| 单词 | lissome |
| 例句 | "A likely looking lot of lissome ladies, eh, Mr. Shakespeare?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A lissome, blond, sinuous girl with lovely legs and honey-colored skin laid herself out contentedly on the arm of the old man’s chair and began molesting his angular, pale, dissolute face languidly and coquettishly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There were some who looked like human women, but had skin the color of moss and lips like bark; they moved with a lissome grace, treading circles in their cages. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A tenor saxophonist of lissome tone and square-shouldered attack, Mr. Stephens released an album this year titled “Gratitude.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z He looked up to see a lissome figure with gentle brown eyes that held a profundity of experience rarely encountered in someone of her age. Inferno by Dan Brown – digested read 2013-05-19T13:00:04Z The craggy melody of “Anti Heroes” supersedes a lissome groove; “Lost Song” gathers density as it rolls on. Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z Ms. McCormick, brandishing a skillful if overstated British accent, radiates lissome glamour as Lynn, her natural ease softening the character’s stereotypical facade. Theater Review: ‘Ten Chimneys,’ About Lunts, at Theater at St. Clement’s 2012-10-04T20:42:51Z It’s the latest installment in a series of albums featuring original compositions, most of them built around sighing harmonies and lissome textures. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A prodigious pig, a one-legged chicken and a herd of lissome cattle are at the center of this extraordinary, palpably intimate look at the everyday lives of a group of animals. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Particularly well known for his stint in Miles Davis’s band during the 1960s, this tenor saxophonist uses a lissome, slippery tone to craft melodies of scattered beauty. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s there on “December 11th,” named for the day she died, and on “The Eternal Stillness,” on which a tired yawn of lissome, high-pitched saxophone harmony leads to a restive, sparring exchange. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z This Sherlock is also lissome, spirited and briskly energetic; most important, the famous detective isn’t turned inside out to suit current, navel-gazing fashions. The TV Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Sherlock’ Is Back on PBS 2014-01-17T23:38:27Z He creates four lissome heroines who appear in their bikinis pretty much all the time. Spring Breakers – review 2013-04-04T15:58:00Z Of course, they made sure the blowhard mogul was seated beside the lissome ingénue. Saving the Endangered Dinner Party 2012-11-28T23:49:55Z But Gendel was a modest man, more observant than chest-thumping, and this comparatively lissome, quiet volume might be what fits him best. His Roman Holiday Lasted a Lifetime 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Could a marginally employed couch potato with an “emaciated, bony frame” really attract not just one but two lissome beauties to bed? ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In the “Prague” Symphony he drew an appropriately weighty introduction from his young players; pert, springy outer movements framed a lissome Andante. Music Review: Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia 2012-03-04T23:15:57Z But suddenly in a scene set on the yacht of a Murdoch-like mogul, a new suspect slithers into view, a lissome figure with curly auburn hair and a Mona Lisa smile. Richard Bean’s ‘Great Britain’ Opens at the National 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Reading about their exploits is like watching lissome cows graze in a field. Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z Mr. Hersch, 56, is a pianist of cultivated taste and erudition; he’s also the sort of jazz musician who brings a lissome elegance to his playing, disinclined to accentuate the effort behind it all. Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio, Live and Recorded, at the Village Vanguard 2012-02-08T22:51:48Z Yet here it is on Fifth Avenue: the Virginian general, sword at his feet, skirt draped between his thighs, sandal straps snaking up his lissome calves. A George Washington Monument, Rediscovered in Fragile Plaster 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Spying the “inadvertent elegance” of this slush-pile error — the African veldt is indeed smooth, understated, lissome — Menaker began to lasso similar gaffes, each boasting a sort of cosmic suitability that transcends its incorrectness. Spelling errors to wet your appetite and furl your brow 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In the final moment Ms. Lovette wraps her lissome body around Mr. Stanley’s like a vine, and then, in a blink, they sit. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center 2013-05-05T18:59:07Z The album she released last year, also on Heads Up, is “Chamber Music Society,” which presents her lissome, light-gauge voice in a sparer light, framed by quietly sparkling arrangements. Critic?s Notebook: Best-Kept Secret Now Has a Grammy 2011-02-14T23:24:02Z As for Ms. Duff, she’s an improbably lissome Atlas, carrying O’Neill’s heaviest conceits and passages as if they were made of air. London Stages, Full of Cheating Hearts 2013-07-18T12:00:01Z A star of Italian cinema by age 20, Ms. Lisi drew international attention for her lissome appeal in a range of dramas and farces. Virna Lisi, sultry Italian actress who proved her dramatic mettle, dies at 78 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Emma Lowe, an Irish woman herself, narrates this enchanting travelogue in a calm, lissome voice, completely in tune with the author’s generous, unflappable disposition. Review | This summer: Audiobooks that make you feel like you’re on a vacation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Listen to her, though, and the supple flow-and-ebb of her touch draws out moods and vagaries of such lissome, limber clarity that they surely can't be "wrong." Pianist Simone Dinnerstein brings her brand of Bach to Seattle 2011-01-06T22:08:07Z The exception is the lissome Ms. Eda, who, according to the program, is in her final season with the company. Dance Review: Armitage Gone! Dance at New York Live Arts 2013-02-03T22:20:41Z Now 51, she turns out tomes on nutrition, continues to model and appears in films, her latest being Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love,” in which she plays Alec Baldwin’s lissome wife. Supermodels as They Age Is Focus of Documentary 2012-07-25T20:13:12Z “Her body is lissome, almost lanky, though always in exquisite control. She has remarkable arms and hands, effortless extensions and wonderful feet.” Juilliard’s New Dance Director Comes From Ailey and Ballet 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z With her spectacularly lissome and long-limbed body and her wry humor, this ballet is now her best role. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z Favoring lissome, clearly articulated block chords, he turns corners tightly, and clears many landings on his way to completing a longer thought. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But Sinephro has her own thing going entirely: It has to do with her lissome, contained-motion improvising on the harp, and the game versatility of the groups she puts together. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The lissome Ms. Renée is equally glossy but far more charming. ‘Pippin,’ Almost a Year and a Half Old, and Cheerier 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z One is of an anonymous, lissome figure, barely detectable as he or she dances at the end of a long, dark street. ‘West Side Story’ Review: Sharks vs. Jets vs. Video 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z A sample of an argyle, part of a knitwear line the designer will introduce on his runway this week, was pinned alongside sketches of fetchingly lissome sweaters and dresses. New York Fashion Week: Another Season, Another Show 2011-02-10T00:06:03Z In this one-man show by the veteran South African choreographer Robyn Orlin — political, poignant and mercifully funny — Khoza, stunningly loose and in command of the crowd, reveals a quick mind and lissome physicality. Review: Dressed Up in Saran Wrap and Ready to Dance 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Dedicated to Maria Tallchief, the originator of the 1949 title role who died in April, this “Firebird” showcased the tall and lissome Maria Kowroski, whose balletic line is nothing short of electrifying. Dance Review: City Ballet’s ‘Serenade’ and ‘Red Angels’ at Koch Theater 2013-05-22T20:42:42Z The lissome little murder mystery retails for $15 and totals 100 pages. A 1934 murder mystery’s pages were printed out of order. Now the world is obsessed. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z To the people dancing to the sinuous blues music that Little Freddie King plays from the stage — their bodies filmed with rich sensuality by Matsoukas — the lissome girl and watchful young man are folk heroes. Review | ‘Queen & Slim’ is another tale of outlaws on the run, but also much more than that 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z This 2014 is lissome and crunchy, with peppery scents and floral accents of lavender and lilac. 