| 单词 | grotesqueness |
| 例句 | In The Dinner, although the boys may be products of their parents, they come from two very different families, and the grotesqueness revealed in the novel is of a different order. The Dinner by Herman Koch – review 2012-08-17T21:45:05Z Jack Birkett, who has died aged 75, was a performer with the Lindsay Kemp Company, whose stylised theatrical language permitted him to blend ferocity with camp comedy, tragedy with menace, and lyricism with grotesqueness. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z But for all its fury and grotesqueness, the show doesn't add up to much. UMO's 'Maldoror': sound, fury, little substance 2012-09-14T16:57:04Z It’s the grotesqueness of the sale and ensuing spectacle, and more specifically, it’s the idea that the system is absurd. Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The aliens' look is unconvincing and forgettable, lacking either the deliberate cheesiness of "They Live" or the believability and grotesqueness of "Starship Troopers" and "District 9." "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The grotesqueness of the sacrifice seems compounded for the Africans dragooned into fighting somebody else’s war. Movie Honors the African Soldiers France Tried to Forget 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The multifarious cast members combine raw psychological realism with Dickensian grotesqueness. Review: Hungarians Bare Their Dark Side in ‘Our Secrets’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The building was nominated by The Georgian Group for its "plain visual grotesqueness". London's Strata tower wins Carbuncle Cup as Britain's ugliest new building 2010-08-12T16:33:00Z She captures the stock characters of the carnival tradition in all their exaggerated and often disturbing grotesqueness. 2010's best books 2010-12-10T14:14:00Z But in scaling up the movie’s grotesqueness — which is inevitable when you set dark material to bubbly music — the production puts a guilt-quelling distance between its onstage mayhem and its audience. Theater Review: ‘Heathers: The Musical’ Brings Back Guilt-Free Mayhem 2014-04-01T13:23:48Z In hindsight, it’s as though Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were holding back the impeding tide of celebrity excess: the costly haute couture, the personal branding, the competitive public confessionals, the grotesqueness of it all. Perspective | JFK Jr. and Carolyn showed us the right way to be famous for being famous 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Mulligan’s elfin beauty becomes a changeling’s grotesqueness at such moments. | 'Through a Glass Darkly': Under Pretty Skin, Madness Lurks 2011-06-07T02:06:38Z It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” combined the camaraderie of “Cheers” and the antisocial cruelty of “Seinfeld,” and added abject grotesqueness into the mix. “BoJack Horseman” and the Comedy of Despair 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z What registered as wistfully absurd on screen has been pushed into grotesqueness. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Maybe because of that history, and his tendency to push his characters to an unsettling, staring-too-long grotesqueness, his character lacks the gravity he needs in the more serious moments. Review: ‘Forever’ Is a Thrilling Story of Boring Love 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Not to downplay the grotesqueness of such stuff, but these guys didn’t seem very sincere in their lust or menacing in their intentions. Our Hate Has Saved Nickelback 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z If it borrowed anything from The Simpsons, it was the tone of the Treehouse of Horror episodes, with their inspired grotesqueness, free from fealty to Earthbound realism. The Simpsons-Futurama Crossover: Not a Classic, But Beats Family Guy 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z As his legendary status grew, his human side – so flawed, so painfully angry and confrontational, so complicated – appeared to morph into an ever increasing grotesqueness. Diego Maradona: the achingly human superstar who embodied Argentina | Marcela Mora y Araujo 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Yet the same writer admitted that Lincoln possessed “an air of strength, physical as well as moral, and a strange look of dignity coupled with all this grotesqueness.” Review | In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, human suffering and human sympathy 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The Chinese Grand Prix always felt expendable in a calendar already swollen to grotesqueness. The spectre of a cancelled Olympics belongs to a different, scarier world | Jonathan Liew 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z She’s got that Hollywood Vaseline on the lens, like “I’m gonna be a big star” and takes it too far, almost into a grotesqueness. What’s In Your Bag, Allie X? 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The filmmakers don’t shy away from showing the grotesqueness of bruises. Atomic Blonde cements Charlize Theron as an action star 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Nintendo had, since its evolution into a video game publisher, skewed toward accessibility, putting its creative ethos at odds with the twitchy controls of the genre, and the inherent grotesqueness of the headshot. Best games of 2017: Splatoon 2, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and more 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z The problem with these statements, aside from the grotesqueness of Trump using the bodies of dead civilians as another excuse to bash his predecessor, is their utter ignorance of history. Beyond Trump’s shameful “blame Obama” response on Syria, the president has no path forward 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Of all of my close friends in high school, only one made rude comments but not even at the level of grotesqueness that Trump does. What Our Sons Are Learning From Donald Trump 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z And adding to the grotesqueness of the events that day, the police told investigators they believed that a 12-year-old was actually 20 years old. Laquan McDonald is why Black Lives Matter: Race, the police, and the chilling reality for black America 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But I prefer writing that rubs up against the real world, that describes what it is to be alive in all its unpredictability, wild comedy, longing, grotesqueness, exhilaration – and shame. I've read Pratchett now: it's more entertainment than art 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z When he finally met face to face with Nixon, he later said, his first impression was “one of freakish grotesqueness.” Benton Becker, Ford Aide, Dies at 77; Negotiated Nixon Pardon 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s genuinely startling, its grotesqueness approaching body horror. Review: Fantastic Four desperately doesn't want to be a superhero movie 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z At times, too, the grotesqueness of this infatuation appalled him. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z The mermaid is a frequent subject, but more monotonous in its form and action than any other creature, and is generally found executed with a respectful simplicity that scarcely ever savours of grotesqueness. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z His brow rose straight up, domelike, majestic even, and added a whimsical grotesqueness to his appearance. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z Comedy is always combined with tragedy, and the medieval tradition and the popular taste for an emotional contrast receive artistic vindication in the grotesqueness of "Hamlet" and "Lear." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The whole scene is eminently characteristic of the grotesqueness 431of Chinese taste. 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 Newcastle's grotesqueness was part of his temperament, for all through his life his jealousy and suspicion kept him in a perpetual froth of nervous excitement. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The grotesqueness of some of these sepulchral excrescences may in future centuries be still more apparent, though to many even time cannot supply interest. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z At another time it might have been interesting to watch the hideous grotesqueness of that awful war-dance, but other thoughts were in their minds at present—they were looking everywhere for Diana. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z There was a hideous grotesqueness about the whole scene that made me draw back and shudder. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z In spite of a certain genial grotesqueness she had an air of superiority. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z "But its grotesqueness will not be so obvious at the Ringers' Arch," he said. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Wind-beaten into grotesqueness of form, unmatched in any other tree near the sea-level, their matted and gnarled branches make a flat and very irregular top above a short, thick, often bent and leaning trunk. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Plate 11—“With Dreams upon my bed thou scarest me and affrightest me with Visions”—has something mediaeval in the grotesqueness and ingeniousness of the horrors depicted. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The grotesqueness of this dictum as it appears to us in the light of subsequent history shows how the world has moved in twenty-five years. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z There is positive grotesqueness in the idea, seen in this obliterating haze of fatigue that so maliciously dwarfs and slurs. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z If there is no humor or grotesqueness in Niagara, there is much of both in the human accessories with which the spot is constantly supplied, and these will never cease to stimulate the wits. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z The pen-painter of the merry scene, indeed, notwithstanding the grotesqueness of the work, has contrived to suggest by many a happy touch little peculiarities in the individualities of his subjects. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z He sometimes thought, with a sense of the grotesqueness of human affairs, how strange it was that things had not arranged themselves so that Jack had not been Jacqueline’s victim, and himself Judith’s. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z It was long to grotesqueness and meagre even to weirdness. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z For ourselves, we make no secret of the grotesqueness of the contrast thus, for the second time, presented to the imagination. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The grotesqueness of his being here succeeds, not his work. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Gogol has made brilliantly coloured pictures of his Zaporogues, which please by their very grotesqueness; but sometimes it is too evident that he has not drawn them from nature. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z It is not babyish, like Jacqueline’s; there are no dimples, but—” Then the grotesqueness of it all would strike her, and even make her laugh. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z We may find the pageant at the close of the "Purgatory" unattractive; nor will the sublimity of the "Paradiso" save the figures by which spiritual meanings are here suggested, from-82- occasional grotesqueness. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Its theory threatened to collapse under the weight of its inherent grotesqueness, and here, in the nick of time, was documentary proof, complete and apparently irrefutable. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z As in modern garden parties given by royalty, there was a mixture, both socially and morally, strange even to grotesqueness. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He has produced an historical romance inspired by the perusal of Sir Walter Scott, fantastic legends, psychological studies, marked by a mixture of sentimentality and grotesqueness. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The figure of the pudgy Jacob in the foreground had a callow grotesqueness. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z And we would not choose in a child's literary training any large mass of material in which grotesqueness is a prevailing note. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z The organ-case, however, seems to run either to size, heaviness, or grotesqueness, or a combination of all. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z A bald head, with a fringe round it of snow white hair, completed the grotesqueness. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z That the ideas were very crude and childlike, that they were put together with all manner of grotesqueness, is what might be expected. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z The Commedia is open to all the attacks that can be made on grotesqueness and extravagance. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. It was a piece of grotesqueness worthy of the East, finely and subtly modelled, and quaint rather than grim in its suggestiveness. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel The mountain lad had suddenly shed his grotesqueness. The Tempering An occasional witticism from Rennsler's lips would heighten the grotesqueness of a luckless passer's struggles. With Edge Tools He noticed that the hedges had become sparser; that wherever a tree loomed out of the dusk it bore the mark of the sea gales in a certain grotesqueness of shape. The Gambler A Novel The grotesqueness of their appearance was much increased by their having taken possession of such of Nick’s property as they had been able to lay their paws on. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa General Carleton must have smiled at the grotesqueness of the proceeding, when he sent back a refusal. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In sharp contrast with these profound allegories are the humorous grotesqueness and luxuriant fancifulness which appear in others of the artist’s engravings, fantastic, uncouth, and quaint. Dürer Artist-Biographies Through all his works, what a mixture of genius and grotesqueness, of majesty and absurdity in that wonderful man! The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. In the days of their great intimacy, a certain grotesqueness of taste in Sumner made him the object of some good-natured banter on the part of the other "Mutuals." Reminiscences, 1819-1899 This tradition, possibly Orphic, Aristophanes took for text and embroidered it with his usual grotesqueness. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Blue eyes, set into deep sockets, and with the bridge of the nose rising as a barrier between them, impart a fierce grotesqueness to the face, that the untraveled Japanese seldom admire. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition You can also observe his grotesqueness when he is on the ground, where he often comes, and there is probably nothing more ridiculously abortive in all nature than his movements when so situated. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 With great grotesqueness, but with marvellous power, the degraded monster argues as to the reasons which could have prompted the Unseen Ruler to frame the earth and its inhabitants. Modern Substitutes for Christianity If it has a grace and beauty of its own, there is also a childish grotesqueness without any of the self-assured mastery, so soon to spread its Italian light. Cathedrals of Spain But if it be that certain things are written in the stars and certain passions are irrevocably decreed, my life is freed of grotesqueness and becomes logical. The Portal of Dreams The essential features of mystery, secrecy and grotesqueness were retained, and steps were taken with a view to deepening and intensifying the impressions already made upon the public mind. Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment But he appeared to the inhabitants of Leipsic like a being from another world, on account of the grotesqueness of his costume. Home Life of Great Authors In the second half of the book, the gaiety and grotesqueness of the pictures of life sink before the solemnity of the terrible and tragic corruption of Amalia, and the martyrdom of Josefina. The Grandee If the lizard-folk had been goblin in their grotesqueness this visitor was elfin. The People of the Crater Not so; but exactly in proportion as the ignorance and rudeness diminish, must the ornamentation become rational, and the grotesqueness disappear. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) There was, no doubt, a certain grotesqueness, due to ignorance, about many of my actions. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography I have watched its fantastic palaces and crimson inhabitants—dipped my pen, as it were, into its stained rivers, and written their grotesqueness! Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Such grotesqueness is not to be found in the original words of Mr. Samples' predecessor and source of inspiration, the well-known prophet Isaiah. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The war dances of the plains Indians of America are celebrated for their grotesqueness. History of Human Society He knew instinctively that the thing must be one of the Alpha Centaurians, for in its alien grotesqueness the figure was utterly dissimilar to anything ever seen upon Earth before. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Not even the sentences of a Voltaire could so illuminate and emphasise the grotesqueness of each topic as this juxtaposition of the solemnly absurd Scripture with the gaily absurd illustration. Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" The Archbishop's third instance is fantastic to the point of grotesqueness. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) These, and not the British press, present the pathetic spectacle of utter inanity and repulsive grotesqueness without the faintest redeeming touch of genuine comedy, legitimate satire, or refined humour. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 They dine, but they don't think of the dinner or the unpleasantness of the diners, and the grotesqueness of feeding in common. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse The incident provided a grateful interruption to a situation that was rapidly assuming in Sally's esteem the grotesqueness of a dream. Nobody There is a grotesqueness about some of it, a lack of perspective in much of it, which is caviare to a large number of persons. The Empire of the East With all this grotesqueness and majesty of form and radiance of color, creation seemed in a whirl. Our Italy I confess that when the first shock of grotesqueness, so strikingly connected with all I saw, passed away, the feeling left was one of unutterable sadness. The Land of Thor The walks were clean, nicely cared for, and the shrubbery admirably trimmed, though there was no attempt at Chinese grotesqueness in shape and figures. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Myriads of "descents" are recorded in their sacred books, of all degrees and forms of grotesqueness, and not a few of unblushing vileness. India, Its Life and Thought I have referred to the grotesqueness and lack of perspective incidental to some descriptions of Japanese art. The Empire of the East It is impossible not to be struck with the grotesqueness of such an establishment as the last link in the chain of a great ecclesiastical tradition. A Little Tour of France While speaking, he had raised himself into an upright attitude, and the moonlight falling upon him showed his shape in all its grotesqueness of outline. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley He, too, failed to exercise influence on the shaping of Jewish music, which more and more delighted in grotesqueness and aberrations from good taste. Jewish Literature and Other Essays These temples all resemble each other in general design, and are characterized by grotesqueness, caricature, and vulgar images, as well as by infinite detail in their finish. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands It puffed him up like a little old man, which added to his grotesqueness and gave him a certain air of dignity that went well with his features when they were in repose. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines The restless brilliance gave to all things a strange nightmare grotesqueness: and a blinding, stifling shroud of smoke whirled and billowed over all. Captain Desmond, V.C. The grotesqueness of the performance, though seen only in the dim light—for he kept under the shadow—set his listeners to laughing. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Chesterton will never allow for an instant that Browning suffered from anything but an evident 'naturalness,' which expressed itself in a rugged style, concealing charity in an original grotesqueness of manner. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Those who have seen the Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs can imagine it multiplied many times in size, grotesqueness, complexity, and area; such a vision will approximate the Colorado National Monument. The Book of the National Parks In its remoteness without grotesqueness, in its lavish colour, in its abundance of matter for every kind of cadence and sound-effect, it is exactly suited to the subject, the writer, and the verse. A History of Elizabethan Literature But presently, as I lingered, the very poverty of it all touched me; and forgetting the grotesqueness, I perceived that some of the saints in their elaborate dresses were quite charming and graceful. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia And as he warmed to his theme the image of Victor Stott grew to a fearful grotesqueness. The Wonder The appalling grotesqueness of death, its brutal and impious levity, its crushing finality, have never been better written of. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations And the grotesqueness of an individual has essentially the same nature. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory There was a grotesqueness in his manner of executing this design, which has tended, more probably than even its real merit, to make it one of the common-places of history. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Generally a great wooden stern-wheel propels this strange craft, adding to the grotesqueness of the sight. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 And it is here that the drawback lies—he carried to such excess all the peculiarities of his very peculiar country, and was a giant of grotesqueness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Our Master does not require of us to dress grotesquely, or to attract notice by the singularity and grotesqueness of our attire. John the Baptist Call it exaggeration, grotesqueness, or by what hard name you will, laughter will always intercept any graver criticism. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The very extravagance of the language raises a 204 doubt at once, just as the grotesqueness of the application of the term shows that the dog itself could never have been meant. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers Instead of extravagance and grotesqueness, instead of the diversity, the rich ornamentation, the heaven-soaring pinnacles and spires of Gothic imagination—we have in the Helena sculpturesque repose, simplicity, dignity and proportion. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' But Jud's efforts to free himself were so frantic that the men laughed,—Lowrie grimly, the other two with a kind of malicious enjoyment of the grotesqueness of the situation. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 The shapes, both of men and animals, were awkward, cumbrous, and unnatural; every part was out of proportion, and the most solemn scenes acquired a ludicrous grotesqueness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 It was only a man of his genius who could raise such subjects above grotesqueness and the one effect of strange and unnatural exaggeration. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture She gave a passionate moan—this common confusion seemed to add a grotesqueness to her predicament. A London Life and Other Tales Notwithstanding the touch of grotesqueness and commonplace in the actor's admiration, it was well justified by the splendid landscape unrolling before their eyes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The preponderance of ugliness, grotesqueness and strong pepper thoroughly repelled me. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. Even more exasperating, he straightway became the idol of all the girls at school, whose zeal in posing for him was only equaled by the grotesqueness of some of their postures. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The grotesqueness of such adornment found frequent ridicule in prose and verse. Customs and Fashions in Old New England His sheep's face lay over on his shoulder towards her; in that proximity its quality of feeble grotesqueness was enhanced. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories To do all this meant the elimination of every unnecessary expenditure and she denied herself cheerfully, wearing clothes that were no better than her herders', shabby sometimes to grotesqueness. The Fighting Shepherdess The horror of the situation was not lessened by its grotesqueness. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Even in that exciting moment Terry saw the grotesqueness of the situation. The Hunters of the Ozark The girl seemed wild and hawk-like, startling her mother with her unnatural merriment, commenting with weird brilliancy and grotesqueness and sparkle on the various items as Mrs. Trigillgus read them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Waters surveyed it for a space of moments with a faint interest in its mere grotesqueness; it did not change nor shift under his scrutiny, but continued to glare inhumanly like a baleful lamp. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories In her grotesqueness and impassivity she might have posed as a graven goddess of some unholy rite. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain She rose suddenly and began to pace the sandy floor, a majestic figure in spite of her grotesqueness. The Forbidden Trail Those who would have a broader seal set upon manners, and the peculiarities of the mind set forth in pleasant grotesqueness, will smile at the ‘Ollapodiana.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 In either case, if the indulgence in these terms descended into a motley grotesqueness, it was excused as excessive fervour carrying the enthusiast off his feet. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author The result was a monotony and similarity of treatment, with a certain unreality and grotesqueness which are like nothing in life. Pickwickian Manners and Customs It is a fable, but a fable from which I once heard a person of less genius than grotesqueness draw a moral even more extravagant than the fable itself. The Confidence-Man It is able to answer irony with irony; and to the appalling grotesqueness and indecency of the universe it has the power of retorting with an equally shameless leer. The Complex Vision I often wondered whether he realized that the extreme grotesqueness of his preaching was the spell which drew undergraduates to the Sunday evening service at St. Mary's. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography For singularity and grotesqueness of form, as well as for the exceptional conditions under which they grow to the best advantage, no class of plants is more remarkable than the Cactaceæ. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden Presently Thurston House came in view, and, sure enough, there were four excited heads bobbing to and fro at the window, four broad beams of amusement to testify to the grotesqueness of her appearance. A Houseful of Girls Cervantes, though in his own great work attaining that rhapsody of grotesqueness which lies on the edge of poetry, had yet established the idea of the novel as the antithesis of romance. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times Returning now finally to our starting-point, the proposition that "Germanism is Judaism," we are able to see its full grotesqueness. Chosen Peoples Being the First "Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture" delivered before the Jewish Historical Society at University College on Easter-Passover Sunday, 1918/5678 Those, on the other hand, repelled by the grotesqueness and extravagance of these manifestations, who were led to distrust or condemn the good work with which they were associated, fell into a graver error. A History of American Christianity Granting the grotesqueness, freedom, variety, and wonderful precision of these woodcuts, I beg my readers to contrast their spirit with that of Albrecht Dürer's 'The Knight, Death, and the Devil,' or Orcagna's 'Triumph of Death.