| 单词 | corpulence |
| 例句 | He began to cultivate his corpulence and general physical dilapidation. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is true that we have exchanged corpulence for starvation, and either one will kill us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben emptied one box that held ashtrays from Japan, four statues of Buddha in various postures and degrees of corpulence, six oriental silk screens, and two camel seats from Morocco. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ronald McDonald, Mr. Scott did several local TV commercials for the franchise but was passed over — in consequence of his corpulence, he later said — as its national representative. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z He’s confined to his apartment due to his corpulence as he tries to make peace with his past and reconcile with his daughter. ‘A Great Wilderness’ has world premiere at Seattle Rep 2014-01-15T21:32:35Z Some say Maui’s corpulence plays on offensive stereotypes of Polynesians. Disney Makes Its Maiden Voyage to the South Pacific 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But in popular culture any affirmation of corpulence feels decidedly ambivalent. Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z His color, like his corpulence, is part of the current image. Stop saying Santa is white 2013-12-16T18:52:00Z With his feminizing corpulence he is more gentle giant than monster. Film: ?Bluebeard? Director?s Take on Dark Folk Tale 2010-03-24T22:31:00Z His Falstaff, a merry figure of debauched corpulence, was sculpted out of an immense quarry of colorful words. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Wide-shaped in his youth, he grew into Henry VIII-like corpulence, and in his later years had to be wheeled to his throne. Solomon Burke, Influential Soul Singer, Dies at 70 2010-10-11T05:00:00Z “Pierre is in bad shape physically — he drinks too much, he talks about his own corpulence, and he’s in ill health,” said the show’s costume designer, Paloma Young. For Josh Groban, a Boot Camp for Broadway 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Historically, corpulence was prized in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In Poorer Countries, Obesity Can Signal Financial Security 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z What has happened to our society in 30 years, where the definition of beauty has morphed into a celebration of unappealing corpulence? Our woke culture’s glamorization of obesity 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z His thick musculature having bloated into unhealthy corpulence, Maradona was hospitalized in Buenos Aires in April 2004 with what doctors described as a weakened heart and acute breathing problems. Diego Maradona, One of Soccer’s Greatest Players, Is Dead at 60 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z His striking physical resemblance to his grandfather, channeling his clothing, gait and corpulence, secured his place as the latest iteration of the country’s preordained leadership. Rumors over Kim Jong Un's health make one thing clear: North Korea's cult of personality endures 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Sandy, who was about 35 years old, was described by the future president as “inclining to corpulence.” Hunting down runaway slaves: The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and ‘the master class’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But despite the heat, they start to adapt to the environment and Depardieu revels shirtless in all his glorious corpulence. 'Valley of Love' is a spiritual trip into Death Valley for French couple 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z How did Coke and other soft drinks become such significant contributors to citizens’ corpulence? Coke made us all obese: McDonald’s, high-fructose corn-syrup and the sick, super-sized strategy to make you fat 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Insulin doses similar to those used by humans nearly killed the animals, and the researchers realized that the bears were not responding to their newfound corpulence by becoming insulin resistant, as a human might. Plump grizzlies offer diabetes clue 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The Brits, it argues, are the fattest people in Europe: a race afflicted by gluttony, corpulence, and the attendant miseries of ill-health, early death, and national embarrassment. The Fattest Europeans 2013-02-21T09:45:00Z He was now twenty-six, but his corpulence made him appear older; for the chubby smoothness of youth had vanished with continual exposure to the weather, leaving behind many folds and furrows in his large face. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z It finally killed him, but that with his amazing corpulence he could live a long time with a serious rupture, and keep his general health and his placidity, is very interesting. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The corpulence which seemed the result of good living was only the effect of ill health. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z He is generally represented as a sleeping child of great corpulence, and with wings. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z His remonstrance was unheeded; and the brave old savage, unable from age and corpulence to fight on foot, mounted his horse, and joined the English detachment with two hundred of his warriors. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; Ð so called from William Banting of London. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He was tall and slim--a contrast to his cousin Finkelstein, who had reached that period of life when good food, a successful business, and Germanic lack of exercise, tend to corpulence. