| 单词 | meanly |
| 例句 | But the teacher wasn’t laughing meanly, and suddenly it seemed like nobody was trying to be mean, just having a giggle. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Call would ask, not meanly, just facing facts. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, he’d stayed upstairs when Tim came over, and was meanly glad when he and Trip began to drift apart. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It walks beside you silently, jumps out at you meanly, pokes you awake at night. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was smiling, exhilarated, liberated and meanly enjoying a weapon he did not know lay in his arsenal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t said meanly, it was just to laugh off: Okay, let’s take a different tack,” said Kim. He believes talking about politics on a first date is impolite. She’s a communist. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z As a son, husband and father, he behaved meanly and priggishly. Dr Livingstone had an all-but state funeral, yet now he makes us uneasy 2013-04-12T16:53:26Z Spread a little softened butter over the flesh side of each fillet, as though you were buttering a slice of bread rather meanly. 20 best summer fish recipes: part 1 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Not meanly, and not every time, just honestly. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The friend who has everything, except the benefit of the doubt 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z It rides that line between enjoying the genre without meanly mocking it. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But, in words from her hero Dr Johnson: "See Nations slowly wise and meanly just/To buried Merit raise the tardy bust." Is the 'Beryl Bainbridge Booker' a good thing? 2011-02-13T00:05:32Z Rachel kind of meanly tells him that this process wasn’t for him and he doesn’t bother apologizing for liking her in a non-reality TV way. The Bachelorette Recap: Who Did Rachel Choose? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z They are demanding, urgent, precarious; when time is short, I regard them meanly. The Southern glory that is tomato gravy 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Never meanly, of course; think moderator of a lively panel discussion. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The interrupter-in-law can’t hold her tongue. Should I? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Everyone is looking at the camera except him and me, because Nicky is attending to his rivet and I’m looking at Nicky, slyly, face to the camera but eyes sliding meanly to the right. After 40 years I finally tracked down my dead brother 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Rather recklessly and meanly, he declares: “Well they won’t be coming in the house.” 'Fargo' Recap: Morton's Fork: They've Come Undone 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z It happens when someone behaves meanly or intemperately and has a curse put on them in return. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z If you’d fill the “frequency and delivery” blanks with “constantly” and “meanly,” then, yes, that will have a huge impact. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How can you tell if you’re being over-criticized or overly sensitive? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z “As soon as I was back out the door I stuffed a muffin into my mouth, meanly, like a sock stuffed into the mouth of someone captured, just balled it in.” She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s a meanly suggestive line, and it haunts the movie’s every subsequent frame; you can never be sure whether its three vignettes are being told in sequential order or happening completely independently of each other. Review: Hong Sang-soo has made a lot of terrific movies. 'Walk Up' is among his best 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “The enemies of Russia meanly, stealthily killed her,” Dugin said in the statement, which also praised his daughter as a patriot and philosopher. Russia blames Ukraine for car blast that killed Putin ally’s daughter 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z I didn’t say it meanly, but it was like, I want to shake some hands and enjoy this moment.” Super Bowl XXI at the Rose Bowl: Phil Simms starts happiest commercial on Earth 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Now there's an undertone of dread that we could "meanly lose, the last best hope of earth," as Abraham Lincoln warned. Behind the saga of Biden and Trump lies the fight for democracy around the world 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Among them is Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector who accused the Moon government of “meanly” passing responsibility for strained inter-Korean ties to him and fellow activists. S. Korea bans flying of leaflets toward N. Korea by balloon 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Isabel says she was treated meanly by other kids at school and reminded every single day that her skin colour was different. Racism in Russia: Stories of prejudice 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z And then what it feels like to slowly lose access to those rooms and be kicked out one by one — not meanly, but just because culture has moved on to a degree. Q&A: John Hodgman on fame and why he's not faking it anymore 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z I didn’t say it meanly, but it was like, I want to shake some hands and enjoy this moment.” Super Bowl XXI at the Rose Bowl: Phil Simms starts happiest commercial on Earth 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z I replied, perhaps a little meanly, that this was a star of declining wattage. A man lost his job to a rape joke. Are you cheering? | Laura Kipnis 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Not meanly, and not every time, just honestly. Friend has more money, more vacation time — so why does she complain so much? 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z “Deleted my tweets about a certain performance because it was made in humor but taken way more meanly than intended. Not out to diss artists.” The 10 most ridiculous celebrity apologies of 2017 (that have nothing to do with harassment) 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Bohrer oddly neglects to include in his account of RFK’s speech at the 1964 Democratic convention this bit of poetry, about Bobby’s fallen brother but also, meanly and a little sneakily, about LBJ. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The performers are all excellent, with Hagner especially touching in a part that might be meanly played. 'Search Party' has fun with mystery-story twists 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The country, in short, has been poorly and meanly served by the debates that have been aired on its behalf; whichever side claims victory tomorrow, neither will have done much to deserve it. Britain Votes, Maybe for the Last Time, on Whether to Stand Alone 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z And as Gawker’s web traffic grew, it got into trouble when it seemed to be meanly punching down, exposing secrets about people who were not so obviously newsworthy. Drawing the Line on Gossip After the Gawker Trial 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free…We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. President Obama Again Turns to Lincoln in State of the Union 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z In western Europe, the bus stop is the most humble of building types, a meanly utilitarian structure that adds little or nothing to the roadside. Soviet superpower: why Russia has the world's most beautiful bus stops 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z But meditation can make some people meaner, or rather, help them behave meanly without feeling bad about it. Meta-Meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z As President Abraham Lincoln once told Congress, we must continue to uphold our values: "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." The World Needs U.S. Leadership, Americans Must Remain Engaged 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z “We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on earth,” he wrote in his unforgettable conclusion to that message. Oscar Countdown: How the Legacy of Lincoln Still Influences Politics Today 2013-02-24T00:35:24Z Wars may be less frequent than they were and less cruel, but the struggle for existence is bitterer than ever, and as meanly waged as any Apache raid. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z The expense of maintaining them would oblige him to live meanly, in a way that he had never been used to, that he loathed. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z Madame de Maintenon and her sick charge, the little duke, had but one room, meanly furnished, where he slept by her side. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He served all artists, too, by defending himself against the pirates who flooded the market with meanly executed copies of his own engravings. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z You have behaved meanly, and I believe falsely! The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z How meanly, how inadequately--so it seems to the urchin standing with smudged cheeks before the well-remembered grammar--did the lad who turned the key estimate his real happiness! The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Our world to-day is a meanly conceived one—it is only an added meanness to conceal that fact. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z All of this the whites bore meekly and meanly. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The other Joanna, who followed her, was the most profligate 91 woman of her age, and in her ended, meanly and sordidly, the line of Anjou sovereigns. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z "Just about as anxious, I suppose," laughed Revere, "as I should be to see Charlie Van Dorn if I hadn't seen him until I am sick of the sight of him!" he said, meanly. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Perhaps meanly born: but one good action is an illustrious pedigree. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z It is to see mean plans meanly executed for mean ends, the conventions torn aside, the secrets stripped, the substance underlying all such Chester Cootery, soiled and worn and left. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z One thing is certain; we live in a large place, no less morally than physically: woe to him who lives meanly here, and knows the exhibitions of selfishness and vanity as the only American facts. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z I did not think so meanly of you as this! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z They were met by a band of haggard men and women, meanly appareled, and in some cases little better than half-naked. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z But he soon discovered the poorness of Vandevelde's forms of waves, and raised their meanly divided surfaces into massive surge, effecting rapidly other changes, of which more in another place. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Gabrielle was deeply offended that one on whom she had vainly squandered all the treasures of her love could think this meanly--read her so amiss! The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He never did any thing so meanly wicked as has just been done in stirring up the Polish peasants to assassinate the nobles. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z And we will never meanly try To save some fair and pleasing lie. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z He knew what depended on the issue and he said: "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z I got out of it meanly by telling her I would think it over. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z It probably never entered her good-natured mind that Trix would behave meanly when all hands from the Spoondrift had escaped the peril of the fire. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z He saw a short, stout, meanly dressed man of an elderly appearance moving away from his side; no doubt it was he who had warned him. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z No, thank you, I don't care to be in it!'—and meanly deserting at the last moment, Bobby fled into the sanctuary of the garden, leaving Peggy to carry her refreshments to the ruins alone. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z "We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth." Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Though Nature, here, has every blessing spread, Poor is the labourer—and how meanly fed!— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z These were follow’d by a Company of Janizaries, who, tho’ but meanly clad, made a very warlike Appearance, their Arms and Legs being both naked: The March was closed by a Regiment of Hussars. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z He upbraided me with stealing an heiress; and with meanly taking every method of obliging a dying woman to injure her relations. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z How true this is, I know not, but ’tis certain, that Law, after his Disgrace, liv’d very meanly. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z The Turks have taken409 the Morea from her; she has little or nothing left in the Levant; and as to her Places in the Terra Firma they are poor, depopulated, and meanly fortified. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z When tossed upon the vast Atlantic main Your groaning ship the southern gales shall tear, How will your sailors sweat, and you complain And meanly howl to Jove, that will not hear! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z What though the scribblers and the wits might say, He built his pile on vanquished Liberty— Let others meanly dread the slanderous tongue, While I obey my king, can I do wrong? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z After him they silently slunk in, and followed by stealth up four flights of stairs, and saw him tap at a poor wicket, which was opened by a poor woman meanly clad. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z I should be riled if I was taken for one; nothing riles me so much as people speaking or thinking meanly of Australia! A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The Margrave's Palace is a great old Pile, but not very commodious, and meanly furnish'd. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z "In vain will you bewail your bride, "And meanly in her chamber hide, "In hopes to shun, when lingering there, "The massy dart, and Cretan spear. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The incident—story it never was, perhaps—began tamely, almost meanly; it ended upon a note of strange, unearthly wonder that has haunted him ever since. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z His enemies among the dramatists did not forget this when he became famous, but meanly sneered at him as "the lime-and-mortar poet." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z At the next table there sat, meanly drinking his pint pot, Josse Grypstuiver, the miserly dean of the fishmongers, a scurvy fellow, niggard, living on red herrings, loving money more than his soul’s salvation. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Chatham had public virtue, genius, energy, coupled with the magic power of transmitting it, the strength that comes with unselfish passion, and a grand way of spending popularity that others meanly hoard. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z You admit the paternity of this child, and, instead of sharing the responsibility, meanly try to shift it, and impugn the morality of a woman whose immorality you brought about! Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z This is an interesting gloss, even if we do not add meanly that it bears witness to the truth of the picture. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z He did not meanly crib and pilfer in the territories of the ancients: he rather pillaged, or, in our American phrase, "annexed" them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z But I am ill-conditioned for "telling" you things—and indeed I should think meanly of London if there was very much to tell. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z “Then why did you not, especially as I had acted so meanly toward you—why did you not do or say something that would point suspicion to me, or openly make the charge?” 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z He dissembled meanly, congratulating himself on the clever ambiguity with which he had worded his proposal. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z There was nothing grovelling, or low, or meanly selfish, that came near the head or the heart of Mr. Calhoun. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z I have not otherwise compared them, but I can never think meanly of any Dutchman after knowing him. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z O truth unsearchable, O heavenly love, Most infinitely tender, so to touch The work that we can meanly reckon of: Surely—I say—we are favour'd overmuch. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Knowing her intimately as you do, can you think that she would act meanly and deceitfully? Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z "To be nobly wrong is more manly than to be meanly right." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z But he was grateful for their help, and, doubtless resolved not to act meanly toward them in the future. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z There was just light enough to shew him a female in the most ordinary attire, who was taking a whispering leave of a male companion, yet more meanly equipped. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Thus ends meanly and miserably, with a scene worthy of Dickens, the most famous passion of the century, after that of Chim�ne and Rodrigue. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z "Do you think meanly of me that he used me so?" The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The short couplet, the French measure, was indeed capable of almost anything in English, and it was brilliantly used for history by Barbour, and not meanly in the following century by Andrew Wyntoun. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The Prince commanded the negro to come to the capital immediately, and as the recognized owner of an immense diamond must not travel meanly, he had a carriage and escort given to him. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Yes, Harleigh! if meanly I have offered you my person, nobly, at least, I will consecrate to you my soul!' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z These arrangements gave a fair service to the settlements through which the couriers passed, but they compared meanly with the daily service from New York to Buffalo, on the other side of lake Ontario. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z They toil not, neither do they spin; Yet none is meanly drest; And some are clad in costly skin, And some in silken vest; And everyone who sees commends The decent habits of my friends. Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse 2011-08-23T02:00:28.813Z And though she measured his hourly joy in the pride of having her undivided affection, she felt herself meanly stinting him of that secret hoard of gratitude which lay so warm in her heart. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z That the character of Franklin should ever have been deemed so meanly covetous is due to Poor Richard's Almanac and the Autobiography. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z A Garret meanly furnished; several pairs of old shoes, a coat, hat, bonnet, and shawl hanging against the Wall. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z The only copy I could obtain was on poor, thin paper; of small, almost invisible print, and meanly bound. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z No, your Highness, you cannot think so meanly of one to whom, a few moments ago, you condescended to show the greatest favor. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z I had learned to think meanly of myself, and to be kind and submissive to all to whom I owed submission; a virtue which, I fear, I was but too deficient in before. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z I don’t blame your scholars for treating you meanly—if they did. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z You cannot think so meanly of her--your impatience speaks now, not you. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Was she, from girlish timidity, from mere nervous shrinking and feminine reluctance, to which she could not give a name, to draw back meanly from mere personal considerations? Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Oh, how meanly you think of that noble soul! A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z But if you mean that I have listened meanly, or even voluntarily, to words intended to be confidential, you wrong yourself, equally with me, in saying so. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z But why do they continue, so meanly and pitifully, to irritate him, and withhold the beggarly islets from him? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z But while she was struggling with her natural shyness, Helena exclaimed, "If you think so meanly of me, pray do not proclaim it before other people; it is more than I can bear." A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z I will not meanly plead; Nor, were my neck bow'd to his bloody block, If love's my crime, would I disown my love. The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-07-03T02:00:12.153Z Miss Crocodile led for a short distance, for she was wonderfully quick on her legs, and had rather meanly refused to carry any one. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z How degrading—how incongruous—for a great nation, such as we boast of being, to be thus the literary pensioners, the intellectual beggars of England, meanly enjoying what we won't pay for? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z He was then living in what is called high society, and it was of some importance to him not to be thought meanly bred. Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures 2011-06-29T02:00:22.613Z Upon a little promontory on its southern margin stood a girl, meanly clad, wasted, and wayworn. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Besides, no one can be reckoned virtuous who has not learned to bear poverty: yet those who think much of gratifying their appetites, will at last act meanly in order to indulge them. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z How meanly he must think of her—heartless, mercenary, hypocritical! The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z And yet, do they not say that some rivers lose themselves in sandwastes, and others trickle meanly to the sea through lands they have desolated into untenantable marshes? Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Instruct me, for I meanly err; Inform me, for I dimly see. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z In fact," she added, blushing, as if there were something to be ashamed of in the confession, "my income, if I chose to use it, would not compare meanly with that of Mr. Lee. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z "By gad, you must think meanly of me." Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Perhaps we may often have a tendency to think more meanly than they deserve, of so-called barbarous tribes, and of those whose intellectual habits differ much from our own. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z In fact, he thinks too highly of himself and too meanly of his followers. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z But what would anybody think of a girl coming among them so very shabby and meanly attired as she was? A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z With the frank indignation of my years, I felt how meanly my candour and inexperience had been imposed upon. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z “Then you would better begin by not talking meanly,” advised Jessie, admonishingly. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z If a man thinks meanly of himself, he can hardly in reason think much of his judgment; if he depreciates the value of his own work, he depreciates also the value of his praise. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z 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 It is she who ought to humble herself to me, for it is she who has wronged me, bitterly, meanly. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I will let it be said of Cornelius O'Reilly, to gratify his own desires he betrayed his trust—he meanly deceived the ignorant affection of the child he had reared. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z I will not think so meanly of them yet! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z I remember well how, when a boy, I used to despise that Campanile, and think it meanly smooth and finished. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Was it that I thought well of one story and meanly of the other, and in consequence was angry with my critics? Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z But he was a man of whom it was impossible to think meanly; he extorted admiration even where he did not win sympathy. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z I know that I may seem A mere enthusiast, a frail, weak woman: None think more meanly of me than myself: But sense of weakness proves me not deceived. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z There's a man I know— A likeable man— Whom you meanly wound Whenever you can, Remark with malice His task is done ill, He's poor of judgment And weak of will. The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Leaves may be carved in the most regular order, and yet be meanly imitative; or, on the other hand, they may be thrown wild and loose, and yet be highly architectural in their separate treatment. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z They altered the other letter on that account, very meanly. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z The Second Wonder lies down on his back resignedly, and the Third, meanly availing himself of the opportunity, stands on his friend's stomach, and strikes an attitude. Punch 1893.07.29 2011-04-01T02:00:37.493Z If I have learned to think more meanly of my own powers, the lesson has been rudely taught me. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Mrs. Sanford said, further, that Charlie had acted very meanly in not making her any Christmas or New Year's present, and she didn't care whether he came there again or not. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z No, he could not believe her thus meanly treacherous. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Through the holes of the fallen house of public worship the water flowed unto his most royal crown and meanly washed away from it the highly precious ornaments. Caucasian Legends 2011-03-17T02:00:14.137Z It is to be regretted that we think so meanly of mankind. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z It is not so much that I doubt you, Roland; I cannot think so meanly of you as to doubt your honour in this business. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z If you mean to say that papa would object to you because you have only four hundred a year, you think most meanly of him. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Men are so shallow, so meanly minded, Kitty, and, above all, so ungenerous in the measure of our motives. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z See on his future subjects how he smiles, Nor meanly flatters, nor with craft beguiles; But with an open face, as on his throne, Assures our birthrights, and secures his own.” The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Could any man suffer a base curiosity, to make him so meanly, treacherously cruel? The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z She asked him how one was likely to get on at Buryhamstreet; monoplanes didn't fall every day, and as she said that it occurred to her she was behaving meanly. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z He was meanly dressed in garments ill-matched and worse fitting; his arms were abnormally long, his shoulders rounded and stooping, and his eyes were at once dull and furtive. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z Some years after he had an opportunity to revenge himself, most magnanimously, upon his enemy who had thus meanly sought his life, and whom he could not but despise. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z I'm hardly prepared to think so meanly of Mrs. Harding as you do. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z "Lilian wanted so much to see me in my uniform," he says, meanly, considering how anxious he himself has been to show himself to her in it. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Instead, he built meanly and sordidly, though mainly by cause of poverty. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The two confined rooms in which Egbert lodged at a peasant's house, were meanly furnished, but the young engineer was not a Sybarite. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Doubtless the first rumour of the Miss Traceys' party was meanly come by, but it was none the less engrossing, all the same. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z "We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth." Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z Yet, Ellen, do not meanly compromise my honour or your own dignity; argue, and even, if you can, persuade him to believe me innocent: but if in this you fail, do not sue to him. Mystery and Confidence (vols. 3 of 3) A Tale 2011-01-15T03:00:31.910Z He was obliged to beg his way, and being meanly dressed was compelled to sleep outdoors when he could not find a stable. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z He understood that he was dealing with a man who could shoot the buttons off his shirt, but on the other hand, Billy did not think meanly of himself as a still hunter. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z "You say 'consequently,'" exclaimed Lydia, "and consequently you think very meanly of our sex." Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z How have I deserved it, that you should think so meanly of me? Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z If men be learned, and not lovers of God, they breathe nothing but pride and arrogance; but if holy, they are humble, and think meanly of themselves. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z And I am not meanly jealous; I never have been. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z If not; if these be meanly held, for self and not for man, then the scholar is a debtor and a traitor too. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Then there's this second effect, that anonymity makes people behave more meanly. Clay Shirky: 'Paywall will underperform' 2010-07-05T07:00:00Z Nay—not so, I hope; but it cannot be that I should meanly leave you in my stead. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 "My lord! do not think so meanly of the creature of your bounty as to suppose that, whatever may be the nature of your communication, I shall ever use it to your prejudice." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 For my own part, I never lived in my whole life so meanly and poorly as I do now, and yet my constituents will growl at my extravagance. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams I blushed for my small knowledge that had led me into this laughable error, and although the attorney made little of it I perceived he thought but meanly of my dealings in exchange. Idonia: A Romance of Old London The cars are so poorly constructed, so narrow, and so meanly upholstered, as to appear like worn-out omnibuses built forty years ago. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The children of the Japanese are all dressed meanly, upon moral grounds. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 "Nor I. You must think but meanly of me if you can impute anything like concealment to me." Beatrice Boville and Other Stories With a degree of acute perception wholly new to him, he watched the evidence of inner proximity, yet watched it automatically and certainly not meanly nor with slyness. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath It is noteworthy that Herzbruder thinks meanly of the art of palmistry. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim "We might be chums of a lifetime," said H. C., shuddering, as the well-disposed ecclesiastic advanced a dusky hand; for we saw it coming and meanly put him in the foreground. Glories of Spain Opposite to him, on the other side of the grating, was a female of about thirty-five years of age, of pale, mild, and interesting countenance, meanly but cleanly clad. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Living thus meanly as he did, the notary lived in the way he liked. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 He knew by heart a meanly written Roman History, and no passage in Corneille could hold an invincible word. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I can't imagine that young gentlemen of such an aristocratic set could act so meanly. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew You, too, think meanly of me because I am poor and dependent. Barbarossa and Other Tales "And if you thought so meanly of the cause, why have you adopted it?" Tony Butler Ambitious parties sometimes even compromise for the weakest, rather than yield the palm to superior merit of which they are meanly jealous. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 And as he spoke, a youth of about fifteen, well grown and handsome, but poorly, even meanly clad, approached them. The Fortunes Of Glencore And the Point r taken in the middle Way between p and t, will be the like Limit for the meanly refrangible Rays. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light "Eh! what? the Emperor too thinks so meanly of me?" Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. I did not think thus meanly of you; nor, if I did, would it have stopped me. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) How kindness all its spirit lends, When we discuss our dearest friends, Not meanly faults and follies hiding, But frankly owning each backsliding, Confessing with polite compassion, "They 're very bad, but still the fashion." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) When I think of what I was—illiterate, slovenly, lazy, selfish, brutal, meanly jealous, ignorantly cruel, I see how it was right that she should leave me. A Man in the Open But it is not while the wild, beautiful Albanian mountains are rising above your head that you think meanly of them. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu No, Count; the Emperor does not think meanly of you; he wishes to use you for his own purposes, that is all. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. The large utterance, “All things seem possible in the open air” dwindles down rather meanly when the speaker looks at animals from the sportsman’s point of view. The Vagabond in Literature Sam meanly took advantage of this, and drew back his arm for a blow. The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils You allowed me to accuse Elsie of the very fault you were committing yourselves, and meanly left her to bear the blame. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story You have acted very meanly toward us, and you may have the satisfaction of knowing that you take with you our best wishes for your speedy capture. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Yet the part taken by the Irish regiments is meanly ignored altogether by Admiral de Robeck, and but scantily recorded by Sir Ian Hamilton. The Irish at the Front She comes too meanly dress’d to win our smile; And calls herself Content, a homely name! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes If it can not be shown to be some other man's, then let the claimant wear his honors; he certainly did not come by them meanly or dishonorably; they were forced upon him. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence How meanly must he have thought of his whole career in life, in presence of such standards! Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It consists not in thinking meanly of ourselves, but in not thinking of ourselves at all. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons "Oh, Mr. Neville, that is very generous, but how meanly you must think of me!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 These people live so meanly that they could afford to work for wages upon which a white man would starve. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Scarce was it lowered into the grave, ere all departed save one, meanly clothed in widow's weeds, and bent rather with the load of grief than of years. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 He lived frugally, even meanly, considering his rank, and gave the residue of his income to the poor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 I feel that I have behaved very meanly and unkindly to poor dear Edith. A Question of Marriage He behaved very meanly to you at first, I thought.” In the Whirl of the Rising It is a sad little document, compliance with which was for the most part meanly evaded by Henry; even Francisco Felipe “getting nothing and returning poor to his own country.” The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History He was coarsely and meanly clad; but there was something about him that not only betokened the gentleman, but the well-bred and accomplished scholar. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. She died with outward show of piety, and was buried as meanly, says a contemporary, as if she had been a humble bourgeoise, but four persons being present at the graveside. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) It is an obscure hostel, only visited by the very humblest wayfarers, and such poor offshoots of wretchedness as are fain to sleep on a truckle-bed and sup meanly. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Then a man, black, indifferent in person, unpleasing of visage, meanly dressed, makes his way among the crowd to Biassou swelling with rage. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Thus, heartlessly, and haggling meanly over his wife’s little bequests, even that to her daughter, Henry greeted the death of the woman he once had seemed to love. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History We fear that our pages will not be selected for the advertising of this book; which, by the way, is commonly printed and meanly bound. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. And shame be to those men who, though themselves blessed with freedom, have minds less liberal than the poor creatures over whom they so meanly tyrannize! History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Indeed he said as much to me, and that it was not his fault that he thought so meanly of mankind.' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Many of the college-men received visits from their parents, who were generally peasants and came in their ordinary costume, sometimes but meanly clad. Black Forest Village Stories If, however, Cortes and others had acted meanly towards us in Tepeaca, the meanness they now displayed was still greater. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Then he began on Milton's hymn:— "It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt, in the rude manger lies." Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories Oh," interrupted Wolfgang, and Julius turned to him and said: "Dear Wolfgang, I do not think meanly of that either; it is also a part of the work that society has before it. Waldfried A Novel This splendour shocked the meanness of our misery, and even outraged the meanly clad audience around. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Sir H. You're mistaken, Colonel; my love is neither romantically honourable, nor meanly mercenary; 'tis only a pitch of gratitude: while she loves me, I love her; when she desists, the obligation's void. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee Although he thought meanly enough of his countrymen and the times in which he lived, he yet believed that he could elevate them by example. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 The sigh, however, was a most profound one, and, plainly as words, declared the compassionate contempt he entertained for a world so short-sighted and so meanly minded. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He thought of nothing but the increase of his property, and acted meanly towards his father. Waldfried A Novel "How meanly it sounds,—it might be a governess, a maid." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Far from it: she thought too meanly of such triumphs, and knew not how far they shed an influence on a future career. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago The house had been meanly repaired; but sufficiently to make it habitable. Toilers of the Sea Nor meanly thus complain of fortune's power, When the blind gamester throws a luckless die. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History She would scold and beat them and shut them up in the cellar and treat them meanly in many ways when no visitors were there. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Even to us poor humdrum mortals, toiling meanly on office stools at our twopenny enterprises, it seems more than a giant’s task. Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder I thought of myself then as meanly as I now do; but I dreamt, that, by means, humble and unworthy as mine, great events have been sometimes set in motion. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago He was meanly dressed and he felt mean, and he 119 had no money to buy a new suit. Jan Vedder's Wife The discoverer reached Plymouth on the 25th of July 1775, and his achievements were promptly, if meanly, rewarded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" I asked myself why they should be so crawlingly thankful to you for paying a just debt, and I thought meanly of them. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl His fault was not thinking too well of others, but thinking too meanly of himself. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Was it that I thought well of one story and very meanly of the other, and in consequence was angry at the want of concurrence of my critics? Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Passive obedience to an authority which does not explain itself, whether in a spiritual director or in the Church as a whole, St. Paul would have thought of meanly as a Christian virtue. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition How wilt thou brook the mockery and the scorn When thou on Śiva's bull art meanly borne? The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa And why did you lie to me, so meanly and so tediously?” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Surely Herr Duehring does not think so meanly of his public as to hold the position that profit on capital stands above competition as the King of Prussia used to stand above the law. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" Now the clergy sent over to America have proved, too many of them, very meanly qualified both in learning and morals for the discharge of their office. A Proposal for the Better Supplying of Churches in Our Foreign Plantations, and for Converting the Savage Americans to Christianity I used to say bitterly, when I would have been glad to meanly creep after them, to cuddle Teddy up in my arms, or to lean my head on his father's knees. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 You feel yourself at times in danger of thinking meanly of the human personality; numerosity, as it were, swallows up quality, and such perpetual familiarity contains the germs of contempt. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Such a face, such a figure, and such a manner, in one so poorly attired and so meanly placed, attracted the eyes of the young Ladies in the Patron's Gallery. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He goes down before the foe, and truckles to her meanly. Rossmoyne Then a little thin old man, meanly clad, and almost repulsive to look at, approached the table, drew a card with a trembling hand, and placed a gold piece upon it. Weird Tales, Vol. II. For this the Government meanly deprived his family of the printing for the Customs, and also withdrew their advertisements. Old and New London Volume I Should Essex thus, so meanly compromise, And lose the harvest of a plenteous glory, In idle treaties, and suspicious parley? The Earl of Essex Twice in that day had his generalship been successful, and his success disposed him to think rather meanly of his fellow-creatures' intellects. Under False Pretences A Novel No doubt the squalor and pettiness of early Canadian party life contrasted meanly with the glories of the eighteenth century Whigs, and the struggles of Fox and Pitt. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 In order to eke out his money to the uttermost, he had clothed and lodged himself meanly, and had denied himself everything but the barest necessaries of life. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror He was easy of heart perhaps, but not deceitful; anxious enough for his position in the world, but not meanly covetous. Lady Anna It was thus meanly attempted to turn the torrent of popular indignation, arising from the ill success of the expedition, wholly upon the unlucky general's head. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. The second interview of her ministers may seem to us quite supernumerary; but Cary’s “putting her hand to her head,” too meanly describes the “joining her hands in manner of a crown.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He seemed just the sort of rogue meanly to join in an underhand conspiracy, and then meanly to back out of it. Miss Cayley's Adventures As she entered, a man who was coming out flinched before her meanly for a moment, then brushed past brutally. When Ghost Meets Ghost His mind drifted away to still more general speculations, and always he was trying not to see the figure of Sir Isaac, grimly and yet meanly resolute—in possession. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman I felt I had meanly deserted them—that for his life the mother of each could hold me to account. With the French in France and Salonika You must indeed think meanly of the Prince.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) We read May now, as well as Clarendon; nor is the work of May that of a man who “had lost his wits,” nor is it “meanly performed.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Not to be upsides in this with any groom or gardener is to be very meanly organised. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) He bore himself with becoming dignity, taking his place in refined society as one who had a right there, without showing himself either conceitedly aggressive or meanly servile. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series The complaints, therefore, of those who were thus unceremoniously treated, were just; but the great mass of denials emanated from persons who, knowingly, encountered the risk, and, meanly, shrunk from the danger. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign I take it much unkindly, my Alonzo, You think so meanly of me not to speak, When well I know your heart is near to bursting. The Revenge A Tragedy It has been weighing upon me and burning like bedclothes of hot iron, the horror of having so meanly and ungratefully offended you.” Aurora the Magnificent The rabid Leopard heard, and that night meanly crept away to save his own loathsome pelt. The Missourian But the lofty nobility of his severe young face and the high-lifting forehead, proclaimed to all who were competent in such matters that it was only his body that was meanly clad. The Bondboy Be a tame convenient husband, And meanly wait for circumstantial guilt? Percy A Tragedy The flare revealed, as he expected, the meanly appointed bedroom of a tenth rate hostelry. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Felice interrupted him saying, "Cease, bold youth, leave off this passionate address; you are but young and meanly born, and unfit for my degree: I would not my father should know this." Traditional Nursery Songs of England With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists "How dare you treat my aunt so meanly?" retorted Robert with righteous indignation. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success It was a small room, meanly furnished, with a square table in the centre. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country She felt that she was behaving meanly, and yet she meant to go to Mrs. Ashton’s. The Phantom Lover Do not let us be meanly afraid that the classes below us will tread too closely on our heels. The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed He might also meanly suggest that putting on the brake left as little as possible to Providence. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) He was fond of money, but knew no better way to get it than to live meanly, drive hard bargains and spend as little as possible. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success Think you so meanly of me as to believe I would sell myself for wealth and a title? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 To submit was to show himself in Madame von Marwitz's eyes as contemptibly supine; to protest was to appear in Karen's as meanly petty. Tante Not meanly at any time this painter meant or endeavored; His was the anguish of one who falls short of the highest achievement, Conscious of doing his utmost, and knowing how vast his defeat is. Poems As Religion is too often wounded thro' the sides of its Professors, whether all good Men or not; so is Virtue, where Women are thought too meanly of, and depretiated. Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript He walked into the meanly lighted saloon, while O’Brien reluctantly turned up the light again. The Law-Breakers Men truly eminent think too meanly of themselves or their work to care much to be personally remembered. Bunyan "I am sure you think too meanly of me, if you suppose I came here with such on intention." Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. We're simply eating up people's lives, and paying meanly for them. Changing Winds A Novel The Lady was much surpriz’d to hear a young Creature, so meanly habited, talk so genteelly; and after surveying her very strictly, said the Lady, Have you ever experienc’d it before? The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V “Before we begin, tell us where have you been?” said her boss, very meanly, while wearing a grin. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection Most men, meanly envious, disliked him; all men held him in pardonable distrust. Nobody Not ready in arms to cover our retreat; not laudably occupied in providing resources for our dispirited soldiers, but meanly courting the blandishments of a Christian slave. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. One must die ... in that there is no choice ... but one may die finely or one may die meanly ... and in that there is choice. Changing Winds A Novel He was a man of no kindness nor accomplishments, meanly solitary, and, in spite of two pairs of spectacles worn the one on the other, he was almost blind besides. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas “Before we begin, tell us where you have been!” said her boss, very meanly, while wearing a grin. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection Then she realised that he had deliberately trapped her and was meanly laughing in the triumph of his low cunning. Nobody You shall not think so meanly of me as that. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 It might have been that he would have died meanly in Dublin, casually killed, for no purpose, for no cause.... Changing Winds A Novel "Oh," said I meanly, "you are, then, a kind of uncle." The O'Ruddy A Romance “Before we begin, tell us where have you been?” said her boss, very meanly, while wearing a grin. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection At the same time his pictures were so meanly paid, that for the means of subsistence, as he says himself, he was compelled to devote himself to engraving. Six Centuries of Painting Who can have been so meanly employed, I know not, neither do I care; for I no longer consider myself as an actor on the stage of public life. Patrick Henry Note what the great men admired; they admired great things: narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges York politicians behaved as meanly towards Wadsworth as if they were all from Seward's school. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 And when she arrived, she heard it right then: “Before we begin, tell us where have you been?” said her boss, very meanly, while wearing a grin. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection Or do you hope that I will meanly beg a life, which fate and evil fortune has thrown into your hands? She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa Ah! wilt thou meanly stoop to do a wrong, And stain thy honour with so foul a blot? The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy It meanly persecuted the vanquished soldiers of the Holy See, as well as those who had hastened to fill their places. Pius IX. And His Time Though meanly clad, he was possessed of much good sense and was not without dignity and courage. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight If Jake could so meanly fly from his duty then she must so much the more face hers. Treasure Valley She knew that there were other girls whose lives were infinitely freer and fuller, but, it never occurred to her to be meanly envious; her heart might be lonely, but her lips continued to sing. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel He was meanly clad, and had a tattered mantle thrown over his shoulders, and an old leather pouch on a cross-belt. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal "I do hear that this fellow has slain others about Locksley," said Ford, meanly. Robin Hood At first he looked uncomprehendingly, and then, as the features of the lads toward whom he had acted so meanly became plainer, he stared and finally exclaimed: “What are you fellows doing here?” Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam This was done by Rabbi Joseph, the son of Rabbi Moses, surnamed “clad in a sack,” because he was thus meanly clad when his great talents were discovered. Hebrew Literature The houses in Norfolk were about five hundred in number; but most of them were of wood, and meanly built. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The walls were stenciled meanly with a large letter A surmounted by a crown. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders Many of the French soldiers were meanly jealous of her, and were vexed when they were told that they owed their victories to a woman. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII We would have him so highly educated that he could even think meanly of his education or despise it altogether. On the Future of our Educational Institutions If anything can make me think meanly of my young brothers of the press, it is the way they pelt and pester Susan B. Anthony. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Though they were meanly clad and coarsely fed, they were not subjected to the whims and caprices of a wayward boy. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives Methought there seemed something of the 24 gentle in him, though he was but meanly garbed. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls He had a sharp tongue, and did not hesitate to let all men, great and small, know how meanly he thought of them. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII And I can not yet think so meanly of manly justice, as to believe it will yield simply to a change of garments. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Like the sleek murderer and his plump queen, the two creatures hatefulest to him lived their meanly prosperous lives on his bounty. The Art of Disappearing Seth wanted to be rid of her, and was meanly cloaking his desire under the guise of her worldly welfare. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies With such things going on, it is not wonderful that the people live shabbily, meanly, out at elbows. Change in the Village He had been meanly betrayed by the man he had trusted—the man whom he had thought his dearest friend! The Giant's Robe The houses are meanly built, partly of sun-dried and partly of burnt bricks, with flat roofs surrounded by parapets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" There would even be those who would meanly assert that a man could be made to do anything for money. The Wall Between You threatened me with force, and you have meanly carried that threat into execution! Major Frank “Or when praise to his merit is meanly denied.” p. Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads I was disgusted with myself, and meanly angry with her for having rendered me so. The Talking Horse And Other Tales They are deeply mystical and poetic, while we are obtrusively practical and meanly prosaic. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ He had infinite spirit; but he was coldly calculating, profoundly selfish, meanly ambitious. Political Women, Vol. 1 "I don't like concealments," urged Agnes; "I felt meanly in acting so about your dress, Ruth." 'Our Guy' or, The elder brother It was something to see that he still recognised the law, though he was so meanly anxious to evade it. The Fixed Period The streets are narrow and irregular, and the houses, with a few exceptions, meanly built. Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 He felt that he was acting meanly even while he kissed little Lucy by the red wall where the apricots were ripening in the sun. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 At that instant the galaxy jerked up the back curtain again, and, when the audience could control itself, Constantine Jopp, grinning meanly, asked: “Why does he wear the girdle?” Northern Lights I can hardly think so meanly of them as that, either. The Chautauqua Girls At Home Have always death before your eyes, and the evils which are least supportable, and you would never think meanly of anything, nor desire anything in excess. Pascal "A desperate youth!" murmured the Clergyman, as he handed his Patron a great bundle of towels; "and very meanly clad." The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.—Goethe. Pearls of Thought He has been overbearing and insolent, and now is meanly desirous to injure me because I will not suffer his insolence. The Vicar of Bullhampton You look so sillily, so meanly, As if you were but witted half. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 They much resembled their mother, and, like her, they were meanly dressed, though no poverty of attire could hide the nobility of their aspect. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales After you had gone away with Mr. Weevil, I told Newall what I thought—that he had acted meanly in not speaking up. The Hero of Garside School It is, then, highly injurious to entertain low notions respecting it, and men who indulge in loose conversation on the subject are likely at the same time to think meanly of women. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The third, a poniard, very meanly adorned, which she begged him to accept. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Don't think so meanly of me, Mr. Grey, as to suppose that I should be willing to reduce you and Jasper to poverty. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success But!" he added, with a sneering laugh, "you may lay your life that when they boarded that Chinese fishing-boat on which they made their escape they'd pay for their passage as meanly as possible. Ravensdene Court After the visit to Jimmy, which made Trampy so meanly jealous, she lost no opportunity of inquiring. The Bill-Toppers Richard meanly evaded and temporized: he engaged to restore Constance to liberty on certain conditions; but this was merely to gain time. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical I will never meanly sue a thief to give me my own again unless I have nothing left behind. James Watt "Ferguson treats me meanly," he said, just after the last rise of Gilbert. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success The perfectly plucky and courageous man would never sin meanly; he would have no need to do so. A Poor Man's House You had not to pit yourself against a mean mind, and act meanly by it. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir It is true that at present there are hardly any, though meanly instructed in these matters, who do not acknowledge that these decretals are false.”—Fleury, The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan There is no vice so mean as impertinent curiosity, and it is upon this curiosity that the Yellow Press meanly lives and meanly thrives. American Sketches 1908 Such a one as the many dull would meanly scorn and the few wise nobly envy. The Proud Prince His native politeness prevented him from saying anything, however, and Mrs Widger showed not a sign of having observed the little victory, so meanly necessary, so galling in every stage to the victor. A Poor Man's House And on the day appointed for the marriage, meanly clad as she was, she received them in the most genteel and cheerful manner imaginable. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. At the conference, “Eck haughtily ascended a pulpit splendidly decorated, while the humble Œcolampadius, meanly clothed, was forced to take his seat in front of his opponent on a rudely carved stool.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan How meanly everything bad in his life was emphasized, everything good forgotten! The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras She told the king of what had happened, and said that the boy whom they were bringing up so meanly was destined to become great and noble. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "That—that was an outrage," said Skippy, who would have scorned to attack a rival meanly. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World “Good men ever interpret themselves too meanly,” said the physician. The Scarlet Letter Among the lukewarm, the cowardly, the meanly selfish and avaricious, and the habitual grumblers, such doctrines are readily made plausible. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy His vast hotel, entered meanly by a little hall, was dimly lighted by candles. A Tramp's Notebook Antonio Valdez met his death in the same fashion, like yourself meanly begging for mercy. The Tiger Hunter Regarding stores for the accommodation of the French gentlemen, "Let it be done with discretion; remember we are not rich enough to be extravagant nor so poor as to act meanly." The Story of Commodore John Barry "And you didn't feel that you were acting meanly, ungratefully?" Tommy For some months after the loss of all his property, Flemming worked hard and lived meanly. The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 He was a little, man, stoutly built and meanly dressed. The Book of All-Power And Aunt Emmy herself, of course; and poor old Aunt Kitty down the lane; and Aunt Mary and, yes—Florence too, although she did treat me so meanly. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Never think meanly of the people with whom you are fighting. The Three Midshipmen If the officers are often meanly lodged, the same is true of the soldiers. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship Thou wouldst not meanly shrink, Though his strong heart did fail. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman I do not find fault with you because you hope, but because you hope so meanly, and about such trivial and transitory things. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John "Do you mean to say I would steal?" demanded Kate, not a little mortified to be thought so meanly of. Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People Unfortunately the soldiers he employed had meanly deserted him, on hearing which de Grieux violently upbraids him. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Then I saw the fellows were all suspecting you to be the thief, and you know how meanly I took advantage of that to hide my own guilt. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story He quarrelled with parliament, because the parliament wished to perpetuate its existence unlawfully and meanly, and was moreover unwilling and unable to cope with many difficulties which constantly arose. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges I was angry at the prince for involving my affairs so meanly. Princess Zara It was a hall of no great dimensions, meanly furnished with deal benches and tables, and surrounded on the walls, with some rude representations of the most loathsome and horrid martyrdoms. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II I wouldn't have made any row about the work, if they hadn't treated me so meanly. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants It is related by Boyer, that the intention was to have joined Prior in the same commission, but that Shrewsbury refused to be associated with a man so meanly born. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II See how she stood for those other girls who treated her so meanly—and never opened her mouth. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall Great was the surprise of the group at seeing Toussaint instantly follow this black, who appeared in the dusk to be meanly clothed. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance And if his career allowed any one to think meanly of his abilities, Johnson's opinion of them would be a sufficient answer. Dr. Johnson and His Circle Have you not taken my gift that you might spy meanly on the secret of your beloved? The Thing from the Lake Southern mentioned him with sharp censure, as a man that meanly disowned his native country. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II “But if I were you, Cora, and had treated anybody as meanly as you have me, I could never have a good time.” A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall The reflection of dark colors from the hangings and tapestries softened the pallor of her face; her hair hung about her in disorder; her figure, though meanly garbed, was replete with youth and grace. Under the Rose One day, while riding through Messina, he saw his father and mother, meanly dressed, sitting at the door of an inn. Italian Popular Tales Mrs Fyne, with the fine ear of a woman, seemed to detect a jeering intention in his meanly unctuous tone, something more vile than mere cruelty. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He, however, was not received that evening, and was compelled to take up his abode in the house of one of the natives, where he was but meanly entertained. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold I think Cora and that Montgomery girl have treated you just as meanly as they could.” A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall He accused the Prime-minister of meanly stooping to the dictates of a haughty, insolent Court, and of bartering away the lives and liberties of Englishmen for "a sneaking, temporary, disgraceful expedient." A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Abraham Lincoln very truly observed, "As we keep or break the Sabbath day, we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises." The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Oh, to see these hands That plucked no beauty ruder than the rose, So meanly laboring in the basest needs! Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Charley was wickedly pleased to see the long-nosed man stretched limp, and greenish in the face, while his two companions meanly teased him. Gold Seekers of '49 “Why! how meanly you talk,” said Nancy, fairly white now with anger. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall It is so beautiful a place that I thought my wife and daughter might think meanly of our future home after it. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler My wife, not meanly proud of two such boys, 60 Made daily motions for our home return: Unwilling I agreed; alas! too soon We came aboard. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Amery struck note of Opposition criticism on Curragh affair by describing "how meanly the Secretary of State for War sneaked out of the position into which he so proudly strutted a few days ago." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 Instead of inflexibly maintaining their ground and beckoning the people to come up and possess it, they meanly deserted it themselves, while vainly expecting others to occupy it. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 You know how triumphantly certain letters of yours are circulated, in which, to protect yourself from suspicion, you rather meanly fasten it on others ... Erasmus and the Age of Reformation But what afflicts me to-day, is not that I snore and sleep meanly and shabbily, like a paltry outcast. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. We do not think so meanly of our country that we are willing to sell it for a mess of pottage. The Ontario High School Reader I didn't think the squire would act so meanly. The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California While each stood ready to defend its own territory, the colonies were no doubt meanly slow about contributing to any common fund. History of the United States, Volume 2 Yet, being poor and meanly arrayed, he pushed not forward in the press. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls The finder apparently did not much fancy having his prize counted so meanly. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge He was shot before he had done half his Psalter—His sister finished it, but very meanly in comparison, you can tell the two hands on the harp at a mile off. Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston Feeling herself in the wrong, she seeks meanly to free herself from the false position by placing him there in her stead. Molly Bawn Then meanly quoting his own words, I added, “They hain’t nothing but wolves!” The Black Wolf Pack Of their names they made a secret & their garb was but meanly. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) Marquis, shall I name you the man who acted so meanly? The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II He bore it, lived through it—even infuriated his tormentors by his insistent refusals to cry out or beg for mercy: choosing, instead, meanly to faint just before the crucial moment. The Genius This attracted their eyes to the door, and a man meanly dressed, walked in, following close to the servant. A Simple Story Men and women, they were born crudely, as a calf is born of a cow, they lived foolishly or meanly, and they died.... The Wind Bloweth A few minutes afterwards, he saw an old bareheaded man, meanly clad, approaching, who seated himself in silence at the other end of the log. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner She wouldn't, however, too meanly narrow it down. The Outcry But he—but he, of whom bereft I suffer vacant days— He on his shield not meanly left— He cherished all thy lays. The Years Between "And that lady would be wrong," replied Miss Woodley, "who should entrust her happiness in the care of a man, who can think thus meanly of her and of her sex." A Simple Story Here and now was his vindication, here at last the proof that he had not chosen his calling meanly, nor in all selfishness. The Brentons Besides, you deserve what you’ve got for so meanly forsaking your poor mother; think o’ that, Miles, when you feel tempted to stick your lance into the Mahdi’s gizzard, as Molloy would have said. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan They soon found the place, and knocked at a low door, which was slowly opened by a middle-aged woman, meanly clad and apparently very poor. Rivers of Ice He has advanced a little, while Joyce, on the contrary, has meanly receded farther into the background. April's Lady A Novel He felt that the book-keeper had acted meanly to him, and he meant to have his revenge if a good opportunity should ever offer. Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter Read the poesy, not over-rich, and concluding very awkwardly and meanly. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection She felt she had acted rather meanly towards him. The Angel of Terror “But what I hold is, that we shouldn’t think meanly of those who have to live always on shore.” True Blue "Is that what your mother does, too?" asks Mr. Dysart, meanly it must be confessed, but his toe is very bad still. April's Lady A Novel Strype says, "All this part was very meanly built ... and greatly inhabited by French, and of the poorer sort," a character it retains to this day. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London They were black pagans and slaves, meanly and scantily dressed, but far more civilised in reality than the fanatical people among whom Barth and his companions had hitherto been travelling. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley It was meanly added that he held an office under the crown, and that his son was a royal governor. Benjamin Franklin Never allow yourself to think meanly, narrowly, poorly of yourself. Pushing to the Front Nevertheless the young minister had his way, by dint of meanly calling upon parents and invoking their help. Clayhanger “I think there may be a little truth in what Dan says, but I cannot think meanly of you because of that,” said Hamish. Shenac's Work at Home That prosecution was begun audaciously, was carried on meanly and with virulence, and ended with a charge and a verdict which disgraced the law. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry A poor boy, meanly clad, and carrying in his hand a small bundle, trudged sadly along the road which led over the moor of Finsbury to Highgate. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life You will not receive if you give out stingily, narrowly, meanly. Pushing to the Front With her eyes opened she would not, of course, consent to marry this man who had so meanly abused her trust, but—suppose she had not known! The Independence of Claire She was growing very hard and wicked; and no wonder that he had come to think so meanly of her. Shenac's Work at Home He knew he had acted wrongly and meanly. The Master of the Shell ‘Gross conduct with King talking in class King meanly tells Parrett he is a beastly sneak.’ The Willoughby Captains A Select Agency Corporation was not the sort of company to do things meanly or inconsiderately. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life But when it was discovered that the Firefly had meanly hitched itself on to the stern of the Sarah, and was permitting our four “paupers” to pull the whole cavalcade, a difference of opinion arose. Tom, Dick and Harry At Cornouaille, the new-comer is instructed to pay for his jocund advent neither too meanly nor with burdensome extravagance, but in accordance with his rank and his means. Life in the Medieval University His part in the great events of the day was well known, and meanly avenged by Sir Robert Walpole, who, in the course of the insurrection, caused a run upon the bank. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. And perhaps, Norfolk excepted, Hampshire and Sussex are as meanly furnished with churches as almost any counties in the kingdom. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The sultan, who had always seen her dressed very meanly, not to say poorly, was surprised to find her as richly and magnificently attired as the princess, his daughter. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales I was in Mr. Jones's power—and he meanly withheld from me the books necessary to my further advancement. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I I should think meanly of myself if I did not rejoice every time a workingman's hours are reduced or the place wherein he is condemned to toil is made more nearly tolerable. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement "It seems to me that you fellows use me as meanly as you know how," flared Hen. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports He felt that this man would return in his day to trouble him, low-devising, dark and secret and meanly covert as a wolf prowling in the night. Trail's End To think meanly of one's self, is to sink in one's own estimation as well as in the estimation of others. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success And yet—she is meanly dressed—does housework—and for years must have been trained in professional business methods. Man and Maid Thus meanly reflecting, the centurion dropped more of the gold pieces into his pocket, all the while eying the slave with keen scrutiny, as though calculating the market value of every hair upon his head. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. When you call yourself the worst of men, he says, be careful that you do not think highly of yourself just because you think so meanly. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) He is to weep in the sight of the church, to go meanly clad, to mourn, to fast, to prostrate himself, to renounce the bath, and such delights. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Is it our duty, in the face of all that, to surrender every species of enjoyment and delight, to live meanly and anxiously because others have to live so? Joyous Gard That's why he didn't want to come to Three Star Ranch—because he had treated us so meanly. Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's Upon my return to my hôtel, I was a little surprised to find the streets of this gay city so meanly lighted. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. "Judge not so meanly of me, my friend!" said he, warmly. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He was always meanly clad from his youth; he macerated his body by fasting, watching, and hair-cloths, and allowed his senses no superfluous gratifications of any kind. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March "My blood should flow upon a Spanish scaffold," wrote America's chief magistrate, "before I would meanly ask or accept a distinction in favor of my grandson." The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country He even paid men who slipped in meanly with stories of loans when he was drunk; but he noted them well and from that day forward they received no favors from him. Rimrock Jones It is pleasantly seated in a valley, is of no great size, is but meanly built, though extremely neat, has a cathedral and a bishop, and is the shire-town of Hampshire. Recollections of Europe “By my faith,” said he, “thou art all too meanly equipped with horse and with arms.” The Mabinogion Vol. 1 It has, indeed, inspired me with a disgust of public life; it has taught me to think more meanly of mankind as a whole. The Mayor of Troy He would rather be disappointed in himself than think meanly—oh, ever so little meanly—of Aline. The Heather-Moon Yet now, impassively and ignominiously, he was surrendering them to the conqueror, supinely, meanly, without even the solace of some supreme if vain resistance! Phantom Wires A Novel That no plebeian would think meanly of himself, when they ceased to be despised by others. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 For men's love is little to me since Athelwold taught me to think meanly of all men, except you that slew him. Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn The meanly dressed and hoary ancient of the previous visit now appeared a man in the prime of life, his beard dark-red in hue, and his robes rich with gold and jewels. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII No one can have a right to think meanly of his race, unless he also thinks meanly of himself. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry I feel it now! proudly feel it!—You hate the man, that never wronged you—I could love the man, that injures me—You meanly triumph o'er a worm—I make a giant tremble. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden She was but meanly equipped, yet her first cruise to the westward, on the coast of Campeachy, was singularly lucky. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. But in these degenerate times it was necessary for the would-be champion to cry his challenge in some public place, or else arrange the fight beforehand meanly in some tavern. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 I never for one moment thought meanly of you," declared White, "and I know that in rescuing you from that raft I also gained for myself one of the best friends I ever had. Under the Great Bear It does not teach its initiates to think better of other works and dispensations of God, by thinking meanly of these. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry I motioned Laotseng, my cash-bearer, to give him a present, and he meanly counted out 25 cash, and was about to give them, when I ostentatiously increased the amount to 100 cash. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma He had stood their friend, and they could not act meanly towards him. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. The room was small and most meanly furnished, but it was clean. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. I dreamed of M. Fouquet all the night; I dreamed of dead fish, broken eggs, chambers badly furnished, meanly kept. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Nay more, Laurence Vanderlyn, in that long past of which now nothing remained, had tried to see what was best in a character which, if fashioned meanly, was not wholly bad. The Uttermost Farthing Gibbon, as a plain man of rather prosaic good sense, behaved neither heroically nor meanly. Gibbon Her learning, and her genius too, decays, And dark and cold are her declining days; As if men now were of another cast, They meanly live on alms of ages past. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 I was ready to think meanly of my kind, to distrust humanity's instincts for truth. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 But is it possible that you are attached to a man who has treated you so meanly?” asked Dodger, in surprise. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World Note what great men admired: they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely and worship meanly. The Ontario Readers Third Book The thought of meanly losing or nobly saving the last, best hope of earth, exalted, transformed, and armed the men, making feeblings strong, and strong men to be giants. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict You may think meanly of this, but take a look at the bombast original, and you will be surprised that I have made so much of it. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham It was the winter wild While the Heavenly Child All meanly wrapped in the rude manger lies. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Only Protogyna, the first of scientific women, was poorly and meanly endowed. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z It is no doubt lost breath to excuse myself to a man of your character, only do believe I was not meanly greedy! A Crooked Path A Novel Abraham Lincoln, in an hour when some would meanly lose it, planned to nobly save the Union, emancipated three million slaves, and carried off the honours in the realm of reform and liberty. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict Fate served me meanly, but I looked at her and laughed, That none might know how bitter was the cup I quaffed. Cheerfulness as a Life Power I—I know I have given you reason to think meanly of me—vilely! Enter Bridget |
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