| 单词 | leanness |
| 例句 | He was still sleeping quietly, but Sam was now struck most by the leanness of his face and hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But lately, the leanness of his youth was deserting him at an accelerated pace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was tall and lean, but in the leanness there was strength. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Originally produced in the 1980s, this version drew notice for its leanness — four actors portrayed as many as 20 roles. 2010-02-16T22:09:00Z The leanness of baby back ribs makes them less conducive to long, slow braises or smokes than our other rib choices, because they don't have a layer of fat to protect them from drying out. Summer is all about pork ribs — here are 5 seriously delicious recipes 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z With seven weeks to play with, I was never going to end up a bodybuilder, but I’d attained a leanness I hadn’t considered possible, remapped the frontiers of my own endurance, and shed 2st. Body transformation: from ‘dad bod to rad bod’ in just seven weeks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “There’s no big set piece and I think that kind of leanness served it well,” Ms. Negga said. Four Actresses Everyone Will Be Talking About This Fall 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Beef quality is judged by the cattle’s fat marbling and leanness. Japan picks 'Wagyu Olympics' winner amid growing demand for luxury beef 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z But one drug used in 45 percent of US pigs since 1999 to promote leanness is especially worrisome. 6 reasons to fear the pork you eat 2013-06-10T19:00:00Z Beef quality is judged by the cattle’s fat marbling and leanness. Japan picks 'Wagyu Olympics' winner amid growing demand for luxury beef 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z This is countered by the leanness of the unadorned, non-vibrato line. Violist taking classical music out of the concert hall 2012-08-16T20:59:10Z Now leanness and flexibility are prized, and nobody is spared. How the ‘Temp’ Economy Became the New Normal 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z And that leanness also made for a lighter colored product. Fake news and the “other white meat”: How pork became poultry, and why it matters 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z This change of heart in our heroine suffers most from the leanness of the script. 'Far from the Madding Crowd' a bare-bones stab at love, desire 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Another way to cope with the leanness is to treat it as filet mignon. Putting the Tender in Pork Tenderloin 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Even her shape is serpentine: her leanness is clothed in clinging gowns and her hair puffed out at both sides to give her head that triangular look that fashionable adders favour. Women Beware Women; Bingo 2010-05-01T23:11:00Z Sentence by sentence, the book blends the leanness of a taut thriller with the marbled fatness of Elizabethan prose. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Because of its leanness, it is best cooked slowly at a moderately low temperature. How to make the most of a roast: Give it an Italian accent 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z “There’s this leanness to the way our family cooks,” says Chen. A Soup That Tastes Like Being Home for the Holidays 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z But rendering the work with the textural clarity and leanness necessary to illuminate Haydn’s many nuances would have been a miracle under such reverberant circumstances and, inevitably, most details were lost. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Visits Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2010-06-01T23:41:00Z “The look of leanness that they reach is inhuman,” Pla said, “and completely unsustainable.” What bodybuilders do to their bodies — and brains Like Cash’s life, there’s a rawness and a poetic leanness to Rendon’s prose. ‘Sinister Graves’ review: A gripping look at missing, murdered Indigenous women 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Katz, a spry man whose leanness and perfectly bald head lend him an aura of debonair elegance, greets me without introduction or preamble. Alex Katz Is Still Perfecting His Craft 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z It is a drug added to animal feed to promote leanness, increase food efficiency and promote weight gain in pigs, cattle and turkeys. Opinion | This pork additive is harmful to pigs — and humans 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z President Tsai Ing-wen announced last month that the government would from Jan. 1 allow in U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhances leanness, and U.S. beef more than 30 months old. Taiwan opposition pushes pork referendum, could threaten U.S. trade deal 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z In Siberia, you’ll find people who are stroganina connoisseurs, critiquing the mustiness of frozen whitefish from smaller lakes or praising the clean leanness of the catch from the Gulf of Ob. Arctic Dining: Think Frozen Sashimi, With a Side of Reindeer Blood 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Specific genetic differences that predispose to obesity or leanness are then propagated by natural selection depending on whether starvation or predation was the greater risk. Obesity Is in the Genes 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z A smear of softened butter added before cooking also helped counteract the leanness and mildness of this cut with a minimum of fuss. To cook a center-cut tenderloin, we use a reverse-sear 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z And so began a years-long process of handing their screenplay back and forth, paring down to invoke the spare, literary leanness of the source material. Carey Mulligan, unguarded, in 'Wildlife' - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z “Bittersweet is my middle name,” says Roussève, a genial man with a dancer’s leanness and a fondness for tangents. Choreographer David Roussève shines a light on Duke Ellington's unsung arranger Billy Strayhorn at a REDCAT premiere - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The leanness — some say stinginess — of the current Medicaid program partly accounts for Virginia’s reluctance to expand. Virginia General Assembly approves Medicaid expansion to 400,000 low-income residents 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z First, you opt for either the crispy fat of streaky or the leanness of back. Yes, bacon really is killing us 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Height and leanness were appealing attributes, too, but strength played an outsize role in the ratings of a man's torso, per a report published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Women rate the strongest men as the most attractive, study finds 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z She lost about as much weight while gaining leanness, strength, and a steadier stream of energy. Want to Lose Weight? You Should Stop Counting Calories 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It also reduces body weight, another attraction in a sport in which top riders obsess over leanness. Team Sky Tried to Rise Above Doping and Landed in an Ethics Quagmire 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He is not fat, but the job stands between him and leanness: he can’t turn down food. Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, leanness of players declined, they report in the European Journal of Sports Science. Elite tennis players have 'beefed up' - BBC News 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He has worked in the league for 18 years and is built in the Hochuli mold, which is something you notice in a sport quilled with length and sculpted leanness. Why ‘Self-Identifying’ Is Different From Coming Out 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Calorie counting doesn’t correlate with character, and leanness isn’t a proxy for leadership. Jeb Bush's Diet Tells Us Nothing About His Leadership Potential 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z With that leanness, the new company is expected to invest in sprucing up its healthful image. Heinz to acquire Kraft Foods in mega-merger 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z They also found that the presence of a specific type of bacteria was most influenced by genetics, and that type strongly correlated with leanness. 5 Non-Diet Factors That Can Affect Your Weight 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z As paparazzi pictures of him "happy and shirtless" in Ibiza had shown, he is not a man plagued by body fat, and that otherworldly leanness always appears to extend to his state of mind. Super Novak: the world according to Djokovic 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "However such activity is negatively associated with leanness, suggesting that such activity may not be sufficient to provide all of the benefits normally associated with meeting the physical activity guidelines." Housework 'not strenuous enough' 2013-10-18T02:59:21Z “This finding suggests that, in addition to a ‘thin ideal’ and focus on leanness, muscularity is an important component of body satisfaction for both genders,” the authors write. Muscle Madness: More Teens Bulk Up 2012-11-20T12:15:00Z But if you had to go off one, it looks like it’s more important to maintain your fitness than your leanness. More Data Suggests Fitness Matters More Than Weight 2012-09-17T17:31:01Z Taiwan will allow up to 10 parts per billion of ractopamine, a feed additive that is used to promote leanness in livestock. Taiwan May Lift Ban on Some U.S. Beef 2012-07-25T11:23:16Z There is fullness of meat and drink, and much leanness of soul. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z “He gave him his request, but sent leanness to his soul.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z He was short in stature, and the bony strength of his limbs, joined to great leanness, gave his person an angular appearance. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z His peculiar aspect, his stature and leanness and black garb, which never failed to impress strangers, took the intruder somewhat aback. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z He was a tall, lean creature who attracted attention by his unusual height and leanness. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z The larger richness and variety of language in a fruitful author is a positive advantage as compared with the leanness and dulness of many a smoothly graded reading lesson. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Or perhaps lean is a more expressive word to describe Mr. Hickox, for he gave no impression of ill-health, or emaciation, but rather the leanness of muscular strength. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z If obesity has been the subject of ungenerous jokes, leanness has not passed unnoticed. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The operation is done in haste, and therefore the meat looks bad; but it is well tasted, excellent food, and although never fat, yields abundance of gravy, which compensates for its leanness. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Who knows any thing authentic of the leanness of “Job’s turkey,” who has so many followers in the ranks of humanity? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Grace noticed the hollowness of his quiet face and the leanness of his hard, scarred hands, and her heart grew soft towards him. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Looking up, they saw the unkempt figure of a young man, short of stature and showing a hungry leanness about the neck and face. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z If embonpoint is generally a sign of good-humour and a cheerful disposition, leanness frequently betokens a sour, crabbed, and ill-natured character. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Now this was laughable; for whatever defects Mr. Ellmer's appearance might have, the leanness of starvation was not one of them. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z The leanness of my purse is my excuse for the subterfuge, which I subsequently regretted, as will be seen further on. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z Several ladies expressed their disappointment at the "insufficient leanness" of the Poet's figure, whereupon his Business Manager explained that he belonged to the fleshy school. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The first thing which strikes a person on viewing the carcass of a sheep which has died of rot, is its leanness. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z But the Hermes, strong without excessive muscular development, and graceful without leanness, is a model of physical formation, and his face expresses the perfection of health, natural endowment and sweet nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Tombs of ancient abbots we also find, and one recumbent carving of a starved and shrunken figure, whose leanness attests some ascetic period not famous in sculpture. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z There is, of course, a certain kind of leanness which is the result of ill health. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Just thus: "He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls." Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z He was nearly six feet tall, and perfectly straight; well proportioned, with no tendency either to leanness or obesity. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The girl noticed the leanness of his hands and the broken nails, and then glanced covertly at his face. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In some places even these are wanting, and the stricken soul, looking over the diary, cries out, "O, my leanness!" or words to that effect. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z That is not the kind of leanness that I mean, but the active, wiry leanness, which sometimes lives a hundred years. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z He had grown lean, sallow, dark, but in that leanness he seemed a still greater giant. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The former’s disinterested devotion to scholarship has passed into a proverb: “gladly would he learn, and gladly teach”—an ideal which then, as always, went too often hand in hand with leanness and poverty. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Is not the lack of this the explanation of much leanness of soul, from which knowledge alone is not able to lift us up? The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z They are answered that the excessive leanness of the extremities among those nations which subsist principally on vegetable diet, or whose alimentation is imperfect, is not at all surprising; and this reply is certainly valid. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z He is a bulging person, so stuffed, even in his dress, with the ideas of others that his own leanness is concealed. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z First of all, it was the figure of a man of such stature that his head was as high as a wall, and his extreme leanness made him appear taller still. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The pattern grows simultaneously with the finger, and its proportions vary with its fatness, leanness, usage, gouty deformation, or age. Finger Prints 2011-08-07T02:00:07.827Z His unusual height did not in the remotest degree harmonise with a remarkable leanness that served as a foil to an enormous humped back. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z He was slim, but with the leanness of perfect training and condition. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The inevitable result was, that the heart closed up, the Spirit was grieved, and dryness and leanness were the result. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z You hear people say, “Oh, my leanness! how lean I am!” Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z Notwithstanding the blue travelling dress he wore, his rank was distinguishable by the black calotte that concealed his tonsure; and, notwithstanding his leanness, he appeared accustomed to better and richer fare. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Whether this was on account of the paucity of that article, or the general leanness of his condition, it is not necessary to say. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Look at the famous beauties of any age, and everything in the picture or statue points to this same firmness and symmetry of make, this freedom from either leanness or flabbiness. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z And then He sent leanness into their soul. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z My friends, it is not their leanness, it is their laziness. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z This attack on our untiger-like Shakespeare turns poor Greene into an enraged wasp, peevish and mortified at the Shakespearian hand which had often larded his leanness, or scarified his tumidities. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Both had the same flash of the eyes, the same earthy coloured face, the same tallness, leanness, and everything. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z We must have jewels and gold to hide our squalor and our leanness. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z If it be true that leanness has been sent into the soul of this nation, if we have not walked humbly with God, what can be done? The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The stature of the monk was exceedingly tall, and of a great leanness, as I could see where the belt of brown leather clasped the white gown about the middle. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z Modern simplicity must show the spareness of asceticism, not the leanness of an�mia. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z "Give me thy hand, stranger," said she, stretching her arm out of the window, which as the sleeve fell back, could be seen in all its skinny leanness. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Neither their representations nor their offers begat any thing more than sarcasms on their leanness and poverty, and the intended removal took place in 1694-5. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z God sent leanness into the soul of His people. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Extreme leanness comes from want of proper food, either in youth or old age. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z The sickly and bilious complexion of the Corsican general brought out remarkably the leanness of his countenance, which was furthermore strongly accentuated by its frame of straight black hair. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z There in 1645 Andrew Marvell met him, and described his leanness and his rage for versifying in a witty satire, “Flecknoe, an English Priest at Rome.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z These lines vary under different circumstances; much enbonpoint producing round lines, and leanness or old age producing straight ones. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z William Saint had got his desire and leanness of soul withal. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Divested of his fur coat, his evening dress accentuated the leanness of his figure, as it does accentuate either one tendency or the other. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z In this country, at this time, steadiness of exercise signals sturdiness of temperament, and physical leanness connotes mental toughness. The Ripped and the Righteous 2011-01-30T04:30:22Z His vessel was wrecked, and he fell into the hands of cannibals; but he was saved by his leanness, and by the opportune invasion of a neighbouring tribe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z A French writer indeed says: “Most of our fashionables are extremely slender; they have constituted this an essential to beauty; leanness is in France necessary to the air élégant.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In the text you will note that God gave His people their desire; and then He sent leanness into their souls. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The old man who came shuffling slowly down the path was gaunt with the leanness of want, and unkempt with the squalor of the hopelessly pauperized. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z All about are great elms and chestnut trees, and the whole countryside is rich in the beauty that Moore delighted in—"sunniness and leanness," to quote his own happy phrase. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z He looks lean, but perhaps there is desperation in his leanness. The Ashes 2010: Australia's Ricky Ponting fit to fight for his legacy 2010-11-23T22:01:00Z They emphasized workouts to build strength and promote leanness. Sandoval, the Giants? Panda, Plays His Way to the Bench 2010-10-16T17:50:00Z Next Sunday, he took for his text the verse out of the hundredth-and-sixth Psalm: "And He gave them their desire; but withal He sent leanness into their soul." The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Anthony was as lean as ever, although it was the leanness of muscular strength, not weakness; his skin was dark and clear and his hazel eyes gazed at one frankly, almost too directly. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas The new-comers, who had wept to see the founders' leanness and scanty clothing, were glad to help as they could, and consoled their much tried spirits in the reunited and new families. William Bradford of Plymouth A great fortune—is it not?—after all these seasons of leanness! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel In a few minutes the statistician returned, bringing with him a tall, cadaverous man, whose leanness was heightened by a long chin beard, which descended upon his chest to the middle button of his coat. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Fancy Broomfield, before she married, had asked her master to explain "leanness of soul." The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z This, we were assured, if boiled into a soup, was an infallible remedy for leanness. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 It is written that once the children of Israel cried for flesh, and "God gave them flesh, but sent leanness into their souls." Misread Passage of Scriptures The peasants, barely clad, whether slaves outright or only colonists, whose leanness told of their trials, arrived carrying on their shoulders or pushing in carts provisions and products of all sorts. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess Then, critically surveying Mrs. Bindle's manifest leanness, "Not as you an' me together 'ud make much of a flicker in 'ell." Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Though he was slight in frame with a spare, almost ascetic leanness, he had the wiry strength and endurance of the man whose youth had been passed upon the water. The Indian Drum And he gave them their request; But sent leanness into their soul. The Bible Story The Pritchett children got their extreme height 67 from Cyrus–and their leanness. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Fat persons are not always great eaters, though many of them are, while leanness and inordinate appetite are not infrequently associated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The only stigma of time on her face was a certain sharpness of outline and leanness of throat. Ancestors A Novel Also the very leanness of his limbs set off the pureness of their symmetry. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He does not know the leanness in which his mind is kept by want of the food which he rejects. Why do we need a public library? Material for a library campaign To be healthy, strong or plump was thought to be the height of vulgarity, and refinement was held to be inseparable from leanness and consumption. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years These are the sicknesses which the great devil causes by living among the tombs: chin-cough, itching of the body, disorders in the bowels; windy complaints, dropsy, leanness of the body, weakness and consumptions. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies But the east held uncounted millions whom state oppression or economic leanness urged forth. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Her figure was full, for all the leanness, and ample. The Happy Man Certain bodily shapes indicate predispositions to fatness, leanness, boniness, muscularity and nervousness, and this predisposition is so much a part of the warp and woof of the individual that he can not disguise it. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Though his face was wizen, the leanness of his body had no appearance of weakness, but rather every sign of strength. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Observe: Here is Monsieur Peloux—to whose trifling leanness and aristocratic baldness the thoughtful give no attention—easily a notary in the very first rank. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Its young men have the leanness of outline that comes from an authentic American tailor. Westward with the Prince of Wales His face was thin, browned and weathered, his body sinewy, its leanness aggravated by its length. The Duke Of Chimney Butte Slender to the verge of leanness, and smooth-shaven. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays He dwelt on that; he mentioned the leanness of their bodies and described at length the stores of food that were awaiting for them in the reservation warehouse. When the West Was Young A large number of his men were mounted on shoeless horses, whose leanness showed that they had made many a long march through and from Virginia. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry But the page, seeing the leanness of the knight's steed, said he preferred to walk, though he was glad to accept the invitation for supper. The Story of Don Quixote You find it hard enough to grow, if one may judge from the constant wails about "leanness," and yet you are surrounded by every possible help to growth. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India He looked rather stern and worn, and his soft grey tweed showed the leanness of his figure, but his expression and bearing indicated force of will. Blake's Burden With less breadth of shoulder and heaviness of trunk, they had great depth of chest, great muscular development in arm and leg, and a leanness of flank that gave them a look of breed. In the Morning of Time He was a magnificent creature, this Tiedor, tall and straight in his muscular leanness and with wide-set gray eyes in the face of a Greek god. The Copper-Clad World When they saw him, and observed his pallor and leanness, they began to weep and beat their breasts, and curse all books of chivalry. The Story of Don Quixote At the same time, he felt dull and deserted; he knew what it was to have his desire, and leanness in his soul. Frances Kane's Fortune He was tall, slight, sinewy as a Bedouin, his age uncertain, since his dry leanness and the dash of silver at his temples might be the effect of burning desert suns. The Invader A Novel Had he been hating him all this time—bringing leanness to his own soul, and darkness, and all the evil that hatred must ever bring? David Fleming's Forgiveness Her chin was soft, but without a dimple, and her jaws had a clean, boyish leanness. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Thus, the padre liked Courtlandt’s voice, his engaging smile, his frank unwavering eyes; and he liked the leanness about the jaws, which was indicative of strength of character. The Place of Honeymoons He also wore a girdle round his body, which rendered his leanness still more striking. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Our larders are reduced to leanness, Jew harpies and unclean creatures our purveyors; in our basket is no bread. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. What was more to the purpose at this hour of leanness, he ordered paid by the crown a bill of seven hundred pounds, which covered their expense. The Tapestry Book His features were clean-cut, bronzed, and lean—with the sinewy leanness of health. The Gold Girl He was lean with the flat-bellied leanness that comes of years of hard riding, and a but partially subdued devil of recklessness lurked in his steady hazel eyes. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The leanness of the huge intruder was of the kind that suggested endurance rather than malnutrition, a person who for all his pacific and rather gloomy exterior, could be counted on to be extremely dangerous. The Secret Witness Certain breeds which have for a long period been kept on bulky food, and obliged to roam in quest of it, appear to have acquired a normal tendency to leanness. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Perhaps her chronic curiosity, which would not let her rest, was accountable for her excessive leanness. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 These were seasons of depression, when he became subject to severe temptation, and mourned the leanness of his own soul. William Black The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada "They had their request," but God, in his retributive justice, "sent leanness into their souls." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges In most cases, however, from the comparative leanness of the dorsal aspect of the limb, the following method will have the best result. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners It was the spirit in which they had faced the bill collector since the beginning of the period of leanness. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) A back fin was wanting, but when the animal raised itself it was possible, on account of its great leanness, to see its backbone projecting. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Through years of famine they had starved with grim determination, and the leanness of their race was a byword for more than a generation. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Our barrenness and leanness hath negligence written upon it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Henceforth there need be no "starvelings," "elf-skins" or "dried neat's tongues" of leanness for the Falstaffs to mock. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Limbs and throat were still smooth and round, but had become delicate almost to leanness. Special Messenger But there's a verse about leanness in the soul, isn't there? Moor Fires Moreover, the very leanness of the famous official appealed to him. The Flaw in the Sapphire Other shapes appeared and ranged themselves beside their leader, and as the man looked upon their gaunt, sinewy leanness, the slavering jaws, and blazing eyes, he shuddered. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest To the devil with those whimsicalities without name, those mysterious pot-house poisons with which we have been so crammed to leanness for nearly a month! Sac-Au-Dos 1907 Of watching and nursing he has no lack; that you may believe; and he is indeed, a little leanness excepted, very lively and has a good appetite. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works The flaring set of his ears somehow emphasized an overall leanness. Exile He was of great height and extreme leanness, resembling a maypole rather than a man. In Kings' Byways There was Trickster, a merchant of physical leanness, Distinguished alike for his means and his meanness; And Sharper, a lawyer, with manners as courtly, And practice as large, as his person was portly. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In short, like any grown man, boy though I was, I went into the market and chose me my mutton, not for its leanness, but its fatness. The Confidence-Man We do not demand the abundance which belongs to us, hence the leanness, the lack of fulness, the incompleteness of our lives. Pushing to the Front The ranchero was tall, perhaps an inch or so taller than Drew, and his body had the leanness of the men who worked the range country, possessing, too, a lithe youthfulness of carriage. Rebel Spurs Miller was tall, lean with the leanness of muscles unhampered by useless flesh, and lithe. Left End Edwards And we need not take it for granted that He will lead us by harsh and provocative discipline, though when He grants our desire, He sometimes sends leanness withal into our soul. Joyous Gard If you had a good look at his eyes you forgot his shyness, his leanness, his awkwardness, his height. Gigolo India's years were years of leanness, Till the Late Performance drew These, whose confidential greenness She has run for all she knew. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses Lofty structures of paupers' hair, elaborately frizzled, were seldom seen on sensible women's heads, nor were the party dresses cut so shamefully low in the neck as to generously display robust maturity or scraggy leanness. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis His hair was cropped close like a convict's, which accentuated the leanness of his face and the taut, rigid lines about his mouth. Four Days The Story of a War Marriage She was tall and slim, almost to leanness, but there were no awkward angles and she was as graceful as a fawn. Joyce of the North Woods The pitiable leanness of the life of Hiram's mother had been appalling. The She Boss A Western Story Remembrance, lifting her leanness, keened in the gates of my heart. Irish Plays and Playwrights He was tall, this quiet man, his great height accented by a fit leanness, a narrowness of waist and hip, a length of leg and arm. Voodoo Planet Shafto was fine-drawn to leanness, heavy lines were scored on his forehead, he had twice been wounded, had taken part in desperate fighting, witnessed many harrowing sights, and lost many friends. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Abby was attractive to men in spite of her smallness and leanness and incisiveness of manner. The Portion of Labor If we give way to him, we shall bring leanness upon our souls. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Could leanness be against the law, too, here? The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day They were even yet worn by hard marching and some fighting, but it was a healthy leanness, making their muscles as tough as whipcord, while their eyes were keen like those of hawks. The Tree of Appomattox My leanness is extreme, my sight is dim, my hands shake, and my knees totter, so that I can hardly drag myself to my country-house at Certaldo, where I only languish. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch I believe that most travellers are struck by the lowness of stature, the leanness and the paleness which present themselves so commonly to the eye at Manchester, and above all, among the factory classes. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 This will inevitably bring upon us disappointment and leanness of soul. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister But the healthful leanness, characteristic of the race, had become emaciation; there was the studious unkemptness of mourning upon them, and they, who had ridden once, before the plagues of murrain and hail, traveled afoot. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The curvature of the spine said to exist was a deceptive appearance, produced by her excessive leanness, and the consequent unnatural prominence of the spinous processes of the vertebræ. Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria She noted the huge frame, broad, yet lean with the gaunt leanness of health, and endurance, and physical strength. The Gun-Brand Its little body was pitiful to see from leanness, and a great fever was upon it. Stories of Childhood By this means, you will lose the benefit of the means of grace, and bring leanness upon your soul. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Out of her diminutiveness, out of her leanness, out of her extraordinary litheness, little Eve Edgarton stared up speculatively at Barton's great hulking helplessness. Little Eve Edgarton Pale Face Harry, with jaw dropped, accentuating the gaunt leanness of his hollow-cheeked, emaciated face, gazed at Doc Madison with a curious mingling of incredulity and affront—and coughed. The Miracle Man In other words, Vasishtha attributes the leanness or emaciation of himself and his companions to the failure to discharge their daily rites of religious practice. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 That man becomes emancipated who always recollects that this body, when overtaken by decrepitude, becomes assailed by wrinkles and white hairs and leanness and paleness of complexion and a bending of the form. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The consequence is, they bring leanness upon their own souls; and if any impenitent sinners witness their conduct, it helps to rivet upon them their carnal security. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister After reading your book, "Diet and Health, with Key to the Calories" my chronic case of meanness—I mean leanness—was absolutely cured. Diet and Health With Key to the Calories The privation carved the flesh from their muscles, carved the muscles themselves to leanness. The Silent Places Up and down,—up and down,—round and round,—on and on and on,—through interminable dusks to unattainable dawns,—a glutted, bacchanalian Soul sweating its own way back to sanctity and leanness! The White Linen Nurse As regards his leanness, O royal sage, I can say that I have never beheld its like. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 According to Aristophanes, a bad profligate lyric poet, notable for his leanness. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) The withered leanness of the weary old face moved in an effort to speak, but was defeated by emotion. Westways Perhaps leanness is an appendage to the science, for I never knew a corpulent conjurer. An History of Birmingham (1783) We are both agreed that many of the defects of American letters to-day are due to the sorry leanness of our writing men. Shandygaff And the fearful leanness of all those thirteen cats moved me to go into a neighbouring fish shop, and there to buy a quantity of fishes. Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Two comic poets, the latter ridiculed by Aristophanes for his leanness. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Our larders are reduced to leanness, Jew Harpies and unclean creatures our purveyors; in our basket is no bread. Past and Present A young man, of about six foot three, magnificently made, thin with the leanness of an athlete in training,--health, power, self-confidence, breathing from his joyous looks and movements--was surveying her. Lady Connie Many a precious soul that once was full of joy and fatness is to-day in unrest and leanness because these impressions have been resisted. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians He looked not unlike a greyhound, his preference for drab clothing enhancing the general effect of a pointed and narrow leanness. The Conqueror They were forlorn, So were the cowering inmates whom they held; A thriftless tribe, to shifts and leanness born, Ever complaining: infancy or eld Alike. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. The leanness of the cattle will account for the number killed each day. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical Pétrolus raises his voice and gesticulates; he makes great movements in the night at the vision of his idol, to whom his leanness and his long elastic arms give him some resemblance. Light A face sinking down a little, with crosses in it, inclining to leanness, denotes a person to be very laborious, but envious, deceitful, false, quarrelsome, vain and silly, and of a dull and clownish behaviour. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy "Absolutely dying," she said, recklessly padding out the leanness of his very bald good-bye to me. Christine He has been known to wear five strata of shirts at a time, and to have greatly surprised his friends by his rapid transitions from a state of corpulency to that of considerable leanness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 To be the shadow of a shadow is leanness indeed. The Man Who Laughs Now she is upright, shapeless in the shadow, but from time to time I see her remarkable leanness outlined. Light He was thin, terribly thin—not the leanness of Byrne, but a grim emaciation which exaggerated the size of a tall forehead and made his eyes supernally bright. The Night Horseman Nevertheless, the leanness of the face was that of energy, not that of emaciation. Fenwick's Career The light played on his features and gave him an unpleasant look of leanness and nervous twitching. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He had the loquacity of a charlatan, the leanness of a prophet, the irascibility of a charged mine: such was Ursus. The Man Who Laughs It is as though the quilt were lifted from underneath by a stick, for my Aunt Josephine is leanness itself. Light He had an air of leanness, almost emaciation, not borne out by any fact of anatomy. Mr. Scraggs He was very skinny, with the dried up leanness of the bronzed Mediterranean. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel I do think it is good for us to be emptied from vessel to vessel, and there is something awful in the thought of having our own way with leanness in the soul. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Then this explains Thy leanness, and thy prodigal moustache And dried-up curls. Theocritus, translated into English Verse The very leanness of Alcatraz made it easier to trace his running-muscles; she estimated, too, the ample girth at the cinches where size means wind. Alcatraz Long faces of the form pictured by No. 12 exaggerate the longness and leanness of their faces by wearing their locks like looped curtains. What Dress Makes of Us The recollection of the last teacher's leanness seemed to afford Mr Browdie the most exquisite delight, for he laughed until he found it necessary to apply his coat-cuffs to his eyes. Nicholas Nickleby "I was thinking less of their leanness than of their smell," I returned. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest His leanness increased in proportion to his constipation, and at thirty his appetite was so good that he ate as much as two men. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine A gulp, a grin, a nod, he was down from the wagon in a flash and using his leanness to wriggle snakelike through the crowd. Alcatraz The V-shaped arrangement, either in cut or trimmings, apparently increases her "longness and leanness." What Dress Makes of Us The threatened inundation of fat had subsided, and all his old-time Indian leanness and of muscle had returned. Burning Daylight The rest of his ruddy, knobby countenance, his erratic hair and his general hairy leanness had not even—to my perceptions grown. Tono Bungay O Adam, when you were in My garden, you knew neither eating nor drinking; neither faintness nor suffering; neither leanness of flesh, nor change; neither did sleep depart from thine eyes. First Book of Adam and Eve What had been leanness in her youth had become transparency in her maturity; and this diaphaneity allowed the angel to be seen. Les Misérables He had prodigious strength, in spite of his leanness. K You ask after my health; I am in tolerable leanness, which I promote by exercise and abstinence. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 It showed a wan face of excessive leanness. Way of the Lawless And it may interest you to know that it was not the leanness of my face that appalled me but the wickedness of it. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories The principal personage of this party was a man, whose leanness made his really tall stature appear excessive. The Spy It is said of Israel, "he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul." Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I The sunken look, the leanness of his young face, seemed suddenly accentuated; the gloom in his discontented eyes deepened; his slight habitual stoop became more noticeable. The Fortune Hunter We too know," she smilingly remarked, "all about difficulties! but the proverb says, 'A camel dying of leanness is even bigger by much than a horse!' Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books But poverty is here the accident, not the subject: he who describes malice and villany to be pale and meagre, expresses not the least anger against paleness or leanness, but against malice and villany. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 The earth was the Lord's and the fulness thereof; also the leanness thereof. Twilight in Italy By the help of thick clothing they hide their leanness; but their bony features are so prominent, that they can be distinguished at first sight. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred Old Dr. Kendal, six feet of leanness doubled up in an arm-chair. Mary Olivier: a Life Pants were worn tight, to show the grand thickness of knee, the delicate leanness of calf, the manly purchase of heel, and the waving line of beauty which here distinguishes shin-bones. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I It was a person of conspicuous appearance, both by reason of his great height and leanness as well as his extreme age, who now descended the straight stairway leading from the corridor above. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes And a body that love and affliction and passion and long desire Have clad with the garment of leanness and wasted utterly. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III And the awful leanness of all those thirteen cats moved me to go into a neighbouring fish shop, and there to buy a quantity of fishes. A Dreamer's Tales He was chiefly remarkable for his emphasised leanness. A Passionate Pilgrim It had its desire, and as a consequence, 'leanness in its soul.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. The Bible, King James version, Book 23: Isaiah A subtle change had come into his face; its leanness struck her for the first time; that, and an utter detachment from his surroundings, a sombre oblivion to everything—and to her. The Fighting Chance He was not so tall as his leanness made him look; he was of a national darkness of eyes and hair which as imparted to his tertian clean-shavenness was a deep blue. Familiar Spanish Travels I found, to my sorrow, that these omissions produced poverty of soul, and often cried, "O, my leanness! my leanness!" A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences The dog his leanness pled; 'Your lordship, sure,' he said, 'Cannot be very eager To eat a dog so meagre. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes But I have come to realize that I have been disobeying Him, and thus brought darkness and leanness into my soul. Catherine Booth — a Sketch But I have come to realize that I have been disobeying Him, and thus have brought darkness and leanness into my soul. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" A shade more of leanness in the legs, one jot less of rotundity in the breast—what misery might not these seemingly trivial incidents have created? Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. His close-cut hair well brushed back from his forehead revealed the sweep of his brow, lengthening his profile and adding to the effect of his leanness. Over the Pass Involuntarily, I raised my hand to feel the leanness and sharpness of my face. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain None had been fiercer in opposing the delegates, none more bitter in mockery of their rags and leanness, than the son of old Mr. Carson. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction The whole multitude then, except Forese, skimmed away like cranes, swift alike through eagerness and through leanness. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 Aunt Dide, the forgotten one, sat motionless, appalling in her leanness, her eyes again fixed upon Charles with his white, worn face framed in his royal locks. Doctor Pascal But the leanness of these first years is more apparent than real. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World God gave her that to which she aspired, and which so many envy; but "He sent leanness into her soul." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Twopenny would often rally him upon his leanness, and hail him as Brother Lusty; but W. had no relish of a joke. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia In these bits of leanness a few birds find grateful homes. The Mountains of California The Irishman saw a man, tall and spare, but of a stringy, tough and supple leanness that gave him the look of being fashioned by the out-of-doors. The Winning of Barbara Worth Hiokatoo was about six feet four or five inches high, large boned, and rather inclined to leanness. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison His exuberant soul abhors leanness as Nature abhors a vacuum; and hence all his women seem bursting their bodices with fulness, like overgrown carnations breaking out of their green calyxes. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 He is now a man about sixty years old, at least six feet two inches in stature, large-limbed, and raw-boned: his leanness is hidden by long wide robes. First Footsteps in East Africa It is first met at an elevation of between 9000 and 10,000 feet, and runs up to 11,000 without seeming to suffer greatly from the climate or the leanness of the soil. The Mountains of California The Yogis have discovered the reason of the wondrous capacity of the chameleon to assume the appearance of plumpness or of leanness. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Now one of the most common complaints among Christians of all denominations, is because of their weakness and their leanness. The Theology of Holiness This horse was a relic of former generations, and showed by his protruding ribs the general leanness of the land. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth He excused himself and his companions by pleading necessity, and his leanness lent conviction to the plea. First Footsteps in East Africa She had made Blair what he was: because it had been easy for her to make things easy for him, she had given him his heart's desire, and brought leanness withal to his soul. The Iron Woman This man, of a good height, and about forty years of age, justified his appropriate nickname by a leanness impossible to be described, which we should call almost osteological. Mysteries of Paris, V3 The reason, then, of our weakness and our leanness and the meagreness of our fruitage, can be nothing else than because we do not fulfill the conditions on which He promises to make us strong. The Theology of Holiness Close beside her she saw the white horse and astride of it, vague in the mist, but unmistakable in his lop-sided, bony leanness, outlined against the glare of the torches behind him, she recognized Calvaster. The Unwilling Vestal Therefore he will now turn me into hard commons, that with leanness, and hunger, and meanness, and want, I may spend the rest of my days. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Rags cover my leanness and wattles cover my rags. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca His leanness was the leanness of muscular strength and condition, his face was full of vigour and determination. The Evil Shepherd It was a healthy leanness, Smoke decided, as he noted the wide flare of the nostrils and the breadth and depth of chest that gave spaciousness to the guaranty of oxygen and life. Smoke Bellew Her hair, under her velvet cap, still hung over her shoulders in the same thick plaits; her face had the firm leanness of early youth, but its curves were very fine and delicate. Further Chronicles of Avonlea My aunt, her faithful friend and guardian, who was also an old maid, was remarkable for the height and extreme leanness of her person. My Life — Volume 1 The marquis, with his leanness and small crafty-looking head, reminded him exactly of a long green grasshopper. The Fortune of the Rougons The leanness of his legs was accentuated by his stiff, starched riding-breeches and close-fitting pigskin puttees, while his face, apart from all else, would have challenged prompt attention. Heart of the Sunset Jacket was no longer wizened; he was plump and sleek and as full of mischief as a colt, while O'Reilly's leanness had disappeared and he filled his garments as a man should. Rainbow's End As the Parliament will meet in a fortnight, and the town be plumper, my letters may grow more amusing; though, unless the weather grows worse, I shall not contribute my leanness to its embonpoint. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 The ludicrous leanness of the outward man, as described by Ali Bey, survives only in the remnants of themselves belonging to a bygone century. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones; and leanness goes a great way to gentility. Wives and Daughters This treatment cured him; his white-greenish complexion and his leanness disappeared. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon A figure was crouching before the large grate and by its leanness and greyness he knew that it was the dean of studies lighting the fire. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The country," he said, "has no veal—I mean eatable veal, for cows produce calves here as well as elsewhere; but these calves are of Republican leanness. Balzac A tall, big man, whose proportions at once disappointed Harry's preconceived notions as to the smallness and leanness of Frenchmen, rose from the table at which he was writing. In the Reign of Terror They alighted at a Khan and there hired a lodging; but Zau al- Makan's sickness ceased not to increase on him, till he was wasted with leanness and became delirious. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 The nervous agitations to which he was subject, the shrugging of his right shoulder, the white-greenish complexion of his face, the leanness of his body, were all consequences of this disease. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon Paz informs the wife that the leanness which hazard and debauchery have caused to the domestic exchequer is due to his extravagance, the husband having lent him money. For the Term of His Natural Life But there was something underlying that leanness of the landscape, something superior and academic, which defied all sympathy. The Island Pharisees He spread his hands, long and almost transparent in their leanness, and on his face a cloud of sorrow rested. Saint Martin's Summer He paused breathless, then resumed energetically,— "I behold around me only people who fatten on my leanness! you suck crowns from me at every pore." Notre-Dame De Paris This one hangs too loose to be safe; I shall keep it to serve me when we have fattened up at Paris, after the leanness of our siege.’ The Caged Lion What had made us call his appearance odd was his great length and leanness of limb, his long, white neck, his blue, prominent eyes, and his ingenuous, unconscious absorption in the scene before him. Eugene Pickering He was of great height and extreme leanness. Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) Sometimes, in small places like Waihee, the path of his journey was marked afterward by leanness and famine. On the Makaloa Mat His saving is like the spleen which swelleth with the leanness of all the other members. Notre-Dame De Paris Every rib in the round body was discernible; yet the leanness was the healthful reduction so strained after in the palaestrae. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ In spite of extreme leanness there was an air of unusual strength about him. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant He was a young man of perhaps eight-and-twenty, well above the middle height in stature and appearing taller by virtue of his exceeding leanness. Captain Blood Are you not surprised at any one of his own accord bringing upon himself deformity, leanness, ugliness, decrepitude? Laws If any one addressed her in the English fashion as "Your Grace," she would say, "You mean 'Your leanness.'" Scenes from a Courtesan's Life A great brown bear, just awake from his winter’s sleep, hungry, his fur hanging to the bones in flaps of leanness, shoved his head within the lodge and said, “Oof!” The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke For sleeping England long time have I watch'd; Watching breeds leanness, leanness is all gaunt. King Richard II Suffolk, the new-made duke that rules the roast, Hath given the duchy of Anjou and Maine Unto the poor King Reignier, whose large style Agrees not with the leanness of his purse. King Henry VI, Part 2 It had all the characteristics of the range rider's—the leanness, the red burn of the sun, and the set changelessness that came from years of silence and solitude. Riders of the Purple Sage Yet this one stood apart from the others, not differing in blanketed leanness, or straggling black hair, or bronze skin, but in the bird-of-prey cast of his features and the wildness of his glittering eyes. Heritage of the Desert The weeding out of human souls, some for fatness and smiles, some for leanness and tears, is surely a heartless selective process—as heartless as it is natural. War of the Classes He had to look up much less than a couple of years before—he had grown, in his loose leanness, so long and high. The Pupil The leanness of arms, the flat chest, the hollows were gone. Heritage of the Desert |
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