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Even in its miraculous element it stands to some extent in contrast with all mythologies, where the marvelous has ever a predominant character of grotesqueness which is absent from New Testament miracles. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity It is grotesque to drink beer, but it is equally grotesque to drink soda-water; the grotesqueness lies in the act of filling yourself like a bottle through a hole. George Bernard Shaw In grotesqueness, fertility of invention, and perfect fitness as decoration they could hardly be surpassed. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See No one could have seen the moment's huge grotesqueness larger, yet to the relief of many she had kept her poise. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi They first rescued Italian sculpture from the grotesqueness of the Lombard and the wooden monotony of the Byzantine styles. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series This idealization is like the humor of Dickens, something more than nature in its grotesqueness, yet a stimulated growth of the natural quality. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Fantasy and fancy and grotesqueness in the costuming and behavior of the maskers run wild. Violets and Other Tales So often had this old street-peddler duly appeared at his stand, from month to month, that the hurrying public seemed to have become inured to the grotesqueness of his appearance. Never-Fail Blake But in spite of its merits, its dialect wearies the modern reader, and gives it an air of grotesqueness which is very alien to the spirit of the Latin. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Images, again, of almost mediæval grotesqueness, rise in his mind when he contemplates the universality of Death. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series With these are combined delightful stiff peacocks, and curious bunches of grapes, rosettes, and animal forms of quaint grotesqueness. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia forbore to make and comment on her father's notion of honour; indeed, it struck her as almost pathetic in its grotesqueness and certainly very characteristic of the Polkingtons. The Good Comrade The Princeton men were giants, one in particular was picturesque in his grotesqueness. Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball It is graceful without pretending, and its grotesqueness will suit the buildings round it—we wish we could give them: they are at Cordova. The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character Against a strong light on the lower deck, Isaacson saw black figures, sometimes relieved for a moment, moving with a wild grotesqueness, like crazy shadows. Bella Donna A Novel The inherent absurdities that are second nature to us exhale for them the full flavour of their grotesqueness. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin This man, in spite of his grotesqueness, was quite in earnest, there was no doubting that. Romance You women never perceive the ridiculous side of certain things when you love, and you fail to see the grotesqueness of some expressions. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 Yet writers find two distinct forms of that quality—a playfulness in his eclogues and a grotesqueness in certain of his assignments to punishments in Hell. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 It is not till years are running on that the grotesqueness of words and ideas is appreciated. An Eye for an Eye His art, very great art in its way, was that of grotesqueness and exaggeration. Life of Charles Dickens And he painted his characters with a fidelity so true to their different individualities that, although they sometimes have a quaint grotesqueness bordering on caricature, they stand before the memory as living realities. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader On the other hand, the Jester selected his clothes not only with a view to their grotesqueness but also with an eye to their richness. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories The difficulty of comprehension lay in the crude grotesqueness of the thing that had happened. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Images, finding that of which they were images, lost their grotesqueness or meaninglessness of line, their quality of caricature, lost unripeness, lost the dull annoy of riddles never meant to be answered.... Foes What gives the grotesqueness of Chinese pictures, unless their utter disregard of the laws of appearances—their absurd linear perspective, and their want of aerial perspective? Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library It infuses a terrible grotesqueness into his rage, and curdles one's blood in the piercing, keen irony of his mocking humility to Antonio, and adds poignancy to the ferocity of his hideous revenge. Records of a Girlhood He is a monster likewise; say—since grotesqueness is in vogue—the heart of Lucifer burning beneath the cool brain of a Grecian sage. Idolatry A Romance That the sublime grotesqueness of the whole contention is clearly visible to other besides Catholic eyes is clearly proved by the occasional observations of the non-Catholic Press. The Purpose of the Papacy As we were seated in the cabriolet, we could hardly refrain from loud laughter at the novelty of our situation, and the grotesqueness of the conveyance. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One It has been observed that the main characteristic of the engravings on gems and cylinders, considered as works of mimetic art, is their quaintness and grotesqueness. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. They are either plain truth or black lies; take your choice,—but don't tickle and treat yourselves with the prettiness or the grotesqueness of them, as if they were Anderssen's fairy tales. The Pleasures of England Lectures given in Oxford Then, finding myself unhurt, I laughed and laughed at myself, at the grotesqueness and irony of life, at everything ... but mostly at myself. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Its very exaggerations and grotesqueness illustrate the eagerness with which it was received, and the greatness of the want which it supplied. A History of English Prose Fiction Now that I calmly recall this scene in that sheep pasture, its dramatic grotesqueness rather appeals to me. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life These lose their grotesqueness as his characters speak and act. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction I smiled at the grotesqueness of the idea. The Jervaise Comedy Indifferent to his grotesqueness, he took it off and put it on the ground beside him, standing ready to command attention. Lazarre There is a certain grotesqueness in the likening of King Arthur to "a modern gentleman of stateliest port." Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson Poor little Keeley stood beside the couch, holding her hand; he was still in full fig as Polichinel; and the grotesqueness of his attire contrasted strangely with the anguish depicted on his countenance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 The slight grotesqueness of the man made him almost impossibly real in his abstracted earnestness. The Inheritors The grotesqueness which characterizes all Hindu literature is not wanting in this story of Krishna and Arjuna, as given in the great poem of which the Bhagavad Gita forms a part. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 For the grotesqueness and inconvenience of a wound are sometimes more swiftly felt than its pain. Lazarre The chancel-screen is of uncommon character, the base being richly decorated with linen panelling, while above rises an arcade in which Gothic form mingles freely with the grotesqueness of the Renaissance. Vanishing England Seen by the morning sunlight, her smeared face with its brilliant artificial smile revealed a pathos which was rendered more acute by its effect of playful grotesqueness. The Wheel of Life The Popularity stanzas present us with a theory of it conveyed in that familiar manner of mingled poetry and grotesqueness which was one of the obstacles to his own. Robert Browning He had an obscure idea of having inflicted discipline upon her in giving the incident form and color upon canvas, in arresting its grotesqueness and sounding its true motif with a pictorial tongue. A Daughter of To-Day Then, as if by magic, my feeling of sentimentality vanished entirely, and I was carried away by the comic grotesqueness of the scene, and soon regained my freedom and buoyancy of spirit. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 "Ah, my Quantrelle!" he cried, gayly, at sight of the thin grotesqueness. Katrine They were way-worn pilgrims, and the grotesqueness of their attire, and their unshaven, uncut, and almost uncombed locks, added to their weird-like aspect. Christopher Carson But his grotesqueness is never the mere comic oddness which sometimes assumes the name. Robert Browning But England was deeper; and, somehow, in spite of prophecy, the affair had taken place without even a touch of bathos or grotesqueness. Lord of the World From the way you hesitated—" "The Judge's hesitation, Lieutenant," Mr. Pyecroft interrupted in his pleasant tone, "was due to his amazement at the utter grotesqueness of the situation. No. 13 Washington Square This fantasy, drawn exclusively from that unique experience, charmed with its grotesqueness only, for at that time my sense of sex was but inchoate and my knowledge of it was nothing. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion It is difficult to give examples of the proper use of grotesqueness without becoming too grotesque. Robert Browning Almost as soon as the phrase had escaped him he had a sense of its grotesqueness. Broken to the Plow It is a pleasure to watch my son or my daughters glide through the intricacies of these modern dances, which the natural elasticity and suppleness of youth render charming in spite of their grotesqueness. The "Goldfish" With a cry at the grotesqueness of the thing, he flung it from him, watching it go skipping over the polished floor. Murder in Any Degree Strangeness, contrast, complication, immensity, curiosity, grotesqueness, fantasy—effects of this kind now for the first time became possible and common in verse. Landmarks in French Literature It was the final touch of grotesqueness upon her impossible wedding. The Purple Heights There was an element of grotesqueness in it all that dulled the edge of horror which he should have felt. Broken to the Plow The Early Victorians, however, missed the broad outlines, and were altogether taken up with the obvious grotesqueness of the details. Books and Characters French and English From anything like the grotesqueness of exaggerated characterization Grillparzer was saved by his sense of form. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Above his eyes his heavy brows of the same texture and color seemed to make a pent-house, from which the high, pale brow receded gradually; his profile was aquiline to absolute grotesqueness. Miriam Monfort A Novel He was at that moment going to send Higgins on a like errand! and his sense of humor at the grotesqueness of the situation made him laugh a bitter laugh. The Reason Why There was a warm note in his voice, a bit of truant fatherliness that added an element of grotesqueness to the situation. Broken to the Plow Unlike Zola, unlike Tolstoi, he shows us neither the loathsomeness nor the devastation of a battlefield, but its insignificance, its irrelevant detail, its unmeaning grotesquenesses and indignities, its incoherence, and its empty weariness. Books and Characters French and English And he began feebly to pace to and fro, looking like an old, grey-haired man in the dim grotesqueness of the light. Fenwick's Career Taking color, brutality, grotesqueness, and filth together, it seemed as if here were a mob of those malignant and ill-favored devils whom Dante has described and the art of his age has painted and sculptured. Overland Their amorous hyperbole, too, despite its frequent grotesqueness, affects us perhaps more sympathetically than that of the Greeks. Primitive Love and Love-Stories There was a certain grotesqueness communicated to the face by large, thin, fly-away whiskers of the kind that used to be known as "weepers" or "Dundrearies." The Silent Isle Meanwhile, Miss Buxton and I discovered a very modern and exceedingly hideous little Hindu temple, painted in the most appalling manner—altogether a gem of grotesqueness, and truly delightful and refreshing. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Very horrible and very bitter in its sheer grotesqueness was the thought. A Mere Accident His fancy would have been struck with the grotesqueness of many of the ideas and institutions of those times. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 This combination or confusion of artistic impulses in Botticelli, this treatment of pagan themes in the spirit of mediæval mysticism, sometimes ended in grotesqueness. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts It is that all grotesqueness is itself intimately related to seriousness. All Things Considered Mrs. Marshall-Smith put her hand to the helm, and addressed herself to Morrison with a plain reminder of the reason for the grotesqueness of his irritability. The Bent Twig "That I can readily believe," I replied, laughing heartily, nevertheless, at the grotesqueness of the whole proceeding, "though they might have proved rather incriminating documents if they had passed out of your possession." The Red Thumb Mark But he felt the grotesqueness of the gesture and his arm dropped back to his side. The Custom of the Country Rearing horses, dogs, dwarfs, cats, when occasion serves, are used to add reality, vivacity, grotesqueness to his scenes. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts For the purpose in hand, this differential utility on the ground of grotesqueness and instability of structure is reducible to terms of a greater scarcity and consequent expense. Theory of the Leisure Class The father buried his face in his hands, and the son stood in his disgraceful grotesqueness, biting straw: his hands, with the black partly worn away inside, looking like the hands of a monkey. Hard Times There is fantasy and fancy and grotesqueness run wild in the costuming and the behaviour of the maskers. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories But when the grotesqueness of the idea had somewhat worn off, she turned grave and asked me if such a fancy did not lead to spite, envy, and bickerings. Gulliver of Mars His features were separately striking almost to grotesqueness, and the whole face left a deep impression on the memory. The Snow Image and other stories It was not an expression of philosophic mirth, of sense of the grotesqueness of an anti-climax. The Price She Paid With the feeble aid of the mirror that distorted her image into grotesqueness, she put on her hat with the care that important detail of a woman's toilet always deserves. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise His dress seemed an acknowledgment of his grotesqueness: a short coat, like a little boys' roundabout, and a vest fantastically sprigged and dotted, over a lavender shirt. The Song of the Lark Some were amusing, some almost beautiful, and one, a woman all drawn out of shape, hurt the old man by her grotesqueness. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. House of Mirth It mortified him, moreover, to think that Valentin lacked money; there was a painful grotesqueness in it. The American The large room was lighted dimly by two immense yellow pumpkins, their sides cut into faces of grinning grotesqueness. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation How they lacked the grace of French deformity, the ease and lightness of French depravity, the sympathetic distinction of French grotesqueness. Peter Ibbetson The two writers, it has been observed, had in common "reverence, humour, vehemence, tenderness, gorgeousness, grotesqueness, and pure conduct of life." Thomas Carlyle Yet no man laughed at him, absurd as he must have seemed; but perhaps this was because under the grotesqueness of his appearance they recognised something of his quality. Fair Margaret His head was up, his arms were swinging free, and there was a lightness and spring in his movements that made me forget the grotesqueness of his gait. The Under Dog As far as the grotesqueness and bombast of the plays go, the age of Nero might have tolerated them. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Oh, no, my dear Madame; it is all exceedingly painful to me, but I cannot help realizing the grotesqueness of the situation. Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales He indifferently watched the finale, made some mental comments upon the white flowing gown of Pauline Hall, the make-up of Fred Solomon, and the grotesqueness of the five Hellenic kings. Tales from Bohemia Yet her grotesqueness had nothing repellant; it was a genial caricature, at which no one could take offence. The Story of Kennett Chinese kites could not, for a moment, be compared in grotesqueness with the forms which many of them presented. A Columbus of Space Grotesque he is not seldom, but the grotesqueness is deliberate and effective, and no mere affectation. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal It may be thought that these selections of the Psalms have been chosen for their crudeness and grotesqueness. Sabbath in Puritan New England They looked down on the performance, and to my thinking, seemed to heighten the grotesqueness of it all. Indian Tales A collar round the neck adds to its grotesqueness. Two Summers in Guyenne We all remember it, and the quaintness and grotesqueness of part of it fix it in people's memories. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke I felt the injustice of all the talk about the beginnings of grotesqueness in Michael Angelo's style. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth There was never an explanation to be offered for him; no allowance was necessary for the eccentricity or grotesqueness or wilfulness or humor of genius. Literary and Social Essays He felt that he hated her: then he was struck by the grotesqueness of her reply: and he laughed. Jean-Christophe Journey's End You have no idea of the grotesqueness of these people's minds. The Lady of the Aroostook It was strange to watch the adoration, the worship on that small face, and at the same time to behold the grotesqueness toward which it was directed. Snow-Blind His pupil then caught a glimpse himself of the grotesqueness of wishing to endure for millions of centuries, which time even then was nothing in comparison with eternity. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth It had no dramatic movement and variety, no eccentricity and grotesqueness and unexpectedness. Literary and Social Essays He was not sarcastic, but the grotesqueness of the situation as he had sketched it was apparent. Annie Kilburn : a Novel A very tall, big-boned, lean, round-shouldered man, he was uncouth almost to the verge of grotesqueness, and walked painfully with the aid of a stick, dragging his shrunken and shortened bad leg. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs But no rudeness or grotesqueness that may appear, however combined with the decorations that nature has added, may possibly provoke mirth. Travels in Alaska At a little distance, a straggling troop of the believers followed, men and women, wailing and sobbing, and adoring and comforting their idol with promises of fealty, in terms of pathetic grotesqueness. The Leatherwood God While he was thus employed I sauntered about the studio, taking note of the various beauties, grotesquenesses, and curiosities that it contained. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales The walls of the house are painted in horizontal bars of blue, white, orange and white--a gay grotesqueness of style which does not offend the eye under an eastern sun. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain The grotesqueness of his figure was enhanced by a sky-blue coat and a soiled vest of embossed silk embroidered with tarnished silver lace. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction But the pinnacles placed above have completely taken away their grotesqueness, their malicious, suspicious appearance, and the tower now looks beautiful. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston It simply did not extend to the extreme of the mode in gay color, extravagance, or grotesqueness. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The idea appealed to me with no sense of grotesqueness; but rather as something both possible and probable. The House on the Borderland It occurred to her with a suggestion almost of grotesqueness that she and Sybil had been debutantes in the same season. The Coming of Bill Grace was entirely supplanted by grotesqueness, and now, instead of pure and beautiful Greek forms, we must collect these hideous things. The Potiphar Papers Humor and comedy with them became burlesque, sometimes repulsive in its grotesqueness. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic As he made his way over to him he noted that Ernie was flashily dressed, almost to the point of grotesqueness. The Rose in the Ring And they bear the aspect of a people fresh from the bush, the backwoods; their teeth are pointed, and there is generally a look of grotesqueness and surprise. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Webster's dictionary gives to them the following denotations, or definitions: Farce: "A dramatic composition, written without regularity, and differing from comedy chiefly in the grotesqueness, extravagance and improbability of its characters and incidents; low comedy." Writing for Vaudeville The grotesqueness of her father's complacency humiliated her past bearing. The Old Wives' Tale The ardour, grotesqueness, and devotion of this poor forlorn group, are painfully touching. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter The citizens have learned the Turkish scimitar-play, which, in grotesqueness and general absurdity, rivals the East Indian school. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The grotesqueness of war had come upon him then, as he had built up the tower with Robin. In the Wilderness "I know all you are going to say," she murmured, with a kind of nobleness which moved him even through his sense of its grotesqueness. The Hermit and the Wild Woman She stood drawing her gloves off, propitiatory and graceful, diffusing about her a sense of ease and familiarity in which the situation lost its grotesqueness. The Descent of Man and Other Stories Bernald wavered, torn between loyalty to his friends and the grotesqueness of answering in the affirmative. Tales of Men and Ghosts Had he not frightened the frivolous world of fashionable life, by the gloomy grotesqueness with which he introduced it in an incantation so fantastic, this mode might have become an ingenious caprice for the ball-room. Life of Chopin There was a certain grotesqueness in the fact of James Hood being a proprietor of real estate. A Life's Morning The worn old face, almost venerable at length in spite of the grotesqueness of its features, fell into calm. Thyrza The charge, astounding almost to grotesqueness in the eyes of Sir Anthony, and rousing him to mere wrath, deprived me of the power of speech. The Red Planet It tells us the beauty of picturesque untruth; the grotesqueness of unmannerly conviction; truth and error have kissed each other in a sweet, serener sphere; this becomes that, and that is something else. At the Mercy of Tiberius And now, even while she recognized the grotesqueness of the situation, she burned to wear it and see herself in the garb of other women. The Barrier The Opera with its lemans, the pink boudoir and its flossy hangings, the feast and its surfeits; we have even seen Moliere's doctor reappear, such need has this man of sarcasm and grotesqueness. Balzac But if you can really grasp the shameful grotesqueness of the old life, you will begin to appreciate the interpretation of old Mrs. Verrall's appearance that leapt up at once in my mind. In the Days of the Comet This excess of grotesqueness in profanation is more insulting surely than to be sacked by barbarians! Egypt (La Mort de Philae) This description of the Foul Fiend has an element of grotesqueness which is rather Christian than Moslem. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] Its attempts to amplify beauties and to correct or conceal the defects and the grotesqueness of the original, absolutely suppress much of the local colour, clothing the bare body in the best of Parisian suits. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 A certain quaintness or grotesqueness of tone is a means for satisfying the thirst for supernal beauty. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters She had not only that sore self-accusal; but the degradation of the affair, its grotesqueness, its spiritual squalor, its utter gracelessness, its entire want of dignity, were bitter as death in her proud soul. Dr. Breen's Practice Others of his literary enterprises were condemned by his wife for their grotesqueness or for the offense they might give in one way or another, however worthy the intention behind them. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) I, however, smiled affably in return, ignoring any possible grotesqueness in my manner of eating in private. Colonel Starbottle's Client There is also that grotesqueness which the French detect even in Shakespeare, e. g. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Amsterdam is as good as Venice, with a superadded humor and grotesqueness, which gives the sight-seer the most singular zest and pleasure. Roundabout Papers It was a pretty face in its flushing; in the paleness and thoughtfulness that overcast it it was a striking face, and Bob's attention was for a moment distracted from the grotesqueness of the situation. Under the Redwoods The crude grotesqueness of it so far got the better of him that if he had not coughed he would have betrayed himself. T. Tembarom And his keen perception of the truth was consequently sensitively alive only to that grotesqueness of aspect which too often the hapless victims of violence are apt to assume. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories The odd sheepskin coat lent a touch of grotesqueness to his beauty as he began. Daphne, an autumn pastoral When the reader thinks of grotesqueness, what images come to his mind? The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it The savage Sards would not have appreciated beauty or grace; but to the savage mind there is something congenial in grotesqueness. History of Phoenicia Then he told his dream, to which Euphra listened with an interest uninjured by the grotesqueness of its fancy. David Elginbrod Its grotesqueness shocked her at first sight, the red streaming hair, the wild eyes filled with fury, the wide open mouth—one could almost hear it screaming—the white uplifted arms with outstretched hands! All Roads Lead to Calvary There was no mistaking the familiar grotesqueness of Jinny; there was no mistaking the languid grace of Miss Lawton. Drift from Two Shores It is impos- sible not to be struck with the grotesqueness of such an establishment, as the last link in the chain of a great ecclesiastical tradition. A Little Tour in France The cretin begins to grow mentally and physically and loses to a large extent the grotesqueness of his appearance. The Foundations of Personality Rightly viewed, therefore, the poem of Dante is not grotesque, but unspeakably awful and solemn; and the statement is justified that all grotesqueness and bizarrerie in its interpretation is to be sedulously avoided. The Unseen World and Other Essays She laughed genuinely at the grotesqueness of the idea. The Valley of the Moon Poor Aunt Olivia had to be Aunt Olivia; if she were being burned at the stake I verily believe she would have dragged some grotesqueness into the tragedy of the moment. Chronicles of Avonlea I love that beast, grotesque as it is—perhaps all the more for its grotesqueness. A Voyage to Arcturus I knew afterward, when I awoke, that I, Darrell Standing, was the linking personality that connected all bizarreness and grotesqueness. The Jacket (Star-Rover) To him it savours of the grotesque; and if there is any one thing especially to be avoided in the interpretation of Dante, it is grotesqueness. The Unseen World and Other Essays Their features were scarce discernible, but there was a suggestion of grotesqueness about them that carried to her a feeling of revulsion. The Chessmen of Mars Later I could observe the same truculent bearing, touched with the racial grotesqueness, in the men of the Landwehr corps, that passed through Cracow to reinforce the Austrian army in Eastern Galicia. Notes on Life and Letters He couldn’t get over the grotesqueness of it. Within the Tides The grossness and the sliminess of it was forgotten in the simple grotesqueness of it, and he had the saving sense of humor. The Night-Born |
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