| 单词 | light-minded |
| 例句 | The director Shawn Levy is an old hand at light-minded capers — he directed the “Night at the Museum” franchise — and he handles the obligatory fights and battles reasonably well. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z None shall know that any but my wicked, light-minded self had a hand in this profanation of——. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z According to you, Hedwig was always too superficial and light-minded; now she is growing so wonderfully profound in her feelings that she is forgetting how to laugh. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Strict divorce laws have always fettered and burdened nobler natures, while light-minded people have easily found means of escape. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Among the serious persons who are doing the useful work of the world, discovering its laws, classifying its facts, forecasting its future, this light-minded, light-hearted creature comes with his untimely jests. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z I'm not a success as a light-minded woman, Walter. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z This typical gadabout, light-minded, cynical little old woman with the girlish ways, was after all a big-hearted toiler in the vineyard. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The lyrics at once caught the popular fancy; we hear of them as spreading over the country, sung everywhere by the light-minded. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z As we have already surmised, these people were not light-minded adventurers or people who had nothing to risk or lose. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z He was the most light-minded, inconsiderate man that I ever met, although he was far from being a fool. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Well, if we conducted like children we were as light-minded and as innocent. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z My father shall not think of your wife as a dishonored and light-minded creature. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Dreadful it was to Freke, who, light-minded and evil as he was, had really believed himself free, and whose implied doubt to Jacqueline was merely for the purpose of frightening her into submission. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z She inquired eagerly about the wounded man, whose posture in the lap of this light-minded Samaritan seemed to strike her as peculiarly strange. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Her known prudence shall turn from me the derision of the light-minded and idle, and on her royal word I place all my hopes. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z To the light-minded and bright-witted singers of these provinces imagination is easier than memory. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z Kopp!" said she, on account of his light-minded behavior with the children, "Kopp, why do you stand there smoking like a chimney? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Nor could I believe Anna light-minded and fickle, even if her father accused her. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z "Look you, little thing," said the lady, patting the cheeks of the light-minded girl, "look you, child, you shall come to me again: I will keep my promise; only you must dress better." Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Still, for one so experienced, it was a sore indiscretion to trust to the constancy of a fickle heart, when placed in the body of a light-minded and truant boy. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z What he said was not intelligible, but the quality of voice struck the light-minded smile from Nan Ellis's face. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z On the whole, he was of too ideal temperament to find enjoyment in light-minded passions, and had no talent for such. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z But after that first night out on the strawberry patches I knew that I loved you, and, as I am not a light-minded person, irrevocably. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z “But I tell thee that he is light-minded,” said the irritated Menes. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Most moralists, it seems, think grave harm is done, since the loss of good name with one prudent man is generally more distasteful than its loss with many light-minded persons. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z “But if you ever see the ghost you won’t be so light-minded about it.” Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z You are all such light-minded creatures; while I, Caterpillar, am a serious person. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z I am amazed, Miss Hargrew, that so light-minded a girl as you ever won your way into the M. O. R. chapter. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z He admitted that Whitefield had an enormous influence, and that the light-minded and indifferent became religious as the result of his revivals. The True Benjamin Franklin Don’t think it, or that it would be ‘wrong’ or light-minded to be happy if you could. Where the Path Breaks I am not wicked, not light-minded; I have only sought for myself the freedom which is as necessary to my life as air to breathing. A Sister's Love A Novel In the winter they walked under the porticoes of Po, the "wise ones" in the vicinity of the University, while the more light-minded frequented the porticoes on the San Francesco side. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico It was some one belonging to the opera-house, the valet afterwards told me; a light-minded creature, who ran away one fine day with a Russian. The Children of the World A light-minded French girl calling Franklin her father is very different from serious, business-like statements by Franklin saying that a certain woman was his daughter. The True Benjamin Franklin But he does not examine it: he is not one of your light-minded, mustache-growing, frivolous-headed youths of three-or-four-and-twenty, to whom the smiling face of a pretty girl is the most fascinating object under heaven. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Neither did Jean-aux-Choux—so little, indeed, that he decided to take this light-minded young gentleman, of good family and few ambitions, into his confidence—which, perhaps, was the wisest thing he could have done. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion "My son, I know you are not as some of the light-minded cousins we knew in France; but a word of warning does no harm, even if it be not needed." The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington He preferred “light-minded”:— The difference between frivolous and light-minded is not a broad one. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) He is a squirrel with a job, and not nearly so light-minded as he looks. Seeds of Pine Such are instances of the tributes offered by the beauty-loving Greeks to these beautiful but light-minded women, who were regarded as incarnations, as it were, of the goddess Aphrodite herself. Greek Women Just what he meant by it was not so clear; but there it was, half comforting him, half excusing her; she was light-minded! John March, Southerner And indeed these German places seem to take kindly to this part, for they rival each other in modern amusements and gauds set out to lure the light-minded. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 A light-minded, rollicking woman is my niece Dodge. A Vanished Hand They were good fellows, as I have said, but I fear rather light-minded. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Miss Paysley—You like to have people think you are cynical and light-minded. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 The light-hearted, light-minded Erfeuil was to set off the tense and serious Nelvil—a type again, as he was evidently intended to be, but a somewhat new type of Englishman. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Supposing he has written a "light-minded fiction," as you call it, where's the harm of it?' The Giant's Robe Laugh on, you light-minded luxurious tribe of the gods! The Wagnerian Romances But the Nobodies are light-minded, casual, and good-hearted. Waiting for Daylight The Indians' past experience with the light-minded French and the evil-minded Spanish adventurers of the border had left a deep impression; it had made them wary, if not distrustful, of white men's protestations. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark The stupid sort will prefer to drowse in the shade, and the light-minded will care only for the gay round of social pleasures. Our Bird Comrades He and his courtiers were fond of pleasure of a light-minded and immoral kind. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe A great reveller: reference is repeatedly made to the light-minded, light-hearted, careless humour of the gods, their glorious feasts and joyous life in the light up there. The Wagnerian Romances But I have been so light-minded and thoughtless as not to seek his advice on this question of New Year's gifts. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country Now let no light-minded person say that I am here taking extravagant parallels; for the parallel is not only perfect, but plain. Eugenics and Other Evils She was soon half asleep, and the flames, moving off into the distance, seemed to be dancing about in a queer, light-minded fashion. The Candidate A Political Romance Lester put in, trying to belong, and be light-minded, like he thought the others were, instead of a scared, pedantic kid. The Planet Strappers Polish music is the voice of a light-minded, brave-hearted people who lived in a gay turmoil and drained with eager lips and reckless spirits the cup of glory and of joy. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Being a little light-minded about sunshine, it seemed that they were unable to discriminate between heaven's high lamp and the electric one on the porch, and would dutifully arise when either appeared. Tutors' Lane Now such cases occur very frequently where religion has nothing to do with the matter, and then we think little about it, merely calling the persons who thus change all at once volatile and light-minded. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) Nancy’s private expenditures occasioned even Miss Trigg to say that she was “light-minded” and would never know how to spend money. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall In 1713 a ball was given by the governor in Boston, at which light-heeled and light-minded Bostonians of the governor's set danced till three in the morning. Customs and Fashions in Old New England There had been more than one person opposed to entrusting so sacred a work to so light-minded and trivial a girl. Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life He regarded her somewhat critically, questioning whether his mother was of a more worldly and light-minded disposition than he had heretofore supposed. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Indeed, certain of the light-minded youth of Eden Valley called the parlour with the faded red velvet chairs by the name of “Little Heaven”—because so many marriages had been made there. The Dew of Their Youth "But I tell thee that he is light-minded," said the irritated Menes. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt It must be acknowledged that Godfrey was in a fair way to become a new man in this completely novel position to one so frivolous, so light-minded, and so thoughtless. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The Kindergarten, which is refreshment and help to the plodding German child, may become a snare to the light-minded American. The Education of American Girls He declares that I do not understand and appreciate him—that I am incapable of doing so; and that I have unjustly, though perhaps unintentionally, represented him as a trifling, light-minded sort of person. The Island Home Happiness is not akin with levity, nor is it one with light-minded mirth. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Since I received the same from the Master above: Seek not for faith or for truth in a world of light-minded girls; A thousand suitors reckons this dangerous bride. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson Judith was not at all discomposed by her light-minded raillery. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge The light-minded get it from changes in the weather. The Bibliotaph and Other People For other matter, methinks, she is somewhat light-minded, and one that should cast more thought to the colour of her sleeves than to the length of her prayers.” All's Well Alice's Victory The people he found to be eminently gifted by nature with that subtlety which is apt to degenerate into sophistry, and prone to be both rather light-minded and extremely suspicious. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 I wonder you are so light-minded at such a time as this. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier The great majority now, perhaps, are not entirely light-minded, but they are less serious, more noisily determined to do what they want, and get what they can both out of men and out of life. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards And she had been a vain, light-minded goose to fancy for an instant that he would misinterpret that foolish little postscript on her last letter,—that he would want to misinterpret it. Jane Journeys On But the widow said she was a light-minded hussy, and persisted as usual in her lamentations and mourning. Stories of Comedy Right or wrong, he is never hard, never shallow, never light-minded. True Words for Brave Men A large proportion of the insecta are too light-minded and frivolous to care for smoking. Here are Ladies Cruel, cruel—a joke, a mere joke, as such things went with the shallow and light-minded, and yet it was a tragedy. Dixie Hart We think if the Elaine of the legend had looked thus upon Launcelot, and he were truly all that poets sing him, he could not long have preferred to her the light-minded Guenevere. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Vain of fugitive successes, O light-minded man, full of pleasure and of wealth, hast thou imagined that thou couldst suffice even to thyself? The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 The serious long-jawed Virginia settler and the easy light-minded French boatman listened side by side. Old Kaskaskia One of the lightest-minded of the many light-minded college men, had been deeply smitten by the charms of dignified Fairy. Prudence of the Parsonage "Then it's most likely to have been she," commented Solomon, "for she is a light-minded one, as is proper an' becomin' in a child of sin." The Miller Of Old Church He did let me play the car's musical siren, though; a fascinating bugbear, supposed to warn children, chickens, and other light-minded animals that something important is coming, and they'd better look alive. The Motor Maid The revolting spirit had skill in argument; and the light-minded, the discontented, and the rebellious were won over. Added Upon A Story So like their predecessors, those light-minded courts have practically ended. The Man in Court Punch" offered the following light-minded amendment: "How to Dress on Nothing a Year. Americans and Others My trusted courier is dead; the others are light-minded, and Tape is in the height of festivity. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt To him she was, in that moment, a light-minded woman apologizing for the petty misdeed, and paying no heed to the graver wrong that she had done him. The Clarion A woman, who under sentence of death could plan immediately for a trip to the circus, might seem at first thought incredibly light-minded. The Gay Cockade The young sister sighed over her sister's light-minded behavior. Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple Hood and other light-minded humourists laughed at him for drinking bitter tea; but he was not to be shaken by ridicule. Americans and Others The particles which adhere to the workmen's clothing are also carefully saved, and there is an arrangement in the chimney for arresting any light-minded atoms that may try to pass off in the smoke. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated I thought England was a light-minded, cheerful kind of place. The Judge He whose habit is to ponder deeply will not be light-minded. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians That she was frivolous, light-minded, and would never settle down to be a good worker, was a village verdict he scorned. Bunker Bean Was the love of that ruddy-faced, light-minded, lying dancer a thousandth part of Saul's? Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers We, however, are so light-minded, i.e., destitute of gravity, that we are unable to bear within ourselves the knowledge of a mystery. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Yet so light-minded was Charles, and so impatient were his courtiers, that he now only cared for a quick return to582 France. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Why," he continues, a little later, "you ain't got no idea how light-minded the mill-girl is. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls A commination began of light-minded cripples who took in young and innocent boots, promising them all things, and then treacherously abandoned them, to do God knew what; and so I left. London River It made the light-hearted lighter in heart, the light-minded heavy in soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Lo! at once do I put away my anger; for of old thou wert never rash or light-minded; but now thy reason was overborne by the impetuosity of youth. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) "I had forgotten that," said the light-minded fellow. My Friend Prospero My mother must have sure been frivolous and light-minded when I was born. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Choiseul was vivacious, brilliant, keen, penetrating; believing nothing, fearing nothing; an easy moralist, an uncertain ally, a hater of priests; light-minded, inconstant; yet a kind of patriot, eager to serve France and retrieve her fortunes. Montcalm and Wolfe You do, you certainly do, rate me with the light-minded, don't you? The Twenty-Fourth of June One day mistrust seized the Rabbi, and he said to his son, "Women are light-minded; the Romans may tease her and then she will betray us." Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Lon always was kind of light-minded, even after the state went dry. Ma Pettengill Priests are light-minded, and it is a difficult thing to check the tongue. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) I recalled Uncle Jim's casual mention of Henry Grey as a rather light-minded, quixotic man. Westways Nevertheless," returned Mr. Shurtleff, "it may have been a jest to be eternally remembered, as all light-minded treatment of serious matters must be. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 The silly, light-minded girls in England who had found the younger man's attractions irresistible and raved over his dark skin and the fascinating suggestion of the Orient in him, should have seen the pair now. The Elephant God It may sometimes prove exhausting to its light-minded readers, but it never exhausts itself. The Jericho Road And you like to feel that there are light-minded girls like me, who only care about the inside of shops and theatres and hotels, eh? Youth and the Bright Medusa The light-minded might add, that the dead cannot strike back; to pass judgment upon them is not only more critical but safer. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities "I don't believe that castaways set out to explore their island for food in any such light-minded manner as you display, Elizabeth," Nan observed. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways Mr. Cowper was courteous; he was a gentleman, and he saw she was no light-minded girl. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Don't you see that these wonderful coincidences are enough to apall a light-minded person. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition Another old writer, Rev. S. Gobat, describes the Abyssinians as light-minded, having nothing constant but inconstancy itself. Primitive Love and Love-Stories But if we are indeed desirous to do better, to grow in grace, and yet feel ourselves terribly weak and light-minded, what practical steps can we take to the goal that we see far off? The Silent Isle He hoped for the best, but he had always known that the girl was a light-minded baggage. The Wrong Twin Something had occurred to excite their mirth, and they came home in such a "gale" that she playfully rebuked them for being so light-minded. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Howsomever, the works of the light-minded who are a-dancing on the edge of perdition don't make any difference in my plain duty. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Was talked to by Father down in the library about improving myself and taking care not to be light-minded and frivolous. Mary Marie “As well seek Heaven’s gate in yon fair reflection as learn to love in this light-minded, deceitful city,” Hilarius said to himself a little bitterly. Gathering of Brother Hilarius Why, then, instead of acting like th' upright, honourable man we've all believed you to be, you've been acting the part of a selfish light-minded scoundrel. Adam Bede I am so hopelessly light-minded that I cannot refrain from being rational even in matters which concern me personally—and this, of course, no normal being ever thinks of doing. The Certain Hour The light-minded woman had been discovering good matches for her daughter almost from the year of her birth. Tess of the d'Urbervilles She could only have argued in a general way, that Mrs. Granger was frivolous, and that any kind of wrong-doing might be expected from so light-minded a person. The Lovels of Arden A witch - plainly proved to be such - had been struck dead in the midst of her sins; and London, that light-minded, reprobate city, was a heap of graves. Gathering of Brother Hilarius The hot-tempered, light-minded Queen Eleanor's open contempt of the English drew upon her such hatred, that vituperative ballads were made on her, some of which have come down to our times. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II The benevolent suavity of this angel has made the light-minded hussey half break her heart. Anna St. Ives As we have said before, it is almost impossible to make our light-minded times comprehend the earnestness with which those people lived. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 She comes of a light-minded race and nation, Angela; and it is easy to her to forget; or she would not easily forget that so-adoring husband whose fortunes she ruined. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger But light-minded men, whose hearts are made dark with infidelity, care not what antic distortions they make in interpreting Scripture, so they bring it to any show of compliance with their own fancy and incredulity. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Bingham had never talked to him like this before; he had never seemed so light-minded, so slanted towards the jocular. With the Procession A light-minded and vain prince is seated on the throne of a once-godly nation, Chief, and darkness has again come over a land which of late shone with a clear and shining light! The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish AEACUS. … and moreover believed them too light-minded to judge of a poet's merits. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 For it appeared to him that for one who had so lately held converse with approaching death, it would be a very scandal of light-minded pettiness to nourish resentment against any fellow creature. The Far Horizon You are light-minded, but you are not bad … you cannot be bad… you, too, have had a mother…. Dame Care The young things came to little in themselves, but some of them had vainglorious mothers and ambitious, pomp-loving fathers, and who could tell in what richly promising crevice their light-minded chatter might lodge and sprout? Under the Skylights Mrs. Rodjezke was not of the light-minded type of woman that changes styles with the season. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Of the three she had grown the stoutest, and from being a slight, light-minded girl, she had become a heavy matron, habitually censorious in her speech. Annie Kilburn : a Novel If the more light-minded tourist shirks this act of piety, he makes a mistake which he will repent afterward in vain. Familiar Spanish Travels He endured this with his usual stoical reticence, although there is nothing like debt to sicken a man's heart,—unless he be a decidedly light-minded man. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Such opportunities for falsity, artificiality, downright humbuggery, for plutocratic upholstery and indecorous statues and light-minded paintings, for cynical and insolent servants, for the deployment of vast gains got by methods that at best were questionable! Under the Skylights As the Puritans had brought republican principles and religious zeal into universal odium, so this light-minded monarch seemed expressly born to sport away all respect for the kingly dignity. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The monkey busied himself, and the light-minded drunkard laughed; and at every fresh gesticulation of the new boot-wearer, the laugh grew louder and more tremendous, till at length it was found impossible to be restrained. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 If "the race of birds was created out of innocent, light-minded men, whose thoughts were directed toward heaven," according to the word of Plato, then Ardea herodias must long ago have fallen from grace. A Florida Sketch-Book She will be easy prey, because she is light-minded and inexperienced. The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert I don't hold with the light-minded that want to get away from retribution. Up the Hill and Over "Holy mother, I learned of her first as one false to her vows, light-minded and fickle from her youth—" "O hath there been none to speak thee good of her—in all these years?" Beltane the Smith Even in those days, however, imperfect as were the means of travelling, rebellion moved somewhat too rapidly to allow any long interval of security so light-minded as this. The Caesars I amused myself by insisting that she was but a light-minded young woman with no strong basis of character, and too fond of a red coat. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Even Bernie misapprehends me; he thinks I'm frivolous and light-minded, but I'm not. The Net On the other hand neither his manner nor his appearance looked sufficiently inoffensive to expose him to light-minded aggression. Victory An Island Tale He bethought him of his father's sayings anent the love of women, and in his mind condemned them all as fickle and light-minded. Beltane the Smith I do not remember what he said after that—it is so hard to recall all the childish chatter of this kind, but unfortunately too light-minded young man. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories I have read that the bloody temper of Rome fed itself in gladiator shows, and verily, what we beheld to-night betokens something at once grisly and light-minded in the mood of this country.' The Chaplet of Pearls It teaches the angry man to restrain his passions, the light-minded to become grave, the cautious to be bold, and the venturesome to be prudent. Chess History and Reminiscences Horizon, at that time altogether a green youth, amorous and light-minded, dragged the sempstress after him on his wanderings, full of adventures and unexpected things. Yama: the pit But men are very light-minded as a rule, I think. In the Wilderness He believed her to be light-minded, and only looked upon her as a great child, though he loved her much and her gaiety pleased him beyond measure, being himself of a gay nature. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X Or the gossips were right after all, and he knew her to be too light-minded, if not worse, to be the wife of any pious young minister. The Chaplet of Pearls As for the others, they are light-minded, audacious, suspicious children of men, and they shall not so soon poison the air in my little paradise with their levities. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends She thought it light-minded, though she could not help it, to look forward to the daily studies where she might lose her sad thoughts and be as if everything were as usual. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations In order to endure, to live through these fearful seven years, every one gave himself up to frivolity—the terrible consequence is, that the whole world has become light-minded and frivolous. Frederick the Great and His Family Well, he runs around with frivolous, light-minded people. Missy "He's frivolous, and he's very light-minded; but he's none the worse for that." April Hopes The scene was such as a poet or an artist would have delighted in, but it had no charm for Hurry Harry, who was burning with impatience to get a sight of his light-minded beauty. The Deerslayer No, not a hen—she is a light-minded promiscuous creature; but a stork, let us say; she is monogamous and quite bound up in her family. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Having gone so far in her confidences, the pitiable daughter of this light-minded mother went so far as to speak of her mother's adorers. Frederick the Great and His Family Arthur "went with" Genevieve Hicks, a girl whom Missy privately deemed frivolous and light-minded. Missy She flattered herself she had harvested wisdom and learned a great deal more of life than this light-minded creature had even suspected. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Good looks I may not have; that is to say, to a degree that the light-minded and vain crave; but I hope I'm not altogether without some ricommend in the way of good conduct. The Deerslayer I use as many terms as possible to brand this vice of light-minded, untrustworthy men, whose sole object in speaking is to please without any regard to truth. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Be not light-minded, and I charge thee forget the beauty with which thou hast been cursed. Cleopatra Missy watched the white fox furs, their light-minded wearer and her quarry all depart together; commiseration for the victim vied with resentment against the temptress. Missy The theatres and cafes were open as usual, and the masked balls attended with great enthusiasm: confiding in their hundred and twenty-four forts, the light-minded people had nothing to fear. Burlesques "They said she was fair to look on, and pleasant of speech; but over-given to admirers, and light-minded." The Deerslayer Then his countenance fell, and became piteous with desire and grief, and he bent his brows upon them, for they seemed to him light-minded and careless, though they were lovely. The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men The young stranger looked round upon all those amused, light-minded, sceptical faces, and without a moment's hesitation went forward and knelt down before him. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death Please help me find some way—so that he won't go on being light-minded and liking light-mindedness. Missy The light-minded people, on the contrary, were rather weary than otherwise of his sway. Burlesques And could even the most cynical and light-minded of ducal personages have been involved in its unworthy frivolities? T. Tembarom The Enchanted Ground, on the other hand, threatened to throw Hopeful back again into his former light-minded state. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) "Nevertheless, my friend," said Madame Phellion, "allow me to remind you that Madame Colleville is excessively light-minded, and has given, as we al know, pretty good proofs of it." The Lesser Bourgeoisie The race of birds was created out of innocent, light-minded men, who thought to pursue the study of the heavens by sight; these were transformed into birds, and grew feathers instead of hair. Timaeus Mittermaier has pointed out that the light-minded, accidental witness sees only the nearest characteristics. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Among the frivolous and light-minded intermixture of his race he moved with great freedom and popularity. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Up till the time when Christian and Faithful passed through Vanity Fair on their way to the Celestial City, Hopeful was one of the most light-minded men in all that light-minded town. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) |
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