| 单词 | misanthrope |
| 例句 | Old Abraham, who was not old at all but who had comported himself in the manner of an elderly misanthrope since he first learned to sit up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We can think of it as a dedicated mutual aversion to their own kind, a little as if the world were densely populated by anchorites and misanthropes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As a young boy he had been greatly disturbed by this revulsion which others did not seem to share, but having got a fine education, he learned, among other things, the word “misanthrope.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The characteristic had surfaced, to a greater or lesser degree, in nearly every horse to descend from his great-grandsire, Hastings, a thousand-pound misanthrope for the ages. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As in the case of many misanthropes, his disdain for people led him into a profession designed to serve them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He was elected over his own objections: He was too impatient with people, he freely admitted, and was basically a misanthrope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless that was “Greenberg,” with Ben Stiller as a graying misanthrope who used to play in a rock band. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z You're a misogynist, Jep is told, to which he replies that he's a misanthrope: "Where hate's involved you must aim high." Cannes 2013 round-up, week 2: Gosling for breakfast, skinflicks for lunch 2013-05-25T10:59:01Z “I don’t want to sound like a misanthrope, but I really wanted to be away from people.” Salinger’s House, Artist’s Retreat 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s hard to resist such a powerful negative attraction and once they glided into their first improv together a beautiful union of misanthropes was forged. Mike Nichols’s Brilliant Career 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In his place is a cranky, abrasive misanthrope who somehow made himself popular with many big droppable names. Books of The Times: ‘Saul Steinberg,’ a Biography by Deirdre Bair 2012-12-13T23:12:59Z Bukowski, however, was a misanthrope who never grew much and who relied too heavily for my taste on his boozing, hairy-chested persona. ArtsBeat: A Macabre Mystery: Poe Ballantine Talks About Memoir and True Crime 2013-09-04T20:44:29Z A seedy misanthrope might seem an odd candidate for such an endeavor. Review: Bill Murray Bestows Some Grace on St. Vincent 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “No one gets in here,” America’s most famous misanthrope said. Larry David, Master of His Quarantine 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Once it became clear that there was an appetite for Mr. Backman’s quirky misanthrope, Atria asked Mr. Backman if he was working on any other novels. The Man Behind ‘A Man Called Ove,’ Sweden’s Latest Hit Novel 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Schopenhauer, a lifelong misanthrope who lived by himself, thought that the only way to cope with the misery of existence was to actively retreat from it. Should We Be More Pessimistic? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z I’m on the misanthrope side of the coin, so, looking at this, my wife said, ‘Wow! This is uncharacteristically upbeat for the man who lives here.’ Cover Story: John Cuneo’s “Winter Delight” 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z "Only a real misanthrope would dare to state that this or that artist is overrated," he said. New Tate boss 2010-06-15T14:29:00Z Did Our Hero seem a spectral grump, somewhere between myth-buster and misanthrope? Bob Dylan opens three nights in Hollywood with grunts, grim themes 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Post Malone is a melodically gifted misanthrope with a voice that always sounds like it’s running away. Post Malone Smears All the Genres Into One (Emotions, Too) 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Both men, it turned out—Groucho the flagrant misanthrope and Eliot the restrained one—were those rare figures in whom public persona and private personality aligned. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Nicholson's misanthrope and Paul Giammati's thirsty would-be writer in Sideways are awarded girlfriends, and Young Adult finishes ambiguously but with a hint that a chastened Mavis is at last near to adulthood. Who would want to be an author in film? 2012-02-09T18:28:20Z Though thwarted, the idealism lingered, making him just the type of trenchant misanthrope – like George Carlin or Bill Hicks – that is the template for many great comedians. Comedy gold: Sam Kinison's Breaking the Rules 2012-12-20T15:37:15Z Aubrey Plaza has large, intelligent eyes and a startlingly gorgeous smile — one that’s unleashed all too rarely in her role as a lovable misanthrope on “Parks and Recreation.” ‘Life After Beth,’ a Zombie Rom-Com 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z After the first two games of the series, when the Warriors overwhelmed the Cavaliers like a megamall does a misanthrope, a writer for Rolling Stone declared the series “a near lock to be a disappointment.” NBA Finals are irrefutable proof that the United States has undergone a radical reorientation of the extraordinary 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z With Greenberg, Mr. Stiller’s gallery of neurotic underdogs expands to include a sometimes truly off-putting misanthrope. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z Miranker called him “brilliant and so forth,” but also “an unlikable, misogynist misanthrope” with one friend in all the world. A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at the Grolier Club 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The brooding misanthrope couldn't be further from being prom king. "He's All That" and why the Pygmalion story is so important to – yet undermines – teen stories 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z McKinney plays a misanthrope who lurks in an office district, using pinching fingers and the trick of perspective to “crush” businessmen’s heads as he cackles gleefully. The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Sadly, such is the myopic vision of misanthropes who live in fear of their country. The British Dream by David Goodhart; The Diversity Illusion by Ed West – review 2013-04-14T08:00:02Z There was no other player who could have so credibly inhabited the role of Rick Blaine, expatriate, misanthrope, habitual drinker, and, ultimately, the most self-sacrificing, most romantic Hollywood hero of the war years. Books of The Times: Talent Is What Made Him Dangerous 2011-02-14T23:29:12Z Treviño is terrific and a perfect foil for Hanks' misanthrope. As "A Man Called Otto," Tom Hanks' gruff yet noble curmudgeon will warm your heart 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Moreover, Catherine is a self-described "materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed, raging misanthrope with an acute lack of conscience." With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Now he's prime minister suddenly he's a Scottish misanthrope with a grudge. Hare v Kinnock 2010-04-12T19:00:00Z But the normal Superman that we grew up with isn’t a self-hating misanthrope or a gleeful villain. My “Supergirl” hypocrisy: Female superheroes don’t need to be “broken” to kick ass 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z There’s just one problem: She still seems like the dour misanthrope who first packed her bags. Down but Not Out: Fiction Filled With Second Chances 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Champion of the working class and the down and out, to the extent that any misanthrope can champion a cause other than his own. Review: ‘On Writing,’ a Charles Bukowski Collection of Rants and Musings in Letters 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s refreshing and eye-opening to encounter a young misanthrope who recognizes just how phoney people can be. 5 life lessons from J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey” 2013-09-12T13:40:00Z “House of Cards” is “Scandal” for naysayers and misanthropes, and that’s actually quite cheering. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z The word she’s looking for is misanthrope, but of course there is a core of tenderness and generosity underneath Elle’s caustic surface. Review: In ‘Grandma,’ Lily Tomlin Energizes an Intergenerational Road Trip 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z I don’t speak good English and, for the most part, I’m a misanthrope — I hate people. Remembering Anthony Bourdain: The chefs and writers he knew and inspired reflect 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Where is the line between honoring my need for quiet and being a misanthrope? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to move on after a spouse’s emotional affair 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z A vain, bilious misanthrope, Gordon has all the charm of a troll dragged up from a sewer outlet under a bridge. Review: ‘Some Kind of Beautiful’ Stars Pierce Brosnan as a Serial Seducer 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z When he accidentally discovers his talent, Dean is a depressed misanthrope who sleeps in a beat-up old car on skid row in Los Angeles and takes meals from a soup kitchen. | 'Sympathy for Delicious': A Cynical Faith Healer Who Can?t Fix Himself 2011-04-28T23:40:24Z A curmudgeonly misanthrope with an old-fashioned oratorical flair cultivated during his years as a news broadcaster, Mr. Rebney sounds a lot like the longtime radio commentator Paul Harvey, who died last year. | 'Winnebago Man': YouTube to Big Screen: RV Pitchman With Short Fuse 2010-07-08T23:56:00Z He was very condescending to people; somewhat a misanthrope. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z He's been called an iconoclast, a provocateur, and a misanthrope. Gore Vidal's greatest quotes: leave your tributes here 2012-08-01T09:07:24Z That she apparently contains multitudes is an especially useful trait in joining the joyful Lady Bountiful of the opening scenes with the mad misanthrope of the later ones. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Morgan’s script, though ostensibly spurred by matters of disease and financial crimes, is less misanthrope than optimistic. 