| 单词 | indelicacy |
| 例句 | Unsavory sorts murmured indelicacies at cutlet stands; grandmothers consulted almanacs to determine a propitious hour for the betrothal. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The lover knew Yolanda would not have wanted him to know about this indelicacy of her body. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Yet her witty handling of crowds and her fearlessness of the delicate indelicacies of the human body are something special. Comedy gold: Sarah Millican's Chatterbox 2012-11-08T10:37:20Z In the US, meanwhile, it is consumed by feckless millions who harbor no qualms about the indelicacy of the name. The Irish Car Bomb: the controversial drink with a split reputation 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.” The Fragrances That Changed the Field 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Almost every interviewer he has faced has tried to lure him into some sort of indelicacy. The absurdity of Mesut Özil’s exile, yet another top talent cut adrift | Jonathan Liew 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z His indelicacy made him poorly suited to enter the charged world of wolf politics. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z It was an accusation against a close U.S. ally that had never been voiced so publicly and with such indelicacy. Trump’s tweets blindsiding advisers searching for clarity 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Many believed Trump’s indelicacy would end his campaign. Donald Trump is ruining everything for the GOP: The five stages of Republican grief explained 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Memories stirred by Mr. Hartley — an Australian filmmaker who has explored such indelicacies as Filipino exploitation cinema, in the documentary “Machete Maidens Unleashed!” — are not warm and fuzzy. Documentary Explores B-Film Kingdom of Golan and Globus 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z It was here that he provoked the petty malice of the imperial directress of fashion, by his inimitable denunciation of the indelicacy of female dress. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z They ridicule our squeamishness; we stand amazed at their indelicacy. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Nay, blush not, my darling—when love has been once confessed, there can be no indelicacy in cherishing it to the very death. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z For I need hardly tell any intelligent person of to-day, that whatever may be said of George Sand's doctrines, she is no more open to the charge of indelicacy than the authoress of "Romola." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Vulgarity signifies coarseness or indelicacy of manner, and is not necessarily associated with poverty or lowliness of condition. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Pera has all that is odious of the Levant: impudence, ostentation, slyness, indelicacy, uproar, a glittering commonness. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z She felt that to seem over delicate upon this little enhancement of price would be really great moral indelicacy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The former is evidently enough a woman unrefined, though beautiful; but there is neither coarseness nor indelicacy in the portraiture. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z For the small talk and indelicacies which wine engenders Napoleon had no taste, and his presence alone was sufficient to hold all such themes in abeyance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z "We are mortified and grieved that he should have been guilty of such great indelicacy and impropriety," said the New York Courier and Enquirer, then the country's most popular paper. When Dickens fell out with America 2012-02-14T03:28:23Z Its indelicacy is rather gross, but it has all the vigor and humor of Hogarth's pictures. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I hold that when a book has the high beauty of that one there's a poor indelicacy in what simple folk call criticism. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z I left the shop, feeling vaguely that I had been guilty of a flagrant indelicacy, as well as black ingratitude. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z If it necessitated such indelicacy, she felt that she would prefer being misjudged. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z The Squire thought the last statement just slightly verging on indelicacy, but its effect on his mind was only momentary, so relieved was he at having a subject held out to him. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Many of his Satires, however, are written in a more genial vein, and are not much disfigured by coarseness or indelicacy of expression. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Harington’s Rabelaisian pamphlets show that he was almost equally endowed with wit and indelicacy, and his epigrams are sometimes smart and always easy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The blood of all the Pomeroys was fired by this supposed indelicacy. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Miss Agatha did not shrink from impossible effort: furthermore she confused the terms ignorance and innocence, and in her furtive avoidances contrived to throw a suggestion of indelicacy upon the most simple of elemental things. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z They largely reflect his own life and character, and are characterized by cynicism and indelicacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Declining farther notice of this matter, because of the indelicacy of the confessions alluded to, I pass to notice, 1st. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z This indelicacy, however ill adapted to raise them in the esteem of the Baronet, at least rescued Juliet from his persecution. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Ellis, already ashamed of the indelicacy of her office, could not press for any reply. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z However shocked by this petulant indelicacy, Ellis saw not without the most serious concern, that the patronage of Miss Arbe was clearly at an end. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z The indelicacy of Mrs. Hearty's remark embarrassed them both. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z He resented, not only the indelicacy, but the impertinence of this interference with the individual. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z But no sooner did such thoughts visit him than the boy recoiled from them with a sense of their indelicacy. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z I remember one striking, and almost incredible instance of the banality and indelicacy which could be displayed by a man of the so-called artistic power. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Do you know this is the very height and summit of indelicacy? Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Every evening in the year more than thirty music halls spread out before the multitude a banquet of indelicacies that are but slightly veiled, and of flesh scarcely veiled at all. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z That a woman should seek to secure a husband for herself occurred to him a greater indelicacy still. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z There is, too, a sort of indelicacy in this injury, which even the law of reprisal cannot excuse. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Oftentimes he doubts of the Real Presence—gets drunk—falls into quarrels and pommelling matches, and commits gross indelicacies against pure virgin thoughts. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z The habit of rinsing the mouth at table is a disgusting piece of indelicacy, which is never practiced by any well-bred person. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z For I need hardly tell any intelligent person of to-day that, whatever may be said of George Sand's doctrines, she is no more open to the charge of indelicacy than the authoress of "Romola." George Sand 2011-05-07T02:00:32.870Z As to any talk of cruelty or indelicacy shown in digging up the dead misdeeds of dead men, it is simply pitiable. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z He does proceed, not without considerable indelicacy, but in excellent running verse. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z I attempted no apology for the indelicacy of such conduct; for my mind was possessed wholly by one object. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Poetically noble in spite of their indelicacy, these pictures of sensuous and natural enjoyment might be paralleled with the grand frankness of Venetian painting. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "Then I will write to Lord Netherby at once," resumed Lionel; "there can be no indelicacy in making such a request: he is our relative, the nearest my mother has." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Forester did not notice the gesture, for his mind had suddenly become awake to the indelicacy, to say no worse, of leaving London for a long journey without one effort to see his mother. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z All this would have been less remarkable in the first age of Roman literature, as indelicacy of expression is characteristic of the early poetry of almost every nation. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z If there's anything a man's own, it's his private wickedness, and there's no such indelicacy as in canvassing or discussing it; and what becomes of a conscience," says he, "if everybody reviles and abuses you? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I saw at once the force of this reasoning, Kitty, and perceived that to take any lower view of the subject would be really a gross indelicacy. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Moreover, there is always a danger that a subject, in itself so delicate, should not be quite delicately handled, and indeed that it should be treated with indelicacy and grossness. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z So well known were the relations that subsisted between himself and his wife, such publicity had been given to their hates and quarrels, that her presence here was regarded as a measure of shameless indelicacy. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Because I think there would be an indelicacy in offering so soon to re-unite yourself to him. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z The whole intended for chearful amusement, and is free from indelicacy. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z I could now perceive the indelicacy of the act—especially as my satisfied heart no longer needed soothing. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z It is the indiscreet and vulgar haste, the indelicacy, the low mercenary views, and the equally low ambition to compass a splendid match, which is blameable and revolting in the parental conduct. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z To allude to your descendants when you are not yet even engaged is not far from indelicacy; and, Dorothy, causeless laughter is rightly esteemed a proof of bad manners. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z I said no more, shrinking from the seeming indelicacy of forcing a confidence which he was disposed to withhold. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z "I should be sorry," remarked its owner, "to think that any friend of my daughter's would care to encourage indelicacy, whether in literature or—or in life." Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Fright at the indelicacy of which he thought himself guilty was plainly to be read in his features. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I was in that state of mind when one is not unduly troubled by idle scruples; and there was no more indelicacy in satisfying my legitimate curiosity than in spying upon Bérangère's actions. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z He charges my system with indelicacy; and yet I have not written more about the polygamy of plants than Swammerdam has about bees. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Will, though indelicacy seem to soil Whatever bloom I boasted. Yolanda of Cyprus If he really went to Lodi on the charming errand you describe, he has committed an act of outrageous indelicacy and stupidity. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Whereupon Methuselah mocked them sarcastically in tones that suggested the indelicacy of laughing at a dying friend. The Crimson Sweater To try to impose them on others is an act of indelicacy. Rambles in Womanland Judas, instinctively putting a money value on this display of affection, roundly and with coarse indelicacy declared it had better have been sold and given to the poor. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II She herself on all occasions courted the subject, and was not afraid of indelicacy. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII No indelicacy is thought to attach itself to this admission of purpose on the maiden's part, who is as of yore not only incited but always chaperoned by her mother. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Perhaps it was the pride of chemical ancestry that sustained Miss Frances Horner through the indelicacy of the last announcement. Carnival It was quite natural, quite desirable indeed that a bride should entertain such sentiments, but to express them so openly and to absolute strangers, savoured almost of indelicacy. Lady Cassandra One would have turned away certainly from the sight of any actual catastrophe, wouldn't have watched the ground nearly fail, in a particular case, without a sense of gross indelicacy. The Middle Years In many cases their indelicacy would debar their admission into any edition nowadays; in others, their lack of permanent general interest. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Lady Knob-Kerrick had written to the leader of the glee-party in uncompromising terms upon the indelicacy of submitting to her so coarse a composition. Adventures of Bindle I saw the indelicacy of what I was doing. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The way that Rhodes stated it there really was no indelicacy in it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. I have often," said she, "been so much hurt at the indelicacy to which you allude, that I very early resolved to avoid it. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He had the indelicacy to frame and publish an especial law declaring death against the man who should approach her, and yet no penalty against herself. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Of the legends, many are far from answering to their reputed Oriental source; their barbarism and indelicacy represent the state of Europe. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In point of fact, she is no more open to the charge of indelicacy than any prominent English novelist of the day. Home Life of Great Authors She never named the deity and she did not like the mention of His name: she threw a spell of indelicacy over religious topics that Ellen never thoroughly cast off. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Gross indecency would shock her, but she often verges so far toward indelicacy as to make Mrs. Stanley uneasy. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Therefore, at the risk of indelicacy, I am going on to ask you a question. The Moving Finger She was incapable of stating the deeps of character; and had she had the power, she would have looked upon it as something of an indecency—or worse, an indelicacy. Vigée Le Brun As for indelicacy, a more perfect gentleman never lived. Mabel's Mistake With a deepened shame she would go seeking into that other, that greater indelicacy, from which her upbringing had divorced her mind. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman She was moreover so acquainted with quite another sphere of usefulness for him that her having suffered him to insist almost convicted her of indelicacy. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II The novelist looked reproachfully at Henry, as if he were rebuking him for indelicacy. Changing Winds A Novel At that time delicacy was the choicest charm of woman and indelicacy was a crushing criticism. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV “You’ll have to pardon my seeming indelicacy, but––” He coughed behind his hand. Rope But now the man's back was turned; he was no doubt improvising paternity and an extreme fastidiousness in baby's footwear——Now for it!—through departments of deepening indelicacy to the lift! The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Strange! that the laws of female modesty should decree it absolute indelicacy for a girl candidly to show her preference for a particular individual before the rest of his sex. An Old Sailor's Yarns Sir, the Colonel is gone out, and Jonathan his servant says that he is gone to stretch his legs upon the Mall.—Stretch his legs! what an indelicacy of diction! The Contrast There is no more difficulty or indelicacy in depositing a ballot in the urn than in dropping a letter in the post office. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV His indelicacy would be astounding in a man born on the steps of the throne, if the Princes of this royal house were not all inclined that way. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess As the dance went on he grew furious with her lack of reserve, her indelicacy. They of the High Trails To him and to our mother the needless revelation of the deeper feelings seemed to be a kind of spiritual indelicacy. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The general character, however, of the nation is a strange compound of pride and meanness, of affected gravity and real frivolousness, of refined civility and gross indelicacy. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton I am sure that a square muffin would be considered an indelicacy. The Belovéd Vagabond Could she without indelicacy invite them to sit as guests at what had lately been their own table? In Brief Authority She noticed the indelicacy of this, since he spoke in the house of his employer. The Readjustment By-the-bye, why is it that ladies of her sort always resort to snippets of French idiom, whenever they get involved in a quagmire of delicacy—or indelicacy, as may be? Somehow Good "I don't suppose under-garments, if you will permit the indelicacy, my dear old philanthropist——" Bones was going on, when the girl stopped him with a gentle shake of her head. Bones in London But even as a critic we must differ from Professor Thorndike; he accuses Miranda of unpardonable indelicacy, and says she "proposed" to Ferdinand! The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant The author shows us an oldish husband—a civil servant—who surmounts, with not too much indelicacy, the primary difficulty of his young wife's ingenuousness in relation to the sacrament of marriage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914 In that case the under garments are never taken off, and no consciousness of impropriety or indelicacy of feeling is manifested. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Unless it were a natural embarrassment and a hesitation to discuss strangers, as though comment were a species of indelicacy,—even of unwarranted intrusion. Athalie To do so would have been an indelicacy, like familiar speech among those in the ceremony of a first meeting. Friendship Village She, too, had heard of public censors, of the girl of the period, and of the forward indelicacy with which women of the age were charged. The Vicar of Bullhampton The time for prudishness, false modesty, indelicacy is over; too long has Satan been aided in his onward march in this way. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade The sickliness of the voice, its falling intonations and its strange indelicacy, combined with a die-away softness and meretricious refinement, made the Father's flesh creep. Tongues of Conscience Nevertheless there was no ill-nature, no indelicacy, none of those proceedings that the world readily forgives, but which his feelings as a man of honor would have condemned. My Recollections of Lord Byron She could never quite manage the indelicacy of saying “Godiva,” whatever Mrs. Plaistow’s figure and age might happen to be, but always addressed her as “Diva,” very affectionately, whenever they were on speaking terms. Miss Mapp He waited for her to flame up at the indelicacy of his intrusion. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Lyon had given her the portrait of herself of old, and he had seen what they had had the indelicacy to do with it. A London Life and Other Tales Feeling the indelicacy of the thing, and knowing that there must be some mistake that might lead to unpleasant consequences, Ada and Marie, my good angels, insisted on hearing the messages. A Confederate Girl's Diary Another was that the bed of a sick woman was searched—without any suggestion of indelicacy. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct But they do not say anything about the immorality and the indelicacy and the indecency of doing them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Like its predecessor, the "Journey" is intentionally formless—narrative and digression, pathos and wit, sentiment and coarse indelicacy, all commingled freely together. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Her daring tongue stopped at very little, but it had the gift of suggestion, which always saved her stories or repartees from indelicacy or vulgarity. There was a King in Egypt The Misses Wiggins gave me a good wigging, as they call it, for my unwarranted curiosity, pointing out the indelicacy of entering upon such subjects, and thus was my mouth stopped. Valerie It was a na�ve kind of religious indelicacy, like the unguarded ways of very young children. A Circuit Rider's Wife I cannot particularise them after this preface, lest I should be accused of indelicacy myself. Diary in America, Series One It was a bitter thing to associate indelicacy with one like little Louie; but—hang it!