| 单词 | high-mindedness |
| 例句 | He paused, with an expression that she would come to know well, a virtuous narrowing of his eyes that announced the high-mindedness of their owner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The hollering and the high-mindedness over, all that would be left would be another shabby little affair a la the Birmingham country club set, and a self-constructed private Gehenna with the latest Westinghouse appliances. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Whenever you are in grief, especially in L.A., there will always be someone — at a coffee shop or at a dinner party — who will suggest with maddening high-mindedness that you strive for non-attachment and acceptance. My cat died and I feel blinded 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z Now, I hate to skip from the high-mindedness of policy and the rest to the grittiness of politics, but I have to ask. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The story of its creation bears repeating, not least because the prize itself – always big on high-mindedness of the "all-that-matters-is-the-music" variety – seems so keen that it's forgotten. Mercury prize 2010: The xx were a safe choice, but the right one 2010-09-08T08:59:00Z There’s the Chicago connection, of course, and the combo of high-mindedness and personal ambition. Christine Baranski on Diane Lockhart’s emerging presence in ‘The Good Wife’ McMullin tends to talk this way, with an almost unrelenting high-mindedness. Evan McMullin Is Trying to Save Democracy 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The Buckley-Vidal dust-ups are seen as a pinnacle of high-mindedness from which we have long since descended, and also as the beginning of a slide from civility into endless belligerence. Review: ‘Best of Enemies’ Recalls Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.’s TV Battles 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The Social Network, in its high-mindedness, monopolised the subject of the web and stole Middle Men's thunder, making it look dated and unrespectable. Why did Middle Men sink in the UK? 2011-07-07T09:43:32Z The English did not endear themselves to others by combining rapacity with seeming high-mindedness. A History of the British Empire at Its Peak 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z This array may seem to offer immediate respite from the high-mindedness of Mr. Parreno’s show, and yes, these pieces are commodities, among other things. Art Review: ?Philippe Parreno? and ?At Home/Not at Home,? at Bard 2010-07-01T22:39:00Z It was up to Mr. Kimmel to tweak the high-mindedness of the night. Review: Emmy Awards Showcase TV’s Cultural Dominance and Trump Jokes 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Characters switch inexplicably from Hindi to English and back again, sometimes in the same conversation, the screenplay never missing an opportunity to contrast the high-mindedness of its heroine with the crassness of her oppressors. ‘The Warrior Queen of Jhansi’ Review: Freedom Fighter 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z He is a grayer, sadder hero now, and in “War” he succumbs for a while to a vengeful impulse at odds with his essential high-mindedness. Review: New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Makes You Root Against Your Species 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But the telling — or Flaubert’s telling — must studiously avoid falsehood, which can be betrayed in high-mindedness or sloppy diction. ‘Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris,’ by Peter Brooks 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z But that was just an empty insult of his high-mindedness. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z The low-budget high-mindedness of these films doesn’t guarantee quality, but there’s a very good chance you’ll be entertained without feeling too guilty, or stupid, in the morning. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Zombeavers’ and Other Midnight Offerings at Tribeca Festival 2014-04-17T22:08:08Z If her early songs are sung in a spirit of innocent high-mindedness, instead of coquetterie, her second act makes sense. I Love Performing Those Songs. But What About the Gender Politics? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Singleton’s next movie completed what was effectively an LA trilogy, and again this writer-director’s high-mindedness and charm were apparent. John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z After all the overheated “investigating,” the cloak of high-mindedness, which these filmmakers reach for about once an episode, fits uneasily. Review: ‘The Killing Season’ Examines Long Island Case 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The one concern that seems to trump our high-mindedness is this: What if his crime involved the secret stalking and abduction of children? Child molester for hire 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z His paintings are an almost perfect combination of radical aspiration and traditional form—high-mindedness that can easily be packaged and hung on a wall. The other modernism 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A tale of vengeance, “John Wick” has an equally high body count, but it’s better structured, more modulated, and has a brittle veneer of high-mindedness. ‘Bullet Train’ Review: Ride and Die 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s a literary category in which erudition, integrity and high-mindedness are pitted against unthinkable malevolence. New Book Returns to an Irresistible Theme: the Harvard Murder 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps in keeping with this high-mindedness, Artek evidently discarded nothing: Its archives offered a rich, remarkably underused trove of drawings, documents and photographs, according to Nina Stritzler-Levine, director of the Bard gallery. In ‘Artek and the Aaltos,’ Caution — Sleek, Modernist Curves Ahead 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z As Cowan makes clear, it’s naïve to think that high-mindedness trumps ambition in politics. Theodore Roosevelt whipped up a frenzy of populism in 1912. We're still living with the consequences. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But high-mindedness of purpose, doesn’t always translate to high-mindedness in practice. L.A. artist Rodney McMillian peels back the facade on the ultimate symbol of power: the White House 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Davis represents the sort of high-mindedness that critics take for a sort of civic-improvement program in Hollywood; Crawford was the kind of actress who, many thought, needed improving. What “Feud” Misses About Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and the Art of Movies 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z While it would be easy to mock some of Tesson's haughtiest moments as typical Parisian high-mindedness, the fact he's so unabashed about his soul-searching is what sets the book apart from the typical 21st-century memoir. Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson – review 2013-06-01T13:30:01Z The movie takes its odd but attractive keynote of high-mindedness from the music of Benjamin Britten. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z The occasional critic who twigs that his or her high-mindedness is being mocked hardly understands the source of their own exasperation. Why Bran Nue Dae should get a UK release 2010-07-25T21:04:00Z We like to imagine that the high-mindedness of the original residents somehow rubs off in our classrooms; even the original dumbwaiter for the building is still in situ. Virginia Woolf's play exposes the silly side of the Bloomsbury group 2012-05-23T16:01:15Z Donald Trump has made a shrewd estimate of the distaste, in a part of the Republican base, for virtue or high-mindedness or public spiritedness of any sort—what he dismisses as “political correctness.” The Three Faces of Trump 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z To the headmistress of our all-girls grammar school, fashion was at odds with high-mindedness. Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Such high-mindedness was in short supply during Fox’s popular opinion segments on Friday evening. Perspective | The tortured logic from right-wing media about replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The Telluride atmosphere is both rarefied and democratic, and the festival’s sensibility, from the start, has combined high-mindedness with showmanship. Critic’s Notebook: At Telluride Festival, a Redford Solo and Other Previews 2013-09-02T21:37:32Z The high-mindedness of the movie, its showy conviction that its heart is in the right place, dulls some of its political insights. ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review: Edward Norton Fights the Power Broker 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It seems doubtful that Mr. Legend would have shown up to perform music that he thought was bad, and Keith’s unapologetic commercialism is less a strawman for Seb’s high-mindedness than a plausible counterargument. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z However, despite her high-mindedness and the austerity of her vision, Shvarts's poetry is never portentous or pompous. Elena Shvarts obituary 2010-05-06T17:40:00Z Before the bombings have even taken place, Nolan, in this one scene, indicts the arbitrary callousness of a U.S. war machine that cloaks its destructive intentions in cultural high-mindedness and rank sentimentality. ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t show us Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's an act of rigor, not erasure 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z The experience, and her later workshop jobs, instilled in her a proletarian ethos very different from the aesthetic high-mindedness taught in England’s art schools. Nancy Hiller, Who Broke a Glass Ceiling in Woodworking, Dies at 63 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z There are moments in “The French Dispatch” when it’s unclear if Anderson is paying tribute to the arch tone and middlebrow high-mindedness the New Yorker came to symbolize, or making a burlesque of it. Review | ‘The French Dispatch’ is pretty and playful but with little genuine curiosity 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But the ironic twist to the administration’s high-mindedness — that the sanctions don’t apply to the man with the real power to permanently silence dissidents — undermines the whole enterprise. Op-Ed: It's official. Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's murder. Hold him accountable 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z “It’s not a good look and it’s being justified with high-mindedness like ‘democratisation’ of markets,” he warned. How GameStop traders fired the first shots in millennials' war on Wall Street 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Hawley — has there ever been such a high ratio of ambition to accomplishment? — and Cruz have already nimbly begun to monetize their high-mindedness through fundraising appeals. Opinion | Hawley, Cruz and their Senate cohort are the Constitution’s most dangerous domestic enemies 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Neither brain-tingling high-mindedness nor mass-market easy reading, too intensive for drugstore shelves but beneath the notice of online critical banter, middlebrow fiction is tucked away in a hidden valley between profit and prestige. Review: Not your average queer, meta-fictional spooky Victorian romp 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Sontag was accused of humorlessness, but in fact she was guilty only of high-mindedness. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z That gives them a patina of moral high-mindedness that is complicated, and some would say thwarted, by the histories and agendas of their respective directors. Roman Polanski and Nate Parker both have movies at the Venice Film Festival. Only one is worth seeing 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Williamson took the other Democrats onstage to task for their high-mindedness in discussing issues, saying, “I want a politics that goes much deeper . . . that speaks to the heart.” In contentious Democratic debate, deep divisions on health care separate liberals and moderates 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “They ask for generosity, responsibility and high-mindedness. They would not understand it if we didn’t reach an agreement among parties of the center right.” Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, Madrid mayor, rams liberal policies out of Spain’s capital 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The environmental high-mindedness of the plan for combatting climate change – put forth by Democratic U.S. Green New Deal could have Dems facing blue-collar backlash at polls, some say 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z But such high-mindedness doesn’t work in hundreds of cities and towns that lost their economic crown jewels in the massive restructuring of the past 40 years. Fuggedaboutit: Gotham is uniquely positioned to say ‘no’ to Amazon 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Suddenly, some were taking kickbacks, drinking rare whiskeys and prodding Mr. Zulu to drop his high-mindedness. Hit Men and Power: South Africa’s Leaders Are Killing One Another 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z He cursed theatrically, feigning torment at withholding this nugget in the name of high-mindedness. Beto O’Rourke Dreams of One Texas. Ted Cruz Sees Another Clearly. 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The pardoning power vested in the executive is not a personal whim but an official act of impartiality and high-mindedness. Donald Trump’s unpardonable endgame: Does the president have unlimited power to pardon anyone? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The right were once the upholders of high-mindedness in politics and the arts alike. We went too far in toppling authority. Some is good for us | Eliane Glaser 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Cynics used to point out that this kind of high-mindedness came cheap for Apple, since the company made its money by selling expensive hardware at premium prices. What happens to Apple’s iCloud in China 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z But Trump’s erratic behavior and the magazine’s devotion to high-mindedness — “Principles over Party” is in its printed slogan — arguably makes it hard to bank a win. Why conservative magazines are more important than ever 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The community's image was one of high-mindedness, integrity and unbounded philanthropy. A 'crime of passion' that India never forgot - BBC News 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z But since no one will ever accuse this picture, aptly directed by Richie Keen, of high-mindedness, maybe climactic sanity is, sadly, too much to ask of such a whatever-it-takes comedy. Charlie Day and Ice Cube tangle in overzealous comedy 'Fist Fight' 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z This unburdening has redrawn 2008 as something of a utopia in hindsight, taunting the present with its flights of inspiration, its relative high-mindedness, its basic civility most of the time. Earthquake and Aftershock: The Elections of 2008 and 2016 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z And doing so would not simply be an exercise in high-mindedness to win plaudits from centrist commentators. Presidential Debate: What to Watch For 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The host Jimmy Kimmel tweaked the high-mindedness of the night, while reminding us of the cultural dominance of a prime-time personality. California Today: Haves and Have-Nots in the Golden State 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z When I commented on the high-mindedness of her reading, she quickly said, “No, I’m always reading something trashy, too.” Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Demanding consistency of Mr. Trump is like demanding it of the weather - an exercise in la-la-land high-mindedness best left to the sanctimonious precincts of editorial pages. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Demanding consistency of Mr. Trump is like demanding it of the weather — an exercise in la-la-land high-mindedness best left to the sanctimonious precincts of editorial pages. Trump’s brazen immigration flip-flops 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z What is true, however, is that there was once a general aura of courtesy and a national high-mindedness in the public zeitgeist. The ‘great’ America we remember doesn’t match reality 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z At one point, Jucá appears to mock the Lava Jato investigators for their high-mindedness and determination to tackle all corrupt senators and congressmen. Phone transcript suggests plot to bring down Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In gratuitously granting her absolution, Sanders garnered points for high-mindedness. Game over 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z But that isn’t admirable high-mindedness; it’s a sellout that undercuts the core of Mr. Sanders’s message. The Bernie Bomb 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “But his simple ambition and use of brute force trump the Obama administration’s high-mindedness and irresolution.” Vladimir Putin keeps tumultuous world guessing 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Aides to Mr. Perry sounded a note of high-mindedness about it all, after weeks of some