| 单词 | felicitous |
| 例句 | Thus I begin my record once more, in hopes of more felicitous issue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “With cucumber kimchee as well. Truly a felicitous combination. Soft bean curd—crunchy cucumber. Bland bean curd—spicy cucumber. That woman is an artist.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She had even commissioned someone to write felicitous messages on red banners, as if my parents themselves had draped these decorations to congratulate me on my good luck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pope Julius II acted impetuously in all his affairs, and he found the times and circumstances so suitable to this method of procedure that he always achieved felicitous results. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Though no such felicitous circumstance transpired, still I walked with light enough step. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With an American pencil, she wrote a word, a felicitous word such as “longevity” or “double joy,” which is symmetrical. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The four pieces on the program all showed uncommon skill at matching ballet movement to music, both at the large scale of structure and in small, felicitous details. Review: ‘What Counts,’ a Lydia Johnson Dance Work, Attends to the Music 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z There have been other felicitous confluences of money, corporate ambition and design talent in history, but few have proved as enduring as the one forged by Mr. Behrens, Mr. Rathenau, and the AEG. 2010-01-19T18:11:00Z Mr. Waters’s attempts to indicate the dramatic events that sometimes must be read between the lines of the letters are not always felicitous. Theater Review: ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ a Sarah Ruhl Play 2012-12-10T22:49:38Z There are consolations to this kind of unhappiness; there are strange, felicitous side effects. Books of The Times: ‘In Praise of Messy Lives,’ Essays by Katie Roiphe 2012-11-27T16:27:18Z He also offers this felicitous description of an erratically functioning cellphone: “Sometimes you pick it up: seashell.” Theater Review: ‘Adult’ by Christina Masciotti, at Abrons Arts Center 2014-02-03T22:00:42Z Most of the building is underground, a felicitous scale point with environmentalists. 2010-01-01T05:00:00Z Often when he landed on a felicitous turn of phrase, he repeated it, transposed or transmogrified, wringing out the idea. Music Review: Sticking to One Tune, but Not Stuck 2010-09-16T04:30:00Z The boundary between photography and other artistic media is muddied to strangely felicitous effect in two exhibits at Seattle galleries this month. Review: Seattle exhibits show photographs in their altered states 2010-08-26T20:51:00Z Mr. Bataillon’s camera does a felicitous job of catching the kinetic energy of Mr. Morris’s dances. Mark Morris’s Transcendent ‘Il Allegro,’ Captured on Film for PBS 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A win for this film would be nothing less than felicitous in a post-#MeToo Hollywood. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z It is a felicitous coincidence that these were my last two columns. Fade Out 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z But it hasn't been an entirely felicitous transition. Hallogallo 2010; Duffy ? review 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Ms. Centurión, though without his technical brilliance, is a beautiful dancer; their partnership is felicitous. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z The pairing is felicitous, though the result is not as consistently funny as their earlier show, especially in the slack second act. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The show ends without exploring the consequences of these notions, but outside the museum, you don’t need to harbor Lamborghini fantasies to see that the result is not always felicitous. Last Chance: ?Cars, Culture, and the City? at Museum of the City of New York 2010-07-19T22:03:00Z “We will miss his quick wit, wry humor, felicitous prose, and savvy advice,” the Met said in its announcement. A Stalwart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Step Down 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Finally, I did not find the combination of lemon, tangerine and chocolate to be a felicitous one. A Treat for Lemon Lovers and Beyond 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The ruling’s timing proved felicitous: It came on the penultimate day of the court’s session, at the end of New York’s vibrant gay pride week and just before the Fourth of July. Freedom to Marry is going out of business. And everybody’s thrilled. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, that's exactly what we did at the press conference, which offered one of the most felicitous and absurd combinations I've experienced in several years of coming here. "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps": Gekko's back! 2010-05-14T15:15:00Z The first movement of Mr. Rouse’s Symphony No. 4 is marked “Felice,” and the music is indeed felicitous. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Discovery can be a joy in a familiar but complex work like this when some felicitous detail, previously unnoticed, slips into consciousness, but not when it hurtles out in a kind of sonic 3-D. Music Review: A Fresh Face Confronts a Seasoned Mahler 2011-03-18T22:24:01Z A Literary Life Can Turn Lonely When the Cheering Stops As good actors age — perhaps a more felicitous word would be mature — they learn how to do more with less. | 'Collected Stories': Linda Lavin as Donald Margulies?s Vision of Faded Fame 2010-04-28T23:01:00Z This season’s arrivals, while once again introducing welcome variety, are not all felicitous. Alvin Ailey Dance Highlights Teamwork in Recent Performances 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The timing of Cotton's question was felicitous for Jason Matthews,whose novel "Palace of Treason" was released in paperback on Tuesday. Spy novels get shout-out during Jeff Sessions' testimony on the Russia probe 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z And sometimes even the most felicitous convergences result in a cascade of unintended consequences. Perspective | Scorsese is right about Marvel. Except when he’s wrong. 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Complimentary edamame seasoned with white pepper and fried garlic chips get dinner off to a felicitous start. Edmonds’ friendly Bar Dojo offers pan-Asian menu 2013-04-11T20:46:26Z Three artists with new shows in Seattle galleries provide some felicitous examples. Review: Landscapes that escape boundaries are at 2 Seattle galleries 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Their partnership, of course, may prove to be a felicitous linkup: The reviews for “Bright Star” in its premiere outing in September 2014 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre were mixed but encouraging. For Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, musical theater isn’t so wild and crazy 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Lubin’s reclaiming of Claggett Wilson, one of the eight illustrators of the American Expeditionary Forces charged with documenting the war for posterity, is equally felicitous. How did American artists respond to the horror of WWI? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Fairchild’s segue feels like one of the more felicitous in the long history of classical ballet dancers re-creating their elegant lines on Broadway. Worlds converge with grace in ‘An American in Paris’ on Broadway 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Some of the show’s most felicitous moments—and there are many—occur when the artists’ competing renditions of a shared theme are juxtaposed, often to stunning effect. ‘Mantegna and Bellini’ Review: A Family Affair 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Here’s the difference: Both genres seek to combine words and music in dynamic, felicitous and, to invoke that all-purpose term, artistic ways. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z Many of these mezcal transplants work surprisingly well, given the volatile flavors of the spirit; the mezcal Negroni is an easy and felicitous switcheroo. Whatever the Cocktail, They’re Ordering It With Mezcal 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z As long as the two were separated, there was a felicitous tension to the piece. Review: Daffy humor and high artistry kick off Butoh festival 2011-06-04T16:45:05Z One of Ashton’s most felicitous touches occurs in an ensemble of two simultaneous male-female-male trios. Dance Review: Ballet Across America at Kennedy Center 2013-06-09T21:01:30Z In a bit of felicitous casting, local TV and radio celebrity Robert Aubry Davis embodies the Radio Voice, whose on-air retrospective about the Conrads frames the narrative. Review | ‘On Air’ at Creative Cauldron is a tuneful, engaging tour through little-known history 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Book-It Repertory Theatre continues its felicitous tour through the Austen canon in a pleasing new theatrical version of "Sense and Sensibility." Review: Book-It's 'Sense and Sensibility' a delight 2011-06-06T21:48:04Z One fellow went so far as to block the good people at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation when they were calling with the most felicitous news imaginable. Meet the new MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z At two hours, this version of Bartlett Sher’s production, in a generally felicitous English translation by J. D. McClatchy, is truncated by a third or more. Review: ‘The Barber of Seville,’ Truncated and Energetic 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Which brings me to the bad news: Not messing with success also means not tinkering with the less felicitous aspects of your show. A Decade Later, ‘Wicked’ Continues to Be Catnip for Tweens 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In the end, Paris was replete with these grace notes; felicitous, if occasionally head-spinning, reminders of why this circus exists. At Louis Vuitton and Valentino, Mapping the Season’s Genome 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Judging by the suite’s felicitous flourishes and architectural details—all conceived by the man himself—Kopelman’s aesthetic is idiosyncratic and adventuresome. Art Advisor Will Kopelman Devises A Sophisticated Home Office 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Her first experience in contemporary art was less felicitous, but no less powerful. The Most Powerful Woman in the New York Art World Is Lisa Who? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z In a felicitous transfer from the Sacred Fools Theater Company, Vanessa Claire Stewart’s surreal smash about the rise and fall and rise of Buster Keaton moves to the Pasadena Playhouse -- and scores an absorbing coup. 