| 单词 | prosy |
| 例句 | There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of a man who would love me passionately the minute he met me, and all out of a few prosy nothings. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This poetic note is sounded halfway through the first act of the generally prosy new musical “Far From Heaven,” which opened on Sunday night at Playwrights Horizons. Theater Review: ‘Far From Heaven,’ at Playwrights Horizons 2013-06-03T02:00:01Z I have always preferred early Eliot – I still think Prufrock the greatest of the poems – and this preachy, prosy, High Church sentiment has never been to my taste. Serious questions about literature ? in quiz form 2011-01-07T11:07:32Z Ben Sollee made one of Mr. Simon’s more prosy songs, “Wartime Prayers,” a solo for voice and cello that captured its hope and mourning. Music Review: Tuneful Paul Simon Tribute Bridges Decades 2014-04-01T22:19:25Z Mr. Turner’s poems can be too prosy, but we need his bracing “bullet-borne language” as he tries to reconcile the chaos of Iraq with the demands of the poetic line. Books of The Times: Poetry by Luljeta Lleshanaku, Lightsey Darst and Others 2010-07-22T22:18:00Z “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” lost most of its magic in the prosy outline. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z After the prosy music of Mr. Williams’s lines, Ms. Cruz’s poems are an ecstatic overdose of language and emotion. Books of The Times: Poems on Mortality by C. K. Williams and Cynthia Cruz 2012-12-31T19:22:03Z The subject of the letter is a "most tiresome and prosy" Gothic novel entitled "Lady Maclairn, the Victim of Villainy", published by her contemporary Rachel Hunter. Jane Austen letter critiquing 'prosy' contemporary at auction 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Nothing seems unnecessary in this economical, finely-judged poem, the shortness of the lines being what in too many poems it is not: a guarantee against a prosy sound. Poetry workshop: a rectangular frame 2010-05-24T15:22:00Z A letter critiquing a contemporary author for being "prosy" goes under the hammer at a London auction house on Tuesday. Jane Austen letter critiquing 'prosy' contemporary at auction 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z "War," he writes, "lent attraction to the prosiest aspects of the past." The best boring books 2011-01-04T13:05:36Z For an artist, she is unusual in describing herself as a writer as much as a painter—her short stories and prosy poems frequently appear in her catalogues. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s Imaginary Portraits 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z What’s magical about “Paterson” — and what may frustrate those seeking a tidier, prosier experience — is its refusal to settle for clear answers. Adam Driver finds the soulful, intricate poetry in Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson' 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Like Szalay, Knausgaard is often artless, prosy, clichéd, embarrassingly banal; like Szalay, he wants to explode the novel form; and like the British author he is interested in many ordinary things. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z I feel most qualified to suggest plays, so perhaps these can be taken as mix and match with other, prosier, suggestions. Back to school, Mr Gove: authors choose their GCSE set texts 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Anglicisation has indeed been carried to an extreme pitch in most parts of Ireland, and is rapidly turning the Irish peasant into the most generally uninteresting, prosy, and least spirituel of mortals. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Farming for dividends is a prosy business; but farming with a discount may have a world of sentiment in it. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z From a variety of causes I could not sleep—but the imaginative powers were not particularly aroused—my thoughts were of very prosy and worldly things. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z Even if this story were fiction, instead of prosy fact, you would foresee just what was bound to happen. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z His scheme apart, he was as steady and prosy an old German as you could meet under the lindens of Berlin or on the Lutherplatz of Königsberg. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There seemed no reason why they should come, and their interview, considering the circumstances under which he had seen them last was of a very prosy nature. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Afterward, when he became a member of the Ministry, he had trained himself down to a rather prosy level, yet now and again his speech would glow with brilliant passages excoriating his opponent. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z In truth the Nun was a trifle prolix and prosy, but she also looked so nice that they were quite content to listen and to look. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z I have written at perhaps prosy length, introducing these characters of my war-story. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The prosy old omnibus, as it sped on its way to Clapham, was to me as an Elysian chariot. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Fiction is commonplace, tame, prosy; but facts—real life—are interesting. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z A jesting vein your poet vexed, And this poor rhyme, the Fates determine, Without a parson, or a text, Has proved a somewhat prosy sermon. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Things of that sort did not, Cartaret knew, occur in these prosy days. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z The book is not a prosy history with a little conversation added, but a stirring novel full of action, and will undoubtedly rank as one of Mr. Muddock's most popular works. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Judging from his frequent records of slumbering in church, prosy preachers were by no means rare in his day. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z His rescue from the island had turned out to be one of the prosiest matters imaginable. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Might not the contents of the Journals, in like sort, be rendered somewhat less prosy than they sometimes are by being versified? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 2011-12-12T03:00:30.070Z The English people seem to have positively a passionate hunger for this mass of prosy stupidity, never less than a column and a quarter long. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z "He told me that you and I were like a Bacchic festival, and he felt as prosy as a Bradshaw in consequence." Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z They won't continue, for a week, Each day about M'Grath to speak In memoirs, and in leading columns, To preach of prosy sermons volumes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z I appreciate such a remembrance from my 'prosy husband.' The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z In this piece, for example, the dialogue is prosy—I mean in prose—and the music has been written to suit it. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 2011-10-07T02:00:23.543Z These remarks, prefacing a love story, may be didactic and ponderous and prosy, but they are true. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z This prince of baths would, we verily believe, change the dullest clodhopper to a wit for a time, and convert the prosiest old antiquarian into a poet. Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity 2011-09-08T02:00:23.090Z Very well, I will, though I fear you will think the story a little dull, and probably the story-teller somewhat prosy. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z These works are sometimes prosy, always indifferent to style in their unflinching quest for "pure wisdom," often concerned with the dead issue of negro slavery. John Woolman's Journal 2011-09-06T02:00:09.260Z “The inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers of good intentions, whom nobody older would endure.” Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z In a desire to be obliging one is apt to become prosy.” The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z His epistle, like many other Apostolic documents, would be considered dreadfully prosy but for its age and reputation. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z To be sure there was Merlin making his long speeches in rather a chuntering, prosy tone. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Then, that maze——But idle stories, interpreting all spiritual meaning as prosy fact, would have it, that this symbol was a reality. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z For then an inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers with good intentions, whom nobody older would endure. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Father and Gerald must have finished that prosy discussion by now. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Author of The Minstrel, a long, prosy poem in Spenserian stanza, and a prose Essay on Truth. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z These," she says, "consist of the frothy, the prosy, the pious, or the pedantic. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z ‘You are getting rather prosy, but if it relieves your feelings, pray proceed.’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z He himself is so unpretentious, so warm-hearted, so single-minded, and so manly that he deserves a more sympathetic and less vain helpmeet than this female doctor, with her too prosy platitudes and her chill philosophies. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z It is an old, old tale, yet in the telling of it nature alone is not prosy. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z It seems hard lines on you, child, shutting you up here, with no one to talk to but a prosy old fellow like me, eh?” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The club no doubt would turn out to be as prosy an affair as all the other regulation charitable organizations in Sanford. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Madame’s eyes twinkled as she heard this, for Professor Todd had been generally voted a prosy old nuisance; but Winnie was earnestness itself. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z "They get settled down and prosy, or else—well, dissipated." Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z But I shall only weary you if I go on in this prosy way! so thanking you again most heartily for your grand contribution, believe me to remain,—Yours very sincerely, R. Norman Shaw. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z "There was a Mr. Lingard at dinner—a prosy old fellow, as tiresome as ever he could be; but he is English, and knows the Southwodes, and he told lots about them." A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "Oh! yes you may," carelessly replied Mary, yawning slightly; she thought Miss Gray prosy at times. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z It was only when he touched on wider matters, especially on politics, that he grew unbearably tedious and prosy. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z I am sure that a little stupidity—a sort of prosy platitude just now in O'D.—would conciliate my critics of the press. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z However, if you knew how much more prosy and tedious I could have been, and on the very same subject, too, you would be gratified to be let off so easily. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z The prosy bluntness with which the incidents of this strange story are treated as matter of fact, is scarcely less remarkable than the immorality which substitutes mere thaumaturgy for the finer instincts of humanity. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "Cheating at cards, Sir," plumped out the other, half vexed at being deemed prosy. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The resident missionary, a very worthy man, but a rather prosy preacher, always addressed his dusky audience in the English language, his thoughts being conveyed to them by an interpreter. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Now I have a great horror of being thought prosy. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He would fain impart his knowledge, insight, and what glimmerings of romantic fancy may add charm to the prosy exposition, but the showman’s harangue is received as art without heart. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z During the intervening years he enriched the world of thought with seventy volumes of irresistible humor—of brilliant and caustic wit,—in truth, a mine of literary gems undimmed with mediocrity's prosy dullness. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Roland threw aside his cigar, and resigned himself to the prospect of an hour's prosy discussion of things in which he felt no kind of interest, no ray of pleasure. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The fellows that teach them, too, are musty, snuff-taking, prosy old dogs, with heavy shoes and greasy cravats,—the very reverse of your race of dancing and music masters, who are a pestilent crew! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z My dear Tom,—I had thought to have despatched this prosy epistle without being obliged to inflict you with any personal details of the Dodd family. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z But to all such prosy, plodding individuals, Mrs. Errington presented a perspective of vague magnificence, which sometimes awed and generally silenced them. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z And I do hope and expect—as I think I have some right to do—that my lord will assist us without delay, and without making one of his intolerable prosy preachments on the occasion. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "It is like a romaunt of the earlier and purer days of chivalry," goes on Lady Lilias, in her most prosy tone. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z But it strikes me you may think me prosy,—too fond of dissecting people’s motives. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The men of strong minds and strong feelings were invariable in their expressions of admiration; but the prosy, consequential bodies all disliked him as exceedingly dictatorial. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z Incidentally, he has the reputation for having much prosy material in the body of his work. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z In matters of religion, Mr. Gray was long and prosy; in matters of business, quick and terse, a man after Sidney's own heart. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z We are a terrible prosy, heavy lot capable of only one idea at a time. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z I wish I had some more legitimate excuse to offer for my seeming want of courtesy than the fact of my having to attend a prosy dinner; but I haven't. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Further, it tells us that, besides the present opening scene, there were extant two different prologues, one of which was "quite prosy and perhaps concocted by the actors." The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z He can, indeed, put a narrative of supposed events into the mouth of any of his characters, but such narratives are always dull and prosy, and to be avoided. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "Only the 'Fisherman and the Diver,' which he translated for us, and his prize Poem, which didn't get the prize; and, indeed, I thought it very pompous and prosy," Laura said, laughing. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z If the sweetest little girl you ever saw knew perfectly whom you meant when you said "Dear," what was the use of hunting up such prosy names as May or Alice? The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z I’ve watched these villagers 364 now for three weeks and their lives seem so prosy, so dead slow, it is painful. The Girl From Tim's Place Such is the drivel which we have often heard oozing, drop by drop, from a male creature of the prosy kind. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Forgive me for being prosy; but I like to think that the Germans and the English are akin. The Man Who Rose Again At last, feeling that our driver's patience was probably exhausted, and treading carefully over the granite passage of the viaduct, we made our way to the prosy level of mankind. Glories of Spain In another moment the Journalist was most horridly involved with the people on his left in a prosy discussion regarding Japanese servants. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z I don't quite see that, although the ladies you are thinking of exist in novels only, never in this prosy, work-a-day world. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir That his audience should have thought him tiresome or prosy, would, indeed, have seemed to him something strange; but that his hearer should have gone off asleep, was almost incredible. The Fortunes Of Glencore It was the great event of his own life, "his Waterloo," and he dwelt on every detail with a prosy dalliance that was death to the listener. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Our host had neatly packed a luncheon-basket, and away rolled the machine through the prosy streets. Glories of Spain But Sam was certainly prosy in his head. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z It is one of the prosiest in the book, and for a professedly out-of-doors poem has too much of the study in it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Turret and spire and roof Looming out of the sea, Where the prosy chart gives proof No cape nor isle can be! Later Poems And as to the other count in the indictment," said Cashel, interrupting a rather prosy dissertation about political parties,—"as to the other count—matrimony I mean. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) I'm a plain, prosy, matter-of-fact kind of a person. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story It is a prosy life among the masses of the people. Her Royal Highness Woman So might a prosy divine put forth his religion as an excuse for prosing. The Day of His Youth So the busy world shrugged its shoulders and passed the episode by, and only prosy moralists dwelt upon it to point the Fifth Commandment. A Master Hand The Story of a Crime Students of the good old type he derided as arid word-mongers, who had lost their wits by poring over languid, prosy, frigid models of an antiquated style. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second I hear of nothing but ministerial intrigue, the tactics of the centre droit and the opposition, with a little very tiresome gossip of the Tuileries; and Favancourt thinks himself political, when he is only prosy. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) When the latter was the case, as frequently happened, Miss Trinkett waxed warm with indignation at the lack of attention paid to the prosy old member by his inconsiderate colleagues. Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 It cannot be expected, indeed, that our story-tellers, poets, and biographers for the young will desert their pleasant arts, and inflict upon their readers prosy essays upon American law, society, reform, and progress. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The boring times I have had listening to prosy accounts of his trials and adventures, when I have wanted to discuss a hat! A Question of Marriage Why is a prosy preacher like the middle of a wheel? The Handbook of Conundrums He belongs to the world, and to people like... like the people I met to-night, not to our poor, prosy little set. Lady Cassandra "Tell me first," said Louisa, in her most prosy, most matter of fact tone of voice, "all that is known about your uncle Arthur." The Heart of a Woman And now I dare say you’re wondering whether you are ever going to get to bed, or whether a certain prosy old fellow intends to keep preaching to you quite all night. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A parent can be wise and prosy, and expound the law; but he can’t do more. A Question of Marriage The chaplain at first was quite assiduous in his attendance, but the chaplain, she speedily decided, was slow, prosy, unconvincing. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Not wishing to convey the idea of a serious and prosy discourse, I advised my manager to call the entertainment “A causerie.” A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Outside the weather was indeed prosy and commonplace. The Heart of a Woman When a woman returns home, she finds everything prosy and paltry. Priests, Women, and Families I used to listen to the Fourth-of-July orators talk on in their prosy way, in a dull monotone, and on Sundays the preachers would speak in the same dismal manner. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 "Rather prosy, and too military in tone for my taste." The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The old grandfather was a fine prosy old grumbler about the year '98 and the terrible doings of the "Orangemen." Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas She spoke quite quietly, matter-of-factly now, pulling, by her serene calm, Luke's soul back from the realms of turbulent sensations to the prosy facts of to-day. The Heart of a Woman That prosy old Sister would prove it in a moment if we brought them face to face. A Life Sentence A Novel I wonder if those talks were so prosy! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 "He is a dreadfully prosy person, and very material," says Portia, when they have all laughed a little. Portia or By Passions Rocked His effort to account for the instantaneous transportation of witches is one of the bright spots in the prosy reasonings of the demonologists. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 After they have played ‘Ring Around the Rosy’ and ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ they don’t know another living thing to do except to sit down and look prim and be prosy. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club Yes, good, as the day is long," said Augusta, "but rather prosy, after all. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Then you try and try again, and stutter and stammer, whilst your friends' prosy questions strike like icy winds upon your heart's hot fire until they extinguish it. Weird Tales. Vol. I The world is not so prosy, The woods with mirth o'erflow, To me life seems all rosy, My trumpet rings hallo. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. There is nothing gained in this prosy world by calling black white. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House My curiosity was unsatisfied; but, perhaps, I went to bed that night with a fuller gush of happiness at my heart than if I had heard this prosy fellow's account of the matter. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. I am conscious that I am becoming prosy. When Ghost Meets Ghost What a dear old chap he must be!—so thoroughly prosy and honest. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts Moreover, there is a progression—I cannot call it a progress—in his work towards a more and more strictly prosaic level, until at last he sinks into the bathos of the prosy. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) But once there, he was like a calm and busy workman, and had as little self consciousness of the thing–of the gallantry and the heroism–as the prosiest blacksmith. The Missourian German critics are often prosy and inefficient, but not given to wilful misrepresentation or carelessness in examining the books they review. Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc At least, we may suppose so, as the lady said:—"Don't be prosy, Percy." When Ghost Meets Ghost Let her keep a child at her side, pay attention to the greatest bore, listen with grateful patience to the most prosy person she knows, rather than leave the ground clear for him. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Very dull and prosy people often become enterprising and imaginative, to a wonderful degree, when put to their trumps. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Some are prosy and reasoning fools, and make excellent butts for stinging sarcasms; others are flighty and imaginative fools, and can best be ridiculed by burlesquing their folly. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Some are dryly scientific, some are dull and prosy, some are sentimental, some are sensational, and a few are altogether admirable. Ways of Nature He is prosy, as usual; but what he says refers to an indisputable truth. When Ghost Meets Ghost What can there be in the meeting of a number of prosy old men, Jimmy, that brings a star reporter all the way up here? Death Points a Finger Triangle felt relieved when daylight came, and had it not been Sunday, he would have packed up and put back for the prosy office and stagnated quietude of the city. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes “My thoughts are so dull and prosy compared with yours, are you not afraid you will have a very monotonous life-companion?” Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love It walks about over the leaves, moving its head like a little hen; then perches on a limb a few feet from the ground and sends forth its shrill, rather prosy, unmusical chant. Ways of Nature Under the influence of the despised wine of Anjou, Monsieur de Mauves, whose temper needed no sweetening, became a little sleepy, prosy, and long-winded. Angelot A Story of the First Empire The minister was prosy with dignity, soaring into occasional flights of eloquence that reminded one of a generation ago. Cloudy Jewel One day while Plunket was speaking at the Bar a friend said to Bushe, "Well, if it was not for the eloquence, I'd as soon listen to ——," who was a very prosy speaker. Law and Laughter Let me intreat the reader not to be alarmed at the hacknied word, which generally augurs that a person is going to be very egotistical and prosy. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. One day Mr. Whittier was being worn out by a prosy harangue from a visitor who sat in a rocking-chair, and swayed back and forth as he talked. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Mark Constantine, whose activities lessened each month, due to ill health, began prowling about Steve’s office at unexpected hours, cornering him for prosy talks and conferences, under which Steve writhed in helpless surrender. The Gorgeous Girl Perhaps it had been prosy and dull to one who did not hear the Lord’s voice behind the Bible words. Cloudy Jewel Like those prosy souls who call the poets mad, they mistake impotence for common sense. Olive in Italy This was but a prosy world after all. The Trimming of Goosie Already the prosy old university town had begun to assume an atmosphere of home. A Breath of Prairie and other stories How few of us who cannot play an organ would deign to offer ourselves as pumpers for its prosy bellows! Sunlight Patch The rise of Herschel," says Miss Clerke, "is the one conspicuous anomaly in the otherwise somewhat quiet and prosy eighteenth century. Pioneers of Science "Because I am prosy—level-headed, slow sort of card—but prosy beyond a doubt." Somehow Good Silly Novels by Lady Novelists are a genus with many species, determined by the particular quality of silliness that predominates in them—the frothy, the prosy, the pious, or the pedantic. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete There is neither a prosy page nor a sensational chapter in it. Moods Of three dull nicknames, stuck like burrs on the mantles of Dorking's prophets, the dullest and prosiest has stuck to the richest. Highways and Byways in Surrey “You drop into all the spirited adventures, while I am packed off with prosy old Munday.” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop What food for his wild imagination could he find in the prosy records and dry-as-dust documents of a lawyer’s office? George Borrow in East Anglia I have listened to hundreds in the course of my consular career, and have yet to find one that is dull or prosy. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines "What will become of me, with a pious, prosy, perfect creature eternally haunting the house and exhorting me on the error of my ways!" cried Sylvia. Moods In ancient times, although there was no prosy system in Japan, there, were no popular disturbances, and the empire was peacefully ruled. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era As an essayist, Chesterton is never dull: the philosophy contained in his essays is not prosy. Gilbert Keith Chesterton It would be easy to put away the tract as soon as it should seem prosy.' A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Undoubtedly they lend themselves to this; they are obstinate, foolish, prosy, boring, crotchety and unpleasant to look upon. The Cult of Incompetence There is nothing heavy about it—nothing prosy or difficult to comprehend in the matter it contains. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 It has often occurred to me that the old country folk-songs are as worthy of a niche in your mausoleum as the more prosy lore to which you allot a separate division. Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Occasionally they are dull and prosy, very often they are obscure, quite often they are wearisome. Gilbert Keith Chesterton They exhibit the virtues and vices of childhood, not in prosy, unreadable precepts, but in a series of characters which move before the imagination as living beings do before the senses. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him After that, the time hung heavy upon all our characters who were present, especially as the distinguished gentlemen who had been invited to make a "few remarks" were unusually long-winded and prosy. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter You could write to-day, but if you did, you know you could support no patience for prosy facts, statistics and photographs. If You Don't Write Fiction And there were no dull or prosy ones at Sunny Bank. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life Marriage, to the girl's imaginative mind, was synonymous with a dull and prosy middle age. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Look at Wordsworth; in his lifetime the general reading public considered him a prosy old gentleman, who twaddled pleasantly about lakes and mountains, and pretty little peasant girls. Vixen, Volume III. Those who had been privileged to hear them discovered that remarks had been made at which they had laughed, and that the speakers were not such prosy old fossils as they had suspected. Grey Town An Australian Story A few months later, when he had begun to be troubled with difficulty of breathing, he had a long and prosy letter from a total stranger, who proposed a call. Washington Irving For Tam, though wise and a humorist, had his prosy hours. The House with the Green Shutters If she read an account of anything unpleasant she was peremptorily stopped; if the news was dry or prosy, that was also cut off short. Patty's Success Uncle Bob rather prosy, but his girls capital fun. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 The old gentleman seemed put out to find himself deprived of his prerogative to be elaborate and prosy. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Next to him is Sir H. Selwin-Ibbetson, Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, and whom I have heard genially described as "one of the prosiest speakers in the House." Faces and Places But I am growing at once prosy and digressive. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The long-winded old salts who come here to report their wrecks never spin out their prosy yarns to me. A Chosen Few Short Stories He felt that he was being fearfully endangered by the prosy insipidity of the age and the world he was living in. The Goose Man They swopped long prosy yarns about dull incidents, and I was very much bored. A Dominie in Doubt The Road to Calvary She was sitting half dreaming, half listening to the old preacher, when suddenly one sentence in a sermon, otherwise prosy and conventional, arrested her attention. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Old men had spoken to them of '93, and recollections that were almost personal gave life to the prosy descriptions of the author. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life As for literature, it made no difference how dull or prosy were the books, young people had to read them or none at all. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Had he done this artistic bit of acting for the purpose of spending his Christmas on the flat of his back talking to a prosy old doctor? Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University I know a married couple who are now the happiest, prosiest, most attached old pair in the world, who went through no end of storms during their first eventful year. A Young Mutineer This long and rather prosy introduction brings me to the theme of the evening—woman the greater hero in early Indiana Methodism. The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism: An Address Delivered Before the Indiana Methodist Historical Society I should have been bored to death with all that prosy writing. Floyd Grandon's Honor The House of Commons is a debating assembly, not a lecture hall, where prosy papers may be read to sparse audiences. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly They are in the practical or prosy stage of life. Mushrooms on the Moor We would hope, however, that candid readers will have a kindly consideration of the author's intentions, and pass over much that is prosy and ridiculous for the sake of what is original and interesting. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 It revealed to him a certain lightness of heart and poetry in himself that distinguished him from the prosy grubbers. Jewel Weed Aunt Lucinda says Mr. Blake is very spiritual, but he's terribly prosy. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Perhaps it never happens in this prosy old twentieth century. Old Valentines A Love Story Uncle Win had been reading aloud from "Jerusalem Delivered," but Doris thought it rather prosy, and strayed off into her own thoughts. A Little Girl in Old Boston It sounds prosy, I know, and very stupid, but let me tell you that it is the wise girl who buys for comfort, utility and wear, instead of style and elaborateness. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture A Crowded, gas-lit, stuffy hall, A prosy speaker, such a duffer, A mob that loves to stamp and bawl, Noise, suffocation—how I suffer! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 Cupid in cap and gown and spectacles is a decidedly prosy divinity. The Bishop's Secret The novelty of this life soon wore away, and I found myself the creature of no romance, but plodding along a prosy road with very practical people. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The history of the Reformation was dull and prosy. A Little Girl in Old Boston There was the ever-beckoning to the hills of treasure, with their extravagant stories of adventure, but the professional man was anchored in the more prosy city, and buckled down to a commonplace existence. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Judge Adams forgot all his despondency, while Mr. Surplice, who was getting a little prosy as a preacher, was as full of fire as in his younger days. Winning His Way In conversation the similarity was even more striking—safe, civil, prosy, dosy, and yet not without a certain small pretension. The London Visitor They exhibit the virtues and vices of childhood, not in prosy, unreadable precepts, but in a series of characters which move before the Imagination, as living beings do before the senses. Rollo on the Atlantic "Do you expect me to say that I found you 'prosy'?" Molly Bawn Now, however, I intend to be stupidly prosy, with malice aforethought, and without one mitigating circumstance, except, perchance, it be the temptations of that above-mentioned ambitious little devil to palliate my crime. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 What a practical rebuke, besides, to prosy talkers and the whole long-winded race, the sharp, short tap of the telegraph! Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Gathering strength in romantic byways to see you through the prosy thoroughfares? We Three The only society she knew was the prosy men-folk whom Socrates used to fetch home with him occasionally. Second Book of Tales Have I been prosy enough to allow of my leaving off now? Molly Bawn They began one of those general arguments on the history of the times, which when spoken, are intensely interesting, and being written as intensely prosy. Agatha's Husband A Novel I desire to be practical in these "O'Dowdiana," and I strive not to be prosy. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Hall right—but mind you don’t come prosy over me. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Don’t be alarmed, I won’t keep you up all night with prosy details. The Settler and the Savage That, I should say, is as prosy and didactic as a discourse of my venerated ancestor. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes "I have preached you a sermon, after all," he said apologetically; "but preaching is my trade, and you must forgive an old man for being prosy." When Patty Went to College And won't we be thankful all our lives—all our snug, safe, prosy lives—that we were sporting now?— Play the Game! The Irish are an eloquent nation, and we are apt to send them rather prosy rulers. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography Its most cherished hopes have to be surrendered one by one to the prosy facts of every-day existence. Children of the Tenements I am afraid, doctor, our age is too prosy for that sort of thing. Gryll Grange “You’re as prosy as an old woman,” said Tom Long, impatiently. Middy and Ensign For an hour he sat listening to the somewhat prosy talk of the old lady, and then—there being no sign of Annis's return—he silently departed and made his way back to the Seamew. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant But a beautiful character will make beauty and poetry out of the prosiest environment, bring sunshine into the darkest home, and develop beauty and grace amid the ugliest surroundings. Pushing to the Front Oh, yes, Wyndham is a good fellow; a little prosy sometimes, but means well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 One always wondered why they married each other, for they seem so prosy and matter-of-fact. The Heart of Una Sackville That meant that Margot had met Victor yesterday or the day before, and had talked with him some time, for the prosy Mr Early would not be an early subject of conversation. The Fortunes of the Farrells For any one not personally interested, the case was prosy enough. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton He is, in fact, one of the prosiest public men in Canada. The Masques of Ottawa We heard a prosy sermon from the old gentleman who has officiated there for some years. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Similarly Robinson Crusoe dwells but little upon the horrors of his position, and when he does is apt to get extremely prosy. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) A prosy orator reproved Lord North for going to sleep during one of his speeches. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings It was all so secret and romantic, this glorious adventure rushing to fulfilment, under the prosy surface of everyday life. Quin I hoped to emerge out my prosy life with you into green pastures, and all I found was a nasty swamp. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag A genuine report of even the best conversation would be intolerably prosy and unimaginative. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series If he resists the temptation, his imagination flags and he becomes prosy and dull. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) No other incentive would have taken him so close to that prosy bulletin board. Tom Slade's Double Dare Those who take part in its proceedings are intensely respectable, and as intensely dull and prosy. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris It is a pleasure, even at this day, to look through their voluminous, rather stiff and prosy, but entirely sensible and affectionate correspondence. The Friendships of Women No one but Tom had arrived at the office and for just a few moments, standing there near Miss Ellison's typewriter and with the prosy letter files about, he was again in France. Tom Slade at Black Lake After Milton came the age which, of all others, is the prosiest in our history. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series In spite of this the different sections of the story remain tolerably clear as we proceed, and the interest never flags for longer than the brief minutes when prosy Oxford dons talk learnedly. The Growth of English Drama But he lingered longer over the somewhat prosy ancient history of Monsieur Rollin. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Her husband was glad to be released from the sound of "the prosy old doctor's essay," and was in quite good humor with himself for his act of self-denial in going to church. Choice Readings for the Home Circle Perhaps the average clerk would have proposed this; would have suggested hitting this convenient little trail, about as short and prosy as a back alley. Tom Slade at Black Lake I should like to recognise in it a Dionysus Antheus, rather than one of the more prosy Roman gods of horticulture. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Like a youngster's joyous dream of chronic Christmas Eves, this realization alone was enough to put an absurdly delicious thrill of expectancy into any invalid's otherwise prosy thoughts. Molly Make-Believe It is very long and extremely sentimental, and written in rather prosy blank verse. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Help is greatly needed in making it really attractive for those whose minds are hungry after the day's mechanical work, but who are too weary to take up a prosy volume. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 The voice lengthened into prim and prosy solemnity. Sunny Slopes He lacked brilliancy in manner and conversation; he was dull; he was, perhaps, even prosy. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance And for the moment poor Anthony represents to the emancipated youth of our time all that was "banal" and prosy some thirty years ago. Studies in Early Victorian Literature In Cibber, we especially mark the Spanish element, which then tinged the drama, and although somewhat prosy and sententious, he is fertile and entertaining in his love intrigues. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Be this his excuse for seeming prosy and dull; possibly for mistakes and crudities. The Growth of Thought As Affecting the Progress of Society It was her first experience in shadows cast before, and it came to her with a little shock that no two are ever one in the prosier sense of the theory. The Danger Mark He was lonely and utterly disgusted with the quiet of the country, and the old-fashioned, prosy way his two cousins had of enjoying themselves. The Boy Trapper I found he was a prosy, weak-minded creature, who, although time was so precious, would have stood talking to me of its great value by the hour, if I had patience to listen. Medoline Selwyn's Work I love her too well to marry her and make of our devotion a stale, prosy thing of duty and compulsion. The Sport of the Gods A black slave told a prosy tale about thieves—and the rest were more long than pointed. Letters from Egypt There were those who yawned, and thought the sermon unusually long and prosy. Divers Women Old people of my age become prosy, my dear. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Even if the talker is prosy and prolix, the well-bred person will appear interested, and at appropriate intervals make such remarks as shall show that he has heard and understood all that has been said. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society "The prosy geologist talks pedantically of a granite rock, and is mute when he sees the flower that blooms above it." Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Some dear old prosy English people made me laugh so. Letters from Egypt It was something new for great elephants to be seen walking through the prosy business streets. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 I can’t listen to you any more, you prosy things; you make me melancholy. The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher Parson Dan was asked to say a few words, but he declined, saying that the boys wanted to hear the Governor, and not a prosy old parson. Rod of the Lone Patrol In the twilight came Mrs. Betts, and cut short the flight of fancy with prosy suggestions of early retirement to rest. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax In short, Mohammed has somehow left the stamp of romance on the religion, or else it is in the blood of the people, though the Koran is prosy and ‘common-sensical’ compared to the Old Testament. Letters from Egypt The tone of this publication is pure, and yet Golden Days is not in the least prosy or dull. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 For the rest it is a very prosy piece of literature, only saved occasionally in its dulness by the unconscious crudity of the hatreds lurking beneath its mask of plausibility. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 All that was the prosy part of shopping. Queen Hildegarde He drafted his Wieland the Smith, made tentative shots at what at length grew into the Nibelung's Ring, and poured forth an enormous quantity of very prosy prose. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The same dead level of dry personal detail speaks through each chapter; or if occasional relief is afforded, it is "in liquid lines mellifluously bland," and prosier than all the rest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 The chief indictment to be made against Blom's translation is its prosiness, its prosy, involved sentences, its banality. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Bez was a rather prosy poet, and his eye was not in a fine frenzy rolling. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The Athenæum review is “a choice specimen of style,” and the Spectator “of argumentation”; the Saturday Review is only “deadly prosy,” but none were exactly favourable till G.H. Matthew Arnold Go to bed, Tom Duffan; you are getting prosy and ridiculous. Winter Evening Tales That sounds rather poetical, don't it? for a prosy chap who professes never to have been moved by any piece of femininity, however dainty. The Cromptons It would be positively wicked to fear that anything dreadful could happen to Austin because he had forgotten his catechism and was not impressed by the vicar's prosy discourses in church. Austin and His Friends Well, yes, I go along in my old prosy way. The Child of the Dawn A retired officer of cavalry, said to be disgruntled through failure of promotion, a tall, spare, serious, prosy figure, a writer without inspiration, a speaker without force. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Color the map as you will, it is but a prosy picture after all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 She was not especially appreciated, for she was considered prosy and commonplace. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town No doubt Tyson's method was extremely amusing and effective, and his sparkling periods proved the enemy's dullness up to the hilt; unfortunately, the prosy but responsible representations of Smedley had more weight with committees. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) I can fancy no beauty from so prosy a description. Inez A Tale of the Alamo With such a table of contents in front of this little foreword, I am quite sure that few will pause to consider my prosy effort. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) I had to copy his somniferous dispatches, to endure a rehearsal of his prosy speeches, to get up, at an immense labour to myself, incessant laughs at his jokes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841 "No," said Eleanor, with a sigh, closing the book and folding her hands, "only—I didn't suppose you ever could become a prosy, poky old church-member." All He Knew A Story Do you think it is intended to be shown that Gonzalo is prosy and tiresome, although good, or only that the lower and more frivolous characters find him so? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies In conclusion, we can hardly recommend the book before us, further than to say, that its gossip, though often prosy to the verge of twaddle, is also sometimes droll and amusing from its graphic minuteness. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 Hugonet, a member of the ducal council, answered their address with a prosy speech. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 She happened to have no engagement for the evening, and, being alone, was glad of even the companionship of a prosy attorney. True Love's Reward "Please tell me what I have said or done that was poky or prosy," asked Bartram. All He Knew A Story It seemed to be a matter of high courtesy with her not to perceive that the choir-boys sang out of tune or that the sermon was prosy. The Street Called Straight She is never tired of listening to my prosy stories of your childhood in Alexandria, and I'm quite sure that she will make you the most admirable of wives.' The Magician It was printed on a sheet ten by eighteen inches in size, and gave the greater portion of its space to two or three prosy essays. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 How tame, and prosy, and humdrum the scene instantly became! In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs So he tried to keep awake and hide his yawns while listening to a prosy monologue on insects until the Residency carriage came to take Major Norton away. The Jungle Girl Every event is translated into verse; even my going to Newport by the ten-o'clock train, which sounds prosy enough, inspires him, and the next morning he comes in with a poem. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 You have been very patient, and I have been rather prosy, I am afraid. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman He went to church on Sunday, and was probably the most attentive listener the rather prosy old pastor had. Romance of California Life He is a prosy person with a host of grievances. Marcella He was bald and clean-shaved but for scraps of side-whiskers that gave him a resemblance to the traditional stage-lawyer of amateur theatricals, a likeness increased by his heavy and prosy manner. The Jungle Girl "Didactic and dull; many of ye are but too apt to be prosy unless mischievous." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Down I come, and light upon the old and prosy plain. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Can the smart patter of a Bobby's tongue Thus stagnate in a cold and prosy converse, Or freeze in oathless inarticulateness? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 And if Your Honor," concluded this excellent but somewhat prosy old gentleman, "shall see fit to persist in bringing these mercenary sworders and musketeers into our quiet streets, not on our heads be the responsibility. Twice Told Tales The conversation had dragged, and the excellent Mrs. Ambrose had been more than usually prosy. A Tale of a Lonely Parish Perhaps not," replied her Aunt, "but you know, Mary, I believe in combining pleasure with my work, and our lives are made up of poetry and prose, and some lives are so very prosy. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" It would seem, Aunt Jennie, dear, as if the world is not at all the prosy thing some people take it to be. Sweetapple Cove I, walking the familiar street, While a crammed horse-car jingled through it, Was lifted from my prosy feet And in Arcadia ere I knew it. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The work is one of vast industry, and gives a useful account of an important epoch, but is extremely diffuse and one-sided, and often prosy. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The sermon is long and prosy, and we rejoice that it is the last. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Go to sleep if I get prosy when fairly wound off on my yarn. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Yet springs as freely and as warm, To greet the near and small, The prosy neighbor at the farm, The squirrel on the wall. Voices for the Speechless There were three other officers in the room, and to them Surgeon Wyley began to talk in a prosy, medical strain. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories R. is described as "a stout, rosy, vain, prosy little man." A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature A Place for Jeremiah A certain prosy preacher recently gave an endless discourse on the prophets. Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal I would dearly love the next number, also, but I must not make the evening too dull and prosy for you. Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life "You're getting as prosy as that Congressman—-and that's the most insulting thing I can think of to say to either of you." The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard Shall I—a cast-off puppet—seek to study The Showman who manipulates the strings, The Hand that paints the western drop-scene ruddy, The prosy truths of all these faery things? Twenty It sounds pretty prosy; but I rather think after all it may be true. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book Such of his sermons as are still extant are prosy, long-winded, dogmatic absurdities, overloaded with periphrastic illustrations in scriptural language. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 The governor and the intendant plied him with their requests, with their grievances, and too often with their prosy tales of petty squabbling. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 "I suppose," said Ida, "that a great many beautiful and heroic events are very prosy and painful to the actors therein, and they never dream the world will give them the gloss of romance." Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio "Well--hum--it's a little prosy at times." Round the Block It is a little prosy to say so, but Lurton's buttered toast and coffee was more palatable than the prison fare. The Mystery of Metropolisville He fired her enthusiasm, delighted her imagination, enchained her soul to his: she was literally swept off the prosy face of this earth and whirled into a realm of romance, enchanting, intoxicating, mystic—almost divine. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk This love makes the cowardly brave, the weak strong, the dull witty, the prosy poetic, the slouches tidy. Primitive Love and Love-Stories So it would—and more polite than 'The Preacher,' as some call him who think he is a trifle too prosy in his remarks. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners These attractions are not present in Battle Days, which in truth is rather a prosy affair, though ambitious withal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 It is true of her as of Wordsworth, that she grew prosy because she tried to be philosophical. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy A characteristic instance of this latter manner has been given to the world in a book of chit-chat by a prosy gentleman whose name it would be unkind to recall. Collections and Recollections "He will render us a little less prosy, perhaps." Madcap To be sure, demonstrations of applause at a good bit, or of discontent with a prosy speaker, are common, but anything approaching disorder is of rare occurrence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Dull is the only word I can think of that exactly describes him—dull and prosy. Further Foolishness That life was prosy and hard because those ideal aims which come from a recognition of the past and its traditions were absent from it. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy The word is a synonym for a dull, prosy, plodding historian, with great show of learning, but very little attractive grace. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook I think I am getting rather prosy, so I must try and cut the matter short. The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales As a speaker he is decidedly prosy, with a hesitating utterance, a monotonous voice, and an uninteresting manner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 In all my life I never met a prosier man. Further Foolishness Well, you are thinking, some of you, that this is a prosy chapter, but you must not skip it. Emilie the Peacemaker To succeed, the journal must treat of subjects in the most popular manner, avoiding, as far as is consistent with the dignity of the object in view, very elaborate and prosy disquisitions. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Shakespeare was undoubtedly very fine in his way; Milton good, though prosy; Lord Bacon deep, and decidedly knowing; but the writer who should be his country's pride, is my Lord Chesterfield.' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The Stock Exchange was strongly represented, Jerusalem was strongly represented, the bores of the prosier London clubs were strongly represented. The Uncommercial Traveller To read a dull book; to listen to a tedious play or prosy sermon or lecture; to stare at uninteresting pictures or ugly buildings: nothing, short of disease, is more dreadful than this. Treatise on Parents and Children For then, an inclined plane of unfortunate infants would be handed over to the prosiest and worst of all the teachers with good intentions, whom nobody older would endure. Our Mutual Friend He is the man who does the heavy business, such as prosy fathers, virtuous servants, curates, landlords, and so forth. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people You open a book and try to read, but you find Shakespeare trite and commonplace, Dickens is dull and prosy, Thackeray a bore, and Carlyle too sentimental. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow You have a happy privilege, my dear sir: when our age turns prosy, you have but to take your lyre, in the sweet country of the south, and resuscitate the glory of the Troubadours. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist All prosy dull society sinners, Who chatter and bleat and bore, Are sent to hear sermons From mystical Germans Who preach from ten till four. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Her goodness was above the prosy morals of the husband-seeker, apart from the dull literature of female virtue. This Side of Paradise Then on smooth roads people frequently get prosy, and tell long stories, and even those who don’t talk, may have very unpleasant predilections. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people If only the enterprise had been on the sea he would have been twice as happy, for the land always seemed to him a prosy and inconvenient place for the exhibition of heroism. Boyhood in Norway You will be pleased with my mother—she is a little vain and prosy about me, but that you can forgive her—and she will be pleased with you.' David Copperfield Tom Van Arden, my old friend, I grow prosy, and you tire; Fill the glasses while I bend To prod up the failing fire. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1 It's odd, all that about the picture in your first paper - prosy, but told in a devilish gentlemanly sort of way. Master Humphrey's Clock We assure them that we are not about to become political, neither have we the slightest intention of being more prosy than usual—if we can help it. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I make no apologies for this extremely prosy paragraph. The Woman in White It was in the evening, however, that the Peacock presented attractions which enabled the two friends to resist even the invitations of the gifted, though prosy, Pott. The Pickwick Papers The war has driven that word from our vocabulary, and melodrama has become the prosiest realism. Greenmantle I have read somewhere," laughed Anne, "that the first child is a poem but the tenth is very prosy prose. Anne's House of Dreams "This has been a dull, prosy day," yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats. Anne of the Island And if your Honor," concluded this excellent but somewhat prosy old gentleman, "shall see fit to persist in bringing these mercenary sworders and musketeers into our quiet streets, not on our heads be the responsibility. From Twice Told Tales He had a strong Scotch accent; and, if a wee bit prosy at times, it was sententious and polished prose that he talked; he talked invariably like a book. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Moreover, there is a progression - I cannot call it a progress - in his work towards a more and more strictly prosaic level, until at last he sinks into the bathos of the prosy. Familiar Studies of Men and Books Ay, in my little groove I was content, Seeing my life run smoothly to the end, With prosy days in stolid labour spent, And jolly nights, a pipe, a glass, a friend. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man It has been a prosy day for us," she said thoughtfully, "but to some people it has been a wonderful day. Anne of the Island To pitch my tent with no prosy plan, To range and to change at will; To mock at the mastership of man, To seek Adventure's thrill. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone But Ben was gifted with a spirit of fun, sometimes running into mischief, which was constantly bursting out in new directions, in spite of his father's numerous and rather prosy lectures. Paul Prescott's Charge A piano to the prosy, But to us in twilight rosy— What?—A cave where Nereids lie, Naiads, Dryads, Oreads sigh, Dreaming of the time when they Danced in forest and in bay. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Heigh-ho! by day it's just prosy duty, Doing the same old song and dance; But oh! with the night—joy, glory, beauty: Over the parapet—Life, Romance! Rhymes of a Red Cross Man He gives the facts, and loses much of the spirit, often spoiling the beauty of the Biblical narrative by a prosy paraphrase. Josephus So Dominie Romeyn always fixed his lack-lustre eye on me, and seemed to develop all his long, prosy arguments one by one to me personally. In the Valley Treated with accuracy it becomes prosy, treated with fancy it becomes ridiculous. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal But he was not more prosy than many men I have met at dinner-parties in the days when the highest circles in the land were open to your humble servant. Charlotte's Inheritance He loved Desdemona because she was pretty, and looked at him with sweet maidenly glances of pity when he told those prosy stories of his--with full traveller's license, no doubt--over Brabantio's mahogany. Henry Dunbar A Novel The repast concluded, Acmé rose; and observing a countryman with his arm bound up, enquired if he had met with an accident; and patiently listened to the prosy narrative of age. A Love Story The prose—and very prosy—work he impatiently seized in the hope of banishing that witching melody from his brain, simply followed the perverted feet of the poem. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada The two poems fail because they are prosy and uninteresting, not through any fault of the metre, but it may be that Statius felt his powers hampered by an unfamiliar metre. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal I had studied law an entire week, and then given it up because it was so prosy and tiresome. Roughing It, Part 5. The book seems to be merely a prosy detail of imaginary history, with the Old Testament for a model; followed by a tedious plagiarism of the New Testament. Roughing It, Part 2. How pleasant to get away from these fellows!" said the major, "they are so uncommonly prosy! Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 They will flutter down in the smoky darkness, and fall, like a message from the land of the lotus-eaters, upon a prosy wayfarer. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories It is inclined to be prosy, but is simple and pleasing in tone, and the old countryman may be forgiven if he sometimes seems to be quoting the Georgics. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal When I spoke just now of Wagner's predilection for long soliloquies and prosy explanations as a mannerism, I do not think that I was expressing myself too strongly. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama Hortense is an empty little thing, who thinks of her prosy fat Camille with spectacles, and of her two children, and of nothing else in the world besides. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Two of the gold-fish, called respectively Gay and Gilt, were particularly friendly to Sammy, who soon found them much more entertaining than the worthy, but somewhat prosy Pilot. How Sammy Went to Coral-Land "Oh most lame and impotent conclusion," sung out the judge, who by this time had become deucedly prosy, and all hands arose, as if by common consent, and agreed that we had got enough. Tom Cringle's Log "Only the 'Fisherman and the Diver,' which he translated for us, and his Prize Poem, which didn't get the prize; and, indeed, I thought it very pompous and prosy," Laura said, laughing. The History of Pendennis The bulk of his work consists of long moralizing poems, prosy, prolix, often trivial, and to-day largely unreadable. A History of English Literature He was followed by a prosy individual, who branded the negro as brother to the monkey. Frederick Douglass A Biography Any hobby will draw out the mind, but the one I plead for touches the soul too, keeps the milk of human kindness from souring, puts a gentle poetry into the prosiest life. Concerning Animals and Other Matters I wished some dry, prosy petitioners in England could have heard it. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States It enraptures the artist and enthuses even ordinarily prosy folks. Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist In his later life he wrote a great quantity of Puritan religious verse, largely prosy in spite of his fluency. A History of English Literature It is tedious, prosy, and without action of any kind. Halleck's New English Literature When he is inspired, few poets can be compared with him; at other times the bulk of his verse is so wooden and prosy that we wonder how a poet could have written it. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World The library contains twenty thousand volumes on theology alone—musty and prosy tomes! American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States A piano to the prosy— Not to us in twilight rosy: 'Tis a cave where Nereids lie. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Yet tonight, when I was particularly anxious to get on with some important domestic legislation, we had to sit and listen to hours of prosy military talk, the possibilities of this and that. The Double Traitor Most of our speakers are horribly prosy, at least to me, but of course I never listen; I just look to see what they've on and then go straight back to my own thinking. The Black Creek Stopping-House The RecluseWordsworth's longer poems, since they contain much that is prosy and uninteresting, may well be left till after we have read the odes, sonnets, and short descriptive poems that have made him famous. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World But, Aunty," I cried, "what a horribly prosy, matter-of-fact affair life would be in any other view! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 We have been married far too long for that, Patricia and I. She thinks me rather prosy and stupid at times, poor girl, because—well, because, in point of fact, I am. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Suppose it occurs That a long, prosy speech is about to be made; If you say, "Stay and hear it," must you be obeyed? Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 The long and prosy narrative is overloaded with the most frivolous details, trumpeted forth in a strain of glorification, which sometimes disfigures more meritorious compositions in the Castilian. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 "Ah, you silly little Madge, you will soon find other attractions than your prosy dull old father, but you must reserve one little spot for him." Marguerite Verne From the plain, prosy, earthy fact that man is a hungry animal, and must eat, has sprung all the civilization of the world! Temporal Power Whilst failure inspirits a man, attainment reads the sad prosy lesson that all our glories "Are shadows, not substantial things." First Footsteps in East Africa What, Hermes? so bald, so plain, so prosy an announcement—on this momentous occasion? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 And yet, there is an exquisite pleasure for us in the weaving of those delicate golden webs that are destined to be torn so rudely asunder by a prosy and matter-of-fact reality. The Doctor's Daughter It was only a prosy old man who opposed the measure, on the ground that the State could not afford to protect such a far-outlying frontier. The Hallam Succession Under Miss Lee's very evident admiration, the Reverend Algernon seemed to grow at least three inches in height, and his rather prosy compliments did not fall upon too critical nor blase' ears. Drusilla with a Million Our dull, prosy, commonplace, though good old Hartford could offer few attractions compared with Boston or New York, and yet I hope he will not leave us out altogether if he comes among us. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe What need of these idle, prating swaddlers, with their prosy sermons and whining psalms, teaching, forsooth, that all men are equal, and that God makes no difference between lord and peasant? Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 I was thinking of many things the while, and allowing myself to become absorbed in an earnest rehearsal of my own prosy life. The Doctor's Daughter It would be very dull, prosy work, he thought, writing there forever to the loud ticking of a timepiece. The Mill on the Floss Another puts down a bald list of events, as prosy and commonplace as a private's or a carpenter's or a sutler's diary. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 They look naked and prosy, yet how I love them and cling to them! Our Friend John Burroughs "Admirably said," returned Mrs. Potiphar, who had been studying the ladies opposite while the Pacha was speaking, "but a little bit prosy," she whispered to me. The Potiphar Papers It is not always the exaggerating pen of the author that creates heroes and heroines out of our prosy humanity, and it is an undeniable and stable fact that truth is far stranger than fiction. The Doctor's Daughter The early novels, like Mrs. Morton's The Power of Sympathy, were usually prosy, didactic, and as dull as the Sunday school books of three quarters of a century ago. History of American Literature You must bear with me if I am prosy for a time. Princess Maritza The state affairs of the Republic were formerly transacted here, but it now gives shelter to modern law-courts and other prosy business. Italian Hours The May Queen tolerated him, and used to like to play with his silver hair, but protested that he was prosy. Literary Lapses Nor did I. I had pictured my cousin Bessie as quite a morbid and prosy character, suspended midway between a hopeless resignation and a helpless despair. The Doctor's Daughter Even in poetically declaring himself a decadent, the artist must take as many pains as fall to the prosiest bourgeois. Without Prejudice Ever gazing, as you hang there on the little window seat, Into flats across the way or down upon the prosy street. Tobogganing on Parnassus You dear old prosy, preachy professor!" she exclaimed affectionately, "I have been thinking of it. Fran Mine's different, 'cause mine is poetry an' theirs is prosy. Dawn You wouldn't get through it, I fancy; and as for poor, dear, prosy Richardson, his letter-writing heroines would bore you to death. A Garland for Girls He was certainly respectable enough, prosy and solemn. They Call Me Carpenter Then it was prose that was considered dull—hence we have the word prosy. English Literature for Boys and Girls "But Mr. Hepworth is so old and prosy, and Christine seems to me just a little nonentity." Patty's Suitors Should my readers find me prosy, I hope that they will pardon an old fellow, who looks back to his Water Cure course as one of the most delightful portions of a tolerably prosperous life. The Recreations of a Country Parson I don't care if she is old or fat or homely or prosy. Parnassus on Wheels Hildegarde was enjoying herself immensely, and did the honours with ardour, delighted to find that the "college girl" knew all about the things she loved, without being in the least bookish or prosy. Hildegarde's Neighbors Realism is our only wear—Realism and Prose—very prosy Prose. Innocent : her fancy and his fact Unlike the Swabish peasantry, the natives east of Munich appear as prosy and unpicturesque in dress as a Kansas homesteader. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran A few members conscientiously studied up the passage in "Barnes's Notes" and the "Comprehensive Commentary," and brought us the result of their investigations in discourse powerfully prosy, and recondite with second hand learning. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. It doesn't take an adaptable person long to accustom one's self to a new way of life, and the humdrum routine of the farm certainly looked prosy compared to voyaging with Parnassus. Parnassus on Wheels "Oh, I don't know; but he is so dull and prosy." Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine Even Beethoven is occasionally prosy, only no one will be courageous enough to admit it. A Romance of Two Worlds The tyrant, against whom we raged, proves a charitable, benevolent, prosy old gentleman. My Young Alcides The only preacher Burton would listen to was Newman, then Vicar of St. Mary's; of Pusey's interminable and prosy harangues he could not bear even to think. The Life of Sir Richard Burton It did not enchant her; presently she felt it to be dull and prosy—anything but the ideal of a love-letter, even at this early stage. The Odd Women Think of a prosy old woman inciting you to endure for the sake of the greatest prize you can aim at? A Life's Morning It is as common as going to bed; it is almost prosy. A Romance of Two Worlds O these pestiferous dealers in facts and these prosy philosophers, the world must have surcease from them and wander in the great spaces. Letters of Franklin K. Lane "But I am too long, and am growing prosy." Who Spoke Next The room was hot and airless, the lawyer very prosy and unnecessarily fluent; but he seemed a straightforward, honest man, and gave them good counsel. Herb of Grace But here, I'm becoming a prosy old bore. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide "Anyhow, you know now what it is to be true, yet not dull and prosy." The Getting of Wisdom If the rector became too prosy, she could surreptitiously finish a few notes. The Rosary There will be Dr. Hoxton being sonorous and prosy, and Mr. Lake will stammer, and that will be nothing to the misery of our own people's work. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations The witty chairman, the prosy chairman, the solemn chairman,—I know them all. My Discovery of England Captured me eyes with passion maladifs, * And overthrew me with Love's might and main: I scatter tears the while I scatter verse; * You are my theme for rhyme and prosy strain. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 Hence, however prosy and long drawn out be the formula, it retains the scheme of The Nights because they are a prime feature in the original. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 He makes you so terribly prosy and serious and learned and philosophical. Caesar and Cleopatra Mrs. Fletcher Fosdick could not imagine why her only child cared to attend that stuffy little country church and hear that prosy Kendall minister drone on and on. The Portygee You will need one dull and prosy squire to arrange your pillows, so that you can laugh at Jack's jokes without weariness, and doze quietly while Geoff and Uncle Doc are talking medicine. A Summer in a Canyon In truth, a prosy cleric of five-and-forty wants encouragement to make him eloquent. Two on a Tower "Honesty is the best policy;"' with which vigorously uttered resolve he once more attempted to turn his attention to the prosy object of his journey. Desperate Remedies Inspector Date, being a prosy Englishman, would not have understood such lawless doings in his own sober, law-abiding country. The Green Mummy If a man of fifty have his wits about him, and be not too prosy, he can generally make himself master of the occasion, when his companions are under thirty. Framley Parsonage I send you herewith all the poetry which has been written in camp since last Monday, and it has been a very prosy week. A Summer in a Canyon We can now be married in a prosy public way. Two on a Tower There, I told you my doings would not interest you, and they don't; they sound flat and prosy after your brilliant adventures. An Old-Fashioned Girl It will be prosy, but it may be useful. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Not that she has long prosy talks about it, but little words that she lets drop now and then show where her thoughts are, and where she would like to be. Stepping Heavenward At the same time he was apparently listening to a prosy and interminable story from one of the group of which he was a member. A Face Illumined If M. de Croisenois disliked prosy tales, he by no means underrated the eloquence of figures. Caught in the Net Which brings us by needfully prosy degrees to a morning, when two marauders came to the Place at the same time, if by different routes. Further Adventures of Lad Excuse this geological prosy letter, and farewell till you hear from me at Sydney, and see me in the autumn of 1836. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Which windy digression brings us back by prosy degrees to Bruce and to the Hampton dogshow. Bruce Some of them were so prosy that the words would not stay in my memory at all, so I concluded that I would learn only those I liked. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) The men wise, perhaps, rather than persistently witty; a few of them prosy, maybe a trifle ponderous; but solid and influential. All Roads Lead to Calvary But I am afraid you will tell me I am prosy with my geological descriptions and theories… Your account of Erasmus' visit to Cambridge has made me long to be back there. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 They were intolerably stupid and dull; as egotistical as his morning lecture had been, and a hundred times more rambling and prosy. Catherine: a Story He related in his prosy way vulgar anecdotes of Piron, a poet who passes for a prodigy among the bourgeoisie. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau She had a great deal to say about the dull, prosy mother, the insufferable father, the dandy son, and the rattling, bellish daughter. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 The other boys are becoming dull and prosy; but we are not changed. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Such a lot of dull, prosy, inquisitive, bothering old tabbies! The Diary of a Goose Girl Parliamentary debates—be they ever so prosy, as with us, or even so rowdy, as sometimes they have been with our cousins across the water—engage my sympathies. North America — Volume 2 And all the winter long 't is I Who bless its sheer monotony— Its scorn of days, which cares no whit For time, except to measure it: The prosy, dozy, cosy clock, Nic-noc, nic-noc, nic-noc! Songs, Merry and Sad Sir Richard fled from the sound of my prosy voice, and, needless to say, Derrick followed him. Derrick Vaughan, Novelist But you do not care about all this prosy stuff. An Unsocial Socialist But I want to thank you for listening to a garrulous old man's prosy story. Roads of Destiny It was not her fault they were so prosy, so completely uninteresting—from "My darling wife" at the beginning, to "Your loving husband" at the end. Typhoon His best stories, essays, and poems went begging among them, and yet, each month, he read reams of dull, prosy, inartistic stuff between all their various covers. Martin Eden |
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