| 单词 | pliancy |
| 例句 | The spring of her feet, the pliancy of her torso, the eloquence of her eyes all kept deepening her spell. Utsav, a Festival of Indian Dance and Music 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z When you keep watching, you see that all three ballets ask the same pliancy of the torso, tipping every which way while the lower body keeps busy. Dance Review: ‘Birthday Offering’ and ‘Les Noces’ at Royal Ballet, London 2012-07-08T21:27:34Z They seldom seem so now, but at all times they’ve been opposed by the yielding pliancy of her back. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The pliancy of the space was essential to Ms. Feldman — keeping the Civil War-era warehouse wide open, using curtains to adjust the stage into different shapes and sizes. Susan Feldman and St. Ann’s Warehouse Unveil a Permanent Home 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The meat, cooked to about medium, somehow maintained a pliancy I associate more with a rare steak. Frugal Traveler Blog: A $100 Weekend in Melbourne 2012-04-18T14:31:05Z The dancers wield them like ski poles, taking advantage of their pliancy for some low vaulting. Dance Review: Pilobolus-Michael Moschen Collaboration at the Joyce 2012-07-20T21:10:31Z The performances have considerable energy and pliancy, never subsiding back into that stodgy wall of Brahms sound that sometimes mars symphonic performances. Review: CDs from Seattle Symphony, violinist James Ehnes 2010-12-16T05:01:05Z Simply to see him sway his body to the music was a marvel: the angle of his out-held elbows, the pliancy of his spine, the rhythmic point of those shoulders all made their sensuous contributions. Dance Review: Where Feet, Beat and Joy All Soar Funkily 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z Still, he brought command and unflagging stamina to the performance, drawing character, lyrical pliancy and rhapsodic flair from the score. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z From start to finish she’s the kittenish vixen whose sexual pliancy hides an iron will. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z Nor was the playing itself particularly distinguished, though those of us who fancy period-instrument performances of Baroque music tend to look for a quicksilver pliancy that is harder to achieve on modern instruments. Opera Review: ‘The Enchanted Island’ Returns to Met Opera 2014-02-28T21:08:04Z At the waltz’s start, Ms. Phelan swayed from side to side to the beat with such blithe pliancy that she at once became the number’s heartbeat. Fresh Dewdrops for New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Hulland, a little too dainty when dancing alone, responded to his presence and support with all the ardent pliancy that Ashton famously required of his dancers. Review: Marcelo Gomes Returns to Honor Frederick Ashton 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z That same vibrant green sauce embellished rosy slices of duck breast, seared to render some fat, then braised to pliancy. Sushi Kappo Tamura: Meshing Japanese concepts with American exuberance 2010-10-21T22:14:00Z It results in a vaguely Vietnamese tangle of pulled pork that is best accompanied by a bright and crunchy slaw, and served on warm flour tortillas that recall the soft pliancy of Chinese bao. How to get the best meals out of your slow cooker 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z He brings shape, nuance and pliancy to the score. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Overcomes Months of Chaos 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, where this revival was launched, Paulus is a stylish populist whose success depends in large part on the pliancy of the theatrical material. 'Pippin' brings big-top wonders to Hollywood Pantages 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The increasing pliancy of her back suggests that she keeps learning to surrender more of herself to the waltz and to her partner. Critic?s Notebook: A Season Brings New Faces and Insights to Classic Roles 2011-05-23T22:10:34Z There was a similar thrill in seeing Ms. Herrera extend her nonworking leg coming out of a supported pirouette, her foot unfurling with such pliancy and control as to seemingly expand time. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Quixote,? Pirouetting at Windmills 2010-05-31T22:37:00Z Your pliancy suggests the risk of swinging this way probably verges on zero, but it’s worth mentioning that the other extreme isn’t any better, of punitive expectations and hair-trigger corrections. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: For yourself and the rest of us, teach your child accountability 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The male performers were far from alike — one was broad-chested, another willow-slender — but all showed the enthralling Odissi qualities for physical pliancy, rhythmic vigor, hewing and holding three-dimensional shapes, and eloquently communicative face and hands. Dance Review: Orissa Dance Academy at Ailey Studios 2013-05-26T19:38:43Z Yet throughout there is a constant, distinctive search for a simple, singing sense of expression, for a pliancy of line, for a sophistication and sensitivity that lay in more than technical precision. Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z And she is more than ably supported by the personable Hay-Gordon, whose easy pliancy lends itself to the many characters between whom he moves. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z She lacks both stylistic refinement and glamour; she may show more pliancy and daring in due course. Critic’s Notebook: In American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia,’ Stars Shine 2013-06-28T21:40:45Z Robert Plant’s feckless pliancy throughout is hard to square with the exploratory nature of his later work. Review | Was Led Zeppelin the best or the worst of rock-and-roll? A new book will help you decide. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The acrobatic moves of the story’s “savage” and misshapen monster have been choreographed by Pilobolus, the Connecticut-based dance company once described by critic Sarah Kaufman as embodying “extraordinary pliancy.” Perspective | In this ‘Tempest,’ a misshapen, two-headed monster steals the show 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z But theater artists, filmmakers and novelists, drawn to the interior richness of Chekhov’s dramas, have discovered not only the timeliness of his untimely work but also its aesthetic pliancy and openness. Commentary: How Anton Chekhov became the playwright of the moment 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Over the years, he has honed an instinct for self-preservation through pliancy, deflection, and bemused forbearance. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The book is a celebration of the richness and pliancy of language, as well as its capacity to heighten our attention to the natural world. How the loss of vivid, exacting language diminishes our world 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z A willingness to take one on—to take one in, filling one’s mouth with another’s words—suggests pliancy, openness to enticement. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Strategic pliancy would actually be an assertion of strength. A World in Crisis, and No Genius in Sight 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Ned Dyram, however, though affecting that bluntness which is so often mistaken for sincerity, was not without sufficient pliancy to conceal his mortification, and to perform eagerly whatever task the King imposed upon him. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z So-called leather-boards are unsuitable, for, in spite of great toughness and pliancy, they are certain to cockle and always remain spongy. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z The chief peculiarities in the coloured race are, the extreme pliancy of limbs, attenuation of person, large black eyes, and a profusion of black curling hair. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The modern tendency is to confine -nce to action, and to express quality or state by -ncy; cf. compliance, pliancy, annoyance, buoyancy. -and, -end, noun suffix, as viand, legend. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z At the same time, her motions were not awkward; she managed her rectilinear body with a surprising ease and pliancy. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z But the negro, wherever he comes in contact with a superior, shows a pliancy, a self-adaptability to new circumstances, to which no parallel has ever been suggested, so far as I know. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Through their nervous pliancy one may learn as nowhere else the reality of Browning's "Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn." Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The sweeping, downward-drooping branches, clothed with abundant pea-green foliage, silver-lined, resist wind storms and snow burdens by the wonderful pliancy of their fibres. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z By the pliancy of their moral code they consecrated the basest means to pious ends. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z It had been his power to concede, his amiable pliancy, wed with a peculiar intellectual shrewdness, that had gone far toward the accomplishment of his phenomenal successes. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z She had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous, with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister. Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z Nowhere has the author's marvellous power of expression, the mingled dignity and pliancy of her style, obtained a greater triumph. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z But the Kulturkampf struggle which was thus made imminent also for Austria was avoided by pliancy on both sides. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In disputes and discussions with the great American republic, this country has ever shown itself yielding; far too much so, if such pliancy encourages to further encroachment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The plenitude and the pliancy of the Shakespearian mind may be manifested by a trivial circumstance. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z By concessions to them in Ireland, they will obtain all their demands, for the sake of pliancy about interests of which they care little, and know nothing. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z "Ah, yes," sighed the lady, half soliloquizing, "conformity of temper,—the pliancy of the reed,—the tender attachment of the ivy." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z According to the Baron's computation, she was about thirty-four years old, and yet her tall slender figure had all the pliancy of early youth. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z There was too little pliancy, flexion, and relaxation in his muscles; hence a lack of economy in the expenditure of his energies. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Life is too short to have the dearest of its enjoyments curtailed; the social feelings grow callous by disuse, and lose that pliancy of affection which sweetens the cup of life as we drink it. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams But whether she needed the spur of the actual production, or had learned more than any one realized from playing with Mrs. Burton, certainly she showed unusual ease and pliancy for an amateur actress. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines The bulk of the community have to be formed out of ruder and tougher materials—to be converted, welded, and tempered into pliancy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. They had a sister; yet it was not her beauty, but the pliancy of her virtue, that recommended her to the king. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The uniform became him admirably; he looked both lithe and strong; he had broad shoulders, and the pliancy of his form did not disguise his manly strength of muscle. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Another thing is, the quality of the straw as to pliancy and toughness. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Five hundred roots, therefore, considering their fertility and pliancy, was more than was wanted for the dictionary of our primitive ancestors. Lectures on The Science of Language To my thinking he was the most perfect creature I had ever seen, and as he bounded and plunged, there was a supple grace and pliancy about him indescribably beautiful. That Boy Of Norcott's I am a weak, frail, yielding creature, but my very pliancy has given me many a partnership in emotions which, with a more rugged temperament, I had not partaken of. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance It was a relief, too, to find one whose pliancy suited all his humours, and whose character had none of that high-souled independence which animated his Scottish followers. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier With a bundle of fresh clover on her head, she came up the valley on her return, looking beautiful, as the healthful exercise brought out her fine form in all its strength and pliancy. Black Forest Village Stories But, while Chinese was arrested and became traditional in this very early stage the radical, other dialects passed on through that stage, retaining their pliancy. Lectures on The Science of Language He dwells still more upon the pliancy of her neck, the expression of which varied with her mood of mind. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) With wonderful pliancy, they acceded to both propositions. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Her gentle pliancy seems incompatible with her hurtling force. Seeds of Pine Its firmness should afterwards be tried, and the itchiness of the skin tested by the nails, as well as its thickness and pliancy ascertained between the fingers. The Dog This was more than the pliancy of the man of the world. Rose MacLeod It was a downright pleasure to make sacrifices for people so ready to accommodate themselves to circumstances, and who seemed to possess a physical pliancy not inferior to the mental one. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Not a trace was left of her former manner; all was ease, pliancy, and elegance. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The stanza is rather complicated, although Burns, with his extraordinary command and pliancy of language, uses it from the first with masterly ease. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Causes.—It is ascribable to a functional derangement of the sebaceous glands, usually accompanied with dryness and loss of pliancy of the skin. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle A hint of pliancy here, of weakness perhaps, that is not Kate. Kildares of Storm And amazement came upon him, and dismay to realise that this sweetness of hers, this pliancy of temper, this strength within beauty were really there in her apart from him. Love and Lucy For unlimited pliancy was the quality which German importunity evoked on the part of the highest authorities. England and Germany When the horse proceeds to the trot, the lady must endeavour to preserve her balance, steadiness and pliancy, as in the walk. The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual Surely, up to the present the patriot party had been distinguished by pliancy and persistence. The Siege of Boston Many imagine that flexibility alone is the chief desideratum, and bows have been shown to me almost indiarubber-like in their pliancy; the owners expecting me to wax enthusiastic over this—to my mind—serious defect. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. In that smile I suppose the sagacious old fishwoman discovered the pliancy of my disposition, for she immediately commenced a wild harangue on the merits of the fish, scarcely a word of which I understood. The Land of Thor The qualities of intellectual swiftness, vigor, pliancy, whose absence they had once noted in her, became, on the contrary, conspicuously hers. The Invader A Novel Press the soft blossoms against your cheek, and finger their graces of form, their delicate mutability of shape, their pliancy and freshness. The World I Live In He showed a considerable pliancy in giving his counsel. Raleigh As a matter of fact, flexibility and pliancy are not correct definitions of a bow's chief quality, as they amount to weakness. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. We should find ourselves betrayed by our too great pliancy, and our too great desire of peace, to the ridicule of our enemies, the contempt of other nations, and the censure of our own minds. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII Vestinus was a man of great loftiness of character, and had never evinced that pliancy of temper, and that submissiveness to the imperial will, which Nero required. Nero Makers of History Series High up among the rocks, where there is scarcely a handful of soil, delicate harebells sway and defy the blasts, enduring because of their very pliancy and weakness. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year There is in her a celestial beauty,—which means celestial order, pliancy to wisdom; but there is also a darkness, a ferocity, fatality, which are infernal. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. And again that bitter, perplexed, half-scornful sense of his own pliancy at the hands of circumstance as compared with the rigidity of other men descended upon him. Robert Elsmere Traces of old faults are indeed still to be discovered: there still seems a want of pliancy about the genius of the author; a stiffness and heaviness in his motions. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works He soon became a star-scholar, from the brilliancy of his talents, and a favorite, too, from the graceful pliancy of his manners, and apparent sweetness of his disposition. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel All animals possess a certain flexibility or pliancy of organization, which renders them capable of change to a greater or less extent. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure The pliancy of the vine.—More than most plants it needs a husbandman. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. "Of course you cannot tell till you try," she said, demurely, looking straight before her, no smile on the corners of her lips, that somehow maddened by their look of pliancy. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn All organic beings, whether plants or animals, possess a certain flexibility or pliancy of organization, rendering them capable of change to a greater or less extent. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals He had the subdued manner and pliancy of people who do not feel that they merit what they have, and are ever trembling lest they lose it. The Argonauts "It is," said one of them, "paying us a great compliment for our principles, or great contempt for our pliancy." Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis During a long minority this boy had been zealously inoculated with Western knowledge and Western points of view; and with the deceptive pliancy of the Oriental he had smilingly submitted to the process. The Great Amulet At each name Marchmont denied either the greatness or the pliancy. Quisanté She was a docile child, sunny and sweet-tempered, and that very pliancy of nature was what caused the nun many a moment of uneasiness. The Alchemist's Secret It is only just to admit that under this treatment they display the utmost goodwill and pliancy. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. At college I lived in intimacy with the gayest men, even adopting follies and vices for which I had no taste, out of mere pliancy and the love of standing well with my companions. Scenes of Clerical Life Grisi, but her harsh and unmanageable notes had been tutored by a despotic drill into great beauty and pliancy. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens In his heart the Dean was thinking that he had "cornered" Quisanté, and Sir Winterton was hoping that he had combined the advantages of pliancy with the privilege of pride. Quisanté The strain of fear and incessant watchfulness was removed, and with the lessening of that tension had come a pliancy of look and gesture, a richness of tone that found me unprepared. Montlivet It was not her intellectual capacity which concerned him greatly, but the sunny aureole of her hair, the smiling curve of her lips, the willowy pliancy of her well-developed body. Burned Bridges From the obedience of her disposition, and the natural pliancy of her character with the opinions of others, they concluded the matter as arranged and certain. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In the age of love and sympathy, the female often receives an indelible pliancy from her literary associate. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions He would not find here the pliancy, the cunning, the craft and the dark genius of Santa Anna, but he would find men who talked straight, who shot straight, and who feared nobody. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty There can be no such pliancy in the peremptory provisions of the Constitution. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) The blood slowly rose to the faces of Paul and Henry, but they were about to witness an extraordinary exhibition of Spanish pliancy and dexterity. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi He had no retrospects nor afterthoughts; he tried to coax her into pliancy. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay The egoism of adults makes such an effort impossible, and the ingenuity and pliancy of children make it unnecessary. The Feast of St. Friend Thus the very circumstance of its great pliancy, one of its principal excellencies, became a source of its corruption. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations But, after Antinous has vainly striven to bend the bow, the others warily try sundry devices to ensure its pliancy. The Book of the Epic But the old man's passions could not turn so quickly, not having the pliancy of youth and love. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 There is in her a celestial beauty,— which means celestial order, pliancy to wisdom; but there is also a darkness, a ferocity, fatality, which are infernal. Past and Present What a hard and glittering mind the fellow had!--extraordinarily competent and well-trained; extraordinarily lacking, as it seemed to Sorell, in width or pliancy, or humanity. Lady Connie They act as a cement, and fill up gaps; nay, they not seldom serve to give to the expression colouring and pliancy. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations In the midst of his thoughts the door opened, and Barrington--a man showing in his dark-skinned, large-featured alertness the signs of Jewish pliancy and intelligence--walked in. The Testing of Diana Mallory Knowing the pliancy of Dublin juries in political cases, the offer was, doubtless, a tempting one. Speeches from the Dock, Part I There was more strength in her attitudes, more pliancy in her movements; her step was light and lively as a child's. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Nay, it will be found that even the strength and impressiveness of Byron's poetry is sometimes injured by a capricious and desultory quality due to this very pliancy of mind. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Expediency is his faith, pliancy his creed; lying is inartistic, also dangerous. The Italians She displayed, in these court-contentions, an ability partaking both of firmness and pliancy. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 No sooner had I given the necklace than occurred another illustration of the remarkable and amiable pliancy with which Materialized Spirits will answer to any name with which they are addressed. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert The same writer says of the character of Don Silva, that "nowhere has her marvellous power of expression, the mingled dignity and pliancy of her style, obtained a greater triumph." George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy He did not reckon pliancy in a woman as a weakness; or if he had had any temptation to do so, it had vanished in the period when Joe Severance had taken to drink. The Happiest Time of Their Lives His public spirit wants pliancy; his selfish compliances go all lengths. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The Negro was not the only one whom slavery subdued to the pliancy of submission. Trial and Triumph The task of opening new windows in her mind was inspiring enough to give him infinite patience; and he would not yet own to himself that her pliancy and variety were imitative rather than spontaneous. The Custom of the Country The Federalist," No. 71:— "There are some who would be inclined to regard the servile pliancy of the Executive to a prevailing current, either in the community or in the Legislature, as its best recommendation. Democracy in America — Volume 1 Yet he could not shake from his brain and vision the warm recollection of those bronze slippers, that clinging gown, and all the feminine softness and pliancy of Dede in her pretty Berkeley rooms. Burning Daylight She was evidently a girl of a great personal force, but she lacked pliancy. Roderick Hudson "But when you talk only of the pupil's pliancy of temper, am I to suppose that in mentioning his talents you were speaking ironically?" Vivian Grey She was indeed astonished at her own pliancy! The Coryston Family A Novel But this pliancy of the spider's instinct is no more remarkable than the contingent operation of the instincts of many species of animals. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 It has proved the perfect pliancy of Gothic architecture to modern needs, and shown its power of entire adaptation to the requirements of new conditions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 He really felt inclined to continue them on his own account; to test for himself this far famed pliancy of the American woman. Eleanor But to be a good mimick, requires great powers; great acuteness of observation, great retention of what is observed, and great pliancy of organs, to represent what is observed. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 And again that bitter, perplexed, half-scornful sense of his own pliancy at the hands of circumstance as compared with the rigidity of other men, descended upon him. Robert Elsmere There are some who would be inclined to regard the servile pliancy of the executive to a prevailing current, either in the community or in the legislature, as its best recommendation. American Institutions and Their Influence Composition demands a concentration, decision, and pliancy which I no longer possess. Amiel's Journal All the charming pliancy of the young figure had disappeared. Eleanor The marine-glue gives the bitumen greater pliancy, and prevents it from scaling off when rubbed, particularly when the plate is retouched with a dry point. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 This was the result of the talent for imitation so peculiar to the French people, and of that pliancy of thought and correctness of intellect which enables them to conceive new characters. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The organs of the voice require vigour and pliancy of muscle, to perform their office with energy and effect. The Canadian Elocutionist This produced pliancy of the body, and induced a healthy condition of the loins and adjacent organs. An Ambitious Man And thanks to that pliancy of her race, which Miss Manisty had discovered, although she was shy in these new trappings, she was not awkward. Eleanor His full, flowing style, his inexhaustible wealth of words, the pliancy which in his skilful hands is given to the comparatively rude instrument with which he works, are remarkable in the highest degree. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The younger sister had been indiscreet, or at least unfortunate in her marriages; the elder believed herself the most enviable of wives, and her pliancy had ended in her sometimes taking shapes of surprising definiteness. Daniel Deronda One other element invokes perpetual thanksgiving—the flaked mica, which glistens delusively with hues of silver and gold, and gives to the tide-swept track that singular pliancy which resists the stamp of passing generations. Tropic Days Either the plastic energies of a higher race or the servile pliancy of a lower one would, each in its way, have preserved them: as it was, their extinction was a foregone conclusion. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Her character was full of pliancy, devotedness, and effusion, which contributed to make up her temperament of a stout and affable good lady, and prompted her to live in a state of active tenderness. Theresa Raquin In like manner the will's strength does not lie in stubborn obstinacy, but rather in that pliancy which enables it to dispose itself as circumstances may require. Serious Hours of a Young Lady Ostensibly to carry out Vanderbilt's plans he persuaded that magnate to allow him to bring in as directors two men whose pliancy, he said, could be depended upon. Great Fortunes from Railroads She obeyed Hilda, not so much through pliancy as through listlessness, and presently Hilda was going ahead with matters and acting as a sort of specially appointed general manager of the marriage. Youth Challenges With amazing pliancy she suggested that she should bring one of her own servants to 'tide Constance over' Christmas. The Old Wives' Tale The garments represent a thick woolen stuff, whose folds show very little pliancy. A History of Greek Art Joseph accepted the information with his usual pliancy. The Nether World And yet there was a pliancy about her this morning, a readiness to meet his wishes, which, as he walked at her side, made him almost content. Maurice Guest Their muscular force is not great; but the pliancy of their limbs renders them very active. A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Finally, with that pliancy of temper which keeps me down in the world, I assented to these terms; whereupon Spanker, with characteristic perversity, called it fifteen. Such Is Life As Reuben Davis said of him, "Gifted with some of the highest attributes of a statesman, he lacked the pliancy which enables a man to adapt his measures to the crisis." The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South Michael had no longer the mental pliancy of even six months ago; his idea was everything to him; as he became weaker, it would gain the dire force of an hallucination. The Nether World Though pious and patriotic, and a great moral asset for the house, she lacked that pliancy and tact which her mother so much valued, and had expected her to pick up for herself. Where Angels Fear to Tread The compliment was followed by others, till at last certain ladies, with the pliancy of their sex, find out they had always secretly cared for butterflies. White Lies Unlike most violinists, he was tall and thin, with great pliancy of body and swift sway of movement. Beyond In her case it is almost true to say that the roles were reversed; the qualities of pliancy and sympathy fell to the man, those of command and initiative to the woman. Eminent Victorians He was to go up again by the late train, and had to count a little—a fact accepted by his hostess with the hard pliancy of practice—his present happy moments. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] In that few weeks' sojourn at Sacramento, the young girl seemed to have adapted and assimilated herself to the latest modes of fashion with even more than the usual American girl's pliancy and taste. A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready The head was shapely, and balanced upon a neck broad at the base, but of exceeding pliancy and grace. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ It is his pliancy of disposition rather than his resistance that we must contend with, and I go to act upon it. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry; with intimate details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV My figure also lacks pliancy; there is a stiffness about the side lines. Letters of Two Brides In spite of the earthy casing, the silk woof gives it the requisite pliancy to cleave when pushed by the anchorite and to rip open without falling into ruins. The Life of the Spider The King's wrath, according to a contemporary record, was so appeased by their pliancy that he deigned to lie for two nights in Judas, and at a grand refection in Hall "was gracious and merrie." Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story I only wish I could be!' said I, admiring the pliancy of her quick intelligence, and these acrobatic feats which can only be successful in the eyes of the blind. Another Study of Woman As he watched her uncovering it, he was pleased with the grace of her arms and the pliancy of her slight figure. New Grub Street But perhaps the most wonderful exhibition of her vocal skill and pliancy and of her active intimacy with nature was in the Trio Concertante, with two flutes, from Meyerbeer's 'Camp of Silesia.' The Life of Phineas T. Barnum Thorn was a plain, straightforward sailor, who never had two minds nor two prices in his dealings, was deficient in patience and pliancy, and totally wanting in the chicanery of traffic. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains In this kind of work their natural pliancy of mind and powerful histrionic talent made them wonderfully successful. Russia Daguenet's great successes with ladies of her class were due to the sweetness of his voice, a voice of such musical purity and pliancy as to have won him among courtesans the sobriquet of "Velvet-Mouth." Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Had Yule been content to manufacture a novel or a play with due disregard for literary honour, he might perchance have made a mercantile success; but the poor fellow had not pliancy enough for this. New Grub Street |
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