| 单词 | effrontery |
| 例句 | Perhaps he had found a means of assaulting the effrontery of M. Minkoff. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Louis saw it done repeatedly, and at first was amazed at Burnham’s effrontery, only to be more amazingly amazed at the drooling of the recipient. The method was crude but it worked.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He was picking people at random now in his fury, punishing innocent people for the dead man’s effrontery. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We are a busy and dynamic organization whose mission needless effrontery and harassment can only hinder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the effrontery to tell me to my face that I'm too old to ride with him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Leaving everybody to wonder where she had learned her effrontery from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, I must devise some means of handling M. Minkoff s latest effronteries. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “They tried to kill James Brown,” he says afterwards, insulted, as if by the effrontery. Get On Up: biopic tries to get under James Brown's skin – first look review 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z You can locate in it this national moment of brashness and effrontery. ‘Fyre’ and ‘Fyre Fraud’ Reviews: Behind the Scenes of a Music Festival Fiasco 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Enraged by her digital effrontery, he screams, then slaps her. Probing the Murder of a Pakistani Internet Sensation 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z She was the perfect celebrity, sustained by effrontery and unblessed by talent. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z “You can say anything, and if you say it with enough effrontery, you can get away with it,” Pullman told The Associated Press from his home in Oxford. Philip Pullman’s latest book is adventure for an anxious age 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z That sympathetic reading of the song’s chorus would seem to depart from the sneering effrontery of Mr. Dylan’s vocal delivery. Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z That’s too bad, because “Cyrus” is more interesting and fun when you’re recoiling at the effrontery of its comedy and not its conventionality. | 'Cyrus': Jonah Hill in Duplass Brothers? Comedy 2010-06-17T21:55:00Z Or amazing by its effrontery — it does that, for sure. 'Jack & Triumph Show' a twistedly sweet tale of a boy, his dog 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The only effrontery left was the effrontery of dullness. Dance Review: Ann Liv Young as Sleeping Beauty at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2012-01-13T23:31:08Z In his effrontery, Bertolucci put his abuse in front of the camera and like so many men of that era, maintains a tacit claim of permissive liberation and declines to see what was wrong. Last Tango scandal shows toxic extent of male power in the film industry | Peter Bradshaw 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z ACT UP was renowned for the inventiveness and effrontery of its public protests. When America acted up against AIDS 2012-09-30T14:01:00Z My first resort is claiming I’m the victim of witch-huntery — And blithely wave away substantive facts with sheer effrontery. Style Invitational Week 1444: It’s a whole new all-game — name a sport 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z In the distance, the tower of Hawksmoor's Christ Church, Spitalfields rises up with its customary effrontery – it is a building that he drew and painted repeatedly in the 1980s and 90s. Leon Kossoff's love affair with London 2013-04-27T10:00:04Z To which I say: No. "Borat" flies on the wings of effrontery and astonishing satiric extremes, and its pilot is a singular creation. Is the appeal of 'Jackass' just a guy thing? 2010-10-22T21:09:00Z St. James Cathedral in Seattle was the scene on Friday evening for a 400th-anniversary re-creation of this monumental masterpiece, and the sheer freshness, indeed effrontery, of music and performance alike electrified the audience. Review: A 'Vespers' for the ages at St. James Cathedral 2010-12-04T18:09:00Z Until Amy, I couldn’t truly have appreciated the difference between courage and effrontery. ‘The Desperate Hour’ Review: An Exercise in Panic 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It added: “Perhaps someone will say the Jews deserve this fate. Saying this is in itself a colossal effrontery.” Traute Lafrenz, Last Survivor of Anti-Hitler Group, Dies at 103 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z They are apparently seething over his rude effrontery, the serve-my-whims, feed-me-another-grape demands that they “indemnify” him from anything, ever, before he will free them from his odious presence by selling. Perspective | The NFL deserves every bit of its raging Daniel Snyder headache 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The four band members were low-born Northerners from a dingy port town with no formal education; their success was against the natural order of things, an act of effrontery. Forget the Stones: Beatles vs. Bond was the real British rivalry, per a new book 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z He seemed to have a desire to shock and had been described as an astounding combination of insight, intuition and effrontery. Peter Brook: British stage directing great dies aged 97 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Thompson, skilled at both effrontery and anxiety, mines that tension brilliantly. Review: Emma Thompson gets (and gives) marvelous sex ed in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “They are women who had the effrontery to sit in judgment on men,” said Susan Glazebrook, president of the judges’ association and a justice of the Supreme Court in New Zealand. Female Judges in Afghanistan, Now Jobless and in Hiding 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z With an effrontery that deserves derision, the Biden administration has compared U.S. flights out of Kabul to the U.S. flights into Berlin that began in 1948. Opinion | Biden’s Afghanistan policy shows the world a wobbly, impulsive U.S. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He also had the effrontery to appeal for a foul after bouncing off his own team-mate Kelly. Brentford v Bournemouth: Championship play-off semi-final, second leg – live! 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Yet these bureaucratic welfare collectors have the nerve — the effrontery — to suggest that women inadequately contribute to the “net revenue” ledger in trying to justify why they short them so badly. Perspective | The financial burden on NCAA sports wears wingtips, not sneakers 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The massive decrease next year is an effrontery to our core values. Editorial Roundup: New England 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z These MPs were fortunate in a Speaker who rose to the great constitutional crisis with the vision and effrontery to break traditions, to protect parliament’s sovereignty against an overreaching executive. Britain is divided. That’s why we need a hung parliament again | Polly Toynbee 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Bring with you, then, as the principal thing, ignorance; secondly recklessness, and thereto effrontery and shamelessness. Confidence in the Trump whim is unlikely to survive a recession | Robert Shiller 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Besides, “many pizzaiolos would probably banish me forever from their premises, for the sheer sacrilege, if not for the effrontery, of bringing in outside ingredients.” Perspective | In 1978, a Washingtonian made a shocking confession: He put pineapple on pizza 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z And it’s equally hard to imagine that Trump’s executive effrontery wouldn’t by then also have put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in impossible positions. Is Trump trying to get impeached? 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Order him off your porch, scolding him for such effrontery? Welcome to Bosch’s infernal barbeque 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Reports should not gloss over his blatant racism and effrontery under the guise of bravery, adventure or — worse yet — faith. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: George H.W. Bush’s death, D.C.’s drug problem and a memorable Yale moment 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The thrilling effrontery of Hughes’s vision has three outstanding and transcendent qualities. How Shakespeare's 'blood cult’ became Ted Hughes’s fatal obsession 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Richard in the play takes a risk whose dangerous effrontery we can only admire; Gove was simply squirming like a hypocritical weasel. Shakespeare in the age of Brexit and Trump: the play’s still the thing 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z The sheer effrontery of the interview, like the effrontery of this attack, sends a message: We don’t care what any of you think. Opinion | Once again, Putin gives us a lesson on the usefulness of the blatant lie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Others simply denounced Schutz for the effrontery of addressing the subject of black trauma. Opinion | Thank God for cultural appropriation 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A parody site got in on the act by portraying a rant by Hitler in the film Downfall as a response to spring breakers’ effrontery. Spring breakers in Mexico chanting 'build the wall'? Mind the fake news 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Further, older workers, accustomed to the parental role, may reflexively offer advice to younger bosses who chafe at the effrontery. When the Boss Is Half Your Age 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “I would just, without being too effrontery about it, caution the president to exercise a little more care in these types of orders,” he said. William Ruckelshaus, fired in Watergate probe, reflects on Trump’s firing decision in immigration ban 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z US Republicans in particular could not bear the effrontery implicit in having a Communist-run entity on their doorstep. Fidel Castro: guerrilla leader, dictator – and an unrepentant revolutionary 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z But her most significant on-screen relationship is with the increasingly unpredictable Fuller, played by Harris with an astonishing fusion of folksy effrontery and bitter self-loathing. Kelly Reichardt's triptych sheds an intimate light on 'Certain Women' 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The promise of immediate and radical change is a campaign fiction presented with such bald-faced effrontery that we hardly question it any more, unless it’s coming from the other side. The Obama years: novelists assess his legacy 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z The regime's response to his effrontery was to put him in jail for two years on trumped-up charges. Iraq Chilcot inquiry: Bitterness in Baghdad - BBC News 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Anyway, he stood up there gripping the railing, and he was furious at the effrontery of this, and I guess he could already see that his plan was in danger. Story of cities #32: Jane Jacobs v Robert Moses, battle of New York's urban titans 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The idea that Trump would bring his nativist effrontery to Patchogue struck the immigrant community and many others as a potentially dangerous provocation. Donald Trump in Patchogue 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z With the knowledge Paul obtains from his time travels, he builds a company called Monarch Solutions, whose name is a model of ironic effrontery. ‘Quantum Break:’ An interesting science fiction game let down by its live-action series tie-in 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z So, since Beatty had the effrontery to rule against the General Assembly, they want to elect someone else to head the Supreme Court. South Carolina editorial roundup 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But some Republicans said that Mr. Trump’s 24-hour spree of over-the-top effrontery could at last signal his eventual derailment, given that it exacerbated long-held questions about his temperament and unstatesmanlike style. Some See Attacks by Donald Trump as Start of His Downfall 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Even so, Bush seems to be taking notice of Trump's effrontery. Politics as blood sport: Trump looks to kick Bush when he's down 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Price’s effrontery was brought to the attention of Thatcher, and she made no secret of her frustration. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In one revealing quote cited in the report, a senior district official commented on the effrontery and efficacy of the parking-ticket system: Cry, your car’s on hidden camera Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, a former justice minister, called it “effrontery” that is “not in keeping with the sense and purpose of our rule of law”. Irony alert 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z For Chinese authorities, the upside of tolerating such effrontery is that it buttresses a dark, skewed vision of American politics. An infatuation with ‘House of Cards’ An average player, Cooper might have been suspended or dismissed from another N.F.L. team for such effrontery. Eagles Receiver Who Used Racial Slur Takes Leave 2013-08-02T19:07:21Z Life without such ill-concealed deceptions and effrontery would be dull indeed. Finding joy in the hypocrisy of others 2013-04-22T11:56:16Z After reading about 400 graduates applying for an internship, the effrontery of being expected to pay £4.50 for a watery beer in a badly decorated pub is enough to make you want to stay in. oung people have cut back on drink, but web addiction may make us sicker 2013-03-10T00:04:09Z The accordant funnelling of funds to various other interests was, of course, coincidental, but nonetheless, this effrontery was not well received by the various suits. From Viv Richards to, um, Andy Murray 2013-03-01T11:49:51Z We have never witnessed the effrontery of a chancellor claiming "We're all in this together", then piling the sacrifice on to the most hard-pressed while cutting tax for rich. We need great speeches in this time of national drama 2012-08-27T20:00:06Z With what art he had prepared the way for the final disclosure of his effrontery! Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "Certainly, sir," replied the man, with his usual effrontery; "I always make a point of that, for then I can tell the purport on my arrival if I lose the note by the way." The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z She saw a chipmunk and laughed, as the sight of that queer little creature, and its odd mixture of shyness and effrontery always made her laugh. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z The Franciscan provincial had the effrontery to send envoys to Rome asking that the investigation be postponed or committed to others. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The very effrontery with which you fancy you are braving public opinion is only Dutch courage. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Oh, the striped awning and the fairy lamp, The cool night fragrance, the insidious damp, And, more insidious still, The sweet effrontery of the beardless scamp Who babbles at his will. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z "Sire," replied Louvois, with a look of effrontery, "I have just heard that what the Duke says is the case; but I judged that all such points could naturally be investigated at the Count's trial." The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Just ordinary human beings projected through the magic lantern of a prodigious effrontery and so magnified to a thousand times larger than life. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z But the other was neither to be abashed nor discomposed; and his manners, which were those of a gentleman, softened down a good deal of the effrontery which his demeanour displayed. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z They broke through the pretended agreement, printed the resolves, and then the letters, which effrontery was never known before. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Here, also, C�sar had the effrontery to place the statue of his mistress, Cleopatra, by the side of that of the goddess. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Mrs. Williams had the effrontery to defend herself, a little later, in the American Journal Light, bestowing the playful epithet of "bandits" upon those who had unmasked her in Paris. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z I perceive that the supreme quality in the human soul is effrontery. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z In every glance there was a quick, sharp, prying expression, joined to a somewhat subservient smile, which was strangely enough displayed upon a cast of countenance, the natural expression of which was pertinacious effrontery. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z The greater the profligacy, the effrontery, the servility, the greater the faith. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Wandering through the streets of the little town and peeping in at the open doors with the unblushing effrontery peculiar to the Briton abroad, we were rewarded by glimpses of many quaint interiors. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z My hands will lie in yours like prisoned butterflies; my wilfulness and my courage, my flippancy and effrontery will throb away, foolishly, weakly, before your eyes. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z You may judge of my astonishment," His Majesty wrote, "at his effrontery in accusing you. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z I will mention one instance out of many, to show how far unblushing effrontery has already been carried on this point. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z A speaker in Cicero's Tusculans remarks on the effrontery of philosophers, who boast that by Epicurus' aid "they are freed from those most cruel of tyrants, eternal terror and fear by day and by night." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z So with a matchless effrontery the Frenchman opened his game under the shade of the great palm trees with the success that has been seen. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z They had the effrontery to maintain, that the prince could not without impiety dispense with entering into their quarrels, share their frenzy, and shed the blood of their enemies. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z "Precisely," Smith answered with effrontery, "as I arranged this meeting." Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z You may be repelled by seeing those who are in health while at work together, keeping up one another's careless spirit and effrontery by bad association. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Do not ninety-nine persons in a hundred use steel pens, and has more than one out of the ninety-nine the effrontery to say he can write with them? 100 Years Ago: Lighter Than Air 2012-03-03T13:45:02.307Z From this point of view, one finds very instructive those explanations, unparalleled for their effrontery, which Ludendorff gave to the Commission of the National Assembly. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z He saw us coming as he opened the door, and surveyed us with cool effrontery as we joined him in the hallway. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z I find my home again at the side of a faithless wife, and she herself meets me only that she may the earlier proclaim to me her effrontery and her broken vows.' Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z What shall we say of a God who established slavery, and then had the effrontery to say, "Thou shalt not steal"? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z And then he has the effrontery to compare my work with that bureau! Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Mause agrees to assist him, but secretly resolves to expose his ignorance and punish his effrontery. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z One can hardly admire sufficiently the brazen effrontery of this appeal! Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z In his use of all the well-worn motives of serious drama and his constant imitation of Shakespearean and Elizabethan diction, Colman displays remarkable cleverness as well as the most cheerful effrontery. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The words uttered again with the same smiling effrontery seemed to be burned anew into her memory. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z But the answer of the scientists and artists strikes one at once by its want of proof and by its effrontery. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z It was impossible that any woman could carry effrontery to so high a pitch. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z It was the first occasion on which he had had the effrontery to push his way into the house, but from his manner one would have judged him a family friend. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z When Louie came to think it all over, her effrontery and her wickedness were absolutely appalling. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z “Do we?” he asked with a suggestion of effrontery. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z But the formal effrontery with which she addressed me restored in a moment my fortitude and my indignation. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The very effrontery of the thing might carry it through peril to success. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The very effrontery of the proposal almost took away his listeners' breath. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z "Sure," he grinned, with all the disagreeable effrontery he could put into his tone, "meaning you; and why not, I'd like to know." Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z If there were any arrow in her quiver of scorn unshot, his effrontery completely disarmed her. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z I wrote often before I could obtain an answer; and at last Glendower had the effrontery to write, denying that I had any right over him. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The two Falkinses rose and walked down to meet the unexpected visitor, uncertain what attitude to take in the face of such stupendous effrontery. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The magistrate raised his eyebrows at our effrontery and then cleared his throat again. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The situation was, in fact, so strange, that Clementina, in spite of her pride, her experience, and her indifference—it might almost be said her effrontery, was suddenly at a loss. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Yet, Mr. Justice Best, had the effrontery to say from the bench, which should ever be sacred to truth and justice, that no philosophical truth stated and supported in this country, would be considered libelous! An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Here we have a striking instance of the matchless effrontery of the Jewish fabricators, in thus turning a common usage into a miracle. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The audacious effrontery of the Radical gang now seeks to proceed even farther. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Harding, she thought, was not the man to yield to a passing impulse or transgress from unmeaning effrontery; but this made the shock worse. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z "Come in?" he almost gasped at this effrontery. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z As a robber, he was of the meaner sort, fertile in resource in planning his small crimes, and relying more on effrontery than bravery to avoid capture. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The cool effrontery of the fellow somewhat astonished the Governor. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Last year, Nathan, the Jewish Mayor of Rome, carried effrontery to its extreme. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z He would have liked to suggest the advisability of her retiring; but his natural effrontery had deserted him, and he remained silent. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z He had not sufficient effrontery to call at the house, but he passed it slowly, and even retraced his steps and passed it a second time, without, however, the result he had hoped for. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The credulity of their victims appears incredible, though it is hardly less marvellous than the tact and effrontery displayed by the gypsy women in their cozening and charlatan tricks. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Then she turns to Zuniga, and with the greatest effrontery favors him with a fragment of the "Habenera" song, to which refrain she marches away with apparent docility. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Certes, the scribes who wrote the gospels, and doubled wonders to make them more miraculous, are far behind the Hindoos in the unblushing effrontery of their conceptions. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Indeed, the desire for it, and as much of it as possible, was avowed with the greatest effrontery. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z At the first symptom of such insolent effrontery, he'd give you a week's wages in lieu of notice, and show you the door. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z People, further, found my ease effrontery, and my carriage, acquired after years of effort, "putting on airs." Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z There was something in his look, too, that bore the imprint of effrontery. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z If I am not mistaken, you had the effrontery to make remarks about that young lady! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Yazíd, who found in him a fellow after his own heart, "accomplished, dissolute, an agreeable companion and excellent wit, reckless in his effrontery and suspected in his religion." A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z "But you don't suppose—" Mrs. Carnby faced her husband, her hands upon her hips, assuming a kind of brazen effrontery. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z The little old maids of Boston were somewhat scandalised by my effrontery; but there was even more to come. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The fellow’s effrontery is colossal, and his fearlessness and brains render him most dangerous. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Who is it who has the effrontery to ring my bell at this time of day? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The will of an effeminate king was no match for the indomitable courage, effrontery and genius of the Spanish knight. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z A man with such great effrontery, and so inconsiderate a mode of expression, ought not to be a teacher in an educational institution, least of all its principal. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z “Have you the effrontery to tell me you have never seen this rope and this cloth before?” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z It stands alone, colossal in its horror, colossal, too, in its effrontery. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z I find in the January number of Brownson's Review, of the present year, the following effusion, which, for effrontery and shameless falsehood, equals any thing I have ever seen. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Corinth′ianise, to be licentious.—Corinthian brass, bronze, an alloy made in Corinth, much valued in ancient times: assurance or effrontery. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z And you have the brass—the—the unblushing effrontery to expect me to accept it as a first-class country-house with every modern convenience! The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z The latter, with his characteristic vim and effrontery, denied all knowledge of the affair, as has been said, and challenged the class to prove a thing against him. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z I have the effrontery, from the necessities of my trade, to ring at your door-bell at midnight, and I know my own limitations, but I know what culture is. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Clairon has the effrontery to declare that she never had any cause to be ashamed of her love-affairs, and defies any one to name "a single man who had purchased her favours." Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z "No. But I think that my presence would at least restrain their effrontery," shouted Hoym. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Have you ever seen anything to compare with the effrontery of this Marin? The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Even Briggs had steered clear of him, and every one noted how Briggs flitted about from group to group during recess, his old-time "cheek" apparently vanished, his effrontery replaced by nervous appeal. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Notwithstanding all this effrontery and falsehood, the "Six Acts" were still thought necessary to gag that which corruption and bribery could not render quite inefficient in the cause of truth. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z "What, sir! can you stand before me with such barefaced effrontery, and tell me such an unequivocal falsehood?" cried the lady. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Now Facebook was indulging, again, in outright effrontery: employing its own secret algorithmic sauce to highlight what it considered the most important "top stories," while mixing in other recent posts far below. Facebook's enraging status update 2011-09-21T16:33:00Z We was after something big there, but missed it,” admitted the boy from the reform school, with unblushing effrontery. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z She had the brazen effrontery to tell me that I had no nerves. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Drunken ruffians!" retorted Badger, with a cool effrontery that won the admiration of his employer, "we ain't murderers at any rate. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z But he surely can't have the effrontery to look her in the face after this; nor she so silly as to receive him if he does. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z The farmer sent an angry glance at Rachel, but she met it with effrontery. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z The unblushing effrontery of the invitation failed to strike Beaumanoir in his sudden horror at the associations called up by it. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Though it carried conflict and confusion into the party with me, one cannot be ejected from a ship for effrontery. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Then when they cursed him for his effrontery he had shrugged his shoulders. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontery. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z The reader has already seen that this same system was often practised in England, though with less cynical effrontery. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z And the shrewd old diplomatist succeeded in looking as though the barefaced bait he was dangling was a piece of effrontery he only dared moot under stress of the emergency. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z In his amazement at my effrontery he offered little resistance, although he still screamed of his wrongs. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z With amazing effrontery as he approached the gateway he commenced singing lustily the "Song of the Wine-jug," as if the fresh morning had put music into his heart. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z “No; I stooped under the table to pick up my handkerchief, and he then shied his book at me,” said Fraser, with a bare-faced effrontery that startled me. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z “Well, so I was,” he had the effrontery to say. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Nor can it be said that the persecution grew out of the 'intrusion,' 'indecency,' and 'effrontery' of the persecuted. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z It would be only a lark to laugh over, an essay in effrontery performed for a wager and the delectation of a press-agent! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z "Doth not like it?" he questioned, with bold effrontery, raising his smiling, dare-devil eyes to hers. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z He, however, is cast in a different mold from some of the previous captures, and some time in July he reappeared with the most brazen and shameless effrontery. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z I had the effrontery to marry Martin Collingwood to be adored—as if either he or I or anybody else has the right to make that the end of life. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z This was as much encouragement as Murray could desire; for he knew that, by artifice and effrontery, a shade of suspicion might be made to attach itself even to the most perfect. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z By some lucky chance he had freed himself, and with the effrontery of supposed security had resumed his old place and character, no one the wiser. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z "To think that a resident of Trenton, a city named after a mere merchant, should have the effrontery to speak disparagingly of our ancient capital!" cried Mrs. Rumbell, mother-in-law of Dr. Slumnus. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z They do not see how we can have the effrontery to present ourselves before the statue. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z They coolly stop their small, wiry, half-fed ponies, and with magnificent effrontery beg of any stranger they chance to meet for a centavo, a copper coin worth about two cents of our American money. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The tide of the Prince's anger was too swift for the youthful Prussian's armor of official effrontery. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Long arrogance and effrontery had borne their legitimate fruit in a profound resentment that had been fanned to vivid life by the quickening breath. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Is it not spiritual effrontery to despoil a man, then invite him to the communion table? Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Here you and the Rajah have the effrontery to make up matters before me.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He smiled grimly when he recalled the effrontery with which she had defied him at their last meeting. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The heart bleeds with mingled pain and indignation at the temerity and effrontery of the pious crew, who, to advance their "ism" or to make converts, did not hesitate to pervert history. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z "Talk not of freedom and honour, thou who hast nought but effrontery and deeds of infamy to boast of!" began the king with calm and cold contempt. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z It requires more brazen effrontery than even old Dogvane had, to carry it off with a high handed dignity as if nothing was wrong. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Mrs Doctor Bolter gasped, for the effrontery of this remark was staggering after she had been spending the last two hours in trying to get him away. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z The effrontery of the rising generation—commonly called in the vulgar tongue—nerve! Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Where our authors have had the effrontery to write the word “cocotte” in black and white, they replace it by the word “actress.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z I wish I could say that I did," he had the effrontery to reply calmly; "but how could I? Teaching the Child Patriotism 2011-07-03T02:00:11.747Z There also lived here a "Doctor" Harrison, more famous for his effrontery and obtrusive declamation than for his medical learning or skill. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z It was simply that there was no encouragement to go on, and, in spite of his effrontery, he was left confused. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z His smile broadening, Marbridge turned to Matthias; received from him a look that was as good as a kick, gave back a grin of graceless effrontery; and swinging, linked arms with Tankerville. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Some fear that his sentence reflects his effrontery as well as his crime. Entrepreneurs in Japan: Something must give 2011-06-23T10:54:47Z Really, Bel's effrontery seemed to know no limit. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The ignorance and effrontery of the man so amazed Murray that he forgot his indignation for a moment and undertook to explain. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z My effrontery and impertinence will be too much even for your large charity. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Quard would never have forwarded the clothing she had left behind in San Francisco, even if she could have found the effrontery to write and demand it. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z A black pubescence invested her nudity with a certain savage and shaggy effrontery. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Hat in hand, the other proffered in sublime effrontery, smiling his winningest smile, Bel strode blithely into the forbidden ground of the camera lines; while his gay salutation fell upon ears incredulous. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z And now, her daring, her cool effrontery, had made some hitherto mysterious movements plain. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z He then went on to tell the story of the prisoner's visit to Hamblyn Manor, and how he had the effrontery to charge him with killing his father. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z This was the famous contest where Brougham had the effrontery, as his opponents considered it, to go down and challenge for the first time the power of that great family in their own country. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He was elaborately dressed, buttoned and patent-leather booted in the extreme limit of some bygone fashion, and had the added effrontery of spotless ruffled linen. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z That you—a mere boy who has gobbled a bit here and a bit there from the Book of Law, should have the monstrous effrontery to—to—— Rafael. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z Meanwhile Gordon was left at work upon a sheet of paper upon which, after considerable thought, his diplomatic effort resolved itself into a piece of superlative effrontery. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z "And when they told me that you—you had the effrontery to have him brought down here—for the third degree—This is a matter for the Morning Mail." The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z She was stupefied by the effrontery of the man as he dismounted and ascended the steps toward her. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z And then he has the effrontery to send word to me that he’s waiting! Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z The effrontery of writers who make such statements as the above will bring them no honor. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z She rescued him, for instance, more than once from enterprising young women, who, by dint of personal fascinations, of flattery, and sometimes of downright effrontery, had got the impressionable singer beneath their influence. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z His voice now dropped almost to a whisper: "You have the effrontery to pay attentions to——" Thorne interrupted him, his tone, his glance, his manner leaping at once into insolence. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z The physician had the effrontery to ascribe to paralysis what evidently was no natural death. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z If, on the one hand, scandalized gossips expressed their horror at such clandestine unions, on the other, there was a general cry of indignation at the witness's effrontery. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z From 1715 to 1723 came the reaction of the Regency, with its marvellous effrontery, innovating spirit and frivolous Character of the eighteenth century. immorality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z By our Lady, I'll have no more of thy effrontery, dog! The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z A modest countenance and pleasing figure, habited in an inexpensive attire, would win more attention from men, than awkwardness and effrontery, clad in the richest satins of Stewart and the costliest gems of Tiffany. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z This effrontery brought her to her feet, and the money spilled out on the ground. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z And the same day M. Thiers had the effrontery to tell the Assembly: "Our valiant soldiers conduct themselves in such a manner as to inspire foreign countries with the highest esteem and admiration." History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I am not, of course, saying that the County Court exists only for those who have the courage and effrontery to make the full use of the machine as an accessory to shady trading. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z She gave this answer without shame, and without effrontery. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z The recollection of the cold-blooded effrontery with which he had mentioned the sum made her shudder. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z The animal stood for a moment as though deeply and curiously surprised at this effrontery. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Pape asked with a naïveté that masked the effrontery of his request. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z This struck him dumb; but soon he recovered his effrontery, and expressed surprise at Oliver’s reviving the subject, especially at that moment.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z She, only a freshman, to have had the effrontery to write a poem when all these upper-classmen—and even the Monthly board members—were in the class—and had written such wonderful things! Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z It is, however, a characteristic of professional false prophets not to lose their imperturbality and effrontery, but to trust that their followers will forget their mistaken guesses and listen open-mouthed to a new dispensation. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z Such a procedure was depriving a defendant of all constitutional rights, and an effrontery to county jurisprudence, the enormity of which Hatfield could not ascribe to the power of even the wily, murderous revenuer. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Its pretensions to Christianity are the boldest effrontery and the vilest imposture.” History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z New words, definitions, excuses, have been invented to meet the new conditions, but of all the words yet brought into use, “camouflage” is the only one that covers the cynical effrontery of predatory hypocrisy. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z An effect of poise about her, a delicate effrontery in her tone, steeled Napier to ask: "And have you also, since you were twelve, made a practice of photographing fortifications?" The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z These, from their effrontery, actually get into the circle; where their wits and hands are employed in obtaining diamonds, and whatever other articles of value, capable of being concealed, are found to be most accessible. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z There is, in fact, nothing to be compared with the effrontery with which the Vatican enacts the comedy of poverty. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The Emperor was as good a judge as I of the situation, and it would have been the mere effrontery of a subordinate which would have reminded him of its dangers. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Effective effrontery is the result of courageous ignorance, for millions are more easily influenced by illusive promises than by the lessons of experience. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z Napier gaped at the effrontery of the suggestion. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z To this artistic imposition he had added the effrontery of endeavoring to borrow money from some one whom he had met under Liszt's roof. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Myconius assures us that he himself heard Tetzel declaim with incredible effrontery concerning the unlimited power of the pope and the efficacy of indulgences. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z "You are a surgeon, are you not?" he went on before I had time to exclaim upon his effrontery. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z That he, debtor and promise-breaker, should have the effrontery to pray for the souls of children, to chastise their petty furtive crimes, was nearly incredible. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z She turned her back on the important person and joined Napier with as much effrontery as though the meeting were what she so successfully gave the impression it was, a matter mutually arranged. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z What they had, perhaps, acquired from the sophistic movement was a touch of effrontery. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z They did not wait for our advances, but met us half-way in intimacy, and this without any boldness or effrontery; quite the reverse, but with a tact and delicacy that were perfectly captivating. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z His bold effrontery was but the bearing of a person long accustomed to crime. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z None of us suspected him of the effrontery of falling in love with our Lani or of expecting her to reciprocate his affection. Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League 2011-03-03T03:00:48.280Z Very well," said the other, with an effrontery that said he had marked the signs, "since you can read, you know who it is who robs the mails. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Ignoring the fact that Henry I had himself designated her as his successor, the disgruntled official historians gasped at her effrontery: “She actually made herself queen of all England and gloried in so being called.” Behind Every King 2011-02-26T16:55:05Z "The effrontery that could carry her through that," thought I, "will sustain her in any wickedness;" and I sat there powerless before her from that minute. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He looked at her with effrontery & made a mocking bow. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z Fitz entered in the midst of a rhapsody played divinely; and with an unconcerned air he went straight up to the piano, and, with Napoleonic effrontery, placed his elbow across the music. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He himself had inherited patience, and had used it wisely except in that one inexplicable case!—and personal courage in him had never been lacking, nor had what often accompanies it, coolness, obstinacy, and effrontery. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z What a quick intellect, what desperate effrontery, what a ready tongue, surpassing Is�us himself in fluency. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Nothing could be more perfect than her manner,—calm, without any effrontery; assured, and yet no sacrifice of delicacy. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z With characteristic effrontery she made her examination as thorough as she would have done if she had been sizing up a horse with a view to purchase. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The man's effrontery, his cynicism, his absence of taste, were staggering. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And all the meanness and shabbiness and effrontery of the monstrous city, all its civic pretence and tarnished ostentation are suddenly revealed when the summer sun blazes over Ascalon. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Mechanically that lady obeyed the peremptory summons, too completely stunned and shocked by this unheard-of effrontery to fully realize for a moment that her ears had not deceived her. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z These odalisques were perpetually assailed by a band of man-monkeys, who left nothing to be desired in the way of audacity and effrontery. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z I was not aware of the fellow's effrontery and ingratitude; I was still too sea-sick and under the effect of the fright we went through. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z "I'll bet you a pony that you don't either," said Jodey, striving, as young fellows will, to cover his ignorance by a display of effrontery. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Amid all these rumors there seems good evidence that Kidd landed in Boston in July and had the effrontery to offer the Governor a gift of jewels for Lady Bellomont. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z "Let us hope, my dear aunt, that the place she has had the effrontery to usurp will not long be hers," murmured the dulcet voice of her niece, to whom she had spoken. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Lady Vereker alone, with an intrepid though somewhat pallid smile, raised her pretty head with charming effrontery to brave the blow. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z At his side was Mr. Biggar, whose great gift was unparalleled effrontery. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z How far Southern effrontery went may be gathered from the fact that even the sacred institution of Thanksgiving Day was ridiculed by another California paper as an absurd Yankee notion. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z She actually had the effrontery to write me requesting that I send her belongings to his chambers. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z He maintained his innocence with brazen effrontery until his hearing before the court, asserting that he was the victim of shameful intrigue. The Lonely House 2011-01-13T03:01:04.920Z “Corinthian Brass” is good also, economically combining as it does a hit against Cibber’s effrontery and a hint of his sexual irregularities. The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue 2011-01-05T03:00:54.800Z Do you think hell is worse than this, Ernst, barrin' the effrontery of the question? She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Such effrontery was so marvellous, so unaccountable, so unheard-of, that the noble members of the meeting were utterly at a loss to express their disgust. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Imagine the daughters of my old friend Colonel Dinwiddie selling bibelots to any vulgarian who has the effrontery to purchase them! Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z But in our present state we both felt quite incapable of furnishing the necessary spirit and effrontery for a repetition of that bold trick. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z He possessed neither pluck nor effrontery; his passions were not markedly selective; he looked on a woman as a woman and was so much sated with conquest that obstacles did not stimulate him. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z Startling effrontery attached to the thought of man's heaven-aspiring current swimming like this upon a degraded city road. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z “Thank you, Bill,” said the Englishman, with genial effrontery. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z He didn’t know that his unconcerned appearance as he was seemed almost like effrontery. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z God bless my soul," I roared, "was there ever such effrontery! The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z She had even had the effrontery to use Jennie's own bicycle as her pretext. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Klaas and Jan, satiated with sport, had desisted, and laid aside their guns—the consequence of which was that the parasites had returned in great numbers, and now exhibited as much effrontery as ever. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z And he has the effrontery to pretend he did not distort the intelligence and mislead the British people. History repeats itself, except when Tony Blair is rewriting it 2010-09-04T23:05:00Z The SEC should tack on another half a billion in fines just for the sheer effrontery of that statement. Goldman Sachs gets off cheap 2010-07-15T21:23:00Z England, aghast at his effrontery, entered a huddle as if in need of group reiki healing. Bangladesh v England - live! 2010-03-21T00:09:00Z England's fielders, who had stood aghast, wondering at his effrontery, entered the huddle as if in need of a quick burst of reiki healing. Tamim Iqbal comes of age as England work hard to contain Bangladesh 2010-03-20T11:47:00Z Finally, he had the effrontery to ask the young ladies to give him their photographs, and to wish them handsome bridegrooms. The Undying Past “Such outrageous effrontery!” thought Marie; “but she does not know me if she thinks I am going to sit down quietly and let her win.” A Double Knot How low public morals had sunk is shown by the fact that Montgomery had the effrontery to return to Fort Jefferson, where he arrived on May 1, 1781, and resumed his command. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 "About my sister, sir?" inquired Tiel with his most brazen effrontery, coming forward and smiling cordially. The Spy in Black But when they have the effrontery to extol his virtues, it is too much; my grief springs to the attack. Woman Incredible effrontery, wasn't it, in her, to come and hear Earlscourt's speech? Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Some historians have had the effrontery to excuse this cruelty because the Quakers promulged their doctrines too boldly and thus provoked the Cambridge authorities. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution When I came to his house--only a few months after my mother's death--he had the effrontery to persecute me with offers of love. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History For Betty would not even deny her accusation nor quarrel with her effrontery. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas In this letter you developed your ambitious projects with unblushing effrontery. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 And is it possible you have the effrontery to utter such a falsehood, to dare insinuate that I have employed force to gain my ends? The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 However, I didn't take time to give this much thought, for I was so devilish floored—irritated, you know—at the girl's cold-blooded, brazen effrontery. The Haunted Pajamas "You have the effrontery to still plead for her?" he shouted with flashing eyes. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Often he himself burned with an angry impulse to jump down from his seat and punish the insolent effrontery of some ruffian in uniform. The Tempering Her black hair fell in disorder all about her head, and her haggard and swollen features evinced the utmost effrontery and immodesty. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Consequently, his own resolute character made M. de Saint-Remy increase his usual impertinence and effrontery. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 By Jove, the effrontery of such acting fairly disgusted me. The Haunted Pajamas Doubtless the sublime effrontery of that interpretation reached her. The Guarded Heights And he still has the effrontery to annoy you? The Children of the World But Rigden knew his type, and precisely when and in what measure to ignore its good-humoured effrontery. The Shadow of a Man The indignation of the whole city is excited against the usurer; and, finally, Shund indulges a certain filthy passion with such effrontery and barefacedness that every respectable female cannot but blush at being near him. The Progressionists, and Angela. She also had once coolly decided how far her beauty and talent and adolescent effrontery could carry her gay disdain of man. The Moonlit Way The nature of this announcement, its possible truth, added to the consummate effrontery of him who made it, contributed to render Cashel silent, for he was actually stunned by what he heard. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) I'll take care, that even if he should have the effrontery to knock, my door will not be opened to him again. The Children of the World Nor was this the end of his effrontery. The Shadow of a Man "Do you forget the occasion of our first meeting?" said the doctor, who actually was abashed beneath the practised effrontery of his adversary. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Behind this pretty veil hid many defects, perhaps even deformities—protected by vague, indefinite shadows and the effrontery of an adroit exploiter of the restless sex. The Moonlit Way "Lord Charles Frobisher!" echoed she, almost stunned with the effrontery. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "But that is what you will have to tell him, if we go back," she insisted, with delicious effrontery. A Romance in Transit "As a rule, visitors don't have the effrontery to come in the windows!" Penny Nichols and the Black Imp She was tall, dark-haired, and dark-eyed, with an air of what in the Irish capital is called "decided fashion" about her, but in less competent circles might have been called almost effrontery. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) But love, which laughs at iron bars, makes also mock at the effrontery of blue blood. Love's Usuries It is impossible to resent it; it is so openly done, there is such a charming effrontery about the whole thing. The Vagabond in Literature "Gardiner is not going to join you," said Ballard, with the cool effrontery of a proved friend. The King of Arcadia The barefaced effrontery of the fellow added fuel to the fire of his rival's anger. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle She sent them all away, with the most charming effrontery. Shadows of Flames A Novel The next afternoon he limped demurely down the hill and, in about two minutes, was on The Orchard porch, exchanging vociferous greetings with Laddie, but for once his effrontery failed of its effect. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience She actually had the effrontery to say, 'I told you so!' Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 It is in part autobiographic, and introduces Adam confessing to friends with sufficient effrontery his intention of going to Paris and deserting his wife. A Short History of French Literature He had the effrontery to return home three years later, believing his friends would protect him; but, though they would have been willing enough to do so, they dared not. The Greater Republic A History of the United States And immediately, all over Europe, the new and old Conservatives and Counter-Revolutionists raised their heads with an effrontery that showed how well they understood the importance of the event. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 They say that he has had the effrontery to tell the King the most disagreeable stories about popular discontent, distress, and so forth. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience “Oh, man, can you stand there with that base effrontery and speak to me like this?” Sir Hilton's Sin As Mr. Bartlett's friend, I should not like to assert that in his efforts to appear self-possessed he approached the bounds of effrontery; but I have my own private suspicions about the matter. International Short Stories American Ariosto’s models were the masterpieces of the palliata, and his morals those of his age, which emulated those of the worst days of ancient Rome or Byzantium in looseness, and surpassed them in effrontery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Such things encourage the effrontery of those whom I have dismissed for similar frauds. Michelangelo "The daring impudence, the reckless effrontery of that man!" exclaimed Captain Pendleton, in astonishment and disgust. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" The telegram—dated yesterday—he did not join her according to her request, and she had the daring effrontery to come after him here. Sir Hilton's Sin "Ye-es," she answered, hesitatingly, divided between her determination to repel his effrontery and her inability to do so. International Short Stories American And it takes time and much hardening of yourself against external influences before you have the effrontery to order the young gentleman about, or tell him off when he is in error. To Lhassa at Last Hypocrisy or effrontery were the two alternatives which the idle and the curious weighed, whilst anticipating the joy of seeing the mask torn from this wooden image before them. The Heart of a Woman "The answer I med was this," said the fellow, sturdily, and with an effrontery I can never forget,—"the answer I med was, that the man that won him took him away." A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Yet Viglius had the effrontery to set this aside as of no force, being so clearly in contempt of all precedents and statutes. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Most men would have waxed indignant over her cool effrontery in putting things this way. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland I will not stop to say what I thought, or indeed said, of such a proposal, exceeding in effrontery anything I had ever listened to. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It was girlhood, almost childlike girlhood, but dashed with a conscious effrontery that had braved many a libertine stare—many a look significant in coarseness. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier With bold effrontery, he declared himself a champion of the Cross; and his beauty, gallantry, and professions of piety captivated both king and clergy. Women of Early Christianity Having no respect for marriage herself, she actually had the effrontery—to say nothing of the lack of fine feeling—to go to the altar with Edith the very night that she herself outraged marriage. Fidelity A Novel There were faithless husbands, outraging all decency by proclaiming their bad conduct; there were as faithless wives, parading about in all the effrontery of wickedness. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The bold effrontery of the declaration was made still more startling by a sort of low laugh which followed his words. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Love is born through effrontery more often than we think. Seeds of Pine In the story of her death there is an incident worthy of note as illustrating the effrontery which may be developed in a woman by a habitual though unwarranted assumption of superior holiness. Roman Women It used to be generally supposed that Lord Palmerston had sufficient effrontery and self possession for the entire Cabinet, but circumstances have shown that he is the most retiring member of the Government. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The graceless king had the effrontery to include Lady Castlemaine in the list of appointees for the queen's following. Women of England The odious woman had the effrontery to tell us so to our faces. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly He had too much effrontery to care to descend to duplicity, and it is impossible to read his many controversial manifestoes without perceiving that he was in general as truthful as he was impudent. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It is the baldest effrontery for this class of rich discontents to affect sympathy with Woman’s Progress. Maids Wives and Bachelors The theatre has been gorgeously re-decorated and overlaid with a profusion of gold, which stands out in all the bold effrontery of gilt beneath the blaze of a thousand gaslights. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Owen turned a scowl towards him that stopped the already-begun laugh; while Lucas, amazed at the peasant's effrontery, said, "You needn't wait any longer, my good fellow; I have nothing more to say." St. Patrick's Eve The spoiled children of fashion, the reckless adventurer, the bankrupt speculator, the nattered beauty in all the pride of her loveliness, the tarnished virtue in all the effrontery of conquest! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life There was a dash of heroism in their effrontery that pleased her. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "Because I am not afraid of his teeth," said I, with an easy effrontery my heart gave a flat lie to. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In fact, we have shown a sort of reckless audacity in getting rid of our beard, that would have justified our enemies in saying that we have evinced a wondrous amount of bold-faced effrontery. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The harsh voice went on in an unintelligible rumble, rising again to 'post of a secretarial nature—a man of undeserved misfortune—my disgust—effrontery to submit—resignation.' Captain Macedoine's Daughter But has he had the effrontery to mention her in this way to other ladies? The Bartlett Mystery “You have a very imperfect idea of my resources, and none at all of my effrontery,” replied Alexander. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) How prone to call the unblushing effrontery of every underbred man impudence! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas This he denied with all the effrontery of which these people are capable, and we parted on no very friendly terms. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment And now, the reckless effrontery of his presence as a witness in a court of justice while the sentence of transportation still hung over him, was a claim to admiration none refused to acknowledge. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II They hesitated for a moment as though amazed at the effrontery of this mere human. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The effrontery of it took her breath away. The "Genius" His eye was dulled, his cheeks pale and sunken, and in his manner there was that timid hesitation that stood abashed in the presence of my own cool effrontery. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas He had the effrontery to speak of this loudly and in public. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The young men, it is true, adored him, but his niece tried to pump me about what money I had, with an effrontery I was glad to disappoint. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) A fellow who has the effrontery to turn up his nose at the grand Tartini--master of all masters--and despises my lessons. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II In fact," she added laughingly, "I think, by rights, this woods belongs exclusively to us and our love, and I consider any one else guilty of sacrilegious effrontery in even walking through its sacred precincts. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge "Perfectly.—every street of it," said I, with an effrontery the darkness aided considerably. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas She pictured to herself the cool effrontery with which the actress would crush these waspish women by creating a court of every eligible man in the place. The Silent Barrier Into them entered extraneous beauties, felicities of phrase and detail, which, with na�f effrontery, were put into the mouth of one apostle or another, even into that of Jesus. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal "That would call for little but effrontery on my part," said he. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories At any other moment the tone of confidence underlying the effrontery of this letter would certainly have revealed its presence to a brain more than ordinarily acute. Cynthia's Chauffeur Fortunately for him, he was gifted with a coolness and effrontery which were only equalled by his intrepidity, all three of which qualities constantly served his turn in the hour of need. Old and New London Volume I No doubt had I been a man well born I should have fallen at her feet and sworn a midsummer madness: I should have been emboldened to any coarse avowal, to any passionate effrontery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. He greatly desired to lie, but lacked the effrontery to do so before the other men. The Deaves Affair To assert that fine form always enfolds fine thought and feeling would imply a knowledge of literature to which it would be effrontery in a critic to pretend. Pot-Boilers "What illimitable effrontery!" was the muttered comment of Mrs. Wells, while poor Mrs. Gordon hardly knew what to say or do in her amaze and annoyance. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. Another amusing instance of his effrontery occurred on the hustings at Brentford, when he and Colonel Luttrell were standing there together as rival candidates for the representation of Middlesex in Parliament. Old and New London Volume I "I do," was my brief reply, as, with a look of consummate effrontery, I drew myself up, and stared him insolently in the face. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. He resented the liberty the stranger took in resembling Narcissa, and he resented still more Selwyn's effrontery in discovering the likeness. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories There was no one to pay it, and they even had the effrontery to come to me. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The artist knew I should never have the effrontery to sit there, right under the Prime Minister's nose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 Captain Cobb noticed this bit of effrontery by nothing more than a growl deep in this throat. The Bandbox Poor had the face to complain the next day to Becker; but to compete with Becker in effrontery was labour lost. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Appalled by this exhibition of low level civilian effrontery, they both did so without really meaning to. If at First You Don't... And the Inspector of Police had the effrontery to reply: "Oh yes, three or four!" When Ghost Meets Ghost In the extremity of his distress, he took advantage of his official station, and engaged in smuggling with so much effrontery that he almost inundated the Austrian capital with French goods. Maria Antoinette Makers of History My nerve was gone: here was a discovery for a man in such imminent peril, set down to so desperate a game, which I could only hope to win by continual luck and unflagging effrontery! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) His effrontery and vanity could not be easily overcharged, even by a foe. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors She misrepresented the queen's words, and, when called to an account, denied the report with the greatest effrontery. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 So when the wall is not to be rendered in compo or plaster, he just shoves a few in, on the courses of stretchers, leaving every course of headers to a lifetime of effrontery. When Ghost Meets Ghost Trial of the Countess Lamotte.Her cool effrontery.The countess found guilty.Barbarous sentence. Maria Antoinette Makers of History That woman is a shameless woman, but even she would not have had the effrontery to bring any other girl to your house. Sir Tom He has the same imperturbable and persuasive effrontery in protesting that he is doing one thing at the moment when his energies are concentrated on doing the opposite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Here he had had the effrontery to welcome them as mademoiselle’s rightful escort, had even seemed surprised when a dozen Contras pounced upon him from behind and disarmed him. The Missourian The futility of an empty matchbox is as the effrontery of the celebrated misplaced milestone. When Ghost Meets Ghost Dressed in the richest and most costly robes, the dissolute beauty appeared before her judges, and astonished them all by her imperturbable self-possession, her talents, and her cool effrontery. Maria Antoinette Makers of History I certainly never saw more admirable acting, but neither did I ever see such uncompromising personal exposure and such perfect effrontery of demeanor. Records of Later Life And as she took her stand it would have required a man with more effrontery than Mr. Moss possessed, to attempt to move her. The Landleaguers It was the nature of the Widow to resort to violence in every crisis of her life and at each fresh memory of the effrontery of Wiley Holman she searched the empyrean for words. Shadow Mountain Thus Miss Grahame; and Gwen had the effrontery to say she was almost certain, but couldn't be quite sure. When Ghost Meets Ghost But the average mechanic recognises his idleness with effrontery; he has even, as I am told, organised it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) In fatuous effrontery they seek to graft the growth of their stunted vision upon the splendid and ancient tree of American institutions. Right Above Race Did you have the effrontery to force yourself into a company which despises you, at the risk of your life and the decorum of the assemblage?” The Rustler of Wind River “I thought I recognized you,” went on the Widow ingratiatingly; “you’re a mining man, aren’t you, Mister–er─” “Wiley,” he answered, and at this bold piece of effrontery Virginia caught her breath. Shadow Mountain His subsequent effrontery in offering himself for election and attempting to take his seat in parliament had been visited with no greater punishment than expulsion from the House of Commons. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion "It don't look much like it," Robert said, rather astonished at the man's effrontery. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success He looked at the spectators in a calm, confident manner, but without the least effrontery. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France You have the effrontery––the madness––to lecture to your classes on the heresies of Rome!” Carmen Ariza After all his boldness, his unbelievable effrontery in trying to steal her Paymaster stock, he had gone on laughing to seek other adventures and left her with the mine on her hands. Shadow Mountain “I don’t know any such person,” the hag lies, with ready effrontery. Orphans of the Storm Why, that scoundrel Merry is here this very day—the effrontery of him! The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman With the opening of the spring of 1811, the insolence and effrontery of the Shawnee leaders measurably increased. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Yet his godlessness was, after all, rather outside than real: it was a kind of effrontery, provoked into noisy display by the extravagant bigotries of those about him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 It would have been unfair to say that there was effrontery in Mr. Drew's gaze; it merely had its way with you and, if you didn't like its way, passed from you unperturbed. Tante It meant that the committee was not often privileged to listen to quite such bare-faced effrontery. The Shepherd of the North Georges de Sainfoy read the document, truly a strange one, and it was a strange sort of man who had the effrontery to put it into his hand. Angelot A Story of the First Empire The thing that struck me most at first was the cool effrontery of the man in undertaking such a struggle. The Harbor How low must art and its interests sink, when the public mind is inadequate to the detection of this effrontery of incapacity! Modern Painters Volume I (of V) His cynical effrontery was such that he openly boasted of his crimes. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso "I know it," said the Gascon, with effrontery, remembering that this was what Rutler had said to him; "I know it, sir; my partisans are acting, and bestirring themselves greatly." A Romance of the West Indies I believe it,” he said, laughing at her enchanting effrontery. The Crimson Tide A Novel The truth is,' this liar proceeded with an effrontery which might have been born of incessant practice, but was not, 'I meant it as a surprise for you. A Great Man A Frolic The success which characterized these forays was not only disgraceful to ourselves, and very disheartening, but it gave the Rebels an audacious effrontery and malignant boldness, which led them into more frequent and reckless movements. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry I can comprehend the effrontery of a fair aggression; but I scorn the meanness of intrigue. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 A meteor-shower of black eyes, that stared at a man boldly, immodestly, stripping the clothes off one, it seemed, with mocking effrontery! Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore I wonder the elder has the effrontery to show her face here so soon if it is true that the waiting-woman died of her injuries. The O'Ruddy A Romance And she had had the effrontery to blame him for driving her frantic when it was she that drove him. In a Little Town On one of these occasions he was bold enough to propose marriage, and, before she could recover from her astonishment, had the effrontery to steal a kiss from her unwilling lips. The Masked Bridal It stared back at him with immobile effrontery, with the glazed wide-parted eyes of the prostrate prize-fighter who, in his falling, has been stunned—eyes in which hatred is the only sign of life. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin This piece of effrontery is about on a par with the average argument of this class of pleaders. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Hogarth's innate consciousness of power may at that time have appeared to him vulgar effrontery; and it is not to be wondered at, that, until convinced of his talent, he refused him all assistance. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 What! have you the effrontery to call me a booby? The Politician Out-Witted The sheer effrontery of it rendered Cyril Bezdek speechless for the first time in years. Reel Life Films On one occasion, Satan had the effrontery to come into Dunrossness Church and take his seat at the Communion Table. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland "The King and Prince George deem your honor unsafe unless you are under their watchful eyes," she had the effrontery to tell me. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess It was a daring piece of effrontery, as there were two military posts not very far away, Fort Kearney above and Fort Riley below. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas The cottar, who had retained his effrontery until now, shrank from the ordeal, and declined to touch the body, running at once out of the hall, through Bakewell village, in the direction of Ashford. Bygone Punishments An announcement that you've left London—and the intolerable effrontery of telling us all about it! The Education of Eric Lane How could she have the effrontery to offer it? Sunlight Patch He fed more like a dog than a human being and actually had the effrontery to wipe his sauce-spattered hands in the lap of my state robe. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The plate-glass window still flashed in iniquitous effrontery; still the ungodly proprietor allured the stream of custom. Ghetto Comedies What special element does effrontery add to the meaning of audacity and hardihood? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions You deceived me by your artful lying, and now you have the effrontery to stand up before me and before this young man, whom you have so cruelly wronged, and boldly deny everything. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street He had, foolishly enough, gone there with £100,000, in the hope that he could bribe the Khedive and his officials, and he even had the effrontery to ask Gordon to intercede for him. General Gordon A Christian Hero I wish I had the effrontery to promise the lackey or official, announcing my enthronization, a handful of gold, as George did, when King Albert was dying. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess How skillfully she could evade an awkward question! with what secure effrontery she repeated her instructions under the very guns of the enemy! and on the other hand, how he detested the husband! The Boy Scouts Book of Stories He did not set much of it, possibly fifty feet; yet Charley and I were thunderstruck at the man's effrontery. Tales of the Fish Patrol When accused he will deny the charge brought against him with an effrontery which will too often create the conviction that he is innocent. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science "Well, it's just possible," said the policeman with effrontery. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Arch-deceiver as the English king himself was, he yet allowed himself to be duped by this specious effrontery, and Bruce escaping into Scotland, murdered Comyn in the church of the Grey Friars, at Dumfries. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He was merely baiting her; he did not expect any reply; but, to his surprise, she answered him: “Threlanium—Speyer’s solution is what I used,” she said with a sort of listless effrontery. The Dark Star He was an abominable liar, but I had a certain admiration for his effrontery. Hurricane Island Here, with astonishing effrontery, he displayed the letter which he had stolen from Ben. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves And she had had the temerity, the insufferable effrontery, to criticize him and patronize him over those four calves! The Ranch at the Wolverine This was a faint attempt to help dignity by a parade of accuracy in figures, and an affectation of effrontery. Somehow Good Dumb, awkward, afraid, he became conscious that something in this young girl had silenced within him any inclination to gay effrontery, any talent for casual gallantry. The Dark Star The cool effrontery of this mere stripling was unlike anything he had heard at the bureau in all the years he had served authority. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar “Box?” he repeated, with that hopeless effrontery which never deserts criminals of his class, even under the guillotine. The Maids of Paradise "Well, of all the—" The stern gray eyes of Billy Louise flew wide open at the effrontery of the words. The Ranch at the Wolverine Nevertheless, Sally held tight to her groundless opinion long enough for the previous question to be droppable, without effrontery. Somehow Good Your entry into affairs which can not concern you would be insulting effrontery and foolish bravado. The Dark Star The cool effrontery of this proceeding has scarcely a parallel in the annals of crime. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History No; I do not think any one could have the effrontery to charge me with encouraging that mental effort which is so disastrous to the work of a soldier. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Louis de Gonzague rose to his feet and surveyed his assembled guests with a grave countenance that seemed to suggest boldness without effrontery and a grief nobly borne. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama No, nor even with the green-eyed monster Jealousy her unscrupulous effrontery had not hesitated to impute. Somehow Good Up to this interview, by alternate effrontery and flattery, he had kept his place in the Count's confidence, and exerted a guiding and restraining influence over him. A Modern Mercenary "The effrontery of slaveholders was matched by the sordidness of the Eastern members." . . . . Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject He behaved not exactly with more dignity but with more effrontery. The Brothers Karamazov Probably he might even have been spared the last penalty, had he not had the cool effrontery to take his seat in the House of Lords as Bishop of London in Elizabeth’s first Parliament. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution What would be effrontery in another character makes Sally speak through and across the company. Somehow Good The Chancellor half expected to hear that Counsellor was also in Révonde, and that Rallywood with an unassuming but unspeakable effrontery had called to explain his own view of the matter. A Modern Mercenary Rather is his behaviour characterised by a cool, quiet effrontery—a sort of sarcastic assurance—ten times more irritating. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The incredible effrontery of Beaumont, almost surpasses belief. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 “But whatever admiration of your person I may, without unbecoming effrontery, confess, I would have you to know, plain and square, from this moment, that I will hearken to none but a King’s man.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel He even had the effrontery to appeal to the hall-porter to confirm his views about the state of things out of doors. Somehow Good To scribble sonnets and scale walls is but an easy task, compared with the bold effrontery that challenges the passions and prejudices of a people! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Walter calls it a piece of American effrontery, but I call it quickwitted, don't you? In Château Land There was no reason why he shouldn't have done so, yet the fact remained that to Roger the mere suggestion seemed a piece of impudent effrontery. Juggernaut It looked to win, and in the effrontery of achievement, he set forth to conquer God. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Not slow to see the moaning of the words, the unabashed lawyer, who in his life had been a dramatic actor, replied with his accustomed readiness and effrontery. A Book About Lawyers And yet you have the effrontery to set yourself up as an expert against one of the best men in his profession! Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman The resolution with which he stuck to his silly pose was, in its way, a rogue's masterpiece; nothing more exasperating than this stolid effrontery was ever devised. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Sinang’s coachman, who was driving Sinang and her cousin in an elegant tres-por-ciento, had the effrontery to cry out to her “Tabi!” in so audacious a voice that she moved out of the way. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Herman.Behold! sir, a picture of their general effrontery. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle But even the old peer, ever ready to exaggerate his early difficulties, had not enough effrontery to represent that their dejection lasted more than three days. A Book About Lawyers It was at this moment that Jones was behaving with the most barefaced effrontery, as well as the utmost cruelty, towards the old man, and Maryanne's words cut her father to the very soul. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm He had had the effrontery to pretend that he was printing a volume of verse. Bones in London He soon left the latter, and accosted the former with unblushing effrontery, and asked him for a cask of flour. A Sailor of King George The woman who attended in it, with perfect effrontery, asked 16 francs for one which was certainly not worth more than six, and which she at last gave him for seven. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Before their onslaught the threatening cloud-wall crumbled, faded, and abruptly dropped away to reveal the sun advancing in all that brazen effrontery which it assumes in those lawless latitudes along the Line. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China They would give you no helpful advice, and you would prejudice yourself, for your effrontery, in their eyes for any future engagement you might seek. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession But the method of it, the effrontery of that cowardly, insolent attempt to blacken and besmirch him with Mary Thorne, made him more furious each time he thought of it. Shoe-Bar Stratton Kitty came out with all the brazen effrontery of a hardened criminal. The Cheerful Smugglers "Of course, he sided with the Gilberts, and he actually had the effrontery to say that the bonds had been in the house for several days." The Tin Box and What it Contained Doubtless he would not have had such effrontery but for two considerations. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty But his vehemence knew no pause, and he stated his disgust at the practical spirit of the new Pendragon with what seemed to the choice spirits at the Club effrontery. The Wooden Horse William felt disgusted with the cool infamy of the fellow, and at the magnitude and effrontery of the publican's dishonesty. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter To the impertinence of society he could oppose the impertinence of the artist, and to the effrontery of the world he could offer the effrontery of genius. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Yet there are otherwise intelligent people who speak of modern Christianity as an automatic promoter of ethics, and have the effrontery to try to thrust it on the East as a moral panacea. Pan-Islam She looked fairly at him, her resentment flaming in her eyes, fiercely indignant over his effrontery in addressing her in that manner, after his affair with Hester Harvey. 'Firebrand' Trevison |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。