| 单词 | passably |
| 例句 | The dwarf laughed last; he could paddle passably well, and did... until his legs began to cramp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Given that he wasn’t winning, or even running passably well, it’s very difficult to defend it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I get out of the bathroom as soon as my teeth are passably clean. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z From talking with the patients I’ve gotten passably fluent in Lingala, which is spoken throughout northern Congo, in Léopoldville, and along most of the navigable rivers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The blind girl understood Braavosi and could speak it passably, she had even lost most of her barbaric accent, but the kindly man was not content. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I looked passably human again, I took some aspirins. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s an interesting exercise and, for the most part, a passably diverting one.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Last Czars’ and ‘Peterloo’ 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z A decent plot twist in the 10th episode sets up the second season that will likely follow, unless Netflix decides to stop underwriting the passably good special effects. Review: ‘Lost in Space,’ This Time With More Company 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “The Organ Thieves” tells an important story passably well, but its evasions and occasional missteps hobble its power to illuminate. When a Black Man’s Heart Was Transplanted Without Consent 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z For about three quarters of the year, I make do with merely passably flavorful frozen berries that I deploy to chuck into smoothies and brighten up my oatmeal. Saturate the season's best strawberries with black pepper, sugar and balsamic 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Martin was a far too chipper Che, and while he danced well and sang passably, he signally lacked the fervor and sardonic bite the role required. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Short Life of 'Evita' 2012-12-13T21:26:51Z He can sing, too, more than passably and with a goofy ardor that matches Ms. Greene’s. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z At one point, a couple of fellows did a passably good rendition of "Don't Be Cruel" on a conveniently provided karaoke stage. Bumbershoot Day Two topped by Tony Bennett 2012-09-03T02:04:03Z If a woman cooks passably well on television, it’s probably not going to end up as a pivotal point in an episode or a series because it is simply expected. Real women are still expected to cook: From sitcoms to the Food Network, the “angel in the kitchen” pressure on women prevails 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Owen Wilson is reliable at the box office, funny, engaging and passably romantic. David Thomson on Owen Wilson 2011-07-14T21:09:01Z And please, Alison, don't start with the Amazon charts, which are stuffed with examples of passably good self-publishing – but few "gems". Looking for a great self-published book? Here's where to find it 2012-11-19T13:09:17Z It’s a passably chilling bit of nonsense that builds on the past, the tropes of the genre, and relies on them for the odd jolt and the occasional ironic laugh. ‘Dark Skies’: the kids are not all right, so where’s the parental panic? 2013-02-22T19:19:36Z As streaming networks race to overwhelm us with content, viewers wind up watching a lot of shows these days that are passably cool, possibly intriguing and still not quite ready for occupancy. Review | ‘Shrill’ and ‘Turn Up Charlie’ are passably cool TV shows that try too hard to be passably cool TV shows 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Despite the urban location, double-glazed sash windows keep the night passably peaceful. Five new London hotels: reviewed 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It isn’t as ridiculous as “Sausage Party” and lacks the dark, uneasy energy of the apocalyptic “This Is the End,” but it’s passably diverting. Review: The Kids Are All Right in ‘Blockers.’ The Parents Are Dopes. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z As for Mr. Chan, he has some passably choreographed bits with folding chairs, a bicycle and, later, some pots and pans at Gillian’s house. 2010-01-15T04:06:00Z Some of it was passably entertaining, but there wasn't even a pretence at creating a level playing field by which to judge the contestants' credentials. The Intern; Horizon: The Age of Big Data; Dogging Tales - TV review 2013-04-05T06:00:10Z As he bit into a piece — barely edible, passably accurate — the sound of a banjo and fiddle wafted over. The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z For now, the evolving consensus among clergy is this: Yes, they can write a passably competent sermon. Pastors’ view: Sermons written by ChatGPT will have no soul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z It has also become, at least in this passably entertaining sequel, a softer, more sentimental thing than in its earlier incarnation. Review: Thou wilt have a perfectly OK time with the Bette-middling 'Hocus Pocus 2' 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z He found the word gobbledygook I did all day at least passably interesting, and heard me out on this topic. Opinion | Why English is changing faster than you can say E-mail, e-mail, email 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Likewise, there’s also a sleep coach that breaks down how much sleep you need to be your best self — or at least someone who can passably function. Only athletes should give a whoop about Whoop 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Collider's Matt Goldberg had a similar take, describing the film as "passably entertaining and instantly forgettable". Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard: Film sequel slated by critics 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z If he never had to hone his Korean for “Burning,” for example, he might not have been able to passably play a native Korean speaker struggling with his English. The Many Lives of Steven Yeun 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “Hebrew National meets tofu”; “Tastes passably like turkey until you get the weird soy aftertaste”; and “D-level turkey” were all descriptors. Trying to pick a vegan Thanksgiving ‘turkey’? This panel conducted a taste test. Here’s what they found 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z All the parents were still married in those days, and most of the kids in our fecund suburb on the western edge of the Great Plains were passably compliant. Opinion | 50 years after the moon landing, Apollo 11 remains a miracle 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z People look at a man in publishing, particularly a passably attractive white man, and see someone who just feels more impressive and reliable. The Mail 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z I had a passably glamorous publishing job in New York and drab hair that was naturally distinguished by a heavy sprinkling of gray at the temples. The Hottest Hair Color of the Moment is...Gray 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z She plans to start learning more English, though she already speaks it more than passably. ‘Brave new Canadian’: Runaway Saudi woman reaches new home 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z This menace of cancer cells is that they evolve into forms that seem so passably normal on the surface, that they seem invisible to the immune system. The fight to define the very essence of Israel | Bernard Avishai 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The pleasantly springy texture is spot on; the flavor is passably porky. Plant-Based Meat and Fish May Be the Future. But How Do They Taste? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Of the hundreds of shots struck by those in contention, we witnessed, passably unobstructed, maybe two dozen. Is it better to watch the Masters on TV or in person? - Golf Digest 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Not everyone sees workwear as passably urbane, so consider where you wear it. How Carhartt Got Fashionable: A Guide to Affordably Stylish Workwear 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z This is good, or only passably bad, for gamblers, since the odds favor the house, but it is very bad for market priests and writers. Perspective | Panicking about the stock market? You’re thinking about it the wrong way. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s a passably engaging biopic focusing on a few short and hugely eventful years in the life of the 36th U.S. president. ‘LBJ’ review: Biopic offers a mild portrait of 36th president 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The P.C. culture around race is so sensitive that even if someone is thinking something, in America it’s so hard to engage about race, whereas passably offensive things to a woman happen all the time. Not Shying Away From Horror 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He can sing passably, but it’s not the component that really moves the needle. Music review: Ringo Starr gives his love on new “Love” album 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The seven-piece orchestra is visible through the rustic set’s wooden back wall, and the performers handle the folk-popgospel tunes passably. Review | Finding theater at the city’s edges: Three shows off the beaten path of D.C. stages 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z As a budget-priced spin on “Sicario” — with elaborate paramilitary action sequences peppered into a story about how lawmen become compromised when they work with crooks — “Cartels” is passably entertaining. Steven Seagal is the big name, but crime thriller 'Cartels' would have been better off without him 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Keep those expectations low, and the movie derived from this pop-culture artifact is passably enjoyable. ‘Baywatch’ review: Keep your expectations low and you won’t be disappointed 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The lack of any inventive set pieces, though — even in the armed robbery sequences — is a significant hindrance, making this film little more than a passably diverting genre piece. Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni carry otherwise routine thriller 'Marauders' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s partly cosmetic — is this person tall, passably fit, loosely attractive, warm? — and almost entirely presentational. Is Trump ‘Presidential’? Is Anyone? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z When it tries to go deep or dark, it feels overwritten and overwrought; as light entertainment, it's passably diverting, not without charm. 'Second Chance' needs a jolt to liven its sci-fi crime-fighting plot 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z A moderately entertaining, passably amusing comedy, "Sisters" isn't bad enough to inspire anger, just disappointment. 'Sisters,' with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, is not as funny as it looks 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Keep your expectations low, and this movie derived from the pop-culture TV artifact centered on surf, sand and fit bronzed bodies clad in revealing swimwear is passably enjoyable. ‘Baywatch’ review: Keep your expectations low and you won’t be disappointed 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The marketing campaign doesn’t hesitate to play to its niche, choosing to do a certain set of things very well instead of attempting to do everything passably. Will Deadpool's Risky Marketing Strategy Hurt Its Bottom Line? 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Two nights earlier, Brodeur performed passably, stopping 20 of 24 shots in a 4-3 loss at Nashville, his first game since hearing ovation after ovation in his swan song with the Devils on April 13. Martin Brodeur Enjoying Return to N.H.L. With St. Louis Blues 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Over the course of the 1980s, what began as a small, ineffective force mostly made up of military officers of the former Somoza dictatorship gradually grew into a large and passably effective campesino army. Robert Kagan: Obama should take another look at some U.S. foreign policy ‘failures’ Although filmed with a visceral — and often shockingly grisly — beauty, as well as pulse-quickening drama, the movie is only passably interesting as a war movie, especially when measured against classics such as “Paths of Glory.” ‘Fury’ movie review: War brings out the worst in men Assuming the figures within are even passably accurate, they expose as false a lot of popular myths promoted by politicians, economists and the pundits who enable them. A New Federal Reserve Report Exposes A 'Low' U.S. Savings Rate As Mythical 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z He plays a nice guitar and sings, passably at best, about nice topics. Review: Justin Townes Earle falls short on new LP 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z However quirky Biderman’s theory looks on paper, it works passably well in practice. Winning An Insiders' Game In Stocks 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z At times, the action passably resembled Division I college basketball. Maryland 71, Wake Forest 60: Terps show some resolve, handle Demon Deacons 2014-02-19T04:03:02Z The shows fared passably well, he said, until focus group moderators revealed the shows were intended for AMC. With 2 Hit Series Ending, a Transformed AMC Is at a Crossroads 2013-08-04T22:07:54Z I’ve always found it hard to draw people, and yet I am able to produce passably good results thanks to the tips here. App Smart: Apps Offer Lessons in Simple Drawing 2013-06-05T22:59:13Z Which sounds passably tempting until it's remembered that a dozen judges asked to decide on principles such as this might well produce a dozen conflicting verdicts as months of waiting turn to years. Leaving Leveson up to the courts? That will make things even slower 2013-05-26T08:00:12Z But the players persuaded him to stay on, other results went his way, and the team did passably well in Spain, returning home unbeaten if unfulfilled. England's football team have been here before. Don't panic! 2013-03-29T14:51:03Z Tanking in Denver If Obama had been even passably good in his first televised debate with Romney, he likely would have put the election away. Mark Halperin: Candidates' Right (and Wrong) Moves 2012-11-08T10:50:21Z The tennis was good, the weather behaved itself, the food – apart from a passably good sausage on a roll from a van below the players' lounge – was predictably dire. The story of London 2012: Guardian writers' Olympic Games review 2012-08-12T21:46:11Z Moreover, the complete devotion of even a passably attractive member of the over-sex in alarming predicaments was a very precious thing. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z He was merely the kind of man which free communities can ordinarily get to serve them, and who will serve them passably well if the task be not made needlessly difficult. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Here was a romance ready to hand, which needed but to be set down in passably good writing to attract attention. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z And yet out of many photographs, few suggest your action at all, fewer still even passably; none convey to its full extent what all your intimates well know. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Thereupon she unlocked one of the doors, and disclosed a small whitewashed room, cold, but passably clean. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Barnes turned to his locker and rummaged about, finally producing an ancient bottle and some passably clean cloth used frequently for bandages. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z In company with other distinguished men who have passed away during the progress of the war, the loss of Henry James was passably chronicled. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Shakspere’s first attempt to form the crooked letter is a failure, but the second passably good. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Sometimes I have got a horse to guide passably well by the neck in a day. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Her cunning fingers had mended the rents in his uniform, which had been dried and put into a passably wearable condition. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z It has been stated already that he was more than passably good-looking, with regular profile and straight, spare, elegant figure. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It did fit her passably well, and she and Lloyd were set to work at once, cutting out dozens of red velvet hearts. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z I never have seen any attempt on the part of a native manufacturer of masks to produce anything passably good looking. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z If nothing remains of the glories of the city of the Caliphs, it is certainly for Turkey a busy, growing, and passably wealthy nineteenth-century capital. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z There is a well-made waggon road, carefully engineered, for the whole distance, with stone bridges in excellent repair; many of the khans are tolerable, supplies can be procured, and the country is passably safe. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z I do not blush to avow that she has never known how to read, although she writes passably. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z It's the usual sentimental rubbish, though he sings passably well. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Then Gladys played passably well, and he sang a duet with her, in a way that made her feel a little ashamed of her own singing. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z George was waltzing with Alice, dancing passably, laughing at her remarks. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The building is lofty, roomy, and passably clean, but the children, one and all without exception, have a sickly appearance, and seem to suffer much from eruptions and affections of the eye. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Thus the most urgent needs were supplied, and the soldier’s life seemed passably pleasant,—that is, in the infantry and artillery. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z She was a good hostess, and had schooled Pavel Pavlovitch into polite manners, so that he was able to receive and entertain the very best society passably well. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Eleven hundred would do us passably well, living quietly in the country; and to that we shall have to make up our minds. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Given the regulatory environment, any passably credible allegation of accounting fraud immediately brings everything to a halt. DealBook: At Diamond Foods, Accounting Weighs on Pringles Deal 2011-11-29T21:43:01Z Stripped of its longing glances and petulant glares, “Breaking Dawn” could be whittled into a passably entertaining montage of action highlights and romantic moments. ‘Twilight’ Vampires Greet Stork; Grim ‘Tyrannosaur’: Greg Evans 2011-11-18T03:43:59Z And, out of sheer gratitude, she found herself able to respond quite passably, for the innate respectability of passion touched her. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z From one of them, who spoke English passably, Captain Bullock elicited the information that there was no British agent in the place; neither was there telegraphic, telephonic, nor railway communication with anywhere. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Truey came in, then, passably well-dressed and on good terms with herself, and there was quite a pleased look in her honest brown eyes as they caught Tobias’s first glance. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z In comparatively few instances he has title to a few acres, lives in a passably comfortable cabana, possesses a yoke of oxen, a good horse, half a dozen pigs, and plenty of poultry. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He was passably safe as far as the police were concerned, and a little extra caution and vigilance would checkmate the designs of the Duke’s henchman. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Oh, my dear Touquet, don't be unjust; it seems to me that I managed them passably well. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z To be in love for the first time at twenty is passably thrilling; but to be in love for the first time at thirty-six is exquisitely excruciating. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Sea-bred as I am, Collector—worshipful Master Warden—you would scarce believe me, but I have touched lute and guitar myself, and passably well. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z After a few days I flattered myself that I could manage my leash fairly and slip them passably well. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z There is a passably good system of drainage, which was certainly very much needed, and since its completion the general health of the place is said to have considerably improved. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Canyon Pass was no beauty spot over which an artist might rave; nor was the landscape surrounding it even passably attractive to the eye. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z I sang and played upon the piano passably well, and the choral we have just mentioned, which was peculiarly in harmony with my Edmund's religious feelings, I sang for him again and again. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Surely not on account of a woman's face, though it may be passably fair, but because you felt that I perceived the Christ in you and that it was He for whom I came. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z His patron was passably old, but still a wealthy and prosperous merchant of the northern empire; and his influence won a reputation and a fortune for the reviving head of the house of Borrel. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The light was indifferent, a mere glimmer from the corner lamp at Eighth Avenue; but it enabled her to see that he was passably tall and quite slender. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The artist is to choose for his companions those who can do something beyond playing passably on one or two instruments—those who are whole men and can understand Shakespeare and Jean Paul.... A Day with Robert Schumann 2011-06-21T02:00:28.690Z The man you have only to whistle for, the passably acceptable man, safe, eligible, marriageable. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z She liked the sumptuous life on the fine plantation passably well, her mansion was admirably arranged, her menage was fine, her slaves numerous and docile; Dolores reigned royally. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The speeches in Otho are much more than passably poetical, they are often quite brilliant and touched with Keats’s unique genius for felicity in lines and phrases. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z I have lived passably well, and I die comparatively happy. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z If she were only passably good-looking——” “She is not pretty, then?” asked the headman with a questioning glance. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z I can do several things passably well, but no one thing better than another. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z They had but little to spend, and she was put to her wit's end to passably furnish the house. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The first classes went off passably; but she came to grief as she was congratulating herself on the fact that she had managed to scrape along fairly well. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z I referred to the matter when I was at the tailor's—where, by the by, I succeeded in getting a very passably fitting suit and other things I needed—and he explained the reason. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Mr. Kim, who turned 69 this month, looks to be in passably good health. North Koreans Struggle, and Party Keeps Its Grip 2011-02-26T23:27:40Z Mr. Kim, who turns 70 next month, looks to be in passably good health. Hardships Fail to Loosen Regime's Grip in North Korea 2011-02-24T18:24:16Z For three years, Reggie, you have filled a difficult office passably well. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The chairs and tables were Sheraton—Sheraton passably imitated—the covering rich brocade. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Its sign bore on one side, quite passably done, an Arctic or Greenland scene; and on the other, vessels and boats engaged in the capture of the whale. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z She was more than passably so, but still only pretty. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Fortunately, in each was a rough fireplace, and big fires soon dried the dampness and made them passably habitable. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z Doctor Fabian, although very much embarrassed, went through the introduction passably well; but, unfortunately, his evident and somewhat comical anxiety to please provoked the young girl to set about teasing him at once. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z The dark blue clothes—that had crossed the Channel in a motor-launch while their owner, thickly greased, had swum alongside in the night—fitted him quite passably well; I remembered the very suit. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z But now there are too few Romansh priests, so the village pastor is from Poland and though he speaks Romansh passably, he prefers to preach in German. Chur Journal: In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles to Survive 2010-09-29T00:10:00Z His face, which was passably attractive, had temporarily lost its usual good-humor, and he puffed his cigarette slowly as if it was more of a task than a pleasure. The Gay Adventure A Romance The only passably good things he possessed were a head, in the style of Morone, and a Madonna and Child, after the manner of Carlo Dolci. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico The thing worked passably as long as you were able to face it out. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He was young," the man replied, hoping, it may be, that by his ready answers he would earn his pardon even yet, "passably young. In the Day of Adversity Try as they would, Cosden and his new partner were at odds in each effort they made to dance together, while with Edith he succeeded passably well. The Bachelors A Novel The one, however, does its work passably and is thrown away in a year or so; the other does its work marvelously well and may last generations, being handed down from father to son. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. She looked more beautiful than ever—and he looked at her, and wondered how he could ever have thought her even passably pretty. Man and Maid It is possibly true that, in the course of time, I have become a passably good colorist. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II She was grounded very thoroughly in primary technique, so that, as time went on, she could step passably well upon her toes and achieve the "splits" and "strides" and "handsprings" of a more acrobatic mode. Carnival I am the only crookback of my party; we are else passably well shapen. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses The ordinary money-holder, who has in his pocket his tens or hundreds of legal tenders, is passably familiar with the history, past and to come, of each note. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Frank Wenlock, as we have said, got on with his Dutch neighbours more than passably, which was as well, considering that his English ones were but few and at long distances apart. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Reply, 'At dinner, at the H�tel Victoria; in passably good health, and indifferent spirits. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly "I don't know, papa; yet it must be some years; she speaks English passably well." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 His specimens are kept passably fresh, too, by the purity of the air and the resiny bituminous beds into which they are pressed. My First Summer in the Sierra The earth was once more passably firm beneath him. The Destroying Angel He could work passably with those which the law furnished if the law would but let him. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law As for the youngest of these princes, the Duke de Beaujolais, I only met him out walking; he seemed to have a passably good face and to be very lively. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Mr. Arnswald is passably impertinent, thought Eden; but the expression of his face was so reassuringly devoid of any non-conventional symptom that she laughed outright at the compliment. Eden An Episode The conception, passably rationalistic and not impossibly correct, veiled the beautiful allegory that was latent in the Eden myth. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The power-boat was passably distinct, her white side showing plainly through the tempered darkness. The Destroying Angel “Nay, now be honest as ye are bold; I am a dwarf, or little better; but for all that—come, tell me!—for all that, passably fair to look upon; is’t not so?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) The winter-saloon is a pretty apartment heated by a good stove, covered with thick carpets, and passably furnished with silken and woollen divans arranged all round the apartment. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Jefferson was not particularly handsome as a young man, for he was red-haired, awkward, and knew not what to do with his hands, though he played the violin passably well. Threads of Grey and Gold She had passably good clothing and was, as far as appearance was concerned, ready to go. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso After the men were passably well drilled in the "Infantry School of the Company"; the time had come for him to take executive command on the infantry drill ground. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war In another moment the hat was in her hands and both she and Jane were giving passably good imitations—modified by their respective personalities—of Milly’s awe-smitten admiration of the thing. The Bandbox Kali, who knew the Kiswahili language passably well, answered all questions with, "Bali! bali!" which meant "far! far!" but this was all that Stas could elicit from him. In Desert and Wilderness After having worked steadily for some six thousand years to populate the earth passably, some of us may now be excused from that duty. Threads of Grey and Gold All went passably well until the close of the fur season. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Seminary boys had their meals at home, and were very soundly fed with porridge and milk in the morning, followed by tea and ham, if their conduct had been passably decent. Young Barbarians His features were passably good—the nose perhaps rather too projecting; but his teeth were unexceptionable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 They offered abundance of subjects for Mr. Masters to talk about; and Diana could listen, and with a word or two now and then get along quite passably. Diana Two took book-keeping, one doing but little, the other obtaining such a knowledge of the science as to prepare him to keep books passably well. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences It proved to be a veritable eyrie, large, bare, passably clean, and very well lighted. Olive in Italy This may be a very prudent mode of managing matters, for aught I know, but to me it savors rather of cold-blooded calculation, than ardent or even passably warm affection. An Old Sailor's Yarns It will take England a great while to get over her airs of patronage toward us, or even passably to conceal them. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index She was a fairly educated young woman, passably good-looking; but her head was evidently turned by the attentions of which she was the recipient. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He could read passably well, write a little, was good at reckoning, and the little he knew excited a craving for more. The Cabin on the Prairie Meanwhile, the three boys had kept their own steps passably free from the gathering snow, and had shovelled a way into the widow’s house, not once but twice. Divided Skates He knew his classics passably, but of mathematics and science he was ignorant, except through the smatterings he had picked up for himself. Pioneers of Science In the fourth room he learned to make the escapement wheel and some other parts; and he had to make them, not merely passably, but excellently. Makers of Many Things The walls are painted white, picked out with green, while the shingled roof, being coloured red, looks passably like tiling. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He, Raleigh Goodyear, was passably rich; his wife was by birth of that old Southern set which dominated the society of San Francisco from its very beginning. The Readjustment We cannot form a passably thorough notion of man without saturating it through and through with the idea of a cosmic inflow from outside his world life—the inflow of God. The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit Women did not write in that strain to men whom they loved, or had ever loved ... even passably well. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange After breakfast Louis looked passably well, yet miserable enough to make explanations necessary for his alarmed parents. The Art of Disappearing He was fairly well educated, tall, passably good-looking, of engaging manners, but—those who knew him best said—treacherous, unscrupulous, and a gamester. The Voyage of the Aurora Where, in the past, the necessary geologic work might be passably done by the mining engineer, the local superintendent or operator, it is now being intrusted to specialists. The Economic Aspect of Geology We went back for family prayers, when Coombs read a chapter of Scripture; and he read passably well, though, for some reason, his tone jarred on me, while Harry fidgeted uneasily. Lorimer of the Northwest This Nanette was a good woman, who cooked passably, and knitted and netted splendidly. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental She, who is entirely honest, sees the brainless Bianca, whom no amount of schooling will make even passably honest, preferred before her. William Shakespeare We got our beans boiled passably soft, after awhile, and being very hungry were able to eat a part of them, well salted. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine The old servants are there, and will take very passably good care of you. A Red Wallflower On the contrary, she was more than passably good-looking, with black hair, rosy cheeks, and exceedingly white teeth. Werwolves Yet she knew she must be playing her part passably well, for Strachan whispered to her at the end of the duet: "You are doing splendidly." To Love She was passably handsome, and nothing could be gentler than her face and voice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 No one will know his part, no one will be able to master it even passably in so short a time. The Comedienne E'en so," commented Morgan; "thine eyes and ears are passably good for a townsman. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Keeping even passably tidy was impossible, and in personal cleanliness a London scavenger could give a traveller by rail from Cairo to Assouan many points. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan He must be very fastidious, however, who cannot live passably well in Stockholm, especially if he has frequent invitations to dine with private families, many of whom have very excellent cooks. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland "Mac," I said, "if you were even a passably good husband you would be making Montessori apparatus for your offspring." A Dominie in Doubt "The plaintiff, a very worthy young man, passably good looking, was a man of my profession, a detective engaged in protecting the interests of a young and beautiful girl." The Green Rust "You will perceive that the road here is passably even, and the light still fairly good," says I. "Highly dramatic, on my soul!" he sneered. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish The great majority of the dervishes carried Remingtons, and these, as a rule, were in passably good condition. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Noémi, well sustained by Henri, admirably prompted by Denoisel, and slightly carried away by seeing the large audience, played her touching part as the neglected wife very passably. Renée Mauperin Then Frank gave the commands again, and they pulled passably well. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton He was young and, under other conditions, passably good looking. The Green Rust Decidedly, yes! for though I am said to have acquitted myself passably well at Chapultepec——" "Gloriously, Traverse! Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' And yet——a new face, a new face and passably pretty. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine His vest was the same he wore when at work; but by pinning the collar over so as to make it present more of the passably clean shirt, he changed its entire appearance. Left Behind or, Ten Days a Newsboy She had a passably good voice, and she knew it—also, she knew that Marjorie could scarcely carry a tune. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Margaret took the book, and was surprised to find how easy a process it is to read aloud passably without taking in a word of the sense. Deerbrook For example, because of an order of his stating that there would be no alcoholic beverages within the survey building, the entire survey was assured of a constant supply of home-made, but passably good liquor. All Day September There were both fair and dark among them: all were clean and passably good-looking, one or two certainly handsome. The Five Jars With little waves and kinks, and clinging, cunning tendrils that lie close to the temples, a "crown of glory" will transform an ordinarily plain woman into one passably good to look upon. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The first thing Voltaire had to master in England was the language, and this he did passably inside of three months. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 If you think I am a passably good fellow you are mistaken. Lodusky All the morning Graeme had submitted with a passably good grace to her cross-questionings as to the “guiding” of this and that, while she had been unable to give personal supervision to family matters. Janet's Love and Service I could teach music, and I could paint passably in water colors and oils; in fact, I had been a teacher of all three, but in Alaska these luxuries were not in demand. A Woman who went to Alaska He tries to forget what was most charming in her, and has succeeded passably well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Miss Jenny satisfied herself with a cousin of her own, married without changing her name, had children, was passably happy, as the world goes, and lived to be a profoundly sentimental but inveterate widow. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray He found it convenient to pay his debt in this coin, his creditor being passably pretty. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 There was I confronted with one of the best swordsmen in the Highlands, while I was—well, passably good. The Black Colonel Ashweesha, who was a sweet and passably good-looking woman of about thirty, raised her large dark eyes to the face of Achmet with a look of gratitude, but did not reply. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale The bishopric is passably rich: he may serve thee. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Some passably good people have been said, upon occasions, to hold a candle to the devil. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray The matutinal coffee and one of Brader’s rolls, not like the London French, but passably good; and there is some cold stuffed chine.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias The only satisfactory method of giving any passably clear idea on the subject seems to be to furnish some extracts from his papers. Benjamin Franklin Harry believed he possessed a passably fair general knowledge of natural history, but these creatures—monsters truly—were entirely new to him. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru This shoulder of yours appears to have been attended to very passably. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron This afternoon, as he draws his curtain and lights his lamp, he is passably content with himself and the world; for he has just discovered a new volume of Schumann that takes his fancy. Roger Ingleton, Minor The Gerona, Ludar told me, had been found on the coast, a half wreck, some weeks since, and, by dint of great labour and patching, had been made passably seaworthy. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess So much so that for the present purpose a single line of analysis will passably cover both cases. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation She was able to do the work of this grade, not well, but passably. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale At the Metastasio Theatre there was a French vaudeville company, passably good, attended by a French audience, the majority officers and soldiers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. And then they ran through it together, the older woman playing it with a musician’s sense of its qualities, and Stella singing it through passably in her firm young voice. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story The address printed in the corner of Monsieur de Clericy's card was unknown to me, although I was passably acquainted with the Paris streets. Dross To this piping time of peace the nearest analogues in history would seem to be the Roman peace, say, of the days of the Antonines, and passably the British peace of the Victorian era. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation We learn to do things passably well, cease to think about improving our ways of doing them, and so fall into a rut. The Mind and Its Education Whatever equipments were still wanting could be had for money, with the exception of a shirt; and, as to that, the wedding shirt of the late Mr. Sweetbread would answer the purpose very passably. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Hansombody, no doubt, will succeed me; and on the whole I am satisfied that he will passably fill an office which, between ourselves, he has for some time expected. The Mayor of Troy None the less, the office of Orderly Sergeant being thrust upon him, he managed in his humble way to get through with it passably well. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Any passably dispassionate consideration of the projected régime will come unavoidably to the conclusion that the prospectively subject peoples should have no legitimate apprehension of loss or disadvantage in the material respect. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Their horses were passably hardy and active, but stunted, mean-looking animals, while the saddle-gear would have been dear anywhere at five dollars. Border and Bastille He was agreeably disappointed to find that the keynote was distinctly well-mannered, passably urban, undeniably conventional. The Price A successful production also has been sometimes a moral support to me when some critic has said, as for instance of "A Night at an Inn," that though it reads passably it could never act. Plays of Near & Far There was only one room which could be made passably habitable for Saidee and Victoria, and they went into it, out of the hot sun, as soon as it could be prepared. The Golden Silence Moreover, that I have lain awake in the night to laugh over it is no guarantee of your being passably amused. News from the Duchy I had a strong hackney under me, a bright clear sky overhead, and a companion who, if not brilliantly amusing, was very passably intelligent. Border and Bastille It is passably difficult to make an impression on what has ceased to exist these thirty years. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals By nightfall those Australians were, I will not say in comfort, but moderately and passably warm and dry. Letters from France I think I'll try to be at least passably good and obedient in the schoolroom. Elsie's Vacation and After Events After uttering many such complaints, he perceived that there was no one in the room but a young servant-maid, passably fair and buxom, and he called to her in a whisper. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) Nevertheless he uttered passably loud groans, and asked whether there was a house near in which he might change his dress. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.) It is said that before she had reached the age of eight-and-twenty, she had learned to read Latin and Greek with facility, and made herself more than passably acquainted with various arts and sciences. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens He is resisting it not only passably but well. Letters from France Well, it's something that you speak both English and French passably well. The Motor Maid So the workers vegetated throughout a passably comfortable existence, leading a righteous and peaceful life in all piety and probity; and their material position was far better than that of their successors. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Education has accomplished this function, I think, passably well with respect to the more obvious sources of superstition. Craftsmanship in Teaching She could not realize that the Society idea of quaintness is anything which does not passably imitate or become one of itself. Sally Bishop A Romance But his flesh, properly cooked, is passably palatable. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Gerda wasn't highly civilized, was hardly passably educated, and keen would be an inapt word for that queer, remote, woodland mind of hers.... Dangerous Ages What is Lord Hartledon to me?—save that we are cousins, and passably good friends. Elster's Folly The verses intervening are smooth, simple, and passably well worded; indeed the force of elegant commonplace cannot well go further than in such lines as these. A Study of Shakespeare On the promenade, what groups of passably pretty ladies, with excessively pretty bonnets, announcing in their hues of light green, peach-blossom, and primrose the approach of spring, and charming children, for French children are charming! At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Carburetted hydrogen of a passably good quality requires two volumes of pure oxygen for its complete combustion and conversion into carbonic acid and water. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Shell-shocked officers; any other officers; anything male, presentable and passably young; these were Rosalind's patients; he knew it, and everyone else knew it. Dangerous Ages Mr. Hallet was a polite sociable man, loving his ease passably well, and desirous of living in these wild countries, as people do in civilized lands. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific One may say that the inception of the process has been passably good. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 He slipped his coat over his shoulders—and passably sturdy ones they were—and took a final look into the glass. A Splendid Hazard Bianca, our Columbine, has all the makings of a beauty—she has but just turned the corner of seventeen; and Lauretta, who plays the scheming chambermaid, is more than passably good-looking. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 They were all under twenty years of age, and spoke English passably well. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East On the same side resided a Mr. Nolin, with his family, consisting of three half-breed boys and as many girls, one of whom was passably pretty. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific The road—a passably good one—led them across a dip of cultivated land, shaped like a saddle-back, with a line of forest trees topping its farther ridge. Lady Good-for-Nothing He was a passably good-looking coltish boy, in a best suit which he had outgrown, and a hard black hat, the brim of which annoyed him when he leaned back. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales My crew are passably honest, but if they knew how many diamonds you carried about you, I should be very sorry to go bail for them.” Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance She kissed it as she folded it up, with the silent thought that this was the breath of her life, and soon—oh, passably soon—she could bear the genius in Nadie's eyes again. A Daughter of To-Day "It is handsome, and I look passably young in it, too; how old should you take me to be Ruth?" Mona On his soul, he had not seen half a dozen women in Edelweiss who were more than passably fair to look upon. Truxton King A Story of Graustark A few of the other girls were passably good-looking but she was the only one with anything like beauty—which, it would seem, is practically confined to the noblesse and grande bourgeoisie in France. The Living Present And here he was sent into the world undersized and not even passably good-looking. The Belfry They are neither beautiful nor clever, wise nor good, famous nor, indeed, passably distinguished. Prose Fancies (Second Series) In the second act, where he resists Kundry's questionable allurements, he did passably well, though he gave the impression that even for a reiner Thor—the German for a virtuous fool—she had no charms. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Mr. Smith did his best to take life seriously, and I believe he succeeded passably well until after forty years of age. Shandygaff Shrewd, clever, and passably virtuous, he was nevertheless distinctly capable of follies; but he told her everything, even the worst, and though sometimes she frowned he smiled away the frown. Leonora Cricket and football I also played passably, but sports never interested me much. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion She was more than thirty years of age, it is true, but she saw plainly enough in her glass that she was more than passably good-looking still. A Tale of a Lonely Parish The task which I undertook seems to me to have been passably fulfilled by what has been stated in reference to the strategic combinations which enter ordinarily into a plan of campaign. The Art of War Abby is passably good-looking and rather graceful; besides, she has a clear, strong voice, and plenty of self-confidence. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir The Figures, with a gracious air, dance pompously, but very passably. Back to Methuselah The offices looked very well from the outside, and they compared passably with the offices of the Signal close by. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns An apology for our rough touring suits led to some few questions and replies about the regimental tartan of the Morays, in the history of which he was passably well informed. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales By breaking out the shallow snow, the ground was made passably available to the feeding herd, which followed the boys as sheep follow a shepherd. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings They had found a cave in which they had been passably comfortable. The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick From the distance of the gallery she looked quite passably youthful, and beyond question she had a dominating presence in her resplendent costume. The Regent Once more, therefore, I was set to Latin at the seminary; but after some months I was returned by the bishop and the rector as incapable of learning, though a passably well-conducted youth. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters One must come into close contact with him to find him different from any other passably attractive, intelligent man of the open. Starr, of the Desert Urged by Alice, whose ambitious love included all within her ken, Po Lun attended night school; he could read and write English passably, though the letter "r" still foiled his Oriental tongue. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts I was still young, my dear Sir, and passably good looking. Castles in the Air "Your ancestors fought against money, and fought passably well." Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession I honestly did my best to love her, so far as I knew how, and mayhap we could have rubbed on through life passably well as things go. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago These young girls, therefore, undertook the rendering of Cinna, quite passably for children who had been trained for the stage only by an old nun. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The road from Guayama is also said to be a passably good one. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient The garden, planted for utility, was passably well kept. True Tilda "I would rather not say; it is a passably good example of Creole art; there is but one way by which it can ever be worth what you ask for it." The Grandissimes The appointment of a new Press Censor in Ireland furnished them with many opportunities at Question-time for the display of their wit, which some of the new Members seemed to find passably amusing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. "For instance——I find you passably disdainful for an entomologist!" Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen But being a man of a certain intelligence, passably honest, and reasonably painstaking, probably he produced reviews sufficiently useful and just to answer their purpose. Studies in Literature The duke, larger than the others, was passably fair in an old swallow-tail coat and brown trousers. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Bits of crystal and silver, visible here and there, are as bright as they are antiquated; and one or two portraits, and the picture of Our Lady of Many Sorrows, are passably good productions. The Grandissimes The speech at New York, being within my calculation before I started, went off passably well and gave me no trouble whatever. Abraham Lincoln But I more than suspect that when it came to temperament M. Héger took it out in faces; that he was nothing more than a benevolent, sentimental, passably intellectual bourgeois; but bourgeois to the core. The Three Brontës A mechanical man can play a part in them not very well, but passably well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Nevertheless, he had a good carriage and a passably intelligent face, and he was rather handsome. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front So a man may go happy from the cradle to the grave—at least—passably happy. Love and Mr. Lewisham I with the voice which had often been ridiculed; I who had often blasphemously said that I would sell my soul to be able to sing just passably. My Brilliant Career And I hold, with Sydney Smith, and with that keen practical philosopher, Becky Sharpe, that happiness and success tend very greatly to make people passably good. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 A woman who was plump, or buxom, or chubby might be classed as passably attractive, but only the fat women were irresistible. The Slim Princess The important thing was to find a hotel in which one could live passably. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent We saw a splendid carriage and four, with a troop of soldiers in red tramping after it, and a passably pretty flag flying over them. Hurrah for New England! The Virginia Boy's Vacation He went down to the coast in a carriage containing seventeen other men, but he got a fat sleepy youth to sit on, and was passably comfortable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 I am the only crookback of my party; we are else passably well shapen. The Black Arrow Our hero surrendered his fiddle to the young man, who played passably. Phil, the Fiddler He spoke French passably well, but with an abominable accent. Baron Trigault's Vengeance There was a round table covered, not with the usual "tapestry" cover, but with a plain green cloth that went passably with the wall-paper. Ann Veronica, a modern love story "Thank you, I'm well, and have had a passably agreeable summer, barring the heat, sundry persistent mosquitoes, several grievous disappointments, and a felon on my thumb," he began, with shameless imperturbability. Miss Billy — Married But the curious thing was that he had never learnt to speak French passably, and he kept in his shabby clothes bought at La Belle Jardiniere an ineradicably English appearance. Of Human Bondage As he received high wages, he served passably well; but he employed the best part of his energy in watching the count. The Count's Millions Dear Judy: We attended the doctor's supper party last night, Betsy and Mr. Witherspoon and I. It turned out a passably cheerful occasion, though I will say that it began under heavy auspices. Dear Enemy I answered that I was very sure I liked it passably well; I was not joking. Walden He bungled it considerably, but in the end he succeeded passably well. McTeague But, bad for idle schoolboys, it did so happen that they were passably good for him. Jude the Obscure There were still some who were passably good-looking; they all seemed to be absorbed in their devotions, and she felt ashamed that she alone was wandering about the church without any holy thoughts. Bertha Garlan Not to discuss spitting, which is for spittoons, not literature, our fellow-travellers on the deck of the "floating palace" were passably endurable people, in looks, style, and language. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 The night was passably light and her beautiful features were fairly clear to the startled men in the road. The Crimson Blind My person, my appearance, my parliamentary prospects, my understanding, my friends and connections, all passed in review: while his praise was carefully tempered; and as I imagined very passably appropriate. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor It felt like a metal tube a couple of inches in diameter, a foot or so in length, passably heavy. The Black Bag For so small a lad, you will agree that I talk pretty passably well, and have fairly earned whatever spare specie Time has left in your pockets. Time's Portraiture (From: "The Doliver Romance and Other Pieces: Tales and Sketches") In life it is far higher to do an inferior thing well than to do a superior thing passably. A Rough Shaking A girl who is passably pretty can almost always get a situation here. The Secrets of the Great City Miss Fanshaw had learned to speak French passably, to read a little Italian, to draw a little, to play tolerably well upon the piano-forte, and to dance as well as many other young ladies. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 I have hungered for you: and"—Jurgen smiled here—"and I have always stayed a passably good boy, lest I should beyond reason disturb my family. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice They would find, if they had even passably good looks, that proposals would be more frequent. Revenge! At that moment she was young and very passably pretty—an elegant spirited Serena of eighteen, rather than a faded and, alas! spiteful Serena of close upon fifty. The Far Horizon Yes of course she could make a conquest; by gaslight she was still passably goodlooking. L'Assommoir She had, moreover, a decided talent for music, and had written several passably good stories for a young ladies' magazine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 He spoke Spanish well and French passably; had black hair, bright Jewish eyes, a dead-fish expression, and a both amiable and courteous disposition. The Enormous Room The average cookery article may be passably clear so far as it goes, but it is rarely thorough, and so it fails in usefulness. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide "Washed, cleaned, passably invigorated, refreshed especially by some cups of hot beer, I was able to rise on the following morning and to assist at the council which the colonel had called together." Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 About thirty-five, with a passably good figure, irregular, if honest, features, and an expression usually somewhat grave, he made no pretensions to any exterior advantage. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People I still like it passably," answered Godolphin; "but the gloss is gone from the delusion. Godolphin, Complete "I still like it passably," answered Godolphin; but the gloss is gone from the delusion. Godolphin, Volume 5. He was not so very drunk now; he spoke passably clearly, and did not twist any words. Shallow Soil It was the first even passably pleasant thing that had happened to Ginger in the whole of this dreary and unprofitable day: for the envelope bore the crest of the good ship Mauretania. The Adventures of Sally When you leave Burgos at 3.29 of a passably sunny afternoon you are not at once aware of the moral difference between the terms of your approach and those of your departure. Familiar Spanish Travels She attended to her studies at the University passably well and in the late afternoons took a walk with a girl classmate, attended a matinee at the theater, or read a book. Poor White Though savouring of that mawkish elaboration which then began to taint local art and literature and is bound up with the name of the poet Marino, it is still a passably virile figure. Old Calabria The packed hut was passably well ventilated, but its heavy, meaty smells were not the same to our noses as those we were accustomed to in the sprucy nooks of the evergreen woods. Travels in Alaska Her hair was just passably tidy, and she was a little effaced by a red blouse, but there was no mistaking the genuine brightness of her welcome. The History of Mr. Polly We camped at a noble reach, garnished with a mimic forest of old tamarisks, whose small voices, united in chorus, passably imitated the mighty murmur of the sea. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 B. To speak the ordinary speech, read with fair intelligence, and write in a passably intelligible manner the foreign language or languages, the social, political, and intellectual necessities of the time require. Mankind in the Making This gate, being of quite recent construction and of massive, as well as passably handsome, appearance, is not included in the general scheme of improvement. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The young girl was just eighteen, passably old for a sixteenth-century noble bride! The Tragedies of the Medici Consider how kindly and heartily a girl who is passably pretty will welcome one who is downright ugly. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims He accepted our request with perfect composure, and by the time we had succeeded in making ourselves passably respectable he presented us with a menu that deserved to be set to music. A Rogue by Compulsion To a police officer every one is a probable criminal, but some of us now and then are passably honest. The Lost Naval Papers Some of the melons weighed as much as five or six ounces, and were passably good eating, although rather bitter. Journals of Australian Explorations To learn to speak it requires about as long as to learn to converse passably in French, Italian, or Spanish; and unless it be spoken well, it is exceedingly absurd to any appreciative listener. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 The building is a thing of many windows, where passably good-looking women appear and disappear, clad in cotton gowns, watering little outside shelves of flowers and cacti, or hanging canaries' cages. Old Creole Days Sir, I have a daughter, who is considered passably good-looking by certain appreciative individuals. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870 Here, fanned by cool breezes and surrounded by passably fair women and brave men, one may do a certain amount of tissue-restoring. The Prince and Betty Hence he gave up attempting that which he could do only passably, and kept to what he could do supremely well. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The singing continued, a girl's voice, only passably trained, but certainly fresh and sweet. In the Quarter G. G. Each one, when seen by himself, is passably wise and judicious; When they in corpore are, naught but a blockhead is seen. The Poems of Schiller — Third period He was slightly dishevelled at the moment, and his hair stood up in a disordered mop; but in spite of these drawbacks, he was quite passably good-looking. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories The track was passably legible for some time, and wound through long grass, and small koa trees, mixed with stunted ohias and a few common ferns. The Hawaiian Archipelago Tell me: do you know that I am guardian to a tolerably young and passably handsome girl who lives in this neighbourhood, and whose name is Isabella? The School for Husbands It was from this passably contented frame of mind that they were rudely awakened. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition The earth roads were passably good when covered with the snows of winter, or when dried up in the summer sun; but even then a thaw or rain made them all but impassable. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian It had not yet lost its leaves, and a shower during the preceding night had left it passably green. Little Citizens It has shown a singular aptitude for politics and civilization, and it would have been interesting to watch the development of a strictly Polynesian monarchy starting under passably fair conditions. The Hawaiian Archipelago His countenance is not prepossessing, though he might be considered passably good looking in a mixed company. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth He is full of mischief and cruelty to those he hates, and passably kind to those he likes. Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear "Now, I am very passably content as things are." The Splendid Spur The day was a glorious one and the road more than passably good. A Fool and His Money He could not be severe nor even passably strict, and never punished us in any way. Far Away and Long Ago Tom Walton did passably well, but was not likely to make his parents proud of his performances. Bound to Rise September 7.—Our course now lay uninterruptedly along the left bank, where the scenery became yet more Rhine-like, in natural basins, reaches on the chart: here and there rugged uprocks passably simulated ruined castles. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 "You have worn passably well, but you are no longer young." At Last "Why do you spend an hour doing only passably well what you could do perfectly in ten minutes?" The Stillwater Tragedy They talked of the affair which had occasioned the visit, of the war, of business, of other things which made a bad dinner passably good. The Physiology of Taste I could not get on passably without pupils, which is a kind of work that does not suit me—of this I have a strong example here. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Happily the inhabitants of the Five Towns in that era were passably pleased with themselves, and they never even suspected that they were not quite modern and quite awake. The Old Wives' Tale By not looking down, however, I managed to walk on the level passably well. The Invisible Man Seems to me, I love you passably well. The Double Widowing Had Sweetwater been handsome, or even passably attractive, he might have been satisfied with the approbation of demure maidens and a comradeship with his fellows. Agatha Webb She paused in the center of the one passably sized room, and her piquant face was flushed with animation. The Auction Block You are passably good-looking, but you are by no means very beautiful. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Eleanor—passably roguish within the limits of becoming mirth—acted the scene to her husband, who laughed shamelessly. The Emancipated Yet I do passably keep troth with you, And fond you with fair regularity;— A week beside you, and a week away. The Dynasts The result was passably satisfactory at last, and assuredly not wanting in the element of novelty. The Witch of Prague And they never seem to succeed in keeping it even passably intact—and not one couple in a million carry it through life unhurt. The Vultures Decidedly, yes! for though I am said to have acquitted myself passably well at Chapultepec—" "Gloriously, Traverse! Capitola the Madcap Later on, I became a member of the Undershaft orchestral society, and performed passably on the tenor trombone. Major Barbara He can read passably, and might amuse our poor old friend in that way. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Young and passably good-looking men are not rare, and as for men of genius who have led interesting lives, many thousands have been pointed out to me. The Witch of Prague And if, for instance, Laura confessed that her teachers did not regard her as even passably intelligent, there would be a nice to-do. The Getting of Wisdom She began by almost starving herself at supper in order to save enough money to replace her hat with whatever she could find that would serve passably, and be cheap enough. A Daughter of the Land This last was a foolish young man, excessively vain of his personal appearance—but a passably good servant, making allowance for these defects. Jezebel's Daughter I was silent an instant, thinking how to find words passably comprehensible and yet conventionally circumlocutory and euphemistic. To-morrow? That a Sultan should send his Ministers to keep watch over a ship's cargo sounds passably ridiculous to a European reader, but a coffee-house audience in the East would have found it perfectly natural. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 I am myself passably well off, and some of the mortgages which I had been forced to lay upon my estates have been cleared off during my absence. St. George for England Say I have begun to be passably honest. The Well-Beloved "That she is passably fair, friend," replied Henry. Windsor Castle She saw also that he was passably good looking, had fine grey eyes, a straight nose and a most firm chin. The Clue of the Twisted Candle They seemed to take no heed of her presence, and talked of her aloud, to her face, as of something unclean, abject, and yet, at the same time, passably pretty. Notre-Dame De Paris The Nightingale hath a plume, you see, and saith, moreover, that her knight hath done his devoir passably, but that she yet looks to see him send some captive giant to her feet. The Caged Lion But Alexander had been more than passably understanding and had refused his sister's passionate pleas for a Betan scalp. The Lani People I had barely gotten up from my passably hard mattress when I felt my mind clear, my brain go on the alert. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea To "clear" even seven hours and a half from the jungle is passably difficult. How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Jimmy Crocker was a tall and well-knit young man who later on in the day would no doubt be at least passably good-looking. Piccadilly Jim Lady Lapith made a few discreet inquiries, and having found that George's financial position, character, and family were all passably good, she asked him to dine. Crome Yellow However, the pair seemed, in spite of their apparent poverty, to be passably merry. Catherine: a Story For his sake as well as my own I did want to acquit myself passably. And Even Now A clever, passably good-looking elderly man could make himself peculiarly attractive to young women and women in the thirties. The Drums of Jeopardy One you know passably well—the detective whose methods, only indifferently clever show that he has very much to learn. Initials Only This is a kind of ancient state, moreover, that suits passably well with provincial thrift. The Deserted Woman He was passably dressed, and the half-year of travel had benefited his appearance in no slight degree. New Grub Street Some of us can also talk quickly and well to either of these pilgrims; and others can do the trick passably. And Even Now A young subaltern, even if passably vulgar in figure, can be shuffled through by the aid of the heroical story humourously exaggerated in apology for his aspect. The Egoist These other poor devils, worried, stiff, strumous, awkward, vapid, and rather coarse, with here and there a passably pretty woman, are European kings, queens, grand-dukes, and the like. An Unsocial Socialist And there are passably good roads through the woods where we go motoring. Options Had he been on good terms with Frank, he would have asked him to read over the lesson, which, as he was naturally quick, would have enabled him to get off passably. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp Sir James tells me that thou art passably ripe in skill. Men of Iron We learned both languages passably well, and we learned them wholly in the saddle or in camp. Adventure I amuse myself by paying a few compliments to a schoolgirl for whom I do not care two straws more than for any agreeable and passably clever woman I meet. An Unsocial Socialist In the course of the next eight years Newmark and Orde floated high on that flood of apparent prosperity that attends a business well conceived and passably well managed. The Riverman |
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