend of radiating expensiveness and docile timidity. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He grew by degrees less civil, put on more the airs of master, frequently found fault, was captious, and seemed ready for an outbreaking. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z Another matter that roused the combative spirit of the captious critic was the filling up of bare spaces in mixed borders with Geraniums, Calceolarias, and other such plants. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z A decision so impartial as between the rival factions cannot fail to give satisfaction to all except the captious. Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z He grew by degrees less civil, put on more of the master, frequently found fault, was captious, and seemed ready for an outbreaking. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z True, he has not quite the bulk he had before; but it is a captious critic, I should say, who would not consider him sufficiently elephantine for all ordinary purposes. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z What he has done however is excellent; and we need not inquire with a captious ingratitude whether another could have done better: that meaner men have since done worse, we know and lament. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z This heroic young officer, now attracting so much attention, drew his first breath among the peaceful scenes of home, from which the captious might have augured anything but a soldier's destiny for him. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z "I understand," said Grenfell; "it makes the Jews more difficult to deal with—more captious about post obits." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Here the student is taught how to prove its integrity and authority, how to investigate and ascertain its true sense, and how to meet and refute all captious objections. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z The Reform Party were gratified with the signal victory they had gained in the matter of the Civil Service Bill, and were not disposed to be captious without serious cause. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z To this somewhat extravagant statement of his appreciation of the pleasures of the table the pastor is heard to make a captious demurrer; but his wife goes on without heeding him. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The parish work in itself was very heavy, and George rode long distances on his steady-going grey pony to attend to captious patients, who gave him small thanks for his attendance. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z I was not always so captious, but illness makes one very fretful. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z His name has been preserved chiefly by some celebrated, though false and captious, syllogisms of which he was the reputed author. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Izhák was old and captious, and not seeing very clearly, the apparition was too much for his shattered nerves. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Her feelings were captious and impetuous, and she walked rapidly to them, in spite of the heat. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Times of inventive liberality alternated with times of cautious and captious conservatism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Sewell, however, was no captious critic; he took what he got, and was thankful. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Lord Victor was in a captious mood over the rapid succession of stirring episodes. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z He would not have an inquiry, which he perceived would be insufficient; he attempts to supply it by captious questions. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z Ellen's warm forgiving heart immediately prompted her to say she had perhaps herself been captious; and after an appointment to meet again to-morrow, they parted better friends than they had been for a long time. Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:39.810Z They were, however, only mildly opposed to expansion; they were determined and captious in the interpretation of the Constitution. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z You must not set me down as fanciful or captious, dear Lucy; but the simple truth is, I have never had a quiet moment since I knew these people. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z It may seem like captious triviality to raise questions and objections thus early in the exposition of Professor Fisher's doctrine. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z It was instantly perceived that the bachelor would prove a captious, miserly master, and the bolder spirits of the company resolved upon resisting his authority. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The most captious could have found no fault with the new members of the crew while this portion of the task was being performed. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z So he sulked, undecided still, hating his handsome, captious wife—who had known the existence of many "Carlottas" and was plainly unreasonable! The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Lee demanded that there should be no more orders signed by Deane alone, and that Williams should send in his accounts; and, notwithstanding Lee’s naturally captious and suspicious disposition, he was perfectly right in this. The True Benjamin Franklin I can never go through birches long without growing captious. The Jonathan Papers Bees are very captious about the weather; they do not like an east wind and are, apparently, very sensitive to coming wet. Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects It was, however, merely the tone in which that captious critic was accustomed to refer to the bulk of humanity; indeed, it was complimentary for him. The Shadow of a Man Hence the feeling in some quarters that Mr. Godkin is not at heart an American, but a captious critic, with sympathies ill suited to a democratic government. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I will marry the captious beauty; marry her in despite of her and of myself. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern You think I am captious, but I merely understand the subject, and I ought to, for heaven knows I have had a long enough experience. With Edge Tools On the Way Down.—Read in my favourite newspaper—"Art is a fanciful and captious mistress, exacting many sacrifices from her servants, and not infrequently putting them to considerable inconvenience." Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 Since a confidential conversation, held over their wine between him and Charles Mardyn, his manner had been unusually captious. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Miss Burton had been very irritable and captious in class, more so even than usual, and most of her anger was vented upon Gerry. Just Gerry I'm sorry to seem captious," said she, "but I confess that I'm sorry to hear you say so. Shadows of Flames A Novel Chicago has perhaps suffered unduly at the hands of cursory and captious critics, but its society should not be judged by a hastily written paragraph or the clanking chains of the parvenu's carriage. With Edge Tools Never realised before what a very "fanciful and captious mistress," Art is, or what idiots "the subaltern administrators of the law" are capable of making of themselves. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 This task proved less difficult than usual in such cases, mainly because Littell showed no disposition to captious challenges, seeming only desirous of securing the services of intelligent men. A Master Hand The Story of a Crime From the obsolete sense of a catching at any possible plea or objection comes the adjective “captious,” i.e. sophistical or fault-finding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" "I have been looking at the sea," he said, as he took a seat at his side; "it is captious as wine." The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel He could not affront that captious taste with things done for a dollar. Ewing\\'s Lady A week’s recreation denied had left a sting which had found vent in captious mood, but she had long since buried the great desire. An Unknown Lover Every German historian of culture, especially Scherr, who sought the truth and stated it fearlessly, has been attacked, reviled by captious critics, but strong is the truth and it will prevail! veritas prevalebit! Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Algernon Sydney do a deal, but they can't do everything,—not to say that captious folk see a certain bathos in the collocation with my surname. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The general effect of this captious passage is far from pleasant. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Either the ready retort or the tone of her voice jarred on the captious mind of the monarch, and he passed on. Women of Early Christianity For all of the captious criticism he had fallen in the way of bestowing upon her, how he loved her! The Mountain Girl "Where on sea then, if you will be captious?" A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Once seeing Euclid devoting great pains to captious arguments, he said, "O Euclid, you will be able to manage sophists—but men, never!" Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 "Yes," he said shortly, looking the man up and down with a captious eye. The Destroying Angel For some generations, all Philosophy has been a painful, captious, hostile question towards everything in the Heaven above, and in the Earth beneath: Why art thou there? A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Oliver blinked, surprised and a little dismayed that Fate should have sent him so early in his career a known and patently captious millionaire. Clean Break After a while, however, his continued losses began to irritate him, and I could see that his habitual command of temper was yielding to a peevish, captious spirit he had never exhibited previously. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas And that I may not seem captious, let me describe my friend. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I The matters to be settled with the general, too, were not a whit less captious. Pretty Michal To say nothing of the suggestive and unsavoury nature of this remark, we are quite puzzled to know what would satisfy so captious a critic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Master Martin took up his goblet, and Paumgartner followed his example, saying "A truce to captious conversation; here's to your son's health." The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The whole criticism of the “right wing,” from captious objections to actual denials, proves this indisputably. Naturalism And Religion Master Martin seized his glass; Paumgartner followed his example, saying, "A truce to all captious conversation, and here's a health to your gallant son." Weird Tales, Vol. II. An author, as I conceive it, must be his own most uneasy, captious, cantankerous critic. Aliens But as he did this only upon the paper of his own private diary, with no thought of it ever being paraded before a critical and captious world, we should not blame him too severely. Home Life of Great Authors The heart dries up, and the affections wither away, and the soul faints, amid an atmosphere of cloudy doubts, and captious difficulties, and perverse disputations. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford At the end are verses headed 'The Translator to the captious sort of Sycophants'. Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge Men are so d——d ungrateful and captious, I declare I could weep. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) He will be all the better for a candid, though I hope not captious, Opposition. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' He is not to be led away by such captious terms as natural and unnatural. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) One amateur critic has seen fit to frown upon so skilled an apotheosis of inconsistency, but it seems almost captious thus to analyse an innocuous bit of art so daintily and tastefully arrayed. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Not only the President's constitutional advisers, but the Republican members of Congress, embracing many captious, factious, and theoretical controversialists, acted in harmony and concert. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Jonas, though ill-natured and captious, was fond of his wife, in his low, animal fashion, and had a coarse appreciation of her beauty. The Broom-Squire Complaints are continually presented against the alcalde, at times very captious and filled with falsehood and absurdity. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. I used to reproach myself twenty times each day, for being so captious and unreasonable; but really, that pretty, childish creature fretted me almost beyond all powers of endurance. Mabel's Mistake The captious criticism of the Second Vice-President's invaluable activities, constructive labours which have practically regenerated the association and raised it to a higher plane in the world of educational endeavour, is positively ungenerous. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 I do not wish to be severe or captious; such feelings should be left to maiden ladies of an age that I have not yet dreamed of reaching. Phemie Frost's Experiences Thus some men are of that captious, froward humour, that a man had better be wholly strangers to them, than never so intimate friends. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts She was cloudy and captious to a degree that Matilda could not understand. Opportunities Criticism at home has been abundant; much of it intelligent and helpful, and by no means so much of it as might have been expected captious. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer The veiled hostility of his speech in Halifax has already been noted; and he followed it with another at Montreal, after the conference, which revealed a captious mind on the subject. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion It is not captious to point out the purely industrial basis for his coming to prominence. Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving If one were captious, one might object to the thickness of his lips. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 “The end of it!” he repeated, fixing his glance upon the captious dandy. The Strollers I had thought him disposed to be querulous and captious, and had heard his apparent discontent attributed to jealous repining at the success of his poetical contemporaries. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Verschoyle's wealth disposed of the most captious member of his committee, whose meetings now became more awful and ceremonious than ever. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists But what a great variety of arguments, which lead to conclusions according to reason, do they give us, and how dissimilar are they to captious questions! The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Ministers have a great deal of captious criticism to stand, if we may judge by Mr. Macdonald's anecdotes. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland On the whole the representation was well-balanced, with few weak spots in the acting for fault finding, even from a more captious gathering. The Strollers Irma was captious and in a tearful humour, bemoaning the fact that she was too poor to pay for her only daughter's farewell repast. A Bride of the Plains He is critical, but not captious; laudatory, but not fulsome. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 They call it sorites,11 when they make up a heap by adding grain after grain; a very vicious and captious style of arguing. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Its opinions are captious, partisan, uninspired oracles, which perforce decide the case in hand; but as an authority for future reference, so far as the reasons given are concerned, are mere chit-chat. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The writer has been a careful reader of all these sacred books for twenty years; he has read them with respect; in no captious spirit; wishing to find in them all the truth he could. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors But the real Hynde Horn in the dear old ballad had a true love who was not captious and capricious and cold like Francesca. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland But they had redeemed that so royally in the final half as to silence the most captious critic. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron The second is, that some men, being deluded and deceived by fallacious and captious interrogatories, when they cannot clear them up, abandon the truth. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Yet he was never harsh, nor captious, nor irritating, though quick and ingenious in exposing mistakes and follies. The History of Dartmouth College Phillis always turned captious whenever Mr. Drummond was mentioned; but she subsided into meekness again when her 213 mother fell to crying and bemoaning her hard fate and her darlings’ unprotected position. Not Like Other Girls They are remarkably free from the vice he charges them withal—and have been admitted to be so by the most captious critics. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Cicily Hamilton was inclined to be captious with her maid as she dressed that evening. Making People Happy And in the first place, they are blameable in this, that they use a most captious kind of interrogation. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It may annoy the captious to find another kind of confusion, for which one is not sure that Gérard himself was responsible, though it is consistent enough with his peculiarities. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century See here, my dear: here I am never captious or say naughty things!” Not Like Other Girls But an objection of this sort is captious, particularly if we consider what Maimonides desires to place in science's stead. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Mr. Swanwick takes pleasure in recalling to mind how seldom, if ever, a cross or captious word, or an angry look, marred the enjoyment of those evenings. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson And thus, too, says he, I will check myself, and not reply any more to one who addresses me with captious questions. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Weariness had induced this captious, hypercritical fit, and by and bye she would become used to him, she said. Hawtrey's Deputy Oh, she was charming! just a little cold and captious at first, but that is her way. Not Like Other Girls To these doctors he proposed a captious question, which the casuists of Samarkand and Herat were incapable of resolving. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 There was that still in the Makimmon blood which balked at measuring ribbands, selling calico to captious women. Mountain Blood A Novel But to my bucolic intelligence, it would seem that against the 'back to the land' movement of Saturday afternoon the captious critic might set the rural exodus of Monday morning. The Rural Life Problem of the United States Notes of an Irish Observer Was ever any man’s conscience so captious before? Select Temperance Tracts The abbe Brumoy who has discussed the subject with vast labour and talent says, "generally speaking, the Athenians were vain, hypocritical, captious, interested, slanderous, and great lovers of novelty." The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 The second day he became very moody and captious, the third day no one knew what to do with him. Stories of Authors, British and American The happy novel-reader is of less captious mood and mould: he trusts his author and hopes his author will pull him through. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Nor could a yet more captious critic, Mr. Carlisle; who was on the ground before them and watched and observed a little while from a distance. The Old Helmet, Volume II You know it is a long time since I have pretended to answer half your captious questions. Select Temperance Tracts Surely it is unworthy, both of the Sorbonne and of theology, to make use of equivocal and captious terms without giving any explanation of them. Pascal Ah, no wonder poets feature Woman as a captious creature. Children of Our Town It was difficult for the schoolroom party to get into harness again, and even Eric and the nursery children were somewhat captious and discontented. The Children of Wilton Chase The rippling hair was too warm an auburn to escape an occasional unfriendly remark from captious critics; but it was not red hair for all that. Vixen, Volume I. A captious fool may feel offended; They are by me uncomprehended. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Is it easy, in the face of such facts, to preserve your respect for an objection so obviously captious as that based on the phrase from the Declaration of Independence? Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses Weariness had produced this captious, hypercritical fit, and by and by she would become used to him, she said. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The phrase may be objected to by captious minds; but I own to it as mine. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete She was first polite, then bored, then captious. The Dark Tower Lest captious men suspect your story, Speak modestly its history. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) A disappointed prophet is a captious critic and, the story turning out quite otherwise, I was very much on the alert for latent faults. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 Save for a little noise in passing orders, the result of a fast-becoming obsolete school of training, even captious criticism could find no actual fault with their work. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan It becomes more frequent but, on the whole, less zealous with respect to spit-and-polish and less captious about the many little things which promote good order and appearance throughout the general establishment. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 He who had formerly been so captious never uttered a critical word. The Goose Man The gossip was usually kindly; sometimes it was captious, now and then it was almost malicious. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Then he found his mother in a very captious mood, upbraiding him for his long absence, and asking what he had been about all day. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Children are harsh critics, not only of pictures but of literature itself, and the critical spirit is a good one to cultivate, if it is not allowed to fall into captious fault-finding. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide No, Lydia, he is too proud, too noble to be jealous; if he is captious, 'tis without dissembling; if fretful, without rudeness. The Rivals A Comedy But now she wears the veil, she is a woman, and therefore must be captious like the rest of them. The Valley of the Kings In his later pamphlet he is more captious. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion It is difficult to give instances of this kind, without producing the impression on the reader's mind that Charles was forward and captious in his inquiries. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert The author appears at times so brave and liberal, at times so timid and captious, and at times, if I dare say it, so imperfectly informed, regarding the position he assails. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 You are the most teasing, captious, incorrigible lover!—Do love like a man. The Rivals A Comedy All morning the King had been restless, unappeasable, captious, with little relapses unto the immobility of deep thought, and those who knew him best were probing deeply both their conscience and their conduct. The Justice of the King I will lay a wager that you have grown captious, fretful, and disposed to take trouble on interest. The Last Penny and Other Stories At times we encountered strong, bitter, and captious opposition. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 However captious their questions, and whether they related to political or spiritual matters, He invariably turned them against His opponents, and made them minister to the cause of truth and righteousness. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 How mean does this captious, unsatisfied temper of mine appear to my cooler judgment! The Rivals A Comedy He found the poet contemplative over the remains of his breakfast, but in a mood as captious as his own. The Justice of the King An ill-tempered, captious man might have suggested that Malcolmson ought to have taken his place with his men—a regiment of volunteers I suppose—a little sooner. Gossamer 1915 Was it being so much in love with madame that made him captious and irritable, or was it Marcia's little ways of remarking upon every word or act that did not quite please her? Floyd Grandon's Honor The conduct of Judge Montagu, on the trial of Lewis, was represented as harsh and captious; but was explained by subsequent disclosures. The History of Tasmania, Volume I The heir was as woe begone of face and as crassly sombre of raiment as even the most captious could have desired. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play She was a good woman, but captious, critical, complaining, pretentious. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands The second objection, that some things are beneath God's notice, if it be not a captious cavil, must result from pushing too far the analogy between earthly kings and the King of kings. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker Perhaps the physical atmosphere slightly affected the moral and political, for men’s minds were much unsettled, and their tempers very captious. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Aunt Kate might be rather captious at first, but she could pardon it and understand it as well, for she had been a most devoted mother to Zaidee. The Girls at Mount Morris Merely a few explanations of conditions which may be censured by captious critics. The Book of Humorous Verse But so much praise he has fairly wrested from even the most captious reviewer. Old Valentines A Love Story Aunt Priscilla's captious talk did not always proceed from an unkindly heart. A Little Girl in Old Boston Why miladi was captious and changeful, never of the same mind twice, she could not understand. A Little Girl in Old Quebec There can be no doubt as to their airiness, but captious persons might dispute their title to the other epithets. Birds of the Indian Hills To drop metaphor, the captious or the forgetful may call the whole sentimental—as if one could write about boys and leave out what is the greatest common factor of the race. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 "The Church hath excommunicated him and the Court of Love—" "Will banish him!" exclaimed the countess mirthfully, regarding the captious monarch with mock defiance. Under the Rose “Strange girl!” muttered Mrs Moss as she turned, and occupied herself with some mysterious—we might almost say captious—operations before the looking-glass. The Eagle Cliff Because one who is eager to controvert, i.e. who is captious, generally, but not always, acts for a sophistical purpose and means to deceive. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Nothing makes a man so cross as success, or so soon turns a pleasant friend into a captious acquaintance. Orley Farm They are so plainly just and reasonable that the most captious servant cannot take exception to them as a matter of principle. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy And such captious subtleties do indeed often puzzle and sometimes silence men, but rarely satisfy them. The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. His letter to Buffon, to which we have already referred, is an illustration of this wise, and never captious nor ungracious, caution in receiving ideas. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot The objection to explaining captious by simply fallacious, is that the word means this by inference or consequence, rather than primarily. Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. They are captious, fond of litigation, and constantly seeking subterfuges. The Philippine Islands As it stands now—and I'm speaking as a friend, young man, and not as a captious critic—you have set this Italian camp all askew by giving them countenance in the first place. The Rainy Day Railroad War When we speak of a captious person, do we mean one capable of taking or receiving? Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Mr. Susmel sails merrily ahead, for he knows that Truth is mighty and that it is said to prevail; but in order to convince the most captious he calls on Mr. Giacich to testify. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 On the other hand, despite his captious and sometimes unfair criticisms of Plato, he evidently admired him greatly and had been much influenced by him. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The puzzle remains a puzzle to us, but we are grateful to Messrs. Morgenthau for their courteous reply to what may have appeared a captious criticism. The Stamps of Canada I forget now who the prima donna in his charge was, but there had appeared in our paper a criticism which might be interpreted in some detail unfavourably by a captious critic. Memoirs Bertram shows himself incapable of receiving Helena's love: he is truly captious in that respect. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Better David dancing for joy of heart, than captious Michal with a contemptuous curl of her lips. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year "Far be from us the captious and fault-finding spirit, my dear sir." The Confidence-Man They are strong-headed, captious, jealous, offended without reason, and offending with as little. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Beatrice, who had been so captious and hard to please as she lay in bed giving elaborate directions, and whose fidgety ways had needed so much patience! The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story Farmer supposed captious to be a contraction of capacious! Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc There is nothing captious about a man who has attained to this, the one possible apotheosis in life, the Apotheosis of Stupidity; and he begins to feel dignified and longaevous like a tree. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Columbus is an easy one To draw, for when the picture's done, Where is the captious critic who Can say the likeness is not true? Confessions of a Caricaturist The morning after the foregoing occurrence found Mabel very dull, and very captious. Aunt Mary Without noise, without ostentation, without mystery, not quarrelsome, not captious, not frivolous, their lives were commentaries on their doctrine. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Steevens believed that captious meant recipient, capable of receiving; which interpretation Malone adopts. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc As, separated from all the other matters it could not hurt, so, joined with them, he observes that it made her majesty more fearful and captious, as not knowing her own strength. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth In point of fact, Massachusetts seems to have taken no detriment from this foolish and captious bit of chicanery. Benjamin Franklin “I’m very much obliged to you, sir,” said Big James simply, quite unaware that captious Edwin found his gratitude excessive and servile. Clayhanger Thrums had been known to me for years before I succeeded the captious dominie at the schoolhouse in the glen. Auld Licht Idylls It was another appeal for fair-play, unbiassed judgment, and breadth of view, and it took a hostile and captious House, Government and Opposition alike, by storm. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton Almighty God is to be sure infinitely removed from all those human weaknesses which we express by the words, captious, apt to take offence, &c. Some Remains (hitherto unpublished) of Joseph Butler, LL.D. The captious Lee was still further irritated by this scheme for avoiding a quarrel, but had to accede to it. Benjamin Franklin The expression of her face was discontented and captious. Clayhanger At first thought it may seem superficial and captious; but we do not think it will at the second, and still less at the third. Short Studies on Great Subjects Polly was bright and merry, but somehow Ben seemed rather captious. A Little Girl in Old Salem He had spoken bravely; the most captious critic could not but have admitted that he had made a good exit. The Girl on the Boat There may also appear to the captious to be some air of deprecation about the characterisation here offered of the past history of political traffic within the confines of the Fatherland. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation The various cares and anxieties attendant upon the management of his affairs were often vexatious and annoying, and as time wore on he became exceedingly captious and irritable. Bucholz and the Detectives The tall girl listened gravely to this enthusiastic tribute to her captious roommate. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College This latter had, by a crafty letter and captious expressions, persuaded pope Honorius to tolerate a silence as to one or two wills in Christ. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March I know I love in vain, strive against hope, Yet, in this captious and intenible sieve, I still pour in the waters of my love And lack not to love still.’ Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Thus it happened that he came home in a captious mood. The Village by the River We would remark in passing that De Quincey is altogether too captious in his criticisms upon French ideas of war. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He was industrious, restless, captious, and, although humane at heart, was the most malignant slanderer of his time. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 But Winchester could well afford to admit far more than the most captious critic could utter against it, and yet claim to be the most stately nave that England can show. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Mr. Canning, "exceedingly irritated," complained of the word "captious." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series “The only danger in making oneself liable for new schemes,” wrote one captious critic, “arises from the possibility of their being proceeded with.” The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway He came to be accused of saying captious things about travelling. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson A captious irritability possessed me, alternating with fits of unaccountable fatigue. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son The books she wrote were clever, though cynical and captious; yet here and there they contained passages of pathos and beauty which insured a fair amount of favor. Cobwebs and Cables If I were inclined to be captious and wanted to find fault," said Meldon, "I might say why did you lag behind and leave me to ride by myself? The Simpkins Plot To the new generation that had come on he appeared only as the captious and censorious critic of his country. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Peace is not promoted by yielding to captious objections, but by subduing the spirit, which is more prone to dispute than to obey. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel At first:—but why be captious in the very embrace of Fortune? Gallipoli Diary, Volume I But he was in a captious mood; and he did not wish to oblige her. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl His loss left Dr. Marshman alone, and suffering from melancholy more and more, as well as much harassed by difficulties as to the resources, and by captious complaints from home. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field This was to the effect that he had acquired and had among his neighbors "the reputation of a proud, captious, censorious, arbitrary, dogmatical, malicious, illiberal, revengeful, and litigious man." James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Less penetration than was possessed by the leaders of the house of commons, could easily discover how captious this clause was, and how much it was calculated to elude the whole force of the petition. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell I have passed up as many as six automobiles in an evening on various captious pretexts, waiting all the time for Sim Bone's car, whose tonneau is long and exactly fits my legs. Homeburg Memories Let us not be captious, but agreeably appreciative. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Whatever the captious may call it, the thing has become an organization measure, and as such a test of loyalty. The Henchman "Now, Gid, I don't want to appear captious, but are you sure you ever owned a horse?" An Arkansas Planter If I had thought you critical or captious I would have declined the task of corresponding with you. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle The Quarterly critique was captious and ill-tempered; but the Blackwood article was a personal insult. Early Reviews of English Poets Surely a tolerable proximate approach to possible existence ought to satisfy a not viciously captious critic. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He checked the impertinence, and silenced the vanity of captious cavillers. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Mrs. Hubbard's precarious state of health had led her into being unusually captious, it seemed. The Land of Promise The captious reader may ask how anything so essentially worldly as a silver dollar ever crept into Olympus. Olympian Nights He loved this humanly captious and capricious, childishly unreasonable Anne. The Helpmate As a public speaker, he is earnest, forcible and argumentative without being captious. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 I seem to hear some captious critic exclaim. Up in Ardmuirland But he was not in a captious mood. Sunrise A narrow jealousy had long ruled their conduct, and the spirit of captious discontent had now reached the inferior magistracy, who endeavored to excite the people against the military generally. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The Lord's answer must have meant more to the listening Apostle than to the captious and heedless Governor. A Life of St. John for the Young He was never wilfully unjust, but he was too often captious in his justice, fond of legal chicanery, prompt to take advantage of the letter of the law. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Added to this there are generally some cavilling, captious fellows in every field who extol a run to the master's face, and abuse it behind his back. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour At one time almost kind, at another, captious and surly. May Brooke If traced back, the source of these remarks would be found in a large percentage of instances, in a disagreeable temper, captious humors, and a spirit that is anything but Christian. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) The Mahrattas had been stigmatised by a captious Mogul ruler, "mountain rats." Caste True, he had always been a harsh, stern man, an unloving father, a captious tyrant in his own house. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot It is no mood of captious, unfriendly criticism that attention is specially directed to these compromises. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy And the captain dropped his sharp and captious manner, and his voice fell, as though in sympathy with the cloud that settled on his face. From the Ranks The glare with which that employee favored his boss fairly convicted the seamed and graying editor of willful and captious immaturity. The Clarion He has a rather captious code for outsiders. The Gay Cockade It will not, we hope, therefore, be understood as in a captious spirit, that we take exception to certain details. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy The gloom which lay upon the heart of Kathleen Cavanagh was neither moody nor captious, but on the contrary remarkable for a spirit of extreme gentleness and placidity. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Of this there is enough to satisfy the most captious critic. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884 Sometimes a spirit of contradiction has been aroused, and a captious tendency, or a love of excitement and sensationalism, with a wish to see the other side. The Education of Catholic Girls Often silent with congenial companions, he would thrust in with boisterous assertion in the company of captious opponents. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 I—er—am not in a position to refuse to obey orders or to be captious, particularly since Mr. Inglesby has agreed to double my present salary. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The Pharisees, always captious and controversial, sought to entangle the Savior in a discussion on the subject of divorce. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism But, notwithstanding this, Mr. Smith, the member from the Charleston district, grew quite captious over the proposition of the gentleman from Virginia. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens His name was not Alphonse; it was a captious offering by the crew, which, on this yacht, never went further than to tolerate the addition of a foreigner to their mess. A Splendid Hazard The captious criticism of the Freeport doctrine by Southerners of the Calhoun-Jefferson Davis school was less damaging, from a legal point of view, than the sober analysis of Lincoln. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The failure to recognize the social claim as legitimate causes the trouble; the suspicion constantly remains that woman's public efforts are merely selfish and captious, and are not directed to the general good. Democracy and Social Ethics There could be no doubt whatever regarding his intentions, but a captious critic might have suggested that it would have been the part of wisdom to allow himself ample time for demonstration. The Lever A Novel She was no creature of mere impulse—of weak caprices—of captious, yet unbending will. True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings We know not whether it has ever struck the reader, but the travellers by Dover coaches are less captious about pace than those on most others. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Never had the captious little girl been more docile, more obedient. A Little Book for Christmas It was a treat to hear him poking fun at the bores, demolishing the captious and humouring the serious critics of his administration. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 Inside the room, with Gretchen's picture, Arthur sat in his dressing-gown, very nervous and a little inclined to be irritable and captious. Tracy Park I think beneath that rough and captious speech there lurks more honesty than thou art willing to acknowledge. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Like Mathilda she met and loved a poet of "exceeding beauty," and—also like Mathilda—in that sad year she had treated him ill, having become "captious and unreasonable" in her sorrow. Mathilda She made a fine constitutional argument, to which the most captious could not object. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years When any old prejudice of their own, or any interest that they value, is touched, they become scrupulous, they become captious; and every man has his separate exception. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Although Walpole took the blame upon himself, it would appear that Gray was a somewhat captious person, whose serious tastes interfered with the gayer pleasures of his friend. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Must he further puzzle over the insolent whims of a captious girl? Six Feet Four I had become captious and unreasonable: my temper was utterly spoilt. Mathilda I shall try to be "careful and not captious," as you suggest, but more than all, I shall try not to run myself or my cause into the slough of political schemes or schemers. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years All the circumstances in the Misantrope tend to manifest the peevish and captious disgust of the hero; all the circumstances in the Tartuffe are calculated to shew the treachery of an accomplished hypocrite. Essays on Wit No. 2 Upon this wonder, which I did not see, civilisation has now improved, the wind being but a captious and untrustworthy servant compared with petrol or steam. A Wanderer in Holland He might perhaps have done this in the Indies, where there were no learned men to oppose the mysteries of our faith, and to tempt the fidelity of the new converts by captious queries. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 While the others slept, Jim Hart, long-legged and captious, but brave, faithful, and enduring, watched. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky May I ask you without impropriety if you will protect Mr. Parsons so that captious or unenthusiastic persons, men or women, will be unable to control the policy of his hospital? Unleavened Bread This measure insured relative secrecy, fostered rumors and gossip, and rendered criticism, whether helpful or captious, impossible. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Effi felt that the rather captious Klitzing was only too right in his criticism, yet she avoided making any distinction between the three girl friends. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 The second is, that they tell their patron they place their works under his protection and safeguard, in order that malicious and captious tongues may not presume to cavil and carp at them. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Dessert The captious say "dessert means the fruit and candy which come after the ices." Etiquette The question was captious, as neither the number nor the tendency of these customs had been defined; and the Archbishop with equal policy replied that he would observe them, "saving his order." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) Much might have been urged against this proffered solace if the delegates had been in a captious mood. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Full of other business, they could not give a thought to what they looked upon merely as captious criticism. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Had Lucullus died at the head of his army, I suppose that the most captious critic could scarcely have found anything to blame in his life. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Exercises.—As a companion he was severe and satirical; as a friend captious and dangerous. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A cross, captious, and contradictive spirit and conduct, delighting in opposition to the judgment of the church and her rulers. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London You are captious; but granted so, we must get them back. The Port of Missing Men And yet I'll explain for the benefit of the captious that, although Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry both fiddled, they never did and never would fiddle while Rome burned. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Never mind him, my good Doroth�e; he'd be glad enough to have a wife of his own, and seeing me so much better off than he is, makes him captious and querulous. Jacques Bonneval As a companion, he was severe and satirical; as a friend, captious and dangerous. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures To except to a distinction that implies, that he is the man of men!—You see what a captious mortal I have been forced to call my lord. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Without doubt, many traits are attributed to the Japanese by the casual observer or captious critic, through lack of ability to read between the lines. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Instead of accommodation to human prejudices, there is ample scope for captious objections. The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. His manners were generally admired, except by captious persons who held that such a fact was of itself enough to condemn them; and he was welcome in many English and some foreign circles. Lady Merton, Colonist I thought him disposed to be querulous and captious, and had heard his apparent discontent attributed to jealous repining at the success of his poetical contemporaries. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 He gave a résumé of all the sins of the North as a belligerent and wrote in a distinctly captious spirit. Great Britain and the American Civil War Least of all the poems in the Earthly Paradise does "The Lovers of Gudrun" show the Chaucerian influence, and the reader must be captious indeed who complains of the length of this story. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature But I told him with captious pride, first that I could arrange them better, and again that I would have only the white. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson They also dread the being slighted; of course are suspicious and captious; are uneasy themselves, and make every body else so about them. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The large nose and small captious chin passed unnoticed. Elizabeth's Campaign Consequently, she was in position to prove to the most captious critic that she was a woman of undoubted virtue, the innocent victim of a scoundrel who had inveigled her into a bigamous marriage. Kindred of the Dust The gentle creature who had never said a harsh word to anybody in her life became mysteriously cross and captious. Superseded These are commonly so calculated that any protest on my part cannot but seem like a deliberate search for points of controversy or like captious verbal criticism. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 It excites anger, and when it does not lead to this extreme, it keeps the mind fretful, irritable, dissatisfied and captious.... Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink I was captious enough to object even to this; and I then received a Leipzig title in German. Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850 The captious cynic at the contrast sneers, Punch believes in, and would help, the Progress of the Years. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891 It was to this spoilt child of fortune that he had been playing the schoolmaster—he, one captious man of letters, against the world. Miss Bretherton They are spoiled by the hurried, captious, tiresome persons who haunt post-offices at all hours, and in self-defence they are apt to convert themselves into moral analogues of the fretful porcupine. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour It is irritable and captious instead of meek and willing to be taught. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians The difficulties are mentioned in no captious spirit, though, from being at a loss as to the precise meaning of the terms, I may appear to be querulous. The Personal Life of David Livingstone It is beyond doubt, that the question was captious, and that the design of the Scribes and Pharisees, in proposing it to Christ, was to have him ensnared in his words. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive From this it may be inferred that there was never any complaint of Field's manuscript from the most exacting and captious of all newspaper departments—the composing room. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Helpful, kind, and enthusiastic, he was rarely severe and never captious. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Then," added the merry Frenchman, "I am not sorry for having experienced the effect of this captious gas. The Moon-Voyage We prove best that we are right by being right, not by accepting captious, critical propositions. Quiet Talks about Jesus After all, it is but the captious inference of witlings and scoffers, that attributes to mere sexual vanity that superstitious horror of encroaching age, from which the wisest are not always free. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 483, April 2, 1831 Nancy dabbled her eyes, and blew her nose with what her captious companion thought unnecessary vigor. The Purple Heights I am sorry to say, that they are fomenters of discord, disturbers of the public mind, and captious disputants about prerogatives and vested rights. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas His stubborn, captious and inquisitive character, disposed to controversies, had prevented him from being modelled by their discipline or subdued by their lessons. Against the Grain Their hot, captious demand for authority, meant as much for the ears of the crowd as for His, brought from Jesus, who read His future in their hearts, a reply which they could not understand. Quiet Talks about Jesus Max's physical condition of fatigue and overwrought nerves made him more than ordinarily captious and difficult to handle. Strawberry Acres She was unusually beautiful, with golden hair that was so real the most captious person could not suspect that hair of being dyed. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon But of controversy in its objectionable sense—of captious or acrimonious personality—not a trace will here be found. Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.' It has its bourgeoisie, its proletariat, its radicals, but also a city-beautiful association and a rather captious sanitary league. The Wrong Twin He gave them in abundance, not in response to their captious demand, but doubtless, as always, in response to pressing human needs. Quiet Talks about Jesus And the fact that the most captious old maid in Saint X could not find a flaw in her character as a faithful wife, aggravated the offending. The Second Generation Of course, in every nation there is a class of men who are as noble, as high-minded, as chivalrous as even the most captious American girl could wish. From a Girl's Point of View Phoebe had by him a child before marriage, and after marriage he turned a "captious tyrant and a noisy sot." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook "TINTORETTO," says his biographer, "produced works in which the most captious of critics could not find a shade of defect." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 With critical, captious questions they demand his authority. Quiet Talks about Jesus He is captious and Turk-like—she is one day his confidant, and another his unnoticed dependant. Famous Reviews It would be captious and unjust to push this criticism home. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti He has added such a mass of incontrovertible facts to the materials which must enter into the future biography of Bacon, that his book cannot fail to exact cordial praise from the most captious critics. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 I have been quoted as saying captious things about travel; but I mean to do justice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 There is nothing liberal, nothing humane in his style of judging: it is altogether petty, captious, and literal. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits When she returns Thornfield Hall is quit of all its guests, and Mr. Rochester and she resume their former life of captious cordiality on the one side, and diplomatic humility on the other. Famous Reviews Repeated renewal causes indifference and ennui to succeed, till excitement is no longer produced, but gives place to a habit of listless indifference, or a spirit of captious criticism. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Armed with texts of Scripture, and with captious syllogisms from the logic of Aristotle, the subtle Ætius had acquired the fame of an invincible disputant, whom it was impossible either to silence or to convince. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Men are so d-d ungrateful and captious, I declare I could weep. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Is he not captious, dogmatical, petulant in delivering his sentiments, according as he has been inconsistent, rash, and fanciful in adopting them? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits A solemn silence; Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the fat gentleman captious, and Mr. Miller timorous. The Pickwick Papers His portrait adorned the front page of almost every Boston newspaper the next morning, and captious critics vied with each other to do him honor. Miss Billy — Married The council of Rimini was not allowed to separate, till the members had imprudently subscribed a captious creed, in which some expressions, susceptible of an heretical sense, were inserted in the room of the Homoousion. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 It was necessary to arrange informal notes, to discuss contradictory titles, to reply to captious allegations, to refute absurd pretensions, and to describe fictitious debts, dishonest transactions, and fraudulent accounts. What is Property? There was a dictatorial, captious, quibbling pettiness of manner. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Dear Gordon: You are a captious, caviling, carping, crabbed, contentious, cantankerous chap. Dear Enemy Cold, distant, morose, with a face wearing all the marks of captious pride and malicious sternness, he repelled all advances. My Bondage and My Freedom The consciousness of having done amiss, had exposed her to a thousand inquietudes, and made her captious and irritable to a degree that must have been—that had been—hard for him to bear. Emma She was dry, rough, peevish, sharp, captious, almost venomous; all this in memory of her monk, whose widow she was, and who had ruled over her masterfully and bent her to his will. Les Misérables A single glance at the pair would have answered these questions to the utter satisfaction of the most captious. Jungle Tales of Tarzan Those who bring them on us seem captious, thoughtless, cruel. The Conquest of Fear He answered all her questions, though the commentators volunteer the opinion that some may have been frivolous and captious. The Woman's Bible Lord Loudwater was, as often happened, uncommonly captious about the letters. The Loudwater Mystery Nothing, indeed, could have been more marked than the contrast between his reluctance to discuss Miss Belsize and the captious gusto with which she had discussed him. Mr. Justice Raffles I do not wish to be captious, but—" "You are quite right," said Quarles; "we must be precise. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles The captious foreign writer has admitted that Nicholas, the successor of Alexander, was "absolutely ignorant of fear," and I have cited a convincing instance of his "marvellous personal courage." Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Thus the Captain alternated from sentimental penitence to captious worldliness, during may days and weeks. Charlotte's Inheritance The exhilaration of preparation had gone from her, and the words of the captious man on her left, "that little runt," hung with persistent heaviness on her soul. Thoroughbreds I spoke as one playfully plumbing the abysmally absurd; what I did desire to sound was the loyalty of this new, unexpected, and still captious ally. Mr. Justice Raffles He was extremely captious and difficult to please where the ordinary pretty woman was concerned. Eleanor He was inclined to be captious, and did not conceal his jealousy of the boy from Ida, although he set a watch upon his tongue in the presence of Vernon's father and mother. The Golden Calf What dexterity of quibble, and captious objection, and petty sophistry. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance Throughout the call the talk had been frankly, inevitably personal, and Susan Bates had treated Eliza Marshall, whose difficult and captious character she at once apprehended, with the most elaborate and ingenious simplicity. With the Procession He was doing nothing, and his anxiety made him so irritable and captious at his work that his men wondered what had come over their master. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest Thrums had been known to me for years before I succeeded the captious dominie at the school-house in the glen. Auld Licht Idyls "Now you are calling me singular as well as captious." The Philistines His tone of contemptuous indulgence toward a more or less captious clergy might be tolerated, but he should have shown a more respectful sincerity in dealing with the sincere and the spiritual. Amiel's Journal I hope you will not think my suggestion—it is not a question— captious and a man-trap. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 When, however, he carried her baby up and down, or fondled it upon his knee, the bitter pangs of remorse gnawed at her heart, and made her captious and bad tempered. The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician I suffered her therefore to run on in a tedious and minute detail of the capricious, peevish, and captious deportment of Miss Jessup. Jane Talbot But do you know you're horribly captious to-day; I ran in to you with a light and open heart, and you seem to be laying up every word I say against me. The Possessed (The Devils) Since their marriage she had been insolent, she had been both captious and continuously indifferent, without unsettling the determined eager good-nature with which he met her moods. The Happy End As to her mind, he that should be captious would say, that though it may be formed by nature it must be pranked by education. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies "I'm a little dull myself and that makes me captious," she asserted. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories In twenty differences we have had together, she had been unjust and captious, cruel towards me, and too eager, as I thought, for other people's admiration. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He did not look like a dove of peace, but the most captious could not have denied that he brought home the goods. The Adventures of Sally The most captious young chit, such as Dolly herself, could scarcely have called him either corpulent or old. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The queasiness seemed to return, for Mr. Secretary was slow, captious, and argumentative, though the matter of the dispatch was only as to where the army should halt for a day's rest. The Yeoman Adventurer She was captious and sullen in her manner to Mary and the Fräulein. Phantom Fortune, a Novel "You are very brave and generous, Frank," said, bending her head, "and I am captious and wicked." The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Love is cold and love is captious where age and temperament disagree. The Tragedies of the Medici This Socrates without grace does not amuse us by making his adversary fall into the long entanglement of a captious dialogue, but he rudely seizes and often finishes him with two blows. Seekers after God Faith, sir, they are grown to be captious knaves: but I'll move them with a habeas corpus. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 It embodied an appeal for funds for purposes not clearly specified, and hazarded the experiment of rhyming 'cook's son' with 'Duke's son,' which in less fervent times might have provoked the criticism of the captious. Hyacinth Perhaps a very captious critic might object to the foreshortening of Moses's left leg; but where there is so much to praise justly, the Pall Nall Gazette does not care to condemn. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It seemed indeed to be a spot impressive enough to meet even Billy's captious requirements, but we had underrated the demands of his artist's conscience. The Boss of Little Arcady Somewhat before this, his captious and petulant disposition engaged him in a controversy, from which he could not expect to gain equal reputation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons "Much worse," replied Dave briefly, as, having dressed, he set to work to help make their quarters neat enough to please even the captious eye of the discipline officer. Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen Bless us, child, you are as captious as any thing. Damon and Delia A Tale "Mamma is very odd and sometimes very captious, my dear Colonel," said Lady Anne, with a blush; "she suffers so frightfully from tic that we are all bound to pardon her." The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family But I saw that he had little hope of ever winning for me the favor of his captious owner. The Boss of Little Arcady To object that Sidney's criticism contains elements which derive from the middle ages and from the classical rhetorics would be captious. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism Amid such splendor it seems captious to point out the flaw. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) She taught him likewise how to avoid sundry captious and tempting questions which were like to be asked of him. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation Gone was his violence, gone his self-assertion, and his insolent, captious attitude towards his visitor. The House of the Whispering Pines With Boone's influence to aid them, Jack's friends found a surprising change in the demeanor of the officials, hitherto captious and indifferent. The Iron Game A Tale of the War General Lee reached the latter place in person on the 21st, but found Wise's headstrong and captious spirit hardly more amenable to his discipline than to Floyd's. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 He had spoken bravely: the most captious critic could not but have admitted that he had made a good exit. Three Men and a Maid It was not such very bad weather; but a captious man might find fault with it, and only a thoroughly cheerful one could enlarge upon its merits. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Although on account of certain captious persons we must say technically: Faith is truly righteousness, because it is obedience to the Gospel. Apology of the Augsburg Confession After serving as Speaker, he remained in the Parliament, over which he had presided, as a captious and unruly partisan, forgetting alike dignity and honour in his factious virulence. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 The enemy, seeking our destruction, almost invariably announces his presence by this captious question, either by the mouth of another or by our own mind, in order to fill the heart with doubt and trouble. Serious Hours of a Young Lady To their surprise, even to their horror, Charles had never been more captious or guarded in his highest kingliness than he was now found in the depths of his doubled ruin. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 I shall retire, and let Robert have the practice, as soon as Brown's bankruptcy has worn out captious creditors. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale A captious critic has remarked that probably the old lady fell into her washtub. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Miss Day had been in a very captious mood all day, and seemed really provoked that Elsie had not given her the smallest excuse for fault-finding. Elsie Dinsmore The critic has the foul aroma of an insolent captious procurator. Letters of Anton Chekhov The busy and captious critics went away, but came back next day with the startling information that Raphael's pictures were more Pagan than Christian. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists My third word is to the captious and wrangling reader. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 In time, the captious Mrs. Spofford began to resent this studied indifference. West Wind Drift Nilsson's demands which gave Mr. Gye pause, and the next the difficulty of finding a tenor worthy of succeeding Signor Campanini and capable of satisfying the captious, critical, and fastidious people of New York. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time It is not Socrates but a dull-witted, captious, opinionated man, the whole of whose wisdom and interest is confined to tripping people up over words. Letters of Anton Chekhov Now, however, since the triumph of the 'New Mode,' one must count 'one-two-three,' and one's partner is more captious than a schoolmarm! The Voice on the Wire The captious may say that our platform reference to reservations is vague and indefinite. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox A comrade looks in and to his captious remarks the squatting soldier answers, "If you knows where there's a better 'ole, go to it!" The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Nor need this be said in anything of a grumbling or captious spirit. The Recreations of a Country Parson A doctor sees so many women; he grows critical, if not captious. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors To Belton, also, he was captious, making little difficulties, and answering him with petulance. The Belton Estate On the other a captious, unhappy spirit and the treatment of subjects vital to the present and the future, in terms that have completely confused the public mind. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox Old people get set in their ways, and as long as results are satisfactory, we ought not to be captious about methods.” Paste Jewels So fulsome, yet so captious too, to tell you much it grieves me, That though your flattery makes me sick, your peevishness relieves me. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Clearly, then, if one is not captious or gluttonous, there should be no lack of good eating in Athens, despite the reputation of the city for abstemiousness. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life And with every day he became more exacting, captious, and stern. Yama: the pit Our position is not unbending; it is not captious. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox They saw also that Mr. Dexter was inferior, selfish, captious at times, and kept his wife always under surveillance, as if afraid of her constancy. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring Each had been captious, cross, or unruly, sorely trying the mother's patience. The Wedding Guest "Your children will, at least, feel it," said Mr. Leslie, in a more captious and meaning tone than, upon reflection, he would have used. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures As to the ball and the people who attended, she was exceedingly captious in all her remarks. Home Lights and Shadows But what do we want with captious judges in the bosom of a family? Friends and Neighbors His wife contended with him slightly at first in regard to Mrs. De Lisle; but soon ceased to notice his captious remarks. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring His heart was bound up in his daughter, who, with all her captious self-will and impulsiveness, loved him with a tenderness and fervor that never knew change or eclipse. After the Storm Soon the pleasant aspect of the children's countenances changed, and they became captious and irritable. Finger Posts on the Way of Life The western roses of Mantes and Paris are treated in the same way, although a captious critic might complain that their treatment is not so effective or so logical. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Perhaps, in the midst of his captious state, Alfred was somewhat pacified by hearing sounds below that made him certain that Harold was not escaping without some strong words from his mother. Friarswood Post Office Nor can I always hope to be patient under captious treatment, and intimations of unfaithfulness. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring "You think me trifling, and treat me as if I were a captious child," said Irene, with chilling calmness; "but I am neither." After the Storm "I will explain myself, Ellen," said her husband, his manner becoming serious and earnest: it had been fretful and captious before. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Mr Donne was very captious all through dinner. Ruth George was moody and captious all day; and at evening, having drank hard, he slipped off, and, gun in hand, rode away through the darkening woods towards the moor. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn The incidents of a truly realistic novel are rarely objectionable, except to people of a captious nature. A Rebellious Heroine When any old prejudice of their own, or any interest that they value, is touched, they become scrupulous, they become captious, and every man has his separate exception. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke For the rest, as to those which are called idle and cropping arguments, and that which is named the argument against destiny, they are indeed but vain subtleties and captious sophisms, according to this discourse. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies I cannot afford to be irritable and captious, nor to waste all my time in attacks. Essays — Second Series No captious chronicler has ever denied that! and no one who knew her before, and who saw her again on this late summer's afternoon, could fail to mark the additional charm of her magnetic personality. The Elusive Pimpernel Here was no caprice or questionings or captious standards of convention. Cabbages and Kings Her beauty, her vivacity, her modest reticences, and her delicate tact in addressing the captious spirit of Le Gardeur, filled Pierre with admiration. The Golden Dog There are moods in the mind of the vowel of which we are speaking, when it is ill-conditioned and captious. Roundabout Papers A captious critic might have suggested that they looked a thought too much at the audience; but, on the whole, I think that rather added to the effect. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan "Certainly," answered Giacomo with a bow, too much pleased by understanding when there was no reason for it to be captious in regard to the girl's speech. Daphne, an autumn pastoral More than is the case with most medical patients, however, should we suspect Smollett of being unduly captious. Travels through France and Italy Unwieldily and unhealthily stout, he always conveyed to me the impression of being charged with a vague discontent, a sort of captious inertia. Through Russia His was an eminently contemplative nature, kindly and indolent, but proud and almost savage in its love of independence; religious, yet opposed to all authority; somewhat captious, very suspicious, and inexorable with hypocrites. Mauprat Mr Sadler may think our objection captious; but how he can think it disingenuous we do not well understand. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Those who remained yawned, talked, gossiped, consulted their tablets, and, all distinctions else forgotten, merged into but two classes--the winners, who were happy, and the losers, who were grum and captious. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Is there, can the most captious allege that there is, anything against France in it. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 For defence of Genoa; nay for attack on Turin, which would have been 'defence' in Genoa and everywhere,—had the captious Spaniard consented to co-operate. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 He was, however, too hopeful as it appeared, for though he managed to fashion a shoe which was in his eyes the equal of the other, the Lad was captious and would not commend it. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard But as I drew nearer, I saw that many of the faces were seared with sour and angry looks, and the voices that rose round me sounded surly and captious. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow "That canoe may not belong to the cutter," said the captious seaman. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea It would have taken a far more captious critic than the pretty widow to find fault with the large, high-ceilinged room in which she sat. 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