| 单词 | preciousness |
| 例句 | She clenched her teeth at its preciousness, lovely as a young calf, a piglet, a little dog. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was sensible: She knew the preciousness of what little she called her own. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The preciousness of the moment, which should make it easier to talk, makes it harder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z These last open a window onto “Nanette’s” fundamental theme: the preciousness of mental well-being; the importance of caring for one another. Perspective | How Hannah Gadsby’s evisceration of Picasso helped her change stand-up comedy 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z I just wish it weren’t written with a level of preciousness that made me want to scream my literary safe word. I’ll Have What She’s Having: Books for Better Sex and Better Relationships 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z I think there's been a preciousness assigned to southern baking that's not real. Cookies can be chewy and crispy at the same time. James Beard winner Kelly Fields shares the secret 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z “The pioneering has been done, the preciousness is gone,” he said. It’s Not Just You — Blank Street Coffee Is Suddenly Inescapable 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z In that fleeting moment, Orwell marks the preciousness of human life and the heartlessness of power. Rory MacLean's top 10 books on Burma 2013-05-08T14:43:33Z Still, as he held back, a kind of preciousness crept into his playing. Music Review: Vienna Players Shine at Carnegie Hall 2010-09-30T06:26:00Z No contrast greater to Bennett’s preciousness can be imagined, though both undercut the notion of ceramics as merely a utilitarian craft. Feat of clay 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Dodging the twin minefields of preciousness and an exploitative 9/11 premise, Horn races away with the movie and makes it believably, genuinely sad. Brace Yourselves for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2011-12-21T15:15:09Z Just as in Europe faux marbling provided a cheaper alternative to stone, the painter here substituted pigments for brocade—eloquent testimony to the preciousness of textiles. ‘Dramatic Threads: Textiles of Asia’ Review: The Very Fabric of Asian Societies 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z From the get-go, I attempted to approach my pregnancy with sensibility and not preciousness. Nobody puts baby in a cooler! Learning to parent with first-world problems 2014-03-09T00:00:00Z The incursion of electronics and a sense of song balances out the preciousness of Birgisson's falsetto splendidly. Go by J?nsi | CD review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z The two often court preciousness in their installationlike works, as their powdered, contorted bodies hinge and ooze about each other. Dance Review: 'Retrospective Project I': 4 Decades of Eiko & Koma 2010-05-28T22:51:00Z We are in the middle of an epidemic of preciousness, and there are no signs that it is abating. Perspective | His grandson’s name was at stake. Would the Nats throw Gene Weingarten a curve? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The refreshing part of being one on one, Brooks said, is that it takes the preciousness away from performance. Private Dances: Lotto Royale Offers a ‘Door to an Experience’ 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Material preciousness became an end in itself, turning Qurans into prestige objects and political currency, valued as diplomatic gifts, as war booty and as pious, grace-earning donations to mosques and mausoleums. ‘The Art of the Qur’an,’ a Rare Peek at Islam’s Holy Text 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z She isn’t a freak or an idiot, and her rough-hewed valor steadies a series that could otherwise veer into coy preciousness. Television Review: ‘Fargo,’ a TV Series Riffing on the Film, Begins on FX 2014-04-14T21:28:35Z If the museum’s strategy was to bring past, present and an encompassing concept of preciousness together, it worked. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z And the titles, despite their preciousness, develop this even further. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Indie may now be a watery term, but much of its sensibility was bound up in the concept of preciousness. Sufjan Stevens fans have the right idea: music needs to be precious again 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z But, more often, the impression is less of preciousness than of an intelligence jealous of all its resources for precision. Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and the Power of Literary Form 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The flip side of time’s preciousness is its emptiness. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z This aesthetic of robust preciousness is so much a part of our lives now that we take much of it for granted. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z If Abstract Expressionism is about the preciousness of the painter’s touch, Mr. Hammons’s arrangements of raddled plastics and frayed blankets are about the touch of ordinary bodies laboring, sweating, sleeping, trying to stay warm. Last Chance: The Upper East Side Goes Grungy 2011-03-01T21:43:48Z Mr. Téchiné’s style is perilous — he risks both preciousness and narrative incoherence with every movie — and it took him a while to master it. André Téchiné, Director of ‘Unforgivable’ 2012-06-24T01:23:01Z “I love the underlying technique of ballet, but I hate the kind of constipation and preciousness of it.” Twyla Tharp’s Troupe Prepares for a Milestone Tour 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The Truck Guy, on the other hand, is a no-nonsense carnivore and pokes fun at the preciousness around him at every opportunity. ‘Better Living Through Plastic Explosives’: a gleefully twisted take on Vancouver, B.C. 2013-01-25T00:50:30Z And in the opening scenes, I worried that a perverse preciousness might dominate. Review: In ‘Inanimate,’ a Forbidden Love Dares to Speak Its Name 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Simplicity, modesty and obviousness appear to be his bywords, all the better to disturb the assumptions of preciousness, skill and aloofness basic to art. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Their performances have no hint of condescension or preciousness. Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z But Cerrudo is clearly trying to say something about time and “the now” — how it can contract and stretch, how live dance can make us feel the evanescent preciousness of the present. Review: A Choreographer Stakes an Independent Claim 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Working in Beijing, the team forces us to think about the term “china” while blurring the boundaries between tradition and newness, craft and industry, preciousness and functionality. ‘Clay? V’ at Kirkland Arts Center has all kinds of answers 2014-04-17T20:28:59Z Because it’s disposable, there’s not a preciousness to origami. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Instead, the fair offered numerous treatments of flora and fauna, many of which imbued these natural phenomena with a loving sense of preciousness. | Precious Nature at Design Miami 2013-12-09T20:15:34Z Love and apparitions suffuse the both words and music; the songs earn their preciousness. Playlistjon Pareles: A Symphony on a Chip Packed in a Jewel Box, And Visions of Love 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z This comes at a time when and a place where the scarcity and preciousness of H20 has become a part of the public's conscience all across a dry and thirsty Western U.S. Casino magnate Wynn envisions water paradise in dry Nevada 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z At that point, I was embarrassed about the preciousness of it. ‘While You Were Sleeping’ turns 25: An oral history of the Sandra Bullock rom-com favorite 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The preciousness, even fragility, of absolute sameness came clear to me in a piece by Roni Horn. Seeing Double? So Do Great Artists. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Savoring the preciousness of life or love only happens once the dust has settled and usually a few minutes before the end credits. Bad romance: The problem with "Thor" is that the MCU is better at thunder than love 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z And Burton has imbued her collection with a sense of its preciousness. Perspective | Fashion commits many sins. It’s trying to redeem itself. 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The final movement, “Feria,” exploded splendidly, with no preciousness in the central section. Filling the Hollywood Bowl with the 'Musique de France' 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “I became even less interested in this kind of preciousness,” she said. | Diamond in the Rough 2013-05-08T17:01:53Z The term “precious perle,” after all, doesn’t really say much about pearls; the pearl is just an object the poet finds on the way to describing preciousness. The Strange Power of a Medieval Poem About the Death of a Child 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Each is short, smart, meditative and inward-looking, while tipping over only rarely into preciousness and narcissism. Review: Sarah Manguso Offers Crumbs Relating to Her Diary 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “Why not remove the preciousness of the individual wrapping,” Mr. Morrison asked, “and sell it like the consumable product it is?” Trends in Design and Architecture 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Russo-Young never addressed her own family directly, but certain themes — the preciousness and precariousness of life, the power and fragility of love — shine through those movies like golden thread. In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z With his quote-marked approach to references, he chose to emphasize accessibility over preciousness. Virgil Abloh, Ambassador and Infiltrator 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z I’ve taken that theme of the preciousness of time, which in its mundane sense is measuring someone overdue in their car park spot, and the value of that. ‘Sgt. Pepper at 50’ Artists on How the Beatles’ Album Inspired Them 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z “The Delinquents” makes a game out of seeing how much doubling and wordplay it can get away with without being accused of preciousness. ‘The Delinquents’ Review: Money for Nothing 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Any shadow of preciousness is quickly dispelled by the clarity of Krivak’s prose and the precision with which he