| 单词 | conventionalism |
| 例句 | It was destined to be misunderstood, or taken too literally because your ideas are opposed to conventionalism. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hardly make out the smarts and emotions that I used to love because all I can see is the impending conventionalism. The death of Sex and the City 2010-05-23T23:11:00Z That solitary rebellion of conventionalism was an affront to the left-leaning sensitivities of many on the campus, making him a nerd to some, a provocateur to others. How a liberal Santa Monica high school produced a top Trump advisor and speechwriter 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “I don’t think conventionalism works this time, this year anymore,” Ryan said. Paul Ryan refuses to acknowledge Trump’s inevitability: “The one thing we can predict is it’s all unpredictable” 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In no gross sense was the symbolism of such a system conceived, gross as its practice may have become, and as it would appear to the notions of modern conventionalism. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z A due consideration for the rights and feelings of others, will be a better guide to true politeness than a whole battery of conventionalisms. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Let us briefly see, now, what conditions man may fairly impose upon Nature—what lengths he may legitimately go in the way of mimicry of natural effects or of conventionalism. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z They went back to nature from the classic formalism of the early Nineteenth Century painters just as Giotto went back to nature from Byzantine conventionalism. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The conventionalism of his art prejudiced its sincerity, and, inwardly cherishing the belief that poetry was unworthy of the dignity of a judge, he never gave his real talents a chance to display themselves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The rules of conventionalism have reared an adamantine partition wall between the two. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z But always remember, that, though they may not understand conventionalisms, they will fully appreciate genuine kindness, the talismanic charm that will always place the humblest and most self distrustful guest at ease. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z We do not rate highly the dry and cheerless conventionalisms of etiquette, but in their origin, they were the fruit of truth, and love. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z In the modelling of the lion's head, and especially in the treatment of the mane, there is a noticeable austerity and conventionalism, such as is appropriate to a purely decorative piece of sculpture. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z The conventionalism of the Kyoto civilisation more and more influenced the Shogunate, which was still too young and had nothing solid of its own civilisation capable of resisting the infiltration of the old. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z These points of attraction were mostly superficialities, it is true, like the fashion of clothes or the conventionalism of accepted social customs. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He left religious society because he could not with an honest conscience conform to its ideas, or speak its language, or adopt its conventionalisms. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z His house was a place where the trammels of conventionalism could, without offense, be cast off for a while. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z On the contrary, M. Chasles combines a vigorous hate of ornate folly and vulgarity with a profound disgust towards tame or extravagant conventionalism. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z In the arts a high state of perfection had been reached, and the Aztec craftsman appears to have been a step beyond the slavish conventionalism of the ancient Egyptian artist. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z You will urge conventionalism now, though a minute ago you accused me of urging it! The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z When we get rid of the conventionalisms of an old and perishing system, we become peculiarly open and sensitive to the grand intuitions of natural religion. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z "You mean Conventionalism," she replied; "have you come to the conclusion, as I have, that all conventionalism is vanity?" Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z This is pure conventionalism: the mixture of the reclining nymph and the mountain fern is not felicitous. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z And everywhere the comic dialogue is instinct with spirit and vigour, and the comic characters are true to themselves with a buoyancy which at once raises them above the level of mere theatrical conventionalism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z Yet, free as she was by nature, bound by no conventionalisms, she was the most courageous of women; more than queenly; of high aspect in the best sense. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z The bonds of conventionalism were silently dissolving in the rising glow of his poetic nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The tendency of this life is to make a man dislike the slightest conventionalism, and to live up to his disliking is the consistent conduct of every man in it. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z The worth of conventionalism has for its supreme test the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Times of a general scepticism among any people have always been also times of conventionalism and utilitarianism towards all things great and small. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker Through this sacred conventionalism Vesalius broke without fear; despite ecclesiastical censure, great opposition in his own profession and popular fury, he studied his science by the only method that could give useful results. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The spirit of conventionalism reigns more or less in Boston’s religious life; yet religion makes an irresistible appeal to the understanding, the conscience, and the heart. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 And don't you think that one gets all the benefit of travel only by keeping away from fashion-resorts and places consecrated by conventionalism? Lafcadio Hearn She prides herself on unconventionality, and is at heart the slave of conventionalism. Windyridge Of course, conventionalism and utilitarianism are commonly decried, just as the accompanying attitude of doubt is commonly decried; but the fears, though not altogether idle, are usually short-sighted, for there is gain ahead. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker He spoke to the Russian heart by speaking Russian, pure and unmarred by stilted and alien conventionalisms. An Outline of Russian Literature It may be that I have a special eye to see them; but I saw everywhere nothing but masks, hypocrisy, conventionalism. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I fancy there are no embarrassing conventionalisms at the bottom of the earth—wherever that may be—and the glen at Trenton is two hundred feet on the way thither. International Short Stories American Of all conventionalisms those of the stage are the most rigid, antiquated, and absurd. The Night Side of London But instead, we have a world of propriety and conventionalism. About London This religious ideal means, as we have seen, pride, stagnation, conventionalism, hypocrisy. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition This maxim was only justifiable as a protest against a polished and hollow conventionalism, or against that utter abandonment of individual effort in demanding every thing from the State. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine So that the old intuition, now called conventionalism, which connects indecency with immorality, is entirely justified. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions She asked if Mr. Lepel was at home—a conventionalism of which she immediately repented. A Life Sentence A Novel So we find that to speak good or ill of womankind became a conventionalism in the Middle Ages. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Touching the exact degree in which ignorance or incapacity is mingled with wilful conventionalism in this drawing, we shall inquire in the chapters on Vegetation. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) At the other extreme of the province, Mrs. Jameson found fault with the citizens of Toronto for their social conventionalism. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 A facsimile of one of these, taken from an old rubbing and reproduced in Dr Bushell’s Handbook of Chinese Art, shows that great strides had been made in this writing towards symmetry, compactness and conventionalism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Have nothing to do with these absurd conventionalisms, my dear. Talkers With Illustrations "I thought you were above such conventionalism," said Miss Brooke, glaring at him through her glasses from her lofty height upon the steps. Brooke's Daughter A Novel The "Friar" of Shakespere's plays is almost the only stage conventionalism which he admitted; generally nothing more than a weak old man who lives in a cell, and has a rope about his waist. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) It was, indeed, a straining after a social standard not quite within the reach of the ambitious provincial, which produced the conventionalism and dullness, noticed by British visitors in Canadian towns. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Of these I would take two as typical—typical of individual fancy most strangely contrasting with the conventionalism of the Italians. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Each phase has fallen a prey to symbolism, to conventionalism, or to mannerism, which last symptom marks the decline and fall of art. Needlework As Art But I do not mean to talk conventionalism or commonplace. Brooke's Daughter A Novel The test fails, however, utterly, when applied to the later or transitional landscape schools, mountains being there introduced in mere wanton savageness by Salvator, or vague conventionalism by Claude, Berghem, and hundreds more. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) What, then, are the reasons generally assigned for this perverse conventionalism of devoting the time of youth to the acquirement of dead words, to the unavoidable exclusion of nearly every thing that is of value? The Philosophy of Teaching The Teacher, The Pupil, The School The theme is marked by an absence of cant and conventionalism and by a love and wisdom for mankind that are most pleasing. Changing Winds A Novel Though it is true that the highest art, pictorial and sculptural, is always struggling towards naturalism, the art of decoration is, by its nature, constantly tending to conventionalism. Needlework As Art But between the extremes of brutality and conventionalism there is such a wide expanse of pure joy of painting that nothing can diminish the reputation of Goya, however much it is likely to be enhanced. Six Centuries of Painting But the truth is that this kind of conventionalism is what makes us so stupid a nation. Beside Still Waters There was a time, it is said, when English and American literature seemed to be expiring of conventionalism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 We need not bridge over woman's nature with the ice of conventionalism, for fear she will swell up, aye, and overflow the continent of manhood. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I He rather liked being with his own sort again; the comfortable sense of home-coming, of conventionalism, of a pleasant social security, appealed to him after several months' irresponsible straying from familiar paths. Athalie We have had enough of mere imported conventionalism in manners. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies The first page strikes the note of disenchantment, of escape from the spell of conventionalism and the shores of romance. Studies in Literature and History His dislike of the effete conventionalism of the literary creed blended with his aversion to the political rule of the time. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill But we shall never reach it till we learn to master the senses, to cut the chains of worldly prejudice and conventionalism. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath We are steeped in conventionalism, for all our fads. Black Oxen They are not constrained by a narrow education and a narrower conventionalism to limit their thoughts to what others think in their own circle. War and the Weird The very atmosphere of our country is pervaded by a conventionalism which, as is proved by what passes every day before our eyes, cannot be counteracted by mere external circumstances. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Heresy and liberty, justice and freedom, progress and equity had joined hands; conventionalism was doomed. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 “I must confess that it seemed strange to see you here, treading the narrow path of English conventionalism, after—after—” “I know,” she said. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath That is noble conventionalism, and Egyptian work on granite, or illuminator's work in glass, is all conventional in the same sense, but not conventionally false. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 She has an innocent boldness and disregard of little conventionalisms, which imparts a peculiar charm to her behaviour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 But, independently of the Robinson Crusoes of the class, many such slaves of conventionalism achieve their freedom while intending only to better their condition. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 The treatment of animate creatures in Heraldry requires a certain kind, and also a certain degree, of conventionalism. The Handbook to English Heraldry Clare was strongly disposed to envy her friend Lysken, and to chafe against the bonds of conventionalism which bound her own actions. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada The step which should have freed landscape from conventionalism was actually taken by Claude and Salvator Rosa, but taken in a state of palsy,—taken so as to lose far more than was gained. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 If every man in society were a gentleman and every woman a lady, there would be no more conventionalism. The Gypsies Scratch a slaveholder, and beneath the varnish of conventionalism you come upon something akin to the man-hunter of Dahomey. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays We recognise the happy 25 consistency of the conventionalism which they displayed in their representation of animate creatures, without any purpose to adopt it in the same degree with them. The Handbook to English Heraldry When conventionalism in dress is fully discredited, practical reform is certain to follow. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 All the various kinds of ornamentation, consisting of spots, points, twisted bands, abstract curves, and other such, owe their peculiar character to this conventionalism "by cause of inferiority." Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 The religious sentiment had become so inwoven with institutions, creeds, usages, conventionalisms,—each man believing because his neighbors do, or his father did,—that it was necessary to take a new observation. The Chief End of Man Each relied upon his intuitive, off-hand conception of a given part, and fell back to nature in his methods, throwing aside conventionalisms which had long ruled the English stage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 And, with the first symptoms of decline in heraldic Art, the treatment of lions showed signs of a tendency to carry conventionalism to the utmost extravagance. The Handbook to English Heraldry In morals he sets up a higher standard than conventionalism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The child of a land above all others free from conventionalism, with a nature attuned to the picturesque, these peculiarities, while piquing his fancy, have fixed his admiration. The Lone Ranche As the literature ceases to be truly representative, and adheres to the conventionalism of the former period, it becomes 'unnatural' and the literary forms become a survival instead of a genuine creation. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Homer steps out of the dry conventionalism of the English style of painting, which Sargent does not do. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets The conventionalism in all these examples, however felicitous the manner in which it is treated in them, is very decidedly exaggerated. The Handbook to English Heraldry Nothing had been left rude or native in him; a well-digested conventionalism had incorporated itself thoroughly with his substance and transformed him into a work of art. Short Stories of Various Types At that time, I was a reckless young fellow, going through the conventionalisms of society without a thought; but the event of the morning had made even me reflect. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 Yet these lapses into the arbitrary are infrequent after all; and as "Fromont and Risler" was followed first by one and then by another novel, the evil influence of theatrical conventionalism disappears. The Nabob, Volume 1 Henry Manning was touched through all his conventionalism, yet the moment after he said, "George is a fine fellow, certainly; but I wish you could persuade him to dress a little more like other people." Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest They have in them rather too much that is heraldic conventionalism, and not quite enough that is natural lion. The Handbook to English Heraldry The elder Caffieri was, indeed, the most consummate practitioner of the style rocaille, which he constantly redeemed from its mannered conventionalism by the ease and mastery with which he treated it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It neutralises the conventionalisms of society, and makes the whole world kin. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 Work done in this manner, provided the carver has skill and taste, is sure to show character and life, and to differ entirely from the mechanical conventionalisms we generally see in modern stone-carving. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey In the designs themselves conventionalism and geometric ornament Page 201 pass away, and are followed by a development of naturalism. The Sea-Kings of Crete This whole affair is certainly very independent of conventionalism; and as to your curiosity about me, that is very easily gratified. The House of Martha It is more natural to suppose, so far, at least as the North American Indians are concerned, that the road to conventionalism has always led through imitation. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 But that was the very sign of his conventionalism. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) But with Donatello it marks an early stage in emancipation from the bondage of conventionalism. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres He made proposals, was accepted, and they were married,—he being willing to risk his caste in obedience to a love higher and holier than any conventionalism which men have ever contrived to establish. The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. There is not a Sermon that does not furnish evidence of originality without extravagance, of discrimination without tediousness, and of piety without cant or conventionalism.” Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series He had read Carlyle's articles and had discerned with the instinct of genius that here was a voice speaking real and fiery convictions, and no longer echoes and conventionalisms. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson The short duet following contains a divine melody, but Ortrud's "aside" is a fairly lengthy one—forty bars—and is a bit of conventionalism which Wagner soon discarded. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas For my part, I hold that no door should be closed to woman, either by force of law or by force of conventionalism. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel He abolishes the usual human distinctions, brings all conventionalisms into solution, and loves and celebrates hardly any human attributes save those elementary ones common to all members of the race. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals How refreshing was it thus to set aside conventionalism! Idolatry A Romance There is a delightful freedom from conventionalism in the matter of dress. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train How then is simplicity of character to be preserved without violating conventionalism, to which it seems so much at variance, and yet, which it ought not to oppose? The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends That husband of mine must leave all conventionalism to his guests, it seems. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel Art in Middle Age, 17; effect of religious conventionalism, 18; revolution made by Renaissance, 18, 19. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots But after the victory of the Nile his name became immortal, and he could take any liberty he liked with our national conventionalisms. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Second, he erred in disregarding and satirising puritanical conventionalisms. The Tragedy of St. Helena She is unwilling to sacrifice grace and fashion, even to gain her rights; albeit, too, that this grace is an absurd conventionalism and that this fashion is infinite folly. 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 Thus, in regard to the conventionalism of stage costumes, wrote Churchill's friend, Robert Lloyd, in his poem of "The Actor," 1762. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character I will walk towards Church Scarsdale,' she continued, suddenly breaking through the conventionalism of her irony, and accosting me in savage accents. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Rigorous as he was in his judgments, and eager to disown what was cheap or shallow, mere conventionalism, whether in art or daily life, was no less abhorrent to him. Unleavened Bread When his turn came he acted with independence and wisdom by ignoring the blandishments of meddling advisers and royal conventionalism, and elected to marry the lady on whom he had set his affections. The Tragedy of St. Helena On the other hand it produces some of the worst features of conventionalism. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times What was best, moreover, in French poetry at that time—the return to Nature and the struggle of the beauty of reality against the fetters of an antiquated conventionalism—remained to him a sealed book. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 "Mrs. Grundy," in the play, is but an impersonation of the conventionalism of the world. Thrift The mirror and black cat I—well, er—to use a conventionalism that comes in rather handy—the mirror and cat—I picked up. The Sorcery Club It is not mere conventionalism,—a human association made up of the nursery, the parlor, the outward of domestic life, resting upon some evanescent passion, some sensual impression and policy. The Christian Home The Late Celtic art is here sinking into the general conventionalism of the Roman provinces. The Romanization of Roman Britain There was no one in authority to tell her—check, guide, or direct her in the revolt from dogmatism, pedantry, sophistry and conventionalism. The Common Law No bold revolutionist ever defied the established conventionalisms of his times without drawing his strongest support from women. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays The little township of Ichang was soon left astern, and we entered speedily to all intents and purposes into a new world, a world untrammelled by conventionalism and the spirit of the West. Across China on Foot They grow up and enter society without any conscious relation to home, and as a consequence, regard society as a mere heartless conventionalism. The Christian Home His attitudes and walk were graceful, picturesque, often superb, but not absolutely free from conventionalism. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 There were others who by blood had an equal claim upon her with these two, but the rest had been mere names to her, and she had characteristically risen above the conventionalism of heredity. The Price of Love He is mostly content with Spanish cavaliers of the seventeenth century, ruled by the conventionalisms in manners, morals, and superstition, which have already passed away even in Spain. Essays Æsthetical Thomas Hardy, too, has been arraigned for the conventionalism of his plots. The Author's Craft Under slight obligation to imagine, he runs slight risk of succumbing to those conventionalisms which often stiffen his work when he trusts to his imagination. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) But this belongs to the habit of our nation, impatient, to a fault, of precedents and conventionalisms. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 Sculpture at this time in Rome had fallen into a miserable condition of degraded conventionalism and extravagance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 If there was greatness in measure in English Art, it was greatness subjected to tradition and conventionalism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 This wretched conventionalism was met by a "Very," so obviously sarcastic, that Marcus Wilkeson decided not to utter a remark which was at that moment on his lips. Round the Block I know this may seem strange, but I am trying to state things as they were in this life-story, and not give mere conventionalisms, and so it was. Annie Besant An Autobiography The prejudices, notions, passions and conventionalisms of men are amply illustrated; let us have the same fulness with respect to women. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy He was, in fact, as far as any of his contemporaries from acquiescing in social conventionalisms and shams. Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake Through this sacred conventionalism Vesalius broke without fear; despite ecclesiastical censure, great opposition in his own profession, and popular fury, he studied his science by the only method that could give useful results. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom A dangerous tendency of civilization is that towards crystallization— towards hardened, inflexible conventionalisms which "refuse the soul its way". An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry What savages men will revert into when they are buried for a long period in the wilderness and shake off the trammels and customs of the conventionalism of civilization! The Long Labrador Trail They are the little garnishings and reliefs that are to be used very cautiously, as little eccentricities and conventionalisms in a building should never be more than very minor features. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) All that he writes indeed is quite free from the conventionalisms to which authorship as a profession is sadly liable. A Little Book of Profitable Tales Both of them seem to us to have escaped remarkably from the prevailing conventionalisms of verse, and to write in metre because they have a genuine call thereto. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Such crystallization, such conventionalisms, yield only to the dissolving power of the spiritual warmth of life-full personalities. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry The grace of movement, the triumph of tact and ingenuity, the devotion to conventionalism, either pedantry or the genius of the hour, also rules the drama in Paris. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 A person of less courage, that is, of less constitution, will answer as the heroine does,—giving way to fate, to conventionalism, to the actual state and doings of men and women. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Fearlessly he tears the mask away from conventionalism and pretension, sparing neither age nor nation, and scattering critics right and left "Like chaff from the threshing-floor." Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays And hence, no doubt, the utter absence in him of all that conventionalism which marks the man of quiet experience and habitual conformity to the world. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics The conventionalism of European literature was cast aside, and the first fruits of native genius appeared. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The man's natural reserve and conventionalism were borne down by the sense of his helplessness. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People Society throughout the civilized world is, to a certain extent, cast in the same mould; the same laws of etiquette prevail, and the same conventionalisms restrict in great measure the display of any individual characteristics. The Englishwoman in America How natural it is that the children, pleased with the stir and not yet drilled into conventionalism, should have kept up their glad shouts, even inside the temple enclosure! Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII We must be content with the conventionalism of vile solid knots and lumps of marble, instead of the golden cloud that encompasses the fair human face with its waving mystery. The Two Paths Suddenly, Giotto threw aside all the glitter, and all the conventionalism; and declared that he saw the sky blue, the tablecloth white, and angels, when he dreamed of them, rosy. Mornings in Florence Any dash of mere conventionalism or self-seeking would spoil the whole. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' She did all she could to crush genius out of the girl, and make her a dictionary, or a machine, or a piece of formality and conventionalism. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Phillip Lawson partly realized the fact: the barriers of conventionalism were fearlessly torn down as he took courage to speak out. Marguerite Verne Therefore, I will tell you fearlessly, for I know it is true, you must raise your workman up to life, or you will never get from him one line of well-imagined conventionalism. The Two Paths How to break through the miserable conventionalism, the sordid commonplace of a king's surroundings? Temporal Power "Mr. Barton will excuse you," said Mrs. Sealy, after a significant pause, and her tone conveyed the idea that the remark was merely a cold conventionalism. From Wealth to Poverty As Mrs. Blake was never known to leave her children and her pet poultry, this was merely a conventionalism by which the elder lady meant to imply a standing welcome for the younger. The Battle Ground Thinking a clergyman a model of perfection, because he is a stout dashing fellow who plays at cricket and goes out fox-hunting; and, generally, who flies in the face of all conventionalism; 2. The Recreations of a Country Parson As a preacher he was free from conventionalism, bright, sparkling, brilliant; more brilliant than warm. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Knowing little of life, and much of literature, she pictured Miss Walworth as inhabiting a delightful Bohemian world, where the rules of conventionalism had no existence, and everything was judged by the brain-standard. Born in Exile What holy confidences have been exchanged in the spirit of that generous frankness which circulates from unknown to unknown, when the noble are delivered from the tyranny of forced conventionalisms! Life of Chopin He is a student of ancient and modern literatures, a free-thinker in religion, a lover of art in all its forms, a hater of conventionalism. The Unclassed There were none of the conventionalisms of the pulpit orator, who often weakens the strongest ideas by the hackneyed or obsolete phraseology he uses. Mr. Hogarth's Will As for his minor works in the vernacular, the earlier of them shew that he had not as yet wrought himself free from the conventionalism which the polite literature of Italy inherited from the Sicilians. The Decameron, Volume I The exaggerated conventionalism of such exordium shows that these early poems had been preceded by a host of earlier pieces which had been adopted as canons of poetry. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 These striking and contrasting types existing together at that period, are now rapidly disappearing before that universal conventionalism which is at present seizing and moulding the higher classes in all cities and in all countries. Life of Chopin There is little conventionalism, little formality, and much liberality of sentiment; very little sectarianism, and, as a general rule, a healthy, sensible tone in conversation, which I like much. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Miss Alice felt her speech was a feeble conventionalism; but it was all she could say. The Twins of Table Mountain A passion of friendship it may be, but it forces itself through the arid shells of conventionalism; it is at once the agony and the consolation of a despairing soul. The Women of the French Salons Occasionally human figures might be introduced, and animal forms even more frequently; but a stiff conventionalism prevailed, the same figures were constantly repeated, and the figures themselves had in few cases much beauty. History of Phoenicia It is almost a conventionalism to attribute the fall of a Chinese dynasty to the malign influence of eunuchs. China and the Manchus By no means," she replied, "especially when you have just resumed the whole series of social conventionalisms, together with that strait-bodied coat. The Blithedale Romance Piercing below all conventionalisms, it recognizes man as an individual soul, and, as such, addresses him with its truths and its sanctions. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing Pope makes him a wit, spirited, occasionally noble, full of points, and epigrams, and queer rococo conventionalisms. Essays in Little There was a cat—as there invariably is in such places—who evidently thought herself entitled to the privileges of forest life in this close heart of city conventionalisms. The Blithedale Romance Thus the track of an old conventionalism was visible on what was freshest from the sky. The Blithedale Romance |
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