5 wines made by L.A. winemakers to pair with your Thanksgiving feast – LA Times 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Choreographer Erica Gionfriddo contributes masterly dance sequences, enacted with lissome skill by the agile actors, while Eliot Gray Fisher’s virtuosic sound design keeps the mood appropriately fraught. ‘Any Night's’ riveting performances and Hitchcockian thrills could soar on the big screen 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Four horns, violin, upright bass and piano swim between lissome unison phrases and hard punctuations; often, both are happening at once. The Playlist: Drake Shows Off His Latest Obsessions 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Barely clad, lissome teen boys are used to sell everything from candy to beer to mutual funds. A monument for the Stonewall riots is nice, but the fight for LGBT rights goes on | David Ferguson 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z And of the three kids, this most afflicted my youngest, Virginia — my carefree, lissome river sprite. Sally Mann’s Exposure 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Merling, if finally healthy and focused, can be a lissome bruiser. The Fifth Down: Green Bay Packers, 2012 N.F.L. Season Preview 2012-08-03T10:00:51Z Lettie, as I have said, is tall, approaching six feet; she is lissome, but firmly moulded, by nature graceful; in her poise and harmonious movement are revealed the subtle sympathies of her artist's soul. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Her body felt as young and lissome in his arms as a girl's. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z "Phyllida, I love you," and clasping her lissome body breathless to his, he defied the lightning of the Gods. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Her hair was black as night; her eyes luminous, large, and very dark; her head small, her figure lissome and extremely slender, her shoulders narrow and falling. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z In this garden the musicians played, and the tawny dancers writhed and curved their lissome bodies, in dramatic Eastern dances. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z There was too much lissome grace in the sinuous figure, and too much unearthly wisdom in the dark mysterious face. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z As he seated himself a gong sounded, the band struck up, beginners dispersed, confident hands clasped lissome waists, long edges ended in lightning threes, and the rink was a maze of sweeping grace and symmetry. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z She was small, lissome, of a vigorous figure and vastly more attractive to his eye than any girl he had ever looked at. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Elegant, lissome, light, mobile, Mathews skipped and fluttered and chirruped like a bird. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Their shapely, lissome feet skim and bound in bewildering and intricate steps, to the clicking of ribbon-decked castanets. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Where were the graceful, lissome figure, the dainty complexion, the passion-darkened eyes. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Their graceful, lissome spray moving to the wind looks active among the stiffer trees, and their white stems shine out in startling contrast to the other dusky foliage. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Brown-gold hair, blue eyes, petite and lissome figure—when had such description of a girl caught in the cogs of his memory? The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Then, almost instantly, the beauty of the lissome creature fascinated him. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Among the men of Seville one sees many slim, lissome, well-proportioned figures of medium height. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The lissome figure approached—beautiful, radiant as ever—and, tripping quite up to Margaret, she took her pale hand and pressed it graciously. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Some Quinces planted about eight years ago are now perfect pictures, their lissome branches borne down with the load of great, deep-yellow fruit, and their leaves turning to a colour almost as rich and glowing. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z For moonlight of silver and sunlight of gold Glint the orchards of lemons and mangoes, And the ladies, we're told, Are a joy to behold As they twine in their lissome fandangoes. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z Well proportioned, for so old and ill-clad a lady, did she show to be as she sprang back from him, surprised into height, straightness and lissome lines. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Seeing that form prostrate and pulseless, who could believe the same, which but a few nights before was there moving about, erect, lissome, and majestic? Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Seeing that form prostrate and pulseless, who could believe it the same, which but a few nights before was there moving about, erect, lissome, and majestic? Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Tall and slight, lissome in every movement of her exquisitely shaped figure, barely thirty, and very fair withal. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z There are fewer lissome young women in filmy summer dresses and ostentatious sunglasses, and more men wearing harassed expressions. For Lotus, Hispania and Virgin the chequered flag is victory in itself | Richard Williams 2010-03-29T23:05:00Z But if the 17-year-old girl who showed up unexpectedly outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran last November resembles her father, she is tall and lissome, with angular features that would be hard to mistake. 2010-01-05T23:47:00Z She was dressed in deepest green box-cloth, and the heavy folds that clung to that lissome form made her ankles behind great pompons of black silk seem astonishingly slender. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The figure in its simple summer dress was gracefully lissome. The Tempering Day by day her brain had become less lissome. A Bed of Roses Her hands went to her face, her lissome body shook. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus She was a striking girl, not much over nineteen surely, tall, lissome, precisely the figure that the modern dances must have been especially designed to set off. The Social Gangster She is sitting on his knee now, with her arms round his neck, and her cheek against his; and he is holding her svelte lissome figure very closely to him. Faith and Unfaith As she drew back a step in her displeasure, my gaze dwelt adoringly upon the graces of her lissome form. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Some Quinces planted about eight years ago are now perfect pictures; their lissome branches, borne down with the load of great deep-yellow fruit, and their leaves turning to a colour almost as rich and glowing. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens She was standing not three feet from him, a tall, lissome figure, dressed in a sheer costume which hid her figure, yet left enough to be seen to entrance the eye. Castle of Terror Not an inch of space is lost in the long lines where, tall and lissome, the stalks bend and curtsy to the passer-by. Seeds of Pine He had by no means forgotten the impression created by her beauty and her lissome grace when dancing at the club at Manila. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade It could be no other figure, for no other figure that I had ever seen could walk with the same triumphant and lissome grace. The Portal of Dreams I. On a sheet of silver the morning-star lay Fresh, white as a baby child, And laughed and leaped in his lissome way, On my parterre of flowers smiled. Blooms of the Berry He pointed to a window, through which the lissome form of the young feature writer could be seen, tapping on the glass in order to attract attention. Helpfully Yours He has twined his arms round her lissome figure, and is gazing anxiously into her eyes. Rossmoyne Beside it, thrust up by lissome fingers—fingers white and strangely familiar—was a tomahawk. The Plow-Woman The cat who bore the name of the interesting Eponine was more lissome and slender in shape than her brothers. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 It was a Titian-haired, lissome young woman upon whom he had never laid eyes before, and who returned his stare with self-possessed interest. Kildares of Storm The low bent head with its soft wavy hair held her earnest attention, the bending figure, so lissome, yet so frail as it swayed to the motion of the treadle. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country But ever and anon the eyes of both old ladies wander thoughtfully, admiringly, to where the lissome Monica stands, like a pale, pensive lily. Rossmoyne Merry as a sand-boy she danced about in russet boots that came to the knee; lithe and lissome in the full swing of immunity from skirts, mantle and petticoats! The Strollers In his barbaric way he was somewhat of a dancer, and his legs were as lissome as his arms. A Man to His Mate He watched her lissome form as she moved through the intricate evolutions till he began to envy the Count von Daumerlingstamm, her elegant but undersized partner. In Brief Authority From an ambush of laurel bushes close beside the path, a tall, slender form stood forth, the lissome figure of a girl in the budding charm of womanhood. Heart of the Blue Ridge Ask the woods of Finglas Water That once knew her lissome tread! Sprays of Shamrock They were taller than any other women I saw in Malaysia, lithe and supple as Ruth St. Denis, and bearing themselves with a quiet dignity and lissome grace. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China There is certainly no lack of either about this idyll of Elizabeth Kemp of the lissome limbs and auburn hair. When Winter Comes to Main Street Her slight, lissome figure acquired a new elegance from her black dress. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley He was deeply sunburnt: scraggy in the neck; strong and lissome, but not very smart. A Poor Man's House It was a long way to travel, but it was nothing to the lissome warrior, who would have broken into a run could he have felt any assurance of gaining any benefit by doing so. Camp-fire and Wigwam Side by side they strolled away across the sunlit lawn, he so strong, virile, erect, she so lissome and graceful. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters They wear their uniforms badly, some of them, being no longer lithe and lissome; and yet the forty thousand dollar man was lean and hard as an Indian. At Plattsburg A sharp critic might accuse Mr. Du Maurier of lingering too complacently on the lines in question; of having a certain ideal of "lissome" elongation to which the promiscuous truth is sometimes sacrificed. Picture and Text 1893 He is returned home no less strong and lissome, and exceedingly smart. A Poor Man's House It’s in fine condition, too, with its leather lining, and that’s all as lissome and good as when it was first made.” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Our basket was full of mottoes made from letters cut out of cardboard and covered with lissome sprays of fir. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 She made a beautiful invalid, with her rare complexion and her white, lissome hands lying so restfully and helplessly on the counterpane. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science And, as a maid is won by face, figure and daring, and a wife by riches, position or prospects, there was a notable paucity of lissome ladies in Jonas' career. Wizard How surprisingly fast this nymph-like creature could get over the ground, and that gracefully, moreover, rather in the style of a lissome, long-limbed youth than in that of a woman. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance I would rather refer to her as lissome and willowy, and tell how her sorrow for the dead wrapped her 'round with weeds and becoming sable—but in the interests of truth I dare not. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Then, in the muffled hour, one, strange and gracious and sad, Moves from the phantom hearth, and, with infinite delicacies, Looses his lissome hands along the murmurous keys. Nights in London As she spoke the arms of Apollo seized her, yet, even as his arms met around her waist, lissome and slight as a young willow, Daphne the nymph was Daphne the nymph no longer. A Book of Myths Slim and lissome, the dew of childhood was still on her lips, and the mist of it in her eyes. Oh, You Tex! Harry shivered; the doctor was a powerful man; and the cane looked very lithe and lissome. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge I’m not so lissome as thou; nay, nor so lissome as I was at thy years. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) I reckon, Tom, lad, thou’rt not so lissome as I was at thy years. The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Still further she drew apart the lissome trees, and stepped through, a vision of spring itself. Patty Blossom Tennyson has “as lissome as a hazel wand”—The Brook, l. English Past and Present Her slim figure, in its virginal lines, was as lissome as the child's, but there was an exquisite roundness to every limb and it lent flexibility to her movements. A Little Girl in Old Detroit They have no faces, no minds and bowels: only deep, lustful roots stretching in earth, and vast, lissome life in air, and primeval individuality. Fantasia of the Unconscious She stood tall and lissome, the picture of slender, robust health. Highways in Hiding They were so well dressed! and so lissome. Man and Maid I let my perception dawdle on the slender ankles, the lissome waist, and the rounded hips. Stop Look and Dig A pretty, lissome girl, with a step so light it would not have crushed the grass under her feet, had there been any. A Little Girl in Old Detroit It is good exercise, and keeps one's muscles lissome. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War Could this be the fierce, lissome, panther-like creature before whose blow two of their stoutest men had fallen? An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier As he finished, Ruth, lissome in her black habit, cantered daintily out with a laughing nod to Volney Sprague, who was watching her from the Whig office over the way. The Henchman Her lissome figure had lost its gallantry, the fine poise that had given her a note of wild freedom. Steve Yeager I'm sorry I'm loose, sir," Charlie said gravely, "if you do not approve of it; but you see, running about and playing games make one lissome. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Even Polly resigned her favorite seat for her, even Helen looked without pain at mother’s beloved chair when Flower’s lissome figure filled it. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl But, with all her savage, lissome strength she scratched and struck and struggled. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier They only say, "She was tall, willowy and lissome; and Sir Joshua Reynolds painted her picture as a peasant beauty, bearing on her well-poised head a sheaf of corn." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters It reveals all the whims of the copyist: the treatment of the hands, the lissome tissue of the drapery, and the angular structure of the skull. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres Up and up he went, swinging himself with lissome grace, raising each trapeze with the force of his swing until he could reach the one above it. A Dozen Ways Of Love Long and lissome, with a small, round, sallow face and withdrawn, brooding yellow eyes under sulky black brows that slanted up to the outer corners. Dangerous Ages But the bandaged head was withdrawn as two tall, feminine forms came gravely up the row, one so prim and almost antique, the other so lithe and lissome. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier She was slightly above medium height, though not tall—a lissome, graceful girl with direct, frank eyes. Square Deal Sanderson And the sumptuousness of her figure—its faultless curves and lines, its lissome roundness, its young grace, the beauty of arm and neck and ankle! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt She took his arm up the hill and, like birds themselves, they went lightly together, strong, lissome, radiant in health and youth and the joy of a shared worship that made all things sweet. The Spinners She was not strictly pretty, but she was young and fresh, and the spotless muslin fell in graceful folds round her tall, lissome figure. Nightfall Julia was not two inches shorter than myself; a tall, stiff figure, neither slender enough to be lissome, nor well-proportioned enough to be majestic. The Doctor's Dilemma The beauty all was in the wearer's soft young curves and lissome grace. In Old Kentucky "My master has come!" she cried, holding up both lissome arms with a gesture to welcome him. The Great Taboo The contrast between her restless prettiness, the profusion of her dress and hair, and Julie's dark, lissome strength, gowned and gloved in neat, close black, was marked enough. Lady Rose's Daughter Then must be counted Altsasti, who although a widow was very young, and as slight, as lissome, as graceful as the "wreath" which her name signified. The Frontiersmen Whistler once remarked that without Mrs. Morris to supply stained-glass attitudes and the lissome beauty of an angel, the Preraphaelites would have long since gone down to dust and forgetfulness. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors I remember every accent of her voice, every variation of light that came and went in her eyes, every ripple of love-laughter, every movement of her body, lissome as a greyhound's, graceful as a bird's. Aylwin Her naked bronze limbs were shapely and lissome; but her eyes were swollen and red with tears, and her face strongly distorted with awe for the man-god. The Great Taboo His arm around her, the tall lissome figure of her bent, and her head resting on his shoulder. Mr. Isaacs Countless craft, manned by lissome blacks or tawny Hottentots, instantly shot forth from the crowded quays, and surged in picturesque disorder round the great hull, scarred by the ordure of ten score pure Arab chargers. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. So here's defiance to the storm, And here's a pledge in amber grape To him whose heart is always warm, And who conceals a lissome form In Mr. Peattie's cape. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 The slim lines of her figure had the lissome development of a girl who spent her days out of doors. The Moon Rock Nobili envied Herod in a dreamy way, who, with round, leaden eyes, a crown upon his head—watched the dancing girl as she flung about her lissome limbs. The Italians Little tremors quivered over the lissome body of the lioness. Tales of lonely trails And with that she went in, the copper spangles glancing at her waist red as the light on ripe wheat, and all her tall figure lissome as the bending corn. Red Axe She seemed so much softer, so much more pliant, and tender, and lissome. Burning Daylight And first there leapt, like bird on wing, A lissome Lamb that played in the air. The Poems of Sidney Lanier He was charmed by the pale face, the lissome figure, draped in pearl grey, with a coiled string of pearls at the throat. Sister Carrie: a Novel For moonlight of silver and sunlight of gold Glint the orchards of lemons and mangoes, And the ladies, we're told, Are a joy to behold As they twine in their lissome fandangoes. Songs and Other Verse Many things I might have wished to say and do with that slender figure and lissome waist so near me. Red Axe From his humble law-office window he had seen Phyllis pass along the street in the old Sommerton carriage, and had fallen in love as promptly as possible with her plump, lissome form and pretty face. Southern Lights and Shadows A dark, lissome creature, beautiful as a young princess, but a princess in the disguise of a savage, darted past him. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada She was dressed in rich brown velveteen, made to fit her lissome figure. Light O' the Morning I were lissome in those days, though not so very stiff at this time of speaking, and bound to be guarded in the guidance of the tongue. Erema — My Father's Sin While the other tugged and strained, he, quietly yielding his lithe lissome frame to every effort, tried hard with obstinate endeavour to untwist the hands that held him firmly locked. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter So quaint, so short, so lissome, she, It seemed as if it well might be Some jocose god, with sportive whirl, Had taken up a long lithe girl And tied a graceful knot in her. Poems You, like a Hermes so lissome and strong, Fresh from the master Praxiteles' hand? John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment Her figure was lissome and graceful, her face was thoughtful and intelligent, and gave promise of rare beauty in another year or two. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic I took his hands, and made them lissome with a soft, light rubbing. Erema — My Father's Sin A whiff of warm wind might have blown her, so swiftly, lissomely she ran toward the other door, laughing back at him across her shoulder and leaving a trail of aromatic scent. The Winds of the World There would have been no processions of tall, lissome, melancholy beauties wending their way to nowhere, were it not for the "Spring." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists She went to him, leaning toward him, beautiful arms extended, lissome body bent. A Fool There Was These included the beautiful snow petrel, the Antarctic petrel, and the small, lissome Wilson petrel—a link with the bird-life of more temperate seas. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She was taller by several inches; a lissome creature who moved with the sureness and grace of an almost exalted symmetry. The Rose in the Ring He did as she bade him, and came back presently bearing in his hand both helm and hauberk, and he looked light-limbed and trim and lissome, an exceeding goodly man. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Dark lissome girls raise their velvety eyes and applaud this daring horsemanship. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance He was small for his age, and exceptionally lissome and he felt that the leaves would conceal him for a few moments at least. The Boy Scout Aviators Tall and straight and lissome, with the blue eyes and yellow hair of her people, white as milk and fair as a wild rose, she was a girl to be remembered—Audrey. Masters of the Guild She left her hand in his, as they walked through the lane where lissome boughs of young saplings flicked against their heads, and the air was wildly sweet with the woodsy odors. Further Chronicles of Avonlea He was charmed by the pale face, the lissome figure, draped in pearl gray, with a coiled string of pearls at the throat. Sister Carrie Tall, swarthy figures these, lissome and agile, with every muscle standing out clear through the brown skin. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal Tall, lissome, supple, clear of limb and light of footstep, she was indeed a girl any mother might have been proud of. The Woman Who Did She again resumed her pose, the right foot advanced, the left arm well back, her lissome, finely developed body leaning slightly forward. Alice of Old Vincennes But the audience refused to be satisfied until at last Magda appeared alone, standing very white and slender under the blaze of lights, a faint suggestion of fatigue in the poise of her lissome figure. The Lamp of Fate She was tall and broad, was Mother Mayberry, and in her walk was left much of the lissome strength of her girlhood to lighten the matronly dignity of her carriage. The Road to Providence She was of medium stature, slender and lissome, looking taller than she really was. The Golden Dog Gramercy, for thy haunting face, Thy charm of voice and lissome grace, I fear no power a woman wields While I can have the woods and fields. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Her lissome form more perfect grew, And in her features we could trace, In softened curves, her mother's face. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 I climb the air with lissome mien; Unsheathing keen The vivid sheen Of springing green, I thrill the crude, exalt the crass Fine-flex'd and fluent from Earth's mass. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets She wore a gray blouse, soiled and torn, that clung to her lissome shoulders. To the Last Man The General's bulky and commanding figure would bend lissomely at a point where you would have regarded its ability to do so with incredulity. Roads of Destiny He walked with a faint, shuffling suggestion of a prance, a lissome pomposity adopted in obedience to the art-sense within him which bade him harmonize himself with occasions of state and fashion. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William Your tawny hair, turned strand on strand And bound with blue ribands together, Streaked the rough tartan, green like heather, That round your lissome shoulder spanned. Poems But this among other cities its head as far hath exalted As the cypresses do among the lissome viburnums. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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