| 单词 | phlegmatic |
| 例句 | Through the years, old Rena remained phlegmatic, paying no apparent attention to the bedlam which had intruded into her twilight years. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Nately stared at her covertly from his over-stuffed yellow armchair, marveling at the bored, phlegmatic strength with which she accepted the mass rejection. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My parents had repeatedly told me that I had a “phlegmatic” conscience— which basically means it doesn’t work overtime—and that that was a good thing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Quincey Morris was phlegmatic in the way of a man who accepts all things, and accepts them in the spirit of cool bravery, with hazard of all he has to stake. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z After an energetic, brassy opening, it slackens; the second, “phlegmatic” movement meanders; and the “melancholy” slow movement is lush and empty. Music Review: From Rage to Uplift in a Matter of Minutes 2011-01-28T22:39:48Z One nurse is “as phlegmatic as a gnu.” A Survivor Recalls the Charlie Hebdo Massacre and a Long Road to Recovery 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Cohen, 28, has a breezy, phlegmatic command at the keyboard, and a deep well of historical jazz references at his fingertips. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z There are 16 episodes left: Is that enough time for Walt to kill Mike, the phlegmatic security maven who, in this new season, becomes even more deadpan and likable than he was in the last? I hate Walter White 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z “Sneaky People,” from 1975, chronicles three hectic days in the life of a used-car salesman, a “family man” who keeps a mistress and hires a car washer to kill his phlegmatic wife. Thomas Berger, ‘Little Big Man’ Author, Is Dead at 89 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The evening took its tone from Meade, a soprano whose large and beautiful voice is offset with phlegmatic singing that, on Saturday night, almost sank her. Review | Strong women take the lead in Washington National Opera’s ‘Alcina’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Onscreen and off, most of the real-life kids were rewarded with friend requests and fan pages, as well as with Coppola’s phlegmatic glamorizing film. Why Hasn’t Sofia Coppola Gotten the Respect an Auteur Deserves? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Newhouse was ordinarily a quiet, phlegmatic man, I had been told, but on one subject he was very animated: Donald Trump. Editing Donald Trump 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Gould has a large, slightly phlegmatic voice, and on Wednesday he kept pushing dynamically into each note, giving each a little extra emphasis, which created the impression at times of plodding. Review | National Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Tristan’ was lacking in D.C. They made up for it in New York. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Panetta is more phlegmatic but adopts the tough talk of a wartime general when discussing a drone campaign in Pakistan that the C.I.A., as yet, still does not publicly acknowledge. Review: In ‘The Spymasters,’ C.I.A. Leaders Recount Tactics of the Post-9/11 Years 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In “Things to Come,” Ms. Huppert plays a phlegmatic professor whose life of the mind slowly and coolly comes somewhat undone by a succession of personal catastrophes. A Guide to Enjoying the Final Stretch of the New York Film Festival 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z My heart recovered its old phlegmatic beat, and gradually I withdrew from beta blockers. 'I was weak, despairing, confused': did writing a novel make me ill? 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z "The Four Temperaments," originally created in 1946 for Balanchine's New York City Ballet precursor, Ballet Society, was based on the medieval idea of four predominant temperaments: melancholic, sanguinic, phlegmatic, choleric. Pacific Northwest Ballet presents an all-Balanchine evening 2010-04-08T20:14:00Z He manages to be simultaneously disheveled and determined, phlegmatic and emotional, a harsh interrogator and a warm paternal figure in a performance that feels completely natural, even off the cuff. Taut 'A Most Wanted Man' showcases Hoffman's final performance 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Nerdy in aspect and phlegmatic in manner, Edward never takes a drink or chases a skirt. Review: ‘Snowden,’ Oliver Stone’s Restrained Portrait of a Whistle-Blower 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “Sleep” ended with a fade-out, immediately followed by the voice of a Beautyrest staff doctor, guiding the audience through meditation with the phlegmatic voice “Saturday Night Live” actors use to parody NPR. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z First, and sufficient in himself, is Aaron Pedersen, who plays the phlegmatic detective Jay Swan. Review: A Classic Western Sheriff on the Other Side of the World 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Yet there was something phlegmatic about it, not only because of the instrument’s lower range and timbre. A firm bass: Edgar Meyer at the Kennedy Center 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z A scholar, depending on his age, was likely melancholic or phlegmatic. The Enduring Allure of the Personality Quiz 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z When our conversation is interrupted, at one point, by the distant sound of a neighbor’s violently phlegmatic cough, Wilson breaks into a mockingly repulsed “eww” and adds a deadpan side-eye. John Wilson Reveals the Absurd Poetry of New York 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But the audience favorite Jonathan Banks reprises his role as the phlegmatic enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut. A Winter Bounty for Serious TV Fans 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “I’m a rather phlegmatic person,” he said conclusively, at the end of three-hour interview. For Carl Andre, Less Is Still Less 2011-07-17T02:00:06Z Along with Emily, there would be David, a phlegmatic retired therapist and former New York City taxi driver. | Personal Journeys: A Cross-Country Drive With a Guru 2012-05-20T05:44:06Z Among other roles, Palmer was the phlegmatic guest at Fawlty Towers who insisted upon sausages for breakfast, even as the staff struggled to dispose of the inconvenient corpse. “Paddington” Perfectly Captures a Particular English Sensibility 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Hollow-eyed and phlegmatic, Mr. Hall channeled outrage with a vocal style that often made it sound as if he were spitting weary invective as much as singing. Terry Hall, a Face of Britain’s Ska Revival, Is Dead at 63 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z 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 All the other horses were jumpy and nervy – biting and kicking people – but Sefton was completely calm and phlegmatic. My hero: Sefton, by Jilly Cooper 2010-12-18T00:07:41Z Brighter than I'd thought, but he will be phlegmatic on his deathbed, probably was at birth. World Cup; The Biology of Dads; Budget coverage 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z Thus prompted by a string of jolts, Wallander goes into his phlegmatic version of high gear. Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z It is also the disease that landed me in the British Virgin Islands, on a vessel with a phlegmatic engine, swirling in a vortex of wind, waves and emotion. In the British Virgin Islands I learned to sail — for my father, while there was still time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z His most longstanding interpreter, however, is the Swedish actor Krister Henriksson, whose more phlegmatic, workaday version of the detective has figured in 26 episodes of a Swedish TV series also called “Wallander.” The Detective Kurt Wallander on DVD 2012-05-27T03:41:56Z She’s phlegmatic and neurotic, moral and morally dubious – passionately defending abortion, and stopping off to buy herself sweets before visiting her recently hospitalised boyfriend. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Safe House – trailer He is similarly phlegmatic about other of his personal attributes. Smooth operator 2012-02-12T00:04:04Z The painter has been making sublime drawings of night skies and the lunar surface since the nineteen-sixties, and would bring a welcome phlegmatic nuance. Which Artists Should the Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Invite to the Moon? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Her talkative enthusiasm meshes with his phlegmatic skepticism. Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson” and the Myth of the Solitary Artist 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But using reductive caricatures — complete with phlegmatic performances — to send that message is perhaps not the best way, because it turns something with modern-day implications into distant allegory. 'The Notebook' is a chilling but reductive World War II tale 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Edna was heartbroken not to be chosen, Dean was phlegmatic and Heather decided she would rather continue as she was. My New Hand; Heading Out; The Railway – TV review 2013-02-27T07:00:00Z The English biographer Claire Tomalin’s memoir, “A Life of My Own,” is on one level a phlegmatic tour of a fruitful life. An Award-Winning Biographer’s Latest Subject: Herself 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Media spokesperson Graham Sharpe said he was "not saying we didn't" see the same late surge on C, but was taking a more phlegmatic approach. Betting suspended 2010-10-07T08:55:00Z He speaks in a crackly, papery voice that’s terse with authority, keeping his phlegmatic gaze fixed to gather knowledge and ripen insight in the inner silence of his own counsel. “Twin Peaks: The Return” Episodes 3 and 4: David Lynch Is Back 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z With his moppy gray hair, deliberate gait, and phlegmatic manner, Winfried engages with the world at a level of puckish, bitter irony that masks his sensitivity and lucidity. A Stilted Vision of a Declining Europe in “Toni Erdmann” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z When doctors told him what was wrong, he said his reaction was "pretty phlegmatic", but it made him "take stock of things." Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “Everyone is nervous and phlegmatic at the same time,” the narrator says. Review | Sibylle Berg’s ‘Grime’ is a wicked satire of where we’re headed 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z If a person was cold and phlegmatic, for example, they would be mature and prefer intellectual activities. Blood, bile, melancholy and phlegm: Medicine in Shakespeare’s day 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z His preaching career was at an end before it started but Lewis was phlegmatic: "There were just too many good-looking women out there," he later said. Obituary: Jerry Lee Lewis 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z And presciently, he compared the "most purely nervous… much more active" types against their "more accurate and phlegmatic fellows," is if the one trait naturally follows the other. When it comes to raccoons, it's the shy ones you have to watch out for. Here's why 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z When a cardiologist prescribes swimming five days a week, the phlegmatic Birbiglia argues that such a regimen would overwhelm even Michael Phelps. Mike Birbiglia swims for his life in 'The Old Man and the Pool' at the Taper 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Taras had a deadpan expression, and a phlegmatic approach to a possible invasion. Ukraine crisis: Russia keeps troops in Belarus amid Ukraine fears 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Drivers waiting at a customs facility in Dover - most of them from elsewhere in Europe - are phlegmatic, but fed up. Dover queues: The firms struggling with Brexit red tape 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Perhaps Sainz's phlegmatic, considered approach has been influenced by the slightly winding road he has taken to Ferrari, for his has not been the smoothest of careers. 