| 单词 | artlessness |
| 例句 | The 13 miniatures of Schumann's Kinderszenen were the programme's highlight, dispatched with childish seriousness and with an artlessness as deceptive as the composer's. Murray Perahia ? review 2011-04-03T21:45:01Z A highly orchestrated artlessness is a key part of the Polo brand. Ralph Lauren’s American Dreams 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Walker’s artlessness often swerves from astounding to grating, almost precious. More Books We Loved in 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most artful aspect of Ms. July’s seeming artlessness was in how she made it appear that we, the people, were writing our own destiny. Review: In Miranda July’s ‘New Society,’ the Audience Makes the Show 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z “But in contrast to New York itself, I wanted to design it with extreme simplicity, unsophisticated, almost primitive and with naïve artlessness,” Kawakubo says. T Magazine: Fashion’s Purest Visionary 2013-12-06T20:36:25Z He blurs the line between deliberate artlessness and accidental ineptness to such a degree that it’s hard to tell if the dialogue is meant to be as bland and clunky as it often is. Review: Fixing a Dispassionate Stare on Slavery in ‘Southern Promises’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z There's a sort of weariness to her beauty and an artlessness to her style, and it's immediately obvious why she's so endlessly blogged about. Adam Green and Binki Shapiro: 'We're kind of like each other's Golden Girls' 2013-02-08T13:00:00Z Christie’s writing is artless, it flows quickly through the mind, but to create that effect of artlessness requires an extraordinary amount of art. Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction Is Disruptive Technology 2012-05-23T10:45:11Z Such artlessness turns what could be a quick, jaunty movie into a slog. ‘The Trip’ Review: With This Gun, I Thee Shoot 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Claire de La Rüe du Can brings delightful artlessness and honesty to the character of Gabriel, who learns of the deception when she comes of age. Mary Sidney, Shakespeare and the Authorship Question 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The fullness and brio of her lower body is very fine, and the artlessness of her manner is just right. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in Balanchine at Lincoln Center 2012-09-23T21:36:02Z The artlessness of the visual style works for the material, as does, at last, the clumsiness of the actors. | 'United Red Army': Circular Firing Squad, Run by Young Radicals 2011-05-26T21:35:10Z In the artlessness of its prose and its near-total lack of narrative ambition, however, Smith’s account deserves not to be dismissed, but celebrated as an accurate reflection of life on Wall Street today. Wall Street should hate itself 2012-11-13T22:02:00Z But this seeming artlessness skillfully blends many kinds of storytelling, from observation to fantasy. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z There is an artlessness and innocence about him, still, even after everything that has happened. Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z Yet the engaging merger of art and artlessness, goofy spontaneity and acute purpose was its own reward. In Cornerstone Theater's 'Ghost Town,' glimpes of Venice past, present and future 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The most remarkable aspect of his performance was its refreshing artlessness and lack of complications. Review: Lang Lang packed some pyrotechnics along for Benaroya 2011-01-08T21:06:04Z They fret that the artlessness of Twitter, and the heightened self- consciousness of Instagram, is diluting poetry’s power, if not making a mockery of the whole canon. From Instapoets to the bards of YouTube, poetry is going viral. And some poets hate that. 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The artlessness factor: This blunt cut speaks eloquently, as no other hairstyle can, to today’s drive for authenticity. Bye to ‘Real Housewife’ Hair 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z But Boyle, for all her artlessness, may not be so thoroughly fragile after all. Susan Boyle's awkward, cringe-inducing stardom 2010-12-01T16:02:00Z He thinks she has a “delicious artlessness,” an unprocessed quality. Snooki?s Time on ?Jersey Shore? 2010-07-23T21:47:00Z This seeming artlessness seems a way for Toibin, who teaches at Columbia, to razz MFA programs and their talk of "craft." Colm Toibin's new novel may not be a beauty, but greatness abounds 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z So Mr. Vanska pointed, his artlessness concealing art, and the cellists responded. Osmo Vanska Conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z The seeming artlessness of the music matches the seeming artlessness of the lyrics, just as the elegant self-consciousness of Porter's music matches the elegant self-consciousness of his. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z Did his school peers get under his skin: their sense of entitlement, their contempt for the lower orders, their noise, their vulgarity and artlessness? John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’ 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The movie doesn’t telegraph or slow down for these moments so much as stumble upon them with an artlessness that is, paradoxically, the surest sign of its art. Review: 'Give Me Liberty' is a brilliant madcap farce on wheels 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A potentially cloying image – corkscrew curls, lyrics thick on “daddy” and down-home values – were undercut by the fact she was evidently, endearingly, a bit of a freak, an unusual combination of intensity and artlessness. Taylor Swift: ‘Pop music can feel like it’s The Hunger Games, and like we’re gladiators’ 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z If “Pavarotti” tells you anything about the man, it’s that that is what he was like: boyish, impulsive, a genuine enthusiast who combined artistry and artlessness in a way that was difficult to resist. Review: With a little help from Ron Howard, ‘Pavarotti’ hits all the right notes 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Plates are composed with studied artlessness, but he hasn’t relaxed his precise, painstaking standards. Artistic and approachable, the menu at Seattle’s Violet showcases chef William Belickis’ many talents 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The square floor pedestals lend formality, while the organic shapes of the tiered tables prize unforced artlessness. Review: Random junk takes on weirdly personal meaning in this UC Riverside Arts show 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z If Mr. Trump wants to avoid that ugly legacy, he needs to order Mr. Lighthizer to cut a deal now, or get a new trade negotiator whose motto isn’t the artlessness of no deal. A Looming Nafta Debacle 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Given that it’s a tribute to artists, the artlessness of “Extraordinary Ordinary People” is at first jarring. 