| 单词 | largeness |
| 例句 | I was only too aware of the possibility that if any guest were to find his stay at Darlington Hall less than comfortable, this might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She cowers to my largeness, taking two steps back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There is a kind of largeness to it, a kind of godliness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the largeness of the country shown on the map, the massive forest the map showed, the river was a small thing, and he had negated it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If not for the largeness of the place, I could be back in Nan’s kitchen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Their titles — “The Algebra of Infinite Justice,” “The End of Imagination,” “Capitalism: A Ghost Story” — convey the largeness of her concerns. Arundhati Roy’s Return to the Form That Made Her Famous 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Red makes the body into a beacon, and we’ve been made to fear all that largeness and reflected light. Our lady of the pantsuit: In praise — yes, praise! — of Hillary Clinton’s style 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The largeness of the enterprise, too, the publicity machine, the immensity of the arenas—particularly after all those years playing at leisure with the Band in basements around Woodstock, New York—seemed bloated. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z At times it’s too wise guy, too anti- “Nutcracker” for me; at other times its largeness of spirit — nowhere more so than in its snow scene — carry me away. Dance Review: A Playfully Roasted Old Chestnut 2010-12-12T23:28:00Z The surviving work that best captures the breadth of Pico’s learning and the largeness of his spirit is his “Oration.” A Renaissance Murder Mystery 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Gilbert asks: I have to say, hearing you describe those performances makes me miss the grandeur of a concert hall, sort of in the same way I miss the largeness of a movie screen. Love Classical Music? Anthony Tommasini Recommends Contemporary Composers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Previously, I had felt the need to explain my worth to partners, to entice them with my humor or intelligence, bartering these gifts for their attention despite the darkness and largeness of my body. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Jerome Robbins, even in his most cartoon-fun or most small-scale creations, has largeness of spirit. City Ballet’s ‘Robbins 100’: Making Music Theatrical 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z “I was a little kid, running into the theater like, What is this? The spectacle of it, the largeness of it, was always really inspiring.” ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’: A Director Keeps You Thinking 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z What remains most striking about the politics of “Sexual Politics” is the largeness of the vision for the future it outlines: not of a society reformed by incremental legislative change, but radically transformed. “Sexual Politics” and the Feminist Work That Remains Undone 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z He is overwhelmed by "the terrifying largeness, the impossibility, of the world, of the relentlessness of its minutes, its hours, its days." 'A Little Life' a darkly beautiful tale of love and friendship 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z That just adds to the largeness of the Super Bowl. The NHL Moves Outside 2013-12-26T10:45:50Z And Stubbs’s ultimate subject may be the open English countryside and by implication, the largeness of the world. Review: Paintings by George Stubbs Travel to the Met 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z We grasp Lincoln’s largeness, his burning ambition to break out of his backwoods bearskin. ‘A Friend of Mr. Lincoln’ review: The burning ambition of a future president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The University of Oregon long-distance star’s petite, wiry frame seems incongruous with his brawny kick; a largeness looms over his five-foot-six body. Mark Davis’s Photographs of Edward Cheserek 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Neumeier’s stage work has neither sensitivity to music nor largeness of spirit. Review: ‘Sylvia’ at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Double takes, grins and grimaces are magnified into crushing largeness, while the chase sequences bring to mind slap-happy Blake Edwards comedies. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But the largeness of this vital, angry Helen is not symbolically inappropriate to a child whose presence overwhelms a household. Theater Review | 'The Miracle Worker': Taming a Child by Setting Her Free 2010-03-04T03:22:00Z The prose surrounding Jay Gatsby is so good it allows us to share Nick's vision of his largeness of soul and the heroism of his quest, to celebrate "the colossal vitality of his illusion". Why Gatsby is so great 2012-06-09T23:05:21Z In the end it is the largeness of Hallberg’s spirit rather than the size of his sometimes patchy canvas that matters most anyway. Garth Risk Hallberg’s ‘City on Fire’ 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z There’s a largeness of spirit in “Goldberg” that transcends its many shortcomings. New York City Ballet Double Bill at Lincoln Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Hawking gets his unsurprising conclusion out of the way early: that, what with overwhelming largeness of the universe, the chances that we are alone in it seem rather remote. Spitfire Women 2010-09-18T05:45:00Z Carpets like this one, emerging from imperial ateliers, are partly about look-at-me largeness. Art Review: The Met?s New Islamic Galleries - Review 2011-10-27T23:27:21Z The movie’s conspicuous pride in craft lacks the largeness of imagination that belongs to worthwhile art; it’s exactly the sort of movie that makes the very notion of craft seem hardly admirable. “Dragged Across Concrete,” Reviewed: A Stylish, Repugnant Crime Thriller Starring Mel Gibson 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z “There’s a largeness to anything Texas, and there’s an expansiveness to Dance Salad,” Wozny said, which then reminded her of another Texas spectacle that inspires similar devotion: “It’s our rodeo.” A Surprising Global Dance Showcase, Deep in the Heart of Texas 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Even Homer nods, and Churchill, for all his Homeric largeness, did, too. Opinion | Be thankful for the pugnacious Zelensky’s magnificent resistance to suppression 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z As the lead singer and public face of U2, the biggest rock band on the planet during much of their existence, he fills stages and records with a largeness of self. Review: Bono humbles himself in a new memoir 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z That is part of a problem with the largeness of America. What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z I felt like a loser, because I feared that the largeness of my body would relegate me to a sad small corner of the culture. I’ve Always Struggled With My Weight. Losing It Didn’t Mean Winning. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z These constant revelations help pace an experience that might otherwise feel overwhelming while emphasizing its absurd, daunting largeness. All hail Elden Ring’s ever-growing map 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Being called all manner of things from the Dictionary of Shame — not English, not words, not heard, but worn, borne, carried, never spent — we feel now a largeness coming on, something passing into us. Poem: We Feel Now a Largeness Coming On 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z At the most basic level, a book such as Wheatcroft’s demonstrates the smallness of his frame compared with the largeness of his subject. Opinion | A new book casts Winston Churchill as a racist imperialist. This is misguided history. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In fact, given the largeness of their own celebrity status and the need to keep their contracts in a less vital, Trump-free industry, they’re as likely to be tougher than ever. Opinion | Biden’s communications staff is headed toward treacherous waters 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Recently, Scanlan wrote: “My inclination is that reduction, compression, silence and absence in a text might enable a largeness to expand in the mind of the reader.” The Dominant Animal by Kathryn Scanlan review – deeply, darkly enjoyable 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Of course, in their symphonic relationship, Kahlo’s “smallness,” and her work’s concentrated potency, hum in continuous counterpoint to Rivera’s largeness — the fat, thumping chords of his big politics, his big pictures, his great-man bloatedness. Perspective | Power couple, power portrait 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Or perhaps the largeness of a community inherently reduces people’s ability to trust strangers who appear different than themselves. Rising Ethnic Diversity Increases Whites' Fears 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Finally, largeness can take a toll on citizen trust. Opinion | Is the United States Too Big to Govern? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The largeness may be conceptual or political or literal; “Angels” weighs in somewhere between seven and eight hours. A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The scene on a warm day—Frisbees floating, sunbathers dozing, those endless busloads of schoolkids—is a vindication of L’Enfant’s original, bustling idea, a happy echo of America’s largeness and its stubborn eccentricity. Making a Home for Black History 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z We are looking across unfathomable distances at phenomena of incomprehensible largeness. Out of this world: why the most important art today is made in space 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Having evangelical friends is a testament to Mr. Hitchens’s “intellectual tolerance and largeness of heart, not to any covert religiosity,” Benjamin Schwarz, his former editor at The Atlantic, was quoted as saying. Christopher Hitchens Was Shaky in his Atheism, New Book Suggests 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The challenges of American largeness are here to stay. Opinion | Is the United States Too Big to Govern? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z In the way only formerly suppressed things can be, it insists on largeness. A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z There’s how the largeness of the scone seems only to emphasize her impossible smallness. Why do so few novelists dare to write about being fat? 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z In other words, the genes for "smallness" prosper while genes for "largeness" are selectively removed by fishing. Are humans driving evolution in animals? - BBC News 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Having to live up to this model of largeness is really draining. ‘Cabin Porn’: Photos of intriguing homes in rustic settings 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z But when it comes to democracy, the benefits of largeness — defined by population or geographic area — are hard to find. Opinion | Is the United States Too Big to Govern? 