| 单词 | matutinal |
| 例句 | In one instance, he takes us right into the head of Woolsey, the judge, while he shaves, and only an endnote reveals that some of these matutinal thoughts are suppositions. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style The monarch was evidently in haste, having somewhat broken in on his matutinal habits in consequence of the late hour at which he had retired on the night before. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z It pleased Claud to imagine that the old earth was at her toilette—had just emerged, dripping, from her matutinal tub. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The mists of night were still rising from the veldt about the Boer lines, and as we looked through our field-glasses, figures here and there, were busily engaged in gathering brushwood for the matutinal fire. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z In the autumn, whole broods may be seen by early risers taking their morning flight, and circling in the air for matutinal exercise, just like pigeons, when first let out of their locker. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z In the early morning, when the west side of the island was still plunged in shade, Carew approached the mate, who was enjoying his matutinal cup of coffee and cigarette on the quarter-deck. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Ethel, who was big, blonde, and bovine, struggled into the nearest dressing-gown and hurried to the breakfast-room, where her husband, over a newspaper, was engaged in his matutinal occupation of scolding the coffee. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z In the matutinal face washing the eyes are usually closed, while a wet towel is delicately passed over the eyelids. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z This Sunday was no exception, and we had the usual matutinal volleys. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Ralph called him his cup-bearer, because he brought that young gentleman’s matutinal coffee, without which our English hero would not have left his cabin for the world. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Miss Wenaston was clearly not fit for the matutinal crossing of swords with the sharp-witted butler, and it was the housekeeper's duty to intervene and protect. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z “I suppose it's bile!” he concluded, as he paid his matutinal visit to the looking-glass. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z It was nothing less than a coffee stall in the panoply of matutinal splendor. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He had "cut" college for a few days, but had to hurry back by an early train; which explained the matutinal hour he had chosen for a call. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The next morning Miss Wallace was distinctly in an uncommunicative mood, as Miss Johnson, who paid her a very matutinal call, found, whereupon the young lady expressed herself with characteristic frankness. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Then he set to work upon his matutinal review of the preceding night. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Such, also, seemed to be the opinion of counsel before whom, at a matutinal hour, he laid the facts of the case. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The effect was heightened by a previous evening's haircut and a close matutinal shave. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z About this latitude flying gurnets leapt on board by the score on some nights, and a delightful addition indeed did they prove to the matutinal menu. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z She put in a portfolio certain drawings which she had risen at a very matutinal hour to make; the portfolio she placed beneath her arm, and, thus equipped, she sallied forth upon her errand. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The milkman was the only matutinal visitor, and the milkman left his wares upon the flagging of the servants' entrance. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Our cook at sea once undertook to supply our mess with a daily matutinal meal of porridge, and of oatcakes too. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z At early morn how often are our matutinal slumbers disturbed by a prolonged shriek, as of some unfortunate cat in mortal agony, but which simply signifies that Mr. Skyblue, the milkman, is on his rounds. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z The next morning at the matutinal swim the Judge affixed himself as a satellite to Kingsnorth, and left the married pair to take their morning recreation together. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Hast prepared the eggs, the bacon, and the matutinal tea? Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z And beyond these æsthetic misfortunes, the substantial emoluments of "keepin' store," with a gallant sufficiency of arithmetic to regulate prices and profits, were vanishing like the elusive matutinal haze before the noontide sun. The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories 2011-07-19T02:00:22.090Z When he had finished breakfast, Matthias lighted a pipe, and setting his feet anew in the groove they had worn diagonally from door to window, began his matutinal tramp toward inspiration. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z It was just half past ten when he dismounted at the door, but he knew her matutinal habits and did not expect to find her occupied. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z It was not to assist her in conjecturing the purpose of that matutinal commotion that Marion had so eagerly glanced to the dial of her watch. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Louise was seated opposite, performing matutinal experiments, so it seemed, with pots, cups, an urn, and various infusions and crystals. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z He turned his eyes upon the great landscape lying beneath, flooded with the chill matutinal sunshine, and flecked here and there with the elusive shadows of the fleecy drifting clouds. The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories 2011-07-19T02:00:22.090Z Mr. Jeffson, who was smoking his matutinal pipe by the kitchen fire, shook his head with a slow melancholy gesture as his wife made this remark. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The manner of "little milady" was perhaps a thought constrained when she received his Majesty's matutinal greeting. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z As I awoke from my matutinal slumber—under canvas that had sheltered his Excellency Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna—my eyes looked upon a letter, or something that resembled one. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Mrs. Devereux did not appear at the breakfast table, but as he walked to and fro along the lagoon path, smoking the matutinal cigar, he saw her come into the garden. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z It would be better to interrupt her matutinal slumbers, and get one of his two dreaded interviews over. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z And over all this matutinal world fell a cool dew, like a fountain that rose from that drenched ground and fell back in pearly drops in the child-like gentleness of the first sunbeams. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The compulsory morning attendance of students, on most days during term-time, to prayers in chapel, is again a survival of the matutinal devotions of the monks. Cathedral Cities of England Benito, with much fluttering and shivering and croaking, was taking his matutinal plunge in the basin of the fountain. The Trail of Conflict Duke Frederick was so matutinal on the day of departure that on arriving about six o'clock at the Imperial residence, he was told the emperor had been gone for at least two hours. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The breakfast was at last concluded, and Girty began to remove the remains of the matutinal meal. Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind She only spent a matutinal penny on "The Morning Post;" she only saw, on each occasion, that that inspired sheet had as little to say about the imminence as about the abandonment of certain nuptials. The Spoils of Poynton Miss Peyton might have put in an appearance thrice in the day later on, yet her visits would not have been viewed with such favor as is this matutinal call. Faith and Unfaith O don't you remember old Sally, Ben Bolt, Old Sally whose hair was so red, Her matutinal cry of "Buy any shad?" Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 As a matter of course, he was not very matutinal. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster He had not a moment's doubt as to the nature of the matutinal visit. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels In another moment he was at the kitchen door, interrupting Sum Fat's first matutinal attentions to his teeth with a demand for a bathing-suit. The Destroying Angel And so I strode into the breakfast-room, where my old housekeeper was adjusting the materials for the matutinal meal. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 The spirit of matutinal expression descends on them, despite the rain, and they whistle cheerful 'harmonic discords,' till barked to silence by Sergeant 'Jawn.' Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Before leaving Gibraltar I had two novel sensations, nocturnal and matutinal. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) For it always seems to me as if at winter sunrise all things of the wood move forward in this matutinal procession of welcome to the coming warmth of the new day. Old Plymouth Trails The eggs, the bacon, and the jam Shall he as pure as Mary’s lamb; And nothing sans a pure-food label Shall grace your matutinal table. The So-called Human Race The big war steamers were getting their matutinal scrub, and were alive with blue-and-white-clothed men. The Recipe for Diamonds Girls and boys, young men and young women, are hereby solemnly exhorted to abjure all nocturnal or matutinal reading of the kind suggested. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects We did so, and never before had I seen on any one matutinal tablecloth provisions which weighed so much, or disappeared so rapidly. Memoirs of Life and Literature And then his words; the extraordinary manner in which he twisted and juggled with the longer and less familiar of them--arboreal, peripatetic, matutinal, and the like! The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Doña Maria, wife of Rosendo, was bending over the primitive fireplace, busy with her matutinal duties, having just dusted the ashes from a corn arepa which she had prepared for her consort’s simple luncheon. Carmen Ariza As the train neared Monte Carlo—the hour was roseate and matutinal—Henry had observed Tom staring at the scenery through the window, his coffee untasted, and tears in his rapt eyes. A Great Man A Frolic This note which he considered worthy of record was certainly not inspired by the excellence of the good lady's matutinal coffee. All About Coffee The same is true for the most part of matutinal erections, the precise cause of which is not yet determined. The Sexual Life of the Child To have done so we should have looked upon as bad form; but to encourage ourselves in matutinal sloth in a climate like this would have seemed a positive crime. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure So one day I rose half an hour earlier than common on purpose to have a look at my little matutinal serenader. Birds in the Bush There was a prolonged silence in the matutinal freshness and perfume of the woods. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Such was my matutinal salutation to my friend Thomas Strachan, as I entered his room on a splendid spring morning. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 It is certain, at any rate, that these matutinal erections are not caused by sexual thoughts, nor as a rule do they induce sexual feelings. The Sexual Life of the Child Another kind of water—also very matutinal in its delivery,—the "Aqua vita," is intonated by the Aquavitario, in a sharp kestrel key,—hear him! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. How many choralists took part in the matutinal concert I cannot say, but there were scores of them. Our Bird Comrades A regular system of scouting was matutinally carried on, and it was thought that the enemy would not be able to encroach beyond his border without enjoying a startling reception. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Besides, she knew that Sir Philip Hastings was always a matutinal man, and would certainly be in the library before she was down. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The matutinal concert was early in full swing, the hermit thrushes, western robins, and Audubon's warblers being the chief choralists. Birds of the Rockies And they made for the Red Lion for the matutinal dram. The House with the Green Shutters "Well, old Hossy," said Lieutenant Cox, summing up all his energy in an attempt at matutinal joviality as he slapped the landlord on the back, "how are things going with you?" Ralph the Heir Emily replied that she was not, but usually very matutinal in her habits. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 A few moments suffice the ruined gamblers for their slight matutinal repast. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The solitary heron, standing statue-like upon its long legs, and the red flamingoes ranged in silent ranks, await, on the contrary, the coming of the dawn to commence their matutinal fishery. The Tiger Hunter Brandy-and-water, gin, whisky, and the likes are only fit for those who nocturnally lay the foundation for matutinal 'hot coppers,' with the vilest shag in the most odorous of yards of clay. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce It is of those performers that I write: of the hole-and-corner work, of the little thumb-nail sketches which go to make up the big battle panels so ably depicted over the matutinal bacon and eggs. No Man's Land He turned his eyes upon the great landscape lying beneath, flooded with the chill matutinal sunshine, and flecked here and there with the elusive shadow's of the fleecy drifting clouds. 'way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895 And beyond these aesthetic misfortunes, the substantial emoluments of "keepin' store," with a gallant sufficiency of arithmetic to regulate prices and profits, were vanishing like the elusive matutinal haze before the noontide sun. The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895 At this moment Don Ruperto’s voice sounded outside, announcing his return from one of his matutinal expeditions. The Tiger Hunter The matutinal "Hot Time in the Old Town" and a majority of the population waiting on the cinders about the red water tank were the results of his impassioned plea. The Lady Doc In a land of jealous men you will find the women peculiarly intelligent and cunning, and the matutinal hour is to them the “golden opportunity.” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico From the day when he first became a Wet Bob at Eton he had never wavered in his devotion to matutinal and vespertinal ablutions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 When, therefore, I went upon my usual matutinal round, I turned the lock of the door which bore the convict's number upon it, and walked into the cell. My Friend The Murderer I wonder why matutinal labour should always be considered as so meritorious. Orley Farm So I broke off the subject, and resumed my household instructions, as if I had remarked nothing more important in this matutinal incident than the stupid pertinacity of a discomfited lover. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Indeed, as the matutinal performances were altogether classical, it was impossible that much should be done without him. Dr. Wortle's School They were very merry and matutinal in their ways; plunged their arms boldly in, and seemed not to feel the shock. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Shall I, Dominie Dobbs, desert my post?