| 单词 | lowness |
| 例句 | It is the peculiar lowness of poverty that you discover first; the shifts that it puts you to, the complicated meanness, the crust-wiping.” Austerity in literature 2010-05-24T11:13:00Z In that lowness, Murdoch found the subject of her novels, each to a greater or lesser degree peopled by delusionals and lunatics. Iris Murdoch at 100: ‘Her books are full of passion and disaster’ 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The lowness of his voice and the highness of mine – we didn’t have to stretch. How we made Dirty Dancing's (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Then it managed to rediscover its trademark World Cup fecklessness across the ensuing 65 minutes so as to foment the relief that can come with restoring expectations to desired lowness. England vs. Tunisia 2018 World Cup: Keep on eye on victorious England. No, really, do. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z I, however, travelled in safety, though reduced to some distress from the lowness of my purse, and at last reached the spot, where the benevolence of my friend Frederick relieved me from apprehended danger. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Fretting in young women shows itself in lowness of spirits and general depression and want of tone. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z She had proved the meanness and lowness of her mind! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z There is remarkable nervous depression; loss of strength and lowness of spirits are combined with mental weakness, or even stupor and delirium. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z At the same time, it must be observed, that in regard to dwarfs, although it frequently does occur that they are labouring under a hereditary lowness of stature, this is not invariably the case. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The lowness of taxes in Ireland seems to fall within the objection arising from the cheapness of labour. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Real overwork gives rise to loss of memory, a general sense of fatigue, and particularly of discomfort about the head, poorness of appetite, lowness of spirits, and other similar symptoms. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The lowness of wages appears from the fact—one of many—that servants frequently get nothing but their board. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Well, sir," was his hearty greeting, tuned to suitable lowness of pitch, "this is a pretty business to have brought you into! The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z Megrim, mē′grim, n. a pain affecting only one half of the head or face: lowness of spirits: a sudden sickness of a horse at work. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z You will ask, how I could so easily forget the lowness of my fortune in my connexion with her cousin? The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z For the public at large this was undoubtedly a vast benefit, and in consequence of the unexampled lowness of fares, an immense number of persons had 427gone to California during the last preceding few months. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z When at his pecuniary worst he seems to have been at his inventive best, and in proportion to the lowness of his funds his audacity rose. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Gonzalo assented with an inane smile to what was said, and frequently changed the position of his long legs, which were cramped from the lowness of his chair. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z “Theirs was a crime which it would never have entered into the heart of any man to commit who was not raised above the lowness of the ordinary criminal.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z And then the result of the cold, dank, and often wet, questings around after a means of livelihood, combined with lowness of spirits, and a sorely disturbed mind, came. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He had contrived to hide his real badness of life and lowness of repute from both uncle and cousin, and had won the latter to believe him a superior kind of metropolitan product. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Do but consider how pathetically he lately lamented the case of the “white negro” lady shut out from the circle of cultivation and kept confined in one of ignorance and lowness. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Their size and the lowness of the price will make them everywhere desirable. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z The lowness of the relief shows that this foot belongs to one of the figures on the far side of the victims. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z This village is frequently called Ashford in the water, from the lowness of its situation. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z Perhaps those standards of mine, by their very lowness, may be the evidence, not of a smaller, but of a larger conception of Him Who Reigneth than might at first glance appear.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z What was most extraordinary was the sparsity and lowness of the trees and bushes, the fineness of the growth. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The lowness of interest, in all other countries a sign of wealth, is in us a proof of misery; there being no trade to employ any borrower. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z A mind thus active is in danger of disturbing, if too much indulged, the proper action of the digestive powers, which, in their turn, react upon the mind, and produce lowness of spirits and gloom. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Really, Eleanor, I am at a loss to see how lowness and vulgarity could descend much further.” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The lowness of his stature was a sore subject with Moore—almost as much, and as absurdly so, as the malformation of his foot was with Lord Byron. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z You should know that your guardian was incapable of the lowness the world imputes to him! The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Hence proceed that poverty and lowness of spirit, to which a kingdom may be subject, as well as a particular person. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z You must allow too that in proportion to the fertility of Otaheite and to its extent compared with the population will be the lowness of rent, notwithstanding its abundant rate of produce. Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 2011-06-09T02:00:21.460Z We, as has already been made apparent, ascribe her arrest to other causes than the lowness of her character and condition. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The vanity of an opera singer is generally in proportion to the lowness of his origin. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Eventually, perhaps, he might have forgiven the lowness of his birth, and risen superior to this contingency; but he could not forget its illegitimacy. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z True it is, my parents are not so meanly born as to have any cause to be ashamed, nor so high as to alter the opinion I have that my misfortune proceeds from their lowness. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z You think that the capitalist could not cease saving on account of the lowness of his profits, without a cessation in some degree of employment to the people. Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 2011-06-09T02:00:21.460Z Debarred from entering the army on account of his lowness of birth and poverty, he was appointed 753 professor of mathematics in the school in which he had been a pupil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z My valet, Mr. De Mortimer, paid no heed to his satirical lowness, my boy, but proceeded majestically to where my gothic beast was eating the remains of a straw mattress. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Their characters act because they will, not because they ought,—for happiness, and not from duty:—the lowness of their aim may be disguised, but it is inherent, and cannot be eradicated. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z He looked very grave over the lowness of her pulse, but she continued better for some hours, and slept a great deal in the afternoon. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Oh! the lowness, the commonness of such a woman, who will flatter one at any price! Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Phrenologically, it was a disappointment, the extreme lowness of the forehead striking everyone, and the so-called organs of wit, causality, and comparison being scarcely developed at all. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z About two in the morning we got up—that is, we would have got up had it not been physically impossible to do so by reason of the lowness of the roof. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Another reason, doubtless, is the lowness of the fire compared with the stove of former years, which was high up in the bygone "parlour grate." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z The balls whistled over their heads, but from the lowness of their position not a man was touched. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z My brother has the blood of his father in his veins; that tolerates no lowness! A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z All of which points to relative lowness of developmental type. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z "I can not retain that word"—said Pierre, with earnest lowness, and drawing a little nearer to her—"of right, it only pertains to thee." Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Nothing else could account for the suddenness of the calm, coupled with the lowness of the barometer. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He would let her feel her lowness and then go his own way, benevolent but untouched. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The buccaneer had sought the ruined temple that evening in lowness of spirit and utter despondency. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z The extraordinary coldness of the weather previous to the Christmas of 1859 is in the recollection of everybody: this lowness of temperature also extended to the Mer de Glace and its environs. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. I hoped that the captain or his friend would propose something for my advantage; and thus the time had run on, while my lowness of spirits increased upon me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 On account of the lowness of the site of the city the greater part of it is built on piles. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Among the various punishments which occur, fines levied on property would appear ridiculous in any other state than Sparta on account of their extreme lowness. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Commissary Parteiling discovers no legally prohibited offence in the expression of vulgarity and lowness--may be. The Progressionists, and Angela. Many large pieces of ice were seen on the borders of the shallow water; and from the lowness of the temperature, we concluded that the main body was at no great distance. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Your father, quite sunk with your uncertain fate, fell into a lowness of spirits that preyed upon his health, and continually reflected upon himself as the cause of your mother's early death, and your destitution. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 What was more, I recognized the greater width of the river bottoms, which were now flooded to the higher levels, the many islands which divided the current, and the lowness of the densely wooded hills. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois To what an extent the lowness of stature among the Japanese is to be attributed to their habits cannot be determined. Oriental Women As regards artistic results France leads, but the real cost of her spinning and weaving cannot approach in lowness that of Lancashire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The clerestory was made unusually lofty, and the comparative lowness of the triforium both adds to the soaring effect and prevents the horizontal appearance being overmastering. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See This poor "one thing I do,"—instead of repining at its lowness or its hardness, I will make it glorious by my supreme loyalty to its demand. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation It was a trimmed tree trunk, and by its lowness in the water it told of a journey nearly ended. Bring Me His Ears Lower readings mean inferior quality, the latter being proportionate to the lowness of the readings. The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente Would any young man in his senses listen to a physician, who, for lowness of spirits, mental despondency, &c., should tell him to drink plentifully of brandy or eat hasheesh? Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects “King Lear,” iii, 4, 72: “Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness but his unkind daughters.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The thinness and lowness of the partition walls did not disturb their astonishing equanimity. Across Asia on a Bicycle But the lowness their faces are capable of "flogs Europe." Records of Later Life The podium of the arena shows by its lowness that fights with wild beasts did not take place in it. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia But I am sure sickness, lowness, and oppression, are much more so. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery The lowness of their condition was thereby indicated; for barley, vile hordeum, was, in all antiquity, very little esteemed. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 This low, cynical nineteenth century blackguardism thinks of nothing but lowness, and has no ideal. Amaryllis at the Fair What, then, is the real cause of the lowness of remuneration offered to women for work when compared with men? The Truth About Woman The more you accuse yourself, the more you depict your conduct as disloyal, infamous, unworthy, the more you affirm the lowness of your choice. A Romance of the West Indies Not that you ever will, because your unfortinate lowness of character will compel me, as a gent, to cut your desirable acquaintance the moment I steps into Lord Downy's Wellingtons. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 At last the old level of the dam crest was reached, and there was no longer any evidence of what had happened except the lowness of the water. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories I long to love my Eternal God—Father, Son, and Spirit, more with all my undivided heart; the coldness of my love—the lowness of my desires is my abiding sorrow. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 This enables her to live, if she has children, to feed them, and also not infrequently to support the man, forced out of work by the lowness of the wages she can accept. The Truth About Woman Her fright and lowness, her sadness and languor, evidently show how strongly her imagination had been affected. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Recognise, O man, that majesty in lowness hid! Legends of the Saxon Saints Then, her voice softening subtly, she shifted the picture to what he had been, to his days of unutterable lowness in the Legion, the five years of brutal struggle, fiercely won promotion. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The emperor was offended at the lowness of their rank, and replied, that if they wished to make a lasting treaty, they must send him nobles of sufficient dignity. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens In justice to your Sanative Tea, I approve of its utility in nervous hysterical disorders and lowness of spirits, having seen its good effect in cases under my own inspection. A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves Of course it is true that they are handicapped by the lowness of the wages they receive. Change in the Village The former, which is built on the edge of the harbor, is very thickly populated and, because of its lowness, very unhealthy. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China I myself had been in a cloud often enough to feel no great degree of discomfort or lowness of spirits. The Foot-path Way In this district a city, which on account of the lowness of its walls, had been deserted by its Jewish inhabitants, was burnt by our angry soldiers. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens The absence, or occurrence in the most minute traces, of nitrates in forest-soils has been accounted for by the lowness of the normal temperature of such soils and their extreme dryness. Manures and the principles of manuring Perhaps the worst is that, owing to the lowness of their wages, the people have never been able to give the new thrift a fair trial. Change in the Village At length she began to open her eyes, her lowness of spirits left her, the pock dried up, and her appetite returned. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror The girl was suffering from what is known among people as ‘general lowness.’ Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say The rule also forbids the attempt to speak when ill health, or lowness of spirits, or any accidental cause, renders him incapable of that excitement which is requisite to success. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching About two in the morning I woke up numbed from the lowness of the temperature; Lucien also was nearly frozen. Adventures of a Young Naturalist And this tone, which was all but sepulchral, was perhaps owing rather to a short neck and an asthmatic tendency than to any real sorrow or natural lowness of spirits. The Bertrams The tone in which she said it was strong and steady in spite of its lowness, and the eyes confirmed it. A Beautiful Alien Lord Byron has adopted a mode of diet that any one else would have called dying of hunger, and to which several persons even attributed his lowness of spirits. My Recollections of Lord Byron Diva had betrayed the lowness of her mind now by hazarding that which had for days dwelt in Miss Mapp’s mind as almost certain. Miss Mapp The generality of readers when they look into the records of antient times, are forcibly struck by the seeming lowness of the prices of every article of common demand, when compared with the modern prices. A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers Make what deduction the too scrupulous reader of Oliver might please for "lowness" in the subject, the precision and the unexaggerated force of the delineation were not to be disputed. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete They are working men, and work is flavored to the Southerner with ideas of ignominy, of meanness, of vulgar lowness. Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City And how I despised the monotony and lowness of the Martian life; how I loathed the spreading misery of the famine, and the vile and dreadful pestilences which it was begetting! Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner They must rise in conformity to the glorious body of Jesus Christ, "who will reform the body of our lowness made like to the body of His glory." The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus At this time Babylonia was suffering from the results of its revolt from Assyria, which may explain the lowness of the rate of interest. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs All the known evidence points to the extraordinary lowness of the earthquake-sound. A Study of Recent Earthquakes The cough very bad, pulse irregular, swelling much increased, urine in very small quantity, not at all increased; great lowness and fainting. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases Meuse River, 50; defence along, 38, 41; lowness of, results of, 65; the German crossing of, 72. 1914 Many who profess Jesus Christ, know not his natures, or his glorious person,—do not apprehend either his highness as God, or his lowness as man. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "Thou in justice, If from the height of majesty we can Look down upon thy lowness and embrace it, Art bound with fervour to look up to me." The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance The lowness of the tone in which conversed precluded the possibility of my hearing much of what was said, but I could make out that the spark was “coaxing” his partner to remove her mask. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse "Yes, my lord, I love her!" he said, and the lowness of his voice only intensified its emphasis. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden But Anthony Purvis, now our guest and patient, became very difficult to manage; not only because: of his three broken ribs, but the lowness of the heart inside them. Slain By The Doones When it was impossible that man could rise up to God, because of his infinite highness and holiness, behold, God hath come down to man, in his lowness and baseness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Which disease, in the main, I have observed—excuse me—to spring from a certain lowness, if not sourness, of spirits inseparable from sequestration. The Confidence-Man There was a quiet, easy-going lowness in the speech and motions of the two friends, which showed that they were just in a state of readiness to fall into the arms of the drowsy god. Digging for Gold Adventures in California They had disappeared, and, by the lowness of the sun, I guessed that they must have returned home. Mark Seaworth Will lowness of spirits be received as an apology for this slovenly letter and crippled sheet? The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 That highness will be easily believed, if we consider this lowness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hence the lowness of tone which has been thought a necessity in painting, but is such only because our other colours do not approach to the purity of white. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Moreover, whenever there is pain, with exhaustion and lowness, then Dr. Champagne should be had up. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines The lowness of these rates is astonishing when compared with those charged by European jewellers, being less than 10 per cent on the value of the metal for quite delicate ornaments. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala From the lowness of the temperature at the time, the clouds must have been frozen moisture. The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 I knew that artistic matters were at a low ebb in New York, yet I never realized the lowness thereof until then. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Lord Melbourne hears with great concern that your Majesty has been suffering under depression and lowness of spirits.... The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The chief cause is probably the lowness of their habits; for they very seldom wash their persons, or the clothes they wear, their linen excepted. The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies By pitch is meant the highness or lowness of tone. Music Notation and Terminology Instead, the lowness of heart to which she had yielded when she thought herself alone before the hearth showed in every line of her figure. The Long Night His career was a singular one, considering the lowness of his origin, and showed what ability and shrewdness may accomplish even against the greatest obstacles of fortune. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII The Queen was not at all well again yesterday, being again troubled with lowness. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Curtis Owing to its lowness and its earth covering, the Navaho house, or hogán, is the most inconspicuous of habitations. The North American Indian It has been the custom to deplore the lack of elevation, and its lowness has compelled comparisons with the cathedrals of France. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See All this being quite clear, I could not possibly account for the lowness of the price, otherwise than by feeling quite confident that there must be "a some'ut." Confessions of an Etonian An infusion of this bark, made with boiling water, is useful in jaundice from congestive liver, with furred tongue, lowness of spirits, and yellow complexion; also for swollen spleen from malarious exposure. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure I have likewise been suffering so from lowness that it made me quite miserable, and I know how difficult it is to fight against it. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 We measure inaccessible heights by the shadows they project, when the lowness and the distance of the light form the length of the shade. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell He showed no readiness to talk, and his father presently condoled with him on his lowness of spirits. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Mr. Back accompanied them to stimulate his exertion, as we feared the lowness of his spirits would cause him to be slow in his operations. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 By this time Clara had completely chased away her sister's lowness of spirits, and they descended to the breakfast-room, pleasantly talking together. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Mr. Gillott did not compete in the direction others took—lowness of price. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men In lowness of stature, in their flat features, and dark colour, they exactly resemble the Greenlanders. The Moravians in Labrador The lowness of interest, in all other countries a sign of wealth, is in us a proof of misery, there being no trade to employ any borrower. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Do so; if your high heart, incapable of my infirmity of purpose, refuses to bend to the lowness of mine. The Last Man In like manner fear adds to aversion or detestation a certain lowness of spirits, on account of difficulty in shunning the evil. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition “I had, as a matter of honor, to tell you, but no one else,” he continued, still in his voice which seemed strained to lowness. The Debtor A Novel DE LA RUE.—Notwithstanding its great extent, this formation hardly deserves a distinctive name, as from the lowness of its border it is scarcely traceable in its entirety except under very oblique light. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features I believe that most travellers are struck by the lowness of stature, the leanness and the paleness which present themselves so commonly to the eye at Manchester, and above all, among the factory classes. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 It was translated into Italian in 1780, and in Spain it had the curious fortune of being suppressed by the Inquisition on account of "the lowness of its style and the looseness of its morals." Life of Adam Smith The lowness of the river, and great quantity of produce brought to Milton this year, render it almost impossible to get our crops to market. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 A young and interesting girl, a penitent, from a course of incontinence and excess, suffered much from weakness and lowness of spirits. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Buffalo run with forelegs stiff, which fact, together with their ugly-looking humps and the lowness of their heads, gives a rocking swing to their gait. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself As a poet, I cannot but have made some observations on mankind; the lowness of my fortune has not yet brought me to flatter vice; and it is my duty to give testimony to virtue. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Your house is low; but being upon the mountains, that lowness does not one whit depress it. The Piazza Tales The mother said that this was "low," and the father retorted with equal lowness that a rigid saving of all Bunker-given money wouldn't make no one a "Croosus," neither, if you come down to that. Bunker Bean The anchor exaggerates the lowness of the social rank of the Jāts, who cannot properly be described as people of 'very low caste'. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The very poverty of Ireland, as expressed in the lowness of Irish wages, was an ever convenient and perfectly justifiable argument for exclusion. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union In the evening we passed the south end of Tenerife which is a round lump of land that, from the lowness of the contiguous land, has at a distance the appearance of a separate island. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Fortune, once more, has set the balance right; First, equalled us in lowness; then, in height. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Deep trenches have been dug in order to drain it off—these, however, owing to the lowness of the surrounding country, act badly. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Goldsmith himself was chiefly disturbed at the line describing him as "our little bard," which he thought likely to diminish his dignity, by calling attention to the lowness of his stature. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character The very poverty of Ireland, as expressed in the lowness of Irish wages, was a convenient and perfectly justifiable argument for exclusion. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union For u we often write w after a vowel, to make a diphthong; as, raw, grew, view, vow, flowing; lowness. A Grammar of the English Tongue But lowness of birth has some advantage thus. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Invalid because it is sphericity of the sea and not the lowness of the land which interferes with one's view at sea. Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities But owing to the lowness of the situation which was chosen for this city, it was much exposed to inundations of the sea during earthquakes, which are frequent in Chili. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Sir, the worst is, Your Fathers lowness and distaste. The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) Indeed Phoebe’s obvious lowness of spirits presently found its echo in Will. Children of the Mist For she is my true mother: and the months, Coheirs with me of the same father, Time, Have marked my lowness and mine exaltation. The Seven Plays in English Verse He loves it so much, indeed, that it all but reconciles him to the National Debt; and when applied to private proprietorship, it secures deference for lowness of mind, birth, habits, and pursuits…. Thrift Yes," he said in a voice that was the harsher for its lowness; "and to you. Alton of Somasco The man mentioned a figure, the comparative lowness of which seemed accounted for by the character of the neighbourhood and the abominable state of unrepair of the place. Widdershins Nobody has revealed better than he the lowness and suffering of the creatures "of pleasure," as they have been dubbed by the heartrending irony of life. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) A Dutchman, whose weight might amount to about three hundred pounds, was anxiously engaged in endeavoring to find shelter for his bulky person, which, from the lowness of the gunnels, was a very difficult undertaking. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer But there is such a thing as supply and demand; and the dwellings now supplied are really those which are most in demand, because of their lowness of rental. Thrift A singular depression and lowness of spirit showed itself on the boys' faces. The Hill of Dreams I cannot bear the sight of illness, or lowness of health even. Master of His Fate In its great length this choir is unique, and in the lowness of its vaulted roof is also unusual, but this is accounted for by the undercroft beneath. Beautiful Britain: Canterbury Sir Charles was greatly concerned for my indisposition, which was increased by a great lowness of spirits. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Although no drinker by habit, he fretted and wore himself down at times to a lowness of spirits in which nothing seemed to serve him but drinking, and fierce drinking. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts We are not worms of the dust, only so far as we degrade our divine nature to that lowness. Story of Chester Lawrence It must be owned also, that Dactyle has almost vigour enough to be a coxcomb; but Spondee, by the lowness of his constitution, is only a blockhead. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 Reminding my master of the lowness of his birth. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 He is miserably oppressed by lowness of spirits; and when he is a little better in that respect, his impatience makes his friends apprehensive for his head. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Mr. Back accompanied them to stimulate his exertion as we feared the lowness of his spirits would cause him to be slow in his operations. The Journey to the Polar Sea The elliptical form of this composition is seen again in "Death Crowning Innocence" and "The Dweller in the Innermost," and the same expressive indefiniteness and lowness of the colour tones. Watts (1817-1904) They point the finger at people of kauwa extraction, lampoon them, and touch the soles of their feet when they speak of them, to mark the lowness of their origin. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Nature has done a good deal for it in that way, the Thames embracing it on two sides and the lowness of the flat site placing water within easy reach everywhere. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 In fact, with them it is said that the fame of such a man is in proportion to the lowness of his origin. Persia Revisited Those only can feel depressed who would find excuses for the lowness of their pursuits. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Still, although it was so important to economise gas, the excessive lowness of the surrounding temperature forced them to consume a certain quantity. The Moon-Voyage Already she was becoming warm in her fur coat, despite the lowness of the temperature. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion Hence proceeds that poverty and lowness of spirit, to which a kingdom may be subject as well as a particular person. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters But this is indeed one part of your happiness, that the lowness of your condition, in a manner, forceth you to what is pleasing to God, and necessary for your daily support. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 The population of Zagozhi cannot well be estimated on account of its lowness, and the prevailing flatness of the country round, on which neither a hillock nor eminence of any kind can be discerned. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa But they quote the kiss as an indisputable proof of the lowness of our moral standard, and as a sign of the guilt, not of individuals so much as of our whole civilisation. Kimono The most noticeable peculiarity of this, as of all the other Kamchadal houses which we saw in southern Kamchatka, was the lowness of its doors. Tent Life in Siberia To my plea of your illness, 'she could not but flatter herself, she answered, that it was from lowness of spirits, and temporary dejection. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 They front Quoin and Forbes Islands, remarkable rocky lumps, more so, however, from the extreme lowness of those in their vicinity, than from their own magnitude. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Notwithstanding his extraordinary expedition, there is a clear and lively simplicity in his wit, that is equally distant from the pedantry of learning, and the lowness of scurrility. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV At home with a cold, and may just record my poor spirit's lowness and poverty amid, as I trust, its honest desires to become wholly the Lord's. A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England But I hope it is rather from hurry, and surprise, and lowness, which may be overcome, than from a grief given way to, which may be attended with effects I cannot bear to think of. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 To be humble to our superiors, is duty; to our equals, courtesy; to our inferiors, nobleness: which for all her lowness, carries such a sway that she may command their souls. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 The above headland received its name from Captain Cook, and peculiarly deserves it, appearing in fact from the lowness of the land behind, actually to start up out of the water. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. This was doubtless owing to their lowness in the water, and the distance that still separated them. The Crater "Hello, Central!" his voice was monotonous in its lowness and tenseness. The Nine-Tenths Gifford was hated even more than his associates; not only, we fear, for his venal sycophancy, but because he had been apprenticed to a shoemaker and never concealed the lowness of his origin. Famous Reviews Well, possibly you may be right, but I trust it is only a temporary lowness of spirits or something of that kind. The Garies and Their Friends From that position he will be able to detect the lowness of the quarters, and the projecting portion of the shoe, that the hoof, by reason of its sudden bending inwards, does not touch. Diseases of the Horse's Foot And there were certain young girls who, having astonished the community for a month by the lowness of their dresses, now brought to bear their only remaining art, and struck everybody dumb by appearing clothed. Malbone: an Oldport Romance This was likewise carried to Charity, who talked and smiled next evening in her most engaging manner, and rallying Mr Moddle on the lowness of his spirits, challenged him to play a rubber at cribbage. Martin Chuzzlewit As luck would have it, Miss Squeers's friend was of a playful turn, and hearing Nicholas sigh, she took it into her head to rally the lovers on their lowness of spirits. Nicholas Nickleby Ulloa has remarked on the lowness of the doors in the ancient Peruvian dwellings. The Voyage of the Beagle Whether it was that I showed a lowness of spirits after dinner, in consequence of feeling that I seemed to intrude, I cannot say. Reprinted Pieces Still, important as it was to economize the gas, the excessive lowness of the surrounding temperature obliged them to consume a certain quantity. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon At any rate, Mr Moddle was much slower in his responses than is customary with young lovers, and exhibited a lowness of spirits which was quite oppressive. Martin Chuzzlewit A sinking, a depression, a lowness, a lassitude, a debility. Nicholas Nickleby A violent perspiration, and a lowness of spirits, always came over the Captain as this gloomy picture presented itself to his imagination. Dombey and Son As he became rich, he grew ashamed of the lowness of his birth, and anxious above all things to be allied to nobility. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Her fall, in fact, had not been a serious one, probably owing to the lowness of the old rooms and to the high level of the ground without. Jude the Obscure "These would have been all my friends," was her thought; and she had to struggle against a great tendency to lowness. Persuasion The bad aspect of the French birth-rate is not so much its lowness as that it is accompanied by a high infantile mortality. Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene Well, sir, I know on account o' 'er lowness o' sperrits,—noticed it for a week or more. The Amateur Gentleman In his dedication to the earl of Salisbury he mentions "the lowness of fortune to which he has voluntarily reduced himself, and of which he has no reason to be ashamed." Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 "Stay yet a little, strange and impracticable girl," said the King; "and answer me but one question:—Is it the lowness of my present fortunes that makes my suit contemptible?" Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Notwithstanding the lowness of my purse, I found credit with them more easily than I expected, and was soon equipped to my wish. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 She took it from the depths of the chest of drawers, turned over its leaves, whispered to herself at each page the lowness of her birth, so eager was she in her need of humility. The Dream Lord Kames observes, that it is false taste to condemn such comparisons for the lowness of the images introduced. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 I returned to my solitary house as soon as the evening began to grow too dark for my work, which, from the lowness of the windows and the age of the glass, was early. Wilfrid Cumbermede Can you deliver me from all this lowness and ugliness? The Bride of Dreams I could not help telling his sister that I was equally surprised at and concerned for his continued lowness. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 I only tell you of the ‘pole of cold,’ that you may not confound it with the Pole properly so-called when the lowness of the temperature is discussed. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude It was certainly hard work and made them warm in spite of the lowness of the thermometer. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters How natural it is ever to experience a reaction of depression and lowness after the first burst of unexpected joy! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 A Dutchman, whose weight might amount at about three hundred pounds, was busily engaged in endeavoring to find shelter for his bulky person, which, from the lowness of the gunnels, was a very difficult undertaking. Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians They render themselves ridiculous by the lowness of their bows and the vivid picturesqueness of their speech. Manners and Social Usages The high results attributable to the large proportion of resin that the hide assimilates, explain in part the lowness of its price, which renders it so formidable a competitor. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 It is the height of the hope and the lowness of the having—it is the height of the words and the lowness of the matter, that makes the incongruity here. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded But it differs from the great canyons in the lowness of the bordering walls and in the great breadth of the space between. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines His grace bestows all that our lowness needs, His truth teaches all that our ignorance requires. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Their discontent was generally attributed to the abuses of the Poor Law, and to the lowness of their wages. Endymion "If I can lay my hands first on Arthur Carr," answered Mat, with very unusual lowness of tone. Hide and Seek The height of the books on the one side, the lowness, the unvisited, 'unlettered' lowness of the life on the other. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Half the crew died, and, as you say, I verily believe that it was partly from the lowness of spirits into which they fell from fear. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire He wore a full beard at that time, and affected woolen sports shirts with an exaggerated lowness of neck; not content with that, he sometimes left the top button undone. Pan The wine of that period, owing to the comparative lowness of the duties, was of more moderate price than in the mother-country, and of purer and better quality than at the present day. Fanshawe The lowness of my birth, by which it pleased heaven to humble the ambition of my love; the princess's rank, which puts between her and my desires such an impassable barrier. The Magnificent Lovers (Les Amants magnifiques) In the lowness of the lowest, and in the aspiration of the noblest, the powers whose entire history must make the basis of a successful morality and policy are found. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded The statistics of low-grade districts could be examined to discover the distinctive diseases which determine their lowness of grade, and if these were preventable diseases they could be controlled by special regulations. Mankind in the Making Backbiting is the curse of village life, and seems to keep people by its effects upon the mind far more effectually in the grip of poverty than the lowness of wages. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies "I hope the mystery arises from no false shame at the lowness of your friends perhaps, or connections?" The Antiquary — Volume 01 This distinct breed of Spaniel does not follow exactly on the lines of the larger Field Spaniel, either in lengthiness, lowness, or otherwise, but is shorter in the back, and rather higher on the legs. Dogs and All about Them Some think Dante was ashamed to speak of these ancestors, from the lowness of their origin; others that he did not choose to make them a boast, for the height of it. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 Humility -- N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness, lowlihood†; abasement, self-abasement; submission &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases All these he orders to be constructed for lightness and expedition, to which object their lowness contributes greatly. "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries But the lowness of the roof may have some compensating advantages. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston At one time among a certain class of judges, length and lowness was everything, and soundness, activity, and symmetry simply did not count. Dogs and All about Them "Hearing us talk through walls seems to be a habit in this hotel," commented Racey, tactfully following the other's lead in lowness of tone. The Heart of the Range We were prevented from doing so by the lowness of the land, and by its being so densely covered with trees. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation And away now with the dullness and lowness! The Lord of the Sea In sorrow and lowness of fortune, I remain, with humble respect and gratitude, your Worship's poor pupil and banished parishioner, "ROBIN LYTH, of Flamborough." Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale For instance, the conditions in the south are more severe than those in the north, both in the lowness of the temperatures and in the distressing frequency of blizzards and strong winds. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Another cause of the present state of things is the lowness of the standard which has been set up for woman to attain. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household I'm not going t' expose the lowness o' my trade to a lady like you. The Mill on the Floss For this Great Violation of the Fundamental Principle of Society Nature has sent upon Man great penalties: poverties, frenzies, depravities, horrors, sorrows, lowness, dulness. The Lord of the Sea Constitutional timidity and lowness of spirits, arising from a feeble frame, give a peculiar cast to the views and nature of religious profession, which unfits for hard and perilous service. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 And then, that a thought should knock me prone, and make me cringe—from the mere fact of its lowness and meanness! Love's Pilgrimage Fielding thought Richardson a solemn prig, and Richardson perpetually expressed contempt and disgust for Fielding's lowness. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Indeed, it was made on the plan of a bench for length and lowness. Following the Equator, Part 5 Behind, on the surface he packed, strained the string of six dogs, the steam-jets of their breathing attesting their labor and the lowness of the temperature. Smoke Bellew Some regretted that the fire of /Werter/ was so wonderfully abated; whisperings there might be about 'lowness,' 'heaviness;' some spake forth boldly in behalf of suffering 'virtue.' Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life A man who had drank too much could be avoided, but the lowness of Frank Raynor's mind seemed to follow and drag hers down. Winding Paths As we go south, September, October, or November, according to lowness of latitude, are the favorite months for planting. The Home Acre Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens. Short Stories for English Courses With him the same feeling was almost the stronger because he was so well aware of the blot upon himself caused by the lowness of his own father's marriage. The American Senator It is the lowness of that lady's conduct and of yours that make me think that she lacks education entirely and all those sentiments which she ought to understand. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Virtue, genius, power, and riches are for this reason associated with height and sublimity; as poverty, slavery, and folly are conjoined with descent and lowness. A Treatise of Human Nature Hitman tribe of Arabs, the lowness of their origin, ii. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 She was ill, and besides, under the pressure of many causes, was suffering from a nervous lowness of spirits. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life The lowness, the hideous vulgarity of the jealousy which tortures the writhing flesh would never be his. In the Wilderness And the married daughters of the house were there also, striving to maintain their positions on the strength of their undoubted birth, but subjected to some snubbing by the lowness of their absolute circumstances. The Small House at Allington Hence it proceeds, that we associate, in a manner, the idea of whatever is good with that of height, and evil with lowness. A Treatise of Human Nature This physical lowness brought home to her the fear of possibly losing her hitherto perfect health. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Standing for so many hours a day wearied him much more than walking would have done, and with bodily exhaustion came at times a lowness of spirits such as he had never felt. Will Warburton Other symptoms which are commonly met with are great irritability of the temper and lowness of spirits. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Mr. Ranter began the game by asking him what was good for a hoarseness, lowness of spirits, and in digestion, for he was troubled with all these complaints to a very great degree. The Adventures of Roderick Random Her voice had altered, as she pronounced these words, to an impressive lowness and mournfulness of tone. Antonina The power of making this answer came to her from the lowness of her prices; and it was a power which was very dear to her. La Mere Bauche The extreme of lowness to which our sense of hearing is susceptible, has been placed at 75 feet from node to node—or 15 vibrations per second. Such Is Life Slightness becomes supplanted by comparative solidity, commonness by novelty, lowness and irregularity by symmetry and height. The Hand of Ethelberta But now he is minded to part him from that small portion of intellect which raised him high from his lowness and made him great after his littleness. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 But the hiss of the falling rain and the lowness of their tones prevented their words from being heard. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day They waited, their heads almost in contact with the reeking arch, and their feet encircled by the stream, which was at its summer lowness now. The Trumpet-Major Therefore, there are not only sounds which by reason of highness or lowness are unmusical, but, beyond these, others to which the tympanum of the human ear is insensible. Such Is Life "Mornie," he said, in a dry, metallic voice, whose only indication of the presence of sickness was in the lowness of its pitch,—"Mornie!" The Twins of Table Mountain The picture had no flourishes, but she liked its lowness of tone and the atmosphere of summer twilight that pervaded it. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 With respect to "highness" and "lowness," my ideas are only eclectic and not very clear. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 He knew by the lowness of the sun that it was far into the night, and that he had slept for many hours. Eric Brighteyes I suppose it was constitutional, those attacks of lowness of spirits which he had about this time; perhaps a part of the nervousness which made him always so awkward when he came to the Hall. My Lady Ludlow Every one agrees that the smallness of the flies should be in proportion to the lowness of the water and the advance of summer. Introduction to the Compleat Angler In the fashionable libertinism there is a hard, cold ferocity, an impudence, a lowness, a dirtiness, which can be paralleled only among the heroes and heroines of that filthy and heartless literature which encouraged it. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 What a curious fact you state about distribution and lowness going together. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 My asthmatical disorder. which had not given me much disturbance since I left Boulogne, became now very troublesome, attended with fever, cough spitting, and lowness of spirits; and I wasted visibly every day. Travels through France and Italy The lowness of the bids gave courage to the gathering of second-hand booksellers present, who began to mingle with us, and become more familiar. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Death, traitor! nothing could have subdu'd nature To such a lowness but his unkind daughters.— King Lear In the first place, the enforced lowness of prices prevented any breadstuffs or other provisions from being brought into the city. The Unseen World and Other Essays Notwithstanding, then, the extreme lowness of the temperature, the little population found that they were able to move about in the open air with perfect immunity. Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space So shall my poverty be a mortification to her pride, and, perhaps, make her compassionate the love which has principally reduced me to this lowness of fortune. Love for Love: a Comedy We very soon came up with her, and found her almost stranded, in consequence of the lowness of the tide. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Seelee was more intelligent than the average of his kind, but his intelligence only emphasized the lowness of that kind. Adventure In the second place, the enforced lowness of prices prevented any general retrenchment on the part of the citizens. The Unseen World and Other Essays All this while they had been speaking in subdued accents, resolution in one, anger in the other, keeping the voice in an even, deliberate lowness. Rupert of Hentzau We call it charity, beneficence, and other fine names, this brutish Workhouse Scheme of ours; and it is but sluggish heartlessness, and insincerity, and cowardly lowness of soul. Latter-Day Pamphlets The trial was a farce, but such lowness of life was depressing to contemplate when he considered the long upward climb humanity must make. The Night-Born The pictures of the Dedlocks past and gone have seemed to vanish into the damp walls in mere lowness of spirits, as the housekeeper has passed along the old rooms shutting up the shutters. Bleak House |
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