| 单词 | passionless |
| 例句 | “That is what most of the discussion was about,” Master Lorren explained, his voice as passionless as stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But again that passionless cold little voice stopped the words on his lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The scandal sheets and tattlers call her icy and passionless. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As for her, she was a passionless maid and she clung to him as to a father, and to him she was indeed more than half child and scarcely woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The brief heat of it passed and passion died out of him; he was fond of her, but passionless. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Miss Phelan, You certainly may hone your writing skills on such flat, passionless subjects as drunk driving and illiteracy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Dirty deeds, rather than regrets appear time well invested in anticipation of the perceived desert of passionless middle-age. Women and desire: the six ages of sex 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z I loved him, but our relationship was curiously passionless. 'Meeting new women became an addiction': one woman, 30 dates 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Their relationship is adrift and passionless, and the stranger seems to know it, “messaging her from the shadows and keeping his identity hidden while he judged her, exposed her.” Review | Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Leisurely and deliberate, intelligent and casually cruel, “Have a Nice Day” is a stone-cold gangster thriller whose violence unfolds in passionless bursts. Review: In ‘Have a Nice Day,’ a Follow-the-Money Tale in China 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The film was a banal, cynical and passionless rehash of a masterpiece, an embarrassing reminder of why Hollywood should be cautious in remaking French films. Letters: ?Breathless?: Don?t Buy American 2010-05-28T14:54:00Z The result is a movie that, for all its operatic allusions and actorly expertise, feels dismayingly passionless. Review: In ‘Bel Canto,’ Music Is the Food of Love and Rebellion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Interactions between characters feel hollow, no matter how well-lit or well-cast the scenes are, with a passionless non-ending that has little of substance to say about the period or its social morés. ‘Love After Love’ Review: Elegance Without a Center 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z This film is joyless, passionless, humourless, incurious about real people's real lives. The Smell of Us review: Larry Clark's passionless voyeur flick 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z But the love story at the center is largely passionless, making the revival seem largely pointless. Star-Crossed (and –Blessed) Revivals: Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams 2013-10-02T09:45:54Z This may lead to anger and coping strategies like addictions, ghosting, and passionless communication—things that only disconnect him from his self. So many men are miserable jerks. I should know — I used to be one too 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z After the initial euphoria of having a young, intelligent and black commander-in-chief wore off, I thought of him as a passionless president, too cool for his and our own good. Obama nostalgia matters: He’s consequential because he’s good and because he asked that we be good, too 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Last week, he swiped the widow Schroeder's hair ribbon and twisted it tightly around his fist, inhaling her scent after writing a passionless letter to his wife. "Boardwalk Empire": Everyone is currency 2010-10-04T06:01:00Z Desperate and fearing the lonely years ahead in a passionless marriage, she takes matters into her own hands with tragic consequences. This week's new theatre 2011-03-05T00:07:36Z It was a pop-culture calamity, a soulless, passionless film whose only real effect was to smudge the happy memories of the three originals. Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D ? review 2012-02-09T21:45:00Z It’s slippery, but as someone wise once said, you can’t hide a passionless base. Critic’s Notebook: Paul Taylor Dance at Koch Theater 2014-03-23T21:28:46Z Their passion is passionless: they’re merely giving voice to their speeches while failing to live inside their characters’ voices. The Heaviness of Memory in Arthur Miller’s “The Price” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z It is a passionless and immediate dismissal of intimidation. Forty Years On, What Does Punk Rock Mean? 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z This is a passionless relationship, built strictly on practicalities. 'Abundance' of plot twists hard to believe in Western wives tale 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Feeling disappointed and passionless for the subject, she turned her attention to photography. She Watches Weddings, One Click at a Time 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Instead I fast-forward to arguments about domestic duties, parenting, finance, commitment and a return to passionless nights. I’m obsessed with a married woman in Sweden – should I move there? 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Following the listless, passionless performance against Portugal, Andonovski was asked directly whether he’s concerned the problems he’s identified keep being repeated. Commentary: The U.S. women's soccer team is struggling at the World Cup. Can the team right itself? 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z "I’ve endured mental and emotional abuse because of a passionless, sexless and narcissistic relationship," Cormier claimed in a statement to the outlet. '90 Day Fiancé' stars Evelyn Cormier, David Vazquez Zermeno to divorce after 4 years of marriage 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z That is, I noted that my color gave me infinite advantages, but the words, while sincere, were passionless. ‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z An Ohio couple reinvigorate their passionless marriage during a bizarre 24 hours in New York City. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Homemade pappardelle in a tomato Pernod cream, served with sea scallops, shrimp and mussels, is solid yet passionless. Review: The Farmhouse at Roger's Gardens suffers from convoluted cooking 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “Erdogan is a tired, passionless man. An arrogant man looking down at the people,” Ince said at a rally in Izmir, a city on the Aegean Sea in western Turkey. Could Turkey's president be in trouble? He faces a stiff challenge in Sunday's election 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z This passionless routine is not a result of a dull marriage, however. Review: McAdams, Weisz give searing turns in ‘Disobedience’ 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z It lost to the passionless “Lullaby of Broadway,” warbled by Winifred Shaw and then re-purposed, instrumentally, for a bonkers Busby Berkeley number. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z He missed on all his jumps, plummeting to 17th place with a tentative and passionless showing. Yuzuru Hanyu leads after Olympic short program as Nathan Chen crashes to 17th 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The two-time U.S. champion missed on all his jumps, plummeting to 17th place with a tentative and passionless showing. Tough day for top Americans at Pyeongchang Olympics 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Based on the limited social development and passionless demeanor of his eldest son, these kids don't have a chance to properly develop into well-adjusted human beings. Letters: Dodgers don't appear willing to pay the price to the next step 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z According to Variety, the reprise is a "sappy, passionless, schlocky remake... without even the iota of imagination necessary to expand upon the 1987 film". What did the critics make of the Dirty Dancing remake? - BBC News 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The other 24 pieces are brightly lacquered sketches trimmed to New Yorker specifications—deadpan, passionless portraits of cruel children, quietly miserable spinsters, clumsy middle-class drifters, city people lonely in the country. This Is What 1950s and '60s Critics Said About Shirley Jackson's Work 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Depp closes with a passionless word of advice: “Declare everything when you enter Australia. Thanks.” Johnny Depp and Australian Minister’s Feud Has Gone to the Dogs 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Disdaining “smooth, antiseptic and passionless” leadership, he insisted then, “We must rekindle the fire of idealism in this country.” Biden Looks Back, Aspirations Intact 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The plot line that this marriage is in a passionless rut may be almost too believable — at a certain point it's not clear these two people even know each other. 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' squeezes you in a warm, familiar embrace 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The best performances in this show were by people of color, while the white people existed as passionless eye candy. Grease Live: the live musical you should've watched 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Like Dean, Sanders discusses foreign policy in a vague and passionless style that is nothing like his regular rhetoric. Bernie Sanders is not the threat to Hillary Clinton he may appear to be | Richard Wolffe 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z This could have been a great time for Dukakis to shed some of his image as a remote, passionless technocrat. 10 Memorable Moments in Presidential Debate History 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z It is, he suggested, "a testament to celebrity power more than to strong writing or great directing", calling Grandage's production "a worthy effort but a little passionless". Nicole Kidman praised for West End return in DNA play - BBC News 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Fans and tennis writers often call their matches passionless. Venus vs. Serena Williams: A Long, Uncomfortable Rivalry 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In a blunt self-critique, Mr. Walker acknowledged on a private conference call with donors on Monday that voters had found him passionless. Momentum Slipping Away in Iowa, Scott Walker Adopts a Trump-like Stance 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Maybe most alarmingly for the guy whose passionless and entitled candidacy rested solely on his perceived electability, Jeb! dropped into third place in the latest Quinnipiac poll released Thursday morning, behind Walker. GOP’s epic trainwreck: Jeb Bush flails and Donald Trump ascends as the party goes further off the rails 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Her Pakistani husband was passionless in bed, she tells us, and reckless with her feelings — qualities that, from her presentation, seem to be less a matter of personal flaws than religious ones. Bill Maher and Fox News’s Muslim feminism: How Aayan Hirsi Ali and Asra Nomani embrace the soft Islamophobia of Western expectations 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be great if you could assemble your own Frankenadvisor – part efficient, passionless robot, and part intuitive, caring human financial advisor? The Ideal Financial Advisor: Part Human, Part Droid? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Think of Swift’s Houyhnhnms, trotting down the road, their withers shining in the sun, saying sober, passionless things to Gulliver. The Truth About Animal Stories 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Like DNA evidence, cameras provide a passionless, unbiased view of what transpired. South Carolina editorial roundup 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z We’ve chosen to forge our name within an otherwise rather mundane passionless industry. Brown Chronos Damascus Safe For Twisted Metal Take On Wrist Watch Protection 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z But he finds Obama too passionless in defending his progressive vision of America. Panetta dings President Obama in new book ‘Worthy Fights’ 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z As problematic as her answers was her passionless delivery. Julia Pierson puts the ‘secret’ in Secret Service She carried it when her marriage of 20 years fell into a passionless routine - like roommates, not lovers, she said. Assault victim rebuilding her life 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Since then, U.S. democracy has become paralyzed by partisanship, and the European Union has become bureaucratized and passionless. Ukraine’s pivotal revolution 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z In an interview with Game Informer, the actor said the game “seemed kind of passionless” and his work on the project “wasn’t fun at all.” 'Aliens: Colonial Marines' Actor Michael Biehn Says Working On The Game 'Wasn't Fun At All' 2013-07-27T19:22:00Z Collectively, the Yankees’ endgame was dreary and passionless. On Baseball: Tigers’ Sweep Ends Yankees’ Punchless Postseason 2012-10-19T09:19:03Z The ultimate editor, the filter between you and your reader, is humourless and passionless. The media has two tribes, but there's only one winner 2012-07-15T18:45:00Z His stump skills continue to be uneven at best, with speeches plagued by awkward jargon and passionless rhetoric. The View from One Prudential Plaza: Why the Obama Campaign Is So Confident 2012-05-16T11:50:00Z He became the passionless Absolute in which all things move and have their being. The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion 2012-04-24T02:00:19.043Z “It seemed kind of passionless,” he told Game Informer. 'Aliens: Colonial Marines' Actor Michael Biehn Says Working On The Game 'Wasn't Fun At All' 2013-07-27T19:22:00Z There he stood, leaning upon his rifle, seemingly as passionless and unconcerned as the shadow within which he stood. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Those cold and passionless meetings that our churches and halls often present—how little are they fitted, by the earnestness and warmth of their tone, to give those who attend them a great impulse heavenward! The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Small in stature and of delicate health, with shy, distant, reserved manners, and passionless countenance, he was not fitted to awaken awe or impart fear. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Hutchinson set himself against the "Sons of Liberty," "his course not showing one sign vacillation from first to last, but throughout bearing the marks of clear, cold, passionless inflexibility." The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The voice was so cold and passionless it gave Crafty Eyes a turn. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Romantic and superstitious ideas should be entirely banished, and the steps of his investigation should be guided by intellect as cold and passionless as the instruments he uses. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The East rose before him, with its inscrutable wisdom, its passionless repose, its heavy-lidded calm. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z You must control your grief, Miss Strickland; be calm and passionless as of old. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z When she did her voice had lost its bitterness, and was low and absent and passionless. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z And then in the same passionless tone, "Do not waste time." Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z As it was, my black unchanging mask, which always confronted him, which hid all emotions and veiled even fatigue, had grown to be full of terror to him--full of blank, passionless menace. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He gave this history by projecting existence into a past which was remote and passionless. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z If they defended themselves and were killed in the heat of a mortal struggle, it would not have seemed so horrible to him as this silent, passionless piece of villainy. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z Secondly, there is the progress in purity which casts earthly things behind, and reaches the angelic height of passionless serenity. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z "You will go to Appleby gaol," he said, in the same passionless tone. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He delights to analyze, to classify; there is no anomaly too monstrous, no specimen too revolting, to insure his ardent but passionless scrutiny. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Her face was the face of a saint—calm, passionless, and happy, with a gentle, chastened happiness. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z His feelings when he found himself outside were such as it is impossible to describe in passionless sentences. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z If he is passionless, it is not that he has no passions, but that they no longer perturb and mislead. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Am I a useless, passionless clod, that my blood stirs at naught but pleasure? Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z A man cold of face and something passionless; even hard, we have seen, when a rope, a bough, and a villain forced themselves on his attention. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Society demands, and is right in demanding, a passionless eye from the physician, and between the physician's respect for his profession and the temptation of the man, honour has no choice. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, Half taught in anguish, through the midnight air Beat upward to God's throne in loud excess Of shrieking and reproach. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z I like the Italian Madonna face so much—it is so pure and young and passionless. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Yet to me they had exhibited nothing but the most passionless reserve. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The foreign garden is over-wrought, too full: it is a passionless thing—like the gaudy birds of India, finely plumed but songless; like the prize rose, without sweetness. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z FATE.—Never hurried, never delayed, passionless, pitiless, patient, keeping the tryst—neither early nor late—there, on the very stroke and center of the instant fixed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z These ideas have been abandoned, and now the Christian's God is the infinite, the incomprehensible, the formless, bodiless and passionless. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z V�t�rin examined the pistols, while he threw more than one furtive glance at the other's passionless face. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z But Walter Butler's passionless voice was sounding now, and I saw Sir William turn his head to lose no gesture or shade of meaning. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Indeed, his passionless quietness conveyed the impression that some of the usual attributes of humanity had been left out of him. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z She spoke in a dry, passionless voice, which daunted me more than the words she uttered. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Bentham took no comfort from the passionless voice, though his heart leaped at the words. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The happiness which the philosophic life promised is described in vague outline, like the delineation given of the calm and passionless existence of the Gods. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z That is proved, or indicated, by his critical clarity, the almost passionless rationality of his tales and poems, and even by the physical perfection of his manuscripts. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, Ceaseless, insistent. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z She dropped her words out one by one, cool, passionless, and brutal in their clearness. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Made by this seemingly passionless and apathetic man, the secret movement shocked Charnock. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z But, great as they are, to think of them greatly, to feel their passionless splendor, is greater still. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z She prates of his beautiful smooth limbs and the cold, passionless lips which he will not yield to her insensate desire. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Being by no means a mere passionless money-making machine, I had, nevertheless, not finished with Lane. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z It is a piece of cool and masterly dissection, all the more terrible for the passionless manner in which the author conducts the operation.”—Times, Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z He was passionless, indifferent to the world, vowed not to ask for anything. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z He was standing as erect and passionless as a marble statue, looking straight before him. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Why do ye start?