| 单词 | perplexity |
| 例句 | Knight’s condition, though, was more serious than simple perplexity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He was a young-looking man, in spite of his perplexities and his very grey hair, and his manner seemed quite natural. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I was tired but I couldn’t sleep; my irritation and perplexity were growing stronger, kept in motion by a ridiculous sense of unease. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Though my heart dilated with my good fortune, still was I surrounded by perplexities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His eyes were uneasy and watchful, the hairs still stood upright in a ridge on his back, and from time to time he whined in perplexity. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer returned to Los Alamos, feeling what he described to a friend as “a profound grief, and a profound perplexity about the course we should be following.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sister only shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the perplexity which, in contrast to her previous confidence, had come over her while she was crying. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z To him, perplexity was worse than danger; and when he was perplexed he usually grew angry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime Mr. Pocket grew greyer, and tried oftener to lift himself out of his perplexities by the hair. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The Wart was still staring at his tutor’s chair in some perplexity, a few moments later, when Merlyn reappeared. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His brow was furrowed as though in perplexity. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z General Dreedle’s great, red domineering face was gnarled with perplexity and oaken with awesome resolution. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The pilot climbed out, shaking his head in perplexity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What on earth’s all this?” said Hazel to Bigwig in perplexity. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Their perplexity stemmed from two related and equally perplexing phenomena. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Still involved in my perplexity, I exclaimed piteously, “I am wearing my shirt!” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Explored our far-flung underground world in an endless wargame of leaps onto nothing, ingenious twists into freedom or new perplexity, quick whispered plottings with invisible friends, wild cackles when vengeance was mine. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He sighed suddenly and deeply at his perplexities. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They came at night, wakened him, and then lapsed into silence, leaving him in fear and perplexity. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Van Helsing’s sternness was somewhat relieved by a look of perplexity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Some struggled with knives and forks the size of axes and shovels, some stared at their meal in perplexity. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But again I studied, and studied; I pretended perplexity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He confessed to feeling “a profound grief, and a profound perplexity about the course we should be following.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there something that would guide him in his perplexities; but time was pressing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The perplexity of it all gnawed at him a great deal more than the meaning of Macbeth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Hempstock observed, with a certain perplexity, that Daisy appeared to be smiling through her tears. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z For the first time since Amicalola I took off my jacket and realized with mild perplexity that I had absolutely no place to put it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Fiver made no reply and Hazel paused in perplexity. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the perplexities of our age is that art is becoming less durable and kitsch more so. In the galleries: Unfinished works at Target Gallery 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In other words, when it comes to the perplexities of sex, 1979 was a lot closer to the 19th century than we choose to think. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Feigning perplexity, as if I’d had nothing to with it, I’d reply, I don’t know, it’s just always been like that! My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z Instead, it’s growing cult audience revels in its occasionally stifling atmosphere of sour awkwardness and perplexity. Nathan For You: finding the comedy in awkward commercialism 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He’s a dab hand at misdirection, the sort of fellow who sets even stolid minds spinning in paranoia and perplexity. Review: A Criminally Enjoyable ‘Hangmen’ from Martin McDonagh 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Such a state of tantalized perplexity would seem to be the lot of the female characters in “The River,” who are played with grace and conviction by Cush Jumbo and Laura Donnelly. Hugh Jackman Stars in ‘The River’ on Broadway 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z So although it’s a relief to experience a phlegmatic instead of a violent Joan, it’s also a perplexity because the choice robs her of psychology. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In and around this perplexity of difficult time, I dazedly chose or hired the companionship of unsavory types. Charlie Sheen’s dubious comeback: His new “philanthropic approach” doesn’t erase his abusive past 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z And Suárez, a vision of blessed normality in a pretty sundress, exudes a joy and sweet perplexity that are missing from the rest of the movie. I’m So Excited!: Almodóvar’s Bumpy Flight 2013-06-27T18:36:06Z Its subject, though, is one that I don’t remember Ms. Tharp tackling: the perplexity of young individuals amid the group. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z When I attend my first Quantified Self Meetup, I discover that other members share my excitement and perplexity: They don't know what to do with their data. Taking My Measure 2011-04-06T22:00:00Z Forty years after painting this oil on canvas, von Max told an interviewer that the male figure "is studying in perplexity the question — the spirit, whence came it, whither has it gone?" Gabriel von Max's monkeys and martyrs, at Frye Art Museum 2011-07-27T22:15:04Z A puzzlingly complex command like “Go tell your mother she wants you,” intended to stun you into perplexity, meant he truly wanted you gone. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z This prompted Monk fans around the world to stare in perplexity at the same fat-suit with a different face. Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #10 – Adrian Monk 2012-05-29T10:35:38Z It is as though Klint spent the rest of her life trying to square her early visionary clarity with life’s ensuing perplexities. Review | Hilma af Klint, the woman who painted the future 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Addressing that perplexity is complicated, and unless you read the program notes beforehand, you are provided few clues as the performance unfurls over the course of an uninterrupted hour. Music Review: ‘Where (we) Live,’ by So Percussion, at BAM 2012-12-20T23:15:46Z After a moment of perfect, collective perplexity, the crowd went wild. A triumph for the nerd 2011-07-18T20:00:04Z In a duet from “Crises”, Jennifer Goggans writhes and arches in Mr. Mitchell’s arms with a mixture of psychic perplexity and sexual need. Dance Review: Cunningham Dance Company Offers Finality and Contentment 2011-12-30T14:27:41Z Two events seem to have precipitated his perplexity. ‘The Blue Guitar’ review: An artist’s heartbreaking crisis 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z We went through the stages of a deep relationship redefining itself: perplexity, then anger, then resignation. Why Should Our Daughter Be Left Out of Pandemic Playtime? 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z That’s a perplexity hardly addressed in this group show at Hillyer Art Space. Review | In the galleries: Tehran doesn’t reveal itself readily 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z C. If she dons black face the message is probably so far beyond you, you really have no business expressing anything but your humbled perplexity. ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z He is drawn into the Hanbury family drama, while giving us glimpses into the chilly warfare of his own marriage and his perplexity at the behaviour of his child. Ten of the best women writing as men 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z The first two get at this book’s stern perplexities: “I floundered in montage confusion,” we read, and “Left or right don’t matter cos there int nowhere to go.” Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z On greeting her, Ms. Waterston was met with a cool gaze of perplexity, “as if this woman had never seen me in her life.” Katherine Waterston of ‘Inherent Vice’ Shyly Captivates the Fashion World 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z When the national anthem ended, one audience member bawled out, raucously, “God save President Trump!,” eliciting from the public a frisson of protest, or of simple perplexity. Review | NSO gets off to an energetic, all-American start 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But here, at least, it includes a hefty portion of perplexity, too. Review: In ‘The Exalted,’ Puzzling Stories Inspired by a Rich Life Cut Short 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s a bright dance, and yet what it keeps suggesting, very movingly, is youthful perplexity. Dance Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s Triple Bill 2014-05-11T21:31:32Z The mother’s face is twisted with the effort; her mouth assumes the sharp curve of an eyebrow expressing perplexity. The Direct Gaze of Maria Meza, the Woman in a Viral Photo from the Border 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s the way in which they died that leaves them in such a state of angry perplexity — that and their awareness that their numbers are legion, and increasing by the day. Review: The Unspeakable Pain of an African-American Afterlife 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z In any case, it produced almost none of the perplexity and outrage that accompanied his riled-up statements over the weekend about the size of his boss’s inaugural attendance. 6 things we learned from Sean Spicer’s first official White House briefing 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z That Paula never spoke about why she left South Africa, and about why she had so little contact with her seven half-siblings, added to the perplexity. Books of The Times: ‘She Left Me the Gun,’ by Emma Brockes 2013-05-13T19:31:09Z “The first Roman cinema spectacular to be made by Hollywood since the end of the Cold War, it is a meditation on the perplexity of the world’s sole surviving superpower.