| 单词 | piquancy |
| 例句 | A scholar named Thomas Cole, however, published an ingenious speculative essay in 1991.2 Corax’s name—giving extra piquancy to the judge’s joke—means “crow” in Greek, and Cole starts out arguing from common sense. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Still some novelty was necessary, to give to their return the piquancy with which I wished it to be invested. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Baltimore dialogue still has Old Bay piquancy, and some strong performances kick scenes to life. ‘We Own This City’ Review: Baltimore Police Problems, Rewired 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Caruso, the precocious teenage actress who was an incandescent presence in the David Bowie musical “Lazarus,” lacks the devilish, deadpan piquancy that Winona Ryder brought to the same role in the film. Review: In ‘Beetlejuice,’ the Afterlife Is Exhausting 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z As they ferment, the rinds soften in texture and deepen in flavor; it's the chopped rind that you add to dishes like tagines or pilafs, lending a refreshing piquancy. Fermented vegetables are a critical part of worldwide cuisines — and for good reason 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z If you plant them monolithically in huge blocks of the same variety, they lose the structural coherence and the piquancy that make them so valuable mixed with other plants. Forget the perfect trophy garden. Today’s finest landscapes are positively wild. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z There are too many guitars and thudding drums to approximate the former's celestial lightness and gossamer softness, and there is none of the orchestral piquancy of Forever Changes. New band of the day ? No 827: Chief 2010-07-16T15:56:00Z It is this future that gives the tree farm an added piquancy. Preparing trees to go from green pastures to the concrete jungle 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Some orchestras impress with the qualities of their individual sections: a particular sheen or warmth from the strings; the mellowness or piquancy of the woodwinds; the power or golden tone of the brasses. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z All this added piquancy to a weekend spent sampling Berlin's three opera houses. Berlin on song 2010-04-03T23:06:00Z Those characteristics, in his mind: intensity of flavor, texture, volume, and piquancy. So what's a cocktail, really? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z As for Random House, there was an enjoyable piquancy to the role of James's novels about power in the bedroom in keeping it comfortably on top. Bestselling books of 2012 – commentary 2012-12-28T22:55:06Z This refinement, though, meant a loss of piquancy and character, particularly in the Scherzo’s grotesqueries. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit This was a heroic adventure, given an added piquancy by the fact that they didn’t get what they wanted. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Heller probably would not say so, but she recognizes the piquancy of her reading block. Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z The supporting cast compensates with piquancy in the side dishes, but the main course is a flavorless misfire. ‘Single All the Way’ Review: Cookie Cutter Christmas 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The rivalry between the two shows is given added piquancy by the fact that Upstairs, Downstairs was originally broadcast on ITV. War declared as Upstairs, Downstairs creator fires volley at Downton Abbey 2010-12-16T19:48:42Z It's a moving answer: for its frankness and piquancy. Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director 2011-07-28T20:01:01Z Rutter said the England team's recent travails had given the play a new piquancy. Harold Brighouse's The Game: Pampered stars, bankrupt clubs ? a tale of football in the 1920s 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z None of these pronouncements would matter much were it not for their target: graduation speeches, and their subsequent book iterations, derive their piquancy from the fact that they’re aimed at people entering adulthood. ‘Assume the Worst’: This Isn’t Your Ordinary Graduation Speech 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But while the timing of Tywin’s death had an extra piquancy, for viewers, in a way every day is Father’s Day on “Game of Thrones.” 'Game of Thrones' Recap: Season 4 Finale 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The creative realm is addressed with particular piquancy in the scary tale of a supposedly cursed painting. Review: In ‘Miss Hokusai,’ an Apprentice to the Artistic Life 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z While there were moments of piquancy and verve in the winds and brasses, the strings tamped out little flashes of fire and spark in favor of a plusher, more rounded sound. Review: The National Symphony Spotlights Forward Thinkers 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But what lends a strange piquancy to this scene is that we might also be looking at three T. rexes of different ages. Exhibition Review: Giants on Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum 2011-07-19T16:30:28Z Diced bits of radish, cabbage and white onion add bright crunch and piquancy to this comforting soup that never fails to warm me clean through to the soul. The restorative power of pozole 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It wasn’t such an easy match for Stutzmann, however, who emphasized pleasant piquancy over pointed commentary, and carefully burnished the work’s rough-hewn edges. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The tremulous voices of aging Londoners achieve an almost cinematic piquancy when they are hoping for the best. Review: Bill Fay’s ‘Who Is the Sender?’ Harks Back to Another Time 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z And their dialogue has a piquancy that will surely sound original to most American ears. Review: Reaching Across Korean Borders in ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z But the brain power at Rand and the piquancy of the art on its walls make for an unusual combination. Inside Rand Corp.'s impressive art collection 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Finally, a dose of horseradish gives the sauce a welcome piquancy. Fried capers update classic French sauce gribiche for asparagus 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z If you’re not from Alabama, mayonnaise may sound like a strange ingredient for a barbecue sauce, but its creamy piquancy goes great with smoked chicken, pulled pork and roast beef. Simple, satisfying 3-ingredient barbecue sauces perfect for summer 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z The royal real estate shuffle took on added piquancy with The Sun’s report that the king had offered Frogmore Cottage to Prince Andrew, his disgraced younger brother. Harry and Meghan Told to Leave Their Royal Cottage in the U.K. 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Comedy was his baseline, into which he could inject piquancy or poignancy or wickedness as the occasion demanded. How Leslie Jordan turned Instagram into his greatest showcase of all 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z That gave Harry’s comment particular piquancy since it suggested she was vulnerable to manipulation. Prince Harry puts noses out of joint with comments about queen 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Adding piquancy to the current boycott is that it’s being done by reliable recent and future Olympic host nations. EXPLAINER: What does an Olympic diplomatic boycott achieve? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z This article of faith, however, didn’t water down the piquancy of her style or soften the often bracing nature of her social observations. Column: A father writes to a critic who panned his son's play. The critic responds 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z For baby boomers, however, there was a particular piquancy to the prince’s death. Prince Philip’s Funeral Marks the End of an Era for U.K. Royal Family 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z For Penelope, Jacky's dextrous and agile use of words has added piquancy because she is dyslexic. OMG: The creator of the abbreviation 'would have loved emojis' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But among the 100 games superbly analyzed by the author, there’s a real piquancy to the earliest efforts, when a fresh-faced Timman in the Ringo Starr haircut first burst on to the scene. A cornucopia of chess championships coming in October 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Nibs yield pops of piquancy and soft crunch in vinaigrettes and dressings. Go ahead, have chocolate for dinner: Why you should cook with it, and not just dessert 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Savor its tang, piquancy and sweetness, its friction and its hearty, infectious enthusiasm. Arlene Shechet’s new sculptures are weirdly engrossing and crazy fresh 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Whatever you make of her trolling on Twitter, her music has been sporadically fantastic, and the sense that anything could happen when she performs live adds a certain piquancy. Pop, punk and protest songs: the hottest music on the horizon in 2019 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z To add extra piquancy, one of the authors is George Conway, husband of Kellyanne, the Trump adviser whose gift to the world was “alternative facts”. US democracy is in crisis. But Trump is only the symptom | Jonathan Freedland 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Adding to the piquancy of the moment, the South Koreans celebrated crazily, in the mistaken belief their victory would see them reach the last 16, when in fact Sweden and Mexico advanced from that group. Factbox: Goals, Neymar and Kalinic - best and worst of the World Cup 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The piquancy of the food embodies my longing for the Asian-American identity. Asian-American Cuisine’s Rise, and Triumph 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Without doubt, Trump gives a political piquancy to the grand festival of exhibitions and events about to begin in southern California, one that has as its motto “a celebration beyond borders”. The beach, the border and Donald Duck doing the samba: inside Pacific Standard Time LA/LA 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The key to getting the best perfume and piquancy from nutmeg is to grate the whole nut-shaped spice yourself, freshly and as you need it. There's a lot more to nutmeg than holiday cookies 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The fire added a certain piquancy to the line, “Enlighten us, oh Lord.” Donald Trump is about to become a Washingtonian. What do his neighbors think? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z And “Bright, Precious Days,” like “The Good Life” before it, lacks the original’s texture and piquancy, its panoramic vibrancy. Jay McInerney’s Middle-Aged Malaise 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Naturally, though, there is a piquancy to the female cadaver, not simply because of these hideously orgasmic expressions juxtaposed against intestines. Cadavers in pearls: meet the Anatomical Venus 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “Life is given its piquancy by death. If we didn’t die, would we make so much of what we have?” he said. Column: Relegation is football’s teacher of hope 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But Norfolk often adds a comic piquancy to the foibles of life. Normal for Norfolk: Where did the phrase come from? - BBC News 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Tension between urban liberals and their more conservative environs is an old story, given extra piquancy by the migration to some southern cities of sophisticated types from elsewhere in the country. Going rogue 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The political backstory adds a certain piquancy to the romanticism of unspoiled nature that enfolds Bill Koch’s Colorado estate. For sale: Bill Koch’s $80m Aspen ranch, the wild west made very comfortable 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z There is a sweetness about it, a ripeness, a sense of fate, an air not quite autumnal but late-summery, let's say, that adds piquancy to the japery. 'W/Bob and David' picks up where the fondly remembered 'Mr. Show' left off 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But it wasn’t usually codified in this way, and Oxford’s own recent past lent this instance a special piquancy. Love the sinner 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Now the prospect of Kidman falling into Chinese hands has given extra piquancy to broader Australian anxieties about “selling the farm” to foreigners. Selling the farm 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z There’s a certain piquancy at seeing this in that bastion of icy Nordic social democracy that is Sweden. Lessons For Seattle From Nordic Social Democracy: Rent Control Is A Really Bad Idea 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Kahlo was clear that her sexual piquancy, peculiar facial hair and all, was indispensable to her opportunities in a world ruled by powerful men. What Grew in Frida Kahlo’s Garden? 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But the kitchen accentuates the oil’s inherent pungency with complementary bursts of piquancy: spring onions, red onions, garlic, an allium block party threatening to go rouge. Namaste scales the highest peaks in search of authentic Nepali cooking 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z “In the U.K., the recession has given an added piquancy to anti-immigrant backlash,” he said. European Agency Reports Surge in Illegal Migration, Fueling a Debate 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The geopolitical backdrop added piquancy to an occasion that dominated headlines around the world - it was billed as individualist American against machinelike Soviet. 10 reasons chess may never make it as a spectator sport 2013-11-12T02:41:05Z It definitely does add to the piquancy of the NYC experience and I hope it never goes away entirely. New York City: You probably can't make it here 2013-08-30T16:25:33Z All, incidentally, are deemed leadership attributes in men and add depth and piquancy to male heroes – and are also reflected on what’s acceptable in corresponding outerwear. The Iron Madonna or: Kicking Ass While Female 2013-08-19T00:45:04.687Z However, adding piquancy to his threats is the fact that Kessler considered quitting the sport because of an eye injury. Carl Froch ramps up rivalry ahead of Mikkel Kessler rematch 2013-05-22T22:00:02Z Crowds of people gathered at the year’s most festive juncture, primed by the piquancy of the season and released from inhibition by free drinks. | Holiday Parties: Craigslist Missed Connections Poetry About Holiday Parties 2012-12-16T02:11:02Z It is pretty much the default position of anyone careless enough to get caught – and this one had the added piquancy of embarrassment. London 2012: LaShawn Merritt aiming to bury tarnished gold at Olympics 2012-06-16T22:00:02Z Maudie had put on a black silk dress, and with her hair done in what she called the French fashion she achieved a kind of Japanese piquancy. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Various reasons might be assigned for this: sometimes the presence of too easily defied authority gives a piquancy to crime; or it is the place itself which is the incentive. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Reproductions of quaint old portraits and vignettes give piquancy to the pages. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z And here lies the real piquancy of the situation. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z He felt that there must needs be a piquancy about the contrast which the dialogue in these two walks would necessarily present. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z To this charming disarray, her blushes, as she came towards us, shading her eyes from the sun, added the last piquancy. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Some of his223 sudden sallies serve the purpose of the condiments, which displeasing if taken alone, give piquancy to our ordinary food. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z His tail and ears of darker chestnut tinge imparted piquancy to his shape. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The personal risk he was running lent added zest to the piquancy of his most unusual position as a champion of maidenhood in distress. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Simplicity of attire imparts additional piquancy to the words:— Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z The girl is now and then mutinous, and that lends the affair a certain piquancy. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z And thus, we say, French ingenuity makes every hearse the carrier of a romance; and seasons the deepest woe with the piquancy of an intrigue! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z There is an individuality about the peasant that is absent from the town-dweller, and this fact explains the piquancy of many novels that owe their popularity to the representations of the rustic population. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z A blush of gratified vanity served to add piquancy to her beauty, as, with an engaging air of bashfulness that went well with long lashes and sly glances, she seemed to deprecate attention. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Our example, which is founded upon the very best precedents, derives an additional piquancy from the social position of the beloved object. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z Spice acquired additional piquancy since it was not supposed to be there. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z Never select dialect verses or stories unless you have the unusual gift necessary to give them the piquancy and zest which attends a good imitation. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z But they all yielded at last to the piquancy and force of Lincoln's queer stories. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Humour was not his strong point, or it might possibly have occurred to him that the present situation possessed a certain piquancy of its own. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The piquancy of it delighted him, and he laughed delightedly, and for some reason had a stronger sense of her rare beauty. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z She tripped across the hall and stood where the full light of the lamps shone upon her, throwing back her small head triumphantly, and unconsciously striking an attitude full of grace and piquancy. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z That there were no revelations to make only added piquancy to the game, from her point of view, since it kept the aunts in a state of perpetual mystification, and held no pitfalls. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Still, taken as a whole, her face had that distracting and indescribable piquancy which seems to be the peculiar property of the well-bred American girl at her best. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z I always think my observations have a peculiar piquancy when I have only one cheek rouged. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z The background in which these eminent men live lends piquancy to Coste's letters; but the difficulty of understanding the allusions is somewhat irritating. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Her slight foreign accent gave a piquancy to her simplest words--in short, she was altogether a most attractive little creature. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z In their opinion the wild tang and the indescribable piquancy of flavor in jellies made from this fruit are unmatched by those of any other fruit that grows. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The allegation had added piquancy because of conspiracy theories swirling around since Ireland's shock humbling of Australia last weekend exploded the presumptions of who would play who in the quarter-finals. Tonga Triumph Amid Ructions Over French Team 2011-09-22T04:13:12Z One which has a certain piquancy is the provision for the mail service to Australia. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z His wit flashed more sharply in his talk than in his verse; and his dinner stories were fabulous in number, in piquancy, and in sting. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z If her features had been more regular, the girl would have been plain; but there was a slight uptilt to her nose that hinted of piquancy, denied by the quiet, steady eyes. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z The fruits are too sweet and soft, and they lack piquancy of flavor. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z It still retains all the ghastly piquancy of an undiscovered crime. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He pondered on this subject, until the anger within him imparts to his style a virility and piquancy not usually belonging to it. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Surely never the life of Savage, with its personal piquancy, and possibly never the Boswelliana. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Hence the charm and piquancy of his pictures; but moral science finds scarcely anything to borrow from him. 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 Mandeville gained piquancy for his argument by confusing the two cases. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Moreover, if there is a dull moment in the series, there is the added piquancy of England's old coach, Duncan Fletcher, now taking on that role for India. Andrew Strauss ready for a reunion with 'father figure' Duncan Fletcher 2011-07-16T15:33:21Z “I am glad your ankle is so much better,” said the girl, quite unaffectedly, but with the slightest possible tinge of shyness, which added an indescribable piquancy to her rich Southern type of beauty. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z For individual varieties are irrefragable, and give piquancy and beauty to human life, except they are pampered,—when they become deformities. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Even their costume, which we had thought ugly, now seemed not wanting in originality, and even in a certain piquancy. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z She was a pretty little woman with a piquancy of expression, a brightness of eye and an alertness of carriage that at first glance betrayed her French origin. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z But even more than her beauty, her manner astonished me—its graciousness, piquancy, gayety, and ease. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z On the contrary, it gave piquancy to their companionship. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z The narrative is brightly written and abounds in anecdote, while the personal point of view is ever present and adds a touch of piquancy. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z To have a brush with the chapter of accidents, to set wise heads and slanderous tongues a-wagging; added piquancy to the romance, and was quite to her liking. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The public had become tired of hanging withered old crones on the witch-gallows, and wanted exactly a creature like that, to give piquancy and zest to their terrible hunt after human life. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z This latter fact gave a certain piquancy, in Constance's opinion, to his political theories, which were opposed to the staunch Tory traditions of his family. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z "Your pardon, madame," said the officer, raising his voice, and doubtless finding a certain piquancy in the situation. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z The descriptions of the religious observances of the inhabitants of Sorrento have a certain piquancy, when one remembers that they were addressed to a minister of the Scottish Presbyterian Church. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z The slight unevenness of her dazzling display of teeth but added piquancy to her smile. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z There was no piquancy left in anything; all had palled and staled on their cloyed palates. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Therefore, what is done in the kindergarten is necessary for all children, their idiosyncrasies being left free to play on the surface and give variety and piquancy to life, freedom and dignity to the individual. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Her head was perfectly shaped—the features seemed to combine a delightful piquancy with a somewhat statuesque regularity. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Some uncertainty, therefore, whether we should find any traces of previous climbers, gave the required piquancy to the expedition. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Their style of cooking, viz: under ground, or in a saucepan over an open fire, seemed to give the food a piquancy which had charms for us. Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League 2011-03-03T03:00:48.280Z A great many boys and girls, and even some older persons, imagine that the use of slang lends piquancy and force to their conversation. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Again, there is a terse piquancy about him, which expresses itself in clear-cut, vigorous lines, such as we find rarely in our poet. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z Rather it added a certain piquancy to their interviews. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z If Mrs. Arbuthnot did not see eye to eye with me in all things, an occasional discreet diversity of opinion merely added piquancy to double harness. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z But then, the actual appearance, the coup d'oil of that world could only be imparted by an observer, imbued with all the spirit that gives observation its peculiar piquancy. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Besides, to many, Dale Street and the sixty dollars, with the contributory elements of elopement and irate parent, only added piquancy and interest to what would otherwise have been nothing but the conventional duty call. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Our favorite was radish paratha, with the soft piquancy of the vegetable permeating each bite, but three other versions, made with cauliflower, cheese and spinach, were excellent, too. | Franklin Park: Indian Fare, Emphasizing Comfort 2010-12-05T04:20:00Z But there was no such piquancy in the visitors' attacks until Phil Jagielka stung Robinson's fingertips with a long-range drive in injury time. Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Everton 2010-08-14T16:03:00Z We felt that a certain piquancy would invest the gathering. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Jack Massing-bred fully appreciated this difficulty; but it imparted such a piquancy to his "adventure," as he persisted in calling it to himself, that he would n't have dispensed with it, had he been able. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Her sternness of tone and the thrushlike softness of her voice, mingled with the piquancy of paradox. The Law of Hemlock Mountain It would be difficult to speak too highly of them; they have a piquancy and grace which is in the highest degree attractive. A Cursory History of Swearing As you will see the piquancy of it now, more than ever you could before, I will tell the story. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Despite his success in Masaniello, his peculiar field was comic opera, in which his charming melodies, bearing strongly the stamp of the French national character, his uniform grace and piquancy, won him a high place. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis For it is the rarity of the stranger that gives him his piquancy. The Jonathan Papers The piquancy of the whole situation struck me so forcibly that I laughed aloud. The Spy in Black There was no drooping of fringed lids, no disconcerting silences; she chatted with ease and piquancy. The Valiants of Virginia Donald has a way of looking at things which gives his remarks a piquancy that is irresistible: it almost takes your breath away sometimes, you feel quite floored. Friend Mac Donald De Gra�n declares that she is more attractive than ever; he told me that he was really quite dazzled at her beauty, to which the Alsatian costume she had chosen gave even more piquancy. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 “The Edinburgh Review” said: “For many years there has been no work of such power, piquancy, and originality.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Her slangy speech had a certain piquancy, because she looked finer than her words. The Preliminaries And Other Stories It had a piquancy and a picturesqueness that, thank God, are to be restored! The Valiants of Virginia Their picturesque pronunciation gives their conversation a piquancy which defies imitation. Friend Mac Donald Of course the other actors were aware of Gerry's and Felipe's interest in each other and tried teasing them now and then, but since neither denied the fact, the effort lost its piquancy. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines If the proselytizing zeal of the missionaries and functionaries of the English-speaking race could work out, the world would lose all its color, all its piquancy. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop In modern times, beauty consists in gracefulness, piquancy, intelligence, sentiment, vivacity, and exuberance of form. Rambles in Womanland But besides being a safeguard against malaria and its attendant ailments, opium is also a valuable agent in counteracting the effect of the putrid and unwholesome food which, by its piquancy, pleases the Celestial palate. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade This gives such delightful piquancy to many of his utterances. The Vagabond in Literature Some found a likeness between Margaret's sudden appearance and Jenny's own, and this element added a piquancy to the situation, even though the similarity was rather superficial than essential. The Great Miss Driver A little of it, just a little, adds piquancy. Her Royal Highness Woman She is, perhaps, beyond competition when she is really beautiful, but her beauty is too often statuesque, and lacks lustre and piquancy. Rambles in Womanland This mixture of persons from all parts of the world gave a piquancy to the reunions that were held at Geneva. Maria Edgeworth It is not usual to find them coexisting as they did in Stevenson, and their dual existence gives an added piquancy and interest to his work. The Vagabond in Literature Therefore a new chapter of some fourteen years in my life was opened, the principal events of which I mean to write with all the candour and the piquancy I can. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Devotion and friendship are nowhere deeper than in the English family, but poetry and piquancy shine by their absence. Her Royal Highness Woman It wanted the piquancy of the b�yle de las Mestizas; the young ladies were not so pretty in their more fashionable costume. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The memory of Barmy Walters and the sordid tumult of his classroom came to him with a new piquancy. Years of Plenty Such was the case here; certain personalities, that occasionally were thrown out, giving a piquancy to the controversy, and investing it with the attraction of town gossip. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The element of comic mystery thus introduced gave some piquancy to our informal gathering. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Then he seemed fascinated by Madame Fillot-Grandin, quite a personable young woman, whose simple innocence, however, detracted all piquancy from her beauty, all savour from her bodily charms. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Her piquancy and ready sympathy more even than her good looks attracted them. The New Warden The fact that he was fond of Martin only added piquancy to the situation. Years of Plenty The surfeited taste of the licentious populace was gratified by hordes of women as well as men, who strove to give new piquancy to their exhibitions by the shamelessness of their performances. Roman Women There was in this incredible situation a certain piquancy, definitely provocative, transcending the claims his injury made upon his interest. The Destroying Angel The book, in fact, is a very clever satire on human nature, a satire which gains much charm and piquancy from its coming from the mouth of a masterful self-respecting hound. Tourcoing The unconscious drollery of the old man's literary style gave piquancy to the account. When the Cock Crows Often inherently dull introductory matter can be given piquancy on the lips of a narrating character. The Technique of Fiction Writing The indolence of profligacy seeks the aid of his stimulating activity, and the palled appetite of sensualism has to borrow the relish from vice that gives all its piquancy. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life It was difficult for him to omit any detail that would add to the piquancy or fulness of his story, however much the omission might have done for his general effect. Artists Past and Present Random Studies If the speaker who attacks his own party is supposed to do so from personal motives, the personal element gives piquancy. Studies in Contemporary Biography It added piquancy, if not sport, to the twilight drive to know that one of the two bronchos in harness had never been driven before. Through Our Unknown Southwest It may be noted that transitional matter on the lips of a narrating character can be given piquancy and made interesting in itself, like introductory matter. The Technique of Fiction Writing Ruskin brings with him quite a respectable load of artistic baggage; he brings an incisiveness, a sarcasm, often a piquancy with him, which makes him entertaining besides inspiring. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy They knew that it was not assumed for the sake of adding piquancy to her performance—it was there indeed. A Monk of Cruta The piquancy of the situation caused him to smile. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch With Pierre and Madame opposition only roused her anger, their commands only gave piquancy to revolt. The Blue Goose Of his bons mots we have a sprinkling, and but a sprinkling, in this volume; but the celebrated one about language is not there, though others of less piquancy are. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The youth who stood before her was dressed from top to toe in gray–the silver-gray which lends a colour to the cheek and piquancy to the form. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Yet some critics have boldly declared for obscurity of expression, alleging that the piquancy of a thought is enhanced by its skilful concealment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Sometimes he employs the personal pronoun, and with what piquancy as well as poignancy may be noted in the volume Youth. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Another was a recognition of her own piquancy. Coquette These likenesses gave piquancy to the points of difference. Memoirs of Life and Literature The white spots are of singular value in giving piquancy to the whole range of more delicate transitional hues above. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), The mere dogtooth is an acid moulding, and can only be used in certain mingling with others, to give them piquancy; never alone. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) That anybody knew such things about her only added to her charm and piquancy in their eyes. Absolution She was one of those women who like the piquancy and freedom of French fiction. Sir Tom Amateurdom will long remember the quaint piquancy of the issues of The Martian which she cleverly published in the name of her infant son. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Girls are the milk and honey which sweeten a man's life; widows, the caviare and wine which relieve its flatness and give it spice and piquancy. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl And there came to him the vision of one, of a Missouri girl molding biscuits, patting them, and her arms were bared, in a simple piquancy just like Jacqueline’s now. The Missourian The fact that he was of the enemy added piquancy to the sentiments his image aroused. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Thus the first theme, of a folk-dance character, is a typical violin melody; only strings—with their incisiveness and power of subtle phrasing—can fully express its piquancy. Music: An Art and a Language Not malignant by nature, her language was not so bitter as it was racy, and the expressive little face gave a piquancy to every phrase which held a beholder's interest captive. Shirley It isn’t necessary to have my remarks followed intelligently, but it always adds piquancy to the situation when they are. Outside Inn He had always liked Sylvie: her freshness and piquancy stirred him like a whiff of mountain air,—a sure sign that all healthy tone had not been cultivated out of him. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The little grey bonnet only gives certain incongruous piquancy to her pleasant, kind-hearted exuberance. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen I do not pretend to sympathize with it; but my perception of it gives a peculiar piquancy to my own position. A Modern Symposium He is more generous and humane, and has none of the venomous attacks on living persons by which Pope added piquancy to his verse. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The usual way is for the poet or writer to put in as much taste, perfume, piquancy, as he can; but this is not the way of nature, which I take for model. Whitman A Study The portraits thus drawn are never wanting in piquancy nor in fidelity. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) That was something Thor would never understand, that a man's life needed a stolen bliss to give it piquancy. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The situation was not without picturesque piquancy for a collector of impressions. Kildares of Storm You could always distinguish an American apple by its peculiar piquancy—a sub-acid piquancy, a wild strawberry piquancy, a sort of woodland, forest, backwoods delicacy of its own. Amaryllis at the Fair Man, dealing with natural things, constantly aims to increase their piquancy. Whitman A Study His first reading of 'Paul and Virginia' is associated with an inn at Bridgewater; and at another old-fashioned inn he tells how the rustic fare and the quaint architecture gave additional piquancy to Congreve's wit. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) She peered up at him wistfully, all of her mischief, all her piquancy gone and replaced by a softened, humbled expression that wrung Milo's heart-strings. The Pirate Woman The band-stand being on the exact place marked in the stone pavement for the guillotine, it gave a sort of peculiar piquancy to the occasion. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life “But stories of western life usually contain a great deal of originality and piquancy; that is why they are popular.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Used in this way, it imparts a delightful piquancy to food, and is neither hot nor "spicy." Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen The grave dignity with which the subject is introduced gives additional piquancy to the absurdity. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) As the year advanced Sunna’s letters grew bright and more and more like her, and she described with admirable imitative piquancy the literary atmosphere and conversation which is Edinburgh’s native air. An Orkney Maid He swore with force and piquancy, and original embellishments for old-time oaths which was like a sharp sauce to an unsavory dish. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Bunches large, long, cylindrical, heavily shouldered, sometimes not well filled, often loose and scraggly; berries small, round, firm and crisp, golden-yellow, sweet with considerable piquancy; quality good. Manual of American Grape-Growing This letter certainly wants the polish of Junius, but it has the power of bitter thought, and it sneers with practised piquancy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 So," he said, his English gaining piquancy from his slight lisp, "you come from England—from dear England. A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy These were not reflections to be spoken of in debate, but they were not the less cherished, and gave to it piquancy and spirit. James Madison You have had a few doubts—just enough to give a piquancy; and now you have a great ideal, and mean to do many things that common clergymen don't think of. Phoebe, Junior It was not any particular brilliance of eye, or piquancy of expression. Nobody Shooting with leave comes next, but is immeasurably inferior in point of piquancy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Tall and slim, of a golden-brown complexion, neat to the point of austerity, trim and self-contained, sight of her somehow gave an added piquancy to her dishes. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Mrs. Clinton's articulation was affected by a slight stammer, which, in my opinion, but added piquancy to her epigrammatic sayings. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century They were dark-haired children like all the Mays, and as this peculiarity is rare among children, it gave these two a certain piquancy. Phoebe, Junior The piquancy about natural or other forms thus reduced to angularity argues, of course, no affectation of quaintness on the part of the worker, but was the unavoidable outcome of her way of work. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery The occasion was in a sense unique, and its piquancy strengthened by that rivalry which is the essence of religion. Tatterdemalion But Fyodor Pavlovitch, who was among them, sprang forward and declared that it was by no means impossible, and that, indeed, there was a certain piquancy about it, and so on.... The Brothers Karamazov The traits of beauty which her excitement called forth, added piquancy to her natural charms, and inflamed Santa Anna’s wicked passions all the more. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Then the khaki-clad, sportsmanlike missionary strode in, and after the preliminary greetings Diana asked with charming piquancy, "O! are you really and truly a missionary?" The Rhodesian This is the familiar drawn butter sauce, to which may be added a little vinegar or lemon juice, to give piquancy of flavor. The Cauliflower Inquiry, however, has deprived this delicious story of much of its piquancy. A Book About Lawyers A teaspoonful of lemon juice added the last thing will give additional piquancy to the sauce. New Vegetarian Dishes There was a delightful piquancy in this assumed coldness of hers—a woman's dainty device to delay and heighten the moment of surrender! The Giant's Robe But he has some piquancy of phrase, and is particularly noticeable for the variety, and to a certain extent the accomplishment, of his prosodic experiments—a point of much importance for the time. A History of Elizabethan Literature She became satiated, as one of her historians says of her, with the common and ordinary forms of vice, and wished for something new and unusual to give piquancy and life to her sensations. Nero Makers of History Series If, for instance, it has chanced that during the poet’s life he, like Rossetti, had to borrow thirty shillings from a friend, that is a circumstance of especial piquancy. Old Familiar Faces There is a certain piquancy in the contemplation of the change that by this time had come over the Diocese. Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati On the other hand, the quiet sense of some special relationship, the faint odor of a passion carefully sealed up, gives a piquancy and flavor to social friendship which mere association wants. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) It is, of course, this, the sense of one living always on the edge of a precipice, that gives such piquancy and charm to Elia's mania for "little things." Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The work of deceiving and imposing upon her husband, in order to secure for herself the gratifications which she sought, was for a time sufficient to give zest and piquancy to her pleasures. Nero Makers of History Series They begin with the year 1573; the quaintness of diction and the "indifferent spelling" add piquancy and remoteness to some of the entries. The Cornwall Coast This blend of the spirit of the old world and the new, meeting in the grimy Chicago shop and finding out their need of each other, gives the book a piquancy. Werwolves His ideal of woman is an amusing little plaything, with a great facility for being put up, and a dash of viciousness to give it piquancy. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) In short, she loved herself too well to find any piquancy in personal danger. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Occasionally the two styles are very happily combined, and a humorous adjunct gives piquancy to a scholastic composition. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture In remote country places, however, where the honey is removed en masse from the hive, there will be plenty of bee-bread to give piquancy to the children's bread and honey. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young A little green pepper, chopped very fine, is an addition; also to rub the spoon used in mixing with a clove of garlic gives a piquancy to the salad. The Golden Age Cook Book But, as Taylor had offended them, the suggestion added piquancy to the notion. That Scholarship Boy Yet the occasional lisp and the frequent roughness added a piquancy to her tones. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story She loved the feel of the sun, and the few freckles it brought only added a piquancy to her face. The Desert Fiddler There was, moreover, the curate, "bonnie, pleasant, light-hearted, good-tempered, generous, careless, crafty, fickle, and unclerical," to add piquancy to the situation. Emily Brontë The songs had a thrill of either pathos or piquancy in every word and note, and the audience found they were listening in spite of themselves. Vagabondia 1884 The beautiful face was full of wild eagerness, and Mr. Belknap was not insensible to the piquancy of the situation. The Diamond Coterie Still, it gives a certain piquancy to the situation. The Day of Judgment Under the influence of his presence she was more foolish by far than nature had made her; her piquancy forsook her, and the versatility that rendered her so charmingly absurd was quite gone. Jack 1877 Having thus explained what will seem to many a lack of piquancy, in the following pages, implying a privation of social opportunities, I drop the subject. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. You shall see shabbiness and the spice of life hand-in-hand; and, I dare say, you will find that the figurative dinner of herbs is not utterly destitute of a flavor of piquancy. Vagabondia 1884 There was a certain piquancy in saying frank things to this stiff Madonna-faced woman. Robert Elsmere It suited her tremendously and seemed to alter the whole character of her face, giving verve and piquancy to her delicate little features. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 She was the prettiest girl in Oriental then, but the new school teacher over at the Crossways was prettier, with a dash of piquancy, which Lucy Ellen lacked, into the bargain. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 A melancholy, mysterious hero in a setting of silver-rimmed sand hills and wide blue sweeps of ocean was something that ought to lend piquancy to her vacation. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The bolero-rythme and the 3/8 measure are typical of the Spanish style, which flows through almost all the songs and recitations giving sparkling piquancy to the opera. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas He found a great deal of the old stimulus and piquancy in Langham's society, but there was an occasional irritability in his companion, especially towards himself personally, which puzzled him. Robert Elsmere But these little asperities are the occasional landmarks that give point and piquancy to the even tenor of their loving career. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains There was a certain piquancy about a struggle of this kind between a prominent Orangeman like James McNiece, and Dan Gallaher, whom everyone knew to be the leader of the Sinn Fein party. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 Perhaps a little cynicism is mixed with her descriptions of the guests and their raiment, but it adds a piquancy in which Floyd has been utterly deficient. Floyd Grandon's Honor It is impossible to imagine music more charming or more full of grace and piquancy, than that which we find in this delightful opera. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Elsmere had made a vivid impression; and the prospect of a fight with him had an unusual piquancy. Robert Elsmere It did suffice with most boys; but if anything, it added zest and piquancy to the persecutions of those two big bullies. St. Winifred's, or The World of School It is quite natural, under the impulse of strong emotion or imagination, to use exaggerated statements, and frequently it serves to lend piquancy and force to style. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism There is always a pleasurable piquancy in being able to resign, or dismiss somebody, or give notice. Mushrooms on the Moor A piquancy of the contest was increased by the fact that it was led on either side by members of the Administration. A History of the United States Zest is quite obsolete in its original meaning of a piece of orange peel used to give piquancy to wine. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Perhaps what has lent additional piquancy to Punch's piece of quaint philosophy is the mystery hitherto surrounding its authorship. The History of "Punch" He imagined that that sort of thing lent a piquancy to conversation. A Venetian June What a wealth of appetizing piquancy would vanish from our tables if the onion were to come no more! Mushrooms on the Moor It was this misproportion which gave a piquancy to her expression and which in charming people, no doubt made them believe her handsome. At Fault A Grecian nose would take all the piquancy out of her face. A Little Girl of Long Ago It gave her a curious piquancy, and interested him. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Then with feigned maidenly piquancy and many reproachful glances, she went out laughing good humoredly. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills We are fast becoming the victims of a perfect passion for piquancy. Mushrooms on the Moor And here, by the way, is one of the amusing oversights which give such a piquancy to “Pickwick.” Pickwickian Studies Would the presence of the sprightly Faro Nell give a touch of piquancy to the occasion or lower its tone? The Lady Doc In truth, it had been a long time since a meeting of such piquancy and interest had been called. The Fighting Shepherdess At the dinner-table it was occasionally assumed by one or the other, but only by way of joke,—to give point and piquancy to the relation of some adventure. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico That is the worst of the passion for piquancy. Mushrooms on the Moor She, moreover, lured and inflamed him in such a careless, innocent way that she acquired additional piquancy thereby. Monte-Cristo's Daughter When thou art at this point, then Nature is equal in all her types, and the city, as the forest, full of endless beauty and piquancy,—in sæcula sæculorum. The Gypsies He noted how strikingly handsome she was, her dimpled cheeks delicately moulded and her pretty chin slightly protruding, which gave a delightful piquancy to her features. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Her Hermia was a delightful performance full of charm and piquancy and real intelligence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 That, I repeat, is the most mournful aspect of our modern and insatiable passion for piquancy. Mushrooms on the Moor The time being church-time, and the combatants men of respectable position, lent piquancy to the event, of course, as who shall say me nay? Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Democritus realized as fully as Zeno, and expressed with no less piquancy, the difficulty connected with the continuous and the infinitesimal. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield If portions are thus relieved almost to complete detachment, but visibly reconnect themselves in another place, a certain piquancy is gained which adds charm without destroying character. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship Only the old Earl dared to front him, and as there had been enmity between the houses for four hundred years, the first meeting was not without some piquancy. Patsy And if a quarrel sprung, full armed, from the heated brains of young gallants, crossed rapiers did but add a piquancy, a dash of cayenne, to life. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia There is a certain piquancy in these adventures which affords us much delight—so true is it that the deprivation of a pleasure enhances its value. French and Oriental Love in a Harem The nose, with its unmistakable upward turn, a burlesque on the short, straight one which lent piquancy to Winifred's face. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes It possesses less piquancy than the Scarlet, but is some days later. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. For three months I saw her every morning without growing tired of her for a second, so well was she able incessantly to give variety and piquancy to her physical attractiveness. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories They had long talks over it—and there was an element of secrecy and mystery about the talks which gave them a certain piquancy and almost a certain sweetness. The Dictator Mr. Kegan Paul, essayist, critic, editor, and ex-clergyman, was always an interesting figure; and his successive transitions from Tractarianism to Latitudinarianism, and from Agnosticism to Ultramontanism, gave a peculiar piquancy to his utterances on religion. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography It was a much longer distance, and the importance of the task and its risk gave a piquancy to the ride that made the blood dance through Bart’s veins. The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains The flour of the seeds furnishes a table mustard of good quality; though the seeds of the Black species possess greater piquancy, and are generally employed for the purpose. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. She had relatives of strong Northern tendencies, and she had been known to express such sympathies herself; but they only lent piquancy to her conversation. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond He was not insensible to the piquancy of the pageant of life, but his mind was preoccupied with grave and heavy matters. Clayhanger They were supposed to save one's dignity; in reality, they lent piquancy to games and rendered "making up" delightful. The Madigans Indeed there would perhaps be a piquancy in that. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House It is remarkable for its intense piquancy; exceeding in this respect nearly all the annual varieties. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. He smiled over the piquancy of the situation. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Worse still, it is often blighted at the very beginning by the insatiable desire for piquancy in talk, which can forget the sacredness of confidence. Friendship My preface will seem a little short, and the curious reader will seek in vain therein the anticipated piquancy. The Nabob, Volume 1 He assumes that his readers know that procrastination is an evil, and tries to gain a little piquancy by paradoxically pointing out the objections to punctuality. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Life with a woman like Miss Carnegie would be effervescent and stimulating, full of surprises and piquancy. Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers The piquancy of that situation somehow complicated everything more darkly than before. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story To be frank, she looked rather too mature for the part; she needed a more childlike air to give piquancy to her assumption of maternal responsibilities. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920 Much of its piquancy comes from the thought of the association of one whose life was on the whole quite blameless with anecdotes of a most blameworthy style. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 He must have felt a certain piquancy in writing down the most atrocious sentiments in his own respectable parlour. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) It was semi-literary, and not more political than was sufficient to give piquancy to the interview. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Her face—flashed so unexpectedly upon him—had the piquancy of a vision, but its expression was one of confusion and guilt; there were tears on her cheeks; in her hand was a bed-room candlestick. Merely Mary Ann Her face, with all its piquancy, was a serious face, a strenuous face. The Lady Paramount What gave point to his curiosity was the piquancy of the contrast between the two prophets. The Youth of Goethe The striving was for piquancy rather than plausibility. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army The situation was full of a piquancy which delighted Mrs. Shiffney. The Way of Ambition This was the pleasantry to which his feeble resistance, his outbursts of anger, of jealousy, or of protest had but added piquancy, the ultimate sting of pleasure to the jaded palate of the performers. The Long Night In some respects, the change had its element of piquancy—like a love affair with an innocent boy where the wiles of experience had been expected. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer The change from embarrassment to this pretty piquancy was so instantaneous and so charming that Wallace's face grew luminous with admiration and delight. His Heart's Queen The State archives contained nothing that touched this episode for piquancy, he declared; and even the bewildered Torrence finally saw the joke of the thing and became quite human. Lady Larkspur Some one has said, with much piquancy, "Lectures are soliloquies reared on the ruins of conversation." The Friendships of Women It would scarcely do for them to be brief in their discussions, and above all other things, spice and piquancy must always be excluded. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. And with her scarlet coral beads twisted among her dark little turret curls and bows, there was piquancy and attraction in Chrissy. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes His natural outbursts of feeling are rare, but delicious as caviare, with a certain quaver of piquancy. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A great deal of the piquancy and novelty in Thoreau come from the unexpected turn he gives to things, upsetting all our preconceived notions. The Last Harvest Every complexion, an extraordinary piquancy and variety of costume, and a bewildering array of languages and dialects, are set before the careful observer. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 In order to invest him with piquancy and dramatic vigour Henry Irving gave him passion, and therewithal various attributes of charming eccentricity. Shadows of the Stage Add to these social graces the piquancy of a little literary reputation, and you have the perfect male butterfly. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story This unexpected show of spirit invested her with new piquancy, and he laughed aloud. The Mayor of Warwick Then, to give artistic piquancy to the whole, he decided that there must be "some pivot upon which the whole structure might turn." The Last Harvest I glanced guiltily at my victim; she sat there, the incarnation of New York piquancy—a translated denizen of the metropolis—a slender spirit of the back offices of sky-scrapers. In Search of the Unknown But the marvellous portraits which the early sections of that work contain are to some extent obscured, or diluted, by the author's determination to gain piquancy by applying old methods to new subjects. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters There must be some piquancy given, or the lecture would be dull;—and the eulogy of personal virtues can seldom be piquant. Thackeray The tone of her voice, which aimed at charming piquancy and realised only an airy affectation, attracted his attention, and revamped her upon his mind as one of the party of star-gazers. The Mayor of Warwick The addition of tobacco intensifies this narcotic effect considerably, other additions such as cinnamon serving only to soften the astringency and the piquancy of the leaf and to impart an aroma to the quid. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir It added brilliancy to many an eye—it gave a piquancy and freedom to talk, greatly appreciated by the gallants. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' "You are not polite, ma belle—there is a charming franchise about you Englishwomen, however, which gives a piquancy to your conversation." Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance By no idle whim or sheer literary piquancy have we coupled Public Opinion and the Catholic Church. Catholic Problems in Western Canada There was a piquancy about these libels on the dead which we cannot understand, but which we may contrast with the less dishonourable process known to modern historians as "whitewashing." The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 With the faint light on her classic head and her milky skin, he found a delicious piquancy in the remark. The Miller Of Old Church The French faces and figures have always a piquancy of action: the nose is a little retroussée and the eyelids long. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Catullus had introduced him, which would add piquancy to her letting the din of the Forum succeed the babbling of Heliconian streams. Roads from Rome "But this seems so formal and grand I shall never enjoy your delicious dishes any more, with Hubert adding to their piquancy with his sarcasms, and witticisms." Medoline Selwyn's Work And piquancy was added by the fact, recorded in the Kentucky stud-book, that the dam traced her origin direct to Iroquois who in the Derby of 1881 had lowered the English colours to the dust. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Actually Mr. Mullen had contributed a decided piquancy to the episode. The Miller Of Old Church No one has stuck to his or her usual rôle in the past two years, which has added a piquancy to life. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches There was a piquancy in the experiment that appealed to him. The Helpmate Thus the Pasha added the piquancy of sacrilege to barbarity. Letters from Egypt "On the contrary, it will add piquancy to the visit." The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 In his graphic and condensed version of the tale, Browning has used a poet's licence to heighten the effect and increase the piquancy of the narrative. An Introduction to the Study of Browning What strikes one too is the great gain in piquancy of style achieved by the omission of all punctuation. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years The book has the genuine piquancy of Gallic wit, and will be sure to charm American children. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy Then, too, it was such an old story, its interest as gossip had passed, its piquancy had evaporated. Princess De B�riot's playing was noted for accuracy of intonation, remarkable deftness and facility in bowing, grace, elegance, and piquancy, though he never succeeded in creating the unbounded enthusiasm which everywhere greeted Paganini. Great Violinists And Pianists It possesses in a remarkable degree dramatic verve, piquancy of rhythm, and beauty of structure. Great Italian and French Composers Sometimes, when the river was in summer flood, there was just that spice of danger in our bathing which gave it a memorable piquancy. The Quest of the Simple Life Her gayety and piquancy had given place to a gentle shyness. The Big-Town Round-Up A note of piquancy was given to Mr. du Maurier's part by his broken English. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 The play would have gone poorly without him, in spite of the piquancy of Miss Joan Barry as a flapper, the fourth and final recipient of his chaste bounty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 Aside from this outcome of his Berserker mood, Auber is a charming exponent of the grace, brightness, and piquancy of French society and civilization. Great Italian and French Composers The fact that the officer now standing ruefully on the bank was in Tartan riding "troos" of course added to the piquancy of the situation. Fanny Goes to War But there is a piquancy in this uncertainty as compared with the odious guidance of the laquais de place. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg Her face—flashed so unexpectedly upon him—had the piquancy of a vision, but its expression was one of confusion and guilt; there were tears on her cheeks; in her hand was a bedroom candle-stick. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes No subject so dull that its different aspects, as viewed from soul and from body, would not give it piquancy. Idolatry A Romance When Marguerite enters on the scene, we have a waltz and chorus of such beauty and piquancy as would have done honor to Mozart. Great Italian and French Composers After all, there was piquancy in the situation; for to most men, love sought and hardly won is far sweeter than love freely given. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance If he chooses to introduce time-honored personages, we shall not quarrel with him, although we certainly think it desirable that some fresh piquancy in their characters shall be the vindication of their reappearance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 The white-browed clerk in corduroys did not, however, raise his eyes from his ledger, and Eileen was grateful to him for preserving the piquancy of their relation. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes But then, again, it was the very oddness of the contrast between the character of the house and the behavior of the girl which made the piquancy of the situation. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel The dialogue, usually a weak point with this writer, is here for better managed than usual, having her customary piquancy, with less of disfigurement from flippancy and bad puns. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 These romances were weak in character and plot, but were fair pictures of society portrayed with much piquancy. Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment Nevertheless, there is enough of his own prejudice retained for piquancy,—and since the poor things must be insignificantly wicked, see how charming they can be! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 No doubt of it, give a fashionable tailor disposed to be experimental, his head and enough money on account and he could create a dash and piquancy worth while. Kenny It is the piquancy of the contrast, you see. The Lighted Way The antithetical manner of expressing himself gave piquancy and vim to his conversation, making it very captivating. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Even the presence of an enemy, so near, and yet, as it seemed, so little dangerous, added a certain piquancy to his position. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty My mother sat in her low rocker, a lace apron lending piquancy to her appearance. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "Robinson Crusoe" is a treasure-house of situations, some of which gain a piquancy from the dash of the diabolical with which Crusoe's terrors invested them. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 That, in a theological point of view, everything was wrong, she considered an esoteric condiment to add piquancy to the loaves and fishes which Providence had set before her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Genius sees the white light and regrets its own impurity, though that be piquancy to the multitude, and marketable as a splendid blue or gold. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 And your suggestion of Judas Iscariot and Mr. Spencer as the sole inmates of hell is not without a certain piquancy. The Seeker He gossips as little as Machiavelli, and has no profundity to make up for the want of piquancy. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots It is this unique fusion of apparently mutually destructive elements and instincts that gives to Tschaikowsky's music much of its novelty and piquancy. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians Her half-suppressed excitement at the sudden duty of welcoming the great aristocrat of the county, gave a piquancy to her prettiness. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Mr. Webb, like Charles Lamb and the late Mr. Travers, stammered just enough to give piquancy to his conversation. Memories and Anecdotes In the Larghetto one group occasionally interrupts the other, giving it piquancy. Beethoven He viewed his work with pride and satisfaction; even his ironical editorial "briefs" had, he fancied, something of the piquancy he admired in the paragraphing of the "New York Sun." A Hoosier Chronicle The Magic Morning is a "scrap" elaborately sauced and garnished; the fleeting flavour may possess a certain sub-acid piquancy, but such small dishes of broken meats are hardly nourishing or wholesome. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 His playing was distinguished by unfailing accuracy of intonation, great neatness and facility of bowing, grace, elegance, and piquancy. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday So in her friendship he savoured a piquancy not at all distasteful to a very young man's palate. The Younger Set Its flavour is a combination of apricot and pineapple, with the slightest Page 238possible suspicion of turpentine thrown in, to give a piquancy to the whole. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The knowledge added piquancy to the already piquant fact that she had chosen the house on the Three-Notched Road. Lewis Rand The tongue recognises the value of sweetness or piquancy in food. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold The situation presented itself to Joan’s mind with an alluring piquancy. When William Came And yet the incongruous riot, the contrast of profuse, untended beauty, enhanced the value of the picture, gave it piquancy and a completer charm. Audrey He had lost all pleasure in his club; the most exciting themes of political life retained no piquancy for him. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 It was clear that the story gained piquancy from its contrast with the staidness of his life; and his most intimate friends permitted themselves a little covert "chaff" with him on the event. The Inner Shrine The contents of dusty garrets may add piquancy to modern decorations, giving a touch of the unusual which is very charming. The Art of Interior Decoration The piquancy of the situation evidently delighted his mind and his sense of mischief. Flames There is an attractive piquancy and lightness about this song that makes it distinct from its companions. Edward MacDowell Of course, its piquancy may have been staled by too frequent use—but "this is another story." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 The incidents, which follow one another in rapid succession, are foolish and extravagant, but the reminiscences they awaken lend them piquancy. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance The gleaming butts of two pistols that peeped out of his waistband gave a touch of piquancy to his appearance. Gordon Keith Flossie found that the spectacle of young Sidney's dejection restored all its first fresh piquancy to her engagement. The Divine Fire They are beautiful, characteristic, and full of that engaging romance, piquancy and poetic charm that distinguishes his best lyrical work. Edward MacDowell He admired the piquancy of spirit with which she took advantage of the altered positions. V. V.'s Eyes The substitution of a top-hat for trousers would add a piquancy of its own to the situation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 There must, of course, be some legend of Ludlum and his dog, or they must have been a pair of well-known characters, to give piquancy to the phrase. Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 A nice way is to stick a clove in the blossom end of each pear, for this fruit seems to require some extraneous flavor to bring out its own piquancy. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home It merely adds piquancy to our indiscretion," said Annan, gravely, following him in unannounced—"Oh, hello, Miss West! The Common Law Those dark days were not without their humours withal; and there was a piquancy in the very imperviousness of our risible faculties to their correct appreciation. The Siege of Kimberley The daughter had what he defined vaguely as girlish piquancy. The Last Shot And at last, her curiosity aroused, allured by the seeming mystery and piquancy of an intrigue, she had responded to his entreaties by consenting to meet him. A Love Episode They are wanting in that piquancy which in northern climates is attributable to the exquisite perfection in which the sweet and aromatic flavours are blended with the acidulous. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 Suavity, smoothness, piquancy, perfect balance between section and section, and each movement and the other movements—these characterize all the later quartets. Haydn Her hand was against practically all the world, including her daughter, whose fairy-like daintiness and piquancy were so obvious a contrast to the somewhat coarse and flashy beauty that had once been hers. Greatheart I could relate many unpublished anecdotes of Rogers, but they lose their piquancy when one attempts to narrate them. The Bed-Book of Happiness I looked at the sturgeon and I smacked my lips with relish . . . at the piquancy of it. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Indeed, there is indescribable piquancy in this unconscious grouping of the pickers and their freedom from restraint. The California Birthday Book He has sanity lucidity, pointedness, sometimes epigrammatic piquancy, of expression, dignity without pompousness or grandiloquence, feeling without hysteria. Haydn She said 'As you please' to the cook, and the meals began to lose their piquancy. Tales of the Five Towns His manner, above all, was irresistible; and the slight lisp, which might have been considered as a blemish, only added piquancy and zest to his sayings. The Bed-Book of Happiness Generally speaking, piquancy and coolness are the main features. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. It united the innocence of a child to the cleverness of a woman of the world, giving an exquisite piquancy to both. The Wild Olive His manner, half jest and half earnest, gives an idea of what that of the Philosopher of Ferney must have been when in a good humour, and adds piquancy to his narrations. The Idler in France It is impossible to give an idea, in writing, of the pleasant manner he has of relating these things—a manner that receives additional piquancy from his English, which, though good, is necessarily broken. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland These last are often a device for giving piquancy to style. Essays Æsthetical Are we uncharitable in supposing that the prospect of demolishing, at one fell swoop, the brilliant reputations of a whole class of Parisian savans, added something to the piquancy of the style? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 This device added to the piquancy of a gathering. The Roll-Call He writes more in sorrow than in anger, though there is quite enough of the latter quality to give piquancy to his epistle. Yesterdays with Authors He missed something of the piquancy; yet after all he rather liked the change. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book There was a piquancy, a sharp flavor, in his talk that was delightful. California Sketches, Second Series He had every quality necessary for the sway of a popular audience—fine elocution, marvelous fluency, piquancy, the courage of his convictions and a magnetism that swept all before him. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography The following had an indescribable piquancy, which arose from the Scotticism of the terms and the manners. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Dr. Price usually had several young men fitting for college also, which fact added more piquancy to the provincial society. The Morgesons The slight Celtic brogue served to enhance the piquancy of his talk. Darrel of the Blessed Isles Divineness appertains to the absolute nature of man; piquancy and charm to that which serves and modifies this. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 The leisured classes found their keenest relish in delicate irony, in piquancy, in contained vivacity, in the study of niceties of observation and finish of phrase. Studies in Literature The whole incident, with the time and scene, was highly interesting and wild, with just enough of the awful to give an additional piquancy. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) As she spoke, so rapidly and archly did her mobile features express in their changes her varying thought that Calvert sat entranced at her piquancy and daring. Calvert of Strathore Many of the best ideas of the books and men of which they treat are stated in them with admirable clearness and piquancy, and they are, therefore, pleasant secondary sources of information. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 For the world has no anxiety to hear good of its neighbour, and there is no piquancy in the disclosure of hidden virtues. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays This singular gentleness of speech gave a special piquancy to his keen and delicate satire, his readiness in repartee, and his subtle irony. Collections and Recollections Yes it is indeed curious, and I will not spoil the piquancy of the moral by a comment. Confessions of a Young Man We thank the wits of the Athenaeum for these piquancies: they are in the right true Attic vein, and are therefore characteristic of that clever Journal. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 There was a piquancy in her accent that made the hearer wish to hear further, and a certain artlessness in her manner not met with recently by him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Perhaps Germany first of all, for there would be a piquancy in thus employing the cherished possessions of the foe. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 His reply was the single word "infirmus," accompanied by that peculiar sniff which every one who ever conversed with him must remember as adding so much to the piquancy of his terse judgments. Collections and Recollections It was a golden voice, pitched low, and the words were uttered with a very slight foreign accent, which gave them piquancy. Sacred and Profane Love It made your capture easy, so ridiculously easy that it lacked piquancy and interest. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods It lacks the pungent piquancy of an etching. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Her acquaintance with Goethe, and other distinguished writers, gave a life and piquancy to her conversation and anecdotes, which made us cherish her society the more. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers A few chopped gherkins, capers, or chillies will give the required piquancy. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. There was a certain piquancy in travelling alone with this knight-errant. The Port of Adventure All hens are well worth studying for the piquancy and rich variety of their manners; but by no possibility can there have been other fowls of such odd appearance and deportment as these ancestral ones. House of the Seven Gables III The Little Theaters, which were to give piquancy to American drama three or four years later, were only in embryo. Main Street Sometimes, to be sure, a side remark adds piquancy and a personal savour. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell I quite realise that this book is written perhaps only just in time for the motive of these two or three chapters to be appreciated in its ancient piquancy. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance To the boy, who knew enough of the inner history of the household to enjoy the piquancy of the situation, such a trick seemed quite amusing. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Under these circumstances you will often be astonished at the point and piquancy of your own conversation. Worldly Ways and Byways The fine wild piquancy of its fruit is unrivaled, but in the great question of quantity as human food wild apples are found wanting. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon They were pretty in the main, some even handsome, with an air of independence and indifference which added, in the case of the more favoured, a certain piquancy. Sister Carrie: a Novel His well-known haughty indifference to the society of womankind, his silent avoidance of converse with the sex, contributed a piquancy to what would otherwise have been an unromantic matter enough. The Mayor of Casterbridge There is a certain piquancy in showing up an author who is in contradiction with himself, in showing how he refutes his own paradoxes. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He had been the devoted lover of Baby Akemit from the afternoon when he had first cajoled her into autobiography—a vivid, fire-tipped little thing with her mother's piquancy. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The mystery enveloping her origin, which for some reason Mrs. Frost had never chosen to dispel, gave a certain piquancy to the interest and affection Tom felt for her. The Inn at the Red Oak Lady Conroy told her a hundred interesting stories about him and Dulcie found a tinge of romance about him that helped to give piquancy to her present life. Love at Second Sight She was a pretty woman, which, from the men's point of view, seemed to add piquancy to her scandalous conversation, but the fact only made Barbara's ears tingle the more. The Brown Mask At first he had toyed with it, viewed it from different angles as something fantastic and irrelevant, but nevertheless having a piquancy of its own. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Often and often he would try to recall to himself the old sense of charm, of piquancy. Sir George Tressady — Volume II The men are tall, handsome, and well made, the women graceful and often exceedingly lovely, French piquancy and symmetrical proportions combined with Teutonic fairness of complexion, blonde hair, and blue eyes. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The California oyster proper, is very small, and it has a peculiar coppery taste, which bon vivants declare adds to its piquancy. Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. As for the general mass, their piquancy is not so great as to superinduce in the reader of to-day a dangerously violent cachinnation. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller A smile that she tried to repress broke out on her lips, the repression causing it to be one-sided, which gave it piquancy. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California There was a piquancy about the conversation which he liked. In the Midst of Alarms I told off on my fingers all my qualities: grace, charm, distinction, beauty, mystery, piquancy. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt There were much glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm—much of what has been since seen in Hernani. Selections from Poe There was not a little piquancy in the expression of her countenance, and Richard felt it strangely attractive. There & Back On the face, audacity had taken place of piquancy. Tales from Bohemia But Jurgen was accustomed to say afterward that, while the gratings over the windows were very formidable, they only seemed somehow to enhance the piquancy of his commerce with Dame Phyllis. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice He found a great deal of the old stimulus and piquancy in Langham's society, but there was an occasional irritability in his companion, especially toward himself personally, which puzzled him. Robert Elsmere He served up the unlucky statue and its more unlucky maker with a piquancy and a zest which made his article town talk for a month. The Philistines Her peculiar reputation for ingeniously tricking Mrs. Bowdler, secretary to Mrs. Grundy, rendered her very piquant, and this piquancy was increased by her ostentatiously vestal appearance. The Woman with the Fan And then the happiness of the epithets, the piquancy of the sayings, the felicity of his rapid sketches and unforeseen audacities, and the unforgettable sharpness of phrase! Amiel's Journal This, no doubt, added greatly to the immediate piquancy of the allusions. Among My Books Second Series There was a certain piquancy in saying frank things to this stiff, Madonna-faced woman. Robert Elsmere The conscientious performance of this rite will soon give a wonderful freshness and piquancy to your style. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide Their words, their turns of expression came naturally to his pen, and added a piquancy and, as it were, a kind of gloss of antique novelty to his work. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 His French name gave a kind of piquancy to his audacity; he was unusual; he was striking. The Cathedral The society has a piquancy which you will find, I hope, quite charming. Blind Love Elsmere had made a vivid impression; and the prospect of a fight with him had an unusual piquancy.' Robert Elsmere The odour of tobacco mingled with the fresh, nocturnal coolness and gave it a sweet piquancy. The Created Legend Perhaps it was all the stronger; acting as the same sort of difference does between a man and a woman in giving a piquancy to the attachment which subsists in spite of it. Daniel Deronda They lived at a date so near our own that it has all the charm of similarity—with a difference; and it is just this likeness and unlikeness which lend such piquancy to their experiences. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 I even, like a fool, thought to add an extra touch of piquancy to it by endeavouring to be a Bohemian. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel |
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