'It's really cool' - Sainz's dream job 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z With our politics reaching a Weimar fever pitch, Woodward’s phlegmatic transcriptions have come to seem, for some, an act of moral abdication. Review: Woodward's Trump exposé 'Rage' reflects the lazy thinking that got us into this mess 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z A little phlegmatic, perhaps, a bit removed; that language and accosting profile. 'He's so strapping and virile': Patrick Stewart at 80 – by Shatner, McKellen, Tennant and more 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “He is a representation of what we British imagine we are like: stoic, phlegmatic and we just see it through with Churchillian spirit,” Mr. Holland said. ‘The First Step Was the Hardest’ 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z But Chinese diplomats – once regarded as drab and phlegmatic operators – are also increasingly inclined to fight back publicly, as well as privately inflicting economic pain on their detractors. Bolsonaro’s son enrages Beijing by blaming China for coronavirus crisis 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Whether his phlegmatic sales pitch, coming in the final week before Super Tuesday, will be enough to lift him up remains to be seen. Making Pitch to Voters, Bloomberg Peddles His Experience in a Crisis 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z These flippancies are put in their place, though, by the sloth, a languid and phlegmatic wee beast whose name is taken in vain to indicate indolence; 20 October is its day to shine. Time to recognise that western greed is one of the causes of global hunger | Kevin McKenna 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z A year later, on the eve of Salzburg’s debut against Belgium’s Genk on Tuesday, he is a little more phlegmatic about it. Red Bull Salzburg Gets Its Wings 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “Our lives are political, and we can’t sit back and be phlegmatic,” she said. Two Parisian bookstores, side by side, are waging a culture war 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Veteran negotiators were phlegmatic about the difficulties in agreeing on a text. G20 sealed landmark deal on WTO reform by ducking 'taboo words' 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The voices are often phlegmatic, as British men of their generation were expected to be, which only increases the pathos of their words. The First World War Remains Remarkably Alive in British Memory 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z A phlegmatic character, though, Ramos said this week he was fine and he has been given a public vote of support from the International Tennis Federation for his officiating. Tennis: France, Croatia favorites to set up World Cup final repeat 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Previously phlegmatic Brits became distinctly antsy with each other. Opinion | Theresa May might make Trump look stable for once 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z When I suggested to Michael Proffitt that it resembled a proud but leaky Victorian warship whose crew were trying to keep out the leaks and simultaneously keep it on course, he looked phlegmatic. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z When I met him again in the autumn he had a tiny percentage of CLL cells in his bone marrow, but he was still phlegmatic about the results. Have they found a cure for our cancer? 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Clear, phlegmatic reporting, as in the early days by veteran journalists of note, is sorely needed. Opinion | Assessing the media’s tone in covering Trump 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Even this newspaper’s endorsement of Mr. Dinkins for a second term called him “disengaged,” undisciplined, “slow to react” and “maddeningly phlegmatic.” David Dinkins Doesn’t Think He Failed. He Might Be Right. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Computer scientists and engineers are rather more phlegmatic about the notion of quantum supremacy than excited commentators who foresee an impending quantum takeover of information technology. Race for quantum supremacy hits theoretical quagmire 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Buckley had described Mr. Smith in the 1965 Esquire article as an “an essentially phlegmatic young man of nonviolent habits.” Edgar Smith, Killer Who Duped William F. Buckley, Dies at 83 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Williams however was phlegmatic on the subject in her post-match press conference. Wimbledon diary: women miss out on much of the Manic Monday excitement | Paul MacInnes 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Trump used to speak softly; his expressions were typically phlegmatic, and his gestures were minimal. Being Donald Trump: the life of an impersonator 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “Pretty good company there,” Dufner said in his usual phlegmatic way after winning on a layout he didn’t particularly care for until he played for the U.S. Resilience joins ball-striking as Jason Dufner's keys to victory at the Memorial - Golf Digest 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The man himself is fairly phlegmatic about it all heading into an FA Cup semifinal against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Guardiola relying on FA Cup to salvage first season at City 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z If the emperor was phlegmatic, scores of others are more stimulating. ‘Revolution? What Revolution?’ Russia Asks 100 Years Later 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z It is a very different side of a politician many saw as calm, unruffled and rather phlegmatic; "impervious to demagoguery and exaggeration", as Le Monde put it. French candidate Fillon takes populist tone in campaign to fight back - BBC News 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z In this apparently calm and phlegmatic country, the wolf polarises opinion. 'It's very scary in the forest': should Finland's wolves be culled? 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z In their original form, the lyrics spoke of phlegmatic African American resignation to misery and oppression. Paul Robeson's songs and deeds light the way for the fight against Trump | Jeff Sparrow 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z On the one hand, I suppose it’s possible that there are terrorist massacres on American soil that are not covered by the country’s famously phlegmatic news media. Bowling Green massacre? Kellyanne Conway has taken alt facts up a notch | Marina Hyde 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z More phlegmatic than their cousins in mainland Greece, many Cypriots simply accepted the draconian terms of the deal, although there were protests. Cyprus, crisis and the bank that came back from the brink 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Speaking at Goodyear's future of mobility seminar in October, Prof David Metz of University College London's Transport Institute was phlegmatic about driverless cars. Would you bully a driverless car or show it respect? - BBC News 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Bumgarner put his hands on his knees and cursed, a rare show of frustration for this phlegmatic and competitive man. Cubs Lose, but It’s Too Early for Ghosts to Rise 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z More phlegmatic than awful, this revisiting of the twice-filmed story of rivalry between former friends in the time of Jesus is not bad enough to get mad at. The updated 'Ben-Hur' has little to offer besides chariot thrills 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A phlegmatic Swedish banker, paid to assess political risk and how currencies might move, says he and colleagues rate the chance of rupture at almost zero. Their eyes on Albion 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Britain’s geology tells a slow and phlegmatic story, but its early human history is opaque. Footprints, Size 10, from Britain’s Bronze Age 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Photograph: Plumb Images/Getty Images For most of the time since we went top of the Premier League, I was fairly phlegmatic about the likelihood of eventual failure. Julian Barnes: my stupid Leicester City love 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Known for his often inscrutable comments and wary, phlegmatic demeanor, Silver gained the nickname “the Sphinx.” Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z As directed by Timur Bekmambetov, this 21st century "Ben-Hur" is more phlegmatic than awful, a by and large dull and lethargic piece of work that is not bad enough to get mad at. The updated 'Ben-Hur' has little to offer besides chariot thrills 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z But when talking to reporters Vettel's phlegmatic mood was in contrast to his anger after China. Lewis Hamilton battles back as Nico Rosberg wins Russian Grand Prix 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z That phlegmatic attitude, though, is little more than a form of war-weary roulette. Syrian City Torn by War Shows Jarring Resolve to Try to Live Normally 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Rhodes may be a prolific scorer but he reacts in a phlegmatic way to disappointment. Birmingham City 2-2 Middlesbrough 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Weir was in phlegmatic mood afterwards, insisting he was not fixated on winning his seventh title. London Marathon 2016: Eliud Kipchoge and Jemima Sumgong win 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z To his credit, he was phlegmatic about it. Jordan Spieth stands tall at Masters despite late slip as Rory McIlroy falters 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z It had an ancestor in the phlegmatic form of the surrealist Marcel Duchamp, whose readymades radically shattered conventional notions of art as a result of skill. Conceptual art: why a bag of rubbish is not just a load of garbage 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z He's a very calm, phlegmatic individual who will know if he wants to keep on with the captaincy, but that is not the burning issue any more. Temba Bavuma hundred for South Africa transcended cricket - Agnew 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The young are not meant to be phlegmatic. A Point of View: Is there any such thing as a wise person? - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z In an interview Ronald Arkin, a robot ethicist and director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was more phlegmatic. Goodbye privacy, hello Alexa: here's to Amazon echo, the home robot who hears it all 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z As the C.E.O. of Halliburton, he was living in Texas at the time, rather than in Washington, and he projected a stolid, phlegmatic trustworthiness. How the Bushes Misunderstood Cheney 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A visit to New York in 1958 introduced him to Jasper Johns’s sensationally phlegmatic paintings of flags and targets, a model that he tentatively adapted to large-scale abstraction. Frank Stella’s Big Ideas 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Europe's politicians are more phlegmatic - even cynical - about this latest drama. Europe waits for Cameron to show his hand - BBC News 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z As for Cavill, let us just say that the line between phlegmatic suavity and downright dullness is rather more easily breached than the Berlin Wall. Cold-War Bromance 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z And yet phlegmatic specialists on both sides talk of a pall descending—a strategic anxiety shaped by the concern that the U.S. and China are talking past one another. Can the U.S. and China Avoid the Enemy Trap? 