| 单词 | motherliness |
| 例句 | They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z All the traditional female virtues—motherliness, sensuality, cooperativeness—can be made to look like vices—manipulation, seduction, collusion. A New Movie About Female Power Might Explain the Election 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The Irish singer said her letter was written "in the spirit of motherliness and with love". Miley Cyrus mocks "motherly" advice from Sinead O'Connor 2013-10-04T14:23:10Z Fatherliness is more remarkable and rewarded than motherliness. What our reverence for Pedro Pascal's daddy era says about us 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Fatherliness is more remarkable and rewarded than motherliness. What our reverence for Pedro Pascal's daddy era says about us 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The show subverts the usual ideals of motherliness, not to create a black-comic monster but a new sort of heroine. Performances we love: Mary McCormack's smart, subversive mom in 'The Kids Are Alright' 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z I feel comforted that her literal style and purposeful motherliness have not been crowdsourced into something more entertaining. Why you’re ignoring Kirsten Gillibrand 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “Society can’t continue in this vertical, confrontational pyramid structure that’s made by men. I think what can change is women’s tolerance, flexibility and motherliness.” Japan’s first lady loves sake and Facebook, and people love her for it O'Connor, 46, said she was prompted to write, "in the spirit of motherliness" after "dodging phone calls from various newspapers" who wanted the singer-songwriter to comment upon similarities between the two videos. Cyrus and O'Connor row escalates 2013-10-04T09:29:52Z There was a touch of motherliness in her feelings towards him. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It is this motherliness, this domesticity, this homeliness that makes the Apple tree so cherished, so beloved. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z A certain chivalry characterizes the attitude of the brother toward the sister, a certain motherliness that of the sister toward the brother. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z It was the motherliness, however, which tickled me. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I felt back in the place where my boy had been, for the connecting link of motherliness and failed to find it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z And she's kind—like a woman, only kinder; a sort of motherliness about her. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The sedate and comfortable motherliness of old Apple trees is felt by all Apple lovers. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z And she bustled out, radiating hearty, wholesome, everyday motherliness. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z A strange, new feeling of motherliness stole over the girl. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z His muscles were tense to spring, when a soft voice of infinite motherliness thrilled him. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Everything we touched had been warmed and cared for with that affectionate motherliness which looked out of Linn's eyes. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Occasionally he carries a woman through this phase in her life into a warm and passionate motherliness, but never into a finer and more complex individual development. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z My friend should not, then, mistake mere motherliness for other and less comfortable sentiments. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z In all this story we see that the most striking characteristic of Demeter is her motherliness. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z If you’ve a spark of motherliness in you, cry or something.” God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z She bears herself with a pretty air of motherliness toward her brothers. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation And then noting Tom on the wet sand, the rain beginning to soak through his coat, her motherliness got the better of her embarrassment. The Shadow Little Jack, now slowly recovering from his affection of the spine, found in Kitty the motherliness which he had sorely missed when Elizabeth first went away. Under False Pretences A Novel It is the motherliness of our statue which makes us feel sure that it must be intended to represent Demeter. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z "And now," said Lady Beach-Mandarin, thrusting forward a face of almost exaggerated motherliness and with an unwonted tenderness suffusing her voice, "show me the Chicks." The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman There was about this tall young lady at the moment an air of motherliness delicious to behold. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) He had attributed this propensity to a simple womanly talent for motherliness. Aurora the Magnificent He thrilled unconsciously to the motherliness in her tone. Anything Once Mrs. Darcy's tender, unobtrusive motherliness, he enjoyed, but he did not dare to accept much of it. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart And then the old gent would say that such tender motherliness did her credit, and hers was a sweet nature, and he’d hold her hand till she took it away. Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town She was struggling, too, between disgust of her sister-in-law's slovenly house and untidy dress, and the good humor, tender sentiment and innate motherliness of her nature. Money Magic A Novel Whether she wanted to laugh or cry she did not know, but a great, warm surge of motherliness came over her for the child she imaged, and she said aloud, "Poor little urchin!" Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author There was a touch of motherliness in her voice as she spoke. Lover or Friend Young men drifted toward her by some species of magnetism, though she had none of the fussy motherliness of some old ladies. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart This motherliness comes in good play in school visitation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III And his wife, her eyes shining with motherliness, answered: "Poor lad, he's not fit-like." Tatterdemalion It would be like her impudence, and her motherliness, and her—-and, in fact, like her. Once on a Time The woman drew the girl to her, holding the cold hands against her breast with a soft motherliness. Love of Brothers It was more like true motherliness than almost any other human affection; it was infolding, protecting, nourishing love. Personal Friendships of Jesus But the motherliness which is in every true woman's heart, warded off this danger. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Anything so soft and tender as Cousin Kate's arms she had never known before; there was a perfume of motherliness about them which to a motherless girl was wholly irresistible. A Little Country Girl She did not reserve her motherliness for the reception room either, as some schoolmasters' wives have a tendency to do, and the smallest boy felt less homesick when he saw her. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Mary Creagh had been a beautiful girl, with a look of motherliness even in her immature girlhood. Love of Brothers Insignificance was the first idea she inspired, motherliness the second, the third that she was a perfect lady, and a sensible woman. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Her face was sweet with motherliness, but drawn with sorrow and exhaustion. Little Lost Sister Save for Miss Trigg’s awkward attempts at motherliness, and the surreptitious hugs and kisses of certain womanly servants about the school who pitied the lonely child, Nancy Nelson had experienced little affection. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall And gradually the superior motherliness of my hostess disappeared; I was no longer abject under her gaze; I no longer felt like a sheepish schoolboy. Nights in London There is a motherliness in the girl’s face that makes us sure that she is at once mother and sister to the boy. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer In this house, when my brothers' looks were at their blackest for you, there has always been goodwill and motherliness. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Little children flock around her, drawn by the magic of her incarnated motherliness. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Her motherliness and refreshing sense of humor built up a bond of understanding with her audiences. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian A certain motherliness pervaded the night; there was a suggestion of birth everywhere. The Seventh Noon Now she was large and heavy, with a mixture of unconscious stateliness and wistful motherliness in her gait and gestures. A Houseful of Girls The mother does not extend her motherliness to the destroyer of her family. Golden Lads It was a sweet bit of motherliness—no more—and Crittenden understood and was grateful. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War She looked up at the girl with an expression of intense motherliness which was beyond a smile. The Portion of Labor They extolled her motherliness and her liberality; they tried to talk about the joint of beef and the big fire in the downstairs kitchen. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Gathering our examples from so many methods of composition, we are in the midst of a multitude of pictures which no man can number, and which set forth every conceivable phase of motherliness. The Madonna in Art The old woman looked at her with a strange mixture of motherliness and curiosity. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life The motherliness of the night before had completely vanished. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories "Where are your things, Mr. Briggs?" asked Mrs. Fisher, her voice round with motherliness. The Enchanted April That is the charm of Nature with us; the motherliness in her that offsets, and breaks through with loving impulse, her rule of rigidness. The Other Girls Dear Aunt Philippa! she certainly did her duty by me then: nothing could exceed her kindness and motherliness. Uncle Max Her face was so sweet with motherliness and love and pity, and that profound comprehension the best women show to each other, that I felt my throat contract. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The teacher whose influence is felt most and lasts longest is the one whose "motherliness" supplements her academic acquirements and supplies a sympathetic understanding of the child. Vocational Guidance for Girls The worn face of the landlady, with its air of dispirited motherliness, appeared in the doorway. Success A Novel Here my huge hostess, who during my stay stood close to my side as though she thought I needed her motherliness, put her hand on my shoulder. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls In her face and manner was that inexplicable motherliness which some girls have even while nursing their dolls —some never; ay, though they may boast of a houseful of children— never! Christian's Mistake But he hadn't the faintest idea of the fount of Liosha's motherliness. Jaffery Their faces were not hard, like the men's, but filled with a withered motherliness. Through stained glass There comes before me one mother of fourteen children who has never seen the inside of a college classroom, yet whom it would be hard to excel in her qualities of motherliness. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India George Eliot loves her characters, has an intense affection for them, pours out her motherliness upon them. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy There was a sort of inoffensive motherliness in her tone which surprised Veronica—a suggestion of possession that irritated her. Taquisara Terry's idea of motherliness was the usual one, involving a baby in arms, or "a little flock about her knees," and the complete absorption of the mother in said baby or flock. Herland She could not divest her love for Evelina of its passionate motherliness; no breath of reason could lower it to the cool temperature of sisterly affection. Bunner Sisters The genial, if somewhat abstracted, motherliness of her welcome had been, indeed, his sheet anchor throughout the evening. The Market-Place Rosamond could not avoid meeting her glance, could not avoid putting her small hand into Dorothea's, which clasped it with gentle motherliness; and immediately a doubt of her own prepossessions began to stir within her. Middlemarch But he did not miss the lack of motherliness in her, for he had never known a mother and was not expecting it. Lo, Michael! A motherliness which dominated society, which influenced every art and industry, which absolutely protected all childhood, and gave to it the most perfect care and training, did not seem motherly—to Terry. Herland Madeleine, with a rush of motherliness, gathered her close; and the beautiful head lay, very quiet, on her breast. Delia Blanchflower She put her arms—arms formed for tenderness, for motherliness—round the girl's slight frame. Sir George Tressady — Volume II Then as the reddened eyelids fell with sheer fatigue, there rose on the inward sight the vision of Catharine Elsmere's face—its purity, its calm, its motherliness. The Case of Richard Meynell She was twenty-two years older than Honore, and no doubt supplied the element of motherliness which was conspicuously absent in Madame de Balzac. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings Tenderness crept into her eyes, and her freckles seemed to fade out, and even the small blunt nose of her take on middle-agedness and motherliness. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings The great wave of motherliness that had swept over all the women when the fatal hour struck for the men, had borne her aloft, too. Men in War Mrs. Hyde had no children of her own, but the very spirit of motherliness seemed to look out of her eyes, and she took the two strangers into her heart at sight. The Bishop's Shadow There was a motherliness in it—a something, for which, perhaps all unknown to himself, his secret heart was thirsting. The History of David Grieve Afterwards everything went on as before, but the motherliness of aunts and sisters knew no bounds. Married With her usual motherliness towards her sister, she replied, ’On no account must you take a situation without my approval. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" And Thatcher was a father, one of the wise and reasonable fathers of the West, whose seven-year-old sons are friends and helpmates and toward whom six-year-old daughters are moved to little acts of motherliness. Hidden Creek She was only twenty-seven when he died, and her interest in his honour, as well as the conspicuous motherliness she showed to the children he had left her, were all the more praiseworthy. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 To all these instincts in Lizzy, however, were added a really beautiful motherliness and great loyalty of affection. Mercy Philbrick's Choice She was completing the appointed work; and motherliness, at last awakened within her, was blossoming in a florescence of love. Fruitfulness In nothing did her motherliness show itself more beautifully than in the patient love that refused to abandon the most hopeless objects of her efforts, even though they shamed her and caused her sore distress. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" It is impossible to read such portions of her letters as have been published without being struck by their wise womanliness and gentle motherliness. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 She forgot her pride and her sense of injury in a sudden rush of feeling that was new to her, that perhaps, really, had something of motherliness in it. December Love There was exactly the tender motherliness that even Wilmet and Sister Constance could not give. The Pillars of the House, V1 At this idea she experienced a terrible heart-pang, and a feeling of motherliness came upon her, so acute that it was like a revelation. Fruitfulness Another was of a plump, placid, elderly lady who looked the very picture of motherliness. Glenloch Girls The motherliness and yet the enthusiasm of Mrs. Brownlow made her the most delightful old lady I ever saw. Magnum Bonum But the greatest likeness was to be found in their natures: in Fru Hejberg's expression when she was quiet and serious; in a certain motherliness which was the salient feature in her nature. Absalom's Hair The gentleness and motherliness are of course neither of them real in such cases. Nerves and Common Sense A mother the less, perverted by the love which she had set on her one child, a mother duped, robbed, and maddened, who had glided into murder amid the dementia born of inconsolable motherliness! Fruitfulness Her face was redeemed from its plainness by the tender motherliness and the no less tender friendliness of its expression; that of little Harry was cherubic. Sisters He had instantly appreciated a quality of motherliness in her attitude towards him, and now he was sensible of a kindly intimacy to which he rather helplessly addressed himself. Fennel and Rue If looks went for anything, he was the very opposite of his wife, who was all motherliness and charity, good will and good nature. The American Claimant For she was very much of a woman, and full of a secret motherliness. A Spirit in Prison Yet, good mother that she had always been, she suffered all the torment of motherliness exasperated, poisoned by the loss of her child. Fruitfulness Overcome by the contrast of her sweet motherliness, he burst into a storm of invective against his father, his home, his life—everything. Bob, Son of Battle "If she annoys you I'll take her," said Jewel, with a little air of motherliness not lost upon her companion. Jewel In sheer motherliness Miss Armytage put an arm about her cousin and drew her close. The Snare With a grave elder-sisterly air she felt all over the baby-limbs, and when Maud set up an indignant cry, began hushing her with so quaint an imitation of motherliness, that we were all amused. John Halifax, Gentleman And as for her own rejected suitor, Fairfax Munroe, except for a kind of grave and proper motherliness about his protecting manner, he absolutely was the most indistinctive of them all. Devil's Ford A wave of motherliness towards the entire Phillips family passed over her. All Roads Lead to Calvary All her brains must have run to motherliness, for she hadn’t much sense. Novel Notes The nature of the hen seems to broaden with the duties of maternity, but I think myself that we presume a little upon her amiability and natural motherliness. The Diary of a Goose Girl My appearance was youthful, and I suppose I had that pleading and homeless air that always draws the motherliness that is in women and the cursed theories and hobbies of paterfamilias. Options Madame Dumay, idolizing Modeste, like other women deprived of their children, cast her motherliness about the girl,—yet without disregarding the commands of her husband, who distrusted female intimacies. Modeste Mignon There are times when a woman's love is all motherliness. Betty Zane Withal, she was sheerly feminine, tender and soft and clinging, with the smouldering passion of the mate and the motherliness of the woman. The Game There was a curious quality of motherliness in her attitude to me that something in my nature answered and approved. The New Machiavelli |
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