'Stoneface' grows in scope, gains punch at Pasadena Playhouse 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Morrison’s felicitous art bursts off each page with a pop of energy. Winter Holiday Treats For Picture Book Readers 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z And there are felicitous moments: Georges imagining Anne well again and playing the piano and Anne suddenly asking for the family photo album, flicking through it and sadly remarking: "C'est beau – la vie." Amour – review 2012-11-18T00:06:00Z In both, you begin by remarking on eccentricity, quirkiness, non sequiturs; and then you find yourself admiring compositional wit, structural authority, felicitous invention. Review: ‘Legends & Visionaries’ by New York Theater Ballet 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Ms. LuPone plays the highlight reel and the blooper reel essentially in straightforward chronological order, writing of roles and rehearsals and openings and closings in a style unadorned by felicitous phrasing or sustained reflection. Books of The Times: Glory and Misery on the Way to Stardom 2010-10-07T22:52:00Z It didn’t matter at a screening this week, however, as the print shown to critics still carried the film’s original and less felicitous title: “Barbarian Princess.” | 'Princess Kaiulan': Q?orianka Kilcher Stars in Tale of Hawaiian History 2010-05-13T23:12:00Z And even if “just” 10 hours, Mr. Zorn’s marathon got extra credit because it was part of a felicitous confluence of concerts around New York focusing on him. A John Zorn Weekend — 10-Hour Marathon Concert Included 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Send in your suggestions for a more felicitous phrasing. ArtsBeat: Computing, Rather Than, Absorbing Novels 2010-12-04T17:24:00Z Some of the groupings are among the most felicitous in all dance. Dance Review: Kaleidoscopes of Patterns Against Backdrop of Mozart?s Chivalry 2011-02-16T22:28:42Z In a less felicitous attempt at diversity, Dar Williams shared “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with a rapper. Musicians Join in a Seeger Tribute at Lincoln Center 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z While “Map” looked good on a traditional stage, this is a felicitous reimagining. Dance Review: Shen Wei Dance Arts Performs at Judson Memorial Church 2014-04-30T20:49:29Z He is calmly hilarious about how the historian Barbara W. Tuchman — never the most felicitous writer — urged him to lobby for her to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In ‘Avid Reader,’ a Celebrated Editor as Shepherd and Alchemist 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Ahrens, a precise and skilled lyricist, also evokes the milieu effectively and provides welcome moments of felicitous humor. ‘Little Dancer,’ With Tiler Peck as Degas Muse 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z So goes “Past Time,” Sacred Fools Theater Company's inaugural production in its new home at the Lillian Theatre, a felicitous match-up. Looking for love at Unicorns 'n Things? The screwball rom-com 'Past Time' 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z This new cafe on an expansive, leafy terrace in front of the High Line Hotel, is a felicitous setting for an evening of sipping. Champagne Charlie’s Opens at the High Line Hotel 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Yes, it's occasionally arch, self-indulgent, even child-unfriendly, but this adult reader almost always found some new little nugget of irony, a felicitous phrase, an unsuspected insight to enjoy. Mal Peet's top 10 books to read aloud 2011-08-03T13:08:37Z His conversion to indulgence, played for a gag, isn’t the most felicitous moment in Mr. Uhry’s book: “It is disgusting in every way,” Henri says of the club he’s first taken to. Review: ‘My Paris,’ a Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec in Song and Dance 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But the show, which Mr. Glover created, doesn’t obsess over that premise nearly so much as explore its felicitous human topography. ‘Atlanta’ Has Brilliant Characters. And Some of the Best Acting on TV. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z More problematically, since musical interpretation is presented as paramount, the dancing rarely finds felicitous correspondences, or reveals unexpected facets, in these scores. Dance in Review 2011-06-17T22:48:58Z How might government be designed to ensure the most felicitous environment for learning and prosperity? Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of Sondheim’s best jokes are swallowed up in the imbalance between singers and orchestra, a situation exacerbated by a perhaps unanticipated and more felicitous problem: the audiences’ frequent boisterous response. Review | Groban and Ashford ignite the flames of a funny, sexier ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z County leaders should not wait for the “felicitous scenario” in which market forces lead to more housing at lower prices before they address the potential strain on infrastructure, schools and tree canopy. Opinion | Many Arlingtonians are just looking for compromise on housing plans 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z County leaders should develop plans to address these problems in the felicitous scenario that market forces respond in earnest to the new home-building opportunities. Opinion | Put an end to single-family zoning in Arlington 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z This winter, by some felicitous coincidence, the Wheel of Fortune has delivered two delightful books about Alison. Review | 600 years later, this ‘nasty woman’ is still stirring up trouble 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z And his name is not the most felicitous in British history: The first King Charles, grandson of Mary Queen of Scots, was also beheaded. Can King Charles put Queen Elizabeth's legacy behind him and craft his own? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “That’s felicitous,” She replied somewhat greedily, “Copy all of these, speedily!” Style Invitational Week 1502: It’s Hi- time for Limerixicon XIX 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever. Review | Rage Against the Machine’s seething poetry now sounds like prophecy 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Willie Fulgear, the salvage man who found the 52, got a reward, much felicitous publicity, and a limo and tickets to attend the Oscars, where Billy Crystal saluted him from the stage. Stolen, sold, not even solid gold. The story of Oscar 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Eleven time zones away at Pebble Beach, that felicitous meeting of land and sea, Monahan professes not to be overly concerned with what’s going on in Saudi Arabia. Column: PGA Tour at Pebble Beach with an eye on Saudi Arabia 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z The effect, according to the article, was felicitous. Joan Walsh Anglund, illustrator who distilled childhood to its essence, dies at 95 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z We’d like to share Whitmer’s optimism that new leadership in the state House will lead to a more felicitous relationship between the two branches of government, but we do pay attention to current events. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z In Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow,” survival in the 1820s Northwest takes the form of a felicitous friendship between itinerant baker Cookie and Chinese immigrant King-Lu. 'First Cow' 'gives the loneliest of us hope,' say the film's stars 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Sometimes such near-misses are carefully calibrated, as in “Sense and Sensibility,” with its final felicitous swap of marriageable brothers. Review: You won't find a romance darker than Susie Yang's 'White Ivy' 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z The book is a detailed and extensive compilation of such felicitous biofriendly “coincidences,” and it became a canonical reference text for a generation of physicists. In Memoriam: John D. Barrow 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z That’s the same rationale behind a less felicitous change, the elimination of low-cost drink refills. Fewer people, more space at Baltimore theatre amid pandemic 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z This can be delightful, and in the case of this felicitous pairing, beneficial to the candidate. Why Kamala Harris couldn't ask for a better impersonator than Maya Rudolph 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z This is a felicitous case in which doing the right thing is also in Trump’s short-term political interest. Opinion | As coronavirus fear grips Wall Street, the White House moves decisively to protect Trump from germs 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The book’s debut was helped by felicitous rave blurbs from Carrie’s friends. Goodbye Leia: Carrie Fisher's journey from film star to 'savage' writer 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In retrospect, the pairing couldn’t have been more felicitous, because McNally’s plays about the gay experience — especially “Love! Valour! Compassion! — trailblazed for “The Inheritance.” What can gay men learn from their elders? To Matthew Lopez, that's 'The Inheritance' 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Robert Louis Stevenson called the Monterey Peninsula “the most felicitous meeting of land and see in creation.” There's nothing wrong with the U.S. Open that Pebble Beach can't solve - Golf Digest 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The identity of Pebble Beach is what Robert Louis Stevenson described as “the most felicitous meeting of land and sea.” Pressure for everyone as US Open returns to Pebble Beach 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z For a hint of what those of us outside the golden circle of overachievement are missing, Chabon obligingly taxonomizes the merits of felicitous forewords. Are intros and outros the bland bread of a book sandwich? Michael Chabon's 'Bookends' makes them the main course 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z I am not sure that we need the term "beanball" or that it's the most felicitous metaphor, but if people find it a useful heuristic for that point, so much the better. Welcome to the era of constitutional beanball: How Republican dirty tricks got even dirtier 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z First developed in the seventeenth century by the Italians—their clear, open vowels suited it perfectly—bel canto does a number of felicitous things at once. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Still, “felicitous” is too dainty a word to describe the good work done here by, y’know, the ultimate golf architect, God. There's nothing wrong with the U.S. Open that Pebble Beach can't solve - Golf Digest 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Or, like Princess Diana, in her felicitous pink pants on the Highgrove grounds, “headed to an English country weekend.” Try Princess Diana’s Preppy Statement-Pant Look 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Hayes’ poems are especially felicitous, because ethnic American writers often know better than the rest of us that “Something happens everywhere in this country / Every day. Someone is praying, someone is prey.” The right poetry collection for right now: Terrance Hayes' 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin' 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Its name, at first, was the less felicitous Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. The Stanley Cup’s Namesake Produced a Great Trophy. Not Much Else. 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Ferguson — a seminal decision of 1896 that has long been considered one of the court’s least felicitous — the doctrine enfranchised the separation of the races in public facilities. Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Dependent on all manner of mirroring, both felicitous and contrived, the slim volume Friedlander published before “The American Monument” was a collection of self-portraits. The Photographer Who Saw America’s Monuments Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But it is a novel through and through – felicitous, immensely perceptive and thorough in its insights, and scrupulously humane. Best holiday reads 2017, picked by writers – part one 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z These scholars examined every word to determine the most felicitous turns of phrase before sending their work to colleagues for confirmation. How the King James Bible Came to Be 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z This was not the “felicitous meeting of land and sea,” as Pebble Beach is known. Only at Pebble can the wind and rain be appealing for golf 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z With that, we’ve crossed over from tragedy to classic comedy, and it’s been a felicitous journey. At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Winter’s Tale’ to warm the heart 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z At a panel on Friday, they recounted underestimating the number of fans who might show up, preparing for 1,600 but welcoming more than double that, thanks to some felicitous press coverage. New York's Star Trek convention shows it's never been cooler to be a fan 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z There's also the possibility of Notes-From-Undergroundium, but it's a little less felicitous to say. Some other suggested names for new elements 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Occasionally friends who appear to have similar tastes online can be quiet, or worse, domineering in person; but more often the surprises are felicitous. In the food world, when Instagram is your business card 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z By the mid-18th century, Shakespeare’s work had become a bible for Americans, and a treasured, felicitous reminder of their linguistic and cultural heritage. William Shakespeare: a quintessentially American author 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z It is such a felicitous literary conceit that it has to be true. ‘I am ashamed to be sad’: the remarkable story of a Jewish student in 1920s Romania 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z There were also a number of live recordings that Philips released – when microphones happened to be on stage, and the result seemed felicitous. Alfred Brendel on a life in music: ‘Impatience was not a vice’ 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Less felicitous, to Serra, is contemporary, gilded San Francisco. Shrimp Boy’s Day in Court 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Though Taylor’s optimism is shared by the Jewish Museum, the relationship between modern art and television was actually rarely felicitous. 