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z And some people never are able to project that largeness of spirit and sense of command. Scott Walker reportedly leaving the 2016 race 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z He had a very large head—Annagret couldn’t explain it to Andreas, but the largeness of Horst’s head seemed to her the reason that everything always worked out to his advantage. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Too often, he charges, the Indian English novel since Rushdie has pursued “a mimesis of form, where the largeness of the book allegorizes the largeness of the country it represents.” Nothing Happens. Everything Happens. 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z But that largeness of spirit has vanished from Congress, so it falls once again to the Supreme Court to determine the future of the A.C.A. A Cynical Challenge to Obamacare 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z With the larger Korus, I got a representation only of largeness; from the small Sonos I got a sense of the actual physical space the musicians were playing in. State of the Art: Technology Cuts Speakers Down to Size 2013-12-18T22:12:17Z The Jesuits know something about this… this largeness of spirit. Bono turns up the volume for social enterprise 2012-11-14T11:18:00Z It was obvious that Mr. Prentice had been astonished by the largeness of this sum. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z But their largeness may also have proved their undoing. Dinosaurs Grew to Outpace Their Young 2012-04-19T00:15:00.287Z It was, therefore, one of the most serious of the penalties at his disposal, and the largeness of the results effected by it give it an importance worthy a somewhat minute examination. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Eyes large, lustrous, and dark, with the largeness, lustre, and darkness that seems to invite sties and an occasional blood-shot suffusion. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The critic who has become a historian of ideas will find his study of the literature of the apostolic and post-apostolic age here widening out into a prospect of unsuspected largeness and significance. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z All was open, free; all was largeness, space, and distance. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Some greatness in the man, a largeness of ideas, an echo of the revolutionary days when the sanest saw visions, Basset was forced to own. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He is entranced, as he writes, with the largeness of the Divine purpose, with the magnificent sweep and scope of the designs of grace. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z His largeness filled the room, his mastery controlled and soothed the spirit. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Whenever during the day, we shall be conscious of our littleness, give us at that moment the vision of our possible largeness. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Here is a specimen of that largeness of charity by which every part of his conduct is influenced. A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Bexley containing a statement to the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society 2012-03-15T02:00:20.887Z This largeness of utterance, lack of polish, and a disregard for the politesse of his art do not endear him to the unthinking. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Save us from a humility that is weakness and give us largeness of life without pride. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z There is a largeness about it, and, at the same time, a perfectly firm grasp on the part of Waida Dikit, the master of the assembly, that produce a grand effect. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z The writer must not only see his characters clearly and draw them with a masterly hand; he must have the largeness of heart that can share in all the turbulent experience of the human spirit. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Something of the philosophic largeness must always guide us; even when, to further the interests of the whole, it is necessary for the special enquirer to bury himself entirely in his part. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Like the sea is our life for its largeness; like the sea in its ebbs and flows. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Whoever is turned from his natural path may, if he will, gain in largeness and depth what he loses in simple beauty; and so it was with Gœthe. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z I could not find her, though there were many ladies in the pavilion who appeared to resemble her in largeness and girth, and in fatness of hand and foot. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Harmonious co-operation between them was at times difficult; but mutual love and largeness of heart prevailed upon the whole. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z His forehead was broad, high, and a little retreating; his countenance conspicuously Swiss, by the largeness of his features, the gravity and benevolence of his expression. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It accounts for the largeness of the rural, as opposed to the urban, population in this Dominion. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z We derive pleasure and profit in very unequal degrees from their statements, in proportion to their candor, clearness of perception, severity of judgment, and largeness of view. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Virgil's movement displays the majesty of grace and serenity; that of Lucretius the majesty of power, and largeness of mind. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But they traveled for three months in Spain, without being noticed except for the largeness of their tips. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The Passerina here figured, distinguished from all the other known species by the largeness of its flowers, is described in the Suppl. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 9 or, Flower-Garden Displayed 2011-12-24T03:08:05.677Z As one warmed with wine has a largeness of spirit that swamps his proper self in its generous delusions, so she, warmed with triumph, was genuine enough in all her protestations. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Theodore Parker is, I gather, her great man; and in her case, as in his, largeness of nature, force and geniality of temperament, take the place of scientific construction and responsible labor. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Neither Buddhists nor Christians seem ever to have studied the laws of nature, or the works of the Supreme, with any largeness of mind or understanding. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I envy you your having known so well so genial a creature as Creighton, with such largeness of endowment. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z A trifle of allowance, and chiefly the largeness of the sum, which was required from us to answer for at once, prevented it; so we did not think proper to mention it again. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z She sang the English words, "Ah, I've sighed to rest me," and not without a certain largeness of effect intensely satisfying to herself. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z I like Whitman because his largeness puts one in tune with Nature in the larger sense. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z On the other hand, there is that largeness and wildness which accord with the spring mood; and there are signs of the coming change even in the greyest weather. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Eight government mules, with all the largeness of ears, friskiness of feet and sweetness of voice, possessed by their race, were assigned to Captain Groome's command. Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 2011-10-16T02:00:16.233Z The ordinary observer can see the largeness, sympathy, inclusiveness, devotion to actual needs. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Twitter is trying to find a business model that matches the largeness of its most recent valuation. Will Facebook's IPO Mark The Beginning Of The End? 2011-10-13T22:54:17Z He thinks much of the weight of business that would lie upon him as tutor and pastor; of his own youth; the largeness of the congregation, and having no prospect of an assistant. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Simple in its complexity, splendid in its largeness of design, grand in its harmony, magnificent in its whole conception, the drama sweeps irresistibly through the whole gamut of human emotion. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z If the only thing of value that I can finally give is myself, the value of that gift depends upon the largeness and richness of the self given. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z The reason for this reticence lay in the smallness, not in the largeness, of my balance. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Power in action requires some largeness and imaginativeness of vision. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The Surrey Summer-Camp for Tired Workers had been planned by the Bishop of Fulham out of the largeness of his heart and the plenitude of his inexperience in such undertakings. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Their vastness did not impress him as the merging-point of the geological record and history, but stirred in him that benevolence which is often aroused by clumsy largeness. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z He obeyed the word of the Lord; and this we must be allowed to call real breadth of mind, true largeness of heart. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Unconsciously the man's trade had imparted certain elements of largeness to his mind. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z And lately, when our troops returned from overseas and marched beneath our plaster arches, Rome itself could not have matched the largeness of our triumph. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z This rolling surface increases the sense of largeness—of width—because it is seldom possible to see the whole of the field at once. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z She spoke in French, but with a curious redundancy and largeness of phrasing unnatural to a language which is an exact science. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z But this she soon answered for herself, with her usual simplicity and largeness of view. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z It bears witness to the Pope’s largeness of mind. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z If there was no effusion there was largeness; in place of tenderness there was disengaged from the formal stately public act a perfect liberty of spirit. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z III Furthermore, we find in the works of female storytellers not only a lack of largeness in topic, but also a lack of strictness in treatment. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Not largeness of size, assuredly, but, we answer, its love and courage. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z A small beast they haue ... we call them flying squirrels, because spreading their legs, and so stretching the largeness of their skins, that they have bin seene to fly 30 or 40 yards. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Divine Spirit is no larger than the human spirit, for neither of them has any largeness at all. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z "The Roman apathy," say some; but others call it a superiority, Roman largeness of outlook, the Roman freedom from what is petty and intolerant. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Andy made some demur at the largeness of the amount, but Mr. Webb was persistent, declared 200 he was simply acting as agent for the lawyers, and Andy had to take the money. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z She felt the largeness of the freedom of it blowing in her face like a brisk, invigorating wind. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Even yet we have not finished the series of successive views which astronomers have had opened to them, extending more and more their spectacle of the fulness and largeness of the universe. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z There are no indications that it will ever fail His children as they move on and out into largeness of life and richness of experience. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Hence we find that from the start his works, unlike those of Tennyson or his contemporaries in general, were characterised by an even extravagant largeness of design. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z And this is a tendency that is fatal to breadth and largeness of impression. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The world was large; he felt its largeness as they rushed from center to center, saw the teeming crowds here, the far-stretching farms and dwellings there. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z And throughout the series there is a largeness and a loftiness of manner which sustain the composition at the height of the poem. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z What is a man or woman but a sperm Accreted into largeness? Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z One need not think oneself capable, weak mortal that one is, of the Saviour's largeness of soul and strength of love. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z The tales of the Decameron were originally recited at Naples; and though Boccaccio was a thorough Tuscan, he borrowed something from the south which gave width, warmth and largeness to his writing. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He whipped about with as much of largeness as he could simulate, rattled his keys as he went back, and even hummed a tune as he climbed the narrow stairs. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z He lacked largeness of perspective and masculine grasp. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The vastness of the earth which they suggested, beneath the immensities of the sky, which leaned upon them, found no responsive largeness in his emotions. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Here is the touch of nature indeed, her largeness and eternity. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z This seemed to pass from his violin-playing into his conducting, in which there is the same sense of largeness and dignity, coupled, however, with the artistic finish which he lacked as a violinist. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z The Bishop's brain turned giddy, and the perspiration started from his temples, but his dignity and his largeness did not desert him. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Far from considering that these diverse intellectual interests hindered the development of his genius, he seems to consider that they rather aided in the evolution of that largeness of mind characteristic of the great genius. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Thus also the largeness of the pelvis, and the approximation of the knees, influence the gait of woman, and render it vacillating and unsteady. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He came to another river of a great current and largeness, which was passed with more trouble, because the horses did swim at the coming out, about a lance's length. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z James I., with all his pedantry, his absurdities, and his stuffed breeches, was not without something of the largeness of mind which culture generally imparts. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Women's thoughts are thus as useful in giving reality to those of thinking men as men's thoughts in giving width and largeness to those of women. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Oh, I don't mean ostensible good, melodramatically contrasted with obvious bad, but the subtle inspiration of real artists—that marvellous flexibility of line and largeness of meaning that fits about every life! She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z You experience a certain largeness of heart, and would like to give everybody a June in London, but reluctantly acknowledge that every one must take the will for the deed. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Old age! how beautiful art thou in the glory of thy spectacles, and the sublime largeness of thy stomach and manner. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z The new subjects compared with the old show some falling off in dramatic stress and intensity of expression, but on the other hand a marked gain in largeness of design and clearness of composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z A man of singular simplicity and largeness of heart, Charles Darwin never really learnt to know his own greatness. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z Paula recalled the strange intensity of her mental life for years, and the largeness of her solitudes. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Afterward we admire the grandeur and largeness of the life that once seemed so narrow and lame. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z At an open window on the eastern side of the convent stood the sleepless one looking out into the largeness of the night like one who is lost in the largeness of her sorrow. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame Late in life he changed his style and gained appreciably in largeness of handling and arrived at greater simplicity in his colour harmonies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The medicine had, in due time, its full ordinary effect; but the degree of its cathartic effect was not in proportion to the largeness of the dose. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Nay, more than a memory—a mood that holds—a certain poise of spirit that comes from a sense of the largeness and sweetness and sufficiency of the whole live, growing world. The Jonathan Papers One reason at least why Christianity is bound to supersede all other religions is because of the supreme largeness of its demands on human character and the supreme inspiration that those demands contain. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z Jane was astounded by the size of the field and the largeness of the hangars which flanked 87the side nearest Cheyenne. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines Virtue was virtue still, though imperfect, and unconsecrated—generosity, largeness of soul, truth,-131- condescension, justice, were never unworthy of the reverence of Christians. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. There was an expanse about its aisles, largeness and breadth in the high-domed roof, that produced a certain dignity, yet without grace and refinement. Glories of Spain And between them were tables of silver, and admirable looking-glasses, both for their largeness and rich frames, the worst of which were of silver. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. Such is the inconceivable greatness and largeness of Love, which will hence appear to thee as great as God above Nature and greater than God in Nature, or as considered in his manifestative glory. Dialogues on the Supersensual Life Of course not,—our only scruple is, the largeness of our party. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) He gained not merely power—he gained that freedom and largeness of mind which the suspicious or the unfaithful miss. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. So Miguella, in largeness of heart gave us hospitality, and our simple collation was so perfect that a king need have wished no better. Glories of Spain Like Luther, Lessing is distinguished by earnestness, ardour, true manliness, fierce hatred of dissimulation, largeness of mind, breadth, and profundity of thought. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise If the provision be made from the resources of local or general taxation the largeness of the fund available will allow practically of an unlimited expansion of the supply of food. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" And largeness seems to be necessary,—never to suffer oneself to see only one charm; but to train oneself to study combinations and understand them. Lafcadio Hearn The larger vases of this period are more rarely signed, but many of them rival the cups in execution, though the subjects are characterized by greater simplicity and largeness of style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" We only doubt their judgment in the exclusiveness of their aim, and the largeness of their implied promises. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The largeness in his manner of relating, is rather an explicit and lucid fulness in representing an interesting subject, than what is properly called diffuseness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 And looking at the pair side by side, her father appeared quite small—her father whom she had long regarded as largeness personified. Carnival There was a largeness of temper and of feeling in the Virginia aristocracy, which seems to be inseparable from people living in a new country, upon the outskirts of civilization. Thomas Jefferson The one is largeness and variety of experience; the other is conquest over difficulties. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The pallor of her clear skin and the largeness of her intensely dark eyes made her face look like a flower on an ivory stalk. Mask of Death Then I was of a largeness of limb in proportion to my lofty stature. The White Shield In a limited sense the world was before her, but the very largeness of the choice made it the more difficult. Lady Cassandra If the largeness of his family demand extraordinary labour and care, these are due from him to it. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend He said that— The largeness of the gathering on that occasion was evidence of the interest taken in this great and important charity. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 I understand Chautauqua is trying to answer that question and to open out fields of thought, to open out energies, a largeness of mind, a culture in the better senses, with the varnish scratched off. The Story of Chautauqua Centralized schools have brought a new largeness of vision in place of the little district knowledge shop. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity Yet, by the largeness of her sympathy and the ardor of her passions, by the abundant inventions of stories, and by the harmonious word-flow, she deserves to be ranked among the greatest writers of France. Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) The largeness of the bay of Chesapeake, I have mentioned already. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts It was a most magnificent building, if we may judge from the traditions the townsmen retain of its largeness and height, and from the spire, which Camden and others, derive the name of the town. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West She carried off with her something that the younger generation of actresses will consistently lack—a certain largeness of style and robustness of art. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. I had become thoroughly acquainted with my uncle’s business, and obtained a knowledge of the largeness of his transactions. The White Chief of the Caffres She finds in his papers, published in the "People's Journal," "the purity of impulse, largeness and steadiness of view, and fineness of discrimination which must belong to a legislator for a Christian commonwealth." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) It depends upon his breadth of mind, his largeness of heart, and the depth to which his character will absorb the best results of his experience. A Man of the World It is to wonder at the rudeness of their speech, the largeness of their mouths, and to speculate in a Christianly way as to just what screw is loose in their mental make-up. Seeds of Pine The old Roman largeness of life was no more, and even the joyousness which had associated itself with some phases of paganism had departed. Roman Women He gathered all that he could command of learning and literary fame, and the city was adequate to the largeness and splendor of its external appearance. Greek Women And besides, it will not reflect much credit on the largeness of your own culture, if you suffer a mere offence against taste and manners to keep you ignorant of your companion's deeper nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The largeness of the operation makes more plain the injustice of the maxim, “All is fair in trade.” Rural Health and Welfare Literature consists of all the books—and they are not so many—where moral truth and human passion are touched with a certain largeness, sanity, and attraction of form. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 Divine grace, it was even argued, can better show its largeness if we afford it an opportunity by the abundance of our sin. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition This largeness of generalization gives him power over the imagination, and is, perhaps the only, certainly the chief source of his power. Artists Past and Present Random Studies By this means we shall be deprived of the benefit arising from the largeness of our loans to the continent, shall lose our ability to satisfy the just demands on the state. Essays on the Constitution of the United States Yea, the passion of you and the power And the largeness are a lure To even the heart of a flower, O sea, with a heart unsure! Sea Poems It says, Hope and aspire, strive for largeness of thought. The Hills and the Vale In all that Stanley wrote one finds a certain largeness and dignity of view. Studies in Contemporary Biography But the admiration of it was, more than any other artist's whatsoever, fastened on largeness of scale. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) "It certainly must have been," she replied, "and yet——" "And yet—" he echoed, enjoying his largeness. John March, Southerner I have noticed a largeness or liberality of measurement in most of their calculations, which redounds greatly, in this calculating age, to the generosity of the sex. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The reception in the spacious rooms of the Palmer House, like all else, was purely Western in its cordiality and largeness. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 This was due not perhaps entirely to natural sweetness of disposition, but rather to self-control 478 and to a certain largeness of soul which would not condescend to anything mean or petty. Studies in Contemporary Biography He had the gentleness of all noble natures, the largeness of mind and heart which could recognise ability and worth in others, and give rivals their due. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years She had lured and fooled him; but she had lured and fooled him into a largeness of purpose, a breadth of being, which without her might never have come to him. John March, Southerner To me especially, it proved exceedingly profitable; geographically speaking, my ideas of the largeness of the world, and the vast number of its people, were wonderfully expanded. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Observe the lack of largeness, freedom and generosity in it. Civilization the Primal Need of the Race The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 The very largeness of the forms about him, whether human, vegetable, or floral, appealed to his bold brush, and I think that critics should take this into consideration before declaring his southern pictures garish. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Largeness of conception and execution, and only so much detail as shall be necessary to the best expression compatible with that largeness. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors And among such false means largeness of scale in the dwelling-house was of course one of the easiest and most direct. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) They passed through the great banking room on the main floor, where, because of the largeness and the decorum of this sanctuary of property, a crowd of patrons seemed to make no disturbance. Clark's Field The largeness and the smallness of the world amaze him; the mystery of life bewilders him; he is confused in the presence of the unknown quantity. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The richness of interest, the startling variety, and the philosophic largeness of view—the tale is simple enough otherwise for a child's enjoyment—are a few of its qualities. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Is it a sense of largeness and space, or a beautiful combination of line in the track of a road, or row of trees, or a river? The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The contact with the sea gives breadth of thought, largeness of life, while those who are enclosed by mountains lead a narrow life, intense in thought and feeling. History of Human Society The two last are hardly to be explained, except by supposing them to be an offshoot of the Renaissance, and called forth by the largeness of literary taste and inquiry excited by that event. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion It had golden doors of 55 cubits altitude, and 16 in breadth: but before these doors there was a veil of equal largeness with the doors. Needlework As Art It is as if someone were scrambling out of a pit into a largeness—a largeness that is attainable by every man just in the measure that he realizes it is there. The Passionate Friends There is no largeness or graciousness about it, no wistful love. The Thread of Gold Mr. Taft, however, since he was always fair and kind, since he possessed largeness of vision and pureness of soul, was big enough for the task. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades It is so easy to despair: and the largeness of a calamity is so ready a shelter for those who p. 12have not heart enough to adventure any opposition to it. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed He used a great knife as if he hoped to make up for the smallness of the supply by the largeness of the implement. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone This was not largeness we were facing now, but smallness. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 His poetry wants largeness, boldness, and breadth of atmosphere. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 "It wouldn't have occurred to me that it was any indication of largeness." The Dominant Strain The largeness, however, of the transaction, does not diminish the injustice of it, although it may soothe the conscience, or partially excuse the conduct of any individual member of the governing class. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed They had the same look of stupid largeness. The Island Mystery We, at least, were normal—this metal barred room, Babs and I. But outside was the abnormality of largeness. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The Padre understood the largeness of heart, the courage which urged him, the singleness of purpose which was always his. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Astronomy and geology work happily together in contributing to largeness of thought. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College They are incomparable: beyond all imagination until we know them; and we receive them and perceive them and enjoy them as we have largeness and capacity to contain them. The Golden Fountain or, The Soul's Love for God. Being some Thoughts and Confessions of One of His Lovers The man, surprised at the largeness of the sum, said, "My lord, I only took you to ——." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. I felt life spreading before me, endowed with a gravity, a largeness of aim, and a dignity of purpose such as I had never dreamed of before. The First Violin A Novel The nocturne was beautiful in its largeness and silence. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real He did not know himself quite what it was, but he felt a largeness of feeling not altogether squared with intellect, or perhaps better yet, experience, which was worthy of any man's desire. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel For at the Marsh life had indeed a certain freedom and largeness. The Rainbow He comes to hasten man's step along that pathway that leads from littleness unto largeness. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character His frame, though slight, is powerful, and his way of handling himself has the freedom and largeness which come from much open-air life. The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts But he acknowledges, that he could never yet precisely determine, by how much the largeness of the Ring was bigger than the Diameter of Saturn's Body. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World It proved her courage, the largeness of her sympathy, her willingness to sacrifice for what she considered a worthy cause. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel That was the noble task of high literature, of art, of music, of the contemplation of nature, that it could give the mind a sense of largeness, of dim and wistful hope, of ultimate possibilities. Beside Still Waters Discerning the largeness of this theme, many question whether right living can be reduced to a science, and, if so, whether it ever can be acquired as an art. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character There was a largeness about the rich man, which Ursula, not used to rich men, gazed at with surprise. Phoebe, Junior It was soon brought unto him; and the largeness and weight of it was such that he that carried it seemed to be well laden. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture But I’m wrong in this, perhaps, for out in the land where you live there is still largeness and the gold-green ache of wonder beyond every sky-line. The Prairie Child To-day the new science explains the difficulty of right living, by the largeness of man's endowment. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character And her sweetness, her largeness of sympathy again overwhelmed him. The Light of the Star A Novel That it was a base action to sell Joanna for any sum of money, however bewildering in largeness, I could not deny. The Belovéd Vagabond It adds further testimony to his indomitable energy, his largeness of view, his financial ability, and the confidence that was felt in him by his fellow-men. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Owing to the largeness of the family his absence had not been noticed. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story And the mission of Jesus Christ is to carry each up from littleness to full-orbed largeness. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character He united the earnest politician with the patient student: a rare combination, which supplies another proof of his largeness of heart and sympathy with his fellow men. Life of Charles Darwin The valley lay in rich idleness, green and gold and fruitful, yielding itself with a maternal largeness to the white fifteenth century château on the hillside. The Belovéd Vagabond The soil was extremely fertile, as was evident from the largeness of the blades of corn, their extraordinary height, and the abundance of the crops. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe If the farms were small, amends was made by the largeness of the farm-house. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge It will show, to those who shall succeed us, to what largeness of enterprise, what patience of purpose, what liberal wisdom, the populations now ruling these associated cities were competent in their time. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 One of the reasons for this prejudice is the largeness of the dose which the Indian doctor invariably supplies. India, Its Life and Thought This race-loving spirit gives it a largeness of view and purpose that saves both its teachers and pupils from being narrow and self-centered. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements The new position they have taken shows, on the contrary, the largeness of their views, the breadth of their sympathy, and the practical good sense which govern their operations. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II There is a tranquil largeness, a kind of infinitude, about such an edifice; it soothes and purifies the spirit, it illuminates the mind. A Little Tour of France The variety of forms, and the largeness of some vessels, overloaded as they were with figures, soon led to want of care in the composition. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life They are much disliked on account of the largeness of their wants. India and the Indians There is no freezing limitation here, but a largeness and munificence of mercy boundless as space, free and open as the expanse of the firmament. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory This square is commendable for its situation and largeness. A Book About Lawyers Day by day she was growing, and knew it; in delicacy of appreciation, in tenderness of feeling, in power of soul to grasp, in largeness of heart to love, in courage to do and suffer. The End of a Coil But it failed because of its largeness, because it had too many elements to deal with. The Critical Period of American History There was this much of largeness in Nigel’s nature that he could not labour a point, or nag, or scold, or bully. Bird of Paradise And if he had not proclaimed this universal offer, by which “the largeness and munificence” of his mercy are made to appear as “boundless as space,” the elect could not have been saved! A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory I rented the house No. 6, Wilson Street, as being, on account of its cheapness and largeness, very suitable. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller In bringing it out of the Satanic kingdom of comedy into the charities of a larger system Shakespeare shows for the first time a real largeness of dramatic instinct. William Shakespeare But these make up in largeness of utterance, in the intensity of their message, what they lack in numbers. The Enjoyment of Art Have not those lines the very wonder and terror and largeness of ancient wars? Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Only to-day I noticed that her feet were large, or at least the shoes she wore lent a suggestion as of largeness. Fibble, D.D. What a picture!—what simplicity of means! what largeness and perfectness of effect!—what knowledge and love of nature! what supreme art!—what modesty and submission! what self-possession!—what plainness, what selectness of speech! Spare Hours Women's thoughts are thus as useful in giving reality to those of thinking men, as men's thoughts in giving width and largeness to those of women. The Subjection of Women The intellectual basis had been lulled to sleep by that hotchpotch of convention and largeness that we call the Victorian Era. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study In the first place, feminine rule is certainly not favorable to anything like largeness of mind or breadth of view. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Minute knowledge is pursued at the expense of largeness of mind, and riches at the expense of comfort and freedom. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Edward Forbes, who bulks largest at present, and deservedly, for largeness was of his essence, was the observer proper. Spare Hours The drawings are marked by a peculiar largeness and simplicity of thought: most of them by deep serenity, passing into melancholy; all by a richness of color, such as he had never before conceived. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing In this space there are no less than four ports, exceeding in goodness, largeness, and security, even the very best of England. The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main A simple analysis of their work in toto will prove that their best pictures are those in which a sentiment has dominated and in which breadth and largeness of effect is strongest. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures The figures of that terrible convulsion did not attract him so much by their range of human passion, by the largeness of the space they filled in a great drama of humanity. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 All this was to have cost millions, but to a man of the largeness of the City Builder this was a detail which was to be reckoned with year by year. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror You will appreciate the largeness of that statement, but I have thought and advised and worked it out. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated The spiritual power and manifoldness and largeness which is the most informing quality of a really cultivated man comes from a certain refinement in him, a gift of knowing by tasting. The Lost Art of Reading If nature's largeness and simplicity contributes to its value, then nature should be consulted when she is large and simple. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures In the light of his burning cabin, and in the shadow of the great peaks, Lee Virginia could not fail of a certain largeness and dignity of mood. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West That lady’s warmth and simplicity, and, above all, the largeness of mind that prevented her from offending or being offended by trifles, had endeared her extremely to the young governess. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Strife and brotherhood with it give a largeness to men which, like all deep qualities of the spirit, can be neither specified nor defined; only felt, and seen in the outcome. A Poor Man's House The largeness and the perfection of them pointed to a struggle in which poor Jinny must have been torn in pieces. The Creators A Comedy But the spirit of intelligence, of largeness of view, of judicious moderation, which is so alien from the theological spirit, can still look for support from the memories of Lambeth. Stray Studies from England and Italy The West of her girlhood seemed heroic in memory; even the quiet account of it to which she had just listened could not conceal its epic largeness of movement. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West The sunny health of nature in them is manifest; its largeness, spontaneity, and manliness; but they have also that which highest intellects appreciate best. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Hence, I believe, the width of these men, their largeness. A Poor Man's House The romance of her history was considered to confer distinction upon the vicinity, and Tom’s affection for her was approved of as a sentiment worthy of the largeness of the Cross-roads nature. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim It is by a spirit the very opposite of theirs—a spirit of conciliation, of largeness of heart, that it has won its power over the Church. Stray Studies from England and Italy It will placate the Left and please the Clerics—it will also consolidate our reputation for liberality and largeness of mind. The Keepers of the King's Peace In this, as in many other instances, Ethan Allen, rebel though he was called, outlaw as he was decreed to be, showed the largeness of his heart. The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys But mechanical ingenuity is not the essence either of painting or architecture, and largeness of dimension does not necessarily involve nobleness of design. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The things we eat, by various juice control The narrowness or largeness of our soul. A Poetical Cook-Book There is a subtle contagion about pleasure, and it is from her that we catch the sense of largeness and liberty and physical enjoyment that gives a new zest to life. Stray Studies from England and Italy With the care of the flocks we find associated poetry, the first notes of higher religious motives, and a largeness of the sympathetic life which is favored by the nature of the occupation. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization With characteristic largeness of feeling he set aside all half-measures or proposals of compromise. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 For here is no question of mere difference in style or in power, none of minuteness or largeness. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Even the fish help to show the largeness of the world, because you think of the deep deepness of the dark sea they come up out of in such rich profusion. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Certainly he had been mistaken in Snorky; no one who would carry a quarrel to such fiendish lengths had the largeness of spirit that he had the right to demand in a chum. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World The great span of the arches and the general largeness of the different parts diminish the apparent size. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Outraged nature took her revenge, and the sequel shows that Overbeck so diverted his vision and narrowed his pictorial range that his art fell short of the largeness of nature and humanity. Overbeck Smaller, therefore, shall it be—because of its very largeness to her. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 We rather object to the equal largeness and importance of all the figures; and perhaps the bodies are too smooth, showing too little of the punishment of flame—they are too quiescent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 The same quantity of matter may be divided into many small wholes or few large wholes; but number negatives largeness, and largeness negatives number. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics It was only the largeness of the sum which made him hesitate. The Man Who Knew Oh! when one contrasts the largeness of God's promises and the miserable contradiction to them which the average Christian life of this generation presents, what can we say? Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Mrs. Fleming spread the table with sewing, and sighed at the largeness of the task which faced her. A harum-scarum schoolgirl He has yet to add to this style the largeness of nature. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Among his clients was a gambling contractor who shaved his architects' fees but made up for that by the largeness of his operations. The House of Toys It was made in such symmetry and largeness that six men-at-arms, lance on thigh, might ride abreast all up to the very top of all the palace. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I This largeness of knowledge, and readiness of resource, render Mr. Darwin the most terrible of antagonists. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin The ruffians of those early days had a largeness in their methods which gives some of them at least a color of interest. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Otherwise he will dwell on insignificant details, lack largeness of movement, and, instead of sweeping forward like a river, spread out aimlessly like a dreary marsh. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism America stirs patriotic sentiment, not by its smallness, but by its largeness and wonderful variety; not by the memories of the past, but by the boundless possibilities of the future. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 The thickness of the earth doth not keep him out, nor the largeness of the heavens contain him. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Almost every variety of English flower, exquisitely coloured, is massed into an enormous bouquet, surprising alike from the largeness of the conception and the minuteness of the execution. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling It is the spiritual quality of Saint Gaudens's work which sets it apart upon a lofty pinnacle—the largeness of the man behind it, the artist mind and the poet heart. American Men of Mind It was a beautiful lesson to me, this largeness of purpose in needlework. The Development of Embroidery in America As he pushed his silk hat back on his head, and registered his name with a more than usual largeness of hand, he remarked: “‘Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.’ Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana No fault in women, to make show Of largeness, when they've nothing so; When, true it is, the outside swells With inward buckram, little else. The Book of Humorous Verse His "Declaration" is ravishingly exquisite, and offers a strange contrast to the "Requiescat," which is a dirge of the utmost largeness and grandeur. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The length of the wave is, you see, dependent on the largeness of the antenna and the capacity, or strength of current, of the Leyden jar. Walter and the Wireless There was something masculine in her disregard for small things and the largeness of her views. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp What had hindered this force from telling as yet fully on national affairs was the breadth and largeness which characterized the temper of the Renascence. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 In southern architecture the roof is of far less importance; but here the soul of domestic building is in the largeness and conspicuousness of the protection against the ponderous snow and driving sleet. Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 This oratorio, while containing much of the floridity and repetition of Händel at his worst, is also marked with the erudition and largeness of Händel at his best. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions But from that same provision of understanding, there springs in us compassion, charity, indignation, the sense of solidarity; and in minds of any largeness an inclination to that indulgence which is next door to affection. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The present sovereign's necessary expenses were likely to increase, the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained, "by reason of the largeness of his family" and the necessity of "settling a household for his royal consort." A History of the Four Georges, Volume I This is one of those great commonplaces which slip out of general reckoning by reason of their very largeness and simplicity. Natural Law in the Spiritual World And a man of remarkable largeness of insight and grasp, and of unusual power of execution. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation When one considers the largeness of the works to which Paine has devoted himself 163 chiefly, he can be excused for the meagreness and comparative unimportance of his smaller works for piano and vocal solo. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Simple and majestic in its vast outlines it was graven into a variety that in its detail also had a largeness of design. The Frontier in American History If, in reading that which expresses the sublime, noble, and grand, the imagination is kindled, the voice will express by its vibrations the largeness of our conception. The Ontario High School Reader We, at least, were normal in this metal barred room, Babs and I. But outside was the abnormality of largeness. Beyond the Vanishing Point I dream of your faces: divinest compassion Would yearn the poor toiler to pity and save; And your largeness of scorn would descend on the fashion Which binds, unresisting, the idler a slave. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 The "Romance," superb in gloom and largeness of treatment, is worthy of the composer of "The Death of Asra." Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions "To new build, erect, and set up the said bull-house and stable ... of that largeness and fitness as shall be sufficient to keep and hold six bulls and three horses." Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Girtin had a partiality for 5 painting in a low tone of colour and frequently on rough cartridge paper, which assisted in giving a largeness of manner to his work. Masters of Water-Colour Painting This was not the largeness we were facing now, but smallness. Beyond the Vanishing Point On large matters he went right by the very largeness of his mind; but in small matters he suffered from the lack of any logical test and ready reckoner. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens It may be, as Mill pointed out, the largeness of thought and vision promoted by habitually working in a spacious and dignified room. Human Traits and their Social Significance To "build two staircases without and adjoining to the said playhouse ... of such largeness and328 height as the staircases of the said playhouse called the Swan." Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration But his largeness of feeling is unmistakable, and this is what finally places him among the masters. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut To Babs and me the ride in the golden cage strapped to Polter's chest as he made his escape outward into largeness was an experience awesome and frightening almost beyond description. Beyond the Vanishing Point Though a man of moderate bodily dimensions, Mr. Kershaw had a largeness of manner which seemed to magnify him far beyond his real proportions. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn And accordingly later on he adds, 'The trumpet blew the old sound three days together, till private houses of indifferent largeness could not contain the voice of it. John Knox The whole crowd were in tip-top spirits and immensely pleased with the freedom and largeness of their newly conquered kingdom. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 I commenced distributing my oranges right and left, but soon realized the smallness of my basket and the largeness of the demand, and sadly passed by all but the worst cases. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience It was the largeness of his manhood which was the secret of this fascination; for to a big nature all resort, feeling that in its neighborhood it is well with them. The Life of St. Paul Herein, again, through these quondam songs we may come to appreciate something of the spirit of the big West — its largeness, its freedom, its wholehearted hospitality, its genuine friendship. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp The largeness of Plutarch's treatises is a great cause of his being neglected, while Longinus and Epictetus, in their pamphlet Remains, are every one's companions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 I have often thought," he remarks in one of his later papers, "that a critic who would attain to largeness of view would be better without any artistic faculty of his own. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 This quality of largeness is not dependent upon number of pages; nor is length absolute as applied to books. The Bibliotaph and Other People I think that he was dazed and a trifle suspicious at these unexpected attentions; he was not used to the largeness of Southern hospitality. The Four Pools Mystery There was epic largeness in the circuit of the plainsman's daring plans. The Eagle's Heart The smallness of the size of a book was always its own commendation; as, on the contrary, the largeness of a book is its own disadvantage, as well as the terror of learning. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 For the second time in Arizona her soul was lifted suddenly out of itself and its dismay by a vision of the things that God has made and the largeness of it all. A Voice in the Wilderness There was an Olympian largeness and serenity about him. The Bibliotaph and Other People These Macedonians did more than Paul had hoped, and the explanation of the unexpected largeness of their contributions was their yielding of themselves to Jesus. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. At its best, accompanying a cattle train is not epic in its largeness. The Eagle's Heart We insist that, on the contrary, it is indubitably genuine; reasoning from the antiquity, the variety, the respectability, the largeness, or rather, the general unanimity of its attestation. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels But here, where I have brought you, you shall see humanity undwarfed, and you shall see peace and largeness in the life which you once thought small and sordid.” The Singing Mouse Stories The feature which attracted immediate attention was the superior cracking quality, due to the largeness and openness of its kernel chambers. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 For Rome as Rome the very smallness of the civic origin was a warrant for the largeness of the civic experiment. A Short History of England Her cantatas show unusual breadth of style, and their largeness of spirit wins them great favour. Woman's Work in Music Then again, passionately, insistently, and tempestuously she sang, "That I may know the largeness of God's love, teach me the fullness of thine own!" The Secret of the Storm Country In the first place, the shot must have been fired at very close range—very close indeed, considering the smallness of the revolver and the largeness of the burnt hole. The Hand in the Dark Canada is just beginning to realise the largeness of her mineral resources. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) "The Story of Dora" is too general, and conveys an idea of largeness and time that is better suited to the novel than to the short story; "Innocence Triumphant" is cheap, sensational and trite. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story Life may be measured by its breadth as well as by its length: by the number of its intellectual points of contact with humanity, by the width of its sympathies, the largeness of its hopes. Strong Souls A Sermon "That I may know the largeness of God's love, teach me the fullness of thine own," she thrilled forth. The Secret of the Storm Country The character of the music is ease and largeness: as the shepherd lived, so God Almighty walked on the wind. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 What we need, in education, is some sense of far horizons and beautiful prospects, some consciousness of the largeness and mystery and wonder of life. Joyous Gard In this, of course, he has given the best possible evidence of his largeness of mind and his capacity for making advance in knowledge. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Everything wasn't provided, by any means, but in the largeness of her convictions woman sometimes drifts to breadth of statement. Under Fire If there comes a tangle in the traffic it is then especially that you will hear a largeness of speech as of spacious and heroic days. Journeys to Bagdad Its very largeness compels an adherence to truth and fact. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money For the elements that make for the originality of style of "Petruchka" and the other of Strawinsky's representative compositions, in this work attain a signal largeness and powerfulness. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers "Awe, give the feller a drink," said boys in blue, in the largeness of their nature and the language of the ranks. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila It is little wonder, therefore, that the newspapers of that period felt that only largeness of type and profusion of exclamation points could suitably record such a success. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters There are many other qualities to desire, and to desire even more; but if we give them also the liking we truly owe them it is right for us to like largeness. The Amateur Garden Hugh thought her insight surprising, while she enjoyed the spiritual largeness she fancied she saw in his immobile features. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi There is always a largeness and gravity and chastity in his gesture. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Pollyooly hesitated; she was still taken aback by the young man's lack of the formidable largeness Flossie had led her to expect; and she was, besides, a very truthful child. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Let them not “consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle” that carries the measure of grace that God poureth forth in this age. The Advent of Divine Justice Certainly it is better to like largeness even for itself, rather than smallness for itself. The Amateur Garden Yet the largeness with which the colt's eyes stared through and beyond him was significant to all. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi In the adagio, a bleak lament struggles upwards, seems to push through some vast inert mass, to pierce to a momentary height and largeness, and then sinks, broken. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers The provisions which he made, show such largeness of thought as qualified him for being a legislator; and they were commonly calculated as well for the future as the present happiness of his kingdom. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John It was so felt to be by the prime actors in it, though with greatly varying largeness of survey and depth of insight. Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover Open the mouth well and be sure that the vowel sounds are delivered as in the previous exercises; this will insure largeness with proper resonance. Resonance in Singing and Speaking MANUFACTURER: They like large beans, partly because largeness suggests fineness, and partly because with large beans the percentage of shell is less. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer What is wanting to him who looks for more than what farce may do is the largeness of utterance that will make a "reading of life" memorable. Irish Plays and Playwrights Certainly Mrs. Dargan brings this largeness of thought to her subject. The Last Harvest One value of this largeness was its ability to hold at a distance upon wall or altar. A Text-Book of the History of Painting "No. Those clothes were built with an eye to largeness of movement which scarcely insured shape or draping, even upon me." Then I'll Come Back to You She makes me think of the Venus de Milo; there's such a largeness and calmness and smoothness of surface about her. The Prairie Wife The sweep of the Seine no longer existed for his generation, and largeness of all kinds was hidden under the dust and rubble of decay. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance Let me return to Poe: what largeness of thought did he bring to his subjects? The Last Harvest Though of diminutive scale his work has the largeness of view characteristic of genius, and the skilled technic of a thorough craftsman. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Therefore, and because of the other's condescending largeness, his reply was cold. Winner Take All And then I think her largeness oppresses Terry, for no man, whether he's been a soldier or not, likes to be overtopped by a woman. The Prairie Wife Yet this man did not in his personality convey that largeness which was his principal mark. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance What largeness of thought Tennyson brings to all his themes! The Last Harvest There is not that largeness which seemed native to his Italian contemporaries. A Text-Book of the History of Painting And this largeness was his second bad mistake. Winner Take All He praised the generosity of his sentiments and the largeness of his sympathies. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Ronsard led and was chief, because he had the firm largeness, the laughter and the permanence which are the marks of those who determine the fortunes of the French in letters or in arms. Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance Lafcadio Hearn spoke with deep truth when he said that "the measure of a poet is the largeness of thought which he can bring to any subject, however trifling." The Last Harvest He had an uncommon largeness and breadth of vision, all the more notable then, as America was, in many respects, outside the greater world of Europe. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis There is an expression in Meredith's book which struck me immensely: "the largeness of the evening earth." Gilbert Keith Chesterton If it is not also a steadied thinking and a cleared seeing, it is at least a mental and moral convalescence that one gets—out of the landscape, out of its largeness, sweetness and reality. The Hills of Hingham Let that which must be expressed of the rest be merged, syncopated in the largeness of the modulation. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art Of the excellence and largeness of the disposition of the one, and the meanness and littleness of the other, it is not necessary that I should here say much. Thackeray The inhabitants have curled hair and dusky complexions, and regard more the delicacy than the largeness and number of their dishes. Ideal Commonwealths Nevertheless, the real profit of all learning is in the largeness of the understanding which it develops in man. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography I never feel the largeness of the sky there, nor the wideness of the world, nor the loveliness of night, nor the fearful majesty of such a winter storm. The Hills of Hingham They may yet have to learn, through the experience of their Southern friends, that 'The ample proposition, that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below, Fails in the promised largeness.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 We find a sort of irregular, rugged, purse-like object, varying in size from the largeness of a pea to that of a cherry. Social Life in the Insect World Scott needed a certain largeness of type, a strongly-marked class-life, and, where it was possible, a free, out-of-doors life, for his delineations. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) From the time he reached Barbizon there came into his work a largeness, a majesty and an elevation that is unique in the history of art. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters But there is a largeness to the quality of country life, a freshness and splendor as constant as the horizon and a very part of it. The Hills of Hingham He was surely countrybred, for there was a largeness in his expression as well as his bearing that spoke distinctly of broad vistas and exercise. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 When it flowers in perfection, which it is not apt to do in all places, the largeness of its blossoms renders it one of the most ornamental of the genus. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed The largeness of his interests and the versatility of his intellectual powers give him a unique eminence among American authors. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. Mary's mind had a largeness of vision, the ability to rise above the lesser things in order to reach the greater, which seemed super-feminine. Contrary Mary It was white, soft like ripe fruit, of an elastic consistency, and of the largeness of a pea. The Black Douglas There was money enough not to wear out life in petty economies, and largeness of soul enough not to put the length of a bank account against the beauties and refinements of life. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 Largeness was manliness—largeness of thinking and largeness of living. Bella Donna A Novel The freedom and largeness of opportunity is a stimulus to all strong minds. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It has the largeness and amplitude of a castle, and the plainness of decent poverty. None Other Gods The model is exactly the same, and they only differ in largeness and richness of materials. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe He wondered what constituted largeness in a comedy. The Parts Men Play He combined largeness of style, truth of accent, florid embellishment, and solidity. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens Miel claims that in largeness of design and complication of detail, sublimity of conception and dramatic intensity, two works only of its class approach it, Beethoven's Mass in D and Niedermeyer's Mass in D minor. Great Italian and French Composers These works, from their largeness and dignity of form, as also from their depth of musical science, have been to all succeeding composers an art-armory, whence they have derived and furbished their brightest weapons. The Great German Composers It made him blush and have a slight return of the largeness of hands; but he said it. The Quickening It is a great tribute to French "catholicity of mind and largeness of temper" that Carpeaux's "La Danse" remains in its position on the façade of the Grand Opéra. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture She was thoroughly dramatic; her movements and gestures were singularly noble, and her attitudes on the stage had classical breadth and largeness, without the least constraint. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens M�hul's musical conceptions, which culminated in the opera of "Joseph," were characterized by a stir, a vigor, and largeness of dramatic movement, which came close to the familiar life of that remarkable period. Great Italian and French Composers We find in this composer's music, therefore, a largeness and dignity of treatment which have never been surpassed. The Great German Composers The kindly Gordon nature was intact, or he hoped it was, but the neighbor-love, which was his father's rule of life, seemed not to have come down to him in its largeness. The Quickening The weather being very warm the closet window was left open, as well as the windows and the door of my bigger box, in which I usually lived, because of its largeness and conveniency. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World Now Madam Liberality's godmother, from the very largeness of her possessions, was obliged to leave the care of them to others, in such matters as food, dress, the gardens, the stables, etc. A Great Emergency and Other Tales It is life in its largeness, its variety, its complexity, which surrounds us in the "Canterbury Tales." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Let none, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh The proof of this largeness, and of the keenness of his mental and moral vision, is that, in regard to some of the chief concerns of mankind, he was a seer and a fore-seer. Four American Leaders Whereupon seven monsters, like himself, came towards him with reaping-hooks in their hands, each hook about the largeness of six scythes. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World I got a sense of the largeness and richness of life from him. Books and Culture Every act of the new administration reflects the boldness and largeness of his spirit. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Even to us it seems a natural part of the divine cloud that envelops the drama, in no way obscuring human passion, but rather giving to human passion an unwonted largeness and universality. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Find that expression, whether in face or figure, render it clearly, "with largeness and simplicity," and you have a great, a grave, a classic work of art. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects A noble chivalrous head, and that largeness of the political morale which I find nowhere among statesmen, except in the head of the French Government. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II That Van had attached them to himself in a largeness of heart by no means warranted by their worth was a conviction at which anyone must promptly arrive. The Furnace of Gold It came from at large, with the power of largeness. Foes Everything was original—the disposition of the windows, the air of space and largeness. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Widely as we differ from him, we cheerfully bear witness to the largeness of his views, the clearness of his reasoning, and the value of his speculations as contributing to intellectual progress. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library They have gained that largeness of vision and of page 17 understanding which perceives the pettiness of everyday affairs and which disregards them for greater things. American Men of Action He is without sentiment; he believes in largeness, grandeur, splendour, and sincerity; and he has known the gods for three thousand years. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition There resulted, not the divine novelty and largeness of that one moment, but a kind of dim and bare desert waste of wide extent. Foes As a matter of fact, the excitement which the delight of the eye had produced in him was a perfectly wholesome feeling, but the largeness of heart it gave him at that moment was unfortunate. What Necessity Knows These, and the every-day knowledge which the agriculturist gains by experience respecting the management of plants and animals, constitute his stock of biological facts; on the largeness of which greatly depends his success. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library With these appeals for trifling allowance,—leaving the larger need to the obvious accounting for in a largeness of subject which no slight fiction can adequately handle,—I give you leave to turn the page. The Other Girls It is a true and sincere art this realistic, unimpassioned, impersonal work of Ghirlandajo's, and in its result, for us at any rate, it has a certain largeness and splendour. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition A study of the discourses of effective orators discloses the fact that they have a fondness for words signifying power, largeness, speed, action, color, light, and all their opposites. The Art of Public Speaking This man Cooper, had such wonderful largeness of style, of execution too, even in his highest finished small oil pictures—such as in this of Andrew Marvell. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 His own interest in Falkland as the martyr of Sweetness and Light, of lucidity of mind and largeness of temper, was most natural, and its sources most obvious. Matthew Arnold The same largeness of mind characterises all the eloquent friends of the human race. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions A villager was once struck with the largeness of a pumpkin and the thinness of the stem upon which it grew. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney Suppose you or I can attain a judicial largeness of view, is it any compensation for that intense glow of the sympathies as they crowd into one specious channel? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 They do but repeat the promise and obscurity of Nature, for she herself has the same largeness, is such another raptus, proceeding to no end, but to a circle or complexity of ends. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 "Such largeness of mind I never heard tell about in a woman," answered Jonas. The Torch and Other Tales The largeness of his nose, tilted a little to one side, gave sculptural strength to his face. Children of the Market Place That largeness of mental vision, which, while it can comprehend the vast, is too keen to overlook the little, is especially to be cultivated by women. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends If undertaken with largeness of spirit, it would become the capital of the world. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 That man who steals food mixed with sesame cakes has in his next birth to assume the form of a mouse large or small according to the largeness or smallness of the quantity stolen. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Yea, and strange largeness in this power of love For men too much limited! Emblems Of Love She must have the luxuries of consciousness; she must tread the roomy spaces of reflection and be soothed in their largeness. A Cathedral Singer He attended the court again; his negotiations were resumed, but were again broken off on the ground of the largeness of the conditions which he asked for. The Life of Columbus You muddled our whole system of transportation; your muddle stands to-day in all its ruinous largeness unamended, and, it may be, beyond amendment. The Open Secret of Ireland In this undertaking Mr. Mill followed the noble precedent of Locke, with greater largeness of view and perfection of work. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors Henry gazed at him in amazement, and yet he felt a certain respect for the scope and largeness of the man's plan, repellent though the plan was to him. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi And, not being the most modest of stout and hearty doctors, he was always willing himself to testify to the largeness of his personality. Tell England A Study in a Generation The scenes were splendidly mounted, and something of a princely grandeur—the largeness of a noble train of life—was added to the drama by the vast proportions of the theatre. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series His largeness of views and generosity of spirit were such that he seemed incapable of personal resentment. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield They conducted me to their encampment; and there having opened my bag, they were surprised at the largeness of my diamonds, and confessed that they had never seen any of such size and perfection. Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know As a violinist he plays with largeness of style, boldness of contrast, and exquisite grace. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday The effect it gives of simple largeness,—a largeness uncomprehended before,—may be fairly called overpowering. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees It is the very largeness and vividness of the sphere of simple feeling which makes its symbolical counterpart in sound so seeming vague. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series It was, after all, a very small world as to its actual dimensions, but to the brother it had the largeness of opportunity, and to Stella it seemed infinitely complex. Different Girls Smith thought of freedom in the terms most suitable to his generation and stated them with a largeness of view which remains impressive even at a century's distance. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology A marvellous story," was the great man's verdict; "singularly different from 'The Diamond Gate,' only resembling it in its largeness of conception and the perfection of its kind. 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