| 单词 | mellowness |
| 例句 | The sun-bleached mellowness of the island opened up space for the two of us, in part by giving us time we’d never before had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Often she found herself thinking of the beauty of Maryland, the mellowness of the soil, the richness of the plant life there. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very well dressed, too well dressed to be eating pork out of a box, but on that warm September day it seemed natural, a perfect addition to the mellowness that pervaded the park. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a mellowness entered his voice, an exhausted gentleness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The mists of the flatlands strained out whatever coarseness was left over from his bulldog heritage, and only flutelike redbone mellowness came to the listener. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He's a man of mellowness, not ego – far from bitter at the lack of meaty roles, just gently getting on with what he's offered. Christopher Lloyd: a reticent Hollywood icon speaks 2010-04-01T20:30:00Z “Art Dealer Chic” is better music by far — intense and overmodulated in its mellowness, with stronger melodies and stranger, blearier backgrounds. Playlist: Albums From Mary Stallings, Black Breath and Miguel 2012-03-30T19:29:10Z Being wrong-footed is always an auspicious start to a gig, particularly when the forecast is so certain: the night will be mild, with outbreaks of mellowness. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z I particularly like the mellowness of white fillets like cod, halibut or hake here, as they can really soak up the complexity and brightness of the salsa verde. Leeks and Fish Get a Lift From a Tangy Salsa Verde 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Some orchestras impress with the qualities of their individual sections: a particular sheen or warmth from the strings; the mellowness or piquancy of the woodwinds; the power or golden tone of the brasses. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z With her black nose and creamy coat, this unflappable woolen creature was mellowness personified while a pack of dysfunctional humans railed around her. Does Anything Awful Happen to the Cat in the Play? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Alongside the hippy-dippy mellowness, there is a man who clearly likes doing things his way. Tommy Chong: 'We were always high. That was the job' 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z After that, there was a companionable, friendly mellowness to Spock. Postscript: Leonard Nimoy 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Pork, lamb or even venison would provide ballast for the mellowness of the allium. Beef and Onions, Made Better With Beer 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The strings take on greater warmth, the brass a new mellowness, than at dry Orchestra Hall. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Given the origins of the wood, it is perhaps only natural that the chairs and tables created for Planeta should suggest a certain southern mellowness. Review: Transforming Trash Into Treasure 2010-07-26T11:30:00Z Thick Gbegiri, made from Nigerian honey peas, combines mellowness with some chile fire, and does well with chicken added. West African Soups: When Chicken Noodle Gets Boring 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Richard Watkins was the soloist in Weber's Horn Concertino, his tone distinguished in its refined mellowness; he even pulled off the unusual "chords" the composer asks for – one note played, the other hummed. Britten Sinfonia/Wigglesworth ? review 2010-12-01T22:29:00Z In the Young People’s Concerts, that cockiness was still there, but also Bernstein’s confident mellowness — his coolness. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps most vital to the weekend’s sense of mellowness and relative tranquillity was the fact that there was no raging party scene backstage. Critic?s Notebook: Time Out to Enjoy All Things Phish 2011-07-05T22:26:31Z It’s got so much going for it: mellowness, intensity, space, polyrhythm, slow grooves, deep funk, momentum — and teacherly lessons, in the English-language tracks “To Whom It May Concern” and “Which Way Africa?” Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z It doesn’t take long to feel the pull of this place, a Southwestern mellowness that balances the adrenal-squeeze of its skiing. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z But even though structurally “Strange Little Birds” evokes the band’s early work, it’s clear there’s mellowness afoot. Review: Garbage Returns With ‘Strange Little Birds’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z I love Vermont because underneath the pretty scenery and the mellowness, it’s just weird enough. Is Vermont becoming the Napa Valley of beer? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Tilson Thomas dug in, bringing out the bass, bringing out the mellowness of the horns and winds, but not asking for bigness. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas proves unstoppable in his second week with the L.A. Phil 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z There is a similar mellowness and sobriety in both artists’ work. This painting of plums is perfection The first music heard was the national anthem, sung by the audience through masks, which gave it a moving, muted mellowness. Review: L.A. Opera ends its pandemic hiatus with a triumphant, season-opening 'Il Trovatore' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z By mid-January 2019, he began spitting up while eating and frequently seemed irritable, a departure from his previous mellowness. The cause of this baby’s collapse was worse than anything his parents imagined 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But as he settles into his newfound community, his wide eyes convey an abiding mellowness of spirit, a thoughtfulness and an instinctive sense of caution, perhaps instilled in him over years of recovery. Review: Peak Riz Ahmed in 'Sound of Metal,' a moving drama about deafness and addiction 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z And the newfound mellowness extends to its announcers. This Is Not Your Crazy Uncle’s XFL 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z There’s a wonderful mellowness to her performance — sometimes her eyes pool with warmth, while other times they grow as wide as saucers — but after a while you realize that Beatriz isn’t drifting or spacing out. Salma Hayek shines in the delicious Trump-era satire 'Beatriz at Dinner' 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Trump himself has hardly been a model of mellowness. Trump is stoking his base on his pre-inaugural tour. But is he building bridges? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The slogan appealed to Mr. Benioff, a former Oracle executive who alternates between the brashness of a Silicon Valley tycoon and the mellowness of a Hawaiian surfer. How LinkedIn Drove a Wedge Between Microsoft and Salesforce 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z String arrangements add a depth of emotion, with the artist’s understated mellowness suggesting a wallflower hoping to get noticed at the edge of the dance floor. Andy Shauf talks about parties, 'The Party' and that dude dancing at his Greek show a few months ago 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Appreciation of Stevens’s poetry grew—the critic F. O. Matthiessen wrote that it expressed “truths with the mellowness and tang of a late-summer wine”—but his home life languished. The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The song sounds like nothing that West has ever been part of; it has a depth beyond his bombast and a soulful mellowness that dials him down—a bit. Madlib’s Genealogy of Hip-Hop 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The man who returned to England 12 months earlier, proclaiming his new mellowness and maturity, was back in his familiar toxic mode, spraying poison at an increasingly random series of targets. José Mourinho’s return to dark side highlights deep malaise at Chelsea | Richard Williams 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Nick Eversman, as Toby, projects a canny combination of fey mellowness and sharp-eyed self interest. A rare zero stars for ‘The DUFF,’ thanks to grating heroine, draggy tone 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Vladimir Putin is getting all the political advantages simply because of the White House’s growing mellowness and uncertainty. Czarship Enterprise 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Some find his brisk approach appealing, while others miss the rounded mellowness commonly associated with this music. Arturo Toscanini Overseas, at the Height of His Powers 2013-09-05T01:35:59Z Four years ago, Barack Obama seemed as if he might be a deliberate professor of a leader, maybe with a touch of Hawaiian mellowness. Obama Plays to Win, in Politics and Everything Else 2012-09-03T03:45:05Z The orchard is the symbol of peace, abundance, the mellowness of life. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z "Yes," came back the answer, and he was thrilled at the mellowness of the voice at the other end. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Its delicious mellowness of color, and vigor and triumphant power of conception, show two separate triumphs of the art, which in the same hand are delightful. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The mellowness of the speaker's voice was matched by the mellowness of his personal appearance. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The song of the male is very pleasing, the voice having more depth and mellowness than is usual with the smaller fringilline singers, which, as a rule, have thin, reedy, and tremulous notes. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Splendor of intellect, mellowness of heart, and gorgeousness of fancy were the characteristics of this greatest of preachers. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Time, it may be, has given the stone mellowness; certain it is that Houghton now, in spite of a certain pretentiousness of Ionic columns, is really pleasing. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z His delight in the situation has a mellowness far removed from the anxious, ambiguous glee of the urchin. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z A rug can scarcely be said to have reached its prime or artistic mellowness of tint till it has been "down" for ten years. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Cockney humour smacks, of course, of the town and makes up in smartness and shrewdness what it lacks in mellowness. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z There is again warmth and mellowness: feeling and fellow feeling acquire depth, lambent airs stir all about him. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z The evening “had ripened” as Louise expressed it, and a calm mellowness seemed to settle over everything about the water and its shores. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z The dainty little beauty, with a throat of silky mellowness, looked curiously about, gave a “cheep” of recognition and then again buried its bill under its wing. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Song may be compared with the finest efforts of the Blue-headed Vireo with the added charm and mellowness of the song of the Yellow-throated Vireo. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Cockney humour smacks, of course, of the town and makes up in smartness and shrewdness what it lacks in mellowness. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z The execution is excellent, the colour, though sombre, is rich with a splendid mellowness of tone, while each of the heads bears the imprint of being a separate study. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z “His Zen awareness was not accompanied by an excess of calm, peace of mind or interpersonal mellowness,” Mr. Isaacson says. Books of The Times: ?Steve Jobs? by Walter Isaacson - Review 2011-10-22T02:11:22Z It is unlike anything else in England; uncongenial with the English character, without privacy, destitute of mass, weight, and shadow, unsusceptible of ivy, lichens, or any mellowness from age.—II. Our Old Home, Vol. 2 Annotated with Passages from the Author's Notebook 2011-10-06T02:00:33.843Z In this condition I had not once noted the change of the seasons, and I now gazed with wonder on the trees, long since leafless, decked in their autumn mellowness. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z But they have a mellowness corresponding to that of the warm, wet, fruitful land, and due to the untroubled, warm brooding over by the past. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z The address did not tend to mend matters; his son was wont to reserve the judicial title for moods of especial mellowness such as to-night's. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z But to return to Madame Haitzinger;—she is handsome, with a fair complexion, and no very striking expression; but there is a heart and soul, and mellowness in her acting, which is delicious. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z This is, secondarily, a round mellowness of voice, a smooth solidity of suggested movement, a delight in magnificence; and, primarily, a wonderful feeling for decorative effect. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z The sky was softest purple, and the light fell with indescribable mellowness over all—there was happiness in the air, and those we greeted were radiant. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Pacuvius declared his verses to be high sounding and lofty, but he remarked that they were a little harsh, and wanted mellowness. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Where roofs are tiled, they too have become green with moss, giving a wonderful mellowness to the groups of buildings. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z Red pears of great size and mellowness hung on the orchard trees. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z I possess a sharp ear for such things, I need no stethescope; I can already detect, in her voice a slight autumnal rustle; soon its mellowness will be gone. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Here is an elaborately carved tympanum and an ornamented architrave, which suggests that the added mellowness of a century or two yet to come will grant to it some approach to distinction. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z I hate green fruit! let me have it ripe, with all its florid coloring and rich mellowness—even if many rough experiences have left a bruised spot here or there. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Since then, she had forgotten those tones, and thought his voice hard; but now its warmth and mellowness brought back a memory. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Garlic, ginger, sesame and soy sauces impart a compelling mellowness to the basic dishes. | Dining White Plains: Firing Up the Barbecue the Korean Way 2010-09-24T23:37:00Z But the most important of all, is that firm mellowness, and quick elasticity of touch, which unerringly mark the kindly feeder and profitable bullock. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The world is gay!—Such lilt and song, Such mellowness of tune, Such drifting airs from wave and shore, From rock and sand and dune. Provocations There was no mellowness in the outlines of rocks or beach: they loomed up harsh and threatening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Wherever birds had fanciers, wherever men cared for the tints of plumage or the warbling mellowness of their notes, there an Engadiner was sure to be found. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The seat was to the left of the altar, and he sang with an ardour and a mellowness that was lost neither on the people near him nor on the choir-master. Fairfax and His Pride The stranger spoke in a low, deep strain of exquisite modulation, and with that peculiar mellowness of accent that seems to leave its echo in the heart after it. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The peculiar mellowness is perhaps in part caused by myriads of ripe spores adrift in the sky. My First Summer in the Sierra Bell, comprehending, fetched an ancient volume, rubbed and thumbed into a comfortable mellowness. Hildegarde's Harvest The artists with us talk of values, vistas, truth of space, chiaroscuro, mellowness of effect, and transparence of air. Seeds of Pine Presently, in the edge of the last tint Of sunset, where the blue was melted in To the faint golden mellowness, a star Stood suddenly. Fugitive Poetry This mellowness and this universalism were not qualities present in perfection from the start, although we cannot say that Christianity was antagonistic to them. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance The nights are cool and the hot weather will soon moderate down into the mellowness of October. Ancestors A Novel For profound expositions of the Christian doctrines, lofty ethical teaching, and mellowness of feeling they stand unequalled. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive Never before nor since that pictorial performance did the wonderful Kobold of German art attain such mellowness. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The ink is still alive; the Chinese or Japanese paper which Rembrandt generally used, has sometimes gone very yellow and spotted, but oftener it has the fine mellowness of age. Rembrandt and His Etchings It has the Nightingale's habit of singing in the twilight, and possesses, I believe, all of the Nightingale's mellowness and serenity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Over all lay the mellowness of age, those harmonies of color that bewitch the antiquary. The Pines of Lory Joe waded into this paradise of fruit and clover bloom, dark leaf and straining bough, stooping now and then to pick up a fallen apple and try its mellowness with his thumb. The Bondboy In his works we begin to enjoy orchestral effect for its own sake: the dashing vivacity of the strings, the mellowness of the wood-wind,103 the sonority and grandeur of the brass. Music: An Art and a Language Senator Hoar, with a generous nature made thrice generous by the mellowness of years, speaking of the man he hugely liked, tempered the truth to a more than paternal mildness. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The firm leaves kept the snow intact and upright like sorbets on a lacquered plate, and all the fruits, powdered over with frost, had a wonderful mellowness, a discrete radiance like silk-draped gold. Letters from my Windmill The sunset gave a deeper mellowness to the standing crops, and in the grassiest corner of the wayside villages the young men and maidens were dancing like the figures in vignette illustrations of classic poets. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 He spoke the last with a soft mellowness in his voice and a wistfulness that made her look at him quickly. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author As for game birds, we agree with most connoisseurs that they should have just a suspicion of “haut goût”—a condition of advanced mellowness after the rigor mortis has disappeared. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Your ’cello will give just the mellowness that is wanted,” said Eugen. The First Violin A Novel At the first words of the young lawyer, uttered in a voice of winning mellowness, the public forgot the facts in the case. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West This daughter of poverty, who was now to fetch and carry the laundry of this distinguished citizen of Columbus, was a creature of a mellowness of temperament which words can but vaguely suggest. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel But as the wood-wind grows in mellowness and richness, the flute gradually dies away into a secondary theme and the wood-wind alone evolves the melody of a new song. Hymen The mellowness of the song, the varied modulations and gradations, the extent of its compass, the great brilliancy of execution are unrivaled. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I A thin ribbon of cloud lay across the mountains, and a breeze of wonderful mellowness came down through the passes. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West The mellowness of late afternoon lay over the land. The Belovéd Vagabond And placing his hat before his lips to give a greater mellowness to his voice, the Hatter sang: Alice in Blunderland An Iridescent Dream To his friends and scholars he used to say, that knowledge is to the soul what light is to the eyes; and that mellowness of the fruit makes up for the bitterness of the root. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Those last days ashore were filled with a strange mellowness. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man But his Jovian gray head and fine old face, beautiful in its mellowness and child-like simplicity, made small demand of dress. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Perfectly cured and extracted to get the true, pure flavor; this flavor is then aged in wooden casks to bring out all its richness and mellowness. American Cookery November, 1921 HE Golden Swamp Warbler is one of the very handsomest of American birds, being noted for the pureness and mellowness of its plumage. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 I mention this merely because my selection of characters from such a set of people gives the play a certain mellowness and a certain air which it otherwise would not have. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea The mellowness of a summer evening sunset lays on it, and thereby it becomes a faëry land, a land of bliss and dreams. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 The old man's face grew rigid in an instant, and all the mellowness natural to it died away. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The May sunshine had taken on the mellowness of summer, and it struck fire from the sacred vessels on the altar, and the brazen-winged eagle of the lectern. Explorers of the Dawn Stick to the law of æsthetic unity—retain natural and undisguised contour, breadth and mellowness of colour, ease and dignity of movement, and you will approximate to perfection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 The house looked very peaceful, with the mellowness of respectable old age, that fresh October morning. Stubble The sun’s rays are softened and mellowed by the depth of air through which they pass, and it is this mellowness that is the chief requisite in illumination. Color Value In another moment Greta was hanging on Parson Christian's neck, sobbing and moaning, while the good old Christian, with all the mellowness back in his wrinkled face, smoothed her hair as tenderly as a woman. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time His embarrassment vanished in the mellowness of that laughter. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Now, in the mellowness of a fifteen-year-old courtship, Jerome did not mind it at all. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Indian summer reigned in his stead, flinging broadcast her gorgeous colors and her melting mellowness. Jewel Weed The mellowness of its old-fashioned, tarnished decoration was gone. Chance A Tale in Two Parts But within—within, where most he had dreamed mellowness—where most he had desired the sense of ripe and harmonious surroundings? The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story In the air was an autumn mellowness that had not been there the day before. Sally of Missouri The few windows give a soft light, and the brown of the stone has a mellowness that is both rich and reposeful. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 For two weeks past, there has been a blandness and mellowness in the atmosphere, which was enough to cause the moodiest heart to sing for joy. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings At this moment a whistle of peculiar volume, mellowness, and flexibility was heard. Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Instead of bitterness, came the ripened fruit of patience and mellowness of character. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The varnish is wanting in mellowness, but is very transparent; its colour is chiefly yellow. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Of course, you want to be nice and mellow with the trade, but always remember that mellowness carried too far becomes rottenness. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." The only plausible pretext for this insinuation is that very advance in mildness and mellowness which has been noted—that comparative absence of the sharper and cruder strokes of the earlier work. Gryll Grange This detracted nothing from the sweetness and mellowness of my bread, but made it much lighter than the treacle alone would have done. Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) The mellowness of autumn still lingered in the atmosphere,—for the season of the harvest-moon is the most beautiful in the world. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author The varnish is not so brilliant as that of Giovanni Battista, but possesses a mellowness foreign to the other members of the family. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators There was a cozy warmth and mellowness about it, a kindly atmosphere of fellowship, a sense of intimate human relations, that brought a lump into his throat. Quin The home-elements of his intellectual and moral life he has fairly assimilated; and his verse in its mellowness and rhythmical excellence reflects this achievement of his spirit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 On rich land, which is maintained in this condition of porosity and mellowness, agriculture will produce its best results, and will encounter the fewest possible chances of failure. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health There was a profound hush and the voice of the Italian began to sound in the silence with a sing-song mellowness, hesitating over some words, supplying them with others of his own language. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) If mellowness of quality be sought, a slight alteration of its position or form will produce a favourable change of singular extent; if intensity of tone be requisite, the sound-post is again the regulator. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators From the first she has had the power to tell a strong story, full of human interest, but as her work has continued it has shown an increasing mellowness and sympathy. A Certain Rich Man And in the act of resolving, his character had begun to ripen into the mellowness of maturity. The Miller Of Old Church The object of draining is to impart to such soils the mellowness and dark color of self drained, rich and friable soil. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health It was early autumn, and the cool evening air, fragrant with the mellowness of the luscious Virginian pippin, was tinged also with the sadness inseparable from the demise of a long and glorious summer. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter If the instrument is wanting in brilliancy, a bridge having solidity of fibre is necessary; if wanting in mellowness, one possessing soft qualities should be selected. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators There was nothing about them but a spreading mellowness and the baked turf under-foot. Hilda A Story of Calcutta Room was found for all his guests to dine together in a large barn near the house, where, from the high and narrow windows, the light fell in picturesque mellowness on the close-packed ranks. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth But whether the cost is equal, a little higher, or somewhat less, the great advantages of a transplanted house are a certain mellowness of age and that charm of individuality which only old structures possess. If You're Going to Live in the Country "It is wanting in that roundness and mellowness which belongs to organs of the South," observed a very able musical connoisseur. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens There is a freedom of design, a crispness of touch, and a mellowness of colouring, in this picture, that render it a performance very much above the usual representations of this subject. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two It is far from being all mellowness and amiability, that Diary. Fifth Avenue Those of us who have seen the old masterpieces in painting, or reproductions of them, know the softness, the mellowness, the richness of tints employed by the old masters. General Science It was resonant, far-reaching, incisive; but it rang abruptly and without mellowness. The Voice of the People The summer days fled on, and brought the autumn mellowness and splendor. The Fatal Glove About them as about the hidden village, there was the charm of mellowness, of unruffled serenity. One Man in His Time These were surmounted by plaster busts of Homer and Minerva, toned to mellowness by time. The Spinners Which were dignified and unblameworthy ... only, wine and beer went around till a human mellowness and conversational glow was reached. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative To the Southern politician the humor of an influential editor is full of a delirious mellowness. The Colossus A Novel One misses in him all feeling, all tone, of mellowness. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality The prattling voice charmed him with its delightful mellowness and he went forward gladly to meet Lynda and the new little child. The Man Thou Gavest The landscape is still rural, but what mellowness it has; because it has been enriched by a larger, more generous human life. Different Girls What his face lacked were those contours that come from association with humanity; the ripeness that is bestowed by long tolerance of folly, the mellowness that has survived the icy winds of disillusion. The Altar Steps We find a mellowness of early autumn in it. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays For he is a little crude, a little recent; a mind without mellowness, a spirit without beauty, a soul which feeds upon aggression. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality A round mouthful of luscious mellowness, with a bouquet—a snapping reminder to the nose. The Complete Book of Cheese "You have some one now," returned Wade, with a rich, deep mellowness in his voice that soothed Columbine and made her wonder. The Mysterious Rider What should we say if he cut the best parts of the 'cellos, in order that they might not add a mellowness which would slightly veil the acuteness of his own notes? Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory This long period of cultivation gives the country-side a mellowness and well-groomed look. Story of Chester Lawrence Wine is strong, and so is the crude alcohol but what the mellowness? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Farmhouse Cheddar must be ripened at least nine months to a mellowness, and little of our American cheese gets as much as that. The Complete Book of Cheese We missed the time- hallowing mellowness that age has bestowed on our ancient churches and cathedrals. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America There was a singular mellowness in Mr. Carlyle's speech, which was reflected in the homely language in which it was couched. On the Choice of Books But, besides this, there is a vein of humour running through the part of Hamlet himself, underlying his darkest moods, and giving depth and mellowness to his strains of impassioned thought. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The firm, vigorous intellect had overripened into the mental mellowness of second childhood. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It was always in doubt: now the name has been removed, though the picture has much of his mellowness. Promenades of an Impressionist The appearance of the barley was completely changed: the hard flinty look had vanished, and the grain presented a new plumpness and mellowness. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor There followed a brief respite of clear, crisp days, warming to mellowness at noon. Broken to the Plow Her flavor is as subtle and vanishing as pistachio, but there is no richness, no depth, no mellowness, no suggestion of generations of grafting, or of orchards whose very sites are forgotten. What Dreams May Come Its golden mellowness permeating the hazy air, had also, it seems, crept into the heart of Dorian Trent. Dorian The reproduction unduly exaggerates the contrasts of light and shade, and conveys little of the mellowness and richness of atmospheric effect which characterise the original. Giorgione We call it mellowness, and say that the fruit is in "good eating condition." Science in the Kitchen. And then, too, how easy it is to make the mistake of thinking that all the grace of antiquity and mellowness that hangs about the old buildings was part of the mediaeval world. The Silent Isle It was an old-fashioned square room with long ceiling, and broad, low windows heavily curtained with stiff silk brocade, faded by time into mellowness. Balcony Stories The notes of the reeds are too harsh and nasal, and want the sweetness and mellowness of tone which belong to the string of the piano. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America The mellowness of age is over all, everything suggestive of recent acquirement being tabooed save only the one note of contrast furnished by the bamboo dipper and the linen napkin, both immaculately white and new. The Book of Tea With the mellowness of growing years, he realized the silliness of the act, and he and Jefferson became fully reconciled and kept up an affectionate correspondence to the end of their lives. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch Until yesterday she had never heard a cuckoo call, and its hollow mellowness gave her delight. The Shuttle A certain mellowness born of sheer time, no doubt—but with all its ugly ingredients still repulsively visible. Delia Blanchflower Many persons add a tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar, thinking that it gives a mellowness to the whole. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Sardonic it still is, by a necessary implication, but not wantonly, and with a mellowness. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The English perfection, the English mellowness, was everywhere; the spring breathings in the air came scented with the young leaf of trees that had been planted before Blenheim was fought. The Coryston Family A Novel And this rough and melancholy plain in its turn offers a striking contrast with the coast region of Boujeiah and Hippo, which is not unlike the Italian Campania in its mellowness and gaiety. Saint Augustin The mellowness rather than the sadness of autumn was apparent, throned on the tall mountains whose woods were bathed in sunshine. The Woman with the Fan The hot hours stole away or passed into the mellowness of evening, and the marsh-mallows that fringed the stream were looking coolly white when we drew near to Riberac. Two Summers in Guyenne That of Winthrop and Higginson had a mellowness of which Endicott and Standish were incapable The gradual change of Milton's opinions was similar to that which I suppose in Spenser. Among My Books Second Series I looked out upon the autumnal mellowness of the country around the Bavarian lakes and the golden glow of the Wiener Wald. Men in War Shall I ever attain that mellowness of soul in which all the vividness of impression remains, yet in which it has become possible to perfect the expression? Youth and Egolatry Not a Paradise then, or now; but to be made so, at God's good pleasure, and in the fullness and mellowness of time. Redburn. His First Voyage Presently, in the edge of the last tint Of sunset, where the blue was melted in To the first golden mellowness, a star Stood suddenly. The Canadian Elocutionist All my mellowness took flight; I grew snappy and monosyllabic. Alone Smoke a pipeful and you will quickly notice how different in mellowness, richness and natural flavor Royal Mixture is from the store-bought kind. Business Correspondence What a serene sky! what mellowness in the tints of the mountains! Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents He was overcheerful, without the mellowness of tone which gave his cheer its charm on the previous evening. Over the Pass It was a saddened face—it might always be a saddened face—but a certain pleasant, rested look had worked its way about her mouth, not unlike the rich mellowness of a rainy sunset. Men, Women, and Ghosts Something about her eyes, or her voice with its rich mellowness, caused him to start and exclaim. Purple Springs This autumnal mellowness usually lasts until the end of November. The Mountains of California Why it was that the mellowness of spirit which seemed then so prevalent could not have ripened without interruption or check into a quicker and more complete fraternization, belongs to another field of inquiry. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Yet his reserve, tempered by age, blended into a genial mellowness. The Secrets of the German War Office And the singer's voice even did not sound broken now; it had gained mellowness and strength. On the Eve The sweet mellowness which had been Mr. Walker's aim for years, lay on his soul. Purple Springs Hildegarde had chosen to marry for mellowness, and marry she did…. Tales of the Jazz Age His facility in expression increased with his years, so that in Montcalm and Wolfe he has a mellowness and dignity that place him beside the best American prose writers. History of American Literature The practice of emotional expression gives warmth, mellowness, sympathy and expansiveness to the voice, and must have considerable cultural value. Public Speaking It inclines to grow too rankly at best, and demands mellowness rather than richness of soil. Success with Small Fruits Pearl's voice had a reedy mellowness, and an appeal which sent the words straight into Mary's practical heart. Purple Springs Considerable warmth of heart or mellowness of nature due to sympathy is, therefore, an important factor in rendering one willing to listen to new ideas and to be influenced by them. How to Study and Teaching How to Study In reality he was forty, neither more nor less, and had both preserved his youthful appearance and gained the mellowness of his experience by a judicious use of the opportunities of life. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales "Looking, are you?" she exclaimed, and her voice held a touch of mellowness that was new. The Extra Day From first to last the soil about the foreign varieties should be maintained in a high degree of fertility and mellowness. The Home Acre When he did not go to the shore he liked to indulge in long tramps through the Lindsay fields and woods, in the mellowness of "the sweet 'o the year." Kilmeny of the Orchard We soon became engaged in building a new stone church, whose granite walls are so thick, and hard-wood finish so substantial that passing centuries should add only the mellowness of age. Taken Alive Others followed him; there was music, laughter, a riotous popping of corks; and over it all O'Neil presided with grace and mellowness. The Iron Trail She tried to hide the mellowness by swallowing it. The Extra Day It also adds to the mellowness of land which is hard, because of the sand contained in it. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Bob readily agreed—having reached a condition of mellowness where he agreed enthusiastically to anything—and Lorelei was only too glad to depart. The Auction Block Indeed, he showed at times, and often when it was least expected, a mellowness of temper quite foreign to him in his early days. Dark Hollow There was nothing about them but a spreading mellowness and the baked turf underfoot. The Path of a Star The sun passed slowly over the western hills, tinging with a beautiful mellowness the clouds along the horizon. Dawn Coal ashes, because they are coarser in particles and devoid of potash, do promote mellowness, and are valuable mechanically on a heavy soil although they do not contain appreciable amounts of plant food. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered In and about the tavern may be seen groups of men, in the last stage of muddled mellowness, the rank fumes of bad liquor making the very air morbid. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Take one down: it is an agreeable sight enough; there is a gentle scent of antiquity; the bumpy page crackles faintly; the big irregular print meets the eye with a pleasant and leisurely mellowness. From a College Window Even he fancied that he heard them in her voice, which had gained in some way, perhaps in roundness, in mellowness. In the Wilderness The retainers and servants were there, and something of the rich mellowness of a noble alliance might have been felt, at any rate by Crosbie, at a marriage so celebrated. The Small House at Allington By degrees Richard forgot his pose and the carefully struck note of mellowness; he began to believe what he was saying, and to say it with the right vigour of popular oratory. Demos Of its neighbours in the elm-bordered road, one or two were yet older; all had reached the age of mellowness. The Whirlpool This fact did not harmonize with the general drift of the rest of my observations, for one of the first things that strikes an American in Europe is the mellowness and rich tone of things. Winter Sunshine Of all these glycerine is by no means unimportant, as it confers a blandness or mellowness upon the wine. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken How long the happy woman sat there, exulting in the mellowness of the perfect fruit of patience, she never knew. At the Mercy of Tiberius His gentleness is partly that of a strong man who has learnt by experience that his natural grip hurts ordinary people unless he handles them very carefully, and partly the mellowness of age and success. Major Barbara Lemonade and a mild drink called claret-sanger was served to the boys, but the real claret was served to the major, as to the other elders, and the mellowness of Christmas pervaded his spirit. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve An atmosphere, the quality of tone and mellowness in the near distance, is the product of a more humid climate. Winter Sunshine There is a mellowness in the sound that is soothing rather than a deafening roar as some seem to think. See America First The shadows deepened in the eyes of Sister Wynfreda as she turned them back toward the lane, for her patience was not yet ripe to perfect mellowness. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest They no longer have the charm, the mellowness and the snap —yes, the snap—of a real kiss. Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant They no longer have the charm, the mellowness and the snap—yes, the snap—of a real kiss. Original Short Stories — Volume 02 All that it lacked were the associations of vanished centuries, and these, in a measure, were supplied to the imagination by the studied mellowness of its tints and the suggestion of age in its carvings. The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange She sung Aileen Aroon, not with her daughter's eloquence, but with a purity and mellowness that charmed the room: they had never heard the genius sing it. Hard Cash Barnet’s house on the harbour-road, once so insistently new, had acquired a respectable mellowness, with ivy, Virginia creepers, lichens, damp patches, and even constitutional infirmities of its own like its elder fellows. Wessex Tales He also added such a beautiful brown to the shades, and mellowness to the colours, that he made every picture appear more perfect than when it came fresh from the master’s pencil. Essays and Tales Sometimes his utterance is snappish and quick to the last degree; sometimes it is remarkable for rotundity and mellowness. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 What he hoped, however, was that when the little roughnesses of childhood were rubbed away, there would pass a deep mellowness over my soul. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Her laughter was delightful to the ear, there was such a mellowness, and healthiness, and frankness about it. The Mutiny of the Elsinore A peculiar mellowness of temperament, the expression of a passionate nature confirmed in sympathy, shone in the softened fervour of her look as she bent her eyes thoughtfully upon the flames. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields She was regular and resolute in features, of fine but unbending presence, and, though somewhat past middle age, showed no signs of either the weakness or mellowness of years. A Ward of the Golden Gate In the English plays alone is to be found the warmth, the mellowness, and the reality of painting. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 With the receipt of the money a great mellowness had descended upon his simple soul. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard But then, also, it was with a certain reverent curiousness that she approached the cabin, while the Hush on her cheek showed a yet riper mellowness. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke The mellowness of its old-fashioned, tarnished decoration was gone. Chance A Tale in Two Parts But that was the last of his mellowness and jolly companionship. Babbitt The next thing I noticed was that a great mellowness had descended upon the mother of the last of his race. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes But these terms, irritation, mellowness, appeared gross when applied to her. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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