| 单词 | quaintly |
| 例句 | His sugared almond tasted of her name which seemed so quaintly improbable that he wondered if he had remembered it correctly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Who we are being so many hard facts held like candies or coins, just up one’s sleeve — one’s father, one’s mother, all the things that might quaintly be termed one’s station. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And with her victory, Davuluri has made an outmoded, quaintly sexist relic somehow relevant – subversive, even. Miss America brushes off the bigots 2013-09-16T14:25:00Z These days, Hollywood sometimes seems less adept at making movies than it is at churning out a parade of walking luxury billboards — still quaintly known as celebrities. | Los Angeles, Where the Wild Things Are 2013-08-20T18:49:15Z The quaintly named duty clerks, Garden Room girls, messengers and "switch" keep the office working 24 hours a day. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z The group checked into a quaintly un-air-conditioned hotel in Southampton, where Austen is said to have danced on her 18th birthday. Where Jane Austen Danced, Dined or Dallied 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In the end, there’s something delightfully, fundamentally, and almost quaintly human about these scenes dedicated to our abjection. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z He waved me off and mopped his brow with a handkerchief, a gesture that would have seemed quaintly old-fashioned if there had not been so much sweat. Modern Love: What a Scale Can?t Measure ? Modern Love 2011-12-01T22:25:17Z The consequences of an actor departing depend, rather quaintly, on whether their character is above or below stairs. Downton Abbey Season 5: Predicting The Body Count 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Alongside contemporary writers like French and Flynn, Sayers seems almost quaintly optimistic. An Overlooked Novel from 1935 by the Godmother of Feminist Detective Fiction 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Well, it seemed as topical then as it's quaintly dated now. 2018 has been the longest year ever 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Inserted in the rectangular opening of his bronze helmet, they give it a quaintly surrealist touch. Art: Macedonia's Riches Before Alexander 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z The theme of this year’s parade is “An Old-Fashioned Christmas,” a quaintly fitting tribute for a town that likes to look back even as it leaps ahead. In Purcellville, landmark Nichols Hardware reaches a hard-won milestone: 100 years 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But in a world where many of us complain of being overscheduled, there’s something uniquely depressing about having no control over the time once quaintly called “personal” and “free.” The art of making (and not making) plans 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Making use of techniques that now seem quaintly traditional, they built a detailed plaster model of the White House, 15ft wide and 5ft high, then blew it up with six cameras rolling. Why are we hooked on films about mass destruction? 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Old Hollywood practices such as the “screen test”, the “audition” or the “talent scout” seem quaintly redundant in this new realm. Video killed the Hollywood star: will vloggers take over the film world? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z But then people began to approach the Party with their "internal contradictions," as Comrade Venu puts it quaintly. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Two 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z Other aspects of the play are a little softened, too; the red velvet curtain and old-fashioned scallop-shell footlights lend an antique charm that frames it too quaintly. Review: ‘Happy Days,’ an Unsettling Glimpse Into the Existential Abyss 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z It does beg the – now quaintly old-fashioned – question, are some things better left to the imagination than the camera? Panayiotis Lamprou: the casual power of an intimate portrait 2010-09-17T16:54:00Z Ditto for the jump-cut tour of a Sears Roebuck catalog, which, while surely not intended this way, serves to aestheticize misfortune as something quaintly antique. An artful, disquieting look at ‘The Great Flood’ 2014-03-20T21:28:14Z Glenn Ford plays Johnny, a wastrel who fetches up in a quaintly imagined Buenos Aires just before the end of the war. Gilda ? review 2011-07-21T21:09:00Z It's sprightly and genial, but hardly earth-shattering stuff, and it's quaintly dated, not just in its portrait of a disappeared world, but also in Greene's view of it. Travels with My Aunt – review 2013-05-09T17:05:43Z Many of Obamacare’s advocates quaintly cling to the idea that the law is unpopular because it hasn’t been explained well to an ignorant and confused electorate. No Mention of Health Care in White House's State of the Union Talking Points 2012-01-24T18:54:15Z Laurent Pelly’s staging of Massenet’s opera originated at the Royal Opera in London, where, according to one quaintly mixed metaphor in the British press, it “triggered” a “shower of plaudits.” The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z It’s an anomaly among the quaintly gabled houses with children’s plastic slides and bird feeders cluttering the backyards. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z A little more than two decades later, there is something quaintly fatalistic about Jerde's attitude toward the frail state of public space. Los Angeles public space is rambunctious again; let's dress it properly 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The senator’s political friendships too reflect a willingness to cross the aisle that these days seem almost quaintly from another age. John McCain: film portrait of an ‘American hero’ skirts hard questions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Rather, he frames it as a brilliant provocation, a metatheatrical challenge to quaintly limited thinking. Review: A Darkly Satirical Glimpse Into Life ‘Off Broadway’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “They worried,” she recalled in her quaintly Gallicized English, “that I would end up poor, alone — how do you say? — ‘under a bridge.’ ” Garance Doré, the Style Blogger, Snatches the Spotlight 2014-05-07T21:18:59Z The less charitable describe him as “twee,” meaning quaintly sentimental. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z So it goes for long stretches of the evening, as Heather and Joe engage in obsolete arguments conducted in often quaintly anachronistic slang. Theater Review: ‘I’m Getting My Act Together’ at City Center 2013-07-25T21:07:09Z It’s located, yes, atop a hill, in a stately residential neighborhood just north of the town center, filled with rubble stone walls, quaintly aging properties and partial views toward the water. A Glasgow Architect’s Masterpiece Is Damaged, but Not His Magic 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z It is a realm that quaintly evokes D. H. Lawrence’s perfervid notions of civilized souls divided within themselves and out of touch with what he called “blood consciousness.” Review: In ‘Cal in Camo,’ a Raw Welcome to Motherhood 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A tour guide quaintly referred to the onboard bathroom as a “potty.” The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Post was referring to proto-1-percenters, people who in her quaintly cockeyed view were somehow “innately exclusive.” At the Maastricht Art Fair, a Flight to Beauty 2012-03-23T22:24:49Z Carrot Top’s props are still quaintly homemade, a clumsy juxtaposition to the rest of the show. How Carrot Top Wins in Vegas (Yes, He Can Be Funny) 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The movie starts with a quaintly extravagant "fight" in a pub which looks more like a Hollywood bar brawl. Cemetery Junction: Film review 2010-04-15T11:30:00Z Instead of sheltering there, a group of people venture south to greet the American liberators, and the film is a slightly whimsical anthology of their quaintly imagined experiences. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, the radical brothers who electrified Italian cinema 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Across the piazza on a quaintly picturesque street, the year-and-a-half old Margutta 19 offers 16 plush, modern rooms and suites surrounding a terraced green hillside. 36 Hours in Rome 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The concert closed with Bartok’s six Romanian Folk Dances, which Ms. Grimaud performed as refined and urbane, contemporaries of Berg’s sonata rather than quaintly folksy. Music Review: Back at the Keyboard After a Difficult Interlude 2011-02-01T21:43:30Z “Like Italian film stars of the 1960s, or English soccer players of the ’80s,” Samuels writes, “rock stars are a quaintly dated category of celebrated person.” Weekend Reading: Justin Timberlake, Lightning Strikes, and More 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z But now, despite the complex history, the barracks appear serenely, even quaintly, situated against the rugged expanse. Exploring Tule Lake, an Austere Land With a Complex History 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Doing the time warp again, the telescopic effects of time mean that the events of 1985, once so brashly and embarrassingly novel, now seem almost as quaintly ancient as the abdication of Edward VIII. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z It was a scene that felt quaintly out of time, made all the more novel because we were somehow able to exist seamlessly within it. Cambodia, in and Around Kep, Open but Undeveloped 2012-03-02T23:24:36Z Most of the show seems quaintly dated now, but one moment taps into a very 2019 pop anxiety. 'It's ghost slavery': the troubling world of pop holograms 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Outside of his 53-year relationship with the actor Cyril Butcher, he kept a flat in London exclusively for his frequent encounters with what was then known quaintly as rough trade, especially guardsmen. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z On the surface the old episodes—some of them represented by clips from fuzzy black-and-white kinescopes—are charming antiques, what with their leisurely pace and production values that seemed quaintly retro even way back when. ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Review: Charm and Change 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z First up is the quaintly old-fashioned Crich Tramway Museum, where, while riding a vintage tram, Chris notices, and publicly reprimands, another visitor for dropping a food wrapper on the floor. Movie Review: ‘Sightseers,’ With Alice Lowe and Steve Oram 2013-05-09T21:09:44Z It is, publicity materials quaintly note, “between the Atlantic Ocean and Main Street,” and it was conceived to blend seamlessly with both. Music Review: Summery Sounds of a New Hall in Rockport, Mass. 2010-06-11T22:45:00Z It has been that way for generations across the corn belt, a quaintly American scene that has played out on farms ranging from Iowa and Missouri to Oklahoma and Nebraska. Culture and shared history cast by the wayside as the Big 12 and other leagues realign 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Or, more to the point, selling out one’s morals in pursuit of what the PGA Tour once quaintly regarded as Saudi blood money. PGA Tour shows blood is thicker than integrity after merger with LIV Golf 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z An empty cart parked next to the driveway quaintly advertised “fresh cut flowers,” with an old-fashioned mailbox attached for payments. Jack Teixeira left tracks online, but was seen as quiet in his hometown 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z You know the markers: the quaintly named characters whose destinies match their monikers, the hammer-to-the-head foreshadowing, the dreaded deus ex machina. Eleanor Catton follows a messy, Booker-winning novel with a tidy thriller. That's a shame 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Whether you live on the Kitsap Peninsula or are just looking for an excuse to take your bike on a ferry, mountain biking awaits just outside the quaintly restored mill town of Port Gamble. Where to find great mountain biking trails in every direction from Seattle 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Sexual content might be what’s flagged — even though the idea of kids going to the library in search of sexual content when most of them have access to the internet is quaintly laughable. An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z As fiction, the conceit of “Ted Lasso” is quaintly nostalgic: the innocent abroad discovering the quirks of an unimaginably foreign environment. Op-Ed: Why 'Ted Lasso' is a match made in globalizer heaven 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Times article referred quaintly to parked cars, “standing autos.” Hate permit parking and pricey lots? Blame L.A. — we invented them 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z At the Army post’s museum, Afghanistan is already an exhibit, complete with oil paintings of notable battles, showing uniforms already quaintly dated. ‘No One Quite Knows What to Say’: A War Easily Ignored Ends With Few Answers 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z The documents reflect quaintly archaic technologies used in the mid-1990s — typewriters, fax machines and handwritten notes. You Can Buy a Piece of a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z There has been something quaintly old-fashioned about Everton’s penchant for playmakers in recent years. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Your ears grow accustomed to hearing dates like July 4 read quaintly as “July four,” your eyes lulled by the blue and gray filters overlaying the images. Perspective | Filmmaker David Lynch’s YouTube weather reports are a perfect respite from regular pandemic programming 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z In a building Wendell quaintly calls “the barn,” he maintains a sort of mechanic shop-man cave that would be the envy of many. Special Report: Meet the masters of social distancing - Couple live alone in wilderness for decades 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Well, there was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. John Updike: My innermost swing thoughts - Golf Digest 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z After more than a month of coronavirus lockdowns, Yang’s prediction looks quaintly optimistic. Opinion | The New Great Depression Is Coming. Will There Be a New New Deal? 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Starr, quaintly, argued that the United States was suffering from a surfeit of impeachment. Biden, not Bolton: takeaways from day six of Trump's impeachment trial 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z First, a word of explanation about the fact-checking process, because the job might sound quaintly old-fashioned yet desperately needed in this modern world. Remembering our Golf Digest beloved fact-checker who always got it right - Golf Digest 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He said, quaintly, “You need a place to put your stuff.” The Incredible Shrinking Wallet 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “Impeachable offenses, which the Constitution quaintly calls ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ are offenses against the nation and its Constitution, not necessarily violations of criminal statutes.” Harvard law professor blasts former AG Whitaker after he defends Trump 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “You almost have to look back on Ronald Reagan quaintly,” she said. Kamala Harris is the early favorite among Hollywood donors in the 2020 race 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z During the Cold War, when the Soviet Union also engaged in large, if now quaintly archaic, disinformation efforts, the U.S. government poured significant resources into combating them. Opinion: The strongmen are back. And we have no idea how to confront them. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Even when it appears to go against the state, it will only do so selectively, quaintly, beautifully, piteously, in terms that do not question the right of the state to assert power. When the Camera Was a Weapon of Imperialism. (And When It Still Is.) 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “If what was once so bracing now seems quaintly nostalgic, the work hasn’t lost its popular charm,” writes Times critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts: Gustavo Dudamel's Hollywood star, Betty Buckley's 'Dolly,' Isabella Rossellini's 'Circus' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z If what was once so bracing now seems quaintly nostalgic, the work hasn’t lost its popular charm. Review: How well does Stephen Daldry’s landmark ‘An Inspector Calls’ hold up? 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z I suspect that the senator was thinking of men such as the one I saw in that courtroom, the ones we used to quaintly call the “incorrigibles.” Opinion | The biggest problem with the criminal justice reform bill 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z For starters, the game will be played in the quaintly raucous confines of Allen Fieldhouse rather than a cavernous, neutral-site dome. Villanova heads to Kansas for Final Four rematch in December 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z People who have grown up with smartphones and social media may think that the very concept of personal privacy has become quaintly irrelevant, but there are reasons for even habitual oversharers to be alarmed. Should We Be Worried About Computerized Facial Recognition? 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But Beethoven’s famous fourth movement thunderstorm sounded quaintly pictorial with Ligeti’s emotionally bracing concerto still resonating in the mind. What does 'crazed virtuosity' sound like? Jennifer Koh delivers her answer with L.A. Chamber Orchestra 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The game ended and, rather quaintly, the public announcer wished everyone a safe journey home. Marcus Rashford fluffs his lines in England’s eerie draw with Croatia 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Again with President Bill Clinton and sexual encounters that were once quaintly called dalliances, involving women his allies described as bimbos. Will the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing be a where-were-you moment? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Compared to Ulysses, earlier literary renderings of reality seem quaintly artificial, like medieval paintings prior to artists’ mastery of perspective. Bloomsday Tribute to James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z But he mostly used the position to do what was once quaintly called “crime fighting.” Robert Kennedy Without Tears 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Before smart phones, e-commerce or the cloud, the Seattle area was a center of what was quaintly called the cellular telephone industry. T-Mobile and Sprint: Don’t pop the champagne quite yet 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z So it turns out the Seahawks aren’t ready to kick Earl Thomas to the curb, as he so quaintly put it last December. Earl Thomas has much greater value to Seahawks than draft picks they would have gotten for trading him 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Once rendered obsolete by the space demands of hulking desktop computers and printers, the quaintly compact desks with enclosed storage were stockpiled in attics and used-furniture store rooms. The Vintage Desk That Perfectly Suits Modern Technology 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Though they weren’t quite as popular as Vote for Pedro T-shirts, these lines from the offbeat comedy led to a resurgence of quaintly PG-rated expletives. ‘As if’: 40 comedies from the past 40 years that changed the way we talk 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z After all the Bill Clinton follies, this is quaintly tame and almost respectful, aside from the actions of his lawyer. Stormy Daniels Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Scriptwriter Solomon never ended up seeing the film, but is quaintly protective of it. 'The stench of it stays with everybody': inside the Super Mario Bros movie 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The airport’s previous, much-smaller duty-free store was quaintly called “The Buckaroo.” Is This the Start of Better Airport Shopping in the U.S.? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Neutrality, as it is quaintly misnamed, is not. States Push Back After Net Neutrality Repeal 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z In the age of digital media and declining newspaper circulations, the day off seems quaintly anachronistic. No news, just snooze: Japan's army of paper delivery workers enjoy press holiday 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But it’s also true that the meeting of that mind and that world — a mind that seems as bracingly modern as its environment seems quaintly antique — is an endlessly fascinating subject. The 10 Best Actors of the Year 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Second, the quaintly pub-ish name is not only ironic — unlike many of the new genre of ampersand restaurants — but personal, a kind of West Coast version of the Spotted Pig. The Hearth & Hound alert: April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman are (finally) opening the doors to their first L.A. restaurant 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z "The 11th District, a Republican-leaning hodgepodge of quaintly verdant residential streets, snarling highways and big-box shopping centers, groans under an extraordinary tax burden." Tax Plan Burdens Blue-State Republicans and Their Districts 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Photo: Dell Unboxing that same behemoth in my home about a month ago, I was again impressed by its size, which now makes my 27-inch iMac feel quaintly compact. Dell’s 8K monitor is stunningly ahead of its time 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Every British Open golf course has its own atmosphere, made up of equal parts antiquated custom, salt-heavy air and local varieties of ankle-clutching grasses, the quaintly named harebell and petalwort that color the gray dunes. Perspective | Most British Open clubs admitted women begrudgingly. This year’s site started 127 years ago. 