'The Twilight Zone' Trounces Salvador Dali In This Jewish Museum TV Art Exhibit 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z There are more felicitous stories, like Kirk Kerkorian taking a reportable position in Chrysler when everyone else turned up his nose. How Does A Rich Man Speculate? 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z His slogan, “Right To Rise,” is not just a felicitous phrase. Jeb Bush Was an Effective Governor and Would Be Formidable in 2016 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The Met says it will miss his “quick wit, wry humor, felicitous prose and savvy advice.” NY Met Museum’s chief spokesman to retire this summer 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z From a distance, the sculpture looks like a map, but as you approach, the piece morphs into a felicitous image of the late leader. Art In Stellenbosch: There's Much More Than Wine In South Africa's Western Cape 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Are classically trained chefs and barbecue a felicitous combination? Barrel & Ashes: A classically trained chef does barbecue in Studio City 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Past Turing winners, though, will not be getting a felicitous bump. Google to Quadruple Computer Science Prize Winnings to $1 Million 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Past Turning winners, though, will not be getting a felicitous bump. Google Lifts the Turing Award Into Nobel Territory 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z "I pride myself on the felicitous use of the occasional four-letter word, but I was an amateur compared to Rahm." Panetta book describes a fondness for 'famously blunt' Emanuel 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the film Diplomacy celebrates that felicitous fate. Diplomacy: Legendary Director Volker Schlöndorff's Cinematic Love Letter To Paris 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Its chemical name is fluoxetine hydrochloride, not the most felicitous of terms. Selling Prozac as the Life-Enhancing Cure for Mental Woes 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Add to that equation a pair of Ecco golf shoes and physics makes felicitous friends with comfort, a surefire recipe for success when it comes to walking five miles across the average golf course. Big Boy Toys: Shake Some Righteous Golf Booty for Father’s Day Say somewhere in the bowels of your line, a widget isn’t being stuck to a doo-hickey in the most felicitous way possible. Elite Technology On A Working Person's Budget 2014-02-25T18:50:00Z Google Translate is a bit more felicitous this time: History does not repeat itself. Intel chief's striking confession 2013-05-20T09:36:09Z Since the 1800s, dewy images of oranges, lemons and other fruits have been a lure for seekers of the state’s postcard essence, symbols of fertile land, felicitous climate and the possibilities of pleasure. ‘Fruit Activists’ Take Urban Gardens in a New Direction 2013-05-11T17:52:15Z MvD, London The inability to cancel transactions sounds a most felicitous inconvenience for the airline. Double trouble from easyJet's in-flight payment glitch 2012-11-24T22:59:02Z As Grant Allen puts it, in one of his most felicitous poems: If systems that be are the order of God, Revolt is a part of the order. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z But the expression is not a felicitous one, as there is probably no invention in which deliberate thought had a smaller, and pure luck a larger, share than in this. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Not a felicitous description of Norgaard’s highly respected work; she herself suggests that climate denial should be recognized and addressed through “dialogue.” When Grownups Bully Climate Scientists 2012-04-10T09:30:22Z The Septuagint conjecture of “thirty” as Saul’s age is not very felicitous, for at the beginning of Saul’s reign his son Jonathan was old enough to distinguish himself in the war. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Till now, I never knew that he was the felicitous artist I have this day seen him to be. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z O! in what felicitous times are we permitted to live! Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z This is not a faultless passage, but no one can help admiring the felicitous imagery, the vivid word-painting, the wonderful harmony of the versification. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Yet we hope and, in the changing of the fortunes which we anticipate, we express and share in the felicitous congratulations which the Empire is offering to Lord Roberts. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The speech overflowed with illustration, ingenious analogy, felicitous quotation, brilliant epigram, and political paradoxes that were made to sound wondrously like maxims of wisdom. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z In this field the work is largely of an analytical nature and requires that intelligence, spirit, and sentiment, supported by knowledge and æsthetic perception, form a felicitous union to produce results of value and dignity. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z We must not close our notice without refreshing our pages with at least one specimen of Mr. Taylor's felicitous descriptions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z I am almost sorry that I gave up to you so felicitous a topic; for all ages and all waters may be laid under contribution. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z I have ventured to compare the government of the world in the Christian scheme, by a God and a Devil, with our own felicitous government by party. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Mr. Lethbridge's mental speeches were always marvels of oratory—not a word out of place, the turns most felicitous—and this speech at Miser Farebrother's dinner-table was even happier than usual. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z St. Gilles was not so felicitous in a trick he played to some monks, vainly attempting to prove the absurdity of their superstitious notions. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The Aster is among the flowers prohibited in Japan for felicitous occasions, as are the Balsam, Rhododendron, and Azalea. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z You will find the practice of noting fine passages, felicitous modes of expression, novel thoughts, etc., as they occur even in lighter literary productions, not unworthy of your attention. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z In these Leigh Hunt shows himself within a certain range the most refined, appreciative and felicitous of critics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z His diminutive figure, his grim face, his screeching voice, are all forgotten in the brilliancy of his eloquence, and in the felicitous dexterity of his argument. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Here I would observe that the island nomenclature is painfully at variance with whatever is suggestive of felicitous rapport with its natural characteristics. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In felicitous phrases and with neatly turned strokes of humor he declared the reason why they were assembled together. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The worthy and honoured president, the Rev. F. F. Statham, M.A., who occupied the chair, was all geniality, and gave the toast of the evening—“The South London Photographic Society”—in his usually felicitous style. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z At such times his animation in voice, gesture, and look was quite remarkable, his talk was full of felicitous phrases, happy hits, and piquant sayings. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z A life-long experience of questions—of problems and riddles—was not, for Andy Hayes, to stop short at the felicitous solution of the puzzle about Jack Rock's butcher's shop in Meriton High Street. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Moreover, it often sparkles with original turns of thought, and felicitous expressions. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z It is a cumbrous, dull production, but is relieved with a multitude of fine and felicitous passages, and lends itself most happily to quotation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Mr. Webster addressed the citizens in his usual felicitous manner. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z He also enjoyed the singularly felicitous experience of harking back upon some of his earliest memories. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Hoar requested me to stand up and say a few words, which I did, he introducing me in a very felicitous manner. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z I feel somehow as if it would take about eighty-four years of severe preaching to prepare the deacon for existence in a felicitous hereafter. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z It should probably be included among Glapthorne’s plays, which, though they hardly rise above the level of contemporary productions, contain many felicitous isolated passages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z "Fortune," said I, "is at length tired of persecuting me; and I have before me the most felicitous prospect." The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z He had, to use his own felicitous expression, 'the prophetic eye of taste.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Though somewhat different in detail, the impecuniosity of the late distinguished journalist, G. A. Sala, when a young man, was equally felicitous. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z And then, the new plans all jotted down, the felicitous expressions written out verbatim, the facts and figures clearly noted, let the convention be widely reported. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z In the heat of volcanic combustion, he had thrown up cinders and rubbish along with several felicitous and brilliant works of art. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But the most felicitous of the series is the "Decade of Italian Women." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Nothing could be more felicitous than "young people imagine that money is everything ... and when they grow older they know it"; and, "to be good is to be in harmony with oneself." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z This discovery of Breuer's was not the result of a speculation, but of a felicitous observation made possible by the co�peration of the patient. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The appointment was singularly felicitous, and the opportunity came in the nick of time. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z And when you come to your own dogmatic statement of your vision of things in the last 30 pages or so, I think the thesis splendid, prophetic in tone and very felicitous, often, in expression. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z In such felicitous picture-making the dainty little classic is equalled by no work of its period. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z What an accomplished dramatist can do is to rehabilitate his characters by the power of his own personality, and by felicitous treatment invest his action with fresh interest. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence were common property, but their felicitous wording was not due to a sudden and feverish inspiration. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z In drapery he had the taste of a connoisseur, and rendered the minutest details of costume with felicitous accuracy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z For gleams and innuendoes and felicitous verbal insinuations you are unapproachable, but the core of literature is solid. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z "Always as graceful as you are felicitous!" declared the vocalist, bowing to the floor. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z An ordinary parrot with half a dozen phrases which it is constantly repeating, will in the nature of things, often use them in singularly felicitous connection with current conversation. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z This is truly what Jefferson had attempted to express in his "felicitous language"—the confused yearnings, the inarticulate aspirations, the indefinite ideals of the speechless and awkward masses. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z But few people ever painted, with so felicitous a hand, the scenery of worldly life, without any apparent satire. A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. 2011-11-07T02:00:17.560Z Time magazine once called him “the most felicitous nonfiction writer in television.” Andy Rooney, Mainstay on ?60 Minutes?, Dead at 92 2011-11-05T12:46:31Z He braced himself and walked forward with lowered eyes, trying to think of something felicitous to say. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z The language is appropriate and often very felicitous, but they are diffuse and not always systematic. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z So felicitous is he in imparting local colour to his narrative that whilst reading it we have found ourselves thinking of Thackeray. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z It was cast in three pieces, and completes the composition in the most felicitous manner. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z In 1842 Branwell began to feel more perceptibly the development of his intellectual powers, and to discern more clearly his natural ability to define, in poetic and felicitous language, his thoughts, feelings, and emotions. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Coleridge says of Wordsworth: "Since Milton, I know of no poet with so many felicitous and unforgetable lines." Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z Every one thought the donation to the Maternity Charity too felicitous. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z Draw on for ever with the same felicitous pencil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Nothing could be more felicitous than the title of his inaugural pamphlet, "Prospects on the Rubicon." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z And a perfect gem of a letter from Toto completed the felicitous experience. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z In every particular, this program was beautifully conceived and gracefully executed, making one of the most felicitous and memorable events ever known in the life of the Institution. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z I joined the party, just now, merely to share a very felicitous secret with you. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Refreshment thus salubrious, rest thus restorative, and security thus serene, after fatigue, fasting and alarm, made her deem this one of the most felicitous moments of her life. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Mr. Swinburne, in writing of poets, cannot fail to say a great many felicitous things. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z No one but Michael Angelo could have drawn with strong felicitous hand the glorious youth atop of the grave as Blake has done. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The artist wanted a real diploma, and by felicitous chance, this was the one supplied. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The descriptions of natural scenery in these Indian legends of Mr. Whittier's are fine, as all such writing by his facile pen was ever felicitous. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z In felicitous language the author has pictured a period that is indeed the bright romance of American history. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z It does not strike us as felicitous, either, to say that women are more kindly treated in England than in the United States, and especially that they are less "leered at." Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Inside Lamb he is one of the quaintest, queerest, most humorously felicitous of living characters. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Dr. Hatcher, with felicitous tact, called attention to the shining symbol of heaven's benediction on the proceedings of that solemn day. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z To the rest it had been at most a gaucherie, a parallel which, if perhaps not felicitous, had been without significance and would be readily forgotten. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z For, while none of the higher qualities are lost, the compound presents a felicitous combination of some of the virtues peculiar to each. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The Many-Sided Franklin, the title of the essay by Paul Leicester Ford, is a felicitous touch of description. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Her style is even, her turns of expression felicitous and her character drawing truthful. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z Now we hope our contemporary will coin an equally felicitous description for the pillory. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z But with all its high merits, its sentiments imbued with rare moral grandeur, its felicitous descriptions, the work lacks that best and incommunicable gift which comes by nature to the poet. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z French engraving was distinguished by a felicitous combination of good drawing, skilful execution, and "an aptitude to imitate easily any impression." Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z It is difficult to turn any page of the book without chancing on one of those supremely felicitous phrases in the ready mintage of which Dickens at all times excelled. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Mr. Shannon, pastor of the Reformed Church on the Heights, Brooklyn, is possessed of lofty ideals, is purposeful, more than ordinarily eloquent and has the undoubted gifts of felicitous and epigrammatic expression. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z I especially enjoyed the felicitous flavor-texture combination of crunchy fragrant fennel slices and pungent Gorgonzola tossed over chunks of sweet beets. | Katonah: Tastes Imported From Southern Italy 2011-07-09T02:13:29Z The opening of the book is beyond measure fine, and abounds in felicitous phrases. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z During the seventeenth century engraving became intimately associated with literature, and then, as now, the combination was a felicitous one. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z An original was speedily found for the pictorial presentment of the hero of the book, and a felicitous name for him soon suggested itself. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z The felicitous moment she had fancied was suddenly uncertain. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Her eyes and color were brilliant; her laugh ready; her repartee pointed and felicitous. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z He turned suddenly, wondering if she knew how felicitous had been her appeal. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Keats could only think in images, and almost invariably in images of life and action: those here conveying the warning and its reply are alike felicitous:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z To Oefel nothing was more agreeable and felicitous than the foil afforded by flattery bestowed on another. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z I created for myself an ideal world, romantic, ethereal, felicitous; for the greatest magician that ever lived is Love. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The practical printer mortified the haughty commentator by several felicitous and obvious emendations. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He says he can’t say “with certitude” that the photograph wasn’t of him, which is neither a felicitous phrase nor a great way of defusing the story. City Room: Weiner Has Done Himself No Favors ? Gotham 2011-06-02T23:29:06Z With a few touches of his felicitous pencil, Shakespeare has given a view of their system, or philosophy which is the Sacti Puja or Worship of Power. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z In fact, he sometimes could not help admitting to himself, that, in clearness of thought and felicitous condensation, the abstract was almost an improvement on the sermon. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Try to overcome it by cutting them out where they seem most felicitous. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z I have often thought that among the numerous critics of Spenser, the truest was his keen and witty contemporary; for this town-wit has stamped all our poet’s excellences by one felicitous word—“Heavenly Spenser.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Of this particular song, Mr. Young’s version is so felicitous that we unhesitatingly choose it for our readers. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I knew him by name and reputation,—Mephitis mephitica the scientific folk call him, with felicitous reverberative emphasis,—and that sufficed. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Wilde's marriage was not felicitous, though he regretted it more for his wife's sake than his own. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z And though her uncle for his own share was no great scholar, he was very felicitous that his niece should have all possible improvements. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z The felicitous copy of Spenser attracted Fairfax, who, when he came to the passage in Tasso, kept his eye on Spenser, and has carefully retained “the joyous birds” for the “vezzosi augelli” of the original. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is not within the scope of these essays to make large quotations, but page after page of Gray's letters illustrate this felicitous and apposite handling. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z His latest effort is characteristically felicitous and unconventional in outlook, and possesses much of the poetry of virile romance.... The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z That imperishable mass of noble words—that glorious tongue in which Soyer has prudently written the "Gastronomic Regenerator," is in itself an unequalled specimen of felicitous cookery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z He is so droll, such a felicitous chap, such a funny dog, that forgetful tailor. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Most adroit in argument, excellent in manner, felicitous in phrasing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z But perhaps the most striking characteristic throughout the whole series are the extraordinarily felicitous criticisms, and the soundness of the taste which he brought to bear on an author. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The union was in no respect a felicitous one, for which circumstance the proverb about "crabbed age and youth" is quite sufficient to account, even had there not been other good and substantial reasons. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Possess a singular charm, due to their expository character, to the labour expended upon them by a master-mind, and to the writer's felicitous style.... How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z But papa—there is no use trying to conceal it—has a talent for ruining the prospects of his family, that no individual advantages, no combination of events, however felicitous, can avail against! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z This singular degree of regularity en masse, combined with the extreme of irregularity in the cases composing the mass, is a felicitous verification � posteriori of the law of causation in its application to human conduct. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z This is pure conventionalism: the mixture of the reclining nymph and the mountain fern is not felicitous. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Adopting the guerrilla tactics, he manfully held his ground, and with felicitous humor, pungent retort, or keen sarcasm, made an impression upon the phalanx against which he had to contend. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z His poems abound in appropriate, felicitous, and original similes. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z It is a work conspicuous beyond the average for taste and literary culture, and felicitous in its delineation of some very delicate and refined shades of character. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The ruler of Dympsfield House returned from Doughty Bridge, Yorks, equally felicitous in her health and in her temper. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z I took some of your cigars, Guy; they are rather better than mine; but the occasion is so felicitous I thought it demanded it. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Taken altogether, the year 1832 may be said to have been the most eventful, and the least felicitous, in the life of Queen Adelaide. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z Just as I said t' other day to the Viceroy,—a somewhat felicitous one. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z I do not know how far his short life at Harlesden was successful or felicitous. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z Among the daughters of men I know none whose endowment of this felicitous quality can equal that of the amiable participator in my expenditure. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z While his style is apparently most artless, he possesses, as Garnett has said, "either the science or the knack of felicitous composition to an extraordinary degree." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Canadians or Europeans might disagree with our felicitous self-assessment, especially if official foreign development assistance as a percentage of G.D.P. is included in calculations of charity. Economix: How Efficient Is Private Charity? 2011-01-14T11:01:01Z After this enumeration of felicitous details, one will conclude that this has to deal with a selfish man; yet his gruelling punishments must not be forgotten, nor the Quentin spirit. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z One window much admired for its felicitous combination of theoretically uncongenial colours is that which sets forth the legend of St. Hubert. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z And to such an extent was he worked upon that even the business that had brought him thither paled into insignificance before so felicitous a meeting. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z As political rhetoric "the squeezed middle" is a felicitous phrase, but the concept is baggy. 20 things we learned in 2010 2010-12-26T00:07:13Z And the beginning of the stay was far from felicitous: we arrived in a downpour, and the Boy Scouts operate rain or shine. Back in Touch With Her Inner Camper 2010-07-30T12:29:00Z At a time of political upheaval and belt-tightening in the public realm, the success also arrives at a felicitous time for both the BBC and the UK Film Council. StreetDance 3D shimmies into first place at UK box office 2010-05-25T15:21:00Z The language of “Ill Fares the Land” is felicitous and polished, as befits such an intelligent and erudite author. Book Review - Ill Fares the Land - By Tony Judt 2010-04-30T15:37:00Z Another felicitous combination was lemony spinach and fennel salad with baby spinach, shaved fennel, sweet dried cranberries and candied nuts. Westchester Dining | Mamaroneck: At Roasted Peppers, Just Touches of Tex-Mex 2010-04-03T00:15:00Z The left wants Mr. Obama to feed the populist beast, attacking, in Teddy Roosevelt’s felicitous phrase, the “malefactors of great wealth,” or his cousin Franklin Roosevelt’s “moneychangers.” 2010-02-14T19:50:00Z Decker’s Honest W. Written during the fever of South Sea speculation, the skit of Jonathan Swift, known as the “Bank of Swearing,” was one exceedingly felicitous and well-timed. A Cursory History of Swearing At this particularly felicitous moment, his wife entered the outer door, when the first thing she met was the colly dog wi' a row o' the fresh butter in his mouth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 It is on the felicitous combination of all these trifles that ultimate success depends. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He went a little further along and found another felicitous, harmonious circle, where a small fountain threw its jets on the June air. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode French and Italian, indeed, are ill adapted to this purpose, from their incapacity of approximating to the form of the original, and their poets have usually contented themselves with paraphrases or imitations, often exceedingly felicitous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" After that the Evolutionists consider any one quite out of date who does not consider himself entirely satisfied with so felicitous an explanation. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer But nationalization is a word which is neither very felicitous nor free from ambiguity. The Acquisitive Society He set forth in clear and ordered language, with a felicitous phrase now and then lighting up his sentences, that prayer was not a mere relic of fanatical superstition but a mighty power. The Great Discovery One and all were equally felicitous in their expressions of delight at seeing me, and equally pressing in their invitations to me to take up my abode with them. Bill the Minder But as long as the use of such allusions in essays is felicitous, no questions are asked, and the desired end is attained. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology A singularly felicitous adaptation of photography has been carried into effect with the magnetometers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. The first in the volume, entitled "The Glut in the Fiction Market," is full of a felicitous badinage and an exquisite power of travesty, which we should not know how to match elsewhere. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 His themes, felicitous translations of Horace, and occasional contributions to the press, drew marked attention to him, and led to the expectation that his would be an honorable literary career.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Above all else she was an artist in detail, and never more felicitous than when furnishing studies of foible in female form. Maria Edgeworth The titles of emperors, the names of men, the signs of shops, all have some felicitous meaning. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Most of his earlier compositions, which are among his best, and which were influenced to a great extent by the cavalier poetry of England, are love poems, perfect marvels of felicitous ingenuity and sweetness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Thus Guardi illustrates the truth that artists may acquire posthumous importance by felicitous accident in their choice of subjects or the bias of their sympathies. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second One of the greatest charms of Mr James's writings is the beautiful ideas, clothed in felicitous language, which are to be found profusely scattered over them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The effect of this on poetry was, for such fugitive though felicitous hymns as those of Herbert, to substitute the epic unities and grand choral harmonies of Milton. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The Bishop’s allusion to the Baptist was neither respectful nor felicitous. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Again a convention, if you like, but what a felicitous convention! An Outline of Russian Literature His eyes swept the reticent roofs, and his mind searched beneath them: what felicitous possibilities did they not conceal? Ewing\\'s Lady All this notwithstanding, his use of the allegory is original and most felicitous. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews And things were kept alive, with felicitous results. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This year a young man made his first appearance upon the Chautauqua platform, not yet as a lecturer, but introducing speakers in felicitous sentences and presiding with the ease of an experienced chairman. The Story of Chautauqua Has Mr. Hamerton avoided the affluent and felicitous of written words, has he disowned arrangement and proportion, that he might secure a public to regard his thought as more than its medium of communication? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Human life is not rendered felicitous solely by the abundance of the things which a people possesses; there must be the power to make the most of and enjoy them. Roman Women He used to brandish his pen in the act of composition, now and then beating time with his foot, and breaking out into a shout at any felicitous idea. Methods of Authors Hers was a lofty and richly endowed nature, with a perfect sense of the beautiful, and hers a harmonious and felicitous development. Greek Women He has also written felicitous critical introductions to many new editions of the eighteenth-century classics. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Mr. Hamerton's first volume, entitled "A Painter's Camp in the Highlands," we regret to say, is not a felicitous introduction to the valuable "Thoughts about Art," which give the title to the second. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 The following extracts will give a comprehensive view of this powerful and felicitous music. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers The manner in which Pope sets forth his worthies is not, for him, felicitous. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The tale of Ali and Gulhyndi, which appears in this collection, is most striking for its felicitous resemblance of the Oriental style of fiction. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors She gave the impression of an easy and felicitous balance of forces, a complex of resilient strength, to which we poor Anglo-Saxons rarely attain. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Practically, however, all important portions of the structure were completed in the more vigorous periods of the Gothic style with the resulting felicitous effect. Cathedrals of Spain Short as the cantata is, it is one of the most felicitous of all Mendelssohn’s settings of the ritual. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers He could not have devised a less felicitous compliment. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The next day the class in composition was discovered eagerly reading Tennyson's Holy Grail, stopping to note this felicitous phrase, that happy choice of words, the pertinent personnel of a sentence or paragraph. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Many a good idea came from the meetings at the City Hotel, but possibly none more felicitous than that of the Bread-and-Cheese Club. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations Stuart evolved, apparently without effort, a felicitous phrase of farewell and esteem, graded carefully to suit the rank of the other head-men who followed with Captain Demer� and several lieutenants. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The description is sometimes felicitous, as in the 'steady jerk' of the sower's arm, but is not destined for immortality; and the picture of a steam-plough at work he himself surpassed in a later paper. The Hills and the Vale Allowing some license for the mountaineer’s irreverence, his whimsical fancies, and his scorn of sentimentalism, it must be said that his descriptive terms are usually apposite and sometimes felicitous. Our Southern Highlanders The President in his late and last message to Congress calls attention, in his incisive and felicitous style, to a condition of our people that must strike all intelligent minds with alarm. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Moreover, Dr. Grey, if you will courteously lend me your ears, I will favor you with a still more felicitous exposition of my invaluable organon.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Goldsmith, who could so readily reply to protests with answers at once as felicitous and as reflective as these, could not have been an uncollected conversationalist. Oliver Goldsmith Sartor's experience has been frightfully peculiar, and Wordsworth's peculiarly felicitous. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 As a work of art it cannot be ranked high, and is now deservedly forgotten, although it has many good lines and some felicitous satire. Old and New London Volume I Of his physiological conclusions, some are singularly felicitous; his views of the connected chain of organic forms, from the lowest to the highest, are very grand. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition But even felicitous marriages cannot last for ever, since if the love does not die the lovers do. Orientations A line or two linger in the memory; a few telling strokes of occasional and felicitous energy are quoted, but this is all. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century She went away after tea, to her pew in the gaunt wooden Episcopal Church in Chestnut Street, rapt in a felicitous dream of romanticism. Aliens There is something peculiarly felicitous in this grave record. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Contemporary papers were encouraged, or rebuked, as the case might require, with becoming zeal, and the "pestilent opposition sheets" were attacked with that felicitous but inexorable sarcasm which distinguishes editorial contests. History of Morgan's Cavalry "The work is marked by the felicitous insight and vivid suggestiveness that charm us in previous writings by the same author." The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare The Greek tragedians are not generally felicitous in the construction of their plots. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Now comes another felicitous definition—“Unitarian: a Retired Christian.” The So-called Human Race In the name of the club, Mrs. Sanford presented, with a felicitous little speech, a handsome, jetted broadcloth cape. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years This promotion of my chief made me a Colonel, and Hutchinson a Lieutenant-Colonel, thus illustrating that many felicitous consequences will sometimes flow from one good act. History of Morgan's Cavalry But these fragments were mostly felicitous efforts, which soon passed on into the ungainly, the uncouth, the obscure or the grotesque. Spenser There is no government mint of words, and it is no statutable offence to invent a felicitous or daring expression unauthorised by Mr. Todd! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It was a forceful and well-reasoned argument, in both its felicitous phrasing and its moderate tone an appropriate introduction to the parliamentary career which was just beginning. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Miss Anthony presided, putting every speaker to the front and making a substantial background of her own felicitous little speeches, each containing an argument in a nutshell. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years They are gracefully written, in an agreeable rhythm, and with much command of felicitous expression. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects ‘Dusty splendour,’ ‘airy security,’ epithets so unexpected, and yet so felicitous, as to be seemingly accidental. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 Mr. Durand, the President, in a very felicitous speech, narrated his experience as an artist and as one of the founders of the Academy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Yet more even than to felicitous circumstances, Denmark owed her short-lived greatness to the great statesmen and administrators whom Frederick II. succeeded in gathering about him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" With which felicitous simile we will give our hero a little sleep, after having kept him up two hours after midnight. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It In references to birds, Tennyson is the most felicitous of all poets and the exquisite swallow-song in “The Princess” is especially recommended to the reader’s perusal. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 Mr. Gottlieb shows commendable control of the felicitous phrase, while the literary allusions with which his lines bristle mark a catholicity of taste entirely beyond the ordinary. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Mr. Gayarre has made a felicitous selection of topics, which, under the brilliant coloring of a lively imagination, are presented in a picturesque and attractive form. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Consultation is the word, for it had come to that felicitous pass between them. The Bondboy The movement is very concise but in complete Sonata-form, and with an orchestration felicitous in the treatment of the horns and the wood-wind instruments. Music: An Art and a Language The curate at length saw himself forced to empty his cup, and to relinquish the rôle which, he thought, had given him such a felicitous distinction, drawing upon him such flattering general notice. Shirley In the intense fervour of the sentiment, and the felicitous choice of the imagery, the touch of the born poet is alike shown. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The genus dandy, whether of savage or civilized life, is a felicitous subject for peculiar, speculative, comparative analogy or analysis; we shall pursue the shadow no farther, but come to the substance. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes But this is quite an exception, and as a rule the facile verse is as felicitous as it is facile. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 By perfect rhythmic freedom, and by delicately-colored waves of sound Debussy has expressed in a manner most felicitous just the atmosphere of remoteness, and of primeval simplicity. Music: An Art and a Language The first book is the finest, sparkling with felicitous expressions and rising frequently to true poetry. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) There are few whose qualities could evoke so sincere an encomium, and few encomiasts who could render so felicitous an expression of esteem. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Why is it that lawyers are so particularly felicitous in running for, securing, and usurping most of all the important or profitable offices under government? The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes It is full of those exquisitely apt allusions and felicitous turns of expression in which the English Anacreon excels. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches Trying to concoct a felicitous reply, he achieved only an eloquent silence. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards In either case it seems a felicitous description. The Thread of Gold To be felicitous and successful, it demands an intelligent exercise of taste and discrimination; salient points must be selected, and the order of time and of circumstances must be well maintained. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 There are a number of well-drawn characters, the heroine being a peculiarly felicitous study, and the hero a virile and striking portrait. Pepita Ximenez The proposed Commendatory Prayer, though in some of its features strikingly felicitous, is open to formal improvement. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer They had no ovation; and no illuminations, bonfires, and other demonstrations of felicitous welcome hailed their return. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion Many persons have thorough and felicitous power of drawing from memory, yet never originate a thought, nor excite an emotion. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) "The Path Along the Sea," by Rev. Eugene B. Kuntz, is a flawless and beautiful bit of sentimental poetry, cast in fluent and felicitous heptameter. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 An interesting feature of these national conventions was the State reports, which contained not only valuable specific information, but often felicitous little arguments quite equal to those of the more formal addresses. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Upon a wise view of it, we find in the distinctive qualities and defects of youth and age the elements of a felicitous combination. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' He is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of his motto, 'Hilariter,' and in expressing his bright thoughts, he has been peculiarly felicitous in style. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy “And how, Monsieur, did you escape such a felicitous fate?” The Strollers "When New-Year Comes," a poem by Rev. Eugene B. Kuntz, exhibits its brilliant author in a most felicitous though decidedly novel vein. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 But Judith, as I knew, visualized in a more felicitous way. The Cruise of the Shining Light The outcome of his attempted kindness to the oppressed woman had not been felicitous. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Kilpatrick was then called upon for a speech, and responded in his usually felicitous style. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry In the realm of the purely ideal Mr. Simmons finds his most felicitous field for creative work. Italy, the Magic Land The lines are tuneful and felicitous, the triple rhymes giving an especially pleasing effect; though we must criticise the line "Will certainly provide for us" as being a trifle prosaic. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The education systems of the present day are particularly felicitous in keeping it firmly closed. The Curse of Education He was saturated with reading; nothing could happen but it brought some felicitous quotation, some quaint parallel to his mind from the great wits, or the small, of old. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series But in virtue of its humour, its extreme and felicitous dexterity of workmanship both in rhyme and metre ... it will appeal to a far wider public.”––Punch. The Battle of the Bays We shall owe something to you for this felicitous exposure of Gladstone's insane Bill. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 It is more like Irving's Bracebridge Hall than any other work we can think of, and is as felicitous a picture of old Virginia as Jeffrey Crayon has given us of Merrie England. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 I know your history, your family, your education, and, under the most felicitous circumstances, would be proud and happy to call you brother. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Seventeen sonnets of great poetical beauty and felicitous language are devoted to this object. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Under influences more benign he might have made a career, if not more brilliant, more felicitous. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History A vigorous constitution of mind and body applied to the discharge of appropriate duties describes a most felicitous combination of circumstances, and indicates a character which I, at least, cannot regard without cordial admiration. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The expression is a felicitous description of its theme and style. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden The ghost who really supplied all her brilliant words and felicitous turns of speech and quaint ideas was not to be secured on any terms whatsoever. The Time of Roses In proportion as the Tartar power has increased, they have become less felicitous to conciliate the Chinese. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Mr. Bryant's prose is admirable—a model of good English, simple, manly, felicitous. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It started with an address to Calverley, most felicitous of minor poets of Cambridge; and the most skilful practisers of the art thought that James had inherited a considerable share of his predecessor's gift. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice No better book since "Mother Goose" than this for reading to children, who will cry, "Again, again," and will never tire of its felicitous jingles. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series It is at once conservative and progressive, balancing perfectly the impelling and restraining forces; by a felicitous adjustment of the centripetal and centrifugal, ensuring to human nature its proper orbit. The History of Dartmouth College On July 11, 1792, a week before he died, he had attended a session of the French Assembly and had made a felicitous speech. Paul Jones I have exhausted that felicitous state called civilization. When Dreams Come True They were in their happiest vein, interspersing the speeches with appropriate and felicitous songs. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The subject, the characters, the moral tone of the piece, are as perfect as its execution is masterly and felicitous. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Parker's illustration of Choate's rare humor never struck me as felicitous. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition But if his powers of mind were singularly great, the qualities which accompanied them were still more felicitous. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It required but little discernment on the part of the Mexicans to perceive that the meeting between Captain Forest and his family was not what might be termed particularly felicitous. When Dreams Come True There are certain delicate and felicitous peculiarities in the constitution of her sensibilities, which frequently impart a rare and subtle originality to emotions which are as old, and as widely diffused, as the primeval curse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 “Mr. Le Queux’s admirers are legion, and the issue of a new novel is to them one of the most felicitous events that can happen.” Hushed Up! A Mystery of London Singularly felicitous was Mr. Winthrop's application to him of Wordsworth's verses:— "The monumental pomp of age Was in that goodly personage." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 The style is very felicitous, and the reasoning clear and cogent. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed It was not the most felicitous moment, but Elmur was aware that in no other way could he assure Valerie's safety against the treachery of his colleague. A Modern Mercenary There is nothing particularly felicitous in the sketch of "Aristophanes." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Do you think that such a felicitous result just happened? or did Hawthorne plan it? English: Composition and Literature Lord Macaulay, in accounting for her astonishing longevity as compared with other institutions, turns with felicitous insight to female influence as one of the principal causes. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It is not one of the great sensations of antique art; but it is perfectly felicitous, and, in spite of having been put to all sorts of incongruous uses, marvellously preserved. A Little Tour of France Before the jumble-cupboard of his memory had furnished him with the most felicitous quotation his ears heard a heavy tread through the trees, and the man with the musket hailed him, tramping to the gate. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel A sad end was this to a life that had begun in happiness and prosperity and that was crowned by a felicitous marriage with beautiful Beatrice d'Este. In Château Land In the chase after just and felicitous ideas, she could lead or follow over the most varied fields with the intuition of the huntress born. Apologia Diffidentis There is one friend who declares that she has never had a felicitous dream in her life. The World I Live In Many of the emendations suggested are more fantastic than felicitous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The content of his work, though full of invention, lies within a somewhat narrow emotional range, but it is not less sincere in thought than polished and felicitous in phrase. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" But the coxcombry of Harvey and the felicitous impertinence of Nash have sometimes diverted attention from the actual state of the case. A History of Elizabethan Literature Old fogy as I am, and still given to poetical quotations, I never made a more felicitous quotation than that. The Martian To illustrate what the district was, and what it had to labour under, I have drawn all my characters as existing under the regime prior to the felicitous epoch of "separation." Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter They will be encouraged to go to the "highways and hedges" for their omens, to the felicitous encounters of the common road for their auguries and inspirations. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations To the artists named as representative of this period one must not forget to add Mr. Birket Foster, who devoted many of his felicitous studies of English pastoral life to the adornment of children's books. Children's Books and Their Illustrators The expression, with a sufficient touch of the daintiness of the time, has nothing that is extraordinarily or ravishingly felicitous whether in phrasing or versing. A History of Elizabethan Literature The application of the "Truths" is generally enforced by a felicitous apologue or figure; in some cases the lesson is conveyed in a beautiful metaphor standing alone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Thus when Balthazar informs Romeo of Juliet's death, Mr. Cooper maintained a pause of great length with the most felicitous effect. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 There will be thousands of cleverer psychologists, thousands of more felicitous stylists, thousands of more exact copiers of reality. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Most felicitous was Heine's German version of Byron's famous farewell to his wife: "Fare thee well, and if forever, Still forever, fare thee well." A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) A single incident may be suggested by a felicitous chance, as a pretty motto might be for the heading of a chapter. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Although my domestic life has always been felicitous, I have, at times, found this knowledge very convenient. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 He is most felicitous in his word pictures of scenery, and imparts a fascinating dash to his military scenes. The Crack of Doom People do not and perhaps never will—even in archetypal Platonic drawing-rooms—converse with one another quite so goldenly; or tell the amber-coloured beads of their secret psychology with quite so felicitous an unction. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations When the relations between Crown and Commune were felicitous the king himself would take part in the f�te and fire the pile with a torch of white wax decorated with crimson velvet. The Story of Paris I do not mean that there are no felicitous exceptions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Together with this rare and felicitous genius, Euripides enjoyed the blessing of a firm undaunted spirit, a great and bold dignity, and a courage which nothing could shake. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 Perhaps he was at his best at a christening party; he had won much affection from his parishioners by his felicitous remarks upon these occasions. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir He was solemn, earnest and felicitous in prayer. Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author. The archaic style used by Professor Earle cannot be regarded as highly felicitous, since it mixes the diction of various ages. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography He had staunchly declined to profit by a felicitous change of fortune out of consideration for the relatives who had once disowned and the woman who had deserted him. Prescott of Saskatchewan Here he appears as an irrepressible felicitous sketcher, and I know no pleasanter record of the joys of sketching, or even of those of simply looking. Picture and Text 1893 This being so, the billboards in Bangkok showing images of the cigaretted man alone, felicitous, and nonchalant or felicitous and nonchalant with a felicitous and nonchalant partner smacked of an unreality slated for destruction. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Feel that reference to colour is not felicitous; still, difficult to express the idea otherwise. Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 When Andersen writes for childhood or of childhood, he is singularly felicitous—fanciful, tender, and true to nature. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 The ingenious and felicitous Oswald was just going to begin about the council all over again, when the portable form of our Indian uncle came stoutly stumping down the garden path under the cedars. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune That it has vouched for him gives him a felicitous status in our society. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 At this felicitous moment a pipe of splendour sounded. The Song of the Flag A National Ode She spoke with a felicitous mixture of submissiveness and boldness that touched and at the same time enchanted him. The Goose Man Her emphasis assured me that the inspiration I had obeyed was a felicitous touch. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood How much there is in the power of a single felicitous word in poetry, toward making a perfect picture to the mind of the reader! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The connection between the various extracts is not always felicitous, yet he has succeeded in producing one of the great books of history. A Source Book for Ancient Church History He notes the felicitous use of the O-sounds throughout Hood's ode, and points out, shrewdly as correctly, that the two poets were contemplating two different stages of autumn. From a Cornish Window A New Edition The piece contains one or two delightful passages, and is, in fact, full of happy touches and felicitous bits of description. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Coming to the Mirdite revolt, Mr. Fisher's description is hardly what you would call felicitous. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 While his wife was the happiest woman in Paris, he was rendering Miss Stille equally felicitous. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. From this felicitous condition they were awakened by the sudden appearance of Black Gibault, who darted out of the poplar bluff and made towards them at the top of his speed. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains His appreciative recognition of the privileges of religious equality which we possess in Canada, and of the prominent part taken by Dr. Ryerson in obtaining them, was very suggestive and felicitous. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada For several years I have been in search of Aladdin's wonderful lamp to enlighten me how to effect this felicitous transformation. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 The felicitous expression of some well-known truth or experience is always pleasing. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism When is it that the mind thus starts off into a subject at any chance hint or suggestion, pouring out the most astonishing ideas in the most felicitous language? The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 We have the same felicitous manner of working out the plot by conversation, the same quaint wit and humor, and a class of characters which stand out boldly, pen photographs of living beings. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics All of them are appropriate, and many of them singularly felicitous. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He was lacking, too, in intellectual equipment—in culture, in mastery of rhythm and diction, in felicitous phrasing. American Men of Mind But no other English writer has equaled Shakespeare in the number of felicitous expressions that have passed into current use. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Lloyd George might utter felicitous phrases such as "Arab forces have redeemed the pledges given to Great Britain, and we should redeem our pledges." The New World of Islam He will not surely, regret that a spirit which has done so much to promote, should develop itself in new and felicitous attempts to improve the field that he so arduously and successfully cultivates.—N. Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman I congratulate you on the felicitous manner in which you have treated so difficult a subject, and would recommend it to the public as supplying a want that has long been felt in this country. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Urbane, felicitous and possessing an unflagging humor, he was the prince of after-dinner poets—not a lofty position, be it observed, nor one making for immortal fame. American Men of Mind None of Dr. Franklin's writings are more felicitous than this jeu d' esprit; and it was written only twenty-four days before his death. Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 His legends are not always so concise as Leech's, but for truth of expression, felicitous colloquialism, and above all, for foreign accent, he is unapproached. The History of "Punch" Their repartees, felicitous propos, and pointed anecdotes are but one rolling fire of falsehoods. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Here the most felicitous publicity inspiration is needed—and the problem is to indicate the story, yet not tell it, and to pique curiosity to the buying point. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Similarly erotic fancy in the case of noble souls causes a reflection of the memory, from things which here appear and are called beautiful, to what is really divine and lovely and felicitous and wonderful. Plutarch's Morals One’s very conception of virtue is at the mercy of some felicitous temptation which may be sprung on one any day. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He usually has several subjects, carefully considered and as carefully written out, in his pocket-book, and fitted with peculiarly felicitous quotations. The History of "Punch" It soon diverged, however, to business, and usually ended in a display of fresh goods and invoices, and in references, on the part of Boone, to the felicitous state of trade at the time. Fighting the Flames He had scarcely meant it then; he meant it now; besides, a felicitous rhyme never goes out of fashion. A Midnight Fantasy All the pits bore names, more or less felicitous, by which they were known to their transient tenants. Quite So What an assemblage of images, ideas, emotions, disposed in the most felicitous and impressive order! The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Here the “Difference for Illegitimacy” is very emphatically marked in a singularly felicitous and beautiful Shield. The Handbook to English Heraldry That so felicitous a change is not the mere reverie of a glowing imagination, or the sheer effusion of benevolence alone, is easily demonstrable. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Like their masters, they had their hopes, but they never knew what misery was, as one understands it in Europe, and in this felicitous, ambitionless condition, they never urgently demanded education, even for their children. The Philippine Islands Full of vivid description, spicy detail, felicitous citation, and sparkling anecdote, Leaves from a Lawyer's Life is sure to prove a genuine source of pleasure to a wide circle of readers. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 But it is not this felicitous delineation of circumstances and visible scenes that constitutes our principal enjoyment. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works The conventionalism in all these examples, however felicitous the manner in which it is treated in them, is very decidedly exaggerated. The Handbook to English Heraldry The selection could not have been more felicitous. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The romance of the commuter's train and the suburban street, of the delicatessen shop and the circus and the snowman in the yard—these were the familiar themes where he was rich and felicitous. Pipefuls The words are more than a felicitous phrase. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice The historian may give a thoroughly false view of an event by simply assuming that after means in consequence of, or even by the felicitous turn of a sentence. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays An exceedingly bright and cleverly written story; charmingly told; most especially felicitous in all that treats of southern character and life. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The United States Mint was erected, and our so felicitous monetary system, based upon the decimal principle along with the binary, established in place of the desperate monetary chaos prevailing before. History of the United States, Volume 2 In the study of her character and that of her father, Mr. Taylor is perfectly at home, and extremely felicitous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The application of the idea by Charles Dickens, in his Old Curiosity Shop, is also, I think, extremely felicitous. Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He discovers, by an alert and unclouded insight, that in specific cases the virtues highly regarded by his group do not bring the felicitous results which they are commonly and proverbially held to produce. Human Traits and their Social Significance Upon feelings of this sort Maupassant based some of his most felicitous stories. Personality in Literature It is peculiarly his own, but it is not always felicitous. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation I have always thought that very graceful and felicitous, and now that I am myself grown to be a senior I am more persuaded of its charm than ever. My Contemporaries In Fiction There are but few felicitous phrases in his manifold volumes. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 A telegram may convey the very apex of felicity, yet be not at all felicitous in its form or in the music of its words. Human Traits and their Social Significance Lovely as human friendships and fellowships are here below, what are they in comparison to the felicitous condition of society in heaven? Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. His marriage had not proved in all respects a felicitous one. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion But there is reflected a homely dignity and mobile, felicitous vein in which the poet seems endowed with every attribute of a melodist. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) The writer has the true poetical feeling, and his execution is often very felicitous, and always creditable. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Taken by themselves, they represent merely a felicitous mixture of the elements of which we are compounded, no more praiseworthy than their opposites are blameworthy. The Essentials of Spirituality The appearance of the English edition, I have reason to know—thanks to the merit of Cruikshank’s original and felicitous sketches—excited the greatest delight in the mind of Chamisso. Peter Schlemihl Leary, refusing to relinquish the oars, swore between strokes, the object of his maledictions being the invisible Carey, whom he consigned to the bottom of the lake in phrases that struck Archie as singularly felicitous. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! He sought escape in graduate work in history and politics at Johns Hopkins, where, in 1886, he received his Ph.D. for a thesis entitled Congressional Government, a study remarkable for clear thinking and felicitous expression. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Mr. Balfour's version was eventually chosen as the most felicitous. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Too often I do not think of the bright and felicitous thing to say or do until it is too late. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice The holding of this office, which Mr. Ainger rightly calls important, doubtless accounts for Twopenny’s constant good-humour and felicitous jesting about his own person. Obiter Dicta Second Series The book is full of acute perceptions, fine judgments, felicitous epigrams—but it is too allusive, too fantastic; neither has it the balance and justice required for so serious and comprehensive a task. Ionica Things were in this felicitous condition when, early one beautiful spring morning, Snorro resolved to have a ramble. The Norsemen in the West Things continued in this felicitous condition in the office until five in the afternoon, when there was a change, not so much in the moral as in the physical atmosphere. The Lifeboat “Well, perhaps my simile is not quite so felicitous as—” “I don’t mean that,” interrupted Peterkin; “I mean that I don’t believe there’s such a brute as a gorilla at all.” The Gorilla Hunters He also possessed the convenient power of ability to go to sleep at a moment’s notice and to remain in that felicitous condition until he chose to awake. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands “Why?” asked his companion, with a felicitous brevity and straightforwardness which occasionally marked his conversation. Charlie to the Rescue Over the harrowed visage of the host swept an almost felicitous wave of relief and then, as abruptly, his cheeks changed color again, fading to an ashen pallor tinged with greenish sickliness. The Tyranny of Weakness No one seemed to be quite certain; they puzzled each other till the controversy closed in this felicitous manner, and satisfied both the night and the dawn critics. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Both these are in octosyllables: Titurel is in a singular and far from felicitous stanza, which stands to that of Kudrun much as the Kudrun stanza does to that of the Nibelungen. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Mr — was a singular and felicitous exception to this mortifying rule. Rattlin the Reefer But this felicitous state of things did not last. Charlie to the Rescue Yet, for all that, it is marked, here and there, by touches so felicitous and inimitable in their way, that we hardly find the like in the artist's more highly elaborated and ambitious productions. Charles Dickens as a Reader The ladies, in particular, were most expert in felicitous turns of phrase, charming subtleties of speech for expressing the most ticklish things. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories There is in English verse romance perhaps no less felicitous sample of the kind as it stands, none which has received greater vituperation for dulness and commonplace, than Sir Amadas. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) "I succeed him; no man can replace him," was the felicitous reply of the man who became highly esteemed by the most polite court in Europe. Pushing to the Front Elements of the heroic in character exist in almost every individual; it is only the felicitous combination of them all in one that is rare. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 |
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