| 单词 | conventionality |
| 例句 | Being Goth wipes away any expectation of conventionality, so Molly finds she’s free to be weird in lots of ways at once. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps I had too rashly over-leaped conventionalities; and he, like St. John, saw impropriety in my inconsiderateness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “That shows what he stands for. The strictest conventionality.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality. ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Cinderella, Liberated (Again) 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Taylor’s use of men here is all about conventionality. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-30T20:37:16Z But its treatment of these subjects is perhaps undercut by its conventionality, which even extends to the movie’s left turn into a kind of magic realism late in the story. Review: In Search of a Dying Tongue in ‘I Dream in Another Language’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Often, the conventionality of the movement and video imagery served to undercut Tilson Thomas' musical approach, which emphasized Beethoven breaking the bounds of musical and liturgical convention in almost every possible way. L.A. Phil gets theatrical with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z This relative conventionality makes it nothing like the more adventurous books for which this half-Scottish, half-Haitian writer has previously been admired. Review: ‘The Verdict’ Speaks in a Grisham-esque Tongue With a British Accent 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Such conventionality, though, might be inevitable and even necessary at this time of year. Christmas TV gets stuck in the old routine 2010-12-26T20:04:28Z Her parents led an experimental theater troupe called Scheherazade, whose goal was “to test the conventionality of society in general,” she said. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Soon there's a song called My Blood, a lugubrious piano ballad whose conventionality is unconvincingly masked by the odd tribal drum feint. Haim; Ellie Goulding – review 2012-09-29T23:05:37Z Thoreau’s zealous rejection of conventionality is especially designed for young misfits who hear a different drummer. Perspective | Why I still love Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But trying to force Nabokov’s exquisitely controlled satire of bourgeois materialism and conventionality into a slapstick would-be youth comedy was a grave error. Nabokov and the Movies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Perhaps the radiance of the inner life, in these artists, partly resulted from the conventionality of their outer lives. The Forgotten Novel That Inspired Homesickness for an Imaginary Land 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z But that conventionality of structure and tone is accompanied by insights into character, emotion and motivation that were unusual, even revelatory, for their time and continue to resonate today. Stefan Zweig, Austrian Novelist, Rises Again 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Ted: It enjoys the high concept, but its potentially memorable nihilism is clipped by narrative conventionality. Open thread: Who are the best on-screen couples? 2012-08-10T13:14:33Z Noxious characters need not produce noxious films, but the meanspirited humor of “Summer ‘03” is out of place with the perky conventionality of the film’s style. Review: In ‘Summer ’03,’ Coming of Age Is More Bitter Than Sweet 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z That’s too bad, because “Cyrus” is more interesting and fun when you’re recoiling at the effrontery of its comedy and not its conventionality. | 'Cyrus': Jonah Hill in Duplass Brothers? Comedy 2010-06-17T21:55:00Z This is not the kind of approach that usually inspires confidence; a sure route to conventionality is empty experimentation. “Valerie” Is an Extraordinary Love Letter to a Radical Feminist 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z But the careful, superficial conventionality of those movies highlights the complexity of so many others. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z One thinks of the poster for Ben Stiller’s recent remake of “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” where the briefcase speaks of the daydreaming hero’s conventionality and humdrum burdens. | To Have and To Hold 2014-03-06T14:00:39Z In Mei Yamanaka’s “The Path of Wind,” two look-alike young people partnered each another, mainly to waltz music, as if locked in symbiosis and conventionality. Barely Moving, but Communicating Volumes 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Would this restless 16-song set have benefited from a little more conventionality? Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-27T23:05:19Z In a sea of eye-numbing conventionality, a maverick appearance is their signature. It’s Always Fishnets Season Somewhere 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Staggering between corny conventionality and zesty, upbeat weirdness, “Don’t Worry” never fully acknowledges the cruelty and selfishness required to sustain a longtime habit. Review: Joaquin Phoenix Treks the Long Road to Sobriety in ‘Don’t Worry’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z She was bravura liquefied, gloriously playing with music, balance and time; she also danced William Forysthe’s “Händel Duet,” a forgettable exercise in pretty ballet conventionality. At Vail Festival, Dance Artists Renew and Extend Themselves 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Woolly is onto a bit of a theme here: As this trio’s relationship snaps the limits of conventionality, you’re sure to think of Woolly’s last play, if you saw it. Out of prison and into the fire of race and sex in ‘Lights Rise on Grace’ 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Altemeyer has emphasized that the right-wing authoritarian harbors a peculiar mix of traits: aggression, submissiveness and conventionality. Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Or maybe it has more to do with Lana’s use of convention to smash conventionality. Review | Lana Del Rey is a realist — and reality is weird 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z These narrative distractions are an obvious relief for the audience, even as they represent a retreat into conventionality and a failure of nerve on the part of the filmmakers. Review: Despite a strong Tahar Rahim, Guantanamo drama ‘The Mauritanian’ sells its subject short 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The conventionality of “Happiest Season” might be the most radical thing about it. Review: Kristen Stewart makes spirits bright in LGBT holiday romantic comedy 'Happiest Season' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z In her first book, Moran occasionally came across as someone who bashed others for their bad taste or conventionality. Working-class feminist contrarian Caitlin Moran on the joys of mellower middle age 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z "There's a level of conventionality in our family," Josh adds. 'Our parents ran a secret gay porn empire' 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z She believes in institutions and conventionality, but they don’t believe in her. Joan Didion’s Early Novels of American Womanhood 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The unlikely friendship inspires Parker to reject her mother’s sunny aesthetic for something more emo, while Wednesday enacts her own form of teenage rebellion by embracing girlish conventionality. The painfully generic new Addams Family deserves no snaps 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Of course, the man defies conventionality on a daily basis, so don't be surprised at a weekend run. Match Madness: Breaking down the 2019 WGC-Match Play groups - Golf Digest 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Because it’s a novel by Dag Solstad, none of these conventionalities are entered into. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, these promising themes dissolve, episode by episode, into something more like forced quirkiness, revealing a buried conventionality, the curse of way too much cool-looking TV. Mind Games on “Maniac” and “Dietland” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z We don’t need conventionality as much as connection; perhaps a more direct and involving path into the man himself. Review: Ethan Hawke's 'Blaze,' a shaggy, digressive ode to late country-blues singer 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Yet trivial they are not: Like any suit, these unmistakably telegraph power but do so through personality, not conventionality. The New Power Suit for Women: It’s Not About Fitting In 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “He showed a surprising and unusual degree of conventionality in terms of his decision to cancel.” Courting Kim and coming up short highlights the limits of Trump’s me-first diplomacy 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z She was kind but restless — often in revolt against conventionality in favor of authenticity and the life of the mind. Opinion | Remembering my mother — the woman who taught me love 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z One is the doctrine of conventionality control, which is contested by some scholars. Latin America’s human-rights court moves into touchy territory 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z I consider my very stable, 23 year marriage to be a sign of conventionality regardless of the fact that it is to a black man. Opinion | Can My Children Be Friends With White People? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z You may long for a more disreputable, less buttoned-up telling, but there is something about this one’s sleek, streamlined conventionality that feels both appropriate and pleasing. 'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women' is a disarming exploration of a superhero's kinky roots 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z While Mrs. Trump has flouted some norms by, for instance, wearing stiletto heels while traveling to a hurricane disaster zone, she has brought some conventionality to a White House that often eschews it. At Her Own Pace, Melania Trump Tiptoes Into the Limelight 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z In interview transcripts, I saw that I was forever apologizing for my own conventionality. Is an Open Marriage a Happier Marriage? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Reviewing the film for the Times, Justin Chang wrote “’The Lost City of Z’ is the kind of picture whose classicism, a term often confused with conventionality, feels increasingly like a radical statement of intent. Indie Focus: Adventuring with 'The Lost City of Z,' 'A Woman, A Part' and Locarno in Los Angeles 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Sure, the minivan would eventually acquire the stigma of suburban stolidity and soccer mom conventionality — another reason the sleeker, sportier S.U.V. was able to emerge as the more chic 21st-century family hauler. Driving Down Memory Lane in the Original Minivan 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z This passage—from radicalism to conventionality, from communal socialism to sharp-elbowed corporatism—makes for a fascinating, if somewhat depressing, read. The Return of the Utopians 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z One of the more frustrating aspects of Hillary Clinton is her conventionality. Losing the airtime battle to Trump: Why Hillary Clinton can’t attack an unconventional candidate conventionally 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z This is writing of a high order, and Berlinski demonstrates a continuous awareness of those heights—his conventionalities are superior to many writers’ originalities. Imagining Haiti’s Inner Life 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z What it lacks it conventionality, though, it more than makes up for in spite. We’re not laughing at this GOP circus: Trump reigns in latest debate, but ironically exposes a disturbing cruelty within the Republican Party 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Academic pettifogging, conventionality and gullibility were favourite targets. The man who told us so 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z “You guys can judge conventionality,” said Showalter, who once won a game after intentionally walking Barry Bonds with the bases loaded. Showalter guides Orioles into ALCS matchup with KC 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z In these moments, she sounded almost like Shoshanna, the “Girls” character who’s the most eager to please and the most heavily invested in the notion of conventionality as a form of social decorum. Lena Dunham Is Not Done Confessing 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z We have been sold a dream of marriage, babies, and conventionality at a huge cost to our radical potential, and the profits will not go to our freedom and liberation. The Proud Whopper? This is not the gay liberation we fought for 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But it’s the relationship between the tests of conventionality and creativity that are perhaps most intriguing. When To Say Yes To The Messy Desk 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Blau went on to become a passionate voice for less conventionality in theater. Herbert Blau, Iconoclastic Theater Director, Dies at 87 2013-05-08T02:17:48Z It emphasizes conventionality, consistency, community and relative risk aversion. The Entrepreneurship Vacuum in Japan: Why It Matters and How to Address It 2013-01-03T21:52:06Z Those of us who make it through those impasses, guarded by naysayers aplenty, are much more likely to love what they do than those talked into a contrived conventionality. 10 Reasons Why Some People Love What They Do 2012-08-28T21:30:36Z Where actual jerks in the melody would be inopportune, the ornaments are at hand and help to prevent every semblance of conventionality. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Equally forbidden was the manifestation of any strong passion, a thing by its very nature opposed to the sway of conventionality. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z All the conventionalities of a more artificial social life were reversed. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The invigorating influence of perfect health doubtless has something to do with it, as well as the utter freedom and escape from all conventionality. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z That is, she may be made supreme over the conventionalities of dress and the social customs that touch her life. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z The East has its customs, and the natures of men are not light things to be smoothed down by conventionalities. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Our first meeting has been too far beyond the limits of conventionalities for us to be bound by any rules. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And human nature's sole change since their day is the substitution of conventionality for simplicity. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z We are not making use of conventionalities of criticism when we call this a masterpiece of narrative.... Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The country mother will let pass one of the rarest forms of opportunity for refining and beautifying the character of her daughter if she does not educate the latter rightly in respect to these conventionalities. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z The question illustrates the whole theory and school of conventionality. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I don't care in the least if I offend you, sir—I have passed beyond conventionalities. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z We should rather say that Hogarth was the first English artist who forsook exhausted conventionalities for large truthfulness and original thought, and thus paved the way to a new life in art. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z It may, of course, be considered that anything but conventional form is out of place as architectural ornament; on the other hand, it must not be ignored that conventionality is a growth. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Its pleasures are insipid, its pursuits wearisome, its conventionalities, duties, and mutual dependence alike tedious and disgusting. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He is always interpreting into eloquent and effective words the commonplace Philistine notions, the hereditary conventionalities of his party—and nothing more. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z He was, in the highest meaning of the word, a man of the world; Rubinstein, a world-stormer, with a sovereign disregard for conventionality and for Mrs. Grundy. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Turner in his choice of colours forsook conventionality, and "went to the cataract for its iris, to the conflagration for its flames, asked of the sea its intensest azure, of the sky its clearest gold." English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z From the stereotyped conventionality of the altar-tomb effigies, they also may be judged to be the productions of workshops doing little but this work, and probably foreign. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z She had not been conventional; would she resort to conventionality now? Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The deeper life of thought and feeling is largely covered up with conventionalities and externalities. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z In that wild moment all conventionalities had disappeared like smoke in the wind. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z In his ruthless disregard of the niceties and conventionalities of sentence-structure I see the outcome of his dictation. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z And the man who violates it is not merely departing a little from the beaten path of approved conventionalities. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The flowers of the front yard seemed to bear a more formal, a "company" aspect; conventionality rigidly bound them. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Santonio, evidently accustomed to all conventionalities of all countries, expressed no astonishment, and did not even grumble, as I should have expected a person of his temperament to do. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Perhaps it was a trifle unceremonious on my part, but I am not used to the court etiquette of conventionality. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z During an examination of those grand old pictures, two questions naturally arise in the mind: What is conventionality in art? and—In whose works do we see it? The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Now we have all learned that as we mount the rungs of the social ladder, society bows more and more before conventionality. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z You know that I'm a real Bohemian who doesn't pay attention to the stupid little conventionalities that, for instance, Hilda or Edith might consider. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z In the midst of conventionalities he had the feeling of suffocation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Their reaction against the frivolity of contemporary melodrama was as decided as their reaction against eighteenth century conventionality; but both impulses led to poetry, passion, and Shakespeare, but not to drama. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z She had brushed aside the dictates of conventionality, and the blood was in her face and a curious sparkle in her eyes. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Measured by ordinary standards and by the cold conventionalities of society, it is indeed sudden. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Young James was essentially a child of nature, and free from all conventionality. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z It is slow, encourages conventionality, and fails to hold reviewers accountable. How Could Twitter Influence Science (And Why Scientists Are on Board) 2012-01-15T12:53:32Z The moralities, however, on the whole, made little advance, either in escape from conventionality, or in creation of structure, or in dramatic expression of the conflicts of will. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Steam-engines have long since killed all sentimentality in us, and deeper feelings are only too frequently sacrificed to outward appearances and conventionalities. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z He had hated the dull routine and narrow conventionality of the place. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z But I am a slave to conventionality, and after all am yours truly.... Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Genius was all in all for us—officialdom and conventionality in general were unpopular in Freshwater. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z These presentations of hideous contemporary crimes maintain the protest initiated by that play against the conventionalities of "the ghost and revenge" drama, and echo its demand for realism. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z When the unpleasant task of conventionality was accomplished the magnate resumed his eternal monologue. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Sarrio earnestly desired to emancipate itself from the thraldom of pettiness and conventionality; it wished to break the bonds which had hitherto restrained it, and enter into full possession of its own conscience and rights. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The conventionalities of life were far away and all was calm and peaceful, and seemed to Stanley more like a dream than a reality. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Indeed, how could conventionality obtain a footing in a society in which Mrs. Cameron and Tennyson were the central figures? Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z If one accepts the theory that tragedy is a game for rhetorical display, and further accepts the conventionalities of Elizabethan style, there must be unmeasured admiration for the extraordinary verbal skill displayed. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z He discerned this luminous point in a period befogged by prejudice, tradition, pedantry, conventionality, subservience to antiquated humours and insurgent eccentricities. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z She considered it natural and reasonable, and it never occurred to her that it ought not to have been; her ideas of conventionality had never prompted her to rebel against the tyranny of public opinion. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Many of its characteristics are those common to all Latin Europe,—a religion and an atheism alike immoral, an essential rudeness under a polished show of good-breeding, an inviolable conventionality, and an unbounded license. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The very pattern of young girls is bound by a strait-lacing conventionality. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z The tragicomedies conform most closely to the conventionalities and repetitions of the heroic romances, though they exhibit abundant originality of invention. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Every one was wearied with the insipidities and conventionalities of an art upon the wane. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z From fear of his neighbour, who looks for the latest conventionalities in him, and is wrapped up in them himself. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z It was as if her little self, aware of something big and overwhelming that threatened to sweep her out of her depth, made a desperate clutch at conventionality. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z We pursue the same end,—progressive improvement, association, transformation of the corrupted medium in which we are now living, the overthrow of all idolatries, shams, lies, and conventionalities. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z Southward were Andalusians and Spanish common folk, little given to titles and conventionalities. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z For my own part, I think that I like the conventionalities, as they are called. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Thirdly, a sober conventionality in his likes and dislikes. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z The routine varies greatly according to tribe; and in any tribe, according to the man’s self-respect and regard for conventionalities. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z As for the hour, I'm not to be judged by the conventionality for which you manifest so commendable—and so abrupt—a concern. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z There are certain conventionalities recognized in good society which you must respect, and to which you must conform, if you would be well received. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z The indignation aroused in her by injustice and oppression, her revolt against the consecrated tyranny of conventionality, impelled her to raise her voice in behalf of the weak and unfortunate. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Archie expected something of this sort: its conventionality, its utter insincerity, amused him enormously. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z He found her more frank and sensible than American girls, whose débutante conventionalities and mannerisms bored and irritated him. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Of an adventurous disposition, clever, sensitive, and tired of the conventionalities of his fatherland, he decided eight or ten years ago to emigrate to Hokkaido, and there lead the life of a colonist. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The first opens with the minnesinger's usual spring and love-lorn stanzas, but Neidhart soon drops conventionality with the exclamation, "For my song the foreign folk here do not care: ah, blessings on thee, Germany!" Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Rome had long since outgrown her walls and ceased to contemplate them except as landmarks and conventionalities, useless but as significant as C�sar's paludamentum. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z A few weeks in summer they are in the habit of unfolding their tents and going away to the mountains where they can for a short while rid themselves of conventionalities and try out nature. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z But of course such things could not very well be in this world of stern realities and multitudinous conventionalities. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Cynicism or conventionality may for a long period encrust a man, but there comes a time when the heart will have its way. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Those lyrical preludes attest Neidhart's deep sentiment for nature; we feel that, in spite of the conventionality in them. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Few realize the place which conventionality, custom and law possess in a community until in some extraordinary catastrophe their power is broken, or what is the same thing the ability to enforce them is paralyzed. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z I built this house in order to get further away from the conventionalities of life, and to get a first hand acquaintance with Nature. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z I admire you people for having the nerve to go against conventionality and come out here. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z He changed the whole face of art in French poetry, and destroyed for ever the poetry of conventionality. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z I'm tired of the world and the world's conventionality. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z The woman whom conventionality had in some sense ordained that he should marry. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z They crash through conventionalities like a cannon ball. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Yet even this he could bear for the sake of that conventionality which is a tyrant. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z She had never dreamed of such a total disregard of the conventionalities. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z The dearth of conventionality and variety draw spirits easily together. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z Surely 'twas for him to thank conventionality for this kind decree. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z He must not be tied down to certain rules or regulations, nor cramped by special conventionalities. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Thoroughly respectable most of these old residents were, their manifestations being stereotyped with all the conventionalities of the spirit world. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Take care, young man, you are breaking in upon the conventionalities of life. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z In the world of letters as in the world of society conventionality plays no unimportant part, as every student of literature knows. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z After them I have for considerable periods entertained grave and abiding doubts whether, except in outward appearance and respect for conventionalities, the present could claim any superiority over the past. Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England 2011-08-08T02:00:19.693Z Modesty, or rather conventionality, does not require boys or girls under eight years of age to encumber themselves with clothing. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The conventionalities had fallen from her, and for the first and last time we saw the Elizabeth for whom Alec had cared. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Once more the primitive Stone Age man in him, which had slept so long and so quietly under the Lawrenceville conventionalities, was joyously pitching the barriers aside. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Let us forget there are such things as conventionality, and just—talk. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In each case the one would suggest freedom in the open air, while the other would suggest conventionalities indoors. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z As regards the youthful portion, conventionality prevents all exhibition of the latter trait. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z He was worth rescuing from the conventionalities and littlenesses of his every day life and lifting into communion with God. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z We pursue the same end—progressive improvement, association, transformation of the corrupted medium in which we are now living, overthrow of all idolatries, shams, lies, and conventionalities. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z She is a girl of the soil, unspoiled by foreign travels and conventionalities. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z The man who breaks away from conventionalities, ends by returning to them, or out of narrow prejudices and restrictions grows towards a late and serene liberty. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z It was simply prudence and conventionality which restrained the lovers; and these things count for nothing with the poet-psychologist. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The student of language finds the rich vocabulary of the fabliaux much more attractive to him than the conventionality of the serious religious and amatory poems of the same age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z How could any one so scorn conventionalities, and lay bare the secrets of the heart to the public gaze? Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z When religion becomes a mere conventionality, morality always loses its awful sanctions. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Mr. Newman, who died at 76 in his Manhattan home on July 3, eschewed conventionality. Fred Newman, Writer and Political Figure, Dies at 76 2011-07-10T06:23:02Z But conventionality counts for a great deal in our conduct of life. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z I know what you are thinking, that conventionalities include politeness, and I have been rude to you. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Love would direct the whole, and the indecorum of conventionality, of force, of falsehood and hypocrisy, would vanish. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z “But—I ought to know that voice, and yet—and yet—” “Of course you ought,” and, casting all conventionality to the winds, the girl sprang forward, seizing one of his hands in both of hers. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z No time was this for conventionalities, but even then the old man remembered the evening of the earthquake. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The sacrifice to conventionality and the self-restraint these persons practised may have atoned for much that was defective in their lives. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z She dispensed also with conventionalities, except such as were ingrained with her nature, yet she was far from happy in the squaw-man's family. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z The iron wheels of conventionality, in the path of which she had so boldly thrown herself, had passed over her prostrate form. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He had never seen her like this, and down went every barrier of conventionality. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z She still held his hands, in her sudden terror, casting all considerations of conventionality to the winds. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z All thoughts of prudence and conventionality were scattered to the winds in her awful apprehension. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They decide quickly here, not hampered by stiff conventionalities. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z But Betty had no idea of letting any conventionalities interfere with the matter she had in hand. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The ladies emulated by discarding hats and all conventionalities of a nature to impede free expression of their temperaments. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z If ever there was time and place for conventionality, assuredly it was not here. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z “You don’t care for him, and you do—for—me,” he said, in a desperation which rose far above conventionalities of speech. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It must be extremely difficult for a diplomatic representative to be comfortable at once, coming from American localities where etiquette is a matter of gentlemanly feeling only, and where artificial conventionalities hardly count. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z "But the doctor—dear, blundering man! is amenable to no laws of conventionality," she subjoined, with an indulgent shrug and sigh. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Little, undefinable contraventions on her part of that code of conventionality which he affected to despise, but which is always ineradicable in those whose childhood has passed in a refined home, jarred on his sensibilities. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Peavey was a bridge back into conventionality, security and certain necessary luxuries which she never for a moment, in her thrifty mind, intended to neglect. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z I had lived too much in the East to be trammelled with the conventionalities of Europe, and my friend felt as much, for he cringed at once after the manner of his race. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z One could discover very little from the Kaiser's public utterances; but he indemnified himself for his conventionality in public by his frankness in private. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z No wonder therefore that the name of James became a by-word for conventionality of opening and for diffuse weakness of style. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z It is as much without rule or study or conventionality as the song of birds when in Italian phrase, fanno primavera. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z You came into letters and art with all your beastly conventionalities in full mastery of you. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z I suppose this tendency toward tights, which is so common as to be almost a light-opera conventionality, is an outgrowth or heritage from the old-fashioned burlesque. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Better Romulus and Remus, suckled by a wolf, than our puny nurslings of conventionality! A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "Why! you ought to be away up in the country somewhere, out of this sweltering heat," was his first remark after ordinary conventionalities. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Here he has none of the conventionalities and restraints of society to aid him, and even the heavenly influence of Christian parents, of pure sisters, and loving wives is weakened by distance, absence, and sin. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Orphan Annie" and me as though we were of the blood royal, and said with a most engaging manner: "We had best introduce ourselves and then all the conventionalities will be observed. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z There are conventionalities that must be observed in requesting a lady to dance, in acknowledging an introduction, in using the knife and fork at the dinner table. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Her mind was brimming with romance, and, regardless of conventionality, she followed her own tastes in everything. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z In her escape from the narrowing influences of the conventionalities of older countries, the American girl has gone so far into liberty that she does not realize the protection that lies behind simple conventionality. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z The words were sincere enough, but just then the conventionality of them appeared incongruous, and when Violet made no answer Hester picked up the telegram and held it near the fire. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z He did feel indebted to her, though; appreciated the born-and-bred conventionality which she had overcome at his request. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z And when she finally left the little child, and returned to the exacting conventionalities of the town, she was a nobler, better and finer woman. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Every man in the room loves freedom, and hates conventionalities. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z A professional architect had been called in to rebuild the house, but when he submitted his designs to her they dissatisfied her by their conventionality. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z In the meanwhile the risks and opportunities attached to it had their charm for one who had long found poverty and the restraints of conventionality irksome. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The old stage, however, is hampered by much conventionality which is not entirely suited to modern taste. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z But there are certain conventionalities we can discuss that may be of value to the bride in preparing for her wedding. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z We were thus able to circumvent Mother Grundy's spirit of conventionality without the necessity of answering a single question. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Oh, this Rank, this Rank! how do its conventionalities twine and twist themselves round our natures till love and friendship are actually subject to the cold ordinance of a fashion! The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z It was especially common in the hardware counties of England, where it is still frequently seen; the simple conventionality of its form is not inelegant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z As time went on, they have become more and more skilful, so that eventually something has been produced worth seeing, more especially because they are not hampered by any old conventionality or tradition. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Very often when a city man or woman is tired of the sham and narrow conventionalities of city life, he or she will plan to visit a country friend. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z He was essentially a man of conventionalities, and there were some difficulties in the present case that embarrassed him. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Is it possible that, in the mesmeric trance, the mind in some cases rejects as artificial fabric all the educated conventionality of tongues, and resumes unconsciously the original and genuine dialect of the world? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z They are so free-and-easy out there; they despise conventionality; they are natural. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Even Homer, as we are beginning to perceive nowadays, suffered from a certain conventionality and one-sidedness. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z A great many of the conventionalities of city life are, of course, found in the country; but a great many more of them are lacking. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z He was offended—"sorely hurt," he would have called it—to be told that in a matter of social usage, in what touched on conventionalities, he was not an efficient testimony. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The hearts of those who know that they are never anybody's voluntary choice, but whom conventionality generally provides with a respectable partner, sink to the soles of their shoes. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z He is too large for conventionalities, too large to respect what smaller minds have declared right, what weaker minds have made holy. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z The Oxford English Dictionary's definition mentions someone "especially an artist, literary man, or actor, who leads a free, vagabond, or irregular life, not being particular as to the society he frequents, and despising conventionalities generally". What is bohemian? 2011-03-11T15:12:58Z There was no straining for effect, not a trace of conventionality. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z "If you are so very scrupulous, Sir, as to what people generally regard as a mere conventionality, I should say, pack up and be off without any explanation at all." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The only drawback is his servile adherence to conventionalities, such, for instance, as the old method of invariably repeating every section of a movement. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z On every side are heard protests against conventionality, against government, and against religion. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z This was the life of the goldfields—absolute lack of conventionality and indifference to social distinction. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Charles Raymond murmured some polite conventionality as the Earl left the room; but he never removed his eyes from Roland's face. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z It can easily be conjectured that on this day I wished to break away from the oppressive bonds of conventionality, and to spend Christmas Eve beyond the border-line of "society." More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He was too inspired to pay much attention to conventionalities. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Some of the conventionalities of the age were so absurd as to engender sooner or later a spirit of revolt. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z In the two last particulars it will always be especially interesting as one of the earliest attempts to liberate the art of this century from the conventionalities of the last.... Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z But how different was the real metal that lay buried under the lacquer of conventionality! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z She lived as became her wealth and position, comfortably and without undue regard for conventionalities. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z In these partial solitudes we lose much of our conventionality. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Ladies of all ages were keeled up on every side in various postures of picturesque negligence, and with a forgetfulness of the conventionalities of society quite charming to look upon. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z With her he had played as a wonderfully deeply sensitive and technically cultivated virtuoso; in spite of all the heartfelt fulness of tone and vibrating passion, he had scarcely passed the boundary of musical conventionality. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z From that very moment they insensibly adopt a new standard of right and wrong, and substitute fashion and conventionality for purity and good conduct. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z But she did not lay them together to make a rude bed,—and the dictates of conventionality had nothing whatever to do with it. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z In moments of intense feeling conventionalities fall away from us and strong soul speaks to strong soul. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z How often men strive to argue women out of a due observation of “conventionalities” which militate against their schemes, and next contemn their victims for ignoring what they, the men, have taught them to despise! Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z We are rather struck with its conventionalities, with its strict adherence to fixed form, with its somewhat stilted diction, and we wonder how it came to be so great and natural within these trammels. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z I will not pretend conventionality with you, and I do not thank you, for I don't like to have to believe that you really thought I would come. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z They, themselves, were not thinking of the conventionalities, nor troubling their handsome heads about the proprieties. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z For the rest, the lines of this church follow the conventionality of its time. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z She was instinctively pure herself; her ideas set deeply in a bed of conventionality. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The irrational conventionalities of society she persistently sought to counteract, by her words on suitable occasions, and by her example, especially in point of dress, which did not conform to the customs in vogue. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It was unconventional, but conventionality is a terrible bugbear. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Perhaps he was thought to be unscrupulous; perhaps his blunt way of going at the very heart of a scruple in others made them fancy that he rather despised all moral conventionalities. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The Pyrenees have of late attracted more and more attention from the tourist, who has become sated with the conventionality of the "trippers' tour" to Switzerland. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z As far as conventionalities are concerned, I certainly did. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z And then, with correct imperial conventionality, he proceeds to punish the offenders, locking up his daughter behind “iron doors” and exiling her lover. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z A child of the wilderness and a slave, by her grace and culture she satisfied the conventionalities of Boston and of England. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z You must not, Fr�ulein Eva," he said earnestly, "at such a moment as this give any consideration to mere conventionalities. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z "I suppose you've left out all the darlings and the loves and kisses," Cedric remarked scornfully, more from conventionality than anything else. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Faith Barton scorned conventionalities and felt sure that she was above certain of them. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z But a more serious obstacle than the conventionalities in the case was the difficulty of finding a medical college that was willing to admit a woman to its lecture rooms and laboratories. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In the meantime, it’s refreshing to see Rivers’s innovations on a roster that is otherwise a bastion of conventionality. Off the Dribble: Small Ball Serves Boston Well Against San Antonio 2011-01-06T20:36:23Z There be those who mistake liberty for license, and seemingly the freedom from restraint and the lack of conventionality, which the life affords, appear to be one of the chief attractions for adopting it. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z The Dutch writers had slipped into a conventionality of treatment and a strict limitation of form from which even the most striking talents among them could scarcely escape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z And, in the life of the Europeans, all the minor absurdities: the half-caste accent, with the constant little exclamations; the narrow provincial conventionality of the officials: only the Indian Council allowed to wear top-hats. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z It would not be right or wise to contend for the immediate obliteration of all artificial distinctions in life, for conventionalities are often social safeguards and have their place in civilization. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Those from the Far West do not study the conventionalities. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z He was given to a mild disregard of the conventionalities. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z There was nothing real in life but conventionality and—poverty. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z The Cross of Christ seemed to be so real, and its meaning so clear, to men who are really living away from the world's conventionalities, and up against death and the other life. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War And this environment, conventionality, and narrowness, all is so gray,--gray! Magda A Play in Four Acts In an age which, even on its tomb-stones, bears the stamp of a starched conventionality and adherence to use and wont, the Cynic was a defiant rebel against all social restraints. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The man Heyse, with his intense admiration of physical beauty, his love of nature, his utter disregard of conventionality, his keen insight into the uttermost corners of human hearts, looks out of every page. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Yes; that was his only course; the simplest and most obvious means, a mere stroke of villany—as conventionality would term it.... Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z It would be impossible to imagine a more immoral people, when judged by the conventionalities of our civilization, than these New Zealand natives. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Many of the conventionalities of English home life are dropped here, as they are inevitably in Her Majesty's Indian possessions, or at Hong Kong. The Story of Malta It is also to be observed that Juvenal seems to be quite as much under the influence of old Roman conventionality as of permanent moral ideals. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius And if he feels himself adequately protected by his armor of conventionality, more invulnerable than iron or steel, he fears for children and parents, and the tender heart of his wife. A Divided Heart and Other Stories The man was bowing, murmuring polite conventionalities; only somehow the man's eyes, instead of meeting his, seemed to be set with peculiar fixedness upon some object. The Belovéd Traitor This seemed to us to be a little out of keeping with the church-going idea, but the average native is not at all amenable in his feelings to the conventionalities of the whites. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands "I'm afraid we soon forget the conventionalities in our service," she said simply. The Spy in Black He saw new vulgar wealth everywhere triumphant, while the stiff, yet, in many ways, wholesome conventionality of old Roman life was defied and trampled upon by an aggressive vulgarity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He murmured a few conventionalities and when he asked her to have tea with him she accepted. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 His desire was to set established rules and conventionalities at defiance, and to be fearless, independent, dominant in his assertion of himself and his ideas and convictions. The Home Life of Poe There is, we have said, a magnetic power that bridges over time and conventionality. Glories of Spain It was clear that her type scorned conventionalities and knew how to make themselves thoroughly at home. The Haunted Pajamas It seemed to fling a barrier of conventionality between them, driving them further apart. Making Money No man more thoroughly could appreciate conventionalities; he would weigh the effect of appearances to the veriest nicety; but in practice he seemed either to forget his knowledge or despise it. The Fortunes Of Glencore She was considered very eccentric—impulsive and regardless of conventionalities. The Home Life of Poe That's the first socialistic declaration of independence—they fling their collars in the face of conventionality. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Sir Thomas was fairly submissive to the conventionalities himself, but did not think that they ought to stand in the way of a provision for a young lady who had no provision of her own. Ayala's Angel Margaret's first sight of him was not under the shelter of conventionalities. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Her conversation, when she had any, was a little obvious in its conventionality. The Furnace But in spite of this conventionality, the play was decidedly interesting to the audience, who filled the cheaper parts of the house. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 I love freedom and hate conventionalities; I am a man of action, and must always be up and doing. Rambles in Womanland Many a man, doing loud work in the world, stands only on some thin traditionality, conventionality to him indubitable, to you incredible: break that beneath him, he sinks to endless depths! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII However broad-minded you may consider yourself, however catholic in your sympathies, Whitman is bound to get athwart some pet prejudice, to discover some shred of conventionality. The Vagabond in Literature Hush!" said she, her voice quavering with an emotion that put to defiance all conventionalities, "I want you to take me to the place where Mr. Sylvester is gone. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life He felt sure that she would always do what was right, and that, if she did disregard certain conventionalities, she would nevertheless manage everything for the best. On the Heights A Novel Questions of morality, of propriety, of conventionality on the one hand—questions of charity, of policy, of self-interest on the other. The Great Miss Driver All the conventionalities of English life have been invented to suit her tastes, and to please her the most innocent pleasures have had to be transformed into funereal functions. Her Royal Highness Woman She is a very good woman, rather priding herself on setting aside all conventionality, and bustling about the house, and keeping everyone up to their duty but her son! Under the Mendips A Tale Despite all her natural independence, she could not defy conventionality to the extent of allowing their friendship to give rise to such odious gossip. Shadows of Flames A Novel Frieda partly obeyed conventionality by knocking upon my open door and walking in. A Top-Floor Idyl "Do they in the next, then?" asked Guy, a little harshly, hating the conventionality of the answer that seemed to crystallize the intellectual dishonesty of a dominie's existence. Plashers Mead A Novel A work of this sort must necessarily have a certain stiffness and conventionality which we should not like in a painting. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation But like most verse of the kind it frequently drops into a conventionality less wearisome but not much less definite than that of the mere allegorisers. A Short History of French Literature "Perhaps if conventionality had permitted, your state might have been changed again by now," I suggested slyly. Windyridge He sighed—at the conventionality of the world, perhaps. Bye-Ways As in Vienna, Berlin, and Paris, the police, who cannot suppress these resorts, strive to control them so far that they shall not outrage openly the conventionalities of society. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The informal mannerisms of camp life become contagious and an irresistible impulse takes possession of the most conservative to break away from conventionalities. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter His chronicle may be often false to historical fact, it may not display a broad and sympathetic intelligence or a generous impatience of conventionality, but it does please, it does enthrall. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Famusov, the incarnation of respectable conventionality, does not understand one word of what he is saying. An Outline of Russian Literature The frosty touch of smart conventionality bewilders and half paralyses the utterly unconventional. Bye-Ways Family ties, family feuds, parent's commands, social conventionalities, they are cobwebs under my hand. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The other end of the dinner table represented staid conventionality in contrast to our anarchism. Confessions of an Opera Singer With her usual frank naturalness and absence of conventionality, Nidia went to meet him in the doorway. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Raise yourself above this hour, above this year, above this country, above all conventionalities. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Mrs. Bagot he treats with more consideration, but he reduces her to the level of the dullest stage conventionality. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel No, it is all masquerade; and the motley is that same easy conventionality by which we hope to escape undetected and unknown! One Of Them "I entered Egyplosis in spite of the earnest desire of my people to remain in the outer world and lead a life of barren conventionality." The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Heaven knows how long we are destined to roam the wilds together, but why not keep the conventional until our return to conventionality?” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Among the convenient conventionalities are the indications of toothed wheels by their pitch lines only, of screws by parallel lines and by diagonal shade lines; and of rivets, bolts and studs by their centres only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The moral code of abstinence was represented as an antiquated conventionality, and the emancipation of the flesh was preached. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) If Quackinboss had none of that refined appreciation of sentiment which in a certain measure is the conventionality of a class, he had what is infinitely and immeasurably superior, a true-hearted sympathy with everything human. One Of Them But conventionality is a strong power: she passed the first fifteen minutes of conversation without faltering. Anne In the extremity of her fear and exhaustion conventionality was lost sight of—formality forgotten. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising When love making, or the writing of love songs, becomes a profession one need not be surprised to find that there is a great deal of pure conventionality. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) What a narrow thing, after all, was our modern civilization, with all its forms and conventionalities, with its gradations of rank and its orders! A Day's Ride A Life's Romance He was almost entirely free from the vice of poetic conventionality. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series If she wished to pad the dangerous edges of the day with a few safe conventionalities, he had no objection; women would be conventional on a raft in mid-ocean. Anne It is the protest of honest animal spirits against conventionality, ending in the reconciliation of the rebels to society. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Surely in the wilds of Mashunaland we can chuck conventionalities to the winds. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland "I have thought of that, too, Miss Herbert," said I, "but there are outward observances to be kept up, conventionalities to be respected." A Day's Ride A Life's Romance I was curious to see if other lands were the same slaves of conventionalities, and I travelled. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier I was always thinking of the wild life I had led, of its freedom from all forms and conventionalities, and the beauty of the country. The White Chief of the Caffres I submit that this shows a greater degree of conventionality in man. The Intelligence of Woman Of her pleasures and pursuits, her love of music, and her skill in drawing, he could not even speak with those conventionalities that disguise ignorance or indifference. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day If she really have greatness of soul, if there be in her nature a spirit that rises above petty conventionalities and miserable ceremonials, she will take this young creature to her heart like a sister. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance She is not troubled by conventionalities; and her speech has all the color and energy of popular speech. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 What a marvellous intensity pervades it, without a bar of conventionality! The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers The author of "Pals" violated all conventionalities by failing to have the hero meet the unknown in the last act. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 These conventionalities seem to settle at once questions which, if treated in more befitting phraseology, would present the gravest difficulties. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day All that acquaintance with the byplay of life, its conventionalities and exactions, would be sadly out of place in an Alpine village, or a Tyrolese Dorf, where I mean to pitch my tent. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance And these women, again, are closely allied to those who remain unmarried because they do not, and will not, conform to conventionalities and social rules. Maids Wives and Bachelors Tokio, with its formal dinners and conventionalities, was much the same; and with epithets such as “Crank” and “Madman” hurled after me, I fled to Kioto, there to lose myself in endless and undreamt-of joys. Japan A Record in Colour Oh, the cunning sophistries by which we cover up our real feelings in this life, smothering every healthy impulse and every generous aspiration, under the guise of some "conventionality." Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas His disregard of conventionality in all its forms, combined with his aggressive sense of independence, mark him out as of the true Border type. Border Raids and Reivers He would not have this coldness, this conventionality of demeanor, he told himself; and yet he hardly knew how to beat it down. A Life Sentence A Novel Of conventionality he had only a contemptuous disregard, taking the goods the gods gave him—when altogether to his fastidious taste—when and where they offered. The Song of the Wolf A man may eschew the conventionalities of the stage, and the conventionalities of the pulpit, and yet fail. The London Pulpit "Time to go to bed! "—strange phrase, born of a thousand and one conventionalities. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas He has left the mere conventionalities, the run of use-and-wont behind and has exalted himself with a living purpose which illuminates and concentrates his being. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance "For a few days I believe that I was rather bad; but I am all right now," said Hubert, taking refuge in conventionalities. A Life Sentence A Novel His natural ability and adaptiveness soon brought him recognition in a sphere where men are weighed in the scale of their actual worth as men, not as puppets in the pantomime of conventionality. The Song of the Wolf Shaking hands as an expression of personal regard is doubtless a somewhat meaningless conventionality, but the man who refuses to shake hands is looked upon as a boor. The Story of General Pershing I sat against the rails of the square, studying with some curiosity little details of their etiquette, and their strange conventionalities. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas There was something about the personality of Eugene that was subversive of conventionality. The "Genius" Into all his lapses from the conventionalities of clericalism, he was a gentleman at the core, having a dignified bearing and a commanding presence. The Annals of Willenhall He was one of the most esteemed marine painters of his time, and early in his career he substituted a sincere study of nature for the extravagant and artificial conventionality of most of his predecessors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Anyone watching them would find the smiles of conventionality on their lips. The Silent Barrier Certain omissions must be made, and certain conventionalities admitted, in all art. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The outlaw priest was no slave to the conventionalities of society. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Being a girl, and untrammelled by conventionalities, she determined upon a raid of her own. The Blue Goose Clothes are, undoubtedly, indices of character and taste, as well as a sop to conventionality, but this only when one has the wherewithal to browse at will in the department store. Threads of Grey and Gold They rejoined their companions, and Love forced himself to obey the demands of conventionality by showing some attention to the other guests; but his heart was not in his courtesies. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday "But there are times when conventionalities must be thrown aside, and I shall be grateful if you'll take care of me, and do all the planning, please." The House by the Lock But Mrs. Bornholm, suddenly possessed with some luminous idea, proceeded mercilessly in her cross-examination, feeling that her position, as the wronged party, gave her a right to trample upon conventionalities. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 He was in just that state of mind when the only serious interest having suddenly dropped out of the life, the minor conventionalities loom up as peculiarly important and obligatory. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 His whole manner and speech were imbued with a high-bred courtesy, though he sometimes loved to run counter to the ordinary conventionalities of life. Home Life of Great Authors It was astonishing even to ourselves how little a man required when once beyond the pale of Western conventionalities. Across Asia on a Bicycle She held out her hand to me, and did not try to draw it away, though I grasped it rather longer and more tightly than conventionality might have approved. The House by the Lock Sarah had got over this outrage on conventionality, but she was not yet prepared to forgive Lesley for having lived in a French convent. Brooke's Daughter A Novel The old soft life of comparative dependence and conventionality was not such as educates sturdy characters or helpful men. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Born with the most fanatical love of liberty, he looked upon all the conventionalities of the world as tyranny, and defied all restraints of authority from his earliest youth. Home Life of Great Authors A man feels strongly and warmly; writes fast and freely; is determined to be clearly understood: is weary of the dignified conventionalities under which Scepticism loves to conceal itself when it comes abroad. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford All that was a pure sop to conventionality, but nobody was deceived as to the real facts. The Grandee He felt curiously impatient of the ordinary conventionalities of civilized life. Brooke's Daughter A Novel The Stretta ensued, and the music-tide flowed so high and full that the fashionable audience forgot all artificial conventionalities, and yielded themselves freely to the ennobling emotions of human sympathy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 He has always had a great contempt for the conventionalities of dress, and many laughable anecdotes have been told concerning his appearance at the Isle of Wight. Home Life of Great Authors ‘It is to prove that they were above conventionalities.’ Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today She despises conventional men, and is herself compact of conventionality. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The Rose family, preferring a different sort of enjoyment, spent their summers at their camp in the Adirondacks, for they loved the informal out of door life and the freedom from all conventionalities. Two Little Women Necessarily there was more breadth and frankness, and less conventionality and mere picture-making. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors They became mutually attracted, and the acquaintance continued, with that disregard of conventionality for which American women are noted when abroad. Home Life of Great Authors Brooke felt Talbot's presence—Talbot, who was worth to him ten thousand like Dolores; so he could only take refuge in the most commonplace conventionalities. A Castle in Spain A Novel It is his rigorous transvaluation of all moral values and conventionalities that proclaims this Hamlet a man of the future. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The fourth is intermediate in regard to its conventionality between the first and second types and the third. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 But if the traveller has entered at all into the spirit of Tintoret, he will immediately feel the comparative feebleness and conventionality of the Titian. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The sum and substance of it was Nature against conventionality. Home Life of Great Authors Ashby had to say something, and so, as was natural, he took refuge in conventionalities. A Castle in Spain A Novel For the teaching of the conventionalities—reading, writing, and arithmetic—as well as for the learning by heart of names, sentences, &c., it suffices, but not for any scientific culture. Pedagogics as a System It is a university, stripped of every artificiality and conventionality, and thrown open to all without distinction. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 It is strange that the painter never seemed able to conceive this subject with any power, and in the present work he is marvellously hampered by various types and conventionalities. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) You know the sort of life that is lived here: the absence of all form, ceremony, or inconvenient conventionality whatever. Records of Later Life Where conventionality does not exist, the motive of action must be the true moral test. History of Human Society This, however, is a freedom which needs the counterpoise of a more exact training in conventionalities, if we would not have it dangerous. Pedagogics as a System Their dialogue is mostly beneath contempt; there is a dash of conventionality in their best work. Berenice This amusement does pave the way for courtship, for in no other are the conventionalities so completely set aside for the time being. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements It was the steel of conventionality against the flint of womanly defiance. The Rustler of Wind River Side by side with conventionalities and duties spring up deceit and falsehood. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts Pride of the eye, a keen sense of the proprieties and the conventionalities, and a morbid feeling for the ridiculous, would have been death to Whitman's undertaking. Whitman A Study You will understand the necessity of all those restrictions that are called "conventionality," and the inevitableness of the general hostility to singularity. The Passionate Friends Goldsmith, indeed, was far too exquisite an artist to indulge in mere conventionalities about agricultural bliss. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) This first hint of conventionality in the girl surprised and rather touched him. Kildares of Storm He estimates external things only by their relation to him; but this estimate is exact and positive, and in it fancies and conventionalities have no share. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts “But who would give a snap for a young woman who can’t throw aside the shackles of conventionality once in a while, and be herself?” That Mother-in-Law of Mine The same applies when what is naturally the weaker, being p. 262guarded by social conventionalities on its side, is in reality the stronger, and is tempted into insolence, thus abusing the humanity of the world. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed Pope, as they held, had tied the hands of English poets by his jingling metres and frigid conventionalities. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Naturally one would not expect prudery, conventionality, from the mistress of Storm, but in his experience quite declasée women guarded more carefully than this the morals of their young. Kildares of Storm A city-bred lady, familiar with what we call social conventionalities, may find something strange, and even worthy of censure, in what I am about to relate of Pepita. Pepita Ximenez As Wordsworth rebelled against this conventionality of spirit, so against the outward expression of it. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer The new preachers preached extempore, with the most intense fervor of language and gesture, and usually with a complete disregard of the conventionalities of their profession. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 In consequence of this,—nature always asserting herself regardless of conventionalities,—a quasi family arrangement often exists between white men and mulatto or quadroon women, whereby the children are recognized as legitimate. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Her composure was kept only by an effort that gave to her tones a stately conventionality. Tante Think, my dear friend—you will allow me that word!—to what you condemn me if you take your stand upon the extreme dictates of conventionality. Name and Fame A Novel I introduced myself to the man of the house, who seemed to realize that some sort of compulsory conventionalities must be observed. Our Next-Door Neighbors We have seen how patiently, how toilsomely, Music has broken one by one the fetters of conventionality; how she has grown in strength and beauty, anticipating the moment of her final deliverance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Yet in that time, in the midst of the usual conventionalities, Jean had looked into a pair of soulful blue eyes that had smiled upon him, and Jean was lost. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life The windows were lighted, yet at his knock there was no response; so brushing conventionalities aside he entered and called Janet’s name. In the Shadow of the Hills The change from fierce earnestness to this subdued conventionality of tone bewildered her a little. Name and Fame A Novel It has begun and ended in exhibiting the dexterities of individuals, and conventionalities of systems. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) With the patience and impatience of genius Bach strikes in twain the last fetter of conventionality. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 All sentiments of morality and modesty rest on conventionalities. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Life grows wearisome in the countries where precedents and conventionalities rule, and nothing can happen unless it has happened before. In Times Like These There was good reason, she thought, why he had not written to her, for he was barred by something more than worldly conventionality. Name and Fame A Novel Even on the day which was about to prove so eventful to the family history, he sallied forth with the same lofty contempt of conventionalities that had characterised his very long career. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Were it not for the strait-jacket that conventionality is and which pinions the sturdiest, he would have gone. The Paliser case A picture one would stand long to look at; thoroughly New England and characteristic; gentle, homelike, lovely, with just a touch of wildness, intimating that you were beyond the rules of conventionality. Diana "You must be a brave woman and help him," Thornton said, feeling the conventionality and silliness of any remark. The Man Who Wins "The Gregorian tones would lend dignity even to conventionalities, and they are quite within the powers of any amateur." The Dominant Strain The conventionalities of one century become the vices of the next. Aztec Land From all of which expressions we may learn the mere conventionality and the utter arbitrariness of even our most important ethical terms. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And aloud,—meaning all the while to say something different and commonplace,—the real words in his mind broke through the crust of conventionality. The Princess Virginia He could pay the rent twice over, but he hates conventionalities, and would rather keep the money. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule But still she hesitated––frightened somewhat, it may be, by the conventionality of Whisper Cove and Twist Tickle. The Cruise of the Shining Light The conventionalities here do not absolutely demand such an arrangement, though it would be appreciated; nor can one obtain any artificial heat in his apartment, however much it may be required. Aztec Land For Tombstone has settled down to middle-aged conventionality and is peaceable enough to-day for any man. When the West Was Young “Nevertheless, noblesse does oblige,” went on the Dresden china prophetess of conventionality. The Princess Virginia It takes its root in conventionality, the curse of all individuality and progress. The Curse of Education For my success I depended upon the absolute conventionality of the idea. The O'Ruddy A Romance See Garibaldi: despising the restraints of law; careless of the simplest conventionalities that go to make up an honest gentleman; doing both right and wrong—like a lion; everything in him leonine. Dr. Sevier She had refused all the innocent bohemianisms of foreign travel; she had taken her own atmosphere of expensive conventionalities with her, and they had seen Europe through that medium. The Prisoner It is no part of my present scheme to describe the battle which romanticism in music waged against the prevalent conventionalities. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Its chief operation consists in hedging round the intelligence with conventionalities to such an extent as to exclude vigorous and independent thought. The Curse of Education We have been roughing it for so long,—less than a month, although it seems a year,—that all these conveniences of civilization, these social conventionalities, have to us a sort of foreign air. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo And the usually composed girl prattled aimlessly, voicing platitudes, conventionalities, banalities, inanities––anything to gain time and to cover her embarrassment: to all of which the man listened in sober silence, watching her steadily. A Breath of Prairie and other stories There seems to exist a vulgar notion that the subject is one of pure conventionality, and cannot be brought within the limits of intelligibly and consistent rule. Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 It was a time when those affections were not frozen by conventionalities and forced to conceal themselves until they forgot to exist. Legends of the Saxon Saints Give them a life that is totally free from the petty trammels and slavish conventionalities of the old world! Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand We all pretend a little; conventionality demands it. Lover or Friend All the outraged conventionalities of an elder brother sounded in his voice and showed in the horrified expression of his face. The Hickory Limb And I confess I like this absence of fastidious conventionalities. The Cabin on the Prairie He had moreover a great suspicion of conventionality in taste. Beside Still Waters These arise principally from that absence of conventionality, which, certainly in many external things, is the prerogative of colonists. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He revelled in the girl's odd speeches; he thought Audrey's nonsense worth more than all Geraldine's sense, he even enjoyed with a man's insouciance her daring disregard of conventionality. Lover or Friend Had he been forty-five and bald, he could not have met the situation with more determined conventionality. The Hickory Limb A rigid adherence to conventionality is, in my opinion, a defect of all Japanese art. The Empire of the East It was the rule of conventionality that he desired to destroy, the appetite for luxury, and power, and excitement, and strong sensation. Beside Still Waters Oh, Mr. Sinclair!” and here Bessie burst out, regardless of conventionality, of probable consequences, of everything but her honest heart. Our Bessie She was dressed in black, of the simplest description, not of distinctive character like a widow's, yet something like what an ideal widow beyond fashion or conventionalities of woe might wear. The Marriage of Elinor "Fluff," he said, "should you greatly mind if I threw conventionality to the winds, and spoke frankly to you?" Frances Kane's Fortune The hideous and inartistic tombstones and monuments, the urns and angels, and the stereotyped conventionalities of graveyards in this country are all absent. The Empire of the East The people in Semhee being of a social nature and free from all conventionalities of modern society, it was not long before I made the acquaintance of many very interesting families. A California Girl She despised the conventionalities of life, while Bessie laughed at them. Our Bessie Lois was not afraid to speak; and yet, for sheer modesty and simpleness, that supposed her words incapable of giving pleasure and would not speak them as a matter of conventionality, she said very few. Nobody "I don't know what you have got to say, but I hate conventionalities." Frances Kane's Fortune Joanna married Major Walters, as soon as the conventionalities would permit. The Belovéd Vagabond They must be very odd young ladies, I should think, to emancipate themselves so completely from all conventionalities. Not Like Other Girls Pleasantness of speech, that specious coinage of conventionality, was as the breath of life to her. Our Bessie I believe that, even in the family, a kiss should not become a conventionality. What a Young Woman Ought to Know They both cared little for those mere accidents and conventionalities of religion which so many magnify into essentials. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History With that absence of public conventionality which was another ear-mark of the old city, all sorts and conditions of men and women sat side by side at the tables. The Readjustment Why were the outworks of conventionality so suddenly thrown 203 down? Not Like Other Girls It was as if both were trying their mightiest to abide strictly by conventionalities in order to keep within bounds. Too Old for Dolls A Novel If such engagements do not violate the code of conventionalities they certainly infringe upon the moral code. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Among the better classes conventionality has, doubtless, somewhat meliorated their condition. The Land of Thor Instead of direct contact of personalities through the love confession as such, it is long-circuited through some conventionality. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes Grace had the stiff-necked Drummond pride as well as he, and would hesitate long behind the barriers of conventionality. Not Like Other Girls But at the last moment my courage failed me; I slipped it off and put it in my pocket,—thus making a courtesy to conventionality on the threshold of society. A Romantic Young Lady All unmindful of the conventionalities, Elizabeth stooped and peeped out. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The court circle is the most formal in Europe, and the upper classes of society are absolute slaves to conventionality. The Land of Thor Two luxurious chairs stood ready for occupants in the nook to which he led her, but he had no thought to give to conventionalities. A Modern Mercenary The general effect was thus obtained by deliberate exaggeration of the relief and by a conventionality that was justified by the conditions of the problem to be solved. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 No old stumbling blocks of prejudice, or deep ruts of conventionality can impede the onward movement. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Hotels with home conventionalities and English tourists never amount to the same thing. In the Tail of the Peacock Then he spoke to her, raising his hand with a suddenly returning instinct of conventionality for his cap; but he had risen without it, and was standing before her bare-headed. The New Tenant There was nothing more now but dusty railway journeys and elegant garments and conventionalities. The Rhodesian Why should I care for customs and conventionalities which I at heart despised, even outside the levelling influence of love? The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West From the moment that I found the bogy of conventionality potent enough with her to frighten her into keeping her word and marrying me, I had no fear for “to-morrow.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Ah! but how good it was!—no telegrams, no conventionalities, no possessions worth worry or consideration. In the Tail of the Peacock I find it difficult to understand the English conventionalities in the matter of love-making. Bandit Love We are face to face at last, man and woman, with the golden bars of conventionality and worldly distinction snapped asunder. Macaria Etiquette restrained the tongue, though all the conventionalities of the world could not hinder the eyes from speaking in their own silent but expressive language. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West “That is what conventionality bids you say now,” I replied. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 In the eighteenth century the artists, as though surfeited with nature, returned to mythology, classicism, and conventionality; their imagination was weakened, their style was impoverished, and every spark of their former genius was extinguished. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Unless you are entirely ignorant of English conventionalities, your remarks are unpardonable. Bandit Love The years of estrangement, all that had passed since their childhood, was forgotten; studied conventionalities fell away at the sight of him standing there, for the first time, in her home. Macaria He will have secured my gratitude and can trust me to preserve the conventionalities; and as for you, my popinjay, your fortune is made. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) In “Nancy Stair” Mr. Potter even seemed to belittle opportunities that might have raised his play from the dull level of conventionality. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Next, he must study, with the eagerness of Browning's Grammarian, every native custom, every native conventionality, every one of the ten thousand ceremonial observances to which natives attach so vast an importance. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula She reflected that her friend was breathing the soft air of luxury, which is not strengthening, and enveloped in a kind of mist of conventionality, through which she could not see. The End of a Coil It was a revolt against cramping customs and conventionalities, and she partly sympathised with it, though she knew that such revolts are dangerous. Hawtrey's Deputy Thaine was only a little country boy, unused to conventionalities, so he took Leigh on her face value at once. Winning the Wilderness People with new ideas, opposed to the conventionality of the old ones, expect naturally to bide their time before the public unhesitatingly accepts them. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 He never offends their susceptibilities, never wounds their self-respect, never sins against their numerous conventionalities. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Really, I am in admiration of our clear-sightedness and bravery, in breaking loose, in despite of the trammels of conventionality. The End of a Coil Here you will find life stripped of care and conventionality; idealized, seductive, and illusive, the days swinging from charm to charm, like bubbles in the sunlight. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy On the other hand, the copious use of such ornament has the disadvantage that it sometimes gives a tinge of conventionality to his work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" They were free as air—untrammelled by any conventionality or artificial needs. The Sign of the Spider But I could not get used to, nor like the conventionalities of city life. Doctor Jones' Picnic |
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