| 单词 | obtuseness |
| 例句 | I had never encountered such obtuseness in a first-class hotel, and I told them so, but this only increased their inhospitality. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, I owe the invitation to the incredible, abysmal, and really cowardly obtuseness of white liberals. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But sometimes, through reluctance or obtuseness, they seemed to have a hard time figuring out which seat was theirs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rebuffed, unhappy at the obtuseness of the very flat, the apple bumps the square and sends him aloft, fluttering and spinning into that mysterious third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was so very aggravating—the more especially as I found myself making no way against his surly obtuseness—that I said, disregarding Herbert’s efforts to check me,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In this sense, the subject of “Midsommar” is the absurdity and obtuseness of suspending moral judgment for other cultures in the name of curiosity, respect, or relativism. “Midsommar,” Reviewed: Ari Aster’s Backwards Horror Story of an American Couple in Sweden 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The deliberate obtuseness about my question, which, I realise, when I listen back to my tape, is a Woody Allen special. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z The first weirdness is also a sort of political and even moral obtuseness: the Academy delegates to an official film board in each country the responsibility of selecting that country’s nominee. What Movies to See This December 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In short, “Fever Pitch” is well worth seeing—and re-seeing—and it’s the victim of critical obtuseness, which isn’t reserved solely for high-budget, high-profile films, such as “Ishtar” and “Heaven’s Gate.” Richard Brooks’s “Fever Pitch” Never Got Its Due 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z That’s particularly necessary because Ken’s comic obtuseness and arc — as well as Gosling’s deadpan and boy-band dance moves — recurrently draw attention away from the actress and her character. ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Freya Stark described him as "a Hellenistic lesser sea-god of a rather low period", Somerset Maugham as "a middle-class gigolo for upper-class women", and Fermor admitted his own occasional "rhinoceros-hide obtuseness". Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z Walter's age and obtuseness suggest the Professor from "Uncle Vanya," who also returns with a much younger woman, with whom lovely Nell shares many traits. Ghost of Anton Chekhov inhabits 'The Country House' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z With typical obtuseness, British publishers turned down Smith’s second Algy Lawrence mystery, although it strikes me as even finer than the first. ‘The Derek Smith Omnibus,’ by Derek Howe Smith Spec Ops is so heavy-handed that I began to wonder if it were intended as a black comedy about Walker’s obtuseness regarding the genuinely horrific consequences of his actions. Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z The message, according to prosecutors, was an attempt by Mr. Stone, a Republican political operative and longtime adviser to President Trump, to advise his associate to mimic Pentangeli’s obtuseness. The Lore of ‘The Godfather’ Resurfaces at Roger Stone’s Trial 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z “She brings supreme comic obtuseness to Meg, the pathetic proprietor of a shabby seaside boarding house,” Frank Rich of The New York Times wrote of Ms. Stapleton’s performance in “The Birthday Party.” Jean Stapleton, Who Played Archie’s Better Angel, Dies at 90 2013-06-01T21:08:35Z The obtuseness of privilege — and the mania that aims to preserve it with absurd rituals and at unimaginable emotional cost — get a thorough workout, even in such a short play. Review: Royalty as Horror Show in ‘Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!’ 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z His measured steadfastness, a marked contrast to Malcolm’s self-flagellation and Enoch’s sanctimony, might be cloying were it not for his charming obtuseness about more personal matters. Jeffrey Lent’s ‘A Slant of Light’ chronicles a Civil War veteran’s return 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The obtuseness of key officials at the State Department set the tone for America’s tepid response. Roosevelt’s failure 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But I suspect then and I suspect now that deliberate mischief, to put it kindly, was the cause of their obtuseness. Hilary Mantel: why novelists are deliberately misunderstood 2013-02-19T17:32:07Z Toy Story 3 Yes, I think this will be the year a Pixar movie finally makes the best-picture list, but given the Academy's particular blend of middlebrow obtuseness, there's no telling. Early Oscar odds: "Inception" vs. "Social Network" 2010-10-21T11:01:00Z But Mr. Cottle and Ms. Mathie provide the most substantial pleasure as the fundamentally kind brother and sister whose moral worthiness is slowly warped into moral obtuseness. | 'Neighbourhood Watch' : ?Neighbourhood Watch? by Alan Ayckbourn at 59E59 - Review 2011-12-08T03:17:19Z For many viewers, it was "Home Alone" through which they were first introduced to Catherine O'Hara's unique style of comedic obtuseness. "Home Alone" itself shows why a Disney+ reboot Is a bad idea 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Current and former staff have called for his resignation, complaining he has developed a corrosive, authoritarian manner while retaining a certain obtuseness on matters of race in a city that is predominantly Black. Has the Detroit Institute of Arts Lost Touch With Its Home Town? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z She seemed oblivious to the nuances of human interaction, and, oddly, it was this obtuseness that permitted her to create images that force us to glare at them while taunting us to look away. A disturbing new image of photographer Diane Arbus 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The cant of victimology no less than the obtuseness of sexual victimizers is subjected to a live dissection. Review: In Scathing ‘Downstate,’ Sympathy for the Devils 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z We also quickly get a sense of his confidence, obtuseness and whiff of arrogance. Tana French Is at Her Suspenseful Best in ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Anxiety and depression are endemic, psychologists tell us, and why wouldn’t they be, when optimism and cheerfulness are taken as signs of obtuseness? Opinion | We’ll never solve our many crises without this one ingredient 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The benighted McCarthy has been amassing this impressive body of obtuseness for some time. Opinion | Kevin McCarthy joins the insurrection 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Kennedy, who unlike Biden served in the military, knew the obtuseness of generals. Stop worrying and love the bomb: Proxy war with Russia is sliding toward apocalypse 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Same goes for when the other side is sexism or xenophobia or homophobia — or just plain obtuseness. Not all sides are equal, but we must still listen and understand 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z It is sad that his estate should once again be an example of racial obtuseness. Opinion | A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Researching “obtuseness,” I found the following precisely relevant: “not able to think clearly or to understand what is obvious,” “simple-minded,” “willfully ignorant.” Opinion | Ms. Sinema’s phony objections to filibuster reform 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Apart from the obtuseness of the attributions from a candidate who also proposed eliminating the estate tax, Romney's merit-based society contains a fundamental flaw. Why we can't have a "meritocracy": We have no idea how to measure worth 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It's those on the left who mistake intentional obtuseness for inborn stupidity. Nothing sends the willfully ignorant into a whiny tailspin like being reminded that others learn 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z “There is an obtuseness in the way that Israel handled it,” she said. Israeli moves in the West Bank cause new frictions with Biden administration 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Male obtuseness was not the main reason these settlements failed. Opinion | Does Co-Housing Provide a Path to Happiness for Modern Parents? 