delineates the girl’s struggles during a bitter winter when she is once again alone. Review | Andrew Krivak’s ‘The Bear’ takes a gentler approach to post-apocalyptic fiction 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z This scarred, tough-minded man shows them how to convey the preciousness of insect life with a wiggle of his fingers. Nearly blind from an acid attack, the Bolshoi Ballet’s director still has an eye for beauty Then, as if to provide a gratuitous refresher course in the preciousness of life, Mr. Prine again learned he had cancer in 2013, this time with a spot on the left lung. John Prine Endures, With a Half-Smile and a Song 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z But "Andor" makes a strong case for abandoning the preciousness we carry for these deep space fairy tales, which Gilroy told The Hollywood Reporter that he instructed his writers, directors, and cast to do. "Andor" disrupts the Star Wars fairy tale 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z It has irritating moments of preciousness and blank spots where it dwindles off into inconsequentiality. Art Review: 2012 Whitney Biennial 2012-03-01T23:59:52Z I wanted to break the preciousness of what I call pedestal culture, which is fame culture, where they put you in a shiny box and you're all saccharine sweet. Juliette Lewis' career reboot in full swing 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z There’s a sacredness, a kind of preciousness to the time. Mark Ruffalo Fights (and Comforts) Himself for ‘I Know This Much Is True’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The instrumentation colors in the pensive songs of singer-guitarist Kyle Morton, avoiding preciousness by touching on Caribbean and South American rhythms, lush harmony vocals and syncopated handclaps. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z But I'm also being called upon to make some ridiculous noises, and I've had to learn to let go of some of my preciousness around singing that you can have if you train in opera. Ladies as gents 2010-05-13T21:15:00Z Maybe this lack of preciousness concerning what Trek is supposed to be is why the second motion picture turned out of to be the best of the original franchise's feature films. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" ventures into the wrath of Khan's legacy through his descendent 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Like many aperitifs, it’s perfect for those like Rattley, who like to drink well as part and parcel of socializing, but can’t bear the preciousness that can creep into cocktails. Attention, day drinkers: Here’s what you should be imbibing 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Its meticulous visuals do frequently tip into preciousness, yet this cuteness is offset by the movie’s refreshingly direct take on depression and despair. ‘H Is for Happiness’ Review: Using Fuss to Fight Off a Funk 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z That’s a way to guard against preciousness and thinking that if I lose this thing, life is over. Talking to Victor LaValle about 'The Changeling' and the horror of parenthood, H.P. Lovecraft and more 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z He works in oil; his surfaces are smooth but not shiny, painted quickly with a distinct lack of preciousness. Art Review: At Hauser & Worth, Ziolkowski?s U.S. Solo Debut 2010-07-05T21:52:00Z The show’s excesses of whimsy and postmodern preciousness that annoyed me in the past scarcely seem to exist in this version. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ at the McCarter Theater in Princeton 2013-05-14T21:08:58Z Here, as with the stone and steel works, preciousness trumps phenomenology. Art Review: A Fine Line: Style or Philosophy? 2011-06-23T22:45:46Z Nor is “Aubergine” wholly free of a preciousness that got under my skin. Review: ‘Aubergine,’ a Stew of Regret and Impending Loss 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z There is practically a bubble of preciousness and awe around this show. Art Review: Ephemeral Events, Annotated 2011-05-06T06:00:07Z Mr. Theroux said Mr. Berg’s gritty shooting style helps take away preciousness that could creep in because of the more supernatural elements. ‘The Leftovers,’ About a Small Town’s Loss, Comes to HBO 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Once or twice a touch of art-movie preciousness, as in the repeated shots of Kristin's wounded features pressed against a window, creeps in. Fräulein Julie – review 2013-05-01T12:58:35Z By the time we get to the eponymous hare with amber eyes, in the final gallery, we can only marvel at the preciousness of its raised paw, tucked ears and ever-alert expression. A Hare and an Inheritance, Once Hidden, at the Jewish Museum 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Carvell Wallace shares an intimate perspective on the preciousness of fandom in the black community, particularly in his hometown, Oakland. What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z But while such preciousness is predictable, it’s not without charm. Bo?te: The Wren, a Gastropub in the East Village 2012-02-08T21:25:43Z How do you avoid preciousness and falseness when grown-ups tell a story from the child's point of view? "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close': hard to watch, but worth it 2012-01-19T20:41:04Z “Any preciousness, any label that you’re fighting for or hoping to preserve – it’s the death of any interesting or worthwhile expression.” James Van Der Beek: 'I lived in fear of teenage girls' 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Can you really hold the preciousness of a life every day, every minute? Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z That gesture gave casual snapshots the preciousness of formal portraits. Radiant and Radical: 20 Years of Defining the Soul of Black Art 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The child actors here are all terrific, straightforward and vigorous and mercifully untouched by preciousness. | 'Matilda': ?Matilda,? by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London 2012-01-31T11:00:00Z Museum director Valerie Steele hopes the steppers will force people to reconsider their assumptions about “the preciousness of dance.” A rhythm travels from black sororities to a Paris runway — and now to Seventh Avenue These men were responding not from a place of intentional hate, but one of terrified preciousness. Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Vanity Fair embrace: To understand the photo’s polarizing responses, start with #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z She has a great humorist’s eye for the comedy we’ve seen but overlooked — such as the strained preciousness of Montessori schools or the self-satisfaction of people who subscribe to meal kits. Review | Laura Zigman’s ‘Separation Anxiety’ tackles middle-aged loneliness with a perfect mix of grief and humor 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Here’s the deal: the celebrity gods, or whoever, have kicked the chair out from under the preciousness of us famous people. John Stamos on Losing Your Virginity with John Stamos 2013-05-07T14:58:10Z What begins as a tentative tenderness between Franny and the almost painfully shy James becomes tiresome in its preciousness. The neo-folk-tinged 'Song One' is tiresome in its preciousness 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z This is not the decadence or the preciousness we might associate with a word like “foodie,” but a form of reverence. ‘Eating to Extinction’ Is a Celebration of Rare Foods and a Warning About the Future 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z They served as a reminder of Washington’s seasonality, and the preciousness of time. Melania Trump’s Rose Garden redo draws criticism, but it’s long overdue 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z He wants to avoid the preciousness of the Brooklyn homesteaders. Phish’s Art Director Calls Four Shipping Containers Home 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Given that jewelry and value are so inextricably linked, the question of preciousness pervades the exhibition. How Jewelry Makes Us Who We Are 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z So’s stories allow the past to well up into the present without force or preciousness. Review | Anthony Veasna So’s ‘Afterparties’ is a bittersweet testament to the late author’s talents 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Their coarseness and utter lack of sentimentality protect the book from preciousness. Books of The Times: ?House of Stone,? a Memoir by Anthony Shadid 2012-02-26T21:56:30Z Dutifully, I returned to the pot and sprinkled in a few grains of salt, treating them with the preciousness I might afford, say, gold leaf. The Single Most Important Ingredient 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It starts to sound like a species of intellectual and stylistic kitsch, a preciousness that is the preserve today mostly of pseudo-spiritual treatises and vacant self-help volumes. The Sharp Force and Disgraceful State of the Modern Aphorism 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The film’s preciousness is balanced, to some degree, by the philosophical resignation of its unseen narrator. Review: ‘Amélie’ Is Easy to Listen To, but Never Really Sings 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The slacker preciousness that plagues much contemporary painting is nowhere to be found. John Mills seems positively giddy 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Keenly aware of the preciousness of family heirlooms, Carroll saved it, and was inspired “to encourage veterans and their families to preserve their wartime correspondences.” Free Seattle performance shares wartime letters 2013-08-12T01:13:57Z Unfilled hours are notably scarce, which lends them a preciousness. How to write a novel this year: 'I'm surprised at how much time I find' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z "Andor" makes a strong case for abandoning the preciousness we carry for these deep space fairytales. "Andor" disrupts the Star Wars fairy tale 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Craft, quality and preciousness are alternately respected and dismissed. Art in Review: ‘Fifteen Years of the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective’ 2012-08-16T20:00:35Z One way of preserving things is to assign them the blanket positive value of preciousness, which can override and obscure realities of history, and make objects with dubious provenance look innocent. America’s Big Museums on the Hot Seat 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z He cites the example of De Beers, which “hoards its diamonds to invent a scarcity that equals preciousness.” Too much of a good thing 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As for content, she characterized all three parts of the triptych as being "about the everyday, about the preciousness of the moment." Seattle choreographer Pat Graney revamps her 'Faith Triptych' at On the Boards 2010-10-13T23:22:00Z Of Eggspoongate, she says simply, “It seems like a willing desire to make something that is not the case the case. To make preciousness where in fact there is just . . . a life.” Tamar Adler and the rise of the quiet cook 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z We return to Wallace sentences now like medieval monks to Scripture, tremblingly aware of their finite preciousness. