| 单词 | diffusive |
| 例句 | No spoilers — but “Middlemarch” serves nicely again: “The effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z This diffusive feature is actually what puts the “liberal” in liberal democracy and liberal capitalism. Yes, capitalism is broken. To recover, liberals must eat humble pie 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Instead, we get extended sensory descriptions of life on Lefkáda, memories that glow through a diffusive haze of metaphor. Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Spatiotemporal long-range persistence in earth’s temperature field: analysis of stochastic–diffusive energy balance models. Global patterns of declining temperature variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Scattering by phonons and charged defects disrupts the coherent motion of these carriers, leading to diffusive transport when the scattering is strong. Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Our experiment shows that the deformations and fluctuations of long-range orientational order profoundly influence diffusive regimes. [Report] Effect of Collective Molecular Reorientations on Brownian Motion of Colloids in Nematic Liquid Crystal 2013-12-12T19:26:32.368Z In the live human brain, the methods at hand are even more indirect: rather than visualizing neurons directly, one observes the diffusive motion of protons, using variants of magnetic resonance imaging. The Brain's Highways: Mapping the Last Frontier 2012-05-22T14:15:00.213Z What a gloriously diffusive nature He had, dropping gifts of fabulous price in every direction without money and without price! The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Almost from the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, there were men among the colonists who wrote down with diffusive dulness the records of whatever they had seen and suffered. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z From this time science ceases almost to have any secrets; and, all the influences to which it is exposed acting in the same direction, the tendency of knowledge becomes wholly diffusive. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z How large the dividend of delight! how diffusive! Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z It will not stay by itself; it is pervasive, diffusive. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z When drugs are employed, they have a diffusive rather than a concentrating influence, so that the real purpose of hypnotism is entirely missed. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The humorous irony of Pascal, in the “Provincial Letters,” plays like the diffusive sheen of an aurora borealis over the whole surface of the composition. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Big stars and tiny stars and mere little diffusive glows of light that might come from a thousand worlds, clustering together out there in infinite void. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Nor was he given to be frank and diffusive on topics of mere intellectual speculation; although, occasionally, he could exchange thoughts on such matters with a congenial mind. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Where Faction seldom gathers head, But, by degrees to fulness wrought, The strength of some diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z I never knew about Coleridge's opium, or that to Carlyle he appeared as a helpless Psyche overspun with Church of England cobwebs, as a weak, diffusive, weltering, ineffectual man. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The grace given him was communicable, diffusive; an influence passing from him to others, and making what it touched spiritual, as enthusiasm may be or tastes or panics. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z What can you state of the diffusive power of gases? A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers Its desires to do good are diffusive as the sun light—it is not confined to country—nation or caste. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution For, as the hand is the symbol of that constructive exertion of the body which we call work, so is the foot the symbol of that diffusive exertion of the body which we call play. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism We see the trespass of the one generating universal death, and we are sure that the counter influence of Christ is as universally diffusive and incomparably more powerful. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition The short, imperfect navigation of the Greeks, along the shores and among the islands of their inland sea, made colonization rather a diffusive overflow, than an adventurous transplanting of their people. Calvert and Penn Or the Growth of Civil and Religious Liberty in America, as Disclosed in the Planting of Maryland and Pennsylvania It is known as the diffusive power of gases. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers So dangerous is Heat in all Kinds of pestilential Distempers, and so diffusive of Contagion. A Discourse on the Plague Puritanism was radical in its views and sentiments, yet lacking that diffusive propagandist power inhering in conventional bodies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 In some years it is quiescent, though never absent; in others it becomes diffused, for reasons of which nothing is known, and its diffusive activity varies greatly from equally inscrutable causes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" I shall now proceed to the observations I have to offer on this important subject; and I pledge myself that they shall be neither numerous nor diffusive. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 I presumed warmly to hope that unless inveterate prejudice and malice were as invincible as our island itself, it would have the diffusive circulation which I earnestly desired. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Sir Edward East, in a long, diffusive harangue, likewise condemned the order, but was against suspension; Sir James Graham was against the order, but against suspension; Lord Amherst the same. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II Again, De Quincey speaks of Shelley's "fearlessness, his gracious nature, his truth, his purity from all flesh-liness of appetite, his freedom from vanity, his diffusive love and tenderness." Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Blanqui diffusively gives nearly one half of his “History of Political Economy” to the period before the sixteenth century, when politico-economic laws had not yet been recognized. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy The only drawback is our comparative ignorance, and our inability to discern the precise character of the diffusive currents in every case; a radical imperfection in the science of mind as constituted at present. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The effect upon public sentiment and opinion in Italy, where emotions are tensely strung, and sympathy with suffering is more flexible and diffusive than it is even among the other Latin races, was instantaneous. England and Germany The scenes of their labors are scattered over a vast area, showing convincingly the diffusive character as well as the rich harvest garnered through the Tuskegee Idea. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements In fine, dishonesty in all its forms has a diffusive power of injury, and, on the mere ground of self-defence, demands the remonstrance and antagonism of the entire community. A Manual of Moral Philosophy So late even as this Reign, the whole Kingdom of Ireland was a desolate diffusive Scene of total Decay! covered with all the ghastly Symptoms of the Consumption of Centuries! An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland "Combining together these various indications, or sources of discrimination,—outward objects, diffusive mode or expression, inward consciousness, resulting conduct and institutions,—I adopt the following arrangement of the families or natural orders of emotion." Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Ardent spirit is a poison so diffusive and subtile that it is found, by actual experiment, to penetrate even the brain. Select Temperance Tracts O! if religion were thus a diffusive, practical, every-day reality, there would be a marvellous change in the aspects of life and the conditions of humanity around us. Humanity in the City It warms, invigorates, and elevates every sentiment, every feeling; and in its highest, purest, most diffusive form unites us to God and all creatures in Him. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Sometimes he means by preference that vast and most diffusive race which throughout Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, the Euxine and the Euphrates, represented the Græco-Macedonian blood from the time of Alexander downwards. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 The curious contents of his Paradisus are diffusively narrated in Johnson's English Gardening. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions It is like people who bar up their doors and windows to enjoy themselves by themselves, forgetting that all genial and healthy elements and influences—light, sunshine, air—are diffusive and universal. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 It does not appear that he had much sense of the pathetick; and his diffusive and descriptive style produced declamation rather than dialogue. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II These Faradaic currents differ from each other in respect to being concentrative or diffusive in their effects, and in their sensational force. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication That interest must be unaffected which leads men into disputes and permanent factions, and that truth must be diffusive as life itself, which is found to underlay a vast body of philosophy. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Is the Nile the diffusive benefactor of the world? The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 In consequence, its mild light is due to the myriads of sparkling crystals, which diffusively reflect the rays of the sun. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy His numbers are sometimes smooth, and sometimes rugged; his style is sometimes concatenated, and sometimes abrupt; sometimes diffusive, and sometimes concise. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II B D is diffusive, and the most energetically sensational of the three. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication The humorous irony of Pascal, in the "Provincial Letters," plays like the diffusive sheen of an aurora borealis over the whole surface of the composition. Classic French Course in English Jacques has the quality of the uncommon; it is a curiously prepared dish, as Goethe said; but it lacks the pinch of salt and the handful of herbs with sharp diffusive flavour. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. He therefore had a thousand pounds of powder placed in the blasting furnace, of which the diffusive direction was carefully calculated. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Such very diffusive affection might argue a lack of principle. The Lady of the Ice A Novel The lines of the face could never have been drawn by mere diffusive, emotional habits. The Daughters of Danaus Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ’gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources Thomson seems to have been partial to these kind of adjectives, "effusive," "diffusive," "prelusive," &c. Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Their homes are often centres of diffusive blessedness; and were the nobility of England what too many here suppose them, the state could not last a twelvemonth. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland It is the channel we have chosen for them they must follow in it with a diffusive energy, filling every nook and corner. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success It is a strong proof of the diffusive tendency of every thing in this country, that America never yet collected a fleet. The Two Admirals One of the maxims of the old Greek philosophers was that good is diffusive of itself. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages As one diffusive breath passing through the perforations of a flute is distinguished as the several notes of the scale, so the Supreme Spirit is single, though, in consequence of acts, it seems manifold. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life How beautiful the sun, as still we gaze, Streams all diffusive through the opening haze! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan In this one it advances with the diffusive and straggling movement of a summer cloud. Shadows of the Stage Grand reservoirs of public happiness, Through secret streams diffusively they bless; And, while their bounties glide conceal'd from view, Relieve our wants, and spare our blushes too. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 His friendliness was general and diffusive, and certainly was not concentrated upon one or two objects, as is the case sometimes with intenser natures. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men They are diffusive centers of light scattered throughout the whole race. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro The explanation lies in the conflicting interests which these two great and diffusive Powers were gradually establishing on the American mainland. The Story of Newfoundland The exuberant womanhood, the celestial affection, the steadfast nobility, and the lovely, childlike innocence of Imogen—shown through the constrained medium of a diffusive romance—were not to all minds appreciable on the instant. Shadows of the Stage The love of fame in its effect survey'd, The muse has sung; be now the cause display'd: Since so diffusive, and so wide its sway, What is this power, whom all mankind obey? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 We must employ the diffusive style, on the other hand, when we wish to overpower them with a flood of language. On the Sublime His genius was undoubtedly embarrassed by the diffusive tendency of his interests. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. The blunderbuss had not exploded; it always made that grand, booming, rattling, diffusive sort of a report. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life A more diffusive activity might be reserved to it for better times. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century It is too obvious to require a diffusive exposition, that the application for a writ of error was not only prudent, but a duty in Pagan. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 O Source of Wisdom, Eternal Light of the Universe! what 137 Adorations can express the grateful Acknowledgments of thy diffusive Bounty! A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country It was said of MAGLIABECHI, who knew all books, and never wrote one, that by his diffusive communications he was in some respect concerned in all the great works of his times. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Then came the diffusive boom and crackle of the blunderbuss, and the doctor, inwardly anathematizing Wilkinson, hurried his men on. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Such men too frequently win upon the regards of women, and occupy high and enviable positions in female society; but their love is diffusive, and for the individual only for a time. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Israel's religion was not diffusive, therefore it corrupted; Israel's religion did not reach out a hand to the nations, therefore its heart was paralysed and stricken. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Liberty, such as deserves the name, is an honest, equitable, diffusive, and impartial principle. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Smell is agreeable or disagreeable, sweet, sour, pungent, diffusive and compact, oily and dry, and clear. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Having explained very diffusively the great subjects, the moral Education, Discipline, and Peculiar Customs, of the Quakers, I purpose to allot the remaining part of this volume to the consideration of their religion. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 The pages of revelation have been long unfolded to our view, and diffusively spread among us. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 From its first preaching, the kingdom is diffusive. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII His influence, however pure, could not, and in fact did not, become a diffusive and transforming leaven, either in his own or in any subsequent generation. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Strongly diffusive as all these odorous substances are, they permeate the whole organism, and each of them contributes its share to what in the aggregate constitutes the smell of the living animal. Five Years of Theosophy In the time of Christ it continued the same office, but it was then given more diffusively than before, and also more diffusively to some than to others. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 I had heard he was the best of brothers, the most generous of friends; and I thought such feelings only required to be warmed and cherished into more diffusive benevolence. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time He poured out the precious ointment of his soul upon the feet of that diffusive Jesus who suffers here in his poor and despised ones. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs That diffusive love diffuses itself equally in all directions. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Nor joys one land alone: his praise extends, Far as the sun rolls the diffusive day; Far as the breeze can bear the gifts of peace; Till all the happy nations catch the song. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The old Anaximenes, seeking, I suppose, for a source sufficiently diffusive, said, that Mind must be in the air, which, when all men breathed, they were filled with one intelligence. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I I thought these feelings only required to be warmed and cherished into more diffusive benevolence. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time And now the heart grows warm, With feelings undefined, Throwing their deep diffusive charm O'er all the realms of mind. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 476, February 12, 1831 The knowledge and masculine virtues of your sex may be softened and rendered more diffusive by the inquisitiveness, vivacity, and docility of ours, drawn forth and exercised by each other. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton What could one say to such a wretch as this, whose whole life had been spent in the most diffusive wickedness, and who no doubt has numbers of souls to answer for? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 No social class or caste can resist the diffusive power of moral influence. Bushido, the Soul of Japan I had heard he was the best of brothers, the most generous of friends, and I thought such feelings only required to be warmed and cherished into more diffusive benevolence. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Some lack earnestness; they are too diffusive, like the letter of the young maiden, in which she asks a hundred questions, which are forgotten as soon as she has attached the seal. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York The diffusive good which sweetens life for others through all time is the real heaven she sought. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy That the author of this diffusive mischief perpetuated it premeditatedly, wantonly, in the gaiety of his heart. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 It is mostly by assuming an additional termination, that any verb is formed into an adjective: as in teachable, moveable, oppressive, diffusive, prohibitory. The Grammar of English Grammars The right of suffrage was much more diffusive in the Northern than the Southern States; and the latter could have no influence in the election, on the score of the negroes.—p. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 They are all eloquent, diffusive, rich, lavish, generous, prodigal of their words. Famous Reviews There is another Circumstance in this Design, which gives me hopes of your Favour to it, and that is what Tully advises, to wit, that the Benefit is made as diffusive as possible. The Spectator, Volume 2. The schism of the Donatists was confined to Africa: the more diffusive mischief of the Trinitarian controversy successively penetrated into every part of the Christian world. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 This operation, the particular effects of which are felt in every society, acted with much more diffusive energy in the Roman world. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 And the very atmosphere of such bliss is diffusive; it seemed as if all the living creatures around understood. The Man Between, an International Romance The Latians saw from far, with dazzled eyes, The radiant crest that seem'd in flames to rise, And dart diffusive fires around the field, And the keen glitt'ring the golden shield. The Aeneid English Christianity breathes a spirit of the most diffusive charity and good will: and wherever its "power" is felt, it moulds the character into the image of benevolence. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II The progress of domestic faction abated the more diffusive sentiment of national animosity; and the officers of Theodosius were instructed to purchase, with liberal gifts and promises, the retreat or service of the discontented party. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 For, in my mind, these were consummate Orators, and the first among the Romans whose diffusive Eloquence rivalled the glory of the Greeks. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. For who does not know that every good, the more diffusive it is, by so much the better it is? The Praise of Folly Of the incompetency of the Church, in its diffusive capacity, to be judge of controversies; and the impertinency of that pretence of the Spirit. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge There are some very diffusive books, difficult because diffusive, of which it is well to write close digests, if you are really studying them. How to Do It There was a young man present on this same occasion," Bingham proceeded; "a decorative, diffusive young man—with a badge. With the Procession But as in other subjects, so in this, there are two methods of disquisition;—the one more copious and diffusive, and the other more concise, and, I might also add, more easy and comprehensible. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. The big-swoln inundation, Of mischief more diffusive, raving loud, Buries whole tracts of country, threatening more; But that too has its shore it cannot pass. The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes As to actual exhibition of humor, Hawthorne's is made a diffusive medium to temper the rays of tragedy with, and never appears in such unmixed form as that of Irving. A Study of Hawthorne Osmotic and diffusive forces in human society are all the results of incongruences, disparities, differences, inequalities and the negative and positive emotions attached to them. Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema If so, it is not English; life "diffusive" likewise is not English. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. It is much fuller and richer than the close and accurate style above-mentioned; but less elevated than the pompous and diffusive. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. God's love flows out of its own expansive and diffusive nature. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke In his old age he was not a man to be taken very seriously, being diffusive, vague and vain. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The great mark of a passion is its sensible working of itself out upon the body,—what Dr. Bain calls "the diffusive wave of emotion." Moral Philosophy His colouring is more pleasing than that of Vasari, but is diffusive and wanting in depth. Fra Bartolommeo This, therefore, is an ornament in which our artless Orator may indulge himself more freely; but not so openly as in the more diffusive and lofty species of Eloquence. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. A copious verbal memory, like a copious memory of facts, is only one source of power, and without the high controlling faculty of the artist may lead to diffusive indecision. The Principles of Success in Literature While he was not a diffusive writer, his works are by no means limited in extent, as they occupy in the late erudite Laverdière's edition, six quarto volumes, containing fourteen hundred pages. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 It is a full, diffusive tenderness, which, penetrating all hearts, unites the whole in one spirit of boundless love in the bosom of our God! The Scottish Chiefs I cannot guess; But tho' I seem in star and flower To feel thee some diffusive power, I do not therefore love thee less. A Prisoner in Fairyland In Philosophy also the diffusive majesty of Plato has not deterred Aristotle from entering the list; nor has Aristotle himself, with all his wonderful knowledge and fertility of thought, disheartened the endeavours of others. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Nay, even good writers sometimes sacrifice the large effect of a diffusive light to the small effect of a brilliant point. The Principles of Success in Literature Now, while a mob is by nature noisy and threatening, there is little real danger in it until its diffusive violence is directed into one channel by a leader. The Silver Horde After a little he confined himself to remarks on the personal attacks made on him by the other side, and even in doing that was reiterative rather than diffusive. The Way We Live Now It does not appear that he had much sense of the pathetic; and his diffusive and descriptive style produced declamation rather than dialogue. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 It is rather a wonder the effect is not more diffusive. Letters from an American Farmer While Mrs. Mallow rambled on in this diffusive manner, Cuthbert was thinking. The Secret Passage Faith not a delusion, and Popular Liberty something more diffusive and substantial than the profane exercise of the sacred rights of sovereignty by political classes. Sybil, or the Two Nations When I feel the rhythm of poetry, or of perfect prose, which is, of course, in its own way, no less rhythmical, every sensation of sound sends through me a diffusive wave of nervous energy. The Psychology of Beauty His numbers are sometimes smooth and sometimes rugged; his style is sometimes concatenated and sometimes abrupt, sometimes diffusive and sometimes concise. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 On the other side, nothing is to be seen but the most diffusive misery and wretchedness, unrelieved even in thought or wish! Letters from an American Farmer It is still subtle and diffusive, but whatever little there may be, the eye still catches that little. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth It exists in minute portions in the atmosphere, and often accumulates at the bottom of old wells and caverns, owing to its slow diffusive power. An Introduction to Chemical Science That all definite stimulus, and especially sound stimulus, rhythmical or not, sets up a diffusive wave of energy, increasing blood circulation, dynamogenic phenomena, etc., is another matter, which has later to be discussed. The Psychology of Beauty For a while, in her little white bed, she lay and stared hopelessly out at the street lamp down at the corner; the glow brought out a beautiful diffusive haze, a misty halo. Missy Can we be in the presence of the diffusive life of the plant, a life which persists in a fragment? The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography For elimination of shadows caused by structure, there is diffusive glass inside. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth Reason is of a diffusive nature, what itself is in itself, it begets in others, and so doth multiply. Meditations His eloquence was nothing but diffusive declamation without order or method, and especially with no conclusions. The French Revolution - Volume 3 Their example is also contagious and diffusive, brightening and cheering all who come within reach of their influence. Character But the above law of the diffusive action of feelings seems too general to throw much light on special expressions. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals The good character is diffusive in his influence. Character |
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