| 单词 | histrion |
| 例句 | It has gone out of fashion with the eloquence of the old histrions, probably because of the rarity of its exponents; also because it no longer appeals to a matter-of-fact public. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z That they were employed by the histrions of that latter nation, can admit of no doubt. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The inabilities of the histrions themselves, is another matter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 In the translation of the Professor the simple profundities of the poet become delicate verse, which in the mouth of the histrion is turned into rhythmless rhetoric. Pot-Boilers Is it only singing histrions who appear to you objects of compassion? Records of Later Life These Infant Phenomena frequently fail To rouse anything more than good-natured derision; But clappings and cheers this boy histrion hail. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 He was a born histrion—a kind of French Arthur Roberts—but very beautiful to the female eye, and also always dear to the female heart—a most delightful gift of God! The Martian The intensity of the golden age of the histrion was the intensity of his good faith. A Small Boy and Others Flushed faces keen and clever Contorted wildly; such mirth-moving shape Was taken by that genial histrion's jape As mobs are mute at never. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 There was now and again some attempts to turn amateur theatricals into feeble ridicule by the introduction of a party of village histrions, who were allowed to "clown" to their heart's content; and voil� tout! Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 The jongleurs of the Middle Ages were the immediate descendants of the Roman mimes and histrions; their declamations, accompanied by gestures, at least tended towards the dramatic form. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It is probable that the accounts of their misunderstandings are considerably exaggerated, as the rehearsal of a tragedy by this pair of histrions would be taken by the servants for a sure-enough fight. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Fals-Semblant is the pope who sells benefices, the histrion, the tumbler, the juggler, the adept of the vagrant race, who goes about telling tales and helping his listeners to forget the seriousness of life. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The instrument on which we histrions play is that strange thing, the human heart. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida But the sagacious steed knew its business thoroughly well, and was indeed an admirable histrion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 He would become a vain listener to himself, instead of a speaker, a pedant in place of a serious man, a histrion instead of a sincere person. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic What would Athenæus say if he knew that it was through him alone that the name of this histrion had come down to us? Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Besides their horseplay, jugglers and histrions had, to please their audience, retorts, funny answers, witticisms, merry tales, which they acted rather than told, for gestures accompanied the delivery. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance First we know from innumerable testimonies that those histrions spoke and told endless nonsense; they have been often enough reproached with it for no doubt to remain as to their talking. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance |
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