—'tis not the first fair dame That in our city listen'd i' the cool And passionless night, to piped sighs, and vows Enamour'd, breathed from reed and flageolet! hermione. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z He seemed to men to be a passionless intelligence; susceptible to no feeling but the constant love of right; subject to no affection but a polarity toward truth. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z A man so passionless as Godwin could venture thus to argue without suspicion that he did so only to gratify his wayward desires. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z He is silent, passionless, indifferent to every earthly thing. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z He had lived a placid, passionless life with the old Essenic master and centered his broad loves on one or two. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z There in twenty years of patient passionless toil he built up the mighty edifice of his system. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z His soul is keyed in a grander, more passionless mood. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z She had thought that perhaps Mr. Strong might give a cry, rush across the studio, and take her in his arms; but of this cold and almost passionless prevision of details she had not dreamed. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z He was calm and cruel, passionless and tortuous, whilst she felt with all her heart and soul and with all her senses. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z They are a temperate, a passionless lot, that carry the Torah like hair-balances in their hearts to discover if any deed they do weighs according to the Law. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z This expression of sorrow compensated for the want of soul in Bellini's face, but it was a sorrow without depth; it glistened in the eyes without poetry, it played passionless about his lips. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Mrs. Greenough was a mild creature, passionless and gentle in her nature as a lamb. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z He was the dean of his order, and bade fair to remain so for a long time to come—a calm, passionless craftsman in flesh and bone. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z I was not beaten or starved; but the wrong that was done to me had no intervals of relenting, and was done in a systematic, passionless manner. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Seating himself cross-legged on the coat, he cast his eyes heavenward, on his face an expression as pure and passionless as that on the countenance of the Sistine Madonna. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z So, things pulseless and passionless endure, and human life passes away as swiftly as a song dies off from the air—as quickly succeeded, and as quickly forgot! Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z He sat as still as the passionless rock lifted behind him. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z But in many men and women the intellect takes an unduly large share in the fashioning of life; these are called here the “less impassioned,” the “unimpassioned,” or for the sake of brevity, “the passionless.” Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Gabriel ceased, pressed both hands to his burning forehead and went on, after a long pause, passionlessly almost calmly. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z The passionless laws that sway our unseen Personality are not made lovely to us till thus clothed in human attributes and brought near to our hearts, person embracing person. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Certainly she was speaking in a low, passionless voice, but there was a peculiar whiteness in the generally rather florid face. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “I say,” said he, in a passionless voice, “that the price o’ flour at Satan’s Trap is this day eighteen.” Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Fortunately the outward seeming of the passionless temperament is often worse than the reality, and querulous speech is often combined with generous action. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z But its expression is always gracious, passionless, smiling—like the smiling of unknown friends in dreams, with infinite indulgence for any folly, even a dream-folly. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z There was no expression in his countenance; he stood perfectly passionless and calm. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Technically he could find no disastrous fault with it; but in his soul he knew it to be as passionless as a proposition in Euclid. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Henry Thoreau found it here, in the passionless face of Nature. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z In the passionless man or woman extreme activity may repress the tendency to disapprove; immense self-importance may impede action. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z She heard once more that inexorable persistence, that bland, passionless, but remorseless voice. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z He must represent her alone, calm and passionless, unfathomable, with a sublime disregard of earth; or else join with his predecessors and drag her down to a mundane level in scenes of trivial fable. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z His heavy footsteps were pounding the second flight of steps before a voice broke the hush in the stuffy little room, a voice faint and toneless, dim and passionless. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z This, however, was but a flash of light in the dark, and the pale and beautiful face of La Felina soon became cold and passionless. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The want of dignity is itself a striking feature in the character of passionless and active men, and want of dignity was the one conspicuous defect in Henry’s conduct in his marriage affairs. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Half passionless, and so swoon on to death. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z It would be unfair to Thirlwall to say he is dull, but he is too cold and passionless for modern readers. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Nothing could be more dreary, passionless, and resigned than the vast, sunlit, yet joyless waste. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z These shadowy actors lead to shadowy places; but the abounding incidents relieve us among this troop of passionless creatures. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z These elements of character frequently run together in equal or unequal degrees, and they are extremely characteristic of the more markedly passionless temperament. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z "I think I want to answer you," he said, speaking slowly, deliberately, without the slightest trace of excitement in his passionless voice. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Challoner's cool, passionless voice gave to the declaration the character of infallibility. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z He heard her pure, young voice lifted beside his; even in that cold, passionless commingling there was joy unspeakable, and he knew himself exalted. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z To look at your cold, passionless face now, no one would suspect your wonderful genius. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z But the cruelty of Henry, like that of Edward, was cruelty of the passionless type. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Behind the thought of Pascal, we see the attitude of that firm and passionless intellect. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z To be gentle is not to be passionless. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z This was the soft, passionless voice of a young gentleman, evidently not himself engaged in the stone-throwing, pointing out panes still to break to those who were. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z "Please say that my face is not cold and passionless," she said. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z There are two kinds of religion, or at any rate two varieties of religious character—both are sincere—the religion of the active and passionless and that of the reflective and impassioned. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z There are men who passionately admire that kind of proud, passionless beauty in a woman. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z A mute acceptance of the inevitable, as far removed from resignation, as from pleading protest, had sealed Eglah's face in passionless repose, pathetic and inscrutable. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z He was strangely calm and passionless, voice and glance and face. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z It was this very quality of passionless detachment that made him so effective an instrument of the Terror. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z George Eliot acutely remarks of one of her notably passionless characters, “His first opinions remained unchanged, as they always do with those in whom perception is stronger than thought and emotion.” Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Strange to tell of so young a man, and of a Spaniard, in one respect our student appeared passionless. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z She felt numb and passionless, and only realized that the man she had striven to believe in had never existed. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The Istar who was adored elsewhere was a chaste and passionless goddess, the mother of her people whom she had begotten, or their stern leader in war. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Hunt’s second principle to be considered is the excessive use of vague and passionless words. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Self-indulgence is the failing of the impassioned, especially when the mental gifts are poor; while self-importance is the failing of the passionless, especially when the mental gifts are rich. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z She had led a very calm and passionless life. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z Her face was white as death—as immovable—as passionless. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Not that he was of a cold or passionless nature; simply because Henriette de Medici, though a Queen, a beautiful woman as well, was not the one destined to inspire his first passion. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It is your face, O sister dear, At happiness scarce smiling here, Life is your face, dear sister, So calm; As life is and your happiness, Your face is cloudless, calm, and passionless. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z When Henry spoke—it is not infrequently so when the passionless and highly gifted individual speaks—the one unpardonable sin on the part of the listener was not to be convinced. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z No—to that depth she could not descend, not even to bask in the cold and passionless love of Mark. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z He had found her so passionless, so different from all he had fancied, or hoped, or feared. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z And the pines, those tall, dark sentinels of the wilderness, seemed to look down upon him in passionless contemplation, as if they wondered at the stumbling ways of men. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z He had just risen to his feet and was standing where a gleam of sunlight fell upon his cold and passionless features. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z More’s change was in itself evidence of a fitful and passionless temperament, of such evidence indeed there is no lack. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Stoics held that all the passions are diseases of the soul, and that one is perfect when one arrives at the condition of being passionless or apathetic. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z He was no passionless devotee of research, for all his silence and restraints. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z No shadow of doubt crossed her brow, nor was there; any sign of swerving from the path of duty in her passionless face. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z But I know that clouds must hide its clear, calm, passionless blue, either earlier or later in life. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Elizabeth’s piety, like her father’s, though less deep than his, was of a similar passionless, perceptive, unreflective order. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z There were 17 Premier league players under one roof and there was a feeling of passionless "milky" rivalry in a sluggish friendly first half. England should abandon tactic of playing two wingers 2011-02-10T08:01:01Z Perhaps I may exert some influence upon the judgment of those who personally stand outside of the present social strife and desire to be merely passionless observers. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z "Do not touch me," she said, in the same passionless tones. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Ah! delightful are the forests! where the worldling finds no joy, There the passionless find pleasure, whom the senses do not cloy. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z Yet one might have desired a little more life and animation; the grave, passionless repose of a face so youthful produced an almost chilling impression. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z Such passionless natures do not know what despair is--nothing brings them out of their groove; they, steadily and dutifully, keep on their way. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z I’m—I’m—” “You’re my Sally,” David said gently, his arms gathering her in, holding her comfortingly against his breast, in a passionless embrace of utter tenderness. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z As it was, she remained stunned into a sort of calm—white, cold, passionless; but, oh! with such a settled night of utter sorrow in the great melancholy dark eyes. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Every evening Pierrot was washed at the pump, and pretended to throw the water which deluged him to the bright and passionless moon. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Standing over the sink, with its stiff and solitary tap of cold water, Marie-Louise conducted her inquiry with business-like, passionless directness. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z “And above all this, etched on the dark firmament, rose the Sierra, remote and passionless, crowned with remoter, passionless stars.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z This uncompetitive, passionless mess of a game against the Bucs, however, was a sharp reminder of how far away from greatness these Seahawks are. Seahawks good at taking the joy out of a good title chase 2010-12-27T04:29:48Z But ever in his dreams it came Divine and passionless and strong, A smile upon the imperial lips No lover's kiss had dared to wrong. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z There was a charm about him which lay in his calm, passionless bearing, and his unfailing self-control where other young men would have shown excitement. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z The sky above them was calmly grey, like brooding melancholy, and the peace that reigned sounded like a passionless andante. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z And above all this, etched on the dark firmament, rose the Sierra, remote and passionless, crowned with remoter passionless stars.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z After a passionless first half devoid of one meaningful attack, the visitors were booed off at Anfield and, with only one win in 10 league games, they languish two points above the relegation zone. G?rard Houllier returns to a muted reception from Liverpool's Kop 2010-12-06T22:09:00Z Describing Sunday's pitiful derby display as the best of his short Liverpool tenure was an insult to supporters trying to comprehend a passionless defeat and 19th place in the Premier League. Five issues Roy Hodgson must resolve to save his job at Liverpool 2010-10-18T23:06:00Z Last week, pundits of every persuasion competed to denounce President Obama's allegedly passionless Oval Office address about BP's catastrophic oil spill. On BP, Obama makes the pundits look like fools 2010-06-24T00:24:00Z Those whose compassion compels them to confront and combat daily its utter absence are, of necessity, often forced to affect a passionless pose. The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome 2010-06-11T16:13:00Z Add that to a passionless rebounding effort in a foul-plagued game, and Rivers wasn’t surprised to see the Celtics manage just 89 points. Celtics hope to learn from mistakes 2010-06-06T01:27:00Z Add that to a passionless rebounding effort in a foul-plagued game, and Rivers wasn't surprised to see the Celtics manage just 89 points. Celtics scheme ways to overcome Kobe in Game 2 2010-06-06T00:30:00Z His tone was as cold and passionless as his face. The Trail of Conflict The vision of the one eternal, passionless Spirit, far removed from the world of chance and change and earthly soilure, was the conquest of Greek philosophy, travailing for 800 years. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius With that preternatural calm of mind which only an invalid or a passionless philosopher ever obtains, he now looked back upon an episode which thus acquired fictitious remoteness. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame You know now that there are things in life which are not to be found in your passionless corner among the hills. The Hillman Normally a shrinking, nervous woman, she became cold, passionless, deliberate in her revenge. The Window at the White Cat Instead, the thought of her palely-cold, passionless beauty called up another mobile thoroughbred face instinct with quick flashings of mirth and hauteur. The Valiants of Virginia It is little wonder that the Stoic sage, who could triumph over all material obstructions by moral enthusiasm, was sometimes exalted above the Zeus who represented mere passionless physical law. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The astrologer raised for an instant his deep-set, but piercing grey eyes, to the pale, passionless face of the Queen, as if he could have read the thoughts passing within. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 It is hardly a human quality; and a spectator would have found a rather ghastly fascination in watching the lithe motions, the passionless face, the hands that didn't shake at all. The Voice of the Pack He was full of burning love, from head to foot, while she lay there within two feet of him, calm, listless, unresponsive, passionless. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath The assistant editor of the Watchman returned to his office almost as sad at heart, if not more so, than the man he had left, whose heart was numbed and passionless. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life He was strangely calm and passionless, voice and glance, and face. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The passionless white camellia blooming by his side seemed singularly out of place. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories She was so passionless, so virginal, so far removed from all save the gentlest emotions, that he saw her only as one who stood apart. The Master's Violin The deity that follows with passionless eyes the wanderer in mean streets knew from her course that this woman had no errand; without emotion the Being snipped a few minutes from her earthly span. A Bed of Roses It consists in hitting the happy mean as regards the passions, in not allowing them to get the upper hand of reason, and yet in not being quite passionless and apathetic. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy One thing troubles me," said the Widow Guyot at my elbow, in her husky, passionless voice: "She did not receive the last rites, m'sieu. The Book of Susan A Novel Behold him, the light, thin man; cold, but elastic, wiry; instinct with the pride of Logic; passionless, or with but one passion, that of self-conceit. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII It was not the mischievous spirit of his boyhood revived again, but a cold, passionless, determined levity, such as men wear who have secret griefs to conceal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 And she thought how strange and almost tragic it was, that the only breath of scandal that had ever touched her should be caused by the one perfectly clear, passionless affection of her life. Shadows of Flames A Novel God is unchangeable, immutable, undivided, unmoved, passionless, undisturbed. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy I am more afraid of that careless, passionless temperament, than of aught else, and the more as hour by hour it steals over me. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) In a moment the summing up began, a summing which, at first passionless as algebra, dealt with technical points. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident My glances revelled on her, watching with unceasing anxiety that pale and passionless face. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He was aware that Harriet Santoine was looking alternately from him to her father, herself startled by the revelation thus passionlessly recited. The Blind Man's Eyes The verse of Ford is measured, passionless, polished. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 "To-morrow," he said over his shoulder, in an even, passionless voice, "you shall die a death of lingering agony." The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium And again, that mental, passionless query lifted its head. Ewing\\'s Lady So is it ever with your Abstract Science! not a jot cares its passionless logic for the woe or weal of a generation or two. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The mother in a heavy, passionless voice rebuked her impatience, yet sat bowed over a heap of sewing for the daughter's benefit. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The Emperor reddened under the mild rebuke, delivered in the most passionless tones. The Intriguers How cool and passionless he was now, she thought. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The Jesuit Father's pale face remained calm and passionless as before, nor did a syllable escape from him in reply. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier "In which I treated her!" said Lizzy, after him, her utterance being slow and totally passionless. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day It was a steady, passionless stare, rather like one seeking an explanation, than prejudging a motive. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago They need not be convulsed, or writhing, or grimacing; on the contrary, they ought to be quite calm and passionless in their cruel beauty. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Daniel Matson eyed the weapon with bleak gray eyes, the eyes of a hunter framed in the passionless face of an executioner. Assassin “Be mine a philosopher’s life in the quiet woodland ways: Where, if I cannot be gay, let a passionless peace be my lot.” The Intellectual Life Now, when this horrible calm is drawing the very life out of us all, she sings and laughs and is merry; or, when not merry, wears a calm, passionless, almost soulless face. Eleven Possible Cases And with that mysteriously heartening notion, Mr. Spokesly had a vividly imagined glimpse of those same armies marching through the shadows, millions of them, of all nations, silently moving towards an eternity of passionless intelligence. Command She was watching intently for a sign of comprehension in the stolid, passionless face. The Vision of Elijah Berl When they lifted him up, his features were calm, but passionless, his eye was vacant, and his lips slightly parted. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "Then we are quits," she answered, in the listless, passionless voice that she seemed especially to affect. A Life Sentence A Novel In his passionless black eyes, viciousness lay coiled. Feline Red The pale, prominent, and bloodshot brown eyes examined Mr. Spokesly with passionless attention. Command With excited thousands waiting his lightest word, he cannot remain passionless and unmoved. The London Pulpit The ship entered the enchanted region through a narrow passage, which one of us christened the “Silver Gates,” the Beulah Mountains edging our Pilgrim’s Progress in passionless white as we zigzagged along the course. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He fancied they would drift into matrimony; and that she appeared to be as indifferent and passionless as she was handsome and clever but the better suited his present mood. Ancestors A Novel And Major Lane, in passionless accents, read aloud the two letters which he already almost knew by heart: 6, Lightwood Place, January, 28th. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 You would have said some sainted sprite Had left its passionless abode,— Some man, whose prayer at morn and night Had duly risen to God. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 But I," he began again, in measured passionless words—"I can never forgive you. Checkers A Hard-luck Story Cold, passionless creature, you understand nothing, you have no sympathy with anything, no sense of the genial, the imaginative. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II These words he did utter, in a hollow voice altogether passionless, and then was suffered to sit down, which he did in a manner destitute of all emotion. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) She shook her head, and a dreary smile passed swiftly over her passionless face. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part That law, cold, inflexible, passionless as a sword and quite as effective, Rome brandished at philosophy. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal This, in fact, is the romance in her life, the awakening touch to her imagination, and it is brought into skilful contrast with the passionless commonplace of her own love.—Academy. 12mo. Checkers A Hard-luck Story She looked at Durant and Mrs. Fazakerly with a passionless, interrogatory stare. The Return of the Prodigal For there was something inexpressibly, awfully moving in the silent, passionless sorrow which seemed written with an unsparing hand onto that white face. A Monk of Cruta Raising her fingers to her forehead, she lifted and shook a band of the shining white hair, and resumed her narration, in the same steady, passionless tone. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part “I think that will do for you,” he said in an even, passionless voice. The Coming of the Law But she remains as calm and cold and passionless as a somnambulist. Timar's Two Worlds He had gathered from the Colonel's conversation that there was no fishing on his land, and no animal in his stables but the respectable and passionless pair that brought him from the station. The Return of the Prodigal What right had she to imagine him a bloodless being, as passionless as a stone? Banked Fires Colston spoke in a cold, passionless, merciless tone, just as a lawyer might speak of a criminal condemned to die by the ordinary process of the law, and as Arnold heard him he shuddered. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror It is only the sexless, passionless creature, the block of ice, that can be happy in this world.' Orientations I sank into cool depths, passionless and calm. Where the World is Quiet As he looked about him he realized again that he was in the heart of the country, the great, slow, passionless heart whose pulses are interminable hours. The Return of the Prodigal It was like a clock—passionless, regular, meditative. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon And still the work of slaughter went on, pitiless and passionless as the earthquake or the thunderstorm. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror A gleam from a gas-lamp had fallen full upon it, revealing the regular, passionless features, the dark eyes and pale complexion of Ethel's lover. Brooke's Daughter A Novel We may not think of the Sacred Writers as "passionless machines, and call Luther and Milton 'uninspired.'" Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Her young womanhood had been devoted to patient, honest study, which was rewarded with success, and calm, passionless prosperity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 He and she exchange morning greetings, passionlessly but with civility. When Ghost Meets Ghost His singularly passionless nature led him to retirement and his books, and he hardly heard even the acclamations with which Paris was filled. Maria Antoinette Makers of History I thought of you who are so beautiful caught in a loveless passionless world. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The gambler lifted his face, white in the brilliant illumination directly over his head, and I thought to catch a flicker of something like admiration in his passionless eyes. Gold It was strange to see them so passionless, so antagonistic, like St. Michael and his adversary. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century He paused a moment; then said quite clearly, almost passionlessly:—"God curse them all!" When Ghost Meets Ghost He was certainly not indifferent; neither was he distressed; the expression of his black eyes and heavy, passionless face was that of presence of mind, self-control covering an intense curiosity. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales But her heart was beating many times faster than the stately ticking of this passionless machine. The Pines of Lory Across the moonlit Thames It rang contemptuously, cold as cold steel, And passionless as the judgment that ends all. Collected Poems Volume Two They may exchange photographs, and she may work him a little present; but it is all lifeless, passionless, and business-like. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements His words went like a cold wind through their flesh As with a passionless voice he slowly said, "Take ye this fellow: bind him to the mast Until what time I shall decide his fate." Collected Poems Volume One Not even Ichi's passionless countenance could match Yip's serene, blank face for lack of expression. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story "What course dost thou now intend to pursue?" inquired Monteagle uneasily, for the quiet, passionless manner of his son made him apprehensive. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Earth, heaven, shall pass away Ere for your passionless peace we pray! Collected Poems Volume Two I say unto all hearts that cannot rest For want of love, for beating loud and lonely, Pray the great Mercy-God to give you only Love that is passionless within the breast. Nirvana Days With a voice Cold as the passionless utterance of Fate His grim command went forth. Collected Poems Volume One It describes moments of passion in passionless words, and states infinite conclusions without the hint of an emphasis. Christ, Christianity and the Bible She had set her heart on this last desire of her passionless, impersonal life and had determined that she and Gregory should come together again. Tante He was a man of slight 75 and frail body; of calm and passionless nature, capable as few men have been of silence and reserve. Graham of Claverhouse The bright canopy of heaven shone in passionless serenity, emblazoned with its countless stars. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Nay, it is but mischief thou wouldst do, with thy passionless ghost of a creed. Dreamers of the Ghetto Was he one of those cold and passionless men upon whom no woman ever exerts an intense influence? The Harbor of Doubt Hitherto she had seen her object always in a clear untroubled air, and her work had gained something of her life's austere and passionless serenity. Audrey Craven And then I knew she had been there— Not in her breathing loveliness, But as the grave's lone sleepers are, Silent and cold and passionless! Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Ripe were the maiden's years; her stature showed Womanly beauty, and her clear, calm eye Was bright with venturous spirit, yet her face Was passionless, like those by sculptor graved For niches in a temple. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition “Ye’re an unkind man,” says he, in a passionless way, to the gray stranger, who was now once more seated at his desk, fingering the litter of documents. The Cruise of the Shining Light The features are such as are ascribed to Christ by the traditions of the Church, but noble and well proportioned; the expression is forcible, though passionless. Six Centuries of Painting These the sounds of solitude, Where the sphinxes yawn and doze, Dull and passionless of mood, Weary of their endless pose. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems The Princess could not see their dull, passionless faces, and she was glad of it. The Very Small Person They looked upon her countenance—a single glance was sufficient—it was cold, calm, passionless—the seal of the grave was upon it. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 In pre-Reformation times she would certainly have been a nun, and probably a saint, being passionless, and therefore able to avoid all carnal sins without effort. People of Position Then a cool whisp of wind would bring a chill of snow-slopes from the mountains and a passionless indefinite fragrance of distances. Rosinante to the Road Again I felt it at the theatre; I felt I must clear out; I couldn't sink back to any passionless friendship. The Education of Eric Lane It is an exhaustive, passionless, and shrewd inquiry into the facts. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice I did not press, all passionless, thy hand Or idly dally with thy taper finger, Or coldly gaze, for I could not withstand The high and holy hope which bade me linger! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 Hugh longed to ask him the secret of this contented and passionless peace, but he knew there could be no answer; it was the kindly gift of God. Beside Still Waters His analysis of other men's motives is as merciless as it is passionless. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Dogs joined with the mourning of the people with cries of almost human anguish, to which the beat of the passionless drum added solemnity, and a sort of inexorable marching rhythm. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Very slowly came the answer in a thick, passionless guttural—'Yes, I—have seen. Soldier Stories Her face was cold and passionless as ever, although her dark eyes gleamed with unusual fire, and her pallid face was still more pale. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Cattle grazed peacefully, and the whole scene was brimful of sweet passionless life, ineffable content. Beside Still Waters Shining through this veil of peace, Love now pours her omnipresence, And various nature Feels through every feature The joy intense, Yet so passionless, Passionless and pure; The human mind restless Long could not endure. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc My master wind is passionless, He neither chides nor charms; He fans me or he freezes me, And helps are quick as harms. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The remark from the back-room that we could hear beautifully in here seemed to fall flat, the second violin merely replying "All right!" passionlessly. Somehow Good What could Speed know of her—of her creed, her ideals, her calm, passionless desire to help where help was needed—anywhere—in the palace, in the faubourgs, in the wretched chaumières, in the slums? The Maids of Paradise I have, by long fasting and sincere prayer, succeeded in cleansing my heart from every impure desire—I can now view you with the holy feelings—the passionless regard, of a father for his daughter. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life He had wanted economic dictatorship ... not the cold, passionless, terrible dictatorship that Stutsman typified ... but one that would bring peace and prosperity and happiness to the Solar System. Empire There were few stars as yet to mock with their passionless serenity the toilers of the earth, worn out with the long day's struggle. The Master Mummer She was thin, precise, low-voiced, quiet in her movements, passionless, loyal; and every time she took a mouthful at table, she wiped her mouth. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius He did not answer me at once, and I studied his passionless profile as he gazed out of the window. The Maids of Paradise But all availed nothing; unlike the majority of his countrymen, the fellow was cold and passionless, even under insults and blows. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life The remoteness and fixedness of the stars had suggested a quiet, unalterable, passionless force beyond Setebos, who must, therefore, have limitations. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning At last it sank behind the field of vision, and up "in that inverted bowl we call the sky" the remote and passionless stars had it all to themselves. In the Tail of the Peacock The old passionless serenity, in which the human had been crushed out by the intellectual, was gone forever. The New Tenant The Countess shrank aside as Buckhurst coolly passed before her, turned his slim back to the embers of the fire, and fixed his eyes on me—those pale, slow eyes, passionless as death. The Maids of Paradise She was so exquisite and so full of womanly allure, and yet so crystal-cold and passionless, that he knew his arguments thrown away, his entreaties mere dust upon the wind. The Dop Doctor Could this passionless stranger, this Irish politician, looking at her as indifferently as the judge on the bench, be Horace? The Art of Disappearing We may arbitrarily wipe out a portion of it in order to relieve our imagination; but this brings no relief to the calm and passionless reason. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory They mistake loyalty to their own self-esteem, loyalty to their own dogmatic convictions, mental limitations, prejudices, and prepossessions for loyalty to truth, which is a passionless, modest, lovely and noble quality. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 In my eyes he continued to be the passionless master-criminal, the cold, slow-eyed source of hidden evil, the designer of an intricate and viewless intrigue against the state. The Maids of Paradise You became the synonym of peace, rest; and, because you gave me no friendly word or glance, locking your passionless face against me, I grew savage toward you. Macaria It might have been the gaze of an angel in a world where there is no marrying nor giving in marriage, so pure was it, so passionless, so free of anything like earthly desire. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk It was like that now,—the smooth, passionless touch of her cool, young face against his, and her slim hand framing his cheek. Athalie In the mold Of a nun she was fashioned, chaste, passionless, cold. Three Women It is one kind of life, quite harmless and passionless, monsieur. The Maids of Paradise Upward the vast blue arch, Downward the blue abyss, With a line of foam where your lips Meet in a passionless kiss. Pan and Æolus: Poems A certain sternness came over the olive-groves, and they might well have served as a reproach to the facile Andaluz; for their cold passionless green seemed to offer a warning to his folly. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia A voice that was as passionless as destiny told me to hop up, if I were going towards the station. Waiting for Daylight Then her temperament must be cool, calculating, and passionless in no ordinary degree, and this character is written in the hard lines of her mouth and the cold light of her fine eyes. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) But still the whole is graceful and fascinating, except for a few pieces of mere passionless coarseness, which Oisille generally reproves. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 It was a terribly disagreeable journey to the latter; every feeling in her somewhat passionless nature was in a state of fretful rebellion. The Old Helmet, Volume II But contempt is passionless; it does not catch, it quenches fire.—Bulwer-Lytton. Pearls of Thought These notes, lucid, passionless, that yet always stirred her heart strangely, and the selfless personality, the high-purposed soul that spoke in him, they were akin. Judith of the Cumberlands Thus, six and a half years later, Lord Milner spoke of these months of Sturm und Drang in the calm and passionless atmosphere of the House of Lords. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 It is so deeply retired in uncivilisation, and so wanting withal in the excitements of energetic barbarism, that human life is there tamed down to the most passionless condition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The face seems so passionless; but the pallor of those features bears witness to some terrible agony within. A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales War is not, and never can be, a mere passionless discharge of a painful duty. The Map of Life Conduct and Character An interesting character study of a passionless, self-absorbed woman humanized by the influence of a man's love and loyal devotion. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty He is as dry and passionless as an attorney receiving his clients. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 The calm passionless face smiled blandly at the tiny dog. The Mistress of Shenstone The stars were more congenial company to him now; under their passionless serenity he could think better. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Here is, at least, none of the monotony of charm, like the stereotyped features of a placid and passionless beauty, which characterizes your standard harbor-scenes. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 The inculcation of a duty leaves him passionless and unmoved. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller The faint passionless voice had hardly ceased before, with a loud cry, Molly sprang at her sister as if she would have strangled her. The Light of Scarthey Caroline Waddington was no pale, passionless goddess; her graces and perfections were human, and in being so were the more dangerous to humanity. The Bertrams When he spoke again it was in his apparently passionless way. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West She came in without speaking, and throwing back her veil revealed her pale, sad face, with its look of passionless woe. A Beautiful Alien Above our Love, Hope, Hate, or Fear, It lives all passionless and pure: An age shall fleet like earthly year; Its years as moments shall endure. My Recollections of Lord Byron A very night for lovers, it seemed; for sweet meetings and sweeter partings; a night that mocked with its great passionless calm at the wild anguish of this woman's impatience. The Light of Scarthey He again said to himself that she was cold and passionless; as cold as she is beautiful, he declared as he walked home to the "Plough." The Bertrams Slay with your eyes, Greek, men over the face of the earth, slay with your eyes, the host, puny, passionless, weak. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Yet if the teacher presents his subject in a perfectly balanced and passionless manner such a result will inevitably follow. The School and the World The Princess, with an indignant protest, burst into tears; painless, passionless tears, such as ease a woman, and leave her as fresh as a lawn after a shower. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 She was so neat and respectful as to appear almost passionless. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Their entwined arms slackened a little in a passionless asundering, yet both felt that they must hold tight or they would fall. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 She smoked incessantly, could walk ten miles at a stretch, and was as passionless as a clam. Black Oxen No hour of Pitt's life is so great as the hour when he stood lonely and passionless before the growth of national passion, and refused to bow to the gathering cry for war. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 It is a fact that mathematics is correct—impersonal—passionless. Manhood of Humanity. But, great as they are, to think of them greatly, to feel their passionless splendour, is greater still. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays No, I did not love her—could not love a maid, unripe and passionless, and overpert at times, flouting a man like me with her airs and vapors and her insolent lids and lashes. The Reckoning National enthusiasm, national passion, found no echo in his cool and passionless good sense. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 This is partly owing to the passionless tone of his discussion, of which we have before spoken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The problem has not been approached from the point of view of any private doctrine or creed, but from a mathematical, an engineering, point of view, which is impersonal and passionless. Manhood of Humanity. Bernard West regarded the cold rocky face and the passionless mouth from which these words proceeded with that stinging wrath a man feels who has humiliated himself in vain. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 His passionless voice rang through the still, dark house. The Reckoning I felt it, and was sensible of his steady, long, and, as it seemed, passionless gaze. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 "I am certain," answered Jasper, in his even, passionless tone. The Man Who Knew It was the lady who spoke first; and she did so in as calm, deliberate, passionless a tone as if she had been devising the fashion of a new Mantua. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 "Repentance!" repeated the prisoner, in the same passionless manner; "that is ever the jargon of your cloth, father: you condemn a man without adverting to the motives, which, in his view, often sanctify the act." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 "Thou canst not know the depth of human suffering, Father Johannes, for these things enter not into thy holy life—else couldst thou not pass thy days in prayer and passionless meditation." The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus He moves over the subject with the passionless strength of a glacier; and the grinding of the rocks is not always without a counterpart in the logical pulverisation of the objector. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 How has this girl of eighteen achieved this passionless grace? Floyd Grandon's Honor And like the dim eve was thy spirit's repose, When loftily o'er thee, while musing alone, Within the cathedral thine echoes arose And melted to feeling the passionless stone. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems Far to the south the steady intonation of the cannon vibrated, a vague sustained rumour, no louder, no lower, always the same monotonous measure, flowing like the harmony of flowing water, passionless, changeless, interminable. Lorraine A romance Dreams long dead arose and possessed her—the confused dreams of a woman, still young, awakened from the passionless lethargy of the past. Special Messenger “No,” he said at last; speaking as before, in a low passionless tone, as of some spirit not human, speaking through dying human organs. Romola His next words were calmly spoken; deliberate passionless; the more awful for that. Old Valentines A Love Story Watching her, Mason North drew a deep breath, for into her changing expression there came a look of implacable, passionless vengeance which made her for the moment the personification of Fate. The Fifth Ace "One moment," said a voice, in passionless even tones, "I have something to say to our friend here." Under the Rebel's Reign Lady Caroline would have sacrificed a good deal sooner than the harmonious influences of a well-appointed dinner and the passionless refinement of an evening spent with her musical and artistic friends. A True Friend A Novel Her brother was again slow to answer; looking at her passionate face with strange passionless eyes. Romola Seemingly misplaced in a sanguinary sea, passionless it lay, but as the ocean of light grew dull the crescent kindled. Under the Rose Thus it was that the passionless life of the outworld had no longer power before the stirring of a soul at last awakened from its pristine slumbers. The Heart of Unaga One had to say something if only to assert oneself against that wearisome, passionless and crushing uproar. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Who are, or should be, passionless and pure, May now return with me. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry The exuberant animal vitality of Fox, wasting itself overlong in the flame of aimless passions, was emphasized by the solid reserve, the passionless austerity of Pitt. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III But its expression is always gracious, passionless, smiling—like the smiling of unknown friends in dreams, with infinite indulgence for any folly, even a dream-folly.... Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories This strange revolution in my wife's conduct, this passionless change—for I felt instinctively that warm humanity had nothing to do with the transformation—took place three nights ago. The Return Of The Soul 1896 Something of womanly caution and timidity perhaps backed the passionless indifference with which she set aside the larger schemes of ambition which were ever opening before her eyes. History of the English People, Volume IV Did she expect to read any admission of fraud in that handsome passionless face? The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time The expression of countenance, too, was benignity itself,—just such as Titian would have been delighted with,—calm, clear, passionless, without a prevailing characteristic of any strength. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 To her the situation was the supreme moment of a life; to him it was passionless as the betrothal piece in a Flemish window. The Nebuly Coat Her voice expressed in that syllable such arrogance as youth feels at the thought of death; yet she did not look young—she looked as old as eternity, and as passionless and overpowering. Sacrifice Arthur looked very earnestly at Edgar’s pale, passionless face. Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place O Spirit, passionless, but kind, Is there in all the world, I cry, Another one so base and blind, Another one so weak as I? Alcyone Cruel, hard, passionless, and yet threatening to a degree, must this countenance have seemed to those who willingly subjected themselves to its baneful influence. The Bronze Hand 1897 He was passionless even in relations which usually arouse warmth in the most phlegmatic natures. Mary Wollstonecraft On the contrary she remained, as it seemed, almost passionless. Sacrifice A shining and passionless peace presided over the streets. Pipefuls A steady rolling sound of passionless one-armed bandits drowned out all other noise in Okie's Oasis Bar. Jubilation, U.S.A. If a passionless historian of the Eskimos had given his attention to the Adriatic, I believe he would have come to my conclusions. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The storm and stress of day are over and are followed by the passionless quiet of evening. Milton No wild daredevil, no sail carrier this, but a smooth, passionless man of business. Sonnie-Boy's People Not until he was seated at breakfast did she inform him in level, passionless tones of what had happened. The Grell Mystery Mr. Allen also told himself, with some surprise, that he had been mistaken—that Mrs. Otway, after all, was not the quiet, passionless woman he had supposed her to be. Good Old Anna By having no direct experience of either one or the other, I would only be conscious of passionless emotions. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. "Señorita," she said, in a low, passionless voice, "I am Señor Walcott's wife." At the Time Appointed For the first time her face changed, a hint of tragedy appeared in her studiously passionless eyes. Afterwards "But don't you think," rejoined the other, still maintaining his passionless air, "don't you think, that for a man to pity where nature is pitiless, is a little presuming?" The Confidence-Man Above or Love—Hope—Hate—or Fear, It lives all passionless and pure: An age shall fleet like earthly year; Its years as moments shall endure. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 How rarely in her young, passionless, sorrowless life, she had thought of the few words, oft used in cant, and Agatha hated all cant—"the will of God." Agatha's Husband A Novel Genius and love will uplift thee: not yet, Walk through some passionless years by my side, Chasing the silly sheep, snapping the lily stalk, Drawing my secrets forth, witching my soul with talk. Ionica Where she used to be all sympathy, all ardour, all life, now she's cold, frigid, passionless. Afterwards He spoke in a cold, passionless manner, without looking once at Elsie. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood "She appeared to be annoyed, and in a passionless voice she said: "'So much the worse; I was very fond of him.' The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories Is she, for the sake of a word or two, to see her fall a prey to a mere passionless fortune-hunter? April's Lady A Novel A measured score of the passionless strokes made him writhe and scream in agony. Tarrano the Conqueror For a second Colonel Godfrey hesitated, still looking out over the garden to where the line of the eternal snows glimmered white and passionless in the splendid moonlight. Afterwards She sings well," said a great musician of a promising but passionless cantatrice, "but she wants something, and in that something, everything. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The Greek temperament swings between the dead calm and passionless on the one hand, to the violent and maniacal on the other. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Here there is neither praise nor blame, nothing but a passionless self-estimate, quite as willing to undervalue as to rate too highly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 She was stainless as a summer cloud—a passionless, serene child, with the religious impulse strong within her. The Eagle's Heart Thanks to that nine-hundred-years-old name, he is something more than the passionless art-lover: he is a man who has killed a woman by his egotism. Browning's Heroines All the cold and passionless intellect of the Renaissance can be personified in Lorenzo the Magnificent, who encouraged the pagan creeds that the Prior of San Marco yearned to overthrow. Heroes of Modern Europe The sun rose calm and passionless, but dumb. The Singing Mouse Stories The passionless voice knew all, understood all, and forgave nothing. The Status Civilization He studied her body again, that passionless, preoccupied frown on his face. Ten From Infinity "Geoffrey," said he, and his voice, generally so clear and passionless, sunk into a choking whisper, "Is that woman gone?" The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I She was a passionless woman, self-seeking but not revengeful, and adopted a certain degree of tolerance, no doubt, from her patriotic counsellor, L'H�pital, who resembled the Prince of Orange in his character. Heroes of Modern Europe Over him, the glittering, infinite sky of winter midnight soared, passionless, yet accusing in its calmness, sweetness, and majesty. Other Main-Travelled Roads We need not be passionless because we reason correctly. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife Over him, the glittering, infinite sky of winter midnight soared, passionless, yet accusing in its calmness, sweetness and majesty. Prairie Folks For the first time in his passionless life he felt the fangs of the green-eyed monster. Terry A Tale of the Hill People She was not cold, however; she was not passionless. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author She was reading Milton's "Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity," and only laid the book aside as the little feet gathered outside her door, and clear, passionless voices blended in a Christmas hymn. Daybreak A Story for Girls I began this work with the cold and passionless deliberation of one who toils only to learn and to succeed. The Romance of Golden Star ... "Of one thing there's no doubt," said Miriam: "that compared with the rest of us—poor passionless creatures—mamma does know what she wants." The Tragic Muse The small but powerfully built Moro calmly returned the stare of the four white men, his face passionless, his inert hands and thick bare feet curiously expressive of a primitiveness beyond conception. Terry A Tale of the Hill People For this was no appeal to an elected judge or the easily swayed emotions of a jury; it was an appeal to the cold, passionless mind of a man who considered nothing but the law. Rimrock Jones A smile of bland benignity played upon his passionless and reverend countenance. The Infernal Marriage She was to them, in fact, the Belphœbe of Spenser, "with womanly graces, but not womanly affections—passionless, pure, self-sustained, and self-dependent"; shining "with a cold lunar light and not the warm glow of day." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 In this passionless atmosphere, so little accustomed to such scenes, Roma sat in her wounded pride and humiliation, with her head down, and her beautiful white hands over her face. The Eternal City I would have had that kiss as passionless as though it had been given to a child. Cape Cod Folks They still regarded the Gods as passionless, blessed men living for ever. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Strauss was but twenty-eight years old when his cold, passionless, and pungent piece of skeptical mechanism was presented to the world. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology "It's up to us to set up a reward, Bud," Jeff went on, in the same passionless fashion. The Forfeit The aspect of the passionless heavens becomes radiant or gloomy in response to the heart of him who looks upon it. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan "I do not need the help of your police, Highness," answered the Egyptian, in the same passionless accents. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension But what these political speculations assigned as the passionless work of successive generations, was to be done in our time, and, as it were, in one "unruly right." Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover He laid his lips on her forehead as he raised her up—a grave, cold, passionless kiss, such as is pressed on the brow of a dear friend lying in his shroud. Sword and Gown A Novel They were full of a stony, passionless regard. The Forfeit They are gems, polished with almost passionless nicety and fastidious care. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan But the scientific doctrine makes the end a result of passionless laws, a steady evolution of effects from causes, wholly free from everything vindictive. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Bill Brudenell looked on as usual with eyes calm in their passionless wisdom. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon The boy's low, passionlessly vehement statement somehow made him feel that it wasn't a boy to whom he was talking, but a little and grave old man. Then I'll Come Back to You It was cold-blooded; it was as passionless as chess. Winner Take All In the deliberate unfolding of his statement, there was the passionless gravity of Fate. Swirling Waters Peace Was between them; a passionless rapture of respite as soft as release. Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI His quiet, passionless voice sounded strange to me; his words seemed strange, too, each one heavily weighted with hidden meaning. In Search of the Unknown It threw into relief the passionless quality of Hawthorne's novel, its element of cold and ingenious fantasy, its elaborate imaginative delicacy. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) And yet Felicity in all her passionless calculation had never once— It baffled her, bowed her down. Winner Take All Was she passionless or had her passion been killed while at white heat? The Place Beyond the Winds In the little 'dobe cottage, situated far up the hill on the mesa, Carol and David lived a life of passionless routine. Sunny Slopes Gray, and passionless, and dim, Echoing of the solemn hymn, Lies the walk, 'twixt fern and rose, Here within the garden close. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar It is then not the amusement alone that he seeks; a languid and passionless amusement will weary him. Pascal's Pensées Utterly confounded, she leaned back, both hands tightening on the hand-rail behind her, and as she comprehended the passionless reproof, a stinging flush deepened over her pretty face. The Danger Mark It is depressing, cold and passionless, dirty and bloody; the electricity of life has gone from the air, and the wine of life-blood is spilt, it seems, so needlessly upon the ground. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" About that cold minatory figure, which was speaking to him in such passionless even tones, clung an atmosphere of awe; the traditional robes of office lent it a majesty that crushed his will. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 A motionless girl-figure, face upraised In the strong moonlight, cold and passionless. Poems What is this thraldom, pale and still, That holds so passionless a sway? Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus The morose moon started up, a tragic hieroglyph in the passionless sky. Visionaries She had seemed to him a woman passionless, and of almost superhuman self-possession. The Helpmate She all the while sat passionless and cold, looking on the scene as might some glittering and bejewelled sphinx. Dead Man's Rock On clear evenings the silent ship, under the cold sheen of the dead moon, took on a false aspect of passionless repose resembling the winter of the earth. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle In his most characteristic development the American hotel clerk is an urbane living encyclopædia, as passionless as the gods, as unbiassed as the multiplication table, and as tireless as a Corliss engine. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin This is, let me remind you here, the calmest, most passionless, and scientific working out of the future forms of things from the data of the present. Certain Personal Matters Edith, in her motionless beauty, propped on her cushions, had acquired a dominant yet passionless presence, as of some regal woman of the earth surrendered to a heavenly empire. The Helpmate The features are such as are ascribed to Christ by the traditions of the Church, but noble and well-proportioned; the expression is forcible, though passionless. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers But the feeling which these performers aroused was pale and passionless in comparison with that evoked by Franz Liszt. Great Violinists And Pianists He appeared to have reached, while yet not much past his boyhood, the grave, passionless calm which comes to most men only after they have outlived the passion of their youth. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow His desires led him no further than the mystic joy of her presence, the sweet, passionless content of propinquity. Nobody's Man It was an irresistible suction ... pitiless ... passionless ... immense. The House of the Vampire To me money is a passionless slave, the eunuch that serves my bidding, and serves blindly. Destiny Stanley watched him furtively, trying vainly to read behind the mask of that passionless face. Beatrix of Clare She had been drifting into the dull, passionless life of a middle-aged woman. A Lost Leader "No, not till eight o'clock," Gilbert's passionless manner was maddening. The Bad Man Her face was turned towards him; she shook her head with passionless decision. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy |
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