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z In the digital era, it all seems quaintly archaic. Has the time now come for internet voting? - BBC News 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z But clearly this doesn’t include living in the pedestrian little cottage quaintly known to the ever-reverential peasantry as the White House. Opinion | Republicans would rather have a king than a president 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The 11th District, a Republican-leaning hodgepodge of quaintly verdant residential streets, snarling highways and big-box shopping centers, groans under an extraordinary tax burden. Tax Plan Burdens Blue-State Republicans and Their Districts 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z That’s the behavior of an authoritarian, not the individual who was once quaintly called the chief magistrate. Ivanka Trump and Nordstrom: the back story 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z It located the town centre, quaintly, in the centre of town even though putting it by the highway would have made more economic sense. What Disney’s city of the future, built to look like the past, says about the present 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z France is different from the U.K. and the U.S. in that it lacks a powerful tabloid press; elections, almost quaintly, continue to be contested on differences of ideology rather than fact. What the French Have Learned from Trump 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z General Electric pulled it off last year with its quaintly named GE Podcast Theater. Forget Filling Ad Breaks; Some Marketers Make the Podcasts 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Except to say, perhaps quaintly, that we don’t regard political success as the only relevant measurement here. The GOP’s shameful gamble on Merrick Garland pays off 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He was also a personal favorite of Presidents Bush, Sr., and Clinton, for whom he decorated rooms in the White House—an impressive and quaintly bipartisan résumé. Hubert de Givenchy’s Surprisingly Cozy Mansion 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The “World Wide Web”, as people quaintly called the internet in 1996, was more or less made up of text. American obsession: how JonBenét Ramsey gave rise to the online detective 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z There is something quaintly Victorian about many of the crimes that the London unit has investigated: the artful pickpocket, the roving purse snatcher. The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z This ought to be, as people said quaintly just four or five months ago, “disqualifying.” Being Honest About Trump 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z This will leave the court divided four to four, paralyzed, in all probability, which is clearly nothing that perturbs these persons still quaintly referred to as lawmakers. Trump: the great orange-haired Unintended Consequence | Marilynne Robinson 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Shall we insist together on remaining in what is quaintly called the real world? This is how we spooked Putin: What the New York Times won’t tell you about the American adventure in Ukraine 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z How quaintly post-partisan that sounds in the hindsight of 24 years, when the different kind of Democrat running in 2016 is not, technically, a Democrat at all, but a self-described democratic socialist. Clinton, Sanders and why this is a dangerous moment for Democrats 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z In a time of the new European nationalism, of razor-wire fences and renewed border controls, of mass immigration and homegrown terror, of fear and insecurity, the stencil seems quaintly old-fashioned. Is the Schengen dream of Europe without borders becoming a thing of the past? 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Almost 20 years later, the White House explosion also seems quaintly direct — the goal of a trailer now isn’t just to be spectacular, but to pick scenes that will prompt debate. The Star Wars history of trailers 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But as the number of “chalets de nécessité,” as the public toilets were quaintly called, have dwindled, so, too, has the presence of the ladies, who now teeter on the verge of extinction. Paris Looks to Depose Keepers of a Different Throne 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Now, it falls almost quaintly in the middle of the pack of horrific GOP ideas. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Andrea Tantaros sees misandry everywhere 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Grilled cheese, for instance, comes bolstered with pulled pork, or done caprese style with tomato and mozzarella, or — my favorite — loaded with what the menu quaintly calls “lobstah.” Review: Burgers (and Seafood) at Shad Row in Rocky Hill 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Though quaintly used in recent times to denote proper behavior for ladies, virtue as applied to public service is a powerful standard. Gary Hart: America's Principles Are in Danger of Corruption 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z It sounds quaintly anachronistic, but it’s not a term to be lightly adopted. Losing their religion: The hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Franchise agreements officially forbid these local iterations from being distributed elsewhere, like the now quaintly ineffectual DVD region scheme. My Man in Japan 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z With so little privacy, passwords may soon be tomorrow’s eight-track player, quaintly described to our grandchildren. The Secret Life of Passwords 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z TALLINN, Estonia — The centuries-old city center here looks quaintly antique, with well-worn cobbled streets lined by medieval buildings at nearly every turn. Estonians Embrace Life in a Digital World 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z That will be the, perhaps, quaintly old-fashioned leftist and populist message of Ed Miliband's speech to Labour's conference today. Does Labour have the cash to expand the NHS? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z That was back in the days of something quaintly called “the national interest.” Lost in space: NASA and America's ambitions 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z This film was later itself immortalized when remade as Breathless, starring Richard Gere – an honor for the little-known Godard and the charming cottage industry of French cinema, or cinéma, as they quaintly call it.* Work Like The Wind? What George R R Martin and Jack Welch Have In Common 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z There are also vines, bits of statuary, conversational seating clusters, a quaintly decomposing toolshed and a pair of goldfish ponds that gave the garden its name. The Garage That Bloomed 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z A large flatscreen television and two powerful speakers sit against one wall, a guitar hangs from another, and a crate of records has been tucked quaintly into one corner. Spotify Hits 10 Million Paid Users. Now Can It Make Money? 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The maple melee is running especially thick in Vermont, where maple is the official "state flavor" and busloads of leaf-peeping tourists snap up quaintly packaged syrup by the gallons. Sweet Dilemma: Will Syrup Standards Sap Vermont's Image? 2014-02-03T03:33:00Z As CES draws to a close, it’s clear that the annual confab of what used to be quaintly refered to as the “Consumer Electronics Show” is a much different event these days. CES Draws Attention to Non-Mainstream Technologies 2014-01-12T23:52:00Z In today’s America the republic’s story looms large but not quaintly. Colonial museums: A different story 2013-11-14T16:01:02Z According to documents in a federal court case quaintly titled United States of America v. Collecting: Thieves And Forgers Rush In Where Big Spenders Dare To Tread 2013-06-05T10:00:00Z When the centers opened in the 1990s as quaintly termed “Internet hotels,” the tenants paid for space to plug in their servers with a proviso that electricity would be available. The Cloud Factories: North Jersey Data Center Industry Blurs Utility-Real Estate Boundaries 2013-05-13T17:22:42Z The idea of mum, dad and two kids sitting round the box, watching whatever the terrestrial channels are showing is quaintly anachronistic. YouTube superstars: the generation taking on TV – and winning 2013-04-06T23:05:00Z Anarchy Reigns is a strange game, a contradictory mix of the chaotic and the methodical, the cutting edge and the quaintly old-fashioned. Anarchy Reigns – review 2013-01-13T00:03:03Z Joyce achieved a kind of hyper-realism, rendering the experience of ordinary awareness so faithfully that other depictions seem quaintly artificial, like medieval paintings before artists mastered perspective. Was James Joyce the Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever? 2012-08-10T14:16:05.290Z Mr McConnell laboured manfully to delay the Democrats’ health-care reforms, which Mr Reid eventually managed to push through using yet another quaintly named procedural ruse, reconciliation. Lexington: The very odd couple 2012-06-28T15:03:25Z Architects’ and Builders’ Magazine called it “a quaintly attractive little building designed in extremely good taste” in 1910. | Readers’ Questions: The Dakota’s Back 40 2012-06-02T09:00:10Z Evolution and Ethics was Huxley’s last important deliverance, since the completion of his reply to Mr. Balfour’s “quaintly entitled” Foundations of Belief was arrested by his death on the 30th of June, 1895. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z At this time she often thought of Archibald Bence; and of how, when alluding to his idle spendthrift brothers, he used to say with quaintly candid self-pity, "There's a leak in my shop." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z In the older part of the town the streets are narrow, and contain a number of high turreted houses with quaintly adorned gables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Little did he know what a competitor be had in that much-thumbed old volume, whose quaintly told miseries were to her as her own sorrows. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z And one of these gifts chanced to be a jet-black and quaintly deformed ten-year-old slave boy, from Bengal. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The narrative says quaintly that as they sat before a great fire their shins burned on the fore side, while their backs were frozen. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z And for the first time her eyes met his with a quaintly questioning look, which somehow carried in it a reminiscence of the stile and the ivy bush. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z I had hardly "steep'd my senses in forgetfulness" as some one quaintly says, when I was effectually aroused by a loud knocking at the window. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Two of the four patios are quaintly carved, and probably amuse the convalescents of the modern hospital lodged now in the building. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z He was born in 1562, the eldest of that “happy ternion of brothers,” as Fuller quaintly describes him and his two younger brothers, who became respectively Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Mayor of London. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z She was quaintly attired in a sort of leathern boddice or jerkin, laced up the front over a woollen petticoat of some dark color. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Once out of the house, he passed quickly from the churchyard by a narrow lane leading to an irregular open space quaintly called "The Top of the Town." The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The house, of one corner of whose quaintly terraced garden we had taken possession, appeared to be untenanted. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The writer has sedulously avoided such methods, preferring to follow the course quaintly and delightfully set forth by the unsurpassed French essayist of the sixteenth century. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But, as Don Gabriele remarks quaintly, the people obstinately refused to taste the perfect liquor out of this caraffe, esteeming it indeed rank poison. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z He called in an impecunious literary man, that is, a literary man, and with some trepidation made what business men quaintly call a proposition. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Our Shakspeare has quaintly, yet beautifully, described this parting embrace: And lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The group tapered off with a wee boy in a quaintly cut long frock and a white Carlist cap, and a baby in bunching petticoats and a muslin cap with wings. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It is a little book of quaint and pleasant thoughts, quaintly got up, and beautifully illustrated. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z As some thinkers quaintly put it, the known rests and lives on the bosom of the Unknowable. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z A humble hillside home in New Hampshire thus quaintly festooned is shown in the illustration opposite page 208—a characteristic New Hampshire landscape. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z It has views of two towering buildings whose outsize names — Wynn and Trump — suggest a Las Vegas extravagance that, by comparison, seems almost quaintly outdated. Las Vegas Gun Range Offers New Way to Let Loose 2012-03-05T17:40:52Z Lunch was quickly served in a large dining-room that was as quaintly original as the rest of the house. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Long afterwards, in his declining years he found much gratification in making friends with children, and referred to it quaintly as "a vicarious phase of the philoprogenitive instinct." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z A single, long, grasslike leaf precedes the flexuous stem, with its quaintly arched and delicately fringed blossoms. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z I should like to see him "sit like a shepherd carving out dials, quaintly point by point." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z In a nook between the fireplace and the before-mentioned casement stood the tall arm-chair, with square seat and quaintly carved back, which was reserved for him. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Yet the scenery, with its grey-green olive plantations set against a background of beautiful mountains and enlivened with quaintly attired olive-gatherers, was so fine that we did not tire of feasting our eyes upon it. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z "It seems probable," he quaintly remarks, "that this abnormal tendency to criticise has been a chief factor in the continuance of my celibate life." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Mrs. Blochman has quaintly and aptly alluded to the corolla of this flower as a long and slender mitten, just fit for some high-born fairy's hand. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z He puts things quaintly, but I like him better than the formal people. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z I crave your pardon if I seem slow of hospitality," he said, quaintly, "but a visitor seldom comes to my door. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z It was founded by the rich and benevolent George Heriot, jeweller to King James the Sixth, "Jingling Geordie," as he is quaintly termed in the "Fortunes of Nigel." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z It is a rambling house of moderate size, quaintly made of rough hewn beams with reed-stiffened clay in between, and opening on to the street. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z They seemed alert, self-confident, optimistic and quaintly whimsical. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The Bohemian reformer, zealous for the purity of the language of his country, often in his sermons inveighed quaintly and vehemently against those who defiled the Czech language by introducing numerous “Germanisms.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Then, lifting up his voice, he sang a song to the sea, a quaintly rhymed little melody, in his invariable minor. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Some of the local cordiality was quaintly worded. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Over the doors is a "Music Gallery," usually closed in by quaintly carved shutters, whence, on Feast days, the College Choristers still discourse melody. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z There are the same narrow, crooked streets leading to the public squares, where quaintly carved stone fountains stand. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z What is very singular, and accounts for the choice of subjects on its quaintly carven walls, is that they were not designed for a sacred building at all. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z "Do you really feel cross?" said Emily to me, knitting her brows and smiling quaintly. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z With quibbles they never essayed to beguile, And Nature had taught them the orator's style; No pomp they affected, not quaintly refined The nervous idea that glanced on the mind. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Some of the temples are certainly large, and one or two pagodas quaintly designed, many of the carvings being elaborate. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z "Cranly's speech," he writes, "had neither rare phrases of Elizabethan English nor quaintly turned versions of Irish idioms." The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z We decided that the remark was too Lincolnian to be mistaken and no man but he could have put the situation so quaintly. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z In appearance it is a typical Dutch town, with numerous narrow canals and quaintly gabled houses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z There was a quaintly attractive boyishness about her now, an unsuspected athleticism. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z This altogether unexpected question, which came so quaintly from the childish lips, made me laugh. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Her manner was quaintly formal, but he fancied there was a spice of mischief hidden behind it, and in the meanwhile Carroll, watching his hostess, surmised that her daughter’s remarks had not altogether pleased her. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z There were vases and other ornaments on the mantel-piece, and a quaintly carved cabinet opposite, whose open doors showed many strange and beautiful things. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z "It's what every writer that's worth his salt has got to be," said the young man, quaintly. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Its quiet surface mirrored her feet from beneath quaintly. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The dark figure was clad in a broad-brimmed Boer hat and quaintly cut old-fashioned dress, as Goodrick could plainly notice. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Would not their introduction—as above—into Whitehall lend a new and even more quaintly picturesque touch of grandeur to the scene? Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z Then she laughed, perhaps at Thorn, who argued quaintly, if forcibly, with his reluctant beasts, and turned to me. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He would take these women traveling on his yacht, which, quaintly enough, was termed the "Modesty." The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z As she came down the steps of the quaintly colonial Colony Club she found no taxi in sight. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z But yet more strange, above the ‘paarl,’ as Klaas quaintly called it, and overhanging it, was a kind of canopy of stalactite of the same brilliant opalescent colours. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z This question had the same loitering, somnolent intonation that always belonged to her speech, and contrasted so quaintly with her nervous, volatile turns and poses. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z A Scandinavian domestic quaintly corroborated her mistress's statement, and there was no doubt that the scale was turned; but Dixon did not leave his work half-completed, and the next witness confirmed this evidence. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The dim light, the quaintly furnished room, the figures of the old man and woman bending this way, then that, as they struggled with the creature on the bed. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z They were surveying a very quaintly arranged room, indeed. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z The saint is quaintly clad in hose, and the figure is gigantic. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The misereres under the choir stalls are very quaintly carved, and one of them, “the pelican in her piety,” was for many years used as the sign of an inn near the church. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z The fire was burning redly in the hall, though the lamps were out, when I ensconced myself in a deep chair behind a deerhide screen quaintly embroidered by Indian women. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Her person was insignificant, her dress somewhat rustic, her language quaintly precise and formal, her manner odd and constrained. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z One of the most pleasing belongs to England, and is written in the commixture of Latin and the modern tongue, which occasionally produces quaintly pretty effects. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z He declined to share his aunt's decoction of "shells," as she quaintly called cocoa, and joined his grandparents in a large cup of coffee. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z One of the men I was at college with wants me to go in with him on a book-shop and publishing venture—you know, odd books, quaintly bound, and all that sort of thing. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z I tried to express my own sentiments and, I believe, failed, but Haldane smiled quaintly. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Mr. Ruck failed to take his departure for Appenzell on the morrow, in spite of the eagerness to see him off quaintly attributed by him to Mrs. Church. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z It is quaintly noted, however, that "this tree did not live long,"—is it to be wondered that such should have been the case? American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z As Martha quaintly phrased it, she now began to feel not only that she was engaged but that she was going to be married. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The others laughed, and Mr. Alexander said quaintly: “I always liked that name Alexander ’cause it made me feel sort of worth while. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z Under the influence of these reflections upon English sports, it seemed to him that from this quaintly attired form some peculiar power, healthiness, and energy emanated. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z They were passing the vestibule of an old church which contrasted quaintly with the more ambitious modern architecture of the neighborhood. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Do not forget that you are a Tudor and a Queen, and remember," he added quaintly, as her head fell against his shoulder, "remember . . . The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Yet to the reader of severer taste, this very absence of emphasis, so quaintly sober, so sensitive in its unfaltering reticence, becomes the choicest grace of Woolman's style. John Woolman's Journal 2011-09-06T02:00:09.260Z Some other portions of this critique read rather quaintly. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z One authority on precious stones observes that the Regent is not cut to rule, being too thick for its size, but he quaintly remarks that such a diamond is above law. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z She was quaintly dressed, after the manner of ancient dames of the sixteenth century, and on her head she wore a cap as white as sloe blossom. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z He paused, then added quaintly— "And I would commit so many." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Thoreau, in one of his quaintly superior moods when speaking of travel, said, “It is not worth while going round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.” The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Gradually the stern lines of his face relaxed and a quaintly humorous glint came into his eyes. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Shakespeare, Ben Jonson & Co., must have crossed the bridge many a time on their visits to the City, to ‘gather humours of men daily,’ as Aubrey quaintly expresses it.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z These last were quaintly dressed in poppy-coloured coats and speedwell-blue breeches, and on their dear little heads were blue three-cornered hats turned up with the same rich colour as their coats. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z "H'm! do they say that?" mused Wessex quaintly, whilst a smile, which almost might be called boyish, altered the whole expression of his serious face. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z They were going down hill by that time, Martin ahead, picking the trail; and Charlotte made a quaintly affectionate grimace behind his sturdy back. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He studied with an air of affectionate interest the long lane of quaintly colonnaded buildings that edged the city within a city, the Chinese campong. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The ambassador quaintly answered, that the beauty of either was not her worst fault. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Allen’s bravery was not then fully known to the doctor, who quaintly writes in his diary, “there seemed to have been much antipathy to Allen.” Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius, a Revolutionary Surgeon 2011-08-12T02:00:23.570Z With a quaintly mischievous gesture she flung the rose at him; it hit him in the face, then fell; he had perforce to stoop in order to pick it up. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z One feature of the early tussle with our language is curious and often quaintly pretty. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z His lips parted in a quaintly humorous and affectionate smile. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z They differed as the stiff gowns and ample pantaloons, all so quaintly made, from the paint and skins which made the array of the savage. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z The difficulty is quaintly indicated in a remark by Jonathan Swift. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z It is quaintly written, full of odd phrases, original thoughts, and peculiarities of diction, but equally full of fine sentiments and expressions of confident religious faith. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z Another child, a little girl in the same school, told her mother that she had seen a funeral last night, and on being asked, "Where?" answered quaintly, "I saw it in my pillow". Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z From a patent steel safe of American make he took an ebony box, quaintly carved and colored in glorious pinks and yellows with a flower design. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The old dame had taken a fancy to the self-possessed, quaintly dignified little maid, and the Thwaite garden proved to have in it many fruits and herbs which she needed in her housekeeping. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The broad surface was covered with an antique hanging which, quaintly enough, appeared fastened to the wall at regular intervals with large metal buttons, forming a kind of pattern. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z There were the great smooth gravel walks, the closely shaven lawns, the quaintly clipped shrubs, and old-fashioned flower beds to admire. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Mr. Farlow," he said, in his quaintly formal manner, "I must leave here. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Again the quaintly humorous quirk of the lips. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z “Well, my boy,” said Brother Basil in his quaintly spoken French, “what is it?” In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z "No, no one would ever believe," cried one quaintly, "that such a fine fellow was thy son--not looking at thee." The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Two pairs of eyes, bright with affectionate curiosity, bent themselves eagerly on the little quaintly enameled box, which Mary hastily unwrapped. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z Free from that outward contact which makes an intolerable sameness among people, its types develop quaintly. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Tennyson quaintly said of the hymn Life of Life: ‘He seems to go up into the air and burst.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Their designs were conventional, but the working out was like the quaintly formal primness of wild flowers in garlands. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Each quaintly crayoned background is procedurally generated so it never looks or plays the same way twice. 25 best smartphone games ? part two 2011-07-15T14:46:49Z Since the early 1900s, groundwater use in Texas has been governed by what's quaintly called the rule of capture, otherwise described as the biggest pump wins. BW Archive: There Will Be Water 2011-07-14T20:07:02Z The Kraken has never been known to do any great harm, except," the Author quaintly says, "they have taken away the lives of those who consequently could not bring the tidings. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z All the varlets and handmaidens were dressed in the old native costume, so appropriate to the ancient wooden buildings with quaintly carved eaves and doorways, about which they hovered. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Selling a quaintly patriotic war hero in a politically divided United States would be tricky enough. Media Decoder: Soft-Pedal Captain America Overseas? Hollywood Says No 2011-07-03T21:11:19Z Old Glad's quaintly proffered hospitality was willingly and gratefully accepted, and after his guest had been refreshed by a nicely cooked supper, their talk turned to the past in the old mountaineer's life. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z He closed it with a snap, and made her a quaintly ceremonious bow. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z All one wall was smothered in the silken warmth of a Chinese rug, against whose blue was lifted the creamy whiteness of an ivory elephant quaintly carved and poised on its pedestal. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z But the next day there came a perfectly huge box of chocolates, addressed quaintly to “Miss Bradford, Somewhere in Purgatory.” The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Within half an hour a mounted messenger was on his way to the Special Magistrate with a quaintly scrawled report of the case. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z And he, in everyday life, she knew to be the mildest and most quaintly humorous of men. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z She lectured him on his faults, and quaintly adds that his excuses made them worse. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Several times he quaintly informed the king that he was unable to collect a penny of his rents, an admission which the monarch politely disregarded. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z There is a striking line of hills opposite Minyeh, quaintly jagged in outline and curiously regular in the marking of its strata. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z “We are glad to see you, little mistress,” he said quaintly, as he rang a bell for a servant. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z Time wore on; deeper and more exquisite grew what Rachel quaintly termed to herself "the pleasure of thinking." Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z She began to play something that was like an old piece of brocade all flowered over quaintly with tiny leaves, true lovers' knots, and little pink-and-blue rose-buds. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Almost forty years later, we continue to quaintly refer to the descendants of his breakthrough as "phones," even though that name doesn't begin to convey their awesome versatility. The Best Universal Remote of All: Your Phone 2011-05-19T09:00:00Z Especially was he pleased to see the children of the country-side crowd around him, and when little choirs of them sang “God Save the King” in quaintly accented words his feeling was manifest. The King's Pilgrimage 2011-05-11T02:00:18.833Z This roomy hall was appointed with massive, quaintly carved furniture of colonial design. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The traditional rhymes and music, so quaintly and prettily illustrated, with moreover so much humour and go in all the designs, are charming.” The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z But as Mrs. Hadlow herself quaintly remarked, she cared more for the sight and smell of a flower than its sound. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z It slanted slightly upward; the small letters were half-printed and quaintly shaded. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Near the center of the apartment stood the bed, tall, broad, quaintly carved, curtained in green velvet, and on it, cold and lifeless, lay the wounded man. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z He has a spirit pole or wand quaintly carved, with which he fences, fighting and warding off spirits which he alone can see. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z He was more like Joseph, he thought, a little quaintly, as he looked up at the noble young face. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The face, the quaintly awkward manner, brought back certain recollections of two days spent at the Court of Versailles. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Yet, if I am not greatly mistaken, they have been derived, not from the true oracles of nature, but from what Bacon quaintly calls the “idols of the tribe.” An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z This space beyond the bed, where the room ended, contained a huge chest of quaintly carved oak. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z Thomas Morton quaintly wrote in 1630—that is, it sounds quaint to us now,—“White with them is as silver with us, the other as our gould.” American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z After following his father to work in the mines, he eventually produced a high-pressure steam engine at the rather quaintly named Ding Dong Mine at Land's End. Richard Trevithick's mighty steam locomotive honoured in Google doodle 2011-04-13T11:45:00Z The mattressed couches, ranged around the chamber, suiting in colour with its pale-blue tapestry, were of a satin, rich, and quaintly patterned, and bordered with embroidery of flowering silver. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z "It takes time to settle long accounts," replied the mother, quaintly. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z The carriage stopped in front of the quaintly splendid Palace Stanief. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z The Lord Mayor theme is a mock dignified march, marked "quaintly" in the score. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z Jack Flint looked quaintly solemn; his face was in shadow, luckily. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Their horses remembered it too—they were still riding the same—and with a recollection which had a result quaintly comical. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The old house, a rambling two storey building, half-wood, half-brick, abounding in gables and dormer windows which gave it its quaintly picturesque outline, fronted on the busiest street of the industrious but placid little town. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z The Ivys do not participate in Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and, quaintly, do not hold a basketball tournament to determine who gets the golden invitation to the N.C.A.A. tournament. Sports of The Times: In the Shadow of the Big East, a Spotlight for the Ivy League 2011-03-10T01:30:22Z When our grandfathers were snub-nosed little boys, quaintly dressed in the toggery of near a century ago, every town in the South boasted of its college. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z The 1995 shutdown dominated what quaintly used to be called “the evening news” and received much ink in what were called “newspapers.” Obama Needs Clinton Rerun to Gain in Stalemate: Michael Waldman 2011-03-03T00:03:53Z “Belgium blowing up, to put it quaintly, I find that hard to imagine,” says Elmar Keutgen, 63, mayor of Eupen in the German-speaking east, itself a byproduct of Belgium’s patchwork history. Debt Is the Great Unifier of Divided Belgium 2011-03-01T23:05:09Z The “Nursery Alice” he refers to was arranged by himself for children “from naught to five” as he quaintly puts it. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z In the newspaper's quaintly old-fashioned style, he was called Mr Tyson throughout. Why Hollywood loves boxing more than boxing does 2011-02-28T13:55:33Z His nose and chin were pointed, and his lips thin and quaintly pressed together. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z "Ah, Jacques," he said to the little animal, relapsing quaintly into a sort of old-time speech, "thy hair doth resemble in stiffness of texture the bristles of thine own curry brush." The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z It was a rickety, wooden structure, guarded by a gate with a turret, which had a quaintly mediaeval aspect. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z She followed their every motion as thistledown follows the wind: stepping delicately, advancing coquettishly, courtesying quaintly—as Miss Judy had taught her,—and retiring, alluring, only to begin over and over again. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The standoff sets the stage for a green-vs.-green fight over who will be allowed to use what is quaintly called "America's front yard." Students' solar-energy showcase is kicked off Mall 2011-02-12T22:39:00Z When he did see it, he quaintly observed that "it was all out of joint." The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The "Fool i' the Forest" moralised not more quaintly over the wounded deer, than I could sometimes over those prostrate and mangled trees. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z One is brought rather quaintly into immediate correspondence with the domestic concerns of every one in Stowel, and Palestrina has been coaching me in the etiquette of the place. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z I am more interested in your anonymous friend," she said quaintly, "than in Sir Percy Blakeney. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z As the line of chief chanters swayed back and forth, from time to time the firelight gleamed on a row of earthen vessels, quaintly illuminated, which stood behind them. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z The choir-stalls are quaintly carved, with a luxuriance which, in some manner, approaches the Spanish style. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z And the tourists, liking this quaintly naïve speech, bought the more. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Of these courts the first was the “Exercise,” as it was at first quaintly called, from the custom of “making exercise,” or critically examining a given passage of Scripture; more properly described as the Presbytery. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z Either Gerald was an artistic liar, or the lawyer's impressions of the ways and doings of the American police were quaintly original. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z When not acting as her brother's assistant or secretary, she devoted her time to what she quaintly called "minding the heavens." Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z There is something quaintly pathetic about an old colonial clock. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z Could anything tell more quaintly of the marriage of the sun and dawn? Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z By the beds, two boxes—one of plain deal, like the chests used by sailors; the other, made of cypress-wood and quaintly carved—contained the family linen. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z That splendid historian, Stubbs, who has left us such minute particulars of the fashions of his time, quaintly describes the coiffure of the ladies of the Court. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z This little chancel, with its delightful glass gracefully supported by the quaintly carved stone traceries, will remain in one’s memory as one of the loveliest nooks in England for the glass-lover. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z This poetic and quaintly familiar method of naming windows is not unknown elsewhere; it is also found at Chartres. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The crickets, the locusts, and the grasshoppers, for example, are all famous for their musical powers; but the sounds themselves are produced in the different families by very different and quaintly varied organs. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z “I don’t think that the gentleman would be impressed by the difference between our parlour and our kitchen,” replied the girl quaintly, “and it is warmer here.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z But they were not the only craft to take departure from that landing-place; a score of others accompanying them, of a quaintly curious kind—being water-horses. The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:12:24.303Z A people power movement, quaintly dubbed the "Tulip Revolution," unseated an autocrat in 2005, but ultimately replaced him with another one. Awkward! Hillary Clinton Visits Countries WikiLeaks Tattled On 2010-12-01T18:30:00Z When the pilgrim descends into the town he comes upon many interesting timber-framed houses, some of them with second stories projecting over the arcaded footway below and exhibiting quaintly attractive carvings on their heavy beams. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z But the information in it, and in the booklet as well, is quaintly and inevitably dated. | Closer to Heaven 2010-08-05T15:33:00Z It's thoughtful, quaintly designed and genuinely challenging – especially considering the at times rather eccentric English text translations. Ten essential Google Android games 2010-08-04T09:23:00Z Happily for Hodgson the man from Fuenlabrada, a working-class Madrid outskirt, is big on quaintly old-fashioned concepts such as loyalty and community identity. Why Fernando Torres is an asset both on and off the pitch 2010-08-03T06:00:00Z How quaintly human, that he actually needed some. Opinion: Tiger?s rally a blast from the past 2010-06-20T04:51:00Z Stepping through the front gate and garden and on to the veranda is like entering someone's quaintly charming and slightly eccentric home. What South Africa truly needs is Ikea 2010-05-12T08:54:00Z "I'm on a journey," said Stephen Dobbie, sounding quaintly mystical for a footballer. Peterborough 0-1 Blackpool 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z Two cinemas - one quaintly named Oslo after a Norwegian visitor visited the town - showed mainly Bollywood films. Chaplin town 2010-04-20T17:13:00Z Sid, who had suffered what the neurologists quaintly call an insult to the brain when his head struck the concrete, was too stubborn to go to the doctor. 2010-01-11T05:00:00Z In his speech lingered quaintly remnants of dialect from the laureled hills that army life had failed to eradicate, and in his manner one could note a wariness of extreme caution. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Although blind, and unable to work in consequence, he quaintly appeared in his apron to the end, and said that having worn it for so many years he did not feel happy without it. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone As he quaintly says, "It seemed fitting that as He first came among the straw, He should come to His soldiers to-day as they knelt on the straw." With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War One of the most beautiful studies of childhood–Rebecca’s artistic, unusual and quaintly charming qualities stand cut midst a circle of austere New Englanders. The Idyl of Twin Fires How quaintly sarcastic are these, "Lawyers, preachers, and tomtits' eggs, there are more of them hatched than come to perfection." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources In the contemplation of the affairs of the world, there is perhaps nothing that strikes a philosophical observer with more wonder than what has been quaintly called the mutability of truth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 It is faced with queer old Spanish tiles inserted at intervals in plain cement, the rich colorings of which give a quaintly exotic air to the fine white woodwork. Remodeled Farmhouses Many of the capitals are quaintly carved, with humorous subjects: one of them, for instance, representing a procession of rats carrying a cat to her burial. Glories of Spain She had heard that a laborer could be quaintly entertaining. A Yankee from the West A Novel However that may be, Pliny points to a remedy for the latter when he adds quaintly—"But our countrymen are wiser, who know how to make a dainty of their liver!" Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The story was quaintly told a century before Shakespeare lived, in a history of Scotland by Boece. A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland Near the centre of the apartment stood the bed, tall, broad, quaintly carved, curtained in green damask, and on it, cold and apparently lifeless, lay the wounded man. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir It was a rippling, laughing melody, played on muted strings, full of unexpected harmonies, and quaintly phrased. The Master's Violin "I vow 'tis quaintly mournful!" nodded Sir Benjamin. Our Admirable Betty A Romance A bit of homely advice, quaintly put, is found in this—"Do not drive black hogs at night." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources This then is the curse which the imperial government has talked so quaintly of “abandoning.” Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse Considered by itself, the abrupt return and quaintly perfect salute might have been taken as a spontaneous effervescence of that delightful Celtic gallantry so easily stirred to ebullition by youth and beauty. The Moonlit Way She was an unusual figure, too, though he could not have said why, except that her dress seemed to recall bygone fashions quaintly, though without a hint of dowdiness or affectation. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Emerson quaintly described certain faces as “decorated with invitation.” The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses To avoid even the semblance of evil we are quaintly told, "In melon patch tie not shoe, under plum-tree touch not cap," actions innocent in themselves, but possibly giving rise to misapprehensions! Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Stacks of chimneys shot up in grotesque array; and heavy, old-fashioned windows looked quaintly down from the peaked roof. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Aunt Sarah, quaintly valuing the opinion of the man she disliked, nodded reflectively. A Traitor's Wooing Zarack, suppose thou art Hortenzo now; I pray thee stand in passion of a pang, To see, by thee, how quaintly he would hang. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 "I'm left to do the honours, gentlemen," said the Forestry man, rising and smiling quaintly. The King of Arcadia In the proverb, "He is a proud horse that will not carry his own provender," we have a good lesson quaintly put. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources It is so Christian in tone, he quaintly remarks elsewhere, that an inquisitor might have used it quite as well as a heretic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Then he added soberly: "But those are just the people who seem to attract misfortune ... like lightning-rods," he concluded quaintly. Shadows of Flames A Novel Such are thy lines, in such a curious dress, Compos'd so quaintly, that, if I may guess, None save thine own should dare t' approach the press. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 The blue-bloused carters and teamsters, wearing the silken sashes fringed so quaintly with silver bells, were asleep all about. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion How quaintly happy, for instance, is this, "If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources He gave a careless shrug of the shoulders, and very quaintly did that carelessness sit on him now that he was pinioned, wounded and in a relentless enemy's hands. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel This term he purchased some quaintly luminous and misty landscapes which were the fruit either of startling genius or blank incompetence. Years of Plenty Bicycles are too jolly expensive for this family, you know,’ she added quaintly. The Youngest Girl in the School In the rear a huge, vaguely misshapen giant in shepherd's dress—fleece-coat and cap of wolf-skin, with the ears sticking out quaintly on either side, herded the entire party. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion In the preface to the first of this long series he quaintly gives the reasons that influenced him, poor Richard, to issue it. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources And Diogenes leaning up against the beam watches with lazy quaintly smiling eyes the preparations that are going on not a hundred paces away from him. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Another man was turned down lately for saying, 'Oh, how quaintly bohemian!' after he'd looked about the grill room. Ewing\\'s Lady They collect water-worn stones, quaintly shaped rocks, and veined pebbles for the ornamentation of their homes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The codicil was quaintly worded and stated that inasmuch as “Mother” had gone first, he guessed she would do the next best by him. Leerie This subject of love the little poetess had long and quaintly studied. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Mabel had set the example in this, saying quaintly: “If I’ve got to be drowned I might as well look decent when I’m picked up.” Dorothy on a House Boat By degrees she had related to him in a quaintly solemn tone, stories of the lives which had passed under the pointed gables of this roof. Gertrude's Marriage "What will you be doing next?" she would inquire of it quaintly, "what will you be doing next, Other-Sheila?" The Torch Bearer It was a little wing with three gables to the front, the ancient framework, of black oak, quaintly ornamented with many a tasteful device and grim decoration. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day M. Erckmann puts in the political reflections, furnishes the soldier types, and elaborates those plain speeches which fit so quaintly, but well, into the mouths of his honest peasants, sergeants, watchmakers, and schoolmasters. Methods of Authors All she realized was that here was a friend in need and that he was a quaintly interesting person. Dorothy at Oak Knowe As many of the inscriptions are dated centuries back, you can imagine they are often quaintly expressed. An American Girl Abroad I soon found out, however, that this quaintly got-up man was interesting to speak to. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Indeed no one was better than another, for even Claverhouse got Freuch, "in consideration," it was quaintly said, "of his good service and sufferings." The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway But what a fine dog story it is, and how quaintly phrased! The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The boy's big eyes looked into mine with an inquiring gaze, and then, taking my hand, he quaintly said: "I like you." The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. At one time the grounds of Happy House must have been pretentious—they were quaintly beautiful now in their age and half-neglect. Happy House Now I was the most quaintly tortured of men; wholly, unqualifiedly and to the depths, stirred by the worship of a woman I had never seen. The Portal of Dreams At the first rush of his quizzical tirade Suzanne's eyes opened quaintly, inquiringly. The "Genius" The way in which I made his acquaintance was as quaintly comic as the circumstances in, which I met with him at a later period were tragic and terrible. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Behind the tall fence is a bit of greensward, and beyond that a house quaintly unusual in appearance, seeming to shrink from sight in the shadows cast about it. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations The ancient song that quaintly sings Towns lost in olden times; And how from the sea's abyss there rings The sound of prayers and chimes. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine On this occasion she was thinking of the mysterious man she had so quaintly idealized. The Portal of Dreams "I'm much obliged to you," she said quaintly, exhausting her knowledge of the amenities. Stories of the Foot-hills The wording of the charter by which the gift was made is quaintly interesting. The Annals of Willenhall A few paragraphs quoted from various parts of the quaintly courteous speech will illustrate alike the youth and the maturity of the speaker. Nathan Hale He would insinuate, that Timon and Polypragmon are general characters, and stand for a whole species, or, as he quaintly words it, for Knights of the Shire. The Tatler, Volume 3 I waded out eagerly to the fresh bit of salvage and found a seaman's chest with quaintly knotted handles of tarred rope. The Portal of Dreams Other artists are led away by foreign sublimities and distant interests; delighting always in that which is most markedly strange, and quaintly contrary to the scenery of their homes. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The dining-room was large and airy, with lofty wide windows, and neatly papered walls, where in numerous old-fashioned and quaintly carved frames hung the ancestral portraits of the family. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part During our walk we visited an old Armenian church, which was gaudily decorated with red brocade hangings and very antiquated paintings quaintly representing scenes from Bible history. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise One of his quaintly mediæval notions was that woman had no financial capacity and could on no account be trusted with cash. Modern marriage and how to bear it He had donned his best in honour of the occasion—a coarse suit of fearnought serges, quaintly cut, and an ancient top hat, set at a rakish angle. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Just then a tiny, sweet face appeared in the vestibule, and red nose, suffused eyes, cough, and tired look, told the story; but, looking up quaintly, the poor child said,— “I've got cold, doctor.” Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 "By this artifice," says our authority, somewhat quaintly, "the Bank preserved its credit, and literally faced its creditors." Old and New London Volume I It was very quaintly decorated with pictures, statues, reliefs, &&, both of Christian and Pagan traditions. Weird Tales. Vol. I The Massachusetts historian Mather quaintly observes, “The difficulty of the cold season so discouraged our men that after some few shot the enterprize found itself under too much congelation to proceed any further.” Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 They have, too, the quaintly mysterious formation of all orchid blooms and that alluring, elusive odor which must be sought intimately to be known. Old Plymouth Trails For the time, as D'Aubign� quaintly puts it, his love is like a red, red rose. Aliens One perches himself quaintly on the top of the inkstand, and holds colloquy with another who sits cross-legged on a paper weight, while a companion looks down on them from the top of the sandbox. Household Papers and Stories It has been quaintly described as 'an island plat, on the top of a square tower, built in a large pool.' The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 The one is quaintly pedantic, and his page is often a mosaic of quotations; the other is supremely original. German Problems and Personalities He was slender, he carried himself rather quaintly; but his gait was buoyant and spirited. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 The story of General Custer's wooing is quaintly told, and shines like a bow of promise through all the clouds of his stormy career; it is a romance by itself. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 In the centre of the open space is a quaintly disposed grass-plot, dotted about with stunted box, and in the centre of that stands a weather-beaten stone sundial. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. “For remembrance of the old house’ sake,” as Pepys once quaintly put it, let me tell one story. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) A faint red spot rose quaintly in the centre of the Cantankerous Old Lady's sallow cheek. Miss Cayley's Adventures Bonbons—they should be called sugar plums in this connection—must be old-fashioned sweets quaintly wrapped in fringed papers. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Chuckling quaintly, the head disappeared and Scanlon reached the edge of the screen. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist The Wartburg is quaintly built with dear little turrets and gables, and high towers, a long curving wall with dark beams like the peasant cottages, and windows looking out into the forest. Fairy Tales from the German Forests “I incline to Cain’s heresy,” he used to say quaintly: “I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) As Bishop Hall quaintly puts it, “The meanest slave in Syria would not have changed skins with him.” Men of the Bible Whenever I saw her carried, there was always draped about her a gaily coloured rug or large shawl; and she was for ever smiling, or actually laughing, or making some quaintly humorous little remark. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The upper lip was inordinately full, as though swollen by a blow or a toothache; and the smile, the peaked eyebrows, and 256 the small, strong eyes were quaintly and almost comically evil in expression. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) In some parts of England it is quaintly said when a drunken man is seen reeling home, that he has business on both sides of the road. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 He wished to show her an old china tea-set, quaintly embellished with noble palaces and parks, that had been his great-grandmother’s. Aurora the Magnificent "To Flavia", by Chester Pierce Munroe, is a sweet lyric addressed to a young child and pervaded throughout with a quaintly whimsical, almost Georgian, semblance of stately gallantry. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Years, at least, were in his wishes, years in which to provoke her quaintly inflected English, and its quaint little slips. The Missourian Carlyle writes vigorously, quaintly enough, but almost always speaks when he says something; on the contrary, our flighty friend Ralph speaks vigorously, yet says nothing! The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The books would have struck a naval architect as quaintly old-fashioned, but to Marie Louise they were as full of news as the latest evening extra. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards His chief speculative performance was an essay upon Beauty contributed to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' of which his biographer says quaintly that it is 'as sound as the subject admits of.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Callously modern indeed must be he who would wish Mr. Munroe's quaintly euphonious lines transmuted into the irritatingly abrupt and barren phraseology of the day. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 And now, against a girl’s love so quaintly, shyly revealed, to behold this contrast, her hands there, wantonly surrendered! The Missourian No watch was kept, for, as Pedro quaintly phrased it, "We now are in the hands of God and the cannibals." The Pathless Trail All this professionalism sat so quaintly on the two Marie Louises he had known that he roared with laughter as at a child dressed up. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The elder Haney interested and amused her in spite of her perplexities—he was so quaintly of the old type of Irishman and so absurdly small to be the father of a giant. Money Magic A Novel "Gentle Gusts," the quaintly named editorial section, contains much matter of merit, clothed in a pleasantly smooth style. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 “Yes, J-Jack’leen”–how quaintly awkward he was, trying her old tomboy nickname without the “Miss!” The Missourian The kind old painter is not remembered to-day by his pictures, or even by his "Book of Portraits of Illustrious Personages," and other quaintly titled works from his pen. Velazquez The important immediate thing to contemplate was the fascinating head of Mamise, quaintly set on the shapeless bulk of a sea-lion. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The thing is thrilling with life; and the little feminine conceit of wearing her black wrap is quaintly delightful. Vigée Le Brun "Absence," by Winifred Virginia Jordan, is a brief poem of faultless harmony whose quaintly sparkling imagery gives to an old theme a new lustre. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 It's so perfect.