| 单词 | contrarious |
| 例句 | Alas! what more contrarious deed, What greater miracle of wrong than this, That man should know his good and take it not? The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z With regard to the charges of excessive drinking made against Paine, I have sifted a vast mass of contrarious testimonies, and arrived at the following conclusions. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious guests Upon thy doings! Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z Well, she does, and that’s all in her favour; women being for the most part discontented, contrarious things—especially discontented. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The Gaelic man had no sooner entered the Kirk o' the General Assembly," they said, "than the maister of the Assembly rose, and, speaking very rough, said, 'Ye contrarious rascal, what tak's you here? My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. It was the son who sang the “Death of Nelson” under such contrarious circumstances. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) God of our fathers! what is Man, That thou towards him with hand so various— Or might I say contrarious?— Milton The word of God is plain in itself; and if there appear any obscurity in one place, the Holy Ghost, who is never contrarious to Himself, explains the same more clearly in other places.' John Knox “I’ve had a weary fortnight on’t, with Master that contrarious, I couldn’t do nought to suit him, and Mistress Hall a-coming day by day to serve him wi’ vinegar and pepper. All's Well Alice's Victory The other kind is at best a permanent 'friendship recognised by the police':—a tacit confession of failure which this high-hearted, if contrarious couple were by no means minded to arrive at, now or ever. The Great Amulet It was just bitterly disappointing and contrarious that the one person he wished to see was a Commodore Graham. The Summons You and I seem to meet in a mild contrarious harmony ... as in the 'si no, si no' of an Italian duet. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 From Geneva, “the den of mine own ease, the rest of quiet study,” Knox was dragged, “maist contrarious to mine own judgement,” by a summons from Mrs. Bowes. John Knox and the Reformation But the Master had yet a great work for her to do, and— In ways various, Or, might I say, contrarious— He was training her for it during these years of bodily infirmity and suffering. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss And therefore they make images like to those things that they have belief in, for to behold them and worship them first at morning, or they meet any contrarious things. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Part of his wish to wash his hands of life arose from his perception of its contrarious inconsistencies—of Nature's jaunty readiness to support unorthodox social principles. The Mayor of Casterbridge I answer, such a Will could not create, could not be God, for it involves the false and contrarious. Miracles of Our Lord I this infer, That many things, having full reference To one consent, may work contrariously. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration Adj. contrary, contrarious†, contrariant†; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings! John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete But the learningknight would not hear say nay nor do her mandement ne have him in aught contrarious to his list and he said how it was a marvellous castle. Ulysses O place and greatness, millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee! volumes of report Run with these false, and most contrarious quest Upon thy doings! Measure for Measure I this infer, That many things, having full reference To one consent, may work contrariously. King Henry V So when they were in the sea a contrarious wind blew them on the coasts of North Wales, nigh the Castle Perilous. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 What other art gives scope to natures and dispositions so diverse, and to tastes so contrarious? Style |
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