单词 | downrightness |
例句 | An honest, massive downrightness and a plain sagacity seemed to mark him, and commend him to all who loved the German blood. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z His downrightness startled Nell, and she stopped and stared at him. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Liberal opinions Moore supported by tongue and pen, but then they were fashionable within a sufficiently extensive circle of notabilities, and had nothing of the coarseness and downrightness of vulgar Radicalism about them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The harnessed knights, the ancient keeps, the true-heartedness, honesty, and downrightness, but especially the independence of the acting characters, were received with the greatest approbation. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z He admired her uprightness of character, and downrightness of speech; her shrewd common sense, combined with unpretending simplicity; her indomitable strength of purpose, tempered by broad good nature. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Much of her usual uncompromising downrightness had been shed, and she appeared almost gracious. Patricia Brent, Spinster In manner he was very straight to the point and downright, but it was not the downrightness which in nineteen cases out of twenty degenerates into mere brusquerie. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising She admired his strength, his decisive downrightness, his easy refinement of speech and thought; and that in the teeth of the fact that his earlier life had been rough and hard, and, not infrequently perilous. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising They could talk together knowing that each would understand the other, and Muriel's downrightness did not offend Mrs. Clinton. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Her native delicacy of mind and refinement of manners enchanted those who hoped for some such influence to be exerted in softening the rough vigor and democratic downrightness of the man. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The opinion, too, which he thus expressed was shared by some of Fitzjames's friends, who thought that his masculine force of mind and downrightness of character would have qualified him to lead a party effectively. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice She had none of Aunt Agnes's downrightness, but a no less degree of persistence. A Romantic Young Lady He is generally honest, but more generally thought so, and his downrightness credits him, as a man not well bended and crookned to the times. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters I may note here that the power of Epicurism as a faith depended also largely on the directness, downrightness, and audacity of its system, working on minds weary of philosophers' disputations and political quarrels. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus "I know that," she told him, with a swift return to her old downrightness. The Brentons He looked round the lamp at her furtively, and seemed to see in her shadowed face a particular local quality of sincerity and downrightness that appealed strongly to his admiration. Clayhanger Game, with his usual downrightness, opened the ball. The Willoughby Captains There's a terrible downrightness about that word 'death.' The Mayor of Troy I like their downrightness, their pride in what they have achieved, their hatred of sham and affectation. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Nevertheless, he recognized all that it might portend when such a girl as Olive Keltridge, the soul of sanity and downrightness, talked about her comprehension of a man like Brenton. The Brentons We have squires as many by thousands, as accomplished by tens of thousands; but the inimitable union of simplicity and refinement, downrightness and dignity, disappeared with the last faint reflection of Sir Roger de Coverley. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Blunt, honest downrightness, that was the key of it, and it took away the breath of all those women used to the devious necessities of purdah politics. Caves of Terror The lawyer's suave manner seemed to her downrightness to border upon affectation. Jane Field A Novel The simple downrightness of the admission might have disconcerted another. The Man in the Twilight A tall man, dark, keen and of most soldierly bearing; beside the genial downrightness of the British officers he was urbane, suave, but full of decision. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Both Lord and Lady Grosville had been good hosts in their day; and the downrightness of the wife had been as much to the taste of many as the agreeable gossip of the husband. The Marriage of William Ashe But in secret she admired her daughter's candour, her downrightness and straightforwardness, her disdain of conventions and hypocrisies. The Tree of Heaven The best of these came gladly to her, for she was an open and a disillusioned spirit, with something of a man's downrightness under her sensitive appreciation. The Collectors At first, her vivacity, decisive tone, downrightness, and contempt of conventional standards, continued to repel. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II It is a robust and friendly spirit, and will set the learner's steps—given that he be of English blood, or even of Anglo-Saxon sympathy—a-thumping to its solid downrightness. The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England He admitted that in such details of social conduct London might be in advance of the Five Towns, despite the Five Towns' admirable downrightness. The Regent It was my blunt honesty, my transparent candor, the open-hearted downrightness that in me amounted to a misfortune, that had at first attracted him. Nancy Reuben's gentle, trustful nature found repose in the Elder's firm, sturdy downrightness, much as it had in Captain Melville's; and the Elder would have loved Reuben if he had not been Draxy's father. Saxe Holm's Stories He is generally honest, but more generally thought so, and his downrightness credits him, as a man not well bended and crookened to the times. Character Writings of the 17th Century His downrightness is the complement of his uprightness. The Century Vocabulary Builder It may have been this very appearance of bluff sincerity and honest downrightness which accounted for his success. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story I said it before, and will say it again, it is a rare thing to be set in downrightness of heart against sin. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 This challenging brutal downrightness, which made one seem to have become a dog that must prove his usefulness or be kicked aside? The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest "No, I didn't, Mr. Temple Barholm," she answered with Manchester downrightness. T. Tembarom But save in exceptional circumstances the downrightness of pay has no hint of vulgarity. The Century Vocabulary Builder He affected German downrightness, to which he was a stranger; and followed, under a deceitful show of piety, all the principles of Machiavel. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 In those days people believed with a simple downrightness which I do not observe among educated men and women now. The Way of All Flesh On the other hand, the Erewhonian system lends itself better to the suppression of that downrightness which it seems the express aim of Erewhonian philosophy to discountenance. Erewhon On the whole, he interested me more than any of them,—by an apparent force and downrightness of mind, combined with much simplicity and frankness. Life of John Sterling |
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