| 单词 | light-heartedly |
| 例句 | If he had realized this, he might not have classed it light-heartedly as a “Not-hawk”—that is, anything from a wren to a pheasant—and continued on his way up the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When the photographer arrives, the tension lifts, and she poses light-heartedly in a white and cream dress, with a Joan Collins picture book, and with her dog around Washington Square Park. Parker Posey: ‘I didn’t think I would work again – so I wrote a book’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Durbuy, with a population of around 10,000, light-heartedly bills itself as “the smallest city in the world”, and attracts sightseers from nearby Brussels and Luxembourg. Huge chocolate statues spring up in Belgium 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Lee could use them light-heartedly — as in the skull scarf or in the X-ray sneakers for Puma, imprinted with the skeletal bones of his own feet. Special Report: Fashion: The Savage and the Romantic 2010-09-20T17:36:00Z Then he light-heartedly added, “So anyway…” and wanted to discuss, in great detail, an embarrassing secret I’d recently divulged. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The programme's concept, perhaps a tad obscure, was that famous names would be light-heartedly auditioned for key roles of state – chief of police, prime minister. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z If there's one thing that makes people "immune to dreadful things that happen in history" more readily than treating them light-heartedly, it's forgetting about them altogether or trying to pretend they didn't happen. Can an equation find out whether a subject is suitable for risk-free levity? 2012-07-28T23:06:06Z Cilla and I tend to talk light-heartedly about very serious subjects. Nicky Haslam and Cilla Black on their special relationship 2013-06-30T06:07:02Z Claire allowed me, after the necessary 10 minutes of stories and reminiscences, to abandon story-telling mode, and talk – sometimes light-heartedly, sometime not – about the structure of ideas in Outside of a Dog. A ?6,000 Auden bargain 2010-07-16T14:34:00Z The challenge is met; the poem gracefully and even light-heartedly insists on its epiphany. Poem of the week: Otterspool Prom by Peter Robinson 2013-02-18T11:19:21Z As he writes out the address he light-heartedly offers with a winning smile and lovely Afro-Brit lilt “Don’t get mugged or I’ll lose my job.” ArtsBeat: Stew in Africa: A Long Time Coming 2011-07-26T19:00:27Z Homa light-heartedly roasted it, and one critique became two and became a flood of them: Max Homa: golf’s social media star-turned-Masters contender 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z She said the family took it light-heartedly and she warned her son his father was "still smarter". Leeds: Boy, 11, beats Hawking's Mensa score 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But that wasn’t the first footwear phenomenon of the 1980s; Bird, Erving and Johnson starred together in a Converse ad, light-heartedly fighting about who the shoe was designed for. Stern, talent influx led to NBA transformation during 1980’s 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “The best path is one that is careful, and not taken light-heartedly.” Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The fans who sang about winning the Scudetto at full time might, light-heartedly, disagree. Lukaku upstages Ibrahimovic as Inter make most of Juve's tragedy in Verona 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “I’ve got to take it light-heartedly. I ended up getting the win, I probably would have been really devastated had I not.” Boulter wins deciding set shootout after premature celebration 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Maybe I was so light-heartedly ready to pay the price precisely because he had no real power over me. 'I trembled with shock': my brush with the rapist at the heart of the Nobel scandal 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Then last year David Blackburn, a herpetologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, saw Summers's #scanAllFish hashtag on Twitter and light-heartedly countered that he would "scan all frogs." New 3D scanning campaign will reveal 20,000 animals in stunning detail 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z By the next day, I had 50 comments. A few light-heartedly poked fun. My nightmare Tinder date with a lingerie model 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Robertson had prepared him, both long-term, with conditioning, sparring and fights, and short-term, reminding him, light-heartedly, that his opponent was equally tired after that last bout. Central Pennsylvania boxing club founder honored by pupils 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Others questioned light-heartedly when the same would happen for Ken, the fictional toy boyfriend of Barbie. Barbie available in 'curvy, tall and petite' sizes - BBC News 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “It’s questionable whether we should impact the life, health and well-being of other animal species on this planet light-heartedly,” he told Nature. Chinese gene-modified micropig pets with £1,000 price spark animal rights outrage 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Another of his companies, Rock Ventures, owns or controls over 30 buildings in the area, which locals light-heartedly call “Gilbertville”. The other Detroit: Buy to the sound of gunfire 2013-07-25T14:59:45Z As if he had previously written the Squire a letter setting forth his business in detail, which therefore he need not repeat, Terry leaped light-heartedly ahead. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z After that brief time with June he rode light-heartedly away, his friends galloping at his side and listening to the cowboy song that came from his lips. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z "Don't be a geography book," Elizabeth laughed light-heartedly. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z As the car rocked and swayed on its rapid way through the last outskirts of Savona, he was humming light-heartedly to himself the antique aria of The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z At that moment Jack looked over the past months to the day when he so light-heartedly bade his uncle good-bye, and so cheerfully accepted the charge laid upon him. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z It meant an hour's brutal labor overhauling hard wire tackles and leading forward ponderous chain, but they undertook it light-heartedly, with bleeding hands and broken nails, while the Shasta heaved and rolled viciously under them. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z She carried it off light-heartedly and with the most perfect politeness. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Massinger could not keep to the inevitable development of character as did Shakespeare, nor could he sacrifice character to situation as light-heartedly as did Fletcher. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Beltani, satisfied, now that one daughter had found wealth and the other a husband, kissed her little one light-heartedly. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z However, one of his greatest feat may be what light-heartedly is referred to as the "Thibodeau brainwash," the ability to get his players to buy into his relentless attention to detail at that end. Bulls buy into Thibs' defensive philosophy 2012-01-15T22:50:00Z How long shall I grieve about what I have or have not, And whether I shall pass this life light-heartedly or not? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z All this, while Elizabeth light-heartedly entered upon what Miss Tripp was pleased to call her "first Boston season." And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z And Tom said nothing; he changed the subject to Oxford gossip, chattering away light-heartedly while Rodney glanced at the letters which the morning post had brought. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z It is the street-boys of Paris who generally commence the insurrections, and as a rule they do so light-heartedly, like schoolboys breaking up for the holidays. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z He had spoken so light-heartedly, so gaily, that in spite of the grave issues at stake Everingham could not help but laugh. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z “I do,” declared Mollie, and the other girls laughed light-heartedly. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z I smiled and spoke light-heartedly, almost in a reflex action, deriving solace from the fact that the night was still young. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The rain still beat his clothing flat against his tired limbs, but he rode on almost light-heartedly, with the mire splashing high about him, welcoming every drop. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z And honest George laughed light-heartedly at his wife’s fears, though he knew that there was ample justification for them. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z If I had had a man for a companion, or even if we two had had no experience, we might have gone at it more light-heartedly. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z The man laughed light-heartedly and blew out the lights. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z But though he spoke light-heartedly for his chum's benefit, he knew that to trace the criminal would be by no means easy. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z I knew presently that he was watching me closely, so I began to sing light-heartedly. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z The milkman, who took Helen's searching inquiries rather light-heartedly, finally told her he would "earmark" one special cow for her. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z The conversation went on merrily and very light-heartedly. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Afterwards I felt better, but I also felt that I should never be able to smile light-heartedly again. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z All went light-heartedly, thinking of our beloved France and of the triumph we were to celebrate there. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Overjoyed at the prospect of a renewed chat on topics dear to his heart, the boy ran off, light-heartedly, to The Elms. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z "Oh, go along with you, Richard," and she laughed again, this time as light-heartedly as if her years matched his own. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z So she ran upstairs light-heartedly to get the new gown, and in a few minutes returned with it on her arm. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Well, you certainly take it light-heartedly——" "I didn't at the time. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z One does not meditate a treason against one's friends quite so light-heartedly as all that. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z They saw it as "an ideal opportunity to light-heartedly explain quantitative techniques". England heading for World Cup glory, say City analysts 2010-05-18T18:32:00Z She light-heartedly called herself “the Queen of Denial,” because she did not want to know anything about her disease. Months to Live: Palliative Care Doctor Fought for Life 2010-04-04T00:45:00Z Arenas, Washington’s best player, last played on Jan. 5; the next day, Stern suspended him indefinitely after Arenas displayed an absence of contrition by light-heartedly pretending to shoot teammates in a pregame huddle. 2010-01-30T06:22:00Z "Another attack of the undying protective instinct," she retorted light-heartedly. Stranded in Arcady Your highness speaks rather light-heartedly of that amateur communism. Majesty A Novel There was other mail; she glanced at the covers light-heartedly as she went toward the house. The Preliminaries And Other Stories An immeasurable gap seemed to lie between him and the eager young apostle who had plunged so light-heartedly into the stress of life. The Missioner And she went off to school that morning as light-heartedly as possible. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 Hemmed closely in by the huge armed force, they were marched along over the very ground which they had traversed so light-heartedly barely an hour before. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising And it is Tartarin who, light-heartedly, joins the colonial infantry regiment and goes singing into battle because he likes the adventure and would rather die in the field than be bored in barracks. A Novelist on Novels He got our advertisement, and read it out to me, pausing at each detail of perfection which we had light-heartedly bestowed upon our moated grange. The Brightener There would have been men coming light-heartedly from these staircases and crossing to one another. The New Warden It seemed kind of natural to hear the boys joking so light-heartedly, and like old times. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine She ran to meet her light-heartedly; in her flooding delight it seemed to her as if even Electra might acquiesce in her reprieve. Rose MacLeod Then he would sigh and wonder why he wasn't as light-heartedly gay as he used to be when he and Rosie went about together. The Rosie World He would have been light-heartedly glad of the boy's company if he had found no strangeness in it, no purpose he could not, from point to point, divine. Old Crow I have at times tried light-heartedly to shoot partridges and even pigeons, but if ever again I fire at anything on the wing, sympathy will spoil my aim. Cavalry of the Clouds They wanted, in his last hour, to be near the old fellow who had led his life as foolishly and light-heartedly as most people, both for his own sake and for Beate's. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 She went at once, and, in spite of her doubts, light-heartedly. Rose MacLeod The boys light-heartedly got into their boat and rowed back to the lighthouse without the slightest suspicion that almost all they had said had been overheard by Andy Shanks. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold The victors were advancing light-heartedly, as though preceded by invisible drums. General Bramble The American on the contrary remains cheerfully, light-heartedly, garrulously critical. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations He made his request light-heartedly; she considered it after the same fashion; it seemed to me all absurdity. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The party which had arrived so light-heartedly had now become as solemn as though they had come to attend a funeral. The Hound From The North So do hearthrugs talk with foreigners—light-heartedly and confident. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 And with that he took his leave, returned light-heartedly to his office and sent a wireless to the captain of the Ottilie. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue You mentioned them light-heartedly enough in your letter. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills He replied light-heartedly enough, wishful, I could see, to make light of it. The House Under the Sea A Romance So, when Helen accepted his offer of assistance, he wheeled the machine out upon the lawn and proceeded light-heartedly to dismantle it, while the Savine brothers lounged in cane chairs, encouraging him over their cigars. Thurston of Orchard Valley Mr. J. M. Robertson's clever book, The Saxon and the Celt, seems to me to dispose finally of certain fallacies that Hill Burton and others have light-heartedly written on the subject of racial characteristics. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland And just at that unfortunate moment Penelope came around the bend, dancing along light-heartedly, singing to herself the exercise she had just been learning. The Carroll Girls She had washed her hands of him as light-heartedly as he washed his of the dirty, sticky day's paste. Ghetto Comedies It gave him courage and confidence, and took him quite light-heartedly, with head erect and shoulders back, out of the dreariest of his moments. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China And light-heartedly Faith preceded him into the other room, where the dinner was ready. Say and Seal, Volume II Only an Irishman will venture light-heartedly to take short cuts through regulations. A Padre in France I knew that I had won the Championship again, and so I hastened light-heartedly away. The Complete Golfer It was distinctly unbecoming in a woman whose sins were so grievous to ripple on so light-heartedly about the unholiest of cities when they sat there as jurors waiting to hear her plea for mercy. Otherwise Phyllis Rather he had loved too many, kissed too freely, ridden away too light-heartedly. The Rhodesian It was her bad taste that revolted him, the calm assumption that he was ready to enter light-heartedly into a liaison with his father's wife! Juggernaut It was merry, as Christmas ought to be; and Dolly had laid aside her own cares and took everything as light-heartedly as anybody else. The End of a Coil Now, however, she realised that to undertake a thing light-heartedly was a very different matter from carrying it out successfully. Hawtrey's Deputy She sat down on a log and entered into their give-and-take light-heartedly, while Holton unfastened her skates. Otherwise Phyllis It was one thing for her to light-heartedly announce that she loved Martin Howe and would marry him; but it was quite another matter for him to reach a corresponding conclusion. The Wall Between "This is the place where I am to learn fear?" he inquires light-heartedly. The Wagnerian Romances On the following morning Mary again entered the cavern, singing light-heartedly as she did so. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines David sang light-heartedly as he returned to his humble home and years afterward, when he was king of Israel and remembered his escape, he put the words of his song into one of his Psalms. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends In a way, she seemed to love him more passionately than ever before; but not so light-heartedly, so gladly. Children of the Desert At the third, with the detectives, sat responsibility; but light-heartedly withal, since these seasoned man-hunters could cast off their day's work like a garment. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley While storming light-heartedly about the world in search of adventures, it can hardly be, Hagen judges, but that he shall come too to Gibich's shore on the Rhine. The Wagnerian Romances I know what you're going to say,' said the other, light-heartedly. The Convert Why did Rome refuse so light-heartedly the proposals of Vienna? New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 How often Ree had cause to remember these promises so light-heartedly made, and the comforts he was leaving behind, within a few short months—when days of danger and sleepless nights of peril came! Far Past the Frontier And so they rode through the city streets joyfully, merrily, light-heartedly. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution But they all took their job seriously, though, like most sailor folk, light-heartedly. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories He had said to himself, light-heartedly, that his marriage would make no difference, that he should retain them, all three, as an intellectual seraglio. The Creators A Comedy Now she realized that to undertake a thing light-heartedly was a very different matter from carrying it out successfully. Masters of the Wheat-Lands Again and again, through shattered ranks and over ground covered with the fallen, they went forward to the supreme sacrifice as cheerfully and as light-heartedly as if they were out for a holiday. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 They had done everything asked of them and borne light-heartedly rough quarters, bad weather, hard duties. Between the Lines Americans, for the most part, are of an unconquerably healthy cast of mind; but there were few of us who could frequent these places light-heartedly. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France Laura, aware of embarrassment somewhere, began to talk to him light-heartedly, in her fashion, and the moment passed. The Creators A Comedy To Lady Locke's surprise, Lord Reggie did not resist the alluring temptation, but ran off with the boy quite light-heartedly. The Green Carnation The task upon which I had embarked so light-heartedly, when considered in cold blood, did certainly appear, as Miss Bellingham had said, rather appalling. The Eye of Osiris She had not forgotten that she “owed him one,” as Madeleine Hollister light-heartedly phrased the connubial balanced relationship which had come under her irreverent and keen observation. The Squirrel-Cage Well might they proceed light-heartedly to the village, spend their money on sodas and ice-cream cones, and shout themselves hoarse at the game. Steve and the Steam Engine The truths of science could seldom be exposed so light-heartedly and in language leavened with balmy humour. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Sometimes we roamed as far as the Alcazar; sometimes we wandered to the Oxford, or laughed light-heartedly in the stalls of the Alegria. Much Darker Days She laughed light-heartedly, taking a child-like joy out of this new and thrilling experience. Every Man for Himself He felt, he said to himself, as though he had meddled light-heartedly with something far deeper and more dangerous than he had supposed—like a child that has aroused some evil beast that slept. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset No one could have recognized in this human derelict the strapping specimen of proud manhood who six weeks before had said good-by to Laura and started out light-heartedly to conquer the world. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life He ground his teeth in impotent fury, and unrestrainedly execrated the stupendous folly which had induced him to enter so light-heartedly into an adventure fraught with elements of such unimaginable horror. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru She faced the dreary prospect light-heartedly, but under his instruction omitted no precautions that would make a winter sojourn in the wild land tolerable. A Mating in the Wilds She laughed light-heartedly over the recollection, then her face clouded. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story And a minute ago he had greeted the day so light-heartedly! Major Vigoureux Left to himself Seymour stumbled alone along the familiar road over which a few short months before he had often travelled light-heartedly by the side of Katharine. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Nevertheless, he jingled the change in his pocket light-heartedly. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Steve wondered how they could take such a serious business so light-heartedly. Left End Edwards When Monte held out his hand to assist her down, she laughed light-heartedly, refreshed in body and soul. The Triflers That morning, Eric light-heartedly kissed wife and child good-by and waved them a farewell that was to be the last. Lords of the North He saluted as light-heartedly as ever to all appearance, but he did not look at Nelly. Mary Gray These Frenchmen did not go out light-heartedly, nor with a pathetic inability to fathom the purpose for which they so generously went, but they had given the matter a study which seemed beyond their years. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France So that Hazel went down to the dining-room light-heartedly, and when the meal was finished came back and fell to reading her papers. North of Fifty-Three And the Convention light-heartedly accepted this accumulation of war. The French Revolution A Short History Despite this daily anxiety, Con spent his earliest years light-heartedly enough, with no stinting of pitaties—none at least that reached the childer—and ample scope for sports and pastimes. Strangers at Lisconnel Laughing light-heartedly, they plunged into a labyrinth of dark streets. Mary Gray She heard Durrance laugh light-heartedly, and she listened to the words he spoke. The Four Feathers "He had seen the loveliest parts of this world, and, when he had to, he could light-heartedly give it all up and rough it in this American West of ours, even as you and I!" The Prairie Wife Then she thought that it he was buoyant, if he entered light-heartedly, she would leave without a word, cured of her fancy that he loved her. The Mayor of Warwick So, cheerily at length, having disposed of his breakfast, he rose, collected his correspondence, which consisted for the most part of bills, and, whistling light-heartedly, took his departure. The Swindler and Other Stories She sang light-heartedly with the youth of the church, because she was young and happy with them. Sunny Slopes What must he have felt as he saw her arranging them so light-heartedly in her pudding-dish that morning. The Land of Promise After such a happy day, nothing could ever be so bad again, it seemed to Anne, as she kissed her friends good-by and ran light-heartedly up the steps. Honey-Sweet The American laughed light-heartedly at the sport of it. The Title Market In my cordial glow, I bantered him light-heartedly about his ferocity and his strength. Romance Thus hard facts may ultimately force us to some such expedient as the levy, but we should not accept it light-heartedly, or regard it as an obvious panacea. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 It is not a problem to be taken light-heartedly, but it is impossible for Italy to limit herself only to the Trentino, as that would not give her a satisPg 16factory military frontier. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean When the curtain rang down on the last act the door-man brought in his card, and Marcia ran light-heartedly out to meet him. Destiny "You are gay this morning," observed Giovanni, light-heartedly joining in her laughter. The Title Market She would light-heartedly make town-bred folk walk twenty miles or bear the toil of infinite drives. The Half-Hearted Now, though no religion can escape the binding weeds of dogma, there is one that throws them off more easily and light-heartedly than any other. Art And he strolled light-heartedly through Grosvenor Square, the smoke of his cigarette fading away behind him. A Comedy of Masks A Novel It might have been a college sophomore arriving light-heartedly from his cold plunge, rather than the Titan whose word in the Street was already a thing which no one of the older money-kings could ignore. Destiny Nina burst out laughing, and Allegro joined light-heartedly, as he nodded his agreement. The Title Market Competence, responsibility were words she had been taught to revere, and to hear them light-heartedly disavowed seemed an upturning of the foundation of things. The Half-Hearted No Frenchman goes into marriage as light-heartedly as does the average Englishman, and as have done, for instance, so many of my own English schoolfellows. The Chink in the Armour "I shouldn't bother about the girl if I were you," replied the other light-heartedly. A Comedy of Masks A Novel I turned to run, but the dense woods through which I had ascended so light-heartedly had suddenly become a jungle of God knows what terrors. Poison Island She never remembered being struck with the awfulness of matrimony when she had so light-heartedly attended the weddings of her girl friends. The Moon out of Reach The young girl's eyes met Gabriel's and then she smiled as light-heartedly as on this morning when she wore the woolen gown. Jewel's Story Book He sniffed the breeze light-heartedly and allowed it to swell his sail and his self-love. His Excellency the Minister She thinks I'm the makeup which can meet horror and suffering light-heartedly. Joy in the Morning It came to me that she couldn't have cared much for him, herself, to be able to laugh that light-heartedly. A Woman Named Smith They would have been more annoyed, perhaps, if they had seen him dashing about the station light-heartedly just before the eleven-o'clock train for Bristol left. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World I don't see why I didn't understand and begin to defend Sam from himself right then instead of going carelessly and light-heartedly to Europe and letting him manage his own affairs. Over Paradise Ridge A Romance The programme she outlined so light-heartedly was full of complexities. A Reversible Santa Claus "I shall come now," and she stepped light-heartedly into the gig, where the doctor joined her. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood "Oh, we don't correspond," I said light-heartedly, "we are so different." The Inheritors Ah, I am scribbling along light-heartedly, when all the time the sword of Damocles is hanging over us both, when my next letter may have to be good-by for always. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World Then, still land-hungry, she stepped over into Sicily, invited by certain rascals in Messana, and light-heartedly challenged the Mistress of the Western Seas. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 "Monseigneur would make a poor bargain if he agreed to that!" said my comrade, as we went off light-heartedly. For The Admiral It was as though, having prepared himself light-heartedly to witness a play, he was seized and terrified to find himself the principal actor. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts They could be seriously disputatious to the point of quarrelling; they could be light-heartedly disputatious to the bantering point, where either was uncertain which side of the argument he had originally espoused. The Last Shot She began to laugh, gaily, irrepressibly, light-heartedly, and skipped on to the first weed-covered rock that obstructed her path. The Rocks of Valpre He laughed, and quite as light-heartedly as ever; but Washington looked at him with uneasiness. The Conqueror He entered it light-heartedly and was discouraged to find the door of every cabin securely locked. The Beauty and the Bolshevist The Prefect won't enjoy himself, either, … especially as he put his faith in me a bit light-heartedly and will be called upon to give an explanation of my presence here. The Teeth of the Tiger Demobilisation and other matters which were left, by our cheery Chancellor, out of the airy after-war balance-sheet that he so light-heartedly constructed, may cost £1000 millions or more before we have done with them. War-Time Financial Problems "Didna catch it," said Stark, as he swung light-heartedly down an almost perpendicular hill into the valley of the Severn. Penny Plain Inquiries discreetly conducted had revealed the terrible truth, that Madame had been faithless to him, had light-heartedly assumed the death of her husband, and had contracted what was nothing less than a bigamous marriage. Castles in the Air So he followed light-heartedly after the old man, his eyes and ears alert, and his right hand, by force of habit, reaching under his coat to the butt of his pistol. The Courage of Captain Plum I never thought," he said to me at last, "to go light-heartedly away—and yet I can do even that! Father Payne You need not think it is of you we are proud," she assured him light-heartedly; "it is really of ourselves. Tommy and Grizel Alice said it light-heartedly, for she did not know what she was asking. The Three Sisters Much land was speedily ruined, but nothing was so cheap and plentiful in that day as land, so the planter light-heartedly cleared more and let the old revert to the wilderness. George Washington: Farmer She grows excited, breathes loud and fast, laughs, and scrubs me light-heartedly. Barks and Purrs Had he been the brother who was shot in both legs he would have treated the matter just as light-heartedly. With the Allies Ah, Miss Anna, you--" "Oh, when you know that the sooner they go the sooner comes the heartache and heartbreak for the hundreds of women they so light-heartedly leave behind them! Kincaid's Battery She trudged home through the snow light-heartedly, with a warm feeling that she had been the means of saving a friend from disgrace. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers She had always thought herself a coward, she feared death with a terrible repugnance; but now she found, to her surprise, that she would have light-heartedly changed places with her husband. The Happiest Time of Their Lives So she signed the contract and worked that day so light-heartedly that Robert Grant Burns forgot his pessimism. Jean of the Lazy A The audience applauded light-heartedly, but I was disturbed by the sophistry of the question. The Story of a Pioneer Neither famine nor disaster ever haunt men who do true justice; but light-heartedly they tend the fields which are all their care. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica We enjoyed all these boons, unthinkingly and light-heartedly, as children do. The Golden Road “Oh, they’ll be all right,” said he light-heartedly; “tuck ’em up.” Three Men in a Boat Students, citizens, soldiers, girls and matrons whirled light-heartedly before the inn with the figure of Bacchus for a sign. The Phantom of the Opera There was a gasp from the pious audience, and then a roar of laughter from irreverent men, in which, I must confess, I light-heartedly joined. The Story of a Pioneer She was light-heartedly frivolous, soberly reflective, shallow, profound, cynical or naive, ingenuous, or inscrutable. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation "But he isn't in love," he argued light-heartedly. Viviette "I have been some hundreds of years laboriously acquiring the knowledge which you see fit to challenge so light-heartedly," the Wheel jarred. Traffics and Discoveries Had Virginia, he wondered, any relations besides the step-father whom she so light-heartedly consented to hoodwink? The Incomplete Amorist Being unconscious of any significance in the occasion, I chatted light-heartedly about the large issues of life and probably settled most of them to my personal satisfaction. The Story of a Pioneer Certain lines deepened in Dana's face, but Mary grew every day more light-heartedly cheerful. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life At lunch, Austin, his veins still tingling with the summer, laughed and jested light-heartedly. Viviette "I will thank you to apply the cleverness you seem to possess to the undoing of the harm you have so light-heartedly caused." Jennie Baxter, Journalist The young man, set at ease about his expenses, resumed light-heartedly his studious and dissipated life. Saint Augustin My associates, who had so light-heartedly let me in for this unpleasant experience, now realized that they must see me through it. The Story of a Pioneer Often I think of you, Jimmy Doane,— You who, light-heartedly, came to my house Three autumns, to shoot and to eat a grouse! A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 He sprang up as light-heartedly as a boy. The Philistines He swore light-heartedly, got up, and dipped his head in a basin of cold water. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Some of you have light-heartedly, in the growing sympathy of unity, revived the dances and songs and sports which are the right relaxation of labor. Imaginations and Reveries In the former it pathetically paints the homeless Christ, a wanderer in a land peculiarly 'His own,' and warns His enthusiastic would-be follower of the lot which he was so light-heartedly undertaking to share. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Half an hour later they were light-heartedly demolishing an excellent dinner, and the manager of the Hotel de Loup was congratulating himself upon the acquisition of two unexpected guests during the slack season. The Vision of Desire Nevertheless, he enjoyed his holiday light-heartedly, confident that his two large pictures could not long fail to be appreciated. The Nest Builder She heard him whistling light-heartedly above, as she, too, stood staring into the fire. The Wishing-Ring Man Perhaps, had I known what was to happen before the leaves of that spring had fallen, I should have played less light-heartedly, and given more heed to Mr Evans, the Rector. Jim Davis They ran downstairs together light-heartedly, and let themselves out into the street. Back to Billabong So many come to the country too light-heartedly, buy too much land, attempt unfamiliar crops, expect to hire the work done—and soon find themselves facing discouragement and failure. Great Possessions As he left the stable-yard, he was whistling light-heartedly, and Phipps glanced at a colleague with a slight flicker of one eyelid. The Bars of Iron While the Lords proceeded light-heartedly with their wrecking tactics, the Liberal Government slowly and cautiously, but with great deliberation, took action step by step. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Jesting light-heartedly over the coming encounter, the diners strolled out of Vinton's and down College Street in the direction of the campus. Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College Both grinned light-heartedly as they rode up, let their horses go, and carried their saddles on to the verandah, without bothering about the strangers. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Abbott laughed as light-heartedly as if the road were not calling them away from solitudes, "Well, what did you wish, Fran?" Fran I was glad to think he took it so light-heartedly. Captain Macklin He seemed to recognise the necessity of quarrelling, but proposed to do so as light-heartedly as possible. In Kedar's Tents As sops I light-heartedly flung him the big pantomime and most of the ballet in the second act, whereby I reckoned we might save a whole half-hour. My Life — Volume 1 When such dramas take place, those who rush in light-heartedly are the vain or the greedy members of the family, those who allow themselves to be pulled in are the idiots. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters As Helen Chester led the Judge towards the flamboyant, three- storied hotel she prattled to him light-heartedly. The Spoilers She said it as thoughtlessly and light-heartedly as if I had asked her to come out for a walk. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Instinctively he took off his hat at the thought, as though he had opened a door and found himself light-heartedly and suddenly in a church. The Lilac Sunbonnet Mr. Nelson had something not unlike the carriage and tone of a gentleman; he talked quietly, though light-heartedly, and from remarks he let fall it appeared that he was somehow connected with the decorative arts. The Town Traveller Brave little creature, light-heartedly sending him her cheque for three hundred pounds; why, there was something heroic in it. Our Friend the Charlatan Very soon her being seemed to set itself to more spirited music; the veil of reflection fell from her face, and she began to talk light-heartedly. Thyrza "Perhaps," I said light-heartedly, "Leonard will drop the hint when he writes to thank the King for the nice cross." The Red Planet It was HER sacred region, after all, into which these young people were probing so light-heartedly. The Treasure Most Virginians reached this decision impulsively, light-heartedly, defiantly or vindictively, and more or less angrily, according to their temperaments and the spirit of the times, but not so Lee. On the Trail of Grant and Lee But he had reckoned without the sudden upward leap his spirits made, once his decision was taken: the winter sky was blue as violets again above him; he turned out light-heartedly of a morning. Australia Felix We can conceive him springing out of bed light-heartedly and waiting for his man to do the rest. The Admirable Crichton "I wish I could hear them all," said Alice, with sincerity that made Mrs. Mavering laugh as light-heartedly as Dan himself, and that seemed to suggest the nest thing to her. April Hopes When he entered the private office of Z. Snow and Co. in answer to his grandfather's summons, he did so light-heartedly, triumphantly, with self-approval written large upon him. The Portygee The pale mews plained below us, and the waves seemed far away In a nether sky, engrossed in saying their ceaseless babbling say, As we laughed light-heartedly aloft on that clear-sunned March day. Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces Miss Alice tripped from the room, possibly a trifle the more light-heartedly that she had parted from her father in one of his rare moments of illogical human weakness. The Twins of Table Mountain And he did not look half as twinkling and light-heartedly grinning as he had looked in New York. T. Tembarom We miss, perhaps, the occasional prize, but we also avoid leaping light-heartedly into traps. Something New Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie. And Even Now She was standing in the moonlight by the rail of the forward deck, her eyes staring dreamily ahead toward the great country that had sent her forth light-heartedly for to adventure and to see. The Agony Column As a rule, when Winnie Keep was dressing for dinner, Fred, in the room adjoining, could hear her unconsciously and light-heartedly singing to herself. The Red Cross Girl Of course that doesn't affect your fate in any way, and as to him he is much too prestigious to be killed light-heartedly. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows He stared, with fallen jaw, into the abyss of horror into which he had leaped so light-heartedly. Something New Neither made allusion to the wonderful change, but they talked more light-heartedly than for a long time. New Grub Street Who are the two victims designated for this horrible vengeance, and who have light-heartedly accepted such a death for themselves as well as for the general? The Secret of the Night The drawing up of the blind, the opening of the window, only increased my zeal, and I was soon in the garden, then out in the road, walking light-heartedly I cared not whither. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |
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