—But you will be some day, and then I hope," she added quaintly, "that you'll have somebody as dear and comfortable as you are to confide in. Kildares of Storm It was an odd, picturesque sight, with the gaily decorated booths, the crowds of quaintly dressed men and women, the noise and laughter. Mabel's Mistake As Bishop Hall quaintly observes, referring to a curious medieval superstition: “Crosses, after the nature of the cockatrice, die if they be foreseen.” The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion The thing is thrilling with life; and the little feminine conceit of wearing her black wrap is quaintly delightful. Vigée Le Brun As they talked Amalia took from her wrist a heavy bracelet of gold, and from a small leather bag hidden in her clothing, a brooch of emeralds, quaintly set and very precious. The Eye of Dread As one of the comrades, Robert Lovell, quaintly puts it in a letter to Holcroft, "Principle, not plan, is our object." Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle In introducing Mrs. Gilman Miss Anthony said quaintly: "This is one of the Beecher tribe," referring to her relationship, and she said of Dr. Shaw, the last speaker, "She will wind us up!" The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V As absurd, impartially considered, as the strange creatures quaintly adapted to curious environments one saw in aquaria. Dreamers of the Ghetto Many of the rooms are panelled with carved oak and have quaintly moulded ceilings. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel In front and all around lay the garden––flowers and fruit quaintly intermingled. The Eye of Dread Because censorship is quite naturally the guardian of the ordinary prejudices of sentiment and taste, and quaintly innocent of knowledge that in any art fidelity of treatment is essential to a theme. Another Sheaf The men were queerly, quaintly dressed, speaking Irish, getting extremely drunk on vilest whiskey, leaving the town in twos and threes, tumbling in groups by the roadside, reeking heaps of imbruted humanity. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The pages are perpetually brightened by quaintly humorous touches. Dreamers of the Ghetto Shouting boys, let loose For a wild holiday, have quaintly shaped Into a cup the folded linden-leaf, 188 And dipped thy sliding crystal. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition He smiled quaintly and pushed his stubby fingers through his sparse hair in his most helpless manner. The Twins of Suffering Creek Is not the House of Fame, as the poet tells us, a more wonderful and quaintly wrought habitation than Domus Dedali itself? Introduction to the Study of History Everywhere the grass was dotted with groups of elegant ladies and gentlemen, and merry children, in light summer dresses and quaintly pretty uniforms. Red, White, Blue Socks. Part Second Being the Second Book of the Series On the summit of Malvern Hill, and nearly in the middle of the plateau formed by the whole eminence, stands a red brick mansion-house, quaintly built, antique and sombre. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Lo, quaintly shaped and fairly strung, Wrought by what hand he cannot know, On that drenched pile of boughs, among The splinters, lies a polished bow. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Ah, this Villino Trollope is quaintly fascinating, with its marble pillars, its grim men in armor, starting like sentinels from the walls, and its curiosities greeting you at every step. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 He began to flash dots and dashes in that quaintly archaic telegraph alphabet Watch fliers are still required to learn. Invasion The description will remind our readers of one of the more graphic pictures of Wordsworth, that of the stately dame on whose appearance the poet remarks quaintly, but significantly, ‘Old times are living there.’ Leading Articles on Various Subjects A wide verandah, supported by pillars quaintly carved, ran round it. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India "Are those white things cobblestones, or what?" continued Putnam perversely, indicating the border which quaintly encircled the little mound. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 “Mr. Dryden was not a genteel man,” Pope quaintly said to Spence, speaking of the manner and habits of the famous old patriarch of Will's. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The badgers' methods of conveying the required litter were quaintly characteristic, for the animals possessed the power of moving backward almost as easily and quickly as forward. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain There is, we doubt not, truth in the remark, though somewhat quaintly expressed, and somewhat doubtfully derived. Leading Articles on Various Subjects And those massive rocks, too, piling themselves up so quaintly on either side of the falls, just where they take the final plunge—are they not magnificent? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 There was a great charm about the old house and the quaintly laid out grounds in which it stood—especially on the south side, where Geoff's work lay. Great Uncle Hoot-Toot He discovered her quaintly with a jar of pickled frogs in her hand. The Innocent Adventuress We thought," says Amos Barrett quaintly, "we would go and meet the British. The Siege of Boston He held it in his palm—a dainty ornament set with diamonds and quaintly shaped. The Traitors And men and women chanted the response in that quaintly harsh tone which the Magyar language assumes when it is sung. A Bride of the Plains Then the Saint broke out with one of those quaintly simple remarks that used to amuse us so much. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Dante, too, roused his enthusiasm, and he observes, quaintly enough, that he means to be as familiar with the 'Divina Commedia' as he once was with Bentham—two authors rarely brought into contact. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Their crest was embroidered on the centre of the back and on the sleeves of the quaintly flowered long upper skirt. Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories The walks are quaintly enough intersected, here and there by a baby garden of fine flowers among the rocks and stones. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 She had remained small and was quaintly stooped in neck and shoulders but retained something of her childish charm. A Son of the Middle Border I never saw anything quite so quaintly pretty as these rows of little dolls in their brilliantly gay garments, tied up with their big sashes. Round the Wonderful World He goes for it right and left, so bitterly and yet so quaintly, that I thought it worth while preserving, old-fashioned spelling and all. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron Yet here he sat, in the quaintly furnished sleeping chamber of a Swedish roadside inn, gazing composedly at his astounded friend. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters She had drawn out of its dusty corner a small and quaintly shaped horsehide trunk upon which, in spots, the hair still adhered. The Roof Tree He was the same old Burton, painfully shy, thoughtful, quaintly abrupt in manner, and together we visited the authorities at Cambridge and presented his case as best we could. A Son of the Middle Border Both parties “went to the judges,” or rather quaintly, “they captured a judge.” Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters “Perhaps I am the thorn in the flesh to discipline you all into patience,” returned Hatty quaintly, for she was not without humor. Our Bessie She dressed the child quaintly, and she grew sweeter every day. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia As this language meant nothing to Letty, she thanked the nurse, smiled at the other patients, and, trudging at Miss Towell’s side with her quaintly sturdy grace, went forth to her great sacrifice. The Dust Flower Faith could not deny it; howsoever she looked quaintly grave upon the proposition. Say and Seal, Volume II It was far more quaintly ancient in style, and had been one of the many "Headquarters" of our Revolutionary generals. The Brass Bound Box "Is my grandfather's environment not my heredity?" asks an American author quaintly and pathetically. Introduction to the Science of Sociology He very much wished that this fair girl, so quaintly spoken of, were there beside him, that he might talk to her about her art. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast The market place is a kind of exchange; a square building with an open court in the centre, around which there is a covered way roofed quaintly with carved timbers. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France On each side of the choir are fifteen stalls with quaintly carved misericords. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Expressed in words, it would have no interest: acted out so quaintly, it awakens admiration, interest, and imitation, not of the forms, but always in some degree of the substance of the Quaker ideal. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study It was quaintly said by a governor of Arkansas, that he believed that a public official should be "reasonably honest." Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century The sun had set, and the quaintly irregular red-brick houses, mellowed by age, shone warm in tint against the gathering grey of the sky, which rose like a leaden dome above them. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius She has two quaintly named fairs, "Black Cherry Fair" on August 6, and "Goose and Onion Fair" on September 26, when she presides over the selling of horses and poultry. Highways and Byways in Surrey One of these—it is the common one, I think—ended quaintly with three or four short notes, like zip, zip, zip; while the other was not unlike a fraction of the winter wren's melody. Birds in the Bush Mrs. Steele remarks, as we sit down, noticing one of tortoise shell quaintly carved. Under the Southern Cross The heavy lumbering coach which connected the little town with the outside world was drawn up at the gate of the villa, and twice the quaintly sounding horn had broken the morning stillness. The New Tenant "I don't think I shall ever be surprised again," Beth answered quaintly. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Two quaintly spelt epitaphs can be read on the black marble tombstones in Mickleham Church. Highways and Byways in Surrey She said it so quaintly that Lynette laughed, though there was a pained contraction between the delicate eyebrows and a vexed and sorrowful shadow on her face. The Dop Doctor There was some shipping farther down the shore, and some tall steeples and beautiful trees and quaintly built warehouses; it was very pleasant, looking back at it from the water. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls Suddenly her eyes fell upon a quaintly built cottage, perched upon the edge of the cliff about a mile away. The New Tenant “Have you any suspicion, Mr Leslie, that this brig is especially marked out and chosen as the theatre for exceptionally thrilling experiences?” quaintly demanded the girl. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure The centre street of the village, near the church, is quaintly arched by a pair of elm trees, cropped and pollarded to meet overhead. Highways and Byways in Surrey A street in an Eastern city, with its throng of quaintly dressed people, is much more fascinating in appearance than the sombre hues of an average London crowd in the winter time. India and the Indians Halfway to the rambling stone house, severe in its lines, yet fine and homelike, quaintly resembling its owner, as a man’s house always should, he paused. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 They are not so long, however, as those used for the rapids, although they are pointed the same at both ends, and the planks are equally wide and thin and as quaintly tied together. Through Finland in Carts "It is remarkable for the fineness of its diction and for its clear presentation of the subject, relieved here and there by a quaintly humorous turn of phrase that is altogether delightful." The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. On his right walked a gentleman carrying the golden sceptre, jewelled and quaintly worked, while he on the left carried the sword of state, point up, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleur-de-lis. The Panchronicon |
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