—Again succumb to—I will even depart, that I may be at my desk at matutinal hours.” Jacob Faithful These congress meetings did not begin before eleven, so that for those who were active time for matutinal exercise was allowed. Orley Farm Much relieved by the impromptu expressions of her feelings, she turned from the window, Saint George having disappeared among the distant sand-heaps, and went to attend her honoured sire at his matutinal meal. The Seven Champions of Christendom The matutinal coffee and one of Brader’s rolls, not like the London French, but passably good; and there is some cold stuffed chine.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias The matutinal display outside of apples, pears, onions, turnips, beets, carrots, egg-plants, cranberries, squashes, etc., is magnificent in the variety and richness of its hues. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 A cup of the steaming fluid apiece warmed the two, invigorating them for the business of the day; and, as soon as the matutinal meal was finished, they set about getting their traps ready. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes Thence, there was another mad rush up-stairs again to the refectory, which we reached before the second gong, calling us to the matutinal meal, had ceased to sound. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story He got back to breakfast without the fact of his matutinal walk being known to the family. The Mermaid A Love Tale Whatever your creed, class, or country, one might almost add your character, you were a welcome guest at his matutinal meal, provided you were celebrated. Tancred Or, The New Crusade In the morning O'Iwa arose early to attend to the matutinal needs of her spouse. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) The inspired and felicitous customs of the Wallencampers admitted of no rude surprises; rational joy, alone, pervaded the Ark at this matutinal advent. Cape Cod Folks This necessitated a prompt matutinal visit to Dr. B., the dentist. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Yet I believe that we annoyed them and deranged the tenor of their lives by our matutinal habits. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. She passed down the staircase noiselessly and opened the front door, when, much to her annoyance, she found herself face to face with Mr. Jawkins, who was smoking a matutinal pipe on the front steps. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow And this gifted youth wrestled with the matutinal ham and eggs and flipped the flapjacks for the headquarters mess. Eating in Two or Three Languages Here, he indulged in a series of scratchings and yawnings, after which he disposed at a gulp of most of the water designed for his matutinal ablutions. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates On the contrary, she took it for an accident, due to the presumed matutinal habits of the people. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural The Palladians rubbed their eyes to find the classic battle-ground of the "Three Year Olds" and "Four Year Olds" occupied by the matutinal redcoats, and horse, foot, and artillery already in possession. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. The servants have little idea of silence over their work, and the early morning chambermaids crow to one another in a way that is very destructive of one's matutinal slumbers. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The dawn came up while the Staff were drinking their matutinal tea. Adventures of a Despatch Rider She told me she had to take you in with the matutinal milk three times last week. A Comedy of Masks A Novel Mr. Evenson can no longer control his feelings, and threatens to start the triangle if his enemy will not stop his early matutinal music. Charles Dickens and Music From an iron hook in the window frame dangled the elastic home-exerciser with which it was his unfailing habit to perform a certain number of matutinal contortions, to keep his body wholesome and efficient. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Jill had never flirted and therefore had known no kiss excepting her father's matutinal and nocturnal peck. Desert Love One morning, at the beginning of October, when the sun rose about six o’clock, and we rose with it, I got up, donned my dressing-gown, and went, as usual, to take my matutinal bath. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Since they had moved into town he had found only one city sound that he really welcomed: the rattle and clink that marked the milkman's matutinal visit. Half Portions An awful doubt of its efficacy crept into my heart, but we gave him the matutinal greetings of the country, and our cavalcade followed at his heels. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 In the morning he gets up, shakes himself, tightens his garments, performs his matutinal ablutions, and his toilet is made for the day. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Their prostrations toward Mecca and their matutinal prayers to Allah seem to gain something of sincerity from the accompanying worship of the birds and the sympathetic essence of the awakening day. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The padre came along finally, smelling of a matutinal appetizer, and they distributed pillows and candles to the madrinas and padrinos. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Two or three matutinal shikarries had gone out and come back, followed by the elephant, for which Isaacs had sent the ryot at full speed the moment he was sure the beast was dead. Mr. Isaacs The wide awake voice that answered him was very unlike the sweet and sleepy drawls of protest his matutinal ringings were wont to call forth when Dorothy had been a gay and frivolous débutante. Out of the Ashes Mixed up with this matutinal rite was much that belongs to the modern literary and political history of England. Yesterdays with Authors Just in front of this alcove and below the bust stood a marble-topped table, at one end of which two young men were playing dominoes to the accompaniment of the matutinal absinthe. In the Days of My Youth Soft is the matutinal mist Through which the trees loom brown; Come back, if only to be kist,— Come back to Town! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 Thorndyke appeared to be in high spirits, though the full enjoyment of the matutinal pipe precluded fluent conversation. The Mystery of 31 New Inn We became habitués of cafés and ceased to take any meals at our hotels beyond the matutinal café complet. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Whatever your creed, class, or country—one might almost add your character—you were a welcome guest at his matutinal meal, provided you were celebrated. Collections and Recollections Wafted back to her came the acrid odour of Pa's matutinal pipe, and the accustomed bickering between Al and Floss over the possession of the bathroom. Cheerful—By Request For a long time after Evelyn departed, Carroll remained seated, puffing amusedly on the cigar which followed his matutinal cigarette. Midnight While Cleggett was still wondering what significance could underlie this unusual form of matutinal exercise, Dr. Farnsworth came out of the forecastle and beckoned to him. The Cruise of the Jasper B. I, however, was sending him daily screeds, and both matutinal and nocturnal telegrams, the composition of which afforded Raffles not a little enjoyment. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman This he surreptitiously attached to the gas jet, and secretly thereon made coffee and cooked his matutinal hard-boiled egg. Stories from Everybody's Magazine He moreover failed to take into account the numberless young lives that have been shortened by matutinal habits. Ponkapog Papers He imagines that an eager multitude sit up every night to catch the first dank copy of his little matutinal mistake—to see what he's got to SAY. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 And his matutinal visit to M. Wilkie was caused by a fear that he might not be the only person knowing the truth, and that some one else might forestall him. Baron Trigault's Vengeance Since they had moved into town, he had found only one city sound that he really welcomed—the rattle and clink that marked the milkman's matutinal visit. One Basket By the time the world is up and about, the whole city, smiling freshly from its matutinal tub, is ready to greet it gayly. Worldly Ways and Byways What, for instance, would replace for enterprising souls the joy of taking their matutinal car at a flying leap, or the rapture of being first out of a theatre? The Ways of Men "A fine lake," remarked Iglesias, instituting the matutinal conversation in a safe and general way. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 I must take my matutinal stroll, or I know how I shall feel about luncheon time. The Box with Broken Seals She saw Chinese servants, unshaken from their routine, methodically clearing fallen bricks and cornices from front steps to which they purported, giving the matutinal sweeping. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Rather he got it hurt during a matutinal combat at which he was forced, being the head of the family, to be present, although he is far above the midnight carousals of his kind. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others The man who brings your matutinal coffee says “Good morning” on entering the room, and inquires if “Monsieur has slept well,” expecting to be treated with the same politeness he shows to you. The Ways of Men Evidently the production of a philosopher and an economist of time: for who else would have thought of shaving before going to bed, instead of at the matutinal toilet? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 The bell tinkled still, and Judy, believing it could be no one less than the bishop come to alarm them with a matutinal visit, hurried on a clean white apron, and stepped across the hall. The Channings Young ladies, you may proceed with your matutinal duties.' The Golden Calf And the mode in which she carried her matutinal curls, done up with black pins, very visible to the eye, was not in itself becoming. Nina Balatka After this matutinal ceremony, and not infrequently during the same, complaints, disputes, gossip and strife would arise, providing tid-bits for the remaining hours. The Quest His trousers, matutinally, were of the color vulgarly called "blotting-paper;" and he never wore boots,—which, he said, unfitted a man for exercise,—but short drab gaiters and square-toed shoes. The Caxtons — Complete His trousers, matutinally, were of the color vulgarly called "blotting- paper;" and he never wore boots,—which, he said, unfitted a man for exercise,—but short drab gaiters and square-toed shoes. The Caxtons — Volume 02 Early on the following morning, the cook, while engaged in her most matutinal duties, was disturbed by a ring at the front door. The Three Clerks With taut-strung nerves, the highlanders approached the sea, which shone in matutinal placidity. Tropic Days The new clock recently affixed to the Sandypoint Town Hall, was striking the matutinal hour of ten. A Terrible Secret I thought that nothing less than being very absent-minded, or else the wish to secure my help for some charity concert, could account for this matutinal visit, especially as I knew her so slightly. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters On the fifth anniversary of his birthday he received a matutinal call from Major Decies, who was returning from his daily visit to the Civil Hospital. Snake and Sword A Novel War news and buckwheat cakes enlivened the matutinal meal. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 30, October 22, 1870 Machination, macrocosm, magisterial, magniloquent, maladroit, malfeasance, malignity, malleable, mandate, matutinal, medieval, mephitic, mercenary, mercurial, meretricious, metamorphose, meticulous, microcosm, misanthropic, misogyny, misprision, mitigate, monitor, mortuary, mundane, mutable. The Century Vocabulary Builder The colonel was finding this matutinal talk discomfortably opulent in pauses. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations He had begun the day well by scoring brilliantly off Mr Dexter across the matutinal rasher and coffee. The Gold Bat Outside, on the deserted pavement, he moved along with short steps in the fresh matutinal air. Theresa Raquin She was awakened early by a matutinal serenade—a band of musicians piping and harping merrily under her bedroom windows. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood While engaged in this matutinal operation I struck my hand against something and looking, observed that it was the hideous little ivory image of Zikali, which he had set about my neck. She and Allan But I would willingly make them matutinal for such a purpose at any time. A Siren This charming melody is but a general exclamation of pleasure on the recovery of the day from the apprehension of the night, a mutual recognition, an interchange of matutinal compliments. Confessions of a Beachcomber The Prophet did not deliver his usual matutinal taunts in front of Britt Block. When Egypt Went Broke This stirred his imagination to such a pitch that he commanded Jane to bring up the matutinal washtub to his bedroom. The Fortunate Youth Now, I am quite willing to admit that there are many who derive great benefit from their early morning swim, their matutinal walk, or their tennis before breakfast. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken By eight o'clock he was not merely dressed and shaved, he had not merely taken his matutinal chocolate and arranged his papers, but he was actually on his way to the Palais de Justice. Monsieur Lecoq Were all ages, even those earliest, adventurous, matutinal days, in themselves equally poetical or unpoetical; and poetry, the literary beauty, the poetic ideal, always but a borrowed light upon men's actual life? Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 It is true that the very matutinal, even partly nocturnal character of the work makes the insect suffer less inconvenience from the traffic. Bramble-Bees and Others Oh, no!" cried the young lady, "please don't imagine that I sniff the matutinal as a rule. The Burning Spear "When he wants to be witty, he always talks about Utopia," said Mr. Harold Smith—to himself: for Mrs. Harold was not usually present in the flesh at these matutinal meals. Framley Parsonage The stewards began preparing breakfast with that matutinal eagerness which they always show. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh In the early morning I hear a sort of call or jodel under my window: and know 'tis the matutinal milkman leaving his can at my gate. Roundabout Papers I have even been driven to drink my matutinal coffee in all its after-dinner strength rather than adulterate it with the mixture. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan Next morning, when the scavengers came down from Montmartre to ply their matutinal avocations, they found the body of a woman lying on her face on the pavement. Caught in the Net Let any plainest man who reads this think of his usual mode of getting himself into his matutinal garments, and confess how much such a struggle would cost him. Framley Parsonage This is the very ‘sprite’ of Walton; this has that vernal and matutinal air of opening European literature, full of birds’ music, and redolent of dawn. Introduction to the Compleat Angler One morning in particular, he started to sneer at me over our matutinal coffee. The Gambler The next morning, while I was in my office, smoking my matutinal cigar, and speculating over the singular character of my acquaintances of last night, the door opened, and Marion Blakelock entered. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Well, one has run away to literature since, but where is the matutinal beer? Adventures Among Books Immediately after breakfast Mr. Robarts escaped to the Dragon of Wantly, partly because he had had enough of the matutinal Mrs. Proudie, and partly also in order that he might hurry his friends there. Framley Parsonage Bird City hopped out of its nest, waggled its pin feathers and strolled out for its matutinal toot. The Gentle Grafter "To see something," answered Grandet, not duped by the matutinal appearance of his friend. Eugenie Grandet "I vow," said he, "that I had grown matutinal earlier had I known what here awaited me." Mistress Wilding Nothing, indeed, save that tiresome noise was audible in the deserted church, where the matutinal sweeping was unknown before the early masses had somewhat warmed the air of the place. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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