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z Erasmus states that the Gordii carried their admiration for corpulence to such an extent, that they raised the fattest amongst them to the throne. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "Lord, I skimmed here like a swallow!" he continued—and I looked at his corpulence. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Frequent attacks of the gout, and clumsiness resulting from an hereditary tendency to corpulence, rendered him unfit to continue in the service to which he had so long been accustomed. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Of course he was too fat, but this was explained by the fact that the Swazis consider corpulence a sign of aristocracy and are proud to "carry weight." Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He was an object of respect to the "Savages," partly from his corpulence and his vehement temper, but chiefly by reason of his money. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Professor Mascagni attributed his corpulence to his constant attendance on dissections; he also excused his amorous propensities on similar grounds. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z What on earth they wanted of me, unless to fat and eat me, was past conjecture; and my fare had not been of a nature to induce corpulence, so that this supposition was not trustworthy. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The chief physician, Danieli, a man of prodigious corpulence and blackness, who had been sent to my assistance by the Governor, spared no attentions and no remedies. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z “Alas!” answered Lamme, “that is a hard thing for a man of my corpulence!” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Jacques Bastien, incommoded by his great corpulence, had not, in spite of his efforts, succeeded in getting out of the carriage; this circumstance saved him. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Various are the opinions concerning the cause of excessive corpulence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Booted, but in his shirt, he presented a laughable spectacle on account of his extreme corpulence. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z “That,” said Lamme, “is a very difficult thing, I fear, for a man of my corpulence.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z He had the corpulence, the features, and the general appearance of one of our uncles who lived in the neighbourhood, where he was an archbishop. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The usually lively count, with his eye and some of his corpulence, seemed also to have lost a part of his even, contented disposition. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He was a man of nearly fifty, who looked more, in spite of a tendency to genial corpulence. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Commandant Fleurus was a short, stocky man of about fifty, and rather inclined to corpulence. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z All these as little indicate health of mind as corpulence, a runner's feet, a wrestler's arms, indicate health of body. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The real explanation for the gender disparity is found in a chauvinist culture whose double standards demand physical perfection from women while simultaneously celebrating male corpulence. Why the fat guy should lose his privilege 2011-04-29T12:01:00Z A hundred and fifty years later Hippocrates remarked their yellowish red complexion, corpulence, smooth skins, and their consequent eunuch-like appearance—all typically Mongol characteristics. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z And the kind, thin lady sighed and pulled at the bodice of her black dress, which seemed to have been made in expectation of greater corpulence. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He was of short stature, being barely five feet two in height, inclined to corpulence, and very white-faced. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The statues of him, carved in the first fury of patriotism, which disfigure many a piazza, reveal only his corpulence, his monstrous mustachios, and the forceful ugliness of his shrewd face. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The very next minute, he hurried as fast as his corpulence would admit of, after the other two. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Did he not accomplish another exploit in passing from the arms of Diana into those of our good Queen Catherine, though she be loaded with years and corpulence? The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z His fat, flabby face had the purple hue of an habitual drinker; his light-gray eyes were dull and watery, and his figure, which must formerly have been good, was marred by corpulence. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z He was apparently vigorous, being short, thick-necked, and inclined to corpulence. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Similarly, during the early part of the 20th century in southern Italy, where back-breaking work was necessary for survival, corpulence was valued because it was equated with wealth and beauty. Face: The F Word 2010-08-11T15:22:00Z The animals shed weight, dropping an average of about 14 percent of their corpulence. Weighing the Evidence on Exercise 2010-04-16T15:03:00Z A slight corpulence impaired in nothing the majesty of her stature. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z He was a prince of a noble and majestic presence, but a little inclining to corpulence. The Boke of Noblesse Her corpulence had so grown upon her that she resolved to consult a physician about it. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Mr. Atherton entirely gave up his wanderings abroad, and by dint of devotion to racquets and tennis in summer, and of hunting and shooting in winter, he kept down his tendency towards corpulence. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War Mr. Russell’s treatment goes to the root of the malady, and, without having the slightest pernicious effect even on the most delicate persons, eliminates the cause of the tendency to corpulence. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Much wealth is corpulence, if not disease; Sick, or encumber’d, is our happiness, A competence is all we can enjoy. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Somebody will do a murder or find out a home cure for corpulence. Helena Brett's Career Samms saw a big man, florid, somewhat inclined toward corpulence, with the surface geniality—and the shrewd calculating eyes—of the successful politician. Triplanetary But it is unquestionable that certain habits favour the occurrence of corpulence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" He was an old, short man, of excessive corpulence in body, and whose face was bloated and purple by intemperance. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Hence burly corpulence Is his familiar wear, and sleek disguise. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes Behind this pair came another interesting couple—viz. two servants on mules, with great saddle-bags stuffed to extreme corpulence with provisions. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 His corpulence is now portable; you would call him lusty rather than fat; but his gait is still dull, stumbling, and elephantine. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) For the prevention of corpulence and the reduction of superfluous fat many expedients have been resorted to, and numerous remedies recommended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" His blood is warmer; he has no corpulence; he marches with coat unbuttoned or without one. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century He was of middle size, with a tendency to corpulence; and almost invariably wore a black coat and waistcoat, a white neck handkerchief very primly tied, and gray trousers. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Dr. Nash’s first volume of ‘Worcestershire’: “It is a folio of prodigious corpulence, and yet dry enough; but it is finely dressed with many heads and views.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors But the effect was a recurrence of his former corpulence and ill health. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery It was the corpulence of ladies who are thoroughly well fed, and who never walk a step that they can spare. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 His remarkable corpulence qualified him to play the character without stuffing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 As the old Garbosa leapt and lunged, shrieking in every seam from stem to stern as though in panic-stricken agony, the Rector's spherical corpulence scarcely moved at all. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Tall men, small men, rough men, dapper men, and loudly dressed women, who for the most part seemed inclined to corpulence. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Both these conditions are conditions of disease, though, as a general rule, corpulence is most to be dreaded; it is, at least, the most disgusting. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery He was a man of about sixty, short and thick-set in appearance with a tendency to corpulence. Australia Revenged The landlady vanished with a celerity that was rather remarkable, considering her extreme corpulence. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. He found himself addressed by a man of about his own age, shorter and somewhat lighter of frame and with a growing hint of corpulence. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Its duration varies greatly in different species and appears to increase with corpulence. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles I had found Woodthrop a decent fellow enough, but thirty-four as against Lucy's twenty-one, inclining ominously to corpulence, and as flatly prosaic and unadventurous a spirit as a small country town could produce. The Message "His trousers were worn out and threadbare," put in Miss Le Grove, who was not able to approach very near the group on account of her immense corpulence. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story She was, like her mother, a little too much inclined to corpulence, and there may be those who would not allow that her hair was auburn. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm It was a well-calculated vanity, for with increasing corpulence plainness of dress called less attention to his waddling gait and growing awkwardness of gesture. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) This object was a man of forty or so, inclined to corpulence, and untidy. The Wonder He was stout and inclined to corpulence, was never sick but once, and all the physic he ever took in his life was one dose of nut oil. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 One could not but suspect that age would burden her with a certain corpulence, but now she was graceful and alert. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands In an unfortunate moment, William discovered that by eating fewer potatoes and cutting out two lumps of sugar from his tea he could take off some of the corpulence that troubled him. Penguin Persons & Peppermints He was approaching middle-age and was inclined to corpulence, but there was something in his pose that suggested a military training. The Long Portage At last, however, they closed upon him, when unluckily his dirk slipped behind, and he could not, owing to his corpulence, reach it. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America It has fallen on the tributary King of the island of Balabola, distinguished by his giant height of seven feet, and by his enormous corpulence, which almost prevents his moving, but by no mental qualification. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 Notwithstanding his corpulence his movements were quick, and he walked with a heavy, resolute tread as though he sought to impress his weight upon the earth. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands He already too approached the period of maturity in age and intellect, and was rapidly acquiring a respectable corpulence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 His tendency to corpulence had entirely disappeared, his feebleness of step had become at certain moments painfully apparent, and his temper occasionally betrayed signs of bitterness. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti One among them was a large stately looking personage, somewhat inclined to corpulence, but showing many a sign of giant strength, and vigor unimpaired by years or habit. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 And, in spite of his corpulence, he rushed, all breathless, to the Admiralty office, and asked for Pécuchet. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life The first thing at all events was to get him out of the cart, and that, owing to Walker's corpulence, was a difficult job. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Most of the natives were of average height, appeared to be healthy and in good condition, and were marked neither by striking thinness nor corpulence. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He looked hurt and baffled as he slid off the mattress and stretched his monolithic corpulence. The Capgras Shift Though short and fat, he had none of the placidity which we associate with corpulence. David Malcolm It is likely, with natures such as his, that he never forgot the insulting remark about his corpulence. Pickwickian Studies His corpulence had been the theme of many an article in the journals of the Union. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery And so saying, Dame Lovell bustled downstairs as quickly as her corpulence would allow her, and Margery followed, a few minutes later. Mistress Margery Foker gave these details to the doctor, who did not curse his corpulence the less for that. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras There is something mysteriously associated with happiness not only in the corpulence of Falstaff and the corpulence of Tony Weller, but even in the red nose of Bardolph or the red nose of Mr. Stiggins. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens She lay with a slight list or inclination to larboard, but on the whole tolerably upright, owing to the corpulence of her bilge. The Frozen Pirate The patriarch, Samuel Aboab, was very aged and of a greasy corpulence. Luna Benamor He strongly resembled his wife; there was the same age, the same corpulence, the same kind and benevolent expression of countenance. Which? or, Between Two Women The increasing corpulence, which often begins to show itself from 30 to 40, is far from being a healthy sign; indeed, is often the premonitory symptom of serious disease. Papers on Health The propensity of my mother to ardent spirits had, as always is the case, greatly increased upon her, and her corpulence had increased in the same ratio. Jacob Faithful To what a cumbersome unwieldiness, And burdensome corpulence my love hath grown, he will begin a poem on Love's Diet. Figures of Several Centuries Their nostrils were wide and the beginnings of obesity already threatened to submerge their youthful slenderness in corpulence. Luna Benamor The man from whom this atmosphere of nervousness radiated—a man of medium height, inclined towards corpulence, with small grey imperial, a thin red ribbon in his buttonhole, and slightly prominent features—promptly intervened. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo We may suppose that Shakspeare's physical constitution inclined to corpulence, and inspired in him the disposition to the life of a bon vivant. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II "Truer than the other side," Mr. Foster affirmed emphatically, his corpulence seeming to give weight to the dictum as he threw himself forward in his chair. Quisanté The Romans considered that Marius was over-cautious and too slow; and Plutarch says that his age and corpulence rendered him incapable of enduring the fatigue of very active service. A Smaller History of Rome How often will depend on the corpulence and other circumstances of each individual. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science People inclined to corpulence may profit by M. Dancel's observations on the development of fat. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 If it is but aggregation of wealth, it is a decline, it is corpulence instead of strength. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Here we have accounts and engravings of witches, and of men remarkable for height and corpulence, for mental gifts or strange habits—a man is noticed who never took off his clothes for forty years. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 The sharp slenderness of youth was now vanishing in a rosy corpulence, corpulence to which Mr. Hannay resigned himself without a struggle. The Helpmate In mail or stage you have no sickness and see the country, but you are squeezed sideways by helpless corpulence, and in front cooped into uneasiness by two pairs of egotistical knees and toes. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Thin slaves will not fetch as much money as fat ones, for corpulence is regarded as the outward and visible sign of health as well as wealth by the Moor. Morocco Neither doth the soft fleshiness seem ever to swell into corpulence; and many of the older people are rather spare or lean. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 M. de C. tried to follow him, more out of breath than the Duke of Mayenne, whom Henry IV. amused himself with making walk about, notwithstanding his corpulence. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. The progress of time was marked in Mr. Wood by increased corpulence and decreased powers of vision,—by deeper wrinkles and higher shoulders, by scantier breath and a fuller habit. Jack Sheppard A Romance Arthur may one day attain corpulence; he is already well rounded. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') These females were of an extraordinary corpulence, and of unmeasured size. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific They also speak, as if their corpulence and colour, at other times, depended upon their food; as they are obliged, from the change of seasons, to use different sorts at different times. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 The tendency to corpulence does not appear until after the rebellious passions have been either subdued, or pacified by compromise. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 When Foster laughed as he told of Splinter's description of his marvelously increased corpulence, Will did not join, for the ludicrous side now was all swallowed up in his anger. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College Soft, lustrous, black silk became well the figure which a life of gentle inactivity caused to incline to corpulence, while a modest show of exquisite lace relieved its somberness. The First Soprano He was a man of gigantic stature, prodigious corpulence, and marked personal daring; agreeable in manners, but subject to uncontrollable fits of passion, and incapable of self-restraint when crossed in any whim or fancy. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series He was remarkable for his size, and uncommon corpulence, though, to appearance, not above thirty years of age. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The corpulence which had been his before was become now a positive disease. The Magician Men and women alike suffered from an unwonted corpulence and tightness of raiment that morning, and each and all seemed to have cast the affliction off as they arose from their knees. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales The Canon seemed, to Seymour, greatly mellowed by comfort and prosperity; there was even the possibility of corpulence in the not distant future. The Golden Scarecrow This allusion to Mr. Fritz's prospective corpulence was not well received by the latter. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories But this method was confined to those who seemed to be of a superior rank; and the men, in that case, were also generally distinguished by their size and corpulence, unless very young. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time The vivacity of his movements made his huge corpulence subtly alarming. The Magician As a climax of misfortune he had grown very fat, and being short, his corpulence was very unbecoming to him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 That gentleman's corpulence had reached a degree which clearly showed that he must have "lost sight of his knees" some years back, but he was none the less strong and active. In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences And now, as if for the first time, they perceived the horrible bluishness of his face and the loathsome corpulence of his body. Best Russian Short Stories We could also perceive that they were of a tawny colour, and, in general, of a middling stature, but robust, and inclining to corpulence. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time It was a woman, dressed in shapeless brown flannel; a woman of great stature and of a revolting, excessive corpulence. The Magician And even now, in spite of my good-humoured baldness, meek corpulence, and unassuming air, she still looks askance at me, and feels put out when I go to see my brother. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories In person C. was inclined to corpulence, "no poppet to embrace," of fair complexion with "a beard the colour of ripe wheat," an "elvish" expression, and an eye downcast and meditative. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature She was a pretty and highly developed girl of twenty-six, short, still lissom, but with the fear of corpulence in her heart. The Pretty Lady Fancy large brilliant eyes, pale cheeks, broad faces, and an occasional tendency to corpulence, and you have the ladies’ portrait. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy He was clearly not old, though his corpulence added to his apparent age. The Magician The garçon was a small man in the fifties, inclined to corpulence, with a large head, large, blue-gray eyes, purplish lips, and blue-black hair cut pompadour. A Volunteer Poilu He was vain, and affected the manners of the fine gentleman, which his unattractive countenance and awkward figure, and latterly his extreme corpulence, rendered somewhat ridiculous. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Forthwith, in spite of his corpulence, and with admirable ardor, he pushed on with his troops through ravines and roads encumbered with forests. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 No one can resist telling another story, this time of fat Charles Hulet, whose abilities were only equalled by his corpulence. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield It was so well-formed for his age that one might have foretold his precious corpulence. The Magician His gravity and corpulence had something almost priestly in character. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Enter the clink of coin and the unctuous corpulence of a roll of bills. From a Girl's Point of View There was no great harm in Mrs. Brash; like most loquacious people, she was kind-hearted, with a tendency to corpulence and good works. Malbone: an Oldport Romance Wadd, the celebrated authority on corpulence, quotes Pennant in mentioning a woman in Rosshire who lived one and three-quarters years without meat or drink. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The accident of time might have helped him as well—his immense corpulence might have come with his later years. The Woman in White Because of this it is only human beings that suffer from corpulence, undue loss of weight, sickness, and early aging and death. Down with the Cities It was accepted like one boy's red hair and another's unreasonable corpulence. Of Human Bondage Newman hardly knew what to say, though it seemed that to a duchess who joked about her corpulence one might say almost anything. The American This, however, was but an episode in his growth; he became afterwards a fresh-colored, yellow-bearded man, but he was never accused of anything worse than a tendency to corpulence. Roderick Hudson Marian had prepared me for his high stature, his monstrous corpulence, and his ostentatious mourning garments, but not for the horrible freshness and cheerfulness and vitality of the man. The Woman in White The Minister of War lay upon his back, his distinguished corpulence severely dislocating the chaste simplicity of the bed-clothing. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama He was a man of somewhat less than average height, inclined to corpulence, with his hair, worn long, arranged over the scalp so as to conceal his baldness. Of Human Bondage I resolved to warn the mother at an early opportunity of the perils of an unrestricted diet, although the deluded creature seemed actually to glory in its corpulence. Ruggles of Red Gap Jarrett immediately proceeded to get down from the coach as quickly as his age and corpulence would allow him. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt To James's great surprise, the admiral, after he had drunk one dish of tea, unbuttoned his waist- coat from top to bottom, and deliberately began to unpack his huge false corpulence! Tales and Novels — Volume 02 It was all due to his corpulence; a "lean and hungry" villain lacks repose, patience and the tact of good humor. The Delicious Vice It was the family joke that she would be as fat as an aunt of Mrs. Athelny, called Aunt Elizabeth, whom the children had never seen but regarded as the type of obscene corpulence. Of Human Bondage Picture to yourselves a tall and once slender man, now inclined to corpulence, but not in the least decrepit or even elderly, a man of ripe age; in his very prime, as they say. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I The gracefulness of figure and motion, and a countenance enlivened by expression, are by no means essential points in their standard: with them, corpulence and beauty appear to be terms nearly synonymous. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa A figure inclined to corpulence, dressed with care, remarkable only above the neck—and then what a head! The Enormous Room Although somewhat inclined to corpulence, he was a fine man, and looked a tower of strength as he lay tossed back on the pillows, his big arms and thick brown throat bare. A Mummer's Wife Mr. Garvace was a short stout man, with that air of modest pride that so often goes with corpulence, choleric and decisive in manner, and with hands that looked like bunches of fingers. The History of Mr. Polly Mardary Apollonitch is a little, fattish, bald old man of a respectable corpulence, with a double chin and little soft hands. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I Falstaffs corpulence, therefore, as well as his thirst, was congenital. Obiter Dicta Much wealth is corpulence, if it is not disease. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition She tried feebly to reach the fort; but from age, corpulence, and a mortal wound she moved but slowly, and when a few steps from the gate, fell and died. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Parsons had his tail coat off and was working with vigour; his habit of pulling his waistcoat straps to the utmost brought out all the agreeable promise of corpulence in his youthful frame. The History of Mr. Polly At this time he was abstemious in eating, wishing to reduce a tendency to corpulence. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam He is, indeed, seldom incommoded by corpulence, Poverty preserves him from sinking under the burden of himself, but he escapes no other injury of time.' Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) I considered all additions to its greatness rather as the tumour of disease than the shootings of vigour, and thought that its nerves grew weaker as its corpulence increased. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. He was faultlessly attired, suave in demeanour, and walked with a noiseless step, despite his tendency to corpulence. The Hampstead Mystery The colonel raised his faultless right hand—and oddly enough his great corpulence did not extend in the slightest degree to his hand, but stopped short at the wrists—and stroked his immense chin. Gunman's Reckoning The Duke of Kent, at fifty-one, was a tall, stately man, of soldierlike bearing, already inclined to great corpulence…. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Awa is taken also as a medicine, and was supposed to be a certain cure for corpulence. The Hawaiian Archipelago I saw, too well, Edward was growing idle,—that his form Was gathering disgustful corpulence,— That he was going down, and dragging me To shame and ruin, beggary and death. Bitter-Sweet The extreme corpulence of the defendant, too, offered an opportunity for gross personal allusions. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Behind him lay a favourite bull-dog, whose round head and single black glancing eye, as well as the creature's great corpulence, gave it a burlesque resemblance to its master. The Fortunes of Nigel She had suffered from corpulence and had come there to get rid of her extra flesh in the baths. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 By this and similar conversations I elucidate a theory I have formed about the human race, viz: Greasy corpulence always has, as its first cause, a diet with too much farinacious or feculent substance. The Physiology of Taste Despite his lameness, and the fact that his lameness tended to induce corpulence, he had a dashing air, and his face, with its short, light moustache, was boyish. The Old Wives' Tale His distressing corpulence, his broad fat face, the extraordinary movements of his arms and legs, which he managed to make look like mere stumps, drove my passionate Senta to despair. My Life — Volume 1 The night was falling; darkness gradually grew deeper and deeper, and the cold, felt more during digestion, made Boule De Suif shiver notwithstanding her corpulence. Mademoiselle Fifi The young men are rather stout and athletic, but in middle age—when man “swills and swells”—they are apt to degenerate into corpulence. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 Consequently he disguised himself by wearing green spectacles and tying a pillow over his stomach to simulate corpulence. The Life of Sir Richard Burton He was, moreover, strongly inclined to corpulence, and was clad in clumsy, ill-fitting garments. Monsieur Lecoq Monsieur had more dignity of demeanour than the King; but his corpulence rendered his gait inelegant. Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen Ah!" sighed he, "during three of these nights I might just as well have slept in my bed as any respectable burgher who has nothing to trouble him but his growing corpulence. Joseph II. and His Court They glut themselves to corpulence, to vomiting—the servants of the devil of greed. Mother The priest was a young man somewhat inclined to corpulence. Bel Ami His stature was about six feet two, and his corpulence exceeded even those bounds which symmetry would have preferred as being most perfectly compatible even with such a height. Relics of General Chasse Wretched enough with its bad health, its growing corpulence, its weak mouth, its furtive desires, but despising, nevertheless, the strong, healthy figure beside it. The Captives Weighed down by a heavy belly and living underground, where they feed either on leaf-mould or on roots, these larvae all possess the vigorous constitution needed to drag their corpulence through a resisting medium. More Hunting Wasps This brought her gracious corpulence out all smirks and smiles, preceded by a basket of potatoes for "Bana, my son." The Discovery of the Source of the Nile Bald-headed as a melon and with a tendency to corpulence, he had the back of a man of forty-five and the front of a man of twenty-five. The Rise of David Levinsky Yes, he was a flattened kind of a man, in whom drink lay stagnant, inclined to corpulence and misery. Cabbages and Kings Tune the pipes to the tragedy of tallow, the bane of bulk, the calamity of corpulence. The Four Million With her comparative corpulence, the female Osmia will need a heap of paste twice or thrice as great as that of her brother, the male. More Hunting Wasps His form, above the middle height, and rather inclined to corpulence, was clad in a loose dressing-robe of rich brocade. Zanoni Up the steps leading to the battlements she went ahead of him, with a youthful, eager haste that took no thought for the corpulence and short-windedness of the following Seneschal. Saint Martin's Summer He found a middle-aged man of a corpulence which must render it impossible for him to face the athletic difficulties that lay before them; of this the Count himself seemed already persuaded. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Though the doctors warned him that with his corpulence wine was dangerous for him, he drank a great deal. War and Peace He was a man of about five and thirty, short, stout even to corpulence, and clean shaven. Crime and Punishment Thus the Duke of Lauderdale is said, through old age but immense corpulence, to have become so sunk in spirits, 'that his heart was not the bigness of a walnut.' Redgauntlet On legs of the shortest, the Lord of Gavrillac carried a body that at forty-five was beginning to incline to corpulence and an enormous head containing an indifferent allotment of intelligence. Scaramouche This one is a matron; she dates back to last year; her majestic corpulence, so exceptional at this season, proclaims the fact. The Life of the Spider Carrying very lightly the weight of her corpulence and also that of her seventy-six years, she is lively, alert, and frisky to a degree that shames the youngest of us. The Deputy of Arcis Her figure was of medium height, threatened with corpulence, but still well-balanced, and well-made. A Daughter of Eve To hear her, people of respectable corpulence were incapable of sentiment, bad husbands, and unfit for civilized society. The Ball at Sceaux Some imagined that it was necessary to eat a great deal in order to acquire strength, while others who were inconvenienced by their corpulence weakened themselves with fasts in order to become thin. Salammbo The unwholesome corpulence of the little woman is produced by the life she leads, just as typhus fever is bred in the tainted air of a hospital. Father Goriot |
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