| 单词 | daintiness |
| 例句 | The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere beneath all of that daintiness, chambered in all that neatness, lay the thing that clotted their dreams. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Some of them had separated their money, folded the bills around their fingers, clenched the fingers into fists, so the neat ends of the money stuck out in a blend of daintiness and violence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z So much for daintiness, but it didn’t take care of hot baths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was this combination of daintiness and cultivated speech that misled Macon and invited him to regard her as merely foolish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout her career, critics and audiences admired her dancing for its daintiness, and critics consistently noted her charm and femininity in their reviews. Dancing by Herself: When the Waltz Went Solo 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z DRESDEN, Germany — In a display case at the German Hygiene Museum here is a pretty, blue glass bottle whose daintiness belies its purpose. Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Although I could not see his fingers in action, I felt their daintiness, the way he willed them toward a kind of precision mine do not possess the ability to perform. When we all shaved our heads 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z “I have never seen a girl literally shatter the perceived notion of feminine daintiness in the name of a cheap raunchy laugh as much as you do,” an Instagram follower wrote. YouTuber's gender reveal by way of fart stunt draws strong reactions 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Yet despite her physical daintiness in comparison to Mr. Driver’s looming heft, her Anna always seems in charge, like a nanny with an unruly, overgrown toddler. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Here, Mr. Morris highlights his dancers’ femininity and sisterhood by flaunting their strength, not their daintiness. Misty Copeland Leads the Charge at Fall for Dance 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet the show was, as the designer said, “sweet” with its rose-shaped sparkle earrings and a daintiness in the pleated skirts fanning the legs or in the coats. Special Report: Fashion: Miucci Prada Revs Up For Summer 2012 2011-09-22T18:39:59Z The kingpin’s plans lead to complications, including from Strong, whose wealthy businessman is sometimes called the “the Jew,” has an unplaceable accent and walks with the daintiness of an overindulged Pomeranian. ‘The Gentlemen’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys, Sometimes With Guns 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a man not known for daintiness in the mud-wallows of politics, once ordered Bossie fired from a congressional staff for playing fast and loose with the truth. Opinion | Is this really the best Trump can do? 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z I guess today any woman hoping to improve her daintiness or rhythmic walking would just turn to YouTube for help. Perspective | Let your fingers do the walking through this 1944 Washington phone book 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z After her debut, a Time magazine critic described her work as having “the daintiness of miniatures, the vivid reds and yellows of Mexican tradition and the playfully bloody fancy of an unsentimental child.” Frida Kahlo and the birth of Fridolatry 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The other cars’ designs revel too much in their own daintiness. Mazda CX-3: Finally, a Seductive Minicrossover 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The daintiness of the print, matched with the streamlined silhouette, is both playful and refined—an equation that also applies to the collections of Preen Mini and Bonpoint. The Best Easter Dresses For Little Girls 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Rectal feeding was one of the methods the CIA bureaucrats called, with admirable delicacy and daintiness, considering the subject matter, “enhanced interrogation tactics.” WESLEY PRUDEN: Rectal feeding terror suspects: Convenient, but unnecessary 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z "Don't let its daintiness fool you," , "the programme is a fearsome behemoth of popular television." Papers turn heat on energy firms 2013-10-23T04:47:19Z Jacqueline, in all the daintiness of white embroidered petticoat, satin-smooth shoulders, and deftly-arranged hair with a spray of lilies of the valley somewhere among its coils, hung over the balustrade in an agony of impatience. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z So much for the verity of traditional siren dreams I So much, too, for the theory that beauty or daintiness or feminity has anything to do with the nameless charm of the world's super-women. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Be careful to avoid the extremes of gluttony or over daintiness at table. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Their adventures are related with the charming daintiness wherein French fabulists, from Perrault downwards, have excelled; and the book is a decided acquisition to the store of fairy literature in which all children delight. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z In your pet's dinner mix, at first, well covered over with cut-up meat of extra daintiness, a scant half-teaspoonful of the solution with a dust of the iron, which is a sweet powder. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z There is more of delicacy and daintiness in the French student; there is more of individual expansion and thoughtfulness in the German. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z She discovered the daintiness of his appetite, and it was delightful to see her hovering over him at table and pointing out the choice bits in every dish she passed. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z From the tip of her slim satin slipper to the ribbon in her hair, she was dressed with a daintiness which set her beauty proudly off. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z This tray will not only be of use on the dressing table, but will add to its beauty and daintiness; it also serves for an ideal comb and brush tray. Practical Basketry 2012-01-28T03:00:23.977Z One quite pities his daintiness in the narration of his sorrows, picturesquely set forth by that accomplished letter-writer arrived home to the safe seclusion of Strawberry Hill. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Her daintiness appealed to his senses, and the faint perfume that hung about her and the touch of her gown when it brushed against him sent a little thrill through him. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z But this uneasy sense of discrepancy had barely entered her mind, when the door opened, and there entered a tiny personage, whose daintiness made Christina all at once feel huge, awkward, and ungainly. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Sometimes there is a daintiness and antique richness of wording that you can scarcely equal out of the highest of our Poets, or only in them. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z The daintiness of the room with its blue curtains and cot-hangings and the chubby satisfaction of the cot-dwellers must be a constant inspiration to the visiting working mothers. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z It was not enough, entrancing as it was, to dream over her beauty, her fastidious daintiness in manners and thought, her patrician calm, and the shy tenderness she now and then showed for him. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z I don't hold with a daintiness above your station. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z His own house in a South London road, its sordid surroundings, its unsavoury neighbourhood, all these made Cicely and her daintiness, seem like some princess belonging to another world. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z The poems published in 1881 are preceded by some dedicatory verses addressed to his wife which are characterised by great daintiness and simplicity, instinct with tender affection and chivalrous homage. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Then came the comforting glimpse of the red brick house through the encompassing green, with its white daintiness of porch, fan-window, and window-facings. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z There is a daintiness and a delicacy to all of Ophelia's music; and in this short melody, so admirably blended with the accompaniment, there is a wooing charm that diverts even Hamlet from his grief. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z She was puzzled more than a little when she found that Alderbury paid no particular attention to the food, and ate sparingly, with a distinct inclination towards daintiness. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Now that this softness and daintiness surrounded her, the refinement which no adverse years could alienate from his personality became for her a more distinct conception. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z They praised my "neatness and daintiness" and found the whole picture very pretty and attractive. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Every one praised his choice of words, his wonderful facility in rhyme, the perfection of his metre, and the daintiness and delicacy of his verse. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z He could also just catch the sparkle of her eyes in the shadow, and her freshness and daintiness came upon him as a revelation. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Her dismount — two back somersaults with a twist — was acrobatic, yet she landed it with daintiness. Wieber tops Komova for all-around gold at worlds 2011-10-13T18:30:25Z There is beauty and daintiness in leaf, flower, and winged seed, and despite the inferiority of most birch wood, the history of the family is a long story of usefulness to the human race. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I daresay this harmless ebullition of youthful daintiness would have proved the last straw to some of my Psalm-singing New England relatives. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The small doilies are easily washed, and fresh ones are possible every morning—an assured gain in the way of daintiness. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z "Are you fond of reading, Mr. Pottle?" asked Mrs. Gallup, popping a Choc-O-late Nuttie into her demure mouth with a daintiness almost ethereal. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z They are strong, capable hands, now, for all their daintiness which you never can lose. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z A navvy could have given him points in daintiness. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z She was perched with a certain daintiness upon Dirk Mackenzie’s water fykie, sipping a cup of coffee, her back crêpe draperies spread round her on the scrubby grass. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Let no one believe that it is from mere daintiness that man is fastidious in regard to food, and that he lives on a great variety of victuals. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z She was conscious that she was very heated and untidy; Mona's fresh daintiness made her feel her own deficiency in neatness. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z It is difficult to convey in words the daintiness of this pretty little scene. Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits 2011-08-03T02:00:14.143Z The Jew has an industrial daintiness which is an affront to mankind. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z The struggle has worn all the daintiness and refinement out of her. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z Their strength lies, not in dramatic force of emotion, but in daintiness of description. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z She was embroidering an intricate monogram in the centre of a square of fine linen, working with nice exactitude and daintiness. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z There was a touch of daintiness, mingled with utility, and the girls were delighted with their apartments. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Such was the daintiness of ignorance that a man could not eat, dress, nor even think as he pleased. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z The woodsmen, old friends of Erskine’s, were awed by Barbara’s daintiness, and there were none of the rude jests they usually flung back and forth. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z She has the same daintiness and trimness, the same superficial tender-heartedness. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Her very daintiness and winsomeness seemed to widen the gulf between them. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The daintiness of my epigram pleased me so well that I was almost content, yet as I drove towards Le Bois the desire for the costume came upon me again, and I was disconsolate. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z A man's life is a big thing to throw away, lass, an' I see nothing in that bit o' daintiness to warrant it. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z She has a due regard for its limitations, and she delights one by the clearness of her enunciation and the expressive daintiness of her interpretation of the simple ballads that show her at her best. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z She has a cat-like softness and daintiness and charm, a cat’s readiness to attach herself to the person she is with at the moment, and a cat’s adaptability to circumstances. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z She was always neat; and even daintier than many of her classmates; but the washing, ironing, and mending necessary to insure this daintiness, meant considerable work on Jeanne's part. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z In order not to sin against daintiness this young person has a habit of powdering his nose. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z So it was all very fine until the bills came in at the end of the month; not that daintiness in serving cost anything, but she had erred in other directions. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z The house admired the daintiness, the womanliness, and the suggestion of the thorough-bred in this young girl. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z There is about it a suggestion of purity, freshness and daintiness. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z Amy could not refrain from admiring the china and all the daintiness of the little house, plain and unpretending though it was. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z Dwell on daintiness—pretty girls in white caps—everything shining and clean! Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z His work is memorable for its delicacy and minute finish, and for its daintiness and pleasantness of sentiment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z An unusually good voice, daintiness of face and figure, and a winsome personality. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z I had been no sight to please my lord, who loved daintiness, and observed it himself in the strangest circumstances. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z He does not care for costliness of apparel, but he is always attracted by freshness and daintiness. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z From her spring hat down to the toes of her boots there was nothing in her attire that was mannish, but she was of an exquisite daintiness wholly feminine and alluring. Her Infinite Variety 2011-04-01T02:00:30.590Z Now she sat before him in her Dresden china daintiness, a picture of luxury, carefully tended down to her very finger-nails. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z While speaking she moved with incomparable daintiness to a chair corresponding to mine and diagonally opposite. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z How like Miss Judy that poor little scrap of daintiness was! Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Simplicity and exquisitely fresh neatness and daintiness are to a man more attractive than any extravagance of fashion or costliness of material. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z It was good to see the new brightness and daintiness assumed by the whole of that little place since Lola had come back and put her touch upon everything. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z It was a small pearl-handled six-shooter, which the ladies admired, and the men jibed at for its daintiness. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z And he noticed the daintiness of the hands, white and small as a woman's hands. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z The attractiveness of these pieces depends on their daintiness. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z He had yellow gloves, and his little soft shoes—his feet were the smallest I ever saw on a man—were the last word in daintiness. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Look at those little ankles and wrists and the daintiness of her in every way. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And so she economized more and more, wearing her gowns till they became shiny, till Addie said that Mamma was losing all her daintiness in her old age. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z For an instant she visualized the gold hair, the gold eyes with their tigerish spots, the alluring chiffoned daintiness of the woman. The Trail of Conflict Masses of one color are more effective than mixtures, and a display of abundance may be made on large tables while on small ones daintiness is more pleasing. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Even then they do not eat much, gluttony being rare among them, and even daintiness esteemed disgraceful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" But when one is in the midst of a hard and perilous battle, daintiness cannot safely be indulged. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies All this, it seemed, just because of the presence of a faultlessly dressed, fair-faced stranger who awed everybody by not seeing them, but whose very daintiness and beauty drew them hungrily to her. The Reclaimers The girl, in a pink and white frock that suggested the daintiness of morning-glories, had been absorbed in the thoughts induced by Tommy's story. The Trail of Conflict I found it so good, not from daintiness, but real hunger. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 She put on the soft, beautiful underthings with unexpected pleasure in their daintiness. Cinderella Jane A few scattered in the finger bowls give an air of daintiness and bring with them a delicate fragrance. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "It is no lie," laughed happy Arisuga once more; for you will remember that all her daintiness was then his, and that he was not like other Japanese husbands; "we are exactly the same height." The Way of the Gods Hers was the full blood, quick-running and generous of the south, that loves in mankind a daintiness and effeminacy which they would scorn in their own sex. The Firebrand For sheer love of the daintiness of it, Iris beat the yolks of eggs in a white bowl and the whites in a blue one. The Master's Violin And bethinking him of her warm, soft daintiness, as when she had leaned in his clasp for that much-remembered moment, he almost thought to catch again the faint, sweet fragrance of her. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Nevertheless, her natural instinct for daintiness had asserted itself in the little touches of lace at the neck and wrists—and she looked pretty and dignified as she greeted Mr. Prescott. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Mrs. Dosett, aware that daintiness was no longer within the reach of her and hers, did assent to these walkings in Kensington Gardens. Ayala's Angel The goats, however, perhaps alarmed by the trim daintiness of the place and the unwonted spectacle of unlimited leaves and forage, kept close together. The Firebrand Why, no one thinks of Watteau, with his delightful daintiness and many graceful figures on such masterfully disposed backgrounds as a portrait painter. The Social Gangster Laura Post was a very pretty girl, all daintiness and fluffiness. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series "They are like flowers," cried the boy enthusiastically, all the artist in him revelling in the beauty and daintiness of the insects. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Certainly there is no peril and yet think, think often, is daintiness and a collar heavy is it and what is the disturbance, is there not more registration. Geography and Plays It was decorated, with the picturesque daintiness of the French Court, in panels painted in imitation of Watteau, festooned with silk, embroidered with flowers. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance But if we cannot forego the consciousness of those tiger claws hid in the velvet daintiness of the light feet, neither can tabby put her trust in us. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The red table bore similar testimony to the cleverness of those who had supplied its wants, while the violet one was a marvel of daintiness and suggestion of spring-time loveliness. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 Perfumes are used sparingly by elegant people, yet a touch, a vague sense of fragrance, does add something of daintiness to a girl's toilette. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 The little room in which I am writing is charming in the daintiness of its colouring and the simplicity of its furnishings. Windyridge There were only two remarkable things about this old lady's appearance—always excepting her extreme air of daintiness. The Eagle's Nest She was a slightly-made girl with a noticeable daintiness of movement. What a Man Wills In all the adjuncts to her serene loveliness which taste and daintiness could surround her with, she would stand before him. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Their pens have the same grace and vigor of style as those of men, while there is no fineness or daintiness of touch in their writings which does not find counterpart in those of men. Women of England There's to me A daintiness about these early flowers That touches me like poetry. Fugitive Poetry For melancholy he offers serenity, for daintiness he offers delicacy. Artists Past and Present Random Studies He was in sharp contrast with her own white daintiness as he stood there grim and forbidding, but she thought she had never looked upon a manlier man. The Song of the Wolf Chram's leudes at first affected daintiness and choice manners; but at this hour they guzzle, swallow and laugh like any of us. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres This story is characteristic of Daudet’s art, containing as it does all of his delicacy and daintiness of pathos, of raillery, of humour. Devil Stories An Anthology These outlines he re-drew with his own hand in a fine and delicate manner, and added a daintiness of finish, particularly in flesh colour, which greatly enhanced the value and beauty of the work. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Nor was it yet brought home to her that those smaller beauties that it lacked, the daintiness, neatness, the order that she so yearned for, it rested with her to supply. Anxious Audrey It puzzled her, too, for such daintiness and grace seemed to her altogether incompatible with what she had heard of the child's surroundings. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge Then the white carnation pinned to the faded, but clean, blue frock, gave a touch of daintiness. A Sunny Little Lass She found the newcomer beautiful: her daintiness, her pleasant smile, her dark, well-arranged locks, all charmed her. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The number of guests is limited, but the possibilities for decoration, daintiness and elegance are unlimited. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions She was small and slight, with timid, brown eyes and soft, fair hair and a certain daintiness of person that singled her out for attention in spite of the shabbiness of her clothes. The Beggar Man The Alimentive wants richness and sweetness in food, the Thoracic wants variety and daintiness but the Muscular wants large quantities of plain food. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The main theme is fascinating in its daintiness and sparkle, e.g. Music: An Art and a Language Many people tie their cards on with narrow white ribbon, and anything that adds to the daintiness of a present is to be commended. 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 Each vied with the other in smartness and daintiness of dress, and many handsome forms were seen amongst the younger ones. Shirley The democratic spirit is undoubtedly more or less jealous of the refinements of our artificial culture and of the daintiness and aloofness of our literature. Whitman A Study But the daintiness and luxury only filled the baroness with doubts. The Benefactress And they were so many and so satisfactory, that the criticisms of the past night were certainly for the present forgotten; Letitia forgave her cousin her daintiness, and Maria overlooked the gold watch. What She Could This genial color effect was a delicate suggestion of blue, and the result was a doll-like daintiness that was altogether charming. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life To carry great bundles of such daintiness as you are wearing and leave them at the doors of big houses such as your own, numbed, hungry, envious––and not understanding the wherefore of it? The Gorgeous Girl Keat's Endymion is so thick with fancies, and verbal daintinesses, and sweet sensations, that with all its wonderful affluence of beautiful things it lacks unity of impression. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 A stove snapped and crackled in the middle of the little log-walled room, which in spite of its uncovered, split-boarded floor, seemed to possess a daintiness very unusual in the Bush. The Greater Power All the time he was speaking, Hannington was eating ravenously but with the ease and daintiness of one whose table manners were an eternal part of him. The Spoilers of the Valley Little themselves in stature, the people of Japan are best in dealing with little things requiring daintiness, finish, and artistic taste. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions Her face, which she rarely shows to a stranger, is like a doll in its delicate daintiness; but the mouth is very resolute, and the eyes very grave. Lotus Buds The gilt furniture shone beneath the bright light, and the whole had an effect of artistic brilliancy and daintiness. The White Lie He was ready; clad in the close-fitting khaki costume whose immaculate daintiness gave no hint of the certainty that before the first six hours ended it would be a wreck of yellow dust and oil. The Flying Mercury A trim programme-seller was tripping down the gangway with mincing daintiness—down and down to the very front row of the stalls. The Education of Eric Lane Artificial light is out of place, and sunshine should flood the apartment, while a certain airiness and daintiness should pervade the table appointments, quite the opposite of the elaborate display that characterizes the dinner party. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Greatly impressed by this daring, she gurgled in her throat, and took the great thumb delicately between her mandibles with a daintiness that would not have marred a rose-petal. The Backwoodsmen She demanded that Rasba let her help him bring over the supper, add a feminine relish, and set the table with a daintiness which was an addition to the fascination of her presence. The River Prophet The cocoa on this occasion was immaculate, and everything was served with the utmost daintiness. The Madcap of the School Rachel found her nightdress and half envied the daintiness. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Her beauty, her rare daintiness compelled a stupefied silence. The Belovéd Vagabond There was a gentle coyness in the turn of Herbert's handle, a nutty daintiness about his little gold tie which made me look involuntarily for his socks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 The Judge smiled down on that faded daintiness at his feet. The Readjustment The observation merely confirmed his general impression of her, and left him pondering over the relationship of daintiness to health. Too Old for Dolls A Novel The rooms are each furnished forth in spare and righteous daintiness, over which nowadays is poured, in occasional instances, a pretty modern color, timidly laid on, which does not remove the prim Quakerness. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study A miracle of white daintiness, from the spotless muslin of her gown to the creamy lace which hung from her parasol. The Master Mummer The marks of boots, or shoes, with very high heels suggests a woman, the size and daintiness of the footwear tell the rest. Malcolm Sage, Detective All her surroundings, too, went to enhance it: the delicately-toned richness of the coloring around, the faintly perfumed air, the indefinable suggestion of feminine daintiness, so apparent in all the appointments of the little chamber. The New Tenant The daintiness of the little glove brought home to Bough more forcibly than anything else, that the Kid had become a lady. The Dop Doctor "Tell the conductor I've come to the last curl and the last hook and eye," she called, and a few minutes later stepped out on to the platform, a vision of fresh daintiness. The Rhodesian How, with such trifling means at her command, she could have left behind in that tiny chamber so potent an impression of daintiness and comfort I cannot tell. The Master Mummer Something he had lost, no doubt, of the grace and daintiness of his baby days; but he had also gained much—gained in stateliness and dignity, as well as in size and weight and strength. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals All these daintinesses and prettinesses had a meaning. The Rough Road There was something within her that responded to the daintiness of the loving stitches in the old blanket—and to a something in the refined faces in the picture. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Yet, with all her heart, she longed for the white dress, the only thing she had which even approached daintiness. Master of the Vineyard Evelyn Desmond, perched lightly on the railings, showed ethereal as a large white butterfly, in the daintiness of her summer finery against a background of glowing sky. Captain Desmond, V.C. There was a vein of artistic daintiness in this man, and the elusive beauty of these things curiously appealed to him. Hawtrey's Deputy It cannot be said that the result shows great daintiness in Breton's public. A History of Elizabethan Literature There was a daintiness, a delicacy in her little face with the softly moulded, yet firm features, the grey-brown eyes with dark lashes, the arched fine brows, which would have made a plain face distinguished. Love of Brothers But she had, too, a daintiness, a delicacy of coloring and contour, that suggested the fruit named by her father. Brand Blotters Not majestic like the great deer, but of a more airy grace and daintiness, are the smaller deer and antelope. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty It was cosily warm and brightly lighted, and the little table was laid out for two with a daintiness very uncommon on the prairie. Hawtrey's Deputy The expression, with a sufficient touch of the daintiness of the time, has nothing that is extraordinarily or ravishingly felicitous whether in phrasing or versing. A History of Elizabethan Literature The man’s half-audible 180 sigh was also very expressive, for after his grim life he found the brightness and daintiness of the little room very pleasant. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter A certain daintiness of movement and timidity in the boys especially adds a grace of its own to the games of French children which is not without its peculiar charm. Children's Books and Their Illustrators She had given it the right touch of daintiness and refinement. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life After all, there was a certain daintiness about the girl, and her frank appreciation of the good things set before her only amused him. Hawtrey's Deputy No harm in small hands, Mrs. Balliol allowed, if they did not betray their owner into daintiness of living. The Old Helmet, Volume II Helen looked the snowdrop to perfection, for if the pansies needed Ruth’s gypsy coloring for a foil, the snowdrops needed Helen’s pale blonde daintiness for theirs. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Tea was set forth with no daintiness upon the untidy, coloured cloth of the centre-table. A Sheaf of Corn Many dishes cost little for the materials, but owe their daintiness and expensiveness to the care bestowed in cooking or to a fine sauce. Choice Cookery In that mediæval setting of ponderous stone, it looked almost fantastic in its daintiness. Simon And look at this dining-room, its exquisite appointments, its daintiness: faucets for hot and cold milk in the pantry, and a gold bowl of cream. This Simian World The chief was at first Owen’s nightly sorrows, his daily idleness over lessons, Lucilla’s pride, and the exceeding daintiness of both children, which made their meals a constant vexation and trouble. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster These castle strongholds of the Middle Ages wasted no daintiness of construction, nor favoured light ornament, nor dainty hand. The Tapestry Book As, with her leisurely daintiness, she tripped it down the stairs, she crossed Mr. Landale, and paused a moment, ready for the skirmish, as she noticed the cynical curiosity with which he examined her. The Light of Scarthey The room was cozily warm and brightly lighted, and the little table was laid for two with a daintiness very uncommon on the prairie. Masters of the Wheat-Lands The exquisite daintiness and softness of the Wax-wing’s coat can be compared only to floss silk. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 Clyde, entering the room he had pointed out as hers, was struck by its absolute cleanness and daintiness. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The daintiness and grace of elves and fairies should be indicated in the delivery. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The lover of beauty finds delight in these mountains from the first daintiness of spring on through the glorious blaze of wonder that is fall in the Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge Country There was a certain daintiness about the girl, and her frank appreciation of the good things set before her only amused him. Masters of the Wheat-Lands I examined his hands: they were modelled with infinite daintiness, were really inoffensive hands, the hands of an artist. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective The daintiness of her manner was a nightmare of conviction. The Daughter of a Magnate She should also be capable of exercising daintiness and artistic skill in serving, so that the appearance of the food may tempt the patient to eat it. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Kindliness, docility, sympathy, tenderness, daintiness,—these and other attributes were cultivated into incomparable blossoming. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Of the two, Aldrich was by far the better craftsman, his verse possessing a wit, a daintiness and perfection of finish which sets it apart in a class almost by itself. American Men of Mind Mrs. Lenox walked up stairs with them, chattering gaily with Madeline, and Lena followed in embarrassed silence at the charming freshness and daintiness of everything about her. Jewel Weed Nothing was left undone which could be done to give freshness and daintiness to the scene. There was a King in Egypt It has the daintiness and minute completeness of a Tanagra figurine. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions She had an odd little accent, too, but it gave her an added daintiness. A Little Girl in Old Boston Every detail of her dress was very fresh and very finished, a demure daintiness in it, from the topmost, gray plume and upstanding, velvet bow of her bonnet to the pretty shoes upon her feet. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Fresh upholstery in cheerful tints, fresh paper on the walls, good rugs, order and daintiness everywhere changed the interior out of my recognition. The Thing from the Lake From hidden recesses, strains of music filled the room with tinkling passages of sensuous, but illusive, harmony; a dream of ardor, masked in the daintiness of a minuet. Under the Rose Indeed little she was not, in matter of stature; it was the extreme daintiness of every detail that gave occasion to the epithet. The Gold of Chickaree He could recall habits of second-cousin Charles that were like a woman's for daintiness, and Winthrop Adams had the same touch of refinement and delicacy. A Little Girl in Old Boston Before me stood a young man with deep blue eyes, blond hair, exquisite daintiness of feature and unnaturally pale complexion. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It is a book with all the daintiness and polish of Mr. Harland's former novels, and other virtues all its own. Sally of Missouri The closer he got to her daintiness and spirit and laughter, the more hopeless his wild dreams seemed. Laramie Holds the Range She was very vain of Miss Caroline’s daintiness. Plantation Sketches Thus the volume produces upon the eye the charm of daintiness, while the page contains a sufficient amount of matter to make the volume profitable to the purchaser. The Booklover and His Books This altogether spoils the ironical daintiness of the original notion. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens But their sincerity and earnestness are as far beyond doubt as their grace of line and inimitable daintiness of surface. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation He noticed the daintiness of her profile, the placid sweetness of her face in repose. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles For all her soft daintiness, there was something of the tigress in Eileen Meredith. The Grell Mystery Nature's favorites are always small; her insect jewels outnumber her vertebrates a millionfold; and book-loving human nature takes the same delight in daintiness. The Booklover and His Books With what nicety and daintiness are the outer lines made to point to the shapely curve! The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators The most businesslike piece of furniture was the long table upon which the young woman was laying out a bewitching assortment of collars and cuffs of a daintiness that went to the heart. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story She was sitting in Miss Aline's own room among the simple daintiness of many white linen "spreads" with raised broidery, the work of Miss Aline's own hands. Patsy His walk and the fresh air had given Arnold himself an appetite that made him forget his Parisian daintiness. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Moreover, she has the subtlest of sex strategy, for in greeting me she made a stumble with her lace petticoat so that I might catch the daintiness of her foot and ankle. The Black Colonel He was called the ‘Lady’ of his college, on account of his personal beauty and the purity and daintiness of his life and conversation. Obiter Dicta Second Series During these six years father and daughter had lived frugally, almost as the peasants lived; yet with a daintiness, an order, which were unknown to the peasants. The Making of a Soul The nicety and daintiness which in some favored American and English homes make of the family board a visible and tangible poem, were very rare in our German experience. In and Around Berlin Besides talents and genius of a sort, he was endowed with a rare poetic fancy, many of his verses being full of daintiness as well as of a very pretty wit. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees As we drew nearer to Broek-in-Waterland, the landscape, already fragrant with daintiness, began to tidy itself anew, out of deference to Broek's reputation. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Space, daintiness, simplicity—these were the first impressions. Flaming June The pile of presents on the trays waxed rapidly less and less, the last parcel of all being of exceptional daintiness,—tissue-paper, tied round with a narrow blue ribbon. Betty Trevor Mr. Chase remarks on the delicacy and daintiness of the mouthfuls which these little fish afforded the starving mariners. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure His supposition would have been true enough the day before; but hunger cures daintiness, and now I was glad of such a mouthful. Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain The utmost care and tact should be used in the preparation of her food, and art should be manifested in the daintiness of the tray, etc. The Mother and Her Child The daintiness of the dress, its unaccustomed smartness and air of fashion, seemed at the moment a presage of the threatened separation. Flaming June He liked to find some new qualities in girls, and Cynthia, with all her daintiness, had many sides that surprised one. A Little Girl in Old Salem Not even Rose could compare with her in that curious daintiness, though Pierre would have been at loss to describe it, since his vocabulary was limited, but he felt it in every slow beating pulse. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Perhaps it was because of the dark season of suspense through which she and Tom had passed that Grace declared herself for the cheerful daintiness of a pink and white wedding. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer He realized again her clean-cut, finished daintiness, the incisiveness of voice and feature. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Its daintiness frightened me, used as I was to the housekeeping—coarse if clean—of Mrs. Trapp. The Adventures of Harry Revel The impression she made on him was one of daintiness and light; her eager face and her sweet voice, almost childish in its thin quality, appealed to him with singular force. Wayside Courtships The temples of Minerva, Mars, and Hercules, will be Doric, since the virile strength of these gods makes daintiness entirely inappropriate to their houses. The Ten Books on Architecture The other people in the 'bus had stared as she got in at the fresh daintiness of her attire, conspicuous in the dingy vehicle. Mary Gray The delicate daintiness of the Danish ballet everyone must appreciate. Denmark He called it the Cinderella Cotillion Coterie, in alliterative compliment to the daintiness of the ladies. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life His pictures occasionally show dignity of composition in combination with grace and daintiness; but he could be guilty of exaggerated vehemence of expression. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art He had always been careful of his personal appearance, with a refinement and daintiness which had grown especially fastidious since his marriage. Cobwebs and Cables Now, however, she elevated daintiness to a religion; her interior shone with superfluous friction, with punctuality, with winter roses. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) A folded cotton kerchief and accordion-pleated apron give a daintiness to the whole dress. Denmark And here have I the daintiness of ear, To check time broke in a disorder'd string; But, for the concord of my state and time, Had not an ear to hear my true time broke. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries That seemed to Ernestine a very brilliant idea, and she was also much impressed by the daintiness of the table and the little details of the meal. One Woman's Life The tenderness of motherhood must soften a man's touch to daintiness, like an evening wind's caress, before fatherhood is perfect. A Hero and Some Other Folks One of them is a sort of awful elegance; a dangerous and somewhat inhuman daintiness of taste which sometimes seems to shrink from matter itself, as though it were mud. George Bernard Shaw There was daintiness in it, and a hint of impertinence. The Way of Ambition In both England and America we suffer from a certain morbid ethical daintiness. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View She wore a strait black gown of the coarsest material, only the fair folds of muslin about her throat giving daintiness to her attire. The Late Miss Hollingford And he found that his own pulses drummed the hotter as he let his imagination conjure up a picture for him, Blenham's big, knotted hands upon the daintiness that was Terry. Man to Man You are Goya's little Maja, with her delicate grace, her fascinating daintiness. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) She has the daintiness of the lily and the flush of the rose. The Circular Study Mere daintiness in feeding is characteristic of the lapdog and other over-protected animals. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View That hour she was expected to pass, and did pass, in providing herself with all sorts of intimate daintiness of nainsook, lace, and ribbon, too sacred even for a lover's eyes. The Second Latchkey And that daintiness which she shows in her dress she must show in her person too, in clean skin and finger-nails, good teeth, and smooth, attractively arranged hair. A Girl's Student Days and After Her husband, seeing how she was losing her daintiness, loved her with more tender compassion. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) She had never seen such exquisite daintiness and it daunted her, although she would have died rather than admit it. The Butterfly House "I'm not a bit hungry," she said, over and over again, and Anne, who was ravenous, felt positively greedy in the face of such daintiness. Judy The utter daintiness of this maiden Dorothy Fair was a separate charm and a fascination full of subtle and innocent earthiness to the senses of a lover. Madelon A Novel Sometimes one of Carroll's daughters, as delicately gay as a flower in her light daintiness of summer attire, was with him. The Debtor A Novel Her form had lost its bud-like daintiness in the full flower of motherhood. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Instead, we meet in the best American literature an almost aristocratic daintiness and feeling for the refined and select. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin She exhales a certain exquisiteness that reveals itself in the delicacy and daintiness of her contact with people and the objective world. The Vitalized School He did not even hurry, and each deliberate step was taken with almost a proud daintiness. The Way of the Wild But a dainty little cupboard can no more entertain black coal and inelegant firewood and keep its daintiness than a mind can entertain black thoughts and yet be sweet. Certain Personal Matters She gave Mr. Van Camp her hand in a greeting mingled of European daintiness and American frankness. The Stolen Singer From the crown of her broad-brimmed hat to the soles of her buckskin shoes she was the pink of daintiness. Berry And Co. But, if he can reach the high plane of the lily-of-the-valley, in all its daintiness, delicacy, chastity, and fragrance, he will have achieved distinction. The Vitalized School Its qualities are sweetness, daintiness, rapidity,Pg 80 grace, a merry, tripping flow, great smoothness, and very musical rhythm. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Upon the other hand, Odontoglossums show no such daintiness of growth in our houses. About Orchids A Chat They made over her because of her slimness, her beauty, the aura of daintiness that surrounded her, the little touches of shy youth that still clung to her manner. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story Other women arrayed themselves in loose and floating raiment, ribbons and what not; but here was one who knew her daintiness, and made no effort to cloak it. The Half-Hearted In themselves, for the daintiness of their design, or the value of their antiquity, they did not interest her. Sally Bishop A Romance Old Lizzie cleaned the fish and Lydia fried them, with the daintiness and skill that seemed to have been born in her. Lydia of the Pines The nightly camp and this slender lad with his curious air of daintiness, and the great oily Hurons lounging in the dirt and smoke. Montlivet She was a woman who had none of the external feminine signals in either dress or manner, no graces, no little womanly hesitations and alarms, no daintiness, yet neither anything distinctly masculine. Four Weird Tales They are her stocks and bonds, giving forth daily their bounteous, beauteous yield of daintiness and comfort, and paying for themselves many times over by the atmosphere of nicety and refinement which they create. The Complete Home Tato wore a gray cloth gown, ill-fitting and of coarse material; but no costume could destroy the fairy-like perfection of her form or the daintiness of her exquisite features. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad By night, too, the pariah dogs, scavengers of all Mohammedan cities, roamed at their ease and leisure through Djedida, so hungry and so free from daintiness that no garbage would be left on the morrow. Morocco She gazed at him comically from above a quaint and nondescript garment, to which she had given a certain daintiness with a cleverly placed ribbon or two and an adroit use of pins. The Clarion There was daintiness but no order in her life; the only law she knew was given to her by a fastidious taste. The Summons Small, fringed napkins or doilies on and overhanging the shelves help to impart an air of daintiness and make a pretty setting for the dishes. The Complete Home As she spoke she slipped on a loose protecting garment above her lilac daintiness, and waved an inviting hand to her guest, smiling so coaxingly that Miss Mathewson yielded without another word of protest. Mrs. Red Pepper Charlie probably was not accustomed to daintiness, but this was enough to check whatever appetite an invalid might have. The Story of Jessie It is not probable that either bright colours or daintiness of design would emanate from the brains of a sombre-minded people. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology My sisters, could not tie their bonnet-strings as she tied hers, nor were their dresses anything like hers in freshness, fit or daintiness of trimming. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. To other people than Anne Linton she was always the embodiment of quiet charm in her freshness of attire and air of general daintiness. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular In all Arthur's compositions we recognize an exquisite delicacy of feeling, without any of the daintiness of mind commonly found in intellectual youths. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Beauty of style counts for a great deal; I would not sacrifice the exquisite daintiness of epistolary style in Lamb or Coleridge or Thackeray or Macaulay for gold. Side Lights Many criticised this daintiness and many laughed at it, but it made no difference to Gritli; for indeed it was only the instinctive expression of the girl's natural longing for the beautiful. Gritli's Children How sweet is the light in a ladle and how dark is daintiness, how sweet is anything and how sweet is that which is particular. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories The small feet alone showed that their owner had allowed herself one luxury, that of good shoes—and the daintiness of those feet made a strong appeal to the observer. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular "You bet!" said the man with eight trunks full of daintiness in the baggage car ahead. The Miracle Man The darkness of her clear skin was emphasized by the mass of blue-black hair from which little ears peeped with exquisite daintiness. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today This was a disappointment, because we always suppose that France sets the fashion for daintiness. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls "Why, that's all right, honey," he laughed, pleased at her daintiness. The Littlest Rebel Hope in gates, hope in spoons, hope in doors, hope in tables, no hope in daintiness and determination. Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms For this reason absolute cleanliness and daintiness of vessels containing milk or cream, or used in any way in the manufacture of butter, is one of the first laws of the dairy. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Grace wore a gown of pale blue organdie that was a marvel of sheer daintiness. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics They agreed in the daintiness of things, the elegance of detail; but they did not agree always as to the things themselves. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel This nourishing food they ate with great nicety and daintiness, talking the while about clothes. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls He could not but note, as he often did, the daintiness with which she accomplished the task. The Man Thou Gavest La Chinoiserie it was called, and it has daintiness and a curious fascination about it, but many inappropriate things were done in its name. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Jewelry and small articles are made of this ware in elaborate designs and with great daintiness and skill. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Softness and daintiness, silk and lace and glimmering flesh, belonged to women in his mind, and he despised Amazons and "business" women. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel In spite of this defeat in her fortunes, her presence had a lovely brightness and initiative, and her inexpensive dress had a certain daintiness. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Her daintiness in thought and person, and honesty of purpose, appealed to him, while that night her mere physical presence had an effect that was almost bewildering. Winston of the Prairie Then well-to-do people out of daintiness had their table rice polished. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People This creature, fine as silk, the heiress of all that youth had to offer in daintiness and charm, was not—could not be for such as he. Mavericks He knew it in spite of fluffy golden hair and a filmy, youthful morning robe that displayed the daintiness of her figure as well as the expensiveness of her taste. The Street Called Straight His illustrations have a daintiness in this tale which they have nowhere else. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians "And here's your bath," Patty opened the door to a bathroom of white-tiled and silver daintiness. Patty and Azalea But I cannot stomach thy daintiness when thou complainest with such violence of grief and anxiety because thy happiness falls short of completeness. The Consolation of Philosophy For servants' rooms it is advised that the matter of furnishing and decorating be a scheme which includes comfort, daintiness and effectiveness on the simplest, least expensive basis, no matter how elaborate the house. The Art of Interior Decoration There were carriages full of girls with complexions of ivory and claret, air of ineffable daintiness. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories Trilby is written with a daintiness that corresponds with the neatness of its illustrations. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians The daintiness of her white dress, with all its pretty details, the touch of blue in her hat, and at her waist, delighted his eyes. The Mating of Lydia She wore a Leghorn garden-hat, tied with pink ribbons under her chin, and in her morning freshness and daintiness she looked about seventeen. The Marriage of William Ashe That sense of beauty once awakened in a maid does far more than any words on the subject of order and daintiness in her own room or in those of her employer. The Art of Interior Decoration It, too, was a four-poster; but so pompous a name overweighted its daintiness. Through stained glass Leave abundance, which is the source of daintiness, and yon pile of buildings approaching near the lofty clouds: cease to admire the smoke, and opulence, and noise of flourishing Rome. The Works of Horace She found never-ending pleasure in concocting new dishes, little triumphs of taste and daintiness, and trying them on her silent husband. Marie Her eye glanced uncertainly, and she approached with daintiness, like one stepping on mined ground. Lady Rose's Daughter Horace Walpole’s daintiness recoiled from the spirit of an author who did not know how to sup decently. The Art of Letters It gave her a fairylike daintiness that had a charm of its own of which she was utterly unconscious. Greatheart You make your home not only orderly but pretty, and yourself, also, that his love for you may lead him into a love for daintiness. Study of Child Life Dark-legged fowls are best for roasting, as their flesh is moister and better flavored cooked in this way than the white-legged ones, which from their greater daintiness of appearance are to be preferred for boiling. The Story of Crisco Antonyms: accidental, unconscious, unpremeditated, unintentional. deliberation, n. consideration, discussion, consultation. delicacy, n. daintiness, fineness, frailty, refinement, fastidiousness, discrimination, sensitiveness; dainty, tidbit, junket. Putnam's Word Book The daintiness and femininity of her were enthralling. The Great Prince Shan Her hand was against practically all the world, including her daughter, whose fairy-like daintiness and piquancy were so obvious a contrast to the somewhat coarse and flashy beauty that had once been hers. Greatheart You poise it with infinite daintiness, like a woman under the eyes of her lover. Profiles from China The daintiness with which it fingered a golden sword-hilt, as if fearing contamination, symbolised the aloofness of her spirit. The Collectors Her singing proved it, for she chose a couple of light-hearted French ballads, and sang them with a dainty humour which matched the daintiness of the words and music. The Philanderers And daintiness was astonished into withdrawing those hands. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories It bore traces of many petty attentions, even—in its white dimity curtains and valances—of an attempt at daintiness. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales With the same cold daintiness and skill it can devise exquisite tortures, eternities of incredible pain, that Torquemada never glimpsed. Profiles from China For there were none that could compare with her in daintiness and fair looks ever came to the castle of the Princess Joceliande. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories His gait, although naturally carefree, had in it, however, a somewhat affected daintiness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes And through it all she kept a natural daintiness and refinement, was never clumsy, or loud, or untidy. Fenwick's Career Few pies can excel this in daintiness of flavor. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. He developed a greater daintiness in words than in anything else, but this summer formed an exception. The Soul of a Child On the afternoon, then, of the following Friday she dressed with what even for her was unusual care, aiming at a complex effect of daintiness and severity, and drove down in a hansom to Whitechapel. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories She opened the door of her closet, to find all her last summer's frocks newly "done up" and hanging there in inviting daintiness. Strawberry Acres Nothing could exceed the skill and daintiness with which the costume is painted, and the characterization of the head is more sympathetic than usual, offering a most winsome type of beautiful, good womanhood. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. The stables were indeed a marvel, not only of cleanliness and comfort, but, if it had been possible by any arts of daintiness to make them cox-combs, such would Carew's horses have become. Bred in the Bone When he brought her back to his fireside she was a small honey-pot for sweetness and daintiness, and fit for the caresses she was sure to get. The Brown Study It was likely Tucker placed a delicate halo about her lack of appetite, accepting daintiness of that sort as an angelic virtue. The Alaskan The gay insouciance of their expressions, the daintiness of their poses, the beautiful and suitable color of everything give me a sense of satisfaction and repose. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Mrs. Baker claims that in this method she gets "the strength of oils with the daintiness of water-colors, and that it is beautiful for women and children, and sufficiently strong for portraits of men." Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Now this product of the loom is a device of barbarian luxury and from them has come down even to us to satisfy the excessive daintiness of veritable women. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Even in that glance he saw her mother's prettiness, her pink and white daintiness, and the yellow shine of her hair. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Little deft touches here and there added character and daintiness to any garment that she wore. Polly and the Princess The daintiness of the old Dresden china equipage pleased me, forced itself upon my notice in spite of the deep preoccupation of my mind. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Her study at Aman-Jean's and Colarossi's gave a certain daintiness and grace to her work, which is more Parisian than British in style. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. My gift was a pretty young Swiss matron in holiday attire, really more picturesque, and quite as costly as Georgia's, but lacking that daintiness which made the lady-doll untouchable. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate The sixpenny dinners, as also the plain and "high" teas, were truly a marvel of excellence, daintiness, and economy, and the queue of the patient "waiters," sometimes 40 yards long, amply testified to their popularity. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. "Bread and milk," he ordered of the trim maid, and he smiled to himself contentedly at the daintiness with which it was served. Polly and the Princess Between times Davy and his uncle did the housework together; and although it was respectably done, there was no pink-and-white daintiness about it, you may be sure. The Village Watch-Tower And the pink daintiness of the ear-tips, which peered warmly from beneath the pall of tresses. Within the Law And what will all her learning and her daintiness do for her, now? Wuthering Heights When she was cool and well-fed and not thirsty, and surrounded by a proper degree of feminine daintiness, then she was ready to amuse herself. Arizona Nights All the daintiness and youth had fled, and passion was beating the air—terrible, savage passion, which belonged neither to day nor night, life nor death, but to the half-world between them. Greenmantle For a time her mind ran on daintiness and its defensive restraints as though it was the one desirable thing. Ann Veronica, a modern love story She was as different as possible from exquisite little Mrs. Emerson, who, in her daintiness and quiet charm, suggested an old New England garden. The Story of a Pioneer All the little feminine and contradictory daintinesses were nowhere to be seen. The Octopus : A story of California Not only was she a woman of finished and expert daintiness in dress and manner and surroundings, but she soothed, flattered, and stimulated him. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation On the other hand, the dining-room helped conversation by its stimulating gaiety and daintiness. Love at Second Sight The white fingers moved with an exquisite sureness and daintiness, the lifted arms showed all the young curves of the girl's form. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I To keep an even line between daintiness and negligence in costume, to have no exaggeration in anything, is what Augustin aimed at. Saint Augustin And yet, for all the dignity of this rigourous simplicity, there were about Hilma small contradictory suggestions of feminine daintiness, charming beyond words. The Octopus : A story of California The glitter of the silver on the table, the shaded candles, the subtle sensuality of refinement and daintiness appealed to his hot-blooded nature. With Edged Tools She was famous even in Paris for her figure, her looks, the perfection of her clothes, the daintiness and distinction of those small adjuncts to her toilette so dear to the heart of a Parisienne. The Mischief Maker She was pleasantly aware of her own immaculate daintiness in her crisp white dress. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings It would be easy to quote passages from these volumes illustrative of his acute observation, his largeness of sympathy, his delicacy and daintiness of touch, his sweetness, humor, pathos, and fancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Thus did these lassies, accustomed to daintiness in their daily lives, accommodate themselves to the necessities of war, as easily and cheerfully as the soldier boys themselves. The War Romance of the Salvation Army Even in the unpromising surroundings of her bedroom at Mrs. Meecher's boarding-house she had contrived to create a certain daintiness which Sally, who had no ability in that direction herself, had always rather envied. The Adventures of Sally Recall to memory what the glorious Jerome said about this, which one can never repeat often enough, forbidding that widows should abound in daintiness, or keep their face anointed, or their garments choice or delicate. Letters of Catherine Benincasa Her daintiness now changed its tune; Her mirror told her, 'Marry soon!' Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Never had she seen beds approaching these in softness and daintiness. A March on London Her appealing charm of face and figure was accentuated by her daintiness and a fleeting suggestion of naïveté in poise and expression when she was amused. A Gentleman from Mississippi The English woman, the English girl, with her daintiness, her pretty frocks, her good looks, her delicate charm. The Broken Road He looked at her slim figure, so charming in its daintiness. The House of Whispers She stood there waiting for him, a thing of infinite daintiness, the one object untouched in that ravaged garden. The Bars of Iron Her foot, Cinderella's for daintiness, ceased its motion; she turned at once. A Man and His Money But all this color, beauty, grace, symmetry, daintiness, delicacy, and refinement, though it seems to address and develop the aesthetic side of the child's nature, has in reality a very profound ethical significance. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic His eyes followed her, noting the grace of her movements, the whiteness of her skin, all her daintiness of dress and person. The Broken Road As he sat there chatting with her, admiring her refinement and innate daintiness, he made a vow within himself to seek out that cowardly fugitive and meet him face to face. The House of Whispers "Pretty nice, tasty room this young fellow has," he said to himself, looking around at the many evidences of daintiness and good taste. The Black Creek Stopping-House A girl dressed in white, with a large diaphanous white hat and a general air of brisk English daintiness, was paddling slowly and with no great skill. The Sowers She is a lovely little child of French features and French daintiness of dress, albeit a bright yellow brocaded satin would seem rather gorgeous attire for a girl of her years. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) He recalled the exquisite daintiness of her appearance, her ruffles of lace, the winning sweetness of her eyes. The Broken Road She herself, in a blouse of marvellous daintiness and sweeping skirts, stood beside the visitor from London to present her. The Power and the Glory While not lacking in the daintiness bestowed by fresh flowers, gay chintz and white draperies, it contained a number of objects not often seen in a boudoir. The Spanish Chest And look at this dining-room, its exquisite appointments, its—daintiness: faucets for hot and cold milk in the pantry, and a gold bowl of cream. This Simian World He gives them spiritual food enough to support them without daintiness, and he keeps the proper distinction between the Sunday and the poorer days. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale We have also seen that the daintiness of the viands had caused surmises. The Earth Trembled There was a smallness, a daintiness, a liveliness about Elizabeth that was almost irresistible. Uneasy Money No great poverty was indicated by their apparel, and some, evidently of French origin, were dressed with real taste and daintiness. The Spanish Chest To the eye, it seemed almost that one could see through the pink daintiness of fingers, hand, wrist, and forearm, neck and cheek. The Little Lady of the Big House There is a daintiness and tenderness about a little statue, contrasting strongly with the grandeur and majesty of one of heroic size. The Principles of Aesthetics Andrews looked at her for a long time, enraptured by the absurd daintiness of the figure between the big bundles of flesh of the nursemaids. Three Soldiers Madame Grandet had begged the privilege of remaining to help with the supper; and you may be sure every dish was served with a perfection and daintiness of touch only the French can give. Sara, a Princess As an illustrator, Abbey combined daintiness with a fair measure of dramatic feeling for the pose. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists This exquisite care for words has something of moral purity—as well as physical daintiness in it. Without Prejudice The refinement and natural dignity of the woman made her caresses of exquisite daintiness and tenderness. The Romance and Tragedy The mother adapted herself superbly and was a real joy in the household through her wit and daintiness and ingenious thoughtfulness. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Kindliness, docility, sympathy, tenderness, daintiness—these and other attributes were cultivated into incomparable blossoming. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation The daintiness of the linen, the gleam of silver, the perfection of the service, and the soft glow of candles under silk shades, filled their simple country souls with awe. Many Kingdoms It disarmed criticism, it mollified spite, to see him so enjoy his imitation languors, and arts, and airs, and his studied daintinesses of gesture and misbegotten refinements. Following the Equator, Part 4 From the smooth gloss of her burnished hair, to the daintiness of her low, black brocaded shoes, she represented, so far as her physical and outward self were concerned, absolute perfection. The Evil Shepherd Then Doris came, with her pink-and-white daintiness, and spoke to them both with a little triumphant air of condescension; for was not she engaged to be married, whereas clever, working women usually became "old maids"? Winding Paths She looked very charming in the stained and faded daintiness of her male attire. If I Were King On the contrary, it was a bower of daintiness, and was crowded with all the senseless fripperies of a school-girl. The Iron Trail Her lips are too thick and her mouth too large," remarked Clare, "and yet in some incomprehensible way she gives you the impression of daintiness. The Ear in the Wall I admired the daintiness of the house decorations and the pleasant faces of the people in the pretty villages I passed through. My Life — Volume 2 But they who have once been dainty,—as I call them,—never like to divest themselves of their daintiness. He Knew He Was Right He felt almost shy when he went back into the car, and though June greeted him with a smile, her immaculate daintiness made him unconsciously sit quite far away from her. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Lucie Waldon, as everybody knew, was a famous beauty, a marvel of charm and daintiness, slender, with big, soulful, wistful eyes. The War Terror Her youth, her very daintiness, seemed to offer her as the easiest of victims. At the Villa Rose One could tell just by the way she wore her clothes, by her daintiness, by the tilt of her bonnet and by the way smiled out from under it. Vignettes of San Francisco "Certainly; I doubt whether you would be happy if you thought that your daintiness had departed from you." He Knew He Was Right Finally, remark the daintiness with which the hands are used, particularly in the case of the seated figure on the right. A History of Greek Art And Mary, the picture of complacent daintiness, was sauntering on, waiting for him. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby There was about the whole room a certain daintiness, almost, it seemed to Mr. Ricardo, a fragrance, as though the girl had impressed something of her own delicate self upon it. At the Villa Rose In addition, she had a subtle humour and readiness, which made her repartees often delightful and produced phrases and fancies of characteristic daintiness. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One His slight and graceful figure was well adapted to dancing, and he moved about with the grace and daintiness of a young fawn. Two Years Before the Mast She looked as if she was not attending to the conversation, but solely busy with the tea-cups, among which her round ivory hands moved with pretty, noiseless, daintiness. North and South She always meant to put into the savings' bank; but hiring books, and daintiness, though not finery, in dress, had prevented her means from ever amounting to a sum, in her opinion, worth securing. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 The daintiness of her gown, airy and simple, yet fresh from a Paris workshop. Jeanne of the Marshes Frances, since his first acquaintance with her, had shot up into a slim, tall girl, exquisite in colouring and the daintiness of her figure and face. Sisters The neck and the upper line of the plump shoulders, with a trace of richly delicate lace and a string of pearls, gave somehow a suggestion of patrician daintiness. Alice of Old Vincennes In personal details, she was intensely fastidious, and at some trouble and cost had maintained in her intimate surroundings a daintiness almost unknown out-back. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Translation: "Of daintiness, delicacy, luxury, graces, father of desire." Appreciations, with an Essay on Style He describes to us how he became a skilled artificer with his pen, and how with obstinate persistence he taught himself daintiness of diction. Robert Louis Stevenson It was impossible that one so rarely gifted and educated with so much daintiness, could ever make a wife of the people. Sybil, or the Two Nations The stuff was a cheap material, but it was cut and worn with a daintiness that marked her off from the shopgirls and others that Jonah was most familiar with. Jonah He was observing the feminine details the untidinesses so characteristic of her; the daintinesses, equally characteristic—all in such odd contrast with inevitable bush roughnesses. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life His best-known work is "Undine," the anemone in daintiness of fancy and delicacy of expression. Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier Her very daintiness and preciosity of speech indicated it. The Blazed Trail Robert patted her on the head in a friendly manner; and we fell to on our breakfast, which was simple enough, but most delicately cooked, and set on the table with much daintiness. News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Between times Davy and his uncle did the housework together; and although it was respectably done, there was no pink- and-white daintiness about it, you may be sure. A Village Stradivarius But suppose there were no injustice in this case, yet to delight in fish would argue daintiness and luxury; because they are such costly and unnecessary diet. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Why has not England a great mythology? our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have all issued through the pipes of Greece. Howards End Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have all issued through the pipes of Greece.� Howards End That character I could discern in the daintiness, good taste, and solidity of everything about me, whether the handbell, the binding of the book, the settee, or the table. Youth However, the people of the quarters which she frequented loved her for her gayety, her daintiness, her lively manners, her dances, and her songs. Notre-Dame De Paris It is indeed all daintiness, a delicate caress for delicate senses, extending to the external decoration of life, to the sinuous outlines, the showy drapery, and the refinements of comfort in the furniture and architecture. The Ancient Regime Its cool daintiness made it seem the symbol of another world, a world without depths or shadows, a world that did not feel—a happy world! Beyond Many of his epigrams are spoiled by over-elaboration and affected daintiness of style; but when he writes simply his execution is incomparable. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology The sweetness, daintiness of her In starched and dotted gown Of creamy whiteness, over hoops, With ruffles winding down! Anthology of Massachusetts Poets That shoe has so much grace and daintiness, it is so impossible for it to walk, that it seems to the mother as though she saw her child. Notre-Dame De Paris Fastidiousness—'daintiness,' as he would have said—dandyishness, as we might well say: by just that which marks him as a painter is he marked as a writer too. Yet Again The expression suits the daintiness of Michael's character, as Guido represents him. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni His slight and graceful figure was well calculated for dancing, and he moved about with the grace and daintiness of a young fawn. Two Years Before the Mast There is no doubt that a natural love of slaughter induces him to a constant search for prey, but it has nothing to do with the daintiness of his appetite. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon A certain daintiness of feature was misleading as to her true character and her almost virile decision. The Brotherhood of Consolation It was of a kind to advertise his trade, and ludicrously in contrast with the sober garb of Hagthorpe and the almost foppish daintiness of Jeremy Pitt. Captain Blood How well, store of "similiter cadences" doth sound with the gravity of the pulpit, I would but invoke Demosthenes' soul to tell, who with a rare daintiness useth them. A Defence of Poesie and Poems She knew that if she acquired the habit of daintiness at breakfast before marriage it would become second nature after marriage. The Drums of Jeopardy It is not so rich as the costume of the Banded Epeira, but much more elegant because of its soberness, its daintiness and the artful blending of its hues. The Life of the Spider He stole a sidelong glance at her—she was the personification of daintiness from the black patent shoes showing beneath the flouncing of her skirt, to the white hat with its clusters of roses. A Millionaire of Yesterday The odor of violets brings to him even to this day a vision of girlish charm and daintiness, together with a memory of the abased reverence that filled him. The Vision Splendid And here have I the daintiness of ear To check time broke in a disorder'd string; But, for the concord of my state and time, Had not an ear to hear my true time broke. King Richard II What especially irritated the captain was the daintiness of some of his cabin passengers. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains The daintiness of his menu was not a correct gauge for the daintiness of his language on these numerous occasions. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister Her two daughters as they approached womanhood greatly improved in the daintiness of their garb, and one had become pregnant— outside marriage. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 A faint fragrance of cleanliness diffused itself about her—the cool, sweet fragrance of daintiness. The Riverman But it was a robustness in a finer than the wonted sense, a vigorous daintiness, it might be called, which gave an impression of virility with none of the womanly left out. Moon-Face What made her daintiness join that obviously rough lot I can’t imagine. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes From the daintiness of elegance to the arrogant disgust of folly the word carries meanings numerous and diverse enough; it must not be cruelly burdened with all the laudatory occasions of an undiscriminating egotism. Style |
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