| 单词 | ignoble |
| 例句 | “Insolence, ignorance, ignoble, Chernobyl. Don’t go nuclear, sir—the crew can’t survive the radiation.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He says, “Matt, I get how you feel because you’re a basically ignoble kind of kid.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z But such ignoble enticements were less a factor than many critics might presume. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It is a story of love in the old days, when adults loved faithfully—not a story of the present, in which adolescents pursue the ignoble spasms of the cinematograph. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few moments she ceased to flap, and hung upside down, revolving slowly, looking ignoble and indignant and ridiculous, holding her head the right way up like a snake’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z An ignoble end for a bodyguard of his caliber. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “It was base,” he said indignantly, “it was ignoble.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing cruel about him, no ignoble passion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jealousy seemed to him the most ignoble of vices. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I have fought for you also, Sir Gawaine, and saved you from an ignoble death.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey, who of course never sought out heroism in the first place, is relegated to a life of brutal labor that seems fated to end in an ignoble death. | 'War Horse': ?War Horse,? Directed by Steven Spielberg - Review 2011-12-22T13:00:00Z Neon is the gas that has happily leant itself to the most ignoble uses. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z The Oscars best picture category has a long and ignoble history of favouring the inoffensive over the revolutionary – Citizen Kane lost out to How Green Was My Valley. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Midnight Cowboy 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z But the saddest thing about Charles Davenport is that such an intelligent human being would turn his mind to such an ignoble purpose. Hitler’s favorite American: “Biological fascism” in the shadow of New York City 2014-03-23T10:58:00Z That would be an ignoble fate for a structure borne of such ambition. The Newseum Is Increasingly Relevant, but Can It Survive? 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z "I had an ignoble knack for meanness," Nixon admits in "Crooked." In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z There is his love for his hometown of Boston, where the story is set, shot here with an insider's appreciation for its past both noble and ignoble. Review: Ben Affleck Goes to Town 2010-09-16T22:10:00Z While England slumps ever further into ignoble disarray, Amis’s book may help maintain in me, for a little while longer, our laughable yet indelible sense of British superiority. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z All this is unromantic and ignoble, like the shooting of a trapped wolf in a stall. Game of Thrones Watch: So Close. So Far. 2013-06-03T04:30:17Z The cameo form itself was one anciently associated with the celebration of Greco-Roman imperial rule, but here, adapted for use as Sasanian propaganda, it advertises the ignoble defeat of that rule. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z After his ignoble flight in May 1948 and the following years of enforced silence, anyone in de Man’s position would have been gratified now to reappear in so desirable a role. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z Great careers, like great friendships, often have ignoble beginnings, and who can really script their endings? Comedic Legend Jerry Lewis Dead at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z It will also be his first major award-show appearance since his rather ignoble Oscar performance in February. Tony Awards 2015: Six story lines to watch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The principal object of Rorty’s derision was neither identity politics nor the rise of an ignoble free-market right but a peculiar form of decadence, which his larger intellectual project aimed to counter. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Is it possible that the Nobel committee might finally reverse the ignoble treatment of what we call “nonfiction writing” and admit that it is literature? Nonfiction Deserves a Nobel 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In the States, however, its bullet-train momentum was halted by the ignoble figure of Harvey Weinstein, as Bong joined the long line of directors to fight “Harvey Scissorhands” over the film’s final edit. Parasite: how Bong Joon-ho returned home to make his masterpiece 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z “Is it possible that the Nobel committee might finally reverse the ignoble treatment of what we call ‘nonfiction writing’ and admit that it is literature?” Svetlana Alexievich Is Rare Nonfiction Winner of Nobel 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I wonder sometimes if Holcomb considered the idea of a music career ignoble—if he found it hubristic or he found it dumb. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z While many of their more self-serving colleagues pursue ignoble agendas, network heroines in top positions are multitasking do-gooders trying to keep the nation safe. ‘Madam Secretary,’ ‘State of Affairs’ and Other Series Channel Hillary Rodham Clinton 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Shy, quiet, stubborn, he took bows timidly, avoided publicity and denied that he had anything so ignoble as a career. To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And Taylor Swift, with the ignoble “Cats” still on everyone’s tongue, wore an enormous chartreuse and teal Etro ball gown that did little to reassure her fans that she hasn’t lost her aesthetic footing. Perspective | The Golden Globes red carpet showed it’s okay to delight in fashion rather than just tolerating it 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z In a richly textured and finely balanced leading performance from David Oyelowo, “Selma” also returns Martin Luther King Jr. from sainthood and martyrdom to human scale, without making him seem ignoble. “Selma”: A riveting, timely civil-rights drama brings Martin Luther King’s struggle back to life 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Every year with the summer solstice, the sun rises on the ignoble gap between our impressive aspirational reading list and our actual reading list. Perspective | Summer reading has a fraught history. But if there was ever a time to delight in escapism, it’s now. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Grant’s detailed account of this ignoble conflict reveals much about his character. Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z There's nothing ignoble about Monbiot's vision of reinstating ecosystems in which man's power to dominate is consciously withheld. Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review 2013-05-24T06:30:12Z “He has dedicated one of the great talents of the century to ignoble ends,” Mr. Gutman wrote, with obvious regret, of his subject. Robert W. Gutman, Biographer of Wagner and Mozart, Dies at 90 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z There may not have been anything as much fun at the movies this year as watching Michael Shannon as a corrupt, comically reckless cop disgusted by his ignoble two-wheeled prey. AP critics pick the year's best movies 2012-12-14T21:29:02Z The result was an ignoble spectacle, with fashionably dressed actresses sprinting to the stage, toting their high heels in their hands. After Levy, what next for Theatre Washington and the Hayes Awards? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Those efforts largely ended up on ignoble ash heaps. It’s Time to Put the Noble Grapes in Their Place 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Civilization’s literary man is not an ignoble figure, exactly, but what he creates is not art as Mann understands the term. Thomas Mann on the Artist vs. the State 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Jones places "Hillbilly Elegy" among "an old and ignoble genre" that "caricatures the hillbilly for an audience's titillation." The chattering classes got the "Hillbilly Elegy" book wrong—and they’re getting the movie wrong, too 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z We accept there is nothing ignoble in this approach. Letters: Philanthropy and arts funding 2010-07-14T23:05:00Z Ginzburg, who grew up privileged but endured years of privation, calls money “an ignoble thing.” The Book That Taught Me What I Want to Teach My Daughter 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Tommy's aims are not ignoble but I think that his means of achieving them might be. Murphy returns as 'street fighting man' 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Film director Bret Ratner received the ignoble Ally Award, a little over a year after he used a pejorative term for gays at a news conference promoting his stint producing the Oscars. TV journalist Anderson Cooper honored by gay media watchdog 2013-03-17T05:46:37Z This ignoble pastime, known as a “smellwalk” in academic circles, was guided by a kit I downloaded from the Web site of Kate McLean, a designer and researcher at England’s Canterbury Christ Church University. The Graphic Designer Who Maps the World’s Cities by Smell 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The ignoble prize was for worst original song from the film “Newsies,” the same project for which he won a Tony. On the Origin of EGOTs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z He asserted that pretty much all accounts of cannibalism are hearsay, a propaganda tool by scholars of the British Empire to help tame the ignoble savage. When Is a Cannibal Not a Cannibal? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Among Donald Trump's many ignoble accomplishments is the explosive rise in the national debt under his watch. McCarthy makes a dirty deal with MAGA 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z This promises to be a fierce campaign that could result in an ignoble end to Feinstein’s legendary career. Opinion | By retiring, Feinstein can make history one more time 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z He added: "I believed I was dying. I believed I had three breaths left. It seemed like a miserable and ignoble way to die." Writer Hanif Kureishi seriously injured in fall 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z It grants ignoble license to stoke hate, fear, death and destruction, and aligns countless citizens, and elected and appointed officials at every level. Gun violence: The right to live in peace 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z With the resignation highly anticipated, progressive critics over recent days have said Johnson's ignoble ouster would be a fitting end for the right-wing politician reviled by so many. Right-wing UK PM Boris Johnson resigns after conservatives quit en masse over latest scandal 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s another nadir in his newfound role as ignoble recluse who has missed both the Masters and the PGA in firestorm avoidance. At PGA, reigning champ Phil Mickelson’s absence is ‘elephant in the room’ 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z If the Buffalo supermarket killer’s motivation was to undo the anti-racism of modernity, he is part of a long, ignoble history of racist killers. Opinion | GOP leaders ought to banish officials who embrace ‘replacement theory’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z "They are seeking and expecting help, while at the same time launching ignoble attacks and making allegations. These actions are difficult to reconcile." Tensions mount between Ukraine and Hungary over Budapest's Russia stance 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z A gap of seven hours and 37 minutes in President Donald Trump’s White House phone logs might be even more ignoble. Opinion | Trump’s 7-hour phone gap should spur quicker action for Jan. 6 justice 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “Give us a broken, a deranged, and a worthless currency rather than the ignoble and corrupting tyranny of an irresponsible corporation.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z False flag attacks have a long and ignoble history. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z And reading about it didn’t stop Rinella from hunting, either, but it did force him to grapple with America’s ignoble past when it came to the slaughter of its wild animals. ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s Hunting Empire 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z But none is quite as ignoble as being razed to make way for a parking lot. Way better than a parking lot: Smart reuse revives Julia Morgan's Herald Examiner building 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z What “The Sopranos” shows us, Dainotto argues, is what happens when all that ballast is gone, and the Mafia is revealed to be as ignoble as anything else. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Across generations, the seemingly innate, ignoble yearning of rulers and kings to exercise their hand over others persevered, and they continually crushed efforts to enshrine these liberties in a durable framework. 55 statesmen revolutionized governance in creating Constitution 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Washington’s woeful response to the coronavirus pandemic, America’s fractious domestic political landscape and, most recently, its ignoble retreat from Afghanistan all point to serious problems with the American superpower and more opportunities for Beijing. Review | Xi is leading China’s aggressive new strategy, but he didn’t invent it 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z I am in general agreement with The Post’s various editorials regarding the ignoble end to our 20-year engagement in Afghanistan. Opinion | What we’re leaving behind in Afghanistan — and why we’re leaving 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z And given what followed, General Gromov’s march became emblematic of the ignoble end to the Soviet war. An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as the Soviets Did 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z And given what followed, Gromov’s march became emblematic of the ignoble end to the Soviet war. An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as Soviets Did 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z But the steady pursuit of it is as noble as today’s progressive abandonment of this aspiration in favor of “equity” is ignoble. Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Most of Trump history was a failure and embarrassment, but one of its great ignoble successes is that it is ushering in Jim Crow 2.0. Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z For many Black Americans — and many Americans of all backgrounds — these long-standing symbols of the Confederacy are ignoble and unhappy reminders of a breakaway nation that fought to keep slavery in place. Review | The campaign to erect Confederate statues — and preserve Confederate values 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Wrestling history is littered with ignoble ends and performers who couldn’t quite accept that the show was over. Could ‘Young Rock’ Be Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Apprentice’? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z And what of the most ignoble of crimes for which Neymar is so regularly admonished - diving? Neymar - does the good outweigh the bad? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Lil Nas X’s clever twist on this ignoble tradition is his braiding together America’s anxieties about the devil with America’s anxieties about gay people. Lil Nas X's 'Montero' and the delight of yet another satanic panic 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z There are a few things that I’ve managed to stay alive in — but most of the time, I’ve died a very ignoble death. Charles Dance on Tywin Lannister's death and resting villain face 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He’s still only the second governor in the nation’s history to suffer that ignoble fate. The Newsom recall effort has a big problem: Orange County 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Without a transcendent moral order, ideas such as good and evil, noble and ignoble, are pegged in mid-air. Opinion | Prominent evangelicals are directing Trump’s sinking ship. That feeds doubts about religion. 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Trump’s supporters found his “honesty” refreshing, by which they meant, he’s saying what I’m thinking, no matter how ignoble my thoughts. Opinion | Obama’s memoir has stolen the show — and he has more chapters to write 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z He kept up the criticisms in a two-hour conversation, barely pausing for breath as he described the “ignoble, repulsive figure of Jair Bolsonaro, with all his boorish and violent way of being”. Felipe Neto: the YouTuber who became one of Jair Bolsonaro's loudest critics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z He sees critical race theory as an ignoble successor to the tradition of other left-wing intellectual fads, such as the radical Frankfurt School and the postmodern French theorists of the late 20th century. Rufo claims small win as Trump ends ‘White privilege’ indoctrination at federal agencies 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z He wants to watch American forces beat an ignoble retreat from Afghanistan, following in the footsteps of the vanquished Soviet army three decades ago. Perspective | Putin still plays by the ruthless rules of the Cold War. Because Trump lets him. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z I needed his help in making sense of the mysterious ways of white folks who defiantly cling to the ignoble history of the Confederacy. Haunted America: The ghost of George Floyd and the ghost of the Confederacy 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z How would you rank the deaths of all the characters, from glorious to ignoble? Did ‘Alien’ deserve to beat ‘Star Wars’? Our critics discuss Ridley Scott's classic 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z That ignoble effort continues to this day, and it must stop. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z "It really is a double standard that I think is incredibly ignoble and shows some pretty corruptive motives," he said. Glenn Greenwald rips media over 'double standard' after Biden staffer attacks CBS reporter 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z After an ignoble landing in Ratropolis, a pampered rodent enlists the help of a sewer scavenger in finding his way back to his posh London flat. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 1: 'Seven Days in May' on TCM and more 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Today, the House of Representatives is expected to impeach Donald Trump, making him only the third president in US history to receive this ignoble honor. Trump faces impeachment as House convenes to debate historic vote – live 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “I would describe Dean as a noble character in an ignoble racket in an ignoble age,” Tosches told The New York Times in 1992. Nick Tosches, Fiery Music Writer and Biographer, Dies at 69 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In such places, unaware or off one’s guard, it can seem that beauty alone might atone for the ignoble. Urban warrior in Nikes and a hoodie leads charge against white orthodoxy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In last 15 years, with the ignoble exception of Euro 2008, qualification has verged on the routine. Czech Republic v England: Euro 2020 qualifier – live! 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Almost three years into Trump's regime, he and his movement are now running towards that ignoble destination. Trump's words of warning: "I always find a way to win." Take him seriously 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z College football is a thoroughly corrupt, shameful, depraved, ignoble, wicked, appalling, inexcusable, indefensible, unjust, unscrupulous, unprincipled, amoral, loathsome, hypocritical, warped, egregious, appalling, reprehensible and foul exercise in American power, greed and excess. Perspective | Our first (and last) annual Olive-Branch Guide to College Football in 14 Easy Steps 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson’s approach to Ireland is part of an ignoble tradition in British politics. Boris Johnson’s reckless Britain-above-all policies threaten peace in Ireland | Richard McMahon 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z In the 165-year history of the Republican Party, this is its most ignoble hour. Opinion | This is the Republican Party’s most ignoble hour 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It was an ignoble end to the political career of Australia’s second-longest serving prime minister. Candidates vow next Australian prime minister will last 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It was an ignoble end to the political career of Australia's second-longest serving prime minister. Candidates vow next Australian prime minister will last 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Kim is a former trial attorney, and the book is an extraordinary courtroom drama built around a murder trial in which almost everybody involved is lying, for both noble and ignoble reasons. Angie Kim’s ‘Miracle Creek’ follows a Korean family, a deadly explosion and its aftermath 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Before this ignoble playoff exit, the Celtics’ Plan A was re-signing Irving and trading for New Orleans Pelicans big man Anthony Davis. Kyrie Irving wanted to lead a team in the NBA playoffs. He led them to the exit 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Kelly later suffered his own ignoble end. Kirstjen Nielsen Is the Latest Trump Official to Meet an Unceremonious End 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z He uses his highbrow knowledge to mask his ignoble instincts. Meet Thierry Baudet, the suave new face of Dutch rightwing populism | Joost de Vries 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Legislators this year should withdraw the state from that ignoble club. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z That created the cover necessary for male-dominated legislatures to stop ratifying the amendment, and it died an ignoble death with the ratification deadline in 1982. Is it finally time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment — 37 years later? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Like former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, who resigned in July under similarly ignoble circumstances, Zinke is exiting to cheers of good riddance. Opinion | Ryan Zinke is leaving — but his departure is just the beginning 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Mere silent proximity of social kinds seems an ignoble and inadequate social ideal. What Cafés Did for Liberalism 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the American people under Donald Trump are now part of an ignoble global legacy where evil is increasingly normalized and massive public resistance is absent. ICE targets good Samaritans: Another new low in Trump-era cruelty and complicity 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It was an untenable dynamic that didn’t work and is now coming to an ignoble end. Why would anyone want to be Trump's White House chief of staff? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z He won his high office, simply and solely by catering--loudly and shamelessly--to the ignoble instincts of millions of Americans. Cohen Pleads Guilty and Details Trump’s Involvement in Moscow Tower Project 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “And it’s tied to that sense that women should just do because it must be done — that it’s somehow ignoble to accept compensation.” Stacey Abrams, a Daughter of the South, Asks Georgia to Change 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z But the word that Ferry translates as “idle” is somewhat stronger in the original: Virgil says that his leisure time was ignobilis, “ignoble,” a choice that suggests some guilt about that easygoing Neapolitan idyll. Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Tesla retains the ignoble honor of being the most shorted on Wall Street, with more investors betting against Musk’s carmaker than any other company. Inside the Tesla Factory: Burning cash, and trying not to burn out 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z This American proclivity for ignoring the ignoble, the vengeful, cruel and corrupt that’s woven into our national character, along with the good stuff, endures to this day. The id of Trump, the economics of place and our empty national soul 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z At trial, Mr. Herrou defended his actions, questioning the morality of what he called an “ignoble” policy of turning away refugees. ‘Fraternité’ Brings Immunity for Migrant Advocate in France 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Amusingly enough, the Coach of the Year award ended up going to the Raptors’ Dwane Casey, who was fired by the team shortly afterwards following their ignoble playoff sweep at the hands of the Cavaliers. NBA end of season awards: LeBron's brilliance to the mystery of Markelle Fultz 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Those ignored facts were the most ignoble part of his rant. Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, the sultans of self-pity 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Achieving that was the entire reason behind the robot uprising, but now that it’s happened, some of the show’s most intriguing characters are acting in markedly ignoble ways. Westworld Spoilers Club season 2, episode 5: Akane No Mai 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The desire to punish is not always ignoble — sometimes, it points us in the direction of justice. Opinion | Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z This would mark an ignoble end to a promising political career. Missouri’s Beleaguered Governor Wants His Day in Court 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But the president, with ignoble help from Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, is planting seeds of doubt about Mr. Mueller and the FBI as their investigation apparently intensifies on his businesses and behavior. Opinion | Trump’s attacks on law enforcement are escalating. Here’s how Republicans could protect Mueller. 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Dunkirk shows how an ignoble retreat forms the foundation stone on which to construct national character. Empire strikes back: why former colonies don't need Britain after Brexit | Griffith Review 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It was a crushing blow and ignoble end to what had been an impeccable and promising military career. Michael Behenna seeks Trump pardon 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Let this momentum keep going and let's rid of all these ignoble people who think the Nation is their own personal playground and because of their position, National wealth screams personal. Jacob Zuma Steps Down as South Africa’s President 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z “Everything will be done to ensure that the author and his possible accomplices are punished with the utmost rigor that the law allows,” said the minister who denounced “an act abominable, cowardly and ignoble.” 2 Danish journalists violently attacked in Gabon 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z A place full of ignoble economic incentives driving companies to engage in ethically dubious anticompetitive behavior? The US net neutrality fight affects the whole world 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Now, who's the next on this growing list of dictators/wannabes and just plain ignoble Administrations?...Al-Assad? Robert Mugabe Resigns as Zimbabwe’s President, Ending 37-Year Rule 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Selfish, venal, ignoble, vengeful as they may be, we've been there too. Liaisons, yes. Dangerous, not so much: Antaeus revives Christopher Hampton's tale of sexual conquest – LA Times 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “It’s ridiculous,” Maguire said of his habit, but it also shows that infantile and ignoble joy: the investment, the concern. Rage, rage at the sporting game on the television screen 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Removing these statues would not obliterate the ignoble actions of the people they represent; more likely it would erase history itself. Opinion | Charlottesville brings home the dangers of hate 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z And it pollutes our internationalism, refashions us in the image of the rapacious double-talkers who populated the ignoblest moments of our history. The UK peddles a cynical colonialism and calls it aid | Zoe Williams 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z One so much less attractive, in its hint of the ignoble and the corrupt, than ‘communal’ and ‘universal’ – words throbbing with goodness. Dunkirk: the film that has rightwing writers itching for a culture war 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The ignoble cutoff of aid to American proxies means that “Putin won in Syria,” as an administration official was quoted by The Post. Opinion | Trump’s breathtaking surrender to Russia 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Regret, followed by stealthy solicitousness, would be understandable and not ignoble, but this would hardly be Brooke S.B. What Makes a Parent? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Asked about Maraniss’s tweet accusing him of being vile and ignoble, Garrow said he had never met or spoken to him and denied feeling insulted. Obama biography stirs controversy with tales of politics, sex and a rising star 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z While schadenfreude may be one of the more ignoble emotions, there is no denying its delights. From the Fyre festival to Brexit, schadenfreude is the emotion that defines our times 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z It was the most obvious of four monuments marked for removal, since it commemorated an ignoble post-war uprising by white supremacists who didn’t like the direction New Orleans was headed. 'If I had my gun on me, I'd shoot him': the civil war over statues in New Orleans 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Despite the ignoble treatment history, former employees recall a strong sense of community among staff, but shared even by less-troubled patients. An old mental institution, and its cemetery, might get a dignified makeover 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z To its critics, whitewashing is as ignoble as blackface and will be judged by history just as harshly. 'Ghost in the Shell' cinematographer says the casting controversy is ‘quite weird’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z That is, she adores all cats, regardless of their manners or lineage, including the lowest-born of the species: the ignoble and oft-slandered alley cat, of which there are countless thousands in the nation’s capital. No ribbons and bells for these scruffy cats 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z I don’t believe anyone suppressed information for ignoble reasons, and indeed The Times produced strong work on former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Trump, Russia, and the News Story That Wasn’t 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z But it is more likely a more ignoble combination of populism and panic. Whether it’s Brexit or Trump, populists are such sore winners | Nesrine Malik 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Elevating the king’s prestige has made it easier for Thailand’s armed forces to paint the politicians they have routinely ousted as petty and ignoble. Twilight of the king 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Now add the National Hockey League to that ignoble list of big-dollar dissemblers. The NHL and Big Tobacco Have Something Deadly in Common 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z This year’s roster of losers comes in a diverse set of flavors, but there’s a connection between them — a sort of brotherhood of ignoble and spasmodic failure. Three types of onscreen losers at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps most poignantly, they remembered Nicholas II’s split-second realization that his family was not being moved to a more secure location, that this was the end, that there would be no ignoble exile to England. The Romanovs: masterful account of Russia’s doomed royal family 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It is hard, now, not to read D’Angelo’s departure as a reiteration of a creative ethos, writ larger; slowness, here, is not ignoble or archaic. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z There are few elected government officials alive with the ignoble distinction of having violated the 13th Amendment. Scrutiny for Suffolk County’s District Attorney Amid a U.S. Inquiry 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z "Let the name of God not be used in connection with this ignoble act because it was God who sent Elliott to us and will bring him back," said Roots Hassane. Burkina Faso social media campaign to free Australians - BBC News 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z “For the first time in history our country was the victim of a series of barbarous terrorist attacks, ignoble and on a scale without precedence and an unheard-of cowardice,” Mr. Kaboré said. Deadly Standoff Leaves Burkina Faso Stunned 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z These are positioned very close to the ground, and my best effort at swooping down to grab one resulted in an unfortunate, ignoble crash. Dogfights in Star Wars: Battlefront are a disorienting mess 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z These are ambitions that perhaps not everyone shares but there’s nothing ignoble about them as they are. Congratulations To Venezuela: The Country With No Beer 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Politics was, and always will be, full of ignoble characters. A Point of View: Why the row between Greece and Germany is like a lovers' tiff - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Interestingly, this ignoble racism is presented as a present failing. Go Set a Watchman launch – follow it live 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, said delinquency would put Greece in ignoble company. Greece Expects to Miss I.M.F. Payment, in Latest Distress Signal 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The actual history of the battle flag encompasses some of the South’s most ignoble traditions. The odd, ignoble history of the Confederate battle flag 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The Chadian government’s shocked reaction to Monday’s bombings, which it called “ignoble and barbaric attacks,” illustrated that its fight with Boko Haram was far from over. Suicide Bombers Strike Chad’s Capital 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Once finished, they will channel vast quantities of sewage, an ignoble fate for the now pristine concrete walls that Lady Bird leaves behind as she burrows forward. Tunnel boring machine gets a trip to the dentist 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Interestingly, this ignoble racism is presented as a present failing. Go Set a Watchman launch – follow it live 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Might not be an aim that you or I share but there’s nothing ignoble about the aim itself. Apparently Venezuela Suffers From Fiscal Nymphomania 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z That war would have gone to its ignoble conclusion with or without them. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z That’s because war — no matter how justified or unjustified, noble or ignoble — is always a crime. A broader re-evaluation of trauma 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z On his Twitter feed, Mr Valls said every effort would be made to catch the perpetrators of an "ignoble and anti-Semitic act, an insult to memory". French PM Valls urges Jews to stay 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z French Prime Minister Manuel Valls took to Twitter to denounce the “anti-Semitic and ignoble act,” declaring that everything will be done to find those responsible. Hundreds of Jewish Tombs Desecrated in France 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z On his Twitter feed, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said every effort would be made to catch the perpetrators of an "ignoble and anti-Semitic act, an insult to memory". Jewish graves vandalised in France 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z That’s worth keeping in mind as the latest carnival barker from the anti-vaccine community steps up for his ignoble hour of attention. Meet the Latest Driver of the Anti-Vaccine Clown Car (Who Thinks You're a 'Bad Mother') 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Of course, there were other, more ignoble motives pressing on the decision to learn. Learning to Drive 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The mechanics of memory are complex and sometimes confounding; at its best, history captures that admirable and the ignoble—two elements that are often inextricably linked in the human experience. Old Hickory in a New Century 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Every indication is that the Senate is likely to adopt it by a similar margin, continuing an ignoble and costly tradition. 