单词 | pardonable |
例句 | She squinted down the length of her own trunk with pardonable pride. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z "Throughout American history, the pardonable offense and the pardon privilege itself have functioned together as a uniquely direct system of check-and-balance between the individual citizen and the executive branch," the letter reads. 31 authors urge Obama to pardon Edward Snowden in open letter 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z This pardonable delusion is often held by those who believe that not much is known about the author of Hamlet, The Tempest and the Sonnets. Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor – review 2012-09-29T23:05:08Z Clinton Howell, a New York-based antiques dealer and president of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, said the tactics used by Ms. Wiener and others in past years “are not pardonable.” Antiquities Dealer Pleads Guilty for Role in Sale of Looted Items 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Slovenial: Type of pardonable sin, such as posing in the nude, working without the right visa, etc. Style Invitational Week 1205: Here, at least, you can take a do-over 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding these pardonable oversights, “Music Is History” is an entertaining, informative and far-reaching work, meticulously excavating American culture and history with the eye of a seasoned cratedigger. Review | Questlove puts his obsessive music expertise on full display 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Yet she seemed to appreciate Mr. Trump’s talents at a microphone and his curated celebrity, appraising his drawbacks as pardonable and politically surmountable. DeSantis Tried to Bury Her. Now She’s Helping Trump Try to Bury Him. 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z What happened, then, was surely a result of a pardonable misunderstanding. My Ex-Wife Bad-Mouths Me to Our Boys. Can I Tell Them the Truth About Her? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Andreas Pereira was guilty of less pardonable inaccuracy in the 13th minute, when his loss of possession in midfield allowed Wolves to launch a counterattack. Wolves force FA Cup replay against flat Manchester United after goalless draw 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z That was on the other side of the field from such matters as the time Oklahoma committed the barely pardonable sin of facing third and 10 from its 25-yard line while behind 42-38. In a shootout like few others, Oklahoma finds an answer on defense to edge West Virginia 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z In addition to wishful thinking, the allies are guilty of the less pardonable sin of failing to address legitimate American commercial concerns more aggressively, when previous White House occupants asked nicely. Opinion | What if Trump cannot be appeased? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z A crime, or intent to commit a crime, is pardonable if it was done using the name of religion.” Pakistan political party wants ‘real Islamic state’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Losing to a superior team such as Alabama or Stanford was pardonable. Trojans were the better team but still lost 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The former sort can be presented, even in Birch histories less personal than hers, as pardonable or consoling. The Unlikely Poster Boy of the Radical Right 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z A casual observer might in pardonable error have taken them for a party of Lancashire mill operatives out for a day's enjoyment. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z With pardonable pride they are persuaded that the contingent which they contributed to the army of Wellington had no small part in deciding the issue of that terrible day, and they thus commemorate their victory. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Von Humboldt's indignation seems pardonable, when he used the word "infamous," to characterize the theologian's attempt to make the well-being of the human race depend upon such supernatural gossip as he had to market. Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago 2012-04-18T02:00:15.717Z By the appointed day, November 1, 1215, the prelates had gathered together, and Innocent’s pardonable ambition was gratified in opening and presiding over the most august assemblage that Latin Christianity had ever seen. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Our r�le is one of blank ignorance, combined with a pardonable curiosity to discover what all the fuss is about. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Leaving behind the larger part of their baggage and provisions on the beach, the party hurried forward in a state of excitement pardonable under the circumstances. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Your fright, my Lord, 's a pardonable error. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z This, with the rapid gathering on deck of the rest of the pilgrims, served to avert what threatened to be an explosion of pardonable wrath. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z "Name thou the best of German singers," exclaims Heine with pardonable pride, "and my name must be spoken among them." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z This may be pardonable where the guest lives at no great distance, but it is preposterous to expect a person to travel a long distance for a stay of three nights. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z They have been spoken of as somewhat random utterances—as utterances such as are pardonable in a layman, but would be inexcusable in a clergyman who should endeavour to instruct his brethren. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive… friend, is listening to our talk. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A trifling exaggeration it may be, but human and pardonable. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z But now he was misled by a very pardonable error. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z But on coming back to my native town after four years, I think it was pardonable.' The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z One dwells upon this period of indolence and folly the more willingly, because, after all, it reveals to us in Prescott those pardonable human failings which only serve to make his character more comprehensible. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z However, most criticisms like these have been inspired by pride in the President and his household, and a pardonable feeling of possession in them and the White House. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Their mistake was pardonable, for, according to the gospel, the apostles themselves did not discover the true sense of these words till after the resurrection of their master. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z A certain egotism, too, is not only pardonable, but absolutely requisite, and may even become delicately complimentary to the recipient of one's confidence. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Parents have a pardonable habit of considering ways and means, of preferring the certain to the problematic, in planning careers for their sons. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Both these classes of conscientious but narrow-minded artists labor under the same grievous mistake of imagining that wilful fallacy can ever be either pardonable or helpful. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Mrs. Vrater asked rather sharply, what with surprise, and what with some pardonable disappointment. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z It is for all this that, when I am not in this particular mood, I hate and fear them; but to-day it all seems so natural, and women themselves seem so pardonable. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Why not have compelled yourself, with pardonable falsehood, to ask tenderly after the favourite 'cello, have begged to be told more of Mesmer? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Indeed, the subject prompts a digression, flagrantly irrelevant, but certainly pardonable for its practical value. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Her weakness, as long as she believed that Chippenham must part them, had been pardonable. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z She was inwardly aware, with pardonable pride, that no other daimio's daughter could boast such an arm as hers. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The mistake is very pardonable, as it appears that Bernard chiefly worked in the above city. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Belshazzar, with what seemed a scarce pardonable liberty, had thrown himself face downward on a rug near the portal of the court. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "These two are my sons, both of them very good-looking, as you see," she continues, smiling with very pardonable pride as she places the pictures in your hand. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Diffidence in the lonely schoolmistress had been pardonable, had been natural. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Self-conceit and vanity are very pardonable offences, till, stimulated by flattery, or aggravated by indulgence, they assume the offensive forms of arrogance and insolence. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Whilst he spoke he was walking up the flagged path to the house by Christina's side, glancing with pardonable curiosity at the white building, against its background of dark woods. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z He was a runner, or messenger, from the city, and as such his unceremonious entrance was pardonable—nay, customary. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He listened with pardonable pride, and then told Dorothy that too much charity is bad for the health of growing girls. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z "It was pardonable under the circumstances, you know, Dora," he said lightly. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z It is very pardonable, for an undertaker, on such occasions, to imagine himself the observed of all observers. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Those who have no idea of what is occult, to them ignorance is pardonable, for drunkards alone can understand what belongs to such an order of of things. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z I say in the main, because there is in this judgment a tendency to apotheosis which, while pardonable, is not historical, and will not last. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z If one interferes it’s ‘good-night’,” and he paused to let the pardonable slang take effect. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z This is certainly very pardonable in men who read impending death in the features of others, and hence are continually subject to heart-rending impressions. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Then, catching the eye of the lady, who was regarding this somewhat unusual arrangement of nature with pardonable astonishment, he hastily returned the bottle and glass to their place and shut the little door. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z That was another pardonable foible in a woman who thought constantly of dress, and who believed, in all probability, that everybody agreed with her as to the momentous nature of the subject. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z And everybody, he declares with a pardonable pride, at Lyons and Paris, pronounced the likeness to be excellent. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z That was perhaps a pardonable error considering the circumstances; but there were other things, and even now my face grows hot when I think of them. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Slang, again, is most pardonable in the man with whom its use is least exclusive and least necessary. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z You used not to be so ready to find his offences pardonable; you used to fly out at him if ever I mentioned his name!” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z I do not know whether this was a pardonable pride in Jessie or not. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z It was pardonable, no doubt; Ginger was Ginger, a being apart. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z This is comprehensible and pardonable, but they have no right to demand that others, whose daily lives are not empty and colorless, should be religious also. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z I opened the door with pardonable violence, and found the guard, the stationmaster, the driver, and the stoker, seated on barrels round a packing case, on which they were playing a game of cards. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Your marriage to him will then be possible and pardonable, not, as now, an absolute impossibility! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z It seemed so immensely superior to the ordinary run of new novels, that we gazed with pardonable curiosity at the unfamiliar signature on the title-page. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Even if it made a mistake in the exercise of its discretion, the mistake was pardonable. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Big men like Fairbanks are always cowards,” declared Peg, with a pardonable sneer. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z As Rutley deliberately placed a monocle to his eye, he said, “A corner with such an entrancing vista,” carelessly waving his hand toward the open, “is a pardonable lure to dreamy forgetfulness.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Your conduct, therefore, is pardonable; but mine! oh, no! never, never!” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Notwithstanding this very pardonable excess of zeal, we could ill afford to lose the celebrated collections of Mufaḍḍal b. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The conspicuous lack of recognition among Americans of 34the value of French aid is certainly less pardonable. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Again they were the center of an admiring throng, and again the Bobbies felt suffused with a pardonable pride. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z They were all jubilant over the happy termination of the ordeal, and the young men who had endured the test successfully strutted about with a pardonable pride in their bearing. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Such eccentricities may be pardonable, but the public will be sure to remember them. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z But even this would be almost pardonable, if priests did not try to persuade Americans that those sales have long since ceased. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z It will be seen by comparison of the dates of events and documents presently mentioned that Paine could not have remained long in this pardonable refuge of mental misery. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z You indicated with pardonable levity that I was not elected because the other man received more votes. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Under such a condition as theirs, the greatest faults are pardonable; for which of our reformers proposes to inculcate either moral or religious principles? Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z And if there had been a certain covertness about their behaviour when, after a month, they had returned, what a venial and pardonable subterfuge, to what a tremendous end! A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z He was a little afraid of hysterics, which would have been pardonable but unavailing. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z I thought catholics were, not intentionally, but in fact, guilty of idolatry; and I thought the sin pardonable in them on account of the intention. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z She thought his manner strange but pardonable under the circumstances. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z One auditor of these friendly allusions would smile at them with furtive but pardonable scorn. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It is always gratifying when one's pet scheme turns out well, and as she had taken much trouble in arranging the scores, she felt a pardonable pride in the success of her work. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z It is another undisputed maxim in government, “That people are the riches of a nation;” which is so universally granted, that it will be hardly pardonable to bring it into doubt. Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Nor could any legendary impulse have imagined the remarkable injunction, which impressed all four Evangelists, to be frugal when it would seem that the utmost lavishness was pardonable. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z As she turned the pages, rich in dainty devices, with very pardonable pride, her eye fell upon one verse that made her stop and think. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z "So you really think me a worthy pupil?" continued Pauline, glancing about her with an air of pretty and very pardonable pride. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It was with pardonable pride that they stepped on to the platform and watched the look of amazement which spread over the audience. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z "I am president of the Germania Building Loan Association," he announced with pardonable pride. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z We admit that some kind of pillow may be permitted, if not as absolutely necessary, as, at least, a pardonable comfort. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Next day Amy was rather late at school; but could not resist the temptation of displaying, with pardonable pride, a moist brown-paper parcel, before she consigned it to the inmost recesses of her desk. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z It is a pardonable assumption however; for, where is the nation, under the face of heaven, that would not, if it could, monopolize the glory of such a name? Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Hardly a young girl who does not take a pardonable interest in a beauty 180 contest. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Mrs. Dean surveyed the dainty figure of her daughter with pardonable pride. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The deacon and his wife loved to be happy in their way, and it was with pardonable pride they sat down to the feast, and gathered around them their chapel friends. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z The commander, with pardonable pride, commented upon the pluck and hardy determination of his men in carrying out this arduous task. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z But, this feature of almost pardonable exaggeration pointed out, there is little for the critic to carp at in the majority of the eleven essays that compose the book. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z I speak feelingly, but I think it is pardonable. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z Yet there it was,--so round and high, so brown and fragrant, that she gradually dried her tears, and was filled with more agreeable sensations and a pardonable pride. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He would, at any rate, have made the little fib a little more pardonable. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Why he was thus affected by the concomitants of a popular sport which country gentlemen, as a rule, regard in the light of a pardonable relaxation, was not known to any of his household. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z This Poem expresses a hope in Universalism— “that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill”— that natural propensities, wilful sins, imperfect faith, and inherited weakness, may all find a pardonable solution. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z In dwelling upon our own actions a little latitude is always allowed, and the disposition to boast a little must be considered to be a pardonable weakness. 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 We should be sorry to make oath that apart from this pardonable discontent with her most uncongenial surroundings there was not another phase of canker eating into her mind and destroying its peace. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z We do a little of everything here, as you see, and I don’t think you could be much better placed for learning to farm,” added the old man, with a touch of pardonable pride. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z In a play such as Secret Service, planned primarily to entertain, such a shift may be pardonable, but even in such a case it must be done with skill if it is not to jar. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z For many years they lived in Eastern Kansas, where the descendants of Tecumapease still reside, and relate, with pardonable pride, the exploits of their forefathers. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z This is a pardonable vanity and is shared by many other pious and devout people. 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 got clear off," Jessie said, not without a little pardonable pride. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z It may be rude to say that all this was all a trick, but pardonable, perhaps, to say it looks very like trickery. Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z But I know your Lordship would respect a professional secret, a secret of which I am pardonable proud. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z In one or two places, there are errors in addition, which indeed are very pardonable. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Encouraged by Susan's softer expression, Uncle went on, embroidering his theme with pardonable exaggeration, setting forth prodigious statistics. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z And Jessie thrilled with a little pardonable pride as she dwelt upon the part she had played. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z I talk wildly to you, I doubt not, but there are times of battle and tempest and desolation in the which incoherence is pardonable. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z “Maybe it’s you who are dreaming this trip, Dave,” returned the shipowner’s son, with pardonable sarcasm. Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission 2011-06-15T02:00:23.660Z Murray turned to the doctor with a pardonable air of triumph. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Castle Racquette was one of the finest estates in all Glengarry, Scotland, and very pardonable was the pride which Sir Barry entertained for his ancient, luxurious home. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z "It is difficult to believe, mon ami," I replied, with a laugh, and I looked him in the face now, for a little excitement was pardonable. A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z Had our deceased friend the weakness—the comparatively pardonable weakness of vanity? Memorial of Mrs. Lucy Gilpatrick Marsh delivered June 22, 1868. 2011-06-09T02:00:20.957Z But now she tells her master all about it, dwelling with pardonable pride on the "sweet nature of the bairn." Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z The truth is that the faults of Dickens, apparent in his humour but pardonable there, become offensive in his pathos. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Foibles that shame the head on which old Time Has shower'd his snow are then more pardonable, And age has many a weakness of its own. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z You should never have asked it of me,' she cried, with pardonable indignation. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z No hasty judgment is pardonable in these matters; but for the last ten or twelve years the skies have been darkening for a storm.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z He also mentions with complacency pardonable and even praiseworthy that he has received a proposal to write two books from a leading Edinburgh firm. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z The introduction of variations not written by the composer is only pardonable in an artist who has already assured her position. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Some of the figures are Giottoish in the treatment of the drapery, which is scarcely pardonable, because drapery fell flowingly about the human body in Giotto's time as well as now. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Hence this addition, this "new part," as no doubt they were in the habit of calling it, with pardonable satisfaction. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z "I find that very pardonable," said Mr. Southwode with a smile. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Poppy, arranging the cups on the table, had a pardonable curiosity to know whom she should just love to meet; but she made no remark; merely sat down. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The sympathy for the new French republic, natural and pardonable as it was, overran all limits of reason. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z With his eyes shining with pardonable pride, the monarch rode slowly down the war-worn lines, stopping at intervals to bestow honours and praise as cases of individual merit were pointed out to him. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Sin is pardonable; but these things, in the body or out of it, are not pardonable. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The interested fears of some will not destroy this possibility, nor will the too pardonable impatience of others convert it into a probability. Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism 2011-04-27T02:00:20.770Z We seem to have forgotten that we pretend to be gentlemen; or, far less pardonable, that we pay court to a lady. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z It was a falsehood even prudery itself might deem pardonable. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z These observations are pervaded by a bitterness of expression which, in the circumstances, is pardonable. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z Englishmen resent a smartness as a liberty: the man who tries a jest in their company has been guilty of a freedom not pardonable. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Both devices, if not desirable, are quite pardonable. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Poverty and hunger, my lord, are pardonable sins. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z I remember a story about G�rard, which my mother used to tell with pardonable pride. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z "That's a little too risky to be funny," I rebuked him, with pardonable annoyance. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z We were slightly annoyed when he broke the lamp, but perhaps it was no more than pardonable curiosity on his part. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z A fib, perhaps pardonable, as the thing he designs lapping is not his boat's painter, but the waist of Mary Morgan, and not with slender whipcord, but his own stout arms. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Leslie Stephen, with the pride of a disciple and the pardonable zeal of a propagandist, claimed for it the distinction of being "the religion of all sensible men." Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Defects in any one of these particulars are scarcely pardonable. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z "With a friend one sees so seldom, a little dalliance is most pardonable." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z That act of justice, according to the law, would be merely a pardonable crime. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z Poor lad!" she says, recalling the little bit of deception she pardoned, and which now more than ever seems pardonable; "he hain't no need now deceivin' his old mother that way. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z With the handsome Amherst contingent at her heels, Peggy carried her small curly head high while a pardonable pride shone in her eyes. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z A new word is pardonable only when it is absolutely necessary, intelligible, and sonorous. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z A few took a pardonable pride in their perfection of fancy steps, but that emotion is not quite akin to joy. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Miles, for his part, looked about him with a pardonable curiosity. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z I blush for my error, my friend, but still it was pardonable. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z By a misunderstanding, however, which is pardonable at his age and moreover quite explained by Gertie's appearance, he calls her Dirty—little Dirty—and by this name she will be handed down to history. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z This mistake is pardonable only in a wit like Montesquieu, always led away by the rapidity of his ideas, which are often very indistinct. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Of all disputes and quarrels those in writing are the least pardonable. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z Now, the question is not whether any kind of resistance would not be pardonable against such a state of things, but it is this: what species of resistance is most likely to succeed? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z For, albeit these thoughts to some will seem virtuous and commendable, to others only pardonable, to a third sort perhaps idle, yet the mentioning of them now will end in serious. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z The fact might to an ordinary sinner seem pardonable, and Paula herself, though by no means an ordinary sinner, thought so, too. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z There is one superstition which is perhaps pardonable, and even encouraging to virtue—that of placing among the gods great men who have been benefactors to mankind. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z If you were alone it might be pardonable—although, excessively ill-judged—to throw up your post at the first experience of the rough side of things. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "What's the matter with them?" says Mona, with some pardonable impatience. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "It was a pardonable wish to awaken the recollections of a mysterious meeting by the traces which an equally mysterious visitor left behind." Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Weak humanity might grieve over God's will; such sorrow was certainly pardonable by man, but was nevertheless rebellion; and, before complete reconciliation to God could be assumed, must be dismissed from the heart. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z In the absence of the leader this mistake was pardonable. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z All this, however, is pardonable when the real motives, those of sincere love and pity for the sufferer, are considered, mistaken though they may be; but time and education can alone remedy this evil. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z It was a very pardonable delusion,—he talked with great brilliancy and vigor. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z With a little pardonable condescension, I turned round to look how Marian would behave with her resolute-minded mistress. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z She instinctively turned toward Miss Sophia with a pardonable little air of triumph, and was disappointed to find her asleep in her chair. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Lilian stares at her with a good deal of pardonable curiosity. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Of course the habitant still refers to the seat of the former bishop's throne as a cathedral, and it is with pardonable pride that he does so. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z A fib, perhaps pardonable, as the thing he designs lapping is not his boat’s painter, but the waist of Mary Morgan, and not with slender whipcord, but his own stout arms. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z This indignation was certainly pardonable in a man who, with the best intentions and the most benevolent designs, had endeavored to curb an alien, refractory element, but anger made him unjust. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z She looked with a certain amount of pardonable pride at the clean white curtains, and we gathered that we were meant to comment upon their early appearance. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z "Even that may be more pardonable than to vilify a good one," said Mary. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The emotion is something akin to sentiment, to be sure, but it is pardonable; far more so than the contemplation of many more popular and notorious places. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z “Poor lad!” she says, recalling the little bit of deception she pardoned, and which now more than ever seems pardonable; “he hain’t no need now deceivin’ his old mother that way. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z And the mere fact that he knows them well will give him a conscious strength and pardonable feeling of superiority that the unlettered youth cannot have. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Oh, my little girl!" he gurgled; "my little girl, whims in the young and beautiful are not only pardonable, they are adorable. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z It was a pardonable pride that the man took in his State, but he was mistaken about the matter in question. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z As such it is a shrine to be worshipped by itself, though it is pardonable to wish to know to-day just where and when the historic events of its career took place. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z I told you a minute ago, the people was wrong to believe me guilty of treachery, but the error is pardonable. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Employers have often been the first to have recourse to violence and under conditions which hardly seem pardonable. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z And the colonel drew himself up with a flash of pardonable pride in his dark eyes. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Or was it vanity, or a desire to fan the old flame of passion he once had aroused—a passion, which, if the paraphrase is pardonable, was now "tame and waited on judgment?" My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z He pointed out to her its beauties of wood and hill and pasture like the owner of some vast estate exhibiting it to visitors, with a frank and pardonable pride. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z He abused with discrimination, and sometimes even the crime of happiness seemed pardonable in his eyes. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It is a pardonable fallacy, but one that it takes very little intellectual effort to explode. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z That Lydia often speaks of you, you will find natural enough, and that now and again a word of bitterness slips in, you will find pardonable. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z Her parents, both of them, were great artists, true artists; and their house was like a temple and their bias was comprehensible and pardonable. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z That is pardonable in men anxious to please the audience and desperate to show that professionalism has been rediscovered. England 4-0 Bulgaria 2010-09-03T21:05:00Z Kayihan Kabadayi, 62, retired civil aviation chief, Istanbul It's not pardonable to look favourably towards military interventions into the political workings of the country. Turkish voices 2010-02-26T15:07:00Z But, as I am conscious of my own deficiency in these respects, I should be the less pardonable if I neglected the education of my children. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "My man," he announced, with a touch of pardonable triumph which thrillingly communicated itself to Peckover, whose principal employment during the process of identification had been to keep his teeth from chattering. A Poached Peerage In something of a parallel way it is the least pardonable fault in an Orator to fail in clearness of style, and the most pardonable fault of a Poet. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent She knew well what Rachel meant, and reflected, with perhaps a pardonable pride, that she herself had "come of decent people." Rachel Ray Some of us have such an affection to the old things; but that is pardonable, I think. A Sister's Love A Novel You remember I transferred, at your request, seven thousand some odd pounds to your account at Scott’s when we projected the—h’m!—pardonable little extravagance? The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts With a few pardonable tremors they drew aside the curtains that concealed the door of the mysterious room. The School by the Sea The panegyrist of Barns entered the service of a cardinal, and died at Acquapendente, without explaining theological inconsistencies, pardonable perhaps in lovelorn poets. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster It would not have been surprising, and it would have been quite pardonable, had Columbus seen everything in the New World through glasses of couleur de rose. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 This was pardonable, but she ought not to have looked him in the face. The Gay Adventure A Romance And he thought that it was pardonable in a man to praise his wife. A Yankee from the West A Novel This variation, however, is perhaps merely the effect of a pardonable negligence in the author. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Her voice was a caress—touched with only a pardonable trace of reproach. The Tempering Randolph hailed a coup� and got his friend into it with pardonable alacrity. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories One, two——” Then the hapless Irene committed a second and fatal error, though it was pardonable in the frenzy of a tragic dilemma, since the next moment might see her lover ruthlessly murdered. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The fact is, my dear Miss Becky, we do talk with such a rare freedom to each other, it is pardonable to mix up one's reveries with his actual information. Tony Butler Richard stopped, looked quietly into the glowing countenance of his friend, and proceeded doubtingly, "You shall know all, and then judge if my offensive conduct is not pardonable." The Progressionists, and Angela. With a boldness pardonable only in men of genius, Chaucer adopted the main features of the plot, and literally translated parts of Boccaccio’s work, without so much as mentioning the name of his Italian source. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Miltiades, misled by his passion, committed the fault of siding with the former, a pardonable error which posterity has forgiven him. Underground Man Grasshopper made no response, other than a plucky tossing of his bit and a quickening cadence in his rhythmical stride, by way of pardonable bravado. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Humanity looks on indulgently while she breaks her first lance with the candid joy, the pardonable egotism that is bred of youth. The Gambler A Novel I told him, with, I trust, a pardonable swelling of the bosom, that I was 'Sickleton.' Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Schonberg stopped his capers, removed his sweater and skated to the mark, looking about with pardonable curiosity for a sight of his adversary. The Crimson Sweater All the long expression that means a longer state of natural example is not so pardonable as everything that is in some instant. Geography and Plays Directly after the giving of the Ten Commandments, God laid down the ordinance that if a thief be found breaking in and be smitten that he die, it was pardonable. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments Into the library—the coseyest, if not the handsomest, room at Gowran—the hot sun is rushing, dancing lightly over statuettes and pictures, and lingering with pardonable delay upon Clarissa's bowed head. Faith and Unfaith I considered his fault very pardonable, but did not say so lest I should frighten his confidences away. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth My chauffeur, with pardonable pride, had been telling him of our long journey, and as I approached, the stranger informed me of his own enthusiasm as a motorist. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England But here we have a prayer which, if it does not so abundantly satisfy pardonable curiosity, does at least bring us into as sacred a presence. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Now everything was finished and we stood surveying our boat with pardonable pride. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure "Then what did you mean?" demands he, with some pardonable impatience. Faith and Unfaith The emotions under which you labored—very pardonable emotions, madam, considering the circumstances and the hour——" "Excuse me," said I. "We do not want to waste a moment. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth With a degree of thoughtlessness hardly pardonable in one of his profession, he made a practice of sleeping on deck, even when season and climate rendered such an exposed bed-place highly insalubrious. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Chapuys’s counsels tempted them into more dangerous and less pardonable roads. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII A very natural, I hope a very pardonable desire, to witness hospitality I have heard so much of, has led me to intrude thus uninvited upon you. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "It is always neat," she answered, with pardonable indignation. Edelweiss A Story But I thought you just recognised that you do enjoy the sense of your pardonable mistake. The Sacred Fount The boast is a very pardonable one because true. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The sculptor himself looked up it with pardonable approval. Fairfax and His Pride Under such circumstances, occasional nervousness would have been pardonable; but, from the first, Gough was perfectly self-possessed. Here and There in London When all this was finished, he drew back with a sense of pardonable pride in his own deft handiwork. The Intriguers It brings farm life right up to the minute for progressiveness, with a pardonable pride in being able to keep pace with the city. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity The caprice of keeping them company for a day might be pardonable. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance They have not, either of them, much affection for England—a very pardonable disloyalty when you hear their story. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier With a pardonable and well-nigh universal weakness, which we share with them, the nation who spoke that language believed themselves the first created of mortals and the most favored by the Creator. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them When, of a sudden, a madness seized on the unwily lover—pardonable, surely, if ghosts but knew how to pardon. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions He in self-defence would give it a grip, and he might thus be led to follow the practice on less pardonable occasions. The Dog If ever plentiful words, in great ear-measures, are pardonable, it is at such moments as this,—when even half-words—diamonds flashing betrayal—are imprudent The Adjutant edged a little closer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 “Why did you wish to murder me?” asked Stranleigh, with pardonable concern. Lord Stranleigh Abroad The bright sunlight fell all over her, and added to the effect; and Jan, with a bridegroom’s pardonable pride, thought she looked more than mortal. Jan Vedder's Wife Then he added, with pardonable vanity, "It is scarcely necessary, however; I believe I am fairly well known in Rio." Long Live the King New-Yorkers feel a pardonable pride in the success of the "Giants" in obtaining the League baseball championship. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 As I have heard from good authority, this Francis fought bravely against the Turks, and I find it natural and pardonable that a soldier should not willingly suffer himself to be played upon. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians There is but one way to make the Prince's m�salliance pardonable, which is by as seldom as possible parading its details. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life But as Webb's eyes roved with pardonable pride over the fringe of spectators on each side of the line of march, they suddenly spied an unexpected sight. Happy House “Sis was right on the mark!” exclaimed Jack, with pardonable pride. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea "Any man who is a man," replied Bristol earnestly, "could not but have a pardonable curiosity when so fair a woman as Mrs. Winslow claims his attention!" The Spiritualists and the Detectives It was pardonable, perhaps, from a worldly woman’s point of view. The Bartlett Mystery So is it the autobiographies of the fireside are pleasant histories, whose vanities are all pardonable, and whose trifling is never ungraceful! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life When my eyes opened the following morning, it was quite pardonable in me if I believed I was still dreaming. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I She thought, also, that there were occasions where a harmless falsehood might not only be pardonable, but laudable. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Gwynne smiled with a pardonable cynicism; but while he was not unwilling the conversation should turn upon himself, his curiosity was not satisfied. Ancestors A Novel It was published in 1866, and with pardonable vanity the author reviews his work in connection with the mountain, extending over a period of more than forty years. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Seeing the cavalcade, he stops short to regard them with very pardonable astonishment. Portia or By Passions Rocked I have thought this long extract pardonable as applied to one whose finest designs are now, through so many channels, rendered familiar to us. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries This I should have thought more pardonable under their circumstances, had I not expected that religion would in this respect have more than supplied the deficiencies of education. Coelebs In Search of a Wife But I believe you have erred more through thoughtlessness, and a pardonable feeling of resentment—more through love turned into madness, than any settled determination to do wrong. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 And he beckoned to the person they had called Byrd, who with very pardonable curiosity was hurrying their way. Hand and Ring Also, he had observed Adrian’s surprise with a pardonable pride. A Daughter of the Forest “I am in demand,” she thought, flashing a pardonable glance at her own face in the mirror. The Silent Barrier And then, as we promenaded the garden path, she became communicative, and dwelt with pardonable expansion on the virtues of her lord and master, who followed behind side by side with the portly Yorkshireman. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Then she lets her eyes wander to the right, and rest with pardonable curiosity upon Coole Castle, where dwells the ogre of her house. Rossmoyne They entered the beautiful boudoir together, and Lady Marion, with pardonable pride, turned to her companion. A Mad Love Its sketches are very bright and amusing, and its naïve egotism was pardonable, considering the flatteries which Parisian society had heaped upon its author. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Thus his detection of errors in accounts appeared marvelous, and he often indulged in the pardonable artifice of displaying these faculties in a way to create a persuasion that his vigilance was almost supernatural. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Art improves nature," and could look back with "pardonable pride to his carrying off the first premium for spelling. Old and New London Volume I Feeling this is indeed a lame answer to a most natural question, she goes on hurriedly, "It all happened twenty years ago, and——" "But what happened?" asks he, with pardonable impatience. Rossmoyne Some years ago, a young lady lost a portmanteau from the rest of her luggage—a pardonable oversight, for she was a bride starting on a honeymoon trip. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years It was perhaps the last remnant of this pardonable exultation which swept him over the 360 miles between Toronto and Montreal in thirty-six hours, breaking all records for long-distance sleighing in the province. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Nevertheless, though pardonable, his compromise is deplorable, since it robs this translation of precisely that quality which gives to most of the others their high importance. Pot-Boilers But the delusion was not only pardonable, but desirable, in a man so zealous in the performance of his duties, and so much of a human being to all about him, as Bonnycastle was. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. “Very good,” returned Matt, and not without pardonable pride. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone Insurrectionary and revolutionary methods of righting wrongs, imaginary or real, are pardonable only in the enslaved and disfranchised. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It is pardonable not to laugh at what is amusing, but sudden guffaws at bad jokes is the test of a true sense of humour. My Impressions of America But when poems are paid by the line, bards are pardonable for diffuseness. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 She was completely ignorant of the delicious, poetic thoughts that ennoble a passion and make it pardonable. The Grandee With a wealthy man, the omission of such a park about his dwelling is hardly pardonable. Soil Culture "Home again," Polly exclaimed, joyfully looking around her with pardonable pride, for the splendid old house they were about to enter was her own, and every corner of it held the dearest of memories. Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School Ladies and gentlemen: It was with surprise not unmixed with pardonable pride that I heard you calling my name upon this momentous occasion. The Co-Citizens Those who have heard only the Wood-Thrush commit a very pardonable error in placing him first on the list of our songsters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Nevertheless, apart from the pardonable desire to retort on those who hurt him, he was not naturally malignant, but really a most useful and serviceable being. The Grandee "Own an interest here?" demanded Jack in pardonable astonishment. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields There is a beginning, also, of an abuse of conventional conversation, 36 such as may be quite pardonable in the drama where needs must, but is without excuse in the romance. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) "You know, my darling, what the Bible says, 'that one shall be taken and another left; and that the wind bloweth where it listeth,'" he said, with a pardonable mingling of texts. Sir Tom It is a harmless vanity enough, and especially pardonable in Ventimore's case, when it was so desirable to correct any tendency to "uppishness" on the part of the Jinnee. The Brass Bottle The French 13invaders up there, with pardonable taste, kept to themselves. The Missourian At her age, perhaps, it is pardonable enough, though it appears to me rather inconsistent, when one has no liking for a person, to trouble one's head about where they go or what they do. Records of Later Life "And he didn't?" asked Frank, with some little pardonable curiosity. The Landleaguers If you had married a greengrocer it might have been pardonable. The Gates Between His tales are generally innocent of the most rudimentary notions of construction: this goes closely ordered, with a few pardonable enough digressions, from beginning to end. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 After all this we may well judge what right Ewald has to call the figurative explanation "an error, which, in consideration of our present knowledge, becomes from day to day less pardonable." Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 “Why, as near as I can make out, I’ve got a standing of ninety-two per cent.,” he announced, with pardonable pride. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune "Where are you going to send me, sir?" asked Mark, with pardonable curiosity. Mark Mason's Victory A perfunctory discharge of the duty of charity would have been pardonable; but from the moment when Crabbe addressed Burke the poor man's fortune was made. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The only really bad turn that Wilson seems to have done his friend was posthumous and pardonable. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Be this as it will, however, I believe that my father loves me, and that there is in his affection something self-sustaining, and superior to all this pardonable selfishness of which I have spoken. Pepita Ximenez When the first realises his good luck he congratulates himself, This is natural and pardonable, but only for a moment. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) But then it was Wolfe's daring that had thus robbed a brave enemy of their presence of mind and created so pardonable a confusion. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 As to the poetic liberties, I hope the crime is pardonable; I am content to be stoned, provided none will attack me but the innocent. The True-Born Englishman A Satire ‘There, papa,’ said the boys with pardonable triumph, as they pointed to thirteen dead Indians. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers In closing, let me say that I am not finding fault with any one because the above error has crept into the public prints, for it is really a pardonable error, after all. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) He was "weakened by illness" and "prostrated by fatigue," and the absurdity was pardonable. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) She did not even indulge in the pardonable girlish dreams in which "If" is the principal character. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life It was pardonable, it was even necessary, for Charles II. and his advisers, to fall back upon Elizabeth's principles, at least as long as the ashes were still glowing. Bunyan Jealousy to him was a weakness, only pardonable when the cause was trivial. Love and Lucy "I must say, Link, I didn't think I was going to have the pleasure of meeting you so soon," said Dave, with a little bit of pardonable sarcasm. Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake It was with great joy and relief, as well as with, I think, pardonable pride in Tom's skill as a navigator, that I went on deck to see these rock-bound shores. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' "This is my son—Mrs. Brown, Mr. Garner," said the old lady, her voice lingering over the words with pardonable pride. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover He grunted his words with such an intonation of insult that it would have been pardonable to shoot him on the spot. The Duke Of Chimney Butte The desire of Torinus to interpret to his medieval readers the ancient text is pardonable. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome He had told his Emperor no lies, even through the telephone, where forgetfulness may be pardonable; but he had arranged his truths as skilfully as he arranged his pawns on a chess-board. The Princess Virginia "Ye wouldn't think that was a married woman, would ye now," said a neighbour, with pardonable pride. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Henry was not her only parent, and if we suppose her to have been actuated by affection for her mother, her conduct may appear not pardonable only, but spirited and creditable. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Must she believe this glibly simple and adequate account or reject it on grounds of pardonable skepticism? Nobody And when he came back to Scotland, the trial of Lord Melville gave him an opportunity of distinguishing himself by a natural and very pardonable partisanship, which made his Whig friends rather sore. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series It was an amiable and pardonable weakness, if such it may be called, and everybody had a liking for the old Mexican war officer. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War It was well for the world, perhaps, that you were blind; but it was pardonable in us to see. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Then he thought of the great victory he had won over this bold knight, and it was perhaps only pardonable if it aroused some conceit in his breast. The Story of Don Quixote Most men, meanly envious, disliked him; all men held him in pardonable distrust. Nobody Anyhow Premier to-day announced with pardonable pride that we are spending a trifle under a million a day in the war forced upon mankind by the Man Forsworn. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 Uncle Amos" as it was with "Uncle Toby," when he uttered that famous and pardonable oath: "The accusing angel flew to heaven with the oath, blushed as he handed it in. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War All this and more the German papers recounted with pardonable pride. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War With a happy smile, and a little pardonable self-importance, she declared that she already felt a considerable improvement. The Practice of Autosuggestion Henry Blaine felt a glow of pardonable elation, but his usually expressive face did not betray by a single flicker of an eyelash that he had gained his point. The Crevice One of our own black men walked down the bank, ostensibly to light his pipe at the breakfast fire, but really to satisfy a pardonable curiosity regarding us. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The war thus becomes a stumbling-block to faithfulness to conventional Christianity, and the glee of the rationalist is pardonable. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He could hardly exaggerate the peril he had 72 incurred, and the touch of exultance with which he described his defeat of the murderer was quite pardonable in a tenderfoot. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation According to his temperament he either laughs at your "joke" or expresses a pardonable irritation. The Practice of Autosuggestion If it be pardonable—or even praise-worthy, as some moralists assert—to pity the criminal, while righteously hating the crime, a trifle of compassion may be spared for Paul de Roustache. Captain Dieppe Now, reader, do you think this would have been a pardonable theft? The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 A venial offense is one readily overlooked; a pardonable offense requires more serious consideration, but on deliberation is found to be susceptible of pardon. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions "That would be silly, even if pardonable, and I don't think we could make a very creditable report to headquarters on such a pretense." The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue "Try now to notch the arrow," said Warrenton, with pardonable pride. Robin Hood She did not, however, allow for the Captain's pardonable reluctance to get wet a third time that night. Captain Dieppe "I know it," replied the burgomaster, in a tone of vanity very pardonable in the chief magistrate of Quiquendone. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories And who shall say that their self-satisfaction is not healthy and pardonable? Australian Writers "Gardening, you said it!" exclaimed Kitty in pardonable slang. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue Such being the case a whimsical smile from the granddaughter was pardonable. The Comings of Cousin Ann "In a moment of pardonable madness," he began, "the night before last, when I rather lost my head in my passion, I made a proposition to you which I should now like to recall." Too Old for Dolls A Novel He had to consider a moment what, out of fairness to Geoffry, he must withhold, and choose what he considered the most pardonable aspect. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker “It is a habit perfectly pardonable in a man who is careful that his spur shall not scratch or tear a patent-leather sabre-tache,” she said. The Maids of Paradise Nay, if they should say, "Who the devil was he?" it were a pardonable invocation, for none so fit as the Prince of Darkness to act as cicerone among such palpable obscurities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 From these texts of Scripture we learn that all manner of sin is pardonable, save one, the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity But neither the hunter nor the Little Giant had seen his momentary collapse and he was glad, pardonable though it was. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain It was a pardonable slip, which must not be allowed to dim the glamour of his services nor to detract from the merits of his victory. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin I was not dizzy, but I did so; and if such deceit is not pardonable, there is no justice in this world or in the next. The Maids of Paradise Such perfectly natural and pardonable imitation is induced by admiration; and Lois had been a woman of fascinations in old times! Otherwise Phyllis By a pardonable licence he has placed it a few miles nearer to the forests of the Jura than it stands at present. A Little Tour of France But these things are the usual spots, and very pardonable ones, of the particular sun. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Dramatic license is a great thing, and it is pardonable when it is used with discrimination. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 A digression may, perhaps, be here pardonable, in order to give some notice of the latter and last days of the beautiful, highly accomplished and fascinating woman mentioned above. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction And then is it not the fact that some little amount of shade in the fleece of male sheep is considered, if not absolutely desirable, at any rate quite pardonable? Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Resting among the friendly Indians in the heart of the strange country to which he had penetrated, Raleigh became in many ways the victim of his ignorance and his pardonable credulity. Raleigh He resented, with pardonable warmth, the attitude of the Vatican, and was jealous of any infringement, from that or any other quarter, of the Queen’s supremacy in her own realms. Lord John Russell "And Brown, Jones, and Robinson shall carry their heads high among the greatest commercial firms of this wealthy metropolis," said Robinson, with an enthusiasm which was surely pardonable at such a moment. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm My natural sense of humour has led me into the pardonable extravagance of giving them both appropriate names. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories It was more pardonable in the chevalier, because he thought he loved truly, and that in his juvenile good faith he thought nothing could replace that love in his heart. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Such the fault of the engraver,—very pardonable; scarcely avoidable,—however fatal. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving In studying the story of the Spanish conquest of America, liberal allowance must often be made for inaccuracies of statement that were usually pardonable and sometimes inevitable. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Harry thought of what he had accomplished with pardonable pride and satisfaction. The Tin Box and What it Contained He had lately bought a fine set of artificial teeth, which, with pardonable pride, he constantly exhibited to the admiration of all and sundry. The Hero I regard these oversights as very pardonable, and inseparable from any extensive attempt to correct the state of the text. Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This must have been a pardonable hyperbole, for the signal-fires ashore which used to herald our approach from afar were not lit. Pan-Islam A little pleasant bantering at first, though not amiable, might have been pardonable; but now that her 20 feelings were hurt he was very unkind to carry his nonsense any further. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him Harry drew out the watch, with pardonable pride. The Tin Box and What it Contained “It isn’t anything like as nice as our street cars—is it?” answered Johnny, with a flourish of national pride quite pardonable in so young an American. Eric or, Under the Sea And yet there are few sentiments more pardonable, as there are none more national, than our interest in that marvellous document. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Jesus even added a pardonable hyperbole, “It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition If there ever was a time or condition in which it could be pardonable to "kill time," these circumstances were there, during many long days. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method As it is, I can overlook any exuberance of mirth which is, perhaps, pardonable when the mind is elated by the return to the cheerful bustle and activity of school-life. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers One of the things which are nuisances in Prévost's other books becomes pardonable, almost admirable, in this. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 And now it was with a little pardonable pride and a good deal of growing tenderness for the child, that he saw the change going on in Esther. A Red Wallflower This suspicion is pardonable enough; for when troops march through the villages the inhabitants are often cheated by the officers, and ill-treated into the bargain. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests His title was Baron Brougham and Vaux, but, though he lived to retain it for nearly forty years, he always preferred, with pardonable vanity, to sign his name as "Henry Brougham". The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) But of all men, deserving to be called 'great,' Fra Angelico permits to himself the least pardonable faults, and the most palpable follies. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Remember what Frederick the Great said: "It is pardonable to be defeated, but never to be taken by surprise." Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Catherine Nagle smiled, the indulgent kindly smile which a woman bestows on a loved child who suddenly betrays a touch of that vanity which is, in a child, so pardonable. Studies in love and in terror Not so long ago, it was said that a certain man was “botanising on his mother’s grave,” a pardonable confusion, perhaps, of facts and 142 realities. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern This, the only alteration I ever made, you must allow, was a pardonable error. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack Shall I go a little farther? and allow that this extreme is more pardonable than its opposite error? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 “There she goes fair and square,” he announced with pardonable pride, as the snowball cleared the top of the barn by several feet and disappeared beyond. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up She had, it seemed to her, no excuse; she was not young enough to have made it pardonable and she had long ago decided that the intoxication of life could be no longer hers. To Love The entries farther on were full of “trouble,” being minute and intimate portrayals of the emotions of one roused from sleep at three in the morning to admit undesired guests, interlarded with pardonable profanity. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern But this was a miscalculation on the part of the enemy, though a very pardonable one. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 It was this intellectual energy, she sometimes thought, which purified his character of that vein of earthiness which she had looked upon as the natural, and therefore the pardonable, attribute of masculine human nature. Virginia Your periods, perhaps, will be less harmonious, your transitions less ingenious, an ill placed word will sometimes escape you; but all this is pardonable. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching In making the death of Katherine precede the birth of Queen Elizabeth, Shakspeare has committed an anachronism, not only pardonable, but necessary. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical On this occasion you have done so; but the mistake is pardonable. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story He was a universal favourite and was no doubt aware of the fact, which gave him a very legitimate and wholly pardonable sense of pleasure. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir "Thirty-five dollars," answered his companion, with pardonable pride. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It The engines were of American make, also all the agricultural machinery, which was shown us with pardonable pride. From Paris to New York by Land Off we went in a high state of pardonable excitement. A Girl's Ride in Iceland There was much of craft in Adela Gauntlet's letter; but if craft could ever be pardonable, then was hers pardonable in this case. The Bertrams "We took the flatboat just as we planned," replied Henry with pardonable pride. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" "Boys can do something as well as men," said Rufus, with pardonable pride. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready She took a pardonable pride in her station in the little community that knew her, yet above all she strove to exercise a fitting humility of spirit. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road If gnats are strained at and camels are swallowed, there is certainly a pardonable satire in congratulating those who devour the latter on their noteworthy powers of digestion. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Something of it will not be indiscernible even in the summary of his past acquisitions, which with a pardonable exultation he now sent me. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete By this code, lying, theft, perjury, assassination, were not only pardonable but commendable, when they served the interests of the church. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan When they were carried upstairs, and placed in her room, Miss Manning looked about her with pardonable pride and satisfaction. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready "What are you doing this morning?" asked Hamilton, gazing with pardonable curiosity at the box and drawing-board. The Keepers of the King's Peace "Then come into my cabin again," said the Princess with pardonable asperity. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play “Possibly not fair, but perhaps our curiosity is pardonable.” Little Lost Sister And once again that day he checked himself from using a bad, if sometimes almost pardonable, word. 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers "I told you I'd get it back, and I have," he added, with pardonable pride. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready The pause was pardonable, for he saw the undoing of three months' good work, and his thoughts at that moment were with a certain party of carriers who waited in the mountains. The Keepers of the King's Peace "And buried," Smart added, with pardonable pride, for he was the local undertaker as well as saw-miller. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush In the circumstances it was a pardonable enough ebullition of feeling and ought not to have caused the passing pedestrian to spin round on his heel, astonishment on every line of his face. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Phemie," she said, with a touch of pardonable anxiety, "ill as I look, I am not that color, am I? Vagabondia 1884 The possession of State secrets has given me an interest in Austrian affairs which has created a pardonable curiosity. The Secret Witness Opposite errors, we know not which the least pardonable, but both certainly productive of great harm, have from time to time possessed the masters of modern art. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature He showed, with pardonable pride, a visitors' book in which was written "Leopold, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland." Faces and Places I also conversed with one of the intending competitors, who showed me on his breast with pardonable pride, five medals of the Royal Humane Society, awarded for saving life in cases of danger from drowning. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis And Polly also had been to him a false light, leading him astray for awhile under exceptional, and, as he thought, quite pardonable circumstances. Ralph the Heir Ali Gaffoon and his countrymen-comrades in the ranks, with pardonable tribal pride, were adverse to bringing their relatives and friends forward until the natives put on some clothes. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan "The traitor's head shall fall," Omar blurted out with pardonable passion. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason Snorky, to whom the advantage of the situation was now apparent, took up each photograph in turn and smiled with the pardonable pride of one who knows his own worth. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World This habit of detraction is carried to quite as great an extreme as the vanity of the Norwegians, and is the less pardonable vice of the two. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland He handed his paper to her with a show of pardonable pride; but she merely glanced at the long list of names. The Flag Jimmy handed it to his brother with a look of pardonable pride. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant The "King," with his wide sense of Western hospitality, would not have done this at another time, but in view of the close relationship between himself and Sylvia he regarded it as pardonable. The Candidate A Political Romance The mistake of the early discoverers, in taking the name of a part for that of the whole, is very pardonable in persons ignorant of the Indian language. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) It was pardonable for your clemency's ancestor in so novel a matter not to guard against blame. A Source Book for Ancient Church History That was poetical license, eh? though pardonable under the circumstances. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Frank came back to London in a pardonable fury. The Man Who Knew Malcolm had heard rumours so often of the inevitable war which would be fought to establish the hegemony of the Slav over Eastern Europe that the scepticism in his tone was pardonable. The Book of All-Power His daughter will do that and he buys for her novels, bicycles, gloves and chocolates with equal fond readiness to humor what he considers whims pardonable in children. On the Vice of Novel Reading. Being a brief in appeal, pointing out errors of the lower tribunal. It is thus alone that good fortune becomes pardonable in the eyes of the envious. Hortense Makers of History Series The variants hitherto cited have all betrayed these reminiscences as articles of clothing, or conveyance, or in the pardonable mistake of the Bantik forefather at the time of capture. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Her guests settled into the arm-chairs, and Bung, who had risen in some pardonable fury, lay down again and prepared to resume his interrupted meditations. The Green Carnation It was pardonable for a moment to imagine myself in command of a magnificent park of artillery. The Supplies for the Confederate Army, how they were obtained in Europe and how paid for. If her curiosity was pardonable, so was my theft. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle I observed, not without a feeling of pardonable pride, that the Armoury, which is arranged with great taste and skill, contains trophies from almost every European nation, England alone excepted. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II Grandon repeats the rescue, and if he makes Violet more of a heroine than madame would approve, it is a pardonable sin. Floyd Grandon's Honor They shrank with pardonable terror when they found themselves suspended over that awful gulf by a slender cord that swayed against the sky. Chatterbox, 1906 As there is no recalling what is got abroad, the pieces here republished I have revised and corrected, and rendered them as pardonable as it was in my power to do.” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II I can claim no feeling so natural, so instinctive, so pardonable because so natural. The King's Mirror The sister asks her brothers with pardonable point if they will not go and play downstairs. The History of "Punch" "Where is Miss St. Vincent?" asks Grandon, with a very pardonable curiosity. Floyd Grandon's Honor The quartermaster, not without pardonable pride, took me over the stores in which the men's kits are prepared. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 By rudeness I do not mean mere coarseness or rusticity, for that were more pardonable; but a want of civility. The Young Man's Guide My natural manner would seem no more than a touch of youth's pardonable arrogance. The King's Mirror Punch, with pardonable pride, devoted a cartoon to this pointed reference, but merely remarking, "H'm—he did flatter himself," abated not one jot of his caustic criticism. The History of "Punch" Rebellion which is the sin of witchcraft is more pardonable in His sight than speechifying resignation, listening with complacency to its own self-conquests. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 But I considered such slips as these pardonable at twenty. The Dew of Their Youth Attend a party or concert—no matter about the name;—I mean some place where it is pardonable, or rather deemed pardonable, to wear the hat. The Young Man's Guide She was even then out in the stable-yard watching the horses being harnessed, “preferring to indulge a pardonable healthy young curiosity than to listen to the empty compliments of the younger passengers.” The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly And if beneath this worthy motive lurked a certain desire to see whatever there was to be seen, who can say his curiosity was not pardonable? Walter and the Wireless She had felt a most delightful sense of pardonable vanity when, as the year progressed, Marjorie had preferred her above all the others. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman She had a fine and pardonable pride in her kingly sons. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Pickwick, it has been often pointed out, is full of amusing “oversights,” which are pardonable enough, and almost add to the “fun” of the piece. Pickwickian Studies A little error on the bad side is more pardonable, and less likely to hurt the organism than a too great departure upon the right one. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin “What if the wind were to change and blow it all this way?” asked Nigel, with very pardonable feelings of discomfort. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago And nineteen-twentieths of us were also conscious of a high virtue, forgetting that it is not the making of Resolutions, but the keeping of them, which renders pardonable the consciousness of virtue. Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women With a levity pardonable at that time you hummed, "Tommy, make room for your uncle," and put up a large Wilkinson, one of the Kelso-tied double hooks, than which you cannot get better. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Disloyalty is always pardonable in a woman, and these ladies appreciated the fact. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War From what you knew of me, you acted rightly; but there may be a time, sir, when you will know me better: when the deeds which you abhor may seem not only pardonable, but justifiable. The Scalp Hunters "She resorted to a pardonable little artifice to lure him hither." Monte-Cristo's Daughter This holy relic had the power of rendering all the sterile women in the neighborhood fruitful,—a virtue, we are told, which filled the benevolent monks of the abbey with a pardonable amount of pride. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance In travelling or by the waterside he was wonderfully helpful if help was good for you—perhaps, if anything, too helpful, though I cannot conceive a more pardonable fault than that. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler All this is pardonable, and how easy to understand! The Simple Life "I don't see the point of your simile, Miss Dabstreak," answered Cutter, with pardonable bluntness. Paul Patoff Even some of the sterner sex are constrained to resort to art in the hope of heightening their manly beauty; but these are, of course, Alaskan dudes, and as such are doubtless pardonable. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska It had the additional virtue of inducing a subsequent easy delivery, which also added to the reputation and pardonable vanity of the good monks. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance An Englishman measures distance from his native land, and thus his pardonable vanity fixes the Australias at the extremity of the earth. The History of Tasmania , Volume II In a word, Honor had really one of the many faults ascribed to her by Mrs. Sherwood, and her teachers and masters—that fault so natural and so pardonable in adversity—she was proud. Honor O'callaghan "This is a very unpleasant business," I remarked, with a pardonable hesitation. Paul Patoff He will never come frankly and openly forward to make a clean breast of a fault committed, or even a pardonable accident, but will hide it, until it is found out. The Philippine Islands He had none of that vanity nor eagerness for recognition—pardonable enough, for that matter—which such distinctions gratify. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. It was a lie, but he thought a pardonable one. Pagan Passions Although I shall probably write my autobiography again a few details about my ancestry are pardonable at this juncture. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 In exhibiting to the world the humiliation of the professors of the gospel, the Catholic party enjoyed a pardonable triumph. The Reign of Mary Tudor With pardonable astuteness the parents said of their son: "He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself." Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Which was a slight overstretching of the real facts, but a perfectly pardonable and proper exaggeration in Aunt Charlotte's estimation. From Place to Place But his deception, if only we may judge him leniently, was of a very pardonable kind. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa With pardonable pride he turned to the cattleman. Oh, You Tex! Is it pardonable to quote the account of Falstaff's death as the hostess narrates it? Irish Books and Irish People When called upon to represent the sentiment of my Church I feel it to be pardonable for daring to speak my sentiments touching the vital issues of to-day. Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. This sort of thing is pardonable only when the exposure of some historical character is offensive to the reigning government, as was the case with the early volumes of Lanfrey's Napoléon. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 "Are you better now?" he asks, anxiously, yet with pardonable pride. Molly Bawn In a hundred ways timidity would have been criminal, but when one sees in what direction courage and hope have led the way, and to what effort they have prompted, a little over-confidence looks pardonable. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Ralph Radbury's rather delicate face was all aglow with excitement and pardonable pride, as he spoke, leaning on his father's gun, a long, old-fashioned affair that had been in the family's possession for many years. For the Liberty of Texas "Do you read Italian?" she asked with pardonable malice. The Lure of the Mask With pardonable pride she folded it carefully and placed it in the Bible where she had read about the cross and dying Christ. Tess of the Storm Country But I only meant to testify to you, from these remote nations, the pardonable pride of an Ohioan, and a veteran Congressman—in your elevation. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. For albeit these thoughts to some will seem virtuous and commendable, to others only pardonable, to a third sort perhaps idle, yet the mentioning of them now will end in serious. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Perhaps I spoke hastily, but surely it was pardonable considering my grievance. At the Time Appointed I forgive you your qualms and quavers, the pardonable manifestations of youth and inexperience. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Yet, with all that pardonable selfishness, he recognized a certain impropriety in calling alone at night upon an unprotected female. Second Book of Tales If this mention seems borne of institutional pride, I trust that it will also be regarded as pardonable. On the Firing Line in Education “Well,” began Hilda, with a slight feeling of that pardonable self-importance which is natural to those who instruct others older than themselves, “that is the first letter.” Erling the Bold While the ladies were examining this book of literary curiosities, Mr Bright took occasion to comment with pardonable pride on the working of the Post-Office. Post Haste Now time had demonstrated which was the victor, and Tollman was permitting his pride the pardonable gratification of showing the younger man its security and confidence. The Tyranny of Weakness "Well," he said, with self-contained and pardonable triumph, "I've won her in spite of that dish of water." Some Everyday Folk and Dawn She forgot all his faults and harshness; even his infidelity seemed more pardonable now that death stood between him and her. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories And as one can readily see from her testimony, her chief cause for her pardonable snobbery seems to be that her Massa was the last man to surrender and "swear gainst his swear." Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Or, influenced by pardonable human vanity, they may have felt impelled to collaborate more directly with the composer, by adding something of their own. Style in Singing |
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