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Love Trip: Paris’ and American Idol 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z But these are child’s play compared to the perplexity of the moment, in which it seems that every other male artist is named Ryan. Noticed: No Lack of Artists Named Ryan 2011-09-02T21:53:12Z There was much to admire in the Juliets of Ms. Ogden and Ms. Rodriguez, especially when dancing out perplexity and frustration in Act III. Dance Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ With National Ballet of Canada, in London 2013-04-22T21:36:14Z Then again, it’s not every perplexity that concludes in an 18-minute vodka party. Incubator Arts Project’s ‘Katorga: An Ozet Performance’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “I’ve seen myself from both sides now,” she sings with a mixture of perplexity and awakening power. Review: In a Blissful Musical ‘Twelfth Night’ in Central Park, Song Is Empathy 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The voices hover and slip past one another, find peace and then tumble into more eddies of perplexity. 12 Surprising Reasons to Be Grateful for the Arts in 2017 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion, perplexity, frustration and panic into an agreeably uncomfortable comedy. Review: ‘A Hologram for the King’ Is Elevated by Tom Hanks’s Portrayal of an American Everyman 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It went without saying that the friends among them regarded the invitations with, at the very least, perplexity. Cultural Studies: Social Networking Takes a Strange Turn 2012-07-13T20:29:00Z Yet in some ways they always seem to be on opposite sides of a chasm, staring in perplexity at the view. Theater Review: Mary McCann in ‘Harper Regan’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z The patterns resemble maps, batik designs and the perplexities of vision and memory, and the prints are most compelling at their least distinct. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z If Mr. Constant’s state of semi-undress did provoke some perplexity among passers-by, he himself was fully nonchalant. Shirtless Goes the City 2013-08-01T00:28:41Z The crowd's enthusiasm initially turned to perplexity as roadies removed White's guitars but transformed into anger as the curtain fell on the stage. Guitarist Jack White stalks off N.Y. concert stage after 45 minutes 2012-09-30T23:20:03Z Maybe the built-in perplexities, the Common Core jostlings of the usual problem format, are the best way. The Poisonous Reach of the College-Admissions Process 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The copy I saw included strange references to things like exploding knees, but I confess the general reaction was one of polite perplexity.” Monty Python at 50: a half-century of silly walks, edible props and dead parrots 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z "The case is miserable, the debt is just," the Puritan president of Magdalen College wrote in perplexity to the archbishop. Saints, Sacrilege & Sedition by Eamon Duffy - review 2012-07-27T21:55:05Z It’s not hard to spot Greenberg’s own perplexity here; three of his characters have writer’s block. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z But there’s also perplexity — as in many of Mr. Collins’s shows — regarding the interplay between the digital and the live. ‘My Voice Has an Echo in It,’ Part of the Coil Festival 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Yet in their pain and perplexity and resilience, they are a kind of memorial, too. Review: ‘Villa’ Dramatizes a Plot of Chilean Land With a Dark Past 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z To the contrary, a concert presented by the Talea Ensemble at the Tenri Cultural Institute on Friday evening showed how perplexity could charm and delight. Music Review: Talea Ensemble at the Tenri Cultural Institute 2012-03-11T22:02:12Z Dov’s words touch on stirring and sobering motifs: betrayal, dread of death, perplexity in the face of life’s mysteries. Play inspired by rabbi and his fake torahs misses its mark 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z At one point, we see fear, perplexity and revulsion flicker across the older sister’s face as her father — outraged at the flouting of a household rule — hurls an ice cream cone at a wall. Review | Constellation’s ‘Children of Medea’ spins a dreamscape family portrait 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Writing the introduction just before he died, Hobsbawm says he was, "looking forward with more troubled perplexity than I recall in a long lifetime, guideless and mapless, to an unrecognisable future." Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the 20th Century by Eric Hobsbawm – review 2013-03-31T08:00:06Z Do any of you have some other historical perplexities that you hope future episodes will get around to explaining? 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Introducing a Special Guest, Ichabod Crane 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z “Oh, it’s his birthday?” she asked with familiar perplexity. Modern Love: Appreciating a Difficult Mother 2010-03-12T18:40:00Z This book arose from a sense of perplexity that almost everyone in the world thought I was clinically mad. The World Turned Upside Down by Melanie Phillips 2010-06-14T20:59:00Z There Freeman perfected his face’s ability to suggest confusion, fear, shock and perplexity, tamped down with English stiff-upper-lip reserve. ‘The Hobbit’: overstuffed but jaw-dropping | Movie review 2012-12-13T03:01:34Z He said he felt some “perplexity” about how it was released and said he understood Israel’s anger. Live: Live updates | Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The results challenge a so-called Darwinian paradox that expresses a sense of perplexity about the prevalence of same-sex sexual behaviors in many species. Male Monkeys Have More Sex with Other Males Than with Females in This Well-Studied Group 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “It seems that the sea was calm,” Francis said, seemingly expressing perplexity that such a grave tragedy could happen in those conditions. Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of ‘Long live the pope!’ 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Speaking to reporters in Taipei, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Alegre's public comments "certainly have caused some perplexity". Taiwan 'perplexed' by Paraguay candidate questioning of ties 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Tian’s approach measures a few properties, such as the perplexity, essentially the randomness, of the text and its burstiness, an effort to gauge whether the writing is complex and varied, as human writing can be. Was that essay written by AI? A student made an app that might tell you. 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Besides prompting perplexity in the West, Francis’s remarks infuriated Russia, which demanded an apology from the Vatican. In Christmas Address, Pope Bemoans ‘Grave Famine of Peace’ 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The two researchers had no idea what the animals were doing, and their perplexity increased as they watched a male goat approach a group of sheep. Mountain Goats Battle Bighorn Sheep over Climate-Limited Resources 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Jenkins correctly pointed out that performance enhancement in sports presents “a vast, multifaceted series of perplexities.” Opinion | Staying in the game, no matter the cost 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The legal system’s perplexity about how to regulate online content was evident from the outcome of the Gonzalez case at the 9th Circuit. Column: The Supreme Court holds the internet's fate in its hands, and you should be terrified 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Performance enhancement in sports is not a single problem with a single answer and a single cheating mode but rather a vast, multifaceted series of perplexities. Perspective | How do we draw the line between sports cheaters and sports strivers? 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z These conflicts created perplexity in the minds of Maimonides’s student and other Jews. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Society needs “joyous perplexity” because “we are joined in a great community of perplexity.” Opinion | Blaming social media for academia’s ruin misses a larger, darker truth 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Their performance enhancements, to my mind, did not present any perplexities. Opinion | Staying in the game, no matter the cost 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Over 100 years ago, the American psychologist William James noted: "The transition from a state of perplexity to one of resolve is full of lively pleasure and relief." Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z A perplexity in your case is that your daughter exists only because you promised the donor privacy. I Promised My Sperm-Donor Anonymity. What Do I Tell My Child? 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A stick drawing of a person drowning added to the sign’s perplexity: There was no water for miles. Savoring solitude on the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Sinnett’s deeply civilized call to rejoice in life’s rich diversity of perplexities is discordant with the tenor of dogmatism in academe. Opinion | Blaming social media for academia’s ruin misses a larger, darker truth 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z While terrible crimes might “confront us with the perplexity of radical evil,” she wrote, “only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.” Why Boris Johnson May Finally Have Gone Too Far 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z It would relieve consumers of the perplexity involved in selecting an insurance plan that doesn’t exclude the doctors they need to manage their conditions. Column: Single-payer healthcare is the right system. Can California build it on its own? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z However, some customers reacted with anger and perplexity - especially when they were sent to elderly relatives. E.On apologises for sending socks to customers 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But he “is a thinker who is struggling earnestly with the perplexities of our age.” Richard Rubenstein, Jewish theologian who questioned traditional notions of God, dies at 97 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z In flight from perplexities of their own, and intolerant of those of others, many academics are not “captured by” Twitter; it is their “safe space.” Opinion | Blaming social media for academia’s ruin misses a larger, darker truth 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “But,” she says, “I can’t overcome a certain perplexity that here I am contemplating suicide … in a state of relative contentment.” An older couple considers dying on their own terms in ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Her clients, too, each in therapy for different reasons, mirrored her perplexity. They were battling the psychological toll of the pandemic. Their therapist was, too 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z After I saw Mr. Gionet, I called up some of my old colleagues, who recalled him with a mixture of perplexity and repulsion. We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Vatican officials have expressed perplexity at the reported transfers. Australian agency reviewing data on Vatican money transfers 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Voters there took deep breaths, coaxed themselves into sanity or otherwise sought refuge from the perplexity and possible further delays. Jittery public awaits fate of race in bitterly divided US 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z This perplexity principle is a high-risk strategy that may turn many viewers off. Review: 'Tenet' has arrived. But is it spectacular enough to lure you back to movie theaters? 