| 单词 | ruggedness |
| 例句 | Perhaps we should return to ourselves, to our own primordial streets, to our own ruggedness, to our own rude hair. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Captain Westfall was not excessively handsome, but she couldn’t help finding the ruggedness of his face and the clarity of his golden-brown eyes rather appealing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Everything about this man screamed ruggedness and hard work, and to me this will always mean that you know your way around farmland and animals. Spending My Tenderness on Animals 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The verse embodies Ku Li's ceaseless labour and the ruggedness of his landscape. Poem of the week: Ku Li by Robin Hyde 2011-02-28T12:55:00Z The building’s exterior, with its compilation of diverse volumes and Mongolian bluestone, is meant to recall the ruggedness of a mountain in order to contrast with the serenity that awaits inside. Rosewood Hotels Enters China 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z There, the richness, the rowdiness, the ruggedness—and the complexity, the intricate rituals, the festering conflicts, the barely healed historical wounds—of life in an Irish country town emerge with a grandly troubling allure. The Sanitized Past of “Brooklyn” 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Heading back down the valley, with late light touching acre upon acre of cropland, I thought of how very Western this particular part of the West was, in its ruggedness and enterprise and prosperity. In the Yakima Valley, Serious Wines and Sweeping Vistas 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In seasons two through four, Daenerys’s outfits, while differing in style and decoration, consist mainly of a knee-length tunic, pants, and boot, a reflection of her emotional flux between Valyrian elegance and Dothraki ruggedness. Game of Clothes: Decoding Cersei’s and Dany’s power wardrobes 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Vann uses chiseled phrases and verb-less declarations to evoke the natural ruggedness of the setting as well as the character's emotional distress. 'Caribou Island': portrait of a failing marriage in the forbidding vastness of the 49th state 2011-01-12T22:49:03Z "The perched ruggedness of the structures, the dangers of them, they stimulate an artistic spark," Swersky said. Cornish choreographers taking it to the streets 2011-10-30T02:03:12Z But most of all, I loved the idea of slipping into Quebec’s winter culture, which I imagined as a mashup of New World ruggedness and Old World bonhomie. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z Get an Icelander started on the ruggedness of the land, and more tales pour forth about how winter’s constant darkness and the summer’s midnight sun forge the national character. Cultured Traveler: The Lights and Nights of Reykjavik 2013-01-18T18:26:55Z There are fewer options for men at this store, though they closely parallel what’s available for women: slouch, distress, faux ruggedness. | New York Fashion Week: Boots for Snow and for Show 2011-02-10T02:38:41Z From 1978 to 1982, Burt Reynolds in all his easygoing ruggedness was the undisputed king: the industry’s top grossing star every year in that time for increasingly unfashionable but lucrative pictures. Burt Reynolds: the easygoing cannonball of old-school Hollywood manliness | Peter Bradshaw 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The lake’s empty ruggedness is appealing, but its wild weather can wreak havoc on itineraries. Lake Superior is Cold, Sparsely Settled and Known for Bad Weather. Perfect for Cruising, Some Say. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z I loved the ruggedness of James Dean and the romanticism of the Beats. Trans, but not like you think 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Usually considered a folksy and rustic work with some ruggedness thrown in here and there, Villaume and the orchestra fashioned an overtly dramatic account of almost Mahlerian proportions. PKF-Prague Philharmonia delivers Dvorak, played with precision 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z It is this – the combination of the classical theatre training and the military experience – that gives Driver an unusual ruggedness. Adam Driver: ‘Compared with the military, acting isn't that difficult’ 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, Douglas leaves behind a legacy of indomitable performances and, more importantly, a bare-knuckle ruggedness rarely seen in today's far tamer Hollywood. Kirk Douglas, "Spartacus" actor and Hollywood icon, dead at 103 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Cunningham is large and imposing, with a booming laugh and an almost cowboyish ruggedness. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z “It’s kind of like a cockroach where there’s a durability, there’s a toughness to it, there’s a ruggedness to it,” she said then. Revealing the Labor of Dance Through Constant Motion 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Updates for 2024 keep the Wrangler’s ruggedness intact but improve usability. Some vehicle updates are better than others and experts at Edmunds fill you in on the top 5 for 2024 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The muscle car is bound up with conceptions of American individuality and freedom, trading on ideas of ruggedness, ingenuity and luxury. Dodge will retire Charger and Challenger, its muscle car mainstays 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z He embodies the very ethos of American ruggedness, something you would expect to be celebrated. Perspective | The NFL still isn’t sure how to deal with a freak like Lamar Jackson 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Monteros, on the other hand, wear their Japanese ruggedness and engineering on their comically oversize door mirrors. Vintage Cars, Part of the Pandemic Hobby Boom, Priced Collectors Out 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Over the following months, police returned to the site repeatedly and scoured the area, though its ruggedness made search efforts difficult. Suspect is charged with murder in case of two vanished campers 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z To that meager toll, a Kentucky team most noted for its ruggedness added an imaginative 75-yard drive in the second quarter, full of creativity without cuteness, and that heresy in the waning parts. Georgia’s defense actually gave up two touchdowns — not that it mattered 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z "Due to the lack of remaining daylight and ruggedness of the terrain, recovery efforts began on the morning of the 18." Idaho hunter finds remains of man missing for 53 years 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The scenery was “stunning,” Ms. Stewart said, “all the ruggedness, the vertical, was amazing.” Dream Trips Without the Crowds? That’s the Hope, Anyway. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z And he found, just as with the ruggedness index, that people are taking longer, more intense routes to avoid the towers. In the Sonoran Desert, GIS helps to map migrant deaths 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z With the Hummer EV, Krebs said GM is harnessing the appeal of the original Hummer, which connotes “ruggedness and adventure, an off-road kind of image.” GM hopes its electric Hummer ‘supertruck’ can win over traditional truck buyers 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z In the U.S., where male ruggedness is part of the country’s DNA, online search data shows a surging interest around men’s cosmetics. Men’s makeup goes mainstream with CVS rollout 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The other big plus for me with the S1’s design is the weather sealing and general ruggedness of its materials. Panasonic Lumix S1 review: the mirrorless heavyweight 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The Blues are making their first appearance in the Final since 1970, winning raves for their resilience and ruggedness. The biggest save in St. Louis Blues history happened in 1983, courtesy of Harry Ornest 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Beyond gender, the ruggedness of these acts plays into Britain’s enduring obsession with authenticity. The ordinary boys: how Ed Sheeran-inspired troubadours swept the charts 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The MP design combines ruggedness with character and a timeless minimalism that’ll look striking decades from now. The Punkt MP02 is Android minimalism at its finest 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z First, the artificial ruggedness of an urban area slows air down. Cities Can Alter Hurricanes, Intensifying Their Rainfall 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Unusually among politicians—a profession frequently dismissed as “Hollywood for ugly people”—he is famously dashing, with slicked-back hair, a stubby beard, and a certain ruggedness around the eyes. In One of Southern California’s Reddest Districts, It’s a Race Between a Millennial Democrat and a Republican Incumbent Under Criminal Indictment 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Perhaps you’ve ventured onto the Appalachian Trail and reveled in its ruggedness and panoramic views, but also noticed the encroachment of development in some spots. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Granted, I loathe the 100e’s ugly display with a passion, but I can’t say the same about its keyboard or ruggedness. Lenovo’s rugged Chromebooks for schools make note taking a breeze 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Puma Golf Mini Soundchuck: I've used this speaker for years, and I'm consistently amazed at its compact size, light weight, ruggedness and sound quality. The best golf gifts under $75 - Golf Digest 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z He said he wants to preserve the Defender’s boxy, military-style ruggedness. An Electric Car and a Rugged Throwback: The Dreams of 2 Rich Britons 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z He said that what appealed to him was their “simplicity, the ruggedness, the