| 单词 | plumpness |
| 例句 | Though he was of average build, his cheeks had a plumpness to them; this, along with the eyelashes, detracted, he feared, from what he hoped was a distinguished profile. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was stuffed to plumpness, most of it, with a narrow neck ending in a golf ball-size head. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Hei body’s dumpling plumpness made warm and cuddly what could have looked nasty and cheap, and she was okay, a lonely and pretty gentle woman underneath. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She bounded over the vlei with a speed surprising for her plumpness. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Levy was on her exercising board treating her plumpness to some early morning bouncing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He expressed happiness over her plumpness, which showed promise of great beauty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw a pair of small, pink, turkeylike legs rising to a gray, feathery plumpness. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Blanche’s face had the plumpness of adolescence, but in the flickering firelight of the great hall, wrinkles collected at her eyes and lips. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her gray hair was in cornrows and she had the artificial plumpness caused sometimes by medications. African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Christie termed his plumpness "fair game" for comedians at a 2011 news conference. NJ Gov. Christie appearing Monday with Letterman 2013-01-31T21:13:14Z The lack of sonic plumpness also helps make Geffen superb with amplification. How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z My mother, however, did not consider plumpness pleasant. I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Her "plumpness was firm and pink and wholesome", and her "jolly chins clustered like chubby little cherubim about the feet of an Assumptioning Madonna". Pubs in books 2010-07-08T13:37:00Z “You are eating to bring plumpness and radiance into the skin.” The Glowing Bride, Courtesy of Papayas and Wild Salmon 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z On closer inspection, this goddess is not actually that beautiful – charming certainly, but without the harmonious symmetry of planes and plumpness conventional notions demand. Cosmetic surgery: a stealth imperialism with self-harm its main weapon 2012-08-29T18:35:01Z Carey’s recipe calls for soaking the cashews first, which helps return some of that plumpness and softer texture to the dish, which also depends heavily on another crucial Sri Lankan ingredient: coconut cream. Whole cashews are the star of this vegan Sri Lankan curry 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The heat was causing the plants to mature earlier — “not good for the quality,” he said — and he feared the grains would never reach their full plumpness, shriveling instead in the relentless summer sun. Drought Tightens Grip on Northern Italy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Scientists are excited about their latest barley cultivar, Kadie, which has a high-yield potential, a high percentage of kernel plumpness and ripens quicker than other varieties in dry lands. AB-Inbev bets on new barley variants to boost African beer-making capacity 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Tomei, delicate and vital, does not have the plumpness that Williams’s script calls for. American Dreams in “The Rose Tattoo” and “Soft Power” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The newborn tsetse fly looks like a hand grenade and moves like a Slinky, and if you squeeze it too hard the source of its plumpness becomes clear — or rather a telltale white. Everywhere in the Animal Kingdom, Followers of the Milky Way 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z A new vocabulary of renewal, regeneration, plumpness and “glow” now dominates the language of the beauty industry, the ethos of body-positivity finally inching its way up to the top. Why anti-ageing is out in the beauty industry 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The caged child is milk-fed, finger felt for plumpness by the witch, and if there is a happy-ever-after, it is usually written on someone’s skin. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z He also saw his mother-in-law in his wife: the beginnings of plumpness, the future folds along the sides of her mouth, and a soft second chin. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z But a loss of plumpness in a face reads old, as do wrinkles or age spots, she said. Well: The Limits of Cosmetic Surgery 2013-08-01T20:15:28Z Miss Pinck, the senior assistant mistress, was a very small woman with a sharp chin and knotted fingers, two features which contrasted noticeably with her general plumpness. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The colour that had been sufficient became too much, plumpness changed to stoutness—once, for a year, she was fat. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "He knows all about it, but, dearest, he is afraid of one thing—he fears a certain fatal plumpness...." The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Vol. II (of VI), "To Paris and Prison" The First Complete and Unabridged English Translation, Illustrated with Old Engravings 2012-03-31T02:00:21.423Z His companion, who followed a foot or two behind, his giant frame and sun-burned face setting off the citizen's plumpness, was similarly bedizened. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z I poke the porkers thoughtfully with a stick in the place where their ribs should be, but they are of such an abbatical plumpness that my ferrule fails to discover any “osseous structure.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Bess flushed a trifle, for her “plumpness”—she abominated the word “stout” and avoided it as if it were the plague—was rather a tender point with her. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z She was very delicate and pretty in her powder and patches, truly somewhat pale and lacking in plumpness, but with a pair of great hazel eyes like Silver Heels's, and the child's full lips. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They require neither penning up nor cramming to acquire plumpness, and if well fed should be fit for market in eight or ten weeks. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Then suddenly recollecting the increasing plumpness of his own person, he drew in his out-stretched legs, and determined, from that instant, to walk fifteen miles a day. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Here goes one down the grass With a pretty look of plumpness: She is a little girl going to school With her hands in the pockets of her pinafore. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Bess would have been equally willing to contribute some of her belongings, but her “plumpness” forbade. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Had the chief, in the excess of his plumpness, burst open, like ripe fruit, requiring to be sewed up? The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The appetite is, throughout the disease, voracious, and though all the bad symptoms may be present, still the animal keeps up an appearance of plumpness. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Nearly always you will find that such people are spare eaters; and you will find that our ideal of rosy plumpness, both for adults and children, is a wholly false notion. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z In those fruits which blossom on wood shoots of the previous year's growth, as the peach and apricot, the blossom buds should be avoided; they are easily recognized by their greater size and plumpness. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z All that is necessary is to have the things made tight enough—the plumpness does the rest. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z As compared, too, with those earlier times, the increased plumpness of our yearly volume tells of the greater amount of matter that is now every year contributed. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z The color had all dropped out of her face, and she had not recovered the plumpness she had lost during her illness. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z She looked twenty-three or more, was inclined to plumpness, and her shrewd deep dark eyes gleamed out of a warm gipsy complexion. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z "It would take an X-ray to discover them through all that plumpness," put in Dee flippantly. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Save me from wrinkles, and foster mi plumpness. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Without that hardness and solidity which are essentially masculine, there still comes a firmness and plumpness of muscle to which the unused arm or back was a stranger. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z Her body seemed never to have outgrown its adolescence, yet its slightness was quite without any angularity or awkwardness, it achieved roundness without plumpness, a stroke of physical genius. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Besides, traces of paint still remained to incarnadine lip and cheek and there was a hint of hardness in the youthful plumpness of the features. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Nevertheless, she had grown somewhat fat under their influence, and a wrinkle here and there in the fair skin was contradicted by the plumpness of her figure. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z A little artistic shading under his eyes and on his cheeks will make his plumpness disappear. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Is there any work which will increase the weight of each, and bring desirable roundness and plumpness of trunk and limb? How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z I am able to see just how each one will change, how this pretty plumpness will get fat, how this delicate slimness will get bony. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The 'fat stigma' is going global: Parts of the world that once viewed plumpness favorably now hold negative attitudes toward extra pounds, new research suggests. Health Buzz: Fat Stigma Spreading Across World 2011-03-31T15:36:00Z One of them, near Jacob, lured by the tempting plumpness, put out a long, red tongue, and gave a furtive lick to his fat white leg. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z His form presented a plumpness, a finish, an elegance, approaching, in my opinion, the Apollo Belvidere at Rome—a copy of which my uncle the sculptor possesses. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Nearby was his busy wife, Lucy, short and active and with possibilities of plumpness to compensate her for the ravages of time. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z In this latest case I see excessive plumpness and chatter in ten years. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z This singular practice, instead of producing indigestion and disease, soon covers the young lady with that degree of plumpness, which in the eye of a Moor, is perfection itself.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The world's as full of curves as I am; plumpness to the verge of redundancy is supposed to be popular among men; a well-filled stocking behind the footlights sets the gaby agape. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Of a man so comfortably portly, of a plumpness so suggestive of a certain counterpart in the animal creation, perhaps that could hardly have been expected. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z But the lean, yellow face, and the stringy throat were in horrible contrast with the plumpness and sleekness of this monstrous growth. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z The complexion is pale; and it is only their plumpness, which comes to their rescue after thirty, and prevents them from looking faded. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z If plumpness be too predominant; because, it then destroys the distinctness of parts, and constitutes an excess productive of inconvenience. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He wore the same loose, many-folded gown, reaching just to his knees, and carried a bow, arrows, and a long blowpipe, but he was wanting in his friends’ plumpness and breadth of shoulder. Real Gold A Story of Adventure The emaciation of his jaundiced features was a mockery of their former plumpness. Into the Primitive Already our chef was at his work, affording, in his own person, with all its good-natured plumpness, a hint of the good things he could evolve from the interesting scene of his labors. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 He was tall, lean, and wizened, in spite of the false plumpness of his thick white furs. Underground Man This plumpness, though juvenile lightness and freshness be wanting, sustains the forms, and sometimes confers a majestic air, which, in women otherwise favorably organized, still interests for a number of years. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He was somewhat bald, somewhat grey, somewhat fat, and had lost that look of rosy plumpness which is seldom, I fear, compatible with hard work and late hours. Ayala's Angel But before she could get off, Winthrope sauntered up, hiding his yawns behind a hand which had regained most of its normal plumpness. Into the Primitive Yet for all her plumpness she looked worn, and her slanting eyes, never so bright as Jenny's, were ringed with purple cavities. Carnival She was full-bodied and soft, but well-shaped in spite of a trace of plumpness. The Ties That Bind From this it follows, that woman never enjoys existence better, than when a moderate plumpness bestows on her organs, without too much weakening them, all the suppleness of which they are capable. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z They have neither the plumpness nor the juiciness, and still less have they that fresh odor of the sea that gives such zest to appetite. That Boy Of Norcott's It struck me as being the same type of face, 96 the same animation of features, the same brightness of the eyes, the same self-assurance, the same attractive plumpness in women over thirty. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things The boy sighed deeply and casting an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly handed it to his master. Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read The Empress Maria was a very handsome woman; her plumpness kept her fresh. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun If that excessive plumpness be broken, as it were, into masses; because, it constitutes coarseness of the vital system. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Sylvia had changed greatly—being slightly "peaked" in the face compared to her former plumpness; it was due to motherhood, he thought. The "Genius" Others were indolently leaning on the shoulders of small slave boys with white backs, and with hair hanging in heavy curls, resembling girls in the plumpness of their forms. Sónnica He was youthful in appearance, as were all Earthmen, but a soft plumpness and a receding hairline made him look slightly older than average. Star Performer She was a woman of an adorable plumpness, with the remains of a beauty which must have been pink and golden once. The Return of the Prodigal If former plumpness have left the previously-filled cellular tissue and expanded integuments enfeebled; because, that constitutes flaccidity. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z And then, our bony frame-work, too, So stiff and hard and homely, Will serve when plumpness all is gone, And lost is all that's comely. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children In early September the sap begins to recede from these ripe cones, the scales lose their green plumpness and begin to dry and curl back toward the base of the cone. Old Plymouth Trails And yet Frau Kauerhof was a pretty creature enough; not exactly slim, but rather of a blonde plumpness, and this was somewhat noticeable in her loose shirt. Jena or Sedan? She was certainly not a typical beauty: she was wanting in gracefulness of figure, plumpness of form, and brightness of complexion. The Grandee Hence, to possess a fine, soft, white, and fresh skin, it is also indispensable to possess plumpness. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z All their pink plumpness was softened into a blur of tearful weakness. Coquette His increasing plumpness was perceptible from day to day, and it proved a constant source of mirth to his companion. The Pines of Lory They are remarkable for the firm, healthy plumpness of their muscles, and the transparency of their skins. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery A majestic plumpness flourished all around me—the plumpness of triple chins and deeply dimpled hands. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Nothing can completely compensate, in woman, for the absolute want of plumpness. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Sometimes Sally would glower across at May, bitterly hating her and riddling her plumpness and folly with the keen eye of malice. Coquette In true Mexican fashion the look of youth had left her betimes, and her swarthy plumpness had early hardened and settled to a look of maturity to which future years could add little. A Prairie Infanta Henry had lost some of his boyish plumpness, and he had that night a short, dry cough. A Great Man A Frolic He seemed to be not over twenty-one or two, was tall, a little too much inclined to plumpness, but with an open and ingenuous countenance, lighted by a pair of honest blue eyes. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue The women of Rome, we are told, present beauty of the shoulders in the highest degree, when they arrive at that period of life in which plumpness succeeds to juvenile elasticity. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z People blessed with healthy plumpness are indolent as well as good-natured, and it is a laborious piece of business for such folks to get in a passion. An Old Sailor's Yarns She is pretty, and would be plump if the art of the corseti�re had not abolished plumpness. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war This is the best way to give plumpness to the fruit, as well as colour and flavour. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families His hands were also very small, and had the plumpness of a woman's rather than the robustness of a man's. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 Over all these parts, the predominance of the cellular tissue, and the soft and moderate plumpness which is connected with it, are a remarkable characteristic of the vital system in woman. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z For all his plumpness Tuck was no mean opponent at the game. Robin Hood Most vegetables being more or less succulent, their full proportion of fluids is necessary for their retaining that state of crispness and plumpness which they have when growing. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual She was a placid lady of sixty, whose hair, once golden, had turned a flossy white, and whose apple cheeks, though still retaining their plumpness, had grown waxen and were criss-crossed by innumerable tiny lines. The Belovéd Vagabond They looked good, with their shiny, succulent plumpness standing up like little wrinkled islands in the small sea of brown juice. The Ranch at the Wolverine Indeed, Valetta seemed to be clothed in blossoms, and in the case of the orange-trees the ripe fruit was also to be seen in rich yellow plumpness. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months He would lose his plumpness and roundness, no doubt, and lose them very rapidly. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Shirley was inclined to plumpness and had to choose her food more carefully than the others. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Never was corpulent abdomen of greater use: thanks to this plumpness of the belly the larva is protected from asphyxia. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Against his bosom were pressed hidden curves of firm elastic plumpness, the existence of which he had not suspected. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan He loves plumpness, and her "Sinai Manna" is at hand to secure embonpoint. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) The loose, easy-fitting clothes gave no hint of redundant plumpness; no soiled shovel-hat cast a shadow over the smiling face, and a glittering shirt front banished all thought of gutta-percha. The Associate Hermits Second: The sanguine is known by a stout, well-defined form, a full face, florid complexion, moderate plumpness, firm flesh, chestnut or sandy hair, and blue eyes. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources She had lost the plumpness of her cheeks, she had lost the fresh colour of her youth, she had lost much of her prettiness. Linda Tressel Time was when he was lean of girth—as becomes an accountant, who is hinged dyspeptically all day across his desk—but by this agreeable stowage he has now grown to plumpness. Chimney-Pot Papers Jimmy, who, on account of his plumpness, was not as good a hiker as the other boys, was for turning back, but the other three wanted to go on. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery It can usually be distinguished from leaf buds by its larger size and plumpness. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The moderate plumpness already described should bestow on the organs of woman great suppleness. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources But their fair plumpness offered no temptation to two such hot young heads. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Mrs. Himes was of moderate height, pleasant countenance, and a figure inclined to plumpness. A Chosen Few Short Stories He might have been a handsome child, but hardship and poor feeding had taken away his infantile plumpness, and he looked old and haggard, even beneath the grime on his face. The Uncalled A Novel By retaining the stem uncut the mushroom holds its freshness and plumpness much longer than it would were the stems removed. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Over all these parts the cellular tissue, and the plumpness connected with it, should obliterate all distinct projection of muscles. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources It became her plumpness very lovingly, and, indeed, she looked very well with a scarlet cap set atop of her twisted-up tresses and her eyes all fire with excitement. The God of Love Her face had a rounded plumpness, and her cheeks were pink. Country Neighbors Therefore the chef did his best, encouraged by a group of hysterical maids who had suddenly become keenly alive to their own plumpness and possible desirability for ragoûts. Lorraine A romance Keep them in a cool, dark place, and in an earthenware vessel with a cover or a thick, damp cloth thrown over it; this will preserve their plumpness. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure An excess of plumpness, however, is to be guarded against. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Joan, for all her plumpness and infantile softness, had a certain deliberate dignity when she was put upon her mettle. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories It had been only the other day that her slimness was altogether to her liking; but at present she was in love with plumpness as typified in Mrs. Lafirme. At Fault Good health, with too much plumpness, is preferable to beautiful proportions and the listlessness and pain of ill health. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Facing daily Aunt Maude's plumpness, she had sacrificed ease and appetite on the altar of grace and beauty. Mistress Anne “In no case should plumpness be so predominant as to destroy the distinctness of parts.” The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Her plumpness had also returned, and her glance had all the brightness and gayety that had formerly distinguished it. Monte-Cristo's Daughter She seems twenty-seven, and thenceforwards her plumpness disappears generally, but remains in her face, and the cheeks and chin of the baby are still with her. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 It is the beauty of an infant compared with that of a youth, and, as in the case of the infant, plumpness is a part of the charm. The Booklover and His Books It makes a poor test score, partly because of its pointed shape, partly because of the plumpness and tenderness of the kernel. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 "I cannot swear to that," Captain Ripon said, examining the portions of fowl, "though the plumpness of the breasts, and the size, show that they are not ordinary fowls." For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes A certain firm and youthful plumpness, which suited her remarkably well, gave her the appearance of a girl of eighteen. French and Oriental Love in a Harem If left inactive, they grow thin and weak, instead of giving the plumpness to the figure, designed by Nature. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School The volumes of this dainty series, while larger in all but thickness than the "Elzevirs," yet make their appeal by much the same qualities, compactness and portability, with a suggestion of the Elzevirian plumpness. The Booklover and His Books And how nasally obviously numerous in the procession was the proportion of Jews, and the Jewesses whose plumpness seemed the retribution inflicted by prosperity. Impressions of a War Correspondent It was from the common and admired shape of his countrywomen that Reubens, in his pictures, delights in a vulgar and almost odious plumpness. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Remonstrances followed and the "tenths" were made up to the same condition of plumpness as the rest, and the curate received the commendation of his superior for so well looking after his affairs! Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King “Safe!” said the captain; “more than safe, unless some of ’em, being a bit cannibal like, should be tempted by the pleasant plumpness of Mr Jack Penny here, and want to cook and eat him.” Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea Then the plumpness of the kernel depends on the amount of moisture after the shell is formed. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 Lady Eleanor is of middle height, and somewhat beyond the embonpoint as to plumpness; her face round and fair, with the glow of luxuriant health. The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales" The grains should then be counted and their plumpness and size observed. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition He hurled the greeny, spiny oval against the window ledge where it burst with the peculiar "plop," which only a wild cucumber of a certain stage of juicy plumpness can make. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Oh! why was he so unlucky as to be born to plumpness? The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol There was a day bed—a narrow and spindling affair for a woman of her height and comfortable plumpness. Gigolo There were five men employed at the ranch in looking after the immense herd of cattle grazing over the surrounding country and acquiring the plumpness and physical condition which fitted them for the Eastern market. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) These horses are gentle from their extreme plumpness; very swift, for all their bigness, pleasant to look upon, yet more pleasant to ride. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Death takes no time to feel for wrinkles and furrows, and nuther does plumpness stand in the way. Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White He is a loving little fellow, not particularly pretty, except in his infantine plumpness, yet the face is full of innocent sweetness. Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation Last year 20 points were awarded for cracking quality and 5 points for plumpness of kernel. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 She does not want to be muscular and flat-chested, nor, on the other hand, to be over-stout, but she prays for the flowing lines and the plumpness that belong to youth. The Last Harvest One can imagine Gibbon, the picture of plumpness and content, doing the honours of his modest household. Gibbon The structural feature upon which this new variety is made is the unvarying plumpness of the body, making it almost spherical, except for a slight flattening dorso-ventrally. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 The Judge, with a vision of Mollie Flippin's middle-aged plumpness upon him, exclaimed: "You don't mean that your mother is going to—drive a car?" The Trumpeter Swan His army was reduced indeed, but sound, supple, nervous,—like those manly bodies, which, having just lost the plumpness of youth, display forms more masculine and strongly marked. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Nevertheless, she did not regain her plumpness, albeit the said cook, who was all grease and fat, should as it seems to me have made her stout again. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) Her face and figure had lost their plumpness and with it their childish curves—but a something exalted and ethereal had taken their place. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe She was only nine years old, inclined to plumpness and good humour, deprecated violence and had never been to sea. The Queen of the Pirate Isle Besides, her plumpness would prevent her from ever being quite as agile as Julia. A Little Florida Lady However, it never was without a resource for recruiting it to its old plumpness. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) They give plumpness and roundness to the thin; they make hips, shoulders—everything, in fact. Parisian Points of View There is a vast difference between the plumpness of good muscular development and the flabby, heavy overloading of these muscles with rolls of fat. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes One of the most evident alterations is a general diminution in the fluid of the tissues, to which is chiefly due the lack of plumpness, the wrinkles of age. Disease and Its Causes I remember a girl,—how pretty she was, with the crimson flooding the old ivory of her cheeks and her gracious plumpness! Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil The remarkable tightness and plumpness of limbs and person exhibited by Foreign Affairs cannot have escaped observation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 There was, unquestionably, a plumpness, a freshness, and a sort of vitality about the countenance that was remarkable. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood He was a burly man of fair complexion, inclined to plumpness, and with a large mobile mouth eloquent and sensual. The Altar Steps Lil wore the fewest possible undergarments, according to the fashion of the day, and she worried, good-naturedly, about additional plumpness that was the result of leisure and of rich food. Half Portions And now let us drop these serious comments, and return to the more humorous side of our theory—the plumpness of the prince, overlooked as a mere accident, by critics and actors. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A faint pink had spread itself in her cheeks and a plumpness had been imparted to her form which gave to her ethereal beauty a touch of the material. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall She was a godsend by reason of her plumpness, for we were now wedged so tight that we no longer rocked and pitched about the wagon at each jolt. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Weary thumped his own battered pillow into some semblance of plumpness and gazed with suspicion at the thick fringe of curled lashes lying softly upon Pink's cheeks. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories I speak feelingly because I’m gravitating towards plumpness myself. When William Came All these florid plumpnesses and the upward curves were held in tight, like Canon Thesiger's mouth. The Belfry "The Beaver" was only one of the many names he had for her; it was suggested irresistibly by her plumpness, her singularly practical intelligence, and her secretive ways. The Divine Fire Armlets of nautilus shell threw up the dainty plumpness of her soft, round forearm. The Great Taboo A girdle of red was his Equinoctial Line, giving a compactness to his plumpness. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Six months later she was scarcely recognizable; beauty, freshness and plumpness had taken the place of emaciation; while the symptoms of consumption and all other troubles had entirely disappeared. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society She was fair and blue-eyed and still delicately florid; she had perfect little features, with mutinous upward curves in the plumpness. The Belfry The first thing that made its appearance was an enormous ham of a color and plumpness that would have inspired the pencil of Teniers. Tales of a Traveller I am sure we eat too much, and Gisela has a tendency to plumpness. The White Morning She wrote that she had regained all her old colour, "spring," vivacity, and plumpness, and felt quite ten years younger. The Conqueror The appearance of the barley was completely changed: the hard flinty look had vanished, and the grain presented a new plumpness and mellowness. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor He had expected to come upon a huddle of blond plumpness, an inanimate mass of forceless flesh robbed of its bovine suavity by inactivity. Broken to the Plow Her figure had all the beauty of great plumpness and youthfulness. Five Nights She had hastily cast about her plumpness the transformed Chinese gown, which had the curious appearance of a survival from some former incarnation. Mr. Prohack When he saw the quantity of bass, and noted the plumpness of the fish, the proprietor was more interested. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip In height medium, girlish, but with a figure maturely modelled, charmingly full and rounded, yet by very perfection of proportion escaping suggestion of "plumpness." Friday, the Thirteenth Her form had the height of the usual American girl, and the round plumpness of the usual Spanish girl. Overland Milk is very nutritious, it produces a full habit of body, and promotes plumpness, restores vigour and freshness, besides possessing the property of calming the passions, and equalising the temper. The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette "It must have been my plumpness and innocence which suggested that idea," responded the other, smiling. Bred in the Bone The fourth consideration is a certain plumpness, in other words, a superabundance of the vegetative function, plasticity…. Essays of Schopenhauer In feminine plumpness, when young, there is usually something left of the schoolgirl giggler. Ailsa Paige They were plump and had red cheeks, if he had cared for plumpness and red cheeks; but they had no conversation. The Three Sisters Ten minutes later she emerged in the limp and clinging little frock that toned down her colour and made her plumpness seem but rounded charm. Cheerful—By Request The lady's seeming plumpness was owing to a dropsical disorder, and to the round posture she lay in—very likely, truly. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 They appeared poor, and their houses were destitute of furniture; but it was evident, from the plumpness of the little children, that cocoa-nuts and turtle afford no bad sustenance. The Voyage of the Beagle She waved a hand conspicuous for its white plumpness and its fingers tapering beautifully to little, pink nails immaculately kept. Good Indian He had not guessed she was thus acutely sensitive concerning her plumpness. Within the Law Her pleasant silken skin did not match the plumpness below. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel She has now a typewriting bureau in Riffle's Inn, and she runs it with a brisk vigour and considerable success, albeit a certain plumpness has overtaken her. Tono Bungay The boy sighed deeply, and, bestowing an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly consigned it to his master. The Pickwick Papers There were the familiar nondescript features, the blandness, the plumpness, but all, so to speak, in ruins. Mr. Standfast Dannie staring at Mary noted closer the fresh, cleared skin, the glossy hair, the delicately colored cheeks, and the plumpness of the bare arms. At the Foot of the Rainbow But the lean, yellow face and the stringy throat were in horrible contrast with the plumpness and sleekness of this monstrous growth. Round the Red Lamp His plumpness and his red, fat cheeks made his mourning not a little incongruous. Moon and Sixpence Marian had been like a sack of meal, a dead weight of plumpness under which he has literally staggered. Tess of the d'Urbervilles When they are purchased either raw or cooked, they should be heavy for their size; that is, they should be heavy because of their plumpness and good condition. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish Those who came across Sanin in later years, when life had knocked him about a good deal, and the sleekness and plumpness of youth had long vanished, saw in him a totally different man. The Torrents of Spring She had nut-brown hair and a beautiful neck, and she was inclined to plumpness. Till the Clock Stops She turned to him now with her voice full of husk, and even in the dark her face bleached and shrunken from its plumpness. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It The most common type was that of mild obesity which men call "plumpness," a quality so prized since the world began that the women of all races by natural selection become relatively fatter than men. City of Endless Night She was inclined to be fat; not locally, in the manner of a pincushion, but with the generally diffused plumpness described in shops as stock size. Love at Second Sight She was short rather than small, and hovered audaciously between plumpness and width. The Beautiful and Damned Her prettiness, indeed, was chiefly in slender plumpness and bloom. Southern Lights and Shadows Noël, conspicuously prosperous in blue and silver, had but now gone down the Rue Saint Jacques, singing, clinking the fat purse whose plumpness was still a novelty. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Since then his slenderness has developed into plumpness and his hope into certitude. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt This singular practice, instead of producing indigestion and disease, soon covers the young lady with that degree of plumpness, which, in the eye of a Moor, is perfection itself. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Janet and Alice had rejoiced in the lack of fats and sweets, both having a tendency to plumpness had achieved without effort the most fashionable slenderness that anxious woman could wish. The Sisters-In-Law The unvarying black of dress and bonnet, with touches of white at neck and wrist, was refined, and made her rosy plumpness look sweeter. Southern Lights and Shadows Was it the caprice of a moment,—when you, before you had lost your pristine plumpness, marched singing into her bedroom to bid her good-morning? The King in Yellow I took note of the oddly feminine shape of his knees, and the unusual plumpness of his thighs; there was something unnatural about this plumpness, as though it did not belong to his sex. Look Back on Happiness When a young woman, born to plumpness, is reduced by misery to skin and bone, a short term of succulent nourishment and absence of worry, will suffice to restore her to a natural condition. The Mountebank He was of Cope's own height, but slightly heavier, with a possible tendency to plumpness. Bertram Cope's Year "Yes, Maria, I be," returned her father, with uncommon plumpness, as if here now were something he had made up his mind to stand to. The Lady of the Aroostook In her apparent thinness from time to time was revealed a surprising plumpness. A Mummer's Wife It was all due to her exceeding—plumpness—to use a "nice" word. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar To the last look the plumpness appeared unhealthy, suggesting a doughy indentation to the finger, and its colour also was pasty. Malcolm This brought into play a row of electric bulbs near the top edge of the frame and into full prominence the dark plumpness of the subject. Bertram Cope's Year It is more rotund than thick or heavy; it is not so much size as roundness; it is not mere plumpness, but form. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies She possessed that modest and appetizing plumpness, somewhat rare among mature virgins, the sign of a quiet conscience, a good digestion and feelings satisfied. The Grip of Desire All the plumpness which she had taken on in the happy days was gone. From a Bench in Our Square It is admirably suited, he maintains, to the average Frenchwoman, who is more inclined to a reasonable plumpness than her English sister. With Zola in England She had grown tall to match the plumpness of her figure, which had not decreased. Peter's Mother She looked the picture of good-nature, and her plumpness suggested a fondness for sweets that subsequent acquaintance with her fully sustained. Betty Gordon in Washington The monk could not refrain from admiring the freshness and plumpness of this woman. The Grip of Desire She was less plain than the others, and had not outgrown her plumpness. Esther : a book for girls He had been rather distressed about his increasing plumpness for a year past, and about his increasing age for longer than that. Queen Lucia One afternoon six months after his death she was sitting on the porch, in a black dress which took away the faintest suggestion of plumpness from her figure. Tales of the Jazz Age The Yogis have discovered the reason of the wondrous capacity of the chameleon to assume the appearance of plumpness or of leanness. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan She said, in fact, that he was so ugly that she was ashamed of him, though his size and plumpness, she added, atoned for the want of beauty. History of King Charles the Second of England Robin came close to her and ground her little fist into her knee, until its plumpness felt almost bruised. The Head of the House of Coombe He still has the fairness, the plumpness, the pleasant blue eyes. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood In two months more the omnibus was setting her down again, much nearer plumpness, with a brighter face and stronger spirits. The Pillars of the House, V1 Very handsome she was, full-fleshed without a trace of plumpness, fun breasted without a hint of overabundance. The Unwilling Vestal His limbs, only a year before, had been rounded even to plumpness. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story She only gave him her hand—how thin and white it was compared with the first time he had seen her and had noted its soft plumpness! Bricks Without Straw The size and plumpness of her feather beds, the Frau Inspector tells me, is a woman's chief claim to consideration from the neighbours. The Solitary Summer His thin little figure was fast taking on plumpness; he was brown, bright-eyed. Many Kingdoms Tasmania and Southern New Zealand give notably the ruddy plumpness of the English face. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria "The fat one" was Felix, who was very sensitive about his plumpness. The Story Girl Her plumpness filled out the coat very comfortably, and her arm in a sling made the disguise almost perfect. Miss Lou You will soon learn to recognize the condition also from the plumpness of the wood which carries the fruit buds. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered She was a young woman, still very comely, though of a matronly plumpness. The Prodigal Judge There was no longer any plumpness in his cheeks, and his face was very white. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will The strings of little dimples that her plumpness had brought in its wake played about her mouth. Angel Island What injures the dignity and beauty of the face is the plumpness of the chin that testifies to the burgher prosperity, the comfortable life, the unexercised brain of the later days. The Upton Letters A warm human plumpness settled down on his brain. Ulysses Whether sign of fear or sign of bliss, this is the only exercise that the gluttons allow themselves until the proper degree of plumpness is attained. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Upon conversation with her, however, one sees that her face has lost much of the delicate plumpness which it probably owned in youth. For the Term of His Natural Life The night the lean old valise took on plumpness, Aunt Olivia went often into Mary's little room. Rebecca Mary Nevertheless, Braddock's plumpness did away to a considerable extent with his aggressive look. The Green Mummy She was only nine years old, inclined to plumpness and good humor, deprecated violence, and had never been to sea. The Queen of the Pirate Isle Lady Enid's pleasant plumpness began rapidly to disappear. The Prophet of Berkeley Square Nothing remained of the man I once knew but the comfortable plumpness of his figure, and the confidential courtesy and smoothness of his manner and his voice. Armadale She retains her usual colour and plumpness, which is a sign that the maternal exertions have not been too much for her. The Life of the Spider Reduced to the plain expression of what it is really worth, the average English idea of beauty in women may be summed up in three words—youth, health, plumpness. Man and Wife Her plumpness did not detract from the grace of her figure nor from the rounded outlines which made her shape beautiful though well developed. The Lily of the Valley Beneath her plumpness could be seen the exquisite delicacy of such women, which comes from the vigor of their nervous systems controlling and vitalizing the development of flesh. Modeste Mignon The comely plumpness of her face was matched by the comely plumpness of her figure; it glided smoothly over the ground; it flowed in sedate undulations when she walked. No Name Though forty-five springs had bloomed for Lupin, he was still fresh and rosy, thanks to the plumpness which fills out the skin of sedentary persons; and he still sang ballads. Sons of the Soil In such cases it is necessary to restore the original plumpness of the tubercle by boiling, before the presence or absence of the groove can be definitely determined. North American Species of Cactus Charlotte who is just sixteen is shorter than her Sister, and though her figure cannot boast the easy dignity of Julia's, yet it has a pleasing plumpness which is in a different way as estimable. Love and Freindship [sic] Foster extracted a bank note from his bill-folder, which Bud observed had a prosperous plumpness, and held it out to Bud. Cabin Fever Her eyes were lustrous, her soft chin of an agreeable plumpness, and her cheeks an even rose. Babbitt The idea of plumpness had a new significance here—a horrible significance. The Chessmen of Mars He was distressed by the sight of his wife's slack plumpness, by her puffs and billows of flesh, by the tattered petticoat which she was always meaning and always forgetting to throw away. Babbitt |
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