'Extraordinary Ordinary People' offers inspiring sampling of folk artists 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Musically, they were miles apart from the sense-dulling artlessness of many of their contemporaries, inspired by contemporary Asia, postmodernism and sample culture. How Linkin Park made rap metal memorable - BBC News 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z West Ham’s move from Upton Park, though necessary, was executed with such artlessness as to be nonsense. West Ham v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Paradoxically, the effect of Evans’s scrupulous mastery is sometimes achieved by the artlessness of the amateur. The Mysteries of Our Family Snapshots 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z In Knausgaard, artlessness is inseparable from relentlessness, and the relentlessness takes the form of a single-minded inquiry into one person and his world. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z He is to accomplish this through sprezzatura, the art of artlessness, or the art that hides art. The Prince's Man 2013-07-27T00:51:24Z I have likened the artlessness of much of her writing to the sweet monotony of an æolian harp; the comparison returns as expressing also the purely feminine spirit of her inspiration. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z A few moments had scarcely elapsed before her face lost all color and took an expression approaching almost to sadness; it even seemed to me that her features assumed grandeur, artlessness. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z It was her artlessness, her sweet ingenuousness that broke Rufus down. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z It’s not that Szalay writes about himself but that, like Knausgaard in “My Struggle,” he wants to burst through conventional notation and saturate his work in a comprehensive artlessness. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The very artlessness with which she had made up this huge cabbage and fixed it on him was one charm the more. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Shane clung to the dowager's last straw, which with artful artlessness she had held out to him. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Then cried with the artlessness of infancy, 'Miss Wolfe! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It was the most interesting human document that had ever been unfolded to her, and all the more interesting because it was told with such artlessness and sincerity. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The verse catches something of Shakespeare's sweetness and artlessness as well as his obsolescent words, and the few persons and the silly story catch something of Lamb's own simplicity and charity. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z I fancied a prim English girl in a similar situation, and I began to wonder whether all this artlessness was really as genuine as it looked. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z I liked that frankness, in which there was something like artlessness. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z His history is a curious compound of artlessness and shrewdness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Frederick!" cried Marie, reproachfully, but her son was gone; so turning her lovely face, down which tears were now streaming, to David, she said, with touching artlessness: "Ah, monsieur, I must again ask your pardon. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z The children would talk to him as between man and man, and with an artlessness and candour which as a rule obtained only among themselves. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Louie only wanted to cover her up again as quickly as possible—her confessions, her abjectness, her appalling artlessnesses, her humiliating appeals. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z No one who had seen the anthropologist’s home, where everything suggested artlessness and love of simple comforts, would have suspected that the occupant was using the adjacent house for the conduct of criminal enterprises. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Thy sparkling eyes of bright cerulean blue, Rich sapphire gems, flash with Arcadian artlessness, Impelling Cupid's arrows, passion-fraught, Discharged from bow of myrtle 'gainst my heart, Which throbs and flutters, quivering from the thrust. Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z They, with great artlessness, generally sit down by me, and are never weary in admiring the different articles of my dress; making their comments one to another, with the most lively admiration and astonishment. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z And day by day the artlessness of this exotic humanity touches you more;—day by day this savage, somnolent, splendid Nature—delighting in furious colour—bewitches you more. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Now she is once more assuming the part of youthful artlessness to bewitch this Prince Emil. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z In English, Prior transplanted from France some of La Fontaine’s ease of narration and artful artlessness, while Gay took as his model the Contes rather than the Fables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It is therefore a science founded on nescience, and an art founded on artlessness. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The artlessness and simplicity of their confessions render them not simply entertaining, but more instructive than almost any other statements made at the examinations and trials. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Still, it is chiefly the consummate artful artlessness of the form that constitutes the individual merit of La Fontaine’s productions. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She stroked his long black locks with her little soft hand and rested her head against his cheek--she was the very embodiment of innocence, simplicity, girlish artlessness. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Whether it is that the directness and simplicity of the feeling overpowers all minute fastidiousness, or whether they are all part of the careful artlessness of the mood, is hard to determine. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z But all other sciences and arts, except this, have for their object the doing away with their opposite nescience and artlessness. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Then the young lady asked, with apparent artlessness,— “But, Mr Trevor, what do you intend doing with the heron’s feathers?” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z You were so much pleased with her perfect simplicity and artlessness of character, I will relate a little incident which occurred since you left. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z But the poor simple-hearted peasant, in his artlessness, could not perceive all this. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z She also knew—as all servants know the sources of their daily bread—the weak spot in Miss Judy's armor of innocence and artlessness. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Their simplicity and artlessness, also, should not pass unnoticed, in readily stating even those things most disparaging to themselves. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z There was an indescribable expression on her countenance as she sat awaiting his answer—keen anxiety, ill-concealed under an air of pretended artlessness. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z But she was shy about going, just the same, with a certain frank, boyish shyness that only served to emphasize the general artlessness of her verve. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Haven't you noticed that for all his artlessness, he never really does tell much about himself? Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z They now understood better than previously the artlessness and spirituality of the man before them, and, after that scene, they accorded to him entire esteem and confidence. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z English poetry and fiction form an exception; the very incoherence and artlessness which they share with so much else that is English lend them an absolute value as an expression. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Very well, he would also play the game out, burying his suspicion under a guise 133 of artlessness, but watching every move—and when the moment came striking first. The Law of Hemlock Mountain "Yes," I replied, and I spoke of their extreme artlessness, and what a strong likeness I thought one bore to his and the other to his wife's family. Magnhild Dust Besides her charming artlessness, he had frequent occasions to admire the wisdom of her language and her admirable delicacy. The Progressionists, and Angela. "How do you mean to travel, Mr. Cashel?" said she, in a tone which might be construed into perfect artlessness or the most intense interest. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) “What has the White Whirlwind heard of Areotha?” the girl asked with childish artlessness, and she came very close to the man from whom many of her sex would turn with loathing. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind In the artlessness of youth, Mary had once boasted of her own descent from a “hundred kings,” which was supposed to reflect on the mercantile lineage of the daughter of 311 the Medicis. Lives of Celebrated Women Hazel said to Jack, "She shocks one at first with her display of artlessness as a stock in trade, until you learn by experience that it is natural." Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter He used to give her small trinkets so innocently devoid of beauty as almost to attract by their artlessness. Carnival She smiled, quite disarmed by the artlessness of this brutality. Ewing\\'s Lady The innocent artlessness of the tone, the look of absolute and childlike simplicity in the blue eyes as the answer came tranquilly forth, would have sent a bystander into convulsions. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising It needed an artlessness of mental make-up, a full capacity for acceptance of the marvellous, a simple-minded faith in chivalry and its doings, which could scarcely exist in common with the critical temperament. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur He has a little bit of a daughter himself; a dressy little thing with great big eyes, excessively childish and innocent in her ways, always gushing with artlessness, and hopping about like a water-wagtail. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The artlessness which is often a charm in a young girl looks terribly like foolishness if it lasts till a woman is forty. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Edwin answered faithfully, and had his reward in his enjoyment of her artlessness and winsomeness. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories The very artlessness of her frank unstudied demeanour constituted, in fact, her most formidable armament. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising On the very beach they had another glimpse of the artlessness of Samoan war. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) And, waving his hands with the ritual gestures of the infatuated picture-lover, he praised the artlessness of the clear, wide eyes, the delightful freshness of the complexion, and the charming candour of the smile. General Bramble That which strikes one most as one reads the accounts of Mrs. Opie is the artlessness and perfect simplicity of her nature. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen But indeed it's only a sort of artlessness if you see the thing properly.... The Passionate Friends It is bewildering, because it is a postscript, added, with a singular artlessness, after the Gospel has come to a full close. The Thread of Gold He entirely forgot the rôle he was to play of loving son, and devoted himself, with his habitual artlessness, to her. The Benefactress You flatten down all a man's character; for nothing shows that more than the feathers and drakes' tails, the artful artlessness, or revolutionary tumult of his hair. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Then suddenly she lifted them to his with the artlessness of a child. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West This was quite jolly, and we played with it some minutes, while the colored janitor grinned at our artlessness, and said good things about the place. The Van Dwellers A Strenuous Quest for a Home Do not laugh: a serious problem looms behind this artlessness. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles She looked fragile and lovely, her hair loosely waved with the artlessness of a child's, her grey eyes with their flecks of gold wide and clear, like the eyes of a beautiful Persian cat. Juggernaut They soiled the artlessness of her fourteen years with filthy veiled allusions. Germinie Lacerteux A soft flush leaped to her cheeks as she spoke, and her beautiful eyes expressed an artlessness that was very bewitching. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 It is just what you may see any day, anywhere,—innocent, seemingly artless; but the artlessness of Turner is like the face of Gainsborough's village girl, and a joy forever. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving But a few moments’ reflection told me that such innocence, such artlessness, such candor never could be assumed—never feigned; no, they were most natural! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf One quality that is shared by all these earlier pictures is their artlessness and often their absolute ugliness. Children's Books and Their Illustrators Its very artlessness trebled the attraction of her pose. Jonah and Co. The professed artlessness of the speeches is at times too apparent. Pascal Many of my professionally trained confr�res will smile at the irrationalism of this view, and at the artlessness of my essays in point of technical form. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy The subtle artfulness of Stevenson is beyond him; but he has a rarer quality—that subtler artlessness which has belonged in some measure to all the greater writers of sentiment. Washington Irving "Oh, not at all, Frank; pardon my interruption," said the girl, turning her eyes full upon him with artful artlessness. The Diamond Coterie Selina hugged her children repeatedly, encouraging their sallies; she laughed extravagantly at the artlessness of their remarks, so that at table Miss Steet was quite abashed by her unusual high spirits. A London Life and Other Tales An air of purity, innocence, and artlessness hung round her like a veil. The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 But believing Speght's text to be accurate, Dryden could not but believe in the artlessness and irregularity of Chaucer's versification. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 She has all the innocence, all the artlessness of a child of ten, and all the resolution, and the foresight, and the daring of a woman. "The Pomp of Yesterday" The very artlessness of her emotions bore evidence to their purity, their holiness. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 They were very affable, and there was an artlessness about them, combined with self-respect, which was very fascinating. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 He says, with artlessness, that when he wrote the Aurora, he was not yet accustomed to the Spirit. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries But afterward there came a time of dearth; a period in which the new name was no longer a thing to conjure with, and artlessness was a drug on the market. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) The artlessness of this wonder struck shame to their hearts when they chanced to learn that the lady had repaid it with a worldly-wise amusement at their own highly-colored 5waterfalls and snow-capped mountain-peaks. The Squirrel-Cage But, alas, their artlessness often results in a rascally lizard or squirrel eating the eggs for his breakfast. Birds of the Indian Hills They may follow for a time the exploiters of their artlessness, but then their friendly humor turns to hate. The Simple Life Still, it is chiefly the consummate artful artlessness of the form that constitutes the individual merit of La Fontaine's productions. Classic French Course in English She chattered with the childish artlessness that at times veiled her sophistication. The Highgrader But how infinitely more preferable is the novel of Lyly, with its artificial precision and lucidity, to the conscious artlessness of Sidney's Arcadia, with its interminable sentences and confused syntax. John Lyly It was a gesture of a child, infinitely touching, all-betraying in its pure artlessness. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain He put his hand on the weak points as well as on the strong ones; he enjoyed with Wetmore the places where her artlessness had frankly offered itself instead of her art. The Coast of Bohemia "Mrs. Church quite well?" she enquired, with studied artlessness. A Master Of Craft In which the Cosmopolitan strikingly evinces the artlessness of his nature. The Confidence-Man There was something almost amusing in the artlessness of the suggestion, and had the subject been less personally grievous, Jeffreys could have afforded to scoff at the whole business. A Dog with a Bad Name Premeditation might throw her out of balance, conscious art might exhibit her a scheming courtesan; just in her artlessness lay all her magic. Little Novels of Italy Was it worth ruffling up the sunny artlessness? A Little Girl in Old Salem "Why, aren't we?" she asked, succeeding well, as a woman always can in such a situation, in giving it a discouraging artlessness. Trail's End Mildred made no answer; but her pale cheek and quivering lips, evidences of feeling that her artlessness did not enable her to conceal, caused Bluewater again to regret the remark. The Two Admirals The king, who was particularly pleased with the natural elegance and artlessness of her manner, indulged in a long conversation with her grace. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings It would be difficult to say which sex her pretty artlessness pleased the more: she made the women cry, the old men prophesy, the young men dream dreams. Little Novels of Italy It was said that she did the honors of the establishment "with the artlessness of a rustic belle and the grace of a duchess." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The eyes were soft and gentle in their glance, And looked with trusting artlessness in yours. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems They are made up of retiring sweetness, artlessness, and simplicity. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters And in that proposal he demonstrates the impractical artlessness of the Left Winger. The Red Conspiracy "In things political your artlessness is prehistoric," he said. The Henchman Others again are more restrained, though almost all have a certain charming artlessness about them. The Growth of English Drama For twenty years he served her without faltering, sometimes with an artlessness which would appear infantine, if something infinitely sincere and sublime did not arrest the smile upon the most sceptical lips. Life of St. Francis of Assisi She put the question with the artlessness of a child. Never-Fail Blake Her memory is preserved in every one of her innumerable successors who have succeeded in reproducing in any degree her charm and artlessness. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' None better than Faber could feel and utter the real artlessness of Christian love and faith. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes It is true they are ill drawn, often impossible, crude, and almost childish in their incorrectness and artlessness. Studies in Early Victorian Literature He had the outward placidity of corpulent people, a natural artlessness of demeanour which was amusing and attractive, and there was something shrewd in his simplicity. Romance The freshness, the artlessness, the lack of modernity, would have suffered if the poet had bent his inspiration to the official language. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence I quite agree with you about an artlessness and roughness in Scott's work. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books For whom that innocent-seeming knot In which your golden strands you dress With all the art of artlessness? Horace and His Influence Perhaps she was only an adorable child who had no idea of the effect her artlessness had upon men. The Witness Poor lady!—I had almost said, poor child!—for her desperate artlessness became the more apparent to me the more she persisted. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Here is the elemental artlessness of nature, and here the beatitude of innocence. Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment In her case there was depicted all the innocence and artlessness that characterized her brief and otherwise spotless life. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The priest smiled at his candor and artlessness, and could not help feeling the interest which the boy had already excited in him increase. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three In other respects she was artlessness itself, could never understand what falsehood meant, and, as to truth, her unspotted mind was transparent as a sunbeam. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Her nature was one of great simplicity, artlessness, and truth. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Still he smiled, always in love with that young woman of twenty-four years, delicate, slender, and full of the fears and artlessness of a child. His Excellency the Minister The stiffness and awkwardness of their figure painting, their defects of drawing, perspective, and light and shade, their lack of anatomical science were like the lispings of childhood or the artlessness of an old ballad. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century "H'mm!" said Chester, wondering at the artisan's artlessness off his beaten track. The Flower of the Chapdelaines A most affecting illustration of the sweetest simplicity, the purest artlessness, and holiest affections of woman's gentle nature. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman As far as I have been able to learn, they were as two children, the girl's mind as well as her actions, in spite of her sophistication, reflecting the artlessness of her companion. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment If this was the art of a politician, it was art reduced to artlessness. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics "The naive artlessness of the Middle Ages," says Brandl, "became in the hands of the Romantic school, an intentional form of art." A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century She had whisked away from them and gone straight back to the cabin, meaning to save her father from his own artlessness and from the snare of a designing widow. The Desert Valley But the evangelists had no such purpose or thought, and their story is told with that charming artlessness that is perfect art. A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas He thought, as he had thought again and again, of her artlessness, her ignorance, and her total absence of compunction. The Devil's Garden His candour was as simple, as unaffected, as the serene artlessness of a child. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage He was happier than formerly in Kessin, because he could not fail to observe that Effi manifested more artlessness and cheerfulness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 She smiled upon him brightly as she concluded with a semblance of trustfulness and artlessness: 'Tell me the truth; haven't you found it?' The Desert Valley She greeted me with the eager artlessness of the child that she was. White Shadows in the South Seas This concealment of all artifice, this artlessness and spontaneity of appearance, is one of the greatest qualities in a composition, any analysis of which is futile. The Practice and Science of Drawing Inscriptions, artificial rocks, factitious ruins, are scattered lavishly, with artlessness and conviction.... Over Strand and Field These poems, distributed impartially among the various characters, are introduced with the same laborious artlessness as the songs in a musical comedy. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Mr. Moore, with his usual artlessness, gives us an idea of a private supper between himself and Lord Byron. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time She spoke with perfect artlessness, ignorant of a world other than her own, innocent of a moral code other than that which she followed. Max Rarely indeed, if ever before, has an Englishman passed an hour so comfortably with the whole of a rich man's harem, and seen them as de Vere saw them in all their artlessness and beauty. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 If he produces in his verse the effect of the wind among the reeds, it is the result not only of his artlessness, but of his art. The Art of Letters His tales deal altogether with peasant life in country and city, and have a lifelikeness, an artlessness, a simplicity striking even in a Russian author. Best Russian Short Stories In the anxious care with which he sought out and selected reliable information, and referred to authorities he shows the best qualities of the modern historian, and his style is remarkable for "a pleasing artlessness." A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature He loved the artlessness and gentleness, the sense of dependence, the implicit trust, the absence of ostentation and ambition, the unconscious modesty, in one word, the child-likeness of the child. Sermons to the Natural Man Ah, my dear American friends, little do you suspect the artlessness of this reply. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Those of a higher sophistication and a greater worldliness may smile at the artlessness, and, if one will, naivété of a man like Jammes. Romance of the Rabbit The artlessness of this wonder struck shame to their hearts when they chanced to learn that the lady had repaid it with a worldly-wise amusement at their own highly-colored waterfalls and snow-capped mountain-peaks. Quit Your Worrying! He was the first to laugh at himself, at his half intentional blunders, and at the laughable situations into which his artlessness would often land him. Recollections of My Youth He did not attempt to write one single symmetrical epistolary romance; but the individual letters are usually slight sketches of character carelessly gathered together, and deriving their greatest charm from their apparent spontaneity and artlessness. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 He loved her perfect artlessness and playfulness, her very enthusiasm rendered her an object of his regard; besides which, on this point, his opinion coincided with hers. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence "What made you marry Mr. Follingsbee?" said Lillie, with apparent artlessness. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel "We shall be very glad," returned Clara, with a singular mixture of consciousness and artlessness. Overland Per contra, all the Jigbees--and they were a prolific race--swore that their distinguished relative was a pattern of artlessness and innocence. Round the Block Those lines should be repeated simply, naturally and with the utmost artlessness. Delsarte System of Oratory Yet, when in repose among his friends, there was an almost childlike simplicity and artlessness of manner, which drew the heart by an irresistible attraction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 Perhaps it was her artful artlessness, since every girl-baby is born with a modicum of that dangerous quality. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Nevertheless she was favored with her usual childlike artlessness of speech, and answered, "I am glad you find it agreeable." Overland And her hair—that hair which always had graced her head with such unaffected artlessness—she seemed suddenly to have found the need to overdo, to strain for effective simplicity. The Blood Red Dawn I cried, amazed, 'there is no other way ... what wonderful artlessness, simplicity and truth to nature!' Delsarte System of Oratory In it were mingled craft and artlessness with a touch of dignity to make it unassailable. Madcap I uttered an exclamation of delight, and she from her corner, with the artlessness of a child, said, "I put them there for you to see." The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss There was a piquancy in her accent that made the hearer wish to hear further, and a certain artlessness in her manner not met with recently by him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 He gives utterance to these feelings with characteristic enthusiasm, and at the same time with the artlessness and simplicity of diction of a child. Cuba, Old and New Nowhere do we meet the artlessness of childhood. Library Work with Children He proceeds to give a brief account of Jasmin's life, taken from the Souvenirs, which he regards as a beautiful work, written with much artlessness and simplicity. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Divine absurdity of childish faith!—infinite artlessness of childish love! Chita: a Memory of Last Island So, in a word, Briggs told all her history, and Becky gave a narrative of her own life, with her usual artlessness and candour. Vanity Fair On the very beach they had another glimpse of the artlessness of Samoan war. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa He possessed information of the most varied kind, which he communicated with perfect simplicity and artlessness! James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography It is indeed difficult to exaggerate the poetic instinct and the unaffected artlessness of this amiable bard. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist His artlessness and his bad breaks which keep us filled with terror make the most entertaining narratives and he tells them on himself and then keeps on making new ones. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis "You can always sell it," said the young girl, with the same artful artlessness. Roderick Hudson She had all the natural grace of sweetness of temper and artlessness in herself. Emma "I thought we were an old family; but this is all new!" she said, in her artlessness. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Indeed, he never ceased to be a boy—in his manners, his gaiety, his artlessness, and his enjoyment of new pleasures. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist The tear rises unbidden to my eye, as I recall her in the artlessness of her maiden beauty, hanging her feet into the mill-pond, or chewing the strings of her sun-bonnet. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 The fair-haired, lovely, blue-eyed girl at his side, too seemed a softened reflection of all his sentiment, intelligence, knowledge, tastes, and cultivation, united to the artlessness and simplicity that became her sex and years. Homeward Bound or, the Chase There is no study, no aim to please, no acting a part to court esteem, no suspicions about her, and no concealments; but, in every word and motion, the most perfect artlessness. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Mark and Lorry looked at one another and smiled, as age and experience smile at the artlessness of youth. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Jasmin united the naive artlessness of poetry with the perfection of art. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist In my artlessness I had thought that the church in which my mother found peace and consolation would elect none but chosen heroes among men as her servants and priests. The Bride of Dreams Those very letters would, a few short weeks ago, have seemed to Douglas the perfection of truth and artlessness. Run to Earth A Novel "Why with you more than anybody else?" she softly inquired, with great apparent artlessness. The Philistines The artlessness of these verses renders them none the less significant. America To-day, Observations and Reflections "Shall we go see how she is faring?" she added, with a disregard for etiquette, whose artlessness he also doubted. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Now in my artlessness I had thought that anyone questioned by an earnest and not indifferent person, about a good acquaintance and dear friend, would manifest pleasure and gladly and heartily give the desired information. The Bride of Dreams "Then why is Morrison so dangerous, if he's only doing what you do?" inquired the business man, with an artlessness that the attorney greeted with an oath. All-Wool Morrison But maman is difficult to please," she added with her enchanting artlessness, "as difficult as I myself, monsieur. The Avalanche It seemed to him that nowhere among these people was a note of sincerity, and his thoughts went back to the parting at the stile, and the girl whose artlessness and courage were honest. The Call of the Cumberlands She always knew how to elude him and, always with that cursed air of artlessness, uttered seemingly simple sentences that clung to his mind to tantalize him. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series His artlessness was boyish, and so were his acuteness and his transparent but somewhat belated good-sense. Confessions and Criticisms With its kindly humor, its single-hearted wholesomeness, and its delightful figure of Dr. Primrose it remains, in spite of its artlessness, one of the permanent landmarks of English fiction. A History of English Literature These plays are the very thing itself; and under the apparent artlessness of adhering closely to history as he found it, an uncommon degree of art is concealed. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature His careless simplicity, artlessness, shyness, all the things that distressed her at first, were now accepted as the standards of conduct for everybody. We Can't Have Everything Marcel could not help laughing at the girl's artlessness. The Grip of Desire It was a thing of touching artlessness to do; only so cunning-simple a soul as Sally Wimple could ever have thought of it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 The second is in her manner, which, in spite of its ease and apparent artlessness, has too much method in it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 The seeming artlessness of much of this verse should not blind us to the fact that an unusual number of poets had really studied the art of song. Halleck's New English Literature It is artlessness, with a vengeance, to beset an old fellow of fifty, as one would besiege a town. Home as Found The old and the young men exchanged looks of unspeakable admiration at such touching artlessness. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 32, November 5, 1870 To this ingenious argument she answered with so much good sense, and at the same time, so much gentleness and artlessness, that I thought I could have listened to her for ever. A Voyage to the Moon This merit, however, is exhibited—not, as you fancy, in a graceful artlessness, but in a coarse inartificiality. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater The Princess observed her guest with increasing interest; for she was wholly unused to such artlessness in men. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Oh, thou joyous artlessness 'mongst the poor maidens of Leipzig, Witty simplicity come,—come, then, to glad us again! The Poems of Schiller — Third period There is an artlessness in their manner of stuffing themselves, a frankness in their tippling, which defy competition; they sponge with more spirit than other men, and sit on with greater persistency. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 "Her understanding is indeed excellent; but she is too young for suspicion, and has an artlessness of disposition I never saw equalled." Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World But the simplicity and artlessness of the narrative militates against this view. The Great Doctrines of the Bible Their reverence for age itself, in anything but a horse, had often surprised me by its artlessness, and of all strange things in the world, I have heard them admire old customs and old families. The Beautiful Lady Let us examine into this, and observe the exquisitely artful artlessness of the plan. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 One could tell that nature was a scheme of decoration with her, and artlessness an artistic device. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 "Not in painting, he isn't," she returned quickly, "I consider his work altogether creditable; it's carefully done, conscientious, effective—" "Isn't that true of the ladies in the hairdressers' windows?" she asked with assumed artlessness. The Guest of Quesnay Oh! it is of no use to try your feigned artlessness on us. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Imagine the embodiment of all that you can conceive most charming—add to that, artlessness, grace, and innocence. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 The artlessness of the soft curves of her mouth was proof to them of the reality of an ingenuous and very girlish personality. The Film Mystery Constance's letter was a great letter, a perfect letter, perfect in its artlessness; the natural expression of the Baines character at its best. The Old Wives' Tale Perhaps it was her sincerity and artlessness that made her attractive. The Treasure-Train He was ready with his words, fairly good-looking, clean and muscular, his evident lack of polish in languages and letters atoned for by his quick wit, and by a certain boyish artlessness and ingenuousness. Sisters That men, big men and wise men, were inclined to take her artful artlessness at its surface value was a continual revelation to her. The Heart of Rachael The artlessness of this history resembles a poem; it is a pastoral song in which a single drop of blood is mingled with the dew upon a leaf or a tuft of grass. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life She knew nothing of love before the beautiful youth stood before her—her heart was as pure as an infant's—she was artlessness itself. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures There was an artlessness and innocence about her but rarely met with in young ladies of her age. The Allen House How could anyone help loving her, she was so radiant and so winning in her unaffected artlessness? Beulah For some time, the nature, artlessness, truth, feminine playfulness and kindness, not to say personal beauty of Margery, had been gradually softening the heart of this stern savage, as it respected the girl herself. Oak Openings Who would have suspected that such indomitable energy and such an impassioned soul was hidden beneath such girlish artlessness and apparent coldness? The Honor of the Name Several months passed before Polly, on the threshold of her parlour, could exclaim, with an artlessness that touched her husband deeply: "Never in my life did I think I should have such a beautiful room!" Australia Felix He could at will adorn himself with the confiding artlessness of youth, so that angels might have yielded to the soft look of his large dark eyes. File No. 113 And we took advantage of your absence," said Lady Maud in a tone of amiable artlessness, "to find out all about you. Sybil, or the Two Nations What satisfaction could a woman of delicacy promise herself in a union with such a man, when the very artlessness of her affection might appear insipid? Vindication of the Rights of Woman Martial could not fail to be fascinated by the modest artlessness and chaste fears of the heart which seemed to be waking for him. The Honor of the Name The artlessness and candour of our early years are open to all impressions alike, because the mind is not clogged and preoccupied with other objects. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners He told his tale with an artlessness that rendered it the more moving and convincing. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series His usual discourses treated of trotting horses, wine-parties in expensive restaurants, and the merits of persons of easy virtue, with a disarming artlessness of outlook. Under Western Eyes I admit that artlessness is a charming idea. Yet Again Only in my ease the art verges on artlessness. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays "This work is the Bible," said Lincoln, with the artlessness of a mischievous child. The Path of the King "I want to know," said she, with the Italian artlessness which has always a touch of artfulness. Albert Savarus But this is not a work of imagination; I have no talent; my excuse for this undertaking lies not in its art, but in its artlessness. Under Western Eyes Conquered by the exquisite artlessness and gestures, Herrera kissed her on the forehead for the first time. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life And then they both stared at me, and I, with an obtrusive show of artlessness on my countenance, stared at them, and plaited the right leg of my trousers with my right hand. Great Expectations Theirs was love in all its artlessness, with its interminable conversations, unfinished speeches, long silences, oriental reposes, and oriental ardor. Vendetta The apparent artlessness of this political swindler prevented her from suspecting a trick. Bureaucracy But when at length she had grasped the mystery, the artlessness of her joy was charming. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable "Do you think he suspects?" said Monte Cristo with charming artlessness. The Count of Monte Cristo By the merits of his sea-wise forefathers and by the artlessness of his heart, he was made fit to deliver this excellent discourse. The Mirror of the Sea The artlessness of Naomi increased day by day, and found constantly some new fashion of charming strangeness. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Haidee took the porcelain cup in her little slender fingers and conveyed it to her mouth with all the innocent artlessness of a child when eating or drinking something which it likes. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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