360: A Long Way Around to Find Love 2012-08-03T13:00:56Z During a freezing tour of lavish store windows, Ms. Hoffman, 53, an equal-opportunity misanthrope, skewered the holidays, the cruel fickleness of show business and her relentless compulsion to hawk her show. Encounters : In New York City Christmas Comedy Show, Jackie Hoffman Lampoons Holiday 2013-12-18T23:24:10Z My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I won’t humor you anymore 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Whether he is playing a lovelorn misanthrope in last year’s quirky indie “Wilson” or an intergalactic desperado in “Solo,” an innate likability, a folksy decency, shines through. Woody Harrelson, Rogue Number One 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z “I liked this bizarre portrait of a misanthrope,” Mr. Payne said in a telephone interview. Daniel Clowes?s Retrospective at the Oakland Museum 2012-03-30T13:43:38Z “For somewhat of a borderline misanthrope, this is incredible,” Mr. Stallone said. How Sylvester Stallone Faced His Fears for ‘Creed’ 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z One is a balls-to-the-wall tune that reeks of overcompensation; the other is a lonely meditation on devotion, which is the essence of Arthur Currie's struggle as a misanthrope caught between two worlds. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Wilson — it’s not clear if that’s his first or last name — is a misanthrope with a sentimental streak, a guy whose grouchiness is leavened by oddball touches of Minnesota Nice. Review: ‘Wilson,’ With Woody Harrelson as a Misanthrope 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z But Mr. Jevtic is also a misanthrope, and his natural social isolation helped him hear the call of an instinctive decency; he didn’t care what his fellow Serbians, including his commanding officers, might think. Books of The Times: Eyal Press Considers Courage in ?Beautiful Souls? 2012-02-23T23:21:46Z Now, I happen to be a career misanthrope, which means I’m probably missing the positive aspect of Dobyne’s story. Viral video news memes bring fame – but still feel almost racist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It's at this point that Colbert goes to town on Manchester's greatest misanthrope. How Morrissey fell for the Stephen Colbert effect 2012-10-11T13:21:09Z A heads-up to all misanthropes: “Kidnapped” will leave you hating humanity just a little more than you did an hour and a half earlier. | 'Kidnapped': Intruders at the Window, and Then a Nightmare 2011-06-16T23:26:26Z He is an epic misanthrope and equal-opportunity bigot whose every utterance is filled with invective or despair. “Darke”, an unforgettable figure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z In her favor: Critics loved this true story of two New York misanthropes who forged letters from literary figures, starring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant. Who Will Be Nominated for Best Director? 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z It’s to Doerr’s credit that he quickly manages to humanize Seymour, a lonely young misfit who has become a radical misanthrope after developers encroached on the wilderness he loves. From Anthony Doerr, an Ode to Storytelling That Shows How It’s Done 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z I'm a practising misanthrope, but that movie turned me into a bunny rabbit. Once the Musical: how I fell for its honesty 2013-03-17T17:00:01Z An autocratic taskmaster and full-scale misanthrope, Ritter was nobody’s idea of a friendly neighbor. Movie Review: ‘Galapagos Affair,’ Historical Documentary of Island Expats 2014-04-03T23:28:00Z As he greedily hoards his sweets and mutters invectives, you can see the next Mike Leigh misanthrope being born before your eyes. | 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader': Enchanted Realm, Aquatic View 2010-12-10T05:23:00Z That makes her an appealing character for the sizeable audience who don’t give two hoots about comics; she is a thoroughly modern misanthrope, relatable even when delivering sardonic putdowns along with her bruising smackdowns. Jessica Jones recap, episodes 1-7: what do you make of Marvel’s newest TV hero? 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z A crusty right-wing misanthrope, whose only interest in life is shooting pheasants, dies and is reincarnated as a pheasant, but with his human mentality unchanged. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z It’s not just that the central characters are misanthropes—television has long had plenty of those, from Archie Bunker to Larry David—but that the shows themselves seem essentially misanthropic. “BoJack Horseman” and the Comedy of Despair 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z "You may think that I'm a materialistic, narcissistic, self-absorbed misanthrope," Black muses in a voiceover in the trailer below. Louise Linton, wife of Steven Mnuchin, is a cannibalistic killer in a trailer for her campy new film 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Is there any redemption possible for this brilliant Victorian misanthrope? Review: Holmes lore wrapped up neatly in Taproot production 2010-12-02T21:36:00Z The casual viewer of White’s work might mistake him for a misanthrope. Mike White won't toot his own horn, so we let others do it for him 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z But he was ultimately able to view Leon with compassion, grateful to no longer be like that callow, young misanthrope chasing fame and accolades, making himself look ridiculous as a result. What's so funny about acclaimed auteur Christian Petzold? A lot, it turns out 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Our narrator and reluctant heroine is Sally Milz, a “misanthrope from Missouri.” Review | Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Romantic Comedy’ finds love in an SNL-like place 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z You might as well try to explain God to an atheist or love to a misanthrope. Opinion | Harry’s truth may be too true to protect against regret 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z So I think it’s the lack of sentimentality in my movies, or the fact that I’m interested in failure, that makes people think I’m a misanthrope. 'Triangle of Sadness' director Ruben Ostlund is no misanthrope. He just loves failure 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Perched on a broad alluvial fan dotted with rabbitbrush and Joshua trees, this ragtag community of artists, misanthropes and urban refugees has little time for politicians. Exploring the riddle of California's 450-mile-long 3rd Congressional District 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z But he proved to be an equal opportunity misanthrope, aiming barbs at both the left and the right. Latitude Festival: Frankie Boyle questions the existence of cancel culture 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “We wanted only the 'out-crowd,’ the few, the proud, the misanthropes,” he writes. Review | ‘Better Call Saul’ actor Bob Odenkirk found success in failure. It’s kind of a funny story. 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z America’s favorite misanthrope strikes again: “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David has asked HBO to pull his documentary a day before it was set to premiere. Larry David has HBO pull 'The Larry David Story' documentary at the last minute 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A suffocating wallow from one of Mexico’s great misanthropes. Horror icons and experts pick 25 underrated scary movies for Halloween 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z I didn’t actually chat with her, or any of them, because although I am fascinated by humanity, I am also a misanthrope. Perspective | My favorite online Scrabble opponent had a secret: He was a robot 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z A careless reader might classify Sycamore as a misanthrope. Capitol Hill’s Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore searches Seattle for human connection in sharp new memoir ‘The Freezer Door’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z A dedicated misanthrope, he at least maintained a sense of humor. Opinion | Stay away from South Carolina 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z It is simply untenable for our society to continue to rely on the whims of cynics and misanthropes to helm our collective ship into the future. Tech barons dream of a better world — without the rest of us 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Timon becomes bankrupt, is abandoned by her friends and, in one of the first moments of literary self-isolation, retreats alone to the forest, a deranged misanthrope, raging at the moral collapse of mankind. Opinion | An unsung masterpiece finds its moment of truth in the District 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s about a bunch of misanthropes working together, with comedy derived from the dark ways their toxic relationships push and pull each other around. Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet is a comedy surprise you can’t miss 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z He described other people in the interrogation program as duplicitous liars, bureaucrats, bad scientists and misanthropes. Combative and defiant, CIA psychologist reignites torture debate at 9/11 trial 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And it’s critics telling us, in a tone of concern for their fellow man, that these losers are total misanthropes. What’s the Panic Over ‘Joker’ Really About? 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z As always, these are real questions submitted by the collection of make-good people and misanthropes that are my Twitter followers. Mariners Sunday mailbag: Choosing the four people for the organization’s Mount Rushmore 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Eisenberg excels at playing an easily dismissible type — the nebbish, the misanthrope, the loner — but within that type he often discovers a startling range of emotional notes, triumph and exhilaration included. Review: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ takes violent comic aim at toxic masculinity 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Amid the procession of megalomaniacs, misanthropes, and basket cases who make up the classical pantheon, he seems to have been one of the more likable fellows. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Because that's the worst job for a grieving misanthrope — when you have to go out into the community and talk to people about the banality of life. Ricky Gervais melds comedy and death in ‘After Life’ 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z How could they realize they were part of a vast cabal of Swearinger misanthropes who just weren’t seeing the brilliance? D.J. Swearinger is the NFL’s ‘scariest safety,’ and he’s going to make sure everyone knows 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Mutual hatred brings together a pair of misanthropes. L.A. movie openings, Aug. 31 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Freud was not only a misogynist but also a misanthrope. Young Freud, cruel, incurious, deceptive, and in search of fame 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z People close to Alex refer to him variously as ‘‘a shut-in,’’ a ‘‘misanthrope’’ and a ‘‘hermit,’’ who communicates with his staff primarily by phone/text/email and doesn’t have a lot of friends. Down the Breitbart Hole 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “Not since the Panzer Corps reunions were declared illegal have so many misanthropes, malcontents and just plain miserable people gathered to have a good time.” The Antiseptic Truth About the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z There have been hermits – also known as recluses, monks, misanthropes, ascetics, anchorites, swamis – at all times in recorded history, across all cultures. Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years | Michael Finkel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The last man standing is a scheming, pathological misanthrope whose disrespect for the rules alone should have disqualified him. Trump's first speech in office was unapologetic appeal to nationalism | Gary Younge 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “Oh, I do,” he insists, but the reason he offers is not one that would belong to an actual misanthrope. Raymond Briggs: ‘There could be another world war. Terrifying, isn’t it?’ 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Two imaginative misanthropes connect over a wordless interaction on a Chicago train in the offbeat romantic drama “Fools,” written and directed by Benjamin Meyers. Offbeat ‘Fools’ weaves a romantic fantasy world for two troubled strangers 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Back in 2003, the original “Bad Santa” generated its laughs through surprise and shock: surprise at the shocking misbehavior of its title character, an alcoholic misanthrope played by Billy Bob Thornton. ‘Bad Santa 2’: You won’t want this for Christmas 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” the main character is taught to play chess by genius misanthrope Bruce Pandolfini. Five myths about genius 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z What concerns me more is the lack of recognition that social change is not instantaneous, and the possibility of rolling back these emerging gains if we end up electing a misanthrope. Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Also, like Jobs, Friel says, “He doesn’t need a lot of people around him. He’s a bit of a misanthrope.” Baby-faced ‘Barefoot Bandit’ faces parole. Now he wants to be the next Steve Jobs. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z At least the similarities with his fellow misanthrope from Brooklyn provided rare opportunities for self-deprecation. Bernie Sanders: the upstart who pointed the way toward a political revolution 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Many feared that we would become asocial creatures, misanthropes who would rather hide behind the safety of a screen than face the intimacy of a spoken conversation. How I Learned to Love Snapchat 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z His scholarly interests included the effect of the Civil War on literature, leftist writers of the 20th century and the 17 million-word diary of an eccentric misanthrope. Daniel Aaron, scholar who helped develop academic field of American studies, dies at 103 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z We are misanthropes who like to walk in cemeteries. After spans of dating disappointment, what will I find at the end of the next bridge? 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z First, he adds a serious presence to the Brexit ranks, making them look less like a motley collection of misanthropes, misfits and outmoded obsessives. Boris, ‘Brexit’ and Cameron’s Miscalculation 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z She wasn't a bragger, like Norman Mailer, or a misanthrope like J.D. Author Harper Lee _ who has died at age 89 _ was cited for her subtle, graceful style and gift for explaining the world through a child's eye 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z To all those who would characterize the Coens as smug misanthropes: Enjoy this bounty of ammunition.” 'Hail, Caesar' reviews: What's not to love? 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The kind of powerful, emotional filmmaking that leaves a scar, "Manchester," to be distributed by Amazon Studios, stars Casey Affleck as a surly misanthrope forced to confront the tragedy that upended his life. Sundance: From buzzy to under-the-radar, a festival for every film fan 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z One of the problems in a party driven by misanthropes is that when someone asks "What about the needs of everybody else?" too few of the... Republicans Intensify Attacks After a Pitched Debate 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “I seem a misanthrope and yet am far from being one.” Here's What Beethoven Did When He Lost His Hearing 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, this thoroughgoing misanthrope did not care to help other people. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z But all these adorable photo ops and economic indicators mask an inconvenient truth: koalas are disgusting misanthropes. The Verge Review of Animals: The koala 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Either way, it’s like heaven for misanthropes, or those who are in too much of a hurry to chat with a server. Restaurant of the Future? Service With an Impersonal Touch 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Toltz reveals that the faults of these megalomaniacal misanthropes lie mostly within himself. Steve Toltz on Quicksand: I exaggerate a part of my alter-ego for fictional purposes 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Max was a lone savior in The Road Warrior, a self-sufficient misanthrope who chooses to stop and help some desperate survivors. Mad Max: Fury Road review 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z For instance, a happiness score of 6 out of 10 might represent an all-time high for a confirmed misanthrope but a crash for a starry-eyed romantic. Science Debunks Midlife Myths 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z However, the widely held view of introverts as a band of hermit-like misanthropes is untrue. NetAppVoice: Love Your Introverts: It's The Quiet Ones You Should Watch 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Once again, we see Nixon as either a misanthrope or a severe introvert, or both. Nixon's Relationship With Daniel Patrick Moynihan Was Mutually Beneficial 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z He said he hopes that such first-hand experiences will help shake a mindset that coding is for misanthropes. Stanford President Has 4 Ideas For Boosting Women In Tech 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z In “Nightcrawler,” Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, an aimless Los Angeles misanthrope who finds the perfect gig: freelance TV news photographer on the vampire shift, capturing the nocturnal horrors that lead the morning. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Nightcrawler’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He wasn’t a loner or a known misanthrope — far from it. Contrasting Portraits Emerge of Shooter at Washington School 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z September 11 isn’t a day to remember the acts of madmen and misanthropes. More Than Memorials: Remembering My Brother-In-Law On September 11 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Bateman’s no stranger to unlikable characters -remember his memorable misanthrope in the recent “Bad Words,” who mercilessly stole spelling-bee trophies from innocent kids? Review: ‘Longest Week’ is a pale Allen imitation 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z His diagnostic skills may have positioned him as a hero, but his inability to relate with people and tendency even to show cruelty toward suffering patients made him seem a misanthrope. TV’s dinosaurs are going extinct: The rise of anti-heroes & the fall of Barney Stinson 2014-04-04T18:55:00Z Of less concern than the misanthropes may be the stalkers. Feeling Antisocial? Try Split, The App That Helps You Avoid People 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z The Gawker Media founder is, it turns out, the furthest thing from a curdled, malevolent misanthrope. Nick Denton On How Gawker, Uber and Facebook Will Save Humanity 2014-02-21T13:48:00Z “Will Catholicism make me get along better with other people?” asked an elderly man who described himself as a misanthrope. In China, Tensions Between Church and Government 2012-07-11T02:58:58Z But that last sentence might apply more to those using the open web to foment rebellion and uprising in the Middle East and Africa than the next gang of knock-kneed misanthropes lamenting their royalty streams. Is it good that music downloads now outsell CDs? 2012-06-02T23:06:02Z Even if you love Jones, and many of us do, it can be hard to distinguish between his characters—so often maximum misanthropes—and his suffer-no-fools public persona. Men in Black 3: Somebody Get Tommy Lee Jones a Gold Watch Already 2012-05-24T12:05:43Z “It’s nothing to do with being a snob or a misanthrope,” says. Feeling Antisocial? Try Split, The App That Helps You Avoid People 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z Solomon, Solomon, Solomon!" said his companion, "Solomon was evidently a misanthrope either by nature or by satiety. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z He was a miser or a misanthrope, or both; at all events, for several years he had lived in it utterly alone, and scarcely ever seen by any body. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z It is nonsense to suppose that a man turns misanthrope in consequence of great misfortunes. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z In short, from a pure philanthropist, he became almost a misanthrope. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z A malevolent fairy seemingly made him a misanthrope. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z "What is it, Montausier?" said the King, sharply addressing that celebrated nobleman, who is supposed to have been represented by Moli�re under the character of the misanthrope. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z I became something of a misanthrope, a great reader, and a passionate lover of Nature. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z It was evident that night work had made him a misanthrope, or something else had soured him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The misanthropes among them offer a bittersweet tribute to yoga’s revitalizing powers. Yoga Fans Sexual Flames and, Predictably, Plenty of Scandal 2012-02-27T20:18:46Z The kindly sympathy of this old warrior pleased the misanthrope, so that he willingly pursued the conversation. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z He had, of course, to begin by professing himself an atheist and a misanthrope; but very soon he begins to love a child, then a dog, then a woman. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z A misanthrope, a miser, an atheist, said his neighbors; but, in truth, only a man over whom hung the shadow of a tragedy that had darkened his life. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Though he certainly doesn’t come across as a misanthrope. Reclusive Jake Scott keeps promise to late friend Mandich and attends Hall of Fame ceremony 2011-12-06T23:51:13Z But neither his disappointments nor his sorrows had made him a misanthrope. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Like a ghost did my deafness haunt me everywhere, till I fled society, and must have appeared a misanthrope—yet this is so little my character. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z One of the few who stood in the wintry favor of Tiberius, the imperial misanthrope of Capri, his was the weightiest portfolio in all colonial affairs; his state little less than C�sar's. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It is a great misfortune to let oneself be embarrassed by the presence of others; really, after a time this would lead one to become a misanthrope--a hater of one's species.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z In his judgments of mankind he often talked as a misanthrope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z As Mr. Morritt has said of him as he appeared at Laird Nippy's kirn of earlier days, "To witness the cordiality of his reception might have unbent a misanthrope." Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z This misanthrope is something more than an honourable gentleman at odds with the world. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z If his majesty had been as firm in acknowledging his marriage, he might now have enjoyed life, instead of being a misanthrope, as he is. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He was a strange little soul—a perfect misanthrope. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z And then the tears began to come to his eyes, and when he had stopped weeping he up and ses: “Do you know,” ses he, “that I’m a misanthrope?” The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z And yet this time yesterday I was a misanthrope—a blighted creature. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z "Of course!" growled a man to me once in the Guards' smoking-room, an order of the Scots Fusilleers to Montreal having turned him misanthrope. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Olle, who is still employed by the stonemason, has become a gloomy misanthrope after his great failure as a politician and orator. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z I believe my friend the dismal porter—the faded misanthrope in corduroys, only telegraphed for a brown portmanteau. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Or 20 perhaps they only select men who are misanthropes, or women-haters, to tend lightships.” Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z From this moment he uses those which have been lent to him by his brother Gregory, the misanthrope. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z I have hated myself for years because of the belief that nothing would satisfy me; that I would tire of everything I coveted, and that I was born a misanthrope and an embodied unrest. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z One conversant with Bierce only as a controversionalist and censor morum was, almost of necessity, constrained to imagine him a misanthrope, a soured and cynical recluse. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z At this time there would seem to have been nothing of the misanthrope about Lieutenant Talbot. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z I was Christian child, ardent lover, vindictive hater, enthusiast, misanthrope, atheist, and philosopher, in one cruel hour!” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z For a time he rather enjoyed the rôle of the misanthrope, and cynic. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Ever wondered why Homer Simpson works in a nuclear plant owned by a greedy misanthrope? Couch Potato Briefing: Need for Speed Edition 2011-03-18T23:22:40Z He had been a gambler, a spendthrift, a rogue of the worst kind for one half his life; a miser, a cynic, a misanthrope for the other. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z The amiable misanthrope is the part you have in your mind. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Such men will turn misanthropes and atheists, at times. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z He is exceptionally gracious to you, because he happens to have taken a special fancy to you; but, in real truth, he is within an ace of turning misanthrope and man-hater. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z How I pity you crabbed misanthropes who know not the richness of a loving woman's endearments! The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Since then he lived alone, a maddened misanthrope, and it was feared he would come to a sad end. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z But what of the misanthrope, the bitter, the left-behind and burned-out? And Then, in a Grimy Squish, Came the Slush 2010-12-31T03:05:07Z This he felt, and this feeling, which he bore about with him like a concealed wound, made him early a hypochondriac and a misanthrope. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z They are educators, merely, or politicians or curmudgeons or Governor Christie, all misanthropes! City Room: For One Day, the Chancellor Pick Was a Principal 2010-11-23T17:43:00Z In return they once talked to us at the UN – although they kept on calling us Brian rather than Britain – and sometimes employ our actors to play baddies or misanthropes in finely crafted TV dramas. The Fiver 2010-08-31T15:54:00Z And we'd love to watch our favorite snow misanthrope, Bode Miller, climb the top step of the podium, just because we've never seen someone wear a gold medal around their middle finger. Keep Your Spoilers to Yourselves 2010-02-18T01:53:00Z There was no doubt he was smart, but he was a racist and a misanthrope. 2010-02-08T11:00:00Z He seems to have become a greater misanthrope than ever. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The insular failing is elsewhere frequently displayed by the poet in the trying light cast from a misanthrope genius. A Cursory History of Swearing But he or she would be a misanthrope Who would not share my garden hope with me. Provocations And we'd love to watch our favorite snow misanthrope, Bode Miller, climb the top step of the podium, just because we've never seen someone wear a gold medal around their middle finger. Keep Your Spoilers to Yourselves 2010-02-18T01:53:00Z Those were first to complain who had to live on a fixed income, the parish priests most loudly, the schoolmasters and poor misanthropes most bitterly. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. It was well known that the prince was a misanthrope. Marguerite de Valois You have probably been told, and have perhaps even yourself thought, that I am a misanthrope. On the Heights A Novel Architecture has its misanthropes as well as humanity. Shadows of Flames A Novel The anarchic nature of the Byronic misanthrope brings tragedy into the peaceful life of the people, who are lawless because they need no laws. An Outline of Russian Literature Such friendships testify both to the worth and the attractiveness of his character, and contradict the old legend that he was an unsociable misanthrope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Of such, the above misanthrope would predict that, the next time they were heard of would be in connection with “cooking” pay-sheets, or something of the kind. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance I do not know, my child, where I am leading you to; I only meant to tell you that I am not a misanthrope. On the Heights A Novel "No, Grace," said he, in a tone of gentle, sorrowful meaning; "but there is no such misanthrope as the man who despises himself." One Of Them Eternal contradictions of human nature: the childless man in perfect adoration before a brother's son; the callous, hard-hearted misanthrope soft as wax in the hands of one man. The Heart of a Woman And if that were an illusion, then he was a cynic and quite likely a positive misanthrope from this day forward. The Giants From Outer Space But even if they had made Tom a turnpike keeper, they would not have made Laura a misanthrope. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories "What ails the misanthrope now?" said my wife. Waldfried A Novel A gloomy misanthrope, wrapped in self, could not have enjoyed these scenes of innocent hilarity. Josephine Makers of History In the peaceful time that succeeded the war, he returned to Besztercebánya, and became a misanthrope. St. Peter's Umbrella Think not that I am a misanthrope, because you find me in this solitude. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. He becomes a misanthrope, hates his fellow-beings and resorts to petty shifts in order to live. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. As if such a sour misanthrope could please any one, particularly a young girl. The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. Sir Pitt Crawley, coarse, uneducated, sordid, quarrelsome, his small, sharp mind an epitome of vulgar shrewdness, is a personation to force laughter from the lungs of a misanthrope. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 To the passers-by this ragged misanthrope indulged in contemptuous language, and offended them by the indecency of his gestures. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The moonbeams bleak Yellowed on the bloodstone hoary And that brace of misanthropes. Atta Troll I saw no indications that he had a nest or a family, and I am inclined to think that he was a misanthrope and a hermit. Upon The Tree-Tops He is neither a jester nor a hermit; neither a misanthrope nor a fool. Talkers With Illustrations Yet this very epitaph of the dead misanthrope shows the same lack of self-sufficiency which characterized the living Timon. An Introduction to Shakespeare It is enough to make any one a misanthrope, but the right thing is to hate the donkey that was duped—which I devoutly do. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The Christian cannot be a misanthrope, wholly unconcerned whether his fellows believe or not. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Carrying sun glints on their backs wherever they go, they should make the gloomiest misanthrope feel the season’s charm. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 He was a misanthrope, with deep, though very limited affections, a man frugal to eccentricity, with a benevolence at once active and extensive. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He has become a misanthrope, and has learnt from 'Candide' the lesson that we clearly do not live in the best of all possible worlds. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) His uneasy glance is that of the misanthrope; his brow seems overcast as with the lowering shadow of a tragic fate. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The misanthrope was in no better humour after hearing that story, and his grim face more black and yellow than ever. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges What a boon he is to the misanthrope! Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 The poor brute is set down as restive and in fact becomes more or less a misanthrope for the rest of his days. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding Moli�re exhibited in his misanthrope a pure and noble mind, which had been sorely vexed by the sight of perfidy and malevolence, disguised under the forms of politeness. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) It would be only a misanthrope who would assert that he has no interest in his fellows. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it My father is a very benevolent man naturally, but was fast becoming a misanthrope when you came among us. Doctor Jones' Picnic “So young, and already such a misanthrope—afraid of the world!” Major Frank Should he find the cause in his own inclinations, and suffer agonizing reproaches therefrom, he becomes a misanthrope. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature The great disappointment of life does not make them misanthropes—but it forces them to caution, and to a closer appreciation of character than is usually undertaken in the first instance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 The only plan allowed by law Is to lure him forth upon a straw, For the doodle bug is a misanthrope And otherwise is sure to elope. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse Sir W. Why, Falkner, you are grown more a misanthrope than ever. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Edward breathed more freely when delivered from the presence of this odious misanthrope, who took every opportunity of loading his benefactor with the bitterest abuse. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck "I rely on you, Mademoiselle, and on your charming friends," continued Goutran, "to cure this misanthrope of his bad habits!" The Son of Monte-Cristo Each is perhaps the other's oldest friend; and I don't mean to lose such a friend because you have a shade of the misanthrope on you just now. The Bertrams It was the man wearied of all, the misanthrope, who wrote all this to his mother, concluding thus:—"I have gone through a great deal of fatigue, but have not felt wearied for one instant!" My Recollections of Lord Byron "Gives the old misanthrope a different look, doesn't it?" The Opened Shutters Herr Carovius would never have believed that the reserved misanthrope was capable of such a display of emotion. The Goose Man Hence all men love society, if we except the misanthrope or man-hater, who is a moral monster. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus Perhaps I am unsociable, perhaps I am a bit of a misanthrope; but those kind of friends, those kind of people, bore me unutterably. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Far from being the surly, taciturn misanthrope generally imagined, I always found him dwelling on the lightest and merriest subjects; carefully shunning discussions and whatever might give rise to unpleasing reflections. My Recollections of Lord Byron They were really charming girls, merry and lively, full of ready wit, and with bright eyes and pleasant voices, that might have cheered the heart of the veriest misanthrope. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 She finally becomes anemic and neurasthenic and a misanthrope. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I talked strangely, until stories were circulated about me, wild and foolish, of course, but still making me become more a misanthrope than ever. Roger Trewinion He who really thinks so even we reasonably suspect of practical indifference unless when we believe him to speak as a misanthrope. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Lord Byron," he adds, "was known for a sort of poetic misanthrope; but that existed much more in public imagination than in reality. My Recollections of Lord Byron The misanthrope sends his poisonous streams throughout the land, but the philanthropist erects his dams everywhere to stem the foul torrents and turn them aside. Saved by the Lifeboat To look at him was to pronounce him a melancholy misanthrope—a man of no heart or imagination. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea Grey and lonely, it looked the residence of some misanthrope or hermit, and its tower and battlements gave it the appearance of some feudal castle. Roger Trewinion Disappointed in his ambition to be professor of mathematics at Tubingen, he became a confirmed misanthrope and is said never to have left his house during the last ten years of his life. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I All this does not simply show his courage and good natural dispositions, it likewise proves that there was not the making of a misanthrope in him. My Recollections of Lord Byron I have heard of a philanthropist who was turned into a misanthrope by attempting to sketch in public and in galleries. The Gypsies Amongst them there were some few misanthropes and churlish characters who did not care to be troubled by anything outside the region of their vocation, but on the whole I found them remarkably complaisant. The Philippine Islands Yet I could see nothing in his appearance which justified the opinions we had heard expressed about him, nor could I discover anything which suggested a misanthrope. Roger Trewinion I must have loved my kind even better than Chamfort, who said that no one who had loved his kind well could fail to be a misanthrope at forty. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa I returned to Leghorn," says he, "hardly able to persuade myself that this was the proud misanthrope whose character had ever appeared shrouded in gloom and mystery. My Recollections of Lord Byron He was a misanthrope in the worst sense of the word. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student The desire of power may exist in many, but its gratification is limited to a few:—he who fails may become a discontented misanthrope; and he who succeeds may be a scourge to his species. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings With which the philanthropist moved away less lightsome than he had come, leaving the discomfited misanthrope to the solitude he held so sapient. The Confidence-Man Sick was I in those misanthrope days Of soft caresses, womanly ways; Once that maid on the stairs I met, Lip on brow she suddenly set. Ionica But plans for our good are usually suggested and urged by those who love us, and Denham, being a bachelor and a misanthrope, happened to have no one to love him. The Lifeboat To any one save a cynic or a misanthrope, Cuffy replied with eye and tail, “It is magnificent.” Jarwin and Cuffy There would be no enjoyment of rank or wealth, if there were none to admire;—and even the misanthrope requires the presence of another to whom his spleen may be uttered. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings Can a misanthrope smoke a cigar and muse? The Confidence-Man As the man had been a misanthrope—that’s a hater of everybody, lads—nobody cared anything about him, or made inquiry after him. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure It was indeed a lovely afternoon, and a beautiful scene—a very misanthrope would have gazed on it with an approach at least to benignity. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Neither did he, flying in disgust to the opposite extreme, speak like a misanthrope, and look like a bear, or dress like a savage. The Red Eric It was a savage, gloomy gorge, such as a misanthrope might choose in which to end an unlovely career. Twice Bought "As much so as a brace of misanthropes can be," with another and terrific squeeze. The Confidence-Man Nevertheless, this noble misanthrope longed to benefit his protégés still further. The Secret of the Island One of these misanthropes chased some of his men, and ran after them on shore with considerable speed. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley It is quite possible, as to emotion, to be very languishing over the misfortunes of others, and yet do the unfortunate as little good as the misanthrope who laughs at human sorrows. The Parables of Our Lord They would be horrible young misanthropes if they did not. Burr Junior Has the misanthrope such a thing as an appetite? The Confidence-Man Domestic love, almost morbid from external suffering, prevents him from becoming a fanatic or a misanthrope, and reconciles him to life. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Many men in life, as many are depicted in literature, have played the misanthrope, because they have discovered through adversity how many of their associates were fair-weather friends. Friendship He seems to have formed a contrast to the preceding philosophers in his greater detachment from the ordinary interests of civic existence; and much in his teaching suggests the ascetic if not the misanthrope. A Short History of Greek Philosophy The ground beneath was strewn with fire, and the whole arrangement offered a rare opportunity to any misanthrope whose preferences might point to death in the shape of a fiery shower-bath. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Now, the genial misanthrope, when, in the process of eras, he shall turn up, will be the converse of this; under an affable air, he will hide a misanthropical heart. The Confidence-Man "Yes, of course I do, and why shouldn't I?" returned the misanthrope. White Ashes He cultivated few people, in fact, was considered somewhat of a misanthrope. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure In six short years the brooding misanthrope, the gawky young man who shunned his fellows, became the self-possessed leader of men, wielding a power of personal magnetism that was almost uncanny. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers No one, Madame," he replied; "the poor man was a misanthrope, and lived quite alone, in misery. Cobwebs and Cables Can a misanthrope feel warm, I ask myself; take ease? be companionable with himself? The Confidence-Man What had made many misanthropes, made him a better man. A Hero and Some Other Folks It is thus that human nature often appears unworthy and contemptible when contemplated with regard to some isolated circumstance, as misanthropes, poets, and such like, are apt to regard it. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 He dismissed her with a blessing, misanthrope even as he was, and then carried Paul to his studio, lighter at heart for having done a kind action. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 On the other hand, if it be said that the author of 'A Tale of a Tub' is either a misanthrope or a dyspeptic, the alternatives are not incompatible. Logic Deductive and Inductive A philanthropist undertakes to convert a misanthrope, but does not get beyond confuting him. The Confidence-Man And this is the arch-cynic and misanthrope, grinning at all that is loveable and tender! Studies in Early Victorian Literature But we should be doing Diogenes an injustice, if we set him down as a mere discontented misanthrope. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Caravaggio was a gloomy misanthrope and a profligate ruffian: we read, that he was banished from Rome, for a murder committed in a drunken brawl; and that he died at last of debauchery and want. The Diary of an Ennuyée In life, you know, I was a misanthrope. The Best Ghost Stories Not that he would be a hermit or misanthrope, but perchance find a people destitute of the gospel. Divers Women There remains always the perpetual problem if Vanity Fair be a cynic's view of life, the sardonic grin of a misanthrope gloating over the trickery and meanness of mankind. Studies in Early Victorian Literature He began to grow morbid in his feelings, and was fast verging to a misanthrope. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Rousseau with a burst of rage said, "Let me make use of my own powers," and thenceforward the sentimental misanthrope refused to recognize the composer. Great Italian and French Composers He lived the life of a misanthrope, quite apart from the great social stream of London, and he was not believed to be either gallant, or ardent in love. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World For the time being he was a small but cankered misanthrope full of vengeful schemes, and only one person in the whole school envied him. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy And this was Montfort the misanthrope—Montfort the socialist—Montfort the agrarian. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales What a little misanthrope she has grown to be; but it is only a temporary affliction. The Lost Lady of Lone Thither she returned with a broken heart, and from that time she lived alone, a sullen misanthrope, a fierce despot. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 He was not talking with a misanthrope or a scorner, but with a learned man. His Excellency the Minister It seems incredible that such a being should possess such vanity; a misanthrope be conceited; but he really had his notion; and upon the strength of it, often gave himself amusing airs to captains. The Piazza Tales And the misanthrope cracked his whip and adjured his team with cabalistic imprecations. Judith of the Plains A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed. Israel Potter The miser, the misanthrope, the hypocrite are described by the writer before they are claimed by the physician. A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 The poor fellow became a misanthrope, owing to his terrible disfigurement, and was finally found drowned in the river near Coloma. Bears I Have Met—and Others And here, for a long time, Oberlus was seen; the central figure of a mongrel and assassin band; a creature whom it is religion to detest, since it is philanthropy to hate a misanthrope. The Piazza Tales The journey with the misanthrope was but a repetition of that first day's staging—the sage-brush was scarcer, the mountains seemed as far off as ever, and the outlook was, if possible, more desolate. Judith of the Plains Graeme had very soon run across the little misanthrope and, in his own black humour, found him amusing. Pearl of Pearl Island "My dearest misanthrope," I replied, "what you need is some horse-riding." The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making It would be a mistake to suppose that Beethoven was a pessimist, or a misanthrope. Beethoven Brooding among the ruins of his hut, and the desolate clinkers and extinct volcanoes of this outcast isle, the insulted misanthrope now meditates a signal revenge upon humanity, but conceals his purposes. The Piazza Tales I could not forbear placing on record this testimony to the high mental and the kindly qualities of my beloved father, who might have passed for a misanthrope or a fool. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh I was a misanthrope, and the unhappiest sort of egotist—the kind that dislikes himself. A Student in Arms Second Series Colonel Dumont was forced to believe his brother a misanthrope, and no longer strove to soften his character. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 Sick was I in those misanthrope days Of soft caresses, womanly ways; Once that maid on the stair I met Lip on brow she suddenly set. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn You alone remain to me; your affection is very dear to me: nothing more remains to make me a misanthrope than to lose her and see you betray me.... The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) You alone remain to me; your affection is very dear to me: nothing more remains to make me a misanthrope than to lose her and see you betray me…. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) He is a man of intelligence and ready wit, whose sallies are dreaded; he is almost a misanthrope. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) O sir! if thou art unfortunate in having this disposition, in what have the fortunate been to blame?—Take heed, and wish not misfortune to the misanthrope, for his own ill-conditioned lot is calamity sufficient. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Mr. Hook is no misanthrope, and while he exposes the ridiculous with a rare wit and humour he evinces a natural and warm sympathy with the good. The Idler in France If she could only get through the factory of life without becoming a defective misanthrope she knew this to be the highest measurement of success. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Molière depicts the miser, the jealous man, the misanthrope, the hypocrite; whereas Shaw depicts the bourgeois, the rebel, the capitalist, the workman, the Socialist, the doctor. Old and New Masters He was a misanthrope, and to italicize his misanthropy he had made himself a juggler. The Man Who Laughs To mention Paine is to rank Mr. Sinclair with the ragged philosophers among whom he properly belongs, rather than with learned misanthropes like Swift or intellectual ironists like Bernard Shaw. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Did I not tell you that my father was a misanthrope? In the Days of My Youth Of the latter, I presume; for I know you are not a misanthrope. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Your voice may chain him to England, an altered and a happier man, or send him from its shores a misanthrope and wretched: it is for you to decide, Caroline, dearest. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence Also the name of a misanthrope of Athens, a contemporary of Socrates. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge But Marcus knew that he did attach a great importance to motives; although he could not fairly be ranked either among the misanthropes or the fools. Round the Block The result of this treatment was that I became miserable and discontented; spent whole days wandering about the woods; and degenerated into a creature half idler and half misanthrope. In the Days of My Youth Such a character as Miss Jessie, who goes about doing good, and producing incidentally the most benevolent reactions in confirmed misanthropes, demands to be handled with the nicest care if sentimentality is to be avoided. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 Towards the end of the fifth day they began to be uneasy at the non-appearance of the misanthrope; the next day a suspicion arose. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 "This misanthrope's despitefulness against bad verses was copied from me; Moliere himself confessed as much to me many a time," wrote Boileau one day. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 The ambitious man goes from the village to the city; the lover of nature seeks the wilds; the misanthrope avoids his fellowmen, the gregarious man gravitates to crowds. Four-Dimensional Vistas This Christian man was not a misanthrope, did not think that everything was going to ruin, considered the world a very good place to live in. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. When he was still too sober to take a really vital interest in the teaching, he was a misanthrope, bitter and brutal, with an astonishing command of the most terrible words. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 But I am sick and tired of them now; not that I am a misanthrope, God forbid! Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 He is in the smoking-room with five or six other tobacco misanthropes. The Grafters The nightingale still warbles fitfully in the green bushes, but the raven, perched up yonder upon the stark rock, croaks like a misanthrope at the quick passing away of youth and loveliness. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine "Do you know, Barbara Marshall, that there are times when you keep one unhappy old misanthrope from despairing of his kind?" The Bent Twig Be sure that the coldest-hearted misanthropes are ever of this last order. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty If they did so, they would become confirmed misanthropes, or if I may borrow a phrase from one of the pretty Newnham graduates, confirmed womanthropes for the rest of their lives. Intentions That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused—in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened—by the recurrence of Christmas. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I say, if any misanthrope were to put, in my presence, the question "Why were we born?" Dombey and Son Who is Professor Kennedy?" he inquired; and was frankly relieved when Sylvia explained: "He's the head of the Mathematics Department, about seventy years old, and the crossest, cantankerousest old misanthrope you ever saw. The Bent Twig I know many men who are misanthropes, and profess to look down with disdain on their species. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author He stuck it in his buttonhole with an air of ineffable complacency for a misanthrope, and leering exultingly at the unconscious Short, muttered, as he laid himself down again, 'Tom Codlin's the friend, by G—!' The Old Curiosity Shop And this epitaph was made by himself while yet alive; that which is more generally known is by Callimachus: — Timon, the misanthrope, am I below. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans It is enough to make any one a misanthrope, but the right thing is to hate the donkey that was duped - which I devoutly do. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 Those quacks and misanthropes who advertise indelible Japan ink should be made to perish along with their wicked discoveries. Vanity Fair I have never been made a misanthrope by this cause. Master Humphrey's Clock Machiavelli was and is the master misanthrope, and,—God help us!—we must admit that his misanthropy only too well is founded on fact. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The misanthrope was the supreme failure of life because he had not the intelligence to realize, or could not reconcile himself to, the incomplete condition of human nature. Rezanov The misanthropes pretend that they despise humanity for its weakness. Heretics Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any natural object, even for the poor misanthrope and most melancholy man. Walden But his bitter virtue took the turn of the misanthrope; he moped over the dishonesty of his ancestors, from which, somehow, he generalised a dishonesty of all men. The Innocence of Father Brown You are not a misanthrope are you, Daddy? Daddy-Long-Legs "The raving of some misanthrope of bygone time." An Enemy to the King Shall I, because my birth baulks my fancy, shall I pass my life a moping misanthrope in an old château? Vivian Grey If Mrs. East chooses to date herself at thirty-three, any man not a confirmed misanthrope must believe her. It Happened in Egypt I balanced between becoming a misanthrope and a democrat. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 It introduces a misanthrope, Hutten by name, who, as feudal lord, treats his dependents handsomely out of sheer contempt for them. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The mother—on the whole a good woman—died blessing him; the strange, godless, loveless, misanthrope grandmother lived still, entirely supported by this self-sacrificing man. Villette He lived neither as a recluse nor a misanthrope. Vivian Grey What if Vernon should have taken Brian to Cheap Jack's cottage, to have introduced him to that gifted misanthrope, who, among his other accomplishments, had a talent for repairing fishing tackle? The Golden Calf Nevertheless, this intense misanthrope thirsted to do good. The Mysterious Island The exposition shows her duly in love with a cheerful and estimable youth named Rosenberg; and the problem is: How will Rosenberg manage the misanthrope? The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller He did not fly from society, or ape the manners of the misanthrope; he went to London, and stayed about and played the game. Three Weeks The misanthrope and the reckless are neither agitated nor agonised. Vivian Grey Not that her grandfather was a misanthrope, but his interests were bound up so thoroughly in Egyptian research that his friends were, for the most part, elderly savants with kindred tastes. The Wheel O' Fortune What I still like in the misanthrope of Frankfort, is his antipathy to current prejudice, to European hobbies, to western hypocrisies, to the successes of the day. Amiel's Journal He has brought up his beautiful and dutiful daughter to be an angel of mercy and a paragon of perfection, but he insists that she too shall be a misanthrope like himself. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The poor over-exerted mammas are neither able to rise nor to sleep, and their pitiably puckered brows and sour looking faces would excite the sympathy of the most cynical misanthrope. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense Malign and heartless men have pretended that Leopardi was a misanthrope, a fierce hater and enemy of the human race!… Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions But the calumny of certain cannibals, misanthropes, perpetual eavesdroppers, has been so foul and excessive against me, that it had conquered my patience, and I had resolved not to write one jot more. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power. Redburn. His First Voyage It is clear that, notwithstanding experiences which might have embittered a less genial nature, Schiller was in no danger of becoming a misanthrope. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Mr. Thackeray considers Swift a misanthrope; he loves Goldsmith and Steele and Harry Fielding; he has no love for Sterne, great admiration for Pope, and alleviated admiration for Addison. Literary and Social Essays "Well, then, if you really wish …" The misanthrope, with a twisted smile, helped them get away. Bertram Cope's Year De Verby You belong, I perceive, to the sect of misanthropes. Pamela Giraud They probably supposed them some object of secret worship of the gloomy and secluded misanthrope and reputed murderer, and gave them the name of "The old Lord's Devils." Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey "But I knew a good deal about him—we knew his people when I was a girl in my teens—and I can understand why—how he became such a misanthrope." The Vision of Desire How could Thackeray not think Swift a misanthrope and Sterne a factitious sentimentalist? Literary and Social Essays "You would make a misanthrope of me, which I by no means am." O. T. a Danish Romance He who, through want of discrimination, ignores the love element in conscience, becomes a cruel misanthrope, and is misguided by a perverted conscience. To Infidelity and Back But I am not a misanthrope, and I ask a question which you can answer affirmatively. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 And how could he not have turned misanthrope, when in every man he saw a potential lover for Odette? Swann's Way He seems to have become a misanthrope, and a fatalist like myself. Erema — My Father's Sin And shaking his head like a misanthrope, disgusted, if not with life, at least with men, Patout led the horse to the stable. The Companions of Jehu Ursus was a juggler, a ventriloquist, a doctor, and a misanthrope. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction I must stop or you will think me grown a misanthrope. Lady John Russell My deafness, like a spectre, appears before me everywhere, so that I flee from society, and am obliged to act the part of a misanthrope, though you know I am not one by nature. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 To the world, and more especially England, he presented himself in no other aspect than that of a stern, haughty misanthrope, self-banished from the society of men, and most of all from that of Englishmen. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam "I have a great mind to go and be a misanthrope," he said. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories I am not a misanthrope, in spite of my bad stomach. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West But living as he did at this time, Mr. Tebrick grew more and more to be a true misanthrope. Lady into Fox He had the reputation in the neighbourhood of being a cynic, a misanthrope, and a madman. Damon and Delia A Tale Look at old Denechaud; he was a misanthrope until he took to gathering scarabs. Average Jones He didn't know what a misanthrope was, but he thought it must be something unpleasant. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Any girl who, under those circumstances, could remain a prey to doubts and gloom, would indeed be a confirmed misanthrope. Betty Gordon in Washington He assumes different forms; in one shape he is supposed to be a man who has become a recluse and a misanthrope. Algonquin Legends of New England There is a subtle something, a sort of nebulous charm, as it were, about young men who will be millionaires on the death of their Uncle Andrew which softens the ruggedest misanthrope. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories "Pish," exclaimed the misanthrope, "there's no danger; the young lawyer is only seizing Dolly in tail." The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Our waylay through ravines overgrown with jungle, where, as our drivers hastened to inform us, tigers and other four-footed misanthropes of the forest played hide-and-seek. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan And yet it mustn't be supposed that Patsy was either a pessimist or a misanthrope. The New Boy at Hilltop One may confess to this state of mind and be no misanthrope. Italian Hours A misanthrope you may well be, after the way men have treated you; but with the Gods so thoughtful for you, you need not be a misotheist. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 The misanthrope once more retired to the pantry for shelter, and the rest of the guests were evidently disconcerted. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves In order to be a misanthrope one must also be an egotist, dwarfing the objects of his spite, and exaggerating the small atom that has arrayed itself against the universe. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century But us to the Forest of Arden, Along with the misanthrope Jaques, If you cling to the "sinister garden" And stick to "initial sack." Tobogganing on Parnassus Your husband has a passion for water prospects, I can tell you, and would become a misanthrope without them. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story He did not assume the tone of a moralist or of a misanthrope. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 To this interrogation the misanthrope replied, with a faltering accent, "If not a vagrant, you incur the penalty for riding armed in affray of the peace." The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Ah!" sighed the old misanthrope, "I'm too old now! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story A man in a hunting county who opposes the county hunt must be a misanthrope, willing to live in seclusion, fond of being in Coventry, and in love with the enmity of his fellow-creatures. Castle Richmond "How you amaze me!" cried I; "I have met with misanthropes before, but never with so complete a one; and I can hardly think I hear right when I see how young you are!" The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 I have ever been a misanthrope, but now I am seriously thinking of becoming a misogynist as well. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box To this hail the misanthrope answered, "We are the spirits of thy grandmother Jane and thy aunt Bridget." The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves He will go on boodying over it, till he will become an old misanthrope. The Way We Live Now But I think, from what I have seen of him last night, that he is not such a niggard and misanthrope as I was led to believe. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley O, if I had eleven brothers in a small house, I should soon turn misanthrope. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering You are shutting up an exuberant nature in a jail, you are making out of a tender and indulgent heart, a deliberate misanthrope,—and you will not make a success of it. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Few men walk long alone; if they do keep their own company, they are frowned on as "misanthropes." A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Humans are misanthropes, they love to hate the different, the other. After the Rain : how the West lost the East I never was a misanthrope; I never was positively unhappy. The Good Time Coming Uncle, what is the use—your trying to play the misanthrope with me, who know how good you are, in spite of your pretenses to the contrary? Love Me Little, Love Me Long Women at forty do not become ancient misanthropes, or stern Rhadamanthine moralists, indifferent to the world's pleasures—no, not even though they be widows. The Small House at Allington What educated man, if he is not a misanthrope or misled by vain declamations, would really wish he had lived in the barbarous and poetical time which Homer paints in such fair and terrifying colours? The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth My mother endeavored to drag me into society, but I was surfeited, sick of the world—sick of my own excesses; and gradually I became a recluse, a surly misanthrope. St. Elmo This sceptred misanthrope possessed it, and it was in that his wife was blessed. Imperial Purple I have a great deal of domestic sorrow … your friendship to me is very dear; to become a misanthrope, there was nothing further needed than to lose her and to be betrayed by you. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon The misanthrope, upon the receipt of this intimation, sent in person to a lawyer, whom he accompanied to the spunging-house whither the prisoner had by this time retired. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle Some wicked misanthrope referred to these traditions when he said, "And man's first sleep became his last repose." Atlantis : the antediluvian world I suppose I am a bit of a misanthrope, but I hate to be hail-fellow-well-met with every one. Herb of Grace This does not mean that he is a misanthrope or a seer of distorted vision. The Mirrors of Washington The door, however, opened and in came Nikolay Vyesovshchikov, the son of the old thief Daniel, known in the village as a misanthrope. Mother This plan they would have executed that same evening, had not the misanthrope luckily withdrawn himself, by accident, before it was dark, and even before they had intelligence of his retreat. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle "My defective hearing appeared everywhere before me like a ghost; I fled from the presence of men, was obliged to appear to be a misanthrope although I am so little such." Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words Fabre is by no means the misanthrope that some have chosen to think him. Fabre, Poet of Science Under the wagon lay a saddle and bridle, and beside them the swollen and distorted body of Alf's black cattle-dog—probably the only thing on earth that had loved the gloomy misanthrope. Such Is Life "You call him a misanthrope?" she cried disdainfully. Under Two Flags This seeming misconstruction increased the torture of the misanthrope, who, with the utmost irritation of feature, "Oons!" cried he, "what villainy have you noted in my conduct, that you treat me like a rascally usurer?" The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle He was sure that he had been so badly used as to have sufficient grounds for turning misanthrope and woman-hater. The Red Acorn I verily believe that but for her I should have been by this time an unbearable disappointed misanthrope.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife The misanthrope was in no better humor after hearing that story, and his grim face more black and yellow than ever. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne One day it occurred to Raby he could play the misanthrope just as well at home as abroad, so he returned home. Put Yourself in His Place Nor did our hero keep the misanthrope in ignorance of this happy turn of fortune. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle He is also a bit of a misanthrope, and has made me one. White Lies He has drawn a misanthrope or man-hater, in imitation of that of Molière. Letters on England Whereupon Shashi, the misanthrope, looked black, and used hard words and told his friend that good nature and soft-heartedness had caused him to commit a very bad action—a grievous sin. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Moliere exhibited in his misanthrope a pure and noble mind, which had been sorely vexed by the sight of perfidy and malevolence, disguised under the forms of politeness. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 A misanthrope, of ample family and ample means, he had chosen a secluded but picturesque valley in the Sierras where he could rail against the world without opposition. Drift from Two Shores A misanthrope hates all mankind, but is kind to every individual, generally too kind. White Lies All Wycherley’s strokes are stronger and bolder than those of our misanthrope, but then they are less delicate, and the rules of decorum are not so well observed in this play. Letters on England "What need is there to raise him?" asked Shashi the misanthrope by way of reply. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance He is the most risible misanthrope I ever met with. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Altogether, he looks, speaks, and acts as little like 'a misanthrope' as any man I ever saw. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 There are things in this gallery over which the severest misanthrope must chuckle—they are simply irresistible. The Library In fact the poet’s friend is not wrong, when, in “Reproof,” he calls Smollett “a flagrant misanthrope.” Adventures Among Books My friend is an admitted misanthrope, as I have explained; but one cannot dismiss him as altogether unjust. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow However, I have persuaded him to spend a day or two up here before he transforms himself into a misanthrope. The Vanished Messenger But that great magistrate had a horror of illegalities; his children knew how little he sympathized with the trials of love; he was now a misanthrope and held all affairs of the heart in horror. A Daughter of Eve It is creditable to Charles's temper that, ill as he thought of his species, he never became a misanthrope. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 People called him a misanthrope, but he was too eager after his own interests, and too extortionate towards others to have set up a genuine divorce from the world. The Alkahest “Gives you a touch of the misanthrope too, don’t it?” says he. Somebody's Luggage Guard against the illusion and paradoxes of the misanthrope. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature Nevertheless, this noble misanthrope longed to benefit his proteges still further. The Mysterious Island But how is it that you alone, Antisthenes, you misanthrope, love nobody? The Symposium What surliest misanthrope would not find this world lovely, were these things done: scoundrels whitewashed; some degree of scavengering upon the gutters; and at a cheap rate, thirdly? Latter-Day Pamphlets |
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