| 单词 | fineness |
| 例句 | She considered herself a heel for ever having been sarcastic to her aunt, who in spite of her corsets had a certain defenselessness plus a certain fineness Jean Louise would never have. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Lyra tried to pinch the edges together after they went through, but her fingers couldn’t find it at all; nor could the spies, despite the fineness of their hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "There's a certain quality about her, a certain fineness. She seems to be absolutely fine and straight." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The prospect of so idyllic an interim added to the inspired stealth with which he whetted his wire, filed it to a limber stiletto fineness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Black Panther, Sonny has sworn that Michael B. Jordan is the standard for fineness. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It’s a Sunday afternoon, and folks are dressed up in their churchgoing fineness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No one could match the fineness or colors of the widow's silver clouds, flaming flowers, or crystal lakes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Despite his philosophy of presents, Mr. Barker stayed on and exclaimed over the fineness of our spoils. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Even in funeral clothing, she looked as if she had been carved of ivory, the flower-petal fineness of all her features undiminished by the rough hemp robes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Edward never ceased to be amazed at his own fineness. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Despite the extraordinary fineness of his features, and his age, and his general stature—clothed, he could easily have passed for a young, underweight danseur—the cigar was not markedly unbecoming to him. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Quite naturally she considered the stuffs she wove unapproachable for fineness and beauty, and she was outraged when she heard that a simple peasant girl named Arachne declared her own work to be superior. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I love microscopic acuity, and I thought he was untouchable in that: the fineness, and the smallness of things that he would describe so well. Jerry Seinfeld Rarely Laughs While He’s Reading 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The fineness of your crumbs is more important than the type of bread used. For Perfectly Light Schnitzel, Do This 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The deceptive nature of her fineness was right there in the name. Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The simple, elegant set by Bill Clarke, all black-and-white Art Nouveau swirls and sheer curtains, suggests the fineness of taste that the writing requires. Theater Heads North, and in Every Direction at Once 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The work evinces Pontormo’s characteristic fineness of gesture and expression, most of all in the meeting eyes and beautiful, gentle hands of Mary and Elizabeth. 10 Under-the-Radar Art Shows to See Now 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The effect was serene, yet somehow also unnerving, as if the very fineness of the design blurred out something that might otherwise have been apparent. The City at the Bottom of the Sea 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The work evinces Pontormo’s characteristic fineness of gesture and expression, most of all in the meeting eyes and beautiful, gentle hands of the two women. 31 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z This act of renunciation drives home one of Burroughs’s main themes: That despite a brutish, not British, upbringing, Kala’s son possesses unassailable nobility and fineness of character. Review | A look back at how Tarzan swung into immortality 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The crowds looked calm; no haggling witnessed, just murmured conversations about the artists' intent, the fineness of execution, the remarkable play of colour, the conceptual daring, etc. ArtsBeat: A Civilized Preview From the Frieze Art Fair 2012-10-10T13:58:46Z And in a relief depicting an encounter between a pharaoh and a goddess, the fineness of the incised detail — eyebrows, hair, fabric textures — is astonishing. An Ancient Egyptian Show That’s Low on Bling but High on Beauty 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Fans obsess about the warmth and fineness of the 35mm grain and its ability to record the darkest of shadows and the brightest of lights. Tarantino tells Cannes digital screenings have killed cinema 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z But reading of the societal developments, we may yearn for the fineness of touch with which the novel opened. After ‘A Little Life,’ Hanya Yanagihara’s Big New Novel Rewrites History 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Her paintings have a fineness and excess of detail — and therefore of meticulous technique — that astound the eye. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Further, the critic was mistrustful of an increasingly professionalized and routinized performance culture that tended to value fineness of execution above force of expression. Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Rather, it achieves a wild, morose fineness, like an El Greco painting. How Climate-Change Fiction, or “Cli-Fi,” Forces Us to Confront the Incipient Death of the Planet 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z How: Shredded to resemble coffee grounds, though the fineness differs by brand. Americans love mulch — and many of us are misusing it 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Yet language in Moshe Yassur’s production is no barrier, thanks to the fineness of the performances and the clarity of Daniel Kahn’s English supertitles. Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Yiddish 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The intelligence and fineness of his acting will be much missed. Bruno Ganz: always poetic and inspired, from Hitler's bunker rant to a Berlin angel 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z For Czeresko, the process is “athletic, yet has this fineness to it.” For This Glass Blower, Art Is a Full-Body Sport 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z To recreate the specific shape, volume and fineness of Trump’s hair, stylist Orla Carroll commissioned a baldpate prosthetic and also highlighted Gleeson’s real hair. 'The Comey Rule's' Donald Trump is a menace, not a cartoon. Here's how they did it 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The trial of the Pyx is the formal testing of the coin of the realm, to ensure its being of the requisite weight and fineness. From the archive 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The costuming team’s work is remarkably intricate: the detail, the fineness of the fabrics’ textures, the use of color. A world of fantastical costumes fills Disney's new take on 'The Nutcracker' 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Brewing a single pot involved grinding and weighing coffee and comparing its fineness and coarseness to a perfect sample. Short of Workers, Fast-Food Restaurants Turn to Robots 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “These colossal trees are as wonderful in fineness of beauty and proportion as in stature — an assemblage of conifers surpassing all that have ever yet been discovered in the forests of the world,” he wrote. A Renewed View of Some of the World’s Oldest Trees 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “Everyone worked very hard but we are specifically grateful for Nicole’s editorial leadership and fineness of spirit,” Terry McDonell, the president of the publication’s board, said in a statement. The Paris Review Names a New Editor: Emily Nemens of The Southern Review 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z As the mysterious game struck again, Harman thought the prowess of the many owed to the fineness of the course. U.S. Open leader board has many names — but not many big ones 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Our task was to grade each carbon dust sample by shaking it through a stack of brass filters, to calibrate its fineness. ‘I burst into tears and ran’: our worst summer jobs 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z With wool, fineness is measured by the diameter of the fibers—the smaller the better. Forget Cashmere, Try Camel Hair 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z You see Therese touching the texture of her gloves and the fineness of her stockings, and then looking inside the contents of her purse and being entranced by what's in it. 'Carol's' costume designer outfitted Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara for the 1950s' strict social order 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Inside Concord Baptist church, I loved the attention I got for being a fat black boy from the older women: they were the only women on earth who called my fatness “fineness”. Black churches taught us to forgive white people. We learned to shame ourselves | Kiese Laymon 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Although no scientific evidence correlates the quality of a champagne with the fineness of its bubbles, people nonetheless often connect the two. The Physics of Champagne 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z What’s consistent, though, is the fineness of the sand, and its softness underfoot. A Caribbean Secret: 10 Reasons To Love The Guadeloupe Islands 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z As I discussed in a previous post, regularly practicing complete breathing with awareness leads to healthier regulation of the nervous and endocrine systems, as well as an increased fineness and subtlety of mind. Your Brain on Yoga: the Yoga of Eating 2013-11-27T15:09:00Z The crowds looked calm; no haggling witnessed, just murmured conversations about the artists’ intent, the fineness of execution, the remarkable play of colour, the conceptual daring and so on. IHT Rendezvous: A Civilized Preview at the Frieze 2012-10-11T14:00:00Z As to the size of the pattern we can say but little, as this will be determined by the coarseness or fineness of the fabric. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Yes, there is that kind of mixture of sensual strength and fineness about his face. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Heine combined with a spiritual delicacy, a fineness of perception, that firm hold on reality which is so essential to the satirist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Of hers he thought much less as he became more and more absorbed in herself—though its fineness was always more and more clearly perceived by him. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z But there were no stars then, and no frost; the fineness of the night had gone, and a drizzling rain was falling. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z But not only does texture influence the pattern when considered as to coarseness or fineness, but also the nature of the cloth as regards material. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z So far back, indeed, as the ninth century Saigon was noted for its muslin manufactures, the fineness of which was such that an entire dress could be drawn through the circumference of a signet-ring. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Among the simple people of Iceland similar proverbs pass current: "Praise the fineness of the day when it is ended; praise a woman when she is buried; praise a maiden when she is married." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z HESSIAN, the name of a jute fabric made as a plain cloth, in various degrees of fineness, width and quality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Her vast bulk aided the fineness of her lines in cutting through the opposing waves without any apparent shock. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The comparison was not, in the matter of fineness and figure, to Lady Adela's advantage. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z It is built of fair and strong stone, not affecting fineness, but honorably representing a firm stateliness, for it was handsome without curiosity, and homely without negligence. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The prominent characteristics of these files are their exceedingly even curvature and straightness, and, in the finer grades, the unusual fineness of the cut, which feels soft and velvety to the touch. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Grease and similar substances have facilities of absorption in proportion with their fineness and fluidity. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z The guard now struck in with a remark in French as to the fineness of the neighboring country. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; Ð used by millers for sifting flour. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Washed emery is used by plate-glass workers, opticians, and others that require a greater degree of fineness than can be obtained by the sieve. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z He really was at a loss to understand; principally because, knowing that Mr. Bonamy had risen from the ranks, he did not credit him with any fineness of feeling. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A century later, Barcelona, Perpignan, and Tortosa were celebrated for the fineness of their cloths, which became staple articles of trade throughout the greater part of Europe, as well as on the coast of Africa. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z So they are tempered in the spiritual furnace to a fineness which turns the edge of the sharpest weapons the world may use against them. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Then, as Sir Hervey, recovering from his astonishment, bowed politely, she sat down again with an assumption of fineness and languor. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Grades of Coarseness or Fineness of Emery Wheels.—Emery is found in the form of rock, and is crushed into the various grades of fineness. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It reminds one of gold drawn to cobweb fineness. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Every thing was sacrificed in Spain to fineness and quantity of wool. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "A psychological study of extraordinary power, revealing the fineness of George Moore's literary methods." Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Bast fibre and raffia fibre are to be preferred for light subjects of this character, as they can be split to any degree of fineness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Now an emery-wheel will take a cut whose fineness is simply limited by the wear of the wheel in the length of the cut. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Like a player who only plays music occasionally, we cannot expect him to retain all the fineness of his hand in perfection. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The Saxon Merino differs materially in frame from the Spanish; there is more roundness of carcass and fineness of bone, together with a general form and appearance indicative of a disposition to fatten. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z It often rivals real lace in fineness, but necessarily its mechanical regularity of pattern detracts somewhat from the artistic character of the result. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z For this purpose the land should be plowed deeply, then harrowed to fineness and firmness, and furrowed out in rows four, six, eight, or ten feet apart. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z The fineness of gold in the metallic state is expressed in two ways. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z The outer and inner portions of a log or plank are of different fineness of grain, contain varying proportions of sap, and shrink in different degrees. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z Pasture has a far greater influence on the fineness of the fleece. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The General tells me such is the fineness of the climate that he finds he can get on very well without his customary glass of p. 154grog. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z Some are celebrated for their large size, some for their fineness of texture and some for the great increase which may be expected from them. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z You only become aware that this is a superior dwelling, by remarking the fineness of the mats. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z No matter if a citizen should coin it of pure gold, of the requisite fineness and weight, and not in the likeness of United States coins, he would be a criminal. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Connected with fineness is trueness of staple—as equal in growth as possible over the animals—a freedom from those shaggy portions, here and there, which are occasionally observed on poor and neglected sheep. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z However, the center device lacks the fineness of detail of the others, a fact that suggests that several makers working with different die sinkers produced this basic pattern. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z In the afternoon, as I was seated among some bales of goods, the same young man placed himself beside me, and made some remark as to the fineness of the weather. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Neither in sculpture nor in engraving of hard stone, however, did they ever attain to the exquisite fineness and finish of the best work of the artists of Babylonia and Assyria. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z For some time there was silence between the two men, with only a perfunctory remark or two on the fineness of the day and the freshness of the mare to break it. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z It is one of the best varieties of fowl known, as the size is readily increased without diminishing the fineness of the flesh. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z A fine beard, of the fineness of silk, though its beauty is hidden by the thrice-accursed dust that defiles it. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z As he took his seat to begin breakfast, he pushed the letters away idly without opening them, and remarked upon the fineness of the morning. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z His repudiation of me as an actress began to appear a slight upon all that world of fineness which Art upholds, a thing not to be tolerated by any citizen of it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Vases and drinking cups were produced of extreme lightness, in the walls of which were embedded patterns rivalling lace-work in fineness and intricacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The quality—that is, the fineness, juiciness, and richness of flavor—of the flesh of domestic fowls is of much more importance than their size. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Our skin will be comforted with meeting the fineness and softness of such beautiful linen, such as the angels in Paradise use for their clothing.' The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The sensitive material consists of a mixture of metallic filings, five per cent. silver and ninety-five per cent. nickel, being carefully mixed and sifted to a certain standard fineness. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z The arts of tanning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, mat-making, etc., are widely diffused among them, and many of their products are remarkable for their fineness and strength. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z He said that he believed in the fineness of women. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z They are likewise said, notwithstanding the fineness of their wool, and the beautiful red color of the skin when the fleece is parted, to be more subject to cutaneous affections than most other breeds. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Straw mats and hats, not inferior in fineness of texture to those of Panama, are made here of palm fibre, and form a not unimportant article of exportation. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z He sees all the forms of Nature with the eruditus oculus, and his ear has a fairy fineness. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The skins of young guanacos are selected for mantles, on account of the superior fineness and softness of the hair. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Nor did the future history of the child belie the augury of this poetic sigh of a fond, yet fearing parent, over the extracted, embodied frailty and fineness of his own being. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Indeed, after a considerable lapse of years, the fleece of the Saxon sheep began, not only to equal the Spanish, but to exceed it in fineness and manufacturing value. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The carders next receive it, who tear it with machines till it attains the requisite fineness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z These pieces were inscribed only with the weight and fineness. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z In selecting these examples the fineness of results has not been the principal consideration. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z Youatt describes two varieties of them in Spain, and the wool is of remarkable fineness. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Those who buy wool for combing and other light goods that do not need milling, wish to find length of staple, fineness of hair, whiteness, tenacity, pureness, elasticity, and not too many pitch-marks. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z It was necessary, also, at the same time, to imitate the action of the spindle, which twisted together the filaments at the moment they had attained the necessary degree of fineness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Though the gold Guillaume was coined of the same weight and fineness as the old 10-florin piece, which was much in request, people would not have it. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z It is frequently greater; this is noticeable in all instances where the superior parts of the neck are deficient in fineness. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z From twelve hours' to ten days' constant treatment by these remorseless mills is required by the various materials, some needing to be ground much longer than others before the requisite fineness is attained. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The property first attracting attention, and being of greater importance than any other, is the fineness of the pile—the quantity of fine wool which a fleece yields, and the degree of that fineness. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The females are decently dressed, having a constant change of linen, and gowns of various patterns and degrees of fineness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Its standard was of absolute fineness, 24 carats, a standard which was never departed from through the whole of its history. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z By rapidly cooling and agitating the nitre solution crystals are obtained of sufficient fineness for the manufacture of powder without special grinding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Used with regard to the metal, it expresses quality or fineness—24-carat being pure gold; and 22-carat equal to coined gold. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z This long wool is classed under two divisions, distinguished both by length and the fineness of the fibre. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The cotton wool is combed by circular cards of every degree of fineness; and the card-making machine, receiving only a supply of leather and wire, does its own work without the aid of hands. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z By the first article of this law the monetary unit was fixed at the silver franc of 5 grms. weight, and 9 fineness. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z The difference is not in the number, but in the fineness of the hair that grows from those follicles. Body hair: The not-so-naked ape 2011-12-15T16:00:44Z Yet Debussy has the typical French clarity and fineness of surface without the French hardness of edge and thinness of substance. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z The style of the wool is a point of as much importance as mere fineness. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z In England a woman also attends to a winding-machine, by which the silk is transferred to bobbins, for the purpose of being spun to various degrees of fineness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Under Charles VI. and Charles VII. both weight and fineness were considerably reduced. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z But how many of Wilde's imitators—and there have been not a few—have accomplished such command of language, such literary charm, such "fineness" of wit? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Yet the dramatic fibre of the score is strong and rich; for all its fineness and delicacy of-165- texture and its economy of accent, it is neither amorphous nor inert. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z The mutton of South-Downs is of medium fineness in grain, color pleasant red, fat well intermixed with the meat, juicy, and tenderer than Cheviot. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Bar or ingot gold is received in proportion to its fineness, compared with the above foreign gold coin. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z It is noticeable that while in weight and value the gros Tournois was frequently changed, in fineness no diminution was made. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Large profits were at first expected from their wool, but these were reduced to a trifle when the loss of weight, and fineness in the carcass were taken into account. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z It was such a room as shows it has been taking on character through succeeding decades, cumulative of its type, slowly drawing to itself an atmosphere of fineness and greatness. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z "That will do," he grimly remarked, when Bertie had considerably reduced the original size of his piece of pencil by attempting to produce a point of needlelike fineness. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z "They say good blood always shows itself in the fineness of a woman's hands," he said; "if so, you ought to be particularly well-born." A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z A gold coinage was ordained, of the same fineness, in a piece of 10 grms. weight, but the ratio of value of the gold to the unit franc was not fixed. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z The Tasmanian fleeces are preferred to the Australian, and fetch, in general, higher prices, owing to their being fit for combing, while the latter, though making considerable advances in fineness, are still of short staple. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z To appreciate the story in all its fineness, we must ourselves have something of that abnormality. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z She could no more appeal to him by her fineness of line, coloring, or movement than the field-flower when cropped by the brute mouth whose appetite its very grace and perfume may perhaps whet. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The thick treacly liquid is thus drawn out into a thread of such fineness that a microscope is necessary to find it with. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z It is not necessary for coiners to make absolutely pure gold, but to heat it only until such a fineness is obtained as is needed for the gold money which they are coining. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It apparently depends on the fineness of the fibre, which should not, however, go the length of weakness. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z The colouring is subdued, so as not to interfere with the fineness of the conception. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z In this process, fineness of fleece or weight was less the object than the carcass. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Neither of such inferior-grade parents transmitting a fine lineal potential, however, the exceptional fineness of the individual is not inherent in the Germ-plasm he or she transmits to offspring. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Touchstone known for determining gold and silver fineness Prior to 300 B.C. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Then at last came the parcel for which Tommy had been eagerly waiting, and she gave a long sigh of pleasure as she drew through her fingers a scarf of exquisite fineness like Mary's. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z By reason of their wisdom or wit and fineness of expression, the whole of each one lodged in the dullest memory. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The Saxon stock then became the rage, and the introduction of a tup of that country diminished greatly the weight of the fleece, without adequately improving its fineness. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z Thus prepared it has a fineness of 800-960, the chief impurities usually being iron and lead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Agrippa's garments were only a short white tunic of extraordinary fineness belted with woven gold, and a toga of white, edged with purple. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Thus there were degrees of fineness in a fraternity, which the science of to-day must recognize and admit. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z It was beautiful; that was just the fineness of the night's triumph over us—over me at least; I cannot speak for the other twenty-four. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z The best variety of sheep stock I have seen, putting fineness of fleece aside, was the mixed Bakewell and South Down, imported by Mr. Smith, of New Jersey. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The silver is quite free from gold, and the gold after boiling with nitric acid has a fineness of over 999. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The fineness of gold is generally estimated by dividing the gold into twenty-four parts, called carats. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z He accords neither to fineness of race nor force of intellect the right of aristocratic exclusiveness which they have too often hitherto claimed. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z The latter, subtle and penetrating, shone by the fineness of his analysis. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z The fineness of his breeding was never so well exhibited as in this reticence. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Just look at the fiendishly ingenious obstacles that are put in the way of any working-man's son who wants the culture and fineness and harmonious living that got so on Tolstoi's nerves. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The fineness of gold may in some measure be discovered by the colour it leaves upon a touch-stone, or fine-grained basaltes. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z There are various ways of holding the reins, depending upon fancy, and circumstances; such as the fineness of a horse’s mouth, and the delicacy of the rider’s hand. The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation 2011-09-17T02:00:28.437Z Under the microscope the fineness and structure of the particles are clearly evident. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z Others wished to make themselves conspicuous by the fineness of their equipage. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z He had also a nobility, a fineness and a greatness of soul I have never seen equalled by any human, at any time, anywhere. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The fineness of the texture and the elasticity of the leaf depend on the climate. Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers 2011-09-12T02:00:31.107Z The mosquito is a beautiful, feathery-horned midge, with long airy legs, and a body and wings that tremble with their very fineness and grace. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The fineness of grinding considerably affects the quality of the paint, and this can be easily controlled through the intelligent use of the microscope. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z The paintings of this artist have an additional attraction in their rich and harmonious coloring, the fineness of the tone, and the peculiar tender manipulation of the pigments, which have such a soothing artistic effect. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The rather full, clean-shaved face had elements of fineness—many women would have called him a handsome man. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z What was most extraordinary was the sparsity and lowness of the trees and bushes, the fineness of the growth. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Plainly discontented with herself in the midst of all this fineness, she said diffidently, "Please, I would like to do my hair." The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z Appended is a table giving the fineness of grinding of the various pigments, together with their characteristics under the microscope. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z In his judgments of men and their actions he is unbiassed, and his appreciations of character exhibit a remarkable fineness of perception and a broad sympathy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z If he had some original fineness of nature, it is soon blunted by the conditions of his life. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The qualities, too have to be considered—the fulness of one, the flatness of the other, or the coarseness or fineness of the furs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Henry and Elizabeth were guided merely, though wisely guided, by the fineness of their instincts. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z It was proved to demonstration that the fineness or coarseness of the ridges in different persons had no effect whatever on the delicacy of their tactile discrimination. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z It was not among those things that mother talks of that undermine our fineness of perception. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z He will lose his fineness; he will become like the rest.' Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The Tibet goat is similar to the Angora in the fineness of its wool, and many are used in the making of cashmere shawls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A low, 34 broad forehead, a straight line of bronze brown, shading off in a delicate curve and fineness at the temple. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z The liquid particles thus produced form a kind of water dust of exceeding fineness, which floats in the air, and is called a cloud. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z The emotional side of her nature touched by the fineness of the sentiment, she forgot herself as its object. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z What is notable everywhere is an incomparable productiveness in all activities of the human intellect, all fineness of the human spirit. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z He is a critic of exquisite delicacy and fineness, but also of great enthusiasms, and these enthusiasms are at times much stronger than his judgment and overpower it. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The mills of the modern gods, the inventors, grind with exceeding and exact fineness, but the work of a human hand upon a manufactured article still appeals to human sympathy. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Nothing that lends it strength and fineness can be counted trivial. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z He went back at last in imagination and desire to the roothold of his life, and that was well and fair, for he represented the fineness of that New England inheritance. Charles Edward Putney An Appreciation 2011-07-18T02:00:24.397Z But the association was destructive of romance, of fineness, of delicate attractiveness. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Of the same imaginative type, though not executed with a fineness so surpassing, is The Battle of Life, the treatment of a fancy in which Dickens appears to have taken great pleasure. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z The "dress," which consists of the grooves which are formed in the meeting faces of the stones, has been changed in many ways to meet the requirements in producing flour in varying degrees of fineness. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z I remember the mother so revered by the son, as fragile yet dignified, and the fineness of the feminine element imparted gentility to her boy. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z I therefore contrived to make a blowpipe by cutting several small pieces of cane, and fitting one into the other until the aperture was drawn down to the required degree of fineness. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Under and intermixed with this long hair there is a close coat of fine, silky, white wool, equal in fineness to that of the Cashmere goat. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z All-- To wait on your divineness, With wine of every fineness, That's why we here are standing, All at your dread commanding. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z The highly colored accounts by the conquerors are believed to have been fully warranted by the fineness of the goods which they saw. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z These limitations are imposed by the fiber or grain of the paper and the construction of the ordinary pen, neither of which can be carried beyond a certain very moderate degree of fineness. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The vellum is not quite equal in fineness to that of a few others. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z As Laura Miller pointed out recently in Salon, there’s little evidence to suggest that the reading of good books improves the fineness of anyone’s moral weave. ArtsBeat: Better Reading for Madoff? 2011-06-29T18:31:46Z The sensibility of the nation is indicated by the fineness of its customs; its courage, patience, and temperance by its persistence in them. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z This relief, possessing a suitable grain, could, by hydraulic pressure, be made to transfer its minutest details to metal without any loss to fineness, so giving a plate possessing all the properties of a mezzotint. Photogravure 2011-06-19T02:00:24.663Z He might earn money in 'this crude America,' but all the finenesses of life must be German. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The wise and virtuous people of Pennsylvania, chiefly quakers, who estimate a man, not by the fineness of his coat, but the usefulness of his life, were not to overlook such a man as Franklin. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z In that region, the fineness of the hair was thought the test of birth, with better reason than many imagine the feet and hands to be, in civilized life. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Happily this refinement of tone, which is the faculty-seal and tradesman's-salutation of women, increases with the fineness of the materials one has on. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z During this stage I brush or dust over it any hard powder, such as emery, powdered glass, etc, but these I keep of different degrees of fineness or coarseness. Photogravure 2011-06-19T02:00:24.663Z Arkwright argued that the statute should not include printed or painted cloth made in Great Britain in its ancient tradition of fustians with an all linen warp for strength and a cotton weft for fineness. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Where he is really critical, Macaulay always shows the qualities of good sense, sound judgment and extensive knowledge; but few will think that he shows any remarkable fineness of critical faculty. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z He was rather proud of his handsome legs, and dressed them with care, importing hose of unusual fineness for state occasions; being one of the old-time gentlemen whose stately elegance added dignity to any scene. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Bierce's style, too, by its very fineness, alienated his public. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z These are obtained by passing through muslin of different degrees of fineness. Photogravure 2011-06-19T02:00:24.663Z The fineness of Miss Gilman's art as shown in this work was thus commented on:— Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z But he forgot himself for the moment; thought only of what she had done; her courage, her fineness, her delicate loveliness! The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z No better proof exists of the fineness, the distinction of a nature, or the reverse, than the effect which misfortune or suffering produces on it. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z A certain roughness must bring out fineness, but if everything is fine, nothing remains fine, &c. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z He had the sense in all its fineness, but it found expression in another place. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The sun lighted up the aureole of light hair surrounding her head, so that even Toppy behind the windows of the Northern Light caught a vision of its fineness. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z Force and fineness of understanding are often spoken of as something different from general force and fineness of nature, as something partly independent of them. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z Thirdly, his firmness and his fineness mutually compensated each other: the best one to rule over changeable men is the unchangeable. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z He did achieve the predominant thing that he aimed to achieve—he made his poetry rough and artless in spite of his fineness and art. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z Felt myself gifted with some gifts of mind, Some fineness of perception, thought, began By twenty years to gather books and read Some history, philosophy and science. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z For razors, the grindstones are small, so as to produce the hollow surface which favours fineness of edge. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The ductility of glass at high temperatures seems to be unlimited, while its flexibility increases in proportion to the fineness to which its threads are drawn. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Nothing of that subtle fineness, which with nineteen kinds of syllogisms, knows how to explain all that, which has ever been thought before, as well as all that which can be thought hereafter. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Prose is the sophisticated and studio accomplishment—a thing that vast numbers of people have not the fineness of endowment or cultivation either to write or read. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z She herself was superbly conscious of this extra fineness. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z Their fathers began to breed Sheep when a fleece sold for much more than a carcase, and when fineness and abundance of Wool were the main consideration. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Some of these perform work of extraordinary fineness and accuracy. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Our progress was rather slow, notwithstanding the fineness of the weather, probably owing to the tide being against us. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z That one has got the fineness of a wood anemone. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z But the fineness, the subtilty, the changefulness of line, are endlessly charming; they may have other uses, but if they had been made for pure beauty it would be use enough. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The celebrated Courtrai flax of Belgium is the most valuable staple in the market, on account of its fineness, strength and particularly bright colour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The varying species of the animal produce wools of characteristic qualities, varying considerably in fineness, in length of staple, in composition and in spinning quality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In the common acceptation of this term crepe of No. 1 quality generally connotes fineness and paleness with a thin crepe which has a good, smooth, and fairly well-knit texture. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Greta looked down at her hands as though expecting to be able to hand the telegram over to speak for itself, only to find it, to her surprise, reduced to the fineness of stage snow. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Shortly before the process line-block was perfected the extreme fineness of the American school of wood-engraving had induced a nearly similar result. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z FLANNEL, a woollen stuff of various degrees of weight and fineness, made usually from loosely spun yarn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Now, as angular forms give, to the sense of touch, sharpness, roughness, or harshness, so do opposite forms give smoothness or fineness. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Both would be pink, yet the fineness of the new color scheme seemed to her suited to Dorothy’s slender grace. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z There were many apartments in the house, which was very spacious, and they differed in size and the fineness of the workmanship, according to the merits on earth of those who were to occupy them. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z “Proofs” may also be taken from the plate, and even touched up by the artist, in various stages and various degrees of fineness of impression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z As he talked with my mother, I could not help setting his fineness over against the coarseness of the many men I had seen through the day. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z It is from this that results the first characteristic of this second kind of beauty, namely, fineness or delicacy. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In such emergencies as this, where a creature of coarser fibre would fail, Molly's hereditary fineness of instinct stood her in good stead. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Its very fineness and the number of its tucks filled her with a conviction of guilt toward him. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The fineness of the texture of the veil with which a Tarki, a native of one of these tribes, conceals his features is indicative of his social rank. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z As the minister began to speak I noticed that he lacked the fineness of language with which I was so familiar in Dr. Canfield, but the man's quiet earnestness and direct frankness pleased me much. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z The people of northern countries have the hair of a silken fineness and of surprising length. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In the processes of refining and coining, the metals are afterwards reduced to almost exactly uniform degrees of fineness, so that equal weights are then of exactly equal value. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Can you imagine that some of them, before choosing their room, felt the elasticity of the mattresses, tried the softness of the blankets, inspected the fineness of the sheets? Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "I beg your pardon," returned Kent-Lauriston, releasing his prostrate foe; and turning to Stanley, he continued: "Lacking the fineness of perception bred of diplomatic training, I must confess I didn't see the subtle distinction." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z The Romans developed a breed of sheep having wool of exceeding fineness, and later introduced their sheep into Spain. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z Initially, the money form means simply the certification of weight and fineness by a trusted authority. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z The English and Australian sovereigns are identical in weight and fineness, but there is constant fluctuation in the buying power of the English sovereign as expressed in its brother that is circulating in the Antipodes. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Man's fineness is not accentuated by the fact that a woman sacrifices her power within him, when she falls to pleading a little. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z In fact I possess six degrees of fineness, and all you need do is choose the one you like best: superfine, extrafine, fine, semifine, impolite, and downright vulgar. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Classification.—There are three classes of wool, classified according to the length, fineness and felting qualities: 1. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z It saves, therefore, the delay and expense of testing the weight and fineness by assay, etc. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z As every one knows, the name, or unit of account, is affixed to a given number of grains of a specified fineness of a certain metal. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z "It demands no macerations, no fetters, no fearful austerities—only fineness and loving kindness." She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The fineness and acuteness of organic sensibility made him alive to all the mighty world of ear and eye. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Their iron and steel instruments are excellent, the latter far surpassing European wares in strength and fineness of edge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z So long as coinage means merely a certification of weight and fineness, this conclusion will hold. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z In some women this comes from a certain proud fineness, excessive delicacy, and a superfine disposition which cannot bear to be disturbed with what is strange and disagreeable to a vain spirit.’ British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z It was all so different from the consummate fineness, the pervading delicacy, of all Skylark thoughts. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z That is, Apple packed more pixels per inch to boost the overall resolution, but also the fineness of the screen. A look at the iPad's strength, weakness 2010-04-21T22:48:00Z Two factors are contributing to the fineness of the ash. Green.view: Could be worse 2010-04-20T12:59:00Z The money-unit is not definable as a quantity of metal, of given fineness, but rather is a "nominal" thing, present monetary standards being defined by legal proclamation in terms of past standards. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z With their skill in husbandry they combined a familiarity with various kinds of handicraft, especially those requiring dexterity and fineness of execution, that was unknown to the Spaniards. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies I truly hope, if I am wrong in this, that you will see it instantly, and not permit the edge and temper of your fineness to be coarsened through me. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Mr. Brodie, as you are aware, has recently discovered a new kind of graphite: here is the substance in powder, of exquisite fineness. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The miller tests the fineness of the grinding by taking up a portion of the meal and rubbing it between his thumb and fingers, in itself a most harmless and necessary operation. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The Escurial is the most perfect of all the travelling flocks in Spain; the Guadaloupe for form, fineness and abundance of the fleece; the Paular with similar fleeces are larger bodied. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Seeing me look round, and encouraged, I suppose, by the friendly interest with which I regarded him, he remarked upon the fineness of the day, and asked if I had had good sport. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 This attracted Paula, as it gave her a glimpse of a certain fineness between men who admire each other. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Arkwright supplied this deficiency by the invention of the spinning-frame, which spins a vast number of threads of any degree of fineness and hardness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" All gold alloys and silver alloys must be assayed, and their fineness stamped on them. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli These flocks have been bred for hardy constitution, large carcass, and heavy fleece, and of as much fineness as is consistent with large weights, and as uniform in quality throughout, as possible. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. How ignorant of this great world-city, its life, its customs, its fineness, its sordidness her words proclaimed her to be—how dependent they proclaimed her to be! The Belovéd Traitor It means so pure a fineness as neither to require nor to be capable of ostentation; and yet, a fineness that wears and gives and associates with heroisms. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z She always came to the same conclusion—that she was betrayed by her own fineness; that she was more aware of shades, of traditions than this little daughter of a workingman. Manslaughter These may be had in varying degrees of fineness, the wires forming squares of from three-eighths to three-quarters of an inch. Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables Great care should be taken to breed from such as are most perfect in all the essential points of constitution, form, and size; and weight, uniformity, and fineness of fleece. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Already had they reached a village near Llandaff, where they proposed to pass the night, when the fineness of the evening tempted them to enjoy the beauties they beheld in an extensive landscape. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I It seems to me that refinement means this: that in real fineness all such things are managed with a sort of unconscious art. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Do you observe the fineness of the colours, the rich deep blue that contrasts so well with the emerald green? Glories of Spain There is, too, in her every thought an instinctive delicacy and fineness of feeling wholly incompatible with ingratitude, which could never be harboured in so noble a nature as that of my charge. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 The legs are of peculiar delicacy and fineness, yet possess great strength. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. It was scarcely yet September, and the desolation of London all around seemed the more sharply to intagliate upon his senses the fineness of his mother's figure set in the frame of that sedate house. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The fineness or the coarseness of the point is regulated by keeping the needle away from, or bringing it nearer to, the central point. A Treatise on Etching Five years of city life wrought many changes in his outward appearance without in any wise impairing the fineness of his nature. Donalblane of Darien Perfect breeding, perfect unconsciousness of self, were his minted marks to guarantee the fineness of his metal. The Moonlit Way They are beautifully formed, possessing excessive fineness and symmetry of frame, yet with sufficient bone and muscle to render them perfectly hardy; and they are among the most vigorous and active of working cattle. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. It is worthy of notice that English wool was superior to any other for fineness during these ages. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 You may work either with one pen and several bitings, or with several pens of various degrees of fineness and one biting. A Treatise on Etching And for this very reserve—this courtliness—this indescribable fineness of bearing, Clodagh felt her own nature leap forth in renewed admiration. The Gambler A Novel Thus it will be seen that the process of granulation with reference to its fineness is determined by the rapidity of evaporation. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. Ignoring rarity, fineness, I sank to the indecorum of a frankly human grin. The Book of Susan A Novel At other times he shows himself a man of great goodness and fineness of wit; virtuous, courageous, courteous, and generous, and in fact the perfect ideal of a gentleman. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The recital has the effect of preserving the fineness of many operatic voices. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists In the brilliance of the light, the fineness of the table linen and its state of dilapidation were both accentuated, as was the genuine beauty and intrinsic value of the badly kept silver. The Gambler A Novel Seventhly.—They are duly to consider the value of the English Coyns, and the Par thereof, in relation to the intrinsic value which it bears in weight and fineness with the Coyns of other Nations. British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675 I couldn't possibly question anything you might say or do—the fineness of the motive, I mean. The Book of Susan A Novel At the beginning of the 20th century we find England and Germany the leading pottery manufacturing countries; Germany excelling in the amount of its output, and England in the fineness and finish of its productions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Moreover, fineness of texture manifests exquisiteness of sensibility, as seen by contrasting human organism and feelings with brutes, or fine-haired persons with coarse-haired. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology If the public conscience reaches the conviction that tipping is detrimental to democracy, that it destroys that fineness of self-respect requisite in a republic, the right will be abridged or withdrawn. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America The fineness of gold is measured by a ratio with 24 carats as a standard; thus 2 parts of alloy make it 22-carat gold, and so on. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" She coiled her hair that fell in little curls as the brush left its silky fineness, and hummed a song to her smiling face in the glass. The Shadow The quality of Portland cement is ascertained by its analysis and by determining its specific gravity, fineness, mechanical strength and soundness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Coarseness of texture indicates a coarseness of function; while a fine organization indicates a corresponding fineness of mentality. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology Of course Martin stayed in London over Christmas and into the New Year, living with a fullness he had never known, seeing the purpose and fineness of things which he had despised and neglected. Years of Plenty In order to spin the fibers most economically, evenly and to the best advantage, some of the mills mix different qualities of mohair of about the same fineness. Practical Angora Goat Raising It may be purchased and applied in the form of ground limestone, a rock rich in calcium which has been mechanically ground to a very great degree of fineness. A Living from the Land The Chinese stamp bars or ingots of gold or silver with their weight and fineness, and pass them from hand to hand as coin. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 Yet some inherit fineness from one parent, and coarseness from the other, while the color of the eye generally corresponds with that of the skin, and expresses character. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology “Bagging,” “tarpaulin” and “canvas” form an ascending series of cloths so far as fineness is concerned, although the finest tarpaulins are finer than some of the lower canvases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Another breeder works for fineness of fleece, regardless of size or shape of the animal, and he gets his points. Practical Angora Goat Raising Over ornamentation or fineness in undergarments is usually looked upon as rather questionable, among the solid middle classes in Germany. Confessions of an Opera Singer To the use of the highest linguistic authorities he has brought a fineness of grammatical and lexical discernment which enables him to criticise and sometimes to correct their judgments. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews But I scarce had known, at this point, what grossness or what fineness of material correspondence to forecast. The Sacred Fount It is prepared in different forms, and in various degrees of fineness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Seen close at hand, the fineness and smoothness of the skin was even more wonderful than from afar. What a Man Wills The contour of her face was oval, the profile showed the delicate fineness of a cameo. A Question of Marriage I admit the depth and fineness of your perception in all this. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It is of sufficient hardness to resist the coarsest metal of broad-bladed humor, and of sufficient fineness of grain to edge the best steel of fancy. The Handbook of Conundrums But he laughingly reassured her, and talked about the fineness of the day, and the extent of the view around Kezane, and soon got away from yesterday’s battle entirely. In the Whirl of the Rising The exquisite fineness and beauty of her complexion was like that of a child. What a Man Wills One piece of this plat was equal in point of colour, and superior in point of fineness, even to the plat of the bonnet, of Miss Woodhouse. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Aryandes, satrap of Egypt, is said by Herodotus to have been punished by Darius for coining money of equal fineness with that of the king in Persia: thus coinage had then begun in Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" It is their dinner hour as we pass, and I am struck with the fineness of their physique. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides But there was a fineness in the lines of his mouth, a drollery and wit in his eyes, and he was thoroughly agreeable. Fairfax and His Pride It is an admirable picture; possessing all the grace and simplicity, combined with the fineness of execution, of that artist. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The difference of material could not be great, but there was a real difference in the fineness of the make, and in the quality of the exterior leaf. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses It was very slight—of a delicate fineness. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Glorious pearly cumuli tinted with purple of ineffable fineness of tone. My First Summer in the Sierra It is celebrated for the plenty, variety, and fineness of its diamonds. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem She finds in his papers, published in the "People's Journal," "the purity of impulse, largeness and steadiness of view, and fineness of discrimination which must belong to a legislator for a Christian commonwealth." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Most of all in the case of a character which was not only of rare quality, but which was so remarkable for the fineness of its lights and shadows. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Wine could be made there, as excellent as that of the Canaries, they boasted, while it was hoped soon to manufacture silk rivalling in fineness that of Persia or of Turkey. The Planters of Colonial Virginia Most of them are heartily content to "rough it," ignoring Nature's fineness as bothersome or unmanly. My First Summer in the Sierra She does not belong to those people over there, to be talked over, and dined over, and all her beauty and fineness overlooked through their monocles—brutes! The Mountain Girl The stuffs which went into a Moorish woman's dress were usually of extraordinary fineness, and the trimmings were costly, gold and silver edging being used without stint. Oriental Women At one determined stroke I broke the thread-like chains which, from their very fineness, had been more galling to me than links of iron. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 For it is the lowest and the last thing about which an artist should concern himself, this excessive fineness and minuteness of work.... The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. A wonderfully impressive monument, its lines exquisite in fineness, and though sublime in size, is finished like the finest work of art, and seems to be alive. My First Summer in the Sierra The breed of Pointers, as now generally to be met with, is called "the English," distinguished by the lightness of limb, fineness of coat, and rattishness of tail. The Dog Their pens have the same grace and vigor of style as those of men, while there is no fineness or daintiness of touch in their writings which does not find counterpart in those of men. Women of England This determines to a large extent the fineness of the yarn which can be spun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The coarseness or fineness of grain on these blocks varies according to circumstances. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. Grace had her patterns and materials, and the fineness of them, and beauty of the lace provided for the trimming, were quite delightful to look at. Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story How can I ever begin to describe to you the sweetness and the fineness of our boys over here! A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall Custom has given rise to all sorts of devices for expressing degrees of fineness, strength and hardness, as well as more delicate qualities of flavor and odor. Rural Health and Welfare Until the success of the water-frame, cotton could not be spun economically of sufficient strength and fineness for warps, and the warps were therefore invariably made of either linen or wool. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The mother who does not offer a son a glimpse of something of dignity and fineness in her own life, alike in matter and manner, may expect little of her son. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home I put a touch-stone, dusted over, on the scratch, and got an impression of some fine hairlines such as for fineness and precision could not be excelled in the seven provinces of Holland. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Miss Sabrina unlocked old chests and sorted out and polished old silver and washed and pressed old linen of exquisite fineness. Happy House The interior fabric itself is fine: it is more in detail, in the stringiness and multiplicity of moldings, in the fineness, subdivision, and elaboration of carvings and ornament that one feels the advancing degeneration. Cathedrals of Spain Now and then the vapor thinned to the fineness of tulle and Brousa gauze, behind which the mountain-colors loomed in vague and yet radiant purity. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Each stinging needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and breaks off in, the skin. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse Our prime elements are due to our drudgery—I mean that literally; the fundamentals that underlie all fineness and without which no other culture worth the winning is even possible. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation It would thus destroy the fineness of our appreciation of what there really is in nature. Naturalism And Religion Valenciennes was celebrated for the peculiar fineness and gloss of its tapestry. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Poor dear Keats! had nature given you firmness as well as fineness of nerve, you would have been glorious in your maturity as great in your promise. Life of John Keats The magnanimity of soul of a man of his firmness and fineness of character is too much for you to comprehend. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Have you never met humble men and women who read little, who knew little, yet who had a certain fascination as of fineness lurking about them? Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Her eyes held the light gloriously; they were of a luminous, tawny brown, wide apart, and slightly round, with a sudden fineness at the corners. The Return of the Prodigal On the way back, when the sea had risen and was running 54 strong against us, the fineness of the steersman’s aim grew more embarrassing. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I confess, however, that to myself most of Keats’s fun appears forced or inept, wanting in fineness of taste and manner, and tending towards the vulgar; a jangling jingle of word and notion. Life of John Keats It's stirring to discover the fineness of this man's tragic bravery. The Crow's Nest When she was gay it showed a blurred edge, a fineness in peril. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur A third great result of this line of study is that different sorts of perception are very unequal in their fineness and reliability. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life A thousand tiny pipes, concealed in the ribs of the stone roof, gave forth a shower of fine spray, filling the long fernery with a hazy mist of cobweb fineness. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The fineness is estimated, and the premium or betterness, together with the exact weight, is marked in ink on each ingot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" He loved the mediæval craftsmen for the fineness of their work and for their personal modesty. Pot-Boilers First, the particles may be mechanically intermingled, the degree of association being dependent upon the fineness of the particles, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Why do soils of the same degree of fineness sometimes differ in fertility? The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools Everywhere the eye was delighted by great masses of drooping fronds of delicate green, like rare lace in fineness—outrivaling in beauty the plumes of the famous birds of paradise. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century This, when I reflected on the fineness of his speech, the fullness of his breast, his attitudes and his short steps, led me to believe the person was a woman instead of a lieutenant. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The banker's dollars are not increased in fineness or value by his handling them over carefully every day. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education In the noiseless air-tight darkness where it lay, saying perhaps to itself:—"Shall I ever take a trick again?" there was still dust, dust of thought-baffling fineness! When Ghost Meets Ghost All these delighted the soul of Russell, but not least of all the cloth, whose softness and exquisite fineness appealed to his professional feelings, and caused his fingers to wander lovingly over the costly fabric. A Castle in Spain A Novel And again, as a measure of the fineness of ether, that the difference between an ether particle and an atom, should be as wide as the difference between the atom and the planet. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Without any exception, his plumage is the richest brown I am acquainted with in Nature, and is unsurpassed in the qualities both of firmness and fineness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The sister, on the other hand, had Lady Harman's pale darkness but none of her fineness of line. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Was any reason necessary, beyond the fineness of the night? When Ghost Meets Ghost The leaf length is then drawn up by the other hand and is cut into straws depending in width upon the fineness of the comb used. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 In order to fix the value, the weight, and the fineness of the metal are to be taken into consideration together. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First Though a young writer may be obliged to acknowledge inferiority to his elders in maturity of message, he may not infrequently transcend them in fineness of technical accomplishment. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews By repeated decantations in this manner, various sediments are obtained of different degrees of fineness; the last sediment, or that which remains longed suspended in the liquor, being the finest. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries With pow’rs, whose fineness wrought their own decay; Ah! wherefore, thoughtless, didst thou yield the rein To fancy’s will, and chase the meteor ray? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In price the mats vary from thirty to ninety centavos, according to fineness. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 This treatment causes it to split into filaments, which can be worked to almost any degree of fineness, and with these the native sews his leathern dress. Happy Days for Boys and Girls But, looking back from the cool greyness of later life, one sees a wistful pathos, and, too, a certain stirring fineness in the situation. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography There is a method of procuring powders of an uniform fineness, considerably more accurate than the sieve; but it can only be used with such substances as are not acted upon by water. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries And the mere manipulation of the marble taught them, as we have seen, the exquisite finenesses of surface, texture, crease, accent, and line. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion It is a fine thing, but the fineness of the bloom is soon licked off by the busy tongues of the Imogenes and their masculine counterparts. An Ocean Tramp That, after all, was Antonia as he had always known her and been her friend: Antonia, capable of heroisms and generosities, fineness and insight, density and petulance. Aurora the Magnificent But it emphatically had lacked that grace, that element of gentle fineness and delicacy which Cynthia would give it. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography You will observe the arrangement of the lawn, and you will see the fineness of the turf, which you will see nowhere else than in England. A Danish Parsonage The fineness of the day, the novelty of the scenery, and the rapid way they were making, made the poor fellows forget past dangers, as well as those they had yet to undergo. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants The fineness of his features is in direct contrast to some of the other types. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The whole was dainty, as shimmering as a soap-bubble, and of a fineness that rightly commended it to lovers of beautiful surfaces. Aurora the Magnificent She noted the high, clear forehead, the large nose, the fineness of the heavy, black hair which lay shaggy upon his temples. The Bondboy Trouble would not break her; sorrow would only make her fineness finer. Claim Number One I by no means underestimate the fineness of the traditions of British commerce or the number of men still living who hold to those traditions. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The tongue rolls the mass around, and keeps it between the teeth, while they divide the food to a fineness suitable for the stomach. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) This again shows with what fineness the company has to adjust its methods to the psychological peculiarities of the settlers. A Stake in the Land Then she had to dress in her freshest and fairest attire of white muslin: the perfect fineness of the day and the solemnity of the occasion warranted, and even exacted, such costume. Shirley His senses, his perception, his intelligence have a natural and inborn fineness and distinction. A Modern Symposium According to the fineness of the work, the labourers obtain from one to two Mohurs for every Darni of copper which they manufacture. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The roundness of bosom and hip and the fineness of shoulder differed too much from the masculine outline to be hidden. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards His body, as I once noticed when we were bathing in the surf, had a peculiar fresh bloom and fineness and delicacy of texture. Whitman A Study There can be no question of the fineness of his perception in all matters of literary form. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) What I had lost, I saw now, was Sally herself—not the outward woman, but the inner spirit, the fineness of sympathy, the quickness of understanding. The Romance of a Plain Man The tendons, they saw with much pleasure, could, with little or no trouble, be divided into filaments of what fineness they thought fit. The History of Sandford and Merton Gold conceals from the sight the degree of its fineness; and one must crush25 the rock himself, and frequently, in order to recognize the truth. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The slightest noise on her part would be heard by the Indian, who, like all members of the American race, had his senses trained to a fineness that seems marvellous to the Caucasian. The Great Cattle Trail Landor aims, like Bacon, at rich imagery, at giving to thoughts which appear319 plain more value by fineness of expression, and at compressing shrewd judgments into weighty aphorisms. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) George, because of some inborn fineness of perception, had discerned the existence of a sorrow in my wife to which I, the man whom she loved and who loved her, had been insensible. The Romance of a Plain Man The truth is that the great moral conceptions are securely established, and the only possible improvement in them must come from the increased fineness and subtlety of our mental powers. Arrows of Freethought By one pair of rollers revolving quicker than another the rove was drawn to the requisite fineness for twisting, which was accomplished by spindles or flyers placed in front of each set of rollers. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Though a young writer may be obliged to acknowledge inferiority to his elders in maturity of message, he may not infrequently 187 transcend them in fineness of technical accomplishment. A Manual of the Art of Fiction There is a vigour of feeling, an originality of character, a fineness of style which makes one understand, if not quite agree to, the audacious self-commendation. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) And this brilliancy seemed only to accentuate the sharpened lines of her features, with their suggestion of delicacy, of a too transparent fineness. The Romance of a Plain Man But this bare enumeration conveys no impression of the richness of the author's matter or the fineness of his spirit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 But, due to the fineness of the rest of your stories, I am willing to forget your debt as far as I am concerned. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 By equivalent sums, when both currencies are composed of the same metal, are meant sums which contain exactly the same quantity of the metal, in weight and fineness. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy Leonardo da Vinci was a master of chiaroscuro, but he used it only to express his forms, and never sacrifices to it the delicacy and fineness of his design. The Venetian School of Painting It was 291 an act which had revealed in Clifford W. Stanton a depth of strong fineness that no man would have suspected. The Shepherd of the North It was just the fineness of his tangle. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Her blonde hair had become abundant, and, being of peculiar fineness and sheen, lent an attractiveness to features that only a slightly tigerish fulness of cheeks prevented from being almost classical. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life The child grew to be a mighty instrument in God's hand, which He in His wisdom selected, knowing the fineness of the material with which he dealt. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 The fineness of a rug depends largely upon the quality of the wool and the number of knots to the square foot. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference She preferred the ugly old house in which she had always lived, with its scaling gray paint and no pretensions to fineness. Cloudy Jewel But encouragement will come as, looking backwards, we learn how the mighty dynamic of sex-love has evolved in fineness, without losing its intensity, how it is tending to become more mutual, more beautiful, more lasting. The Truth About Woman On the smoother end-grain it could be manipulated with extreme fineness, an impossibility with the plank side, which would tear slightly or "feather" when the burin was moved across the grain. Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving In the latter the solid is reduced to particles of impalpable fineness; in the former it is not. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The silk rugs of Khotan are remarkable for their beauty and fineness; on important occasions of state and ceremony the Chinese place them upon the table. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference "Och, it's all right for a holiday in the summer," he said. ... and they talked to him of the fineness of a farmer's life, but he would not agree with them. Changing Winds A Novel The fineness of their civilisation and their exquisite achievement in so many directions makes it the more necessary to remember this. The Truth About Woman But now he saw the fineness, the necessity of them. Dreamers of the Ghetto "What did you do in Greece?" she insisted, not interested in the fineness of the people. Love and Lucy The designs are bold and effective, but fineness of detail is precluded by the strips of material, each of which is a quarter of an inch wide. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference A cloud of dust bellowed toward them, half-choking them with its gritty fineness, and then, in a minute, the air had cleared. The Plunderer Women, for the reasons we have seen, have, as I believe, lost much of the fineness of their selective sensitiveness. The Truth About Woman The Greeks had within reach quarries of marble, the most beautiful material which nature has provided for the use of the builder; and great fineness of surface and high finish were attained. Architecture Classic and Early Christian I am not a bridegroom this morning, muchachita, and need no necktie of such fineness for my beauty. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Here the Apostle pulls off from christian women their vain outside ornaments; but is not this a wrong to spoil all their dressing and fineness? The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained The amount of material applied matters less than evenness in distribution and fineness of the spray as applied. Manual of American Grape-Growing It is in the loves of birds, as I believe, that we must seek hints to that evolution in fineness, which has still to come in our love. The Truth About Woman On the other hand, there was a certain fineness that the father had lacked. The Wall Street Girl He did not appreciate the fineness of the distinction. The Twins of Suffering Creek Where before he had to touch, he must now feel the stuffs, which, according to the degree of fineness or coarseness from coarse cotton to fine silk, are felt with movements correspondingly decisive or delicate. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook After being crushed the sugar should be passed through sieves of varying fineness, and, finally, through one made for the purpose, or failing this, very fine muslin will answer. Nelson's Home Comforts Thirteenth Edition So might Ceres have appeared as she wandered forlornly in search of her lost Persephone, gentle, weary, her fineness a little blunted by her woes. Olive in Italy Edward the First's pound sterling was a Tower pound of silver of a definite fineness. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance Putnam's nature, though generous and at bottom sympathetic, lacked the fineness of insight needed to interpret the situation. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The wools of Germany are, in fineness and softness, much, superior to those of Spain. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet There was nothing in his apparel to distinguish him save the exquisite fineness and richness of the material. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The great squares contained some magnificent edifices, noteworthy for the fineness of their pillars. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns The Roman as or pondo weighed a Roman pound of good copper, therefore possessed the two principal attributes of good money, a definite weight and a definite fineness. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance Their fineness, and the smooth quality of the wool, and the good shape appear to soothe Eugen’s feelings. The First Violin A Novel This is the best method we know, of making the work appear neat, and, at the same time, of securing the required degree of fineness. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet The wonder consisted as much in the endless variety of the patterns, as in the exquisite fineness and richness of the material. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 His physical fineness appealed; his figure was like an old Greek athlete's, his face was sharply cut and somehow ascetic. Partners of the Out-Trail The mellow candle-light deepened the raven black of her hair, softened the tint of her gown until it appeared of almost transparent fineness. The Web of the Golden Spider Poland starch is reckoned the best: its quality may be judged of by the fineness of the grain, its being very brittle, and of a good colour. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The pattern should be large in proportion to the fineness of the material. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet They ate of every thing, using a great deal of salt, with the fineness and whiteness of which they were much pleased. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island If you wish, but if I chain you down you sacrifice the fineness of your virtue. Daisy's Aunt There was a fineness about her, a poignancy about the way she sat and held her head lifted. The Rainbow Butter only should be eaten with them, as gravy diminishes the fineness of the flavour. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The degree of fineness must be determined by the occupation and station of the wearer. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet They were kept in boxes under the counter or ranged in rows on a shelf and were of all weights and degrees of fineness. A Son of the Middle Border What is the fineness and goodness of the Ore, by which the Mine is wont to be estimated? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World There is little fineness to most of it; some is mere horse2820play, some is extravagant farce: but it is deep and genuine, it supplied an exigent want, and deserved its welcome. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Dorchester beer, generally in high esteem, owes much of its fineness to this circumstance. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families They are generally made of huckaback of moderate fineness; but some ladies prefer making them of a coarser kind of damask. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet "I'll wager now, hit war a weddin' dress," she exclaimed as she held it excitedly up to the light and appraised the fineness of the ancient silk with eyes more accustomed to homespun. The Roof Tree Its merits as a preparation for the hair are undeniable,—it imparts to it a superb gloss and a silky fineness. Typee In these, as in the still more recent 'Suburban Sage,' is revealed the same fineness of sympathetic observation in town and country that we have come to associate with Bunner's name. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 They are afterwards to be washed in clean water, and dried on nets, the meshes being about the same fineness as those of cabbage nets. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families And, as was usual with his mother, her appreciation of Augustine's nobility and fineness passed at once into a pang: so beautiful; so noble; and so shadowed. Amabel Channice Yet it is not enough for human beauty to possess symmetry of structure, within and without: there must be a beautiful coloring also, wealth of complexion, fineness of texture. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 From the eyes downwards the outlines of his face and features were of an extreme regularity and a fineness undestroyed by the work of the strained nerves on the sallow, delicate texture. The Flaw in the Crystal It was his very fineness which put him out of place in a world like that of New York. The Dust Flower It differs from the common brine salt in the fineness of the grain, as well as on account of its whiteness and purity. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then over the tripod he balanced a ring which he held suspended by a flaxen thread of extreme fineness, and which had also been consecrated with mystic ceremonies. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens The materials are largely woven by the people themselves, and the finer fabrics are beautiful in texture and fineness, some of the strands being so fine that several are used to make one thread. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China The decreasing portion of sun becomes more and more narrow, until at length it is reduced to a crescent-shaped strip of exceeding fineness. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The fineness of the grind should be regulated by the nature of the filtering medium, the grains being large enough not to slip through the perforations. All About Coffee “Oh, they were nothing particular,” he stammered; and then he said something about the fineness of the evening, and the possibility of his father coming in in time for a long walk. Not Like Other Girls She had had to own that the unaccustomed exercise was a good thing, giving a fineness and a firmness to outlines that had been a shade too lax. The Combined Maze After the courtesies of the day and the hostess’s comments on the fineness of your clothing, refreshments are brought in,—cigars, cigarettes, wine, cake, and preserved cocoanut. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China If you are a woman, you may be impressed by the fineness, the whiteness, the profusion, and the embroidered monograms of the linen, whether you are in a huge caravanserai or a wayside inn. Home Life in Germany Ward's eyes swung briefly toward what he considered the chief bit of fineness. The Ranch at the Wolverine The Faroese sheep are noted for the fineness and luxuriance of their fleece, and it always commands a high price in market. The Land of Thor This was somewhat disastrous to fineness and clearness, and Ransome's no doubt would have perished but for the persistence with which he held Violet sacred as the mother of his child. The Combined Maze The quality of these depends on the fineness of the threads. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China |
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