'Temporary' Tax Extenders Sailing Through Congress Again 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z She resigned last year in protest against UNAMID’s ignoble history of such discrepancies, which, in her view, amounts to an organised “cover-up” of the violence in Darfur. Mission in trouble 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z T‑shirt over my small ignoble breasts reading: An Alaskan Poet’s Lyrics of Sex and Power 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z This rivalry wasn't even on the invitation list three weeks ago, after Georgia suffered an ignoble defeat to Florida. Rating college football's current biggest rivalries 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Southwest Airlines ranked at the top in another ignoble category: The most chronically late flights. Southwest Airlines' on-time performance still lags 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z He hopes it will add to the growing – if ignoble – list of cases he can cite in a push to include sexual orientation in the state’s hate crime laws. Philadelphia Catholic high school coach resigns over role in beating of gay men 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Clausewitzian rule is true whether a war is noble—going to war to defeat Hitler—or ignoble—sending tanks into eastern Ukraine to set up a vassal state. The Death of Steven Sotloff 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Could be an admirable goal, certainly it’s not an ignoble one. The Venezuela Case Study In How Not To Help The Poor 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Joining Red Robin in the winner’s circle for this ignoble prize is the Cheesecake Factory. Behold the Single Unhealthiest Meal You Can Eat at a Chain Restaurant 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z SYDNEY, Australia — It will be remembered as one of the most ignoble moments in our history: On July 17, Australia became the first country to repeal a carbon tax. | Opinion | The Seattle Times 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z We certainly hope the latest idea regarding Social Security offices is one of those that dies an ignoble death, and we praise U.S. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z “The need it was designed to fill no longer exists, and its only remaining use is the ignoble one of enabling the President to circumvent the Senate’s role in the appointment process,” he wrote. Supreme Court rebukes Obama on recess appointments This was new: Harold Wilson, as Labour prime minister, was excoriated for many an ignoble compromise. Tony Blair was only unstoppable because of a democratic flaw 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Hollywood and the recording industry, often called the content industry, have a long and ignoble history of opposition to new technology. Could Streaming Music Go The Way Of The Betamax? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z That is itself an ignoble pursuit – willful ignorance rarely leads to positive results – but in this case, it’s especially problematic. Rubio stumbles, falls, keeps digging 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Asked about this, Mr Cameron said it was "not ignoble" for Mr Johnson to want his job. Cameron: 'I want Boris back as MP' 2014-03-21T10:29:05Z Then recall the last time you encountered the ignoble kind. Top Ten Insanely Great Science Terms 2014-03-13T19:42:20Z With no World Cup points, she had the ignoble distinction of jumping first, with the starting-order following world standings in inverse order. Women’s ski jumping makes Olympic debut 2014-02-11T23:39:00Z And the end may be as ignoble as it is now proving in Iraq. You’re being lied to about Afghanistan: The terrorists there include us 2014-01-30T12:43:00Z It is an ignoble distinction Iowa shares only with Mississippi, and it is something Mrs. Clinton brought up when she ran in 2008 and is undoubtedly conscious of still. Political Memo: In Iowa, Hopes That a Clinton Can Close a Gap 2013-08-10T03:38:35Z Once there it faces an ignoble end as 20,000 tonnes of scrap metal. How do you scrap an aircraft carrier? 2013-05-20T09:21:34Z In New York, wrongdoing has an ignoble and multicultural lineage. Gotham: She Could Use Some Help, but Too Many Politicians Only Help Themselves 2013-05-14T02:25:07Z By total contrast, abdication is the dirtiest word in the House of Windsor’s lexicon, carrying with it the concepts of shame, ignoble behavior, and dereliction of duty. Pope Wimps Out 2013-02-11T17:19:00Z And let’s not forget some other ignoble moments. Caught on Tape: How Mitt Romney's Luck Ran Out 2012-09-18T12:05:29Z If that seems like clutching at straws in a rather ignoble cause, well, yes. US Open 2012: Andy Murray v Ivan Dodig - live! 2012-08-30T00:09:26Z An ignoble pursuit, contrary to the Olympic spirit. The gold rush v the fug of failure: a tale of two Olympics 2012-08-11T14:39:48Z Were they ever tempted to harness technology to ignoble ends and indulge in a bit of pre-competition psychological warfare? London 2012: athletes share joy and frustration in first Twitter Olympics 2012-07-19T11:53:16Z For someone of Mubarak’s limited means and ignoble lineage, the pathways to social mobility were few, and the military was one of them. The Tyrant's Brutal Legacy 2012-06-25T05:00:00Z Dionysius describes his composition as tinselled, ignoble and effeminate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z There is something ignoble in reducing the problem of life to a mere game of "keeps." A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z But no; the driver wanted some amusement, he was weary of standing by himself, without some sort of employment to divert his ignoble mind, and so he found such out. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z To-morrow they were filing back through that postern that had given them this, their fortnight's respite, from tasks too often ignoble, from cramped circumstances, from savourless lives. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The mandarin of to-day is about as mean and as ignoble a specimen of a ruler as can be conceived, but he has always been the same. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Far better, she deemed it, that the Barringtons should die out forever than their line be continued by this base and ignoble grafting. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z I consider it ignoble, so if the present epoch exacts this style, and considers it indispensable, then I will write oratorios. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z The r�le was ignoble, unworthy of him. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z But is there seriously a difference between the noble and the ignoble? Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z His generosity, however, still more displayed itself in wasting, among debauchees like himself, whatever he possessed, and thinking no means ignoble to dissipate what he had thought no means dishonourable to obtain. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z I can't tell you, because I'm afraid I am in the ignoble case of loving without return. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z An ignoble love of slavery was not the general and impelling motive. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z In his whole public career there is nothing harder to forgive than that ignoble and unnecessary abstinence. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Perhaps it was an ignoble death, and an anticlimax. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z There sprang up one of those painful and ignoble disputations which are even still only too common in England when religious bigotry gets a chance of raising an alarm. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Cynically he had told himself that he did so, lest he too might give way to the ignoble impulse to withhold it. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z “Should I remind this man that his son filmed his crimes and fiendishly made a point of sending the ignoble images to a television station?” Al Jazeera Won?t Show Toulouse Gunman?s Video 2012-03-28T02:40:08Z Always and always that ignoble bowing and scraping and cringing. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Ib��ez lacks ideality and elevation of sentiment; he pictures ignoble lives in monotonous detail, all is labored description, for the characters never speak themselves, the author describes their conversation. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The common instinct of human nature, which looks to art as the representative of beauty, pathos, humor, and passion, could not be talked into an acceptance of ignoble and ugly realisms. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Hence: LowÐminded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Their picturesque dresses and dark fine faces meet you at every step, and it would be difficult, if it were not for the shrinking eye, to believe them capable of an ignoble thought. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z For one consequence, it has very few nice little houses, such things do not come for the asking, they are not to be bought with money during ignoble times. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z But you have no right to take the money of the people for these ignoble uses. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z No one can doubt that Victor Emanuel is a man of gross habits and tastes, and is, or was, addicted to coarse and ignoble immoralities. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z "Once!" he retorted, lashing himself into ignoble rage. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He displays constant admiration for Tasso, to whom he was perhaps attracted by his sufferings at the hands of an ignoble nobility. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z This perhaps it was, and no ignoble vanity, that set the note of florid successfulness going in Kipps' conversation whenever his uncle appeared. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z One need not dwell on the character of the reigning house, which, brought ignobly to the throne, has been consistently ignoble from the first until the accession of her present Most Gracious Majesty. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Nothing could be more pungent, brilliant, bitter, than the eloquence with which he proclaimed and advocated his doctrines of ignoble and unscrupulous selfishness. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z "Then you are willing to marry him," he cried in ignoble anger. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Its inducements to right-doing he found to be essentially ignoble, appealing either to brutal fear of punishment or base expectation of reward, and in each case alike mercenary. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z By one of these singular anomalies in public opinion, this supposed divine science was soon considered an ignoble profession. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He was not ignoble, neither a traitor, But for a servant too great, and as a companion Of the great Thunderer only a man. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z In a sublime world, Victor Hugo's appeals would cease to be ridiculous; but the nobler the world, the more ignoble would seem the doctrines and the policy of Thiers. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Every young man should endeavor to acquire a thorough knowledge of both riding and driving, not from a desire to emulate the ignoble achievements of a horse-jockey, but as proper accomplishments for a gentleman. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z With her Voltaire lived for over fifteen years at the Chateau of Cirey, in Campagne, “far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,” and, as Voltaire phrased it, “nine miles from a lemon.” Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Thus we find that the high state of perfection which the surgical art has attained is solely due to the efforts of industry to free itself from the ignoble trammels of bigotry and prejudice. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z How could he wrest himself from the inaction--it must seem to her the ignoble inaction--which pressed upon him? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z I'd as soon eat a hawk in winter or dine on slices of fried spruce-gum, for truly there is more nourishment in a moccasin than in these ignoble birds dressed up like toothsome partridges. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Randal laid down the book softly; and for five minutes the ignoble and base purposes to which his own knowledge was applied, stood before him, naked and unmasked. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z It is no longer necessary to vindicate their memory from ignoble charges of fanaticism, hypocrisy, or ambition. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Our poet Rowe has beautifully pointed out the facility with which a noble and martial soul can free itself from love’s ignoble trammels. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The author merely tells us that Edmund's mother was of ignoble birth; but a woman of low degree would scarcely be made queen of England. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z But now you kindle Your lonely, cold shining lights, Unwilling lingerers In the heavenly wilderness, For a younger, ignoble world. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z But in a malignant war of these present ages there is injustice of ignobler kind, at once to God and man, which must be stemmed for both their sakes. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z If his life since Coutras had been obscure and ignoble, at least it had been safe. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z It was a somewhat ignoble record - one that not everyone wanted to see in the history books. Remembering Australia's 'Pearl Harbor' 2012-02-19T00:40:40Z The warriors, too, were carefully selected: Moreover, in the whole force there could be found no serf, no freedman, none of ignoble birth, none weak with old age. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z What the hapless Gabrielle took for the stir of dormant affection was no more than an ignoble mixture of shame, remorse, and anxiety. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z With all that is noble I have been, and shall be, in perpetual peace, with all that is ignoble and false everlastingly at war. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It seemed an ignoble thing to do; yet, for the cause's sake, was not anything justifiable? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Fate had picked him out to play the mediator; he would do his best, even though fettered by the ignoble desires of the King. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Dragging off the ignoble bonnet and wrapper, Terence sprang lightly out, and drawing a pistol, prepared to barter his life against as many of the foe as possible. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z No; but he had mistaken a vile grovelling feeling born of ignoble sensuality for love, and that feeling could run in harness in perfect accord side by side with hatred. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He spoke of them as "traitors to their comrades," "ignoble creatures—Judases who sold themselves to the oppressors for thirty pieces of silver," "more detestable than scabs." Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z He was an ignoble sot, a drunkard, and a debauchee; but, in the eyes of most young ladies, such qualities were rather admired than not. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z It was not until after the English occupation of Egypt that it was lifted out of its ignoble position by Major Bagnold and placed securely in a wooden shed. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Think of the honored statesmen of that ignoble time who wallowed in this mire and who, decorated with dripping filth, received the plaudits of their fellow-men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The Convention, aided by Robespierre and the authority of the committee, assented with ignoble unanimity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Back in Hamburg in 1953, the British were doing everything they could, in a far from ignoble way, to help ruined Germany back on its feet. Angela Merkel needs all the help she can get 2012-02-08T19:30:01Z Cannot you see that in ignoble squabbles with the scum it is best to keep clean hands by remaining neutral? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Eckbert, on the other hand, reproached himself for such ignoble feelings to his worthy friend; yet still he could not cast them out. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z My "beer," always, to my sense, of the smallest, sinks to positively ignoble dregs in the presence of your splendid record—of which I think also I am even moved to a certain humiliated jealousy. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The historian 398 was sleeping off her headache, except as I woke her at the stations to aid in the defence of our ignoble luxury. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Quoting from Manetho, he shows that, under a ruler called Timaios, these people from the east, “men of an ignoble race,” invaded the land, and easily made themselves master of it without a battle. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z It was the face of a dreamer, no doubt, but there would be nothing ignoble in the dreams. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z In "Antony and Cleopatra," the subject of many Renaissance tragedies, Shakespeare chose for a theme an ignoble infatuation that leads counter to duty and on to destruction. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z She found Babylon to be a seething mass of plots and counterplots, little and great, honorable, ignoble, loyal and traitorous. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Our Alhambra dream suffered frequent jars from these ignoble confusions of to-day. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z This prefix thus appears as en-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as enemy, ignoble, illegal, immortal, infirm, irregular. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z His were ignoble views; she was sure of it. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z How long would he last in his ignoble career? The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But a small fact—the assassination of an Irishman of the most ignoble kind—affords ample food for reflection, and cannot fail to inspire grave doubts regarding the solidity of the British Empire. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z And yet his royal blood did not save him from the most ignoble and ignominious birth, and obscure exordium of his earth life. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z It offers an imposing illustration how politics, so prone to become and to remain ignoble, may come to have surpassing beauty; how statesmanship, vested in a worthy character, may wear transcendent dignity. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The fight which I revelled in appears to me now a squabble made ignoble with intrigues, bitter with mean disappointments, the victory not worth the fight. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z It is sheer fanaticism to rave against the 'change,' and to burrow for ignoble motives. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z Who could restrain their tears, though they may have been tears of anger that people should be allowed to practise such ignoble acts of self-abasement. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z Could Arnold have done more to have accomplished his base and ignoble purpose? The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One In The Government of The United States. Its Cause, and How it Should be Met 2012-01-12T03:00:13.627Z In 1652 he was back in France, and seems at once to have addressed himself with something like ignoble subserviency to the task of conciliating the court painter Charles Le Brun. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Have we no Cervantes to shatter this ignoble thing to the sound of inextinguishable laughter? Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Supported by the 20,000 soldiers of the 2d of December, they have regained once more their spirits, and have forgotten that they owe their ignoble existences to you. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The secret tyrant had in his turn found a secret tyrant, not less cruel perhaps, but more ignoble. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z But his sense of delicacy would not allow him to insist on such an ignoble suspicion. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z That pique and a not ignoble rage had much to do with this philippic we may well assume. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Without another word he clapped spurs to his horse, crying out: “Stand your ground, ignoble creatures, and fly not basely from a single knight who dares encounter you all!” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z This was not, necessarily, an ignoble or negligible pursuit, but it was corrupted by an attending hypocrisy which forced a fervent denial, the pretense of an utterly different purpose, to be worn like a cloak. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z They have dropped out of the social fabric, and chief and subject alike spend their lives in weaving ignoble plots to alleviate the squalor of their servitude. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Thus the last two senses are most closely related to the will, and therefore they are always the most ignoble, and have been called by Kant the subjective senses. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z And for most of the time his associations are ignoble, if not humiliating. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z When I was with him it so far disgusted me that I fear I showed him plainly that I found it not only highly unpractical, but ignoble and shirking. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Logically the poem asks only the question: “Great or small, grand or ignoble, what does anything matter if we are but creatures of the day with no eternal destiny?” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z In all the articles such terms as "venomous reptile," "despicable creatures," "obtuse brains," "wallowing in the mire," "ignoble and degraded beings," were adopted on both sides. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Slade and O'Byrn both knew that the Democratic candidate for the mayoralty was running unwillingly; that he revolted from the ignoble part he would be forced to play. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z On the other hand, Fox, who was genial but ignoble, was determined to take the best place that offered, with a secret leaning to the lucrative possibilities of Pitt's office. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Now therefore all christian men, whether high or low, noble or ignoble, and the lord, and the slave, are all brothers, and have all one Father in heaven. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z In the second place, when the news of his wealth was published he received such serial avalanches of begging letters of every sort, noble and ignoble, that he was dismayed. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z If this is "disrespect," or "insult," or an "ignoble spirit of irreverence," then we plead guilty to the charge, and are willing to abide by it. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z Oft, as I have seen her heroes Brought to this ignoble end, Have I pondered,—when should Fortune To my lips the cup commend? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Your own mother would not counsel you to an ignoble deed, Zina. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z That lonely height of love and understanding is necessary, by Nature's clumsy law, to produce a lower type; the great and noble are used as the means to the small and ignoble. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z He did not hear a word that was being spoken by the barrister who, in even and impartial tones, was reciting the details of a savage but not ignoble crime. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The stout old gentleman was so affected by the idea of the countess's jewels being brought into the market in such an ignoble way that words failed him, and he gasped for breath. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Alex was proud of Penn State’s ability to compete with the best — if not actually be the best — without resorting to such ignoble maneuverings. They Are Still Penn State, but It Will Never Be the Same 2011-11-26T22:00:54Z It is not conceivable that the Philistines stood there to be killed, and meekly submitted to ignoble blows, death, and degradation. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z She preferred to take the chances that her daughter would relent when the ignoble interment was over. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z In this ignoble office it is said to be sometimes assisted by the Buzzard, and both birds have been accused of setting to work before their unhappy victim has breathed its last. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Whether I come of a noble or of an ignoble race, that, indeed, I cannot tell, for I know not who my father and mother were. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z There's a deal of hacking and pruning and fertilizing and cross-breeding with ignobler growths to be gone through with before one obtains a satisfactory result. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z "If you must give expression to such ignoble sentiments regarding one who is vastly your superior in every respect, you at least shall not offend my ears with such language." The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Your ignoble views of women—I tried to think them funny. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The commission’s paper is part of an ignoble tradition of “shooting the messenger”. Buttonwood: The road to self-deception 2011-11-10T09:32:56Z But he is dead, and I now feel my face burn with shame that so weak and ignoble a soul could so long have influenced me. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z My being forced into a humble, but not ignoble, occupation could never have made this difference in her. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Plenty of money was no doubt a preventive of discomfort in this life, and he felt it was fine of him not to be attracted by so ignoble a bait. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Resistance, brave, exhilarating, hopeless, futile, ignoble resistance to whatever happened to him contrary to the dictates of his own will—it was as inevitable to him as feeling itself. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Nor did she ever demand audience for rude or ignoble passion, or admit the moral shade beyond the degree in which it must appear in all pictures of life. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z For the ignoble family of sluggards is numerous. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z That ignoble pagan governor below has no care for thy sweet fame! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Rather, when the worm has been killed, does he throw the whole fruit as well into the mire, in order to make it ignoble in men's sight and to inspire disgust. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z And after all, was the impulse so ignoble? The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z There is such a thing, when 291 a man doesn't come to you, as a miserable, ignoble yielding to the ache to go to him. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z "Australia for the Australians!"—that ignoble aspiration, which even then meant "Australia for the Australians now in it"—less than two to the square mile—now means that Australia is not even for them. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z As there is a noble way of being discontented, so there is an ignoble content. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Long before the war, it had become impossible to get along with the slaveholders, except on the most ignoble principles of trade or fashion. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Saw the Eagles and Vultures Prey, treading on their Meat, and tearing it up with their Beaks; the Eagles brave, but the Vultures look ignoble. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z Shingles, shakes, and fencing consume more of the lumber than general construction—ignoble uses for this noblest of all trees. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Thus discomfited, B. takes refuge in ignoble silence, while A., in a triumphant mood, moves prominently forward amidst the plaudits of the assembled multitude. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Not a few persons of ignoble birth and of mean antecedents have been elected to the Papacy, which they have illustrated by their virtues or their learning. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z In 1788 Charles IV. came to the throne, one of the weakest, most vacillating and most ignoble of princes, who was content to let his kingdom be governed for him by his wife's notorious lover. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It is called p. 238Cybi’s town from one Cybi, who, about the year 500, built a college here, to which youths, noble and ignoble, resorted from far and near. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z It was the policy of the Senate to purchase popularity at almost any price, and the members were ready to outbid each other by the most extravagant offers, for the object of their ignoble competition. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z O dame! as thou art such are they Who after years of care and cost, The burning hope of many a day By one ignoble stoop have lost. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Nor was it an ignoble face as Denis saw it over and over again. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Not only politicians and the ever ready pamphleteers lent their voice to the "cause," but even the poets joined the ignoble chorus. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z At that time, now five years ago, Amory Towers had been thrust by circumstances into a position of ignoble envy of her friend. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Self aggrandisement was his grand, or rather his petty, object; and he owes to his ignoble attempts to elevate himself, the low place he occupies in the opinion of the impartial historian. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z That is a contrast to the ignoble vexations that are daily imagined. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Herrick discovered this, in no ignoble sense, to be the keynote of Christina's life. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z And now I find that wretched and petty and ignoble circumstances fetter even such a man as you are. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Light come, light go; and since the lapse of her contracts she had been glad not only to devise these ignoble lures for the public, but to draw them also. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z On being discovered in his ignoble retreat, by those who had pursued him through thick and thin, he was dragged to the town and lodged in the nearest station. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Once a man who loved the strife, noble or ignoble, of the madding crowd, he had grown accustomed to silence, habituated to solitude. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z To me the event will be the same, but the failure will be less ignoble.' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z "Nevertheless," remarked the youthful novelist, coldly, "there is nothing on earth as ignoble as a best-seller." Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Certain newspapers seized the opportunity of that sale to attack me once more as "an ignoble mother, ruining her child." My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Herbert had time to become excited himself, in spite of the ignoble circumstances of his return. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z On this occasion I felt as if that same ignoble cry was being raised again. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z Nor must we forget that it can be the portion of the ignoble as well as of those whose souls are clear. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Let us not accuse the acts that make up our daily life of meanness, but our ignoble souls that reveal themselves so unworthily through those acts. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z It is a place of dirt and sloth, of abject misery and ignoble and degrading atmosphere, a hotbed of infection for the body, as well as for the mind.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z "Say rather of ignoble earth," cried the Fleming, dolefully. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Can that be considered other than an ignoble sentiment?” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z "No hair, no brows, no lashes; bald, ludicrous, ignoble, unclean!" Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z But that, after all, was but an ignoble consolation in his great bereavement. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z The culprit was a good sized, robust, and well clad man, but of ignoble countenance. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z She would not admit that she had been paid by Leslie Cairns for her ignoble services. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z You are led away by others—by men who have some ignoble end to serve, and are using you, as one of them has used me, as a tool.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z He concocted a hot toddy while she twitted him about his use of the tea-table implements for so ignoble a use; and she made him talk of his work and of the Traction Company's affairs. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Then it was jealousy, pathetic but rather ignoble jealousy, that was making poor Mrs. Kaye look as she looked now—jealousy rather than grief.... Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z For such methods of committing suicide, as taking poison, drowning, strangling oneself, and the like, were considered very ignoble, and especially unworthy of warriors. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z For it is through fear of poverty that men sell their souls; and not until that ignoble fear is gone does the soul have a chance to live. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Do not do this ignoble thing to break my life! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z As Jesus spoke the fatal words, as malice and hatred lighted the faces of His wicked judges with a base and ignoble joy, what was His own thought? The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z There had cut right into and across her young, peaceful life a tragedy full of ignoble horror, of that horror which attracts the eager interest and attention of the morbid, the idle, and the vulgar. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Does any one pretend that the nobility of England, which has been an educated class for centuries, have larger heads, or more intelligence than the ignoble? The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Finally, he was driven to the stress of seeking employment as a copyist for stationers and lawyers about the Temple, but he could not find an opening for even such ignoble drudgery as this. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Australia is the only country where the white is consumed with that ignoble desire. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z But there is a higher sense in which, among thousands of the ignoble, we single out one “real man;” and in this sense, as fulfilling the idea, Jesus was the Second Man. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z We are now looking at a time when not only noble and ignoble characters existed side by side, but when noble and less noble elements existed together in one and the same character. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The Church lost by the dispute; for the energy that might have been devoted to producing a higher clerical standard was frittered in a somewhat ignoble quarrel. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z All are so conscious of living—even those in the higher sphere—and so anxious to appear other than they are, that their entire lives are only ignoble struggles, with nothing of serene repose. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z His briniest hour: Churchill trod carefully as he emerged from the Channel Tatler noted that the Churchills were enjoying themselves "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife". Mud, wet and leers 2011-07-29T01:01:24Z It is exalting multitudes of ignoble lives by hopes that are profound, far-reaching, and sublime. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z It is as ignoble to go begging conditions as to go begging bread. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z It is the symbol of human greatness also, for the Roman never suffered the common necessities to force upon him an ignoble peace. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z To try the whole power of words, and discover every form of language in which a legitimate deduction can be expressed, is no ignoble task. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Taking sides involves some penalty which enthusiasts are apt to overlook, and when it arrives ruddy eagerness is apt to turn pale and change into ignoble prudence. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z How ignoble it would be for me to require more than you voluntarily bestow! A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z His Secretary of State for the Colonies and his Chancellor of the Exchequer have, still more recently, repeated after him this singularly ignoble view of a nation's duty, and of a soldier's and sailor's obligation. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The slavery to ignoble journalism, what he calls a "really nefarious profession," was to be resolutely renounced from the day of his arrival in New Orleans. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The noblest religion without a human centre was less prized than the ignoblest with one, and the faith of Israel was compelled to yield to the degrading fascinations of the Bona Dea. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z No--I am not afraid--it would be ignoble to permit you to listen to him. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z We were ordered to Cobham Station, a charming region of verdure-clad hills and brawling streams, where there was no soldiers' work to do and no prospect of anything less ignoble than provost duty. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z What they call casting off ignoble fetters is licentiousness. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z It is sad enough, but it is more than childish to grumble, more than ignoble to rail. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z “Apologize!” exclaimed Judy, her proud spirit recoiling at the ignoble thought. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Is the man who is within the riches a victor or a victim, a noble master or a poor ignoble slave. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z But they also lend the books an air of predictability, as the smoothest operators almost always meet ignoble ends. DealBook: In Wall St. Novels, Plots Are Fiction, but Details Are Real 2011-07-11T23:04:44Z I belonged to the ignoble company of the unwanted. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The church in the middle ages looked askance upon the minstrels and their stock in trade; the sermons of the time denounce their "ignoble fables," their "tales all falsehood and lying." Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Their thoughts were thus artificially fixed to one point in the horizon, but their ambition was neither ignoble nor unclean. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Their hope was indeed a helmet defending them against all withering suggestions of ease, protecting them against the call of an ignoble indolence which is so often heard in hours of defeat. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Fie! that were ignoble and unchristian: we must kiss the rod like good children, and be gentle and amiable. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z But you, perhaps, reprobate the enjoyment of wine as too ignoble and material. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Christian men are brothers, whether high or low, noble or ignoble, lord or slave. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z There is great difficulty in making any short or general statement of the difference between great and ignoble minds in their behaviour to the "public." Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z We are loath to unveil completely the vices and ignoble habits that distinguish the priests of the orthodox Russian church. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He knew that, viewed in the dead white light of sober judgment, tested by commercial rates, his ambition to stand chief victor in Cupid's lists, would be ignoble and unremunerative. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Nay, father, you treat the youth with unmerited severity; he who passeth a life on the ocean, cannot be said to pass it in either an ignoble or a useless manner. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z And yet how ignoble was that love!" said Margaret, bitterly; "how shallow, that could so mistake its object! Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Nay, the demand is not loud even for ignoble work. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z It ‘comes of no ignoble lineage,’ he says, ‘nor shames its high descent.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The nobler class of persons cannot hear the words Friendship, Feeling, Virtue, even from the most ignoble, without being reminded by the words of the greatness of which their hearts are capable. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Luis is a truant, Se�ora, beyond a question, but it is not with ignoble motives. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Besides, it is ignoble to be influenced by consequences that may result to ourselves, even possible loss of affection, the only earthly thing that is worth living for. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z I respect my family too much, I respect your own distinguished merits too much, to doom you to any common ignoble death. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Overridden by blind suspicion she allowed the ignoble side of her nature to spring into play. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Rosser can only be translated by so mean a phrase as “a sound beating;” while to spurn is no ignoble action, and is used rather in a poetical than familiar style. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Rightly to estimate the danger and encounter it with firmness are worthy of a rational being; but to place our security in thoughtlessness and blindness is only less ignoble than cowardice. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z For men of ignoble affection, The social scheme that is, were better far Than the orbed sun's most exquisite perfection, Man needs not heaven till he revolves a star. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z My spirit of self-sacrifice in achieving my lofty ends, is a mystery to your sluggish and ignoble souls. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Was it not ignoble to refuse the province of a vindicator of the injured, before any tribunal, however tremendous or unjust? Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Mr. Buckle speaks of "the incredible baseness of that ignoble voluptuary who succeeded George III. on the throne." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z No black blots in a sea of ignoble type break the quiet dignity of the page; each part of it works together with the rest for one premeditated harmony. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z It was probably this same stout rope by which Green pulled himself back to safety, of which he elsewhere gives the history, quite an eventful one, though sadly ignoble in its latter days. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z With such a history and such a nature, it is sacrilege to debase poetry, or to employ it upon any unworthy subject or for ignoble purpose. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z In her mind, gratitude was no perverse or ignoble principle. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Buckle speaks of "the incredible baseness of that ignoble voluptuary." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Was it to a resort so ignoble that she must go to refute the slander against her husband? The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z But he did other things as well, showing that he never intended to sit down in ignoble obscurity as the reporter of a country newspaper. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z The nobler of the imitative arts are concerned with the objects of the nobler senses, while the ignobler arts are concerned with the objects of the senses of taste, touch, and smell. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Many of the walls of the priory still remain, and the hall has been for many years used for the ignoble purposes of a stable.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z But we must not neglect the garden; for though “Nature’s journeymen,” the gardeners, are undergoing an ignoble leisure this month, it is not so with Nature herself. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z After the base, ignoble insult you have put upon me, you shall not stay and see me weep. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z But a superiority which must prolong its existence by the enforcement of ignorance is of a very ignoble sort. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Furthermore, he had found that creative literature excites the emotions more than does actual life, and stirs up ignoble passions which were better restrained. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z And some, oppress'd with more ignoble Fear, Remount the hollow Horse, and pant in secret there. The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718) 2011-05-19T02:00:05.527Z The occupation of authorship became ignoble through his graphic descriptions of misery, and the literary profession was for a long time destroyed. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z "I'm sure he does," said Gwynneth, kindly; and left the forerunner to his ignoble jealousy, only hoping there was some foundation for it, and that a real reaction was already in the air. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Molly was rubbing vigorously at her master's surplice—which shared the benefits of the wash with more ignoble things, when the church-clock striking caused her to pause and glance up through the open window. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z I have loved you, yes, and in the sense you think so ignoble and so degrading, almost from the first day we met. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z "It were ignoble," thought he, "if the good Joachime should be made to atone for it, that I once had other hopes and wishes than my hitherto newest ones." Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z De Montfort and Vigneau, who had received the former troop with rage and dismay, were little less than frantic at this double disaster and ignoble defeat. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Carlton was again tormented by the ignoble inclination which he had overcome by impulse rather than by will at the last interview. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z I have suffered much; the bagnio of Toulon, the chains, the convicts' dress, and, what is still worse, the ignoble contact of the criminals—all this I have had to bear with. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z "To have secured this immortal moment, I would willingly die a shameful, ignoble death to-morrow," were the words he whispered, as he strained Laura to his heart, as his lips sought and found her lips.... Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Although the steel companies were exceedingly alert in suppressing the names of these ignoble victims to their greed, it is a well-known fact that there were many of them. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z As already stated, Lady Alice had been affianced to Baron Vigneau by her father, for the most ignoble reason of policy and personal ambition, Alice's wishes or preferences not being consulted in the least. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z He was taught to regard all unnoble as ignoble; and to consider them as an inferior and secondary race, and only created to be subservient to the will of those of his caste and rank. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z From all quarters the same murmur of execration rose against the assassination of the prisoners and the ignoble scenes at Versailles. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z What Mrs. Tropenell would have heard, had she yielded to that ignoble temptation, would not have told her anything of what she had so longed to know. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z It is at least not effeminate, not unmerciful, not ignoble, and not incomprehensible: other “visions” have before now been any or all of these. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z If you were to take yonder sapling and tie its head down to earth, there would be unceasing resistance to the ignoble bond. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Slaves, not such as conqueror led to crimson glory and undying fame, but base, ignoble slaves, slaves to a horde of petty tyrants, feudal despots. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z Light, lantern, path, and polar star and guide To all who dare dismiss ignoble sleep And downy ease for exercise of arms, For toils continual, perils, wounds, and blood! The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "Perhaps I ought not to have said 'terrible,'" she said at last in a low voice, "but—but degrading, ignoble, hateful, Oliver." Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The fear which restrains and the faith which refuses were things as ignoble as the hypocrisy which assumes or the humility which resigns. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z In reality the history of our time was made by the important actors, the common people playing a very ignoble part, and being little better than chattels and instruments of the leaders' wills. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The whole form is beautifully adapted to express her endeavor to lift her husband out of his suspicious and ignoble jealousy to a higher plane. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z "Stand, cowards!" cried he as loud as he could; "stand your ground, ignoble creatures, and fly not basely from a single knight, who dares encounter you all." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Mrs. Drax, it has been said, had the manners of a gentlewoman, and she had not vulgarized May's natural refinement of mind by misdirecting her admiration towards ignoble things. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z For he knew too much, and was too noble of nature to be content with what was ignoble. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z Drapery, as such, is always ignoble; it becomes a subject of interest only by the colors it bears, and the impressions which it receives from some foreign form or force. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z "The presence and behavior of Saudi Arabia is a kind of ignoble heresy," he said, adding: "The same fate might happen to the country itself and under the same pretext Saudi Arabia might be attacked." Iran calls for regional unity, hits out at Saudi Arabia 2011-04-18T12:47:58Z Forty-eight hours' start of that ignoble scheme would, she hoped, enable her to counteract it yet. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The other was but an ignoble man; a purposeless parody of the real and true; and he, I thank God, exists no longer. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z He gradually began to seek distractions amongst his old pagan companions in the old ignoble pleasures. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z Where she failed, it was principally from an inborn lack of charm, not from anything ignoble or impure in her mental disposition. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z His was a nature into which an ancient descent infused no tincture of any ignoble pride of birth. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z He so hated, so despised her that his mind classed her as one of the most ignoble of her sex! Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z "No! then, by Heaven, he was ignoble indeed, and her love was ill placed, poor lady!" Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Of course, we admit that some fears are ignoble. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Very, very true, and they're including such terms as "colossal waste," , an "embarrassment", , "ignoble,"and "shame." Disgraced ending for Manny Ramirez, who won't sniff Cooperstown 2011-04-09T15:30:05Z However ignoble the feeling, or base to entertain it, it is natural to the human heart tortured by jealousy—too natural, as George Shenstone that night knows, with head tossing upon a sleepless pillow. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z His face to her looked hideous, the eyes seemed to leer, and there was lust for money, and ignoble treachery writ on every feature. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z "Impulse," she said, "a noble impulse—and then? an ignoble one, followed with the same determination." Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z They were not published because they were discovered—whether in the pages of Goedsche or elsewhere—but they were discovered because they were wanted for the ignoble purpose of a pogrom-weapon. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z English agriculture was not to receive its death from the ignoble hands of Cobden and Co. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Solinus states that this man was of ignoble birth, whilst according to other authors, he was a relative of the late monarch. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z It cannot be expected to count for much that in his last moments he was faithful, and not ignoble. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z What preserves us is a strict sense of honour, and a contempt for ignoble methods of money getting. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Already self-convicted of the blasphemy of infidelity, he stood in his pulpit in the infinitely ignoble guise of a culprit before the law. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z A more ignoble physiognomy than Fouch�'s it would be impossible to imagine. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Besides, you are both of an origin too recent and ignoble to dispute with me. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Could she have wholly escaped the taint of her mother's ignoble nature? The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z They had to fight their battle under an ignoble issue. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Her black eyes were still fine; her features were not ignoble, but were hard and unattractive. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z And that idea led her to think of the prospective partnership, destined by every favourable sign to brilliant success, and to contrast it with the ignoble and forlorn undertaking in Edward Street. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The Presbyterian church had been put, during the rebellion, to the most ignoble uses, the upper part being used for a guard house and the basement for a horse stable. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Shall I own that Cary is their ally in the same ignoble warfare? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z You cannot but have perceived latterly how our faith, instead of being, as it once was, the symbol of low birth and ignoble connections, has become the very bond of aristocratic society. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Goethe’s Mephistopheles is this same being after the toils and vicissitudes of six thousand years in his new vocation: smaller, meaner, ignobler, but a million times sharper and cleverer. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z It was no ignoble blood which lent the damask tint to cheeks upon which he gazed with complacent responsibility for their being. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z For at first she would have no traffic with the ignoble word "lie." The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z It was one of those shops that always seem to shun the madding crowd's ignoble strife, and seek a refuge in some cool sequestered way. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Perhaps, indeed, he has fulfilled his mission now he has shed his ignoble blood for his superior! Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Both had their faults, but the balance of affection & tenderness was largely on his side, as well as of other great qualities: though I like her too—& think she would have scorned Froude’s ignoble championship. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z I may regret that a low mind made him an unsettled, unhappy wanderer upon earth, but I cannot weep for him, because tears are too precious to be wasted upon what is ignoble. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z And with a sudden ignoble recollection his face flushed from his forehead to his high military collar. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z "You have such ignoble ideas, Meg," she said reprovingly. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z As a natural consequence, members of the Mafia deemed it ignoble to revenge wrongs by judicial process, and still more ignoble to give any information to any officers of the government. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z What! is it all so ignoble, so base, that it will not bear the honest light of speech from lips so gifted with “the divine power to use words?” The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z We must die daily on the levels of ignoble compromise or perish tragically among the precipices. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Their intention is never ignoble, if often impossible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "Such a scheme as Sir Brook has discovered!—such an ignoble plot against my poor dear father!" said Lendrick. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z It is the ignoble feature of your art to be materialist. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z So many of the ignoble things of life, questions of material expediency, of shallow prejudice, of partial judgment, they seemed to have ruled out altogether. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z His eyes were suffused with a not ignoble tenderness. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z She could not, as a lady, admit even to herself how largely her sister's living depended upon the ignoble bulbs even more than upon the refined produce of the little garden. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z And how perfectly wonderful it is that now you know its history, when it was supposed to have disappeared, where it has remained ever since under its ignoble integument of foolish paint. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z There 's an ignoble confession, but keep it for yourself. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z He spoke with immense gusto; his zest of life was magnificent, and somewhat strangely there was nothing cynical or ignoble about his point of view. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z These acts of destruction, transforming into a rubbish heap that tranquil country of Belgium, which was above everything an incomparable museum, all are agreed to stigmatise as a base, ignoble crime. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z It was hoped that a nobler designation would perhaps elevate the character of the place, as the name "Milton Street" had helped to do for the ignoble Grub Street in London. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z I thought once that the most ignoble sentiments ever entertained by man were those lesser and physical emotions which, in the world, masquerade as love—or as an essential part of it. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "I will have your word of honor to abandon this ignoble passion"—so he called his love; "and in addition, your solemn pledge never to marry an Irishwoman." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z But the blunt truth is before me, ignoble as it is. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z It was neither caution, nor a craven spirit, that restrained me; but an instinct more ignoble than either—an instinct of revenge. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z However ignoble the feeling, or base to entertain it, it is natural to the human heart tortured by jealousy. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Then the basis of her regard for him was ignoble? The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z |
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