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The sheer intricacy of the bureaucratic obtuseness overwhelmed me. The Entangling, Ever-Extending Labyrinth of French Lockdowns 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Trump’s refusal to wear masks or abide by other protective measures has baffled foreign officials, the intelligence official said, describing Trump’s symptoms as an “extraordinary manifestation of the obtuseness of his approach to the coronavirus.” National security experts describe a distracted and potentially vulnerable country 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z “He knows how to get things done but seems dogmatic to the point of obtuseness on what those things should be,” Cucek said. End of Abe era leaves Japan still searching for way forward 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z In this new story revisiting “Bridesmaids,” Times writers discuss the enduring appeal of the 2011 Kristen Wiig-starring comedy, the obtuseness of the “Are women funny?” debate and the pros and cons of that scene. Week 2: Watch the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown,"'Bridesmaids' revisited 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z His ill-judged television interview last weekend precipitated his fall, highlighting as it did well documented flaws: his sense of entitlement, freeloading, obtuseness and insensitivity. Prince Andrew's fall from grace brings uncertain times for the monarchy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z All of them are ogled with a kind of gleeful horndog obtuseness that the movie attempts to pass off as auto-critique, at one point dropping a line about “the male gaze” amid the party chatter. Review: Andrew Garfield gets lost in the L.A. noir puzzles of 'Under the Silver Lake' 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z That difficult dynamic is replicated, with a much more toxic level of obtuseness, at Love in Action, where Jared is sent after surprisingly little family discussion. Review: Lucas Hedges' moving performance elevates the thoughtful but muted gay conversion therapy drama 'Boy Erased' - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z But truth is, this obtuseness is unique to no party — or person. Moral obtuseness about sexual assault is unique to no party 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “That idea of ‘Do the right thing’ is the opposite of the culture of shamelessness, cynicism, greed and moral obtuseness underlying the unending scandals engulfing Albany,” Mr. Kaehny said. ‘Ugly Albany’ on Display in Federal Trials and Pension Ruling 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Abbey could evoke the raw, alarming beauty of arid landscapes as effectively as any writer, but he was also capable of startling cruelty and obtuseness, particularly towards immigrants. From Lawrence of Arabia to Breaking Bad: the desert as a cultural oasis 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z In fact, he was demonstrating moral and strategic obtuseness. Opinion | Canada has every right to be insulted 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z She also pokes fun at their obtuseness regarding the land and culture they’ve invaded. Heather Abel’s sly ‘The Optimistic Decade’ is an exceptional coming-of-age novel 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z To the point of obtuseness, Mr. Trump has never provided a rationale for his attitude toward Mr. Putin. Yes, Shut Down Mueller 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z On a trip to Detroit last spring, I met a professor of political science who seemed to believe that “elitist” obtuseness had lost Michigan for the Democrats. Opinion | Stop Apologizing for Being Elite 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z One cannot fathom his obtuseness in the millions he is spending on his ads calling for Trump's impeachment. Government Shutdown Ends After 3 Days of Recriminations 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Prince Charles’s attitude of anxious perplexity seems to have concealed an obtuseness about what the marriage meant to his bride. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z If this week’s spectacle of moral obtuseness isn’t the breaking point, may God save our republic. Opinion | It is indefensible for Republicans to stick with Trump 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, for once, that obtuseness is not produced by our politics but by the evolutionary history of our brains. Opinion | Why science denial isn’t necessarily ideological 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s subsequent disclosures appeared to flow from two of his deepest flaws, vanity and an obtuseness about the regime of Vladimir Putin. Opinion | Trump can’t be trusted with sensitive information — and now the world knows 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z If catastrophe born of farcical obtuseness awaits – how else to depict it but as a fairy story? The riddle of Donald Trump: how a man of few words reached the pinnacle of power 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Trump’s sentiment, however forced, was welcome, given the obtuseness, ambivalence, and even denial that have characterized his past responses to the problem. What Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand About Anti-Semitism 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Its misty imprecision does not disguise but advertises the user’s moral obtuseness. The ‘right’ to be spared from guilt 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Possibly this assessment of the Democrats’ economic obtuseness is too harsh. The New Trump Democrats 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z That statement lays bare Ratzinger’s ethical obtuseness—as if “such things in human beings” did not apply to him. The Moral Weakness of Pope Benedict’s “Last Testament” 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In an act of breathtaking moral obtuseness, a judge in Rochester, where this happened, turned her down. Because a white man was scared 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z With notable obtuseness, they resisted the most universal explanation well past the time when it should have been obvious. Enough is enough: the 2016 election is now a referendum on male entitlement 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Either way, he seems to assume incredible obtuseness on the part of swing voters generally and Hispanics in particular. Trump Pivots To More Trump 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z This is the opposite of what the Federal Communications Commission told you to expect, in keeping with the agency’s near-perfect record of obtuseness. Net Neutrality vs. Net Reality 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z That faith-based conflict is the aberrant position, and that it is always ignited by economic conditions or political obtuseness or manipulation. What ancient Egypt tells us about a world without religious conflict 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Thanks to the unblinking honesty of people like Conquest, the Soviet Union now is such a receding memory that Bernie Sanders’s moral obtuseness — the obverse of Conquest’s character — is considered an amusing eccentricity. The man who helped kill the Soviet Union with information 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “There is a certain obtuseness to the language that’s used,” he said. Visualizing the Common Core Curriculum 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Official obtuseness is another part of the problem. Uncontacted Tribes: Is it Ethical to Leave Them Alone? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It is not an answer that will put to rest concerns about her obtuseness and secrecy. Hillary’s presser in a nutshell: Just trust me 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z That said, the ethical obtuseness ascribed to Mr. Silver is breathtaking. Sheldon Silver Stands on the Lip of a Volcano of Legal Trouble 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes, it can suggest innocence, other times intelligence or, in the case of Helen, a magnificent obtuseness. Rosamund Pike: the slow burner poised to move into the big time 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z At the very least, it should end, once and for all, the common, cosseted view that legislation will not eradicate moral obtuseness. Mr. McDonnell’s disgrace is also Virginia’s The destructive obtuseness of most of the global economic establishment defies comprehension. The European Central Bank Can't Cure What Ails Europe 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z I suppose in both cases the obtuseness of the narrative is gilded over with exciting stuff like explosions or, in case, the never-ending demon-slaying. 'DmC Devil May Cry' Review - Part Two: DmC For Vendetta (Xbox 360) 2013-02-02T17:07:37Z This "obtuseness and laziness" bit is merely projection. Zero Dark Thirty Makers Defend Story 2013-01-09T09:55:00Z This is what European obtuseness and obduracy are doing to Europe. EU Summit: The kiss of life, or of death? 2012-10-19T15:57:11Z Probably the young man condemned the old as hide-bound in obtuseness of perception in reference to his daughter. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z It sometimes made slow progress when it here and there met a mountain of obtuseness. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The opportunity of inflicting further damage on the Philistines at this time was thus lost through the moral obtuseness, recklessness, and obstinacy of Saul. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This exaggeration of the disciples' obtuseness is partly due, no doubt, to apologetic motives. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z "Yes, he and his wife," the knight answered, noticing nothing in his obtuseness. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "No," Sir Hervey answered curtly; he was not deceived by this apparent obtuseness. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "There is no call for tears," he said; and whether he spoke in irony or in a strange obtuseness was known only to himself. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It is painful to see situations essentially humorous made banal and dull by the author's obtuseness. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z To the curates some hints were given, but what with their obtuseness--they scarcely seemed to understand--and a fretful touchy disposition, noticeable in young men, nothing came of these hints. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z The Abbess had scant patience with her rival's obtuseness. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z What obtuseness that shows in a philosopher who actually wrote a treatise on human nature! The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z I admired his grand and healthy obtuseness, and wished that he could bind my eyes too. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z Now you will surely judge that so to reject the discussion of literature must evidence stubborness, a very special obtuseness against objections, or, as the kindly colloquialisms of science have it, "a complete personal bias." A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z This was due, not to any want of consideration, but to rustic obtuseness. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The worst thing Sbriglia had to contend with was the obtuseness of people. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Further, it is easy for us, reading the New Testament, to hastily judge and condemn the obtuseness and unspirituality of the little band that surrounded Jesus. The Making of an Apostle 2011-07-26T02:00:19.187Z This feeling is so essential to many of Wordsworth’s most characteristic poems that it may almost be called their soul; and failure to understand them frequently arises from obtuseness to it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Yet, even in case of such incredible obtuseness, do not despair. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Yet with an obtuseness that is even now a mystery to me, no one raised any objection. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A natural obtuseness in both departments of the nature would make one's efforts dark and groping indeed. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z This accounts for the indignation Gwynn reveals in attacking mad architects and patrons at the end of the poem, even if it also reveals his obtuseness in failing to perceive the causes of his outrage. The Art of Architecture A Poem In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry 2011-06-17T02:00:16.870Z "Oh, Ingeborg—little love, little Parsifal among women, dear divine ignorance and obtuseness—I adore you for believing the picture could be done in a week!" The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z I never saw anything to approach his obtuseness in the matter, except perhaps that of Georgi, my dragoman in Turkey. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z "Does not know the difference between a surname and a Christian name!" continued Mrs. Marks, commenting on my obtuseness. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z And then draw out from them that a hexagon is a figure of six equal sides, with six obtuse angles, just equal to each other in their obtuseness. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z This attitude of learned writers produced a curious obtuseness of critical insight. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z And once again he reflected on her apparently permanent obtuseness to values. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z It is not obtuseness on the part of the audience which occasions this. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Now she was wondering whether, in view of her daughter's obtuseness, she would not have done well to let her know what was expected of her. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z To this immunity from all sense of the ridiculous she owed her chief social successes; for there are occasions when some obtuseness of the faculties is useful. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z Perhaps the senator who represents that 'other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement,' will ascribe this to obtuseness of intellect and blunted sensibilities of the heart. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Her obtuseness to the real situation was so terribly healthy minded that it was almost a disease; the awful candour of soul of bishops' daughters and pastors' wives appalled him. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z She had never met a man before who understood just how a girl can feel the slow obtuseness of his sex. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z For, even judged as a mere human entity, our guest was quite apart from the ordinary, and it would have implied a measure of obtuseness not to recognise that fact. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z What obtuseness there is in Johnson’s attitude of mind is due to the qualities that he shared with “the giant of beasts,” a slow-movingness and an apparent lack of the more intricate nerves of feeling. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z It is too easy, however, to focus on the moral obtuseness of a few journalists and businessmen. The rotting of New India 2010-12-01T21:00:00Z Narayan, Graham Greene, along with a few dozen others, argues a level of obtuseness rising almost to the sublime. A Rare Swedish Triumph 2010-10-09T00:18:00Z We cannot know for sure whether the justices’ occasional frustrations with Kagan -- and Kagan’s occasional obtuseness -- are predictive of her future relationships with her potential co-workers. On the Supreme Court, not a lot of respect for Elena Kagan 2010-04-16T01:01:00Z "I don't see why it won't," Prime objected with sudden obtuseness. Stranded in Arcady I fear I scarcely laughed as much as he expected at this extraordinary instance of woman's obtuseness, but he did not seem to mind. The Spy in Black “Except,” continued Gavin, with a man’s obtuseness, “that you would have a daughter as well as a son to love you and take care of you.” The Little Minister Even more painful to her was the obtuseness of those anarchists who condemned Czolgosz's act as wanton murder. Emma Goldman Biographical Sketch In our time, ethical obtuseness betrays itself first and foremost by the condemnation of those young couples who freely unite their destinies. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism She was rather taken with his rough simplicity, the comfort of his apparent obtuseness. A Bed of Roses I accepted it as I had to accept her various revelations of stupefying obtuseness, and smiled over the sandy mouthful. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece This trait of intellectual obtuseness, is far enough from being exceptional in Chinese scholars. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology In an awkward position Warren had relied, with the careless confidence his cousin termed insolent, on the obtuseness which saw nothing. The Furnace The callers were interesting as studies in obtuseness and optimism; but they were as nothing to the telegrams. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall If this last was his idea, he had not gauged the obtuseness and self-righteous spite of honest and pious literalism. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I With human obtuseness, we did not realize at first that our collie was sick. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road She ached to tell her doleful brother what, with true masculine obtuseness, he never in the world would guess. Thirty His confidence was justified; the obtuseness had still seen nothing. The Furnace It was a revelation to the parent and he wondered at his own obtuseness. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Cantharellus is characterized by the obtuseness of the edges of the lamell�, Lactarius by the copious milky or sticky fluid which exudes from the plants when cut or bruised. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous And still, in our big, human obtuseness, we did not comprehend. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Her own nature was straightforward and outspoken, and she had no patience with what seemed to be wilful obtuseness. The Daughters of a Genius One cannot look at the map of Africa and miss seeing that extraordinary territory labelled German close to Cape Colony, without being reminded of the obtuseness shown by the Cape democracy. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal "Why, of course it's a unicorn," said I, for he was evidently depressed at my obtuseness. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Please forgive my obtuseness, but my thoughts were so occupied with our poor dear Nada.” The Intriguers The conscience, like the speculative reason, is an instrument for coming to the truth; but an instrument capable of every variety of racial or individual error or obtuseness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Spoilt by every ounce of influence a jealous or ironical world can muster, spoilt by habit, by contrast, by obtuseness quite as much as by overclose understanding. The Intelligence of Woman What would he have said to such heartless obtuseness? Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions He was a prince of parasites, a master of optimism, a model of obtuseness, he could achieve more, and at less cost to himself, than a Gypsy. Adventures of Bindle Ahmed feigned obtuseness; he was determined not to go while there was any chance of gaining his end. Barclay of the Guides Either from the obscurity of their own language, or from the obtuseness of their readers, they have been considered Atheists. Modern Substitutes for Christianity With singular obtuseness, they believed that the saint is present in his image, though hundreds of the same kind were in existence, each having an equal and exclusive right to the spiritual presence. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition I was aghast at my own obtuseness, for I was unable to decide from Mrs. Carville's conduct what her real attitude towards us might be. Aliens And withal she was so tender and sympathetic toward all mankind, that her wilful obtuseness on the subject of love bore to him the appearance of wanton cruelty. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 If every dunce should be a slave, your servitude is inevitable; and richly do you deserve the lash for your obtuseness. Thoughts on African Colonization But with singular obtuseness, or with pitiful disingenuousness, he does his best by such words to shut out from view the real question at issue,—namely, the exegetical value of Patristic Antiquity. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Such injustice, and such obtuseness, would seem to be inexcusable. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Nor is this the only instance of such psychological obtuseness in his work. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters William Ponsonby told me that the demoralisation in that part of the country is very great—the distress not severe, no political disaffection, but a recklessness, a moral obtuseness, exceedingly disgusting. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III A bystander, filled with contempt for such obtuseness, whispered, "It is his wife, but he doesn't like to say so." Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The distance at which two points applied to the finger-tips are felt separately is more than 4 mm. in 30% of criminals, a degree of obtuseness only found in 4% of normal individuals. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso And the girl leered at the Rector so unguardedly, in saying this, that Pascualo, in spite of his corpulent obtuseness, caught the glimmer of an allusion and studied her face enquiringly. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Tilda flung back her head with an impatient snort at man's obtuseness. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 Then I awoke to my own obtuseness and to the fact that here was a real man, in spite of the significance of a crest upon his linen. Tales of Fishes These climbers have shown infinitely greater obtuseness before Alpine realities than the peasants derided by them. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Tactile obtuseness varies with the class of crime practised by the individual. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Stupidity is sometimes loosely used for temporary dulness or partial stupor, but chiefly for innate and chronic dulness and sluggishness of mental action, obtuseness of apprehension, etc. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions With true Indian obtuseness and brutality, the Willamette refused to see why he should be merciful to a horse. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Mr. Piper is at length informed of the progress of the inquiries, but shows a provoking obtuseness and indifference concerning them. Australian Writers Far be it from me to join in the thoughtless generalizations about the obtuseness of the Alpine peasant which have disfigured some of the literature of climbing. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war The sense of taste is less acute in criminaloids than in normal persons, and is specially obtuse in born criminals, 33% of whom show complete obtuseness. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso His obtuseness made her more angry than ever. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel "A musical woman: one who has strength enough to make much noise and obtuseness enough not to mind it." The Wit of Women Fourth Edition This obtuseness had been his ruin, and he must have recognised it then; for he had admitted the enemy and our stronghold was in their hands. Hurricane Island The monster is not outside ourselves; it is created and sustained by the hardness of our hearts and the obtuseness of our brains. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He had wished for an introduction to Elsie when he had seen her at the picture gallery with the old clergyman, and he had secretly anathematised Mr. Lennard's obtuseness. A Vanished Hand They had swung some moments in happy silence when Charles Stuart, with masculine obtuseness, made a blunder that shattered the airy fabric of their dream. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Perhaps this apparent obtuseness on the part of gentlemen arises from the well-known fact that many of the ladies themselves indulge in the cigarette, though rarely in public. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months And we are not convinced, as we perhaps once were, that it is the obtuseness, or the religious perversity, of the Indian mind which is the cause of this. India, Its Life and Thought Such obtuseness was not to be taken seriously. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius "I have, indeed," urged the mayor, "observed a natural obtuseness in this man; nevertheless, when he is allowed time to think, he judges by no means badly." Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. You women profess to be so quick-witted, too, in such matters—I am amazed at your obtuseness. Macaria I shudder now at the obtuseness of that. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Mr. Herbert Giles accounts for this Chinese obtuseness, or, as some would have it, opacity, in much the same way. Moon Lore Then we like to blame our friends or the fates for our poor judgment and our obtuseness. Cupology How to Be Entertaining Miss Gray had laughed at her more than once on account of her obtuseness. The High Calling Her poetry is sure to be unintelligible, and I should expose my obtuseness of intellect. Vixen, Volume I. Apparently she didn't understand the first conventions of the game, and when her obtuseness forced him to a sudden and passionate declaration she laughed at him. The Tragic Bride The most obtuse of people could not fail to acknowledge his vast superiority, in spite of their obtuseness. Vagabondia 1884 His nostrils, ordinarily his chief source of information, were dulled almost to obtuseness by that subtly acrid perfume of the smoke. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Mighty was their fuss about little matters, and marvellous, sometimes, the obtuseness that allowed greater ones to slip between their fingers! The Scarlet Letter For the eyes of the man opposite, deep set and gleaming, were the eyes of greatness, and they triumphed so completely over their indifferent setting that Vane marvelled at his previous obtuseness. Mufti Ill health may in part account for this; my recent acquaintance with the immense and multiform treasures of Art at Rome may also help explain my obtuseness at Florence. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Levi pitied the sufferer, as much for his moral as his mental obtuseness, and fearful that his indignation might get the better of his pity, he left the room. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World Sir Edmund looked at her with a kind of despair for her feminine obtuseness. The Path to Honour The great obstruction at home and abroad to the acceptance of Christ as the Saviour is moral obtuseness, a dormant conscience. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Affectation is worse than obtuseness, for obtuseness is at least honest: it may mend its ways. Practical Ethics With her apparent obtuseness, Helen said, "It won't matter so much in the summertime." Moor Fires He laughed at her speechless embarrassment with a kind obtuseness to the horror of youth at seeing its shy fastnesses of reserve laid open to indifferent feet. The Squirrel-Cage I was furious at him for his obtuseness or his cunning, and I must have shown it, for he returned my gaze with a puzzled stare. David Malcolm What bruised her was the insufferable obtuseness of the wording. Shining Ferry It is from neglect to open our hearts to Nature, that obtuseness comes. Practical Ethics The origin of this national obtuseness of mind on a question of interest, is to be found in the system of taxing the land. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 My spiritual senses gain their acuteness or obtuseness from my affections. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year I affirmed that the handling of a passage in Cymbeline, there quoted, had betrayed an amount of obtuseness in the commentators which would be discreditable in a third-form schoolboy. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He tramped into the house, armed in his splendid masculine obtuseness, stooped to kiss his wife's hot cheek, and said, as was inevitable, the last thing he should have thought of saying. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale This obtuseness does not come upon us suddenly. Practical Ethics It might have been obtuseness; or it might have been silent but exquisite enjoyment which lay beneath his black skin. "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891 Besides, that one particular area of obtuseness was a real part of his charm. Masters of Space It is curious that modern critics of the Greeks have not called attention to the aesthetic obtuseness which showed itself in the defective reaction of the ancients against cruelty. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The clerks in business houses who usually attend to the mail seem to be picked for their obtuseness, and do not often understand a letter which is phrased in other than commonplace terms. How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence Oswald marveled at the obtuseness of this eminent barrister. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 When I considered his special knowledge of the subject in general, and of the Paternoster ruby in particular, I was astounded at his obtuseness. The Paternoster Ruby The humour of either would have danced round the crass obtuseness of the deputation and the mingled wrath and amusement of the minister. My Contemporaries In Fiction With masculine obtuseness he chose the most unpropitious moment. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story She also indulged in a few general remarks concerning the obtuseness of people who were unable to see when they were not wanted, by which her father understood her to refer to Vyner junior. Salthaven Miss Tyrell sat reaping the empty reward of virtue, and bestowing occasional glances on the fine specimen of marine obtuseness in the armchair. A Master Of Craft With them, fault-finding and penalties abound, until the children are either hardened into indifference of feeling, and obtuseness of conscience, or else become excessively irritable, or misanthropic. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Rhett Sempland, confident of his own affection and hopeful as to hers, had attempted, with masculine futility and obtuseness, to prohibit the further attentions of Harry Lacy. A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude You are angry at the servility of people, and disgusted at their obtuseness and indifference, on matters of most import to their welfare. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But only to praise might appear as if there had been an obtuseness in the keenness of his criticism. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 These special acts of ratiocination are of daily, of hourly, occurrence in the lives of countless myriads of the lower animals, and escape our observation because of the obtuseness of our senses. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals And yet, they become objects of ridicule and rebuke, to almost every member of the family, until their sensibilities are tortured into obtuseness or misanthropy. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Yet we concede the right of others to think differently on these points, without being suspected of moral obtuseness or obliquity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 In this obtuseness, perhaps, and in a deadly lack of humour lay the secret of her limitations. Big Game A Story for Girls Esmeralda was plainly anxious and ill at ease, and made tentative allusions to the coming meet, which Bridgie received with bland obtuseness. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Mellicent, however, had retained her comfortable obtuseness, and rose to the bait with innocent alacrity. More About Peggy The boy looked disgusted at the fellow’s obtuseness. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life It was only the insensate obtuseness of the gull which prevented Ugolino dying of laughter. Little Novels of Italy It was some time after this conflict between my curiosity and his obtuseness that I saw my teacher act a ridiculous part in a trifling comedy, and then I remember no more of him. The Promised Land Vashti's eyes rested on him for a second or two, in a kind of wondering despair at his obtuseness. Major Vigoureux He demonstrated the general accuracy of his speeches, ridiculed the indictment against himself, and showed how it arose partly from political prejudices, partly from the mental obtuseness and anger of his opponents. Lloyd George The Man and His Story She had seen that in all his letters, right up to the moment when, driven to despair by what seemed to her his moral obtuseness, she had implored him not to write again. The Letter of the Contract He spat out the words with unspeakable impatience at my obtuseness. Lords of the North It was all an offence to Tonelli's morbid soul, already irritated by his friend's obtuseness, and eager to turn even the reluctance of nature into insult. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories I shall not waste time by inquiring to which of the two classes your obtuseness should justly be assigned. Major Vigoureux A constitutional obtuseness renders me delightfully insensible to one fruitful source of provocation among inanimate things. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 He thus shows his obtuseness, or his subordination to a higher power. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales There came a moment at last, when the prince, in spite of his obtuseness, had a qualm of doubt, and he looked sharply at Elena's former lover. The Child of Pleasure He meant to save me in spite of my obtuseness. Lady Larkspur But the discovery made her obtuseness the more inexplicable! The Fruit of the Tree Still, their intellectual and spiritual obtuseness to the true drift of their Master's thoughts was not so great, their mistakes are neither so numerous nor so gross, as it is frequently supposed they were. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Of course the room was nice," Beryl felt that she showed much patience with Robin's obtuseness, "but didn't you see anything different in that room? Red-Robin A man could not be charged with such obtuseness if he were only ignorant of some philosophical truth, or even of a fact commonly known, or if his mistake were clearly from inadvertence. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 "All right, so far; but do you understand what you are not to do?" demanded the officer sharply, as though he fully comprehended the obtuseness of the engineer. Taken by the Enemy And it was he who had brought her to this by his cruelty, his obtuseness, his base readiness to believe the worst of her! The Fruit of the Tree Nevertheless one cannot but marvel at the obtuseness of the Parisians who put into the utilitarian harness an artist who might have enchanted them every evening with a concert, had their taste been more cultivated. Chopin and Other Musical Essays This was part and parcel of a certain mental obtuseness or obstinacy: when his Majesty did not understand, majesty became sedentary in his face. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Beattie is severe upon Dryden's obtuseness in his translation of the "Iliad." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 "I know it isn't you fault, Molly, and yet, and yet—-" She sighed, half pitying his suffering, half impatient of his obtuseness. The Miller Of Old Church A peculiar obtuseness concealed from him, until now, that men also were much the same. The Hidden Places There’d be some simple explanation, of course; something that would amaze him at his own obtuseness for not having seen it at once. Little Fuzzy So Jabel went home and met with all obtuseness the flying rumors of the country. Tales of the Chesapeake Such instances may suggest to us that the fault we find really originates in our own obtuseness. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Bat had looked pained at the Ranger's obtuseness. The Freebooters of the Wilderness A Puritanical obtuseness of sentiment, a stupid infantile goodness, is creeping among us, instead of the vigorous passions and virtues clad in flesh and blood, with which the old dramatists present us. Charles Lamb She could see that it struck even Johnson's obtuseness as unfavourable, for he presently effaced himself. The Helpmate Derby knew this symptom well enough, but he had not the slightest idea that his own obtuseness was the cause. The Title Market This note is an excellent illustration of English obtuseness—if needed, on the part of the reading public; if needless, on the part of the editor. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Mrs. Mason smiled indulgently at her son's masculine obtuseness. Princess In that case I can only ask pardon for my obtuseness. Adventures in Criticism And their clumsy phrases revealing the indifference, the obtuseness of their souls make me shudder. Atlantis If it were not for the unexampled obtuseness of the editors, preachers and politicians of that section, I should close this chapter here. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South "Of course!" said Frisbie, in workmanlike disgust for his own obtuseness. Empire Builders It looked as if nothing would break through his obtuseness. The Summons Here, at least, one does not suffer from obtuseness or indifference. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe His stupidity and obtuseness had disappeared, he felt he was a hero and deliverer, and was very well satisfied with himself. The Northern Light Everywhere around one sees prejudices, scheming, and obtuseness; but little or no justice. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The obtuseness of the procedure was exceeded only by its vulgarity. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant “There is no call for tears,” he said; and whether he spoke in irony or in a strange obtuseness was known only to himself. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Even where it is a case of obtuseness to other civilisations, at least as high but of a different type, the verdict cannot be wholly unfavourable. The Open Secret of Ireland He would have been glad to make a confidant of Mike, but the Irishman's obtuseness and inability to comprehend his tenderer sentiments, repulsed him, and drove him back upon himself. Sevenoaks Yet even here was almost absolute obtuseness and indifference, on the part of the aristocracy, to the intolerable bondage of the masses. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future “And their preposterous obtuseness! why, a man with half an eye might see the folly of such presumption.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, His own obtuseness on the Bench was notorious, and had kept adding for thirty years to the Duchy's stock of harmless merriment. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales To any student, with patience sufficient for the task, the contemporary files of such journals as the Times will furnish an exquisite chapter in the literature of obtuseness. The Open Secret of Ireland Such a defect means obtuseness in manners and morals, sterility in arts and science, blundering in the general conduct of life. The Reconstructed School It is certain that he committed an error of judgment, but that error may be traceable to the subtilty of his taste rather than to its obtuseness. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 To such intellects as Prof. Weber's—whom we take as the leader of the German Orientalists of the type of Christophiles—certainly the word "obtuseness" cannot be applied. Five Years of Theosophy His own discomfort was acute, and he overacted, as a man will who has unwittingly surprised a State secret and wishes to assure everyone of his obtuseness. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Its extreme, its bat-eyed obtuseness is to be explained in another way. The Open Secret of Ireland A puritanical obtuseness of sentiment, a stupid infantile goodness, is creeping among us, instead of the vigorous passions, and virtues clad in flesh and blood, with which the old dramatists present us. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 But, on Lord Byron’s death, men not devoid of tenderness, men otherwise generous and of fine feeling, acquiesced in insults to his widow with an obtuseness that seems, on review, quite incredible. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time One afternoon at the Dixons' he really forced himself upon her, and with all the obtuseness of an enthusiastic boy tried to discuss the Lotus Eaters of Tennyson. The Hill of Dreams Yet the girls, with all the obtuseness and insensibility of adolescence, never thought of giving her the one reward which she desired. Leonora Further, this vice enfeebles the intellectual powers, inducing lethargy and obtuseness, and incapacity for hard mental work. Youth and Sex It revolted him—this obtuseness that would not see that he hated her. The Dark House I find an obtuseness as to the spirit and aim of the book, as if you had designed to make the best novel of the season, or to keep up the reputation of one. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time One gets to be so hardened by exposure, as to be able to laugh at even these proofs of moral obtuseness. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland "Everything!" snarled the Billionaire, violently irritated by his daughter's seeming obtuseness. The Air Trust He seemed to comprehend the significance of every word much better now than when he was with Jesus, and he deplored his obtuseness and revised all the answers given to Jesus. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story It is rather a natural obtuseness, a want of thought on the subject. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 Queen scorned his obtuseness, pouring out a cataract of swift sentences. The Pretty Lady Ballantyne threw up his arms in despair at the obtuseness of his companion. Witness for the Defense With the ostrich-like obtuseness, which our continental neighbours call our hypocrisy, he buried his head in his principles. Kimono Well, the loss was hers and the gain indubitably Felicia's, since the elder sister's obtuseness had left the younger sister a free field.—At thought of which Felicia softly laughed. Deadham Hard His weakness was that he was inpenetrably stupid, and it was quite impossible to make him understand anything that was not immediately in line with his own experiences—unusual obtuseness in a Russian. The Secret City The Master answered, with a weariness of their obtuseness that we can feel in the curt reply, "It is enough." The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible With a strange obtuseness peculiar to some people who have seen their dearest plans come to naught, she failed to ascribe the trouble to herself, but charged it all to Richard. Ethelyn's Mistake Again I see this obtuseness to courtesy towards strangers. More Bywords With masculine obtuseness he put his foot in it in his endeavor to remedy matters. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon Surely," he said, like one puzzled as well as pained by her obtuseness, "you see clearly that it must be so. Tommy and Grizel "Of what?" he answered, with the occasional obtuseness that will overtake the best of men. People of the Whirlpool She marveled at the obtuseness of older people—to have stood at the red-hot center of youth and love and not even to know it! The Happiest Time of Their Lives There is a lamentable obtuseness of intellect manifested in both collector and contributor; and there is no systematic arrangement--no analytical process, and, in fact, no correctness of detail. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Our senses lose their obtuseness, our capacity both for experience and expression is enlarged, and we not only live deeper, but nearer the surface. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 This form of unimaginative obtuseness undoubtedly increased during the extension of our grip upon subject races between the overthrow of Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill and the end of the Boer War. Essays in Rebellion Indiana's mournful head-shake seemed to deplore, in Undine, an unsuspected moral obtuseness. The Custom of the Country Still, in his desire for social knowledge, he had refused at first to listen to the voice of instinct and had been punished for obtuseness. The Port of Adventure Mr. Hearn, with strange obtuseness to the enormity of the thing, blandly remarks: "For thousands of early risers too poor to own a clock, the cessation of its song is the signal to get up." Ponkapog Papers For a time she looked at no more apartments, and walked through gaunt and ill-cleaned streets, through the sordid under side of life, perplexed and troubled, ashamed of her previous obtuseness. Ann Veronica, a modern love story Some of it was addressed to his fate and some of it to the vulgar mercantile coarseness and obtuseness of other people. The Shuttle He explained to his mother—with a vagueness which she found somewhat puzzling, but ascribed to her own feminine obtuseness in matters of business—the reasons that imperatively demanded his presence in Patesville. The House Behind the Cedars “Of course you’re not right,” I snapped out, beginning to lose my temper at his obtuseness. The Ways of Men When he had got me into a seat, I fought and panted so terribly for air that even with his obtuseness he knew I was in a bad way. John Barleycorn And right often have I, the modern, been perturbed and vexed by the foolishness, illogic, obtuseness, and general all-round stupendous stupidity of myself, the primitive. Before Adam The simple, sweet-tempered obtuseness of her tone was an infuriating thing to him. The Shuttle O, dear!' cried the Rat, in despair at his obtuseness. The Wind in the Willows She liked their elegance, their lightness, their lack of emphasis: even the self-assurance which at times was so like obtuseness now seemed the natural sign of social ascendency. House of Mirth No hint broke through my obtuseness of why they lingered. John Barleycorn He said to himself: "If I'd ever cared a straw for her I should know how to avoid hurting her now"—and his insensibility struck him as no better than a vulgar obtuseness. The Reef The notes flew forth with the usual blind obtuseness of inanimate things — flapping and rebounding among walls, undulating against the scattered clouds, spreading through their interstices into unexplored miles of space. Far from the Madding Crowd It would have been easier had she been more complex, more feminine—if he could have counted on her imaginative sympathy or her moral obtuseness—but he was sure of neither. The Touchstone "Accidents will happen in the best regulated families," said Walker, with vulgar, good-humoured obtuseness that filled Corey with indignation. The Rise of Silas Lapham "The flippancy of the half-educated is more obstructive to science than the obtuseness of the ignorant," said he. The Poison Belt The notes flew forth with the usual blind obtuseness of inanimate things—flapping and rebounding among walls, undulating against the scattered clouds, spreading through their interstices into unexplored miles of space. Far from the Madding Crowd In the next, I cursed myself for a fool—I blushed for my suspicions, my obtuseness—I sought dizzily the words, the prescribed words that I must speak. A Chair on the Boulevard So Katherine sighed at the obtuseness and inconvincibility of man and went to read the leader in _The Daily Telegraph_ to Mrs. Ware. Viviette It is a matter of pure obtuseness, stupidity, selfishness, and vulgarity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 We had not, however, taken into account the obtuseness of a barbaric despot. Freeland A Social Anticipation And as I looked at Mimsey and her mother I wondered at my obtuseness in not recognizing at the very first glance who the Duchess of Towers had been, and whose daughter. Peter Ibbetson Other criticisms, as those of George Eliot, whose Adam Bede he pronounced "simply dull," display a curious limitation or obtuseness of mind. Thomas Carlyle He had been a good deal worried by Sophia's obtuseness upon all artistic matters. The Lovels of Arden "Yes," cried the young engineer impatiently, not relishing the apparent obtuseness of the man outlined before him. Five Thousand Dollars Reward Nobody marked her save Rosie, whose playthings were endangered; but Enoch's very obtuseness to the situation was what stayed her hand. Tiverton Tales Thus indirectly, Lord Ferriby, with that obtuseness which very often finds itself in company with a highly developed philanthropy, touched the daily lives of thousands and thousands of people. Roden's Corner Her tolerance laid her open to a suspicion of obtuseness from which she must, at all costs, clear herself in Gannett's eyes. The Greater Inclination Only for the woman's remarkably stubborn obtuseness I dare say the understanding might have been deferred to a more suitable moment and arranged in a calm and orderly manner. Ruggles of Red Gap He accepted good naturedly the customary feminine scorn for the customary masculine obtuseness. The Gray Dawn It is not natural obtuseness of mental faculty that we are attributing, all this while, to the uneducated class of our people, in thus exposing the defectiveness of their discernment between right and wrong. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance And when the Philistines showed him in what manner they proposed to inflict their sentence he wondered at his own obtuseness. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice My besetting fear was that I couldn't count on her obtuseness. The Greater Inclination "But I'm not mad at all," said Lady Dudleigh, indignant at the woman's obtuseness. The Living Link The outline of the body is more nearly rectangular than in other Flat-fishes from the obtuseness of the snout and caudal end, and the somewhat uniform breadth of the body. Hormones and Heredity Then you would see not only the light, but the scenes that are carried in the light, but which by reason of their obtuseness can not penetrate your senses. The Ghost of Guir House Such innocence combined—upon the whole—with a certain moral obtuseness, seemed inconceivable. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Similarly, among new peoples, provincial stupidity will often form a blend with an obtuseness which is world-wide. Youth and Egolatry It is difficult to conceive the obtuseness of intellect necessary to misconstrue so obvious a piece of mock petulance and dry humor into an instance of mortified vanity and jealous self-conceit. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography She could have wept for joy at his exquisite obtuseness. Crucial Instances Annie had the obtuseness about those she fancied below her which is one of the consequences of being brought up in a superior station. Annie Kilburn : a Novel The blood dyed her face at the thought of her obtuseness. Life at High Tide My failure to be practical, together, perhaps, with an undue obtuseness of perception, brings me face to face with critics of two sorts: one, esthetic; the other, social. Youth and Egolatry Boswell, with his usual obtuseness with respect to Goldsmith, accuses him of being jealous of the puppets! Oliver Goldsmith A Biography "No!" she owned, with a small, pathetic laugh, which expressed a certain physical faintness, and reproached him with insupportable gentleness for his selfish obtuseness. Indian Summer You must excuse my obtuseness, but the fact is we look at this matter of the economic provision for citizens from an entirely different standpoint. Equality To Hilda, shocked by the coarseness and the obtuseness which evidently characterized his attitude, now as on other occasions, this self-confidence was desolating; it was ominously sinister. Hilda Lessways "That makes no difference, no difference whatever," replied the clerk with the importance and obtuseness of the bureaucrat. Youth and Egolatry He reached the heart, awoke the conscience, and pierced the obtuseness of the public. Halleck's New English Literature Subtlety, she had discovered, was thrown away upon the obtuseness of Rust. The Lost Naval Papers "What will you do?" said the doctor, inattentively; and his blindness to Sarah's charms and her powers made her almost pity such obtuseness. Peter's Mother "Why—what's the matter, Miss Heron?" he asked, anxiously, and with all a man's obtuseness. At Love's Cost I am not sentimentalizing about stolid, brazen note-taking, such as that with which the gentlemen of the Ateneo debase their books, because that merely indicates barbarous lack of culture and an obtuseness which is Kabyline. Youth and Egolatry Heavens," exclaimed the Philosopher, "the obtuseness and arrogance of these creatures! The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales "You mean—" "Can't you understand plain English?" she said, irritated at such obtuseness. The Magnetic North "What!—how!" exclaimed the irritated and evidently astonished Haviland, who, in his obtuseness, even now, could not perceive what objection his daughter could have to a match esteemed by him so advantageous. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont But Saddletree, like other prosers, was blessed with a happy obtuseness of perception concerning the unfavourable impression which he sometimes made on his auditors. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 Balzac A nightmare, a dream produced by indigestion, a chill, rare acuteness, equal obtuseness, a delirium of splendours, cheap hardware, of pretence and bad taste. Youth and Egolatry Indifference and obtuseness at the capital entailed weakness on the frontier and in the provincial capitals. China And yet, they become objects of ridicule and rebuke to almost every member of the family, until their sensibilities are tortured into obtuseness or misanthropy. American Woman's Home Occasionally it is the dullness of the reader, but oftener the obtuseness of the writer. Our Friend John Burroughs But the original obtuseness or vulgarity of feeling that thwarted Lamb's just estimation in life, will continue to thwart its popular diffusion. Biographical Essays We may be able to tolerate stupidity and lack of comprehension when they are simple and wholly natural, but what of an utter obtuseness of understanding which dresses itself up and becomes rhetorical? Youth and Egolatry Her obtuseness, combined with her microscopic surveillance, would drive me to the nearest madhouse I could find. A Day of Fate With them, fault-finding and penalties abound, until the children are either hardened into indifference of feeling, and obtuseness of conscience, or else become excessively irritable or misanthropic. American Woman's Home On this subject, his indifference would have appeared, to a regular duellist, the very extreme of obtuseness. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky "Why, he was dead," said Mr. Bingle, vaguely surprised by the other's obtuseness. Mr. Bingle It’s a pity about the obtuseness," he commented, "because she is really rather nice to look at. Winding Paths I may seem to you obtuseness itself, but I feel as if I had been endowed with a spiritual and almost unerring discernment. A Day of Fate Hitherto my manner toward Mr. Atwood has been unmistakable, and he has understood me; and were he obtuseness itself he could not fail to understand me. Without a Home She would have driven me wild with her sighs and her obtuseness and her everlasting pink-and-whiteness. Further Chronicles of Avonlea "Except," continued Gavin, with a man's obtuseness, "that you would have a daughter as well as a son to love you and take care of you." The Little Minister But the obtuseness of English in general about anything out of the immediate circle of their own experience is something wonderful. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Ellen heaved a sigh at this obtuseness towards what she viewed as the dignified and ladylike mission of the well-born woman, not to be the bread-winner, but the preserver and steward, of the household. Magnum Bonum I recollect now that Judith has rallied me on my obtuseness. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel It is only the obtuseness of his innate character becoming unnecessarily excited. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Buckland's obtuseness on the imaginative side spared him the understanding of his sister's state of mind. Born in Exile Galen was the predestined butt of Mabel and Archie; and secure in their mother's virtuous obtuseness, and in her worshipper's timidity, they allowed themselves a latitude of banter that sometimes turned their audience cold. Tales of Men and Ghosts Yet possibly the change of despots, from good-natured old obtuseness to keen-edged intelligence, which is by nature merciless, would be more than we could bear. Complete Short Works of George Meredith To Odo's spontaneous yet reflective temper there was something peculiarly impressive in the kind of detachment which implies, not obtuseness or indifference, but a higher sensitiveness disciplined by choice. The Valley of Decision With a little obtuseness to the 'finer' feelings, a little native coarseness in his habits towards women, he would have succeeded vastly better amid the complications of his married life. The Whirlpool The talk was insinuating on the part of the former, while the latter slipped evasively from every proposition, as if not able to consider it on account of a curious obtuseness of perception. Alice of Old Vincennes However suspiciously regarded, he still frequented Winifred's evergreen little house in Green Street, with a good-natured obtuseness which no one mistook for naivete; a word hardly applicable to Monsieur Prosper Profond. To Let So her mother took a long step forward, for in truth she grew impatient with all this obtuseness in which, for reasons of her own, she did not believe. Love Eternal A creature of impulse, seldom actuated by reflection, the black man astounds by his complete obtuseness, and as suddenly confounds you by an unexpected exhibition of sympathy. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Sir Richard was either a master of irony, or a man of singular obtuseness. The Life of George Borrow The crass obtuseness of most of the nobility made it a relief to return to the usual habits of the Sorel household when the court had left Ulm. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest Then Alfred saw the truth, and wondered at his past obtuseness. Hard Cash For upon account of the multitude of its bases and the obtuseness of its angles, avoiding all rectitude, it is flexible, and by circumtension, like globes made of twelve skins, it becomes circular and comprehensive. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The philanthropist and the missionary will expend their noble energies in vain in struggling against the obtuseness of savage hordes, until the first steps towards their gradual enlightenment shall have been made by commerce. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile His career as boss was marked by much political cleverness and caution and by an equal degree of moral obtuseness. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization This apparent moral obtuseness furnished to Lincoln his great opportunity, for his opponent was apparently without a conscience in respect to the great question of the day. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm "In one word, then," said Dr. Wycherley, waxing impatient at their abominable obtuseness, "it is the premonitory stage of the precursory condition of an organic affection of the brain." Hard Cash Henry's obtuseness had saved her as well as himself. Howards End For there was one quality in Henry for which she was never prepared, however much she reminded herself of it: his obtuseness.� Howards End "No more hev I," returned Ezekiel, with patronizing recognition of his obtuseness. The Argonauts of North Liberty Rickie was impressed by her loneliness, and also by the mixture in her of insight and obtuseness. The Longest Journey But on this she became vexed at his obtuseness. White Lies As soon as he had taken up a business, his obtuseness vanished. Howards End Henry's obtuseness had saved her as well as himself.� Howards End She was in a state almost bordering on hysteria, as even I, in spite of my usual obtuseness, noticed. The Silent Bullet To things that go too deep, one opposes the bulwark of obtuseness. Beyond To the Vicomtesse alone who in common with women of her type was of a singular obtuseness—was the situation without significance. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Henry's inner life had long laid open to her—his intellectual confusion, his obtuseness to personal influence, his strong but furtive passions. Howards End As soon as he had taken up a business, his obtuseness vanished.� Howards End She smiled her disdain of his obtuseness in an elaborately long survey of him. Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) You must recollect," replied Kenyon, with a glance of friendly commiseration at my obtuseness, "that Miriam had utterly disappeared, leaving no trace by which her whereabouts could be known. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni "Oh, we women judge one another by tokens that escape the obtuseness of masculine perceptions!" said Zenobia. The Blithedale Romance She irritated him as if she, too, had suffered from that inexplicable feminine obtuseness which stands so often between a man and a woman of the more ordinary sort. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Henry's inner life had long laid open to her--his intellectual confusion, his obtuseness to personal influence, his strong but furtive passions.� Howards End Biorn never guessed any of the riddles, but the cleverness of them he thought miraculous, and the others roared with glee at their own obtuseness. The Path of the King Mabel could no longer withhold her indignation at the obtuseness of the masculine intellect. Vera, the Medium To the long record of its obtuseness it had added another item. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The mystery she holds For him, inveterately he strains to see, And sight of his obtuseness is the key Among those folds. Poems — Volume 2 His courage is often praised, and rightly, though we ought not to forget that ignorance, and even obtuseness, were large ingredients in it. Shelley We did not, however, tamely accept such a state of affairs, for we made various and restless attempts to break through this dull obtuseness. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes Yet possibly the change of despots, from good-natured old obtuseness to keen-edged intelligence, which is by nature merciless, would be more than we could bear. An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit The truth about his remarkable fabrications, however, had not become known to Castleton, solely because of the Englishman's obtuseness. Light of the Western Stars |
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