| 单词 | profuseness |
| 例句 | And she commenced to experience, too, the greatest difficulty in restraining a dewy profuseness that would arise and cloud her sight. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z It is only equaled in the profuseness of its product by the banana, forming one of the staple sources of food supply to the lazy, indolent denizens of tropical regions. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z His profuseness, however, had been mingled with a continuous astonishment, a brutish wonder which was quite inexplicable to Elizabeth. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z In Little Dorrit we have the old profuseness of characters; in the first half nearly one hundred, and in the second half there are practically no new characters at all. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z With increased and increasing liabilities, there was more profuseness and greater recklessness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Neither owed aught to the adornment of art; but to both had nature been liberal, even to profuseness. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Few Englishmen even shrink from acknowledging that they cannot afford to do this or that, and on the continent profuseness in the use of money is considered the sure mark of a parvenu. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Arthur Young, "an agriculturist," as he has been rather contemptuously called, a century or more ago wrote of rural France after a manner, and with a profuseness, which few have since equalled. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z There is profuseness in the promise, there is a niggardly stinginess in the performance. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Such scenes were of frequent occurrence among the aborigines, surrounded by a climate which was nearly perfect, and by a profuseness and bounty of vegetation that made the support of life a mere holiday existence. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands And the profuseness with which he has illustrated his narrative with military plans, with portraits of statesmen and commanders, and with sketches of celebrated localities, gives great interest and value to these pages.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. So of the bananas, one of the most delightful of all West India fruits, and which grow everywhere in Cuba with prodigal profuseness. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Lady L. You gentlemen have the cunningest ways of playing the fool, and are so industrious in your profuseness. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee Hopeful, but solitary; thou art made to bless generations by the profuseness of thy wealth. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z My dear friends, girls—modest, rosy, bright-eyed school-girls, such as you are a-thinking of—are scarce as hen's teeth in this great city, and not to be found in profuseness anywhere. Phemie Frost's Experiences The profuseness and variety of beautiful ferns and orchidaceous plants will also be sure to attract the attention of the Northern visitor. Due South or Cuba Past and Present To eyes unused to the profuseness of living that then prevailed on the best class of Western steamboats, the display on the dining-tables of the “New Lucy” was very grand indeed. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas The profuseness must be measured by the condition of the individual. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Minuteness of finish and perfection of detail were lavished with Oriental profuseness. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Its illustrations, which are given with great profuseness, are engraved in the highest style of art, and, in most cases, from designs made expressly for "The Nursery," by the best American artists. The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Close by it was a morning-glory, which was in remarkable fullness and freshness of bloom, its gay profuseness of purple, pink, and variegated white making it indeed the glory of the morning. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The word liberal, in its modern sense, means profuseness to needy adventurers, and idle friends; indifference to the nearest and dearest ties, originate in this misapplied term. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. Every person told him that Mr Hintman had a very great fortune, which he spent entirely in the gratification of his favourite vice, the love of women; on whom his profuseness was boundless. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue Its flora is spontaneous and magnificent, repaying the least attention by a development and profuseness of yield that is surprising. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The doctor, unable to refuse, seated himself in the shaving-chair, trembling, half with fear and half with rage, and by this time quite unconscious of the lather which Nello had laid on with such profuseness. Romola To a Northerner, accustomed to see so much enrichment expended upon the soil to force from it an annual return, this profuseness of unstimulated yield is a surprise. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The Swami, with oriental profuseness, gave you the rubies.” Jewel Weed The culprit had a little log hut on the banks of the Guyandotte River, and was dealing it out with a profuseness entirely unwarranted. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive The distance from Colombo is less than two hundred miles through the Straits of Manar, and we landed on the following day, after a stormy passage, during which the rain came down with tropical profuseness. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months There it falls in full profuseness, reaching to the hips, and in the case of some mingling with the tails, of their horses. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco When these have wealth their hospitality is too apt to take the place of a spendthrift profuseness, ending in pecuniary embarrassment. The Death Shot A Story Retold Of all the follies in human life, there is none greater than that of extravagance, or profuseness; it being constant labour, without the least ease or relaxation. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The effect upon Edwin was one of immense and careless prodigality; it intoxicated him; it made him feel that a grand profuseness was the finest thing in life. Clayhanger The vegetation is remarkable for its profuseness and almost tropical luxuriance. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources To a certain carelessness of riches he added a certain profuseness of expenditure; and indulgent towards his own pleasures, towards others, his equals or dependents, he bore himself with a spirit of kindness and magnanimity. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Our soldier's Dress, very appropriately, retains all the elements of savagism—high colors, sharp contrasts, profuseness of ornament. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. All these indicate an ease and profuseness of living which little accord with our notions of the word "peasant". German Culture Past and Present It may not seem credible, yet parsimony appears in the midst of their profuseness: but then it is very ill placed, for it is in crumbs, bones, and crusts. Ideal Commonwealths Another distinguishing feature is the profuseness of cotton embroidery on the front of the garment. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Its most important feature is the profuseness of quotation from the Apostolic writings. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" So the Reformation, in destroying the traditional order, intended to secure truth, spontaneity, and profuseness of religious forms; the danger of course being that each form might become meagre and the sum of them chaotic. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Pericles.—My estate would bear no profuseness, nor allow me to exert the generosity of my nature. Dialogues of the Dead And even unto the present time the hospitality of the South, shorn of its profuseness and grandiloquence, is frequently the theme of newspaper hacks and magazine penny-a-liners. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Englishmen of all classes were hopelessly dirty in their habits; even till the sixteenth century they were noted above other countries for the profuseness of their diet and their unclean ways. A Short History of English Agriculture The profuseness of quotation in Polycarp's Epistle arises from a want of originality. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Vitel'lius soon gave himself up to all kinds of luxury and profuseness; but gluttony was his favourite vice. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. Thus nature has made up for the deficiency of one tribe of animals by the profuseness with which she has distributed another. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Sure the profuseness of a boundless Thought, Unjustly is imputed for a Fault. Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) It may be that Bacon's known difficulties about money, his expensive ways and love of pomp, his easiness of nature, his lax discipline over his servants, encouraged this profuseness of giving. Bacon Why such a profuseness then in your courtesies and smiles and flowers and gifts and kisses, and why such a lack of them now? The Jericho Road A successful, because a persevering and intelligent hunter, he was liberal to profuseness in the distribution of the spoils. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. His profuseness may bribe the unthinking multitude to show him respect; but he must know that, though "Places and honors have been bought for gold, Esteem and love were never to be sold." The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton A profuse and corrupt monarch, whose profuseness and corruption were imitated by almost every functionary, from the highest to the lowest grade, had brought France to the verge of ruin. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 We have only a word to say as to the illustrations, as they are called, a mistaken profuseness in which disfigures both Dictionaries, another evil result of bookselling competition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 The profuseness of the illuminations outdid the brightness of the meridian sun. Imogen A Pastoral Romance Here, as in "Rain" and "Sunshine," there is a sense of fruitfulness, of profuseness, a maternal suggestion that helps to carry out the symbolism of the court. An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition Grooming is an important detail in a breed whose picturesqueness depends so largely on the profuseness of their shaggy coats, but there is a general tendency to overdo it. Dogs and All about Them But whatever the pomp of machinery or profuseness of description could contribute to its decoration has not been spared. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Nothing can have a greater tendency to clog and destroy the native activity of the mind, than the profuseness with which the memory of children is loaded, by nurses, by mothers, by masters. Four Early Pamphlets He could not but be struck with the beauty of the nymphs, he could not but be surprised with the profuseness of the entertainment, and the richness of the preparations. Imogen A Pastoral Romance The profuseness of his expenditure was very offensive to the Dutch notions of respectability in matters of private finance, and injurious to the existing state of the public means. Holland The History of the Netherlands This noble profuseness is not, indeed, necessarily decoration; the essence of it is an independent value and interest in the building, aside from the temporary and accidental employment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 Sir, he inherited but little; and that his generosity, more than his profuseness, has stripped him of; but he has never sullied his honour, which, with his title, has outlived his means. The Duenna Cawein sometimes suffers from profuseness and lack of pruning, but the music, sentiment, imaginative warmth, and profusion of nature's charms in his best lyrics rouse keen delight in any lover of poetry. History of American Literature No fashion, no vanity, no profuseness, and yet no niggardliness, but is found among professors. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Shouting cabmen and police officers tried to rival the white blizzard in profuseness, but they did not hear them. Jane Cable I have little doubt our songsters excel in melody, while the European birds excel in profuseness and volubility. Winter Sunshine Luxuriant vegetation spread in wild profuseness over this prodigal soil. Five Weeks in a Balloon I had not then learned to correct this natural instinct to be of some service to mankind by the thought of the boundlessness of infinity and of Nature's profuseness. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott Equal to these none can be found elsewhere, All else turn to profuseness, sin, and care. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Nay even those law-givers that chiefly opposed luxury and profuseness have particularly confined marriage feasts to a set number. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The rumor of this extravagant profuseness delighted the hearts of all the shopkeepers in Paris; from the hotel of the Duke of Buckingham to that of the Comte de Gramont nothing but miracles was attempted. Ten Years Later The profuseness and rather grotesque character of the carvings suggested the ruins of Mexico and Yucatan, and the enormous size of the blocks of stone, those of Peru and Baalbec. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot The rumor of this extravagant profuseness delighted the hearts of all the shopkeepers in Paris, from the hotel of the Duke of Buckingham to that of the Comte de Grammont nothing but miracles was attempted. Ten Years Later But in the religious, political, social, moral, and all other spiritual departments he freely introduces falsehood, nothing doubting; and has long done so, with a profuseness not elsewhere met with in the world. Latter-Day Pamphlets In these great and noble doctrines indeed you instruct us; but our own observation sufficiently assures us, that the greatest profuseness in a feast appears neither delightful nor genteel, unless beautified by order. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies |
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