—there was the awful fact. The Lady of the Ice A Novel In the face of our recently declared love for each other, any mention of Hilda's below-stairs passion for the "young master" seemed to me a blatant indelicacy. We Three Soft and delicate in manners as a lady, none could ever presume in his presence to say a word or do an act tinged with rudeness, still less indelicacy. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 I afterward learned that nothing was more common than this populous way of entertaining guests, and that he had long since become hardened to the indelicacies of such situations. A Circuit Rider's Wife They, indeed, pushed their indelicacy to the verge of grossness, and seemed rather to seek than to avoid scenes, which a modern would blush to describe. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 At first the honourable spinster bridled up with indignation, wondered at the girl’s indelicacy, and much more at her demeaning herself by marrying a private marine. Percival Keene "I am in a position," he declared, "to produce unquestionable evidence of the indelicacy of her performance." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Mrs. Behn’s indelicacy was useless and worse than useless, the superfluous addition of a corrupt mind and vitiated taste”.’ The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Some things, needful to be said or done under certain circumstances, cannot be undertaken without indelicacy by the person concerned, and the keen instinct of a friend should tell him that he is needed. Friendship At length he bethought himself of a method the most likely to answer the purpose, without the appearance of forwardness or indelicacy. The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" This is all a little Scotch indelicacy to other people’s feelings. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Ebenezer averted his eyes, and the bookkeeper felt dimly that he had been guilty of an indelicacy toward his employer, and hastened to cover it. Christmas A Story As for the indelicacy and folly of leaving such documents to chance, he cursed it sorely. Marriage à la mode The counsel for the Crown, in examining the witness, observed with ill-timed indelicacy, "He was washing bowels?" The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings She is prettily indignant at the thought of female physicians: there is nothing improper in having diseases, but to cure them would be indelicacy indeed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Whatever indelicacy attaches in modern times to some of the gestures and contortions of the hula dancers, the old-time hula songs in large measure were untainted with grossness. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula There was an indelicacy about the General's speech, to her manner of thinking. Mary Gray Hearty meals of robust cheese and sausages would be craved with an honest, clamorous hunger that meant foolish indelicacy here at home. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life After the Armistice, they took away all these arms; but could they have had the indelicacy to leave some behind in order to be able to justify the impious and sacrilegious robbery they were meditating. The Insurrection in Paris He acts the lover, though it is obviously mere acting, and his language is stained by indelicacies, which could scarcely offend Lady Mary, if we may judge her by her own poetical attempts. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Mr. Lincoln might, without dishonor or even indelicacy, have accepted the office in spite of those utterances. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 That, whatever its nature, she avoided as she would an indelicacy. My Friend the Chauffeur It was emphatically a year of prayer, if I may without presumption or indelicacy say so. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter As we have observed, indelicacy, profanity, or a hostile joy at the downfall or folly of others is not in itself humorous. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Guiltily Caleb knew that his next question would savor of indelicacy, but he had to ask it just the same. Then I'll Come Back to You Franklin's presence seemed to make an announcement something of an indelicacy, but, whether through her responsibility or whether through Gerald's, or whether through the obviousness of the situation, she found that everybody knew. Franklin Kane In the whole of the Elizabethan drama there was no piece which presented so liberal a mass of indelicacy as Fletcher's Custom of the Country. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays That, if there was any indelicacy in the clashing of the proceedings of the legislature and executive, it was to the latter, not to the former, that this indelicacy was to be imputed. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States We may expect the augmenting emotion in humour to become less, and of a more æsthetical character, indelicacy, profanity, and hostility have been considerably modified even since the commencement of this century. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 This movement gave great offence to the Admiral, who resented the indelicacy supposed to have been committed by Sullivan in landing before the French, and without consulting him. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The noble Karl of Glencairn, to whom I owe more than to any man, does me the honor of giving me his strictures: his hints, with respect to impropriety or indelicacy, I follow implicitly. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham "The episode need not serve as an excuse for indelicacy." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) There is a considerable amount of rough humour in Vanbrugh, and some indelicacy, more like that of Aristophanes than of English writers. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Neither hostility, indelicacy, nor profanity can create the ludicrous, but where they do not disgust they vivify and make it more effective. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 I may add, in this connection, that I had the magazines I wished subscribed for under another name, to avoid the indelicacy of contradicting my fellow-countrymen. Russian Rambles Her husband had hitherto been the great Nestor of indelicacy, and when he was induced to give it up, the rest followed his example. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 "Ah, Mademoiselle!" he protested, as though at an indelicacy or an accusation. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories The modern reader is shocked and astounded at the immense amount of indelicacy contained in his works. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Goldsmith's humour deserves equal praise for affording amusement without animosity or indelicacy. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 The kitchen had been repulsive, but the bedroom fairly shocked with the very indelicacy of untidiness. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The prudery which sits in solemn and severe rebuke at a double entendre is only second in indelicacy to the indecency which grows hilarious over it, since both must recognize the evil intent. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society He would have been glad of his overcoat, but that was in his bedroom, and he dreaded the indelicacy of going there while she was present. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories But he was by no means a man who revelled in indelicacy. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour We have here no indelicacy or profanity, excepting the occasional oath, then fashionable; but we meet that satirical play on the manners and sentiments of men, which distinguishes later humour. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Though held the friend of liars and p. 268brutes, she has lived on the indelicacies of kings, and has made even pontiffs laugh. Masques & Phases The suspicion seems quaint, but one may almost fancy that an allusion to spelling savoured a little of indelicacy. Certain Personal Matters He had drawn the gloomy picture merely in an attempt to force Miss Wharton to realize the indelicacy of her position. The Trail Horde It is said that on his death-bed he lamented the encouragement which vice might receive from his writings, but their indelicacy was not really great for the age in which he lived. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour This contained a considerable amount of indelicacy, and the humour was too much connected with ephemeral circumstances of the times to be very amusing at the present day. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 She saw—the unseemliness, the monstrous indelicacy of it!—she saw—the nightcap and shoulders of Admiral Buzza craning out of the next-door window! The Astonishing History of Troy Town I can assure you, Lord Embleton, that polygamy presents problems almost insoluble; problems of extreme delicacy—or indelicacy.’ The Disentanglers Mr. Saintsbury has accused him of depreciating Dryden's plays, especially the comedies, out of disgust at their indecency; yet in judging the period as a whole he seems to discriminate sufficiently between indelicacy and dulness. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature The indelicacy we now meet with is almost entirely of an amatory character, and not quite of so low a description as that previously in use. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour All that is most abominable in the confessional has been with unsparing and irreverent indelicacy forced before the public mind. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series The dress of the female is indeed more modest, and more studiously so than any we have observed, though the other sex is careless of the indelicacy of exposure. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. The extreme indelicacy of this play would, in the present times furnish ample and most just grounds for the unfavourable reception it met with from the public. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Think too of the shocking indelicacy of many of them, who make it a point of religion to abjure linen, and wear their habits till they drop off. The History of Emily Montague The poems of Sedley and Rochester are as abundant in indelicacy as they are deficient in humour. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The ornaments of the capitals of these older pillars are, some of them, sufficiently capricious and elaborate; while others are of a more exceptionable character on the score of indelicacy. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One His eyes passed deliberately over her matronly body, as if he knew his thoughts about her were so delicate that no suspicion of indelicacy could arise out of his contact with her. The Judge James I., in the Edict on Duels, employs the expression of our dearest bedfellow to designate the queen; and there was no indelicacy attached to this singular expression. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions A trace of artificial color on her face and the indelicacy of her dress but slightly counteracted Lane's first impression. The Day of the Beast Hence from time to time we find indelicacy springing up, and made to serve the purposes of those who know that the evil plant is not radically extirpated. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour We cannot even read the evidence which was produced without a sensation of disgust, although in those broader and less conscious ages the indelicacy was less obviously perceptible. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Yes, it was really a scream, an explosion, too, if the indelicacy may be excused. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds I could not commit the gross indelicacy of saying: "My poor friend, where do you come in?" or words to that effect. Jaffery There are few breakfast indelicacies more revolting than the doubtful egg which makes its appearance from time to time, and which may be classed under the general heading of “Shop ’uns.” Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet Impropriety, in the sense of indelicacy, is out of the question in—a—a communication of this kind. Hocken and Hunken It was the indelicacy of the thought that brought the blood surging back again to brow, to cheeks, to lips, even to the tips of her ears. The White Linen Nurse Across the agony of his mind shot a feeling of horrible indelicacy in thrusting himself upon a woman at such a moment. Septimus To avow an enthusiasm, or an affection, generally seemed to him an indelicacy; only two or three people in the world knew what was the real quality of his heart. The Marriage of William Ashe For the tact of Mr. Moore’s conduct in this affair, I have not to answer; but, if indelicacy be charged upon me, I scorn the charge. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Rickman blushed and turned his head away, as if Rankin had been guilty of some gross indelicacy. The Divine Fire If the charge of indelicacy is to be brought against either, it would, I think, weigh most heavily against the latter. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 He had also arranged for the sunning of Clem Sypher, and was aware of the indelicacy of two going through this delicious process at the same time. Septimus Soft souls, and tender! said she, let me tell you, that there is more indelicacy in delicacy, than you very delicate people are aware of. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) There was a kind of indelicacy in it. Lady Rose's Daughter And after what had passed between them, they felt that to hint it themselves—to him—would have been the last indelicacy. The Divine Fire This act of indelicacy and injustice was like many that had gone before it; and there was in it the same evasion and concealment towards herself. Marcella Again: are we, who believe in a Divine government of the world, able to imagine that God has made the perpetuation of the race dependent upon acts of sin or of indelicacy? Youth and Sex And besides, wot ye not the indelicacy of an early present, which you are not obliged to make? The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) We feel that to answer that letter now would be an indelicacy. Mince Pie This limitation is, I am sure, unwise, and necessarily involves in such a case as that now presented undue haste and even indelicacy. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Then had come that unlucky note from Mellor; his grandfather's prompt reply to it; his own ineffective protest; and now this tongue-tiedness—this clumsy intrusion—which she must feel to be an indelicacy—an outrage. Marcella There have been complaints by such women that a given professor has not left out embryological facts not in themselves in any way implying indelicacy. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women "I never saw anything like the indelicacy of that young man," said she. Superseded The court of the restored Charles gave full play to the indelicacy of Rochester, Dryden, and their circles, but most of their contemporaries were probably more content to read George Herbert, Queries, Baxter, and Bunyan. Essay upon Wit As might be expected, his writings are characterised by the prevailing indelicacy of the time. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 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 The dramatist would avoid the indelicacy he finds in the reading incident, recounting it only in a situation during which Francesca holds aloof in a wild effort to stifle her love. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini She says she is 'numberating the date of my return to the dissolute land in which I live, and is a-preparing to serve for supper all the indelicacies of the season.' The Man in Lonely Land To lace the stays without a handkerchief on the neck is considered a disgusting piece of indelicacy. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) The plays contain many very beautiful lyrics, but are often stained by gross indelicacy. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Antonyms: indelicacy, coarseness, indiscrimination. delicate, a. graceful, fine, exquisite, minute, slender; refined, sensitive, fastidious, dainty; critical, ticklish. Putnam's Word Book I would not have committed an indelicacy, even if certain of impunity. The Inferno "Such buffoonery! such coarseness! such vulgarity! such indelicacy!" cried Mrs. Ramshorn, while the parson was still occupied with the sherry. Paul Faber, Surgeon Any suggestion of indelicacy in my treatment of a part always blighted me. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections With our private and personal prayers the public has no concern; it is a manifest indelicacy to thrust them before the public; the place for them is the secret chamber. The Church and Modern Life There is an admirable sketch of a good-natured cad in one of Mrs. Walford's novels, who is the acme of kind indelicacy. Father Payne It is hardly surprising, under the circumstances, that one of the most persistent false notes in the piece is that indelicacy of self-conscious virtue which we have before observed in the case of Tasso. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England And truly, if I would have heard him, he had indelicacy enough to have gone into the nature of the proof of the crime upon which they wanted to have Lovelace arraigned. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 This species of indelicacy was probably not then unusual. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The religious press was shocked at my indelicacy, and fellows of the baser sort improved their opportunity to the utmost. Half a Century With strange indelicacy Francis demanded back from Madame de Chateaubriant the beautiful jewels of gold which he had given her, and which bore tender mottoes of his sister Marguerite's composition. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 His monologue may be passed over; it and still more the next scene serve to measure the cynical indelicacy of feeling which was tolerated in the Italian courts. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England If Fijians really were capable of considering it indelicate to spend the night under the same roof with their wives, it would indicate their indelicacy, not their delicacy. Primitive Love and Love-Stories He realized the indelicacy of any definite move on his part, but it occurred to him that it might be well to talk the situation over with some one—preferably a woman. The Blood Red Dawn Perhaps truth covered and excused a certain indelicacy and callousness in the statement of the Leading Gentleman, albeit the fair young man appeared annoyed at it. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Those heroines who survive the heart-break of man's indelicacy, and manage alone to give their treasures to their children. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel He had argued with Dunkerley to the verge of indelicacy, and now he poured out a vast and increasingly confidential flow of talk upon Lewisham. Love and Mr. Lewisham Most of our early plays, being written in a coarse age, and designed for the amusement of a promiscuous and vulgar audience, were dishonoured by scenes of coarse and naked indelicacy. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author The injury that grand imagery suffers from unsuitable language, personal merit may fear from rudeness and indelicacy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II He boasted in the coarsest terms of his complete influence over you, evidently without a suspicion of the impression of venality and indelicacy which his words were calculated to make on me. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage This is a mental indelicacy which the ordinary man seldom outgrows. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Leigh Hunt has now spoken out so freely to the public on the subject, that there can be no indelicacy in talking of it, in as far as it respects him, at least…. Famous Reviews The book was, however, of great service to dramatic poetry, which, from that time, was less degraded by licence and indelicacy. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Telegraph in America," "Mr. Morse was incapable of such an indelicacy…. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II Many of his friends urged him to represent this to Admiral Keppel; but having received his orders from Lord Sandwich, there appeared to him an indelicacy in applying to his successor to have them altered. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson The sincerity of him was excuse enough for the seeming indelicacy of the question. Within the Law Monotony, lack of proportion, vain repetitions, insufficient motivation, wearisome subtleties, and threatened, if not actual, indelicacy are among the most salient defects which will arrest, and mayhap confound, the reader unfamiliar with mediaeval literary craft. Four Arthurian Romances But were we guilty of the indelicacy of publicly rushing into each other's arms, exclaiming— "Oh, my adored one!" The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan In so far as his published words remained open to censure, I may also, without indelicacy, urge one more plea in his behalf. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Sir, the colonel is gone out, and Jonathan his servant says that he is gone to stretch his legs upon the Mall.—Stretch his legs! what an indelicacy of diction! The Contrast I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested ... rather let me see that she would be grateful for guidance. The Age of Innocence All those questions seemed to Puritan Sutherland in any circumstances highly indelicate; in relation to Susan they seemed worse than indelicate, dreadful though the thought was that there could be anything worse than indelicacy. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise In the words preceding it she had conjectured, at most, an allusion to her supposed influence over George Dorset; nor did the astonishing indelicacy of the reference diminish the likelihood of Rosedale's resorting to it. House of Mirth If I have candidly narrated the importunities, the indelicacies, of which my desire to possess myself of Jeffrey Aspern's papers had rendered me capable I need not shrink from confessing this last indiscretion. The Aspern Papers What could he mean by such horrible indelicacy? Emma It is a piece of rudeness to stare at anybody, and it is an act of indelicacy to stare at a gentleman. The Moonstone Eudora turned away to conceal her blushes; for the indelicacy of their language was such as seldom met the ear of a Grecian maiden. Philothea A Grecian Romance Laurel wondered at the indelicacy in speaking about old Captain Dunsack to her grandfather, when everyone in Salem knew they had quarreled years ago and not spoken to each other since. Java Head The noble Earl of Glencairn, to whom I owe more than to any man, does me the honour of giving me his strictures; his hints, with respect to impropriety or indelicacy, I follow implicitly. The Letters of Robert Burns The indelicacy of such a step, as well as the danger of detection, made me shrink from the proposal. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire I was considering what to do, and the strangeness of the information made about the female sex, when in there came, into the shop, a gentleman, who saved me all the indelicacy of asking particulars. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 But the Teniente thought there would be scant room, even if we had the whole to ourselves; while H. was overcome by "the indelicacy of the suggestion." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Obeying nature, you did free things without indelicacy, displayed a maiden's thoughts to every eye, and proved yourself as innocent as naked Eve. The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") But that spider-web fabric is carried so nearly to transparency, that the Emperor Aurengzebe is said to have reproved his daughter for the indelicacy of her costume while she wore seven thicknesses of it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Jane, by reason of the place and of her own participation in the hopes of Susan Bates, thought the proceeding characterized by indelicacy, if not by disloyalty. With the Procession The devoted messengers of Jesus were charged with indelicacy, with a false ambition, with a spirit of romance and adventure, with a desire for ease and gain. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission And, speaking less selfishly, would there not be a certain indelicacy in reopening now the question of your past relations to one whose name is very seldom spoken? A Touch of Sun and Other Stories How finely is the true Shakspearian scene contrasted with Dryden's vulgar alteration of it, in which a mere ludicrous psychological experiment, as it were, is tried—displaying nothing but indelicacy without passion. Literary Remains, Volume 2 Pardon my indelicacy, my dear; delicacy is a good thing, but truth a better. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 He severely censured Mr. Taylor's book, in which the principles of Paulus were explained and insisted on with much gratuitous indelicacy. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge They should, on the contrary, be esteemed essentials in the Christian Character; Everything leaning towards profanity, obscenity, or indelicacy is utterly incompatible with Christian purity of heart. The Elements of Character Also she hath mended my girl's manners of a hundred little indelicacies gathered from Pratt's pertness. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty If this provision be not made, it is the height of indelicacy for gentlemen to smoke in the dressing-rooms. Manners and Social Usages Dill frowned repugnance upon such a bit of indelicacy, such an indifference to professional etiquette. Under the Skylights This movement gave great offense to D'Estaing who resented the indelicacy supposed to have been committed by Sullivan in landing before the French and without consulting him. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Am I seriously expected," he slowly and painfully pursued, "to defend myself against the accusation of any real indelicacy—to prove I've done nothing underhand or impudent? A Passionate Pilgrim They therefore lose all sense of the indelicacy of such a life. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished Still it is a consolation to know that I have done everything my wit or my love could devise, and not stopped at what looked like extravagance or indelicacy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 His wit was the wit of a virtuous, a decorous man; it had pungency without venom; humour without indelicacy; and was copious without being tiresome. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 She was amazed at his bravery, although she felt that there was a sort of indelicacy and naïve grossness about it that was scandalizing. The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert The indelicacy of the revivalists who recently called meetings to pray for Fay Mills, was shown in their ardent supplications to God that He should make Mills to be like them. Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others It was a rondeau; I knew that by the shape, and the mother apologized for the indelicacy of it before permitting my own cheeks to blush thereat. The Boss of Little Arcady On a plain matter of fact such as this, one may be permitted, without indelicacy, to uphold the conclusions compelled by the evidence. English Men of Letters: Coleridge Ladies and gentlemen of the romantic order of mind will be shocked at the indelicacy of Mistress Matilda—she of the many names. The Coming of the Friars There was an indelicacy in this absolutely wooing conduct of Miss Euphemia which, notwithstanding her beauty and the softness that was its vehicle, filled him with the deepest disgust. Thaddeus of Warsaw When the work was first mentioned to me, I protested as strongly as possible against admitting any coarseness and indelicacy, so that my conscience is clear of countenancing aught of that kind. Playful Poems And William King winced at his own clumsiness; her reticence made him feel as if he had been guilty of an impropriety, almost of an indelicacy. The Awakening of Helena Richie I have small doubt thy indelicacy with him will land us all in prison. Janice Meredith Delicacy and indelicacy depend on the mind of the recipient, and is not so much in the object as the observer, rely on't. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 I would sooner die," added she, "than have him know my rashness, perhaps my indelicacy! Thaddeus of Warsaw Would there not be something of indelicacy even in thus following one who evidently preferred being with another? A Siren You accuse me of indelicacy because I lack the strength to smother my admiration. Heart of the Sunset By that time he might venture, without indelicacy, to call upon her. Born in Exile Even in this new world, where all subjects were touched on lightly, and emphasis was the only indelicacy, the Professor found himself constrained to endure an occasional reference to his book. The Descent of Man and Other Stories Lydia, sitting sewing near by, coloured with shame at the indelicacy of this, and made her characteristic comment. Martie, the Unconquered There was for the present no help; in her eyes he stood condemned of some thing more than indelicacy. Our Friend the Charlatan I was slightly acquainted with the piece, but I had quite forgotten that it contained what seems to me very gross indelicacy—very gross indeed. Denzil Quarrier I might have said it depended on the demand for brass bedsteads; but perhaps that would have verged on indelicacy—you know that I am delicacy personified. Eve's Ransom Men would rather die than commit the indelicacy of appearing to notice my infirmity. The Red Planet I hated the abominable indelicacy of weighing one against the other, as I had hated the idea of their meeting. Simon the Jester Without stopping to consider the indelicacy of what he was about to do, he hurried into the young girl's room, and pulled open one drawer after another. File No. 113 The ardor of their declamation, the freedom of their gestures, and above all the indelicacy of the costume which they assumed, displeased Napoleon exceedingly. Napoleon Bonaparte The noble nurses of the Crimea went to attend males only, yet were not charged with indelicacy. A Woman-Hater The buttons that should have confined the dress in front were generally absent, and the ladies were not bashful at their loss, but exposed their bosoms without any consciousness of indelicacy. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 The indelicacy was not offensive to those who heard it. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 Society, however, cannot rest without light literature; so the novel- reading class was thrown back upon writings which had all the indelicacy and few of the merits of The Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Mr. Harding, as he came to the close of the letter, in his heart condemned his daughter for indelicacy, and it made him miserable to do so. Barchester Towers I could have got round any other objection; but no woman can stand a suspicion of indelicacy as to her person. Man and Superman She had hitherto been content to run away from him; but she had done so because she would not submit to be accused of the indelicacy of putting herself in his way. Doctor Thorne Her being in the wars with men was charged against her as an indelicacy. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 He ought never to have come; it's worse than an imprudence for people in that state to travel; it's a kind of indelicacy. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 As Manners had volunteered no information of this, we felt that we could not without indelicacy ask him if Tom was a client, or a messenger from Tournelli. Colonel Starbottle's Client The frightful indelicacy of her situation at this moment, the feeling of unfairness that she should be placed in it, almost overwhelmed Cecilia. Fraternity This indictment had a wriggling sting, and lost no venom from the fact that he could in no wise have perceived where the indelicacy of his conduct lay. The Country House One must be hard pressed before committing these indelicacies. The Island Pharisees Why is the grossness and indelicacy, publicly permitted in England, unknown in France, where private morality is certainly at a lower ebb? The Paris Sketch Book There would be no indelicacy then in asking her for an interview more free from interruption than this public veranda. A Phyllis of the Sierras She, being here, need know nothing of it, so therefore there would be no indelicacy on her part. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 "You have been guilty of indelicacy," he said. The Country House Well, I bet now," he continued with an hysterical laugh, "that Burdovsky will accuse you of indelicacy, and reproach you with a want of respect for his mother! The Idiot With characteristic indelicacy and want of feeling he harangued the Commons as he had harangued the Court of King's Bench, about his son's death, and about the necessity of curbing the insolence of military men. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 That evening Helen left for England with the duchess, a piece of "ingratitude, indelicacy, and shameless snobbery," which Miss de Laine was never weary of dilating upon. Tales of Trail and Town There was an indelicacy about it which went far beyond the bounds of thoughtless conventionality. The Man There was no doubt of the speaker's sincerity; with this outrageous candor there was an equal obliviousness of any indelicacy in her conduct towards Mrs. Peyton that seemed hopeless. Susy, a story of the Plains Damas, you have no susceptibility of feeling,—there is a certain indelicacy in all your ideas.—M. The Lady of Lyons Mr Harding, as he came to close the letter, in his heart condemned his daughter for indelicacy, and it made him miserable to do so. Barchester Towers My offer could only be to help him to find another place, and yet there was an indelicacy, as it were, in taking for granted that his thoughts would immediately be fixed on another. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] From the deep flush that stained her face, he feared that he had offended by what was almost an indelicacy. Scaramouche At this period Mrs. Elmslie had the indelicacy to endeavor a second time to procure my father's consent to the marriage engagement. The Queen of Hearts Thus I felt that there were no indelicacy, this time, in watching him. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story To lace the stays without a handkerchief on the neck is considered a disgusting piece of indelicacy.” Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Walter Scott insists that Dryden was at heart serious, that "his indelicacy was like the forced impudence of a bashful man." Study of the King James Bible But it is an indelicacy in you to observe such things. Scaramouche The wine was good, and the conversation became gay to the verge of indelicacy. The Black Robe The story of coarseness, of indelicacy, in Glaucus, stung her to the quick. Last Days of Pompeii "But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event." Pride and Prejudice From him whom you have rendered the happiest of men, Comte de Wardes This note was in the first place a forgery; it was likewise an indelicacy. The Three Musketeers Modesty from humility, or from an indelicacy, excites a vivid blush, as both relate to the judgment or fixed customs of others. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals The time for which I had waited—the time to prove, without any indelicacy on my side, that I had never been unworthy of her—had surely come at last. The Black Robe But I knew that to raise the issue would have seemed a last brutal indelicacy. The New Machiavelli She saw the indelicacy of putting himself forward as he had done, and the inconsistency of his professions with his conduct. Pride and Prejudice But modesty frequently relates to acts of indelicacy; and indelicacy is an affair of etiquette, as we clearly see with the nations that go altogether or nearly naked. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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