| 单词 | archness |
| 例句 | “Well,” Lenina enquired, with significant archness when they met next afternoon on the roof, “did you think it was fun yesterday?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Lawson, too, admires “the elegance and archness of Anna’s writing, so particular to her now Anglo-Milanese sensibility,” and finds “her combination of erudition and practicality an object lesson in cookbook writing.” Why Americans should get to know Britain’s favorite Italian cooking authority 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Smith injected the role with the winning, withering archness that was fast becoming her stylized signature. Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z On opening night, Jessica Lefkow, portraying the boozing freeloader Lady Toby Belch — one of several performances that play with gender — paused scenes with amusing archness as emergency vehicles whizzed by. Review | ‘Twelfth Night’ at the D.C. War Memorial features pop music and the (unscripted) sounds of traffic 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z This approach takes getting used to and your mileage may vary; much depends on your tolerance for archness, twee and lightly deployed Anderson-ish tics. ‘Emma’ Review: Back on the Manor, but Still Clueless 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In any case, her goofiness is refreshing — it’s the opposite of the archness that has become standard around Chelsea and the Lower East Side. Last Chance: At Sikkema Jenkins, Amy Sillman?s Boldness 2010-05-10T20:44:00Z Fonda gets just a hint of archness into the delivery, letting the viewer know that she’s aware of how ridiculous it is to cheerfully approve of her own miraculous saintliness. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The juvenile Walter De la Mare settings of Tit for Tat provide the perfect foil, followed by some of Britten's best-known folksong arrangements, all beautifully delivered without a trace of archness. Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake; Tit for Tat, etc – review 2012-05-24T21:29:01Z Whimsy and archness serve the script, for sure, but veins of richer emotions are there to be mined as well. In ‘The Baltimore Waltz,’ whimsy, sadness are out of step 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Barrymore and Mr. Olyphant work well together — despite the archness of the humor, their marriage seems more real than most television unions. Review: ‘Santa Clarita Diet,’ a Suburban Sitcom With Bite 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It baffles me when I hear an audience laugh at a Gilbert and Sullivan song; such enjoyment requires a taste for archness that eludes me. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Ms. Bouder, though her irksome archness tends to make her clip phrases too short, demonstrated that specialty of hers and Ms. Peck’s: seeming to find time to linger within dazzling feats of speed. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z “Follow the sound of my voice,” he said, its trademark archness reverberating in the warm twilight air. Stephen Colbert, the Late Night Hope 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z But the satisfactions of archness are short-lived, and I left the movie feeling like Marmee got short shrift once again. “Little Women” and the Marmee Problem 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Just as at the beginning of the Mozart concerto at Avery Fisher, he phrased the start of the Schubert with a coyness that verged on archness before gradually relaxing: the formal turning confessional. Paul Lewis Plays Mozart and Schubert at Mostly Mozart 2013-08-08T23:12:58Z Reviewers of these two books grew increasingly impatient with their archness and shagginess and scale. Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Playing with him, Ms. Salvant lets go of some of her signature archness, and dips into 1970s soul and Broadway hits. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Ware delivers these sentiments with hilarious archness, but he also means it. It All Started in Omaha 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z This riff on ‘Everyman’ has archness all over it. Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Death in Venice emerges anew, without some of the archness to which Britten and his librettists were so susceptible, yet with its rich layers of meaning fully intact. Death in Venice English National Opera – review 2013-06-17T10:41:00Z Hovering below the level of satire, the archness undercuts the work’s serious emotions, its images of strife, reconciliation and memory. Dance Review: ?Shy Showoff? by Heather Olson at Chocolate Factory - Review 2011-09-23T21:47:53Z All the chapter titles end in “y,” adding to a general mood of effervescent archness. Review | Alan Cumming gets chummy in his gossipy and insightful book ‘Baggage’ 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z She is played with archness and authority and hip-swinging sass, shot through with vulnerability, by Clare Perkins, who has traded in those red stockings for a cold-shoulder dress and some very high heels. Review: In ‘The Wife of Willesden,’ a Literary Marriage Falters 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But there was no ironic, Dave-or-Conan-style archness here in deconstructing the artifice of the moment. On James Corden's Late Night Debut, It's One More Mr. Nice Guy 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Throughout “Assembly,” Newsome teases the lines between sincerity, archness and coded critique. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The marrying of real people and events to a fantastical plot is done neatly and without archness, and you certainly can't accuse Pearl of insufficient research. Thrillers roundup ? reviews 2012-02-10T22:55:06Z As his archness sours into bitterness, the script glosses over his own part in the decline, buying into a glib notion of martyred genius. Orson Welles, Wonderettes and more on Seattle stages 2012-12-07T00:52:52Z It’s that when she focuses instead on her own writing, and shifts away some from straight-on modern jazz, she also softens the archness and the neatness of her delivery. Cécile McLorin Salvant Branches Out, and 7 More New Songs 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But the deadpan style that best serves these antics often slips into a kind of winking archness that announces an awareness of the inspired lunacy of it all. Theater Review: Joe Orton’s ‘Loot’ Is a Comedy of Bad Manners 2014-01-19T21:36:48Z This collection’s one work of science fiction is a zombie tale with that Walter archness. Books of The Times: ‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter 2013-01-31T21:10:42Z The show operates at maximum archness, and while the period setting never feels truly real, the moments of emotional authenticity that do break through shine beautifully and brightly. Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Newest Is an Amazon Pilot Standout 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Such archness is kind of reassuring, especially given Vivian’s gallows gauntness and pallor. Theater Review: Cynthia Nixon in ?Wit,? at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-01-27T03:01:00Z The sheer archness and treacle of Mr. Isherwood's review is enough to make anyone still sentient run for the hills.... Review: Does ‘Cats’ Have Nine Lives on Broadway? Two, Certainly 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Larsen’s feelings about Irene are embedded in her narrative choices and in her chilled reserve, in the archness of her tone and in winding sentences that seem fairly benign until the final telling clause. ‘Passing’ Review: Black Skin, White Masks 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Now, they are buzzing with memes, videos and messages of congratulation, but also a strain of sceptical archness. Rishi Sunak: 'Does he really drive a Kia?' - Inside Indian family WhatsApp groups 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The archness of Ivers’ portrayal smacks of a provincial acting teacher who has been relegated to performing in dusty college classrooms and on supermarket lines. Review: At South Coast Rep, 'A Shot Rang Out' proves to be an eloquent misfire 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Naturally, I also became familiar with Kenny’s cinematic pet peeves and inevitably adopted a few of them myself: phoniness, archness, empty formalism, nihilistic violence, willfully irritating characters. Kenny and me: A colleague and former student salutes Kenneth Turan as he leaves The Times 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z It was both hysterically silly and deeply earnest in a way that, in this age of archness and irony, few shows dare to be. Angela Merkel: you’re on hols, so less of the despotism please | Rebecca Nicholson 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Robman’s staging fails to place the play in a consistently realistic context that would offset its ethnic archness. Review: Martin McDonagh's 'Cripple of Inishmaan,' still hoping for a Hollywood ending 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z We often take the charming Jane the Virgin for granted since it makes its mix of telenovela archness and political commentary on the Latina experience seem easier to pull off than it is. Why 2016 was a game-changing year for the cultural portrayal of female sexuality 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z There's a sincerity to all of this that works directly against Guest's usual archness and glibness. With Mascots, Christopher Guest trades in raucous humor for bland sincerity 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z But Sing Street replaces Glee’s archness and inconsistency with a winning sincerity, both about the value of creation and about family bonds. John Carney rewrites his past as the bouncy pop musical Sing Street 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The film is accurate in its depiction of the disorder, but Nicholson plays the part with ironic archness. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Half-Mad Mind Yet the film as a whole often trips over its own archness. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ and ‘Into the Storm’ But whereas there's usually some archness or condescension involved in this, Sullivan's signature style is enthusiastic and empathetic. Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan – review 2013-03-21T10:01:01Z “Eh, alors?” she murmured, in a tone that was neither defiance nor archness nor indifference nor invitation, but something that was compounded of all four and expressed exactly herself. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "And now, M. le Vicomte," she continued with ghastly archness, "I think that you will have the grace to say that I was a true prophet?" The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z "You will learn to obey," she answered, coolly, yet with an archness that transported me anew. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z He lifted his eyebrows in a wondering archness. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "What do you want to know for?" she replied, with a tender archness. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z “I don't the least wonder at Miss Arden's being run away with very often,” said Lord Wynderbroke, with all the archness of a polite man of fifty. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Elsie returned with a smile that had something of old-time archness in it, "have not your opinions in regard to the rights of parents and the duties of children changed somewhat since my early girlhood?" Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z For she did not once doubt the object of his coming, which, indeed, I had suggested by a delicate archness in which I took some pride. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z There was ease and confidence in it, there was humor and archness. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I will make an appointment with him in the garden,--if you will promise me not to be jealous,' added Jett�, with a degree of archness in her tone which enchanted me. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z He was all smiling good humour; and his features, in defiance of his age, expressed the most playful archness. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Peering now under her hat, his penetrating eyes discerned so entire a change in his favour, that he completely recovered his pleasantry, his quaint archness, and his gallantry. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z For all answer to my question, she shook her head, smiling rather sadly, yet striving to throw archness into her accompanying gesture. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z "And to-day--to-day--did you come merely out of gratitude for your cousin?" she questioned with the archness of her increasing certainty of happiness. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z And without giving him time to reply, she rattled off a lively little ditty, doing full justice to the spirit and archness of the composition. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It is said," responded Vincente, with drunken cunning and exceeding archness; "but thou and I, Victor, know better. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z She rallied me, with great archness, on the care with which I had concealed from her a tender engagement into which I had lately entered. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Her archness was not bold nor unwomanly, and her vivacity was well within the bounds of refinement and good taste. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z When, with some misgivings, and confused, he suggested a change, a touch of the girl’s old archness flashed out. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z "I was dreadfully set against you at first," Mrs. Mowbray went on, with a manner between seriousness and archness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "Sorry about the promise, you mean?" asked the widow, with an archness that failed for want of a street-lamp to light it up. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Richard!' with her old archness, 'you will not refuse to see the lawyers now?' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z In the fall Miss D'Arville returned to London, where she appeared in "Carina," in which piece her charming archness was a feature. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Now it was the quivering sensitiveness of her mouth, an unsuspected archness, the astonishing range of feeling revealed by her large dark eyes. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Mrs. Mowbray's sweet eyes were dancing with fun, her lips wreathed with the loveliest archness; whatever she meant, Rotha was utterly and wholly bewitched. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Her natural merriment and archness returned as she asked, with her head leaning sideward: "Is the surrender unconditional, Mr. Lance?" True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z With a look that combined both archness and pity, she seized him by the arm, and drawing him into the midst of the wild dance which was now beginning, she called out. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Mary struggled a moment, then she smiled with tender archness. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z But, pshaw! you rogue,” added he, with a clumsy attempt at archness, “you have made pretty sure of her consent, and need no brotherly advocate.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z There is a good deal of wit and archness in the two concluding lines, and the whole breathes a spirit of free-thinking, such as one might expect from the translator of Euhemerus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z "It is very short," said Kate; and then with infinite archness, turning to the governess, added, "and it has a moral." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The single interest awakened by Rosalind's secret love and playful archness of manner is kept up undivided throughout. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z He smiled most sweetly and with a peculiar archness of expression as I went up to him, and there was no shyness. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z “And so punish me for not saying ‘yes,’” she said, with a little attempt at archness. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The pretty "bourgeoise" has her peculiar fascination in the brilliant intelligence of her laughing eye, and the sly archness of her witty mouth; but your peasant beauty is essentially heavy and dull. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z "And will she be a Wesden all her life, sir?" asked Ann Packet, with an archness for which she was only that once remarkable. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z "The vivacity and naïveté of his manner, the ease and archness of his humour, and the natural sweetness of his voice have quite enamoured us." Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z They toil not, neither do they produce, yet Satan with all his archness is not equipped like one of these. Rockhaven She must have detected something ludicrous in the question, for suddenly a degree of archness might be observed in her amiable smile. The Progressionists, and Angela. There was a most winning archness in the way she said this, that thrilled through Cashel as he listened. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) There was a vivacity, a gaiety, an archness in her manner that he found very charming. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction But if he was perplexed, Miss Lois was not; the happy old maid supplied all the consciousness, archness, and sentimental necessities of the occasion. Anne Her manner had the quaint archness, over-lying intense pride, of an old French Marquise, to whom Bonaparte is "plebeian," and the fruitful, vulgar present worthy only of being dismissed with a shrug of the shoulders. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 With regard to the freedom of language I had admitted, she said with some good-natured archness, “But you will have to bear the consequences,” to which I entirely assented. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) And yet you say it is women who are the talkers!” she answered, with a kind of ponderous archness. The Red Symbol Mr. Pepper's Ghost winked with great archness as it replied: 'Ghosts have no terrors for the sons of Thespis, who are even merry with a ghost—of a chance to get their salaries. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Molly did not even play at archness with him now; she looked timid. The House of Fulfilment The right eyebrow is higher and more curved than the left one, which lends some archness to the expression, but its effect is destroyed by the tiresome perfection of the simpering mouth. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome "I'll help you!" said she, with naïve archness, and went and stood behind my back. Eyes Like the Sea "I shall blame you too," she says, with a sudden return to her old archness. Rossmoyne I say demure, for there is a sly humor and archness in Kate's composition, which flickers about even her gravest moods. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Harry looked into her clear, sunny eyes as they were raised to his, full of brightness, and archness, and joyousness. A Castle in Spain A Novel Her brows went up, and she looked at me with the shadow of her old charming archness. The Romance of a Plain Man "Are you afraid then, Craven?" she asked, with exasperating archness. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend “And I?” she asked, glancing at him with a certain archness. The Bondwoman “Having food and raiment,” said Mary, smiling with some archness, “to be therewith content.” Dr. Sevier There was something half painful in their jocund gayety and archness. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 At the corner of her mouth, near her square little chin, a tiny white scar showed like a dimple, giving to her lower lip when she laughed an expression of charming archness. The Romance of a Plain Man His face was all animation and archness; he doubled his fist at me and would have stopped me, but I ran past him into the parlor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 "How far have you to go," she said with demure archness,—"to find the good of these days?" Say and Seal, Volume II “But, Mr. Drummond, one word before peace is quite restored,” went on Phillis, with something of her old archness, “or else I will fetch my sisters, and you will have three of us against you.” Not Like Other Girls Cora received her new, and somewhat extraordinary protector, courteously at least; and even the pallid features of Alice lighted again with some of their native archness as she thanked Heyward for his care. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 The little scar by her mouth dimpled with the old childish expression of archness. The Romance of a Plain Man "Not engaged to be married, I suppose!" said Aunt William, with a sort of triumphal archness. The Twelfth Hour Her small rosy face, framed in the shirred brim of her black silk bonnet, was wrinkled with age, but even her wrinkles were cheerful ones, and detracted nothing from the charming archness of her expression. Virginia All her animation and archness had not rendered it half so pleasant to look upon. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The sensibility and even pensiveness of her demeanor in the first instance, render her archness and gayety afterwards, more graceful and more fascinating. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical The charming archness awoke in her eyes, while she looked at me over the brim of the cup. The Romance of a Plain Man She shook her head at him, with something of her natural archness. The Light of Scarthey These last words she said with a smile in which there was much archness, and perhaps also a little encouragement. The Bertrams The word is used colloquially for archness, as well as for notoriously bad characters. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It evidently cost her something to say this, for her flush deepened, but she managed a glance of dignified archness. Black Oxen Her firm square chin was tilted a little upward, and as she smiled at me, her thick black eyebrows were raised in the old childish expression of charming archness. The Romance of a Plain Man “Don’t run away from me, you naughty, unfeeling man,” she began, with an elephantine attempt at archness. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly That he fully admired Correggio, we cannot doubt—his children have all human sweetness, tenderness, and affection; but it was the archness of children that mostly delighted our painter—their play, their frolic, their fun. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Graceful archness and elegance of style are its characteristics, and these lose nothing from the presence of a gay and easy temper which makes itself felt throughout. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Nods and becks and a mysterious archness of expression pointed the question. The Path to Honour The sparkle returned to her eyes, and I watched the old childish archness play in her face. The Romance of a Plain Man Sally May was a delicious Mrs. Bennet—her archness, her querulousness, and above all her talkativeness. Judy of York Hill The one actually spoken gave an opportunity of the merriest archness to Mrs. Bracegirdle, and was calculated to put the audience in the best of good humours. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] Occurring chiefly in such phrases as arch enemy, arch heretic, arch hypocrite, arch rogue, it acquired a depreciatory sense, which has now become so weakened that archness is not altogether an unpleasing attribute. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Lydia’s little tremulous air of archness dropped under this point-blank rejoinder. The Squirrel-Cage He is an agreeable fellow—” Miss Addison, with a charming mixture of tragedy and archness, suppressed this blasphemy by a gesture suggestive of placing her hand over the editor’s mouth. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic The dangers for the poet in addressing so composite an audience are enormous: cuteness, coyness, archness and condescension are only the most obvious ones. Songs of Childhood "She should be a blonde, with light golden hair, eyes as azure as the heavens, and, as one great poet said of another, 'with a charming archness' in them." The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 "For me!" she exclaimed, bridling, and raising her brows with juvenile archness. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden "I mean Mary Arnott, and not Mrs. Giles, and you do care for her likes and dislikes a great deal," replied his sister, with some archness. Town Versus Country "I say, Miss Seldon, aren't you breaking the Sabbath?" he asked from the bank above, smiling down upon her with an attempt at archness. The Highgrader Miss Neilson also possesses, in an eminent degree, the power to portray that sly humor without malice known as archness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 "I shall leave you to answer that question," replies she, with all her old archness. Molly Bawn As though consciously aiding his memory, she fell into the relaxed pose so happily caught by the photograph, with the same childish archness and captivating smile. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! She laughed with much archness when I shewed her the bread, and its vigorous resistance to the edge of my knife. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 "And do you think you are worthy that I should?" she replied with a shadow of her former archness. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution "I don't like it much;" and she glanced up with fascinating archness. A Little Girl in Old Salem And the delicious archness in her tone captivated him anew. A Little Girl in Old Detroit For these last two posts, their archness would, we think, be an irresistible qualification. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 "Oh! oh!" the lady protested, with an extravagant archness. Marriage à la mode "Was I, then, an unbearable little savage formerly?" asked Lenore, laughing in the midst of her tears, and looking at Anton with girlish archness. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "Yes; I presume you feel yourself drawn to any place where ancient prejudices are garnered up," she answered, not without archness. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) The archness of manner with which these words were uttered was triumphant, and every unpleasant feeling was lost in the mirth which was necessarily excited. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell What shrewdness, sagacity, insight, frankness, boldness, archness, raillery, downright fun! Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings If her face fell into anxious lines while my eyes were closed, no sooner did I seem to wake to consciousness again than the sunshine and the archness beamed out. The Late Miss Hollingford Her quiet archness at the question, "Will you go yet?" struck exactly the right key of Hermione's mood. Shadows of the Stage Mr. Pardon, at this inquiry, eyed him with a sudden, familiar archness, expressive of the idea of competition; so that Ransom added: "You needn't be afraid, I'm not a reporter." The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) "I am glad you are nice," she said, and for the first time she smiled—a charming, girlish smile with a hint of archness. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Onucz approached him obsequiously and kissed the hand of his mysterious leader with profound respect, whilst Anicza approached him with roguish archness, adroitly feigning a superstitious fear of her magician of a sweetheart. The Poor Plutocrats Louise was rather pleasing than pretty; her fresh colored face presented an attractive blending of simplicity and archness. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Direct and simple, its diction was still capable of carrying intense feeling, a humor incomparable in its archness and sly mirth, and a power of idealizing ordinary experience without effort or affectation. Robert Burns How To Know Him This was only her archness, and he knew what to make of that now; she was dressed in yellow and looked very plump and gay. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Brown set his teeth half savagely, the little witch tantalizing him with the swiftness of her speech, the coy archness of her manner. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West A certain buoyancy, hitherto unsuspected, crept into her manner, as the corpuscles multiplied in her veins—an archness. Certain Personal Matters They clamoured until the singer came forward and sang them, "What's a the steer, Kimmer?" and she finished the song with triumphant archness. The Romance of the Coast She was dressed with great simplicity, in plain frock, apron, and white cap, to represent a fair young Quakeress, and she sung a song about her lover with much "archness"—a delightful quality in woman. In Luck at Last There appeared on Marion's face something that was like the ashes of archness. The Judge In their pleasantry, archness, and good-natured raillery, these two little articles of Elia's remind me of some of Addison's happiest papers in the "Spectator." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Mr. Reynolds immediately paused, and regarded this group for some moments with an air of singular sagacity and archness. Bressant The first hint of her old combative spirit or her old archness! The Rustlers of Pecos County "We girls have all suspected, you know, of course, Mrs. Dinks," said Miss Newt, with a very successful imitation of archness and a little bend of the neck. Trumps "You are in a hurry," she said, too much moved for her archness to take effect. Nocturne This raillery was intended to have been uttered with a pert archness; but the crimson cheek and tremulous lips entirely defeated the intention. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue "For a woman," said Marian, with a glance full of archness and merriment. The Missing Bride Despite her archness Miss Miller had heard with a pang that Miss Weyland was coming to supper, and her reason was not unconnected with this same Mr. Bylash. Queed "Now may I go?" asked the girl, with a touch of archness, as she held up the glass and the plate, both empty. Wanted—A Match Maker From the painful concentration upon memory which had brought his eyebrows together there appeared in his expression the most delighted ease, a sort of archness that made his face look healthy and honest. Nocturne There was no archness in her glance; her humor was wholly masculine. The Rim of the Desert And then the Countess, leaning from the carriage, said, with archness in her efficient smile: "You do pick things up easily, don't you?" The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Jean asked him laughingly if Wilfred the Gazelle would live up to its name this run, but Stark received the pleasantry coldly, having no use for archness in any form. Penny Plain He answered all my questions with perfect candour, and not without a certain archness of look and manner rather unusual among men of six and forty in his rank of life. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 Hope's impulse was to gather into his arms and devour with kisses this sweet specimen of womanly tenderness, frank inconsistency, naïveté, and archness. A Perilous Secret On perceiving that he was the object of our conversation, a certain archness and lively expression came over his countenance, which a native Australian would have strained his features in vain to have produced. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Leaning stiffly forward, her thin neck outstretched, her brows bent toward Rowcliffe, summoning all that she knew of archness to her eyes, she sang. The Three Sisters Once her eyes met those of Cadurcis; his expression of mingled archness and astonishment was irresistible. Venetia Mark knew them both very well, as a matter of course; and Dido, with the archness of a favourite domestic, was often in the habit of calling him her 'young master.' The Crater "I could have told you that half an hour ago, my dear," Mrs. Abbey responded with playful archness. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Meanwhile Garrick "played round Johnson with a fond vivacity, taking hold of the breasts of his coat, looking up in his face with a lively archness," and complimenting him on his good health. Samuel Johnson Cora received her new and somewhat extraordinary protector courteously, at least; and even the pallid features of Alice lighted again with some of their native archness as she thanked Heyward for his care. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 The gentleman from Bengal was standing, disconcerted by this incident, when the door of the 92 opened of itself and Becky's little head peeped out full of archness and mischief. Vanity Fair The old lady chuckled, crumpled her lids, and went through the pantomime of archness. The Age of Innocence If Thea had ever taken the pains to study her, she would have seen that, under all her smiles and archness, poor Miss Darcey was really frightened to death. The Song of the Lark But she kept the same tone, and its tender archness only gave a greater sweetness to his sense of relief. Confidence She served the liqueur from one of the lovely bottles and striking a match held it to his cigarette with ministering archness while he whiffed. Jude the Obscure He talked with fluency and spirit—and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested, though it was hardly understood by her. Northanger Abbey His voice sank, and a hot archness shot from his own black eyes. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Silently she took her seat opposite him, folded her white hands in her lap, and looked into his eyes with such significant archness that he began to feel embarrassed. The Indian Lily and Other Stories With a bashful mixture of simplicity and archness, the young damsel answered, "I told him I liked white kids very much." Philothea A Grecian Romance About her eyes, her nose and her mouth there is a flicker of archness. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II But all that Marian saw was an affectation in that twisted position,—a straining round of the eyes, and a kind of determination at archness of expression in the mouth. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World "How could you be so treacherous!" said Tess, between archness and real dismay, and getting rid of his arm by pulling open his fingers one by one, though at the risk of slipping off herself. Tess of the d'Urbervilles "You're impatient to be there, of course?" assented Mr. DIBBLE, with what might have passed for an attempt at archness if he had not been so wholly devoted to squareness. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 She was all for further resistance, but her denial had taken on an archness for which she somehow blushed. Star-Dust But this proud expression was softened by the lines of a mouth around which there played a suppressed archness, that partook of feminine beauty. The Spy "Did she tell you to look into the sweetmeat-pot, for the lost spoon, Mr. Ten Eyck," Anneke inquired, with an archness of eye and voice, that sent the blood to my own face, in confusion. Satanstoe Mr. Teal wagged his head at him with a kind of priestly archness. A Man of Means One evening Standish was floating dreamily through the purple haze, thinking about Tina of course, and wondering how her piquant archness and Southern beauty would strike his sober people at home. Revenge! "Not but that all that could be easily remedied," she added, with a touch of archness. The Far Horizon "Speak, I beg, without dread of my displeasure," said Frances, returning the good-humored smile of the trooper, with the archness natural to her own sweet face. The Spy No English words convey precisely the mingling of banter, and earnestness, of archness, devotion, shyness and fervor implied in the Latin words as uttered by Vedia. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire My beloved Queen spoke presently and even—marvellous to relate—with a touch of the gentle archness which so adorned her before His Majesty's all-overshadowing malady. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty The auburn ringlets of Katy Dare were as glossy as ever; her blue eyes had still the charming archness which had made me love her from the first. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee The sailors took much pleasure in the deck-tub performances of the O'Regans, and greatly admired them always for their archness and activity; but the tranquil O'Briens they did not fancy so much. Redburn. His First Voyage "Excuse the liberty I take," Modestus said, with archness on his brow, "Pray, why did not your father make A gentleman of you?" The Canadian Elocutionist A brilliant complexion set off to advantage her delicate features, which, though serene, were not devoid of a certain expression of archness. Endymion "It is not my fault, either," said Gwendolen, with pretty archness. Daniel Deronda He spoke upon this subject with great archness and candour: of course as a City man he would be glad to do a profitable business anywhere, and the B. B. C.'s business was profitable. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family On observing that he was the object of our conversation, a certain archness and lively expression came over his countenance, which a native Australian would have strained his features in vain to produce. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 It was certainly a shocking thing to look at them with their horrible prettiness, their archness in which was no charm, their grace which put to shame. Suburban Sketches "He has not asked me yet," she quickly replied, with a look in which maiden pride, archness, and unuttered happiness, were charmingly blended. Gaut Gurley They had a very graceful, bashful archness of manner, and they insinuated beggary so winningly, that it would have been impossible for hungry people to deny them. Venetian Life It was a fine, sincere way of doing things; but why the subject of marriage should be made an occasion for archness, for sly looks, for—in extreme cases—nudgings, passes my comprehension. Olivia in India He told a story remarkably well; and had an inexhaustible supply; the archness of his eyes and countenance making them all equally good. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 "Oh, nothing in the world could happen as quickly as that, Mr. Haines!" she protested, with her last attempt at archness. A Gentleman from Mississippi Her whole bearing was an inimitable blending of shyness and archness, tempered by almost reverential respect. Between Whiles Not a trace of teasing archness in her manner! Hilda Lessways His address was good, he talked with fluency and spirit, and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested, though it was hardly understood by, her. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction That gentleman sat smiling in his armchair by the window, and presently he said, with a delightful archness, "Well, Eddy, I suppose you are ready to give me back all that money you've been collecting?" Hawthorne and His Circle You have shown so much resolution, ingenuity, and archness in your stratagem, that I forgive you; I think my son will esteem himself happy when he knows that you are the object of his love. The Love-Tiff Catherine Seyton cast down her eyes, but not till she had given a single glance of inexpressible archness towards Roland, whom her more grave companion now addressed in a tone of protection. The Abbot "Did he ever inquire after me?" she demanded, with an air of archness, but hiding her face. Hilda Lessways "It's a bit of threadbare archness, and if I were to play Miss Lyston's part, I'd be glad to have it changed!" Harlequin and Columbine "I told you so!" cried the prince, with a frank archness playing over his before pensive features, and pointing to a slip of emblazoned vellum, which became unfolded. The Scottish Chiefs She delivered the message with an archness that made me blush; and added, that an airing, in my Lord Orville's carriage, could not fail to revive my spirits. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World It had long been acknowledged that Genevieve was unrivalled in the art of tying bows, and those pink ones were paragons, redolent of all her own fresh sprightly archness and refinement. The Young Step-Mother She then gave an account of some circumstances which attended the darkness, in a manner not only extremely lively, but mixed, at times, with an archness and humour that made it very entertaining. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Again his daughter kissed him, but this time tenderly, with all the archness gone. Janice Meredith Never had her tales sparkled with such wit and archness. The Story Girl She looked at me with a significant archness, that made me colour; and I hastily answered, "No, indeed, Ma'am!" Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World "To see my grandmother," said Winsome, with a touch of archness in her tone or in her look—Ralph could not tell which, though he eyed her closely. The Lilac Sunbonnet His face was all animation and archness; he doubled his fist at me, and would have stopped me, but I ran past him into the parlour. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 "For I expect we'll see you round here in a day or two," she said with simple archness. Undertow The acting throughout—owing to the real gravity of the vast basso Lebruno's burlesque, and Vittoria's archness—was that of high comedy with a lurid background. Vittoria — Complete The acting throughout— owing to the real gravity of the vast basso Lebruno's burlesque, and Vittoria's archness—was that of high comedy with a lurid background. Vittoria — Volume 4 "I am sure," went on the girl, with a grave archness, "that you too have known such an experience." Our Friend the Charlatan And I believe,' looking at Cynthia and Roger with intelligent archness, 'I could tell tales as to the cause of her indisposition in the spring.' Wives and Daughters She replied with provoking archness: "Are we going to Rouen to talk of him?" Bel Ami The beholder saw in these eyes, ardor and passion; on this forehead, thought and energetic resolutions; and on this swelling mouth, archness, overflowing spirits, and wit. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times "I suppose your expectations are not high in the matter of finery," said Ermine, with a certain archness of voice. Clever Woman of the Family The roguish smile was lost in a radiant archness. Our Friend the Charlatan "Doesn't it interest you?" asked Mrs. Penniman, with a certain timorous archness. Washington Square A flash of her natural archness came over her face as she said this. The Golden Dog She had crossed her hands on her breast, and half kneeling down before Bonnier, she looked up to him with a fascinating mixture of archness and passion. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Bessie's face was in shade, but her voice had the old ring of coaxing archness. Clever Woman of the Family "Oh, I hadn't thought of it—I didn't know my aunt had invited him—" "The wonder is that Lord Dymchurch should have accepted," said Mrs. Toplady, with a very mature archness. Our Friend the Charlatan "I will, on one condition," she said, recovering her archness, with a little venom in it, I fear. Jeff Briggs's Love Story And she smiled so tenderly, and with so much archness, that the king felt his heart swell and throb in his breast. Ten Years Later Seeing which she pounced upon it with assumed archness, and pretended to conceal it. The Three Partners A gleam of antique archness and venerable raillery lit up his murky, tobacco-colored pupils; a spasm of gallantry crossed the face of the secretary. The Crusade of the Excelsior "A silver fillet," she corrected, with a smile in which there was a gentle archness. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields The archness with which this was said, together with the fact itself, made me her slave forever. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair She had a pink tinge in her cheeks, a general animation, and her face full of brightness and archness. A Simpleton Nor did he suspect, till long after, that it was in reality slyness, so tempered with archness, that, if discovered, it might easily pass for an expression playfully assumed. David Elginbrod Dona Anna especially greeted him with so much of the ostentatious archness of a confident and forgiving woman to a momentarily recreant lover, that he felt absurdly embarrassed in Yerba's presence. A Ward of the Golden Gate Through the innocence of her eyes flashed a sudden gleam of archness. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Her fresh and piquant face, with its pure lines, shone with the roguish mischief of childhood, expressed in the regular eyebrows, the vivacious eyes, and the archness of the pretty mouth. Catherine De Medici Clara held up a finger; and the boy could see she was playing at archness, but for Willoughby it was earnest. The Egoist This archness was greeted loudly by the smokers, and Mr. Crooper was put upon his mettle. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William There was something in her new supplicating grace, still retaining the faintest suggestion of her old girlish archness, that struck him. A Ward of the Golden Gate "Ah! you bad boy!" she said, with a slightly-labored archness of look and manner. Man and Wife Accordingly, after a little more archness, she took them, as she had, of course, fully meant to do from the first; she also took a woman's revenge. Lady Baltimore "You thought I cared very much for dignities?" said she with keen archness. The Ball at Sceaux "Oh, you mustn't depreciate her—you, of all men!" cried the matron, with a somewhat ponderous archness. Dolly Dialogues She laughed with almost condemnatory archness, as if it were a reproach—though she wouldn’t insist; and flirted a soiled pocket-handkerchief at him. The Pupil |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。