| 单词 | pusillanimously |
| 例句 | And Jimmy Cagney – the most pusillanimously, quintessentially Irish-American actor of them all – was one-quarter Norwegian. Irish America and the siege of Hollywood 2010-07-11T21:29:00Z I say nothing about the political bear-garden—I fear I pusillanimously keep out of it. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z They have pusillanimously abandoned the remnant of La Romana's army in order not to delay its retreat a single half day. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Is it enough, here, to creep around the giants with eyes full of astonishment and folded hands, and then languidly and pusillanimously to lie pining at their feet? Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z However, in spite of their opinion, I pusillanimously decided to hold off for a fortnight, and then fire without notice. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z The court-martial has denied this, in order to glorify this general, who died so pusillanimously. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I had only to sit pusillanimously quiet until Saunders was guilty of some impertinence, then there would be no more Saunders. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Innocent of pruning knife or fertilizer its growth has a rugged picturesqueness about it that makes the well trained tree look pusillanimously conventional beside it. Old Plymouth Trails He palsied the character 231 which could never die; heroes sunk pusillanimously under his hand; and in his torpid silence, even Milton seemed suddenly deprived of his genius. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Having by this language pusillanimously acknowledged a fault which he had not committed, the writer, by the advice of Salicetti and Robespierre, refused to obey the formal summons of the Convention when it came. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Was it with the expectation of such rewards that the first prince of the blood had pusillanimously declined to assert the rights of his rank and family, and to espouse the cause of the persecuted? History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 In my reply to his article, which he himself challenged and then pusillanimously suppressed, he has had abundant means of information. A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel Do you desire to act so pusillanimously that your children one day will have to blush for their fathers? Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Somewhat pusillanimously, perhaps, I pursued my inquiries no further. John Gabriel Borkman Will you persuade me, that these inhabitants of the South, who so pusillanimously shrink from pain, and pursue the phantom of pleasure with so much avidity, can be susceptible of love? Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy But, considering the vastness of the interests at stake, its difficulty is no reason for pusillanimously passing it by; but rather for devoting every energy to its mastery. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library But whether in adopting this measure we are madly active or weakly passive or pusillanimously panic-struck, the effects will be the same. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) On reading the attacks in the newspapers they pusillanimously asked him to withdraw, and he withdrew. The Life of Froude Isabel has confessed nothing to you, and I know by your lies to me how pusillanimously you must have been lying to her. Bylow Hill But whether in adopting this measure we are madly active, or weakly passive, or pusillanimously panic struck, the effects will be the same. Political Pamphlets The Gironde, from about this time, pusillanimously conceded point by point to the anarchic demands made by their enemies and the king's. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Those eyes during the wonderful dinner itself he hadn't once met; having confessedly—perhaps a little pusillanimously—arranged with Chad that he should be on the same side of the table. The Ambassadors And how nationally disgraceful, in every conceivable point of view, is the IV. of our American Articles of War: "If any person in the Navy shall pusillanimously cry for quarter, he shall suffer death." White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Meanwhile his exasperated feelings found an object on which to vent themselves in the unfortunate garrison of Gaeta, who so pusillanimously abandoned their post to return to their own country. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 A Southern man would starve rather than act so pusillanimously. Without a Home But Lichonin was no longer in town pusillanimously, he had gone away the very same day when the unjustly wronged and disgraced Liubka had run away from the flat. Yama: the pit To the chagrin of his fellow conspirators, Burr surrendered tamely, even pusillanimously. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Yet had these men, under these circumstances, "pusillanimously cried for quarter," by the IV. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War But he did not wait pusillanimously for the popular mind to make itself up; he had too high a conception of the duty of leadership for that. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times His life he exposed with careless gaiety; but it was said that he was nervously anxious and pusillanimously cautious when his professional reputation was in danger. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 He has acted pusillanimously and blunderingly on all occasions since he has been an archbishop. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo They shall not say of the man who took compassion upon the deserted and threatened orphan and raised her for his own egotistical wishes, and pusillanimously failed to finish the work he began! The Daughter of an Empress |
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