| 单词 | rough-and-ready |
| 例句 | He was pretty rough-and-ready himself and had no problems taking me out in public. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z For news or mail or evidence of what Rachel calls The Pale Which We Are Way Beyond, we wait for the rough-and-ready airplane pilot, Mr. Eeben Axelroot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The transition from the chaotic, individualistic, rough-and-ready nature of 1920s jazz to a more streamlined form of swing in the 1930s was mirrored in other musical genres. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To be sure, he was a rough-and-ready man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There's a wide range of types, and quality, of such releases – from works in progress finished off by collaborators to rough-and-ready demos. Prince: Why, five years after his death, the Purple One still reigns 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Her sweet, insanely acrobatic soprano would inspire some vastly more famous divas, but she cut her teeth singing with the rough-and-ready stable of roots musicians at Chicago’s Chess Records. Perspective | The best old albums that we discovered in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z My more rough-and-ready, high-energy stuff would have been totally inconceivable for The Piano, so Jane forced me to do other things. How we made: Michael Nyman and Jane Campion on The Piano 2012-07-30T17:30:44Z This scores many a laugh in Wils Wilson's rough-and-ready production for the National Theatre of Scotland, which is touring the bar-rooms of Scotland for added authenticity, wild musical outbursts and all. The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart ? review 2011-02-12T11:51:44Z "There are no frills here," he announces, swivelling a nearby chair round so I can see a rough-and-ready repair. A day in the life of Radio Jackie, with Peter Robinson 2013-03-02T05:59:00Z The stage version is set in 1986, the year Doyle wrote the book, in a rough-and-ready Dublin that was later transformed by years of "Celtic Tiger" boom - and then by debt-driven bust. 'The Commitments' coming to the London stage 2013-04-23T11:44:11Z The Tate curators argued that nothing would be lost by bringing the history of performance art into the mainstream, away from its improvisatory, rough-and-ready origins in the avant-garde. Tate Modern unlocks Tanks 2012-07-16T15:10:48Z Her new collection had a rough-and-ready utility, all snaps and flak jackets, mixed with a flower-power modishness that kept some of the old spirit alive. Smashed Up, Courrèges Starts Again (Again) 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z He had, by then, traded in rough-and-ready brushwork and modulated colors for graphic crispness and a high-keyed palette. The Wild, Anti-Authoritarian Art of Peter Saul 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z A Swiss trio, specialising in an unlikely blend of American Cajun, zydeco, blues and rock, they played melodeon, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, washboard and drums, and mixed easygoing, rough-and-ready punk energy with impressive musicianship. Bellowhead/Mama Rosin – review 2012-11-08T12:06:44Z This was a rough-and-ready sound designed to leave bruises, stitched together from samples that crackled and hissed, noise contaminating signal. Perspective | How Mobb Deep’s Prodigy changed rap music with 8 words 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet his recent albums have been disappointing, falling back on ready-made blues structures and well-worn images in rough-and-ready, undercooked productions. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z A new polycarbonate screen encloses part of the terrace, forming a temporary foyer for the Shed, which is fitted out internally with rough-and-ready plywood furniture and eclectic finds from the prop store. Is this the future of the South Bank? 2013-04-16T09:31:45Z When should a computer stop searching for the perfect solution to some puzzle and use a rough-and-ready one instead? Why thinking like a computer scientist can help with big decisions | Oliver Burkeman 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Some of the earlier performances, while excellently played, have a rough-and-ready quality — an adjunct to their vitality — that is supplanted later by a symphonic richness. A Maestro?s Four-Decade Evolution 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z There's a rough-and-ready quality to Crabb's writing that, like the residents, might benefit from a bit more space to breathe. Beautiful House 2010-04-28T22:00:00Z And because it was recorded in a few hours with no rehearsal, it’s the product of rough-and-ready postbop expertise, rather than the lived experience of a steady band. New Music: Albums From Zac Brown Band and George Colligan 2013-12-23T22:34:00Z Joe Gibbons’s rough-and-ready video monologues, mostly from the ’90s, show an artist baring his id, his criminal record and fondness for drink, and an often acerbic sense of humor. A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z But it interesting in two ways: in the discussion it provokes; and as a rough-and-ready indicator of prevailing musical tastes and aesthetic fashions. The top 10 composers of all time 2011-01-24T14:09:45Z Sadly, its rough-and-ready action doesn't live up to otherwise rigorous production values. This week's new games 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z He made a rough-and-ready art out of his fury at do-nothing public officials, callous religious authorities and an American public slow to find compassion for those suffering and dying from AIDS. Abroad: In Britain, Separation of Art and State 2011-01-25T23:24:38Z This is a tiny, hip spot with burly wooden benches and rough-and-ready service. 10 of the best restaurants near New York’s main attractions 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The show peaked with a rough-and-ready version of the Big Maybelle blues classic, “I’m Getting ‘Long All Right,” a proud cry of self-reliance by a jilted lover who doesn’t lack for amorous replacements. Music Review: Lillias White Is Performing at 54 Below 2014-05-02T21:29:43Z He was impossible to miss: ruggedly handsome, his chiseled cheek marred only by a single, stretching scar hinting at a rough-and-ready past. Tally of the Dolls 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Yet the flip side of all this character is a more rough-and-ready ski experience than some prefer. Next Stop: In British Columbia, Little Big Resort 2013-12-19T19:58:31Z From the genteel Thomas the Tank Engine to the rough-and-ready racecar Lightning McQueen, children’s entertainment has been filled with talking cartoon vehicles that run on feelings as much as on fuel. ‘Firebuds’ Gives a Face to Emergency Workers, and Their Vehicles 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Today, in contrast to its rough-and-ready exterior and barn wood floors, the restaurant serves locally sourced, sophisticated “new American” cuisine. In Charlottesville, cuisines fit for Cavaliers 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Yet, even leaving aside the rough-and-ready worlds of the blues and post-blues hard rock, it's not hard to understand why the early days of pop and rock'n'roll included so many songs about teenage girls. Older men, young girls: a common theme of 70s pop – but still wrong 2012-10-06T23:06:39Z But these clothes are no longer the rough-and-ready street style that once defined London fashion. Special Report: Fashion: Peter Pilotto Illuminates London Fashion Week 2011-09-19T17:48:59Z The result is a show that's slick where it needs to be, while retaining the rough-and-ready quality that put the "South Park" duo on the pop-cultural map. "Book of Mormon" fresh, funny and sweet 2011-03-25T00:48:29Z He’s an urban sophisticate and an intellectual, so simply recreating Gonzaga’s rough-and-ready originals was not on the agenda. Music Review: Gilberto Gil at Carnegie Hall in Voices of Latin America 2012-11-11T22:54:41Z The New York Times called her “pert and twinkling”; The Washington Post, “uber-confident, rough-and-ready”; The Wall Street Journal, “deliciously impish and knowing.” Julia Lester on Her ‘More Knowing’ Little Red Riding Hood 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z He was pioneering a new rough-and-ready, rock'n'roll look to his work, and Huston featured prominently; her dark, angular looks in stark contrast to the bosomy, corn-fed Cybill Shepherd specimens then in favour. Anjelica Huston: 'I find extreme characters irresistible' 2011-07-21T20:00:01Z These rough-and-ready stages have been remodeled in recent years and comfortably settled by two of the city’s most popular small companies, both of which are looking sharp right now. Review | Keegan and Constellation shine on their historic D.C. stages 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It is situated in Richmond on the rough-and-ready industrial outskirts of San Francisco, with chain-link fences dividing off part of a car park. Gardens: California dreaming | Dan Pearson 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z His main contribution was to sweeten the bratty thrash of their debut, adding backing vocals to their rough-and-ready demos. Moulding music 2010-02-23T08:38:00Z He may call himself an aging backpacker, but Michael Jacobs is hardly a rough-and-ready, revel-in-the-wilderness kind of guy. A Journey Down South America?s Spine 2011-06-03T16:52:20Z The show is a bit rough-and-ready tonight, but they give us a standing ovation at the end. Jonny