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单词 laconism
例句 laconism
The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was Spartan in some of its laconisms. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z
You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go. Friend Mac Donald
Paling suddenly, Mr. Hildreth dropped his eyes and replied humbly, though with equal laconism, "I was thinking." Hand and Ring
She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.
“No,” answered I, imitating his laconism of speech. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley
Their creator's remarks about them are sometimes of a marvellous subtlety, expressed in a laconism which seems to regard Marivaudage or Meredithese with an aristocratic disdain. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
The horrible proposition, more so from its very laconism, despite the auditory to whom it is addressed, does not find favourable response. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
I have purposed to avoid all exuberant ornaments of style, all pompous parade of erudition, and contented myself with a plain diction, and a strict laconism. A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth
The coldness is most often simply the apparent coldness of restraint; the baldness, the laconism of a spirit that abhorred loose, ungainly manners of speech. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed. Winner Take All
For that hand writes often by abbreviations, hieroglyphics, and short characters, which, like the laconism on Belshazzar’s wall, are not to be made out but by a key from that Spirit that indited them.’  Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation
This spiritual laconism invigorated the arm of men who perhaps wanted no other stimulative than the hope of obtaining the immense property of the besieged. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
On the other hand, his pithy laconisms have often a splendidly tragical effect. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
He then tapped the postillion on the shoulder, and said to him, with the laconism compulsory on him from his knowledge of the Swedish tongue, "Aland?" International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
"Very well! let it be blown up!" answered the Floridans with a laconism worthy of ancient times. The Moon-Voyage
This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist. What is Property?
"Well, where have you been?" he said to her with offhand laconism. The Mayor of Casterbridge
"Fifty-one cents," said the girl, through the inimitable laconism of gum chewing. Star-Dust
The latter read it without betraying the slightest emotion, or even surprise; then, with a laconism that was wholly Laced�monian, he said: "Place the light." The Companions of Jehu
The just and elegant laconism of Byron, by substituting the past for the present tense, may now be adopted as a faithful and brief summary of what was George Canning. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827
Abb� Morellet pays many thanks for the answers to his queries, but complains of their shortness and laconism; however it is not your fault. Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France
He never spoke much himself; of a truth, his gentle, immutable laconism was the only charge that his comrades ever brought against him. Under Two Flags
First he had not sufficient command of English to translate with the necessary laconism and assonance: secondly in his day British Philistinism was too rampant to permit a literal translation. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08
His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion. Caught in the Net
"Blight, Mildew, and Smut," he replied, with the laconism of one who is absolutely certain of his own mind. Crome Yellow
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