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Going by what is here, he tended increasingly to sacrifice robust physicality for an elegance bordering on preciousness. Art Review: ?Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970? at N.Y.U. - Review 2012-01-13T16:11:35Z Wind solos felt excessively manicured, to the point of preciousness. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Kauffman, who has directed many works by young playwrights, said Mr. Pierce stood out for his lack of “preciousness.” Kander & Pierce, a New Team in the Musical Theater 2012-05-23T21:58:57Z Her cleverness is cutesy and annoying at times, verging on preciousness, and yet in her innocence she’s the character who comes closest to understanding Miles. Books of The Times: ?There but for the,? by Ali Smith - Review 2011-10-18T20:34:14Z The filmmaker also mostly dodges the potential preciousness that comes with telling a story from a child’s perspective, even if a handful of animated sequences are a bit too cute. ‘1982’ Review: When War Canceled School 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z We just want to remind customers to keep in mind the preciousness of the water resource and the behavioural changes they have made. Devon and Cornwall hosepipe ban officially lifted 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z “And the lack of preciousness is immediately a relief and a freeing thing. However, talking to the audience is a very important dynamic. And if it’s not done right, they’re like, ‘We don’t care. How Tatiana Maslany 'nerds out' over 'She-Hulk' 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The preciousness of every human life is deeply personal to her, something she speaks frankly about in sharing both the joys and struggles of motherhood and family. Heritage Foundation marks 50 years of efforts to save America 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z I’ll admit to thinking, on first viewing, that there was too little to “The Quiet Girl,” that an absence of incident was a sign of willful preciousness. Review: Ireland's 'The Quiet Girl' speaks quiet volumes about kindness 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “The community of Sanibel is very, very protective of the preciousness of the place.” The Spy Who Escaped the Eye of the Storm 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “The preciousness of the object, as beautiful as it is, isn’t the main reason people go there.” Pilchuck at 50: The glass school changing art and artists 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z The humidors are one reflection of the true preciousness of a mere baseball. He’s baseball’s only mud supplier. It’s a job he may soon lose 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The question of the preciousness of life emerges in some of the country’s most intense debates, such as over abortion. The Arrow in America’s Heart 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The pandemic has only heightened my sense of the preciousness of life and the limited time we have on Earth. How L.A.'s writers spent their two-year pandemic 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z A great tenderness infuses this telling, never once veering into preciousness. Review | In Joel Agee’s wondrous ‘The Stone World’ a boy tries to make sense of life 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z What amazed me in the back row of the mezzanine of the Nederlander Theater was how much it was about the preciousness of life. Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda join to make art that sings 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z This is not your usual Victorian venue, heavy with antiques or studied preciousness. Opinion | A California breakfast hack that could catch fire 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Arguing about a book does way more for its legacy than if you try to save its preciousness intact.” For novelist-podcaster Marlon James, it's Dead Writer Summer 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z They learned the beauty of slowing down and the preciousness of family and friends. My COVID-19 teaching year 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z ‘This cancer thing is bringing on feelings of preciousness, and gratitude, and good old fashion love,’ actor Jeff Bridges wrote in an update Thursday. As he fights cancer, Jeff Bridges updates fans on his new puppy — and shaved head 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z In a video from his hospital bed, Mr. Blake urged people to come together, respect the preciousness of life and work for positive change. After Unrest, Kenosha Wrestles With What Comes Next 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z "Now, on the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, I sense afresh the preciousness of life." The day Michiko nearly missed her train 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Pence said he disagreed that "there's a segment of American society that disagrees, in the preciousness and importance of every human life." Pence invokes MLK to refuse to say “Black lives matter”: “All life matters, born and unborn" 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The vice president said he did not accept that “there’s a segment of American society that disagrees, in the preciousness and importance of every human life.” Pence Won’t Say the Words ‘Black Lives Matter’ in an Interview 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “This cancer thing is bringing on feelings of preciousness, & gratitude, & good old fashion love, & lots of it, big time,” Bridges wrote on his website. As he fights cancer, Jeff Bridges updates fans on his new puppy — and shaved head 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z I bring this up to reiterate the central point that these protests are happening clear across "middle America," not just in bastions of liberal preciousness and "political correctness." Protest in a small town: Black Lives Matter comes to rural America — and it matters 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “And I hope this Olympics and Paralympics will deepen understanding of other people in the world and the preciousness of peace - especially among young people.” Japanese emperor, on birthday, expresses coronavirus concern, looks forward to Olympics 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z For Allen, the event prompted a significant shift in how he viewed the world, and the preciousness of living a full life and taking his medical ambitions to even higher levels. American psychiatrist who survived Mumbai terror attack now runs in name of mental health 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z One defining feature of a populist political climate is a feigned preciousness about the motivations of voters. We must learn to talk to leave voters without falling into the Clinton trap | Nesrine Malik 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Some of us emerge with a deepened appreciation for the preciousness of each day, a clearer sense of our real priorities and a renewed commitment to celebrating life. Are you as grateful as you deserve to be? 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z “I hope he will speak about the preciousness of life and clearly denounce what trivializes life,” said Yanagawa. Pope’s Asian agenda: Atomic bombs, martyrs, family reunion 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Although the data they carried with them on the way down weighed nothing, “its preciousness made it so heavy,” said Gautam. Is Mount Everest shrinking? Nepal is on a mission to find out. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But immediately afterward, she talked about the Christianity of her childhood and how at the root of it was “the preciousness of each and every life”. Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric shows the danger of misplaced empathy | Rebecca Solnit 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It truly is about the preciousness of each and every life. Elizabeth Warren's deadpan quip in LGBT debate wins plaudits 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Not a whiff of preciousness is to be sniffed among the Philadelphia painter’s 18 canvases. In Dona Nelson's magically messy paintings, the back is as revelatory as the front 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “It’s probably when I got to be 70 is when I started to think more of the preciousness of health.” Health anxiety tends to rise after age 50. It doesn’t have to take over your life. | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Instead, his imprisonment awakened a new sense of the preciousness of freedom. The Desperate Plight Behind “Darkness at Noon” 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z This latter is partly why I write of it — hoping that in approaching such beauty in words, its precariousness and preciousness might be illuminated. In new book, David Guterson, author of ‘Snow Falling on Cedars,’ pens a plea to appreciate and preserve our wilderness 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z And his fundamental secular cry seems right: since time is all we have, we must measure its preciousness in units of freedom. If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z You focus on the value of life and the preciousness of what you have. Rosamund Pike nabs a Golden Globe nomination — and free coffee in London 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z When, in its destruction, a melon leaves behind a celebratory sound, we appreciate its preciousness. Critic's Notebook: In a constellation of experimental sounds, all music is in Fluxus 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z But she’d already written two novels, and her time as a journalist had instilled in her a helpful work ethic and lack of preciousness: She could write fast, under pressure. Gillian Flynn Peers Into the Dark Side of Femininity 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The preciousness of it has to go away. Phoebe Robinson’s Work Diary: ‘The Sausage Is Getting Made Very Publicly, but It Makes You Fearless’ 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z This etymology suggests that an author’s inventions are as precious as human lives and liberty, and that his preciousness is literal, in the sense of lost property. In Literature, Who Decides When Homage Becomes Theft? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Communal grief is something different: a brief, solemn pause to remind us of our shared mortality and the preciousness of life. It’s right to lower the flag for John McCain. Rituals of grief help us all | Julian Baggini 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z “It made me think about the preciousness of time.” Microsoft executive considers it a responsibility to help you unplug 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “Why not remove the preciousness of the individual wrapping,” Morrison asks, “and sell it like the consumable product it is?” You know what could be cooler? Your soap | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z What can't be counted is how many appreciate life with greater preciousness. The Golfer Who Died And Came Back To Life - Golf Digest 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “You had a little bit of a feeling about the preciousness of what you were making and doing, and the future was unknown. But I was saving for it.” Punk poet Eileen Myles, on her dog memoir: 'We were regarded as an unruly pair' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z In our age of preciousness about food, it was truly refreshing to hear that a headliner foodie like Hamilton “gets it.” The 10.29.17 Issue 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z “Now is the time to remember the preciousness of the child at the heart of this case, and to allow his parents to be with him until he passes from this life,” the center said. ‘Sweet dreams, baby’: Charlie Gard’s parents end months-long legal fight to keep him alive 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “It’s our broader philosophy these days to keep preserving the elite status and the overall value and preciousness of the Grammy Awards,” he said. Grammy Awards move to online voting in hopes of increasing participation 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Here was this moment highlighting the preciousness of life, the heroism of nurses, the unmatched expertise of surgeons and the magical power of family. Jimmy Kimmel — an elitist creep who needs to shut up 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Writing in public spaces checks any inclination to preciousness about “the creative process”. Raymond Tallis: ‘In my favourite pub, the staff turn down the speaker in my writing corner’ 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z I only realised the depth and value of the idea via Hannah Arendt, and her theory that all humanist politics starts on the assumption of the infinite preciousness of every human life. Sex bans, strength and solidarity: women’s strikes through the ages 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The picture not only illustrates the preciousness of Lyon’s shades but of life itself. 2016 Pictures of the Year 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The clothes were meticulously laundered, ironed, categorized and photographed, the care devoted to each item illustrating the preciousness of the humans who once wore them. Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei finds home too dangerous, but he may go to Syria 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z If there were more women, people of colour and gay journalists in senior positions, there would be far less preciousness over whether to call someone a racist, sexist or homophobe. Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon and how bigotry became a cool new trend | Nesrine Malik 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The preciousness of memory doesn’t make it less unreliable; the unreliability of memory doesn’t make it less precious. Zadie Smith’s Memory Tricks 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Richards explains that her work questions the preciousness of certain materials when combined with the mundane. Lawrence jeweler and metalsmith gets national recognition 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z My childhood was surrounded by baby animals of every variety — and yes, I can confirm that kittens and puppies are indeed delightful — but chicks will forever remain my gold standard for darling preciousness. The chicken is the most underrated member of the animal kingdom 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z On the eve of his 55th birthday, in 2015, Prince Naruhito praised the Constitution and said he wanted to “engrave in the mind the preciousness of the peace.” Emperor Akihito of Japan Plans to Abdicate Throne, Broadcaster Says 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s true even babies in danger can’t rival the preciousness of a little dachshund in danger. 'It's hard sometimes to look at a dog as a dog': Todd Solondz on bringing 'Wiener-Dog' to the screen 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z “We are led cent by dollar from a lowly pile of common materials to a grand philosophical conclusion, the infinite preciousness of every person.” Harold Morowitz, Biophysicist Who Tackled Enigmas Big and Small, Dies at 88 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Their very fragility mirrored the preciousness of what they contained. Apple turns 40: remembering the products that mattered to us 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Critics kept deriding the show’s preciousness, its narcissism — and we recognized all of that, but we fell in love with the characters anyhow. ‘Thirtysomething’ killed off Gary 25 years ago. Now TV characters drop dead all the time. 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z I think I understand in ways unique to this group of candidates about the preciousness of life. Abortion roils Maryland 6th District Republican congressional forum 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z We need to compete for consumer attention with the experience and the quality of the film, not the preciousness of access. Netflix plan: Bring big-screen premieres to subscribers’ small screens 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z When he called for federally mandated, paid family leave to bring America in line with the rest of the world, he dwelled a little on the preciousness of the bond between mother and baby. Bernie Sanders, The Populist Prophet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Kafando praised the preciousness of liberty, “as I was deprived of this for a time,” and he pledged that free and transparent elections will be organized “shortly.” Airstrikes Will Not Defeat ISIS, Syrian Foreign Minister Says 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z As involving and moving as this "Stonewall" may be, an artifice is at work here, a preciousness to the script by Jon Robin Baitz that sometimes overtakes the film's better instincts. 'Stonewall' tries but shortchanges pivotal gay rights moment 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said he disagrees with Pope Francis’ call Thursday to abolish the death penalty, calling the use of capital punishment a “recognition of the preciousness of human life.” Ted Cruz's curious approach to 'the preciousness of human life' 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life, that for the most egregious crimes, the ultimate punishment should apply.” 2016 candidates react to Pope Francis' speech to Congress 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z "I saw the film when I was a little girl, and it imprinted forever the preciousness of all living things," Casey says. Set decorator brings cinematic garden ideas down to earth in Altadena 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Provost Thomas Burish told those graduating Sunday the deaths are reminders of the fragility and preciousness of life. Deaths of students recalled during Notre Dame graduation 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z There’s a distinct lack of preciousness in choosing projects or any evident career-building. With a wink to ‘Twilight,’ Kristen Stewart speeds forward 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z I believe the death penalty is a recognition of the preciousness of human life, that for the most egregious crimes, the ultimate punishment should apply.” Ted Cruz's curious approach to 'the preciousness of human life' 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z I’m remarried now, and these gardens always make me especially aware of love, and of the preciousness and rebirth of life. The Most Beautiful Spring Garden In The World: Holland's Keukenhof, With A Gallery of Flower Photos 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Auclert buys ancient objects that he loves, then imagines a sober setting to showcase and enhance their preciousness, color, patina, shape and symbolism to create pieces of contemporary jewelry. Maison Auclert's Jewels Are True Pieces Of Wearable Art 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z To connect the dots between the preciousness of animal life and the preciousness of human life isn’t to engage in moral equivalence. The Truth About Religion and Animals 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z More than anything, “Interstellar” makes you feel the great preciousness of time, a resource as valuable as oxygen. Review: ‘Interstellar’ a sublime cosmic knockout 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z But before you flee from the preciousness of it all — no one wakes up craving pickled elderflowers, do they? — it is important to note that Mr. Lourdes is close to creating a world-class eating experience. A Review of Restaurant Latour in Sussex County, N.J. 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z The problem with so much nature writing is a tendency towards preciousness. Teaching a Stone to Talk made me realise I’m drawn to wild authors 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z To see the skull exposed is to understand the preciousness of its contents, the brain’s utter indispensability to who we are. How the NFL Worked to Hide the Truth about Concussions and Brain Damage [Excerpt] 2014-03-07T15:00:00Z There is an obvious doom that befalls anyone renting long-term in a neighborhood on a rapid trajectory to preciousness. Big City: When Owning a Home Is Cold Comfort 2014-01-31T20:50:56Z The inherent preciousness of life, and the human capacity to do and experience good without contact with the divine, breathe through the programme. Doing church without God 2013-11-01T09:56:18Z And his alleged crimes and behavior seemed even more depraved amid a grieving city’s heightened awareness of the preciousness of life. This Land: In Bulger Trial, Old Partners Meet, on Opposite Sides 2013-07-20T03:23:18Z The preciousness of the standard iPhone casing is not actually a selling point for some users, particularly the young and butter-fingered! Release Date For iPhone 5S Predicted For September 20, Followed by Low-Cost iPhone 6 2013-06-30T04:08:00Z That preciousness is part of why Jonah Lehrer, the ninja of neuroscience, became a highly prized collectible while still in his 20s. The Media Equation: Feeding the Beast, Journalists Dance on Edge of Mistruth 2012-08-19T23:44:28Z Even the Squire could not deprive her of the estate, and in the character of his heir she wore for the old man a preciousness with which affection had nothing to do. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z He then earnestly besought the Lord's blessing, and followed it by a few words on the preciousness of truth. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z You could see all Pauline's surfaces like a tulip bed in February, budding toward a new estimate of her preciousness in terms of her husband's income. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z This was our noble Sedgwick—our brave general of the Sixth Corps—pressed with great anxieties and knowing the preciousness of every moment. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z Again she hid the preciousness of her mouth from him, writhed and struggled and twisted her face, hid it in his breast. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The preciousness of the ointment is the more evident for the fly. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Perhaps even more relevant, Staten Island is not an incubator of preciousness; it seems allergic to preciousness. Big City: Hoping a Project Will Lift Staten Island 2011-12-03T16:45:57Z Was it not in the process of combating the tradition of the preciousness of women as inherent in particular occupations, that I had lost the inestimable preciousness of myself? A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z But there is something profoundly alienating in his unsympathetic tone, his "preciousness" and superciliousness. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z What record, parchment-blazoned, closed in golden casket rare, Can with her love, in England's heart, for preciousness compare? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z May we, by the power of the Holy Ghost, see more beauty and preciousness in Christ, and thus be weaned from the spirit and principles of Babylon. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z To learn the full meaning and preciousness of Christ is to be armed against error. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z How many forms must the being elect to heaven wear out, before he has learned the preciousness of silence, and of the solitude whose star-strewn steppes are the floor of the spiritual world? The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The feeblest note of praise, the simple "Thank God!" is perfumed with the incense of Christ's infinite preciousness. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z The preciousness of the things and interests to be destroyed. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z It is the preciousness of their fellowship which reminds Him how this, like all else, must fail Him. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z At the same time there was a natural reaction after the banalities of the mid-Victorian painters of genre on the one hand, and the over-wrought preciousness of the pre-Raphaelites on the other. John Pettie, R.A., H.R.S.A. Sixteen examples in colour of the artist's work 2011-08-16T02:00:44.287Z And hence the preciousness of that admirable and unanswerable exposition, which has put down, once and for ever, the artful sophisms of nullification. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Indeed it is utterly impossible for human language to set forth the preciousness and blessedness of this line of truth. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z But the inimitable perfection and preciousness of these fifty-six letters! Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Compared with the value and preciousness of an enlargement of Christ's kingdom, they vanished as stars before a rising sun. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z "Listen to the wheel," said the voice which had already grown dear to Curdie: its very tone was precious like a jewel, not as a jewel, for no jewel could compare with it in preciousness. The Princess and Curdie 2011-07-06T02:00:49.480Z But he had no love of knowledge, preferring sports or idleness, having no correct value of the preciousness of time. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z It stands in all its blessed fullness, freeness, and preciousness before the eye of faith; its terms are clear and unmistakable. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Some think that our own use of chloride of gold a few years ago for many chronic ills had little more reason than the preciousness of gold impressing itself on patients. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z He seems to me a kind of hallowing presence in the family, calling out every one's sympathy and kindness, and pathetically reminding us by his loss of the preciousness of our common mercies. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Afar all seemed of the brilliancy and preciousness of jewels, while near, it proved to be only salt and burnt lime, with decayed trees and broken branches brought down by the rivers feeding the lake. Holman Hunt Masterpieces in Colour 2011-06-09T02:00:21.080Z Size rather tempts the lace-worker to strive for ready effect, and to sacrifice the minuteness and finish of hand work, which give quality of preciousness to lace. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z No man ever had a deeper sense of the preciousness of time and the responsibility which everyone incurs by the use or misuse he makes of it. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z I'll just take this opportunity of explaining to you the principal points in which the preciousness of an author consists, and so give you the key to a good many things. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z She told me much of secrets, but of letters That needed for their preciousness a box, A lawyer to arrange the matter, nothing. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z A trembling sense of unreality sometimes comes with the recognition of its preciousness and beauty. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z It was a season of great preciousness to me. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z All this preciousness, all this affectation of the use of scientific terms in describing simple emotions, was the object of Malherbe's ruthless disdain. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z But there was something in her heart now which made her keenly alive to the preciousness of that abounding and unselfish devotion. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z And I understand the reality & preciousness of that. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z But I wish to Heaven somebody would try to interpret the important lessons which I——" "Oh, preciousness and splash! The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z As might be expected, above all Leonardo realized the preciousness of work. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z They make up, after all, the real preciousness of life. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z For humble was their love—with awe And trembling like some treasure kept, That was not theirs by holy law— Whose beauty with remorse they saw, And o'er whose preciousness they wept. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z This is not a pretty-boy crowd; it is middle-aged, leathery, wise in the ways of a Brooklyn separate from the preciousness of Park Slope. | Kensington: Where the Beers and the Jeers Flow Freely 2010-12-22T22:00:11Z "We understand the value and preciousness of resources," Ortega says. Eco-Vegas 2010-08-25T19:40:00Z I sometimes think there's a similar lack of preciousness about bloggers, and I respect that. Gaby Basora On High-Low Fashion 2010-06-16T10:00:00Z This is not due to any "preciousness," but to efforts at finding the only word that will say what I mean. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Even were it so, would his case be less hopeless if he had longer time to learn the full preciousness of the treasure which must at length be surrendered to another? Barbarossa and Other Tales What I say is wholly consistent then with the recognition of the preciousness of the visible church to its members. The Sources Of Religious Insight The ancient symbol put art and preciousness in an honourable place, worthily upholding the lamp itself; and in the New Testament the seven lamps of the Apocalypse were still of gold. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Go down into the pit yourself, Comfortable Respectability, and try it, as I have done, just one hour of a summer’s day, then you will know the preciousness of a vulgar pot of beer! The Vagabond in Literature Hamlet has, indeed, an uncharacteristic conviction of the preciousness of property. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road But it did not, it only led to an attempt to innovate within those limits, which could only be done by a kind of new 'preciousness'—an affectation in short. A Short History of French Literature And indeed what jewel could equal it in preciousness? With Ring of Shield Is the preciousness of a diamond a quality of the gem? or is it a feeling in our mind? Essays in Radical Empiricism The moments were becoming very pearls themselves for preciousness, but seizing the brush, he made a workable copy of the map on the back of a letter which he had in his pocket. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life It would develop a sense of the preciousness of life. Fidelity A Novel And then we see the beauty and preciousness of the promise, ‘He shall be a Priest upon His throne.’ Kept for the Master's Use Finally, the bitter baptism through which we are passing, the life blood dearer than our own which is drenching distant fields, should remind us of the preciousness of distinctive American ideas. Household Papers and Stories Burnet was among the first of our modern historians who showed the world the preciousness of such materials, in his “History of the Reformation,” which he largely drew from the Cottonian collection. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 In reply to inquiries, she still expressed her faith in the Lamb of God, and spoke of his preciousness to her soul. The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 The playful fancy of a moment may innocently be expressed by the passing word; but he can hardly have learned the preciousness of life, who passes days in the elaboration of a jest. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The preciousness of these poems is enhanced rather than diminished if we imagine that the friend of Ronsard endeavoured to wed the music of Villon's Ballades to the passing of empires and of Rome. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Of this mistake, however, there need be little fear if in his own soul the preacher dwell upon the glory of his "treasure," the preciousness of the seed he has to sow. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching I groaned within me, till I might teach the preciousness and the poignancy of words. The Gates Between The days were like a chain of pearls, increasing in beauty and preciousness as the chain lengthened. The Benefactress But when I speak of the rareness and preciousness of prayers, I mean such prayers as contain three conditions—permanence, capability jot being really prayed, and universality. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Their preciousness is such that no subsequent schools can by comparison be said to have painted sky at all, but only clouds, or mist, or blue canopies. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) So far, then, of the use of the model and the preciousness of it in all art, from the highest to the lowest. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) And almost by their preciousness to herself, Diana gauged their unwelcomeness to her mother. Diana From all enchanted things of earth and air, this preciousness has been drawn. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Apart from him, there is no preciousness in the word, no blessing in ordinances, no permanent sanctifying results in affliction. The Words of Jesus Both are among the most noble works of this or any other master, whether for preciousness of color or energy of thought. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The form in which conception actually occurs to ordinary minds appears to derive value and preciousness from that indefiniteness which we � 2. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) He laughed a little—with a half moved half amused expression, wrapping her up like some dainty piece of preciousness. Say and Seal, Volume II Costly material is worth precious work; and there should be by rights a preciousness about the needlework employed upon it, preciousness of design and of execution. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery We foreigners know the preciousness of that great, noble gift a great deal better than you, because you never were in slavery, but we are born in it. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II A plague upon your preciousness which drives you to deny and die rather than admit my wisdom! The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel It relies on no preciousness of style, and has not very much description, though its author was a great hand at this when and where he chose. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century When he was an old man, Whitman still treasured the reminiscence as one of indescribable preciousness. Lafayette There come to all of us mountain moments, moments in which we stand on the higher altitudes and catch a glimpse of the unutterable preciousness of a human soul. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds The origins of Euphuism and of that later form of preciousness which is sometimes called Gongorism and sometimes Marinism have been much discussed, but the last word has certainly not been said on them. A History of Elizabethan Literature In a word, there was a lack of true spiritual energy, a realization of the need and preciousness of salvation. The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys It is only as we know the Holiness of God as Fire, and bow before His righteous judgment, that we can appreciate the preciousness of the blood or the reality of the redemption. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy And the second is like unto it in—Shall I use the fashionable artistic slang and say preciousness? Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 How should the preciousness of the saint's portion be known, if we lose nothing that is dear to us to come by it? The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) And of all the things that a man can want and desire to have given him, there is nothing comparable for preciousness to the knowledge of Christ.' A Red Wallflower That utterance has at this moment lost none of its preciousness; that voice, silent on earth, is still eloquent in heaven. Memories of Bethany These inconveniences, however, attach to gold as a basis of currency on account of its portability and preciousness. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Oh, the preciousness that each believer is under the loving care of the Man in Glory, the object of His love. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future George M�ller's next marked step in his new path was the discovery of the preciousness of the word of God. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God He was himself, too, fully aware of his preciousness and the terms which he exacted of Ferdinand were hard, not to say extortionate. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History We frequently use the word so vaguely as to lose much of its preciousness, and to overlook the primary meaning in some of its secondary significations. Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. Now they wore a glamour and a preciousness that was bound up with life itself. Miss Mapp What mind can estimate the value and preciousness of that work in which the Holy One offered Himself through the eternal Spirit without spot unto God! The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future There was no misunderstanding the preciousness of that. The Other Side of the Door He hath taught me the preciousness of the hours. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country It is, however, when we consider Him in the relationship of Bridegroom and King that the tenderness and preciousness of this blessing are most fully seen. Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. I have always been glad, very glad, I was allowed to suffer so much, and learn something of the preciousness of truth. Aunt Madge's Story His new house—indeed, one might almost have said his new life—was still so recent a possession as to have lost none of its preciousness. The Arbiter A Novel Like some gift given in the dark, its true preciousness is not discerned when it is first received. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John He embraced in his address the marrow of the Gospel, its power, its promises, its preciousness. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada This she can do now and then; but even so her new lover has yet to learn her preciousness. Oxford There are two things endear any privilege to us, and heighten the rate of it,—the necessity of it, and the preciousness of it; and these two are eminent here. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning And hence I discern the preciousness of all hallowed purpose and desire, even though it never receive actual accomplishment. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Let us look, then, at the petition, with the desire of sounding, as we may, its depths and realising its preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John There, not the least valuable of the contents of the College, an unique Library is in the keeping of Guardians, who understand its true uses, as they appreciate its preciousness. The Handbook to English Heraldry Let it be so, with an ever-growing sense of the preciousness of the work of intercession. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work It weighs lightly in spite of its infinite preciousness. The Choice of Life A day is of immeasurable preciousness, for what high accomplishment may it not witness? My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The treasure put into our hands at first is discovered in its true preciousness as life and trial test its metal and its inexhaustibleness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John And with this revolutionary sentiment the faithless little New Englander passed into the house that had at last taken on the dignity and the preciousness of a home. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Several have been already attracted by the preciousness of the truth, and others already wish I had never come to Stuttgart. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part Whilst speaking I was able, in a measure, to realize the preciousness of the truth contained in those words, and after speaking my Father gave me a fresh proof that He is thinking upon me. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself. Second Part There we had multiplied synonyms for sin, and for the forgiveness which was desired; here it is the many-sided preciousness of forgiveness possessed which runs over in various yet equivalent phrases. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms And all the preciousness that there is in faith comes, not from its intrinsic value, but from the really precious things which it gives into our hands. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Every one knows the preciousness of the household linen which has been for generations an heirloom in a family. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience We would have the teacher and parent impressed with the preciousness of even the most delicate child. Papers on Health The Goodly Pearl; the preciousness of the kingdom under the idea of closing with what is offered. The Parables of Our Lord Men who have left their mark on the world have appreciated the preciousness of time, regarding it as the great quarry. Pushing to the Front I find a measure of Hardy’s mind in passages which set forth his conception of the preciousness of life, no matter what the form in which life expresses itself. The Bibliotaph and Other People Unless you do, you will never know His most precious preciousness, and you have little right to call yourself a Christian. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. His flamelike touches have always held this preciousness: notations rather for the courtly robe or diadem than just drawings. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets The Hid Treasure; the preciousness of the kingdom under the idea of discovering what was hid. The Parables of Our Lord On the terrace at Lessings' under a wide June sky he had supposed them to be blue; but there was no blue stone of that sky colour of sufficient preciousness for Eunice Goodward. The Lovely Lady Will you not know for yourself, if as yet you have not known it, the preciousness and the happiness of this way of casting all your cares and burdens and necessities upon God? A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part Any smallest trait of this is delineated with a heed that makes no account of time or pains, with a venerating fidelity and religious care that unutterably imply its preciousness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Yet all through my life my facts have had a substratum of truth, and therefore they were not without preciousness. Chapters from My Autobiography These twin parables, then, exhibit on the one hand the intrinsic preciousness of the Gospel, and on the other the high esteem in which that precious thing is held by a spiritually quickened man. The Parables of Our Lord Those who governed taste had thrown off many affectations of a previous generation, and in particular the curious disease of "preciousness." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The third part was the grinding of this sacred seed, of infinite preciousness and potency, in the mill of adversity, causing it to yield its oil, six years later, in the city of Tabríz. Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 And this, the supreme function, the exceeding praise and preciousness of the man, the one thing that he was born to do, and religiously did, this has been made his chief reproach. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Surely such gifts, representing both sincere love and often real sacrifice, will add to the preciousness of a Shrine already so dear to all Bahá’í hearts. Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand The discoverer of Christ’s preciousness is like the discoverer of hid treasure, in his ultimate aim, but not in his mediate methods. The Parables of Our Lord Though the task be long and arduous, yet the prize which the All-Bountiful Bestower has chosen to confer upon you is of such preciousness that neither tongue nor pen can befittingly appraise it. The Advent of Divine Justice Its inexpressible preciousness to the sensitive soul of that sweet singer, every reader of sensibility, who traces the numerous allusions to it in her letters and poems, will recognize with emotion. The Friendships of Women As they stand now they are his best prose, rid almost entirely of preciousness, and simple and full of mystery as the countryside they reflect. Irish Plays and Playwrights Moreover they were taught industry, self-denial, benevolence, and the preciousness of time. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. The extreme and impending gravity of the time and the interests at work, lent only a keen and keener perception of their preciousness and sweetness. Daisy in the Field Judge of our esteem for you by the preciousness of the body over which we are thus calling you to preside.' The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator The above extracts give some idea of the warmth and preciousness of the surpassing friendship, but no idea of the high and varied range of intellectual and religious interests that entered into it. The Friendships of Women O the preciousness of the promise, "I will come again"! Our Day In the Light of Prophecy If we could know the infinite value of the unit of personality, or compute the preciousness and potentiality of a single life destroyed, we might then hope to multiply it by the million. With Our Soldiers in France There is one position from which all common things can be seen with reflections of preciousness, and Ellen had insensibly taken it. The Portion of Labor The preciousness and efficiency of this touching appeal seem to be but little realized even among believing parents. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 If the gathered experience we carry at evening renders worthless many things we prized in the morning, it should also give preciousness to many things unvalued then. The Friendships of Women The gradation in the preciousness of the materials had reference to the inner sanctuary, where, as will presently be shown, God dwelt between the cherubim that overshadowed the mercy-seat. Companion to the Bible And yet it may be that faith will succeed and conquer sight—that the preciousness of the treasure we cling to will nerve us with enough strength to retain it. Is Life Worth Living? Thanksgiving; definite prayers and praises, continued for a day or two, unless we are very frequent communicants, so that we may lose none of the preciousness of the blessing by our own forgetfulness or ingratitude. The Discipline of War Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent But we must not on this account question the preciousness of the gift itself. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 He came close to her side, took her hand reverently as though its preciousness made him fear the harm his heavy grip might do. Sally Bishop A Romance Here we notice two things; their preciousness, and the gradation observed in this respect. Companion to the Bible They observe, and quite correctly, that it is looked upon as a treasure; but the source of its preciousness is something that their system expressly takes from it. Is Life Worth Living? It was said with a most bitter rush of tears, as if she felt that the most precious thing she had, lacked of preciousness; that her most sure support needed a foundation. Hills of the Shatemuc In opposition to the familiar precept of a patriot touching the price and preciousness of liberty, femininity, scorning to be free, exults in shackles. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 Finally, the bitter baptism through which we are passing, the life-blood dearer than our own which is drenching distant fields, should remind us of the preciousness of distinctive American ideas. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 The contrary of vulgarity, by the word, is preciousness or distinction, and in conduct or act it is the perfect preciousness and distinction of truthfulness. The Education of Catholic Girls It exalts the preciousness of the Fatherhood, as being free from all weakness and all change. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII It is certain that there is something in the difficulty of attainment which adds much to the preciousness of the objects we desire; much, too, in the rareness of their bestowal. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends The girl suddenly realized that this hour of preciousness was over, and life was to be faced again. The Girl from Montana For they derive not their preciousness from being counted in thy riches, but rather thou hast chosen to count them in thy riches because they seemed to thee precious. The Consolation of Philosophy This is an undefiled and imperishable treasure, which does not become worthless at the grave, but which will continue to increase in preciousness as long as the ages of eternity shall roll on. The Christian Home Other people than Babylonian sculptors think that bigness is greatness, and dearness preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Certain water-colours of his heightened by pastel, and certain landscapes, are somewhat disconcerting through the preciousness of his method; others are surprisingly spontaneous. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) On every side, as if to enhance the preciousness of the city, the woods hung dark on the hills; above, the sky was violet, specked with minute feathery clouds, white as snowflakes. The Hill of Dreams Then there rises before him the thought of how transcendent and unparalleled a love is that which pours its whole preciousness on unworthy and unresponsive hearts. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) What revelations of the beauties of Christ, the preciousness of His blood, and the treasures of His Covenant! Sketches of the Covenanters Now I had learned its preciousness to see; No longer could I unbelievingly say: "Perhaps another is a better way." Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" O God, my soul doth magnify thee for the preciousness of these thoughts. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians She resented the stuffiness of it all, the air of musty preciousness that pervaded the room. The Collectors They are but the outward tokens of His far deeper and true preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) We never appreciated till now its depth and preciousness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 The sense of the preciousness and fragility of the universe, the sense of being in the hollow of a hand, is one which the round and rolling earth gives in its most thrilling form. The Defendant It reminded her of the preciousness of the present morning. Venetia We must not forget the inestimable preciousness of the new Promethean gifts because they have become familiar. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Mellow it was with preciousness of all sounding metals. The Red One Of course, that sort of selfish girl has always been known, but she has not met the open recognition which constitutes knowledge, and so she has the preciousness of a find. A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction He handled the sack lovingly, and with due appreciation of its preciousness carried it out to his sled. Love of Life and Other Stories You can never understand a fraction of her preciousness, but you'll clip her wings all right. Mr. Standfast Often the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit. Silas Marner Still the brutes had shown her no great violence, evidently recognizing the preciousness of their burden. Under the Andes The Magsworth Bitts manner was withholding and reserved, though sometimes gracious, granting small smiles as great favours and giving off a chilling kind of preciousness. Penrod He tossed off the wine, unconscious of its preciousness, and waited for the result. The Rise of Silas Lapham Each man, too, maintained not only this lofty air as befitting one of the court, but also an aspect of individual preciousness as towards his fellow divinities. An Enemy to the King He had a deep sense of the preciousness of time and the responsibility which everyone incurs who uses or misuses it. The Grand Old Man "My own preciousness!" she said, her eyes tear-glazed and yearning up into his. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Mark's advent had followed the decease of two older boys and his mother had proclaimed his preciousness by christening him Marquis de Lafayette. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California It had been in her spiritual presumption to think she could save him by the preciousness of her self-gift to him and the strength of her power over him! Weighed and Wanting The sandy bed of the Tarn must attain the preciousness of a building site near Paris. The Roof of France Whoever does not welcome the change must fail to see its preciousness. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. With her ingrained feeling of the preciousness of money Alice did not believe him. There & Back Their passion is a measure of the preciousness to the Christian consciousness of that which Stephen saw, and said that he saw. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Then note that this inward witness of Christ's depth and preciousness is our true weapon and stay against a hostile world. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI And what we all want is some one Pearl of great price into which all the dispersed preciousness and fragmentary brilliances that dazzle the eye shall be gathered. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke For humble was their love—with awe And trembling like some treasure kept, That was not theirs by holy law— Whose beauty with remorse they saw And o'er whose preciousness they wept. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The glad thought awoke that I had the dream—a precious thing never to be lost while memory lasted; a thing which nothing but its realization could ever equal in preciousness. There & Back Only Yahn sits and smiles, watching his hoard increase in preciousness, and hath no pity for the poor shadows whom he hath lured from their quiet to toil in the form of men. Time and the Gods Labour for more of this inward, personal conviction of the preciousness of Jesus Christ to strengthen you against a hostile world. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI And now notice that this refusal may be, and often in fact is, accompanied with lip recognition of the preciousness of the neglected things. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke On entering a room there are those who will perceive at a glance the degree of preciousness of the rugs, the character of the pictures, and the personality revealed by the books. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform An imperfect conception of who Jesus is takes the meaning and the power out of all His life, but, most of all, impoverishes the infinite preciousness of His Death. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Oh, dear friends! what you and I have ever had and felt of Christ's power, sweetness, preciousness, and love is as nothing compared with the infinite depths of all those which lie in Him. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Experience of Christ's preciousness, and of the rest of soul which comes from partaking of His salvation, impels and obliges to call others to share the bliss. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah What a witness the preciousness of that representation of future blessedness as rest to us all bears to the pressure of toil and the aching, weary hearts which we all carry! Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke It teaches the preciousness of His individual servants in God's eyes. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII When the Baha'is are more conscious of the preciousness of their own history, this prophecy may be fulfilled, and Ḳuddus be duly honoured. The Reconciliation of Races and Religions And so here the special preciousness and distinctive peculiarities of what we receive in Christ are made more vivid and more distinct by contrast with what in old days 'was given by Moses.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV But the recognition of that fact should not be allowed to rob us of the preciousness of this text in its bearing on the individual. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah We never know the worth of the lighthouse until the November darkness and the howling winds come down upon us, and then we appreciate its preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes It is intended to intensify the conception of the greatness, and preciousness, and all-sufficiency of that 'goodwill.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII And these had been years of inestimable preciousness; but they came to an end at the command of God, speaking through the constraining impulse of her love for men. Letters of Catherine Benincasa Every honest effort to bring some other human heart into conscious possession of Christ's love deepens one's own sense of its preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Note next the tried preciousness of the foundation. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Its hymns go deeper than its creeds, touch hearts more to the quick, minister to the faith which they enshrine, and often draw others to see the preciousness of the Christ whom they celebrate. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Her mad brother, her's, her's what a world of preciousness, Andre, that little word once enshrined for me; and still it seems like some broken vase, fragrant with what it held. The Bride of Fort Edward Endless strings of pearls do not reach the preciousness of One pearl of price. Expositions of Holy Scripture God's treasure comes to the world in a form which to a great many people veils, if it does not altogether hide, its preciousness. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII To a holy and scrupulous conscience like that of Marcus, there would have been an inestimable preciousness in the Christian doctrine of the "forgiveness of the sins." Seekers after God One discovery of some importance you make in walking the roads is the comparative rarity and exceeding preciousness of buttermilk. October Vagabonds Impressionistic as he was in life, on the other hand, curiously, Aylmer's real taste in art and decoration was Pre-Raphaelite; delicate, detailed and meticulous almost to preciousness. Tenterhooks All this just teaches us this—what a host of things of all degrees of preciousness in men's eyes go to make God's great building! Expositions of Holy Scripture A hundred and fifty years at the least—more probably twice that—have passed away, while from all enchanted things of earth and air this preciousness has been drawn. The Open Air I can bear it, since it gives the preciousness of seeing people as they are, their shallowness and their shams. Marguerite Verne It is in this large way of looking at the Hebrew literature that we discover its real preciousness. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Billy now did something that illustrates at once the preciousness of firewood, and the pluck, strength, and reliability of my cook. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Both these aspects of God's preciousness are true for earth; but we need a shield only while exposed to attack. Expositions of Holy Scripture And as to the preciousness of every moment of the cool hours before sunrise, it can be appreciated only by those who have lived and traveled in this fiery land. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan That a man of business should be blind to the preciousness of money was a sufficient proof then, as now, that he must be mad. The Coming of the Friars Finally, the bitter baptism through which we have passed, the life-blood dearer than our own which has drenched distant fields, should remind us of the preciousness of distinctive American ideas. American Woman's Home There was something of the excitement of the chase in the occupation, and something of the charm and preciousness of game about the trophies. Locusts and Wild Honey A sense of the preciousness of the despised thing wakes in him. Expositions of Holy Scripture And will not the preciousness of the victor's wreath excuse some impatience in the struggle for it? Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face He would shake them with this horror, he would thrill them with this sense of the infinite preciousness and holiness of life! Love's Pilgrimage This doctrine of the equal preciousness in the sight of GOD of all human souls is for Christianity fundamental. Religious Reality Of course the main preciousness of this piece lies in its color; it is that old sensuous, pervading, ramifying, interpolating, transboreal blue which is the despair of modern art. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 But, too, all this preciousness might belong to another. Stories by Foreign Authors: Scandinavian In all the assemblage of human atoms that inhabit this vessel," said he, "there is but one who is imbued with reverence for the past and a sense of the preciousness of the unique. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel And all that is because people haven't this thing that has come to me; they don't know the possibilities of life, they lack the sense of its preciousness and sacredness. Love's Pilgrimage That is why I have so mastering a sense of life's preciousness, and why I cannot reconcile myself to this dreadful fact of wealth. King Midas: a Romance But can't a clever fellow like you understand that all the pretty frills and preciousness of a year ago are as dead as last year's Brussels sprouts? The Red Planet What is all your wealth compared with the sacred preciousness of such blossoms! Thelma Memory's pearls, in all the purity of their gleaming preciousness, were counted one by one by the flute and dulciana; and the sadder tones of the waldflute proclaimed the finding of the cross. The Rosary They forgot everything but happiness To a woman the preciousness of her reputation was a fiction To shut one's eyes, and be happy—was it possible! Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of John Galsworthy I would like somebody who is capable of valuing her to value her in all her preciousness. The Kentons They entered the stone apartment, rendered almost sacred by the preciousness of its contents, and Racksole looked round with a strangely intent and curious air. The Grand Babylon Hotel And when I found the error of my ways, and the preciousness of grace," continued Mr. Thompson, "I came to give it to my son. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories This immemorial game, watched by Gyp a hundred times, had to-day a special preciousness. Beyond No, there are, in every period of taste, books which, apart from their literary value, all collectors admit to possess, if not for themselves, then for others of the brotherhood, a peculiar preciousness. The Library Much of the preciousness was hidden and the place of its hiding forgotten. The Path of the King On the contrary, for philosophic inquiry and truths of awful preciousness, I would select as my personages and interlocutors beings with whose language and 'whereabouts' my readers would be familiar. Life of John Sterling Boats on the Rhine and many pack trains between Antwerp and Venice are his, and a wealth of preciousness lies in his name with the Italian merchants. The Path of the King For if they see such preciousness they will be fired to inquiry and may haply stumble on our city. The Path of the King |
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