| 单词 | erectness |
| 例句 | At first Old Qian knelt on the washboard with defiant erectness. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A default erectness gave meaning to bending and slumping and a hunched-over box step. Dance Review: Juilliard Students in ?New Dances? at Sharp Theater - Review 2011-12-16T22:41:32Z In place of Robinson’s starched erectness and ease, Chestnut is coiled like a boxer. Review: Bill Robinson’s Rags-to-Riches Tap Tale 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z She was in her late thirties by then and her fascinated alertness had been blunted, her erectness slightly compromised. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z She was dark-haired and dark-eyed, unrebelliously dressed, and was sitting with a Free German Youth erectness of posture, a textbook open in her lap. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z He is seldom less than six feet tall, and he carries his six feet with the erectness of a soldier and with the grace of a woman. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Consequently he sits tall, and with the peculiar erectness of head and neck, his diminutiveness disappears. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z But no one has ventured to assert that a relation exists between erectness of carriage and mental ability when human beings are compared with one another, or when apes are compared with one another. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z There was something that pleased by its oddity, and was as effective in its way as the sweeping erectness of her companion. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z She waited now, and as she waited she was aware of the erectness and vigor of the tall body stepping beside her. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z He was a man who bore his years easily; singularly slow and scant of speech, but alert of eye and almost jaunty in the erectness of his bearing. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z And, as he spoke, the face kindled with its old fire of vigour, his eyes flashed, and his form had its old erectness. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Of rather more than middle height, she carried herself with an erectness calculated to give one the idea that she was several inches taller than her real stature. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z Although eighty years of age there is still some of the old erectness in his carriage; some of the old fire in his eyes. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z He carried himself with considerable erectness, might very well have once been a soldier, and was possibly the lady's father. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Her dress was that of a housekeeper or upper servant, though the height of her carriage and the erectness of her figure might have stamped her as an empress. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z But had the amount of work he took been so directed, he might in youth have attained that harmony, and maintained it through life, as Vanderbilt maintained his erectness. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z She had expected tears or anger, and Marion gave way to neither, but her silence and pallor and a certain proud erectness of her figure spoke for her. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z She noted the noble poise of her head, the erectness of her body, and the skilful manner in which she handled the craft. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z He was a tall, handsome fellow, little more than thirty years of age, and carried himself with soldierly erectness. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z She was fair, slender, long-throated, and carried herself with noticeable erectness. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z When they get into the gymnasium, they are usually lacking in that symmetry, ease, and erectness which they might all along have had, had they but used the means. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z Jack, for the moment, could not recall where he had seen this stalwart, handsome man, who stood with a masterful erectness, emphasized by his frank and fearless gaze. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Then the leader, a large man of military erectness, came down to the leader's desk and bowed, amidst thunderous applause. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Although he was well up in years, he carried himself with military erectness, and the powerful tone of his voice awoke the envy of all the basses in the chorus. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z They gained erectness by slow jolts, as if their joints were of iron that had rusted. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Bryant does not seem to have cared for erectness, nor for a harmonious development of all the muscles. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z One liked too the erectness of her slender figure, and the well-poised head, crowned with its masses of soft brown hair. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z In spite of her lameness, which was never apparent except when she was greatly fatigued, Jack was tall—five feet seven inches—and held her shoulders with the erectness of other days. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z At sight of Severance, and the sound of his name deformed by a page-boy, the big man rose, topping his tall guest in height and erectness. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z She wore a dress whose simplicity accentuated the 151 slender erectness of her young body and the litheness of her carriage. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Dalroy was confronted by a clear-eyed man, whose square-shouldered erectness was not concealed by the unkempt clothes of a Belgian peasant. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Order arms," replied Henry, evading his sister's inquiry, and at the same time assuming a military erectness, and bringing his rifle briskly to the ground—"with the beauty of my drill, sister. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He was an Apache, and was magnificent in his proportions and the easy erectness of his poise. The Orphan Mrs. Cane made a very careful examination of his face, and noted the vigorous erectness of his body, while Sube's gaze was shifting uneasily back and forth from one parent to the other. Sube Cane The while he had been noting, with calm approval, every movement of the girl: the fine erectness of her carriage, the firm walk, straight from the hips. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion For an hour she had not smoothed her hair, nor pulled her ribbon bow into jaunty erectness, nor indicated by any other of the familiar forms of self-betrayal the all-absorbing importance of her personal appearance. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted What plume from African deserts can rival the rich hues, the graceful curves, and the palm-like erectness of his tail? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 This was a fine thing for the growing child and gave her a firm erectness not common to young wage-earners. A Sunny Little Lass At length, it seemed to them, he was practically nothing else than food; the man-mastery, whose emblem is man's erectness, or power to stand erect, was gone for ever, they thought. Finn The Wolfhound If the cows got into that 88 even erectness— She began to run, Prince bounding beside her, his brown tail a waving plume. The Camerons of Highboro Above, in the doorway, waited an elderly Brazilian of medium height and spare figure, standing with soldierly erectness and garbed in white duck of semimilitary cut. The Pathless Trail The second man was lighter, straight and trim of figure, with an erectness and exactness of carriage which marked him as a soldier at some part of his life. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Deacon Tourtelot,—a short, wiry man, with reddish whiskers brushed primly forward,—sitting under the very droppings of the pulpit, with painful erectness, and listening grimly throughout, was inclined to the sermon of the morning. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 He then straightened himself to almost the erectness of the younger man, and begun at once to gather his rushes and rap them carefully in a moistened cloth. Jessica, the Heiress Both his step and his erectness bespoke the buoyant effect of the talk upon his spirits, which was not to be wondered at as he had splendid news to import to his confrères in crime. In the Shadow of the Hills He was tall, his thin erectness making him seem abnormal in the low room. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 As abruptly had disappeared the bearers of flowers and artificial roses with baskets poised upon their heads, imparting to their figures dignity and erectness. The Strollers His figure, though she had just had proof of his strength, was lean almost to thinness, very straight, and borne, she fancied, with a certain dignity and even majesty in its erectness. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The man raised himself into erectness with a groan, and a crippled greengrocer whom I had known in my youth, to me the basic type of hunchback—became an upstanding British private. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War Walters noticed his white hair and thin face, the keenness of his blue eyes, the firmness of his mouth, and the erectness of his figure. Blake's Burden Neither tall nor very slender, her vigorous little figure had still a certain charm of trim erectness and youthful grace, though Imogen was twenty-four, and considered herself very staid and grown-up. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series She said nothing; but it was easy to perceive by the erectness of her shoulders, and the slight movement that ran through her, that her attention was fully engaged. Phoebe, Junior Mr. Linden said, with a momentary erectness of position. Say and Seal, Volume II Therefore an obvious recommendation is to stand at the ball with the same amount of erectness as there will be at the top of the swing. The Complete Golfer In the loose-jointed abandon of exhaustion and sleep she had the effect of a flower that has wilted; the color and the fabric were still lovely, but the robust erectness and crispness were gone. It, and Other Stories The rival candidates sat in rigid erectness, disdainfully aloof while their supporters wrangled. Making People Happy She seemed to suffer some bodily change and loss, to be bereft of her spring and erectness. The Message One girl held herself with the fine erectness of a Caryatid, while her jar, propped against the side, filled itself with the cold, sparkling water. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia He felt an unexpected pleasure in her slim erectness and in her buoyant step. The Explorer Both youngsters walked with a new dignity and erectness as they crossed to the parade ground. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers The sergeant paced silently to and fro with unusual erectness of bearing and a firmly-compressed lip. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier At the age of sixty-five, time had done nothing toward bending him out of his natural erectness. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. I presently saw our West Pointer observing the drilling groups, and with him another with two bars on his collar, the same erectness, and the same natural air of knowing his business. At Plattsburg He was a tall man and walked with the erectness of one who had been a soldier. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel There was the same broad placidity of brow, the long oval face, the thin long slightly curved nose, the heavy lids, the slim erectness, the same suave repose. Black Oxen He was tall and alert, yet he walked with a certain stiffness, which gave an almost military erectness to his carriage. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Small bunches, mutilated and crushed, sprang back into erectness, larger ones flopped limply as their props were pushed aside. Greener Than You Think “No, child, no,” said Bernardo, uncovering his grey head, as he seated himself with firm erectness. Romola Her very calm, the slender erectness of her body, her fearless and serious gaze, were a goad to him. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories An incredible degree of energy quickened in the recoil of her bent form to a disproportionate erectness of stature. The Flaw in the Sapphire The chivalrous sentiments of war fire his eye, distend his breast, and give erectness to his figure. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia This expansion frees the respiratory muscles and all the vital organs, gives man command of the elemental action of his body as a whole; that is, his erectness expresses higher emotions and experiences. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions There was a kind of slim erectness, even in the way she lay on her sofa; and she always received the doctor as if he were calling for the first time. Georgina's Reasons As a sudden blow may bring back a lost identity to the victim of amnesia the discovery electrified the man and he straightened into an abrupt erectness. The Tyranny of Weakness Your ragged coat ought to have a hump in the back to offset erectness and if you carry a cane, you should use it—not twirl it like a baton. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story She always rode at a run, sitting with easy erectness. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The primary aim of all true exercise for the improvement of health and the prolonging of life must affect the erectness of the human body and the counterpoise curves of the spine. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions His person, which even in extreme old age was remarkable for dignity, erectness, and courtliness, at the period we write of, was conspicuous for all the graces of manhood. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In the bearing and erectness of the figure was something so familiar that it stabbed her with a sharp vividness of memory. The Tyranny of Weakness He retained to the last the erectness of his tall but slender form, and not less the full strength of his mind. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 He imitated the erectness and alertness of these young soldiers whom he saw, learned the jerk of the elbow in their smart salute. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West This action is very helpful for the development of erectness of the body. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions Thus their bodies are preserved in health and erectness in spite of their work. Making the Most of Life Renewed self-confidence, and the habit of command, had in fact restored the erectness to Amherst's shoulders and the clearness to his eyes. The Fruit of the Tree This time they both started, the girl into sudden erectness, then held her head down as if in shame. The Emigrant Trail He slowly extended both arms and stood upright in gladiatorial strength and compelling erectness. A Pagan of the Hills His form stiffened to military erectness, his face took on the purposeful aspect of a man about to carry to fruition plans which he had long nourished in secret. The Substitute Prisoner "Setting Up" Exercises.—The splendid carriage of students from military schools shows what may be accomplished in securing erectness of form where proper attention is given to this matter. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools But her husband did not fail to observe that she lost, almost instantly, that rigid erectness with which she had been sitting, nor that the motion of her needle had ceased. Choice Readings for the Home Circle The submissive race understood and obeyed, anxiously watching Peggy as she wavered in her erectness and groped with the fingers of both hands. Old Kaskaskia It should bear its part in developing clear enunciation and erectness of carriage. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People He had, in spite of his shoemaking, a carriage like a prince, having overcome by some erectness of his spirit his hereditary stoop. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Hygienic Footwear.—A necessary aid to erectness of position in standing and walking is a properly fitting shoe. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools While he felt not the slightest bend in the erectness of his own soul because of it, while it even amused him, he never forgot the supercilious courtesy of the girls' father towards him. The Debtor A Novel In person, Mr. G. was rather short and slender, but with an erectness of carriage, and a somewhat precise observance of the usages of refined society, which gave him an unfailing dignity of appearance. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Only once before, and but for a moment, had I seen a woman's form so proudly flowerlike in its superb erectness! Pieces of Eight Hamilton Montagu Burton stood an even six feet, and from a generous breadth of shoulders, swung back in free erectness, he tapered to a trim slenderness of waist and thigh. Destiny Special attention, therefore, should be given to erectness of form, and to such exercises as tend to preserve the natural shape of the body. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools She sat in her chair with delicate erectness, the folds of her gray gown was disposed over her supple length of limb with charming effect. The Debtor A Novel It opened, and Bessie walked in with that stately erectness of gait which was characteristic of the women of her race. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Despite their easy attitudes there was yet a certain military erectness about them which was heightened by the handsome, natty uniforms that they wore. The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep He was small, but from the springiness of his gait and the erectness of his head he gave an impression of height. 'Doc.' Gordon He was fully six feet tall, but possessed a carriage of grace and elegance, instead of the rigid erectness of so many of his comrades. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. There are many more such favorable sense impressions which you could make by simply standing in manly erectness while waiting to receive the exclusive attention of your prospect. Certain Success In her slim erectness was a touch of feminine ferocity that gave him another idea. Mavericks Behind a bale of merchandise appeared a custom-house officer, standing in his dark-green, dusty uniform with military erectness. Twenty-six and One and Other Stories He is no longer a young man, and beyond a certain military erectness and precision in his movements there is nothing to mark him the great soldier he has shown himself to be. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The chief wonder of all these Marquesans is the beauty and erectness of their standing and walking postures. White Shadows in the South Seas She was quite white as she spoke the words, but she maintained her tense erectness. Charles Rex The fellow was short, but of soldierly erectness, and even in his loitering pace lifted his feet with the quick precision of the drilled man. The Port of Missing Men "Why, there is nothing I could ever have to forgive you, Lanny," he said, returning Lanstron's pressure while for an instant his quickening muscles gave him a soldierly erectness. The Last Shot But she had scarcely time to catch it before Aldous entered, a little bent, as it seemed to her, from his tall erectness, and speaking with an extreme quietness, even monotony of manner. Marcella Further, in regard to this attitude, which is the result of the possession of grace, we may say that it indicates not only stability and steadfastness, but erectness, as in opposition to crouching or bowing. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) He is about six feet in height, raw-boned and spare in flesh, but muscular, and, notwithstanding his old age, walks with all the erectness and elasticity of youth. What I Saw in California But, as he kindled with his subject, his cough left him, and his bent form resumed all its wonted erectness and majesty. Famous Americans of Recent Times His square shoulders, commanding height, and military erectness were thus emphasized, as was her own feminine slightness. The Last Shot Instantly all stood at attention, the young men all over the hail holding themselves with especial erectness. The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard She is at present bent double, and has to walk with crutches; but her offspring may teach her the secret of regaining strength, erectness, and independence.' George Washington, Volume II A dart from the cold gray eyes galvanized my aunt into a sudden rigid erectness. Spanish Doubloons Perhaps even well-developed arms are not so essential to female beauty as erectness of figure, a trait on which our low school-desks have made sad havoc. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 At the age of sixty-five, time had done nothing towards bending him out of his natural erectness. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] And a casual observer would have noticed about him a certain rectitude of bearing, a certain erectness of head that marks the man who thinks well of himself. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories It marked the erectness of his frame, the gayety of his mien, the dance of his locks. Kincaid's Battery He paused and added, glancing at me and drawing himself up to military erectness: "But, before all comes the King—God save the King!" The Prisoner of Zenda Then her slender figure stiffened to the erectness of a soldier, and with chin in air and without a word she turned her back upon the officer. The Land That Time Forgot She walked with a certain springiness of step and erectness of bearing. Anne's House of Dreams Adam, as he pressed her arm to his side, walked with his old erectness and his head thrown rather backward as if to face all the world better. Adam Bede He walked with that exaggerated erectness which told his self-deluded state as plainly as if he had pronounced it in words. The Burial of the Guns Miss Bart, during this brief exchange of words, remained in admirable erectness, slightly isolated from the embarrassed group about her. House of Mirth All the old-time erectness was broken and bent. The Octopus : A story of California "You look very strong and well," said Newman, observing the erectness of her figure, and a certain venerable rosiness in her cheek. The American The clouded light of her eyes, the magnificent gravity of her features, the conscious erectness of her head, might have belonged to a deposed sovereign or a condemned martyr. Roderick Hudson A snigger ran through the group; and then, towering above them, and steadying himself by the hand-rail in a desperate effort at erectness, Mr. Royall stepped stiffly ashore. Summer You are seated with tolerable erectness; and, judging from the steady determination of your eyebrows, one would imagine that your eyes would be open for the whole of the discourse. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 If the father were fully satisfied that Miss Mary could exchange her stooping form, pale face, and lassitude for erectness, freshness, and elasticity, does anybody suppose he would hesitate? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 There was a great rotundity to his silhouette, the generous outward curve to his waist-line giving to his figure a swayback erectness, the legs receding rather short and thin from the bay of waistcoat. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It "I'm sure," said Katy, with a stiff erectness that drew Lawton back in his saddle, "no man shall ever dare to lay hands on bed of mine; it's undecent and despisable conduct." The Spy She moved towards him, bearing herself with a peculiar erectness and dignity. Sir George Tressady — Volume II And then the erectness of his supple body, like a symbol. England, My England In all but the cultivation of erectness, the military drill is singularly deficient in the requisites of a system of muscle-training adapted to a weak-chested people. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 The gait was feeble, the bearing had lost all its old erectness, the bronzed strength of the face had given place to a waxen and ominous pallor. Robert Elsmere He was a man of more than forty, built large to an uniform English pattern; there was a touch of military erectness in his carriage which often deceived people as to his vocation. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons With soldierly erectness he walked out of the bar, across the lobby, and into the writing room. The Short Line War The weight should be mainly upon the balls of the feet, and the crown of the head so positively elevated as to secure the erectness of the spinal column. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System Keith glanced aside with swift approval at the erectness with which she sat, the loosened rein in her hand, the slight swaying of her form. Keith of the Border Lombardy poplars, with their gibbetlike erectness, bordered the roads and intersected them with mathematical shadows; here and there rose a feathery elm or a maple of wide-branched beauty. Life at High Tide They are always planted firmly in the ground and stand fast, showing the sturdy erectness of their builders. Travels in Alaska An impression as swift as a flash of light could not exclude inevitable curiosity as to the full face; a curiosity emphasized by the poised erectness of her slender figure. Over the Pass With her clear-cut, aristocratic face, and her slim, straight figure, stately perhaps rather than graceful, and a trifle haughty in its unbending erectness, Gerald Vernor was very, very handsome. Only an Incident His head was well shaped and well set upon his shoulders, his height was six feet two if an inch, and he carried himself with the erectness of a man accustomed to an outdoor life. My Strangest Case Mrs. Gonorowsky drew her ample form to a wonderful erectness, readjusted her shawl, and answered with much stateliness: "It was a trouble from off of real estate." Little Citizens Mademoiselle regarded him with grave eyes, which took in his tall, thin erectness of figure, his bearing, the perfection of his attire with its unfailing freshness, which was not newness. The Head of the House of Coombe On the other hand, erectness should not be carried to such an extreme as to become stiffness. Practical Argumentation They are generally short and thick-set, and walk with surprising erectness, and with long, firm steps, carrying the bosom well forward. Two Years in the French West Indies Its flower of bright rose pink, veined with red, is held with the stalwart erectness of an Indian, whose love of solitude and quiet woods it shares. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites He was not a tall man,—indeed, one would have been justified in suspecting him of being taller than he really was because of the more or less deceiving erectness with which he carried himself. West Wind Drift His form had put on an unusual erectness. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Despite his determined erectness, he was inclined to sag from the shoulders down. Green Fancy Doubtless the habit of carrying everything in this way from childhood has much to do with the remarkable vigor and erectness of the population…. Two Years in the French West Indies He wore a fashionable wig, and his clothes fitted well a figure that, once shambling and loose-jointed, had now all the erectness of the soldier, but the face was unchanged. Janice Meredith Strahan bowed, and walked with military erectness down the avenue, his host looking after him with cynical and slightly contemptuous good-nature; but Mrs. Merwyn followed the receding figure with an expression of great bitterness. An Original Belle It is upon the erectness, suppleness, and strength of the spinal column that most of the power and grace of the body depend. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene The color sprang up to his cheek, the old warmth to his eye, the old erectness to his figure, and the eager accent to his voice. On Picket Duty, and Other Tales Inspector," he said, as a tall and slender yet muscular man of Indian erectness and noticeably careful grooming rose to his feet, "Here's one of those rare people, an American who speaks some foreign languages. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers The exercises give us a new standard of erectness, and that new standard will make us sensitive to the wrong attitude. Nerves and Common Sense His nerves ached with the physical strain of holding himself upright on his horse, of preserving the statuesque erectness proper to the occasion. The Valley of Decision She was not above the middle stature of women, but her slimness and erectness, and the kind of costume she wore made her seem tall as she stood in this low-ceiled room. The Nether World Bow, bondslave, before the throne of your despot's glorious heels so glistening in their proud erectness. Ulysses The glorious eyes, too, lost their light, and, as I thought, the form its perfect shape and erectness. She That gentleman made a strong effort to control joints which seemed unmanageable, and succeeded in assuming a tolerable erectness, while he blinked at his companion with stolid gravity. The Red Acorn She lay silent for ever upstairs—as dead as an unsuccessful book, and his swaggering erectness was a kind of symbol of his having killed her. Greville Fane They saw the erectness of the small figure, the steadiness of the blue eyes that had fought back their tears, the honesty and fire and courage of this small boy who was their King. Long Live the King! She carried herself with almost machine-like erectness; her skirts were noiseless. The Vanished Messenger He stooped and picked up his shoes, and with them in his hand, drawn to his old-time military erectness, he stood for some time before the gilt-framed picture on the wall. Dangerous Days I moved a very little, and then I saw that it was a man—the height and erectness told me which man. When a Man Marries In the customary attitude of military erectness, he spoke in his own language while the Count listened with a bored air, meanwhile passing his fingers idly over the keys. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse From behind a pile of goods emerged a customs-house officer, a dark green, dusty figure, of military erectness. Creatures That Once Were Men His rounded eyes glared with rage, his undulating tail snapped to stiff erectness as, with a frightful roar, he charged this presuming vassal. Tarzan the Untamed |
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