| 单词 | immodesty |
| 例句 | Since then we have learned better than to be shy about such trifling immodesties. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Scott is very strong guy, I am very strong guy,” Lopsang explained to me with characteristic immodesty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It claimed to teach dance, but instead it taught immodesty, promiscuity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to stay in this backward place,” he tells his parents, hardworking tobacco farmers who seem embarrassed by his immodesty. Movie Review: ‘China Heavyweight,’ a Documentary by Yung Chang 2012-07-05T22:55:22Z He writes that “immodesty would never become a part of her persona or emotional vocabulary,” and he lauds her energy, consistency and discipline as a performer. Mary Martin — from Weatherford, Tex., to Broadway stardom 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The aggressive immodesty of his performance doesn't fit Bazil's humble profile. The relentless whimsy of "Micmacs" 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z “In my person, with the so-called Romantic school,” he writes with rare immodesty, “there began a revolution in French literature.” The French Revolution Made Him an Exile, and a Writer 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z From the right, he nods approvingly at David Brooks' distaste for a contemporary ethos of "vulgar immodesty." Andrew Keen rages against the machine in 'The Internet Is Not the Answer' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But in tennis, notions of immodesty and informality die hard. Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Lawrence's immodesty is forgivable: the book had been through four drafts, and after two years of struggle he was hugely relieved to have it finished. Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z It’s a rare moment of immodesty from Urschel, who stayed at Penn State through the team’s sexual abuse scandal despite opportunities at Stanford and elsewhere. He quit the NFL for a career in math. It wasn’t just about the concussions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z All the fights and the fallouts, the wrestling bouts, the litany of carnal conquests and contractual flareups: the carnival of immodesty starts early and never subsides. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z He had thought it was a hobby, he said, and he had reservations about immodesty. The Opposite of a Muse 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z For the sheer immodesty of the ambition I put some blame on the physical location at which I conceived the book. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z "Like a Woman" is gritty but tender: charming in its immodesty and sinewy as a junkyard dog. Novels focus on gritty realism, anger, loss, family dysfunction 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Time and again, the powers-that-be in tennis push back on immodesty, and the players push forward towards personal choice and — dare we say — personal style. Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z This is simply the most recent chapter of a centurylong debate over the place of informality and immodesty in our dress: how short can that skirt be? Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Appropriately, his most consistent muse has been Madonna, who shares his love of overkill and immodesty. Photography’s Road From Edgy to Excess 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z But the scale of his ego, the immodesty of his conflation of the history of two nations with the fluctuations of his own consciousness, is matched by the strangeness and dynamism of his images. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z My sheer obsessiveness, my happiness at being alone with my wandering, over-hot mind, the way I had announced my new name and strutted around in green sweat-shorts with sprightly immodesty – it all made me cringe. The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Both writers make important points about how to deal with the perception of immodesty, but if you are reading memoirs by high-powered Hollywood women, such insights start to sound depressingly similar. In ‘Year of Yes,’ Shonda Rhimes shares tips from her own enlightenment 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The poster cites eight specific examples, including “drinking alcohol, homosexuality, immodesty, profanity,” and not respecting places of worship. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z But most of it has to do with Rex, who throws himself into this role with exuberant commitment, heroic immodesty and all the rude persistence of that battering ram between his legs. Review: A porn star is reborn in the hilarious, harrowing 'Red Rocket' 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z However, it wasn’t until I was a mother in my mid-30s that I unlocked what I believe was the last remaining chamber of sartorial immodesty: going shirtless. Toppling the myth of the motherly aesthetic by going topless in L.A. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “Falwell Jr. … knew that matters of infidelity, immodesty, and acceptance of a loose lifestyle would stand in stark contrast to the conduct expected of leaders at Liberty,” the university’s suit said. Liberty University sues ex-president Jerry Falwell Jr., alleging breach of contract and cover-up of scandal 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z That prompted a separate response from some in the majority who characterized the dissenting opinions as a “disappointing display of judicial immodesty.” Court revives lawsuit targeting Trump’s business dealings at D.C. hotel 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z But Srinivasan notes that to think of oneself as “genealogically lucky, and others as genealogically unlucky, seems to open oneself to just accusations of chauvinism, narcissism and immodesty.” Genealogical Anxiety 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Amid all the other immodesties and peculiarities of Augusta, the greens, ultimately, are the thing. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Apple, in its habitual immodesty, is promising similarly breathtaking performance with its new Mac Pro. Apple’s new Mac Pro is a supercar 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “Every time I get up to sing that song, I grit my teeth,” he would say later, “because no matter what the image may seem to be, I hate boastfulness in others. I hate immodesty.” 'People who sing it want the world to know they exist': 50 years of My Way 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z With typical immodesty, Trump proclaimed a historic diplomatic breakthrough. Trump is dangerous again as his Kim Jong-un ‘breakthrough’ turns sour | Simon Tisdall 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “To be able to borrow money for 10 years and ride out boom-and-bust cycles was almost as important an insight as horizontal drilling,” McClendon, with typical immodesty, said to Rolling Stone. How the US fracking boom almost fell apart 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, marked the day with sharply worded tweets skewering Western countries for the immodesty of their women and trumpeting the virtues of the headscarf, or hijab. Women in Iran are pulling off their headscarves — and hoping for a ‘turning point’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z With not entirely undue immodesty, he called his memoir, published two years before his death in 1971, “Present at the Creation.” Robert Beisner, prizewinning diplomatic historian, dies at 81 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But not when that style turns to immodesty or offence. Someone actually loves the LPGA dress code. Here's where they're woefully misguided - Golf Digest 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z “It was brilliant,’’ said Bolt with his charming immodesty after a victory lap that included cheerleading, chest bumping, selfie snapping and, of course, his signature lightning bolt pose. Usain Bolt is electrifying both during and after winning his third 100-meter gold 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z State Department warns American citizens traveling to the United Arab Emirates that “penalties for public displays of affection or immodesty can be severe. Travelers have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms for kissing in public.” Robin Thicke, bikini-clad girlfriend soak up sun in Dubai; other couples have faced jail time 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Even so, something about Kanye West’s brand of immodesty seems to rub people up the wrong way, and listening to The Life of Pablo, you can see why. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo review: 'You can see why his immodesty rubs people up the wrong way' 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z One result is that people fantasize about the trappings of another world: either the West, with its display of immodesty and lust, or the Muslim paradise and its virgins. The Sexual Misery of the Arab World 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z But his breathless defense of the consequences of extraordinary monetary policy reveals a troubling immodesty. A Little Humility, Please, Mr. Summers 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z A deliberate allusion to Karl Marx’s magnum opus, it suggests both immodesty and an innate antipathy to markets. Piketty fever: Bigger than Marx 2014-05-01T15:00:12Z "It was a very good interview, forgive my immodesty," he told Saturday's rally. Protests and talks widen rifts in Venezuela opposition 2014-03-10T05:06:04Z Mr. Zhang exudes confidence that Sky City tower will be built soon, even at the risk of immodesty. Across China, Skyscrapers Brush the Heavens 2013-08-27T16:57:36Z In the interview room, we got our first exposure to Federer’s matter-of-fact commentary, which could, on occasion, sound like immodesty. First Looks and Lasting Impressions of Athletes’ Debuts 2013-06-25T05:13:13Z There would be no Super Bowl guarantee this year, Ryan said, because it had never occurred to him that the fallout of such immodesty would be directed at his players as much as at him. On Pro Football: Jets’ Verbal Game Is in Midseason Form 2012-07-28T00:48:39Z Neither of the two Miss Prices had ever possessed a low-cut bodice—old Mrs. Price would probably have whipped her for her immodesty if she had ever been caught in one. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z One Hasidic landlord posted a complaint on a local news Web site about the immodesty of the new “yuppies,” rallying his neighbors to take back Crown Heights. In Crown Heights, a Renaissance With Unease 2012-02-01T03:54:42Z These were accompanied by outraged pronouncements against such immodesties from prominent statesmen and clergymen. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Without anywhere transgressing the limits of decorum, the Pastor fido is steeped in sensuousness; and the immodesty of its pictures is enhanced by rhetorical concealments more provocative than nudity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It was the duty of relatives and guardians to forward that end; it was even still more the duty of the woman herself to attract and secure the best husband available without immodesty. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z They not only avenge the immodesty of their companions by the death of the adulterer, but they also avenge the outrages and injuries done to the reputation of their masters. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z As to her immodesty, opinions got very hot. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z The hard, bold glance—the "mule"-look—of some masculine girls and women by no means necessarily implies conscious immodesty. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z As, however, only objects in common use have a market value, this desire is the consequence either of shrewd modesty or of stupid immodesty. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Of course I couldn't listen to this nonsense and immodesty and worse. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z And, if we were within the circumstances under which the case ought to be adjudged according to expediency, without any hesitation, Franceschini should be punished mildly to diminish the force of immodesty and impudence. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z I assure you there are British authors who are quite reconciled to the immodesty of newspaper puffs. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z A custom that sprang less from actual immodesty than from lapse of that normal Sex-specialisation, whence arises the normal sex-consciousness which engenders wholesome reserve between the sexes. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Despite similarities, I write for necessity rather than immodesty; I have little doubt that my sanity would be thus intact if it were not for the scratches which I frequently mark on a page. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Gormandizing is the abuse of the pleasures of eating; intoxication or drunkenness, the abuse of the pleasures of drinking; immodesty or lust, the abuse of the pleasures attached to the reproduction of the species. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z The nakedness of the fashionable world does not distress me; but immodesty amongst the common herd I visit with my severest displeasure. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z The blush on the face of Desire at the consciousness of its own immodesty. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z You shall find Infidelity mask'd in a Gown and Cassock; and wantonness and immodesty under a blushing Countenance. The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 2011-06-23T02:00:28.787Z Owning a healthy sense of self-worth was not immodesty but protection against vulnerability. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They never attached to it the ideas of lewdness and immodesty which the Jewish tradition has handed down to us with the Christian doctrine. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Stewart turned hastily away, struggling into his trousers as rapidly as he could, and cursing the careless immodesty of these people. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z To people of the Brown, and indeed of the Whittaker class, there is something in a short engagement and a hurried-on marriage which borders almost upon immodesty. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The wittiness of the joke almost hides the immodesty at its core. The Immortal Ambitions of Ray Kurzweil: A Review of 'Transcendent Man' 2011-02-15T12:15:05.193Z Owning a healthy sense of self-worth was not immodesty, but protection against vulnerability. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The family altar is almost extinct; children are not properly trained in respect for their elders; and all too generally young girls learn the lessons of extravagance and immodesty in dress. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z I trust that I may, without immodesty, claim to be put on the same footing as the Zulu. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 2010-12-20T17:12:31.233Z "The intimate part of our life is hard to describe without immodesty," she said. Carla Bruni not keen on 2nd term for husband Sarkozy 2010-03-25T15:02:00Z What other woman would dare the supreme immodesty of displaying a bare forehead? Woman Her black hair fell in disorder all about her head, and her haggard and swollen features evinced the utmost effrontery and immodesty. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 He actually felt a kind of immodesty in saying 'you' to his mother, as if in saying so much he was trespassing on the forbidden confines of her individuality. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The next day I had overcome all his scruples as to the immodesty of a track costume and had led him out upon the field to practice with the discus. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew In all things it seemed that her modesty was a conscious immodesty held in restraint. A Yankee from the West A Novel Likewise, the author of Pamela's Conduct in High Life sees the treatment of sexual immodesty in Pamela Censured as evidence of "how much of the Goat" there is in the author's "Constitution." Pamela Censured Women joined in the most obscene conversation, and it is astonishing to what depths of immodesty their speech descended. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The princess flashed an arch glance at the handsome Spanish general, but showed her reluctance, replying that such an act would lay her open to the charge of immodesty. Ten Girls from History I have confined my choice," said Dryden, "to such tales of Chaucer as savour nothing of immodesty. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition All good dancing is beautiful, and it never requires immodesty, is indeed spoiled by any movement in this direction. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl A certain immodesty, a certain self-righteousness, hangs like a precipice above him.... The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance His daughter is the finest lady in the parish, and outdoes them all, not only in the extremity, but the immodesty of the fashion. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The Tahitian women have always been notorious for their immodesty; and notwithstanding the past labours of English missionaries, the island continues to be the Polynesian Paphos. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century I may, however, say, without immodesty, that, if taken as a whole, it was the very reverse of this. Memoirs of Life and Literature One cannot tear off all coverings from the hearts and minds of others, whereas one could strip one's own moral deformities naked, and that species of self-accusation does seem to me a kind of immodesty. Records of Later Life What has a poet of Whitman's aims to do with decency or indecency, with modesty or immodesty? Whitman A Study Today, as I write, it seems strange that I should ever have dared such a project, yet at the time not a thought of its immodesty ever assailed me. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Of course Altisidora denied having any intimate knowledge of this place, for in spite of her immodesty she had only got as far as the gates, she said. The Story of Don Quixote In the excitement of the game the boys had clean forgot the immodesty of bare shoulders, and had even broken away from their original close grouping until, to all appearances, Margery was one of them. The Hickory Limb He quite rejected the notion, when it came to business, with which he had sometimes played, of an author reviewing his own books, and this apart from his sense of its immodesty. Imaginary Interviews I think I may claim without undue immodesty that this wish of mine has in many directions been fulfilled. Cavalry in Future Wars The mayor glanced at her with that stolid contempt which Finistère Bretons cherish toward those women who show their hair—an immodesty unpardonable in the eyes of most Bretons. The Maids of Paradise When we speak of secret sins many are ready to charge us with immodesty. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity At the same time, this had given both to officers and men a habit of adapting themselves to unexpected incidents which may perhaps, without national immodesty, be said to be unique. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government There was no pretence of impossible innocence among the elder girls, but neither was there any impropriety of language or immodesty of conduct. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The quixotic protest, he knew, about his mother’s faded old satin must have had some other basis than the one of immodesty—an absurd position, as any one could see who would examine the picture. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman For lack of it we perish in false shame, and our fig-leaves point our immodesty to all the world. The Hero The total, but at the same time utterly unconscious immodesty of the women, the extensive agricultural knowledge of the natives, and their greed of iron instruments, are commented upon in both narratives. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century “The present mode of dress in our young women of fashion, and their imitators, is, for its gross immodesty, a proper subject of grave rebuke for the preacher.” Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield Except for his immodesty he is said not to have possessed a single quality that should distinguish an actor. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Faithful preachers cried out against the traffic in shame, the snaring of young girls and the immodesty and immorality which were found in convents, and even in churches. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade Huddled together in their communal kachims, naked, without any thought of immodesty, men, women, and children share the same fire and eat from the same pot. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire In spite of this paucity of clothing, there was not the least immodesty in their bearing. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century We turn away our eyes with disgust from open immodesty: but even this is less mischievous than that more measured style, which excites impure images, without shocking us by the grossnesses of the language. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. Among them the bridles are loosened for immodesty in the case of men. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The latter are noted for their beauty, and excel as singers and dancers, but they suffer under the stigma of immodesty for the reason given above. Travels in the Far East Two girls, of remarkably graceful form, and whose symmetric limbs were but slightly veiled, were brought, evidently without any intentional immodesty, into such affectionate contact with M. Chevalier, as greatly to confuse him. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago The school of the Rabbi Shammai said, "A man must not repudiate his wife unless he find in her actual immodesty." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Although many people live in one hut and there is no possible privacy, yet we saw no immodesty of any sort. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Are you mad, indeed,—this immodesty, this disrespect to me. The Dragon Painter Indecency and immodesty are opposed to morality: the former in externals, as dress, words, and looks; the latter in conduct and disposition. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. If I may say so of myself without immodesty, I am a rapid and assured workman. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography They would not bare the body below the waist and were shocked at his immodesty because he was not so scrupulous. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals That Boccaccio should have reported these tales as emanating from such a company is proof positive of the immodesty of those days, whose story is rehearsed in the "Decameron." A Hero and Some Other Folks "You never loved him!" he repeated, the very immodesty of her excuse confirming his fears. The Long Night Indecency," says Crabb, "may be a partial, immodesty is a positive and entire breach of the moral law. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. She praised the various parts of her beauty with frank immodesty. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Neither was there druling, or dirt, or physical immodesty, or any other attribute of that class of the natural concomitants of insanity, in the subsequent delirium. Shadows of the Stage The women of Tahiti have always been notorious for their immodesty, and the island, notwithstanding the labours of zealous missionaries, continues to be the Polynesian Paphos. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands To equalise the immodesty of the sexes, a near male neighbour, at a height of two hundred odd feet, did an electrified turn by putting on and taking off a pair of trousers-suspenders. The Parts Men Play Instinctively proud of her beauty, she hated the slightest covering, and ran and frisked about my house with daring and unconscious immodesty. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 My inquiry I may, I am sure, without immodesty, say was thorough and complete. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland So when afterwards the sex shortened their petticoats, other Simon Pures start up and put them in the stocks for immodesty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 I trust that I may, without immodesty, claim to be put on the same footing as a Zulu. Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Come, you know well enough that unostentatious immodesty is no part of your partner's programme. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith The girl will be taught modesty or immodesty, truth or falsehood; the lad will be taught honor or dishonor, simplicity or affectation. A History of English Prose Fiction You may see, in our christian example, chastity overcoming immodesty. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The feelings which prompt a Native woman to condemn barrenness in other women is the same as that which makes the average European lady look upon immodesty as a sign of immorality. The Black Man's Place in South Africa In this worship, and its associations, we find the best side of Roman manners,—the love of home, the respect for family life, the hatred of impurity and immodesty. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology A. The Sixth Commandment forbids all unchaste freedom with another's wife or husband: also all immodesty with ourselves or others in looks, dress, words, or actions. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine A. The sixth Commandment forbids all unchaste freedom with another's wife or husband; also all immodesty with ourselves or others in looks, dress, words, and actions. Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 That is to say, modesty in a writer consists in exposing what is false, immodesty in setting forth what is true. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 It is, in fact, across thirty centuries of time, a portrait of one of those graceful little maidens of Elephantine, who, without immodesty or embarrassment, walk unclothed in sight of strangers. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt In such scenes one perceives that immodesty is in the false shame that makes one cling to clothes, rather than in the simple virtues that walk naked and unashamed. White Shadows in the South Seas Skirts is the final refuge of immodesty, to which women will cling like grim death. Somewhere in Red Gap Without the least hesitation in the world, or the least immodesty, she half protruded the foot which still retained its slipper. 54-40 or Fight This is crime! this is shame! this is immodesty, for you! International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 On the other hand Feminine audacity by no means betokens feminine immodesty. Hints for Lovers O chaste immodesty of science, you respect nothing, not even a peulven! Over Strand and Field May not a flush spring as naturally from shy reserve as from immodesty? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 In Japan, however, immodesty consists entirely in the intention of the heart and does not arise from the accident of the moment or the need of the occasion. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Certain parts of the play were open to objections on account of immodesty, but when no ladies are present I presume a Chinese audience is not fastidious. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life No, our order is temperate, cleanly, sober, and chaste; but these rural esquires commit immodesties upon haycocks, wear shirts half a week, and are drunk twice a day. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 One was surrounded by animal lubricity in all its immodesty. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society That is the reason why nakedness in itself has nothing to do with modesty or immodesty; it is the conditions under which the nakedness occurs which determine whether or not modesty will be roused. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism With us such immodesty would be taken as proof of the offender’s unfitness to exercise the power which he asks for, or bear the dignity which, in soliciting it, he belittles. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Antonyms: immodesty, boldness, indelicacy. modify, v. limit, qualify, adjust. modulate, v. inflect; harmonize, attune, adjust, adapt. modulation, n. inflection; adaptation, adjustment. mogul, n. Putnam's Word Book To accuse them of boldness or immodesty is absurd. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work If their maidens are chaste, as I contend that from very force of circumstances they cannot help being, what becomes of all these charges of vice and immodesty? Tales of Old Japan It was marked even among the heathen Arabs, as among Semites and old civilizations generally; we must not be deceived by the occasional examples of immodesty in individual cases. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Without undue immodesty, I think I may fairly claim some distinction in it myself, although I have not regularly acquired it as one acquires knowledge and skill in writing, painting and playing the flute. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 The two women met in the little hall, Christine in the immodesty of a lacy and diaphanous garment, and Marthe in a coarse cotton nightgown covered with a shawl. The Pretty Lady She felt such a leaning towards immodesty that she was a prude. The Man Who Laughs "He had the immodesty to compare himself with Shakespeare." Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults I refer to the feeling of immodesty in eating. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism They were notorious, even among Indians, for their immodesty and lewd conduct, and were consequently incapable of either feeling or inspiring any but the coarsest sensual passion. Primitive Love and Love-Stories She had made modesty the handmaiden of blatant immodesty, and the daring impudence of it all fairly stunned the painter. The Eyes of the World Florida may be unwilling to subject herself to the charge of temerity or immodesty by leading off, but will most assuredly cooperate with or follow the lead of any single Cotton State which may secede. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Her firm and juvenile bust was visible through the opening of a drenched nightgown which was outlining her body with unavoidable immodesty. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel According to their standard of morality and taste, the rites of the Endowment are devoid of immodesty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 No, when she loved, she loved in the open, with the sublime immodesty of the masterpiece that scandalizes bumpkins with its naked beauty! The Torrent Entre Naranjos The clumsy phraseology of Burnet, in passing censure on the immorality of the stage, after the Restoration, terms "Dryden, the greatest master of dramatic poesy, a monster of immodesty and of impurity of all sorts." The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Having defended herself against the charge of immodesty, she declined to urge her own inclination or the rights of Mr. Burroughs; her mute patience did not lack its effect with the scrupulous but tender parent. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories In reality they weren't very many, since he usually strolled about the boat very lightly clad, with the immodesty of a man who sees poorly and considers himself above human preoccupations. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel They should avoid affectation and eccentricity; "not to care a farthing what people think of us is a sign not so much of pride as of immodesty". Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers With the serene immodesty of the ancient idylls, they had abandoned themselves to passion in a stupid, narrow environment, where sprightly gossip was the most appreciated of the moral talents! The Torrent Entre Naranjos He was so much a stranger to immodesty, that modesty in too great a degree was his failing: he hurt his fortune by it, he complained of it, and never could overcome it. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author What occult forces, what secret influences of soul on soul, what courage on his part, what sublime immodesty and unworldliness on mine had brought it about! Sacred and Profane Love All in hell are in the immodesty of adulterous love, 429. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love There would be the same taunts of immodesty, the same filthy songs. Essays in Rebellion Out of reverence to Cato, he for a while connived at her impurity and immodesty, but at length dismissed her. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Her white and perfect body, only half seen in the half-darkness, conveyed a sense of the purest beauty with no hint of immodesty. Under the Andes They objected to the food, to Oscarina's lack of friendliness, to the wind, the rain, and the immodesty of Carol's maternity gowns. Main Street Hence all who are in hell are in the lust, lasciviousness, and immodesty of adulterous love, and shun and dread the chastity and modesty of conjugial love; see above, n. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love I smiled as I recalled the world-old argument on the relative modesty of much or little clothing, for here immodesty was competing side by side in both extremes, both seemingly equally successful. City of Endless Night As to his Hebrew accomplishments, he tells us, with his native immodesty, that he acquired marvelous proficiency in learning, and was famous for his great memory and understanding. Josephus What is modest in dress depends entirely on what is customary; and there is an immodesty that hides, as well as one that exposes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Returning from the Princess de Harn's /matinee/, they were chatting freely, with that calm immodesty by which they sought to astonish one another. The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 When Sina became aware of his effect upon her, she accused herself of want of self-control if not of immodesty; nevertheless she always continued to observe him with great interest. Sanine To admit its existence trenches on immodesty; to speak of it openly is to skirt the edges of licence. The Far Horizon The sister-in-law, an uncouth peasant with a stubby nose, carroty cheeks, abundant breasts and hips, could give lessons in avarice to her sister, while in the matter of immodesty and undignified comportment she outdistanced her. The Quest She checked in him by grave looks, and slight punishments fitted to his age, every ebullition of self-will, obstinacy, and anger; and later, of deceit, envy, and immodesty. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Not the faintest suggestion of immodesty—nothing that the most profligate man living could have interpreted impurely—showed itself in her look or manner, as she said those words. The Fallen Leaves Miss Caroline's maidenly mind seemed chiefly oppressed with the immodesty of being rescued from drowning by a member of the other sex. The Vision of Desire But M. Anatole France has already pointed out brilliantly in "Penguin Island" how immodesty originated in the invention of clothes. The Created Legend From the opening passage of their first conversation he deduced, lacking the insight to discriminate between honest frankness and immodesty, that she was a "fly kid." From a Bench in Our Square To award his Heaven and his Hell in the presumptuous manner he has done, was a piece of immodesty as bad as Shelleyism. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 For whatever has passed your judgment may, I think, without any imputation of immodesty, refer want of success to want of judgment in an audience. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) There being nothing more impudent than the immodesty of words. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Among the depraved couples who figured in the revel, the Slasher remarked two who won applause above all by the disgusting immodesty of their postures, gestures, and words. Mysteries of Paris, V3 Self-knowledge must not be confused with self-conceit; for it implies no immodesty or egotism. The True Citizen, How to Become One And if we teach them to judge and criticise freely, are they not very likely to develop priggishness that will result in immodesty and disrespect for others? How to Study and Teaching How to Study The first is a wanton eye, or an eye that doth secretly affect itself with such objects as are tickling of the heart with the thoughts of immodesty and uncleanness. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Not being troubled with immodesty, he at once walked up to Mr. Roscoe and held out his hand. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute It dawned on Tess, who watched her spell-bound, that there was not one immodest thought in all Yasmini's throng of moods, but only a scorn of all immodesty and its pretensions. Guns of the Gods An indescribable sense of immodesty troubled her nerves: she seemed to have lost all self-respect: the thought of going forth again, of facing her father and brother, was scarcely to be borne. The Crown of Life These qualities, however, are not greatly endangered by the exercise of intellectual independence, for it is little related to immodesty and impertinence. How to Study and Teaching How to Study The thought of stealing into Redgrave's bachelor home, even with Mrs. Strangeways, startled and offended her self-respect; it seemed an immodesty. The Whirlpool In truth, he led the way to the immodesty of French literature; and had his defence, a sort of defence, ready. Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance The late Emperor Augustus banished his daughter, whose conduct went beyond the shame of ordinary immodesty, and made public the scandals of the imperial house. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits The restless importunity of the beggars, and the immodesty of the lowest class of women, are highly disgusting. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay Mother had accused her of immodesty: riding astride and wearing those scandalous pepper-and-salts and showing her legs. Missy In fact, of this and sundry other subjects it may be said without immodesty that I have forgotten as much as many Arabists have learned. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 There is not a trace of coarseness or immodesty in the half-naked woman who stands perfect in the maidenly dignity of her own conquering fairness. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable It shows that I am moving about as an Artist and a Philologist, and unaware that there is any immodesty in assuming these titles. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) They seized and whirled her 'mid the maze, And Jenny felt as in the days Of her immodesty. Wessex Poems and Other Verses On the lips of a person less advanced in life and less enlightened by experience than Mrs. Touchett such a declaration would savour of immodesty, even of arrogance. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Your immodesty," said he, "falls in nothing short of the extraordinary frame of mind that you appear to be developing in connection with other matters. The Trampling of the Lilies He had already been guilty of an immodesty. Robert Falconer Chateau of Beaurepaire—nest of treason, ingratitude, and immodesty—I loathe you as much as once I loved you. White Lies To soften its immodesty still further, Marie threw a gauze scarf over her shoulders, left bare and far too low by the red drapery. The Chouans In her assumption of indifference she displays her nasty consciousness, and in each attempt at a would-be propriety is guilty of an immodesty. North America — Volume 1 The immodesty of the idea made her face burn with anger. Dangerous Days The conventions of modesty tend to restrict the excitement, to neutralize the sex pressure, but they may be swept aside by immodesty and the suggestive. The Foundations of Personality There is a kind of superb finish and completeness about their indifference to the public gaze which removes it from ordinary immodesty, and gives it a certain scientific value. Penelope's English Experiences All this was of such incredible immodesty, of such monstrous effrontery, that d'Artagnan could scarcely believe what he saw or what he heard. The Three Musketeers I, as all the generations of philosophers before me, know woman for what she is—her weaknesses, and meannesses, and immodesties, and ignobilities, her earth-bound feet, and her eyes that have never seen the stars. The Jacket (Star-Rover) A certain immodesty, a certain self-righteousness, hangs like a precipice above him; incalculable temptations open like gulfs beneath his feet. God the Invisible King |
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