| 单词 | frigidity |
| 例句 | A pair of Dutch tourists stopped for me, complaining about the frigidity of American beer, and sometimes I got rides from couples who were fighting and tired of each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then I realize: I have waited outside in the cold gray-lit car-exhausted frigidity and caused the possible broken bones in Gary's hand to hear a band that is, manifestly, not Neutral Milk Hotel. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Bloom’s wife then accused him of adultery; in return he accused her, first of frigidity, then of sexual promiscuity with at least three other men. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been here in the frigidity of December, in the full baking heat of August, on glorious late-spring and early-autumn days when the city is at the height of its considerable beauty. Lost in Paris 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z His depiction of Ian's cruel frigidity is a match by Foy's sharpness, as she trades the distant stateliness she brought to "The Crown" for fumes of aristocratic entitlement. Amazon's gloomy "A Very British Scandal" divorce tale starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The problem with winter flowering trees and shrubs is that they are jerked around by warmth and frigidity so that, at best, you get a trickle of blooms that lack overall punch. Chase away the winter blues with these lovely early-blooming trees and shrubs 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It's about male frigidity in that Paul is indifferent to sex. Catherine Breillat, legendary provocateur, on her sexual manifesto on film and why she hates porn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z In other videos, like “Motorola,” Yung Lean’s cherubic face conveys blankness, boredom, and the frigidity of his hometown—his nose is bright red in the Stockholm air. Yung Lean, King of the Sad Boys 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z McEnroe/LaBeouf suspects that the reason his opponent sleeps in a hotel room with the AC turned up to arctic frigidity is not that he’s an ice-borg; he’s really a volcano about to erupt. Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z "Close your eyes and think of England" was not originally a punchline about frigidity; it was a comment on the grim realities of a certain kind of marriage. TV's alleged 'rape glut' may just be a more reflective reality 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The Bagger was seated by “American Experience’s” executive producer Mark Samels, who was among the many Northeasterners happy to be in town and escaping the frigidity home. Celebrating Long Shots and Outcasts 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In front of these drawings at the Met, I fell in love with David again: with his intensity and his frigidity; with how, in his shadow, today’s “political” art looks as benign as patty-cake. In Paris Then, in Kyiv Now, Visions of Freedom and Bravery 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The prison, located in northernmost New York, is nicknamed Little Siberia, and the opening episodes of the seven-part miniseries, set in the deep winter, convey a dismal frigidity. Patricia Arquette Succumbs to a Pipe Dream of Flight in “Escape at Dannemora” 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z All of this came after the coldest of cold opens — we’re talking icy, gangster-level frigidity — in the form of Arya Stark wiping out the entire Frey clan with a few sips of Arbor Gold wine. Now, where were we? “Game of Thrones” returns with an hour that resets the board 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z This led to persistent accusations of detachment, distance, a frigidity that some say makes his work hard to love. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z "The help of such specialists is necessary if a person wants to recover from frigidity, impotence, or such violations of sexual behaviour as fetishism, masochism and sadism," the official newspaper of Russia's parliament said. Russian sexologists to target homosexuality, other 'disorders' under new rules 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z She set up a private practice and specialized in treating women afflicted with what she would call one of the “gravest problems of our time”: sexual frigidity. From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But despite having arrived at the inner suburbs of the coming season, Friday offered few clues to the days of frost and frigidity that experience and meteorology have located in our not-far-off future. Five days from solstice, Friday still lacked winter feel 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The same phenomenon may be causing abnormal spells of extreme heat and blasts of polar frigidity, because the jet stream winds that normally break up weather patterns and drive storm systems are weaker. How climate change is rapidly fueling super hurricanes 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Others have read it more elegantly, but there’s a frigidity to his delivery that shivers those famous opening lines: “A cold coming we had of it, /Just the worst time of the year”. Feed your soul: the 31-day literary diet for January 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Not to mention the chastity belts and the strange machines invented to cure frigidity. Laia Abril: the photographer bearing witness to rape 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z What she would later call one of the “gravest problems of our times”? Carol, it was sexual frigidity, of course. From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Needless to say, the Humphries situation has created a lot of frigidity in an already frosty area. Kaillie Humphries stood up to her sport's abusive culture. It ended how you'd expect 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z But February’s redeeming qualities included an absence of true frigidity. Meteorologically speaking, winter is gone. But it doesn’t feel like it. 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z For a while there was talk of Murray’s emotional frigidity, the need to shed his Celtic chill and embrace a more unbound engagement with that flushed and draining centre court crowd. Andy Murray: from gangly kid to genuine sporting grown-up 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The movement shakes off into the frigidity of space the vast internal heat that the planet has stored since its violent formation. The Earth’s Shell Has Cracked, and We’re Drifting on the Pieces 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Sexual frigidity is “the inability to enjoy physical love to the limits of its potentiality.” From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Luckily, Antarctica is nowhere near as warm as Greenland, and its frigidity is protected by intense polar winds. Could More Snow in Antarctica Slow Sea Level Rise? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “The neuroses accompanying sex in American civilization are practically absent, such as frigidity, impotence and pronounced perversions,” Mead wrote excitedly to Boas: “I feel absolutely safe in generalizing from the material I have.” Margaret Mead in pursuit of fame and sex 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z But the corona — which streams into the frigidity of space — blazes at millions of degrees, or exactly the opposite of the differential that would be expected. How the Solar Eclipse Could Help Us Solve a Mystery About the Sun 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z This led to a sharp rebuke from the Chinese government, and a frigidity in relations set in. The Daily 202: Trump’s Wisconsin win was an aftershock of the Great Recession 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z And she thought frigidity came from problems in childhood like having an absent father, or worse, a feminist mother. From Orgasms to Overdoses: How Marie Nyswander Went from Treating ‘Sexual Frigidity’ to Heroin Addiction 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z One store is full of handwritten notes informing customers that remedies for depression, obesity, high blood pressure, frigidity, multiple sclerosis and other ailments are in stock. Herbal life: traditional medicine gets a modern twist in Iran 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Another young women described hearing her parents joking about Clinton’s “frigidity.” 'Spanking' Hillary Clinton Is Grotesque Misogyny 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z In Wind’s hands, Hogan was not merely intense; he also played the game with “the burning frigidity of dry ice.” Golf Writer Who Coined ‘Amen Corner’ Was a Master in His Own Field 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z In fact, Titan would probably be the most promising place, rather than Europa, to look for extraterrestrial life in the solar system if not for its frigidity. Ultracold-Resistant Chemical on Titan Could Allow It to Harbor Life 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Its excellent cast gives at least as much humanity to the characters as the script allows; and Bruno Delbonnel’s cinematography captures the soul-contracting frigidity of a New York winter. Corliss at Cannes: Inside Llewyn Davis -- Confounding and Lovingly Scored 2013-05-19T20:05:23Z At luncheon he received with frigidity the girl's statement that she planned remaining in Elmdale till the morrow. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z To no end did Barrington exert himself to conceal or counteract this frigidity. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z There were six bedrooms, all of them with large four-poster beds, and all of them haunted by that strange frigidity, that frigidity almost of death which is produced by the least superfluity of china. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z He thinks that, even if one were determined to defend the first, nobody could tolerate the frigidity and abject style of the two last. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z The transition from the flower-strewn meadow to a region of almost Arctic frigidity was practically instantaneous—the matter of a half dozen steps. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The frigidity of the reception which they accorded her was ominous; she knew at once that so far from having deserved their sympathy she had incurred their displeasure. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Gladys's tone could scarcely have been more frigid or her bearing more outwardly calm; unfortunately both the frigidity and the calmness were a little overdone. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Its effect on Rutley was instantaneous, for his frigidity melted as snow beneath a summer sun. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z "I am quite capable of taking care of myself," I said with frigidity, "especially in broad daylight." Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z He was greeted with the same frigidity as characterized his original welcome. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z It was galling to the ambitious, self-seeking sophomore, but she loftily ignored Natalie’s frigidity. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z There was no smile, and yet there was a change from the frigidity which had been so poignantly marked up to that moment. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z But Mignon maintained her air of virtuous frigidity and took an especial delight in snubbing the girl she had once feared. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z He laughed softly, though a tinge of darker color crept into his tanned face as he remembered the uncompromising frigidity with which she had at first received him. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The audience was mute, frigid, and their frigidity seemed to increase. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The frigidity of her tone was wholly at variance with her expression. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The frigidity of the words became a threat that was insupportable. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Ungud salaamed and left her, probably contrasting in his own mind the lady’s frigidity with the fervid instructions given him by the officer-sahib. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The latter had received her with the utmost frigidity. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Yet there is a medium class of men who, like William of Orange, reduce violent feelings even to frigidity, and allowing discretion her widest scope, do not entirely obliterate the affections. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z It seemed as though he had suddenly realized the frigidity of Dave's silence and the hollow ring of his own professions. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Then there was that dreadful frigidity of eye and attitude. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Her mysterious mien and unaccountable frigidity drove the chill of another fear into his being. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Its refinement was not finicky, its dignity was not frigidity, and its fun was frank and hearty. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z She knew that she could face any fact—even the fact of her dispassionate frigidity under Mynors' caresses. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Dave's frigidity was no less for the smile that accompanied his next words. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z This I did, and rather hurt at the frigidity of his manner, speedily withdrew. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z She glanced covertly at his averted, forlorn face, and her frigidity thawed a trifle as she was cognizant of an element of truth in Orlick's claims. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Ada had, of course, introduced her, Lady Desborough had bowed with extreme frigidity, and Polly flattered herself that she was at least as distant and cool as her ladyship. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z After the well-regulated frigidities of our American services, it was truly warming to be among worshippers not ashamed to feel. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Then he leant forward in his seat, and a subtle, deliberate intensity, more deadly for the very frigidity of his tone was in his whole attitude. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The gloom and frigidity of the place would have been far too much for any flower known in temperate climates to have supported. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z We entered the lodge, and in spite of my state of complete frigidity, I could not help admiring the picturesque disorder of this species of nest. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Reifferscheid's frigidity had required only one test to become a deep trouble. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z As for the sisters coming to see him, all pleaded overwhelming domestic duty, and the frigidity of Florence's reception of them. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Never before had he seen his Chief in the least degree shaken out of his accustomed frigidity of calm. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z This room was a model of propriety and frigidity—if there be such a word, for no other will describe the effect produced. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z No frigidity here; people give free play to their sentiments. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The only thought comparable in terror to such a conflict, had to do with the solitudes and abject frigidity of inter-stellar spaces. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z He returned to the door, which he held wide open with urbane frigidity. Witching Hill But a touch of respectful and adoring frigidity—a hint of polite and ardent disappointment, that was the note to be struck. The Gay Adventure A Romance Ferrati was an expert on getting along in conditions of extreme frigidity and hostile climates. The Secret of the Ninth Planet When he first attributed the depression of the barometer to a lateral movement and centrifugal force, he supposed the superior strata descended into the depression, and their frigidity occasioned the condensation, and cloud, and rain. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The manager listened politely but with increasing frigidity. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue Here my reception is in marked contrast to the previous official frigidities. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Even in the presence of her mistress there was a suggestion of frigidity that was galling to a sensitive man. The Gay Adventure A Romance He won the game and the rubber, but he had reduced his partner to a state of frigidity excelling even Miss Wood's. The Shadow Advocating my country, I deemed that no more fitting defence could be entered, than by evidencing in myself the utter absence of the frigidity imputed. Jack Hinton The Guardsman In his interest and excitement, he had forgotten the ever-increasing cold; but gradually, as he wrote, the frigidity of his surroundings was forced on his consciousness. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 The poor apply to the distributors of iced barley-water, who carry about a sort of cask, strapped between their shoulders, and containing ice in the centre, to maintain the frigidity of the beverage. 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. Sue, who had spent hours stroking the fevered brow, had grown used to Joe's hot-bloodedness, and she teased me about my relative "frigidity". The Test Colony There is a frigidity among the relations in the home, a disinclination to call one's mother-in-law "Mother." The Intelligence of Woman Sir Andrew’s slowness of comprehension in this particular gave her a just suspicion, at once, of his frigidity and avarice.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare In New York I was at times repelled with a haughty stare or a negative frigidity which no duke I know could compass. Ancestors A Novel "Nobody," he replied with the frigidity of him who fears that he has said too much. Sónnica All have a quality of nobility which may be sought in vain in almost any other poet; but all have a certain stiffness and frigidity, some a certain emptiness. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) A fellow could not be rude to them—he must let them down gradually; so he wrote regularly for a while, praying that the growing frigidity of his tone would finally discourage. A Canadian Bankclerk The campaign against Mrs. Jamison's frigidity which would be getting results in a few weeks. The Amazing Mrs. Mimms The girl had amused herself by watching the small coteries of stiff and starched Britons scattered throughout the room; she was endeavoring to classify the traveled and the untraveled by varying degrees of frigidity. Cynthia's Chauffeur Utter cold, a frigidity as of outer space, lanced into my brain. Where the World is Quiet Not long afterward he met her on somebody's doorstep, and she, who was taking her departure, greeted him with some slight frigidity. Memoirs of Life and Literature Can we believe that Milton did not endure mortification from the neglect of “evil days,” as certainly as Tasso was goaded to madness by the systematic frigidity of his critics? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Though Mrs. Renshaw holds unusual ideas regarding the use of art in poetry, we contend that this instance of rhetorical frigidity is scarcely permissible. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 For this lapse of duty to her church and to herself, however, she atoned at once by a sudden frigidity. The Pines of Lory It was a consciousness of this that first gave Sarah a new interest in life, and tended to thaw some of that frigidity which had begun to settle upon her. Skipper Worse He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Madame Caille, throned at her counter, received her visitor with unexampled frigidity. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The Editorial pages are brilliant in their justification of the United's sunny spirit, as contrasted with the National's forbidding frigidity. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 To say that they are lukewarm is only to fairly indicate a state of feeling which is rapidly degenerating into frigidity. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule From her alone Sally was conscious at the very outset of their acquaintance of a certain frigidity--as one may who approaches an open window in the winter unawares. Nobody But the hard, gray eyes had not yet recovered their normal frigidity of expression. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills The nights, almost two weeks of Earth-time in length, congealed by the deadly frigidity of Space. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The liberation of the tiny planet and consequent shifting of the terminator was bringing frigidity to Vulcan's Workshop. Vulcan's Workshop The frigidity of her manner vanished as though by magic. The Traitors Gideon's frigidity chilled him; it was an inauspicious omen, a symptom of things altered, irrevocable. Ghetto Comedies By maintaining a constant degree of frigidity he hoped to deliver a pair of each species of divided trunks to Mercury. Solar Stiff "Handsome?" sneered the Señora, drawing herself together as though she had received an electric shock; the pleased and animated expression of her face changing suddenly to one of utmost frigidity. When Dreams Come True I see I must answer him, or make a still more sentimental and romantick seen, and I sez, with extreme frigidity and icy chill, “I don’t know anything about it.” Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Its coast was first discovered by the Portuguese navigators; but the frigidity of its climate is such, that no settlements of any importance have ever been fixed upon its shores. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe His frigidity froze most people if he chose; and avoidance was not difficult. The Rhodesian The causes of impotency proper to man are natural frigidity; defect of conformation, and accident. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction He stalked into the land agent’s office with a patronizing air, and then said with his usual frigidity: “‘Who owns the timber lots about the Day Spring? Lorimer of the Northwest The sack was finally covered from sight, from the appalling frigidity and space of the sky, from the frozen surface of the earth wrapped in stillness, in night. Mountain Blood A Novel Another was a Boston lady, in gold-rimmed glasses and a costume that helped the general effect of frigidity. Brand Blotters But the divine Julia gave him a look and a smile that were warm enough to make up for much maternal frigidity. The Martian Moonlight, therefore, frequently involves the idea of frigidity. Moon Lore The rupture between his father and Juana the Popess was, no doubt, the reason why she held herself aloof from this branch of the family and treated Jaime with hostile frigidity. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan What he lacked was that calm and calculating frigidity so necessary to the successful debater. Old Familiar Faces Keeping that fact in view, he could deceive himself into the belief that it alone would be accountable for the aloofness of her bearing, for the frigidity of her manner should they again meet. Antony Gray,—Gardener No advantage, obtained by such frigidity, can compensate for the want of those warm effusions of the heart into the bosom of a friend, which are doubtless among the most exquisite pleasures. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World The heat-sucking frigidity of the thin Martian air whispered around him in a feeble breeze. The Man Who Hated Mars The poor lady had known how to deal with that ever grave and dignified father-in-law who nevertheless chucked young peasant girls under the chin without losing his sedate and lordly frigidity. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan The reason for this frigidity was that I had entered the confines of the Katanga, the most healthful and highly developed province of the Congo and a plateau four thousand feet above sea level. An African Adventure Oh, he’d pictured the meetings often enough; pictured, too, and schooled himself to endure, the aloofness, the frigidity. Antony Gray,—Gardener ‘No, thank you,’ she said, with polar frigidity. A Cathedral Courtship On every social level we find cool natures whose frigidity would inhibit strong influences in these organic directions. Psychology and Social Sanity He maintained friendly relations with his brother, although with some frigidity, and he made no secret of the grievances he had against him. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan But the group of Apollo, Pegasus, and a Muse upon Parnassus is a failure in its meaningless frigidity, while few of these subordinate compositions show power of conception or vigor of design. New Italian sketches But "the frigidity of the modern productions" was "inherent." Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman Without you a Saharan waste of Arctic frigidity. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) "To no one but myself,"—with extreme frigidity. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) He could not, as Sydney had pleaded, help being tall; but he might have helped the excessive frigidity with which he stood upright till invited to sit down. Deerbrook When I say his weapon was logic, it will be currently confused with formality or even frigidity: a silly superstition always pictures the logician as a pale-faced prig. A History of the United States It is a well-known fact that frigidity is a frequent cause of barrenness, as well as a barrier to matrimonial happiness. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother By night—lunar night, of course, and lunar day—it was frigidity and horror. Scrimshaw If Bill noticed the frigidity in the tone he gave no sign. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest The moment of shock had passed, and the fierce light in Steve's eyes had died out, leaving in its place a stony frigidity which gave the other a feeling of unutterable regret. The Heart of Unaga Cargrim was quick to observe her buckram civility, but diplomatically took no notice of its frigidity. The Bishop's Secret Since she did not answer, he could only leave her, and her failure to ask him to write hurt as much as the frigidity of the leave-taking. The Dude Wrangler They had heard, I suppose, of the box of doubloons, and Miguel was ‘a good fellow,’ in spite of his frigidity. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Mr Ffolliot bowed to Eloquent with a frigidity that plainly proved he had no desire to know him. The Ffolliots of Redmarley The length of time, the damp vestments, the natural frigidity of lead, and above all the frailty of the human structure, had conspired to produce this corruption. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See And because the Norseman very much disliked the bitter, cruel cold of the long winter, his heaven was a warm, well-fired abode, and his place of punishment one of terrible frigidity. A Book of Myths His receptions were formal to the point of frigidity. Union and Democracy This frigidity may, however, have been due to the influence of Austrian priests and gendarmes. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Reader, did you ever notice the intense frigidity that can be expressed in a "my dear!" Olive A Novel The frigidity which had grown up within her during the last two months might possibly be relaxed now under the influence of this closer association. The Lady of the Ice A Novel But her mother, who also suffered with absolute frigidity, taught her to simulate passion, telling her that in that way she could make barrels of money; which she did. Woman Her Sex and Love Life During December, January, February, March, and April it reigned unmolested, in steadfast bitterness; enclosing in its icy bands, and retaining in torpid frigidity, the whole inanimate and vegetable creation. Hudson Bay Meanwhile his companion, apparently wholly oblivious of the frigidity of his companion's manner, sat with his hat pulled over his eyes, and his face as undecipherable as the riddle of the Sphinx. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes In the one there is excess of sentiment, in the other the contrary vice of frigidity, and a premeditated and ostentatious use of figurative expressions. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature They were within the snowshed now, the auger boring and tearing and snarling like some savage, vengeful thing against the solid mass of frigidity which faced it. The White Desert In some cases the frigidity is congenital, that is, the lack of desire with inability to experience pleasure during the act is inborn. Woman Her Sex and Love Life At the house is formality and frigidity; at the home is ease and enjoyment. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep In this Francis displayed the same frigidity of manner as before, while he was all cordiality with Pescara, Bourbon's fellow in command. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Besides, he was busy composing in his mind an introductory speech to be let off on M. de la Pailletine, in whose manner of receiving him he anticipated some little frigidity. The Blue Pavilions But she was out of the direct course of the blast as it came shrilly fluttering from over the roof, and she could maintain her position, although she could scarcely breathe in the keen frigidity. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Most of the other kinds of frigidity, however, can be cured. Woman Her Sex and Love Life "I guess I'll git out my fur-lined sealskin coat," said the colored man to himself as he felt the chill night air, that seemed to increase in frigidity along about eleven o'clock. Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder Perhaps "Oedipus Coloneus" is nearest approach among Greek tragedies to the elevation of "Prometheus Bound," and Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" has much of the Greek sublimity and more than the Greek frigidity. A Hero and Some Other Folks These latter have all the airlessness, the want of poetry, the frigidity of things constructed after a formula, daring and brilliant though that formula is. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers He did not tell her he was her sister's lover, hence the present frigidity. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Which, I will say, by the way, is one of the causes of female frigidity. Woman Her Sex and Love Life Warmth had replaced frigidity, and the smile in them was real now. The Forfeit "Oh, by all means, then, keep your engagement," she told him, and he could feel the instant frigidity which returned to her tone. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story Then without warning had come some warm breath across the peaks bringing January rains on the heels of zero frigidity and thaws of unprecedented swiftness. A Pagan of the Hills The nights, almost two weeks of Earth time in length, congealed by the deadly frigidity of space. Brigands of the Moon As far as the husband is concerned, it will depend a good deal on the degree of frigidity. Woman Her Sex and Love Life "How is my father?" he asked, taking no notice of the frigidity of her manner. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers He did not dislike his relative himself and in fact rather liked him in spite of the frigidity he sometimes felt. Robin Nothing can exceed the frigidity and labor of my speech with such. The Last Harvest Knees quivering with the queerness of it all as well as with the icy frigidity of the hallway, I mounted the uncarpeted stairs. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story But when the frigidity is of such a degree that it amounts to a strong physical aversion to the act, it should be considered a bar to marriage. Woman Her Sex and Love Life And then Dr. Quackenboss was presented, an introduction which Captain Rossitur received coldly, and Mr. Thorn with something more than frigidity. Queechy, Volume I During her early years on the stage her extreme calmness amounted almost to aggravating frigidity, but with time she has thawed. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Morris said with a stare that blended frigidity and surprise in just the right proportions. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures We were transformed into a condition bordering on frigidity from rain-soaked clothes clinging to bodies reduced to a state of low vitality and empty stomachs. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben As to the treatment of frigidity, little or nothing can be done for frigidity that is congenital. Woman Her Sex and Love Life The letter was couched—Wayland thought—with peculiar frigidity, as though he and not the coal claimants were the guilty party to an undecided contest. The Freebooters of the Wilderness By puerility we mean a pedantic habit of mind, which by over-elaboration ends in frigidity. On the Sublime The frigidity of her tones would have congealed the blood of an ordinary rascal. The Princess Elopes But surely in a class of public speakers any such tricks and schemes should be received with stolid frigidity. Public Speaking A very frigid woman, if the frigidity is not due to serious organic causes, may have very healthy children and make an excellent mother. Woman Her Sex and Love Life It is, indeed, carried to the verge of baldness; frigidity, used by Pattison, is too strong a word. Life of John Milton The last of the faults which I mentioned is frequently observed in Timaeus—I mean the fault of frigidity. On the Sublime Her slow smile gave the impression, not quite of frigidity perhaps, but of that quality of serene self-possession which strangers sometimes mistook for coldness. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Of the proverbial frigidity of the Edinburgh public I had been forewarned, and of its probably disheartening effect upon myself. Records of a Girlhood So that a part of the frigidity is hereditary. Woman Her Sex and Love Life “There can be no quarrel on that score, Mr. Chairman,” assented Sir Christopher, with cutting frigidity. The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. God has been good in letting us be born in a fair climate, neither in the rigours of frigidity nor in the scorching air of tropical regions. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him But however disquieting the task was to approach, it could be only successful at the end; for indeed Mr. Faringfield, with all his external frigidity, could refuse Phil nothing. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Every one silently remarked her absence of mind and unusual frigidity. Gladys, the Reaper The offspring is not affected by the mother's frigidity. Woman Her Sex and Love Life She advanced and shook hands with extreme frigidity. The Keeper of the Door That would be a very strange home circle where the brothers and sisters did not know each other, and where the parents were characterised by frigidity and heartlessness. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him But the group of Apollo, Pegasus, and a Muse upon Parnassus, is a failure in its meaningless frigidity, while few of these subordinate compositions show power of conception or vigour of design. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Kate was distinctly out of temper, and treated the company in general, and Eugene in particular, with frigidity. Father Stafford The word frigidity means coldness, and when a woman has no desire for sexual relations or experiences no pleasure when she has sexual relations, she is said to be frigid. Woman Her Sex and Love Life The frigidity and dryness of the exclamation Littleton ascribed to Selma's intuitive enmity to the vanities of life. Unleavened Bread And so it was with frigidity that she inquired whether cars were to be hired. The Lion's Share Any neurologist of experience has cases where sexual frigidity and neurasthenia in a woman can be traced back to the shock of that all-important first night. The Nervous Housewife With as near an approach to frigidity of manner as she could show to a man to whom she was so indebted Noreen replied: "Muriel has left Darjeeling." The Jungle Girl Like herself, he danced with the frigidity of a professor. Leonora With such solitariness and frigidities, you may judge I was glad to see Clough here, with whom I had established some kind of robust working-friendship, and who had some great permanent values for me. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. And then the shopman, espying the gold bag, and being by it and by the English frigidity humbled to his proper station, fawned and replied that he had cars for hire, and the best cars. The Lion's Share A poor pilous system, on the other hand, Roubaud regarded as a probable though not an irrefragable proof of sexual frigidity in women. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy It must not, however, be supposed that this view of the natural tendency of women to frigidity has everywhere found acceptance. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Of late, owing to the capricious frigidity of Millicent's attitude towards 207him, he had been much less a frequenter of Leonora's house, and he was no longer privy to all its doings. Leonora But if fantastic, he was bold; and if too hot for the frigidity of America, he was but preparing to touch France with kindred fire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 "The Constitution terrifies by its length, complexity, frigidity, and above all by its novelty," he said to Jay and Madison, who met by appointment in his library. The Conqueror These tendencies, while they should not be resisted too much, since they give character to observation and redeem it from the frigidity of mechanics, should be resisted to a certain extent. The Author's Craft Kossmann states that the opinion as to the widespread existence of frigidity among women is a fable. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women In his first writings he seems impassive to the point of frigidity. Short-Stories If persons perform not that act with all the bent and ardour that nature requires, they may as well let it alone; for frigidity and coldness never produces conception. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy It instantly shocked her, not as it might have shocked one ignorant of human nature and history, but by reason of its frigidity, its constraint, its solemnity, its pretence. The Pretty Lady There was a certain evenness of the chill which they visited upon me, as though a particular degree of frigidity had been determined in advance. The House of a Thousand Candles Many modern writers have referred to the prevalence of frigidity among women. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women The movement had no blandness in its solemnity; and so still and shiftless was the grouping of the harmonies, that a frigidity, actual as well as ideal, passed over my pores and hushed my pulses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 An Englishman, however, must always prefer the keener but more wholesome frigidity of his own clime. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden Although the thermometer was in the nineties, a certain frigidity pervaded the atmosphere on our arrival, which General MacArthur, the military governor, seemed to regard in the light of an intrusion. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) But, after all, there are few such terrific periods in our Massachusetts winters, and the appointed exit from their frigidity is usually through a snow-storm. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 He cannot agree with Sollier that this kind of sexual frigidity is a symptom of hysteria. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women He could not but set down to the account of his companionship the present frigidity of Agnes, and at first he had even seen him a material obstacle to his hopes. Bred in the Bone Do not mistake frigidity for serenity, nor austerity for self-control. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters The iron hand of Richelieu, the perfect address of Mazarin, were no longer necessary to silence it; the prudent moderation, the reserved frigidity, of Cardinal Fleury had sufficed for the purpose. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 It should also be observed that notwithstanding their frigidity and statuesque composure, the pictures of "S. Andrew" and "S. Christopher" in the chapel of the Eremitani reveal minute study of real objects. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts There is, however, much uncertainty as to what precisely is meant by sexual frigidity or anesthesia. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women At any rate, it is clear that Michelangelo's precipitate departure and vehement refusal to return were occasioned by more pungent motives than the Pope's frigidity. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti He is nearly thirteen years older than I—a man of icy disposition, a nature which is cruel in its frigidity. Midnight ‘Indeed, sir, you can’t,’ replied she, settling her countenance in still more iron frigidity than before. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall At one time, she was all cordiality and ease; at another, all stiffness and frigidity. Nicholas Nickleby This abstinence was not due to any frigidity of disposition, but from prudential and religious motives, and, to some extent perhaps, from the imperfect but genuine satisfaction afforded by solitary indulgence. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women He has omitted to mention, what certainly bears upon the point of Michelangelo's frigidity, that only one out of the five Buonarroti brothers, sons of Lodovico, married. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti She was of medium height, and comfortably guarded against the frigidity of the night by a long fur coat buttoned snugly around her neck. Midnight After patting him on the head, and pressing his small hand again, he took leave of Doctor Blimber, Mrs Blimber, and Miss Blimber, with his usual polite frigidity, and walked out of the study. Dombey and Son "I'll go and see to it at once, sir," he said with alacrity, and with less frigidity in his manner. The Scarlet Pimpernel The removal of sexual frigidity thus becomes a matter of some importance. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women But the frigidity of old age had fallen on his feeling and imagination. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti But it needed all his cordiality to atone for the frigidity and even rudeness of his wife, a tall, haggard woman, who came forward at his summons. Tales of Terror and Mystery He greeted unfamiliar acquaintances and intimate fellow-criminals with the same frigidity, murmuring: "'M glad to see y'," to all alike, largely increasing the embarrassment which always prevails at the beginning of children's festivities. Penrod He spoke with the accent of New England, and there was about his demeanour a bloodless frigidity which made me ask myself why on earth he was busying himself with Charles Strickland. Moon and Sixpence I have often wondered if a moderate self-gymnastic of the faculty, in Venturi's sense, would not have educated her genital sphere, and made her a still better comrade—excluded the periods of irregularity and frigidity. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Mrs. Walker's party took place on the evening of the third day, and, in spite of the frigidity of his last interview with the hostess, Winterbourne was among the guests. Daisy Miller Her daughter was less overtly jubilant, and distributed her greetings with impartial frigidity. Roderick Hudson He knew that anything was better then frigidity. Tess of the d'Urbervilles For the first day or two her frigidity was something wonderful, as she found him inclined to make attempts to cultivate her acquaintance; but she thoroughly succeeded in repelling him. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World His manner, even to senators and representatives of his own party, was reserved to the point of frigidity. The United States Since the Civil War But because he was intimidated by her exceptional frigidity, he called up an hour afterward, apologized and said he was having dinner at the Amsterdam Club, the only one in which he still retained membership. The Beautiful and Damned She received his advice with great frigidity, looking hard at the floor and sighing, like a person well on her guard against an insidious optimism. Roderick Hudson His poetical account of the virtues of plants, and colours of flowers, is not perused with more sluggish frigidity. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 The pagan cults were languishing because of the frigidity of their forms and their incapacity for providing men with an ideal or a discipline or a solace; and the people turned to a living religion. Josephus Wentworth was icy towards this man; but frigidity had no effect whatever on the exuberant spirits of the New York politician. A Woman Intervenes A chivalrous stiffness, a melancholy dignity, a frozen frigidity, which suggest the fiery bubbling of the lava flood beneath the icy surface,—these are delightful to the female mind. Birds of Prey But, oh, I dare not depend upon the precision of logic, and the frigidity of argumentation. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian The frigidity of the modern productions, on the other hand, was characteristic and inherent, and evidently had little to do with the writer's qualities of mind and heart. The Old Manse (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") In responding to the often florid salutations of such, I instilled into my barely perceptible nod a certain frigidity that I trusted might be informing. Ruggles of Red Gap It was not the early neglect and incivility of the villa; it was something infinitely colder and more wounding; the frigidity of disillusion and resentment, of kindness rebuffed and withdrawn. Eleanor Rossitur received coldly, and Mr. Thorn with something more than frigidity. Queechy The usual explanation of the frigidity of Paradise Regained is the suggestion, which is nearest at hand, viz., that it is the effect of age. Milton "It appears to me," said the lady, with a good deal of frigidity in her manner, "that they should be something better than that." An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada Craft, selfishness, cruelty to the subdued, inhospitable frigidity to neighbours, make the defects of the Spartan character. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance The student was forced to endure jests especially from Celia, who, according to certain evil tongues, was trying to rouse him from his habitual frigidity. The Quest May you be blest with frigidity, a blessing far removed from my hope. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis Figurative language must spring only from living, figurative thought, otherwise the lyric falls into verbal conceits, frigidity, conventionality. A Study of Poetry After two hours of frigidity and immobility, we heard the velvet footfalls of bear coming up the canyon. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow After Senator Corson had recovered his poise his dignity asserted itself and he sat down and assumed an attitude that suggested the frigidity of a statue on an ice-cake. All-Wool Morrison The young man knew just how disappointed he looked and just what Madame Clairin thought of it, and this consciousness determined in him an attitude of almost aggressive frigidity. Madame De Mauves But there was a sort of frigidity in the perfect order and repair which repelled her, and she left her things tossed about, as if to break the ice of this propriety. Annie Kilburn : a Novel Truly, man is a strange being, who can adapt himself to equatorial heat or polar frigidity. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Her very efforts at intimacy caused a frigidity and hauteur which Laura could not overcome. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family A touch of enervating warmth from the south or a frigidity from the north and the trees feel it through their thick bark coats very quickly. My Boyhood The tendency to this frigidity of soul was perceptible in Corneille, even at an early period of his career; but in the works of his old age it increased to an incredible degree. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Mrs. Noxon's frigidity was a terrifying example of what she was to expect. We Can't Have Everything He had looked for a stormy reception, in which the thunder-bolts of rage should burst around him, and he was surprised, therefore, to be received with the frigidity of the North Pole. The Late Mrs. Null With perhaps less frigidity than he had exhibited the year before, but with very little more friendliness, Alfonso made his second appearance in Florence. The Tragedies of the Medici When the balance hangs in doubt between the adventurousness of vanity and the frigidity of fear, ever incline to the latter side. Four Early Pamphlets They lived in a vigorous age, which more willingly pardoned extravagancies of every description than feeblenesss and frigidity. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature In one sense, however, the character of the season had changed; the dry, equal cold, that was generally supportable, having been succeeded by tempests that were sometimes a little moist, but oftener of intense frigidity. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers Thus it was only in the presence of something extremely insulting that she again showed herself the last of the Vaugelades, and would all at once draw herself up and display haughty contempt and frigidity. Fruitfulness He carried the same cautious and impenetrable frigidity into private life, that he showed in public. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 A slight softening of the frigidity of the constable's manner became noticeable. Psmith in the City Now up to this point Henry had refused to adopt a hostile attitude towards France, and had treated overtures from Maximilian with frigidity. England under the Tudors It cost her nothing to keep this mask on her face, which gave her an appearance of icy frigidity. Theresa Raquin But when she appeared in the dining-room, late as usual, her frigidity was not especially marked. The Net In such cases, the frigidity of the water may induce the pilot to heave the lead in places where he thought himself in the most perfect safety. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Lord James concluded in a tone of polite frigidity. Out of the Primitive "I was wondering whether you would come out at this—" "Can't you see I am trying to avoid you?" she demanded with extreme frigidity. Viola Gwyn When he saw this hand return to life to reveal the murder of Camille, he thought all was lost, and already felt the weight and frigidity of the knife on the nape of his neck. Theresa Raquin He had survived the heat of one summer and had actually thrived on the frigidity of this, his second winter, notwithstanding the fact that he had frequently slept without covering in their poor, wind-swept attic. Mr. Bingle There is very often about Anglican Church worship a stiffness and frigidity which badly needs to be broken down. Religious Reality I never even attempted to speak to them, and I looked with all the frigidity I possibly could, in hopes they would tire of bestowing such honours on a subject so ungrateful. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 In the evening, at dinner, she evinced an icy frigidity. The Fat and the Thin If he had been less jubilant, he must have felt the unnatural aloofness of the other man's bearing; but even had he done so, he would doubtless have attributed it to Cortlandt's well-recognized frigidity. The Ne'er-Do-Well Widow I have always spoken to him with an indifference, a frigidity— Lucy See the fate of virtue— Widow I have expressed all the ideas of tenderness with perfect circumspection, but—shrewdly, delicately, with refinement. The Double Widowing The characteristic features of the system in Paris may be described simply as extreme frigidity and extraordinary accuracy. My Life — Volume 2 He no sooner begins to move than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity.' Characters of Shakespeare's Plays It is also a well-known fact that frigidity is a cause of barrenness. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene BELISE: Who looks with frigidity on the most charming of men. The Forfeiture "We're tightening up on discounts—calling in many loans, too," stated President Britt, with financial frigidity. When Egypt Went Broke The more calmly I acted in this matter, the more deeply she seemed to be offended by the quiet frigidity of my letters. My Life — Volume 2 The German was left unsatisfied with the frigidity of Manka and ordered the housekeeper to be summoned to him. Yama: the pit It is even so; but let not happy democracy blush, for the child, being merchandise, has no claims to that law of the soul which looks above the frigidity of slave statutes. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter With unequalled tenderness did her husband watch over her, but with returning health returned also that unnatural frigidity of manner. The Wedding Guest But let us not forget, in the face of the frigidities of knowledge, that if they are the mechanism of life, emotion and hope and love and admiration are the steam. At Large The lady's manner was a happy mixture of frigidity and crossness. Love Me Little, Love Me Long "I do not understand you," I said, with marked frigidity. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten I regret to say I noticed a certain frigidity in their demeanour. Simon the Jester The voices of the musician and poetess had changed: there was a decided frigidity in their tone—then came a louder expression—then a silence. The Hand of Ethelberta This tantalizing message—the first breaking of her recent silence—was saucy, almost cruel, in its dry frigidity. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day "There can be no quarrel on that score, Mr. Chairman," assented Sir Christopher, with cutting frigidity. The Pursuit of the House-Boat It seemed to have improvidently consumed for its immediate purpose all her ardour forwards, so that for the future there was nothing left but frigidity. A Changed Man; and other tales His tone of addressing the landlord had in it a quiet frigidity that was not without irony. A Group of Noble Dames But even the frigidity of Miss Aldclyffe's morning mood was overcome by the look of sick and blank despair which the carelessly uttered words had produced upon Cytherea's face. Desperate Remedies Month of budding life; month of hope; month of spring when all the world is young again; when the heart thaws out after its long winter frigidity. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course Some leave our life with tears, others with an insane frigidity; Mrs. Wilcox had taken the middle course, which only rarer natures can pursue. Howards End Some leave our life with tears, others with an insane frigidity; Mrs. Wilcox had taken the middle course, which only rarer natures can pursue.� Howards End "I should be very sorry to attempt it," said the Madonna with unusual frigidity. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 The presence of so many rivals and the frigidity of the office-boy made my heart heavy. The Rise of David Levinsky The icy frigidity of manner in a period of extreme danger, which is the marked characteristic of a certain type of education, had now vanished from the Marquis's tone and behavior. The Champdoce Mystery "Forgive me, Ang�lique!" said he, with a sudden change from frigidity to fondness. The Golden Dog The consul walked into the hall with a sudden righteous frigidity of manner. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories As I was not present at the time," said Mrs. Saltillo, rebuking my eagerness with a gentle frigidity, "I am unable to do so. Stories in Light and Shadow It was therefore with an extra degree of frigidity of demeanor that she threw open the door of the reception room, and entered majestically. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories "It is one of the men themselves," he said at last, with outward frigidity. Sir Gibbie The silence and frigidity which had lately reigned at the table seemed to have given place to almost universal sociability, though Ralph Mainwaring's face still wore a sullen scowl. That Mainwaring Affair Quite politely, though with a frigidity that contrasted with his former behaviour towards the popular guest of the officers' mess, the fine man, with his martial carriage, thanked him for his prompt visit. The Coming Conquest of England Consultations were being held among the two factions, and the only ray of light was the reported frigidity of the special officer. The Outlet Carter's distant non-committal smile quite overwhelmed him by its horrid frigidity. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows He welcomed her confidence as a sign of relaxation from the frigidity of her earlier demeanour. The Vanished Messenger With a frigidity that astonished her, she marvelled at the act of kissing, and at the obligation it forced upon an inanimate person to be an accomplice. The Egoist True, the new territory was mostly barren; but its several hundred thousand square miles of frigidity at least gave breathing space to those who else would have suffocated at home. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke “No, thank you,” she said, with polar frigidity. A Cathedral Courtship He was scarcely so tall as she was, and Penelope's attitude towards him was marked all the time with a certain frigidity. The Illustrious Prince It could not be possible that he was really touched with the placid frigidities of Miss Mannersley. Selected Stories of Bret Harte I fancy we understand that phase of amatory frigidity. The Egoist When I remembered how far I had once been admitted to his confidence, I could hardly comprehend his present frigidity. Jane Eyre |
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