| 单词 | infant prodigy |
| 例句 | On the back of such stories, Andrews was given a slew of lionising monikers: "prima donna in pigtails," "infant prodigy of trills," "the miracle voice" and "Britain's juvenile coloratura." "Prima donna in pigtails": how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The Dickenses’ apartment was a block from the Regency Theater, which presented plays and advertised spectacles like “an infant prodigy, only eight years of age,” who recited Shakespeare. Selling Luxury Apartments Where Oliver Twist Once Asked for Gruel 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But raw talent, however astonishing, may not enough be enough to nourish a career, and Cantor vividly sketches the narrative of how Polunin went from infant prodigy to angry rebel. Pointe break: ballet's destructive power laid bare in Sergei Polunin documentary 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z But pardon me; you do not know how it spoils one to have been an infant prodigy.' Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z When at last she was brought to realize that she was fifteen, she was greatly disappointed on behalf of Mr. Linthicum, to whom she had presented Concetta as an infant prodigy. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z You remember he always regarded me as a bit of an infant prodigy? Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z When Haydn was at the zenith of his success all Germany began to talk of the little infant prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Another musician who appeared that evening was a young violinist, an infant prodigy, twelve years old, who was to become in later years the great master, Joseph Joachim. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z He’s a perfect infant prodigy,” went on another girl. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z "It's one of the first things he wrote when he was touring England as part of his Grand Tour as an infant prodigy." High note: Charity shop worker's Mozart find 2011-06-08T04:55:10Z My friends all think he's an infant prodigy--in that one respect, anyway. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z I should be sorry if the objects of infant schools should ever be so perverted as to attempt making them nurseries for infant prodigies. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 At this time he was two years and three weeks old, truly an infant prodigy! Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations I'm an infant prodigy, really; you and Phil—and God first, I suppose—have made me so. The Book of Susan A Novel From the early Middle Ages to modern times there is an endless succession of "infant prodigies" whose brains were artificially overdeveloped and over-stimulated by ruthless exploiters—often their own parents—with methods of unbelievable cruelty. The Brain She was not an infant prodigy; there was no evidence, in the finish or strength of her motion, that she had been put to continual torture through half her eight or nine years. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Then as now there was a demand for novelty, sensation, and the infant prodigy was in demand. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts This, of course, accounts for our having infant prodigies in art, as well as music and the drama. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 And the main point about infant prodigies is that experience hasn't caught up with them. The Book of Susan A Novel This time it was not the infant prodigy whom men listened to, but the matured musician and the composer of melodies sweeter than men had ever listened to before. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History This was as well, because of the neighbourhood being scoured for the ill-used infant prodigy that had been imprisoned in the Enchanceried House. Oswald Bastable and Others What I object to is the exploitation on a large scale of the infant prodigy. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Oh! these infant prodigies, you know," said Lewes with a large air of authority, "they all go the same way. The Wonder I pause to point out to the astonished and breathless reader that even Mozart and Schubert, infant prodigies that they were, received more training than this. The Merry-Go-Round And, conducting the orchestra with an air of unspeakable gravity, a monkey, Mozart II., a caricature of an infant prodigy, made the huge brutes perform their evolutions, to the Soldiers’ Chorus from Faust. The Bill-Toppers George Washington, Adjutant of the State of Virginia at 21, is one other military infant prodigy who never later belied his early fame. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 It is true that one great virtuoso now before the public played frequently before large audiences as an infant prodigy. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression The children played at all the chief cities of the empire, and everywhere they were welcomed as infant prodigies. Historic Boyhoods He was an infant prodigy, graduating from Harvard at an age when most boys were entering, and afterwards going to Boston to take lessons from Copley. American Men of Mind And, little by little, smitten with Mr. Clifton’s enthusiasm, she came to believe 7 that, in Lily, they really possessed the infant prodigy, the treasure-child upon whom their fortune depended. The Bill-Toppers Comte is a fine refutation of the maxim that infant prodigies fall victims to arrested development. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He was not one of the angelically good children at all, and knew none of the phrases of which infant prodigies are supposed to be so fond. Eric, or Little by Little He was in no sense an infant prodigy. Historic Boyhoods Gauss, one of the few infant prodigies to become an adult prodigy, corrected his father's payroll at the age of three. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I As a final example, do not infant prodigies prove that men are not born equal? Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution As the infant prodigy among races, there is much that we could inherit from these people if we could prove ourselves more worthy and less egotistic. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets In January, 1658, heavy sorrow fell upon Evelyn by the death of his younger son, an infant prodigy, and a sad and wonderful example of a young brain being terribly overtaxed. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees Constanze Geiger, who appeared at Vienna as an infant prodigy when six years old, has written several piano pieces, also an Ave Maria for soprano, chorus, and organ. Woman's Work in Music I'm no genius, and although they say I was an infant terrible, I never was an infant prodigy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians He seems to have been regarded on all hands as a sort of infant prodigy of great use in attracting visitors to the inn. Art in England Notes and Studies He had been an infant prodigy as a pianist, but was overdriven by his father and Mrs. Siddons intervened and bought his freedom. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison West was a man about whom all the infant prodigy tales have been told, but he never grew to be a great artist. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Many instances that sound like infant prodigies are known to us; boys who spoke Latin at seven and wrote eloquent orations in it at fourteen, were not uncommon. The Age of the Reformation They may have been a unique fact without being more miraculous than other phenomena; for example, the mathematical powers or the musical ability of an infant prodigy. Life of St. Francis of Assisi Ruin simultaneously fell on all the fine friends of our infant prodigy, and we can but guess how it affected her. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Philadelphia had become the residence of the President—a fact that may account for one of the stories in this book about an infant prodigy called Billy. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book The machiavelism of Bismarck was bad enough, with its constant demands on our vigilance, but this new omniscient German Emperor is worse; he reminds one of some infant prodigy, the pride of the family. The Schemes of the Kaiser Mrs. Caruthers had left her infant prodigy, Clarence, in our care for a little while that she might not be distracted by his innocent prattle while selecting the material for a new gown. Successful Recitations For a pocket-size river," he said as he looked at the flood, "this is certainly the infant prodigy. The Furnace of Gold After my first concert, which was a brilliant success, my teacher wanted me to give others, but my mother did not wish me to have a career as an infant prodigy. Musical Memories In this way you economize time and deepen skill; for many an infant prodigy, artistic or mathematical, has a flowering epoch of but a few months. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals Both misfortunes have been seen before now when infant prodigies have been allowed to grow on one side only. The Education of Catholic Girls She was not an infant prodigy; there was no evidence in the finish and strength of her motion that she had been put to continual torture during half of her eight or nine years. Side Lights As you say, Mozart was an infant prodigy, but if we judge from the first little compositions that have been preserved, he began very simply and worked up, whereas Korngold begins at Richard Strauss. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Colonne had a perfect horror of 'infant prodigies,' and Auer had arranged for me to play with his orchestra without telling him my age—I was eleven at the time. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers Nurse and baby sat in state by the fire, and a slender girl of fifteen years knelt beside them, and gazed in a sort of rapture at the infant prodigy. The Baronet's Bride Of this infant prodigy it is related that at six years he knew Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and had some acquaintance with arithmetic, French history, geography, and heraldry. Montcalm and Wolfe My daughter," Farnsworth added; "but I didn't know you chaps would be interested in our infant prodigy. Patty and Azalea There are so many wonder children in these days, and many marvels are accomplished by infant prodigies. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Another startling evidence of the proof of Metempsychosis is afforded us in the cases of "infant prodigies," etc., which defy any other explanation. A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga If he has a weak spot, it has yearned over you since you were our infant prodigy in uniform, with your curls in your eyes. The Conqueror It doesn't happen to suit me that my infant prodigy of a son should make a mess of his career; and I won't have it. Mr. Prohack Mothers gladly brought their infant prodigies to "speak pieces" and went away proudly carrying the records that could be played in their homes for years to come. Patty and Azalea From the height of his measuring hand from the beaten clay beneath the oak, he proclaimed himself an infant prodigy; but Jack did not happen to be looking at him and so remained unamazed. The Gringos At twenty, he had emerged surely and safely from the perilous quicksands which have sucked down whole Lilliputian worlds of infant prodigies. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 He was not one of your angelically good children at all, and knew none of the phrases of which infant prodigies are supposed to be so fond. Eric Cardinal Richelieu, naturally attracted towards greatness as he was at a later period towards the infant prodigy of the Pascals, had been desirous of attaching St. Cyran to himself. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 It contained an article complimenting George upon his skill in managing a difficult team, and upon introducing Spot, an infant prodigy, to the racing world of the North. Baldy of Nome Of those five infant prodigies, she was the most prodigious. The Three Brontës In fact the boy was regarded as something of an infant prodigy. Samuel Johnson I did more, I brought upon myself through the local newspapers the handicapping title of "infant prodigy." The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man An infant prodigy named Oscar Moore was exhibited to the physicians of Chicago at the Central Music Hall in 1888, and excited considerable comment at the time. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine What boastful father in the fulness of his heart ever related such wonders of his infant prodigy, as Kit never wearied of telling Barbara in the evening time, concerning little Jacob? The Old Curiosity Shop And Maria, who died, was an infant prodigy. The Three Brontës He must share the infant prodigy he had discovered. John Barleycorn At twenty he had emerged surely and safely from the perilous quicksands which have sucked down whole Lilliputian worlds of infant prodigies. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It In the first place, my dear mother did all she could to make me an infant prodigy of learning. Peter Ibbetson Those who can use three languages when they are four years old are not infant prodigies. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency This same infant prodigy generally carries about with him an old pipe. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha An infant prodigy, he spent all the years of his early childhood in the exclusive study of the Law. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Some infant prodigy which is a standard of mischief throughout its neighbourhood misleads them. Friends in Council — First Series Once it was the musical infant prodigy of the season whose talents had taken London by storm, another time it was a Nihilist, yet another a wild-looking Czech poet. A Girl Among the Anarchists The press began to notice this infant prodigy, who wished to remain quite unheralded until her debut. The Idol of Paris As young Havlan was a year his senior, a trained infant prodigy, and destined for the Prize Ring, there was plenty for him to learn and to do. Snake and Sword A Novel And the peculiar part is that all of their prophecies came true, which proves for us that infant prodigies sometimes train on. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers In music she was not only an infant prodigy, but very much of a born genius. The Unwilling Vestal He spoke slowly and carefully, yet with a faint lisp, much as some infant prodigy might speak. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Just because there are a few infant prodigies about, don't despise me. The Holiday Round She promotes a young Russian painter, an infant prodigy and helped to found an English theatre in Budapest. Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible You must choke off my wife," he said, smiling, "if she gets started on a monologue about that infant prodigy! Patty's Butterfly Days He was, fortunately, not precocious, for the infant prodigies of seven, who become the amazing omniscients of twenty-three, are seldom heard of at thirty. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Probably there is no record of an infant prodigy more extraordinary than that which these letters contain. Great Astronomers |
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