| 单词 | pugnacity |
| 例句 | Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton, makes the case that Gingrich’s pugnacity altered the character of the Republican Party, ushering in a new level of political vitriol. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z As a result, the character of Lipsky lacks the athleticism, physical vigor, pugnacity, even ribaldry that would complicate his relationship with Wallace. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Almost single-handedly, and without context, it rediscovers hip-hop’s pugnacity in an era of extreme melodic sophistication, an idiosyncratic anomaly. Critic?s Notebook: Bam! Pow! A Loud Young Rapper Rekindles Rap?s Old Fighting Spirit 2010-10-08T22:30:00Z For so long, hip-hop has been light on pugnacity — Bobby Shmurda’s got oodles of it. Albums by Nick Jonas, Bobby Shmurda and New Basement Tapes 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z With his long history of prickliness and pugnacity, Penn has never been a beloved celebrity. T Magazine: The Accidental Activist 2011-03-25T19:21:15Z There, he works on leaks and toilets with a grim pugnacity while tenants talk, to him and to others, about their own families. Kenneth Lonergan’s Devastating, Liberating “Manchester by the Sea” 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He spent weeks with costume getting the right suit tailoring, and his reading of the character restored Bond’s manly pugnacity but ditched the dated chauvinism. Daniel Craig: a reluctant Bond who has made the role his own 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Weiner’s mindless pugnacity, meanwhile, outlives even his capacity for self-destruction. Are You Over 35? ‘Wild in the Streets’ Should Scare You 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z She assails colonialism, machismo, hypocrisy and hate, and praises Pan-American solidarity and traditions, in songs that balance pugnacity, elegance and lithe rhythms. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Fallon was operating at maybe half of his angst capacity throughout the night, trading pugnacity for comfort. Music Review: New Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall 2012-07-25T21:46:20Z Since then, they have toyed with five decades of guitar rock, as Alex Turner’s lyrics detail a very British mix of self-doubt and pugnacity, sulking articulately about romance gone awry. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z Most importantly, the song set a tone for this concert, the opening night of Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” tour: pugnacity, provocation, sneering. Review: Drake Opens Tour in Austin, Rapping, Singing and Sneering 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The thrill of this Toronto band, which mainlines the pugnacity of late ’80s and early ’90s alternative rock, is its internal tug-of-war. Review: Dilly Dally Rocks Out at the CMJ Music Marathon Without Keeling Over 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z But while the political press were busy recoiling like salted slugs on a hot sidewalk over his vulgar pugnacity during the town hall, Mr. Trump was working side deals directly with voters. Art of the squeal: Trump haters blinded by master negotiator 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z What counts is pugnacity, acting out and blind, unswerving allegiance to the party line. Column: Forget decency. In today's politics it's all about nastiness and party loyalty 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z He had better pick up his pace of invectives if he wants to compete in the Republican pugnacity sweepstakes. Opinion | Glenn Youngkin is no surly GOP brawler. Many might welcome that. 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Republicans will be forced to articulate an agenda beyond retrospective grievances and prospective pugnacity, and Democrats will be at first speechless, then forced to defend their agenda. Opinion | Election results should move both parties to introspection. Journalists, too. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It was a pugnacity that analysts said could help establish him as a political threat to Vladimir Putin despite his professed fealty to the Russian president. In the Ukraine war, a shadowy key player emerges: Russia's private army of mercenaries 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z It also means ignoring policy initiatives and political philosophy, the drivers of conservative achievement since the Reagan era, in favor of pugnacity and purging those deemed insufficiently obedient to the GOP’s ruler-in-exile. Column: Cheney's Wyoming defeat is a win for Trump and a decisive blow to fading GOP establishment 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Along the way, she showed flashes of the humor and pugnacity that have made her one of squash’s more forceful personalities. No American Has Ever Been No. 1 in Squash. Amanda Sobhy Can Change That. 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z No one loved to use Harry M. Reid’s past as an amateur middleweight as a metaphor for his political pugnacity more than Mr. Reid himself. Opinion | Harry Reid was defined by what he fought for 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z In an early demonstration of his political pugnacity, Mr. Reid had demanded during the campaign that Mr. Laxalt release his family’s financial interests. Harry M. Reid, Senate Majority Leader Behind Landmark Democratic Victories, Dies at 82 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In an early demonstration of his political pugnacity, Reid had demanded during the campaign that Laxalt release his family’s financial interests. Harry M. Reid, a Power in the Senate, Dies at 82 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Chris Christie, the state’s former two-term Republican governor, indicates — by his words and, as important, his demeanor of surplus pugnacity — that he is spoiling for a fight. Opinion | If Trump runs in 2024, he may find Chris Christie ready to rumble 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The cast’s performances belong to different productions, ranging from McCarthy’s broad pugnacity to Keddie’s hushed verisimilitude. Review | ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ isn’t the worst TV show of the year, but it might be the biggest letdown 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The quality I admire most in a critic isn’t pugnacity but sensibility, delivered in graceful, lucid prose. Column: A father writes to a critic who panned his son's play. The critic responds 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z On Sunday, more Portuguese are likely to value those traits than Ventura’s pugnacity. In Portugal presidential race, how high can a populist fly? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But the relationship with women voters has soured, not only because of his pugnacity and bullying, but because of his lack of compassion and competence dealing with the coronavirus and painful issues about race. Opinion | A.O.C. and the Jurassic Jerks 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z More than a smidgen of pugnacity might be needed by a Republican presidential candidate attempting to hold Trump voters while winning back those repelled by him. Opinion | If Trump runs in 2024, he may find Chris Christie ready to rumble 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “There was a wonderfully endearing pugnacity to Terry,” said Steven V. Roberts, a veteran Washington journalist who became friends with Mr. Lenzner while covering his college football exploits for the Harvard Crimson newspaper. Terry Lenzner, lawyer and investigator who served Nixon subpoenas, dies at 80 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “There was a certain pugnacity,” he added, “to the gentleman that we all knew.” Charles Portis, author of the Western classic ‘True Grit,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z A child of New York’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, Aiello retained the pugnacity he learned on city streets. Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump’s history of pugnacity at multilateral gatherings, which brought last year’s G7 summit to an acrimonious conclusion, means there is scant hope for substantive agreements. Global disputes likely to thwart unity at G7 summit in France 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The story of Mr. Miller’s rise has been told with a focus on his pugnacity and paradoxes. How Stephen Miller Seized the Moment to Battle Immigration 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The story of Miller’s rise has been told with a focus on his pugnacity and paradoxes. How Stephen Miller rode an anti-immigration wave to the White House 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z During a tour of the United Kingdom this week, he has toggled between pugnacity and reassurance. Brexit and Boris Johnson Send the British Pound on a Slide 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In his early days as a flamboyant, mustachioed foreign minister, Mr. Bouteflika symbolized the Third World pugnacity of the 1960s. Algerian Leader Bouteflika Resigns Under Pressure From Army 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Furthermore, Warren bristles with a progressive’s version of Thatcher’s pugnacity that caused one of her Conservative colleagues to say that “she can’t look at a British institution without hitting it with her handbag.” Opinion | Democrats have found their Thatcher — if they dare 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z As the election neared, Harris fought back with scalding attacks on Hallinan, a preview of the pugnacity she has brought to Washington and wielded against President Trump and his administration. Kamala Harris was shaped by the crucible of San Francisco politics 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Actually, neither Lincoln’s visage nor his left hand suggests pugnacity. Opinion | Jeff Flake let down the GOP — and served the nation 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The president’s pugnacity on immigration took flight in 2015 when his vows to build a border wall drew an enthusiastic response at his rallies and soon became his signature proposal. Forget Tax Cuts. Trump Wants to Rally G.O.P. Base Over Immigration 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Underlying his occasional pugnacity, Cohen appears to harbor a vulnerable side that includes a deep-seated fear of disappointing Trump. Will Michael Cohen's checkered career lead him to turn on Trump? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Reid, known for a biting, acerbic wit and a penchant for partisan pugnacity, told The New York Times in March that he was ready to leave Washington behind. Harry Reid Has Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Central Command in 2013, fearing that his pugnacity might undermine its nuclear diplomacy with Iran. Can Jim Mattis Hold the Line in Trump’s ‘War Cabinet’? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Klein, a lifelong Bronx resident known for his political pugnacity and personal flair, has responded aggressively to the accusations, issuing a pair of letters on Friday testifying to his good character. Calls to Investigate State Senator Persist. But Will It Happen? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z A former Marine Corps captain, Dowd has a gruff demeanor and has proven able at times to cool Trump’s temper and convince him of the virtues of pragmatism over pugnacity, aides said. Inside Trump’s legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller’s ‘killers’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z He was the crowd’s favourite; they remembered his crazy pyjama shorts when he won the title, and they love a fighter – not that Murray does not bring pugnacity. Andy Murray knocked out of French Open by Stan Wawrinka in semi-final 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z But the very fact that the president and his lawyer have declined to follow Senator Risch’s lead and instead have chosen the path of outright denial may reveal something more than Trump’s penchant for pugnacity. Either Trump or Comey is lying. Who might it be? | Lawrence Douglas 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He’s a college dropout with a spotty track record and a reputation for pugnacity. Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Her “Apprentice”-style pugnacity notwithstanding, Mr. Trump insists there is a side of her that she keeps well hidden. Prerequisite for Key White House Posts: Loyalty, Not Experience 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Mulloy also had a well-earned reputation for pugnacity and once appeared at an august Wimbledon gathering wearing a jacket with the inscription “If You Can’t Beat Me You Need Lessons.” Gardnar Mulloy, tennis champion known for fiery manner, dies at 102 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In the face of the terrorist attacks, Mr. Sarkozy projects aggression and pugnacity where Mr. Hollande merely looks stricken and concerned. Nicolas Sarkozy Mounts What He Hopes Is a Comeback in France 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z They insist that his years on reality television and his pugnacity and agility in the Republican primary debates make him a fearsome adversary. Inside debate prep: Clinton’s careful case vs. Trump’s ‘WrestleMania’ 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z He has built his campaign and his image on limitless pugnacity and occasional ferocity, which is why so many of his hard-core supporters like him. Trump's Temperament May Decide the Election 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Their intensity and pugnacity make them either perfect villains or misunderstood masterminds, depending on your point of view. As Trump and Clinton Clash, 2 Operatives Duke It Out in Their Shadows 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “One can now read any number of character traits into the act: impatience, impulsiveness, bravado, pugnacity. But whatever his reason, it was obviously unwise and what resulted was undignified,” wrote one political reporter. Justin Trudeau apologises again as 'elbowgate' darkens 'sunny ways' image 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A self-designed symbol of New York pugnacity and success, he has been a fixture in the city’s tabloid newspapers for four decades; Mr Cruz is best known to many New Yorkers for his fatuous slur. March of the titans 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The Wizards did not succumb without some pugnacity Friday. End of the road: Wizards officially eliminated with 112-99 loss at Detroit 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Photograph: Molly Redden for the Guardian Choices is owned by Merle Hoffman, a 45-year veteran of “this war we are fighting”, as she puts it, who is not short on pugnacity or panache. Abortion without the clinic on offer with revolutionary new US program 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Other kids start to stand up one by one, shrieking catchphrases about climate change, but Mr. Christie bares his full bridge-and-tunnel pugnacity: He shouts them down instead. Chris Christie Makes His Charge 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Christie is gambling that, in a race dominated by Trump’s pugnacity, his attitude and experience will offset his past statements and blemishes. Christie hits back: Rubio can’t ‘slime his way to the White House’ 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The 74-year-old industrialist Kraft, like Brady, embodies everything rivals so hate about the Patriots, with his combination of wealth, assured informality and pugnacity. DeflateGate got Tom Brady mad, and the rest of the NFL is paying the price 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But it has proven difficult for Mr. Christie to satisfy the party’s hunger for pugnacity when Mr. Trump is on stage. G.O.P. Debate Night: What the 11 Leading Candidates Need to Do 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Christie returned to his alma mater’s gymnasium to announce his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination with a speech that fused his trademark pugnacity with a pragmatic pitch. Chris Christie dismisses his naysayers as he launches a long-shot 2016 bid 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Even government officials who cringed at Mr. Benmosche’s pugnacity agreed that it had motivated his employees. Robert Benmosche, Ex-MetLife Chief Who Rescued A.I.G., Dies at 70 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z After further debate without agreement, Mr. Lu showed some of the pugnacity he is known for. Gregarious and Direct: China’s Web Doorkeeper 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z It was a mixture of Christie’s inherent pugnacity and carefully staged performance art, and it worked. Christie loses the pundits: The tough-guy routine wears thin on Christie’s chief constituency 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The cousin’s name was Jennie Jerome, and this was not the last time she was historically connected to pugnacity. The Longest Game: Williams vs. Amherst 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The Broncos are hoping this across-the-board pugnacity helps them become the first team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to win the Super Bowl the year after losing it. Broncos already facing adversity 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The common green darner he captures and holds demonstrates its pugnacity by clamping minuscule bulldog jaws on his finger, drawing a yelp from Jackson. Chaseburg naturalist helps catalog dragonflies 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z He has shown striking humility about his pugnacity, conceding to constituents that his harsher qualities can be, “at times, a little troubling to some of you.” Reporter's Notebook: Christie’s Plan: To Shift the Public’s Attention From Scandal 2014-03-01T03:18:11Z It requires more versatility now, not merely pugnacity on defense and calm strength one-on-one. On Soccer: Scorer of Winning Goal in World Cup Qualifier Was Late Choice for U.S. 2013-06-08T17:57:47Z The Vice President displayed the pugnacity and pluck his boss failed to flash against . Biden, Ryan Clash in Aggressive Vice Presidential Debate 2012-10-12T05:05:28Z The forward had taken pugnacity to excess but his team-mates generally settled for a respectable obstinacy. Germany 4-2 Greece 2012-06-22T20:48:59Z Their pugnacity is certainly not reserved for high-minded debate. Euro 2012: Holland find past glories a hindrance rather than a help 2012-06-15T16:23:31Z In his mild-mannered way, Walker embodies the spirit of pugnacity that has overtaken his party. Uncompromised: Why Scott Walker Survived His Recall 2012-06-06T04:35:34Z Into a new leap in the pugnacity of extremist fringes surrounding increasingly despondent and dejected middle-class precariat? Downward mobility is now a reality 2012-05-31T08:00:03Z The old elemental instincts of adventure, pugnacity, gang life, and following leadership must be taken into account and made to work out into life-compelling desires.” Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Huxley delivers lectures to the working men of Southwark; Carpenter undertook Sunday evening discourses in Bloomsbury; Tyndall, with all the pugnacity of his country, is ready for a controversy anywhere. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It sometimes happens that a usually quiet-tempered ram will suddenly exhibit some pugnacity when one is salting or feeding the flock. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "Surely there is nothing in them but a sort of pugnacity." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The only military equipment worn by Georges Clemenceau was a pair of leather puttees which didn't quite fit, but he had eyes and eyebrows and a jaw which all combined to suggest pugnacity. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z The Waldgrave was speaking, and, from his heated face and the tone of his voice, it was evident that the old wine which had begun by opening his heart had ended by rousing his pugnacity. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Many of the Teals are quarrelsome in disposition; but this species, I think, exceeds them all in pugnacity, and when two pairs come together the males almost invariably begin fighting. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z On the contrary, there ran through her veins a current of pugnacity of which honest Jean had tasted. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z But this, in my experience of him, was not his ordinary manner, which was calm and companionable, without rudeness of any kind, unless some difference occurred to provoke his pugnacity. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z But the pugnacity is so little controlled by rationalism that the slaves starve, and prove incapable of useful work. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Marriage," said Mary, with charming pugnacity, "is the most sacred contract into which it is possible for any human being to enter. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The originators of the legend were good psychologists, however, in regarding the instincts of fear and of pugnacity as compatible. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z Yet it would never do to study the passion of love on examples of ordinary liking or friendly affection, or that of homicidal pugnacity on examples of our ordinary impatiences with our kind. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z When the bulls are two years of age, they are tried for the first time to prove their pluck and pugnacity. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z This classification by strata involves necessarily a redirection of human pugnacity, based rather on the rivalry of classes and interests than on State divisions. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z A shaved head seems to magnify his pugnacity. Ultimate Fighting Championship Comes of Age Financially 2011-11-11T16:55:50Z Mr. Poltifen was a short, thick-set individual, with that in his appearance which was suggestive of pugnacity, an iron-grey, scrubby beard, and a pair of spectacles--probably something superior in the cobbling line. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Perseverance, pugnacity, and stupidity are necessary for success if you aren’t cursed with intelligence and good breeding. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z Here is an instance of what I mean: I had noticed the great pugnacity of the pheasant, and out of this made capital. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The women of the hostile tribe bear children by the conqueror: there is a diminution of pugnacity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z What drove him, those who knew him say, was a constitutional pugnacity. Frank Bender, ?Recomposer? of Faces of the Dead, Dies at 70 2011-07-30T22:59:44Z But war itself, the expression of the war-like character, is the outcome of pugnacity and the love of adventure without which human nature would be decidedly the poorer, and would be comparatively ineffective. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z It had the result of stifling Lynborough's softer mood, of reviving his pugnacity. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z Shy and nervous, he had a fiendish amount of pugnacity and pluck. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z But in the process of ensuring exclusiveness more is lost than is gained: the colonies are allowed to choose their own system—further drift from the use of force, further drift from hostility and pugnacity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Something, indeed, of the native pugnacity which his friends ascribe to him seems to show itself in his allusions to contemporaries, including even Wordsworth. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Often Mr. Briggs's brusquerie and pugnacity were exaggerated, or even altogether assumed by way of hiding a sentiment too tender to be exhibited. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Her unprecedented show of pugnacity took him aback. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z In a state of domesticity, however, his aggressiveness and pugnacity know no bounds. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And that fact must, and does, daily redirect human pugnacity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z That birds should sing from emulation as well as for 54the sake of charming the female, is not at all incompatible; and, indeed, might have been expected to go together, like decoration and pugnacity. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z This violence and vehemence—this pugnacity and generosity of disposition—in passions of tears or outrageous fits of laughter—always in extremes—will help to paint Keats in his boyhood. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z His amiable looks and manners deluded Sir James Stephen, who said that for success in public life he wanted pugnacity.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z It is not strange, then, that journals of redoubtable pugnacity were popular, or that editors favored writers who were likely to excel in the gladiatorial style. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z This perpetual warfare, like the squabbles of a roomful of quarrelsome children, seems to be almost wholly and directly due to the uncomplicated operation of the instinct of pugnacity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z His nose denoted pugnacity, his lips sensuality, but not of a base sort, his eyes ignorance and rough kindness, his chin firmness, his jaw tenacity of purpose, and his complexion the ague. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z "What do you mean by that?" the other demanded, with half-yielding pugnacity. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Chriss had always made it a point of honour to contradict Olive in everything, and never until now had she ever managed to insert the thinnest wedge between Chriss's bristling self-esteem and general pugnacity. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z There is Biercean pugnacity in these words; the author flings down the gauntlet with a confident gesture. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z They are better treated; there is a diminution of pugnacity. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z For some time his spirits remained buoyant, and his pugnacity unconquered. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The formidable tyrant was at last to meet his equal, in force, in resolution, and in pugnacity. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The full eyes, nose, and mouth showed sociability and sympathy, as well as pugnacity and assertiveness. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z In various classes of animals a few exceptional cases occur, in which the female instead of the male has acquired well pronounced secondary sexual characters, such as brighter colours, greater size, strength, or pugnacity. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z The pugnacity recently expended on the slaves is redirected to keeping hostile tribes from capturing them—a difficult matter, because the slaves themselves show a disposition to try a change of mastership. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z His pugnacity, querulousness and egotism displayed themselves in various ways, and rendered him offensive even to many persons who would willingly have been his friends. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z He possessed in full degree what one philosopher has called the primeval instincts of pity, of pride, of pugnacity. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Add to this the keen sense of personal honour, the susceptibility and the pugnacity which distinguish the French race. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z And Assemblyman mused on his reputation for pugnacity. In Attorney General Debate, Humor, Surprise and a Bit of Piling On 2010-09-08T02:40:00Z Friends of Bonham Carter describe him as a puzzling blend of charm and restrained pugnacity, but "bloody good at his job". Bonham Carter poised for ?1bn Jupiter float despite market turmoil 2010-05-20T23:04:00Z All those defects became qualities: the bare-knuckled pugnacity that had so often seemed irresponsible, the restless originality that others thought unbalanced. Book Review - Winston?s War - Churchill, 1940-1945 - By Max Hastings 2010-04-30T17:09:00Z It was only the ingrained pugnacity that saw United pin Chelsea down in their own area for periods after the interval. Chelsea's fresh legs too much for jet-lagged Manchester United | Kevin McCarra 2010-04-03T14:21:00Z Something like pity awoke in Leo, as he smiled down on this wretched little upstart bristling with pugnacity. The Undying Past Moreover, and what was still more distressing, he was not only without a case at the moment, but without the prospect of one; for he had exhausted all the pugnacity that was in his vicinity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 With no apparent inclination or occasion for pugnacity, the albatross is yet armed with a tremendous beak, certainly the most terrible of its kind attached to any of the feathered tribe. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He was rather stocky in build, and the pugnacity of his features did not hide the shrewdness of his eyes. The Window at the White Cat At the same time, both men and women show a hardy activity and lively inclination to pugnacity I did not see elsewhere. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. They were, indeed, ragamuffins; and, with all their pugnacity, without real courage. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. The four offensive youths in the alcove began to mock Dolly's tears, and Michael, who was already bitten with some of the primitive pugnacity of the underworld, rose to attack them. Sinister Street, vol. 2 I wasn't any more of a fighter than he—but I was disappointed, somehow, that his pugnacity had died out so readily. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew The former are found over a wide range of country, extending into Bolivia and Argentina, and are noted for their impetuous pugnacity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" It is an instinct, woven of many other instincts—pugnacity, group loyalty, egoism. Cinderella Jane Most assuredly he had plenty of backbone, and his persistent pugnacity was highly amusing. Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers But, in looking at the matter soberly, and without pugnacity, does spiritual religion lose anything by giving up these exercises? The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Yet in the writings we see another side, a considerable sprinkle of sturdy prejudices, no little self-assertion and pugnacity. The Vagabond in Literature We infer this compelled pugnacity from Dr Coulter's adventures when sailing in the Hound, a smart brigantine commanded by the gallant Captain Trainer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Our ancestors have bred pugnacity into our bone and marrow, and thousands of years won't breed it out of us. American World Policies His pugnacity brought him into troubles with his fellows at Annan; but he soon showed an appetite for learning which induced his father to educate him for the ministry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" In short, pugilism was out of fashion because the police had suppressed the only form of it which fascinated the public by its undissembled pugnacity. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded But he soon found a better outlet for his pugnacity than mere head punching, for the Zulu War broke out, and of course Falkner must be in the thick of it. A Frontier Mystery His veins aflame with the arrogant pugnacity of the rutting season, he saw in the white stranger only a possible rival, and grew hot with rage at his approach. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Aside from the natural pugnacity and ferocity of savage races, which lead them to fight upon very little provocation, there was with the cave-dwellers another source of constant hostility. Women of England It is curious contrasting the spirit of Bowles' prose—his severity—his pugnacity—his irritability, with the mild qualities of his poetry. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The more taking headline was affixed by the editor of the magazine as more apt to arrest attention and arouse professional pugnacity. Vivisection It may be sociable at one moment or pugnacious at another, but the pugnacity is always peculiar to a certain occasion—the occupation of a territory. Territory in Bird Life He was an Irishman with all his race's pugnacity, and also its effervescence. The Struggle for Missouri The picture of pugnacity, he stood in the door and watched them slowly, sullenly obey him, and then he slammed it again, swearing under his breath. Bring Me His Ears If there was any faulty expression, it was in the mouth, which was not without something of a character of pugnacity. Life of John Keats He enjoyed combat for its own sake, not so much from inborn pugnacity, for he was not disputatious in ordinary conversation, as because it called out his fighting force and stimulated his whole nature. Studies in Contemporary Biography He was an energetic, pin-feathery creature, noted equally for his appetite and his pugnacity. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He looked upon her as his own, and he was defending this idea of possession with the same pugnacity that he would protect his dollars from a thief. The Blue Goose Their eyes flaming with the bloodthirsty light of pugnacity, they were about to begin their contest when Clara burst through the garden door. Weird Tales. Vol. I But I assuredly want captains of soldiers, of special skill and pugnacity. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Incongruously enough a vein of romance ran through the massive strata of conceit, and intolerance, and vainglory, and pertinacity, and pugnacity that made up the very definite structure of his nature. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The piece is not a great work of art, but it gives one a strong impression of determination, if not of pugnacity. Andrew Jackson Nature and the child’s pugnacity at times revolted. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Micky's family pugnacity preferred to accept this as a censure, or at least a challenge. When Ghost Meets Ghost But alas, I shall not want any soldiers of special skill or pugnacity. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work Its muscles and bones are so closely allied to the pugnacity instinct center in the brain that the slightest thought of combat causes the jaw muscles to stiffen. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Never was there such a case, at least among Englishmen, of timorous pugnacity and plucky pessimism. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The Dean was a very good man at the head of his own dinner-table, and the party went off pleasantly in spite of sundry attempts at clerical pugnacity made by Mr. Groschut. Is He Popenjoy? For all he was the furthest remove from a mere party contestant or spoilsman, neither his righteous pugnacity nor his human sympathy would allow him to “let politics alone.” Dr. Sevier You know I said I should want no soldiers of special skill or pugnacity, for all my boys would be soldiers. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work The stubborness of the Osseous, when pitted against the Muscular's pugnacity, causes constant warfare. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Some were fleeing the scene; others rushing in, grateful for the opportunity to expend excess pugnacity. The Martian Cabal It was in this spirit,—a spirit of absolute pugnacity,—that he asked for the Marquis at Scumberg's hotel. Is He Popenjoy? The pugnacity of the swordfish has become a byword. Tales of Fishes He stood in the doorway, his whole frame exhibiting the pugnacity and settled determination of a man who is bound to be obeyed. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel His pugnacity causes him to give way frequently to violent outbursts of anger. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types And, for various reasons, partly from natural pugnacity, he was more frequently engaged in exposing sham substitutes for logic than in expounding his own grounds for believing in the probability. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice He was supported by no such spirit of pugnacity. Is He Popenjoy? Tommy would raid the pantry with unthinking zest, invite other boys in to look at the Westerns on TV, and trade black eyes for marbles with a healthy pugnacity. The Calm Man Among the more general unlearned responses of children are fear, anger, pugnacity, envy, jealousy, curiosity, constructiveness, love of festivities, ceremonies and ordeals, sociability and shyness, secretiveness, etc. Introduction to the Science of Sociology They do not seem to talk of their natural reluctance to cede important posts to women, but this must, of course, strengthen their pugnacity and in some cases colour their views. Home Life in Germany Partly from pugnacity and partly from contempt of sentimentalism, he manages to put the harsher side of his opinions in front. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice As usual, the blow excited the pugnacity of Master Archy; and setting the rules of the art at defiance, he rushed upon his companion with all the impetuosity of his nature. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives With no apparent inclination or occasion for pugnacity, the albatross is yet armed with a tremendous beak, certainly the most terrible of its kind possessed by any of the feathered tribe. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Enthusiastic idealism is too precious an energy to be wasted if we can spare it false efforts by recognizing those permanent ingredients of our being indicated by the words pugnacity, greed, sex, fear. Introduction to the Science of Sociology “This bump behind the ear, if the system of phrenology has any value, would indicate unusual pugnacity.” 'Me--Smith' Strange dogs forced their way in after their masters, and fought and yelped in undisturbed pugnacity. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life It is not easy to determine whether this deed was a well-considered measure of French diplomacy, intended to arouse the pugnacity of the United States, or a temporary shift to fill empty coffers. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) His is the pugnacity that prefers to pull down another's banner rather than to raise his own. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Such were the tenets of his quiet pugnacity of faith in human beings. Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati Perhaps you will forgive me if I add that a spirit of pugnacity, though no doubt it may lead to much that is good, has its bad tendencies if not watched closely. The Vicar of Bullhampton No community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation, and its cupidity to establish and develop a commercial civilization. Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion The 'Mercury' missed his power of organisation, his splendid gift of pugnacity. Grey Town An Australian Story This, in a youth not seventeen, urged well for the pugnacity of the man. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. There was nothing like the pugnacity of the Kiddy in these years of Prothero's disaster. The Creators A Comedy There was some gentle sparring between the two clergymen, if that can be called sparring in which all the active pugnacity was on one side. The Vicar of Bullhampton In his springy walk was a suggestion of pugnacity. An African Adventure Within this sacred circle, into which no outlandish man can break, their pugnacity develops countless local feuds. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 He was my friend, and sometimes my companion; he had a noble character for fighting, and in spite of his pugnacity he was amiability itself to most human beings. A Tramp's Notebook Celtic in vivacity and charm, feminine in sensitiveness, Canning was dowered with virile persistence and pugnacity. William Pitt and the Great War I can assure you that I take in proper spirit your little hints as to my pugnacity of disposition, and will endeavour to profit by them. The Vicar of Bullhampton He was forcibly struck with the blind and comparatively motiveless pugnacity of the squire's conduct. Robert Elsmere A rollicking species of mad pugnacity took possession of him, and the consequence was, that the sounds which issued from his leathern throat were positively inhuman. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains He preferred to work the pugnacity out of himself slowly, to savor it as it ebbed. The Sky Trap I own to all the litigious pugnacity of a lawyer. Cousin Henry He had a Westerner's pugnacity, and at the same time a Westerner's geniality and capacity for comradeship with men. A History of the United States The pugnacity of Irishmen has grown into a proverb, until, in the belief of many, a genuine Milesian is never at peace but when fighting. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Lord Salisbury displayed more pugnacity in a reassertion of views that had been described as "mediæval superstition." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 He had fulfilled his weekly obligation to society by manipulating meteorological instruments for forty-five minutes, high in the warm, upper stratosphere and worked off his pugnacity by knocking down a professional gym slugger. The Sky Trap "I should say not!" breathed Teddy, who had considerable pugnacity in his makeup, although not really what you would call a fighter, like Jimmy. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet Why the million and a quarter of Slovenes—people who do not approach the Basques, for instance, in pugnacity—should be the butt of everlasting coercion and repression may seem inexplicable. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 The particular thing we say to an acquaintance we happen to meet is not determined by a single original impulse, by love or hate, fear or sympathy, pugnacity or pity. Human Traits and their Social Significance His pugnacity was by this time fully aroused, and he determined to fight his ground inch by inch. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion We don't have world wars now because we work off our pugnacity by sailing into gym sluggers eight or ten times a week. The Sky Trap The defect of his character was his unreasoning pugnacity. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The struggling crowd had lashed his pugnacity and ensanguined his temper. The Californians The man who seriously obstructs our love, our pleasure, or our ambition, or who tries to do so, provokes hate, and its concomitants of jealousy, rage, and pugnacity. Human Traits and their Social Significance His whole nature was up in arms at the wrongs he had sustained, and his pugnacity asserted itself as far as his circumstances would admit of. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion At the same moment, all the cows seemed to be smitten with pugnacity, and joined in the attack. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole His pugnacity and sharp tongue led him into many a quarrel, and he was never a favourite with those who were his neighbours. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Major Brooks possessed, unfortunately for himself, a great amount of irritable vanity and pugnacity. Recollections of Old Liverpool In most men pugnacity is more intense when it is provoked by persons; except for a moment, one does not try to fight a chair struck in the dark. Human Traits and their Social Significance This only tended still further to arouse the native pugnacity of his disposition, and his attacks upon local abuses and those who upheld them became more and more violent. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion “Ah, would you?” he cried, and he struck out again quick as lightning, striking the black on the right cheek and drawing back quickly, expecting a general attack for his pugnacity. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale If that little rhino was any criterion of rhino pugnacity, then surely the rhino is born with the instinctive impulse to charge and to fight as savagely as any animal alive. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country We had too much pugnacity about us if anything. Recollections of Old Liverpool The theory of a "class war" possibly finds its appeal for many minds as much in its picturesque stimulation of their instincts of pugnacity as in the logic of its economics. Human Traits and their Social Significance The pugnacity of the calf, and the lively way in which he butted his opponent, caused great amusement to the onlookers. Three Boys in the Wild North Land And it is really Paul's version, with a characteristic dash of pugnacity in it, of our Lord's yet deeper and calmer words, 'Abide in Me and I in you.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. A really intelligent camera would show in his face a mixture of wholesome pugnacity, concentration of thought and feminine tenderness. The Masques of Ottawa Thus were the more martial tribes selected, and in chiefs and peoples a pure pugnacity and love of glory came to mingle with the more fundamental appetite for plunder. Memories and Studies In personal life also the instinct of pugnacity and the feeling of anger that goes with it seem to set loose immense floods of reserve energy. Human Traits and their Social Significance He threw himself into the fight with all the pugnacity of his disposition, and, while his blood was up, revelled in the fray. Belles and Ringers Strict orthodoxy takes the place among us which Pharisaism held in Paul's mind before he was a Christian, and it is easier to prove our zeal by pugnacity against heretics, than by fervour of devotion. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The City State, self-contained, self-supporting, truly democratic, is marked by a similar pugnacity. The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade Our ancestors have bred pugnacity into our bone and marrow, and thousands of years of peace won't breed it out of us. Memories and Studies They become loaded with all the energies that are aroused by the love, the hate, the anger, the pugnacity, the sympathy, for the persons, objects, ideas, associated with them. Human Traits and their Social Significance We must defend ourselves, so the instinct of pugnacity is born. The Mind and Its Education The historians, too, furnish singular contrasts: the vehement pugnacity of Freeman is a foil to the serene studiousness of Acton; the erratic career of Froude to the concentration of Stubbs. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies With magnificent ruthlessness he plunges ahead, and with a truly old Norse pugnacity he stands in the thick of the fight, rejoicing in battle. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the innate pugnacity and all the love of glory of his ancestors. Memories and Studies Often one impulse, be it that of curiosity or pugnacity or sex, can be indulged only at the expense or frustration of many others just as natural, normal, and inevitable. Human Traits and their Social Significance The pugnacity and greediness of childhood, its foolish fears, the bashfulness of youth—these seem to be either useless or detrimental to development. The Mind and Its Education There is also in us an instinct of pugnacity, which especially appears when the working of any other instinct is thwarted. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Ibsen is the modern apostle par excellence of philosophic anarchism; and Björnson, too, has his full share of the national aggressiveness and pugnacity. Essays on Scandinavian Literature But this, in my experience of him, was not his ordinary manner, which was calm and companionable, without rudeness of any kind, unless some difference occurred to provoke his pugnacity. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends We cannot, when we will, vent our pugnacity on those who have provoked it; we cannot be ruthlessly self-assertive in a group; or gratify our native acquisitiveness by appropriating anything and everything within our reach. Human Traits and their Social Significance The pugnacity of children, especially of boys, is not so much to be deprecated and suppressed as guided into right lines and rendered subject to right ideals. The Mind and Its Education Bentley had provoked enemies by his intense pugnacity almost as freely as Pope by his sneaking malice. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series In modern times Wergeland and Welhaven have demonstrated not only the pugnacity, but also the noble courage of their ancestry by espousing the cause of opposing parties during the struggle for national independence. Essays on Scandinavian Literature The Irish peasant has these qualities which are somewhat peculiar to Ireland, a strange purity and a strange pugnacity. George Bernard Shaw Art, science, industrial methods, social customs, these are not inherited by the individual as are the instincts of sex, pugnacity, etc. Human Traits and their Social Significance Alvord, his last card played, fell back beaten, every vestige of optimistic pugnacity gone from his face. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Even the youngest trooper of the fifty seemed inspired by the easy, laughing confidence of the lighter hearts among their number, or the grim, matter of fact pugnacity of the older campaigners. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier My companion dilated upon the pluck and muscle, the latent pugnacity, of his dear little son, and told me how bravely already he doubled his infant fist. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Love and pugnacity are apt to be at odds. Applied Psychology for Nurses Occasionally, however, pugnacity is displayed in its simple animal form. Human Traits and their Social Significance Attacks on public characters in his paper, attacks on abuses and ideas, absorbed all his pugnacity. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Valour and a sudden access of pugnacity combine to put them in a condition of perpetual fever. The Poor Plutocrats That an athlete so accomplished should have had time left for intellectual endowments is amazing, but his natural pugnacity led him to fight lexicons as he fought the wild boar, and with as complete success. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Then his witnesses are cross-examined with the affected incredulity and assumed indignation which the defending counsel is almost bound to use on behalf of his client, and he finds himself gradually imbued with pugnacity. Phineas Redux The "boiling point" varies in different individuals and races, and pugnacity is generally more readily roused in men than in women. Human Traits and their Social Significance They had met less than half-a-dozen times; and he, driven by his mental pugnacity to test so unreasonable an apparition, had spared neither himself nor her. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties But pugnacity and perseverance are not necessarily connected with intellectual genius. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners The pluck, the pugnacity and the individuality of the feathered comrade had been an object lesson to the man, at a time when he had been on the point of throwing up the fight. Parrot & Co. It was at that time that Belfast's devotion—and also his pugnacity—secured universal respect. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle Under the conditions of civilized life the primitive expression of pugnacity in physical combat has been outlawed and made unnecessary by law and custom. Human Traits and their Social Significance She finds one boy surcharged with the instinct of pugnacity. The Vitalized School There can be no more melancholy sight in the world than that of your young man or young woman suffering from suppressed pugnacity. Certain Personal Matters Success will come to the State which discovers how to promote pugnacity to the extent required for external war, but not to the extent which would lead to domestic dissensions. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism It is not courage, but sheer pugnacity and quarrelsomeness, and as exemplified in our modern history it means the dominion of a clique, the reign of a few self-opinionated officials. Armageddon—And After While the power of pugnacity and its easy stimulation makes this instinct a peculiarly inflammable and dangerous motive force in civilized society, it is, on the other hand, an indispensable source of social progress. Human Traits and their Social Significance The consciousness which he had of his own careful methods, added to a natural pugnacity, gave him an intellectual courage of a very high order. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work You suggest that the Queensberry pugnacity was something that Oscar could not deal with successfully. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 As the honey-suckers are avoided by birds of prey, owing to their surprising strength and pugnacity, the orioles gain immunity from attack by their close resemblance to the protected species. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The unrest that precedes a national crisis had developed into irritability and pugnacity. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Individuals display at once curiosity and fear, pity and pugnacity, acquisitiveness and sympathy. Human Traits and their Social Significance "I confess I was very happy until a moment or two ago.""What do you mean by that?" the other demanded, with half-yielding pugnacity. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Ralph was telling him to keep his pugnacity to himself; and when he had done took up the reports and ran his eyes over them. The King's Achievement His wife one morning found him standing over a large ship letter directed to the governess, with somewhat the expression of distrustful pugnacity with which a dog walks round a hedgehog. Bluebell A Novel The English Gipsy has greatly changed from the Hindoo in becoming courageous, in fact, his pugnacity and pluck are too frequently carried to a fault. The English Gipsies and Their Language While we can modify and redirect our native tendencies of fear, curiosity, pugnacity, and the like, they remain as strong currents of human behavior. Human Traits and their Social Significance Pride and pugnacity have often been considered unworthy passions to appeal to in the young. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals While the workers would not, under the ultimate form, be allowed to injure themselves by overspeeding, a friendly race with a demonstration of pugnacity which harms no one is not frowned upon. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Biddy was the very pink of pugnacity, and could throw in a body blow, or plant a facer, with singular energy and science. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The boys of this region, from generation to generation, had been renowned for exceeding pugnacity. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Thus, for McDougall, the tender emotion is the emotional aspect of the instinct of pity, anger of the instinct of pugnacity, which is, as an impulse, the tendency to strike and destroy. Human Traits and their Social Significance Douglas' face wore determination, seriousness, force, pugnacity, and endurance. Children of the Market Place They separated like two boys who have been found quarreling, and who have both been soundly whipped for their pugnacity. The Empire of Russia The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism. Outspoken Essays English audiences, from an inherent pugnacity, or a natural inclination for physical feats, were wont to esteem highly the combats of the stage. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character This chapter is devoted to a consideration of a number of individual human traits—curiosity, pugnacity, leadership, fear, love, hate, etc., and some of their more important social consequences. Human Traits and their Social Significance His sharp wit, pugnacity, self-reliance, had already excited rivalry and envy. Children of the Market Place And we know how Maeterlinck has emerged from the mystic dreams and silences of his recluse chamber to unfold the dramatic pugnacities of Birds and Bees. Recent Developments in European Thought But, though pugnacity and acquisitiveness have been the real foundation of much miscalled patriotism, better motives are generally mingled with these primitive instincts. Outspoken Essays Strictly speaking, pugnacity belongs among the instincts neither of self-preservation nor of race-preservation, but is a special device for reinforcing both groups. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy Thus an Page 111 individual may have a marked capacity for leadership, or an extraordinarily tireless curiosity, or an abnormally developed pugnacity or acquisitiveness. Human Traits and their Social Significance He doubtless thought he had done enough to clinch Lourde's respect for his pugnacity. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees If the Irish elves are anywise distinguished from those of Britain, it seems to be by their disposition to divide into factions and fight among themselves—a pugnacity characteristic of the Green Isle. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Perhaps a diminution of pugnacity and of the means to gratify this instinct would not be a misfortune. Outspoken Essays Restlessness and pugnacity not only cause obvious evils, but fill our lives with discontent, incapacitate us for the enjoyment of beauty, and make us almost incapable of the contemplative virtues. The Problem of China But the Boers were only joking; they retired after an out-of-range demonstration of pugnacity. The Siege of Kimberley Owing to this uncontrollable pugnacity, he is habitually led along at some considerable distance from the party, generally to the rear. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Deep in his heart he must have known he was doomed to fail, but that perverse demon of strong-headed pugnacity was trenched deep within him. Shandygaff They may exercise pugnacity, gratify spite, assuage a wound to national pride, or enhance or dim a military reputation; but that is all. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index He has the kind of pugnacity which prompts a cur or a puppy to attack a Newfoundland or a mastiff. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Six months before, his inborn pugnacity would only have amused itself with the situation. Elizabeth's Campaign We are being saved not by the reasoned conviction of the populace, but by its native pugnacity and bull-dog courage. Cambridge Essays on Education Diana's impressions of the country-side, which presently caught her ear, evidently roused her pugnacity. The Testing of Diana Mallory Lee stood like a lion in the path—his capital behind him, his army at bay—while Grant, with equal pugnacity, sought to crush him by sheer force of overwhelming numbers. History of Kershaw's Brigade He regarded the world with crafty pugnacity from beneath frowning eyebrows. The Price of Love I felt certain rising abstract ideas of pugnacity, and conceived myself bound to indulge them on the first head and shoulders I should meet. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 As a pamphleteer his reputation was injured by his pugnacity, self-esteem, and virulence of language. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold By the time he reached the hotel he was once more plunged in all the preoccupations, the schemes, the pugnacities of the party leader. The Testing of Diana Mallory It would be absurd, however, to paint Keats as a man without vitality, without pugnacity, without merriment. Old and New Masters Conscious of my innocence of treason or any other crime against the Government or society, my pugnacity was roused by this summons. California Sketches, Second Series The feature of his experiences which most strikes the reader now, is the extraordinary courage and pugnacity of the natives. The Long White Cloud "You're a devil of a fighter," continued the Lieutenant, surveying the ferocious face and sullen air of the cutthroat with a soldier's admiration for whatever expresses pugnacity. Overland Columba might indeed weep for him exultingly as a martyr, but, as he well knew, martyrs do not begin as murderers, and passion, pugnacity, and national hatred had been uppermost with him. More Bywords In fact, Johnson was not severe, but he was pugnacious, and this pugnacity and roughness he displayed most conspicuously in conversation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters There I stood, a whipped man, my pugnacity all gone, and the martyr's crown away out of my reach. California Sketches, Second Series It is the basis of tenderness and sympathy, and is likewise the foundation of jealousy and often of hatred and pugnacity. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment But he was six feet high, broad in the shoulders, limbed like a gladiator, solidified by hardships and marches, accustomed to danger, never losing his head in it, and blessed with lots of pugnacity. Overland Trained militiamen of the gibbet, they nevertheless admired this little woman's fearlessness and the old lawyer's pugnacity. By Advice of Counsel He had no mind to die: he was a man of stubborn pugnacity and he fought his pneumonia. The Three Sisters Want of pugnacity too often passes for want of courage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 With the gregarious instinct and the parental instinct drawing men together, and the instincts and emotions of flight, fear and pugnacity, repelling and pushing them apart, conflict is inevitable. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment "Now, then, do you want to fight a duel?" broke out the angry youngster, his pugnacity thoroughly getting the better of his wisdom. Overland This remarkable writer, who, like Paine, figured in the political conflicts of two nations, must have come into the world bristling with pugnacity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 The general physiognomy was good, mostly high-featured, often commanding, sometimes remarkable for massive beauty of the Jovian type, and almost invariably distinguished by a fearless, open-eyed frankness, in some instances running into arrogance and pugnacity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Against the pugnacity and courage which urge our rulers to send other people to die for them, the claims of humanity, reason, and religion have no effect. Essays in Rebellion The instinct of repulsion brings hatred and dislike and, combined with the instinct of pugnacity, may lead to crimes of violence. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Thus Mr Snevellicci had no sooner swallowed another glassful than he smiled upon all present in happy forgetfulness of having exhibited symptoms of pugnacity, and proposed 'The ladies! Nicholas Nickleby I don't know how it is, but since my imprisonment I feel a strange and almost irresistible pugnacity. The Black Tulip They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section R When once public opinion had expressed itself upon them in its too extreme forms of sympathy and condemnation, the pugnacity of his mind found support in both, and regret was silenced if not destroyed. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Partly for this reason, and partly because I look upon it as a remnant of our predatory antecedents and of animal pugnacity, I have no extravagant admiration for mere combativeness or physical courage. Tracks of a Rolling Stone One Irish quality he has which no Irishman was ever without—pugnacity; and that is certainly a great virtue, especially in the present age. Heretics Nature and the child's pugnacity at times revolted. Weir of Hermiston The fat hireling had a face on which both good nature and pugnacity were depicted. An Enemy to the King There was something behind his mask of gay pugnacity; nay, there was something behind the good Garlands and their culpably commonplace misfortunes. Mr. Justice Raffles He seemed even to see himself, standing stockily prepared, hands in his coat pockets, his own head inclined with a suggestion of pugnacity. The Black Bag There was some pugnacity on her fair face. The Highwayman But her instincts as hostess stifled her pugnacity. The Case of Richard Meynell But if stolid, Timmins had his fair share of a certain slow pugnacity. Quaint Courtships His mother looked at him and she saw pugnacity written all over him. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys And yet somehow her very weakness and sweetness, her delicate uncomplainingness seemed only to develope his own small egotisms and pugnacities. Eleanor He was forcibly struck with the blind and comparatively motiveless pugnacity of the Squire's conduct. Robert Elsmere They bring them methods of ornament and of merchandise, and stimulate in them the worst conditions of pugnacity, bigotry, and rapine. Val d'Arno I have also to remark that the sparrows here betray much less pugnacity than in Europe.—E.M., Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 All his pugnacity was engaged in what seemed to be a profitless struggle with the speech of the grammar. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys The latter, like the former, commends peacefulness and condemns pugnacity. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes It was in that spirit of pugnacity that he stretched a large muscular hand over the whole map of Australia, and defied his foes to touch it. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia And of yours," retorted Charron, beginning to imbibe the pugnacity of an English landlord, "that when you have got everything, you will enjoy what? Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War With half-shut eyes, he submitted to the buffets of the wings, while encouraging remarks from friends and companions further excited the delirious pugnacity of "Scotty." Tropic Days He is, par excellence, a fighting man, but certainly his pugnacity diminishes neither his worth nor his capacity. Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 These refined and amiable tastes are not what the common world would attribute to Bright, who is better known for determination and pugnacity. Lady John Russell No more suitable representative of the young republic, it was thought, could be found, in spite of his impatience, restlessness, pugnacity, imprudence, and want of self-control; for he was intelligent, shrewd, high-spirited, and quick-sighted. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders He changed sides several times, but, no matter who he fought for, he did his duty well, from that unconquerable principle of pugnacity which seemed to make his sword a part of himself. Holland The History of the Netherlands The adrenal cortex makes for pugnacity, temper, animal courage, irritability and anger reactions. The Glands Regulating Personality Hence his increased pugnacity of late,—his fierceness, and angry hammering of all things sacred and profane. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 It is no wonder that the breed is not plentiful—first, on account of the few eggs laid by the hen; and, secondly, from the incurable pugnacity of the chicks. The Book of Household Management The abstract of the Yordas title was nearly as big as the parish Bible, so in and out had their dealings been, and so intricate their pugnacity. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale When Annette, meek, penitent, with all her claws sheathed, came to him and grovelled, he forgave her with a repulsive magnanimity which in a less subdued mood would have stung her to renewed pugnacity. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Besides, his insatiable energy indicated an excellent thyroid, his pugnacity, animality and genius for practical affairs a superb adrenal. The Glands Regulating Personality But, assuredly, a want of pugnacity is not the evil to be dreaded among nations—still less between two, whom the orator had just represented as inspired by a "natural enmity" against each other. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Downing was instructed to support the Prince's claim, and was ready, with his usual headstrong pugnacity, to make it an essential condition of any treaty that these should be conceded. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 He mentions the instincts of flight, repulsion, curiosity, pugnacity, self- abasement, self-assertion, the parental instinct, the instinct of sex, the instinct for food, that for acquisition, etc. A Handbook of Ethical Theory But where pugnacity is not enlisted, those of us who are not directly involved find it hard to keep up our interest. Public Opinion And pathetic because it recognizes original and permanent ingredients of our composition in the words pugnacity, greed, sex, fear, as elements to be accepted in any system of the principles of civilization. The Glands Regulating Personality It certainly is a pretty pass when one knocks down the ex-husband and the brother of the woman he loves, and quite without the least suspicion of an inherited pugnacity. A Fool and His Money The House of Commons is a Representative Assembly; the rhetoricians and fencers represent the unreason and the pugnacity of the partisans. Without Prejudice Cats have no temptation to wander in herds; the exhibition of pugnacity in a sheep would strike us with wonder. A Handbook of Ethical Theory It turned an unusual amount of pugnacity, acquisitiveness, and lust of power into productive work. Public Opinion For half a century African hunters wrote of the assaults of African rhinoceroses on caravans and hunting parties; and those accounts actually established for that animal a reputation for pugnacity. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Biddy was the very pink of pugnacity, and could throw in a body-blow or plant a facer with singular energy and science. Stories by English Authors: Ireland He brands the God of the Hebrews with pugnacity and cruelty. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Why, we may call it fighting," said the advocate for such wholesale pugnacity, "since it calls for quite as much courage sometimes to face one woman as it does to face three men. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky We can to considerable extent train out pugnacity, quick temper, resentfulness, and train in sensitiveness to suffering, sympathy, breadth of view. Problems of Conduct Of the visible evidences, pugnacity and the fighting habit are valuable materials, because they are visible. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations "I shall—" he began, but he paused abruptly, as if he had suddenly remembered that tact and not pugnacity was the requirement for the handling of this ticklish situation. The Valley of the Giants The money-lender betrayed a glimpse of sheer pugnacity that seemed to amuse his tormentor. Guns of the Gods There was no moral strength whatever in the restless fidgeting—the savage winding and unwinding of his left foot around the saber scabbard, or the attitude, leaning forward over the table, of petulant pugnacity. The Ivory Trail His letters had been much read, and had called up a great deal of newspaper pugnacity. He Knew He Was Right Certain birds show pugnacity in connection with the robber instinct, as: Bald Eagle, which robs the Osprey; Skua and Jaeger, which rob gulls. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations This the parson said in so angry a tone that it excited the pugnacity of the doctor, who was scrupulous of his profession, and declared he would not stand by and hear it slandered. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter "You've got one in yore other hand, you sheep!" snorted one of the iron heaters with restless pugnacity. Bar-20 Days The first thing to be done after gaining standing-room was to fight for greater comfort; and never a Holyhead packet in the olden time showed a finer scene of pugnacity than did our pilgrim ship. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 She had spoken without hardness or any pugnacity; there was no defiance in her manner, which was perfectly simple and straightforward. In the Wilderness Its sinews seemed to be cracking with tension, and the whole knob was so expressive of intense pugnacity that my eyes involuntarily sought its owner's face. The Monikins Over the fire place in the drawing-room were ornaments strongly expressive of the pugnacity of the peer. Rejected Addresses "It shore gets me that after all I have said about that gun you will tote it around with you and force yoreself into a suicide's grave," quoth Mr. Cassidy, with exuberant pugnacity. Bar-20 Days Our greatest inconvenience at night-time was the pugnacity of the animal creation. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 "No, you wouldn't," said Nancy, recovering some of her natural pugnacity; "for we are all tarred with the same stick, gentle or simple." Foul Play This species is very active, and although it refuses flesh, it is one of the most mischievous of its kind, as it will frequently attack man without the slightest reason, but from sheer pugnacity. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 There was only one virtue, pugnacity: only one vice, pacifism. Heartbreak House "Whence does the Mantis derive its excessive hunger, its pugnacity, its cannibalism, and the Empusa its sobriety, its peaceableness, when their almost identical organization would seem to indicate an identity of needs, instincts, and habits?" Fabre, Poet of Science He enjoyed combat for its own sake, not so much from any inborn pugnacity, for he was not disputatious in ordinary conversation, as because it called out his fighting force and stimulated his whole nature. William Ewart Gladstone Peccaries are not difficult beasts to kill, because their short wind and their pugnacity make them come to bay before hounds so quickly. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches "That is what I object to," said Rachel; "it is accustoming them to confound heroism with pugnacity." Clever Woman of the Family But in the morning determination is apt to grow invertebrate; rules of pugnacity are less easily acted up to, and a feeling of live and let live takes possession of the gentle soul. The Trumpet-Major The exception was a middle-aged little Talmudist with a tough little beard who held everybody in terror by his violent temper and pugnacity. The Rise of David Levinsky He reserved his pugnacity for quarrels undertaken on public grounds, and fought out with the world looking on as umpire. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 There were indeed many stouthearted nonconformists in the South; but scarcely any who in obstinacy, pugnacity, and hardihood could bear a comparison with the men of the school of Cameron. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 It was clear the part of prudence to restrain his impulsive pugnacity for the remaining weeks of the session. Life of Stephen A. Douglas The reddish ant, in the west called drivers, crossed our path daily, in solid columns an inch wide, and never did the pugnacity of either man or beast exceed theirs. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 One officer attributed much of the pugnacity which Smith exhibited early in his course to the injudicious letters sent him by his friends. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy I was among those who, twenty years ago, feared that Roosevelt's projects were inspired by innate pugnacity which he could not outgrow. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography A few exceptional cases occur in various classes of animals, in which the females instead of the males have acquired well pronounced secondary sexual characters, such as brighter colours, greater size, strength, or pugnacity. The Descent of Man He would raise his head, his eye grow bright, something of his old pugnacity would come back to him. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Now, with that worm-eaten heart, he came out into liberty and looked about him for the habiliments with which he had formerly clothed himself,—for hope, self-respect, courage, pugnacity, and industry. A Mountain Woman The old ganders are allowed their liberty, being of such age, discretion, sagacity, and pugnacity that they can be trusted to fight their own battles. The Diary of a Goose Girl Then Fisher suddenly sprang to his feet and caught up his hat and stick with all his new alertness and even pugnacity. The Man Who Knew Too Much Grouse, red, monogamous; pugnacity of young male; producing a sound by beating their wings together; duration of courtship of; colours and nidification of. The Descent of Man It is the peculiar evil of this epoch that even its pugnacity is fundamentally frightened; and the Jingo is contemptible not because he is impudent, but because he is timid. What's Wrong with the World Fighting!" he went on with unexpected pugnacity of tone, "Fighting! The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows My dear Professor, you have in Dr. Middleton a match for you in conscientious pugnacity, and you will not waste it upon me. The Egoist His lack of strength was never a check upon his high stomach; he would fight with boys of twice his size, and accept the certain defeat in a cheerful spirit of dogged pugnacity. A Book of Scoundrels Shaw, Mr., on the pugnacity of the male salmon. The Descent of Man Under these humiliating circumstances, it is part of the priestly pugnacity of my disposition to inquire again. The Black Robe Shelley, caught in the pugnacity of his youth and the first impetuosity of his prodigious artistic power by the first fierce attack of the New Reformation, gave no quarter to the antagonist of his hero. The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring He’s a delightful child, of course, but there is a strain of unbridled pugnacity in him that breaks out at times in a really alarming fashion. The Toys of Peace, and other papers We got among them and had a good time, being more hampered by the curiosity of the unattached fish than by the pugnacity of those under our immediate attention. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Scrope, on the pugnacity of the male salmon; on the battles of stags. The Descent of Man His native pugnacity caused him to feel that the struggle must be fought out, whereas Democrats of a more philosophic sort, like Allaben, known in those days as ``Copperheads,'' sought peace at any price. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 At six o'clock in the evening, he was walking downcast, intent, as one who had dropped money, along the road towards Bognor, kicking up the dust with his shoes and fretting with disappointed pugnacity. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll It is a singular fact, though, that the white squirrel has not even a little pugnacity. Betty Zane His tone had taken on that shade of pugnacity which suggested to his sister that some personal grievance drove him to take the line he did. Night and Day Snipes, arrival of male before the female; pugnacity of male; double moult in. The Descent of Man For example, with the instinct of pugnacity, we have the emotion of anger; with that of flight, the emotion of fear; with the parental instinct, the emotion of love or tender feeling. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Her expression lost its pugnacity and became sincerely concerned. 'Twixt Land and Sea Pelican, blind, fed by his companions; young, guided by old birds; pugnacity of the male. The Descent of Man Bulbul, pugnacity of the male; display of under tail-coverts by the male. The Descent of Man Sparrow, pugnacity of the male; acquisition of the Linnet's song by a; coloration of the; immature plumage of the. The Descent of Man Robin, pugnacity of the male; autumn song of the; female singing of the; attacking other birds with red in their plumage; young of the. The Descent of Man Kovalevsky, W., on the pugnacity of the male capercailzie; on the pairing of the capercailzie. The Descent of Man Montagu, G., on the habits of the black and red grouse; on the pugnacity of the ruff; on the singing of birds; on the double moult of the male pintail. The Descent of Man Cricket, field-, stridulation of the; pugnacity of male. The Descent of Man Musk-duck, Australian; large size of male; of Guiana, pugnacity of the male. The Descent of Man Collingwood, C., on the pugnacity of the butterflies of Borneo; on butterflies being attracted by a dead specimen of the same species. The Descent of Man Fowl, occurrence of spurs in the female; game, early pugnacity of; Polish, early development of cranial peculiarities of; variations in plumage of; examples of correlated development in the; domestic, breeds and sub-breeds of. The Descent of Man |
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