| 单词 | ostentation |
| 例句 | Then she sighs, rises heavily, and wipes her hands 207 with ostentation on her apron, to show me how much trouble I am. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Underneath the flourish and ostentation is the old city, street after street of thick red brick houses, with their front porch pillars like the off-white stems of toadstools and their watchful, calculating windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And the subtlety of their ostentation drew my attention. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was none of that crude, ugly ostentation about dying that was so common outside the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "For one thing, with a refusal of ostentation, which may account for the dark tones and the fact that Matisse would not mount any shows of his work during the war." Exhibit looks at enigmatic phase in Matisse's art 2010-03-19T10:29:00Z On Bravo, the most iconic personalities are usually a deft combination of combativeness, pride, and ostentation. Kathy Hilton’s Calling 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z A royal castle is a curious spot at which to end my time in Denmark, a country that seems so defiantly against all privilege, hierarchy and ostentation. Great Danes: the Denmark of Hamlet and Karen Blixen 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The day after the concert, the Times critic Olin Downes sanguinely concluded that “there is a degree of ostentation in this music which would be funny if it were not so vulgar.” Henry-Louis de La Grange, Mahler Authority, Is Dead at 92 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Fellowes said in a statement, "This was a vivid time with dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king." Media Decoder: NBC Signs Creator of 'Downton Abbey' for Drama About Gilded Age in New York 2012-11-27T20:07:36Z When they indulge luxury, it isn’t for ostentation, but to reflect back at visitors the seriousness of their cultural investment. Subtle changes make a big impression at the National Gallery East Building 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The tanned arms manacled with gold bracelets you may encounter in Rome or the manicured hands adorned with the D-flawless rocks favored by the Milanese are not typical of a city that disdains ostentation. The Last Jeweler on the Ponte Vecchio 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z To others, a gaudy and vulgar display of ostentation and insincere orotundity. I've got chronic prize fatigue 2010-10-09T10:00:00Z “Empire” flagrantly opts for ostentation over restraint, and besides just looking good, the show’s sumptuousness is a show of power. We don’t watch “Empire” for the plot: It’s the unabashed spectacle of wealth and style that keeps us hooked 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Chic was a term that probably had little currency in Mrs. Mellon’s world, in which the defining characteristics of good taste were balance, proportion, appropriateness and a lack of ostentation. Inside Bunny Mellon’s World 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z This is in Paris no less, with all the ostentation that we associate with grand diplomacy in earlier times when it was Europe that was leading the charge with empire. “War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Conspicuous consumption, the ostentation of the previous decades, was not just distasteful, it was unreachable. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Shannon does have a remarkable lack of pretension, with an earnestness and sincerity that stands in contrast to his physical ostentation. Theater: He Looks Like a Big, Scary Guy Because He Is One 2010-12-26T02:24:21Z The main space, approached from the entrance lobby, is breathtaking, with the climb up the spiral stairs enjoyably spooky, and the top floor a revelation: all light, space and comfort, with little hint of ostentation. Napoleon-proof your home: convert a Martello tower 2010-12-20T21:31:01Z But it is devoid of the sensational ostentation, heavy-duty physicality or technical complexity typical of the genre. Art Review: Robert Irwin’s Light-and-Space Work Returns to the Whitney 2013-07-25T20:59:01Z As a former promoter and artist manager, Mr. Weintraub knew Liberace and said that the pianist’s ostentation attracted its share of female admirers. Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z “Wealth piled on wealth, wonder on wonder in a stunning, splendiferous pyramid of ostentation.” 50 States, 50 Love Stories 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The society of the time was one of great ostentation. Q&A: Jessie Burton 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z In this private Paris, discretion is valued over ostentation, and a family-like atmosphere is appreciated far more than mass appeal. Going Underground in a Private Paris 2010-03-26T21:23:00Z Yet what came across, in her two-decade movie and TV prime, was not sultry ostentation but a preternatural poise and a questioning intelligence. Honey from the Forbidden Planet: Remembering Anne Francis (1930-2011) 2011-01-08T14:05:00Z It's not that West's effort is a dud like Be Here Now – in fact it's sporadically brilliant – but the critical rhetoric seems similarly dazzled by its scale and ostentation. Kanye West's fantasy has come true ? critics believe the hype 2010-11-23T13:23:00Z But she also lived her high life with a level of proud ostentation. ‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different Light 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z There was virtuosity but little ostentation in the playing, no hint of ingratiating an audience. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z According to Billboard, Daleste was involved in São Paulo's ostentation funk scene, where rappers trade gangster bars over heavily percussive beats. Brazilian rapper MC Daleste fatally shot on stage 2013-07-09T11:19:20Z What J. Hoberman wrote in The Village Voice of — that it is "literate but not literary, crafted without ostentation, rooted in a specific place and devoted to small sensations" — is also true here. Toronto Film Festival: 10 Films to Talk About 2010-09-19T13:55:00Z That means, among other things, less emphasis on ostentation and more on online chatter. Music Review | J. Cole: At S.O.B.?s, J. Cole Steps From Jay-Z?s Shadow 2010-03-31T22:28:00Z Chaushian and Wass are already established as fine recital partners, and all three works were played with exceptional technical dexterity and a striking absence of ostentation. Chaushian/Wass – review 2013-01-09T18:27:18Z Sometimes, several boxes would be on exhibit, but not for reasons of ostentation. Behind the Entenmann’s Cellophane, a Slice of Long Island Life 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z We are in an era of spectacle and ostentation, so going back to something simple was, I felt, absolutely refreshing. | YSL Manifesto 2011-02-28T19:30:33Z Not only did the coverage lionize the host country with all the grandeur of big-budget ostentation, it included a lengthy tribute to 9/11. Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z But as the show explains, these vehicles were not about mere ostentation, but reflective of the Art Deco movement itself, defined by the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Artes Décoratifs in Paris. ‘L’epoque des Carrossiers: The Art and Times of the French Coachbuilders’ Review: Works of Art on Wheels 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z But as portrayed with little ostentation and much insight by Michael Stahl-David, Kevin possesses an honorable commitment to his craft that makes him attractive in an unusually low-key way and quite possibly doomed to fail. | 'Picked': Actors Live Their Double Lives, Both on the Screen and Off 2011-04-21T02:17:30Z Shiv, for example, wears traditional Ray-Bans, a sign that she wants to traffic in old-money rituals rather than in flashy ostentation. Let’s Talk About the Yacht Clothes on “Succession” 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z And though his fee starts at $85 for a process that uses varying curling irons and heat settings, there is a certain lack of ostentation to the results. Skin Deep: ‘Beach Hair’ Is Riding the Wave — Skin Deep 2013-05-23T00:29:29Z For my wife, who is not a sports fan and grew up in Indiana, the discordant ostentation offered a note of inclusiveness in an otherwise severe and insular sporting culture. The Firing of Don Cherry, Hockey’s Self-Appointed Gatekeeper 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z They fascinated the public, not because of all the possessions they accumulated but because of all the things they seemed to shun: ostentation, flamboyance, narcissism. Perspective | JFK Jr. and Carolyn showed us the right way to be famous for being famous 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z But Mr. Denk sailed through them with apparent ease, showing total command without ostentation and leaving audience members grasping for superlatives at intermission. Music in Review 2011-02-20T23:48:45Z The outfits — plenty by the hip-hop couturier Dapper Dan — are colorful and luxe, though by the end of the club’s run, they shift away from ostentation. When New York’s Nightclubs Were Secret Empires 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Affectation and ostentation are not part of his makeup and, once seated at the instrument, he and the harpsichord become one. Young harpsichordist continues to amaze 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Alpert’s trumpet solos were paradoxically effusive and modest, devoid of ostentation. Review: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Still Upbeat and Authentic 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Pretension gets sticky with a mess of unpleasant traits; narcissism, lying, ostentation, presumption, snobbery, selfish individualism. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z And sand-colored walking shorts — crocodile walking shorts — were remarkably elegant with only the barest hint of ostentation. The fashion world’s nod to feminism: Flats are in vogue Visitors to the auction made frequent, admiring, mention of Mrs. Mellon’s character, and how it showed in her utter lack of ostentation as a decorator. At Sotheby’s Interiors Auction, an Intimate Portrait of an Heiress 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z In the late 1930s, the slick blonde Lady Castlerosse substituted Art Deco ostentation and installed bathrooms. Three Wealthy Women and Their Venetian Mansion 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z In its broadest sense, Glenstone seems to offer a new path for an outer suburb whose residential ostentation seems played out, even as new “chateaus” are being built. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Kinori’s clothes bring to mind those houses — careful, deliberate, free of ostentation, handmade. Want to Make It Big in Fashion? Think Small 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Over the next decade, Burton and Taylor were more celebrated for their vulgar ostentation and public rows than for their work. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z If you were a child of the hip-hop internet of the late 2000s, you enjoyed the gaudy ostentation of Cam’ron and the slow-moving psychedelia of Houston hip-hop. Blackbear Is Not Quite the Sum of His Parts on ‘Cybersex’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “So much of production, in theatre or elsewhere, is about ostentation now, digital bells and whistles,” he said. A Thousand Cuts 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s pure ostentation, as if a Ferrari had at last gotten its wish to become Rick James. Jerrod Carmichael Knows How to Wear the Truth 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z He is apologetically unapologetic, or perhaps it's the other way round, for his own 80s years of ostentation, as the money began to flow in. The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The last one was to the Burj Al Arab hotel, a grotesque temple to tacky ostentation in Dubai. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z They were invented by 15th-century fops who sat around amusing themselves with terms like a “murder” of crows, a “parliament” of owls or an “ostentation” of peacocks. From a giggle of girls to an infirmary of punchlines Lady Gaga made her name with ostentation, ironic flamboyance and pseudo performance art. Review: Lady Gaga, the Flashy Provocateur, Battles Lady Gaga, the Raw Voice 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z He communicates with the audience effortlessly, without fuss or ostentation. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra deftly tours two eras of musical Russia Crucially, the naturalism of the central performances—as the girls grapple with the affections and predations of boys and with the expectations of their exhausted parents—balances a thumping ostentation in evidence elsewhere. “My Brilliant Friend,” Reviewed: A Prada Ad for Working-Class Gloom, but with Shades of Humble Tenderness 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z There are moments of musical ostentation on “G I R L,” but they are few. Pharrell Williams Takes a Stand on Cheery Musical Ground 2014-02-26T18:08:14Z Crivelli’s ostentation also attracted the wealthy American art collectors of the early 20th century, with many of his paintings ending up in American museums, 19 of which are lenders to this show. Carlo Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “Good taste without extravagance or ostentation” was, according to the judges, the standard of inclusion. Haute Ticket: Jacqueline de Ribes at the Met 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z His formidable technique notwithstanding, all his gestures are musically motivated, natural, and without ostentation or show. Review | Pianist suspends time in ‘Transcendental Etudes’ 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Sunday afternoon at Walt Disney Concert Hall, his arm movements lacked ostentation and could barely be seen from behind. Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the 'Mehta Sound' 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The ostentation of the campaign stunned residents in a city so remote that it is not even connected to the country’s main power grid. As election season nears, Kenyans brace for unrest and hope for peace 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The conflict between the masters’ love of autonomy and ostentation and their embarrassed dependence on their creditors undoubtedly fed their psychological discomfort with colonial subordination and contributed to their support for American independence. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Yet there was a distinct lack of ostentation in the Procol records, and whatever virtuosity the musicians possessed was put to the service of the music, rather than the other way around. Gary Brooker, singer-songwriter of ‘Whiter Shade of Pale,’ dies at 76 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z But when the stock market crashed in 2008, it took ostentation down with it. Gaudy and Gleeful, Early 2000s Fashion Is Making a Comeback 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z People began filing through the lofty cathedral to light candles and view the small, simple coffin with rope handles which Tutu had said he wanted to avoid any ostentation or lavish expenditure. ‘A moral giant’: South Africans pay their respects to Tutu 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Quite often, those investments include yachts and jets, some of which are marvels of luxury and ostentation. Secret trove illuminates the lives of the world’s billionaires 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Near the county arboretum in Arcadia, ostentations — the term for groups of peafowl — have been spotted chasing coyotes. It is now a crime to feed peacocks in unincorporated L.A. County, some cities 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z A group is, appropriately, called an ostentation, but sometimes also dubbed a muster or a pride. L.A. County ready to flip peacocks the bird 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Contempt for ostentation is also linked to the notion that it signals a lack of culture, experts say. Why it is no longer cool to be a crazy rich Asian in China 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Rain fell in the overnight hours with little ostentation but dogged persistence. Persistent rainfall Saturday night, Sunday morning gets us closer to average 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z “The ostentation with which the troops are being moved confirms that Russia is saber-rattling rather than contemplating a blitzkrieg,” Maxim Samorukov, a fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, wrote on its website Monday. Russia stages mass military drills as tensions climb with Ukraine 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Gambling is right in line with our current respect for ostentation. Perspective | Sports gamblers are flocking to the stock market. Let’s hope they stay there. 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z It is not the time for ostentation in the world, or in fashion. Down the rabbit hole: why is 'Matrix dressing' so on trend? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z As he arrived at the palace, however, he found himself overwhelmed by the level of ostentation. How the Man Behind ‘The Crown’ Made the Monarchy Relevant Again 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z His one-word description of his constituents — “modest” — suggests an aversion to vanity, vulgarity and ostentation that has an obvious pertinence to the leader of Amash’s former party. Opinion | Voters don’t have to settle for a binary choice. Look at Justin Amash. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “The show is Trump, and it’s sold-out performances everywhere,” he told Playboy magazine in 1990, when asked about the criticism he got for ostentation. Democrats fret over the never-ending Trump Show 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, that initiative turned out to be pure ostentation, for we saw no sign of a genuine willingness to attend to the real causes of the present crisis. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò gives his first extended interview since calling on the pope to resign 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z One feature of his brilliance on stage is the physical detail: so scrupulously and intelligently thought through, and so lacking in ostentation – unless the part requires it, of course. 'I even loved his Twankey': Dench, Hopkins, Mirren and more on Ian McKellen at 80 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z He still sees no need to indulge in ornament or ostentation. David Silva, Manchester City’s Key Piece, Is Now More Valuable Than Ever 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z "Standing before the manger, we understand that the food of life is not material riches but love, not gluttony but charity, not ostentation but simplicity," Francis said, dressed in simple white vestments. Pope: Forgo greed and gluttony of Christmas for simple love 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z China’s biggest online shopping company kicked off the country’s biggest shopping day with its usual ostentation. Alibaba Had Another Big Singles Day. The Party May Not Last. 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Farber gave the quirky name to unpretentious, unfashionable and virtuoso art that burrows in deep, avoiding grandiosity and ostentation. Review: Helen Molesworth's final show at MOCA is the anti-celebrity show we need right now - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z On the surface, the story of Celine centered on the brand’s transformation under a new male designer from sophisticated, thoughtful restraint to louche, puerile ostentation. Review | Wanted: Fashion designers who truly respect women. Now more than ever. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Throughout, cultivated restraint takes the place of ostentation. From the Director of ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ a New Project: A House 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z They set the standard and its reward system: as long as the players continued to remain apolitical, owners and fans were basically willing to tolerate bad behavior, ostentation, and a sullen refusal to be grateful. Another season of despair 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z His Vestmannaeyjar house is plenty of house but with zero ostentation. In Iceland, World Cup players aren’t gods. They’re neighbors. 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z So nobody objected when Alexander Zickler, the beneficiary of Alonso’s generosity, raced over to thank him, with pantomime ostentation, for the assist. The Players Are Retired. But Try Telling Them the Games Don’t Matter. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He loved fashion in the 1980s, when it was all about ostentation and shoulder pads, and the coolest accessory you could wear with your Christian Lacroix gown was its price tag. Malfunction of the Melania-bot: was the first lady’s Missoni dress an act of rebellion? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Adams said in his report that the front of the house was kept relatively modest to reflect “the declining acceptability of ostentation following the Great Depression.” Neenah’s Sensenbrenner mansion hits market for $1.25M 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Stepping off the elevator into his apartment, we were met by a display of sterile, vulgar ostentation: all gold, silver, brass, marble; nothing soft, welcoming or warm. My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality — whose obvious impairment has only gotten worse 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Interviews with Cazes’ neighbors paint a picture of a young man who displayed flashes of ostentation. ‘Darknet’ suspect’s flashy cars raised eyebrows in Thailand 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Wherever he went during the campaign, he stuck rigidly to his message and avoided any ostentation. Jeremy Corbyn’s Achievement 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z US economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 Theory of the Leisure Class held a mirror up to rich Americans deep-dyed in Gilded Age ostentation. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z To some of us, it's already becoming clear that the wining and dining between Wall Street, the Congress, and the White House will soon reach newer heights of ostentation and corruption. Welcome Back, Wall Street. Now Pay Us Back. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z She is a small-town vicar’s daughter who has risen to the top of politics through prudence and by avoiding personal ostentation or controversy. May-Trump meeting to test UK-US 'special relationship' 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Most of the new generation of writing accouterments highlights quiet style over ostentation. The New Status Symbol? Think Ink 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Philip Hammond, though friendly with Mrs May and outspoken on Brexit, eschews the imperial ostentations of most of his recent predecessors. Theresa May and the breaking of Boris Johnson 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z She was being prosecuted, too, in the forum of public opinion, on charges of unacceptable ostentation: her extravagance, she had admitted to Vogue, knew no bounds. Memories of Trump’s Wedding 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But he warned that the bourgeois values of wealth, vanity, and ostentation would impede rather than advance the growth of equality, morality, dignity, freedom, and compassion. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z "Most certainly do not engage in ostentation, waste or luxury," Zhang told senior Chinese officials involved in planning for the Games. China orders 'ostentation' to be banished from Winter Games 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z But the glamour soon was seen as ostentation during a steep recession. Nancy Reagan dies at 94; first lady was a defining figure of the 1980s 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The women spend wildly to prove their status, but affect disdain for the ostentation of others. China’s Rich Kids Head West 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Esteves become a double and perhaps triple billionaire along the way, but he never indulged in ostentation. Downfall of André Esteves Stands Out in Brazil Scandal 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z It helped that most of the whalers of New Bedford were strict Quakers, who prized frugality and shunned ostentation. Fin-tech 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z When he was finance minister Kenyatta tried to address ostentation among officials, demanding they use smaller cars but there has been little lasting impact. Pope offers lesson in humility to flashy African leaders 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z This, coupled with a very British distaste for extravagance and ostentation, helps explain why the UK is the only G20 nation not to have a dedicated aircraft for transporting either heads of state or government. The British attitude towards a prime ministerial jet - BBC News 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z That is the title embraced by Halloween lovers who adorn their homes with Hollywood-style light displays, lifelike corpses and other ostentation reminiscent of the high-wattage onslaught that overtook Christmas decorations. Forget Christmas Lights, Halloween ‘Haunters’ Make Killer Displays 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The royal palace said such a donation wasn't unusual and was in line with the royal family's code of good conduct and less ostentation of recent years. Spain to auction 2 Ferraris given as presents to former King Juan Carlos 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z For British economist Douglas McWilliams, hipsters have inherited the “golden boy” ethos of the 1990s and updated it with more populist values, ostentation now being seen as in supremely bad taste. The hipster is dead. Long live the hipster 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Every fall, fashion week — those gluttonous days of creativity and beauty, consumerism and ostentation — straddles September 11 and all the dark memories of 2001. Can fashion have a voice in our big issues? Givenchy says yes — with a gorgeous 9/11 show 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The invitation for the gold party listed attributes that would be welcome: “eccentricity,” “ostentation,” “elegance.” The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z By the 18th century, trendsetter Marie Antoinette was dictating what scents were in vogue - she preferred floral notes - and bottles reached the height of ostentation. Nose for style: Paris launches major perfume museum 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z By the 18th century, trendsetter Marie Antoinette was dictating what scents were in vogue — she preferred floral notes — and bottles reached the height of ostentation. Nose for style: Paris launches major perfume museum in heart of luxury capital 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Is the New Routemaster an emblem of London’s special brilliance or a triumph of ostentation over results? How the New Routemaster came full circle: back to a regular old London bus 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Boasting 13 consecutive years with AAA Five Diamond ratings, Le Cirque offers fine dining without ostentation. After 16 Years, Le Cirque Caves to Las Vegas With Gaudy $325 Dish 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He wore his lack of ostentation with pride. Once scorned, New Delhi election victor gets 2nd chance 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This is part of an overall move away from ostentation among today’s customers. Millennials And Other On-Trend Customers Hate Your Old-Fashioned Luxury (But Here's What They Do Like) 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Steinbeck fell in love with Sag Harbor’s lack of ostentation in the 1950s. Fighting to Preserve Sag Harbor’s Literary Flavor 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z “The leitmotif is understated elegance, not ostentation,” he said. Despite Sanctions, Cash Keeps Flowing at Playground for Russia’s Rich 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Now, as Atlantic City teeters on the brink of ruin under the weight of all its ostentation, Ms. Coking and her family may have lost their shot at a big payout. A Homeowner Who Refused to Cash Out in a Gambling Town May Have Missed Her Chance 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z "Well, this is maximum ostentation, isn't it? It keeps the pseudo-intellectuals down." Julian Cope interview: 'I live in a visionary state … I'm a wild beast' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Overall, there’s less aspiration toward a life of wealth and ostentation for its own sake, including a growing reluctance to buy cars as status symbols. Millennials And Other On-Trend Customers Hate Your Old-Fashioned Luxury (But Here's What They Do Like) 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z And yet there was nothing pretentious about it: artfulness without a trace of ostentation. E3 Hidden Gems: Our Sleeper Picks for 2014 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The street-food books—the money to buy them and the money to use them, the tiny bit of ostentation. Roddy Doyle: “Box Sets.” 2014-04-07T04:00:00Z His campaign style is also frugal and lacks the pomp and ostentation usually associated with Indian elections. The world's biggest election loser? 2014-04-04T20:02:31Z This custom has sapped some people of the desire to accumulate wealth, but in any case, ostentation is discouraged. Drowning Kiribati 2013-11-21T18:25:49Z Unlike the grey, staid Communist leaders of the Soviet bloc, Tito and his wife reveled in ostentation and glamour. Tito's widow, First Lady of Yugoslavia, dies aged 88 2013-10-20T12:38:02Z For Lisa Armstrong, fashion editor of the Daily Telegraph, it's the brightness and ostentation that offends in a country where menswear styles are typically conservative and muted. Why do people mock men in red trousers? 2013-08-01T10:55:32Z While there may be Porsches and plenty of BMWs in the local car park, Virginia Water's sleepy high street does not scream ostentation. Surrey town where even average homes are seven-figure steep 2013-06-27T19:51:01Z Helly Nahmad of the New York gallery grew up rich in Manhattan with a knack for ostentation, driving a bright yellow BMW as a high school student, say friends who knew him then. Helly Nahmad Gallery Owner Indicted in Gambling Case 2013-05-17T02:30:02Z Bergoglio is known as a humble man who leads an austere and sober life without ostentation, travelling by public transport and living in a small apartment outside Buenos Aires. Argentina's Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis 2013-03-14T00:06:38Z According to a statement released on Tuesday by China’s governing 25-member Politburo, red carpets, expensive banners, traffic blockades, and other varieties of ostentation should be eliminated “in order to remain close with the public.” New China Edict: No More Pomp and Circumstance 2012-12-06T17:22:54Z "We are not very showy, we do not like ostentation." Is this the world's smelliest fish? 2012-12-01T01:32:21Z “With dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king.” “Downton” creator to produce “Gilded Age” 2012-11-28T14:00:00Z "This was a vivid time," says Fellowes, "with dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king." Downton creator signs for US show 2012-11-28T06:45:57Z But it was also a family that shunned ostentation and put a premium on social obligation. Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Changed The Times, Dies at 86 2012-09-29T14:28:37Z Those seniors — known in Kentucky as the Unforgettables — helped peeled away for a short time the layers of ostentation that have bloated big-time college sports. On College Athletics: What Kentucky Basketball Can Teach Penn State — Harvey Araton 2012-07-25T16:13:31Z The paradox is that austerity was positively comfortable with ostentation; institutional challenge spawned a passion for hereditary authority. Why do we love our monarchy? 2012-05-29T01:45:40Z This year, the ostentation is more striking than ever. Tarmac and tiaras - the magic of Monaco 2012-05-25T16:14:32Z Newspaper editorial pages appear horrified by the program’s “vulgarity” and “ostentation.” 'Mulheres Ricas:' The Surreal Housewives of Brazil 2012-05-24T23:04:56Z She grew fond of this child-like creature with his spendthrift ostentation and bravado. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Some of them can construe, but consider it unbecoming to make any ostentation of knowledge. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z To sum up: the Arabs' leaning towards ostentation, their aristocratic prejudice and overweening pride, caused them to rebel against all discipline or authority. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z I thought his Primavera a piece of ostentation: the picture flaunts showmanship in many ways. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z With his distaste for the rich and his lack of ostentation, Hollande also represents a return to traditional French politics. The Soft Middle of Fran?ois Hollande 2012-04-13T20:32:00Z As even “the Christian virtues of the heretics were described as hypocrisy and love of ostentation,” so no value whatever was Heretical baptism. attached by the orthodox party to the sacraments performed by heretics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Very quietly, without ostentation or any show of violence, Valentine drew a revolver from the hip pocket of his trousers, and directed the barrel fair at the detective's heart. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z During this year some lawsuits occurred in the family over her property, and Rembrandt sued some of her relatives for slander, because they had insinuated that Saskia "has squandered her heritage in ornaments and ostentation." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z I have cautioned her against ostentation: “War is no time for preening.” Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z It has been superseded by republican luxury and ostentation. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z Even now, when I guessed that all was lost, I read no fear and no envy in his face; and in what he said there was no ostentation. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z S. F. B. Morse, whose fame as an artist has been eclipsed by his connection with the electric telegraph, was a painter of undoubted talent, but given somewhat to ostentation both in drawing and colour. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z He does this with no offensive ostentation, but so quietly that he often slips away unnoticed and unthanked. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z We have no right to ostentation these war times. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Pera has all that is odious of the Levant: impudence, ostentation, slyness, indelicacy, uproar, a glittering commonness. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The example of a beggared nobility, who, proud and penniless, could only assert their rank by idleness and ostentation, was not lost upon him. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z His love of ostentation made him fond of pageants, and the instructions which he left for his own monument are curious. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z I want you, Miss Stewart," she said with much ostentation, "to meet one of our neighbors and friends; one of the most enterprising young men of the country, Mr. Jean Baptiste. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z That money that goes into ostentation can go into blankets for the soldiers. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Cautiousness and ardent passion, dry pedantry and piety, morality and sensuality; simplicity and ostentation composed his nature; and, hence, his literary productions never attained artistic finish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z This, perhaps, as much as the desire of ostentation, may have induced the extravagance of Vitellius and Heliogabulus, who introduced dishes composed only of the brains and tongues of peacocks at their feasts. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z With less ostentation, however, it were pleasant to be so disposed of after death, lifted thus into the sun, and in sight of moving and living creatures. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z It sufficed very well, since it was ostentation rather than thirst which spurred the sailors on and they spread their hospitality throughout the train. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z He was buried as he had requested to be, "without the least show or ostentation," on October 29, 1852. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Don Santiago took possession of his government May, 1584, and immediately formed the Royal Audience, bearing the royal signet with much ostentation, under a canopy, from the convent of St. Augustine, to the palace. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z "The real heroines," said I, "will, I confess, in cases of ostentation and display, be sometimes the ladies who give balls in return." Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z It was done evidently with a mixed feeling of pride and a dislike of ostentation, which showed the nurture of Napoleon. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z In our great mausoleums is plenty of ostentation, but little religion. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Graceful without art, self-possessed without ostentation, beautiful as a picture, without seeming to have sought by artifices of the toilet to heighten the effect of her statuesque loveliness. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Much ostentation comes out in the keeping of it; very pious people begin to fast before the month sets in. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z And how strangely new would it seem, were the pleasantest and most coveted engagements of the week, formed without ceremony and kept without ostentation, to arise from a casual meeting at the beginning of it! Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z A commonplace house, with well-disposed grounds, flower-beds in the right place, a well-planted lawn, may please longer than a fine pile where is ostentation and unrelieved artifice. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z He has not Penrose's pleasure in mere shocking, but he has the aristocratic hatred of moral ostentation. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z It would with much noise and pomp and ostentation have been heralded about the world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z "Where are you going?" said Dorothy, as perhaps with some ostentation I buttoned my coat across my breast. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He looked like a drawing from the pages of a comic weekly, but the ostentation of his gesture gave him a dignity that made the resemblance less assured. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Pomp, pomp, n. a splendid procession: great show or display: ceremony: splendour: ostentation: grandeur.—adv. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z It is a striking symptom of the wealth or ostentation of the later period of the Empire that, according to Ammian. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z He seems the center around which stars glow While all earth's ostentations surge below. Poems 2012-01-19T03:00:23.447Z Everything that refinement, cultivation, and wealth could procure surrounded us, yet all was distributed and governed with so just and wise a hand that luxurious ostentation and wastefulness were never known amongst us. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z When the people murmured at this waste, he replied, "Better is a little given with an humble heart than much given with ostentation." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z He was scornfully critical of any naval officers who made a lavish display of silver on their tables; money should be spent for depth charges, torpedoes, and twelve-inch shells, not for ostentation. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z They are the two extremes to which the Roman temperament was most prone, rapacity and meanness in gaining money, vulgar ostentation and coarse sensuality in using it32. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly, but with a little of Carmen's ostentation—her dash and devilry. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z But Charlotte Graham had none of that ostentation of beauty which provokes the gazer to criticise. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z All that one hears of the ostentation and extravagance of Russian Court life entirely disappears when one comes to know the home of the Tsar and Tsaritsa. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Give me leave to recommend to your Lordship a little327 gathering of friends about you at dinners, without ostentation. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z All the objectionable features of Broadway caf�s, of public ostentation, mingled servility and insolence, dishonesty—my pi�a colado was diluted beyond taste—were being flung, with the air of a favor, into Havana. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z The kingdom of God will not come with ostentation. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z I submitted, resignedly enough, to the ostentation of vulgar patronage, while Mrs Milne unfolded her plan. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z All this ostentation, all the scandalous luxury displayed to his eyes, instead of exciting his pride, wounded it deeply. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Yet, with all this activity, there was no ostentation, no public show, no noisy parade, no extravagant shouting. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z People whom the panicky times had reduced from wealth to anxiety were crossing the ocean to places where they could economize without ostentation. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Had they entered upon a political career, I am quite sure that they would have served their Prince faithfully, without pride and without vain ostentation. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The grave of contemptuous oblivion may rest on his foolish ostentation, his empty paradoxes, his insufferable posturing, his incurable vanity. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Stooping down, he raised the pannikin of water to his lips and took a draught with the utmost ostentation. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z In “Hamlet,” Laertes says:— “His means of death, his obscure burial— No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o’er his bones, No noble rite, nor formal ostentation.” Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z It bears no theme-feature in common with the opera, and its kinship is only discernible in name and nature, both opera and overture being devoid of ostentation. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Advanced guards should walk quietly and without ostentation into the enemy's main body, and be careful never to look behind bushes, trees, or buildings for an unobtrusive cyclist patrol. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z Often he came twice a week, but never with any ostentation of charity. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z It had been choked by the false principles and ostentations that her mother had taught her. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Not only did his countrymen squander away their substance in folly and luxury, but they were particularly guilty of extravagance in killing camels, and distributing them by lot merely out of vanity and ostentation. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Living in a world of pecuniary prestige, every particle of the woman's surplus energy must go into some form of ostentation, into buying or making things which are futile and meaningless. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z His wish was to get through the ceremony of introduction with as much speed, and as little ostentation, as he could, and then depart, if the feat were possible, more quickly than they had come. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z In short, he was a high-minded, kind-hearted, courteous gentleman, without ostentation and without guile. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z She flung back her light wrap as she spoke, disclosing a superb evening gown, and a profusion of diamonds slightly on the safe side of undue ostentation. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z "Y—es," she thoughtfully assented, "and yet I think I should add pride, vanity and ostentation." The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z Monsieur, I have done good all my life without ostentation and I have never ceased to be torn to pieces by those evilly disposed. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z M. Payen was a wise man; as he travelled without ostentation, he managed to get from Paris to London spending about 26 francs or a little over. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z You will not understand this marvellous achievement if you deem it, as many do, to have been prompted by the pride of ostentation and the rage of turbulence. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z When he arrived at the fair the dog walked in with great consequence, and installed himself and his earthen jar in the most central place with much clatter and ostentation. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z Then he stepped without ostentation in the centurion's way—a weak, small figure in fringes and phylactery, living up to his nature as he fronted brassy Rome. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z In our midst is a quiet, gentle woman who passes in and out among us without noise or ostentation. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z His soir�es were noted for the distinguished tone which pervaded them, for their unconstrained mirth, and their elegance without ostentation. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z It picked out the whitewashed hitching-post with an ostentation of good-will, flooded the farther side of the street, and fell with a kind of fierce satisfaction upon the ugly new wooden tenements opposite. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Personally, he was homely, plain, without pretension, and without ostentation. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z So he signed to the centurion in charge of the pr�torian squad to make way with as little ostentation as possible. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z This library of rare books has been collected without ostentation and with the sole aim to benefit science and humanity. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z But Graham sat among the boys without ostentation, and made as little of his own presence as possible. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z All this is surely vain ostentation and superfluity. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z I was really half afraid you'd go—as a protest against all this ostentation. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z Some satirical poems of the same period were much keener, and unmercifully ridiculed the blunders of the government, the general extravagance, and the increase of avarice and ostentation among the citizens. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z In a short time the necessary number of purchasers was found, each having paid a quarter of a dollar, and then, with great ostentation, the fakir returned to every one the money he had given. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Many make the pilgrimage more from ostentation than from piety. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Tom stood up and, with some ostentation, counted the people present. The Way of Decision 2011-10-01T02:00:34.357Z Receiving us with all this ostentation, and yet grudging us the most ordinary comforts—I can't understand it! The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z Though bitterly opposed to the Contra-Remonstrants, he, however, helped them in decrying the growing spirit of ostentation and the vices of the day. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Often sad effect of our luxurious civilization, that in apparently the greater number of households, property brings new forms of want, and the demands of ostentation become more rapacious than the natural appetites! The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z If he gives alms, it is for ostentation or calculation; but he will not grieve for an unfortunate; he will never sympathize with him nor mingle his tears with his. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z She was beautiful and didn't know it; accomplished, without ostentation; and was modest, gentle, courteous and dignified. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z They only saw along the Mersey a thin and apparently weak line of defence, a massing of defenders without undue ostentation and without any particular show of strength. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z I have no fondness for ostentation or inconsiderateness. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z "I found her fully conscious," said Bossuet, "speaking and acting without ostentation, without effort, without violence; but so well, so suitably, with so much courage and piety, that I was completely overcome." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Foolish ostentation, in a thing that a child may be taught in a map of these imaginary spheres. Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z The Bishop's dislike of ostentation was well known. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z Bindle had come to regard Tuesdays as days of wrath, and he usually managed to slip out after supper with as little ostentation as possible. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Both went to the lady with all ostentation, as is the custom on such occasions. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Yet all this ostentation of filial piety was only because you were obliged to sit in the State carriage opposite to your comrade, instead of by his side, and your pride was wounded in consequence. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The villas of some of the sons on a sand bluff overlooking the Mediterranean, though, failed to match the ostentation they displayed in other facets of their lives. Behind Walls, Gilded Traces of Qaddafis 2011-08-28T00:01:07Z The first editorial in the initiative number of the Tepee, reveals the faith that was placed in the declared purpose of the management, which would now appear as mere ostentation. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z I imagine those beginnings to have been humble; the garden of the early middle ages to have been a thing more for utility than pleasure, and not at all for ostentation. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z She reflected that there might be a touch of apparent ostentation in the use of a carriage to call upon this young self-supporting artist. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Robin ostentatiously transferred me from Philip's punt to his own, and with equal ostentation announced his intention of starting last so as to round up the laggards. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Suffice it then that it took place at the parish church without any ostentation or fuss. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z He was always an aristocrat; so distinguished that ostentation became him, which, on a meaner man, would have passed into vulgarity. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The court went in advance, and the troops at some distance in the rear; for those parts were peaceable, and the squadrons were needed for ostentation alone, not safety. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Extravagance was its horror and ostentation its antipathy. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Unmarked by any pomp or ceremony and with a lack of ostentation that seemed totally inappropriate to the importance of the occasion, the one millionth patent was issued on Tuesday, August 8th, 1911. 100 Years Ago: Opium Toll 2011-08-11T12:15:00.280Z One does wrong, not without remorse, but with a certain ostentation which stifles the feelings of shame. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z In Dudley all the cruelty and ostentation and savage power of the time seem to find expression; whereas in Philip Sidney, all its grace and skill and poetry were manifest. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z In his best years his love of pleasure, or rather his love of change and excitement, his ostentation, and his extravagance exceeded all reasonable limits. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z We introduce it here to show Mr. Ballou's power of argument without the least tincture of ostentation. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z With nothing dark or melancholy in her religious views, with an habitual horror of ostentation and cant, she lost no opportunity to cherish and diffuse an all-comprehending faith. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z But after flattery, Anaxandrides the comic poet gives the next place to ostentation, in his Apothecary Prophet, speaking thus— Do you reproach me that I'm ostentatious? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Noll himself did not perceive this ostentation; but the men saw, and understood. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It had evidently become a matter of great expense, and perhaps ostentation, and they resolved to put down this competition at once. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z At such times he was ever zealous, yet prudent, devout without ostentation, vigorous and unyielding in his opposition to error, but still always kind and conciliatory. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z She did not avoid his gaze, but met it coldly, and, gathering up some needlework, moved without ostentation, but deliberately, out of the room. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The characteristic passion of the hour is greed; greed of possession, desire of acquisition, and passion for ostentation. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The dejeuner was a simple though ample one, the menu being in keeping with the manner of life at Chesnaye, which is that of comfort without ostentation. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z He says that there is much talk concerning the number and magnificence of the entertainments given at headquarters, and that many deem it but mere ostentation.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Moreover, she, so earnest in her ambition, so zealous for ostentation, was fatally careless in regard to her own personal comforts. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Even M�llner, who was always ready to find some magnanimous excuse for feminine failings, thought that she ought to show more respect for her septuagenarian husband, and pronounced her conduct heartless ostentation. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Or, in more humble mood, may look upon their faded grandeur, and venerate a silent monitor of human ostentation. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Social standards.—Daily life was simple and devoid of ostentation, but in the older communities social lines were rigidly drawn. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Thou shalt have thy young friends, Peggy, and shall share their pleasures, but we will have no more of public parade and ostentation. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Perhaps it is the vulgar ostentation that sometimes accompanies the acquirement of great wealth that renders it so offensive to the less fortunate. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He had betaken himself, always with care and absence of ostentation, to the locality in which that worthy had pronounced his half-brother to be, but of the latter he could learn nothing. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Against these may be set the vices of ostentation, love of bloodshed, contempt of inferiors, and loose manners. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Though many of his generals were rolling in voluptuousness, he indulged himself in no ostentation in dress or equipage. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Now they went alone in a runabout, avoiding every evidence of ostentation. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Pride of wealth produces vanity and ostentation; but that of blood seems to inspire high notions of honour, and to banish meanness. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z The guest house was prepared with the ostentation which the Orientals are fond of displaying on all occasions. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Only train-weariness and the glad prospect of a tub bath earned the Hotel Alexandria forgivenness for its sin of ostentation in pretending to stand at Broadway and Forty-second street, New York. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z But it was always his opinion that a little laid out in this way, went farther both with God and man too, than great treasures lavished on pride and ostentation. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z All their present prosperity they owed to him, and everything he had done for them was without ostentation. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Strictly obedient to my instructions, she danced but little, always following, with some ostentation of persistence, the movements of a lady who had attracted passing attention—the embodiment of the "Franco-Russe Alliance." A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z In reply, declining the suggestion, Mr. Gladstone wrote: ‘It would expose me, with justice, to that charge of ostentation which some think already attaches to me.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z He was more sincere when he criticized the ostentation with which the Russian Chancellor, Prince Gortchakoff, had claimed for his master the character of the defender of France and the obstacle to German ambitions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z Do you note all this ostentation—all this glitter and display? The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Where is the man, where the philosopher, who could so live and die, without weakness and without ostentation? French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z I would take in sail where only sensualism and ostentation blow; but I would spread every rag of canvas to catch the smallest breath of an enlarged and Christian happiness. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Mrs. Brand perceived my admiration, and led me from room to room with careless ostentation. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z His wealth, his ostentation, his luxury—for he had begun his new career with tremendous vehemence—had no effect upon them. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The polling shows certain qualities help a player win influence with the public: being intensely competitive without ostentation, and valuing winning above calling attention to yourself. Forbes: Most influential athlete? Might surprise you 2011-05-11T18:31:19Z My only objection to the practice came from the appearance of literary ostentation, to which I felt myself to be subject when going to work before four or five fellow passengers. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Without ostentation, but with a very firm and calm attitude, Millière appeared to thank him, and shook his head in sign of refusal. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z In debate he rejected all rhetorical ornament, all ostentation and show. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z His invincible modesty and scorn of ostentation veiled his beneficent activities, public and private. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z As in everything else in good society, ostentation is extremely vulgar. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z He hated ostentation of any kind and would often travel about the country incognito. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z And it is certainly not a harbinger of a new aesthetic that prizes moderation above ostentation. | Top Hamptons Sales Regained Traction 2011-04-22T20:00:55Z At the most important crisis of his life in 1783, he almost made an ostentation of disorder and of indifference not only to appearances, but even to decency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z They were not many, for Blanche had expressed a desire to shun ostentation. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Perhaps the black-bordered mourning cards we use to-day are used more in the spirit of ostentation and display rather than that of mourning. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Incognito in Sicily The travels on the Continent were carried out without any sort of ostentation; and Bute found it even expedient occasionally to preserve his incognito when abroad. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z He oversaw the construction of maps of China made from the wood of old temples, sculptures built from bicycles and massive chandeliers that mocked the ostentation of Communist officialdom. The Activist Artist of China 2011-04-16T05:55:00Z Forbes was a patriot without ostentation or pretence, a true Scotsman with no narrow prejudice, an accomplished and even erudite scholar without pedantry, a man of genuine piety without asceticism or intolerance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z There was luxury here, and wealth; but it was luxury without ostentation, and wealth that typified only good taste and refinement. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z There need be no rich display, no obvious effort at ostentation. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Of course he was a millionaire several times over, but there was no ostentation, no vulgar display with him. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The outward show of dignity and a lofty air assumed by many seems due more to vanity or ostentation than to a feeling of true pride. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The German gentleman was made particularly prominent by the rich and insolent ostentation of his circumstances. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The king and his courtiers joined in the processions in the garb of penitents, and scourged themselves with ostentation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z He had chosen to build this fine house in which he received strangers with a generosity free from ostentation. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Very naturally, weddings often came of these merry-makings, and were celebrated with as little ostentation and as much hearty good fellowship. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z "The baby is asleep," replies Elsa, coldly, rubbing her eyes with ostentation. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It was not vanity and ostentation that suggested this design to him; he was prompted to it by the notorious exigence of the times and the real demands of the public. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z The entire household conveys the impression of distinguished comfort without ostentation. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Azora broke out into such long invectives, and loaded the young widow with such bitter reproaches, that Zadig was far from being pleased with this ostentation of virtue. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Jean François straightened up, smoothed his beard with his hands, gave his trousers a hitch at his belt, clearing his throat loudly and with ostentation. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z That I may be preserved from Atheism & Infidelity, Impiety, and Profaneness, and, in my Addresses to Thee, carefully avoid Irreverence and ostentation, Formality and odious Hypocrisy,—Help me, O Father! Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z The city’s trapped inmates sought to make up for their daily nightmare with ostentation. Wole Soyinka on Lagos 2011-03-06T05:00:00Z I have seen, too, generous sacrifices and tender considerations, to which the boasted chivalries of Sydney and Edward were childish ostentation. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z Without ostentation, yet without any weakness, absolutely ignoring human respect, he obeyed with utter simplicity the prescriptions of his faith. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z What Sir Piercie Shafton talks is a mixture of the style of these French romances, with the ostentation of Sir Fopling Flutter and the extravagances of the Scotch translator of Rabelais. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Inside are world-class laboratories with cutting-edge equipment and emblems of the ostentation with which Murdock approaches much of what he does. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z I am sure they'd like the monument, but they would not make an ostentation of me. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Her donations to the library had not heretofore been of large amounts, for she shrank from ostentation, but she had always intended to be magnificent on some convenient occasion. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z I love its freedom from pretence and ostentation. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The vulgar man, on the contrary, is avid for ostentation, or heavy expenditure when there is no call for it. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Dependent largely upon the Church or upon an opulent aristocracy for patronage, they reflect the taste for grandiloquence, ostentation and splendid show which characterized, in this century, ecclesiastic and noble alike. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z Our neighbors across the water indulge themselves in occasional comments upon the personal ostentation and desire for external display, which they regard as the besetting folly of our people. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z In silence, and without ostentation, we disposed ourselves accordingly. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And all the meanness and shabbiness and effrontery of the monstrous city, all its civic pretence and tarnished ostentation are suddenly revealed when the summer sun blazes over Ascalon. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z A duchess honoured him, a slender, dark little lady, shrugging mental shoulders at the ostentation. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z There was as much freedom from ostentation as there was from hypocrisy, which he despised. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z Every step through this repository of human ashes, over sunken graves and shattered marble, once reared by the hand of affection or ostentation, forcibly recalled the littleness and vanity of man. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z In all this, we repeat, there is neither refinement nor elegance, but simply vulgar ostentation. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z On the other hand, when the dissimulation of Augustus was exchanged for the ostentation of Dioclesian, the real alteration of constitution was trivial, but the appearance of change was great. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z There was no ostentation here, but a cunning which reached perfection. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Yvonne's ears were regaled with tales—told with loud ostentation—of the terrible noyades, the wholesale drowning of men, women and children, malefactors and traitors, so as to ease the burden of the guillotine. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z But the southern gallery is not constructed, like those at the north, for ornament or ostentation, but for use. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Were we content with greater simplicity in our amusements, how much vain ostentation, heart-sickening expense, self-recrimination, and trouble, might be avoided! The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The wealth and ostentation at the top of the regime became particularly galling in the context of the financial and economic crisis of the last two years, analysts say. Treasure hunt 2011-01-31T01:28:46Z Glorious sights, indeed, await him, if he journeys no further away than Paris; but, aside from ostentation, luxury, gaiety, and excitement, Paris will give him nothing that he may not find at home. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z In his televised speech, Cardinal Bagnasco also warned that Italy was facing an “anthropological disaster”: A culture in which success is based on “artificiality,” “easy gain,” “ostentation” and “commercial objectification.” | Europe: Italy: Bishop Cites ?Moral Unease? Over Public Figures 2011-01-25T01:35:58Z There can be little ostentation in a people who thus hide their dwellings from the public road. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z I shouldn’t wish to be criticized on the score of ostentation.” The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Hardly was the service over and the last word of the concluding benediction uttered, when the gentleman wearing the handsome brilliants pressed hastily forwards, evidently intending to embrace the newly-married lady with much ostentation. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z And observe that there is no unnecessary cruelty on my part, no vain ostentation of authority. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The Greeks buried their dead before sunrise, so as to avoid ostentation. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Judgment shown in combination of dishes, the perfection of their preparation, careful serving, and taste in adornment, are elements of refinement that far outweigh quantity and ostentation. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z It means so pure a fineness as neither to require nor to be capable of ostentation; and yet, a fineness that wears and gives and associates with heroisms. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Many, however, have been sincerely grateful, without the ostentation of gratitude, or the hope of other favours.” 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 Remember also, that no actions, how great and glorious soever in appearance, which proceed only from ostentation and vainglory, can be well pleasing to God. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Ambition dies harder even than vanity, and ostentation took the place of his thrift. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Making his entrance with no little pomp and ostentation, he congratulated the ladies with much effusion and shook a hand of each in both his own. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Bolt liked exotic colors, but always stayed short of ostentation. My Five: Best Dressed Golfers 2010-11-23T05:00:00Z A regular on best-dressed lists, the countess was inducted into the Fashion Hall of Fame for “faultless taste in dress without ostentation or extravagance.” Consuelo Crespi, Aristocrat of Fashion, Dies at 82 2010-10-23T05:20:00Z He was asked to avoid any ostentation that might seem off-putting to potential members. Square Feet: A Chain of Clubs Is Exclusive but Growing 2010-09-07T20:40:00Z It featured glimpses of ostentation and fluidity that recalled a more elegant past. Brazil 3, Chile 0: Rhythmic or Ruthless, Beauty Is in the Eye of Brazil 2010-06-29T00:05:00Z It was one Wooden was never fond of, given the ostentation he demanded his players leave home before matriculating at Wooden won a record 10 national titles, including seven straight from 1967 through 1973. An Appreciation: As a Coach, Wooden Preached Unadorned Fundamentals 2010-06-05T16:40:00Z I think this is what economists refer to as a good of ostentation. Hedge funds flex their muscles as investors return 2010-04-20T14:36:00Z Then again, without any ostentation, he returned to the attack and got on with the job of bowling at Bradman and his illustrious teammates. England bowler Bedser dies aged 91 2010-04-05T10:47:00Z The answer is surprising only in the context of a wine industry whose reputation has been cast by Napa Valley’s moneyed ostentation. Wine: In Santa Barbara County, Foxen Vineyards Builds a New Winery 2010-04-02T02:09:00Z It’s nice to have various choices along the ostentation spectrum. State of the Art: Playing It Cool With a Jawbone in Your Ear 2010-03-17T23:27:00Z And like many of her peers in this shabby chic capital where ostentation is frowned upon, she prides herself on being thrifty. Germany's frugality bemoaned for inhibiting euro zone growth 2010-02-28T14:15:00Z That would have amounted only to an ostentation of virtue which would have surrendered the situation into the merciless hands of A. O. and G., and would have left the mountain folk unprotected. The Law of Hemlock Mountain The king did not affect an ostentation in his dress corresponding with that of his household. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies His dignified bearing, without ostentation, his eloquence, to which none could listen without feeling the weight of its influence, his honor and strict morality, together with a generous nature, commanded admiration and respect from all. Zula I accompanied Sandford home, and found his establishment such as I should have expected from a man of his liberal and enlightened turn of mind—handsome without ostentation—liberal without profusion. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 As the subject was introduced, and according to the turn the conversation really took, there was not so much vanity and ostentation on my part as you will suspect from her account of it. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams His letters to his mother, Helvia, reveal a matron of the best Roman type—strong, self-denying, proud of her motherhood, and despising the extravagance and ostentation of her class. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Nothing, indeed, is more characteristic of Apuleius than his versatility, unless it be his ostentation and self-confidence in the display of it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The consequence of this is that the traveller sees ostentation of personal luxury instead of retinue. How to Observe Morals and Manners It was a serious thing to him, moreover, for—for a man of large expenses and great ostentation—his own means were small. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories There is much of the ostentation and affectation of it. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams He formed, in the first instance, with some ostentation, a weighty column of attack opposite to the French left, menacing the village of Autre Eglise. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 He practices economy without parsimony, benevolence without ostentation, sincerity without dissimulation, goodness without affectation, religion without hypocrisy, power without abuse. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In a society where pride and ostentation prevail, where rank and wealth are regarded as prime objects of pursuit, marriage comes to be regarded as a means of obtaining these. How to Observe Morals and Manners He would be a coward, if he shut his eyes to what he could do; as much a trifler in displaying reserve as ostentation. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. All this was said without apparent emotion, without the least ostentation. Friend Mac Donald All boasting was foreign to him, and he hated all ostentation of riches. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. It turned the culprits into spendthrifts and pleasure-seekers; their arrogance and deficiency of culture, and their ostentation, became especially offensive to their own fellow-citizens. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Yes, I liked luxury, not from vulgar ostentation, but I liked it as a painter loves his art. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 It values neither culture nor beauty, but only the power which belongs to wealth and the ostentation which is the symbol of it. The Acquisitive Society Wealth to her was not a reason for luxury and pleasure seeking, but an opportunity for helping others—with a lack of ostentation characteristic of her whole nature. Alice Cogswell Bemis A Sketch by a Friend I told them that they made the Christian religion a religion of postures and ceremonies, of circumflexions and genuflexions, of garments and vestures, of ostentation and parade.” p. 196R. Springtime and Other Essays In his last moments he displayed, perhaps with some ostentation, the love of virtue and of fame which had been the ruling passions of his life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I do not love ostentation, as you perceive, but I shall be highly pleased if your discovery can do yourself honour; I therefore have not the courage to forbid the publication. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern I speak of Kiel and the ostentation of certain foreign yacht owners at the recent regatta.” The Moonlit Way Then a zealous and indiscreet friend rapped on the back of her chair, and to shield herself from seeming complicity, she rebuked him with great ostentation. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters The whole bore evidence of the ostentation of vulgar wealth rather than of judicious taste. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs He borrows the carelessness but not the ostentation of the Spectator; the dignity but not the ponderosity of 'Rasselas'; and produces the prose of natural ease, the sweetest English of the century. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 A school teacher who was born in the East somewhere leaned her head forward on the back of the seat before her, and with a certain ostentation prayed, or seemed to pray. The Broken Gate A Novel This false taste for ostentation—especially in buildings—is a frequent target of contemporary satire. The Man of Taste You will give them in real distress, To every one in turn, Without ostentation, without boasting, For 'tis in that their virtue lies. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 Then she twirled about on her toes and left us—very quietly, yet not without a certain malicious ostentation, closing the door. The Book of Susan A Novel There was nothing about him of ostentation or pretence. The Will of Samuel Appleton with remarks by one of the executors Quietly, then, and without much—ah—ostentation, as youh own good sense would dictate, you will pick up, in youh name or mine, a safe majority of the stock. The King of Arcadia Hansei, who felt kindly toward the stranger, and evinced great pity for him, was evidently annoyed by his wife's ostentation; but, with his usual great self-command, refrained from expressing his annoyance. On the Heights A Novel My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation. Lives of Celebrated Women Its mad speed and ostentation resulted in a sort of golden glare of monotony. Shadows of Flames A Novel This much I concede to the persecutors of the species—little talents, more ridiculous and useless with their ostentation of gravity than are even bad harlequins. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second There is a certain vigor and good relish about it, and lack of ostentation, that seem to suggest a lesson. The Holy Earth Many would condemn it as a piece of pharisaic ostentation. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I I should have loved to send them, but English Royalties are so simple and natural I instinctively felt that any ostentation would be distasteful. Confessions of an Opera Singer Of majestic frame, dressed in the extreme of military ostentation, and mounted upon the most powerful of Arabian chargers, he towered, proudly eminent, above all his band. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 This driving four-in-hand was generally taken for ostentation, but it was only a personal gratification. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine With the exception of their ungovernable passion for cold water, their sobriety is extreme; and this may perhaps unite with a dislike to social ostentation in resisting the exotic fashion of dinners. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. The rich and the Mandarins probably use it only because it is above the reach of other people, and out of pure ostentation. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] This thing had been done with needless ostentation; and Johnny did not like Mr. Hales’ face. Stepsons of Light He was frugal and moderate in his habits, not provoking criticism, like that minister, by his ostentation and irregularities of life. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 They had also brought some provision into the car, and in their generosity or their ostentation they wanted Roland to drink with them, but he declined with as much modesty as decision. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine "He had originally about six; but he always lived at the rate of twelve or fifteen, and in mere ostentation too." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Nor was this the less remarkable, from the fact that his Royal Highness is distinguished for the utter absence of all that denotes ostentation or display. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier While these men were still with us, many of our soldiers, for the sake of ostentation, had decorated themselves with gold chains and jewels, which spread a vast idea of our splendour. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. The ceremony was solemnized with great ostentation on September 12, 1282. Women of Early Christianity A dismal scientific piece of ostentation, like all galleries; a place where art is arranged and ticketed and made dingy and lifeless even as are the plants in a botanic collection. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions He had the poise and the dress of a gentleman: dignity without aggressiveness, completeness without ostentation. The Destroying Angel The funerals of knights and persons of rank were, in Shakespeare’s day, performed with great ceremony and ostentation. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Again it was said that if one promises without equivalent he does so more from "ostentation" than from real intention and so an equivalent shows that he acted from calculation and deliberately. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law Montaigne tells us that at one time he bought books from ostentation, but that afterwards he bought only such books as he wanted for his private reading. The Intellectual Life "I wouldn't gamble none on her meetin' you," Martin said, discouragingly, and combed out his new-mown beard with ostentation. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The use of money and all outward ostentation of wealth were forbidden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" This very large house was furnished without ostentation, and it was a great pleasure to me to watch the continual passage of the boats, in which the rowers sang in chorus. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Premier Ribot was addressing the body when the General quietly and without any ostentation took the seat assigned him. The Story of General Pershing Carlton defended this as an honorable instance of Swift's abhorrence of ostentation in religion. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The Doge still chuckled at them, in silly ostentation, and senile vanity. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He built himself, as usual, a vast house, out of ostentation; but left the greater part of it unfinished and unfurnished, out of parsimony. Devil Stories An Anthology She thanked us without ostentation, as she would have thanked a piano-mover or the woodman in the city. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Mr. Bragwell, it is true, still went on with the same eagerness in gaining money, and the same ostentation in spending it. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Next to not giving at all, the greatest fault is to give from ostentation. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Still, this should not lead you to ostentation and pride, which are contrary to all Christian feeling. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Poverty should dwell there, not in the narrower meaning of distress and want, but in the wider acceptation of simplicity, frugality and temperance as opposed to extravagance, display and ostentation. What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People And always with such a good will, without any ostentation. The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. Some perhaps will look upon the boast of Madame de Bourignon as the utmost ostentation of a prude. The Tatler, Volume 3 To this end he dispensed heavily padded gratuities with much ostentation on selected occasions, but gathered his tolls in merciless silence. The Blue Goose The guest-house was prepared with the ostentation which the Orientals are fond of displaying on all occasions. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century "Thank you, but we ought to be going," answered Mrs. Flagg, with a little show of ostentation, and looking over her shoulder to be sure that Miss Pickett had risen too. The Life of Nancy Of all the mixed motives that went to the evolution of church architecture in the middle ages, this rivalry in ostentation was probably the most fertile in the creation of new forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" In friendship he is kind without profession; in business, expeditious without ostentation. The Tatler, Volume 3 Do not throw it out too lavishly broadcast with the ostentation of a generous genius having gifts to spare. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass Their criminal passions were indulged to a scandalous excess, and their discourse evinced the most disgusting pride, insolence, and ostentation. Old and New London Volume I It will be remembered that in Great Expectations and elsewhere the ostentation, mummery, and extravagance of the "undertaking ceremony" are severely criticised. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land We know this at least certainly, that the child tries to dance for its own pleasure, and not for any by-end of ostentation and conformity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Their dress and their horses are of the first rate, without ostentation, and with all the true grandeur that unaffected simplicity when in high rank always displays. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century There was almost an ostentation of care on the part of the Government to avoid the appearance of wishing to influence the bishops or the Court of Rome. The History of Freedom Having their origin with a community whose senses are blunted, drugged, and deadened with dissipation and ostentation, 403 they reject the simpler forms of beauty, and seek for startling effects, for odd and unexpected results. Household Papers and Stories Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books, and a total ignorance of men.”—Mackenzie. Talkers With Illustrations But they were very plain people, and the youth knew nothing of ostentation or luxury. Home Life of Great Authors As he had, possibly, no vices but such as he thought might be openly confessed, so he appeared more dissolute thro’ ostentation. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature The Catholics also were again able to fulfill their religious duties on condition that they avoided ostentation. Rembrandt's Amsterdam A stanch stone chimney seemed an unnecessary note of ostentation, since the more usual structure of clay and sticks might serve as well. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Truth needs no extraneous aids to commend it; or, as Cowper says,— “No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile, From ostentation as from weakness free, Majestic in its own simplicity.” Talkers With Illustrations The first denotes asperity and ostentation; the second indicates simplicity, softness, and nobleness. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Beyond the resort parkland was the small, white government building, dignified by its simplicity among so much ostentation. The Cartels Jungle And the Tamaseseites, with true Samoan ostentation, offered to increase the salary of their white premier: an offer he had the wisdom and good feeling to refuse. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) There was a receptionist in the small office beyond, a bit of ostentation Joe Mauser seldom met with in the modern world. Frigid Fracas He felt as happy, poor soul, in his little ostentation, as his Corinthian rival in tip-top turn-out, after twice as long, and as anxious, and fifty times as expensive, preparations for effective public display! Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The statesman and politician then are susceptible of all the seduction of ostentation and the pride of pomp! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 And not only do we squander money from habit, but still more pitifully waste it in ostentation. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Take it, if you can, in silence; it will serve you better in the long-run, you may believe me, than this ostentation of ingratitude.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Joe trailed behind on the way to the living room of the mansion, somewhat taken aback by the, to him, ostentation of the display of the luxuries of yesteryear. Frigid Fracas It was a delightful dinner-party, elegant without ostentation, and select without pretence of exclusiveness. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Maria Theresa, in the spirit of independence which ever characterizes a strong mind, ordinarily lived like any other lady, attending energetically to her duties without any ostentation. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Chatty showed an almost ostentation of disregard, of separation from the others, in her isolated place and the work with which she was busy. A Country Gentleman and his Family In like manner, it seems to me that modern civilization sacrifices much pure and true pleasure to various forms of ostentation from which it can receive no fruit. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) I know I shall be accused of ostentation in giving to myself this preference; and I am sorry for it: but those who have candour will know it could not be avoided. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors He had here no motive or occasion for ostentation, or, as it is called, popularity-hunting. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. And as the pride and ostentation of battle are effaced, its inner glory and dread sanctity are the more evinced. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe There is often in young married persons a pride in their new happiness, an ostentation of superiority in their twofold existence, which is apt to produce this effect upon the spectators. A Country Gentleman and his Family He was much more inclined to continue in his former habits of plain dress and frugal means than to imitate Median ostentation and luxury. Cyrus the Great Makers of History Oh, the decency, the restraint, and the enduring law-abidingness of London's poor, in the face of continuously flaunting plenty, of gross ostentation! The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography He avoided the Colonel’s appealing looks without ostentation, and selected another cheroot with more than usual care. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) The sauce, however, presented insuperable difficulties to her mind, and she offered a compromise in the form of cod—which he finally accepted as a fish which the Professor could hardly censure for ostentation. The Brass Bottle But as institutions for ostentation by which the ambition of the learned was flattered, and to surround princes with scientific glory as scientific societies attached to a court, they have lost all significance. Pedagogics as a System The Van Dorns opened their new house without ostentation the day after their marriage in October. In the Heart of a Fool His ostentation was now simplicity, as befitted a monarch in camp. The Missourian "Piscator.—But, my worthy friend, I would rather prove myself a gentleman by being learned and humble, valiant and inoffensive, virtuous and communicable, than by any fond ostentation of riches." A Danish Parsonage Slowly and without ostentation science everywhere had been forcing all nature into unity controlled by universal laws. History of Human Society It was an act of generosity without ostentation, which he doubted whether Alice Price herself was aware of in its farthest significance. The Bondboy With somewhat more of ostentation than the simple act seemed to warrant, Boyle unbuttoned his coat, displaying his revolver as he made an exploration of his vest-pockets for a match to light his cigarette. Claim Number One Lucy Varr departed for the kitchen, possibly to caution the cook against undue ostentation at dinner, and Copley, obeying an imperious glance from a pair of gray eyes, followed his aunt to the veranda. The Monk of Hambleton If wastefulness could once come to be considered a sin of ostentation and low-breeding, it would not have so many followers. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The sultan of Joló went to visit the ruler of Mindanao, for greater ostentation taking with him as escort a squadron composed of sixty-seven vessels. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. All the world imagine they will be exceptional when they grow wealthy; but possession is debasing, new desires spring up; and the silly taste for ostentation eats out the heart of pleasure.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Governor Boyle took this announcement as the signal for him to produce his checkbook, which he did with considerable ostentation and flourish. Claim Number One No clustering ornaments to clog the pile; From ostentation, as from weakness free, It stands majestic in its own simplicity. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order The sound of the keys made Anna feel faint; Axel was on the other side of that ostentation of brute force. The Benefactress The ambassador was introduced to the chief of the tribe, a venerable old man, undistinguished by any mark of ostentation from the rest, who received him sitting cross-legged at the door of his tent. The History of Sandford and Merton These he obeyed without ostentation—almost without men's knowledge. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work In many houses this is a matter of vanity and ostentation; and they regard valuable saints as they do bureaus and mirrors elsewhere. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Charity is one thing, and ostentation is another. Phemie Frost's Experiences Its work has been accomplished quietly and without ostentation. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work The army marched as usual, with the vain ostentation of military discipline, but totally unprepared for the dreadful scene which followed. The History of Sandford and Merton As he had, possibly, no vices but such as he thought might be openly professed, so he appeared more dissolute thro' ostentation. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare But such is at a great wedding or at a feast, where their desire for ostentation arouses their endeavors. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century There had been no sign of great wealth or ostentation in their living but if that were so then there was an insuperable wall between him and her. Cloudy Jewel To achieve ostentation becomes the first object of desire. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle So, one by one, silently, without the least ostentation, men began to yield up their claims as citizens, and, vanishing over the distant horizon, were heard of no more. The Law-Breakers And meanwhile far up in the North, the Russian Czar, having started with loud ostentation the movement for a world-wide peace, was swiftly completing his preparations to strike with his armies at Japan. The Harbor She is served with the same ostentation as in the street, and displays no more animation than a statue. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century That is, that you should not exhibit such ostentation and lead such a course of life as before, and that you be not found in the same condition in which you formerly were. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained She had lost her early love of books and ideas, had taken to hats and ostentation, and had become so harsh to him that he welcomed absence. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle It seems that Adele's notorious extravagance got her into hot water shortly after she divorced Standish and had only her private means to support her insane passion for clothes and ostentation in general. Nobody They do small towns a grievous injustice who deny them restlessness, vice, ostentation, cruelty; as they do cities a grievous injustice who deny them simplicity, homeliness, friendship, and contentment. In a Little Town |
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