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z People who have known Carlson for a long time confess some perplexity over his current TV incarnation. 'His hatred is infectious': Tucker Carlson, Trump's heir apparent and 2024 candidate? 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z One source of stressful perplexity these days is the inconsistency of the response. Commentary: The show must not go on. Why the theaters contemplating coronavirus should close, now 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee probably did not consider this tale when he composed his influential book about cancer, “The Emperor of All Maladies,” but it seemed somehow pertinent to my perplexity. The Emperor of All Maladies’ New Clothes 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The paper focuses, as Kripke puts in, on “the perplexities some philosophers have felt concerning the simple first person pronoun ‘I’.” The Dawn of Self-Consciousness 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Like many other countries around the world, Turkey is watching the Brexit saga with perplexity. How Brexit is playing into Erdoğan’s hands in Turkey | Elcin Poyrazlar 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z But Reyes also voiced shock that Figuera – with whom he worked under Chávez – had jumped ship and perplexity over what made him “commit this folly”. Venezuela: loyalists defiant but doubts linger after failed revolt 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Cohen, on the other hand, talks about “being relieved of a great burden,” like decades of lies, suspicions and perplexity melting away. Review: Chris Cohen wraps melancholy in agreeable melodies 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Anger, perplexity and a slew of previously inconceivable headlines ensued in some of Brazil’s top news outlets. Bolsonaro ridiculed after tweeting explicit carnival video 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z A splendid walled pavilion made from reddish concrete blocks by Julian Hoeber follows the contour of a Moebius strip, the random pattern of holes in the blocks further confounding the form’s visual perplexity. Review: For Desert X 2019, I drove 198 miles to see 19 artists' work. Here's the best 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z He looked at me with a mixture of perplexity and pity, as if to say: This? Letter of Recommendation: Color Blind Pal 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Weighing in at nearly a thousand pages of translation and quotation and citation and argument, it is never relieved from the pressures of contemporary perplexities, political and rhetorical. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z If your taste runs to actors who loom large without being overbearing, and whose size does not protect them from pathos and perplexity, then Liam Neeson’s your man. The Fractious, Frustrating Thrills of “Widows” 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Some of that perplexity wafts through “Wildlife,” which, though pretty much free of violence, is sorely vexed for reasons that are hard to identify. “Halloween” Is Hellbent on Making a Fresh Start 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z “Some feel doubt and perplexity, while others sense themselves somehow abandoned by the Holy See,” he wrote, acknowledging “the gift of your fidelity, your constancy amid trials.” Pope Francis Asks Chinese Catholics to Trust His Deal With Government 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A man heading inside the guitar shop opposite stared around in some perplexity for the source of the noise. Extract: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (the pseudonym of JK Rowling) 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z I explained it was an ebook deal, and they looked at me with some perplexity. How digital publishers are shaking up the book industry 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Here is one last argument from Aristotle: More in need of philosophy are the sciences where perplexities are greater. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Rosling’s image captures many of the perplexities of our collective situation. Are Things Getting Better or Worse? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z If one is in a state of perplexity and bewilderment so severe that they are paralyzed, they are said to be in tharn. On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’ 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Included are pieces in the shape of fortune cookies, another cross-cultural perplexity. Review | Asia shapes two art shows at the AU Museum 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z “The tender by Mediapro... rises so many perplexities, making it necessary to verify its legality before presenting any important offers,” Sky Italia added in the statement. Milan court suspends Serie A TV rights tender after Sky's request 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But true agnosticism, Batchelor contended, consists of "an intense perplexity that vibrates through the body and leaves the mind that seeks certainty nowhere to rest." Does Buddhism Give Us Answers or Questions? 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Prince Charles’s attitude of anxious perplexity seems to have concealed an obtuseness about what the marriage meant to his bride. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z I, like many others who heard of the circumstances surrounding his death, felt an appropriate amount of outrage, sadness, and perplexity. Joe McKnight is dead because his life didn't matter enough for him to be alive 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Big Italian clubs rarely hold interviews for coaches in the public manner that Inter did, which sparked perplexity among the club’s supporters. Pioli tasked with restoring Inter Milan to respectability 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Her parents were conservative country-club people, who regarded their high-strung child with some perplexity. The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z There remains, nonetheless, a hint of missed opportunities, and it would be a privilege to watch him, one day, in a film that does delve into the ethnic perplexities of the period. A Multicultural “Magnificent Seven” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Activists and members of China’s legal community expressed perplexity and outrage as the severity of the sentence emerged. China: lawyer for Ai Weiwei jailed for 12 years in 'severe retaliation' 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In light of such judgments, it is not surprising that many observers across the world regard his foreign policy proposals with perplexity. Mocking Trump Supporters Won't Stop Trump 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The British debate about the EU provokes perplexity. How Europeans see a vote for Brexit 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z He recounted his experience, along with other family perplexities, when he played himself in his one-man autobiographical musical, “The Lion,” which opened Off Broadway last year. An Artist Takes On Cancer 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “What was with the sound?” she said, in a tone somewhere between perplexity and irritation. Aretha Franklin’s American Soul 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Those comments provoked umbrage from charter school advocates, glee from charter critics, perplexity from journalists, and indifference from people who don’t closely follow education debates. Sanders' Charter Schools Confusion 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z When I asked why she would endure such a process so young, Diana looked at me with a perplexity that bordered on pity. China’s Rich Kids Head West 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Many passersby react to the opera with a momentary perplexity that seems to fade as they walk on. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Dilemma: State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. Georgia editorial roundup 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z A small bit of emotion or perplexity will produce, over the bridge of the nose, two distinctive vertical lines, neat and straight. Ellen Page Goes Off-Script 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z While Woody Allen’s recent films have grown ever more hermetic in their perplexity, Baumbach is becoming as prolific, and as quick on the comic draw, as the Allen of yore. Cold-War Bromance 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z This latter pizza, it seems, is allowed to "exist" and Dany's perplexity at the contradiction reveals her to be an ignorant foreigner. Weekend Edition: The week's best reads - BBC News 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He said that while day-to-day business continues normally, the outside world views Northern Ireland with perplexity. Northern Ireland political deadlock 'looks foolish on world stage' - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Rawlings-Blake’s perplexity may seem peculiar—aren’t mayors supposed to know how to address the problems in their own cities?–but her dilemma may be more understandable than it at first appears. Police Reform: Does Anything Work? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker recently revived talk of an EU army, he sparked perplexity rather than hostility, because the idea seemed so remote from reality. New face but same old problems for EU foreign policy 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Labour in particular was gravely perplexed by this "Scottish Question" and suffered grave consequences for its perplexity. A Point of View: A baffled American's take on the UK election - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Learn the local dialect: Expect to be confronted with questioning looks when you speak your dialect of Arabic or to pause in perplexity at a local expression. 5 Tips for Arab Region University Students to Avoid Culture Shock 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z How can they dole out the perplexity as it descends on each child? “Still Alice” and “Paddington” Reviews 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z At first, her ideas were met with perplexity. We Know How You Feel 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z A dash of fellow-feeling, along with any deserved criticism of his play, might be appropriate for a young man caught between pride and perplexity. Everyone’s taking shots at Robert Griffin III, but that doesn’t make it right 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Among whites, Ferguson protests stir a range of emotions and a lot of perplexity. Calm in Ferguson and other headlines 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Pay attention to people’s reactions the next time you throw out that acronym or trendy corporate jargon – you may see eyes glazing over or even looks of perplexity. Five Communication Traits That Turn People Off 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z There is a perplexity over Manziel that you don’t usually hear from NFL experts, who like to think they reduce the draft to information science. Jenkins: Johnny Manziel isn’t a perfect NFL fit, but the right team might consider some tailoring 2014-05-07T18:18:30Z Then there’s this perplexity: The majority of the students Willingham evaluated were “special admits,” meaning their enrollment at UNC required officials to give extra consideration and weight to their athletic prowess. UNC Presses Attack on Whistle-Blower in Fake Classes Scandal 2014-04-14T09:54:22Z “I thought they’d quit doing that,” she said in a tone of ordinary annoyance and perplexity, rubbing at the gray smear that looked as if it had been made by a greasy crayon. Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z A spokesman said "the crime simulation caused a huge social alarm, perplexity and unrest feeling in the population". Britons held over 'fake abduction' 2013-09-03T16:57:04Z There's also the perplexity involved in finding your way around the system. Google Glass hands-on review 2013-07-02T11:04:30Z Absorption is the key to untying the interpretational Gordian Knot presented by quantum theory, which has given rise to such perplexities as the famous Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment. Can We Resolve Quantum Paradoxes by Stepping Out of Space and Time? [Guest Post] 2013-06-21T14:45:00.353Z He weighed that perplexity in light of two narrow losses that have left the Rangers desperately needing a win Wednesday night. Slap Shot: The Rangers Are Close, but Does it Matter? 2013-05-06T17:44:46Z A few weeks ago, I gave the keynote address at a global warming summit he convened in Vermont's state capital, and afterwards I confessed to him my perplexity. Is the Keystone XL pipeline fight the Stonewall of climate change? 2013-04-08T12:21:02Z True, there is still a residue of the fascination, always mixed with perplexity, with which the two countries historically regarded each other. David Cameron in Mumbai: Europe's passage to India 2013-02-18T21:37:39Z The perplexities of Cantor’s infinities led the great mathematician David Hilbert to propose an amusing situation called ‘Hilbert’s Hotel’. An eternity of infinities: the power and beauty of mathematics 2013-01-23T00:45:00.190Z "You choose not to eat meat?" they say, their perplexity now infused with just a hint of disgust. Where vegetarianism is an exotic illness 2013-01-14T00:29:21Z At the Joyce Theater Trey McIntyre’s “Oh, Inverted World,” performed to songs of the Shins by the Smuin Ballet, was an intoxicating portrait of the perplexities of young adults isolated within a group. India Ink: Jookin and Other Special Performances of 2012 2012-12-17T06:09:53Z He gazed at me coldly, a look of perplexity in his eyes, as if he had no idea why I was crying. Mo Yan: “Bull.” 2012-11-19T05:00:00Z This is the promise and the perplexity of The Social Construct. The Promise and the Perplexity of the New Social Construct 2012-11-10T07:38:39Z The elation of gathering with people who also confront the perplexities of cancer and its treatments has something to do with our being anomalies outside the group -- but not inside it. Well: Living With Cancer: We Are Seven 2012-10-04T18:18:11Z “My intention was to find someone trustworthy with whom to share my state of mind and my perplexity regarding a situation that was unbearable, not only for me but for many inside the Vatican.” Pope’s Former Butler Admits in Court to Leaking Confidential Documents 2012-10-02T19:54:36Z They may all be necessary; but they bring perplexity with them as their slideshows begin. Time for the press to stop bickering in front of the advertisers 2012-05-26T23:05:58Z It was through many wanderings and perplexities that Karl Tausig rose to the height which he reached in the last years of his life. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Father and daughter looked at the boy with wonder and perplexity. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The etiquette of the funeral caused Mrs. Gainsborough considerable perplexity. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Middleton, himself a clergyman, shows perplexity when watching the elevation of the host at mass. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Sir Robert Croyland was confounded; and for a moment or two he sat silent in perplexity and surprise. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z On my return from Heckingen I stayed some days longer at Stuttgart, a prey to new perplexities. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The difficulties are enormous, the labour is colossal, but there could be no convictions were there no perplexities. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z Before the problem of her conduct, however, the world remained in perplexity. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z In her perplexity and distress Mrs. Thompson went to Mr. Prentice, and asked him for advice and aid. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "Rash, mad, unfeeling girl!" cried her father, starting up, and gazing upon her with a look in which rage, and disappointment, and perplexity were all mingled. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Nevertheless, perplexity and sadness were only too clearly to be read on the kind nurse's features. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z I know of none, though some perplexity might be caused by certain reactions animals learn under the tuition of man. The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion 2012-04-24T02:00:19.043Z Louis looked at Blanche in perplexity; she frowned at him and said nothing. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z But the phrase "dramatico-musical compositions," as used in the American code, bristles with perplexities, not altogether solved by the definitions of the Copyright Office Rules, above cited. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z The river is supposed to be the case that has been giving the man perplexity, and its vanishing out of sight the anxiety he has had as to its ultimate issue. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z When the parent reaches the point of perplexity in dealing with his child, it is a fairly good indication that his interest is aroused, at least. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Sam was in great perplexity; he felt that their character was in danger; but Ned promised that he would keep in, at any rate until they were out of hearing. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z All through the Journal that follows are indications of wasted health and of the perplexities of life that were closing in upon him. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z As a metaphysician he starts from what he terms “the higher scepticism” of the Hume-Kantian sphere of thought, the beginnings of which he discerns in Locke’s perplexity about the idea of substance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Dorothy, left alone on the seat, watched his form recede along the pergola, and asked herself in perplexity what she wanted as a substitute for that well-groomed, easy, and assured piece of manhood. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Simply the same thing he would do at the point of perplexity in the wheat propagation, consult an expert. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z In the midst of her perplexities, she was startled at the sound of approaching footsteps. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Left alone again, the look of perplexity in Madeline's eyes deepened. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The labor and perplexity of making their way along the rough path and among the underbrush were such as to prevent any continued conversation. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z And your perplexity will not be allowed to last longer than it is needful. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z To remember such things ought to give you confidence in times of perplexity and danger. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z He meets Elsie, is attracted at once by her beauty, and learns the secret of her perplexity, though how can he proclaim his real self while he is still Leonard Meryll? The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z "Seaward and Graythorne," he read, and a look of perplexity came into his eyes. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Throughout the next few days Jimmy found himself in a veritable whirlpool of perplexity and doubt. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z "By old Marmaduke; by no others of it," returned Mr. Fauntleroy, who was secretly enjoying the squire's perplexity beyond everything. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z How infinitely would such a faith relieve and sustain us in the common troubles and anxieties of life, and in deeper perplexities connected with the cause of God! The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Or between the endless diversions of his frolicsome Ko-Ko in "The Mikado" and the gay perplexities of the sedate old General Stanley in "The Pirates of Penzance"? The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Godmother,' she went on, puckering her forehead again in perplexity, 'it almost feels like feathers. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z In the background are a party of guides and boatmen engaged in preparing supper for the disputants, over whose perplexity they appear to be indulging in a little quiet "chaff." The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Shutting the door behind him, he walked away with Lewis, whose senses were in a state of hopeless perplexity. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z The air was still, and the burning dwellings around shed a baleful light over the faces of men, on which sat terror and perplexity. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z In her dire perplexity, she never once thought of what was the only obvious thing to do,—namely, to run to Poole, and tell the Battishills to send down some men with a hurdle. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z But their perplexities were not decreased by what Nanni had to say to them. Christmas Tree Land 2012-04-06T02:00:25.787Z Then came a rapid thought of how handsome he was; but, sweeping everything away, perplexity followed. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z These are but the manifold and maddening perplexities of railway travelling in Africa. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z You've put me in such a state of perplexity by all this, Charles, I—I hardly know where I am! Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z In the breezy glitter of the sunshiny morning, a crowd stood on the curving beach of Edge Valley in a state of perplexity something resembling a pack of hounds at fault. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And through life Ninon ran always to the duke with every sorrow or perplexity; notably when, at the age of sixty, she discovered her first wrinkle, an all but invisible crease between her brows. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z My first thought was one of amusement, and I fairly laughed aloud at my own perplexity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z My accounts, Sir, are very short, and shall be sent as soon as the perplexity of the treaty is over. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z It is rather a troublesome ideal, involving them in a thousand little perplexities, self-deceits, half-conscious falsehoods; but they adore it through them all. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z "No doubt they also had their perplexities, and wondered why the wicked triumph, and sighed to God, 'How long, O Lord, how long?'" Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z There are a great many earnest and honest men to whom it is the best of news that Christian faith is not incompatible with very grave perplexities. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z Master Lindstrom asked, his voice, though he still remained below, betraying his perplexity and unhappiness. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z As if she had stood already beside her uncle's grave, sorrow took the place of perplexity. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z One hardly knew whether to call her childish or stately, and the perplexity was delightful. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z This pontiff desired to forward the interests of his family; but he was not inclined to involve himself in dangerous perplexities on their account. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Anyhow, many have to walk, not in the light but in uncertainty, perplexity, and misgiving, and sometimes even in darkness. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z He rubbed his head with his hand in extreme perplexity. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Every one will feel what a crowd of perplexities start up here at every sentence. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z This is extremely discouraging to the investigator, and the constant perplexity of mind we feel during our investigations renders them altogether painful. 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 Yes, a light, so pure, so soft, so mild, that it seems not of earth rests upon your soul, and your darkness, and doubts, and perplexity are gone. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Having failed in his fellowship examination, Edward Hoare was in perplexity as to the right course for him to pursue. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z In deep perplexity he left the temple, and, from force of habit, journeyed on, patiently questioning all he met. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z His good-natured perplexity contrasts well with the indifferent tradeswoman-like air of the ale-wife, who while she rests the jug upon a bench, does not relinquish the handle. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Their difficult dialect remains a perplexity to the etymologist, some believe it to be of Tartar origin. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Pontiac, seeing his unruffled brow and his calm eye fixed steadfastly upon him, knew not what to think, and soon sat down in amazement and perplexity. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z For three months he was in sore perplexity, looking for guidance, sometimes inclining to one plan, sometimes to the other. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Here I… fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Remembering the motor that he had heard, he turned from the doorway in frowning perplexity. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z "How can such things be?" queried Reuben, stroking his beard in perplexity. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z How often, acting upon his advice, have I found it true, so that I have seen my way perfectly clear in cases in which there seemed at first nothing but perplexity! Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z For a century prior to the reign of Charles the question of the imperial succession had been one of extreme perplexity. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z This, coupled with what he had learned on the preceding day about Jachin Fell, put his own course of action into grave perplexity. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Nothing in it struck me as familiar, until the mouth broke into a grave, amused smile at my perplexity. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Meanwhile Mr. Keogh, standing in a state of considerable perplexity and discomfiture where the rector had left him, heard a well-known voice at his elbow, and turned to find that Gregg had arrived. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Let me submit two or three principles whose steady light will leave, it seems to me, but little space for perplexity as to these diverse claims. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Why, that would give rise to perplexities and disagreeables without end. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z "To Betty," he said, seeing her stuck in a quagmire of perplexities. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z We had better turn upon the authorities, the flunkeys of the Czar——” “Do you hear what he says?” one of his listeners said, in perplexity, nudging the fellow by his side. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z But—" and then for the first time a new perplexity struck her, "if it really is it," she asked, "how can I be in it? Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He retreated along the Leas, a thing of shame and perplexity—Mrs. Botting's aggrieved astonishment uppermost in his mind.... Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The second chairman came round the chair, stared, and rubbed his head; and the two gazed in perplexity at poor Sophia, whose face alone appeared above the side of the conveyance. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He was a new figure in St. Petersburg, and when his carriage passed along the Neva Prospect his swarthy face with its striking Oriental features were pointed out with expressions of perplexity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Trouble, or rather perplexity—for the trouble is mingled with joy—is at hand for our good old friend Dame Martha. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z At this point Mr. Kipps rubbed his fingers through his hair with an expression of some perplexity and went back to the beginning. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z She stared at him, in perplexity at first, not understanding him; then in horror, as she discerned on a sudden what he meant. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Olga’s face was a blend of beaming triumph and tense perplexity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Trot was horrified, and wrung her little hands in sore perplexity, for this was a most horrible fate that awaited her dear old friend. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z Mr. Charles having been so many times deprived of the opportunity of exercising his ministry felt no small perplexity of mind: his active disposition would not allow him to remain wholly unoccupied. 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 popular conception of happiness avoids all the difficulties and perplexities caused by setting up pleasure as the end, because in that conception pleasures and pains are never considered apart from conduct and character. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z She looked at me for a moment with an air of perplexity, as if she really could not remember whom I was. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Anna Nicolayevna was perplexed and her perplexity gave her a new thrill of hope. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z He lay for some minutes in sheer perplexity. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z They halted in perplexity, anxious though they were to lose no time. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z "Oh!" she answered, wrinkling her pretty brow in perplexity. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z To my perplexity was added, before I reached the top of the stairs, disquietude--disquietude on her account as well as on mademoiselle's. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Pedestrians met him with gestures of horrified perplexity and acute commiseration now. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z May all life's stern duties and its perplexities get grace and beauty from our hallowed thoughts and sanctified resolves. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z "I am--going," I stammered; a desperate hope rising in my breast at sight of the man's perplexity. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z She had that extreme delicacy of complexion which betrays the least ebb and flow of feeling: and in turn perplexity, wonder, resentment, all were painted there, and vividly. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Morbleu! as I looked at them--and as she stood looking at them in dull, entranced perplexity--I wondered how I had come to resist the temptation. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Mr. Mortimer had been perplexed before,—but what could describe his perplexity, when he had spent a day each in Ramsgate and Margate? Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Forbid that these shall in any degree be diminished by any difficulty or perplexity that may arise. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z They have had their full share of the joys and sorrows, honors and perplexities, profits and losses of literary life. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z But she was not the less a riddle to him and a perplexity--a Sphinx, at once alluring and terrifying. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z He glared at me for a moment in utter rage and perplexity. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He was a believer, in days of doubt and perplexity. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Give us patience in perplexity, hope amid our fears, and faith to trust Thy holy will as best. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z His eyes soon lost their twinkle, and his forehead wrinkled with perplexity. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z While Henrietta hurried on at her best pace, resentment giving way to fear and doubt and a hundred perplexities. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z In October, 1825, we find him making this confession of his perplexity: "I have been so hesitating and reflecting upon what I shall do, that I have in fact done nothing." William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z She could not quite understand what he really wanted, and looked her perplexity. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z This confusion in the adaptation of the names given to the varieties of leprosy has occasioned much perplexity in the study of the disease. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The puppy has seen her, perhaps he has the impudence not to like her, and so blows up this confusion and perplexity only to break off a marriage that I've set my heart on. Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z The landlady's rudeness, rather than any real perplexity or peril, had imposed on her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z When he could stop, he lifted his eyes to the country below him, searched quickly for the figures of Ned and his wife and swore in perplexity. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Then her mother comes afeard, Trips and cuts her knee; And her father burns his beard In perplexity. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z "What--what are you saying!" she spoke, staring in perplexity at Ralph. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z But his perplexity took the form of disgust when the fresh tracks were seen of a bear and cub, and the white chief forbade the chase. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z During his second four years in office, there were more perplexities. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z His mouth had become a tight, straight line and his brows were gathered slightly, as in perplexity. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z In his deep perplexity and trouble, Dmitar took the saddle off his courser, Flung it on the courser’s nether haunches, And he fled alone to Belgrad’s fortress. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z He passed by theological beliefs as if he were immune; he developed into an agnostic without passing through any crisis or perplexity; he had not even what Prof. James has called "the religion of healthy-mindedness." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Well," the doctor said, rubbing his hands in great perplexity, "I have not--I am not sure that I am prepared to say. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The next four years were years of perplexity and care in the building of the nation. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Benny Lynch departed, still unsmiling, very serious, and, as Bayard watched him ride away, he shook his head in perplexity. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z They gave it up after a few minutes, and stared at each other in perplexity. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z All that day I went about in doubt what I should do; and night came without resolving my perplexities. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Afterwards she fell naturally into the habit of going with him; and little by little, as she saw more of him, she owned the spell of a new perplexity. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z How much wiser in most cases it would be for me, if I kept silence, for a time at any rate, when I am face to face with trouble, or difficulty, or perplexity. Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady 2012-02-25T03:00:09.890Z I'm only a man like you are; I have the same problems, the same perplexities; it's necessary for me to meet them in the way you do. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z “Did he fly away?” asked Sherry in perplexity. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z I believe that Origen is the sole cause of the perplexity. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z When he came back he had a copy of the Times in his hand, and his face wore a look of perplexity. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z My mind was working rapidly now, but, at first, anger succeeded blank perplexity. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In his perplexity he sought counsel from Wesley. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z “How on earth did that fellow ever get in from this end?” asked Justice in perplexity. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z “But—where are the beds?” cried Hinpoha, in perplexity, as they went inside. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z The complications of C. O. D. add greatly to their perplexities. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z They stood looking at one another in perplexity. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The best advices have often increased my perplexities; and the end was to make me cease from human dependence, and wait upon God from the dust of self-despair. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z The Bat eyed her, in doubt and perplexity. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Ben Brantley, in his review in The New York Times, said of Mr. Molina that “an obsessive lover’s possessiveness and perplexity glitter in this Rothko’s eyes like a fever.” | New Jersey: ?Red,? at the George Street Playhouse, Pits Boss and Helper ? Review 2012-02-18T20:14:38Z There he saw it, not in its beauty of form and color and light, but as a bewildering perplexity of mechanisms—belts and pulleys and levers and cams—an enterprise of no little magnitude. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z "It looks like a league," says Carnes, scratching his head, and wrinkling his brows in perplexity. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z So Mrs. Burbanks, after inspecting the strange confusion, was about to leave the room in perplexity when she chanced to glance at one of the high windows. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z Meanwhile, "Give up the Countess?" the Vicomte muttered, staring at his son in dull perplexity. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Between fright and perplexity, and the hurt of his fall, the boy began to cry. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z But his perplexities are not over when he has, in a general way, resigned himself to manifest destiny. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Mr. Curran's pet was always a favourite of Miss Wolfe's, to whom her prattle was a rest in the midst of many perplexities. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Ahmed," the missionary's eyes were filled with perplexity and suffering, "Ahmed, it will be sure death if you go back to Hyderabad, I know. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z The Vicomte's amazement began at that to give place to perplexity. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z "He must have relations," he said at last, after rubbing his closely cropped head with an air of much perplexity. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z A similar perplexity arises in the minds of the simple inhabitants of the scientific Hinter-lands. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Vaughan stooped over the book, and having read looked up in perplexity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z In all great cities there is a poor population, which is the standing trouble and perplexity of social and political reformers. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z As Clovis listened to his brother's report, he rubbed his nose in perplexity, glancing askance at Alga�, who nodded her head in approval. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z This he had not anticipated, and the perplexity into which it threw him was so largely mingled with fear, that he fancied the loud beating of his heart must attract attention even through the walls. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z The following hymn was then sung: In the sun, and moon, and stars, Signs and wonders there shall be; Earth shall quake with inward wars, Nations with perplexity. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z But no more than a stare of perplexity passed from the more intelligent faces about him to the duller faces lower down the table. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Now it came to pass that after the mental torture she had endured, the soul-racking perplexities, the days of prayer and nights of vigil, the strong frame of the Abbess gave way under her burthen. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z "Brother," began Mahmoud, "I come, in the utmost perplexity, to ask a favour of you." Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z But no blow came, nor did either of the three persons who looked at him with eyes of such astonishment and perplexity offer to touch him. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Mary sat down in a sort of helpless perplexity. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z "Fiduciary relation?" the Honourable Bob retorted, in perplexity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z His easy confidence in the direction of the straight and honest course was gone, had given place to a pained perplexity which boded well for the future. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The confidence of many in doubt and perplexity was secured. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z Nor, when he at length consented to my proposal and preached his first sermon in Stony Lea, was my perplexity lessened. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z I heard one of the masters curse the men the other day in his perplexity and anger; there are times when I am tempted to follow his example. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z A roar of laughter drowned his last words, and he sat down with a burning face; in some confusion, but in greater perplexity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z That is the track that must be followed, and will be when we have found in rapid transit the key to the solution of our present perplexities. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z It would have made her more than that—made her wretched beyond the possibility of concealment—had there not been in it an element of perplexity; perplexity which bewildered her, which she could not solve. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z Perhaps Mr. Wyld's colossal globe will afford opportunities for simplifying these perplexities to the unlearned. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The Princess took his dumb astonishment for excess of rapture, and attributed his visible perplexity of spirit to the overwhelming feeling of his unexpected success. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Lady Lansdowne walked slowly away in a state of perplexity, from which the monotonous lilt of the band which was now playing quadrille music did nothing to free her. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Lad gazed down at the slumberer in some perplexity. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z But this secondary consciousness was small: it was small because the first was so wide and deep, and so filled with trouble—trouble composed in equal parts of perplexity, disappointment, and grief. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z Meanwhile, the other women remained, lost in perplexity, at the entrance to the tomb. The First Easter 2012-02-07T03:00:10.057Z In perplexity, I asked: 'Why are you up so late, Father?' Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Sir Robert removed his hat, and stood in perplexity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It was on the last of these occasions, just before the second winter of Sarah Ann's existence, that that small adventure occurred which was to land poor Billy in such hot water and such perplexity. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Full of vexation and perplexity, not knowing where to go or what to do, he dreamed. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z But zounds, man!" he exclaimed, like one exasperated with perplexity, "what maggot's in your brains? Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It is I that have caused your perplexity and your deliverance from the rascally Grated Tower, which has kept you so long in ward. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z "Did he leave no message?" he asked in perplexity. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Has he not perplexities enough in the ruling of the city—" "Nay, Amraphel," cut in Belshazzar, hastily, "I am here because of my idleness. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He could not understand what they said, but guessed that they were discussing in perplexity the question what to do with their prize. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Dorothy stopped and regarded me, not so much in perplexity, as in the haughtiest displeasure. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z She experienced the same perplexity—“Agatha—Philip Burnett,” said the catalogue. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z For if her aunt made inquiries at the door, and received no answer, she had but to step into the garden to solve her perplexities. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z He left her presence with perplexity and doubt in his mind; though how it had entered in he could not have told. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z He saw only a wrinkle of perplexity upon Cynthia's forehead and a shadow in her eyes. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z "Then," said I, with a glance of perplexity towards the girl, "you are, indeed, come to join us?" Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I was lost in perplexity, but I had this one sure thing to comfort me. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The offence of drunkenness was a source of great perplexity to the ancients, who tried every possible way of dealing with it. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z "Name of the great Marduk, Belshazzar, what is come to thee?" he asked, holding his friend at arm's-length and looking into his face with a mixture of sympathy and perplexity. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z For she answered them with her eyes upon Joan Daventry's face, and she saw the perplexity there deepen into disquietude and misgiving. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The perplexity in its turn began to die off his face, and it was succeeded by an eager curiosity. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z And there's another use for a key of which I did not at this time know, or I should have been saved from considerable perplexity and not a little danger. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z The Captain was still standing in the attitude of perplexity; only, instead of smoothing his cheek, he had tilted his peruke aside and was scratching his head to ease the labour of his recollections. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z For him they had been years of endeavour, persisted in through failure and perplexity until success, but for her, was reached. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z She was still in a great perplexity; and while Harry Rames smoked his cigarette she sought this way and that for a light to guide her. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The perplexity in his eyes changed into a blank bewilderment, and from bewilderment to fear. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The distress and perplexity," she continued, "are not done with, but to-day a hand has been stretched to me out of the dark, and I must think, to some good end. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Lady Oxford's brows were drawn together in perplexity. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He spoke deliberately, since a light was beginning dimly to shine through the darkness of his perplexities. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But in a moment or two he stopped again as though some new perplexity was present to his mind. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z I turned and looked at her in perplexity. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Muriel gazed at him with an expression of perplexity, and it was clear that she did not quite understand what had taken place on the night in question, which was, however, not astonishing. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Colonel Montague looked at him, and then looked at him again with the same perplexity which Mr. Wogan had found so distasteful one evening in St. James's Street three years before; but he said nothing. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z And Tony, remembering the doubts and perplexities which had besieged him, could not but assent. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z His fervour of the morning changed to a chilling perplexity. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "But we will wait here till nightfall," he said; and nothing loth I turned over on my back and fell to resolving, so well as I could, the perplexities in which I was coiled. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z She traced two long, distinct lines, but stopped of a sudden at the apex of the second angle, where the coppice runs to a point, with her face puckered up in a great perplexity. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z She gnawed her fingers in an agony of fear and perplexity. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z If she did, why, that dim light which shone amidst the darkness of his perplexities might perhaps shine a little brighter. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z But yesterday," he exclaimed in perplexity, "yesterday, here in this room, I gave you the assurance which you looked for. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The distrust faded out of his face, but the perplexity remained and deepened. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z "Strange!" said he, in a tone of some perplexity. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z He scratched his head to ease his perplexity, and then wisely took counsel with his daughter. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z In the moment of greatest perplexity his companionship, or even the thought of it, rested her like sleep. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Then he sat back upon his heels and measured the distance between the mallows and the sea with some perplexity upon his forehead--and the perplexity grew. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z When I turned back again I saw that Aron was looking at me in some perplexity, as if he wondered whether I knew. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But, Mr. Buckler," he said, with some show of perplexity, "the quarrel was a private one. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z But he was not without perplexities, to keep his thoughts busy upon his journey. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z That letter, with its perplexities and its consequences, obliterated all other speculations. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The girl with the gold hair smiled at his perplexity, and laughed pleasantly at his comprehension. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "But, my dear," said Mr. Curwen in perplexity, "are you certain you have made no mistake?" Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Hopson was in great perplexity, the French having arrived to take possession under the terms of the treaty, and there were no vessels to embark his troops. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z It was a kind of perplexity, as though she did not know where to turn. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z But of late her eyes had learned to soften at the troubles of others, her mind to be perplexed with their perplexities. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Here they met with Mr. Vincent Crummles, of histrionic fame, and ended their more immediate perplexities by an engagement with that gentleman. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z I was neither hurt nor surprised at his evident disappointment and perplexity, for Mary's behaviour had shown me pretty clearly what sort of a picture I made. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Gone were the moody silences and the frowning perplexity of a few months back. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z But after that she listened, frowning at him in a perplexity like a child over some difficult problem of her books. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Pamela, indeed, was looking at him with a frown of perplexity upon her forehead. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z You are an eye witness to all our perplexities and all our wants. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z But while I was yet tossed amidst these perplexities, news came to hand which quite turned the current of my thoughts. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The Squire's frown of perplexity became a frown of displeasure. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z She looked at me in perplexity, and certainly the little piece of acting, I thought, was very well done. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z "From New York," she said, halfway between perplexity and fear. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z After many disputes and much doubt and perplexity, they resolved to hazard the assault and risk their lives. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z "It is a kinsman of mine," he said, in some perplexity--"Mr. Lawrence Clavering, and a devoted servant of your Majesty." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He sat looking on to the ground, his frown of displeasure now once again changed into a frown of perplexity. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z They had almost reached the table where the others sat, and Coulthurst stopped with a shadow of perplexity in his sunburnt face. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Those eight weeks were to have resolved all his perplexities, and lo! the eight weeks had passed. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z They at once free the subject from the obscurity and perplexity in which it is often involved by the definitions of philosophers. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z I relapsed into perplexity, and in a little my fears took another and engrossing shape. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Mr. Ravensworth sat in mental perplexity, believing he had not come to the bottom of this dreadful affair; no, nor half-way to it. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Worried, disheartened, I determined to carry the perplexity to my Uncle Stillingfar. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Tony was awake with his troubles and perplexities, keeping them to himself as was his wont, and slowly searching for an issue. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Had his wife been looking at him, she might have seen a sudden change pass over his face as he read it, as though startled by some doubt or perplexity. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z So far I had read when I looked up at the steward in a sudden perplexity. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z But Lady Level was in still greater perplexity, her mind buried in miserable reverie. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z The little ball was so beautifully made and so neatly rounded that there was not the slightest aperture to be seen, and Archie turned it over and over in his hand in some perplexity. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z There was a frown upon her forehead, a look of perplexity in her dark eyes. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Mr. Douglas, after a little pause, said, ‘Mr. Hinman, we must consider that the poor man was in circumstances of great perplexity, and might not know what to do.’ A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z So much I have deemed it necessary to set down concerning my perplexities at this time, since they throw, I think, a light upon the events which I am to relate. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Returning to the sitting-room, pacing it to and fro in his perplexity for he knew not how long, he was looking at his watch to ascertain the time, when Lady Level came in. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Three cheers were given him, and these too were heard by the Mexicans to increase their perplexity. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z She did not advance to him, but just stood where she was, watching him approach; and in her eyes there was a great perplexity. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The following is from an instruction given to "Mary" in sleep, in direct solution of certain perplexities. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z I knew not what in the world to make of this strange beginning, and so stared at the man in perplexity. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I stirred presently when I saw that his perplexity had nothing to do with me. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Added to the continual perplexities of whatever authority might at any time assume to control the lost empire of the Montezumas, were sundry remnants of the very fiercest of the old Mexicans clans. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z But she might lighten the trouble, and make the perplexity less insistent, if she granted the favour which he sought. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Before the majesty of his commission, and amid the inscrutable perplexities of each unparalleled day, he must always be fain, even though never forced, to walk humbly among his people, and before his God. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The worthy gentleman scratched his forehead in some perplexity. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The detective stood in the center of the room, and glanced about in some perplexity. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z What then was this philosophy which supplied to Lucretius an answer to the perplexities of existence? The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z There was a painful perplexity in his brow, such as I often perceived afterwards, a sense of something hurting, something he could not understand. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Here emerged in Lincoln's thought Lincoln's supreme perplexity. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z While in this state of uncertainty and perplexity St. Francis, the Fioretti relates, appeared to him one night, and showed him the five wounds inflicted by the Seraph upon his hands, feet and side. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The canoeist with a camera will find occupation enough in taking views of his surroundings; perplexity as to what to choose amid such a crowd of charming scenes, will be his only difficulty. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z They do not seem, however, to have succeeded, and the perplexity of the Christians continued. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z He looked quite childish in his doubt and perplexity. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He was ever facing mystery indeed in the perplexities that throng the moral realm. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z In his perplexity he resolved to enlist the good graces of her duenna, who undertook to plead his cause with her young mistress. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The evening wore away slowly, and Cyril and Netta said little to one another, each absorbed in their own thoughts and doubts and perplexities. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z And probably it was as much to relieve himself from his perplexity as to please the Jews, that he proposed to the Apostle to go up to Jerusalem. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z She looked at him, as he lay propped upon his elbow, turning towards hers his white face of fear and perplexity, like a child that cannot understand, and is afraid, and wants to cry. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Nevertheless, the skipper of the bark was even then expressing much perplexity of mind as to what the Noank might be and where from. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z In her perplexity she sought information from the Lieutenant, of whose interest in her she had probably become conscious. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z To all our other difficulties, a new cause of perplexity was suddenly added. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z In his perplexity and fear, therefore, he committed a fearful sin; for in answer to the damsel's question, "Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?" "he saith, I am not." "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z It was with some perplexity, some anger and bitterness that I watched Emily moved almost to ecstasy by the baby's small, innocuous person. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Arise! and come, and of thy courtesy Resolve my weary heart's perplexity, And fill my goblet, so that I may drink, Or e'er they make their goblets out of me. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Not, however, until he had glimpsed through stretches of velvet woodland a thing which he did not understand, and which he paused in perplexity to study. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The only way of escaping from this perplexity was one to which I felt extreme repugnance. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z There were a good many Northerners on board, and, supposing his slave had run away, they rather enjoyed his perplexity. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Meanwhile, being chargeable with the distribution of official patronage, he began to flounder about in explanation of his action in a sea of seemingly endless perplexities. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Ofttimes I plead my foolishness to Thee, My heart contracted with perplexity; I gird me with the Magian zone, and why? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Her husband glanced at her pretty worried face with a frown of perplexity and annoyance between his honest eyes. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z He was, as I first recollect him, a muscular dark-complexioned man, with a keen black eye, cased in an extraordinary perplexity of wrinkle, and shaded by a heavy beetling eyebrow. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Among other things she recited "Nothing to Wear," a piece in which is described the perplexities that beset "Miss Flora McFlimsey" in her efforts to appear fashionable. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose: so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Why ponder thus the future to foresee, And jade thy brain to vain perplexity? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z "Find me there about noon, most any time," and Bellingham, giving the mare her head, arrived at the stables in greater perplexity of mind than ever. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z No sooner, however, had the officer of the watch selected a star by which to calculate his position, than he found himself involved in no small perplexity. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (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. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The following letter to the editor of a newspaper in Springfield will serve as a specimen of the perplexities which frequently beset Mr. Lincoln when his wife came in contact with others. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Ward scratched his head in hopeless perplexity and stared in mild anticipation mingled with a great deal of skepticism as Mr. Peck poured a small quantity of alcohol into the glass. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z There were perplexity and surprise in the old man's stare. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Amidst our perplexities, a violent shower of rain came on, making the waggon leak in every corner, just as we succeeded, after great trouble, in getting it to land, and were busy repairing it. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (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. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z He saw his friend’s perplexity, and said at once, “His Majesty don’t approve—but I know your friendly zeal—go on.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The other lads looked at each other in perplexity. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z To the imploring inquiries of her maid, she repeated only the words, “I am frightened,” and left her in a startled perplexity. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z This was uttered with such complete assurance, so firmly and hardily, and her whole demeanor exhibited such supreme defiance of him and reliance upon herself, that Andrè's indignation was turned into bewilderment and perplexity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The Directors, in their multiplied perplexities, often urged his presence in their councils, to advise with them on difficult questions. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Cool, courageous, and mild under disappointments and perplexities and difficulties, in fact that you are a philosopher in everything but love. 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 But human nature has depths, obscurities, and perplexities, the analysis and elucidation of which is a matter of the very greatest difficulty. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z When the opportunity came, with a common inconsistency, she rather shrank from the crisis; and a slight uncertainty as to the actual meaning of the noble lord, rendered her perplexity still more disagreeable. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Now, the gentleman who is unaccustomed to public driving, gets into astonishing perplexities. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The perplexities and interminable disputes, caused by such unintelligible subjects, at last led to the third period in the Christian religion: the doctrine of the incarnation. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Balestier had no doubt listened in amazement to the strange jargon coming from lips that looked like mine; and the extraordinary likeness and "my" peculiar conduct would quite complete his perplexity. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Let them ever be yours, my son; in doubt and perplexity go ever to them for direction—not forgetting prayer for the teachings of the Holy Spirit—and you cannot go far astray. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z And there is the noble-hearted man, familiar with a young collegian's perplexities, sympathetic as a woman, trustful as a hero, strong and uplifting in word and friendly deed. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z On some old books, however, there is a dual form of the "D" representing 500, which is sometimes the cause of considerable perplexity; e.g., Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z She was to marry a man of her own station, which would save her many perplexities, but Craig, respecting no standard but personal merit, would have married above or beneath him with equal boldness. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z But the result of a couple of hours' thinking was only to increase my utter perplexity; and I went off to bed to try if sleep would clear my wits. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z It was very true, and to mamma each one of the six—or we might say seven, for Edward did the same by letter—carried every trouble, great or small, every doubt, fear, and perplexity. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z In any moment of perplexity, when new difficulties arise, one generally has to seek the aid of an experienced missionary to help in starting a movement for the relief of some evident spiritual want. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z |
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