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Dmitry is phlegmatic about the journey, and about life in Moscow. Patriotism, propaganda and parmesan: what do Muscovites really think? 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z It was hard to question the conviction underlying his remarks, but his delivery was phlegmatic. The Education of Jeb Bush 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z He was uncomplicated, a natural - phlegmatic, laconic, affable and easily engaged. Hughes the 'uncomplicated natural' 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The opponents last Tuesday night were the Detroit Red Wings, and most of the phlegmatic Senators crowd at Canadian Tire Centre sat and watched in hushed contemplation. Ottawa Senators Are Welcoming an N.H.L. Crowd in Soccer’s Image 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The former Labour chancellor of the exchequer retains the manner of the Edinburgh advocate he once was: clear about what he thinks, insistent to a degree, yet a little world-worn and, in the end, phlegmatic. The loneliness of Alistair Darling 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Ask G-Eazy about the claims that he's a white man appropriating black culture and he's straightforwardly phlegmatic. G-Eazy: 'I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Pretty calm phlegmatic response to the act of war that was to make his responsibilities even greater and more demanding. Myron S. Falk, Engineering the Firepower for Two World Wars 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z He shrugged his shoulders, smiled and was phlegmatic during an interview on court with Sue Barker. Solitary teardrop shows how much Wimbledon defeat hurts Roger Federer 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Paul Mitchell from Blackpool in Lancashire was, like his friends, a veteran of many England World Cup campaigns and equally phlegmatic about the ultimate futility of it all. England fans ponder World Cup exit 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z With expectations like that, there has been some grumbling about the new mayor’s phlegmatic ways; Los Angeles Weekly wrote an article bemoaning his “slow start” and his search for an agenda. A Young Mayor Who Likes to Share His View From the Top 2014-04-28T01:24:10Z The College Board hasn’t yet cited examples of words deemed too obscure, but “punctilious,” “phlegmatic” and “occlusion” are three tough ones in a College Board study guide. SAT to drop essay requirement and return to top score of 1600 in redesign of admission test 2014-03-05T19:15:00Z Was she then, is she now, too phlegmatic? Has Julia Gillard's anger diminished? 2014-02-25T22:55:37Z I remember the postdoc, normally a pretty phlegmatic person, actually putting a little excitement into their voice, “hey guys, look at this.” Optogenetics: Light my Fire? Or Totally Lame? 2013-08-26T12:45:02.047Z Pellegrini, however, is a phlegmatic and dignified character who is unlikely to become involved in any heavy verbal exchanges of the so-called "mind games" which even the master Ferguson eventually admitted were vastly over-rated. New men at the top spark Premier League intrigue 2013-08-12T12:36:01Z Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Gilmore is phlegmatic about the joys of yacht ownership, remarking that the appeal still escapes him. Who wants to serve a billionaire? 2013-06-24T16:40:17Z In Calgary, the phlegmatic locals say they're always prepared for the worst. How strong is the economy Canada's Mark Carney leaves behind? 2013-06-15T23:03:06Z Marshals, cap brims, television cameramen and signage can sabotage a composition, not to mention phlegmatic players who greet a spectacular stroke with a shrug. Defining Moment 2013-06-10T04:00:00Z Speaking Friday at an economic conference in his home country of Finland, Mr. Rehn, the usually phlegmatic commissioner of economic and monetary affairs, sounded like a put-upon spouse in a messy breakup. Policy ‘Troika’ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds 2013-06-08T00:07:02Z There was no resistance on the part of colleagues, so phlegmatic! Operations officer: 'Outsiders see greed, I see politicking and bad management' 2013-06-06T08:59:17Z Over in Northampton the "absolutely gutted" Tom Wood was rather less phlegmatic, while the silence from other jilted contenders was deafening. Lions squad 2013: More hopes dashed than ever as Warren Gatland names 37 2013-04-30T21:00:01Z By contrast, more seasoned Swansea players were notably phlegmatic about their manager's future. Even if Michael Laudrup did go, it would not affect Swansea's capital 2013-02-25T22:59:01Z Then Shalom pauses and blinks, in his phlegmatic Yoda manner, and clarifies a little: He didn’t say it was exactly the same. Is a two-state solution still possible — or is Israel toast? 2013-01-31T12:45:00Z Such were the emotions he triggered among this city's usually phlegmatic residents. How Gandhi Blew the Rape Crisis 2013-01-19T05:00:00Z That phlegmatic outlook extends to Channel 4 racing, which parted company with Francome last weekend, he declining to continue out of loyalty when the show's longstanding producers lost the contract. Poet has the motion to put John Francome back in the picture 2013-01-04T11:57:53Z In terms of temperament, Cook reminds me of South Africa's Jacques Kallis in that both are so phlegmatic and very focused in their attitude to batting. Captain Cook is England's Kallis - Agnew 2012-12-06T13:59:05Z Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images can appear phlegmatic at the worst of times though the five o'clock shadow he sported en route to Italy betrayed a man with too much on his mind. Roberto Di Matteo knows Chelsea must rise to task against Juventus 2012-11-19T22:30:01Z But the key to Phelps’s phlegmatic personality is that he likes to be baited. Michael Phelps’ legacy a testimony to hard work as much as talent 2012-08-03T00:25:22Z After the event many reverted to a more familiar phlegmatic resignation. Tom Daley's defeat is irrelevant to the many fans of the the nation's darling 2012-07-30T19:02:14Z Cypriots are phlegmatic in a way their more hot-blooded Greek neighbours are not. Cyprus – the bailed-out president 2012-06-29T18:42:59Z Cut off from central government, and later isolated from the Union, the Cornish traded in tin, ochre and copper throughout , and acquired a reputation as solitary, phlegmatic men and women of independent spirit. Free Cornwall! 2012-06-23T23:08:01Z In fact, the phlegmatic Dutchman is hardly getting worked up himself. Moscow calling? The lines are dead, says Advocaat 2012-06-11T19:28:56Z David Allen, the phlegmatic Gloucestershire off-spinner, calmly defended the last two deliveries from Hall before everyone shook hands. The Joy of Six: England v West Indies memories 2012-05-18T09:27:54Z "What is there about this phlegmatic Finn that makes him the superior of every other athlete who has ever pulled on a spiked shoe?" asked the Guardian in 1925. 50 stunning Olympic moments No31: Paavo Nurmi wins 5,000m in 1924 2012-05-18T08:00:05Z Once more we were taken into the presence of the magistrate, who, phlegmatic as ever, merely raised one eyebrow slightly and tapped the book in front of him with the feathered end of his pen. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Perhaps there is something in the phlegmatic Dutch temperament that can stand this better than the more mercurial and excitable English or American. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z I guarantee to be beneficial in cases of white phlegm, brown phlegm and other forms of phlegmatic disease. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z But you Russians are not polished; you are cold, brutal, phlegmatic. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 2012-04-05T02:00:37.137Z "The landing-stage, you say, is already watched?" our host asked, his phlegmatic coolness showing at its best. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Our experience was that firmness always won the battle; if one is of a fiery temperament there is a scene, if one is phlegmatic, one sits immovable as a rock and lets the other storm. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z It usually rises above 110, the limits being 90 and 140, the lower rate being noticed in the milder and uncomplicated cases and in subjects of phlegmatic constitution. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The sanguine, that imports a predominance of the blood, indicated a warm and ardent exuberance of spirits; whereas the phlegmatic, denoting a thin and cold watery fluid, referred to a frigid and spiritless indolence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The second morning after this it was evident that an unusual excitement was abroad in the phlegmatic village. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z One or other humour predominates, and thus we have the long-established doctrine of the existence of the sanguine, the phlegmatic, the choleric, or the melancholy temperaments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z And when Jake returned, hatless and breathless, with a phlegmatic Irish policeman, he met all his women coming downstairs. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z You must next pen up in a court, where the water is sweet and the air pure, sixteen chickens, if you are of a sanguine temperament; twenty-five, if phlegmatic; and thirty, if melancholic. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z This division led to a further classification; and temperaments, according to the predominance of these elements, were divided into the sanguineous, the bilious, the phlegmatic, and the melancholic. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Eberle.—In chronic cough attended with a cold, phlegmatic habit of body, I have employed the powdered root of this plant with the most decided benefit. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z A man of placid and even phlegmatic temperament, he lived moderately in all things, and sought worldly prosperity only so far as was necessary to give him leisure for his literary work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z A glance revealed the dispatch-box, heavy, squat and phlegmatic, like its owner. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z As to retaliating, by endeavouring to obtain any of his mistresses, that was too trivial a satisfaction for me, as he is too phlegmatic to be hurt by such an attempt. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The fourth temperament is the phlegmatic, lymphatic, pituitous, or watery, for all these terms used by different physiologists are synonymous. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z That news sent a drone of excited pleasure through the bluegrass companies, and even into the phlegmatic stoicism of the Shirt-tail battalion crept the suppressed expectation of the first charge. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z And thus, although the night was mild, Blagden was aware that he was trembling with excitement, and even the phlegmatic Mills was moved beyond his usual calm, and fidgeted uneasily as the moments passed. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z In this respect the North Americans are very unpleasant neighbours on account of their national vanity, and the Dutch for their phlegmatic temperament and the indifference they evince on such occasions. 