| 单词 | avidity |
| 例句 | He shook his head now, admiring with genuine avidity the spread of fruit before him; strawberries arranged in turned-up cedar flats, heavy and pungent, deeply crimson and firm, a regal abundance of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She went back to eating earth and the whitewash on the walls with the avidity of previous days, and she sucked her finger with so much anxiety that she developed a callus on her thumb. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z People who teach in the traditional liberal-arts fields today are sometimes aghast at the avidity with which undergraduates flock to courses in tech fields, like computer science. Learn By Painting 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “There’s a remarkable avidity that has not dimmed after all this time for the story, for literature, for reading,” Chee said. Living With Edmund White 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Complicit were the editors of The Harvard Theological Review, which published these results, and Harvard’s press office, which flogged them to the world with the avidity of Hollywood publicists. The Harvard Professor Who Told the World That Jesus Had a Wife 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z But the series doesn’t appear to be hiding any of the facts from us; if anything, the early episodes have a tabloid-style avidity. ‘The Lady and the Dale’ Review: The Con Artist and the Car 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He got on not so much by his wits as by his charm, and with youthful avidity he took in everything he saw and heard. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z I have read, with joy and avidity, both these biographies. T.C. Boyle: Older, still effortlessly cool 2012-09-07T15:05:00Z He does so by way of images that are both incisive and flamboyant, that join his documentary avidity to his imaginative flair. Movie of the Week: “Touki Bouki” 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Young people tend to do so with a special avidity, sometimes as if their lives were at stake. Shelf Life: Our Collections and the Passage of Time 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The avidity with which their debuts will be watched suggests one conclusion: The era of the brand caretaker is over. At Paris Fashion Week, Who’s Got the Power? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z She sucked on him nonetheless with an avidity that could come only from the Evil One - that she knew Man Woman Was that her tongue? Were these sex scenes written by a man or a woman? 2012-06-12T11:37:00Z I ripped through the book with the avidity of Margaret attacking her morning vodka and orange juice. Beauty, Bad Temper and Scandal in a Riveting Look at Princess Margaret 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder she watches the hanging with such avidity, and no wonder too that she takes off after Chaney, armed with Rooster and her father’s heavy gun. | 'True Grit': Wearing Braids, Seeking Revenge 2010-12-21T23:00:16Z In his avidity for the mundane, he uses food to profound effect. John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z An air of avidity, of consuming what she sees. NW by Zadie Smith – extract 2012-08-17T21:55:12Z Her avidity is evident in her hungry glare, accompanied by a too-broad, insecure grin. ‘Happy Christmas’ Stars Anna Kendrick 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z You see that all the time in this show: children leaning forward and staring hard at the artist who looks back at them, avidity and animation among the adults. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z “Whatever featured boastful winners and cringing losers, he watched with avidity,” Jacobson writes. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The sneakiness, the avidity, the robotic look that undoes careful pre-debate coaching all mesh together like driven gears in her mobile face. The Laws of Comedy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z With the avidity and exaltation of her inventive and probing visual compositions, McKenzie breaks down familiar and overt representations to reveal their concealed and embedded essences. A Generational Shift in Independent Filmmaking, at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The earlier film takes place mainly in daylight, on the streets of New York, which its director, Gordon Parks, Jr., approaches with a vitally textured, documentary-like range and avidity. “Superfly,” Reviewed: A Classic Remade for a Gun-Mad Age 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z He portrayed all with infectious avidity: gray-bearded seniors; doctors and businessmen; women young, old and in between. ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The avidity of the acclaim is embarrassing: a version was shown at the United Nations and in the British Parliament. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z Did the avidity of pop culture do the job? In 'Marilyn Forever,' Monroe yearns to be merely herself 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z When more dancers appear, they also touch hands with Okamura, rushing past her, one after the other, expressing avidity through repetition. Review: In Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Song of Songs’ the Beloved Is Beauty 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Mailer implicitly recognizes throughout “The Armies of the Night” that, for all his avidity and virtuosity, a definitive-seeming break has happened in his culture. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z While nearly all the show’s works focus on men’s bodies, hardly any do so with the sort of lubricious avidity often seen in female nudes by men. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Their musical ability and avidity became weapons in the war against that which weighs down on the spirit. The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z We live in a world where people read books and comic books, watch films and television shows, listen to podcasts and pop music, with equal avidity and intelligence. Why Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to the book world 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Does the right leg of “The Keen” bend slightly in a way that suggests avidity or acuity? Art in Review: Ugo Rondinone: ‘Soul’ 2013-06-27T20:02:28Z Law brings to his portrayal the athletic avidity that characterized his Hamlet for the same director, Michael Grandage. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z And although I didn't recognise any avidity monitors in the crowd at the bar, it may even be true. Richard Alston Dance Company – review 2012-10-06T23:05:55Z Her avidity for experiencing all aspects of life was more important. Meryl Streep, Diane Lane and Others on the Legacy of Elizabeth Swados 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z He films with a wide-eyed avidity, a variety of tragic wonder that’s captured in poised widescreen images that are suffused with painterly northern sunlight. Bruno Dumont’s Vision of a Confused, Far-Right, Alienated France 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z In “A Summer Diary,” Collins joins the receptive avidity of “Losing Ground” to the intricate stylization and psychological complexity of her literary work. Kathleen Collins’s “Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary” Contains an Extraordinary Unmade Movie 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z But the usual U.S. response of sanctions and isolation when military figures seize power in West Africa is riskier now given the avidity of the jihadists and Kremlin-allied forces. In Niger, US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “The Yanomami are paying the price with their health and their very lives for our society’s relentless avidity for gold,” said Navarro. Cartier’s use of images of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Although avidity measures the strength of binding, just as affinity does, the avidity is not simply the sum of the affinities of the antibodies in a multimeric structure. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “One thing that I really admire about the NFL is they have done a really good job of creating brand credibility and fan avidity,” he said. Big Ten reaches seven-year TV deal worth nearly $8 billion after adding UCLA, USC 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “We have the fan avidity. We have the breadth, we have the historical foundation, that we were in a position to really do something unique with three powerful brands in Fox, CBS and NBC.” B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z This avidity leads to another challenge for the brand. Lotus Adds an S.U.V., With Eyes on Mainstream Appeal 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z This is because I subscribe to an Instagram account called Influencers in the Wild, which chronicles the behaviors of the would-be internet famous with the avidity of an old nature documentary. When Influencers Make Fools of Themselves 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z The avidity depends on the number of identical binding sites on the antigen being detected, as well as other physical and chemical factors. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It goes on and on, with an avidity that was shocking even by the standards of the time. The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Others, driven by an avidity for adventure, set off on journeys, in search of identities they can call their own. An American great: Michiko Kakutani reflects on Toni Morrison's legacy 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z I looked into her eyes, straining to see some spark of avidity, of transgression, and got back a heavy stare. The Culinary Muse of the Caucasus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Eventually, they found that when a very fat person diets down to a normal weight, he or she physiologically comes to resemble a starving person, craving food with an avidity that is hard to imagine. Why Are We Still So Fat? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The antibody is showing that it has high avidity for antigens. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It became the first podcast that listeners and cultural commenters dissected with the kind of avidity formerly reserved for TV dramas such as “Breaking Bad” or “Mad Men.” How Podcasts Became a Seductive—and Sometimes Slippery—Mode of Storytelling 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Now Washington, obsessed with the identity of the duplicitous “senior official”, is hunting the mole with far greater avidity than the British chased Kim Philby. The anonymous op-ed writer is just another Trump enabler – not a rebel | Walter Shapiro 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In his avidity to find them, he pokes in the grass around the lagoon, to see if they are sleeping there, and nearly falls in the water. Reading “The Catcher in the Rye” in 1951 1951-08-04T04:00:00Z They couldn't wait to rejoin the action, but I was riveted by their avidity on the sidelines. In 'Doggie Hamlet,' a cast of canines, sheep and, yes, humans — ay, there's the rub 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z If “Phantom Thread” isn’t exactly a narrative triumph, it still manages to deliver, especially as a haunting evocation of avidity, appetite and aesthetic pursuit at its most rarefied. Review | ‘Phantom Thread’: In his final role, Daniel Day-Lewis reminds us he’s a monumental talent 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Not that cactuses are immune to the effects of human avidity. As rains ease in the West, cactuses shine brighter than ever 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z But instead of vindicating Mr. Rockefeller’s avidity for banking abroad, those figures underlined Chase’s lagging performance at home. David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The reassuring part is that, if anything, he monitors Lucy’s activities more avidly than Kirsten does—surely his avidity has egged on her own—and Lucy represents ninety per cent of all discussions between them. “The Prairie Wife” 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z As often as not, such avidity is motivated by a familiar malevolence and spite. Surviving the Holocaust: ‘I didn’t allow any hatred to grow. But I don’t blame those who did' 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z He goes on: “You have verified the maxim that those who are destitute of the fundamental principles of religion and morality will grasp at gold with avidity, though it cannot be seized without injustice.” Lynne Truss: ‘A bad book review can kill you – look at the case of John Hawkesworth’ 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The subtext is that it has two stars at its center who can convey hunger and avidity at one moment and a shiny sense of preordained fame and fortune the next. In ‘La La Land,’ Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling pay homage to the musical 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z These weak, local interactions gain avidity by their summation over thousands of identical copies along the axis of the fibril. The activities of amyloids from a structural perspective : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z It seemed to point a way forward: Perhaps the next candidate like Trump will see their rallies covered with marginally less wall-to-wall avidity. 10 TV Moments That Mattered in the 2016 Election 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Roc’s avidity to take on odd jobs to keep his family afloat sometimes put him into abusive or morally compromising situations. Letter of Recommendation: ‘Roc’ 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The journalistic avidity that fills this novel with captivating stories and tellingly observed details can also become an invented slickness that might be called novelism. Imagining Haiti’s Inner Life 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The book recounts a priest’s distress: “It is terrifying to see these walking skeletons devour the most repulsive foods with such avidity.” How a Volcanic Eruption in 1815 Darkened the World but Colored the Arts 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Kirke delivers a wide-eyed, watchful performance as Tracy, who soaks up Brooke’s every word and gesture with equal parts admiration and avidity. ‘Mistress America’ marks a return to comedy’s screwball golden age(s) 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Tellingly, when she’s feeling most empowered by her newfound avidity and unruly appetites, she imagines herself as an Amazon, bestriding San Francisco like a monster of her own most audacious yet still tentative making. Review: ‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ is funny, forthright and daringly frank 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z He wants to make the game more exciting and appealing to a new generation of sports fans as well as develop fan avidity at an early age through participation. The Baseball Hall Of Fame's Class Of 2015 Shines With An Emphasis On Service And Paying It Forward 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z There’s little spirit to the conversation, filled with hot air rather than avidity. In defense of St. Andrews: why are low scores such a bad thing?: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z “Our research shows the two biggest determinants of fan avidity are did you play as a kid? And how old were you when your parents took you to the ballpark for the first time?” 5 Struggling Sports Desperate to Convince Kids They're Cool 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “Those are the sorts of issues we need to address, because the single biggest predictor of avidity in sports is whether you played as a kid.” Baseball is struggling to hook kids — and risks losing fans to other sports 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Pac-12 schools are often in cities with many other recreational pursuits that dampen fan avidity levels relative to the other 2 conferences. SEC Network Scores Distribution Touchdown With Comcast Carriage Deal 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He learned the sport with the romantic avidity he brought to his observation of many American things. Cover Story: Saul Steinberg's Love of Baseball 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z T cells within a certain range of high avidity for their cognate ligand are believed to be most effective. [Research Articles] TCR-Ligand koff Rate Correlates with the Protective Capacity of Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells for Adoptive Transfer 2013-07-03T18:25:10.850Z And thus I shall not only be burdened in conscience for payment of this great sum, but also entangled and in great cumbrance to satisfy the avidity of this gentlewoman. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Though the evidence was but a recapitulation of the story told before in the police-court and the inquest-room, it was listened to with the utmost avidity. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z With this avidity for material extension was joined a preternatural and morbid sensibility. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Their descendants, however, have taken to it with an avidity that is perfectly amazing, and whenever they can get a chance they quietly absorb them. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Unfortunately, rapid measurement of structural avidity of TCRs is difficult on living T cells. [Research Articles] TCR-Ligand koff Rate Correlates with the Protective Capacity of Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cells for Adoptive Transfer 2013-07-03T18:25:10.850Z If I had sent bishoprics to two of your brethren they would have been accepted with avidity. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Books of chronicle and romance, and every kind of poetry, she read with avidity; and she also studied Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Previous to his execution he dictated a brief history of his life, and his dying speech, which were printed and read with great avidity. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z Everywhere it was read with avidity, abroad as well as in France. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Every rumor that the wind bore across the wilderness, or that, following the chains of settlements along the rivers reached the haunts of civilization, was caught up with avidity. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z A single bucket, only, containing the food, was allowed to a mess, around which they gathered with the avidity of starving men, and each with his wooden spoon struggled to eat fastest and most. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z They have forced women to strip themselves, even to their shifts, to discover, with a scandalous avidity, effects subject to these odious taxes. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z The boy grew tall and slim, handsome after the Rothwell type, with a curious instinctive avidity for any details connected with Mitchelhurst and his mother's people. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z But there came a day when we sat hungry and lean, longing for this coarse mess, and eating a pound of it with avidity, and declaring it to be delicious!” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Books, papers and magazines were bountifully provided and both children and grown people read with avidity. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Law now brought forward his schemes for a free supply of money, and they were seized upon with avidity. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Men of all descriptions finally engaged in it, and those who at the beginning of the war would have shuddered at the idea of any connection with the enemy, pursued it with increasing avidity. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Far from eating with avidity of whatever delicacies which may be upon the table, and which are often served in small quantities, partake of them but sparingly, and decline them when offered the second time. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I bought it and read it with avidity, several chapters seeming to me to agree with the scientific bases of the book I was then writing, The Plurality of Inhabited Worlds. 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 In York, the extreme personality of the book excited interest of a twofold and dubious kind; but, to play on some words of Dryden’s, “London liked grossly” and swallowed Tristram Shandy whole with singular avidity. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z Day after day passed by without bringing news from the mission:—the Globe was taken from each mail with increased avidity, in the hope of seeing some official announcement of the removal of Tigertail. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z This the dog ate with avidity, but in twenty minutes commenced to display the most distressing symptoms, and soon died in great agony. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z Insects, worms, and snails they will take with avidity. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z For the plan was seized on with avidity as soon as proposed, but I am surprised at Mr. Linchmore, I did not for one moment think he would have seconded it. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z I strolled about Havre from breakfast till dinner, seven or eight hours, following curiosity at random, up one street and down another, with a prying avidity which I fear travel will wear fast away. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z His books were received and read with avidity. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In 1790 was published his “Account of London,” which was received with great avidity, and rapidly passed through several editions. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z The more delicate kinds of green vegetables are eaten with the utmost avidity; all succulent weeds, grass, and the leaves of trees and shrubs will also be consumed. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The appetite is not entirely lost, though greatly impaired and usually depraved, all sorts of unsuitable, noxious, and disgusting objects being picked up and swallowed with avidity. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He spoke of Dr. Channing—said he had read all his works with avidity and delight, and considered him one of the clearest and most expansive minds of the age. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z To keep her secure they fastened her to an ice-anchor, where she was at first very much frightened, but later she ate with avidity such meat as was thrown to her. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It is easy, therefore, to understand the avidity with which the opportunity for paying the unusual price for being shocked and terrified was welcomed. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Upon the first introduction of the Saxons, they were sought with avidity by the holders of the fine-woolled flocks of the country, consisting at that time of pure or grade Merinos. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z During this time, he marked out for himself, and pursued with avidity and success, a course of classical study. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Many serious accidents have arisen from leeches being swallowed in the water of swamps and marshes, too frequently drunk with avidity by the thirsty and exhausted soldier. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Mr. Sessions approached his new task with avidity. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z I seized upon the old moth-eaten parchment volume with avidity. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z This custom prevails generally, and even many Spaniards adopt it with great avidity. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z The old man gripped them with avidity, and, thrusting them and his hands into his pocket, turned his back on the donor, and hobbled away, mumbling to himself. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z He had learnt the trick with avidity, giving good money, solid silver shillings, that Hodge might rest while he worked. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z At Utica he had accepted with avidity the Superintendent’s invitation to ride in the engine-cab of his special. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z The avidity they evince for beads and other ornamental trifles is, perhaps, caused by this desire of adorning the remains of their ancestors. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z They frequently take the bait with avidity, but are too small for market. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z If he will not thus act fairly, it indicates either a questionable piece of property or an avidity undesirable in a partner. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z It was a local journal, but it had reproduced the political opinions of other publications, and these the Senator read with sharp avidity. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z The lighter works, such as Mrs. Sherwood’s pretty, and often affecting, little narratives, are read, Mrs. Thwaites informed me, with avidity by the negroes, to which intelligence their well-thumbed covers gave a tacit assent. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Their greatest treat, however, was human flesh, which they devoured with avidity whenever they could procure it. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z But the common vice of all these people is an attachment to games of chance, which they pursue with a ruinous avidity. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Continuing the pursuit of knowledge with great avidity, he attained to such repute that the authorities of Oxford University invited him to repair thither. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z He was continuing his experiments and the Wright brothers read with avidity the results of his work. Story of the Aeroplane 2012-02-05T03:00:08.697Z Upon these animals Morgan's men rushed with the avidity of half-starved hunters, the eagerness of sailors to obtain fresh meat, and all the haste that brave men exhibit to get at an enemy. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The avidity with which fowls seek such food gives rise to the negro proverb, “Dat time cockroach hab dance, he no ax fowl for to come.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Of the more modern poets, Lord Byron was his favourite; and he always read his writings as soon as they were published, with great avidity. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Something in the avidity of yielding in my husband's manner was like a call in me; I moved involuntarily a step downward. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z He sought with avidity, for every four-footed and creeping thing, that died within five miles of his dwelling, for the pleasure of skinning it. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In political economy this avidity for facts produced better fruits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The flesh is firm, and of a very good flavour, although it is a rapacious fish, waging incessant war upon the poor little flying-fish, and devouring them with the greatest avidity. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z I had never before dipped into that terrible drama, and I devoured it with a horrid avidity. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z I do not mean to say that there was not a certain amount of half information whispered about among the girls, who by the avidity for such whisperings established themselves as not quite nice. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z She vowed she was quite happy, and her tears fell in great hot drops on Dora's hands, that she kissed with avidity. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z Did you not observe with what eager avidity she became a votary to the gaming-table, and bragged away with the best of us? The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z In vain do the police attempt to stop the circulation of these journals, which are everywhere read with avidity. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z They asked for with eagerness and seized with avidity the entrails of animals which the sailors were about to throw away; on empty bottles being thrown 469overboard, they swam a considerable distance to rescue them. 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 I snapped up crumbs like this with avidity. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The vague bait was no sooner dangled before Fox than he began to eye it with avidity and to contemplate the abandonment of Pitt. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z All books upon history, upon government, upon the practical sciences he devoured with the utmost avidity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The library which contained them was pointed out to her, and she began reading them with avidity, unknown to the family. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The new system of Van Espen was taken up with avidity by every student who imagined he had a grievance against the Holy See. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The Spaniards read these books with avidity; the minister dreaded the contagion of this political doctrine, but in attempting to arrest its progress, he caused the human mind to retrograde. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z The son took to it with an avidity of grave presage, but which delighted the tippling parent. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Christ ate not with avidity, nor did he drink with excess, nor did his eyes pass wandering amid various pleasures. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z My bills are read with great curiosity and avidity, and without reproach. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The populace, already made familiar with the sight of blood, seized upon the wild reports with the avidity of hungry animals, and needed only a suggestion to lead them on to acts of violence. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Latterly, his stories, published in New York journals and in book form, were consumed by the public with an avidity which his premature death, in 1910, scarcely checked. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The Waverley Novels were extensively circulated, and read with avidity by all classes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z He bought her chocolates and books, books such as Miss Agatha did not approve of, and which Prudence read with avidity. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The Attorney-General, I am sure, would pursue me to the stake with the same pleasure and avidity that he now pursues me to a prison. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Tottie, when he entered, was seated at the table in her favourite attitude, with her elbows upon it and her chin in her hands, devouring the paper with avidity. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z There was hardly an object in the merry-go-round of civilized life that had not offered at least an end or an edge to the avidity of his consuming eyes. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Here was his chance, he thought, and he seized it with avidity. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Mrs. Ward is an exceedingly talented, scholarly, and thoughtful woman, of lofty aims and actuated only by noble motives; she is hungry for intellectual food, reading both old texts and the daily papers with avidity. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z It was La Rochefoucauld's Maximes; he resumed his seat, and began to read it with avidity. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z It will suck blood with the greatest avidity and frequently leave a carcase otherwise untouched in order to pursue other animals for the sake of more blood. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z He entered upon his task with avidity, condescended to the humblest instruction, and inspired his pupil with unbounded gratitude and regard. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z There was a fiery ardour and eagerness in his manner which told of his abundant animal spirits, and he entered with avidity into the enjoyments of the life that lay before him. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z I listened with the utmost avidity to every little circumstance that could elucidate the part I had taken upon myself to play. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z —The writings of Shakspeare would appear from the following fact to be read with as much avidity and delight in Sweden as in his native country. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Jews are naturally fine students, grasping knowledge with avidity. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z With regard to the jaguar's prowess, he is little less formidable than the Bengal tiger: cows and young bulls he destroys with ease and avidity; but the horse is his favourite prey. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z An engineer of this description, employed on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in his avidity to accommodate the priesthood narrowly escaped being victimized by a secular sharper. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z At Adelgunda's age new impressions are soon received, new associations and new ideas are welcomed with avidity, and seldom fail to influence the mind. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z When the subject matter bade exalted expression he grew to the occasion with amazing avidity. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z I immediately borrowed it, and began to read it with great avidity. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Letters and newspapers are expected, and, when received, perused with avidity. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z These advantages could not be undesirable to the church, and the avidity with which she has improved them, shows how clearly she foresaw them. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z In a situation such as mine, one seizes with avidity every opportunity to speak truth; it is so very refreshing when one is up to the ears in untruth. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z And having seized at that with the avidity and even triumph that comes with a sudden disorder of the understanding, he began to dramatize his death—to ask himself how to make it most effective. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z In the army there was a system of shameless plunder on the part of the commanders, and the soldiers followed their leaders with avidity. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z One big book, for instance, which is no evil, but a good, is Kelly's Post-Office Directory, with which he has been favoured, and which he has been perusing with avidity ever since it arrived. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 2011-10-07T02:00:23.543Z Hoym seized and emptied it with the stupid avidity of a drunken man consumed with a burning thirst. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The volumes, however, were bought and read with silent avidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z One can fancy with what avidity he would have seized upon the stolid, indomitable figure of Grant, intrenched behind his big, black, ubiquitous cigar. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z There are few places in Britain where a healthful class of literature, and general knowledge, are sought after with greater avidity, than by the mining population of the town and neighbourhood. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The dancing was begun with avidity and spirit, which some very excellent music served to heighten and keep up. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z The Countess Hoym's only distractions were the pious books of Protestant dreamers, which she read with great avidity. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z At the foot of one article I saw the name of one who had been dear to me; with what avidity I flung myself on that paper! The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It was wonderful with what avidity one so young could grasp, comprehend and commit the lessons given her by Miss Mildred. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z So, saying he did as he had proposed, keeping his hand at a great distance, and taking a large pinch, he snuffed it up with uncommon haste and avidity. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z There the tree sloped to a point, which the boy, climbing with avidity—that's the word,—reached easily, under the stress of circumstances. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Until, the motion flinging out the motion To a keen whirl of passion and avidity, To a dim whirl of languor and delight, I wound in gyrant orbits smooth and white With that intense rapidity. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z Water had been given them, and the avidity with which they drank it showed how thirsty they had been. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z This transition was not lost upon Harleigh: his eye caught, and his heart received it, with equal avidity and anguish. The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z The young girl was present at the instructions given to catechumens, and learned all the prayers with great facility and a marvellous avidity, in the hope that the Father would hasten her baptism. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Every one began to laugh, in spite of etiquette; when there appeared a large dish of chicken cutlets, also sent from Landrecies, which was eaten with avidity, soothing the injured feelings of the Queen. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z "It was wrong in him to disobey," Jeannette could not help saying, while she listened with avidity to her god-mother's recital; "it was wrong in him to disobey!" The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z "A stirring story of adventure . . . a book boys will read with avidity." Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z “I’m going to defend this country from German avidity, anyhow.” The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z What a charming creature is the enthusiastic talented girl, who is ever trying to solve the riddle of life with a girl’s avidity. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z It was imperative that I should fasten my mind on something outside itself, and I fastened it with avidity on the little green jewel-case half open in my hand. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z “She’s the gardener,” he was saying, and Mr Musgrave frowned with annoyance when he realised who it was the youth was discussing with such avidity. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Chess was a wonderful part of my life, but on the whole, I’m happy I no longer play with the avidity of my teenage years. Wordplay Blog: Numberplay: Avoiding Attack 2011-08-29T15:11:34Z The germplasm resides in the nucleus of cells, and Weismann identifies it with the nuclear material which microscopists have named chromatin, on account of the avidity with which it absorbs certain dyes. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z "Complainin!" said he, as he with the greatest avidity seized the bread, and stuffed it into his pockets. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z The works of Montesquieu and Rousseau were translated into Japanese, and widely read with avidity. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The interest of Franklin in electrical science was but another sequel of the world-wide avidity with which learned men had recently turned to the study of that subject. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z From time to time, huge folios and quartos were added to it by purchase or donation, from which nobody profited more than Franklin himself with his insatiable avidity for knowledge. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Chromatin, a material found in the nucleus of cells, so called because it absorbs stains with avidity: germplasm and, viii, xiv; relation of, to specific character of cells, 36, 37. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z For our own part, we have ever perused, with the liveliest satisfaction, any book of a biographical character, and believe that such works are almost universally read with avidity and profit. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Knowledge thus gained is generally the most useful, for it is imbibed with avidity. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z It was adopted with an avidity, so far from decreasing with time, that the experience of nearly three centuries has but rendered it universal. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z I held a glass of water to his lips, however, from which he drank with avidity. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Formerly she would have entered into it with avidity. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Those who had enjoyed any educational advantages were eagerly sought after, and regarded by him as favored beings, and their conversation listened to with avidity. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Rupert’s avidity to hear of scandals before they are published never caused him to ask about their sources, or inquire about the hundreds of thousands of dollars paid illegally for them. Rupe?s Hacks Dodge Flak 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z We learn by conversing with the hunters that a high value is set upon the dog, and that they are sought with great avidity. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z And the moment she left the room he fell upon the food with avidity. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z It is needless to add, that our fashions and the prodigies of our civilisation are adopted with the same avidity as our literature. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Nevertheless Kenneth and his companion, now almost famished, attacked the meal with avidity. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z So the exploiters of petroleum rushed on their quarry with an avidity never equalled by the exploiters of coal. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z She was wrung by self-contempt for nursing these imaginations, yet dallied with them—sipped shudderingly, yet with avidity, of their dangerous sweetness. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z He read it with all the avidity of a young and honest mind that wished to renounce error and embrace truth. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z He sometimes ate food that was placed before him with avidity. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The expression of his face, at first, was that of wonder; eagerness, not to say avidity, followed; and when he had finished reading, his grave countenance was unequivocally illuminated by exultation and joy. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z "Sit down—please!" he said, looking at her eagerly, in his voice a note of hoarse avidity that gave it a strange hurried quality. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z These experiments and observations opened a new field for investigation, upon which electricians entered with avidity, and their labours have added much to the stock of our knowledge. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z While they gazed on these treasures with avidity, and framed a thousand dazzling projects for spending them, the whole vanished suddenly from their eyes. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z She drank the water that was held to her lips with unspeakable avidity, and derived from this source a momentary alleviation of her pangs. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z His eye had been caught by a statement on the page in front of him that interested him acutely, and he read with avidity to the end of the chapter. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z He did not receive this in anger—far from it: his eyes took on a sudden eagerness, an avidity that he had hitherto controlled. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The literature of Italy was read with-176- avidity in France. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z They were seized with avidity apart from any question about price. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Swift, who had been waiting for this opportunity, seized it with avidity, and the 'Drapier's Letters' was the result. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z In youth we do not love sorrow, but when it comes to us we welcome it with strange avidity; there is a luxury, a dreary charm in the first excess of woe. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z And with a stiff bow, he fled from childish things, cursing his deception, rage and avidity in his heart. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He drank with the avidity of a man parched and starving, and the hot broth pleasantly soothed him as it ran down his throat. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z But when they are first turned out in the spring, partly from their eagerness for fresh herbage, partly from their long fasting and starvation, they seize with avidity whatever comes within their reach. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z I laughed and handed the old fellow a cigar, which he accepted with avidity, biting off at least a quarter of it in his eagerness to get down to business. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z Books treating of the noblest subjects were placed within ready reach and convenient access, and the inmates read them with avidity and delight. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z I was touched by the avidity with which my two companions seized on the suggestion. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The period when this once powerful party was thus counseled and guided was one well calculated to cause its members to embrace the advice given to them with avidity. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Yet even her most ardent admirers tell us that Irène de Stainville's vanity went almost beyond the bounds of reason in its avidity for fulsome adulation. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Harding ate with an avidity which told its own story, and then turned to Appleby. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Such disinterestedness and such avidity for ability were subsequently extended even to the men of those clans and of the fleet who had fought against the Imperialists.' A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The boy hurried away, pocketing, with the avidity of his kind, the trifling silver coin he was presented with. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Still, however, Italy continued to be the great depository of classical MSS.; and in that country they were occasionally sought with the utmost avidity. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z I have often heard people speak of the avidity of the Swiss for money, and here is a proof of it. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He seems at this time to have been possessed of some small means, but not sufficient for his support, and he pursued his professional studies with such avidity as temporarily to undermine his health. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Placing the plate on his knees, Louis commenced to dissect the pullet and devour it with avidity, obedient to the mandates of that formidable appetite peculiar to the house of Bourbon. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Inez seized with avidity the opportunity he offered, and had entered into his work with an enthusiasm second only to his own. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z They talked over old times and scenes with great avidity, and at last Mr. Thomas said that he would see his old friend back to his hotel. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Oh, how she struggled for life! with what avidity she swallowed the potions I prepared! how many times she tried to believe in a cure, whilst all the time the disease progressed! Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The Flemings must be seen in their sensual life, in the avidity they bring to it, in the conscious joy they feel in it, in the endurance they show. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z He became passionately fond of books, reading their own little store with avidity. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z When Kissam elicited the fact that they had not returned from the village till nearly midnight he fell on it with ominous avidity. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Mrs. Alton drank in every word with avidity; she was eager for information on the most casual affairs. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z "Eh, what! how do you mean?" cried my father, eagerly, for he caught at the very shadow of a chance with desperate avidity. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z A real intellectual awakening is going on among the whites of the South—more and better school houses, better teachers and longer school terms; and the white children are learning with avidity. The Negro and the elective franchise. A Series Of Papers And A Sermon (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 11.) 2011-03-03T03:00:50.323Z He seizes it with avidity, and then, placing his arm round her waist with audacious boldness, gives her an honest kiss, which she returns with equal honesty. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Old Matt did not wake again for many hours, but, as the days slipped by, he partook with avidity of all that was allowed him, and grumbled for more. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z And I welcomed this with avidity as another link which bound me to her. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Troops and colonists rested on their arms, and the usual amusements of camp life were entered into with all the avidity of excitement-loving soldiers. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Gilbert says: ‘Robert read all these with an avidity and industry scarcely to be equalled; and no book was so voluminous as to slacken his industry, or so antiquated as to damp his researches.’ The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z “Oh, Linda! are you truly?” gasped Cora, seizing the hairbrush with avidity at this promise. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z But although she accepted with avidity, she wept still as a tribute to her dignity. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "May I take that as a grain of hope?" demands he, eagerly grasping this poor shadow of a crumb with avidity, only to find later on it is no crumb at all. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Grace read every book in it with avidity, but they told her of a world she could not understand. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Lucy interrupted the debate, by informing him of her message to Father Christopher: he seized with avidity the new hopes inspired by the expectation of assistance from so holy a man. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z He seizes with avidity upon the elementary notions of mathematics, for instance; he revels in problems and "originals." The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z So seeing that from Mrs. Darrow he would be sure to get it, he had accepted with avidity her invitation to partake of tea at Pine Cottage. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z If she had possessed even half the cunning of which the de Brézé had spoken, with what avidity and delight she must have seized her opportunity when Fallaray had come suddenly upon her. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Knowing from the example of Abel Dorales that the flask contained nothing worse than sleep, mingled with liquor, the two natives drank the contents with avidity. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z But the people heard him with increasing avidity, and followed him in countless throngs. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z We seized the bread with an avidity hardly tempered with shame, and stammered out joyful thanks. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He laid himself down quite leisurely by the boot, devoured the goose with the greatest avidity, and emptied the pitcher with a satyr-like expression of countenance. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z The only living human motives left in the novels of Henry James are a certain avidity, and an entirely superficial curiosity. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z This is an object which, while it is ardently pursued by the most enlightened philosophers, is sought for with avidity, even by those whose studies do not carry them beyond the lowest rudiments of learning. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He heard the word Galilee; and he makes that the occasion of shifting off the responsibility upon another public officer, and seizes the occasion with avidity. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z That noble lady had supplied him with the most delicate fruits from the hothouse; and his mother believed that these ices and fruits, which he took with so much avidity, had saved his life. The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z While laxity or lack of avidity are never appreciated, drinking and drugging are forbidden at the restaurant. You're the Boss: You're Really in the Restaurant Business Now 2011-01-05T12:00:58Z Here we found him in front of his own door, surrounded by a crowd of eager peasants, who were listening with avidity to the recital of his adventures. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Joan's respect for the sterner sex, never very exaggerated, was not increased by the avidity with which they swallowed, one by one, her inexperienced hook, bait and all. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z At that moment the roast was brought in, and he fell to with avidity, making no further mention of the interlude. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z They regarded him with a rankling dislike, and received, invented, or promulgated with avidity any thing they could gather to his disadvantage. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z But it frequently happened that his avidity exceeded their zeal, insomuch that he would prostrate himself upon the ground to lap the water, of which he could never have enough. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Possessed of endless susceptibilities, they seize everything with avidity, cast it, however, away as soon as its limited nature becomes clear to them. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z “Better now,” he said, drinking with avidity; and then sitting up quite calm and connected. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z The slightest thing that can make the paper attractive is seized upon with avidity. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z The farmer seized it, and devoured it with avidity. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Gulchenrouz, thoroughly aroused, sneezed out aloud; and, raising himself with an effort that expressed his surprise, left the cabin and inhaled the fresh air with the greatest avidity. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z All that still-smoldering history casts an awkward shadow on Mr. Spitzer’s avidity and bonhomie; at times, he looked so eager and hepped up that his head almost crashed through the screen. The TV Watch: ?Recovering? Politician, Aspiring ... ? 2010-10-05T04:30:00Z This is a natural aliment, as is shown by the avidity with which they pounce on every fly, insect, or earth-worm which comes within their reach. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The book has, further, the advantage of an introduction by Mrs. Meynell, to which many will turn with more avidity than is usually excited by introductions. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII But when they are first let out in the spring, partly from their eagerness for fresh herbage, partly from their long fasting and starvation, they seize with avidity whatever comes within their reach. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History “It is getting cold, aunt,” said Eve, with a shiver; and she drank the tea poured ready for her with avidity. The Parson O' Dumford So that you must not charge to me any failure, in point of punctuality or attention, but to the avidity of the watery god who I really believe has destroyed them. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Meanwhile he, or Petronius, plays with their follies or tortures their avidity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The latter we seized upon with avidity, as being the first we had met with. A Kut Prisoner His pamphlets, full of scandalous revelations of alleged malpractices of eminent Jews, were read with avidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Passing through and above the cervix, it continues to move about with great activity until it finds an ovum, which it seeks with avidity. What a Young Husband Ought to Know He fed it with pottage and milk, which it ate with avidity. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom These were purchased and read with avidity by those on board the flying express. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories She accepted with avidity, and the time was set in the afternoons, when Jane was about. Cinderella Jane The book was read with avidity by the public, who welcomed its explanations of the obviously growing debauchery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" His avidity was insatiable and he could brook no opposition; but, unlike his father, he was morose, silent and unsympathetic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The other was fed with sugar and water, into which it thrust its bill, sucking it with great avidity. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom That night an opportunity offered, and I seized it with avidity. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance His greedy avidity for knowledge knew no bounds. The Fortunes Of Glencore No compliment was too gross for him to accept with avidity. The New Gulliver and Other Stories She had grown more than ever watchful of the public events, and sought, with an intense avidity, to obtain information in regard to the state of things in the south. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency In the month of October it occurred to Mr. Bradley to tempt him with some small fish, and the first gudgeon thrown into the water he darted at and swallowed with avidity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Otto listened to the scheme with avidity and promptly pledged assistance. The Crimson Sweater At all events, he devours them with avidity, and seems conversant with the characters and private affairs of some hundreds of people he has never seen, nor in all likelihood will ever see! The Fortunes Of Glencore Cervantes had apparently read these books with avidity, and was not without a great sympathy with the kind of imagination they embodied. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The girl's dread of a scandal, of spectators and critics, diminished the more she saw how little vulgar avidity had to do with this rigor. The Spoils of Poynton For these they pursue their chase with a fiery quickness and avidity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. It raised such various questions, on which different minds settled with differing degrees of avidity. The Great Miss Driver Perhaps if the dinner had been prepared with more care, he would have eaten it with avidity. Her Royal Highness Woman Crowds thronged around us and examined us with insupportable avidity. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 He had no natural avidity and even no special wrath; he had none that had not been taught him, and it was doing his best to learn the lesson that had made him so sick. The Spoils of Poynton They were read at the time with avidity, because of their novelty and audacity. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Lime combines with great avidity with carbonic acid, a gaseous acid only obtained fluid when united with water,—and all combinations of it with other substances are called Carbonates. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Found on my return a Christian Enquirer, and a Madison State Journal from T. L., which I devoured with avidity. An Artilleryman's Diary General Wayne, Mad Anthony as he was called from his daring valor, was the officer to whom Washington proposed it, and he engaged in it with avidity. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Instantly his interest was aroused, and he read the account with avidity until he reached the statement that the disease of which Madame had died was diphtheria. A Modern Wizard Cordier, while recording it as edible, says that the milk, and butter made from the milk of cows fed with it, are bitter and nauseous, although cows eat it with avidity. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The Baas had a gun, not the beautiful new one which he took out to shoot bucks with, explained Tom, with avidity, but an old one which loaded in the old-fashioned way. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance "What is the news" is yet the cry, and stray bits of rumors are caught and devoured with avidity. An Artilleryman's Diary The girl drank in all these details with thirsty avidity. Young Wallingford Old bones of animals were ground to powder and made into a sort of bread, which was eaten with avidity; even the decaying carcases of donkeys were consumed in this terrible struggle for food. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 It is interesting to hear of the rarity of the early impressions of Dürer’s engravings, and the avidity with which they are sought and the keenness with which they are analyzed by collectors. Dürer Artist-Biographies Many raised their heads, drinking in the air with such avidity that they became sick. Peasant Tales of Russia Seized with avidity and devoured greedily after a week's fasting. An Artilleryman's Diary “It’s great Scotch!” said Mr. Phelps enthusiastically, and drank about a tablespoonful with great avidity. Young Wallingford People for whom such narratives are invented, and who listen to them with avidity, cannot be wicked.' The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth This was a pleasant turn to give to my thoughts, and I took it with all the avidity of my peculiar temperament. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance I read afterwards with avidity the two later volumes in which she gives so good an account of modern art work in Europe. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Tracts in the French tongue were distributed and read with avidity. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 They also danced the war-dance; after which the governor treated them to a luncheon, which they devoured with animal avidity. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Wearied and worn out, as it were, by everlasting chicanery and trick, they seize with avidity on the first occasion that presents itself to relieve the weight of an overburdened heart. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier At first the brackishness in the water repelled him; but almost at once he found himself accepting it with avidity. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life For my part I breakfasted with the avidity of a shipwrecked man. A Marriage at Sea She studied with avidity ancient mythology, geography, history, rhetoric, and dialectic, and was also versed in Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. Women of Early Christianity They had a different manner now—a sort of carefully restrained avidity. Fidelity A Novel Meanwhile, clerks were writing away receipts for stolen and pillaged articles, and which, signed with the name of the general, were grasped at with eager avidity. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune He clutched the gift with the avidity of old age, and sitting down upon a stone began to admire it with eager eyes. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Buttonhole grasped Doc's lapel and hung on with characteristic avidity; he was perhaps Clocker's most pious subscriber. At the Post Sitting down at table in a wine-shop, they had the heart of the Princess de Lamballe cooked, and ate it with avidity. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Patrician and plebeian, rich and poor, the women of Rome craved the realistic scenes of the theatre and the terrible excitements of the circus with as much avidity as did the men. Roman Women If I read these statements with ardour and avidity, one lurking sense of doubt alone obtruded itself on my reasonings. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune They displayed an avidity in grasping at the slightest hint, which was only equalled by the hurry with which they sprang away to do something, before they comprehended the real bearing of the information. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "So you would say, if you saw her," said Fred, seizing with avidity at the opening, then offered, to coincide with an opinion he was half afraid to broach. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago With ghastly avidity, they kept circling the shimmering, electric wall. The World with a Thousand Moons The animal will eat anything; dry bread is taken with avidity, and stones, cinders, straw, and every species of filth are eaten with apparent relish. The Dog Master Fernald seized the parcel with avidity, and straightway began devouring its contents. The Princess and Joe Potter In a very few minutes he was back again with a large tumbler of rich, sweet milk, which Virginia drank with avidity. Elsie at Viamede Mr. Spokesly read them with an avidity unknown to him since he had spent a month in London many years before studying for his master's license. Command Breitenstein had now taken pity upon the pig's head with the lemon stuck in its mouth, which he very cleverly extracted from its jaws, and undertook, with great avidity and experienced hand, its further dissection. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. "I am speaking of George—of your son," interposed Gronnsell, hastily, and seizing with avidity the opportunity to reveal all at once. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life So long as they referred to herself, in her own latest narrative of her life, she read with avidity and pleasure. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life We did so, and, not wishing to offend old grey-beard by evincing any disbelief of what we had heard, we gave him a few rupees, which he seized with all the avidity of a miser. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment I drank in all he said with avidity. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I A man shuffled along, and seeing that I was awake, went away, returning immediately with a glass of iced tea, which I drank with avidity. The Red Symbol It is a bare crumb, yet it is received with avidity and gratitude, and much laughter, so devoid of interest have been all the other hours of the day. Portia or By Passions Rocked Her Ladyship caught up the suggestion with avidity, and professed that, whatever scruples his delicacy might feel, to hers there was none in writing the word, "Separation." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I swallowed every word spoken by the royal sergeant, with as much avidity as the drum-major's wife would her morning libation. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment I drank in every word he spoke with avidity. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I He started crunching the crackers with avidity, eyeing me furtively all the time as I stood at the telephone. The Red Symbol Her naturally active mind must exercise itself on something in solitude, and she seized upon books and music with avidity. Francezka The fire roared cheerfully, seizing with avidity upon the dry fir sticks. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon Yvon knew not, but he followed the fresh track with avidity. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium There is another class, however, that will read with avidity and interest every page of this book, and this class grows wider in our midst every day. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 No historical book since Macaulay’s History has made its way so fast, or been read with so much avidity. Studies in Contemporary Biography For a moment he thought the playwright's eyes fell with avidity on Alicia. Their Son; The Necklace "Don't apologize," said Carter, shaking him by the hand, while his eyes hungrily devoured the front of the tenement with avidity that sought for some sign of Trusia. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch In Rossmoyne, where families are few and far between, and indecent scandal unknown, the smallest trifles are seized upon with avidity and manufactured into mountains. Rossmoyne He reads with assiduity, he says, but without avidity. The Crow's Nest My thirst was keen, and I drank with avidity the odoriferous beverage, which seemed to me excellent. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century In fact, they have had no time to read anything else, and everything that is published about it is seized upon with great avidity. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia Every commission he accepted with burning avidity, and fixed a price that seemed to bear no proportion whatever to the work to be done--so small was it. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Charles Lamb mentions "saloop" in one of his essays, and says, "Palates otherwise not uninstructed in dietetical elegancies sup it up with avidity." Old and New London Volume I Then he chewed a handful of clover with avidity and went on again as dejectedly as ever. Betty Wales Freshman The poems of Lord Byron were received with an avidity that resembles our present avidity for sensation novels, and were read by a class which at present reads little but such novels. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The letter of Thomas Paine to General Washington is read here with avidity. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Everything he could get hold of, which could minister to his own personal gratification, he grasped with avidity. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The studious young citizens read the "criticism" and the "essay" with the most praiseworthy avidity. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 He lends his ear to an observation, as if you had brought him a piece of news, and enters into it with as much avidity and earnestness, as if it interested himself personally. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature A hundred years ago a man who had circumnavigated the world was a remarkable object, and people would crowd to see him, and read his works with avidity. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Life is very 386 short for long histories; and those who rage with an avidity of fame or profit will gladly taste the fruit which they cannot mature. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 His eyes dwelled upon him with a strange avidity, as though he would read into his soul; and presently the 133 sleeper moved, stirred uneasily, turned suddenly round, and threw him a blinking look. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Gaga would want too much, and that not in an adorably masterful way, but with exacting and pertinacious excitement bred from his weakness and neurotic avidity. Coquette We were very prudent in our outward bearing, and hardly aware of the avidity with which the concealed passion was devouring our hearts. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. An idea seemed to intensify his gaze of admiration, or rather avidity, narrowing it to her face. When Ghost Meets Ghost The palace lackeys crowded round him and threw him morsels of bread, which he devoured with avidity. Legends & Romances of Brittany Dogs, that have a nose for albumen, eat aleurone meal with the same avidity as meat, even if they otherwise refuse bread, and they are then better able to stand hardships. Woman under socialism As before mentioned, the inhabitants adopted with avidity the Roman dress, language, and literature. Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The Colonist never advanced beyond the proof-sheet stage, but as such it circulated with avidity over the valley. The Missourian And why do these elements alone refuse all fellowship, while the atoms of all the other seventy-odd known elements seek out mates under proper conditions with unvarying avidity? A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Sunday-schools were but a recent introduction, and he seized on the expedient with avidity. The Broom-Squire Paradoxically, however, Collins searched with a zealot’s avidity for any controversy which would either assert his faith or test his disbelief. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) The men lit smokes, José seizing the proffered cigarette with avidity, Rand accepting his with the usual odd deliberation. The Pathless Trail The missionary was full of information about the country and the Indians; and Jim, with the avidity of the boy that he was, listened eagerly, and learned at every sentence. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country As for other instruction, such knowledge of the outside world as he had deemed wise to give her in these six years had been seized upon with avidity and as quickly assimilated. Carmen Ariza They must, indeed, have been very far from nature to seek for it with such avidity. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Some days before a contest they are fed with a few ounces of raw meat once during the twenty-four hours, which, being kept always a little hungry, they devour with avidity. Due South or Cuba Past and Present By his avidity and his opulence he ground down the poor workmen who could only find employment with this new Marquis of Carabas. Old French Fairy Tales He took out his pocket-book, laid down a bank note whose value made the old Jew's eyes sparkle with avidity, and hurried out of the dark little shop. A Noble Woman In the seminary he plunged into it with avidity; and when he returned from his journey with the Papal Legate he began in earnest his translation of the Testament. Carmen Ariza These experiments and observations opened a new field for investigation, upon which electricians entered with avidity; and their labors have added much to the stock of our knowledge. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Business men, journalists, writers, store girls, clerks, clubmen, railway men—all of them had an air of passionate aliveness, an intellectual avidity that made contact with them an affair of delightful excitement. Westward with the Prince of Wales This unique and somewhat sensational method was taken up with avidity by the newspapers, which gave it front-page articles with illustrations. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Meanwhile, the aspiring girlhood of Russia threw itself with avidity upon the new sources of knowledge, scant as they were, which had at last been opened to it. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 As he taught her, she hung upon his every word, and seized the proffered tutelage with avidity. Carmen Ariza The Empress seems to have been instigated not only by the characteristic avidity of Austrian policy, but by jealousies awakened by the near approaches of the Russian troops. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The children of the present day would be dismayed were they asked to read what Betty pondered over with avidity and loved. The Eye of Dread He accepted their aid with avidity, and made wonderful progress, at the same time becoming more and more lovable and attractive. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 Men would listen with sympathetic avidity to the tales of horror told by them. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The profligacy of their public men is proverbial throughout the states; and the coarse avidity with which they bid against each other for the petty spoils of office, is quite incomprehensible to an European spectator. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 I read them with avidity and they soon made me adept in sexual knowledge. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware This idea he grasped with avidity, commencing, in a drawing-book that I furnished him, on simple outlines, thence to shading, and finally to foliage, showing as good improvement as is usually found in our schools. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences The country people bring them to market in little wicker baskets or cages, and it is curious to see with what avidity they will consume sugar. Aztec Land The pigs fell-to with characteristic avidity, complaining vociferously the while as only pigs will. The Hound From The North The lunch was produced, and he fell to with avidity, but he saw they were in no mood for frivolity, and he did not presume upon their indulgence. A Waif of the Mountains He read with avidity whatever books came in his way; and a small legacy of books to his father came in just at the right time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. To-day, as I passed along the street, I saw numbers of dead bodies lying unburied, and the dogs eating with avidity the loathsome food. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 At five years of age children will generally learn with avidity. The Curse of Education His back was straighter, his look more direct, and he entered with avidity into the business of bringing order out of the chaos that had resulted from the riot. The Vagrant Duke The nobility and gentry of this country were welcomed abroad with but too great avidity. James Boswell Famous Scots Series It was read with avidity in the cottage of the peasant, in the work-shop of the artisan, and in the chateau of the noble. Henry IV, Makers of History The sick man reached out for it with avidity from the large bed in which he sat bolstered up. Dr. Sevier The trading interest of Saxony has seized with avidity the overtures and details, which, after our interviews, I placed under the eyes of the Ministry. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX He collects now with avidity, gathering especially insects and birds. The Meaning of Evolution For hours he sat grasping the cards with trembling avidity, winning and losing, apparently unmindful of either. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 “We’ll soon make it different,” said I, rubbing my hands and gazing round the room with avidity. The First Violin A Novel He soon outstripped his class, and finally his young instructress was forced to bring forth her own textbooks to satisfy his avidity. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Books of voyages and travels were collected, and read with avidity; he devoured rather than read the classical remains of Greece and Rome. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 She, poor wretch, would accept with avidity; but the game, whatever it was, soon seemed to lose its edge and its gaiety. Daisy's Aunt It would be interesting to know what authors the youthful student read with most avidity and attention. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It was a strange, intensely interesting study to me; one to which I daily returned with fresh avidity. The First Violin A Novel So when the man appeared, he seized with avidity upon the envelope in his hand. Ghetto Comedies In every interval between our active services, we indulged in all manner of childish trick and amusement, with an avidity and delight of which it is impossible to convey an adequate idea. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 For such literature the British public has shown a considerable avidity ever since the days of Addison. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The boys fell to eating with avidity, for the adventures of the evening had made them hungry. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy We expect to see the time when we shall read the Elizabethan dramatists with avidity. Imaginary Interviews The infatuated people flew with avidity to the fountain of life. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton There is a slight attempt at this kind of composition, we mean in a little trial in Evenings at Home; and we have seen children read it with great avidity. Practical Education, Volume II Men of acknowledged literary talents, are seldom fond of amateurs; but, if they are but half satisfied of their own superiority, they collect the tribute of applause with avidity, and without discrimination or delicacy. Practical Education, Volume I They listen with great avidity to discourse about God and divine things. The Empire of the East Any contribution to the order of these names would be welcomed with avidity. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters With the greatest thankfulness they received the offals of our allowance; and the tea-leaves, which we had used, were sought after by them with avidity and boiled up for their beverage. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton After him, Asclepiodotus, and Luto, and Maudio, all Counts, were put to death, and many others also, the obdurate cruelty of the times seeking for these and similar punishments with avidity. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens With what avidity, and at what great prices, this character of books is obtained by the Dutch, and especially by the English, the very illustrious Zach. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Gain is every where sought after with the utmost avidity; but it is sought not for any lofty object, but on account of the substantial physical comforts with which the possession of riches is attended. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 The Wild Man from Borneo wore his clothes wrong side out, as it is well known wild men from Borneo always do; and he ate grass with avidity. Hepsey Burke Turks, high and low, took up the idea with avidity. All About Coffee Plutarch's Lives, that book which, more than any other, appears to be the incentive of early genius, was hid beneath her pillow, and read and re-read with tireless avidity. Madame Roland, Makers of History Fine paper copies of a work should be here noticed; as they are sought after with avidity. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance The clerk's eyes were fastened on the Princess Alix with a certain definite avidity of gaze. Hurricane Island "Oh, my boy, my dear boy!" she cried, and kissed his hand almost with the avidity of hunger, as it clasped hers on his shoulder. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Into the most remote places the paper goes and is received with avidity. Rural Problems of Today Thus the most important study, the study of the power of expression, is converted into a pleasure, and is pursued with an avidity which will infallibly secure success. Madame Roland, Makers of History In Henry's time, the invention of printing was of early261 growth; but the avidity of readers considerable. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance She, however, ascribes her avidity to dolly, calling on public credulity to believe that the latter has spoken to that effect. Somehow Good It abounds also with cane-reeds, and with long rich grass, on which cattle feed with great avidity, and become fat in a short time. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe She took to some studies with avidity, while others remained wholly distasteful to her. Famous Women: George Sand Those who knew her best were troubled and surprised by the craving for excitement which now took possession of her, the avidity with which she gratified it, regardless of time, health, and money. Moods But as he had always coveted power with an insatiable avidity, he never could rest long enough to acquire it. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 He has shown that the spoliation of the great merchant was a deliberately calculated act, and that the king sacrificed him without scruple or shame to the avidity of a singularly villanous set of courtiers. A Little Tour of France No book has been more generally sought after or read with greater avidity than "Plutarch's Lives." Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The papers spoke of the new novel in high tones of praise, the public read it with avidity. Famous Women: George Sand Yet coal and beer are swallowed with avidity by young women who have not forfeited the right to be fastidious. The Dop Doctor The success of Bellamy's utopian romance proved the avidity of the reading public. The New Nation This he does with an air of such earnest avidity, as to leave no doubt but that he esteems the dog a favourite morsel. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The task was one that strongly appealed to me, for it gave some scope for the employment of a certain inventive faculty which I believed I possessed; and I undertook it with avidity. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War In this great translation period scarcely a single branch of human science escaped the mental avidity of Jews. Jewish Literature and Other Essays A water-bottle was handed to the poor fellow, and they heard him drink with avidity. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War She’s not accustomed particularly to consider cost and went at the job with avidity. The Dominant Dollar The number of books published is incredible, and it is marvellous with what avidity they are read. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Some of our men soon resorted to their detestable gambling tables; and pursued their old vices with astonishing avidity. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. These were sold at the church doors, in the public squares and in the streets, and people bought them with such avidity that Vincent soon realized a steady little income. Life of St. Vincent de Paul Then the tin was held to the poor fellow’s lips, and the orderly smiled as he saw the avidity with which it was emptied. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War This time the scout seized the rifle with avidity; nor had Magua, though he watched the movement of the marksman with jealous eyes, any further cause for apprehension. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 From time immemorial it has always been a canon of Japanese etiquette not to receive anything with avidity. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The barbarous monsters said readily that they would, and seized the arms with the greatest avidity. Hannibal Makers of History At the last period of her revolution they carefully avoid to engage in any business of importance; but the first and the middle they seize with avidity, presaging the most auspicious issue to their undertakings. Moon Lore Of course, their patrons took up this idea with avidity; and so there was a babble of tongues, with myself the central point of attack as crank-in-chief of all cranks. The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure Jaime attacked the breakfast with avidity, but as he bit into the bread he made a gesture of displeasure. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan There he read with avidity all that he could find concerning the Lake Superior copper region, and mining in general. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Hardly able to wait until the meal was prepared von Gobendorff turned to and ate with avidity, washing down the food with copious draughts of hot and far from palatable beverage. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force They ate with avidity, owing possibly to the atmosphere of the confined space, which was highly charged with oxygen. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War There is so little really entertaining in this confounded world that I seize upon anything promising a change with avidity. A Black Adonis “Much work, much money,” she had said, with the avidity of a boy who has caught a rabbit in a trap. Children of the Desert I read this with avidity; with sharp appetite for the extraordinary hope which had come so curiously into my life. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea With avidity he filled the joined palms of his hands with the brackish and otherwise unpalatable liquid and raised it to his lips. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force She took the drink with an avidity Bobby was not used to seeing among his own women friends, and almost immediately it heightened her vivacity. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man In a little while their avidity for knowledge astonished him. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The fools were not likely to proceed in this manner till the conclusion of the first day, and yet their senseless avidity made them think nothing of battles and a march of two hundred leagues. The Two Great Retreats of History Dakianos again examined these riches with more avidity, and his eyes were still further dazzled by them. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers But the stranger seemed to have his hobbies as well as Sir Philip, and having dashed into etymology in regard to Hartwell, he pursued it with an avidity which excluded all other topics. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 This was an opportunity long waited for, and the architects seized upon it with avidity. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 The latter substance absorbs oxygen from the air with the utmost avidity, and passes into the peroxide of iron, which is entirely inert. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Another says that editors are keenly on the outlook for original matter, seizing with avidity anything that promises to make a new element in current literature. The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers "A book which all young people, but especially boys, will read with avidity." Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Then he proceeded to pay her compliments, while his soul sickened at the avidity with which she swallowed them. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story But they made a liquor from corn, which having an agreeable flavour, and being a strong spirit, was drank with avidity by the sailors. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. When peat has once become air-dry, it no longer manifests this avidity for water. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel He was wont, therefore, to read with avidity a number of books treating on religious matters; and he perused them, both with artless ingenuity and in the hope of their strengthening his faith. My Recollections of Lord Byron The avidity discovered by our countrymen to escape from the embargo, and the disregard of its policy, have encouraged this Government to hope that supplies will still continue to be received from the United States. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 These were very bad days for poor Hester, and 182 but for the avidity with which she threw herself into her studies she could scarcely have borne them. A World of Girls The Story of a School For the last eleven years your name has enjoyed a wide celebrity in Russia, and from the banks of the Neva to the remotest parts of Siberia you are read with avidity. 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