| 单词 | high-toned |
| 例句 | Back here there were fancy shops and high-toned bars, still operating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The resulting wine tends to show off high-toned red fruit flavors, including cherry, strawberry and cranberry, backed by bright acidity and mild tannins. Seattle Times tasters go for grenache 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z So there is something refreshing about the way Mr. De Palma infuses the sterile, gleaming Berlin offices of a global advertising firm with his high-toned, elegant naughtiness. Movie Review: Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’ Stars Rachel McAdams 2013-08-29T22:04:14Z He also made a one-off, La Cloche, made exclusively from the Vieux Château cuttings, a floral, pretty, high-toned wine that was structured yet delicate. He’s in a Cab Franc State of Mind 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Deliberately paced, beautifully shot, high-toned, twisty mysteries feature international locations, distressed parents, three-dimensional characters in the fore-, middle- and background, memorable acting everywhere. Robert Lloyd's best TV shows of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It was a curious book, full of high-toned musings about “the Framers’ wisdom” and “the Madisonian-designed political apparatus.” Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Like the classic Hammer movies, this ghost story, shot in Britain, is a period piece with a high-toned pedigree. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z That’s “Hamlet,” of course, but Robert Eggers’s new film isn’t another Shakespeare screen adaptation, bristling with Elizabethan eloquence, high-toned acting and complex, uncannily modern psychology. ‘The Northman’ Review: Danish Premodern 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z If you're looking for an index of 30 years of high-toned British cinema, the Bonham Carter back catalogue provides as good a map as any. Helena Bonham Carter on 'witty' David Cameron, 'weirdo' Lars von Trier and why Tim Burton won't watch a romcom 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The high-toned beauty of the cinematography, by Thomas Hardmeier and Rasmus Videbaek, imposes a stateliness on this serious-minded movie that sometimes puts it at odds with the galvanic events it depicts. ‘Out Stealing Horses’ Review: Old Man, Take a Look at Your Life 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But the character comes across as alternately a dispenser of high-toned, dryly ironic jokes or a lecturer on ethics. Theater Review: ?Gore Vidal?s The Best Man? at Gerald Schoenfeld Theater 2012-04-02T02:17:15Z Savory and high-toned, with dry, earthy aromas and flavors of flowers and citrus. American Rosés Without Clichés 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Too often, when straining to put some daylight between themselves and the Trump administration, regretful Republicans have reached for elaborate excuses and high-toned rhetoric. ‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’ 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z It sounds rather high-toned, but there is not a lot of money in hydroplane racing. Madison hydroplane race prevails amid challenges 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z This high-toned showbiz biography teems with larger-than-life Broadway personalities and their raffish kind. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Mar is the owner and executive chef of the Beatrice Inn, a historic restaurant in Greenwich Village that went from faded neighborhood Italian to high-toned celebrity haunt under the ownership of Graydon Carter. This top chef can trace her passion for cooking to an offal beginning 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z But it is bright and high-toned, earthy, focused and exceedingly pleasant. 20 Wines Under $20: When Any Night Can Be a Weeknight 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The wines from these hills tend to be bright, elegant and suggestive of high-toned red fruit such as Rainier cherries, raspberries and cranberries. Head for the Dundee Hills for remarkable wines 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z This surprisingly firm, high-toned conclusion, proceeded as it is by page‑on-page of learned meanderings and musings, reveals finally the kind of writer Hitchings really is: an overseer, guardian, wise man, guide. Sorry! The English and Their Manners by Henry Hitchings – review 2013-01-16T15:56:00Z Complex, high-toned and elegant, with flavors of licorice, tobacco, flowers and minerals. Aglianico in Its Own Right 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Not the least of the surprises awaiting readers of this unexpectedly high-toned novel is its opening: "My story really begins at Charleston, a perfect haunt of light and invention that stands in the English countryside." The Life and Opinions of Maf the?Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe by Andrew O'Hagan 2010-05-07T23:11:00Z And then, all of a sudden, we are back in that era and at the same time in a more distant world of silent film and high-toned romance. Movie Review: Miguel Gomes’s ‘Tabu’ 2012-12-25T22:44:18Z Rum was employed, too, in the considerably less high-toned Stone Fence, a simple and widespread mix of rum and hard cider. Party like it's 1776: toast the founding fathers with a colonial-era cocktail 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, this first section veers — unintentionally, one hopes — toward a parody of the kind of high-toned aspirational lifestyle hokum that one sees in magazines aimed at a certain demographic. Patti Smith’s ‘Devotion’ — equal parts exasperating and inspiring 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Luther Dunphy is a religious nutter who thinks in a kind of high-toned biblically inflected language. Joyce Carol Oates’s Novel Plumbs the Depths of America’s Abortion War 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Naomi Wallace’s high-toned but low-energy drama depicts two characters, the African-American Jamie and the white Dee, as teenagers in prison and later as grown women several years later trying to forge new lives. Theater Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But they are best experienced as exercises in intelligent, high-toned creepiness. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z This high-toned rhetoric is followed by more generic sloganeering. | 'Leaving': A New Play by Vaclav Havel Has Its American Premiere 2010-06-08T22:24:00Z You might think that golfing kids, who turned up Monday on the Esquire Network’s on-demand outlet, would be different, golf being a relatively high-toned game. Reality TV Parents Need a Timeout 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Forty-five years ago, his lilting, high-toned voice drew audiences and record buyers with his cover of “You Were on My Mind.” Crispian St. Peters, Singer of the Hit ?Pied Piper,? Dies at 71 2010-06-11T05:16:00Z Carter has since become a respectable fixture in the high-toned Kentucky horse set, and has been paying Vinnie money to lie low. Critic’s Notebook: Back in Chicago, Michael Shannon and David Schwimmer 2013-08-09T20:44:12Z Controversy is nothing new for the Fringe, which began in 1947 as a democratic alternative to the high-toned Edinburgh International Festival. Lockerbie play draws attention at Edinburgh Fringe 2010-08-06T16:39:00Z The tall and effortlessly graceful Victor Lebedev brought a high-toned classicism to the slave variations. St. Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Ballet revises the pirate-tale classic 'Le Corsaire' 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z I’ve had no opinions to offer about those high-toned entries, however, because I’ve been spending all my time with the festival’s seamy underbelly: a rich, fatty layer of horror, crime, martial arts and transgressive comedy. Film: The Tribeca Film Festival?s Cinemania Series Has Dark Treasures 2010-04-22T22:56:00Z On the one hand, the order had a reputation for up-to-date learning, which attracted the loyalty and largess of high-toned patrons, notably the Medicis. Review: Art for the Soul in ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z I actually expected this, because these conservatives had expressed such umbrage, such high-toned disapproval, in such impressive numbers, ahead of the election. Why Haven’t Conservative Thinkers Denounced Trump? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z It offers characteristic tightness and tannin, yet some beautiful high-toned fruit emerges a few hours after the bottle is opened. Try these three-star wines from a five-star importer 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s not all fun and games, though Mr. Chang has a way of combining reverence and irreverence that keeps the more high-toned segments from getting too hushed or gooey. Television: ‘The Mind of a Chef,’ With David Chang on PBS 2012-11-04T16:54:16Z The lemon adds a high-toned touch to the earthy chicken and potato. Chicken Soup, but Make It Sassy 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Such high-toned outbursts are a recurring feature in “Storefront Church,” as Mr. Shanley attempts to blend earthy comedy and philosophical reflection smoothly, with results that are always thought-stirring, if sometimes lumpy. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z His psychology is so acute, his language so supple and sharp, that his work calls forth low-key intelligence instead of high-toned magniloquence. Review: In ‘The Seagull,’ a Great Play, a Great Cast and Yet ... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Price and Mr. Zaillian are not making a high-toned “Law & Order” procedural about the particulars of a single murder rap, though it has that intrigue as a hook. ‘The Night Of’ Season 1, Episode 2: ‘You’re a Job to Him’ 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The wardrobe is high-toned, and so is the character when she’s not being nasty, which for Ms. Lawless is part of the appeal. Lucy Lawless Brings a Defiant Edge to ‘Salem’ 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Adapting to the changing times and the sexual revolution, Hammer Film Productions began to complement its signature brand of high-toned horror with liberal helpings of gore and flesh. 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z This is no high-toned “City of Conversation” as recently handled at Arena Stage, yet it’s excellent to have these two Georgetown-set dramas just months apart. The political wrath of Wendy Wasserstein 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Offerman, who is dressed by the cast in a fat suit as the show opens, in another not particularly ingenious story-theater touch, delighted the opening night audience with his rumbling, high-toned oratory. Review: Nick Offerman as a Giant of New Orleans, Resized 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Today, the city of two million is an international gateway for travelers headed to famous ski destinations like Niseko, a high-toned village catering mostly to foreigners. Tokyo Olympics Scandal Fouls Hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z It wants to be a high-toned nail-biter, an important history lesson and a roiling friendship drama. Review: Scattershot filmmaking mars historical what-if 'Munich — The Edge of War' 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The high-toned gig makes for a stark contrast with Spears’ ongoing legal battle over her controversial conservatorship, which Aguilera strongly condemned in a recent viral Twitter thread. Christina Aguilera on her next two albums and supporting Britney Spears: 'We all deserve happiness' 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Founded in 1974, Hustler was unashamedly crude, low-brow and hard-core, thumbing its nose at the pretensions of such high-toned men’s magazines as Playboy. Hustler founder and First Amendment battler Larry Flynt dies 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z In a speech, he caricatured the plummy, officious critic delivering high-toned statements of the obvious. Review: If anyone can teach you writing, maybe George Saunders can? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z So perhaps it’s fitting that the most high-toned and stimulating session I ever attended featured Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh delivering deeply literate answers about his memoir to a room packed with 800 Deadheads. How Pico Iyer found L.A.'s beating heart at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The Fringe, the high-toned Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Art Festival and the city’s bagpipe-swirling Military Tattoo were all casualties of the U.K.’s coronavirus lockdown. Artsy Edinburgh, laid low by the virus, hopes for recovery 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The hosts would lead a high-toned conversation with academics and fellow journalists about how the nasty tabloids had been irresponsibly publishing graphic, bloody crime photographs just to raise sales. The deep, twisted roots of QAnon: From 1940s sci-fi to 19th-century anti-Masonic agitprop 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z “The ‘high-toned’ colored folks,” the unsigned story stated, “will celebrate the anniversary of their emancipation” on New Year’s Day with a dinner and dance. Before Juneteenth was widely known, here's how Black Angelenos celebrated emancipation 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga released a new single Thursday night, the 33-year-old pop singer’s first piece of music since her acclaimed starring role opposite Bradley Cooper in his high-toned 2018 remake of “A Star Is Born.” Ally Who? Lady Gaga returns to modern pop with new single 'Stupid Love' 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Macron modernized the palace furniture after his 2017 election, casting off formality for high-toned comfort and a more relaxed style. Boris Johnson makes himself at home at Emmanuel Macron’s palace 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Macron modernized palace furniture after his 2017 election, casting off formality for high-toned comfort. Foot on table: British PM at home in French president palace 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Macron modernized palace furniture after his 2017 election, casting off formality for high-toned comfort. Foot on table: British PM at home in French president palace 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z For Eve, played with a compelling lived-in simplicity by Cartol, the high-toned tower where she cleans is a window into the world of blasé privilege when handling guests’ curious detritus or meeting their whims. Review: Mexican drama ‘The Chambermaid’ brims with empathy and life 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “Tolkien”: Because it’s been a while since a Middle-earth movie graced the multiplexes, and because summer is contractually obligated to offer up at least one high-toned period drama, here we have a biopic of J.R.R. From ‘Avengers: Endgame’ to ‘Toy Story 4,’ here are some of the most anticipated movies of summer 2019 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z It shows us the halls of power in all their high-toned absurdity and cavernous beauty. From a brilliant field of cinematography Oscar nominees, a critic chooses his ‘Favourite’ 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Beyond that, this high-toned genre exercise is low on novelty — not to mention jolts. Reviews: Frank Dillane in supernatural thriller 'Astral,' Clayne Crawford in 'Tinker' and other indie films 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Sleek, high-toned red fruit backed by bright acidity; it’s a classic Oregon pinot. Andy Perdue’s list of top $30-and-under wines 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Museums offer information, cultural awareness, a high-toned meeting place and personal enlightenment. More Museums Are Popping Up, Annoying Their Neighbors 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The Jerusalem Prize: Cruelly, as with the Golden Globe Awards, the biennial Jerusalems are often treated as a mere bellwether for another prize, a kind of high-toned sportsbook. Stuck inside of Stockholm with the Nobel blues again - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Especially as a corrective to the lockstep movie depiction of Nazi wickedness as an extension of the high-toned officer class: in Herold, we get to see how an Everyman becomes an uber-Nazi. Review: Robert Schwentke's German drama ‘The Captain’ makes a wrong turn in its assessment of evil 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Riley steeps his movie in the traditions of black intellectualism, capitalist critique and political theory, infusing “Sorry to Bother You” with both high-toned ideas and midnight-movie silliness at its most brazen and unruly. Review | ‘Sorry to Bother You’ sharply criticizes contemporary life — and then it goes off the rails 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Bold flavors highlight high-toned plum, cherry and red currants. Washington’s way with GSM could turn the full-bodied red blends into our signature wine 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It's high-toned and visually sumptuous, and when it's sentimental, it is sentimental almost in spite of itself, with the result that it is often authentically moving. ‘Being Serena’ shows off Serena Williams’ strengths but doesn't shy away from moments of weakness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z This country is tired of tragedy, of the weeping president and the high-toned speech. A Moment for Movement on Guns 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Aromas of gorgeous high-toned red fruit are followed by nicely integrated black pepper, cherry cola, black currant and fresh-picked raspberries. The Rhône Revolution, Part Three: Grenache is making a comeback 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Who will be caught up in a high-toned smuggling racket? A roundup of April’s best crime fiction — and nonfiction 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Defenders of that inaugural address supposed its detractors wanted Trump to be as high-toned as Obama or as grandiloquent as Kennedy, but that’s not the complaint at all – no one, after all, was expecting poetry. The riddle of Donald Trump: how a man of few words reached the pinnacle of power 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In other words, the “system,” with its high-toned rationale and its high-handed maneuvers, struck millions of people as unaccountable and unjust. The System Didn’t Work 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This isn’t high-toned period melodrama about the sweep of history and mythological wartime pluck. 'Men Go to Battle': A grimy micro-brew of Civil War drama 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Trump does not engage in the dainty dance that is the stock-in-trade of a Republican establishment that shifts effortlessly from backlash politics to high-toned rhetoric. New Hampshire voters bite back at the elites 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z For Wright, best known for high-toned literary adaptations such as “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” the big-budget canvas was a switch — of a sort. For Joe Wright and 'Pan,' the Neverland vogue, now on the big-screen 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s a top-notch variation on what was once considered a studio programmer and it will provide endless entertainment for those who seek out its high-toned thrills. Review: 'Gone Girl' Is What We Want At The Movies 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The estate wine brings complexity and structure together with bright, high-toned red fruit. Will America's Pot Capital Choose Wine Over Weed? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The sound is “high-toned,” he says, “but still very strong.” Harley Goes Electric in the Race for New Motorcycle Riders 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z If the cultural artifacts inspired by the first Elizabeth seem more high-toned, the second Elizabeth wins hands down on quantity. Diamond Jubilee: The Stamp of Queen Elizabeth's Influence 2012-05-17T09:05:37Z The Chinese are fond of noise and high-toned speaking, and clash of voice, and bawling to each other. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z The two or three little baits he had thrown out took nothing; the stray bits of sentimentality, or chance scraps of high-toned principle he had addressed to her, had failed. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z It was not made by the rich men or the so-called high-toned men of Boston—they were with the other party, with the king; they were Loyalists. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z We shall never have a high-toned drama in America, while, as at present, applause is won only by physical exertion, and the nice touches of genius and nature pass undetected and unfelt. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z You remember, Will, how she kept telling us all the time we were writing the play that she wanted as high-toned a part as we could give her. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I consider it exceedingly high-toned as a moral and religious teacher, and also in a literary point of view. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z She met the great actor, and found his manners "cordial, natural, and high-toned." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z He did not preach one of those high-toned, intellectual discourses which we so often hear, and which almost invariably fail to reach the heart. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z If he wasn't quite so high-toned, he'd go home and throw things about. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Terry had had a day off, for his boss kept closed on Sundays; at that time Terry was keeping bar at a high-toned caf� near Gramercy Park. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Them nine men come from th' craggiest outfit of high-toned gun-artists in these parts, an' you can bet that they are th' pick of th' crowd! Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z I recall a very high-toned gentleman, a first-class Virginian, who was waiting upon a very attractive lady, who was riding in a carriage with the window down. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Now, Ma!" broke in Sophia, accompanying this vocative with a tart gesture of remonstrance, "Claire doesn't know a bit better than you or I do whether he was high-toned or not. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It's a settlement of high-toned Britishers with more money than sense. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z I don't want to do anything unpleasant, you understand; but that high-toned friend of yours the marquise has half-poisoned most of us, and so the rest have to take charge. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The prince was about forty-five, a high-toned gentleman, a nobleman in his feelings, and courtly in his manners, though, for a prince, rather out at elbows in fortune. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z He possessed all the warm, high-toned feelings of the Southerner, but a thorough contempt for the usages of society and everything like polish of manners. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z They are handed over to high-toned servants, to pet and snub in alternation. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z The old man's a high-toned Englishman going camping and fishing, and, by what she said, the younger girl's struck on frontiersmen. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He made no pretensions to the possession of heroic fortitude under affliction, and he had no special reputation for high-toned honor to lose. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z She had developed into a high-toned Gypsy with a disposition to perpetual wandering. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Like other men away from the influence of home and intelligent high-toned womanhood, he had drifted into careless modes of thought. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Mr. Gilfeather's saloon, to use his own words, was a "high-toned and classy place." Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z You don't seem able to get hold of the fact that you can't make very many dollars and keep your high-toned notions at the same time. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Knowing this house to be the resort of mail-boat skippers, schooner-owners, and high-toned gentry of that class, and to have a fleecing reputation, I had hitherto religiously avoided it. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z But then if she had always had so many high-toned schoolmates, perhaps she would not care to be a friend to a girl who was learning to be a wage-earner. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Possibly he has become disgusted with high-toned individuals who object to fleas, and has gone off and joined the infantry. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z In consequence of that fact and perhaps on the condition implied in the term, Mr. Gilfeather was permitted to conduct his high-toned and classy place on a street where he would have no competition. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z "He's coming round again, and when he feels like it, there's nobody can be more high-toned polite!" A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z And that George Throckmorton is a high-toned gentleman”—General Temple paused a little before saying this, hunting for a term magniloquent enough for the occasion—“no one, I think, will deny.” Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Rob Roy's self-examination paper is presented to us in those lines which Sir Walter Scott, with grace and justice, characterised as the 'high-toned poetry of his gifted friend Wordsworth.' A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z This promised, I now go on to state what you will never cease to thank me for communicating to you, if you are the high-toned man of honor that I suppose. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Wouldn't real ones be more—more high-toned, as you might say? Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z "I have never been in a house where everything gave such evidence of high-toned intelligence." Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z "There is a healthy high-toned character about Mr. Ellis's stories that render them peculiarly suitable for boys." Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z The two ladies hoped they had not joined anything not quite high-toned. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z It’s a high-toned shade; they call it ashes and roses, but I don’t see why, but they do. Letters of the Motor Girl 2011-06-01T02:00:28.313Z The high-toned and classy place showed few customers present. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z The sentimental favorite, in the land between rough-hewn Buffalo and Lackawanna and the high-toned eminences of waterfront Rochester, was Jack Davis, who ran as a sort-of-maybe Tea Party Democrat who used to be Republican. The Caucus: Discontent Turns Tide in Democrat?s Victory Upstate 2011-05-25T14:11:02Z By profession he was a gambler, and not a very 'high-toned' gambler at that. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z No period in the history of this country was ever more critical; in none were so many principles subjected to experiment, in none was discussion more able, exhausting, and high-toned. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Sweeten well with high-toned politeness, veiled with sarcasm. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Many condemned the high-toned song, saying, Pity and Love are too venerable for the imputation of guilt. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z He was never spoken of otherwise than as being a gentleman—a lofty-minded, high-toned man. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z They weren't such high-toned gents, but a contest between a leggy kid and a powerful man looked too far off the level. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z William therefore paid a visit to Mr. Trunnion, whom he found to be a very high-toned youth, too fiery-tempered and sensitive to submit to any questioning as to his words or actions. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z If I have said aught in high-toned language of our future prospects, preserve it as truth, sacred as Holy Writ. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z They are plain and elegant, but do not differ from high-toned equipages in general. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z In all of which they were encouraged by the approving laughter of their Prince and his high-toned entourage. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z To the high-toned and sensitive spirit of this brave and beautiful girl, there was something in this contemplated exposure of her person far more torturing than any number of lashes, however mercilessly inflicted. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z William was satisfied that the fellow had told the truth, and, after scaring him out of all his high-toned pride, he let him go, with a severe lecture on the danger of talking too much. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z On the one side they produced a high-toned society of proud, noble women, and courtly, haughty men, among the slaveholders. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z He was a high-toned gentleman and a man of great ability. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Few men can deliver a speech, which for force, solid arguments, and high-toned eloquence, will equal the best of his. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z There was no high-toned moral element in the slums. Jimmie Moore of Bucktown 2011-02-24T03:00:53.640Z At one point there was a kind of pot-hole in the stream where the water squeezing through made a kind of high-toned wail, delivered with stabbing emphasis at regular intervals. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z A hero of romance must always be very high-toned, very exaggerated, and a little unsound in mind. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z It was considered a high-toned boarding house, although the partitions were made of unbleached cloth and the floor of the dining room was covered with sawdust. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z My friends," continued the high-toned moral chap, "I could not bear the stings of conscience; my nights were sleepless, but I slept during the day. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z James Knowles so respected him that he allowed him to write anarchistic articles for his high-toned Nineteenth Century. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z When Gellius was at Athens in his student days, he used often to visit Peregrinus, who was then living in a little hut in the suburbs, and he found the Cynic’s discourses profitable and high-toned. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It is an epoch of equality and high-toned ideals. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors It was the leading hotel and all the high-toned people stopped there. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z As an illustration he alluded to certain matter published in a high-toned party paper printed in that district that violated the provisions of this law. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution To most people Utopia conveys the idea of a high-toned political and ethical dream—agreeable and edifying, no doubt, but of no practical value whatever. The Salvaging Of Civilisation Rapid steps were heard approaching the door, agitated knocks followed, and Grace Dogherty's high-toned voice was raised in eager entreaty. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry But since demand creates the supply, let's have it in high-toned style, not run by thugs. A Man in the Open Times have changed, and now we think it much more ingenious and high-toned to be quite as partial and disingenuous, reversing the cases. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus He is well educated, high-toned in character, and in every way a young gentleman of great merit. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 Citizens and women who had remained had been kindly relieved of their money, their jewelry and their watches—all this by the high-toned chivalry, the army of the magnanimous Lee! The Battle of Gettysburg And, furthermore, Sam, you couldn't be high-toned with an old-fashioned feller like Aaron Pinsky. The Competitive Nephew Oh, it was all so elegant and high-toned that I got proud of being allowed indoors. A Man in the Open In the planning of the play or pageant the young people will be brought together in social ways that are full of opportunity for high-toned acquaintanceship and culture under the best auspices. The American Country Girl He was intensely patriotic, high-toned in character, and one of the bravest men I ever knew. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 As the wise and good rejoice in the extension of civilization, refinement, the power of religion and high-toned morality, they will look forward hopefully to such an event. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time The dirty work a rich man has to do to get into Parliament—especially if he would represent an intelligent and high-toned democracy—is beyond belief. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself But then you see mother, and dad, an' me being working people, was not supposed to feel the high-toned senses which belongs with wealth. A Man in the Open Let us now refer to the first act of disloyalty of Washington, the first indignant spurn his high-toned spirit evinced under the oppressions of a king. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. I was very sorry to leave General Gregg's headquarters, for I had come to have great admiration for him and Captain Weir, both as soldiers and high-toned, patriotic men. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 These were dreams, but they were high-toned and healthy dreams—the anticipations of a great country accustomed to the possession of freedom, and expecting to plant national regeneration wherever it set foot upon the soil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Scarcely was the exchange effected, when I heard a harsh high-toned voice, like that of a gallinazo, issuing from the centre of a cloud of smoke. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Richard Henry Lee's mother, one of the high-toned aristocracy of the colony, confined her care chiefly to her daughters and her eldest son, and left her younger sons pretty much to shift for themselves. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia They was as high-toned and well born and rich and grand as the tribe of Grangerfords. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Not an elegant, high-toned story, to be sure, though a picturesque old castle and church lifted themselves aristocratically above the more humble town. An American Girl Abroad You could do much, to begin with, by recommending high-toned literature, and gradually awakening an interest in what is truly worth attention. The Intellectual Life So much, that were she to tell all she knows, your high-toned sweetheart would send you adrift in a jiffy. An Artist in Crime I never could endure Hi; he didn't have the manners of a car-conductor, and this young man's real polite and kind, besides having a much more high-toned face. Ancestors A Novel He said some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Every man in it is a high-toned, Christian gentleman. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign The high-toned infidel and lofty agnostic sneer at the humble Catholic who, in deepest contrition, confesses his sins to his spiritual adviser and goes forth relieved, probably to fall again. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 She's got a real elegant job as cashier in a high-toned, twenty-five cent, reg'lar-meal establishment, and all in the world she has to do is to sit behind a wire screen and make change. Side-stepping with Shorty Are we proud of her travels in Europe, her high-toned connections, her business sense, the way she acted to that old reprobate of a father, or ain't we? Ancestors A Novel He was brave as a Paladin, just, high-toned, and exceedingly courteous. History of Morgan's Cavalry “I didn’t want to go to one of those high-toned places where they charge big prices,” observed Andy, as he began to fall to. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone He is a sort of grim joke himself, you know, a high-toned gentleman who lives by begging. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 "Well, you 've got a kind of high-toned way of talking," she explained. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself It may prevent other high-toned Marylanders from espousing our side of this contest. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital He was exceedingly popular in the division, and was a man of the most frank, generous and high-toned nature. History of Morgan's Cavalry But, perhaps in this suggestion I am not sufficiently high-toned.—Respectfully, Miss Cayley's Adventures Now, what was a high-toned woman to do under such circumstances? A Castle in Spain A Novel It's the jolliest high-toned, upper-ten crew that ever swabbed a deck or shoveled coal. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht An’ it’s so high-toned, there ain’t a livery stable anywhere, an’ so there’s none of them boys to pass a word with once in a while. The Fate of Felix Brand Cecil J. Rhodes, the eminent philanthropist, was particularly anxious that I should have the full advantages of your fine old high-toned mediæval College rules. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments Two high-toned English ladies, mounted on Manitous, careering up the Alps, represent to both of us quite a mint of money. Miss Cayley's Adventures And how such high-toned people could justify such conduct to their consciences is a problem that I, for my part, don't pretend to be able to solve. A Castle in Spain A Novel The fact that I, an unknown man from the North, had driven a high-toned Southern gentleman insane, would have been sufficient to hang me by the summary process of lynch law. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller Yet I realized that it was a high-toned disease and also a high-priced one, and that most fellows with my commercial rating are immune from it. Confessions of a Neurasthenic "Down, sir, down!" exclaimed a high-toned, imperious voice, and then came a crack of a cane or whip. Shirley You are a lady of intelligence, of initiative, and of high-toned culture. Miss Cayley's Adventures “She is a noble, high-toned lady, madam,” Santa Fé said. Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town Once selected by the author to be a high-toned, moral hero—then spotless garments! Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland And while this was the condition of the nation and the people, the high-toned Wall Street was speculating on the life of the Republic. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 There's something very manly in all his sentiments, independent and high-toned. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 Hitherto he had shown a fulsome obsequiousness to both, and acted the part of a high-toned gentleman. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America He is only a gilder in the bindery," she declared, "while the one I came home with is a grand high-toned, wealthy young fellow, and so aristocratic. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover Grant all these things, and we are yet as far from that true, firm, self-relying, high-toned nationality which alone is worthy of the name, as when the Pilgrims landed upon Plymouth rock. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy And most happily it is so; for elevated taste and high-toned morality are not, by any means, the common heritage of man. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As a rule, the high-toned business man is enlightened, and, as a rule, the dishonest, unscrupulous man in business is ignorant. The business career in its public relations He turned and apologized at once, and with so much high-toned and gentlemanly dignity, that all the party felt almost glad that the little accident had occurred. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 My school is select, refined; nothing rough or improper is allowed to mingle with the high-toned elements with which I endeavour to form a fashionable education. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems The thoughtful piety of the grandmother prepared an atmosphere of high-toned thought, in which the genius of the grandson was fostered. Leading Articles on Various Subjects It is not such high-toned men as Wadsworth who become tools of schemers. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 I don’t believe that a high-toned hotel like this duns people in advance for their board, especially if it is a casual traveller, such as we are. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas But he was the same cordial, animated, and high-toned being, in all his feelings, that I had seen him from the first hour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The babble of high-toned voices, the quick patter of speech, the sense of hurry, the hyperbolical intimacy and enthusiasm were bewildering to a man who was naturally shy and at that moment mentally tired. The Education of Eric Lane The highest crime is treason in arms, and this crime is praised and defended by the English would-be high-toned press. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Well, she said he'd better take care 'cause he was engaged to a high-toned lady in Toronto, engaged to be married, mind you! Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro No pains or expense will be spared to make Harper's Young People the most entertaining, instructive, high-toned, and popular weekly paper for the youthful readers of America. Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Glazier thereupon changed his voice to that of the "high-toned" rebel, and asked why he kept an officer of the Confederate army waiting for admittance. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier It may be truthfully said that the high-toned principles of Bible morality are necessary to the good of all classes. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 But it is another question if this palming of a Thurlow Weed upon the English high-toned statesmen increased their consideration for Mr. Seward. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 She's rich, an' awful stylish, an' her name's Helen Weir-Huntley, mind ye, one o' them high-toned names with a stroke in the middle. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro Are not those who have advocated the rights of women in this country for the last twenty years as delicate and refined, as moral, high-toned, educated, just, and generous as any women in the land? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The impression left on law students, fresh from your statute books, is most unfavorable to woman's influence; hence you see but few lawyers chivalrous and high-toned in their sentiments toward woman. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Those high-toned sentiments were received with loud cheers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 It is bold, high-toned, and American, but it has dark shadows; shows an inexperienced hand in diplomacy and in dealing with events. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Well, one night we went to a high-toned concert, got up by a lot o' college fellows. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro The American medical profession never had a more dignified, imposing, and high-toned representative than Prof. Caldwell. Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 It is the high-toned corner of the camp. That Girl Montana The sound of a string band drifted down to him, and then laughter—cultured, high-toned laughter that grated on his nerves. Colorado Jim We are obliged, one by one, to eat our official high-toned assertions and words, and day after day we drift towards putting the rebels on an equal footing with ourselves. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 "You're pretty high-toned, it seems to me," said the Scientist, smiling, and speaking without irritation. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York “Framed it up for him so’s not to hurt the feelings of any of his high-toned friends.” Across the Mesa Yes, there is some high-toned folks there; the doctor’s wife and 225 family, for one; and then there is a very genteel man there—Captain Leek. That Girl Montana We had left our rods at home; high-toned anglers who carry fancy tackle through such regions leave it along the painful way in small pieces. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice He looks and acts as a commis voyageur, will be considered as such at first sight by everybody, and his features and manners may not impress others as being distinguished and high-toned. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He had, it appeared, been driving quietly along, when his attention had been arrested by the curious high-toned hum which presaged the Pirate's approach. The Motor Pirate You possess fine spiritual gifts; are morally high-toned; you build many castles--just see the mountains and balloons, the tower in the distance. Cupology How to Be Entertaining These high-toned friends you’ve been making might drop off a little if they heard your old record.” That Girl Montana He ended in a high-toned, pitiful whine suggestive of a dog's song on a moonlight night, but this plaint was drowned in the roars of laughter raised by the audience. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives He is a high-toned man, and the mission of Hughes is a humiliation to Dayton. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 "I wish all high-toned gals was like you, miss," said the miner, as he shook her hand heartily. The Erie Train Boy He was fearless, inflexible, high-toned, and full of power. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Bertram, when fortified with a night's rest and a good breakfast, was able to recover his high-toned feeling, and, thus armed, proceeded alone to make his first visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Bertrams “Where are all these high-toned English girls coming from, Jack?” he said. Prescott of Saskatchewan The people took delight in the high-toned warlike notes to which they danced, and were charmed with the solemn and melancholy airs which filled up the pauses. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America This Mr. Lawrence looks like a high-toned gentleman. The Erie Train Boy You know she is kind-hearted, and I understand this booby went to her and begged that she would give him a chance to see how a party of high-toned people looked. The Telegraph Messenger Boy The Straight Road to Success The mosquitoes were beginning to leave their shelters, and occasionally, within the shadows, the ping-zing of their high-toned note could be heard as one drifted by the ear. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush She died at last and he gave her a high-toned funeral; had a coffin from the city and a preacher and all that. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Both Mahone and Early are high-toned gentlemen, and they will do nothing rash. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Booth and Barrett, and lots of the stars, are gone to Europe, and the rest work down to less high-toned places. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 You are a high-toned, gentlemanly sort of a bilk, and wouldn't take anything you couldn't lift. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 Miss Montfort is too high-toned to help a classmate with her lesson, but not too high-toned to talk like a Bowery rowdy. Peggy I do not envy the feelings of men who can invent, manufacture or sell baby-jumpers, dress elevators, hoop-skirts, or those cosmetics I see "indorsed by pure and high-toned females." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The high-toned Pullman was quite beyond me, so I stuck to the ordinary cars and put in a mighty rough time. A Tramp's Notebook Seems he comes of real high-toned folks outside; but went to the bad young. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest For the space of three hours an extremely high-toned atmosphere prevailed, not a word of slang offended the ear, and everybody behaved with the dignity and courtesy demanded by such a stately ceremony. A Patriotic Schoolgirl The youths of this land must have reading, and Mr. Elverson, in printing such an exalted and high-toned paper, is winning the support and thanks of the people. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The latter was a man of character, with lofty principles, while his living brother was far from being a high-toned person. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Surely then, these three high-toned financiers still had the game in their own hands. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude If you will watch the private agency men carefully you will find that they associate largely with the high-toned criminal class. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Upon this parting occasion I feel it to be an incumbent duty to bear the feeble tribute of my praise to the high-toned justice of this State in dealing with the aboriginal inhabitants. Stories of New Jersey And she tole me, 'Y're going t' meet a high-toned gal.' The Rich Little Poor Boy In political theory he agrees with his high-toned neighbour; but he acts from religious principle, and this governs his private as well as his public life. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada I admit that it is not high-toned sport; and yet I have got a good deal of amusement out of it. Woodcraft On other occasions this high-toned husband would procure, through the offices of a mutual friend, an introduction for his wife to some prominent member of the Stock Exchange. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Its matter is high-toned and interesting, it is the most outspoken print we know of, and its outspokenness is the result of a fresh and vigorous life that is not warped by petty conventionalities.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Excellent, high-toned sentiments are no doubt found in Hindu writings, but these do not alter their general character. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 He is a high-toned gentleman in every sense of the word. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics He read the service, “rather with a strong, nervous voice, than in a graceful manner; his voice was sharp and high-toned, rather than harmonious.” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II The sword of Damocles was suspended for weeks, during which the high-toned censor's condition was sometimes pitiable to see. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. "If you haven't spunk enough to stand up for your rights, you deserve to lose them," replied Raymond, disgusted with the answers of those high-toned students. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany The head of the house was known as the premier among the high-toned business men of the old school. The Root of Evil At the present time they are a high-toned class of savages; for they do not steal or rob, and they have many social virtues which might be copied by the people of enlightened nations. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics "Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories—pure in style, original in conception, and with skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in dramatic energy to this book." Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life But that his wife—his pure, high-toned, magnanimous Sybil, should be caught up and ground to pieces by this horrible machinery of circumstance and destiny! Cruel As The Grave His religious feelings were such as might be expected from his well-spent life,—pure, benevolent, and high-toned. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 There is a word to be said in reference to this clause which will illustrate the high-toned patriotism of some of the convention which adopted it. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy They sailed away with the same rustle of garments, the same babel of high-toned voices, and Peggy stood alone in the middle of the deserted room. About Peggy Saville She might have been left in the Priory to the end of time had not the high-toned governess threatened to send in her resignation. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Little Bill signalised the successful shot with a high-toned cheer, and the Indian with a low-toned “Waugh,” while Fergus made a hurried and therefore bad, shot at the scared flock. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Then, too, as Mr. Rhodes shrewdly pointed out, he had the long white hands of a high-toned crook. The Lady Doc No cheap joint, but a high-toned dance hall in some burg where you can get a liquor license. The Fighting Shepherdess Instead, the meleagris salutes the sunrise with a cry equally high-toned, and quite as home-like. The Death Shot A Story Retold "Yes, but it ain't quite so high-toned," said the bride, who was inclined to cut a dash whenever the opportunity afforded. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience He was a high-toned, honorable gentleman, very neat and exact in his personal appearance, but entirely free from pretension. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren I thought my plan was going to be frustrated, but it turned out that her reluctance was only because she did not have a thing to wear, going into a high-toned place like that. Sense from Thought Divide There is, perhaps, no profession, after that of the sacred ministry, in which a high-toned morality is more imperatively necessary than that of the law. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition One cowboy who was as rough as anybody in the command was christened The Parson, and a fine, high-toned, well-educated college boy had to answer to the name of Jimmy the Tramp. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt They're a high-toned lot, too, and they don't care what it costs, so long as I keeps 'em in shape. Shorty McCabe The next historical question, which Miss Grimké's drama raises, was pertinently put to the present writer: "Was an educated, high-toned man like Loving ever lynched?" The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 She was a colored supplement to high-toned marine society. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel With the limitations named, it is a sublime outlook upon life and a high-toned morality which the Psalter discloses. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics "We think as much of our reputation as high-toned people." The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Slung in some fancy words and high-toned phrases. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." Tell you what, I shook the creases from my go-to-meeting pants When I put the cowboy trimmings on that high-toned dance. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp He'll go up there among those high-toned Grays or Blacks, and they will honey around those boys of his and make much of them, and cut us Brindles completely out of their good graces. George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers “Besides, the bustle and the exertion destroys the continuity of high-toned, and intellectual conversation,” said Captain Reud, with amiable gravity. Rattlin the Reefer His Majesty," she informed her audience, "is one of the most refined and high-toned gentlemen of the old school of manners. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert That will be my way of revenging myself on this crew of high-toned pirates with whom I have become involved, to my shame and to my undoing. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) He was quite willing to admire this high-toned courage, and was learning to be content that his brother should enjoy the praise for it which was his due. Amos Huntingdon We were not “high-toned” people; quite the reverse, in fact, as, I believe, I have previously described. She and I, Volume 1 Being this, she must ask her brother to wear the royal badge of high-toned manhood. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. We told Priscilla to wait outside, in the path, and try and behave so that people would think there was a pretty high-toned party inside. A Jolly Fellowship It said as how this was the home office of the Glory Be Mining Company, and there was a string of high-toned names as long as your arm. Torchy Once there came an oldish, high-toned lady from Richmond. Watch Yourself Go By Her lofty spirit harmonised with his own high-toned soul. Tancred Or, The New Crusade And here, to illustrate the high-toned missionary spirit of the Nestorians of our day, I will quote from the correspondence of Sarah, a daughter of Priest Abraham, of Geog Tapa. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. "By h-hen, a smoke does taste mighty good after high-toned grub like this," drawled Kayak, surrounding himself with a cloud. Where the Sun Swings North "I have no objection, but these high-toned strangers may not like it," said the detective quietly. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Her high-toned principles won for her additional love and respect. The Rector of St. Mark's Their ever-recurring emphatic refrain has been "the example of the teacher," and, to tell the truth, there is no better means of instilling moral ideas than the presence and inspiration of a high-toned teacher. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart It contains forty-four figures, and represents the Virgin on the point of completing her education as head girl at a high-toned academy for young gentlewomen. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals He wants his officers to be efficient and high-toned leaders. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training What's more, I hate to see an honest, high-toned young gentleman just throwing himself away on people that can't appreciate him. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila Hence it was not unnatural that the sentimental dandies and high-toned villains of Bulwer's earlier novels should have been the heroes to captivate all hearts. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters This high-toned and lovely Madrigal is quite in the style, and worthy of, the "pure Simonides." The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language With many of the most high-toned and accomplished persons whom she met, both of the Russian nobility and the French emigrants, she formed earnest and lasting relations of mind and heart. The Friendships of Women One personal talk with the average voter will outweigh enough high-toned editorials to sink a ship. The Henchman The financial arrangements of my dear sister were of the most conservative and high-toned character, as was to have been expected of her. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times Being the high-toned conjurer because you can't any longer take all the sidewalk as a fairy. Magic A Fantastic Comedy Seems like you be too high-toned fur this sorter work. Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune And there cannot be a reasonable doubt that high-toned friendships of earnest men and women would be a holy and powerful restraint from illicit habits. The Friendships of Women All the high-toned generals 110 on both sides in the present war do not hesitate to deceive the enemy, for it is a part of their duty to do so. Stand By The Union And among them all, proud, tall, disdainful, glide the American duchesses, cold, critical, high-toned, yet ready to strike up, should opportunity serve, appropriate acquaintance with their natural equals, the dukes of Europe. Post-Prandial Philosophy Paul Vapoor, the chief engineer, spoke of Graines in the highest terms, not only in his official capacity, but as a high-toned, patriotic, and thoroughly reliable man. A Victorious Union “Well, a high-toned young lady—one of the tip-tops, and I am a rough Bowery boy.” Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World It was, and is, an appropriate selection, though in later manuals George Kingsley's “Ware” is evidently thought to be better suited to the high-toned verse. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Both of them were high-toned men, and both of them had always been faithful in the discharge of every duty to God and man. Within The Enemy's Lines The newspapers in those days were models of what is called high-toned journalism, and printed nothing on purely personal matters like duels when requested to respect the feelings of families. Tales of the Chesapeake But their continued discussion has brought to light such high-toned and intolerant grounds of opposition, that the church generally, we doubt not, will settle down, in a just appreciation of the case. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann Don and Bert were a little too “high-toned;” in other words, they were young gentlemen, and such fellows did not suit Lester, who preferred to associate with Bob Owens and a few others like him. The Boy Trapper Among them are many high-toned and respectable families, whose pride shrinks from begging for bread, and who now live a life of penury and starvation rather than become the mendicant. The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution The gorgeous Melinda, therefore, was not a person calculated to inspire a lady of her high-toned mind with any deep feeling of regard or esteem. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland The women too joined their shrill voices to the general cry, and were loud in their abuse of the Hamiltons and in disparagement of their high-toned airs. The Sport of the Gods "Getting high-toned, hiring a carriage to bring you." The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery "I don't understand your high-toned talk," said Berry. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy As has been made plain, Captain Bonnet of the Revenge was a punctilious man when the rules of society were concerned, be that society official, high-toned, or piratical. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter ‘And these generally reckoned “too high-toned for our readers,”’ said Merton. The Disentanglers Mr. Balfour is a Tory, of course; and in general I don't like Tories, yet liberal he surely is—a sort of high-toned Scotch democrat. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II The latter believed in a strong, active, "high-toned" government, vigorously compelling in all its branches. History of the United States In particular I would say, do not take children to galleries and museums; still less, of course, send them to art schools to be taught high-toned commercialism. Art The piety of her English friends seemed to her of the most high-toned character, and their ardent friendship called forth her warmest affections. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons His temper was naturally irritable and high-toned; but reflection and resolution had obtained a firm and habitual ascendancy over it. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Then to the policeman: "How much is our high-toned Mexican friend betting and what odds does he expect?" The Pride of Palomar Other members of the convention were stoutly opposed to such "high-toned notions of government." History of the United States "I suppose he's one o' them high-toned, Sacramento shrimps!" he burst out gruffly; then he added meaningly: "Do you think he'd have you?" The Girl of the Golden West The press, however, was not free under the reign of a sovereign, whose high-toned feelings, and the exigencies of the times, rendered as despotic in deeds, as the pacific James was in words. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I had had my successes in my time, and may say, although it sounds conceited, that I had won the approval of other ladies quite as high-toned. The Passenger from Calais The high-toned Mexican gentleman bowed elaborately and shrugged deprecatingly. The Pride of Palomar A wayward and unconverted son, Henry by name, caused his father an anxiety which we see struggling painfully with parental affection and a high-toned Christian aim for all the members of his family. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Cleaned out—cleaned out for fair by a high-toned, fine-haired dog named Johnson! The Girl of the Golden West The street on which it stood was miserably built, but here, in the suburb of the city, was a house whose appearance corresponded with the solid and high-toned character of its owner. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy While his high-toned manners opened the way to favor, his nervous logic followed up the advantage so gracefully won, and drove home his purpose to its end. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Thus it happens that an excited imagination, a high-toned feeling, a wandering reverie, a restlessness of temper, are perpetually carrying the man of genius out of the processional line of the mere conversationists. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions And here the professor, having lighted upon a high-toned subject and a helpless hearer, launched into a long oration I have not space to report. Ishmael Or, In the Depths She was simply a high-toned freak, but an animal with a clean pedigree back to some great progenitor is valuable independently of individual earning qualities. Jukes-Edwards A Study in Education and Heredity We mean to have a clean-cut, high-toned campaign with a great man to lead us, who is known to the whole country. Children of the Market Place I hope you'll cultivate her society," he said, adding, "she is like Pat, as high-toned a fellow as ever lived. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters "Children welcome with glee the volumes comprised in Nisbet's 'Golden Ladder Series,' for they are full of interest, even though they are stories with a moral, which is always a high-toned one." Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata By studying them he became himself high-toned, chivalrous, and devoted. Ishmael Or, In the Depths I wonder how many fathers have recently inculcated these and similar high-toned principles on their little boys, only to meet with the same uninterested acquiescence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 A delicately balanced, fine-grained, high-toned mind and body responds to every tender influence, and is painfully jarred by that which is coarse. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition It's a real high-toned proposal and any woman ought to be satisfied with it. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts It was a real high-toned place, and they did not take any dangerous ones, only folks like him. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories Why, Nan, that man Jesus was so sorry for men in jail that He went back on some high-toned folks that didn't visit 'em: just think of that! All He Knew A Story The hateful means used to obtain an apparently good end have cast a slur on the reputation of more than one high-toned statesman. England's Case Against Home Rule It's what the high-toned doctors recommend to thin down ladies who have it so comfortable they're uncomfortable. Martha By-the-Day The roadsters of his, as of these days, were no longer, however, of the same high-toned class as that of the "bagmen" in times gone by. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 "Indeed! and where, pray, did you make the acquaintance of the high-toned Mr. Rider?" sarcastically inquired Mrs. Montague. True Love's Reward "Wharton's window is too high-toned," said the man. Esther Marian had naturally a fine, healthful, high-toned organization—a happy, hopeful, joyous temperament, an inclination always to look upon the sunny side of life and events. The Missing Bride He thought it might just happen that some high-toned lady, with a grand name, would come rowing across from Doveness, on the south shore of the lake. The Emperor of Portugalia The reader easily conceives how bitter a pill this must have been for the high-toned Cremonese gentlemen of that day. Italian Journeys The rough-and-ready hand of Rowley may be traced, not indeed in the more high-toned passages, but in many of the most animated scenes of "The Spanish Gipsy." The Age of Shakespeare A high-toned temper for Royal prerogatives on his part, and an indomitable resistance of the Colonists ... Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Nothing could have more keenly wounded the honorable, high-toned nobleman than the thought that Geronimo had been so dishonest and ungrateful as to use the funds of the establishment in gambling. The Amulet They are continually casting about their disinterested magnaminity and objection of all other considerations than those dictated by a high-toned morality, while their entire policy is marked by egotism and duplicity. Great Britain and the American Civil War "Flip" was the high-toned beverage of those days; but "black-strap," a compound of rum and molasses, sold at three cents a glass, was the particular "vanity" of the boatmen. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 This earthly mind may be of noble calibre, enriched by culture, high-toned, virtuous, and pure. Beautiful Thoughts Cauliflower is a kind of refined, high-toned cabbage relative. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The drama is at present a particularly high-toned subject. A Librarian's Open Shelf Art is universal, not local—I read that in some real high-toned book—and if a play is good, don't worry whether its author is French or German or American. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" There was much more of the same sort of high-toned epistolary rhetoric, written and sent by a dear hand, whose fanciful pen seemed touched by the ambrosial tints of Autumn. In the Footprints of the Padres We have said he may be high-toned, virtuous, and pure. Beautiful Thoughts The high-toned, exalted views of life and duty which had held possession of her during the past few weeks seemed suddenly to have deserted her. Ester Ried The making of programmes has in many cases been influenced by the fact that some subjects are considered more “high-toned” than others. A Librarian's Open Shelf I was, without knowing why, completely reassured; there was in his look such high-toned loyalty, in his manner such perfect distinction, and a sort of precaution so delicately mysterious, that I felt confidence in him. The Cross of Berny Both were graduates of medical colleges—well educated, cultured, and both high-toned gentlemen of the "Old School." History of Kershaw's Brigade Being now well read as well as travelled, we was soon pro re nata with the best society in Rosa, and was invited out to the most dressed-up and high-toned entertainments. Heart of the West [Annotated] His high-toned temper for royal prerogatives was sternly met by the indomitable resistance of the colonists. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical "They are too high-toned for that sort of thing." Four Boy Hunters "There seems to me but one straightforward, high-toned thing for you to do, Stella, and that is to follow your heart." A Young Girl's Wooing The last of the Randolphs, and one of the best representatives of the original masters of Virginia, the high-toned Virginia gentleman, was no more. Famous Americans of Recent Times It is high-toned and dignified, and shows that I am highly cultured and refined. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success As it was a high-toned outfit I was to accompany, I determined to put on a little style myself. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Frank Beard was so quaint, so original, so innocent in his originality, so pure and high-toned, even in his fun, and they liked him so much that every heart there responded to his mirth. Four Girls at Chautauqua She was learning to dread even more Graydon's high-toned sense of honor, the final decisions he reached from motives which had slight influence with her. A Young Girl's Wooing The universe, which loves not the high-toned, even in violins, disowned them, and they perished. Famous Americans of Recent Times This, I think, Sir, is pretty high-toned pretension. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Don't go back on your promise about lettin' up on the tramps, and being a little more high-toned. Frontier Stories A verbatim report of the Admiral would, however, harm no one, signify high-toned candor and a certain breezy simplicity in the treatment of momentous matters. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Samuel, Josiah and I would probable be in a better house and more high-toned society if some king or other should steal us and carry us away from our humble farm to their palace. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition In the testing hour, the "high-toned Virginia gentleman" carried the day, without a struggle, over the communicant. Famous Americans of Recent Times He was a "poor white" by birth; he remembered still the "high-toned gentlemen" who used to overawe his childhood; he recognized in Thurstane that unforgotten air of domination, and he was thoroughly daunted by it. Overland Then we went into a high-toned vittel dispensary, I bet you. Mr. Scraggs I suppose I am not worthy of a high-toned man, such as he seemed to be. The Mystery of Metropolisville There is the true test of your beautiful, high-toned principles. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel She also speaks of the philosophy of that day as "the delusive though plausible theory that no license of tone, or warmth of coloring, could injure any really healthy and high-toned mind." George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy It is not instructive, or very high-toned, or exceptionally clever, but if it were a man, all people that are not prigs would say that it was a very good sort of fellow. Gossip in a Library Perhaps the analytical mode in which he exercised his studies of human life tended to confine his observation to the more energetic feelings of pride, anger, ambition, and other high-toned passions. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "You are one of the most high-toned beauties in the sunny South, the land of the magnolia and the papaw." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Not being a saint, of course he can plead no high-toned sense of need of physical culture, to warrant these indulgences. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 He learns to discriminate between the sensitiveness of the high-toned honest man and the sensitiveness of the rogue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 "I congratulate you on your high-toned and aristocratic associate," observed Godfrey, sarcastically. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes Then let self-gratulation gladden our every heart, and swell each high-toned nerve. The Life of General Francis Marion Tremendous as these sounds were, and yet more terrible from the awful event which they presaged, there was a sublimity mixed with them, which Rebecca's high-toned mind could feel even in that moment of terror. Ivanhoe A pretty idea she must have of him, a girl that was too high-toned to have anything to do with a good-looking, gentlemanly fellow like Morrison. Burning Daylight If this high-toned doctrine continues where will it end? America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat From these it appears he's been a high-toned citizen ever since he was in short-clothes. Mr. Standfast It's a very high-toned sort of place, and the residents there like to keep by themselves.' The Thirty-Nine Steps It came to an end, leaving no successor equally brilliant, high-toned, wholesome; its collected numbers figure sometimes at a formidable price in sales and catalogues. Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake "I'm afraid it will be too high-toned for me, Mr. Gussing." Joe the Hotel Boy I had come out of a crack Australian clipper, where I had been third officer, and he seemed to have a prejudice against crack clippers as aristocratic and high-toned. Youth, a Narrative Go to Del's or Rector's or the Waldorf or the Madrid or any of those high-toned places, and see the women with the swell clothes and jewelry! Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Descent from any old king was, however, not sufficient for the high-toned people of our republic. The Ways of Men It's bully in a high-toned joint to eat and drink your fill, But it's quite another matter when you Pay the bill. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses He thought him a most delicate, generous, high-toned old gentleman, with a very handsome head, of the ascetic type, which he promised himself the profit of sketching. The Europeans "He is what he looks like: as poor as a rat, but very high-toned." The American I see one of them high-toned gents that died the other day said a gentleman couldn't possibly get along on less'n two thousand dollars a day and expenses. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation These irritating proceedings made this body still more high-toned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Aunt Clara, at heart an ardent Freelander, has a passion for incessantly arguing about the equality which here prevails, in which 'truly high-toned' sentiments and manners cannot possibly permanently exist. Freeland A Social Anticipation My uncle, Mr. Wentworth, is a tremendously high-toned old fellow; he looks as if he were undergoing martyrdom, not by fire, but by freezing. The Europeans He had read of this class of high-toned criminals in the gutter stories peddled by certain publishers, but he had never hoped to meet one in the flesh. The Crimson Blind Carlyle himself, partly perhaps from the spirit of contradiction, was inclined to speak slightingly of this high-toned and sympathetic biography: "It is," said he, "in the wrong vein, laborious, partly affected, meagre, bombastic." Thomas Carlyle An' Sylvia's awful high-toned, an' stubborn as a mule—I dunno's she an' Austin will be able to stick it out, he's some set himself. The Old Gray Homestead Then in a high-toned chanting voice he offered up a long prayer of thanksgiving, winding up with a petition for grace and enlightenment for the house and all its inmates. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He had also read, in 'Don Quixote', of the high-toned robber, Roque Guinart, who had more of compassion, in his nature than cruelty. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller When the meal had been duly despatched Captain Lebrun produced his pipe and proceeded to fill it, after having extracted from its inward parts the usual high-toned squeak. The Slave of the Lamp St. Paul, by the way, high-toned gentleman as he was, is a very thorough guide in such affairs, as he is in most others. How to Do It Looks to me like some people in this city'd be willing to go crazy if they thought that would help 'em to be as high-toned as Ambersons. The Magnificent Ambersons The bourgeois ostentation and would-be high-toned graciousness of the ladies, jarred on his nerves as harshly as did the personal appearance of their respective husbands. From One Generation to Another Still her strong spirit and high-toned nature rendered it impossible for her to be miserable always. The Living Link "This is such a very high-toned camp let us call it Hotel Millionaire," suggested Giant. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters Clare started on hearing himself addressed a second time by the high-toned lady—he did not remember a word of all that had been said to him. The Life of John Clare Oh, Guy! who, among your high-toned lady friends on Sparks Street to-morrow will recognize in you the fast midnight rambler, that the pale winter moon and the cold silent stars see in you to-night? Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense Brother, I'm sorry, but only high-toned servants of the living God congregate in this church for worship, and with that seedy suit on they cannot admit you. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest "As you have no particular birth or family," said Edith, in her most insolent tone, "I suppose you must rest your claims to be a gentleman altogether on your good manners and high-toned character." The Living Link But the bells never ceased; some were deep-toned and some high-toned; voices were intermixed with them. Selected Polish Tales This scrap from the account of his preparations for the march from Babylon to Jerusalem gives us a glimpse of a high-toned faith, and a noble strain of feeling. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The Cottonton Brass Band was now stationed in the hall, and a short concert closed the evening's entertainment, which was allowed, by all, to be the most high-toned affair ever given in the town. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks I had had enough of those high-toned dogs who look at you as if you were something the garbage-man had forgotten to take away. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories This melodramatic production was staged with all the pasteboard pomp and secondhand circumstance the little workshop theater could afford and was given with all the fire the high-toned author could impart to his company. My Friends at Brook Farm A robber is more high-toned than what a pirate is—as a general thing. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 8. Musk-scented notes scrawled upon barbaric, "high-toned" stationery poured in upon him. The Best American Humorous Short Stories The curious nasal sounds produced by the natives, together with the rather high-toned snore of Professor Herndon, were the only sounds that came through the still night. The White Waterfall We have already seen the violent expressions of hatred which the ardent and high-toned soul of Tacitus thought applicable to the Christians; and such language is echoed by Roman writers of every character and class. Seekers after God Nevertheless, it was evident, that as for any high-toned patriotic feeling, there was comparatively very little—hardly any of it—evinced by our sailors as a body. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War You'd do the high-toned thing by her: you'd say what a wretch you then were, and that she had had to save her life. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 Do not your English novels prove it, your English stage, your newspapers, so high-toned? The Sowers Amongst those present was one lady with a stern yet high-toned expression of countenance, her air was distinguished; she sat erect, and listened intently to the speaker. Excellent Women Vanbraam did as he was bid, and there was a moment's high-toned conversation between him and the Frenchman. A Soldier of Virginia They may also transact business, of a high-toned sort, and sometimes they get out of temper. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 There is nothing like impressing your reader with an adequate sense of your ability for laborious research, when you are doing biography for a high-toned journal. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 28, October 8, 1870 I rose fresh and eager for the trip, and as it was a nobby and high-toned outfit which I was to accompany, I determined to put on a little style myself. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide Is it fitting that a high-toned journalist should engage in petty recriminations with such a one? Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 Why, God bless her for her spunk and independence, living and visiting, as she mostly has, from a child, in that circle of high-toned and bitter tories. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont Phillip Lawson's high-toned resolutions by these means were scattered to the winds, and he turned once more to the lofty aspirations of his intellectual nature for refuge. Marguerite Verne Oh, she was "high-toned," no doubt of that! Sleeping Fires: a Novel You have done all that a high-toned Southern gemman could do, Colonel. Colonel Carter of Cartersville A man of high-toned and poetic mind would here insert something about his thoughts turning to his mountain home. Observations of a Retired Veteran Nigh as I could make out from that, he thought he was a kind of high-toned loafer, sportin' round on his aunt's money. Cap'n Dan's Daughter But all this addition of inspiration at this festive season did not inspire the Verne family with any such high-toned sentiments as might have been expected. Marguerite Verne It was well that her nature was so high-toned that she found enjoyment in only what was refined or intellectual. Barriers Burned Away It was them high-toned swells that was the craftiest an' most daring. Man on the Box Its wealth was conventionally "solid and substantial;" its members were lauded as "high-toned" business men "of the old-fashioned school," and as consistent church communicants and expansive philanthropists. Great Fortunes from Railroads The house was finer than she expected, the furniture was so rich and high-toned, the pictures—did Daniel notice the pictures? Cap'n Dan's Daughter Yet, in its own way, the feminine resistance of these good citizens' wives, without being equally high-toned, is worthy of record, and far too full of character to be passed over. A Book of Golden Deeds The two great divisions of slang are the vulgar of the uneducated and coarse-minded, and the high-toned slang of the so-called upper classes—the educated and the wealthy. How to Speak and Write Correctly But these high-toned "gentlemen" always managed to keep the bottle of sherry near him, and when they lost they would good-naturedly and hilariously propose that they take a drink. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century That would happen with these old families, you know; but they were as high-toned and honorable as if their fore-bears had been kings. Bricks Without Straw He confessed afterward she looked so like somebody's high-toned ghost that it had sent the shivers down his spine. Little Miss By-The-Day Yes; I told him that he was too high-toned to carry a musket, but he said he would rather go as a private than as an officer. An Original Belle Of course I'm not going to talk of family secrets, or say anything not befitting a high-toned gentleman, but I taught that snob how a man of honor regards his cowardice and cold-bloodedness. Without a Home Not prance around here with his high-toned airs. Cape Cod Stories I am not at such high-toned literature now. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters "You know I never could stand your high-toned ways." True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place They come—yes," said Mrs. Grossensteck, "but they are scared of the fine house, of the high-toned help, of everything being gold, you know, and fashionable. Love, the Fiddler They are over-refined and high-toned, but I can't afford too much of that kind of thing on three dollars a week. Without a Home It'll give tone to the shebang," says he, referring to the hotel; "and we want to keep the Old Home House as high-toned as a ten-story organ factory. Cape Cod Stories When men get too high-toned and aristocratic, too fussy about manners and dress, along come real men to ride them down and under. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel He read the service, "rather with a strong, nervous voice, than in a graceful manner; his voice was sharp and high-toned, rather than harmonious." Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 Knowing the young man's high-toned feelings—and how utterly he must, from his character, condemn anything like play, he had purposely sought to obscure his perceptions by inducing him to drink freely. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life He is so handsome and refined, and his taste is so perfect that every association he awakens is refined and high-toned. Without a Home What I mean is, that I can read Mr. Hambleton's true character, and I know it to be based upon fixed and high-toned principles. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine It was not to be supposed that she would have any very high-toned feelings as to Lily's rights in this matter. The Small House at Allington Mary's father was a merchant of considerable wealth and standing in society, and possessing high-toned feelings and principles. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Two years before, her son had come home from college, where he had graduated with all the honors her heart could desire, a pure, high-toned young man, possessing talents of no common order. Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend Eventually, these dedicated and high-toned people break down and die like everyone else. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor I've run up against a mighty high-toned bunch of crooks in my day. The Intrusion of Jimmy He stands there, casts a shy glance at ANNA, whose brilliant clothes, and, to him, high-toned appearance awe him terribly. Anna Christie "One of the beggars was high-toned," said George; "he had a stove." The Lure of the Labrador Wild But one must have a high-toned and delicate soul to understand the infinite tenderness of his soul, which so few can feel or divine. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 But Mr. Burke should recollect that he is writing history, and not plays, and that his readers will expect truth, and not the spouting rant of high-toned exclamation. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man I simply saw a high-toned, cultured man of the world, and his rank and titles didn't make me feel a bit queer. The Inspector-General No, young 'un, I'm not from no such high-toned place as Boston. The Valiant Runaways I was told by a gentleman who calls himself a Presbyterian—I need not mention his name—that he was not suitable to the peculiarly select and high-toned society of that place. The Prospector To the young Grand Duke I gave your letter, and I can assure you that he has fully understood your noble language, your high-toned feeling. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 In the case of my pardner it wuz fashion, nothing but the butterfly of fashion he wuz after, to act in a high-toned, fashionable manner, like other fashionable men. Samantha at Saratoga You—you think dot plowing is not high-toned enough, yet—hey? Down the Mother Lode "Music with my meals, just like a high-toned restaurant," commented Captain Cy. Cy Whittaker's Place |
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