frustrations over the process. John Kasich Is In, Rick Perry Is Out in First Republican Debate 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The hollering and the high-mindedness over, all that would be left would be another shabby little affair à la the Birmingham country club set, and a self-constructed private Gehenna with the latest Westinghouse appliances. Harper Lee’s new novel: read the first chapter 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z You would have to assume a high-mindedness that surpasses all understanding to argue that these speeches, and the generosity of their funders, had not even a subliminal impact on the mind of the Secretary. The Clinton Blind Spot 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z So, prepare for regulations combining high-mindedness and low cunning. When bootleggers and Baptists converge 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to think that this represents a new scrupulousness and high-mindedness on the part of journalists. The People You Meet 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z As longtime readers may recall, Rice has a reputation for relative high-mindedness, especially when compared to some of her former Bush/Cheney colleagues, she’s a more aggressive Republican than is generally appreciated. Condoleezza Rice praises Ernst's foreign policy vision 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z For a profession enamored of examining how the sausage gets made – via gossip and high-mindedness – few people want to address whether a large part of that process, when it comes to Twitter, is theft. Manual retweets are self-promotion and Twitter embeds aren't journalism 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z When to this is added an occasional touch of natural feeling, and a little popular high-mindedness in any line, the petite com�die is ready for the stage. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z But one person’s openness is another person’s vulnerability, and it is hard not to view Zuckerberg’s high-mindedness as coercive. Facebook's IPO and the Rocky Shoals of Internet Privacy 2012-02-02T16:22:31Z And she had gradually accustomed herself to his high-mindedness. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The history of Brazil for the next few decades contains examples of devotion, of high-mindedness, and of great capacities worthily employed, of which any country might well be proud. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z "Well, there can't be many like her," said Anthony, seriously reflecting upon the girl's energy and high-mindedness. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z It consists of patriots, and surely these gentlemen will only be too eager to give any security that may be desired, if it were merely to show their high-mindedness and integrity.' Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The dignity, the high-mindedness, the angelic purity of the heroine is insupportable, and the stainless honour, the stern resistance to temptation, the defiance of tyrannical wrongdoers, makes the hero quite as bad. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z And yet, notwithstanding all this high-mindedness, my boy, there is an immense amount of some sort of genius insidiously pitted against the contemptible $500. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Such high-mindedness does not resolve one tricky question, however. Supercolossal Street Art 2011-02-25T16:21:05Z The troubled look on Dorcas' dear little face stirred the depths of his soul, and his heart struggled between his appreciation of her high-mindedness and his yearning love. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z When the swarthy capitalist returned to the Cape, despairing, Salvina had written to congratulate her sister on her high-mindedness. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z An essential feature in such a character was high-mindedness and a self-respect which was of the nature of pride. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z It is necessary to emphasise that Moore impressed those in contact with him by no quality so much as by his high-mindedness. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z They were also typical of them for high-mindedness and cheerful devotion to duty. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z For how should that man know the humility of the heart of Christ, whose own heart abounds with pride and high-mindedness? True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Liberty Tree, which opened in March, takes advantage of this city’s minor obsession with constitutional high-mindedness, with artwork depiction American Revolutionaries. Junk Food Is a Source of Comfort on Capitol Hill 2010-12-08T05:48:00Z And there was a high-mindedness about his endeavors that deserves admiration. The Publisher - Henry Luce and His American Century - By Alan Brinkley 2010-04-25T03:33:00Z Both were driven by ambition and high-mindedness to chase the health care phantasm. 2010-01-21T07:25:00Z But if happily for us, Luther's pure spirit preserved him from bitterness against the devil's helpmates, his scholars and successors had little of his high-mindedness. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. We miss your friend Skeff greatly; for, with all his oddities and eccentricities, he had won upon us immensely by real traits of generosity and high-mindedness. Tony Butler La Clavel noticed a marked difference in Charles, but proclaimed that it was no more than an increase in his natural propensity for high-mindedness. The Bright Shawl Within strictly native society the old laws and practices were harsh, but not without a certain stamp of high-mindedness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) If high-mindedness and spotless honor are beautiful things, they had those. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Neither could high-mindedness or lofty principle be predicted of him. Home Life of Great Authors My brother, do you think that God is going to reward honor, integrity, high-mindedness, with this world’s coin? Sowing and Reaping Of De Lolme I have heard little recorded but his high-mindedness; a strong sense that he stood degraded beneath that rank in society which his book entitled him to enjoy. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Even though he was––as he was, he realized, as bad natures often will realize in others better than themselves, Eve’s loyalty and high-mindedness. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He realised, as he had never done before, the richness and energy of his father's mind within certain limits, his practical ability, his high-mindedness, his amazing moral purity. Beside Still Waters When men are so mean, why should we train girls up to unnatural high-mindedness? Phoebe, Junior Travers was not in the least deceived as to Riles' high-mindedness, but he realized that the man was the guest of his employer, and he decided not to press the point. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West They notice his sweetness and uprightness of soul, his high-mindedness and delicate instincts, his careful thought for the men under his command. Kościuszko A Biography As a first step she demanded payment of the arrears of her pension—a boon she had with great high-mindedness refused on Anne’s accession. Political Women, Vol. 2 It was part of the high-mindedness of women that they could not understand that a man should be so absorbed in the practical execution of a matter. Beside Still Waters Freehanded as you are, you give assurance of magnanimity and high-mindedness. The Wagnerian Romances If we have good health, and are in easy circumstances, let us beware of high-mindedness, self-sufficiency, self-conceit, arrogance; of delicacy of living, indulgences, luxuries, comforts. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) Gladstone they more consistently glorified for his eloquence, high-mindedness, and skill; but from time to time they would trounce him roundly for his vacillations or other political shortcomings. The History of "Punch" But high-mindedness had really come to an end with James Houghton, had really reached the point, not only of pathetic, but of dry and anti-human, repulsive quixotry. The Lost Girl The following well attested stories shew their high-mindedness, and one of them their singular chivalry of character. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 The tenacity and high-mindedness of President Wilson are qualities which will especially appeal to him. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Thus shall they learn perseverance in all things, the will to advance, high-mindedness and high resolve, chastity and purity of life. A Compilation on Bahá’í Education But Faith had a touch of high-mindedness about her that made it impossible for her to pull bobbins. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Purity and high-mindedness—the beautiful, but unbearable tyranny. The Lost Girl It is possible, therefore, that little efforts have been made to initiate youth, prior to entering the universities, in that path of self-denial and high-mindedness which are the safeguard from vicious prodigality. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc In Brutus we are reminded that high-mindedness in the presence of a practical situation often fails, and that practical mistakes are often as fatal as moral ones. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway The vital thing is whether or not a woman of your high-mindedness had real and lasting cause for shame. The Rustlers of Pecos County Hetty had thought her a wonder of high-mindedness and independence of spirit, if very formal and cold. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn And my grandmother spoke to me almost daily of her gentleness, her high-mindedness, her beauty, and her charm. Children of the Market Place Then we part true friends, and if anything could make me feel more friendly than I always have felt, it is your high-mindedness, Nelly. The Spinners Mary Taylor was not unappreciative of Miss Smith's stern high-mindedness, but her heart hardened at this, to her, misdirected zeal. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel By the time this book is published their high-mindedness will have begun to be appreciated, for the results of it will have begun to tell. Out To Win The Story of America in France And this man had a certain high-mindedness in him which compels admiration. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Mr. Cresswell was a man of extraordinary high-mindedness and purity of life. Flames His high-mindedness had lifted her above the level of her worldly mother and of many of those who constituted the set in which she lived. Gordon Keith With these, and a thousand such like arguments, doth this Plague-Divel know how to puff up the vain humours of the weak Women, to the true pitch of high-mindedness. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple His high-mindedness had won her confidence; his affection for his sister had touched and charmed her. Miss Bretherton But only consider, my dear husband," said the Electress persuasively—"only consider that it is not from high-mindedness or disobedience that the Electoral Prince tarries in Holland. The Youth of the Great Elector Honor and high-mindedness towards man is not love and reverence towards God. Sermons to the Natural Man Wealth and fortune contribute to high-mindedness; but most of all, superior goodness; for the character cannot exist without perfect virtue. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics In vain were liberty of conscience and its inviolable rights still misunderstood by the noblest spirits, the sincerity and high-mindedness of the great bishops instinctively revolted against the hypocrisy engendered of persecution. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 All her past of high-mindedness and kindness protected her now like an armour from the smallest suspicion. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Believing in his high-mindedness and patriotism, he yet questioned his political astuteness and his ability to guide the forces which he had so powerfully helped to set in motion by his call for the States-General. Calvert of Strathore Her high-mindedness and the angel purity of her love had often made him uneasy, not to say uncomfortable. The Second Generation Pity it is that this generous burst of high-mindedness and loyalty will not bear analysis. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 That is the high-mindedness which goes before a fall, which comes not from above, but is always earthly, often sensual, and sometimes devilish. Town and Country Sermons Yet minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness. Ethics — Part 4 Nothing, therefore, can be opposed to these emotions, but high-mindedness and valour, whereof I will speak presently. Ethics — Part 3 It is not a little remarkable that these earliest acts of Mr. Walter—which so clearly marked his enterprise and high-mindedness—should have been made the subject of painful comments in his father's will. Men of Invention and Industry How had she read romance and high-mindedness and intellect into the personality so frankly flaunting itself in all its narrow sordidness, in all its poverty of real thought and real feeling? The Cost The true and safe high-mindedness, which comes from above, is none other than humility. Town and Country Sermons And Carlos, too, sometimes acts rather unaccountably; for example, when he supposes that the wanton billet-doux signed 'E.' can come from the queen, of whose purity and high-mindedness he has just had convincing evidence. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Hers is a curious instance of the worthlessness of what some think it a mark of high-mindedness to regard alone—the opinion, namely, of posterity. Miracles of Our Lord All my high-mindedness, if I ever had any, has been squeezed out of me by poverty. The Golden Calf Was her high-mindedness of the practical or impractical variety? The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors He was a high-minded man "quantum licuit;" i.e., as far as a debased age allowed of high-mindedness. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius "Nothing is meaner than the love of pleasure, the love of gain, and insolence: nothing nobler than high-mindedness, and gentleness, and philanthropy, and doing good." Seekers after God His whole correspondence conveys the impression of the most sterling integrity and high-mindedness, without a trace of affectation. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy Consequently he fell back on platitudes about judicial high-mindedness, and how judges could be trusted not to allow political influences to weigh with them when deciding political questions. The Theory of Social Revolutions The high-mindedness of antiquity showed itself in a disregard of small things; that of the present day shows itself in license. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations "I wouldn't trust this high-mindedness," retorted Tilly, wrinkling up her forehead. A Flock of Girls and Boys He did not credit his subjects with the high-mindedness that puts ideals first and money after. The Prince and Betty His high-mindedness was, he assumed, shared by others. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography I might have uttered in reply, "A spy's duty?" but the high-mindedness of his look forbade. The Mayor's Wife It is easy from a pose of dignity and high-mindedness to undervalue and overlook this. Escape, and Other Essays It had brought out in them every instinct of chivalry and kindness, it had developed in them every tendency towards high-mindedness and idealism. Angel Island It is not a sign of high-mindedness, for I am by nature greedy, acquisitive, and ambitious. The Upton Letters He had learnt a great deal in his marriage, dear lessons of high-mindedness in desire, of purity in possession. In the Wilderness Certain of them, men like the leaders in the Maryland and Indiana Reform Associations, for instances, Messrs. Bonaparte and Rose, Foulke and Swift, added common sense, broad sympathy, and practical efficiency to their high-mindedness. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Heman Atkins, his Christian charity and high-mindedness, his devotion to duty, regardless of political consequences, and the magnificent speech at town meeting were lauded and exalted. Cy Whittaker's Place I quite agree about his high-mindedness, and have long thought so; but in this case it is too far, and I shall tell him so. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Is not its illustrious ancestry evident in the nobleness and high-mindedness of the present Urbs Augustan generation? Dona Perfecta "Very good, sir," replies the shop-keeper, who entertains, at once, a lofty opinion of the high-mindedness of his customer. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 And it is to your high-mindedness that I—yes, I don't mind saying it—that I appeal. Michael Down, and safe, thank God, from all pride, all high-mindedness, and all stout-heartedness. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) All suggestions of anything other than the strictest high-mindedness were withdrawn from both sides. Kai Lung's Golden Hours Augusta, the ancients called it; Augustissima, I call it now; for now, as then, high-mindedness, generosity, valor, magnanimity, are the patrimony of all. Dona Perfecta But I can say this for her: in love for her friends and in high-mindedness and good-heartedness she has not many equals, and in my opinion no superiors. A Horse's Tale |
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