| 单词 | homeliness |
| 例句 | Her homeliness composed a form of beauty; she was quite impressive to look at. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z If you really want to pull off grim, a little homeliness helps. On TV, a Near Epidemic of Frowns and Clenched Jaws 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z In another essay, the art historian Susan Weininger details Abercrombie’s psychology, shaped by an unloving mother and the daughter’s belief in her own homeliness — consistent with which, she sometimes wore a tall black witch’s hat. This Surrealist Is Having a Moment, 66 Years After Her Last New York Show 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The smallish, brown-paper-wrapped burger, a beauty in its juicy, textured homeliness, owes more to the late-night aesthetics of White Castle than to the vertiginous behemoths of Hamburger Hamlet. Behold the humble Superiority Burger, the rage of NYC 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Springsteen also appreciated the Animals’ general homeliness, he said, because at the time he considered himself “hideous.” ArtsBeat: At SXSW Springsteen Draws an All-Star Guest List 2012-03-16T16:46:09Z The Old World homeliness is reinforced by the setting: a 19th century house with creaking wooden floors and a romantic garden with candlelit tables. Ljubljana's Capital Assets 2010-04-01T11:45:00Z If a purpose of art is to arouse feeling, the Administration Building, regardless of its alleged homeliness, has been undeniably successful as an objet, if perhaps less so as a building. ‘The ugliest building in downtown Seattle’ or ‘a piece of public art’? Either way, King County is closing it down 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Here is a man with a gift of radiant homeliness. The best of Boz She didn’t care, she didn’t care much, about his stubbled homeliness. The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Her family feared that her homeliness would prevent her marrying, and more than one man cited her looks as a reason for rejecting her. Middlemarch: Jennifer Egan on how George Eliot’s unorthodox love life shaped her masterpiece 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z There was a raggedly homeliness to many of the looks. Chloe goes romantic in Paris; Kenzo pays homage to Rousseau 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z To Lincoln, who often joked about his homeliness, it was none too clear if that helped or hurt his chances. Attleboro shop has place in history due to political buttons 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z There are incredulous running gags about Vergara’s age and Witherspoon’s supposed homeliness. Review: Witherspoon and Vergara crash in ‘Hot Pursuit’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Raised by her maternal grandmother, she was dismissed for her homeliness and tagged with the nickname "Granny." PBS' 'The Roosevelts' portrays an epic threesome 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z When you’re on the biggest stage of your life, a bit of homeliness goes a long way. Why Germany’s team ethic could be too much for even Cristiano Ronaldo 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z I've heard that they plan to counter the lack of homeliness with "dressing" – but what does that mean? Olympic Stadium cannot be called West Ham's home for just 25 days 2013-03-09T22:00:04Z Its homeliness has been consecrated; its doors may have been the portals both of life and death. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Such was Stapylton; he blended a fair liking for the picturesque with a natural instinct for comfort and homeliness, and he saw in this spot what precisely embraced both elements. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Your father's son should know that where a Barrington lived he had a home,—not to say you have already paid some of the tribute of this homeliness, and seen me very cross and ill-tempered. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z What strikes us about Christ’s method of influence is its quiet homeliness. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This miracle of homeliness was Madame de Stael, author and futile conspirator. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z But to find real beauty in homeliness, order those blackened sunchokes. Restaurant Review: Acme Signals the Arrival of New Nordic Cuisine 2012-03-14T04:19:03Z It is this motherliness, this domesticity, this homeliness that makes the Apple tree so cherished, so beloved. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Set my mind at ease by saying 'No' to his invitation, and let me try if I cannot recompense you by homeliness in lieu of splendor. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z There are few older churches in New England, or that embody more of its ancient homeliness, material and spiritual. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The ugly duckling, in less than a single year, developed from repulsive homeliness into a striking beauty. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z But the sweets have been tasted, and have spoiled the relish for the old homeliness. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Beauty and honest innocence alone are never a match for intellect, even when combined with outward homeliness. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z How little peace had fallen to her lot, that she should prize the quiet and homeliness of her duties in our chambers! Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z It burned in Dorothy's chamber, and its yellow homeliness tugged at my heart as I lay there, the lonesome darkness about me, the shrill cry of the wind in my ears. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z So ugly was Madame de Stael that when she once said to an ill-favored man: "You abuse the masculine prerogative of homeliness," her hearers laughed—at her, not at her victim. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Visitors desiring to combine economy with homeliness, are recommended to follow Miss Wilfer’s lead in this regard, and commit themselves to the hospitable care of the present landlord. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z But their very homeliness was all human and all humane. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Her smile, the smile that animated the an�mic homeliness of her features with a vaporous light of dawn, gradually faded. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z This sounds abrupt as it is told, but there was a homeliness and simplicity about everything Lincoln did which robbed the action of any suspicion of discourtesy. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z The very homeliness of her motive and the act made her the more appealing to Forbes. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z There were two lawyers who were conspicuous men for their homeliness. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z In spite of the child’s homeliness, the women at first took a great deal of pleasure in him; but before long he grew so greedy that he devoured everything they had. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z It seemed to me that he did full justice to his reputation for homeliness. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z What we can admire in his work is his accomplished craftsmanship and the intimacy and tender homeliness of his conception. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z That of the Rheidol stands somewhat apart from both, as if, proud of its own beauty, it disdained the other two for their homeliness. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Her glance scoured the weedy homeliness of the backyard. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z There was no attempt at the picturesque or showy—austere simplicity, genuine homeliness, the unpretentiousness of nature, all the habits of domestic life free from troubles and anxieties. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Of all writers of the English language, his style most approximates to that of the old orators of Greece in force, rapidity, directness, dexterity, luminous statement, and honest homeliness. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z I believe that they are sometimes difficult of access, and apparently inhospitable, because they suspect us of scoffing at their simplicity, at the homeliness of their accommodations, and their housewively occupations. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z It has none of Chaucer’s digressions, none of the homeliness of his version. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z He was in a fit of admiration with everything he saw, the antique homeliness of the parlors, the lavender on the window sills, the Worcester china on the table. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z A realistic story of the plains, describing a gay party of Easterners who exchange a cottage at Newport for the rough homeliness of a Montana ranch-house. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z A great curiosity of the genuine homeliness of our national idiom at this time has come down to us in a 119 manuscript in the Arundel Collection, now in our national library. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Another story about his homeliness involved his riding through the woods and encountering a woman, also on horseback, traveling toward him. Why the presidency aged Lincoln so dramatically 2011-05-29T15:01:00Z The most popular of German lullabies is a truly Teutonic mixture of piety, wonder-lore, and homeliness. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Beauty becomes irresistible when allied to this lodestone of attraction; plainness of features is overlooked by it; even positive homeliness is rendered agreeable by its influence. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z I suddenly realized that with all of her crooked homeliness, Miss Cox was far from plain. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z The mere lovers of antiquity endured the raillery of the wits for the puerility of the plot, the vulgar humour, and the homeliness of the style. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z If any pre-Raphaelite aspirant would learn how Doric homeliness may be united with the utmost perfection and symmetry of form, let him read this beautiful episode.... Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z I may call to mind a remark of Edgar Poe's to the effect that passion demands a homeliness of expression. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Not that I am ungrateful for the kindness bestowed on me by—other people; but there is such a delightful feeling of homeliness here. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z I am afraid your preciseness will be sometimes offended,' he continued, looking round the room, which, with all its homeliness, had the little finishes that a woman's hand always gives. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z His language is rough, I grant, but they understand its homeliness; and if they wouldn’t be so fond of groaning and shouting out ‘Glory’ and ‘Hallelujah’ at incongruous times I should not care. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z He remembered her as a blond-headed little girl with irregular features and a rather unreasonable allowance of homeliness. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The scene presents a restful tranquility, and a quaint homeliness. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z And with all the curiosity, and variety, and oddity and richness of the Strand, it had the while a manner of snug homeliness and cosiness and comfort about it which was quite inimitable. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z But in its general characteristics, its rustic homeliness and peaceful beauty, this "glimmering landscape," immortalised in his verse, is the same on which his living eyes have looked. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z The only apparent difference was that plainness in a man becomes homeliness in a woman. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Swinging lamps and trays, large mirrors, the polished woods and the shining metal-work gave an air of beauty and homeliness to this portion of the steamer such as the boys thought very charming. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z He presented, with a savage homeliness of illustration, with the same simplicity and increasing force, the same awful view of Christianity. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z But, in spite of this homeliness in the Duplessis portrait and the easy, careless manner in which the clothes are worn, there are no signs of what might be called vulgarity. The True Benjamin Franklin His homeliness and anxious sincerity riveted the attention of the most thoughtless; and, as a poet says, "They who came to scoff remain'd to pray." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 But, ignoble and odd as this depository may seem, it yet contained no inconsiderable treasure, and that not a whit the worse or less valuable for the homeliness of its abode. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 But no sooner had they greeted—Bulstrode triumphantly peering at her through both real and mental haze—shaken hands, and each found a seat before the grate, than an enchanting homeliness overspread the place. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode A feeling of homeliness, soft and soothing, such as I had not known for years, cajoled my senses. The Wish A Novel The wedding supper was charming in its simplicity and homeliness, using the word in its original sense. Eneas Africanus You saw a mongrel society made up of English adventurers, who, barren of hope at home, came to dazzle with their fashionable vices the cordial homeliness of our humbler land. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) But the next moment, with the soft homeliness of the air upon her cheek, came the realisation that she could not hate the land over which it breathed. Shadows of Flames A Novel Of these two authors, Epictetus has the more nerve, spirit, and wit, together with that exquisite homeliness which Thoreau rightly named "a high art"; while Antoninus is characterized by more of tenderness, culture, and breadth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 This was published in 1511, and contains twenty pictures, full of realistic plainness and domestic homeliness, yet displaying marvellous skill and power of invention. Dürer Artist-Biographies It is hard to imagine that any lover of literature could be altogether wanting in appreciation of their quaint homeliness and pleasant realism. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Their faces and figures attested the homeliness and their virtue was such that they seemed always wondering whether their halos were on straight. The Portal of Dreams The man's answer broke through the patient homeliness of his face at once. Stories of the Foot-hills Three things that tell every humble person: poverty, homeliness, servility. The Triads of Ireland There is a certain homeliness about the idea which helps to make it very real. Kept for the Master's Use By ‘homeliness’ I mean not ugliness, as the word is apt to be used, but the 82 air that is given to a room by being really at home in it. Household Papers and Stories We acknowledge the homeliness and comprehensiveness, but we deny the value of poetic testimony. The So-called Human Race Therefore, there enters into these designs, which contain after all only the same sort of skill which was rife in Italy, so much homeliness at once, and poignancy and sublimity of imagination. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion And by birth she belonged to the class of small townsfolk who are nobody, and whose gentility is more appalling than their homeliness. Sir Tom New life was everywhere about the old place, yet its old charm was undisturbed, its old homeliness was unchanged. The Bondboy It is like the primitive literatures also in its prophetic cry and in its bardic simplicity and homeliness, and unlike them in its faith and joy and its unconquerable optimism. Whitman A Study For all its disorder it gave out a familiar odor of homeliness which profoundly moved Haney. Money Magic A Novel Various camping utensils were scattered carelessly about, and a perfect atmosphere of the most innocent homeliness prevailed. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Ofttimes they sat there in winter instead of the sitting-room, drawn by its antique homeliness. Amaryllis at the Fair There was a homeliness about her beauty which made her more lovely in her own room than when dressed for balls and parties. Is He Popenjoy? Then his seriousness and simplicity, like that of Biblical and Oriental writers,—a kind of childish inaptness and homeliness,—often exposes him to our keen, almost abnormal sense of the ridiculous. Whitman A Study The soft curling smoke, grey and embrowned, gave a curious touch of homeliness to it. Diana They do small towns a grievous injustice who deny them restlessness, vice, ostentation, cruelty; as they do cities a grievous injustice who deny them simplicity, homeliness, friendship, and contentment. In a Little Town The na�vete and homeliness of his feeling, with the addition sometimes of a trait of kindly humour; the admirable lighting, and a touch resembling Rembrandt in impasto and vigour, render his pictures very attractive. Six Centuries of Painting It showed with special boldness on a black sun-bonnet that covered Mary’s head, and that somehow lost all its homeliness whenever it rose sufficiently in front to show the face within. Dr. Sevier And this feeling of homeliness was enhanced when she was smilingly and cordially welcomed by a big, gray-bearded, bronzed man and a white-haired, motherly woman, the parents of young Sucatash. Louisiana Lou A Western Story And the more I pondered upon this new face, the more I saw that this return to a truer homeliness and a more real realism did but enable me to achieve a subtler beauty. Ghetto Comedies Well, here we are in Victoria, and the astonishing homeliness of it gives us both a warm feeling of delight. Round the Wonderful World Returning to England after lonely wanderings in the southern hemisphere, I well remember how the sight and the scent of this rude plant, dear in its very homeliness, recalled former scenes associated with it. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. A certain simplicity, not to say homeliness, of manners prevailed in the house. Not Like Other Girls The thought came to her, as she sat musing in the twilight, that wherever there was a home there must surely be homeliness. A Vanished Hand Our readers will enjoy this work—its genuine nationality of tone and sentiment, its refined and poetic homeliness, and its strokes of quiet humour. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition The clear, decisive features, the tender discerning expression, the poise of the head, were irresistibly attractive to all artists with a strong sense of grace—even artificial grace—as opposed to rude vigour or homeliness. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange But in spite of his slow wits and his homeliness a great many things happened to him in the course of his life. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals All of the latter make a feature of Biblical interpretation, which lends to their work the Jewish stamp and to their style the element of homeliness and variety. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Bottomed by the one in homeliness, his character was by the other drawn upward to the height of human nobility and aspiration. Stephen Arnold Douglas The peace of it, the comfort, the homeliness! The Wooden Horse But the homeliness of the scene and its familiarity had no power to soothe that aching, distracted heart. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange He was like Agamemnon, a native ἄναζ ἀνδρῶν, and with all his homeliness of feature and deportment, and his perfect simplicity of expression, there was about him “that divinity that doth hedge a king.” Spare Hours In the true Romany chi poetic imagination is combined with a homeliness and a positive love of respectability which are very curious. Old Familiar Faces Founded on great learning, inspired by genuine wit, its style is plain even to homeliness. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply There is also�who could help observing it?�a certain large and patriarchal homeliness�a kind of royal domesticity�about much that he writes. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The extreme homeliness of it all would almost have hindered Esther from eating, though she was very hungry. A Red Wallflower His style, with a wilful ruggedness, displays the German taste for the humour of an incongruous homeliness, where the subject seems to call for a more dignified treatment. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) In her homeliness she presented a strange contrast to her surroundings. A Pirate of Parts It maintained, however, partly perhaps by the intention of its designers, but chiefly through accident, a character of picturesqueness and homeliness. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 In spite of his homely face and ungainly form there was more than one who would have been willing to stand in his shoes, homeliness and all. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia There should be an air of homeliness and open hospitality about the place. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men He secured it at once, and with a consoling sense of homeliness proceeded to turn its familiar pages. The Prodigal Father The whole, one may say again, is sterling and real, both the elevation and the homeliness. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 6: Harriet Martineau Angrily she sneered at the simple homeliness of the old German custom. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Pitscottie is very particular in his description, and places the economy of the little castle before us, among its woods—with its simplicity, its precautions, the homeliness of the household. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets Salutations rugged, rough—almost rude—but hearty to the point of homeliness, and affectionate to the length of familiarity, flew at his head from every side. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The comparison showed all his freckles and the unformed homeliness of his rather dumpy, sturdy figure; it showed also the honest dull red of his cheeks and the clear unfaltering gray of his eyes. The Adventures of Bobby Orde You may as well argue, that some of our Irish Senators marrying a few celebrated Toasts for their Beauty, wou'd improve the natural homeliness of the Commonality. A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 Coarse, uneducated, toil-worn women, and girls who promised in a few years to emulate their mothers in homeliness, possessed no charms for me. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 These houses were inexpressibly sad and forlorn-looking, with all their privacy and inner homeliness naked and exposed to the passer-by and the staring sunlight. Between the Lines Its tasks often have the appearance of homeliness until we glimpse that kind of beauty that is humanness. Humanistic Nursing But, as Alicia does not fail to remind me, Mr. Sinclair's homeliness is well gilded. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 It is a homely virtue, but if in its homeliness we practised it, this Church and our own souls would wear a different face from what it and they do to-day. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Don't laugh at me for the homeliness of the simile—it suggested a gigantic cradle. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Around the great glowing fireplace in an old New England kitchen centred all of homeliness and comfort that could be found in a New England home. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The homeliness of the stories touched me; it seemed to me that you found yourself in the atmosphere of old Germany. Confessions of a Book-Lover The fountain of the Rheidol stands apart from the others, as if, proud of its own beauty, it disdained their homeliness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Ugly is replaced in English by plain, and in American by homely— "She is not so handsome as these, maybe, but her homeliness is not actually alarming." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) At their heels came three dogs and one cat, acting as vanguard to a woman and a young girl, who carried blue china plates of most æsthetic homeliness. A Venetian June There was something refreshing in this very homeliness. A Little Girl in Old Boston It never spoiled his style; but it gave that touch of homeliness to it which smelt of the good soil of the country. Confessions of a Book-Lover And yet, as he read on, Julius reluctantly admitted that the cruel tale gained credibility and moral force from the very homeliness of the language in which it was chronicled. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance As it was, she felt guilty for her presence and miserably responsible for her homeliness of conduct. The Squirrel-Cage But this homeliness was relieved by the big, lustrous, brown eyes—eyes that challenged and beseeched in turn. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators A sweet warmth fills the room—the restful homeliness imparted by a careful, but not too careful, woman. Nights in London By a new mode of management, much of the homeliness and rude horror, that defaced and encumbered the reality, is thrown away. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Once when Jim was a boy Mrs. Wagoner had the good taste to refer in his presence to his "homeliness," a term with which she sugar-coated her insult. "Run To Seed" 1891 The rooms looked as if they had been got ready hurriedly, but they were handsome and richly furnished, and Burden apologized for their lack of homeliness. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden "Why, hello, honey!" he said heartily, rising to his feet and bowing with a quaint ceremonial gesture that contrasted with and yet somehow matched the homeliness of his greeting. From Place to Place All this is the English popular evil which goes along with the English popular virtues of geniality, of homeliness, tolerance and strong humour, hope and an enormous appetite for a hand-to-mouth happiness. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens If you had taken me in your arms and told me that you loved me with all my wretchedness and all my homeliness, that would have made me glad; but you did not. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm A woman must be mature in years, plain almost to homeliness in dress, and by no means liberally endowed with personal attractions, if she hoped to meet the approval of Miss Dix. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience In this passage, it is only the old-fashionedness, homeliness, and quaintness of the English—not its grammar—that makes us feel that it was not written in our own times. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 He was one of those persons who, despite their homeliness of face and feature, win us by their genial nature and honest, outspoken ways. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them Their deliberate homeliness and consistent reflection of a small boy's attitude toward life have no equal to my knowledge. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Later on, with the gas lit, it would achieve something approaching homeliness. Jill the Reckless My first sensation was pleasure, the pleasure which congenial youth inspires, my next shame, for the homeliness of my occupation. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author He is, as his latest critic says, “the poet of homely human nature;” and his genius shows the beautiful elements in this homeliness; and that what is homely need not therefore be dull and prosaic. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 There is a certain homeliness of person, a combined result of type and degree, which undeniably possesses a peculiar charm, fascinating the eye more than confessed beauty of a lesser degree or more conventional form. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches For a moment the homeliness of his lean countenance was relieved with so redeeming a touch of what all women most wish for in all men that she met it with an equal simplicity. The Lovely Lady His "Salmonia" is, in its way, a pastoral; not, certainly, to be compared with the original of Walton, lacking its simple homeliness, for which its superior scientific accuracy can make but poor amends. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 The Duse is a surprise, in that her homeliness of face masks an intellect that is a revelation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Before the Franco-Prussian War there was an air of sweetness, homeliness, an old-fashioned peace in the land. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Public men who are able to make a jest of the homeliness of their features never lose by it. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions The child had forgotten she was plain and odd; she did not think to ask herself whether the people on those bright stars, so beautiful and happy, might not repulse her for her homeliness. The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land In the series of the Life of the Virgin there is a 'Repose in Egypt,' which has a naïve homeliness in its grace and serenity. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art She contrasted in a lifeless way that pleasant group of warm houses with their suggestions of love and homeliness with her own desolate self. By What Authority? Oh, yes; there is "God's plenty" of poetry in these sights and sounds, if only one looks deep enough to discover the beauty of homeliness. The Joyful Heart The gaunt gray piles, the metallic surfaces, the homelinesses of Moussorgsky, are more virile, stronger, more resisting than Wagner's music. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Homely life-scenes, homely old sanctities and heroisms, he takes up, delineates them with intrepid fidelity to their homeliness, and, lo! there they are, beautiful as Indian corn, or as ploughed land under an October sun! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 He is said to have treated 'very simple subjects with naïve homeliness and kindly humour.' The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art On a mind such as his, outward things have small effect; otherwise the cheerful homeliness of the scene must have soothed him. The Long Night She nodded towards the great logs glowing between the brazen dogs and giving the room not only warmth but an air of comfort and homeliness. The Woman's Way And, curiously, through speaking his own language in all its homeliness and peasant flavor, he seems to have moved more closely to his land. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers She was always a marked girl, from her extreme homeliness, her excellent scholarship, her boldness in all active sports, and an odd humor which never failed to interest and amuse. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They breathe forth a great kindliness and homeliness, and one could fill pages with quotations. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan The comfort and homeliness of the atmosphere into which he plunged were beyond words. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon It is full of wise saws and proverbs, quips and quirks of expression, the picturesquenesses and homelinesses of speech that are characteristic of a peasant to whom talk is the half of life. Irish Plays and Playwrights They wondered I could deign to speak anything but French, and concluded I did so only out of compliment to their homeliness. The Late Miss Hollingford I must myself confess, for the first and last time, that until within two or three years I never met her after an absence without being newly impressed with her exceeding homeliness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy They love the simplicity and homeliness of their own communion services and would not exchange them if they could. The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 But though all picturesqueness was given over to utility, there was a sense of homeliness to the traveler after the stormy passage of the North Pacific. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Performance brings out its homeliness, its touches of humor, its wistfulness, its nobility. Irish Plays and Playwrights This quality was not altogether different from what we call homeliness. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The six feet of homeliness belonging to Tunis has a balcony of wood which neither reveals nor hides the almond-eyed whose supposed relatives are selling trumpery in booths on the other side of the Seine. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 An air of refined homeliness about it, the work and books and music on the open piano, spoke of well-occupied repose. A Crooked Path A Novel Nothing could exceed the homeliness of the furniture, though everything was remarkably clean. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Cary has also been afraid of the excessive homeliness of Dante's imagery; "whiter wing than curd" being in the original "whiter than butter." Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel As it is, the handsome black head, which is black with new hair as early as the first of May, redeems the animal from utter homeliness. The Extermination of the American Bison Her soul, however, is as white as her complexion is black, and she has the air of being so little conscious of her own appearance, that her homeliness may be said to become her. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Even at that the English talk made my heart expand—the homeliness of it. Romance He quickly obeyed their summons--and I was surprised, when I saw him, at the youthfulness of his appearance, the homeliness of his dress, and the simplicity of his manners. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three That life, as her reminiscences witness, was one of extreme homeliness—not to say austerity. Up in Ardmuirland Is it that the homeliness of Burns appeals to them as a wandering race? Adventures in Criticism It must be my aunt's doing, and its very homeliness pleases me, just as I love her homely sincerity of affection. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse And I was conscious of other qualities in her too—of her homeliness, her good-fellowship, her trustfulness. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy These Chronicles are remarkable for a certain unconscious ease and homeliness. Anglo-Saxon Literature The very homeliness of the little scene awoke in him the domestic instinct—heritage of his middle-class ancestors. The Survivor The air had an indefinable character of homeliness, or maybe it was the sunlight. Eastern Standard Tribe It is this simplicity and 'homeliness' of the Queen which were so often misunderstood by those who could not realize how much she was at one with her people. Queen Victoria In "The Adoration of the Shepherds," in the far left-hand corner as one enters, there is an excellent example of the painter's homeliness. A Wanderer in Venice The mass of all this controversial stuff is no more absurd, no more frantic, than it used to be: but in language it has lost its dignity with its homeliness. On The Art of Reading They knew also how to restore such an abandoned place to a measure of its original homeliness. Burned Bridges Mr. Mackaye has adopted here a regularly rhythmic verse without the conventional capital letters at the beginnings of lines —perhaps to typify the simple homeliness of the talk. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Wotan's greeting to his new castle is rather grandiose than really fine: one feels the theatrical baritone; one feels also that the quality of homeliness which makes Sachs a great character is sadly lacking. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Why not agree with me and like that sort of homeliness and simplicity in combination with such large faculty as we must admit there? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 How different to the 'artificial rust' of 'Christabel'; to the almost exaggerated homeliness of 'We Are Seven'; and to the rude 'Lay of the Last Minstrel'! A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The sun of April, declining, threw down the street a slant of kindly light to mitigate its homeliness. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Finally and lastly," I said, "in my analysis and explication of the agreeableness of those same parlors, comes the crowning grace,—their homeliness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Throughout we have that atmosphere of bygone generations, and also a combination, curious when looked into, of homeliness with nobility. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas To this the extreme homeliness of their style mainly contributes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 But it was wonderful, the homeliness and comfort found in those single apartment houses. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner They are in vigorous and somewhat pedantic English; while most of his poems are in that Lowland Scottish language or dialect which attracts by its homeliness and pleases by its couleur locale. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction By homeliness I mean not ugliness, as the word is apt to be used, but the air that is given to a room by being really at home in it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 A sense of homeliness was given by a number of Alderney cattle and young hunters grazing in the park on both sides of the avenue. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Selwyn loved such a room as this—where all was comfort, and nothing in the quiet, but cheerful, ensemble disturbed the peaceful homeliness. The Younger Set Knowing my own homeliness, I had all charity for the animal and did not censure him for being so terribly frightened at my appearance. Life in a Thousand Worlds There was a look of homeliness about the sloping pastures, which slept in the sunshine, lulled by the song of the swift-flowing Dranse. The Princess Passes There was about Barnes a false air of homeliness; but in a few moments it became apparent that her life had been spent amid muslins, confidences, and illicit conversations. Muslin She would endeavor to treat dress from the standpoint of ethical responsibility to society, and to show that both extravagance and dowdy homeliness were to be avoided. Unleavened Bread Should you happen to be unattractive in features, your job is to transform your homeliness into a likable quality—not to try to make yourself appear handsome. Certain Success There is an honest homeliness and unreserve about them, which I would not exchange for any graces of style. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 When I reached home, my unfortunate wife seemed more repulsive than ever; in fact, her disagreeable ways, added to her natural homeliness, had rendered her almost intolerable. Sister Carmen Leaning her head on her strong, well-shaped hand, she set to arranging her little plans for her friend's help—plans that were charming for their simplicity, their sweet homeliness. Muslin It was not even distinctively northern or southern in character, impregnated with the mystery of the tuneless, wonderful East, or with the peculiar homeliness that stirs Western hearts. Flames At first my impression was one of prevailing homeliness; scrubbed, flat, peasant faces, for the most part, without the features or the mental apparatus that provides expression. The Living Present The poems of G. Wither are distinguished by a hearty homeliness of manner, and a plain moral speaking. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 The general homeliness and facility of the style, together with characteristic phrases which occur in his other writings, indicate Defoe's hand. A Vindication of the Press TO the zest of the amateur, Blake added knowledge of a practical kind in the arrangement of household gods, and long ere the February dusk had fallen, the fifth-floor appartement had assumed a certain homeliness. Max This medley of leaf and bloom gave to the whole house that air of friendliness and homeliness that marks the shrine of the Anglo-Saxon's household gods the world over. Through stained glass Men called him homely, and homely he was; but it was manifestly a human homeliness. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him The very homeliness and obviousness of the duty causes us often to lose sight of its imperativeness and necessity. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) The graceful dress, pale blue with touches of black, which exactly became her fair skin, the bright gold of her hair, and the pleasant homeliness of her face—her general aspect indeed—attracted him greatly. Elizabeth's Campaign Lady Sterling arrived with Lady Kitty—the bride of Colonel William Duer since July—her undistinguished homeliness enhancing the smart appearance of her daughter, who was one of the beauties of the time. The Conqueror In the case of Jesus, however, it proves more: the variety and homeliness of his illustrations show how completely conversant he was alike with common life and with spiritual truth. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth The homeliness of this speech seemed to accentuate the moral truth, and making application of it to herself, she felt that if she were to take another lover she would not stop at twenty. Evelyn Innes His is a homespun style, not a manufactured one; and what a difference is there between its homeliness, and the flippant vulgarity of the Roger L'Estrange and Tom Brown school! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 The old vicar left his garden and offered to show them its beauties, and Jean fell in love with the simplicity and the feeling of homeliness that was about it. Penny Plain The comfortable homeliness of the party lured in host and hostess, sensible people, and both helped to advise and discuss what was best, and showed their pleasure in much that they heard. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The simplicity and homeliness of Jesus' teaching are not more remarkable than the alertness of mind which he showed on all occasions. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth He was a tall, thin, sallow, hooked-nosed gentleman, of middle age, with a certain air of distinction about him in contrast with his singular homeliness. Miriam Monfort A Novel Give me warmth, homeliness, and plenty of pretty things. The Top of the World Notwithstanding the homeliness of the action, there is here a religious and mysterious significance, prefiguring the Baptism. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts The spectacle of Mrs. Finnegan, who lodged in the flat below, slopping warm suds over the thin marble steps, added a final note of homeliness, which divorced Claire completely from heroics. The Blood Red Dawn The sitting-room beneath, which she had so quickly left, looked cheerful and homely, but it was that very homeliness that jarred upon her. Hodge and His Masters Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class—England. A Mere Accident They are to be found in the homeliness, pathos and naturalness of the whole story from beginning to end. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy The primary requisite in successful floor clerkship is homeliness. Cheerful—By Request He examined the room round and round in which he was to see her; with all its strangeness and homeliness it seemed to him to be an abode for angels. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Their very homeliness is delightful, by leaving the imagination free to dwell upon their pleasing suggestions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 The homeliness of the teacups and the plates, the tin bath, painted yellow and white, so grotesque and so trim. A Mere Accident There may be a homeliness in externals, which may seem vulgar to those who cannot discern the heart beneath; but, to the right-minded, character will always have its clear insignia. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance To a young woman, this dream brings a worthy lover; but because of his homeliness she will trample on his feelings unnecessarily. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition While composing the first two cantos of the Souvenirs he seemed half ashamed of the homeliness of the tale he had undertaken to relate. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Even the common sitting-room had an antique homeliness that provoked questions as to the dates of its furniture and the whereabouts of its wall cupboards and hidden recesses. The Man Between, an International Romance For Clifford, however, the reality, and simplicity, and thorough homeliness of the girl's nature were as powerful a charm as any that she possessed. House of the Seven Gables But, the extraordinary homeliness of her gait and manner, would have superseded any face in the world. The Battle of Life That of the Rheidol stands somewhat apart front both, as if, proud of its own beauty, it disdained the other two for their homeliness. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery I yearned for warmth, for the glow of a fire, for a tree or blade of grass or anything which meant the sheltered homeliness of mortality. Mr. Standfast His homeliness no longer offended her acquired tastes; his comparative want of so-called culture did not now jar on her intellect; his country dress even pleased her eye; his exterior roughness fascinated her. The Woodlanders As for Violet, every feature of her homeliness, her coarseness, her dissipated premature old age stood forth in all its horror. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise In these moods he has an elegant homeliness that rings of the true Queen Anne. Memories and Portraits There was a pleasant homeliness in the scene, but for this Philip had no eyes. Of Human Bondage Here she placed some bread and some milk before me, with a kindly apology for the homeliness of the fare, with which, however, I was in no humour to quarrel. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women She was younger, better looking, better dressed; yet keeping always the touch of homeliness, of smiling common-sense, which had first attracted a man in secret rebellion against his own rhetoric and other people's. The Coryston Family A Novel And now, while the king was living with his friends in quiet comfort and homeliness, he laid his plans most earnestly before them, craving that they should help him with all their might. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Yet the shadowy recollections which hung about it gave an air of homeliness to the place, which, along with the grandeur, occasioned a sense of rare delight. Stephen Archer and Other Tales There was a homeliness in it which warmed the heart. Of Human Bondage What is intended by a language so foreign to the homeliness of the shepherd's cot, and the admirable simplicity of pastoral life? Imogen A Pastoral Romance But she had also the shrewdness and sobriety, the large pleasant homeliness, of a good man of business. Eleanor I would only observe that the life of French country gentlemen is often simple to homeliness, and that their poorer neighbours have few practical illustrations of the value of comfort and hygiene. The Roof of France We all arrived about the same time, and found our host and hostess full of quiet cordiality, to which their homeliness lent an additional charm. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 The mingled homeliness, diffusion of intelligence and aesthetic culture seen here, remind me of certain little German cities and towns. Holidays in Eastern France The lights of many miners' cottages scattered on the hilly darkness twinkled desolate in their disorder, yet twinkled with the lonely homeliness of the Celtic night. England, My England Here a new awe, dwelling, however, in an air of homeliness, awoke in Richard. There & Back The 'smokes' had vanished, and with them the frowse and homeliness of morning. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I In one, the story of Pygmalion compressed and Yankeefied, yet rendered additionally lovely by its homeliness; and the essence of all artistic life, in the other, presented in a form that cannot be surpassed. A Study of Hawthorne Thus it comes about that you find a mixture of homeliness, comfort, and solidity of fortune, rarely the case in England. Holidays in Eastern France The language," we are told in an introductory note, "was intended to be dramatic; that is, suited to the narrator; and the metre corresponds to the homeliness of the diction. Poems of Coleridge Again, too, with our most imaginative works we mix a homeliness that we fancy touching, but which in reality is ludicrous. The Pilgrims of the Rhine This poem is considered a pure model of the dialect of the Florentines, which is so graceful and harmonious even in its homeliness. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities But it is gentle and silent; and there are one or two pretty faces in it which seem extraordinary by reason of the general homeliness of the rest. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series "But he seems so glad," said Mary Fuller, struck with a thrill of sympathy for the dog, rendered repulsive to that silly woman by his age, as she was by her homeliness. The Old Homestead Yet it may be that the homeliness of Plato's illustration has misled us as to the seriousness of the problem. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The prospect was not rich, but had a frank homeliness that touched the young man's fancy. Madame De Mauves She was certainly not pretty, and Sally, watching her with keen interest, was surprised that Fillmore had had the sense to disregard surface homeliness and recognize her charm. The Adventures of Sally The English dump down Gothic piles on India's coral strand, and the chimes of Big Ben, floating above that crowd of many-hued Orientals, give to the white man a sense of homeliness and racial solidarity. Alone Are apologies to be offered, too, for the homeliness of the example—its unrelieved domesticity? My Tropic Isle I looked at the Faun of Praxiteles, and was sensible of a peculiar charm in it; a sylvan beauty and homeliness, friendly and wild at once. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne An atmosphere of Dutch homeliness began to temper the thin American air. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Nor was the impression disturbed when he opened his mouth and spoke in the broad dialect of the country, for she had no associations to cause her to misinterpret its homeliness as vulgarity. Malcolm Her conversation was practically an endless narrative, a great garden of romance, with sudden vistas into her own life and gushing fountains of homeliness. What Maisie Knew The homeliness of the 'sheaves' is in striking contrast with the grandeur of the 'sun, moon, and stars.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Edith looked at her companion's huge frame and forgot his homeliness. Marching Men There are flowers in the windows and garden, and within, simplicity and sweet homeliness. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Tea was ready on a low table, a swinging brass kettle hissing merrily, with an air of supreme homeliness. Phantom Fortune, a Novel He made many apologies for the badness of the accommodations and the homeliness of the fare he had to offer me, which I considered as unnecessary, as what he possessed was tendered with unaffected cheerfulness. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot It was through this liliputian suite, this strip of homeliness so artfully introduced into a palace, that Marie Antoinette fled on that fateful August morning when the mob of infuriated women invaded the Château. A Versailles Christmas-Tide The record of their adventures is given in their journals with that sweet homeliness of phrase which hangs about the Old English of that period like the smell of rosemary in an ancient cabinet. Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England A gentle but equivocal wind on the cheek presaged rain, and seemed to be bearing downwards into the homeliness of the earth some strange vibration out of infinite space. Hilda Lessways I found my home in homeliness unchanged; For love that maketh home, unchangeable, Received me to the rights of sonship still. A Hidden Life and Other Poems In these poems will be found that love of homeliness which is characteristic of all true poets—and orators too, in as far as they are poets. England's Antiphon Snug firesides—the low-built roof—parlours ten feet by ten—frugal boards, and all the homeliness of home—these were the condition of my birth—the wholesome soil which I was planted in. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia One feels at home in the house of a Flemish peasant; the racial relationship tends to homeliness. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it Nothing like a woman's touch to give a man the feeling of homeliness, Lou. Gunman's Reckoning Also I had a notion that my very homeliness revived in her the memories of our common motherland. Salute to Adventurers The following is full of truth most quaintly expressed, with a homeliness of phrase quite delicious. England's Antiphon Through him we find the whole world of man overspread with a divine homeliness. Sadhana : the realisation of life But to the homeliness of her common thoroughfares and private mansions the magnificence of her public edifices now made a dazzling contrast. Mosaics of Grecian History A useful occupation, and an honourable, but one that tends to produce a certain homeliness in the appearance. Psmith in the City But simplicity does not necessarily imply plainness, nor homeliness, nor uncouthness. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household Gaspard was a little crop-eared dog who was saved from absolute homeliness by the vivacious and kindly expression of his eyes. The Story of a Child Scoff not its homeliness, nor that of its inmates—ye might long have abidden at the court of England, ere we had sought your favour, or cumbered you with our society. The Monastery In what we call the good old times—say, three hundred years ago—a family lived on the border between England and Scotland, with one daughter of a marvelous homeliness. Public Speaking And certain it is that, in our plainest homeliness, yet never was the Albion nation without poetry. English literary criticism Dean Swift, by the very constitution of his mind, plain, sinewy, nervous, and courting only the strength that allies itself with homeliness, was always indisposed to this mode of correspondence. Biographical Essays Frank enjoyed his evenings there; he enjoyed it all—the homeliness and the quiet. Spring Days And it's always the poor, impressionable New Yorker who says it, the fellow who has to put up with the depressing homeliness and dowdiness of Fifth Avenue. Her Weight in Gold The wide, shady veranda was articulate of summer and girls and gaiety, and of all that pleasant, prosperous American homeliness that we see so much of in life and hear so little about in fiction. The Motormaniacs To his literary expression pitched on scales of such unprecedented breadth and loftiness, the contrast of his personal life comes in with a foil of curious homeliness and simplicity. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Her face and form would have been noticeable anywhere and under any circumstances; but now in contrast with the unmodified homeliness of her parents and brother her comeliness was almost startling. The Auction Block Karasowski describes her as "particularly tender-hearted and rich in all the truly womanly virtues.....For her quietness and homeliness were the greatest happiness." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete When I first came to Wheathedge the Calvary Presbyterian church was externally, to the passer-by, distinguished chiefly for the severe simplicity of its architecture, and the plainness, not to say the homeliness, of its surroundings. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Would her homeliness - ah - efface itself, for instance, in the presence of a culinary creation, or is it likely to overshadow everything with its ineffaceable completeness?” Paste Jewels Grant, however, was instantly so moved that he did not notice her homeliness. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel He must leave this dining room, with its plants and old pictures and quaint homeliness, leave the little Phipps' cottage, leave its owner.... Galusha the Magnificent Karasowski describes her as "particularly tender-hearted and rich in all the truly womanly virtues…..For her quietness and homeliness were the greatest happiness." Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1 The homeliness of feature which had marked him out in the baldhead stage of his existence had given place to a dawning of what promised to be later on distinct good looks. In the Wilderness It was youthful, but plain almost to homeliness; and the smallness of her eyes, which were close together and placed at the Mongolian angle, gave to her countenance a singular aspect. After a Shadow and Other Stories This homeliness and this kindling of love first felt Leah, when, after that Levi was born, she cried with a great voice and said: "Now shall my husband be coupled to me." The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Only at a hearth where homeliness and cordiality united to unthaw his proud reserve could Godwin perchance have found the companionship he needed. Born in Exile Indifferent to comfort, indifferent to all homeliness and cosiness. Aaron's Rod His mother would never become reconciled to Adela, and, if the truth must be told, he was ashamed to make known to Adela his mother's excessive homeliness. Demos His ideals expressed the homeliness of the man. In the Year of Jubilee Aware of the circumstances, she at once made friends with Miss Derrick, and greatly pleased that young lady by a skilful blending of "superior" talk with easy homeliness. The Paying Guest They have the quaintness and homeliness of the simple English stock. Winter Sunshine The homeliness of the words made them particularly endearing, and Isabel ventured to put her arm round the slender waist. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 The wildest scenes have an air of domesticity and homeliness even to the citizen, and when the flicker's cackle is heard in the clearing, he is reminded that civilization has wrought but little change there. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers The homeliness and unostentatiousness of the middle class American were captivating. An Autobiography The homeliness of Germany had vanished, giving place to that subtle sense of discomfort and melancholy which hangs in the air from the Baltic to the Pacific coast. The Vultures We have lost in reverence, in homeliness, in heart and conscience,—in virtue, using the word in its proper sense. Winter Sunshine Once accustomed to his apparent pale and sickly homeliness, the beholder soon saw it transformed into a fascinating beauty such as we admire on the antique Roman cameos and old imperial coins. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times And this had been so in spite of her mother's homeliness and her father's awkwardness. The Duke's Children A world of comfort and reassurance, of homeliness and kindliness, without parrots and fierce-eyed cats and swaying pictures of armoured men—a world of urbanity and light and space. The Captives The empress, accustomed for thirty years to see him enter daily her apartments, has become used to his homeliness, and often in the kindness of her heart enters into conversation with him. Frederick the Great and His Family They will never be slain in cold blood for their beauty, nor shut up in jail for their homeliness. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return Indeed I doubt very much whether any word in the English language could be found to convey an adequate idea on my absolute and utter homeliness. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters The beauty, the peace, the warm, loving homeliness of the scene came about our hearts, but, being men, we could find no words. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks At twenty-five he would still be young and handsome; she would be three-and-thirty, fading to middle-age and homeliness, from a junior’s point of view. Two on a Tower Or was it only that he was much less homely now—a man of the world—the sense of homeliness being relative? A Changed Man; and other tales The homeliness of the Fellmers, to her view, though they were regarded with such awe down here, quite disembarrassed her. Life's Little Ironies He had a quality of thought which, exercised on homeliness, was humour; on nature, picturesqueness; on abstractions, poetry. Desperate Remedies But you needn't be afraid of them, Mother; at your age-" "There! you needn't throw my age an' homeliness into my face, Ethan Ripley. Main-Travelled Roads He was mutely boasting as much of his own homeliness as of her coarse beauty Prosperity was picking the cream of the "bride market" for her favorite sons. The Rise of David Levinsky Well, it's like this, sir," said Mrs. Cassley, dropping her erudition, and coming down to bedrock homeliness; "I've got a young lady stopping with me, as respectable a gel as I've had to deal with. The Clue of the Twisted Candle With many little contrivances she had given his bed-sitting-room a look of comfort and established homeliness, and he had even begun to like it. T. Tembarom She well knew that she was not handsome, and jested freely on her own homeliness. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Their dress, especially that of the younger, amused us by its queer mixture of fashionableness and homeliness, such as grey ribbed stockings and shining paste shoe-buckles, rusty velvet small-clothes and a coatee of blue cloth. John Halifax, Gentleman This hideous masque of painting, though destructive of all beauty, is, however, favourable to natural homeliness and deformity. Travels through France and Italy They were full of kings and queens, and made sharp contrasts, as well as odd mixtures, with the homeliness of our everyday life. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) There seemed to be a genial, kindly influence at work, a certain homeliness too, which must needs assert itself where many are gathered together, working side by side. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) But the design is entirely his own, and the combined dignity and homeliness of the composition are refreshingly superior to the arrogant spirit and hard execution which mar so much Assyrian work. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition And certain it is, that, in our plainest homeliness, yet never was the Albion nation without poetry. A Defence of Poesie and Poems Elinor, at this moment, felt keenly the disadvantages of homeliness, which she had hitherto borne so cheerfully, and had never yet considered an evil. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 With her, as with a great many of her sex, charity began at homeliness and did not generally progress much farther. Reginald in Russia and other sketches This is due to their homeliness and simplicity. Gorgias On she came, gilded by the evening glow, till she seemed glorified, moving in a halo of celestial light, all her homeliness and clumsy build forgotten in what she then represented to us. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales The English and German, owing to the superior homeliness and purity of ruling their lives, hardly at all. The Ancien Regime Just to feel it once again, the nice, big, wholesome homeliness of it all! The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle He added, with a certain homeliness of tone: “There’s only my girl there.” 'Twixt Land and Sea With all her homeliness and poverty, old Dinah was a jewel in the sight of the Lord. Step by Step; or Tidy's Way to Freedom |
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