| 单词 | embonpoint |
| 例句 | A lot of time is spent in airports, where there is “The pop of a Krispy Kreme sign and the tan embonpoint / Of Scotch bottles after customs to caress.” In ‘Three Poems,’ Hannah Sullivan Writes Beautifully and Covers a Lot of Ground 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z However, the No More Page 3 campaign, now led by Caroline Lucas, is becoming tedious and is as disproportionate in 2013 as the embonpoint of Samantha Fox or Katie Price in their "Currant Bun" heydays. Never mind Page 3, internet porn is what damages young minds 2013-06-13T14:44:47Z He’s carrying a bit of weight – you could almost say embonpoint. 'A certain sort of maleness': Helen Garner on a week spent watching Russell Crowe films 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Long taunted for his embonpoint, polite French for tubbiness, the affable pol used to garner dessert-inspired nicknames. A Clip-On for M. Hollande? 2012-11-10T09:45:00Z Tristan was played by the Canadian Ben Heppner, and he has a belly quite as superb as the diva's own embonpoint. Simon Hoggart's week: why we should just ignore Julian Assange 2012-08-24T23:01:11Z Anatomical pursuits are also known to occasion embonpoint. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The singer should, if possible, be of mature age, and incline to a comfortable embonpoint. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Many of the chiefs are very stout, and given to embonpoint, a fact of which they are very proud. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z He was six feet and two inches in height, and weighed 250 pounds; he had no inclination to embonpoint but was muscular and robust. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z The women are proportionally smaller than the men, and rather inclined to embonpoint. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z If embonpoint is generally a sign of good-humour and a cheerful disposition, leanness frequently betokens a sour, crabbed, and ill-natured character. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z "It's all we do do," said the lady of the embonpoint, whose first name by now he had gleaned as Winifred. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z On the sunny side of fifty, she was slightly inclined to embonpoint, extremely pleasant both in voice and manner as well as in face. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z He leers at us through the two red eyes of the locomotive; its stout cylinder represents his embonpoint. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The individual who walked at Albert's right, but not on his arm, was of about his age, but much shorter, and possessed of a very pronounced embonpoint. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Galen had observed that horse-dealers were in the habit of bringing their horses into high condition by a moderate fustigation; and therefore recommended this practice to give embonpoint to the lean. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z She had a delicious air of comfortable embonpoint, a clear skin, pink cheeks, and massive white hair. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z She had now decided embonpoint, and her figure had assumed that matronly air which we find in the statues of Agrippina, Cornelia, &c. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Her person is about the middle height, slightly embonpoint; her eyes dark, arch, and expressive; and a playful smile is almost constantly the companion of her lips. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z She was a stout lady, with that imposing, dowager-like effect of embonpoint which accompanies a naturally tall and majestic stature. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z According to the Chinese physicians, this root possesses the faculty of renovating exhausted constitutions, giving fresh vigour, raising the drooping moral and physical faculties, and restoring to health and embonpoint the victim of debauchery. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Betty Hunt was not a fragile girl, but she did not possess much of that embonpoint the Greeks considered so necessary to beauty of figure. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z “I should do a bit of Banting first,” continued papa, with one of those sneers against mamma’s embonpoint which do make her so angry. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Like most of the German actresses—for I never yet saw one who had attained to celebrity, who was not much too embonpoint for our ideas of a youthful or sentimental heroine— ALDA. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z He had evidently walked away from Claire in disgust, and suddenly there loomed in sight a familiar low-cut waistcoat enveloping the portly embonpoint of our early morning companion in the bus. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Active, notwithstanding his embonpoint, he is seldom many minutes quiet. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Her stature was short, p. 42her hair inclined to red; her eyes were small and lively, and she possessed what the French term embonpoint. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z After seeing Miss Raymond's inimitable Dutch woman, I carried away the impression that she herself inclined toward embonpoint,—that she was grossly notoriously fat, in fact. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z It took two down cushions to give Zebedee's embonpoint the proper "bowl full of jelly" contour. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z It went down soft, pulpy, slushy, oozy—all its delicious embonpoint melted down my throat like a large beatified Strawberry. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z She had in mind this growing embonpoint when she spoke of Archibald's accomplishment—as well as several other matters, being a woman who thought nothing of killing two and even three birds with one stone. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z She was quite modestly dressed, but yet in such a way that her figure, already somewhat inclined to embonpoint, was shown to the best advantage. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II The leading lady, who played the fair young bride, was rather inclined to embonpoint, as we say when we wish to insinuate as delicately as possible that some one is fat. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "And your embonpoint is to be a down cushion out of the library," put in Dee. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z The contralto is for the most part married, beginning to show embonpoint. The Broken Gate A Novel I'll get across the frontier soon enough alright,—and I hope in the meantime she'll put on a little embonpoint, too. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts The poison-eaters have a twofold aim in their dangerous enjoyment: one of which is to obtain a fresh, healthy appearance, and acquire a certain degree of embonpoint. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 She has lost her embonpoint, and acquired in its place paleness and wrinkles. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. I remember her calling upon my aunt one morning, in company with a lady friend much inclined to embonpoint. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 She was of the middle size, with a good figure, though somewhat inclined to embonpoint, and was distinguished by a graceful carriage and a pleasing expression of countenance. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 During the conquest of New Spain he was very thin, and had scarcely any embonpoint; but after our return from the Honduras he became excessively fat and big-bellied. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. "There 's nothing like wickedness for embonpoint, padre," said Nina, laughing. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life THE larger a man's girth the more expensive his flirtations; nothing but orchids and grand opera tickets can make a girl forget real embonpoint long enough to be sentimental. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Then he looked down at his vanished embonpoint and patted with his gloves the flat hardness that had replaced it. A World Apart A man spends his boyhood struggling against an education, his youth struggling against matrimony and his middle-age struggling against embonpoint; but sooner or later he succumbs to all of them. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl He had very little embonpoint, and was rather lean. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. I'm off to the Prefecture to get rid of my false embonpoint, which bothers me no end. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales The lady had the clearest voice imaginable—infinitely softer and more tuneful than could have been reasonably expected from forty years—and a form decidedly inclined to embonpoint. Shirley He was a gray-haired, elderly man, slightly inclined to embonpoint, and with keen, twinkling eyes. Carmen Ariza The extensive work of making the house into an Italian villa kept Beatrice from brooding too much over her embonpoint. The Gorgeous Girl The poor emperor’s embonpoint proved cumbersome when he fled the infuriated mob. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome I have already said, or meant to be understood to say, that Miss Effingham was somewhat inclined to embonpoint. An Old Sailor's Yarns It has a tendency to rapidly produce embonpoint upon the monks, which is regarded as a sign of the particular favor of Heaven. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Tall, dignified, careful of address and slow of movement—though not the slowness of embonpoint—he would have attracted attention anywhere. Sunlight Patch This lady is about forty years of age, and possesses that blooming embonpoint which makes up in some women for the loss of youthful freshness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 She was a quiet, gentle-looking woman, rather short, and inclining to embonpoint, her hair black, and her eyes dark grey. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution It exhibited an undulating motion, produced by a peculiarity of figure—a certain embonpoint characteristic of her race. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West There was no sign of the embonpoint she feared in the slender grace of her figure. Love of Brothers She was fond of the good things in life, and was obliged to watch carefully a tendency to embonpoint. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession She was tall and majestic, and she had all the charms of embonpoint. Political Women, Vol. 1 He loves plumpness, and her "Sinai Manna" is at hand to secure embonpoint. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Some of these have actually increased in embonpoint, and for three to six months were highly elated with the hope that they were recovering. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say He indicated his embonpoint again, and shook his head wrathfully. A Black Adonis Why do opera singers show such a marked tendency to embonpoint? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 A moderate embonpoint exhibited, in full and exquisite measure, the beauty of the female form. Political Women, Vol. 1 She considers most people too thin, and recommends inaction as an accelerator of her admired embonpoint—so various are the notions of beauty. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Her form was slight and graceful, with just enough embonpoint to give the appearance of full health; and her thin, delicate features, large, wide-set eyes, and clear, rosy complexion bore a strong resemblance to Selma's. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The eldest is apparently about nineteen years of age, slightly inclined to embonpoint. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 They were alike; but Roudic was much older, and wanting in that embonpoint so quickly acquired by singers in the exercise of trills and sustained notes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The Dean, who was a genial soul, and who, with his generous embonpoint and his knickers, looked at present a little like Mr. Pickwick, regarded him affectionately. Tutors' Lane Advancing years had not produced any unseemly embonpoint, nor had her figure fallen into the opposite extreme, and sharpened into meagre angularity; its outline retained sufficient roundness not to lose the curves or grace. Fairy Fingers A Novel Only to think of being like that is enough to make a woman grow a moustache and have an embonpoint out of sheer ennui. The Car of Destiny The women are decidedly good-looking, and far fairer than the men; their figures are well shaped, and remarkable for their embonpoint. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy No. Even Falstaff would be inclined to embonpoint if he were alive, in these days of Gallic supremacy. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Only one party attracted him: a riding master and a trio of brokers who were verging on embonpoint, and were desperate and looked it. The Lure of the Mask Her figure exhibits a decided embonpoint, but this detracts not in the least from its gracefulness, for she is a tall woman, and has also quite a patrician style about her. French and Oriental Love in a Harem He was a stout, healthy-looking person, inclining to embonpoint; bound to succeed, if only from sheer solidity of person. The Daughters of Danaus Madame was an exceedingly handsome and well-made woman, turned thirty, and much inclined to embonpoint. Rivers of Ice There was present a younger sister of the bride, who had not only a tendency, but had already attained in an unusual degree, to the possession of embonpoint and was appropriately named Fatma. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Lady Eleanor is of middle height, and somewhat beyond the embonpoint as to plumpness; her face round and fair, with the glow of luxuriant health. The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" On one occasion, as I am informed, I had “a commanding and Cassandra-like presence”; elsewhere, I was “tall, slender, and engaging”; and occasionally I am merely of “middle height” and, alas! “somewhat inclined to embonpoint.” The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 She struck me as being less a Bourbon than an Austrian, and, though wanting in embonpoint, she would be quite pretty but for a cast in one of her eyes. Recollections of Europe There was nothing of the milkmaid style about her, for she lacked the vivid coloring and tendency to embonpoint of the typical rustic beauty. The Statesmen Snowbound Then they had a boy with three legs, one of which they neglected to state was made of wood; also a blushing damsel with excess embonpoint to the extent of four hundred pounds. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) In the absence of the fat person the humorous euphemism may be used by which he or she is said to "have a good deal of embonpoint." Stories That Words Tell Us Lord St. Vincent thought there was about him too much embonpoint for an officer of that rank. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Van Dyck's manly shape was tending to embonpoint: he had evolved a double chin, the hair on his head was rather seldom, and he could no longer run upstairs three steps at a time. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters The daughter was the more striking, from the contrast she presented to her mother, a round-shouldered, middle-sized woman, who had once had the transient pink-and-white beauty of a blonde, with ill-defined features and early embonpoint. Scenes of Clerical Life American women-bathers with an inclination to embonpoint, it is stated, have taken to painting dimples on their knees. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 Malibran was in person about the middle height, and the contour of her figure was rounded to an enchanting embonpoint, which yet preserved its youthful grace. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens In her appearance she had become even more beautiful than ever, with some slight accession of embonpoint, and was conceded to be the handsomest woman in Europe. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag But before us loomed mountains—disagreeable-looking mountains—more like embonpoints growing out of the earth's surface than ornamental elevations. The Motor Maid He was tall and powerfully made, and a tendency to embonpoint only added to his dignity and importance. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 How frequently, again, do we see the dimensions of a tall and embonpoint figure magnified to almost Brobdignagian proportions by a white dress, or a small woman reduced to Lilliputian size by a black dress! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 Her bones are large, and she is exceedingly embonpoint. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Lady Harrowfield had golden hair and pink cheeks, and her embonpoint retained in the most fashionable outline. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story It is already a manifest sign of its kindness that you should have recovered your embonpoint, my darling! Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume There was a slight tendency to embonpoint, but this was relieved by her tall and not ungraceful figure. Vellenaux A Novel He approached Vaudrey, bowing but not at all obsequiously, with the air of good humor due to a combination of wealth and embonpoint. His Excellency the Minister She was full in person, not fat, but embonpoint. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain There was none of that embonpoint usually the consequence of years and luxurious living. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest She was a blonde lady with one of those embonpoint faces which must cost a good deal to keep in repair. The Silly Syclopedia If I were ten years younger—" and he patted his embonpoint regretfully, "I'd ask something of her charity, something immediate and practical. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Miss Anthony is a quick, bright, nervous, alert woman of fifty or so—not at all inclined to embonpoint—sharp-eyed, even behind her spectacles. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years In real life Southerners are melancholy men with a tendency to embonpoint and clawhammer coats of ante-bellum design. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 Be this as it may, there was something very attractive in this pallor, since it was accompanied by an embonpoint indicating any thing but romantic meagerness of constitution. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Madame de Staël, too, managed to combine a progressive embonpoint with the undiminished brilliancy of her genius, though it is certain that adipose tissue does not feed the flame of every mind. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 She was rather above the medium height, straight as an arrow, with a perfectly molded figure, although it was somewhat inclined to embonpoint, while her bearing was wonderfully easy and graceful. Mona Being English and with a slight tendency to embonpoint, he readily accepted several bottles of 'Bass & Co.' that remained from our small stores. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life After bright eyes and a soft, polished, hairless skin, an Egyptian woman, he stated, most desired to obtain embonpoint; men admired fat women and women sought to become fat. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Robert craned forward, peering round the embonpoint of the man next him. The Dark House I saw a quiet visage, and a figure of moderate size, rather embonpoint, and altogether the reverse of that fire-eyed and lean-countenanced "Cassius" which I had pictured in my imagination. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Her features are regular and delicate; her figure, though inclined to embonpoint, is very graceful, and her smile, like the tones of her voice, is irresistibly sweet, and reveals teeth of rare beauty. The Idler in France A fortnight ago he was fishing in the Garry, his fighting days avowedly behind him, and only the Special Reserve between him and embonpoint. The First Hundred Thousand Masculine embonpoint, which, in Victorian times, would have been subjected to the buttoned perils, the ruthless exaggeration of tight-legged tight-armed evening dress, now formed but the basis of a wealth of dignity and drooping folds. The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes Her English individuality stands out embonpoint, rosy, genial, self-complacent, calm, serene, happyfying, and happy. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Their organs in the press said that he was a man of true genius, and slightly inclined to embonpoint. Tommy and Grizel One person found her too tall, another discovered that she had too much embonpoint, and a third said her feet were much too large. The Idler in France Sometimes he is an obvious "dug-out," with a pronounced embonpoint or a game leg. The First Hundred Thousand "I declare— it gives you the most charming embonpoint!" A Minstrel in France According to Ebstein, the Moorish women reach with astonishing rapidity the desired embonpoint on a diet of dates and a peculiar kind of meal. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The traits that first strike a stranger in a Portuguese belle, are the tendency to embonpoint in the figure, and to darkness—I had almost said swarthiness, in complexion. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 There is one duchess in particular, whose grace and embonpoint have, I confess, attracted my admiration. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Notwithstanding the enormous embonpoint which this celebrated comic actress has acquired since I saw her last on the Parisian stage upwards of ten years ago, she acquitted herself with her accustomed excellence. Paris as It Was and as It Is A dull pang shot through the Duke as he thought of the two years' difference in their ages, and of his own tendency to embonpoint, and of the dismal features which calumniated him. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Mrs. Mountainhead, a lady prodigiously inclined to embonpoint, looking exceedingly warm and uncomfortable, is the central figure. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense After Adrienne and Samson had disappeared, he rejoined his companion, a stout, middle-aged gentleman of florid complexion, whose cheviot cutaway and reposeful waistcoat covered a liberal embonpoint. The Call of the Cumberlands It is remarkable, however, that ladies of recent English extraction, under exactly the same circumstances, retain their good looks into middle life, and advancing years produce embonpoint, instead of angularity. The Englishwoman in America She was not then, as she is now, overloaded with embonpoint, and, though rather inclined to stoop, could avail herself of the advantages of an elevated stature. Paris as It Was and as It Is He was a short, compact figure, and a little inclined to a localised embonpoint. The History of Mr. Polly Her wrath was generally like the one drop of acid in a dell of honey, smothered in loving-kindness and embonpoint. Gone to Earth I saw myself! and probably ending up with a moustache, or an embonpoint, or something like that. The Visits of Elizabeth The Bolognese women are remarkable for their fine complexions; those that I saw were much inclined to embonpoint. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 If she was not to be the mother of his child by natural means, she could be so by a subterfuge, which her embonpoint would uphold! The Tragedies of the Medici So, too, when there was talk of another embonpoint personage going to America during the war, he remarked that she would make a capital breast-work. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 She is tall and inclined to embonpoint; her age fifty-three. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel From our position we could only see mountains of pink satin embonpoint, and the soles of her feet. The Visits of Elizabeth There was the merest suggestion of embonpoint to the waistcoat, but not so that, when he dropped his eyes, the blunt toes of his russet shoes were not in evidence. Gaslight Sonatas The lady was rather above the middle size, beautifully made, though something embonpoint, with a hand and arm exquisitely formed. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 She was famous in her middle age for her great embonpoint; as she was also tall she waxed enormous. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 He had the lavish embonpoint of a pig. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories The habit was economical of time, and produced a charming embonpoint. Little Citizens The consequence is that all who wish to diminish embonpoint should eat moderately, sleep little, and take as much exercise as possible, seeking to accomplish the purpose in another manner. The Physiology of Taste She came in just after him—a matron of about fifty, of vigorous aspect and ample figure, approaching what he had not yet learned to call embonpoint. The Metropolis The man said he spoke of a fair mansion among green fields and hills, "a grand cavalier embonpoint,"—those were his very words,—at the door, with a tankard in one hand. The Chaplet of Pearls He had the lavish embonpoint of a pig. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories His figure inclined to embonpoint; his short limbs accentuated this inclination. The Invisible Man These two ideas, the truth of which any one may understand, induce me to recommend quinquina to all those who wish to get rid of troublesome embonpoint. The Physiology of Taste Of course you did not land on the primrose path with both feet, but you climbed carefully over the fence—just as befits a man of your embonpoint. Moral As the Parliament will meet in a fortnight, and the town be plumper, my letters may grow more amusing; though, unless the weather grows worse, I shall not contribute my leanness to its embonpoint. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 The year before that, she declared, she had been obliged to struggle with the beginning of embonpoint, over which she soon triumphed. Strong as Death Her large fan winnows wind towards her heated faceneck and embonpoint. Ulysses The belt also shows when we have eaten enough; and it should be made with great care, and so contrived as to diminish as the embonpoint decreases. The Physiology of Taste He was tall, slightly inclined to embonpoint, and stooped a little. The Honor of the Name But she knew how to maintain, despite her embonpoint, a very great charm, which was enhanced by her delightful foreign accent. Balzac I need scarcely inform you, after telling you of my walks, that my constitution has been renovated here, and that I have recovered my activity even whilst attaining a little embonpoint. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark The beautiful woman threw off her sabletrimmed wrap, displaying her queenly shoulders and heaving embonpoint. Ulysses The whole secret of embonpoint consists in a suitable diet. The Physiology of Taste These gentlemen all wore rich and beautiful dresses of thick ribbed silk and figured brocade, and, unless they were much padded and wadded, they had all attained to a remarkable embonpoint. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither "No," rejoined Stubbs, "he should not be exactly corpulent—but rather embonpoint, as the saying is—sleek—plumpish—in good condition as it were." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 Her teeth were small and white; she had gained of late a slight embonpoint, but her delicate hips and slender waist were none the worse for it. Beatrix To understand how sarcastic were these exhortations, repeated at intervals, we should state that the approaching huntsman was a stout little man whose protuberant stomach was the evidence of a truly ministerial "embonpoint." Adieu Their hair is dark and flat, and they have no embonpoint. The Physiology of Taste The Russians had a great taste for her, owing to her embonpoint. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Some Parisian families who in 1817 drank beer habitually, because of the dearness of wine, were rewarded by a degree of embonpoint, they would be glad to get rid of. The Physiology of Taste Those who use chocolate, ordinarily enjoy the most perfect health, and are the least subject to the multitude of ailments which destroy life; their embonpoint is stationary. The Physiology of Taste Soon all traces of fasting began to disappear, and they reached a very comfortable embonpoint. The Physiology of Taste Those of the second, lost their embonpoint, a circumstance which leaves me to think the quinquina which produced the last result had the effect I speak of. The Physiology of Taste |
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