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 The Hollanders had everything to apprehend from the triumph of the French arms, but their phlegmatic temper, and still more the impracticable nature of their constitution, offered great obstacles to their co-operation. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The fifth, or nervous temperament, as I have already stated, may be considered of a complex nature, as it influences the sanguineous as well as the choleric, the melancholy, and the phlegmatic. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Encouraged by his phlegmatic smile, the "Savages" did not know when to leave off; the jest about the funeral was repeated with variations. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Then he seized hold of it, with his teeth set, his eyes bloodshot, and a prey to one of those paroxysms of rage to which powerful phlegmatic people are sometimes subject. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z But it was received with silence; the great steamer treated it with the phlegmatic, profound contempt that nobody can assume better than a son of Albion. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The phlegmatic lad was quite speechless, and, in fact, with his gaping mouth and lolling tongue he presented a rather cruel spectacle. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z The ancients divided their elementary predominance according to the diurnal cycle: thus, morning regulated the blood, noon the bile, evening the atrabile, and night the cold phlegmatic influence. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z But Batiste had the enduring wrath of phlegmatic and slow men, who, when they once lose their composure, are slow to recover it. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z I was present on this occasion and was struck with the unwonted warmth of the governor-general’s reception from the usually phlegmatic natives. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Straight on to the broad steps he strode with a suavity of manner quite in keeping with his usual phlegmatic bearing. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z One day James, ordinarily phlegmatic and self-controlled, ran through the house in a great state of dishevelment and distress in search of his mother, holding aloft a bloody finger and weeping hot tears of woe. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z An observer, noticing his languid air and phlegmatic expression, might have thought that Mr. Shei was farthest from his mind. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z We recognize differences in classes of people and call one class nervous, and another, phlegmatic. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z Usually cold and phlegmatic Augustus' successor would become quite another man at the sight of a good picture; his eyes would shine as they did on hearing Faustina's voice. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Despite his phlegmatic manner and apparent indifference one could divine nevertheless that he had experienced some misfortune. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Melancholy and phlegmatic by nature, this excess of work was consuming a body that was already none too strong. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z He took his fancy and embroidered it in a stream of words so vivid, hopeful and full of fancy that he half persuaded the more phlegmatic Englishman by his side. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z They balance one another as it were—the phlegmatic Teuton and the fiery Celt, mercurial Gaul and stolid Anglo-Saxon. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Even the eyes of phlegmatic Englishmen and Americans sparkle when they hear 'Rule Britania' or 'Yankee Doodle.' Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z In a moment Green's phlegmatic constitution was upset. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z "The poor brute has been frightfully overworked," continued Edenborough, in deference to a more phlegmatic front than he had expected of the British faculty. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z But they were full of confidence phlegmatic yet serene. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z According to Sully he was clever but arrogant; not very clear-headed for business, yet sometimes hit upon expedients which would escape more phlegmatic minds. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z He had imagined that all Dutchmen were phlegmatic; slow of speech, slow of thought, heavy in their humour, and violent in temper. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z This, Forrester found, contained a preparation commonly known as phosphorescent paint and a nearby glove, which smelled strongly of the substance, solved the riddle of the flaming hand which had impressed even the phlegmatic Green. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z There is something thrillingly dramatic to the most phlegmatic of temperaments in the idea of a wireless call for aid. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The American, it is said, is eager, aggressive, high-spirited, combative; the Quaker, subdued and phlegmatic. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z A man of highly-strung temperament will become stale much more quickly than a beefy, phlegmatic person, who is commonly immune. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z This incident prompted the umpires to reach for their light meters and Strauss, as phlegmatic as ever, to call for a replacement helmet. England on top as rain ruins first day 2011-08-18T17:05:45Z Still, if the reaction goes nuclear at this stage of the season, there will be no possibility of an escalation, so a quick, phlegmatic appraisal is what is needed. Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend 2011-08-15T07:00:02Z You are more phlegmatic; in me, however, is passion itself. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z They even ran a stock ticker supposedly gauging the effectiveness of President Obama's phlegmatic remarks. I wish politics was baseball 2011-08-11T00:30:00Z The crew of the schooner, the Lizzie and May of Rockport, laden with big blocks of granite, came aft and smoked their pipes and observed the launch with phlegmatic interest. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z The phlegmatic man to whom nature has given a certain quantum of reason, resembles the man who acts on principle, although he owes this disposition to instinct only. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z And Boateng, who did improve matters in defence, albeit not to the extent that some had hoped, needs to snap out of his sometimes phlegmatic approach. Manuel Neuer mishap caps chastening Bayern loss to M?nchengladbach 2011-08-08T10:43:19Z "Fire!" commanded he, with a quiet phlegmatic voice. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "Though proverbially phlegmatic, we still have sufficient feeling left to be patriotic; but perhaps your sympathies are with the other side?" A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The phlegmatic being nourished from the earth's moisture, is inclined to heaviness; is gross, effeminate, dull of apprehension, careless, indifferent. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z There are then, according to Kant, four essentially distinct characters: the sanguine, playful, kindly, superficial; the melancholy, profound, sad, egotistical; the choleric, ardent, passionate, ambitious, covetous; the phlegmatic, cold, moderate, inflexible. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Albert, in spite of your error, you are a man of more delicate and noble feelings than millions of the irreproachable citizens who pride themselves upon their phlegmatic honesty. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Even Tárhalmy, the grave phlegmatic man, generally as cold as ice and a slave to duty, was transformed, and his set, serious face flamed with a sudden enthusiasm. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The three Drakes stood near her like a bodyguard, kind and stolid, settling into their usual phlegmatic form; and she felt glad of them. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z These phlegmatic English snore out the night, in as gross heaviness as when their senses stagnate in their own native fogs, where stupor lies like lead upon them,—which the muddy rogues call sleep. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z It is very unlikely that the Forest Horse was ever in the Cambrian hills, and the active little Pony Celticus on his remote slopes escaped any alliance with that phlegmatic blood. The Welsh Pony Described in two letters to a friend 2011-07-02T02:00:10.773Z He looks to-day a large, strong, hearty man of about five feet ten, of rather phlegmatic temperament, but no one would ever think of him as a fat man. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z "The fellow in charge" turned out to be a phlegmatic Walloon corporal. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z At the mouth of the Rhine dwelt the Batavi, the forefathers of the Dutch, and, like them, reported to be strong, phlegmatic and stubborn, in the time of C�sar. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Such influences do not mean much for people of phlegmatic temperament. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Not that he is without enemies; his temper is too hot and his heart too warm for that negative distinction of phlegmatic negative natures. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Don't drive me to distraction, Jessie! or I shall divulge that which your husband, with all his phlegmatic philosophy, may resent. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Most of us in the cabin were a phlegmatic set who did not mind, but one, a Swiss, was of a very excitable temperament. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Helen accused her sometimes of being even phlegmatic. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z With the pulse rate as low as this one might expect to find the patient phlegmatic, slow of movement and not readily moved to emotion. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Nervous and discursive reader! logical and phlegmatic reader! here is a book which will suit you both. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z But we, less reverent than King Henry, now mounted again; and, less phlegmatic than the Person, we held our peace. A Canterbury Pilgrimage 2011-06-13T02:00:24.520Z Miss Wooden Shoes was as boyhood pictures made her: and leisurely England, too; but where was the phlegmatic old German with his china-bowl pipe? The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z The inhabitants of Jupiter and Saturn are immensely slow and phlegmatic. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Occasionally the phlegmatic have three or more ruptures of brain arteries before death supervenes. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The unstudied inaccuracies of the phlegmatic Froude show that historian to be capable of emotion when dealing with Irish affairs. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z "I am a very slow writer—I am without readiness either of thought or speech owing to the picturesque confusion which possesses my brain, and not, God knows, from a phlegmatic habit of mind." The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z "Yes, good!" repeated phlegmatic, kindly Mr. Eyes, who had brought light to many people for large fees from the rich and for nothing for those who live in the alleys. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z There were some things, however, which even a docile and phlegmatic community could not help noticing as winter set in. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Others were quite furious about the "phlegmatic virtue of this Pygmalion's statue." Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The physiognomy of both men and women is phlegmatic and stupid; the body clumsy, the complexion bad, and the features destitute of all delicacy of form or expression. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z I have always been told that the Germans were a phlegmatic people," observed Stewart; "but as a matter of fact, they blow up quicker and harder than anybody I ever saw. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Thus, also, in the case of phlegmatic children, does great liveliness threaten an eruption of the chicken-pox. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z More, however, stood with their hands in their pockets; for East Anglia is constitutionally phlegmatic, and not all the village had joined in the indignant excesses of the evening. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z The Ambassador’s usually phlegmatic face bore traces of some anxiety. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Furthermore, Carl himself, a calm, phlegmatic and determined boy, shared his father’s views. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z From thence I went to Holland, where I hoped to find more tranquillity among a people of a more cold and phlegmatic temperament. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He also set his sights on the phlegmatic bureaucracy standing in his way. The Japan Earthquake: The Cataclysm This Time 2011-03-17T04:47:35Z Except for a few fairly brutal bursts of rage, Juanita was uncommonly phlegmatic. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z But they have not found favor among the phlegmatic North-European countries. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Caroline Perthes, writing to her husband, is not content he should love her, but wishes the phlegmatic German would sometimes tell her so. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z "But I ask thee, whether he is lively or phlegmatic; cautious or imprudent?" Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The girl sprang up and hurried out, to see a stout, elderly woman in a tall black cap, with the phlegmatic flabby face of a monk, going towards her mother's room. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z When he begged her only to wait a very little while, she fell back into her old phlegmatic, yes, apathetic manner, pouting angrily. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z This stolid, phlegmatic, self-contained individualist has no inflammable material in his heart. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Country race meetings in those days were carried on with an amount of enthusiasm the ordinary phlegmatic race-goer of to-day would fail to understand. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z These two phlegmatic creatures rejoiced in the names of Buck and Bright, and stoically pursued their destiny at a pace of two-and-a-half miles an hour. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z His broad chest heaved and fell like a pair of smith's bellows as he greeted the pastor from a distance with phlegmatic nods and loud guffaws; but he did not smile. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Calm, almost phlegmatic, with regard to all else, as soon as he touched a card his excitement was intense, however he might manage to conceal it. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z It was anything but a bustling city; luxury had made but little progress there; and its prosperity was due chiefly to the moderate desires and phlegmatic philosophy of its inhabitants. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Rhoda always seems to me to be rather phlegmatic; very gentle and pretty, of course. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z This temperament scarcely exists in the athletic, is weak in the phlegmatic, is moderate in the sanguine, and is rather active in the bilious. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The sight of the wounded knight roused the quiet castle out of its phlegmatic drowsiness, and the heart of Dame Isabella beat so wildly that her orders confused the heads of her servants. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z Germans are not phlegmatic, but, on the contrary, highly nervous. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Play like that again on Sunday tomorrow then it is going to be lot harder for their fans to stay phlegmatic. England need to up their game as they face India in Cricket World Cup 2011-02-25T19:13:14Z I do not love such phlegmatic contented natures. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Hence were derived the names of the sanguine, the phlegmatic, the choleric, and the melancholic temperament. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z In this state of discontent, misery, and suspense, the approach of his Excellency was hailed with an enthusiasm very rare among these phlegmatic and taciturn people. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Alice was born some years afterwards, a delicate, sickly child, for whose life the greatest anxiety was always felt, and whose phlegmatic temperament was antagonistic to the vivid energy of her father's nature. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Behind that phlegmatic exterior, though, lurked a measure of mischief, often based on his willingness to confront the game's laws with as much determination as legally permissible, and reinforced by his obsessive desire to win. Trevor Bailey obituary 2011-02-10T18:47:48Z Wilshere's footballing temperament, however, appears to tend towards the precociously phlegmatic, and he seemed disinclined to allow the manager's words to disturb his composure. Jack Wilshere lives up to the hype in a short but sweet England start 2011-02-10T00:06:02Z Thus are formed five temperaments generally admitted, namely, 1st, the phlegmatic or relaxed; 2d, the sanguine arterial; 3d, the sanguine venous or bilious; 4th, the nervous; and, 5th, the muscular or athletic. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z True to the phlegmatic character of the Moor in all affairs of common life, they protested that they dare not do so; the bags were tied and sealed, and none dare open them. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z Then I thought of England--England, and her cold, hard islanders, phlegmatic in movements, slow to hate, slow to move, but once roused--ah! they never let go, these islanders! The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z But this young phlegmatic thing was just as unmoved as she had been on receipt of the various war office telegrams officially regretting the deaths of Lord Clayburgh, Captain Graham Macoover, and Sir Harry Pytchley. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z She wins with good movement and anticipation, unwavering discipline in her shot selection, and a steady, phlegmatic demeanonor. Straight Sets: Analysis: How Wozniacki Keeps Winning 2011-01-23T18:47:19Z You are joking," replied the phlegmatic Dutchman; "I played well, but the dice were against me. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z His countenance gave the impression of a character phlegmatic but forceful. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z These balloons seemed more like phlegmatic spectators at some athletic contest than actual participants in the events. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Such a terrible war as that through which we have passed could not be comprehended by a stolid, phlegmatic writer, whose pulse did not beat quicker while he wrote. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z They might have taken her to be limited or phlegmatic, if from time to time the champagne had not relaxed her rigidity and enlivened her with a different spirit. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I can see him now—a tall, fair man of a phlegmatic nature, whose face seemed made of wax. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z Even the trio of grave, phlegmatic baases were forced to take part in the grotesque saltatorial performance! The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z It was then that the more phlegmatic Yankee doctor showed the rest the value of a cool and calculating head. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z It has sometimes been said that a writer of history should be as phlegmatic and unimpassioned as the judge upon the bench. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Nothing that has happened to him has put a dent in his unfailingly polite, phlegmatic and tactful manner. Ray Wilkins, Chelsea's Mr Nice Guy, hides the hurt 2010-12-17T20:00:01Z But for all the week's economic drama and dark humour, a phlegmatic attitude still prevailed among some on the streets of the Irish capital. From defiance to capitulation: six days that humbled Ireland 2010-11-21T00:12:00Z Westwood, one of the more phlegmatic characters in the sport, rarely breaks out the superlatives, particularly when it comes to his own game, but even he was impressed. Lee Westwood edges closer to becoming golf's world No1 2010-10-09T19:40:00Z None of these are likely to shine a flattering light on Wall Street but many in the financial industry are phlegmatic. Financial crisis puts Wall Street back under the movie spotlight 2010-09-17T19:45:00Z Redknapp was in such phlegmatic mood that, perhaps inspired by the ongoing Edinburgh Festival, he decided last night was the perfect time to try out a new comedy routine. The Fiver: Wife Sandra's Considerable Disappointment 2010-08-26T14:36:00Z Manning used to be criticized as too phlegmatic until he led the Giants to arguably the best comeback victory in Super Bowl history against unbeaten New England. Giants impossible to overlook, or ignore in ?10 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z Yet she is phlegmatic regarding her late flowering when asked the obvious question. Francesca Schiavone settles into unfamiliar demands of a champion 2010-06-18T14:48:00Z Capello himself was all phlegmatic acceptance, publicly at least, though this is the latest in a line of problems with which he has had to contend in recent months. Ferdinand out of 2010 World Cup as curse of captain strikes 2010-06-04T22:00:00Z One diplomat with a close connection to London did allow himself to be slightly more phlegmatic. Israel defiant 2010-03-27T12:05:00Z Ancelotti's phlegmatic temperament, his natural dignity and his impeccable list of honours as a player and a coach make him better equipped than most to endure such an ordeal. Carlo Ancelotti the latest to find Jos? Mourinho's shoes hard to fill | Richard Williams 2010-03-17T13:47:00Z I am almost as phlegmatic as the Brits.” 2010-01-13T20:05:00Z "No, no," said he, with that phlegmatic gravity peculiar to his nation. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas The other youth, equally gigantic and fair-haired, and perhaps a trifle more phlegmatic, followed. The Undying Past I have found, for instance, that people of sanguine temperaments are greater drinkers than smokers; and those of a dull, phlegmatic cast are greater smokers than drinkers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Pip was a phlegmatic youth, but the knowledge that Cayley, the Cambridge captain, who was Mrs. Blane's nephew, would probably be at the garden-party, gave him a vague feeling of unrest. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The undines are soft, cold, fickle, and phlegmatic. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Even mama suffered with the poor girl, as far as her phlegmatic nature permitted, and it did not permit her to stir from her chimney-corner to tender help to her sickening daughter. The Wish A Novel Mr. Hale adjusted his eyeglasses and looked rather helplessly toward the shepherd; but that phlegmatic person was working away on his wonderful basket as stolidly as if there was none beside himself upon the mesa. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch The class followed Michael's exit with wide eyes; even the phlegmatic Strang was so deeply moved that he sat upright in his chair and tapped his head to indicate midsummer madness. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Year in and year out he was the same phlegmatic, good-natured Dutchman, and lived the same unvarying and emotionless existence. Rockhaven In her dream she was no longer phlegmatic, but writhed like one in despair. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Something else, too, he must have advised, which greatly disturbed my parents, at least papa; for mama, since a long time already, was not to be roused from her phlegmatic composure. The Wish A Novel He studied medicine---a quiet, steady, and, to all appearances, a somewhat phlegmatic man; but he had an exceptionally keen sense of honor. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Now and then, a carriage dashed past their phlegmatic horse. The Children of the World Humanity, when surfeited with emotion, becomes calm, almost phlegmatic. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 The calm, phlegmatic faces of the Englishmen,—the almost apathetic expression they wore,—soon convinced him that the words were truthfully spoken; and he stood actually confounded with amazement before them. The Fortunes Of Glencore Even the sturdy, phlegmatic farmers stir upon their seats, and nudge the partners of their joys, and wonder, in a stage whisper, who "you can be?" Faith and Unfaith Now and then, I have given way to angry impulses on sustaining affronts or injuries; and at such times men of phlegmatic temper are more decided in their action than the irascible. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second I am in exactly the phlegmatic, abstract frame of mind, to which the most difficult problems seem like child's play. The Children of the World And yet they say that Dutchmen are prosaic and phlegmatic! Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance With few exceptions, divers take their career in exactly this phlegmatic, matter-of-fact way. Careers of Danger and Daring I am a plain man, sir, and can not follow you through the phlegmatic forms of an oration. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Gerald thanked the good fortune that had sent him, at such a moment, a comrade of so drowsy and phlegmatic a nature. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 This is not the first time I have encountered such a mixed temperament--you are undoubtedly phlegmatic---choleric--and therefore my philosophy is not perplexed about the formula. The Children of the World These Asiatic types grow slowly and are phlegmatic in movement so that they utilize feed for the economical development of high quality meat and attain great weight. A Living from the Land He sunned himself in the sparks which flew from her, even as the phlegmatic man in the pit bathes in the fury of some queen of the stage. Bye-Ways They may be said to be a trifle slow and phlegmatic, but by no means stupid. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia He stood by the side of Gideon's reclining form, and was speaking with much earnestness to the phlegmatic soldier, whose widely-opened eyes seemed to express more animation than of wont. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 And so do those of contrary complexions; for that which is too much for a phlegmatic man, is not sufficient for a choleric. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Mich'l looked at the man sharply, but there was no hint of recognition in the stupid, phlegmatic face. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Remember that without visible audible agitation this phlegmatic people cannot be roused. Carnival He felt that this phlegmatic individual would not hurry himself, even if another's existence depended upon it. The Red Rat's Daughter “Certainly, it rains!” replied the man, with a phlegmatic look over the puddles in the court-yard. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear and steady eye, he was the perfect type of those cool Englishmen whom one meets so frequently in the United Kingdom, and whom Angelica Kauffmann has so wonderfully portrayed. Round the World in Eighty Days He was a man of an enlightened and strong mind, firmly attached to the Lutheran religion; his disposition was cold, unfeeling, and phlegmatic, utterly destitute of imagination. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 He was a cool, phlegmatic man, and consoled himself with the trite reflection that these things happened everywhere. Black Diamonds His phlegmatic temperament did not incline him to excess. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Around the table sat some seven or eight others, whose phlegmatic look and sententious aspect, convinced me, they were Flemings. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands So he was much more restless than Mr. Fogg, because less phlegmatic. Round the World in Eighty Days It was necessary that he should thoroughly arouse the phlegmatic emperor and bring upon Messalina speedy destruction, or his own doom would be accomplished. Roman Women The old man seemed in a great hurry, which was rather surprising, because he was essentially phlegmatic, and rarely put himself out for anything. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Plato, the most reliable authority, tells us nothing disparaging of Xanthippe, and the violent grief he attributes to her at the last parting suggests a high degree of affection for her phlegmatic spouse. Greek Women The ignorant and the thoughtless however will continue to class the English character under the phlegmatic temperament, whilst the philosopher will perceive that it is the exact polar antithesis to a phlegmatic character. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time That phlegmatic gentleman listened to her protestations with the most unmoved exterior, not an expression, not a movement evidenced the slightest emotion; but he took care that the young lady should want for nothing. Round the World in Eighty Days In temperament he was somewhat phlegmatic, with a leaning to melancholy. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries The constellation Pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac, is a phlegmatic, nocturnal, effeminate, watery sign, governing the feet. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 The splendid, unimaginative geometric precision of the Capitol stretched out before him in the dazzling summer sunlight, the view serving as a leaven for Ellaby's usually phlegmatic disposition. The Dictator It is a cardinal, feminine, movable, watery, phlegmatic, nocturnal sign. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Now he must be as phlegmatic as possible, and the price of the article would rise in proportion. St. Peter's Umbrella The real truth, probably, is, that Quaker worship is too calm and phlegmatic for this bustling go-a-head age. The London Pulpit His hair was close-cropped, his features phlegmatic, his eyes a light blue with thick, short, light-colored lashes, his teeth excellent. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The subject was a German about twenty years of age, of dark complexion and phlegmatic temperament. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories “What does the young man propose?” drawled the phlegmatic old Cole, who was one of the council board. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Guido was a man more nervous than sanguine, and probably more phlegmatic than either, and his nervous strength asserted itself now, just when he began to believe that he was on the verge of delirium. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Dulness and barrenness of thought is the original of it in both these sects, and they differ only in constitution: the low is generally a phlegmatic, and the high a choleric coxcomb. The Tatler, Volume 3 They were not as phlegmatic as the face. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 This Mr. Gardner's story is rather an eventful one, certainly; he is a phlegmatic sort of man, as you see, and yet he has not lived without having the depths of his being stirred. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 On entering the court-room, they were both surprized to observe the phlegmatic Dutchman addressing Sir Morgan in the character of petitioner. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. "Now you vill tell?" said the phlegmatic Teutons, measuring out their whips. Cudjo's Cave When he left Newbury for college, he was a taciturn and apparently phlegmatic boy, only evincing sensibility by blushing and looking particularly stupefied whenever any body spoke to him. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The phlegmatic critical attitude interferes considerably with the enthusiastic inventive activity. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Mr. Gardner was a calm, gentlemanly, sensible, phlegmatic person, who thought his wife's impulsive and hasty nature should be occasionally checked, and who had no toleration for, nor sympathy with, her excitable spirit. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Experience answers, that the dominant tendency of life is to turn ascertained truth into a dead letter—to make us all the phlegmatic servants of routine. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The records made thus converted the most phlegmatic Englishmen at St. Moritz, and since then this has been the approved fashion. Old Plymouth Trails The sight of him, phlegmatic and isolated from all emotion, restored the balance of my mind somewhat. Aliens If you do not, he may perchance repeat himself with enlarged hyperbolisms; and should you then hear in a matter-of-course manner, he may give you up as one stoical or phlegmatic in your temperament. Talkers With Illustrations For the Acadians, though stout, muscular fellows, were all so good-natured and phlegmatic in their faces that no danger of anything so desperate as an attack on their part was to be anticipated. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia In these vehicles of national satire, it is odd that the phlegmatic Dutch, more than any other nation, and from the earliest period of their republic, should have indulged freely, if not licentiously. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 They never dull your enthusiasm by short phlegmatic or pessimistic replies. The Real Latin Quarter In getting their charter for the notorious Chemical Bank, they bribed members of the Legislature with the same phlegmatic serenity that they would put through an ordinary business transaction. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The pastor was a stout, phlegmatic old man. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 But she was prosaic and phlegmatic, and held to the general opinion that nothing unusual ever happened. When Ghost Meets Ghost A private gentleman and a phlegmatic antiquary, Sir Symonds withal was a zealous Church of England protestant. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He was perfectly exemplary in his conduct, perhaps not so much from inherent strength of principle as from possessing that peculiarity of temperament, cold and phlegmatic, which feels not the power of temptation. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Astor's disposition was phlegmatic and his habits were extremely simple and methodical. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The Bavarian phlegmatic temperament craves constant stimulation; the political strife, in which there is no embittered fanaticism, but which in all good nature sways backward and forward, is an indispensable condition of the national life. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 He prided himself on being a calm, phlegmatic individual, unemotional and not easily excited, and he constantly took this attitude. Gold I do not know an example in our literary history that so loudly accuses our tardy and phlegmatic feeling respecting authors, as the treatment De Lolme experienced in this country. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors There are dull, phlegmatic beings with blood no warmer than ditch-water, who are virtuous and sober citizens because they have never felt the force of temptation. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series They receive us with their characteristic fat and phlegmatic good-nature, a pleasant smile on their chubby cheeks and in their dark, dull eyes,—making room for us on the bedside. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Meanwhile the drawing-room with its ancient tapestries was filled with an army of phlegmatic clerks occupied in heaping up innumerable cases containing the history in triplicate of the Division, its men, horses, arms and achievements. General Bramble Opposite to me sat a prize thoroughbred Dutch woman as clean and tidy as she was ugly and phlegmatic, with a close-plaited cap, unruffled white shawl, and golden cross suspended from her neck. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) Straight, unbending, phlegmatic as usual, she came on. Shirley Cold can produce a change of temperament from the melancholic and choleric to the phlegmatic and sanguine, and heat acting on the human frame, is capable of producing a contrary revolution. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha You phlegmatic people don't know how emotion, even the sight of emotion, goes to the head—or you'd never be actors. Kildares of Storm Even of twins, though very like each other in many respects, one may be phlegmatic, the other passionate. My Autobiography A Fragment Can the English ever be called cool and phlegmatic again? Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) Malone, being neither good-natured nor phlegmatic, was presently in a towering passion. Shirley The soldier stared, but, being a phlegmatic animal, heard him quietly to the end, and opened his jaws to answer with due deliberation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 In reality, the friar usually addresses his parishioners in the language of peace, which is the method which fits well into the phlegmatic Filipino. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century But if their belly and their pocket's full, They may be phlegmatic, but never dull: And if a bottle does their brains refine, It makes their wit as sparkling as their wine. The True-Born Englishman A Satire She looked heavy, she looked phlegmatic; there was no response, no softness in her glance. Tante Besides, he is too still, unmoved, phlegmatic, to be happy. Shirley But the sharpest thorn in her flesh—and even in that of her phlegmatic husband—was the base desertion to the enemy's camp of Abel Flique. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Wolfgang answered for the other, and his phlegmatic face had lost its ordinary expression for one of keen delight. Jessica, the Heiress Among the North American Indians, falsely called a phlegmatic race, nervous diseases are epidemic to an almost unparalleled extent. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion News had come that MacKay was marching with phlegmatic steadiness and perfect confidence into the trap, and going to place himself at the greatest disadvantage for his kind of army. Graham of Claverhouse He was an honest, phlegmatic, stupid, but stubborn canine character. Shirley He was a phlegmatic, heavy Dutchman, and seemed decent enough. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 As regards polyandry, Westermark shows that it has always been an exception and that it has only been established among phlegmatic races, having a certain degree of civilization and being unacquainted with jealousy. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Seated on one side was the phlegmatic cashier, and, opposite him, the dealer, equally impassive. The Strollers He jerked at the lead rope in vain attempt to hurry the phlegmatic animal. A Mountain Boyhood Donne, indeed, was of that coldly phlegmatic, immovably complacent, densely self-satisfied nature which is insensible to shame. Shirley Redvignez drew a deep breath and his heart gave a great throb, as would be the case with the most phlegmatic being who contemplated the near possession of such vast wealth. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils Tonet studied his brother's face expectantly, waiting for that phlegmatic fellow, to whom words came so hard, to finish formulating his proposal. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The cabby, phlegmatic to wind and weather, sat on his box, shedding the moisture from his oil-skin coat and facing a cloud of steam which presumably concealed a horse. The Strollers I have seen phlegmatic business men moved to tears. A Mountain Boyhood Miss R.’s aversion was of the cold, phlegmatic, contemptuous, provoking sort; she kept aloof, and said nothing. A Walk from London to Fulham This figure represents the phlegmatic temperament, which reviews its own thoughts in tranquil reflection. Six Centuries of Painting There were numerous ceremonies that he had to pass through as he entered; but he went through them all undisturbed and with phlegmatic dignity. The Story of Don Quixote “Has he gone to bed?” she came panting in upon drowsy Sheelah, startling that phlegmatic person out of an honest Irish dream. The Very Small Person Our phlegmatic Dutch allies were made to advance at a quick march—our calm duke forced into action. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The most reasonable explanation of these weird fancies is that they were intended to represent in allegorical style the three temperaments—the melancholic, the sanguine, and the phlegmatic. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Then we beheld a spectacle calculated to thrill the most phlegmatic fisherman. Tales of Fishes Effenden Pascha was breathless, and for such a phlegmatic individual seemed to be much disturbed. The Traitors It is unsuitable to cold phlegmatic constitutions, but very well adapted to such as are hot and choleric. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The burgeoning happiness of Agnes was harder to bear than ever, but he achieved a tolerable effect as the undemonstrative, phlegmatic Englishman and mingled suitable congratulations with his many questions. The Education of Eric Lane The truth was that Lester, in addition to becoming a little phlegmatic, was becoming decidedly critical in his outlook on life. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Now and then she wondered if she were different from other girls, and if her absence of moods, and her constant serenity and gaiety, were not signs of a phlegmatic temperament. Lover or Friend All pale people are phlegmatic; No one looks poetical unless he is pale. Symbolic Logic All these aromatic herbs are particularly proper for phlegmatic and weakly persons, as they have the property of warming the stomach, and improving the blood. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Considering his blood and breeding, this son of the house of Tucker should have been a phlegmatic Saxon. The Silver Maple She admired, as Jennie had, his solid, determined, phlegmatic attitude in the face of troubled circumstance. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel It must be said that in ordinary times these animals were not less phlegmatic than their masters. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories No one looks poetical unless he is phlegmatic. Symbolic Logic A phlegmatic constitution, or costiveness, will render the complaint more frequent and painful. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families "Nor am I phlegmatic,"—with the slightest possible indication of a smile. Say and Seal, Volume I But being, at the same time, more emotional, more temperamental than his phlegmatic assistant, his control was sometimes less steady, and now and again he would have to assert his authority with violence. Kings in Exile Nothing disturbed this repeated pause in the conversation; not even the appearance of the house-dog Lento, who, not less phlegmatic than his master, came to pay his respects in the parlour. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories All pale people are phlegmatic; No one looks poetical unless he is pale. Symbolic Logic From underneath the shawl she produced a battered tin pail and placed it on the bar with the phlegmatic remark, “Pa wants a quart of beer.” Hepsey Burke Superiority to insult and ignominy, with some, proceeds from a callous and indifferent temperament,—a cold, phlegmatic, stoical insensibility, alike to kindness or unkindness. The Mind of Jesus He looked with some surprise at the usually phlegmatic Ber, who at that moment seemed to be changed into another man. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story After the explosion, Quiquendone immediately became the peaceable, phlegmatic, and Flemish town it formerly was. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories No one looks poetical unless he is phlegmatic. Symbolic Logic She was astonished at the outburst from phlegmatic Marthy Meilke, and her pity was now alloyed with her promise to wash all those dirty dishes. The Ranch at the Wolverine Bevan and his departed master had lived, as has been said, almost on the footing of cronies, a certain phlegmatic ease of nature being the characteristic of both. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 There are among them phlegmatic natures, and also ardent mystical ones, and others redolent of reality. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story The influence of this theory survives in the application of the terms 'sanguine,' 'choleric,' 'phlegmatic,' and 'melancholy' to disposition and temperament. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar They are a quiet, orderly, and good-humoured people; but of a cold, phlegmatic, and indolent disposition. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe More like the sounds of a humming-top, remarks a phlegmatic German traveller. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland As a people, the former are of a choleric and melancholy temperament, the latter of a sanguine and phlegmatic one. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 He had maintained his usual phlegmatic manner all through the journey, and apparently had no intention of departing from it now. Dorothy's Triumph Philip noticed, too, that Pine Coulee was less phlegmatic than usual, although she danced faithfully at the command of her lord and master. A Man of Two Countries But that is just how it is, sometimes, especially in cases like the present one, with the decisions of the most precise and phlegmatic people. The Brothers Karamazov One might have imagined that Lois's very sins had endeared her to this phlegmatic older brother! Otherwise Phyllis Neale, startled and amazed by this sudden outburst on the part of a man whom up to that time he had taken to be unusually cool-headed and phlegmatic, did not immediately answer. The Chestermarke Instinct He spoke now with an air of phlegmatic determination, brandishing his right arm at the start: "Well, speaking for myself only, I want to say—How do you do, Mrs. Hamilton." Making People Happy As she spoke the door to the hall opened and the doctor came in, greeting the three with his usual phlegmatic calm. Juggernaut What a hot-blooded man may commend and find pleasure in, the phlegmatic temperament will object to, and will feel discomfort in doing. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy By virtue of these qualities of prudence, phlegmatic activity, and conservatism the Dutch are ever advancing, although step by step. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) But Mr. Strong should reflect; and being a phlegmatic man, he is able to reflect calmly, and consider things deliberately. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Was it that they seldom saw a play, or was it that the generally phlegmatic Finn once roused is really intensely emotional? Through Finland in Carts From here he could see what went on in the hall, in case Thérèse should attempt to come outside, and at the same time keep a quiet eye on the phlegmatic figure of the doctor. Juggernaut Some are born phlegmatic, some are passionate and hot-blooded. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Nettled by his phlegmatic conduct, I informed him that I had left the town when I was a child. Dickens-Land He consumes a large amount of oleaginous food, and breathes a damp heavy atmosphere, and is, consequently, of a dull phlegmatic temperament. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles As potent as Cromwell, more of a king than William III.; without affection or hatred, he justified the saying of Machiavelli: “The universe belongs to the phlegmatic.” Political Women, Vol. 2 He engaged in danger with all the rapidity of a sanguine man; he weighed it with all the consideration of a phlegmatic one. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Unlike the aviator who threw himself into the air on a bundle of steel rods and rubber, a propeller and a petrol engine, the phlegmatic German took no risks with a balloon. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia That was the picture into which Thorne had suddenly ridden, his face stamped with an excitement in marked contrast to his usual phlegmatic calm. Shoe-Bar Stratton The large crowds that attended, and their obstinate standing in heavy rain, were in marked contrast to the phlegmatic and meagre interest of the few French who came to the regatta at St. Cloud. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" At night the jar of the car is so severe that one must be very tired or very phlegmatic to get any refreshing sleep. The Critic in the Orient She produces a full stature, fair, pale complexion, round face, gray eyes, short arms, thick hands and feet, smooth, corpulent, and phlegmatic body. Moon Lore Her father, perhaps from force of habit, sat with a big meerschaum in hand, by the empty stove, and if his face expressed anything at all it was phlegmatic content. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter What was there about a spot like that to rouse excitement in the breast of the usually phlegmatic Andrew Thorne? Shoe-Bar Stratton The operator—a phlegmatic sort—gave me directions to the M&R, and off I went, still trying to figure out how to sail along as gracefully as the locals. The Risk Profession She had thought him phlegmatic, but 87 here was something temperamental—something that kindled enthusiasm in her. Across the Mesa Thus would they fall back thirty leagues if need be, phlegmatic and unconcerned—knowing not when defeated and therefore never beaten. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry The Duke was a ton of a little man with the phlegmatic Dutch face. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 A great tall German, learned, virtuous, phlegmatic, said one day: "Souls are sisters, fallen from heaven, who all at once recognize and run to meet each other." Pearls of Thought She is regarded by astrologers as a cold, moist, watery, phlegmatic planet, variable to an extreme, and, like the sun, partaking of good or evil according as she is aspected favourably or the reverse. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy Grace, very susceptible to emotion, had laughed and cried beside her; but Auntie was a phlegmatic person. A Sheaf of Corn Yet he is not phlegmatic; indeed, he is extraordinarily animated. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated His agreeable manner and his fluency of speech at once gained for him the confidence even of the most phlegmatic. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution He adopted his most phlegmatic English air, and replied to the painter: "Your story is most interesting, but I will give fifty thousand francs." The Son of Monte-Cristo Her natives are of good stature, fair, and pale, moon-faced, with grey eyes, short arms, thick hands and feet, smooth, corpulent and phlegmatic body. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy We just missed the great fête of the eighth of September, when processions, and bull-fights, and all the movement of the sacred and profane rejoicings of the Latins yearly astonish the more phlegmatic northerner. The Automobilist Abroad Leaving England under the sting of all these insults from men and fate, which a phlegmatic temper could alone have borne with patience, would it have been astonishing if his young heart had felt irritation? My Recollections of Lord Byron Susan had a most phlegmatic face, an utterly unemotional voice, and she now stared calmly at Hester and demanded to know what in the world she meant. A World of Girls The Story of a School He forced himself to reciprocate a feigned interest in enjoyment although he was not able to extricate himself from the phlegmatic tone that spewed from his mouth bearing his thoughts. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais It was a mystery, indeed, until one day, some time after, a usually phlegmatic matron was struck with an idea, and accordingly propounded to her friends a somewhat vaguely expressed problem. Vagabondia 1884 He sees how Vandyck is chafing, but he is puzzled by the little lawyer's phlegmatic acceptance of the situation. The Diamond Coterie The little, stout, and hitherto phlegmatic fellow became suddenly animated by a new spirit. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 It is marvellous to see how excited we phlegmatic islanders grow when either spirits are brought to the front, or we think we have found out a conjuring trick. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis As unperceivable as it was from his stolid, phlegmatic expressions, his thoughts were in a panic. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The Norrlanders seem to me to possess an indolent, almost phlegmatic temperament, and yet there are few who do not show a latent capacity for exertion. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland They were not seized by any quick panic; they were too phlegmatic for that. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Only the phlegmatic Major Grodski looked normal; his eyes were always about half closed. Cum Grano Salis The other two, maintaining their usual expression of phlegmatic and stubborn sullenness, left the delivery of their message to him, the glibbest talker. The Return of Blue Pete He felt that he could have faced any one, at any time, in open warfare, but to be humiliated and ridiculed in public, that was more than even his phlegmatic nature could stand. The Flag Certainly enough to startle the most phlegmatic mariner, and make him tremble as he tugs at his oar. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea “I began at the beginning, your Honour,” replied the phlegmatic Julian. The Tiger Hunter But if they really want to see the average Britisher looking every bit as phlegmatic as his Continental reputation, they should look at him when he's out for a day's gaiety. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Religion is not feeling, because there are many phlegmatic, God-fearing men whose religion consists in good works. The Approach to Philosophy They are exceedingly phlegmatic in temperament, greedy, avaricious, suspicious, very indolent and filthy, and by no means celebrated for strict adherence to truth. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The gesticulating Sicilian, however, is not more deeply moved by what he is describing than the phlegmatic Englishman is when he is quietly telling something. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions With a calm and phlegmatic German the case is quite different. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 If his cold and practiced judgment could be so stirred, might I not hope that the phlegmatic pit in shiny shirt-fronts would rise and shout its approval at our opening? Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates The old heathen made out just four humors, as he called 'em,—the sanguineous, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 There did not seem to be a great deal in the phlegmatic, good-looking mother. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Some of us articulate rapidly, while others of more phlegmatic temperament speak slowly. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The overeater is heavy, phlegmatic, indifferent, lacking in energy, tact and initiative. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies While some people of phlegmatic temperament can stand such a drug habit for years without being very seriously injured, it is certainly a habit to be strongly discouraged. The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male He was too imperturbable, too phlegmatic for that. The God of Love Then he sat down at table; and because he was naturally phlegmatic, he began his meal with some dozens of hams, dried meats' tongues, mullet's roe, chitterlings, and such other forerunners of wine. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I And, being what he was, the Nipe accepted the unavoidable and pursued his course with phlegmatic equanimity. Anything You Can Do ... William Rufus Le ffaçasé was as enthusiastic as his phlegmatic nature permitted. Greener Than You Think Let us clear matters up," said the marquis in a wonderfully gentle voice, that would have been fascinating to more phlegmatic men than Jack—"let us clear up everything and understand each other. Lorraine A romance Hard labor and a phlegmatic temperament usually prolong the interval between the periodical illnesses. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother It was the phlegmatic Sapper—the base materialist—who broke the news first. No Man's Land If you have to deal, for example, with a phlegmatic gloomy man, take him, if you can, over his bottle. The Young Man's Guide And what if foreigners exhibit their emotions in ways that may seem effeminate to our phlegmatic temperaments? The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale English visitors noted Brother Jonathan's drawl in talking, his phlegmatic temperament, keen eye, and blistering inquisitiveness. History of the United States, Volume 3 I was afraid, Aquilius, when you came to the "phlegmatic" you would rhyme it to "rheumatic," and so on to the "water-cure." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Even the tinsmith, who arrived at that moment, a man of phlegmatic disposition, was moved out of his habitual calm and applauded loudly. No Man's Land In general, it makes its appearance earlier in those of a nervous or bilio-nervous temperament than in those whose temperament is phlegmatic or lymphatic. Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English Gradually, the phlegmatic ones grew wise, and the purse-strings of the Netherlanders were drawn tight. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Laura must have been of a phlegmatic type, not of a fine or sensitive nature, and all of her wants were satisfied, her life protected and complete. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Mr Moor was a phlegmatic man; a self-contained and a reticent man. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago The Sapper watched the phlegmatic bellows-heaver for a few moments curiously. No Man's Land If the combination of wind and altitude had this effect upon phlegmatic temperaments, something of Mrs. Toomey’s state may be surmised. The Fighting Shepherdess Nevertheless, we would not have it understood that Will was a slow, phlegmatic baby. Sunk at Sea Mrs. Budlong, whose phlegmatic exterior concealed a highly romantic nature and an active imagination, was dressed to resemble a cow-girl of the movies as nearly as her height and width permitted. The Dude Wrangler The latter are considered by us as phlegmatic and slow; and we may be considered the same, compared with our energetic descendants. Diary in America, Series One |
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