Donahoe’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Diary 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The rough-and-ready stemmed projectile points, made from whatever rocks were on hand, differ significantly from so-called Clovis points. Deadly sharp points found in Idaho could be first American-made tools 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z For Mr. Trump, the tough talk with reporters was part of his persona as a rough-and-ready political pugilist standing up to the media elites. Biden’s snippy exchanges with reporters mask midterm fears 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Geely was soon selling a few hundred thousand rough-and-ready cars a year - models with bumpers that tended to sag after a few years - but Li Shufu had his sights on the global market. Special Report: How the Chinese tycoon driving Volvo plans to tackle Tesla 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Most of us, even when we don’t admit it, are rough-and-ready pragmatists. Opinion | Trump and the GOP are making a New New Deal necessary 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z So lawmakers approved the $600 flat rate as a rough-and-ready substitute. Opinion | By threatening unemployment benefits, Republicans risk sending the economy over a cliff 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Both serve well as rough-and-ready rules of conduct: It’s good to be peaceable; it’s good to defend principle. Should I Speak Up
About a Worker’s Confederate Battle Flag? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Commissaire Georges Dupin, a thorough Parisian, is a stranger in his current posting, the rough-and-ready seacoast of Brittany — specifically, the village of Douarnenez, where the economy rests on harvesting the fruits of the treacherous Atlantic. Start your new year with suspense, courtesy of these 4 crime-fiction titles 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “A rough-and-ready order was imposed on this political field through an elite pact,” he wrote on Lancaster University’s Sepad website. Iraq risks breakup as tribes take on Iran’s militias in ‘blood feud’ 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s a distinctly rough-and-ready start for a building that cost $475m. Hold on to your hard hats: New York's $475m Shed throws open its doors 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Out there, far off the grid, rough-and-ready types — back-to-the-land hippies, bikers, survivalists — hunker down. New crime fiction: Jonathan Lethem revisits the genre in “The Feral Detective” 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Fortunately, a highly capable but enigmatic agent for the Crown, Colonel Hiram Huncks, joins him in Boston to head out into the rough-and-ready colonies. Christopher Buckley’s ‘The Judge Hunter’: a hoot of a tale with some serious points to make 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z My family was conservative in a New Deal stronghold, but even conservatives imbibed a labor, ethnic and largely Catholic culture that nourished a rough-and-ready kind of liberalism. Opinion | Joe Kennedy and Fall River values 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z For the later, cruder, stages of the project Complete Genomics, a Californian startup bought by BGI, thinks it can bring the cost of a rough-and-ready sequence down to $100. Sequencing the world 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The best rough-and-ready attempt is the Guide to Sleeping in Airports, a website that publishes an annual survey based on voluntary submissions from irate travellers. Which are the world’s worst airports? 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Like intuitive theories, the “knowledge illusion” — the sense that we understand more than we do — grants humans a rough-and-ready way of dealing with an intricate universe. Opinion | Why science denial isn’t necessarily ideological 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z But I was a sensitive child, in a pretty rough-and-ready, rust-belt culture. Carrie Fisher showed the way. I want to acknowledge my own mental struggles | Deborah Orr 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z This allows it to function as a rough-and-ready game controller, with kids navigating their Rabbid avatar around an obstacle course on a game on their mobile by brushing different sections of their mouth. Gamify your kid's dental hygiene with psychopathic cartoon bunnies 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z That rough-and-ready bunch is rowdy, mostly white and starved for female companionship. At the 5th Avenue Theatre, a fresh look at ‘Paint Your Wagon’ 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Many are awe-struck, but rough-and-ready Marines put a somewhat different spin on his imprisonment. Veterans meet monthly to share stories, good-natured ribbing 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z So there were great benefits in learning rough-and-ready statistical concepts. We didn’t see Donald Trump coming. But we could have. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Along the coast even the rough-and-ready beach camp huts are empty, with even Egyptians only visiting in the smallest of numbers. Tourists shun resorts from Egypt to Turkey in wake of Isis attacks 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Shortly after she became a senator, a Washington columnist deemed her “rough-and-ready” hairstyle more appropriate for a soccer mom, adding: “The dry-and-go bangs hang limply down her forehead like rain-battered weeds.” What will they call Hillary Clinton if she wins? 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Police in the Western District were for many symbolized by the rough-and-ready head-busting cops always ready to clear corners on the television show The Wire, Ellis Carver and Thomas “Herc” Hauk. Both black and blue: racial dynamics are thorny for officers on trial in Baltimore 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z And so, like many transgender individuals, Alena gets her hormones rough-and-ready through the internet. 'I am Alena': life as a trans woman where survival means living as Christopher 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z They apply a rough-and-ready check by looking at the fortunes of members of the Forbes 400, an annual list of the world’s wealthiest people, first compiled in 1982. RG-bargy 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z An aging hippie who wore his hair long, dressed in black, and, in the later part of his career, also reviewed movies, he saw headline writing as an art form, albeit a rough-and-ready one. The Godfather of Clickbait 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Victorinox is known for its rough-and-ready Swiss Army products, including those nifty pocket knives we all owned but never needed. Limitations of a company's 'lifetime' warranty 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z A former president of Puntland repeatedly requested a road be built to Eyl, a rough-and-ready coastal town, as a quid pro quo for giving up piracy. Pirates v economists 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The jihadist economy is financed by more than these rough-and-ready petroleum sales. It also depends on extortion, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, and, to a limited extent, donations. The Jihadists Want a Petro State of Their Own, Too 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The first is a rough-and-ready measure; the Forbes ranking of billionaires that is published every year. Markets, inequality and monetary policy: The rich are different 2014-03-19T14:50:58Z As a rough-and-ready focus group, the Waukesha factory workers are interesting. Lexington: Zero-sum politics 2014-02-06T16:01:14Z So the two researchers came up with a hybrid approach that used quantum mechanics to model the interesting parts of a molecule, but simulated the rest with faster, more rough-and-ready Newtonian methods. The 2013 Nobel prizes: Higgs’s bosuns 2013-10-10T15:00:39Z Ten years later, the young Sheikh moved from spectator to player, when Hatta, at rough-and-ready Brighton, became the first of thousands of horses to carry his colours to success. Sheikh Mohammed centre of attention on 2,000 Guineas day at Newmarket 2013-05-03T16:47:45Z The emergencies and extravaganzas mean the business is a rough-and-ready index of, variously, economic growth in the developing world, global instability and big-time fun. Rupert Soames and Aggreko: Into the hurricane 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z This bustling place with a rough-and-ready bar sitting just around the corner from a Michelin-starred restaurant and three bakers competing for business, is just a few miles from the Spanish border. The French who see Barcelona as their capital 2012-11-24T00:22:16Z A rough-and-ready look at the past 18 years certainly provides no clear pattern. Buttonwood: Converging world 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z Its newer restaurants are a departure from the rough-and-ready fish houses of yesteryear. | Greenport: A Review of First and South, in Greenport 2012-08-11T07:20:10Z It was considered "good form" for a patient to utter a rough-and-ready jest at his own case, while grim, but none the less sympathetic, words were bestowed upon their nearest fellow-sufferers. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The remainder of the rascals looked on impassively, as if thoroughly used to this kind of rough-and-ready justice. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In the wilderness, rough-and-ready methods are often unavoidable; only he who is bold and strong can survive, whilst the weakling falls by the way. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z At the siege of Gibraltar, however, matters were managed in a much more rough-and-ready style. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A rough-and-ready knight he, ready to sacrifice himself at any moment for the queen of his idolatry. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The suitcase system is really just a rough-and-ready assemblage of technologies already well known to mesh-networking enthusiasts. The Shadow Web 2012-02-16T14:45:00.247Z In spite of the pain caused by the rough-and-ready surgery, the father grasped his son's hand, encouraging and comforting the boy, as the surgeon probed for the bullet. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z “Just like the books say a whale squirts water through its nose,” declared Tess, who had rather a rough-and-ready knowledge of some facts of natural history. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Highly educated, of course, and all that sort of thing; but I am not sure that the rough-and-ready school was not the better. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z Ordinarily, their confinement was not of long duration; and if we cite an instance to the contrary, it is because it aptly illustrates the rough-and-ready sort of justice which was administered in those days. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Some of you, perhaps, may have gone through the same ordeal, not in the rough-and-ready way that I had to make the passage, but through a slower if not less certain mill. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The administration of justice is necessarily somewhat rough-and-ready in the West, and I saw that the representative of legal authority was at least two-thirds drunk. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z For instance, he had a fair knowledge himself of medicine and rough-and-ready surgery. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Though liable to abuse, the rough-and-ready justice of the vendetta had a salutary effect in restraining those who would otherwise have indulged their lawless instincts without fear of punishment. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z "You see it is rather a rough-and-ready affair, but I should like to give you my assurance that I have no idea what it contains." Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z They were a sturdy, rough-and-ready squad, well armed and able to take care of themselves. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z She gave a cry of delight when she discovered a strong safety-pin; and Tommy having by this time bored a hole neatly through the cane, they very soon had their rough-and-ready fishing-tackle complete. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z I remember well the rough-and-ready way in which the younger Siamese officers looked after their luggage and effects. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z I doubt if a government was ever established so quickly and under such rough-and-ready circumstances. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z But if Judith, now, wanted some one to do something for her, no matter what, in his rough-and-ready way—well, he wondered what that could be that he would refuse. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z In his cow-hide boots and red flannel shirt and slouch hat, Terry felt that no one should make fun of their rough-and-ready outfit. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z Then, climbing over the breastwork, he was handed the rough-and-ready bombs. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z As this same train is to fetch back the exchanged German wounded from Flushing, there was evidently no malice aforethought in this rough-and-ready accommodation; presumably it is the best they can produce. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z This petition of the Commons and the Act which resulted from it, had already often been anticipated by the rough-and-ready justice of the people themselves. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z He helped Sancho of Castile to overcome his brother Alfonso of Leon, by a surprise which savoured strongly of treachery, but which passed for good strategy in those rough-and-ready times. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z For, as observed, Leisure suspends the pull and push, the rough-and-ready reciprocity of man and circumstance. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z A court formerly held at a fair for the rough-and-ready treatment of pedlars and hawkers, to compel them and those with whom they dealt to fulfil their contracts. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z T R Restaurant and Bar is a year-round, rough-and-ready seafood spot destined to be a perennial favorite. | Hampton Bays: A Rustic Seafood Spot With a Hometown Chef 2011-08-06T01:12:44Z Every turn of life, from the cradle to the grave, was seized upon as an excuse for rough-and-ready sports. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z "Hold still, until I can find out how dead you are!" gritted the rough-and-ready surgeon who was plying the clothes-ripping knife. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z I had a specimen of boatman manners to-day, which should not certainly be a subject of surprise, considering the rough-and-ready life and character of that class. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z He would go to the locality, and then let events shape his career to any rough-and-ready pattern, even to that of the hard life of a hunter. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He loved Ann completely, he had shown that, a somewhat astonishing thing in one of his rough-and-ready sort, Ben thought. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z But had man been content to try and decipher our wireless messages in this rough-and-ready manner, he would never have gained the interesting information which we have now placed in his hands. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z It was a sort of Nemesis, a rough-and-ready vindication of justice and right. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Even if they weren't rough-and-ready, to be conclusive they must be tried on an extended scale. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Well, Bretwul," said Badger, "as I was telling you, I was just going to try a rough-and-ready method when your footsteps arrested me. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Still the rough-and-ready methods of the earlier centuries were certainly cheaper, and the result was much the same. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z This spark method was a too rough-and-ready plan. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z It would be a somewhat rough-and-ready choice, and the critical attitude would not be precisely that which would meet with approval at the Institut to-day. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Even in literature, there are the heavy men who "do" the politics, and the quiet men who do the statistics, and the rough-and-ready men, who are a kind of servants-of-all-work, and so on. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z As the community grew, a sort of law came to restrain internecine fighting, men developed rough-and-ready methods of settling proprietorship. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It was a rough-and-ready cauterization, and the pain made Martin white, but later on it earned the commendation of the doctor. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z He was a rough-and-ready type, free in his drink and language, using meaningless oaths more frequently as intimacy grew, and betraying a somewhat irascible temperament as well. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The monitorial plan never rested upon any educational theory; it was simply a makeshift, a rough-and-ready expedient for overcoming the practical difficulty caused by the dearth of competent teachers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Recurrence of eclipses.—Before the beginning of the Christian era astronomers had found out a rough-and-ready method of predicting eclipses, which is still of interest and value. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z "And it's not every day you get to see a rough-and-ready performance of a Christmas carol by a bunch of guys knee deep in poo." Festive sewer workers warn over fat in sinks 2010-12-25T10:35:51Z With West Ham forced to play an uncertain first-timer in goal in the shape of Ruud Boffin, Blackburn failed to test his ability to cope with their rough-and-ready approach. Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend 2010-12-20T08:38:11Z Trailing to Christopher Samba's unjust goal, Blackburn's 500th at home in the Premier League, the visitors took hold of the contest to wrestle a point off rough-and-ready Rovers. Fulham add steel but bruising Blackburn Rovers make their point 2010-09-20T06:01:00Z As Sadrist officials admit, the "referendum" was more of a rough-and-ready opinion poll than anything else. Muddy waters 2010-04-08T15:54:00Z Indeed, the layout emulated a rough-and-ready, studio-style museum rather than a mall. The name game 2010-03-10T14:57:00Z Contrast this rather rough-and-ready approach to athlete development with Canada's methodical, government-sponsored Olympic performance program. Mavericks With Medals 2010-02-27T03:31:00Z An honest educational test honestly enforced on both whites and blacks is the simplest rough-and-ready method for measuring the progress of individuals in these qualities of citizenship. Races and Immigrants in America She was decked out as for a bridal; no more rough-and-ready wooing and winning for her. Beggars on Horseback They were a good, rough-and-ready sort who swam well, ran, tramped, sang rollicking songs on weekdays and hymns on Sundays, grew brown and muscle-bound and manly. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Their methods of studying botany were certainly of a rather rough-and-ready description. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story I have already described the rough-and-ready way in which they were converted to Christianity, never having anything like our opportunities of instruction from the first. Russian Life To-day This, however, is only a very rough-and-ready method of sub-dividing the British Islands into their component parts according to the origin of their faunas. The History of the European Fauna Would he take one of his rough-and-ready fancies to her, or detest her from the first. Shadows of Flames A Novel That trick of color was not to be learned, it was clear, by rough-and-ready advances. Ewing\\'s Lady A typical colonist of the downright rough-and-ready type. Harley Greenoak's Charge That too, did not afflict them, and they discussed Paysandu tongue in that rough-and-ready veldt shanty with an appetite not always present at the most dainty and glittering of snowy tables. In the Whirl of the Rising Then he got out the materials for a rough-and-ready cold supper, and some excellent “square-face,” with the apology that it was only “war-fare,” the point of which joke was lost on the Dutchman. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion There 's a rough-and-ready way of putting all men like myself, who take liberties with the letter H, down as snobs; but you see there 's snobs and snobs. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly This is certainly not a proceeding likely to improve the temper of any animal, particularly if well bred or having any fire in its composition; but rough-and-ready is the great thing in Africa. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa It would be wrong to infer that the marshal, though deficient as a strategist, was the rough-and-ready soldier, indifferent to more cultured pursuits, as so many of his fellow-officers were. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections This is for rough-and-ready use in time of war, when rapidity of communication is of the first importance; but in time of peace a correspondent’s letter continually requires elucidation. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. I am not as romantically entrancing as the immortal film star who also bears my first name, but I have a rough-and-ready charm of my own. The Big Time The room on the right was simply a rough-and-ready caf�, with a small bar in the corner set up in an unfurnished residence. Command As the only scientist in a crew of rough-and-ready colonists and builders, Marin was going to be called on to answer a lot of questions that weren't in his field. Student Body A certain staid, cautious sobriety of manner hardly assorted with the rough-and-ready import of his garb and the adventurous place and time. The Story of Old Fort Loudon He would not have been at all offended at one of his own rough-and-ready officers jumping in and distributing curses on all hands, but "my men" was too much for him. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Even in literature, there are the heavy men who “do” the politics, and the quiet men who do the statistics, and the rough-and-ready men, who are a kind of servants-of-all-work, and so on. Nuts and Nutcrackers To the last, he appears to me to have been somewhat wanting in those faculties of selection and of discipline which we sum up, by a rough-and-ready process, in the word “taste.” Life of John Keats It is not pride alone," resumed the rough-and-ready detective, half-musingly; "though he's as proud as the best of 'em. Hand and Ring The honey-bee is not the rough-and-ready freebooter that the wasp and bumblebee are; she has somewhat of feminine timidity, and leaves the first rude assaults to them. A Year in the Fields He seized all subjects by their practical side, and his instinct was to apply the rough-and-ready rules of common sense to all questions, whether of politics, theology, or philology. Noah Webster American Men of Letters His scorn of rough-and-ready standards, commonplaces, and what used to be called "the opinion of all sensible men" made him disrespectful to common sense. Pot-Boilers The old English bob-tailed sheep dog is a bouncing, rough-and-ready fellow. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Not even the narrowly specialised genius of such rough-and-ready writers as Service and Knibbs, working in their own peculiar field, can surpass this one slight phase of Miss Jackson's universal genius. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Under the curving roof of a rough-and-ready cabin, open at the sides to allow free play of air, Schwandorf lolled like some old-time barbarian king. The Pathless Trail So corrupt and oppressive had been the administration of Bigot, in the last days of the Old Regime, that the rough-and-ready rule of the British army officers doubtless seemed benignant in comparison. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion But it is no less true that a nation of pioneers and settlers, like the isolated individual, learns certain rough-and-ready Robinson Crusoe ways of getting things done. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The scene before him was disgusting, rather than diverting, in its squalid imitation of the rough-and-ready times which had passed before many of these men were old enough to carry the weight of a gun. The Duke Of Chimney Butte It was preëminently a hand-made chicken coop of the rough-and-ready variety. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective They think that it is only in these exceptional instances that the mind is incapable of being developed by ordinary rough-and-ready methods. The Curse of Education Sir Harry Johnston may not be very representative as an exponent of scientific conclusions about the existence of God, but he is interesting and typical of much of the rough-and-ready opposition to formulated religion. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He has the bodily strength and the rough-and-ready manners for the place: he is not too bright or good for human nature's daily drugs. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 Hendricks, while young and rather too impulsive, was a good rough-and-ready scientist, as well as a courageous and dependable officer. The Terror from the Depths I must now wind up my rough-and-ready stories. Adventures and Recollections How such rusty, battered, old-fashioned, rough-and-ready machinery can be got to work at all, it is hard to say; but it does. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand She expected a merciless beating, according to the rough-and-ready customs of her tribe. In the Morning of Time He was a man with big dreams, a rough-and-ready idealist, an idealist with sharply marked limitations, some areas of his mind very broad, some dogmatically narrow. Counsel for the Defense If such a rough-and-ready system of classification be applied to General Gordon, there can be no question that his loyalty to the Bible would stamp him at once. General Gordon A Christian Hero "I'm glad of that, lads," responded Derrick heartily, by no means unmoved by the rough-and-ready spirit of the scene. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 This camp is in the rough-and-ready stage, but there's enough of us who've got together to see it's goin' to be run decent an' regular. Rimrock Trail With the soul of a poet or a painter or a seer, he had been treated like the typical rough-and-ready American lad, till the sensitive nature had been brutalized, maimed, and frenzied. The Dust Flower A pen of almost any kind is a valuable article, but for rough-and-ready use we should find it hard to get on without its humble friend, the lead pencil. Makers of Many Things What eloquence could ever have been so dear to her as that clear rough-and-ready statement of her lover’s feelings for her? Not Like Other Girls Still we have learned that disadvantages are entailed by the rough-and-ready methods of sexual enlightenment hitherto commonly practised. The Sexual Life of the Child But then, Jolly always claimed that he was just a plain, rough-and-ready countryman. The Tale of Jolly Robin Inspector Murdy was accustomed to rudeness; his profession invited it, and to his rough-and-ready form of reasoning, rudeness meant innocence; politeness guilt. Malcolm Sage, Detective It is a system typical of the East and its slipshod, rough-and-ready dealings: its great element of simplicity harks back to a life in tents, where red tape was unknown. In the Tail of the Peacock We enjoyed that sensation with which the conscientious tourist is—or ought to be—well acquainted and for which, at any rate, he has a formula in his rough-and-ready language. A Little Tour of France The whole device was, of course, of a very rough-and-ready description, but I was greatly gratified when the first shots were fired, to see the shells drop upon the exact spots aimed at. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War When languages are reduced to writing, they are at first written phonetically, though always in a very rough-and-ready manner. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays There were two wheels, undoubtedly, placed across which a sort of rough-and-ready box formed the cart; on this a seat without a back was "reserved" for us. Through Finland in Carts The cherished superstition of a great nation was not to be uprooted in any such rough-and-ready fashion. The Sign of the Spider Crime was rife in the settlements, and, in the absence of courts, a rough-and-ready justice was administered by vigilance committees. The Critical Period of American History Lannes, the sturdiest, most rough-and-ready of all the marshals, had arrived from Spain the night before. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Alcibiades makes war on his city because others have not the rough-and-ready large practical justice of men used to knocks. William Shakespeare But quite evidently we do recognise the scale and recognise that theoretically it is possible to grade each individual on it, even though our practical methods may be somewhat rough-and-ready. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty This patriotic leader of the rough-and-ready rovers of the sea? Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Walking with difficulty MacGregor managed to keep pace with the three officers, and presently the rough-and-ready stretcher was overtaken. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force It was really quite picturesque altogether, and suited him excellently, as all rough-and-ready, notably masculine attire has always done. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty It is true, she had looked after them in a somewhat rough-and-ready style; but nevertheless she was a sympathetic and affectionate girl, and they all clung to her. Girls of the Forest "I'm glad of that lads," responded Derrick, heartily, by no means unmoved by the rough-and-ready spirit of the scene. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 In the primitive period he went about, after the Congo fashion, on a bicycle, in flannel shirt and leggins and he continued this rough-and-ready attire when he became a high-placed civil servant. An African Adventure Of course it will be a very rough-and-ready, makeshift affair, but I believe it will prove fairly efficient for the purpose.” Turned Adrift And failing this, that rough-and-ready people might simply declare themselves to be in Yugoslavia. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 We are not to take the rough-and-ready method, which is so common among good people, of identifying this spirit-given sword with the Bible. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The problem is similar to the present one, except that it is rough-and-ready, compared to the present one. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 "The rough-and-ready rule is to fix one's rent at a tenth of one's income." Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 It’ll have to be a rather rough-and-ready job, I’m afraid; but once the weight of her is off the blocks and on to the ways we needn’t trouble much. Turned Adrift Here and there a dead man was elected; the proceedings—though they were not faked, as in Nikita's time—were rough-and-ready. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 He knows the rough-and-ready way of getting things done. The New World of Islam The following page from Landells' rather rough-and-ready accounts will give some idea of how financial matters stood between the parties at the time of the transfer:— B. & E. Cash Recd.B. The History of "Punch" She wore a rough-and-ready straw bonnet this fall; all the girls did. A Little Girl of Long Ago But this time her usual rough-and-ready methods of analysis seemed at fault. The Squirrel-Cage His mates had bound it up in rough-and-ready fashion; but the wound had bled freely, and the clotted blood still hung about his hair. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea It is a rough-and-ready style of thing, but well suited to the rough country and the simple people of Norway. Chasing the Sun There was a promiscuous rough-and-ready manner about the drawing of comic cuts in those early days, when intended for the periodical press, that would offend the majority of people to-day. The History of "Punch" Buildings and population alike were of the hasty, rough-and-ready style; but already a brick store, for the merchant firm of Howard & Mellus, had gone up and had cost a dollar a brick! Gold Seekers of '49 I don't know what I'd do to my dear old rough-and-ready father if he dared to give me another mother. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World He was a bold, hardy seaman of the rough-and-ready school, and seemed much astonished at the customs of his new captain. The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy And that, at your service, my masters, is the rough-and-ready opinion expressed by, Yours truly, The Baron de B.-W. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 Both legislation and administration have been carried on in a rough-and-ready fashion, sometimes in violation of the strict letter of the law. Impressions of South Africa A portion of the dough was used to make what were called 'rough-and-ready cakes.' Despair's Last Journey Nan hugged Hester in her usual rough-and-ready manner, and danced upstairs, singing as she went— "Old Daddy-long-legs wouldn't say his prayers, Catch him by his left leg and throw him downstairs." Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World That they were the first to do so goes without saying: for no one before them had applied any method at all, except in the most rough-and-ready manner. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield I don't blame you a bit for side-steppin' a heart to heart talk with any such a rough-and-ready converser as your friend. Shorty McCabe A man who can box only in what you may call a rough-and-ready way has practically no chance whatever with a really scientific pugilist, which I may say I am. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt Say," said he earnestly when I had finished, "I'm rough-and-ready in my ways. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The girl was too refined to cope with the rough-and-ready young patronesses of The Bunhouse. The Mark Of Cain "Once a poseur always a poseur" is a rough-and-ready formula not invariably applicable even to a poet. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 The flute was one of those rough-and-ready yellow things, like the leg of a chair, which might serve equally well as a policeman’s baton or a musical instrument. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Their organisation is rough-and-ready, like themselves, and simple too. Battles with the Sea Thereafter the soldiers made a rough-and-ready stretcher of muskets, on which Nicholas, who had fainted, was carefully laid and borne from the field. In the Track of the Troops He had thought out, and carried out in a rough-and-ready manner, ideas which have since been scientifically reduced to practice. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America They bound up his wounds as well as they could, and made a rough-and-ready stretcher out of two poles and a blanket, in which they carried him into camp. The Prairie Chief “I never could get over a tendency to a rough-and-ready sort o’ feedin’. Post Haste For, just because of the appalling importance of this ultimate duality, it is essential to be on our guard against the use of words which convey a narrow, crude, rough-and-ready, and superficial meaning. The Complex Vision He was a big young man with tousled black hair and a rough-and-ready look. Legacy It must be understood that everything was done in a rough-and-ready fashion, but it was the best we could do. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The first officer, Mr Dobree, was a great dandy, and evidently considered himself much too good for his post; while the second mate, Mr Jones, was a rough-and-ready seaman, thoroughly up to his work. Peter the Whaler I did not expect to encounter such a personage in so out-of-the-way and rough-and-ready sort of a place. Hurricane Hurry The first lieutenant, Mr Strickland, looked like his chief, the perfect officer and gentleman, while the second, well known in the service as Tom Calder, was more of the rough-and-ready school. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War On a campaign every soldier carried on his person a field-dressing, and the wounded received rough-and-ready first-aid attention from their comrades in arms. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine It was the rough-and-ready custom in the early days of the colony, and common enough for small offences. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales “No, no,” I whispered, for he had grasped his waddy and was about to clear our guide’s misty brain in this rough-and-ready way. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea Not for that would he now put an end to the man’s life, but solely from a sense of outraged justice, with the rough-and-ready retribution to which, as a Texan Ranger, he has been accustomed. The Lone Ranche I found myself put back in the same rough-and-ready way. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Here, as always, was a straw-padded, candle-lit interior, with an orderly waiting, with telephone to ear, and all those rough-and-ready contrivances by which men live who have death forever at their elbow. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 McCook and Wood swear like pirates, and affect the rough-and-ready style. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer I shall be at best but a rough-and-ready friend; but if in your kindness you still care to cultivate Sally and me, we will gratefully accept the cultivation, and be the better for it. The Village by the River It was a peaceful home life, all the more attractive in that its background was rough-and-ready Skaguay—a plain town enough to look at, but one full of thrilling human interest, of tragedy and comedy. Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls The excitement through which I had passed, and the rough-and-ready usage to which I had been subjected during the day, seemed all of a sudden to overpower me. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Natives were whipped; white men were banished, and from this rough-and-ready justice there was no appeal. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure Caius soon found out, without being told, that neither in one capacity nor the other did he fulfil the old man's pleasure nearly so well as the rough-and-ready Jim. The Mermaid A Love Tale The burly host himself is quite in keeping with the place, and bears his part right jovially in the rough-and-ready revels that contrast not disagreeably with the social amenities left behind in the city. Border and Bastille Gray felt that here was a man after his own heart, the native-born American having a rough-and-ready way of classifying nationalities when the last test of manhood is applied by a shipwreck, or a fire. The Captain of the Kansas Here are a few rough-and-ready "first principles" for you. Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers She brushed back the strands of damp hair from her face, and with deft hands made a rough-and-ready coil of her abundant tresses. The Stowaway Girl There were some whom poor Tom might have been inclined to stop by way of precaution for no better reason than that they had a rough-and-ready look—hard fellows. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer It was, in fact, a rough-and-ready way of saying that the gun licence was not transferable. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 There were two men, both famous as athletes; one of them was noted as one of the most desperate rough-and-ready fighters in the city. Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective And listen: Never in all my rough-and-ready life in railroad camps have I been insulted by regular stiffs, as the laborers are called. The She Boss A Western Story There is possible, however, a rough-and-ready distinction between those stories of his which are esoterically mystical and those which, while concerned with the supernatural, are concerned with it in the way familiar in old romance. Irish Plays and Playwrights Coming out, she darted as suddenly, and apparently unpremeditatedly, across the street into a milliner's shop, and ordered home a brown rough-and-ready straw bonnet, and four yards of ribbon to match. Faith Gartney's Girlhood This is no doubt more correct than the rough-and-ready orthography of the early traders, and I have therefore adopted it for all little-known places. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire I am not prepared to take such a rough-and-ready test of the opinion and of the mental processes of the British democracy as that. Liberalism and the Social Problem I am of the railroad grade, and proud of it, and I must continue to be a part of the rough-and-ready frontier life. The She Boss A Western Story We three had really learned no mean amount of rough-and-ready seamanship by this time, and we had certainly practised the art of grumbling as well. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys And it is fair to this rough-and-ready sort of philosophy to defend it from a common charge of selfishness. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Like most men of his day who traveled much, he had a rough-and-ready knowledge of medicine and surgery. Days of the Discoverers As we had to camp out in a somewhat rough-and-ready way, with not a little discomfort owing to a spell of very cold weather, Brown insisted on referring to her as Shushan the Palace. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden I couldn't imagine myself with a rifle and bayonet chasing Huns, or standing the rough-and-ready life of the soldier, and the thought of blood was horrible. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. His experiences may be imagined as he is pushed and jostled by the rough-and-ready pleasure-seekers. Writing the Photoplay The ease with which this apparently ingenuous stranger had managed to meet the opening queries of this rough-and-ready official was suddenly broken. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow The rough-and-ready method of coughing down a superfluous speaker is perfectly constitutional, because absolutely necessary. Practical Essays The yeomanry, in their own rude, rough-and-ready manner, reflected the same sort of personal independence of character and proud sense of individuality as the social aristocracy. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia They had a sufficiency of food, too, served hot, and prepared with rough-and-ready skill, under the superintendence of Hyde. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood In these circumstances, the duty of a practical rough-and-ready politician was very clearly indicated. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 The route of the professional trapper often extends over fifty miles, and the number and weight of traps and provisions which these rough-and-ready individuals often carry as personal luggage is most astounding. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "Anyone can find that out," was the rough-and-ready reply of Brahms. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development A certain rough-and-ready humour about this woman always appealed to him. A Lost Leader But McKay went fearlessly amongst his reprobate followers, administering a rough-and-ready sort of discipline, and keeping them as far as possible within bounds. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood At first, Dan tried his old tactics of balking, but a few energetic, rough-and-ready punches from Eph caused the bully to change his mind. The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat The safeguards of trial by jury, regular judicial procedure, and habeas corpus were established, in order that the methods of civilized life might take the place of the rough-and-ready justice of lynch law. History of the United States Such a summing-up is useful in that it points to important landmarks in the evolution of the sonata; yet it is only a rough-and-ready one. The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development No. 46 In a rough-and-ready fashion, Huxley's active life may be broken into a set of decennial periods, each with tolerably distinctive characters. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work And the two guardians of order marched their prisoners through the hut-town to a wooden building at the end, where Major Shervinton dealt out a simple, rough-and-ready justice to the turbulent characters he ruled. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood He was baptised at once, with thirty of his principal chiefs, after the rough-and-ready fashion of the fighting king, near Athelney. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain "I am a simple-minded, rough-and-ready creature," he often assured his friends; "a man to worry my tie, and force me to buy a new coat, because he desires my old one, would drive me mad." Adrien Leroy The latter's pride in his study would be quite incomprehensible to the colonial, who not unnaturally imbibes his ideas from the rough-and-ready mode of living in his home. Town Life in Australia What was to follow was a rough-and-ready fight, but it was all that could be had, and better than nothing. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence The rough-and-ready style of domestic government is indeed practicable by the meanest and most uncultivated intellects. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Says the one who in rough-and-ready fashion had so recently led his chum to Christ, 'It cheered me to know he was all right with the Master. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa The establishment and furniture were of the rough-and-ready order. Bluebell A Novel A detailed history of the root 'Chester' in its various British usages may serve to show how far such a rough-and-ready solution as the pupil-teacher's falls short of complete accuracy and comprehensiveness. Science in Arcady Over a blue flannel shirt, set off by a drooping Windsor tie, was a rough-and-ready coat of large-ribbed corduroy. The Turtles of Tasman The medical papyri that have come down to us contain a large number of short, rough-and-ready descriptions of certain diseases, and prescriptions of very great interest. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians There they encountered, on the rough edges of society, rough-and-ready men in whom they recognized their natural superiors. Humanly Speaking He was the head of the family of Nideck, a rough-and-ready warrior, I can tell you. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales She'd discovered how she made sounds herself and had, with the aid of a hand mirror, developed a rough-and-ready technique for demonstrating how it was done. The Real Adventure Success is not the only or the final test of character, but it is the best rough-and-ready reckoner. Success (Second Edition) He plunged into his pockets—in his rough-and-ready, muscular way—for the money, leaning far over the next seat, which was unoccupied. Nocturne Even the initial equations they present are too complex to be reduced by the simple application of rough-and-ready maxims. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy No lawyer could approve of these rough-and-ready settlements of important family affairs. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate In this rough-and-ready way, the common wine is made. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The captain thereupon took himself off, and Roland came to the conclusion that he liked this rough-and-ready mariner with so little to say for himself; a silent man of action, evidently. The Sword Maker Grimbal’s existence had been of a rough-and-ready sort shone over by success. Children of the Mist Eighteenth and nineteenth century editors have laid clumsy fingers on them, curtailing the instrumental bits; but nothing is gained by this rough-and-ready process, as no Purcell has ever appeared to lengthen the vocal portions. Purcell Feeling his greeting to have been insufficient, Davenant continued, pumping up a forced rough-and-ready cordiality. The Street Called Straight In the main, the House of Commons is, I believe, dominated by a rough-and-ready sense of manliness and fair-play. John Redmond's Last Years Very witty writing may be very dreary reading, for want of natural animation and true dramatic movement: and in these qualities at least the rough-and-ready work of our old dramatists is seldom if ever deficient. The Age of Shakespeare Both of these lads had been brought up in that rough-and-ready school of life which holds open session every day of the year. A Man Four-Square A dozen rough-and-ready ways presented themselves to a climber; but neither Brendon nor his companions could find the least indications that any other had recently descended. The Red Redmaynes And as to that night of excitement long ago, the world's rough-and-ready justice would hardly have taken much account of Carlisle's generous theory that perhaps the man didn't know what he was doing. V. V.'s Eyes Indeed, a rough-and-ready refutation of them is supplied by the fact that, in no few cases, political pieces have entered into the generally admitted stock of the best literary things. Political Pamphlets The rough-and-ready hand of Rowley may be traced, not indeed in the more high-toned passages, but in many of the most animated scenes of "The Spanish Gipsy." The Age of Shakespeare If you do not yield to them, but flaunt your liberty in their and the world's faces, your advanced enlightenment will be taken by rough-and-ready observers as mainly cherished because it procures you these immunities. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) This rough-and-ready plan must now be given up, since the most learned Christian writers now agree, with the Freethinkers, that such a method is thoroughly unsatisfactory. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History To vent certain contemptuously indignant moods they are admirable in their rough-and-ready way. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Previous experiences warned them that the game was very likely to break up in a big row, for such had been the fate of many a rivalry when rough-and-ready Nick Lang entered the lists. The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey "You going?" he gasped, unable even yet to comprehend the everyday fact that so many gently nurtured Western girls are accustomed to those rough-and-ready bivouacs. The Rules of the Game His English and French became all but faultless, and he learned to draw in rough-and-ready, if not professionally expert fashion. William of Germany The need of open-air life for the then sickly Walter Perkins was one of the great factors in the organization of this little band of rough-and-ready travelers. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits Most of all, however, in a rough-and-ready way they set a sort of Civil Service going. Elizabethan Sea Dogs These are the precise subjects of Browning's somewhat rough-and-ready satire. Robert Browning We can all point in excuse to Shakspere, who was a very rough-and-ready person, and whose methods would shock Flaubert. The Author's Craft Meanwhile they taught the elements of a rough-and-ready civilization, which the chiefs were acute enough to value. The Long White Cloud She had only known Aunt Maria for the last four years, and she had not yet got used to her rough-and-ready mannish ways, nor learned to see any sense in her philosophizings. Overland First ringing for breakfast, he bathed and shaved and arrayed himself carefully in glad habiliments of quiet taste and cut, in which he bore slight resemblance to the rough-and-ready Britt of Elmsdale. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On The law courts were as yet very little troubled, each small community usually enforcing a rough-and-ready justice of its own. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Ah, here is the snare that catches rough-and-ready common sense! Four-Dimensional Vistas We have no tests but rough-and-ready ones, and even these are often inconsistent with one another. The Trade Union Woman How rough-and-ready the primitive methods of our forefathers! A Cotswold Village No offence; I'm but a rough-and-ready chap, and you're a lady. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Wise, with characteristic ingenuity, devised a rough-and-ready height instrument, which he claims to have answered well. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The last of these original buildings, No. 4, was used for many years in Edison's ore-concentrating experiments, and also for rough-and-ready operations of other kinds, such as furnace work and the like. Edison, His Life and Inventions All four had campaigned in the late war, and all four were members of the Convention, or whatever they call their rough-and-ready parliament. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies In French Hazard a bank is constituted at a board of green cloth, and the proceedings are carried on in a more subdued and regular mode than is the case in the rough-and-ready English game. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) It produces a crude, rough-and-ready image that high school students can incorporate into papers, and that has worked very nicely in this way. Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts These rough-and-ready warriors will work shoulder to shoulder with them in the same manual employment. In Darkest England and the Way Out All this rough-and-ready dealing with grades and curves was not mere horse-play, but had a serious purpose underlying it, every trip having its record as to some feature of defect or improvement. Edison, His Life and Inventions We have already shown that crowds are not to be influenced by reasoning, and can only comprehend rough-and-ready associations of ideas. The Crowd; study of the popular mind Experiences and anecdotes by a lawyer better read in rough-and-ready humanity than in law. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations "Phreaks" are more social, manipulating the system in a rough-and-ready fashion in order to get through to other human beings, fast, cheap and under the table. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The superfine votaries of culture may recoil in disgust from the rough-and-ready suggestions which I have made for dealing with the Sunken Tenth, but mere recoiling is no solution. In Darkest England and the Way Out He was a tenacious man, possessed of a rude intellectual force, a rough-and-ready stump speaker, intensely loyal, industrious, sincere, self-reliant. The United States Since the Civil War "All we country-people know," old goody Liu proceeded, also laughing, "is just what comes within our own rough-and-ready wits, so young ladies and ladies pray don't poke fun at me!" Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Her brother had been pleased to discover the ripening of her artistic powers, and had given her some rough-and-ready lessons in the art she loved so well. The Lovels of Arden Chicago is a big town, with a rough-and-ready bare-knuckle tradition on both sides of the law. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Their rough-and-ready gospel is just the thing for men who feel as if they could not get religion, unless from a preacher who can "whip" them as well as thunder doctrine at their ears. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 And with this exordium, the rough-and-ready surgeon took his departure, leaving Horatio Paget alone with the woman who had saved his life. Birds of Prey I know nothing of him, except that he seems a jolly, good-hearted sort of a chap in his own rough-and-ready way. Run to Earth A Novel You are one of the rough-and-ready order, who are never late. Lord Kilgobbin In his rough-and-ready way he doctored his master, making for him such soups and strength-giving food as he could. With Edged Tools It sufficed, nor was he wholly mistaken in his rough-and-ready philosophy, for it is thus that the West dominates the East. The Wheel O' Fortune He could not have been the mere sentimentalist and rhetorician for which the rough-and-ready understanding would at first glance be inclined to condemn him. Among My Books First Series In briefest time the hammermen were spiking the rails on the rough-and-ready trestle, and the Italians were bringing up the crossing-frogs. A Fool for Love The beginning and the end of the text cannot be buckled up together in that rough-and-ready fashion. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV That could only be of a rough-and-ready kind; most frequently there would be no evidence available but the man's own word. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The rough-and-ready American range boss sat sidewise in his saddle and thought—for he never talked unnecessarily, though appreciation was chalked all over his pose. Crooked Trails Honest Joe Basalt and rough-and-ready Jack Tiller consulted daily over the dilemma into which they had fallen. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece Walker, brought up in the rough-and-ready school, had lain down to rest with his trousers on. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 He brought the bedding-roll closer and opened it into a rough-and-ready bed. The Everlasting Whisper School had started, and gone along in a rough-and-ready fashion for some weeks; but everybody was "sore" about it. At Whispering Pine Lodge This was not the first time by any number that he had gone down into his own village insisting in a rough-and-ready way on cleanliness and purity. The Sowers They were fashioned by European craftsmen, and the solidity of the structures offered strange contrast to the rough-and-ready native houses. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine That is why you should become a disciple of the pithy, everyday conversationalist and of the rough-and-ready master of harangue as well as of the practitioner of precise and scrupulous discourse. The Century Vocabulary Builder Of old he had been wont to commune with them; through the long years they had woven themselves into his rough-and-ready religion. The Everlasting Whisper Lissy had something of her mother's shining vitality, but it dimmed woefully in the rough-and-ready clatter and slam of the big Victory mill. The Power and the Glory I doctor the peasants," replied Paul, "in a rough-and-ready way. The Sowers They had laboured without cessation, breaking up rock, levering out boulders with crowbars, and doing a sort of rough-and-ready levelling, and by the night of the 24th the track was reported passable for guns. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine I can keep my seat on most four-legged beasts, but my horsemanship is a clumsy, rough-and-ready affair, very different from the effortless grace of your true cavalier. Salute to Adventurers By virtue of the rough-and-ready authority vested in him he abolished the distinction between toil and tears, decreeing instead that women should suffer both. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore In modern terms, it is a simple, rough-and-ready attempt to solve that constant problem of politics, how efficient government is to be combined with popular control. Politics: A Treatise on Government The ordinary rough-and-ready form of oath or vow between individuals was: "If I break this, may I be as this river"; or, "may the river god be witness." Ancient China Simplified The bark of the watch-dog is, in a rough-and-ready way, much too much like the voice of conscience to be agreeable to the natural man. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Also he has never really got on here; he is too shy, too reserved, perhaps, in a way, too well read and educated, for these rough-and-ready people. Stella Fregelius At the head of the long team sauntered the driver, in the usual rough-and-ready costume, with his soft plush hat pulled low over his face, and pulling vigorously at a clay pipe. Station Amusements in New Zealand When he crossed the room his coarse working dress could not disguise the fact that he had a fine figure and an easy bearing of the rustic, rough-and-ready style. Without a Home As a matter of course it was locked, and, once more, I had to search for something which would serve as a rough-and-ready substitute for the missing key. The Beetle The phrases which were supposed to show the fake were simply Machell's rough-and-ready method of getting through to English readers the ideas that the Soudanese soldier intended to convey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography We drew our canoe ashore here, and, on a limited area of clean sand, Ferajji, our rough-and-ready cook, lit his fire, and manufactured for us a supply of most delicious Mocha coffee. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley He had heard my Lohengrin in Dresden and wanted to know more of me—an ambition I was obliged to satisfy by playing Tristan to him in the rough-and-ready fashion which was peculiar to me. My Life — Volume 2 Frantically using rough-and-ready methods, he hauled it on board, and disposed it as decently as circumstances permitted. Confessions of a Beachcomber "Two sailor suits, so we can change; one nice shore dress, if we are asked anywhere, and one rough-and-ready suit for work— or play." The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem The husband was a big, burly, rough-and-ready Yorkshireman—stout, somewhat pompous, about forty, with hair wearing bald on the forehead: the personification of the successful business man. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Behind the big table in the main room of his manor-house the seigneur sat in state and meted out justice in rough-and-ready fashion. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism After this rough-and-ready advice, Mavis felt that it would be futile to attempt a further explanation of her disquiet. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Richard could not adopt that rough-and-ready way out of his difficulty. Demos The old "moralities" exemplified most often some rough-and-ready lesson. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style For the rough-and-ready treatment—the blue pills and black draughts—that had satisfied the early diggers had fallen into disrepute; medical skill was beginning to be appreciated. Australia Felix At some distance from the net they have a rough-and-ready retreat in the brambles, an ambush made of a few leaves held together by stretched threads. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects I administered a rough-and-ready justice, and appointed an officer to superintend the bazaar to prevent squabbles. Ismailia But as the wives of Napoleon's generals could never learn to walk on a carpet, so the aimless popinjay of adult age can never learn to take a man's place among rough-and-ready workers. Such Is Life Probably things were managed in a very rough-and-ready fashion out there; he's lucky to be alive at all. The Gadfly I've certainly treated you with a rather rough-and-ready kind of courtesy. The Hermit of Far End Prettier even, in the blue and white boating costume and rough-and-ready white felt hat, than she had seemed when I saw her in the auto or her father's library. The Rise of Roscoe Paine With bulldog persistence he besieged the court of James II for a whole year, this rough-and-ready New England shipmaster, until he was given a royal frigate for his purpose. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Well, without going into details——Capable fellow, too; fine combination of a cultivated man and an experienced rough-and-ready bushman. Such Is Life Relatively honest in money matters, and a stickler for precision and uniformity, Rosas sought to govern a nation in the rough-and-ready fashion of the stock farm. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors They ran in gaily, and after a long wait in the drawing-room, sat down to the rough-and-ready lunch, every dish of which concealed or exuded cream. Howards End I left instructions, but we live in a rough-and-ready way.� Howards End You mustn't mind my rough-and-ready ways, for I'm a plain man, God knows. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Or rather, let our rough-and-ready, well-meant endeavours towards justice go on being made. Yet Again We enjoyed that sensation with which the conscientious tourist is - or ought to be - well acquainted, and for which, at any rate, he has a formula in his rough-and-ready language. A Little Tour in France I left instructions, but we live in a rough-and-ready way. Howards End They ran in gaily, and after a long wait in the drawing-room sat down to the rough-and-ready lunch, every dish in which concealed or exuded cream.� Howards End Not only could he strike upon occasion, but he could be just in his rough-and-ready fashion. Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on Certain it is, many of the old absurdities have disappeared from the Theatre, and our rough-and-ready criticism may have helped the happy dispatch. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow They were rough-and-ready summaries, the work of a night. The Life of the Spider The serfs instinctively regretted the good old times, when they lived under the rough-and-ready patriarchal rule of their masters, assisted by a native "burmister," or overseer, who was one of themselves. Russia These little creatures, pitched upward into experience on the tossing waves of their parents' agitated lives, had managed to establish a rough-and-ready system of self-government. The Glimpses of the Moon Orde solved them by a rough-and-ready but very effective rule of thumb. The Riverman A return to the old rough-and-ready rule of time local Voyevods was impossible. Russia For himself, he didn't care a hang: he had composed for his own guidance a rough-and-ready code, a short set of "mays" and "mustn'ts" which immensely simplified his course. The Glimpses of the Moon |
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