feeling of hands-on, the spatial relationships, the textures.” Lloyd Cotsen, Collector of the Ordinary and the Odd, Dies at 88 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The turntable’s stability, ruggedness and responsiveness to coaxing fingers are hard to replicate on newer gear like CD players or iPads — as is the look of spinning on authentic old-school decks. A Turntable Reborn Turns Its Back on Its Hip-Hop Legacy 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The plane has been popular with crews who appreciate its maneuverability and ruggedness. Divers Locate Fuselage of Russian Jet Downed in Black Sea 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Today’s archival reissues are elevated in both ruggedness and luxury. The Unimprovable Awards: Reissue Edition 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Wagner anchors a traditional energy line that won’t lack ruggedness with Garbutt and Boll, who are known for their agitation and fists. Ducks preview: Breaking down the roster by position 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Glenn projected something—a pilot’s ruggedness, but a deacon’s decency, along with a charm that the deacon would find nearly sinful. Here's Why John Glenn Still Matters at 95 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z And not just his strength and ruggedness, assets that made him both feared and admired. Gordie Howe was larger than hockey 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z But the same ruggedness that makes China’s outback so enticing also creates obstacles to new development. ‘Unexplored’ China? Not for Long the Way These Climbers Are Going 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The Oak of the Golden Dreams was a piece that had an electronic ruggedness suggesting an affinity with minimalist founder Terry Riley, sounding completely on its own when set beside Budd’s subsequent work. Harold Budd: the ambient music master floats again 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The pressure of 1908 and the ruggedness of the St. Louis Cardinals may have impelled them to guzzle Old Styles less for catching a buzz than quelling nerves. Cubs stay loose against Cardinals, even NLDS at one game apiece 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Capital Punishment has a chance to bulldoze the path to ruggedness. Redskins’ defensive line is doling out ‘punishment’ 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Virtually every other form of transportation — train, plane, Segway — is limited either by its point-to-point nature or its lack of ruggedness. You don't have to love cars, but you can't make them go away 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Rap bravado doesn’t exactly lend itself to vulnerability or dejection; rappers are more often seen as fixtures of ruggedness or hedonism. How Rappers Are Destigmatizing Mental Illness 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z They walked through architectural buildings, studied walls on streets, stepped through salvaged yards, and dug through remnants of past dilapidated objects that could be resurrected; all to depict the masculinity and ruggedness of Butler. Inside Gerard Butler's Post-Apocalyptic New York Loft 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z This was a really unexpected result; we are very happy with the ruggedness of our sensor.’ Sensors Cleaned by Light Could Drop Costs of Detecting Pollution or Disease 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But I was more aware of Hart, who, at 72, labored audibly despite his legendary ruggedness. How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Between the ruggedness of Lynch and big-play threat of Harvin, the Seattle offense will be extremely tough for opponents to deal with. Seahawks 36, Packers 16: First impressions 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Another risk: The possibility that some traditional truck buyers, especially commercial users, may question the ruggedness and durability of weight-saving aluminum and composites in place of conventional steel in body panels and suspensions. Exclusive: GM moves next version of big pickups ahead by nine months - sources 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Begich tried to convey his Alaskan ruggedness in an ad by riding a snowmobile above the Arctic Circle. Outside Money Floods Alaska in Senate Race 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The squad also includes a number of German-born players—like Green they are sons of American servicemen—whose selection will provide some ruggedness to the squad as well as European experience. London Donovan Gets Kicked Out of Bounds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Now, that doesn’t have anything to do with ruggedness and resolve. Wise: Anemic, ugly performance means Wizards will likely be playing for their season in Game 4 2014-05-10T04:05:39Z The tiny Jeep Renegade is far more than a domesticated line extension of a car brand that built its reputation on off-road ruggedness. Fiat's 'Baby' Jeep Renegade Hails From Italy 2014-03-07T05:45:42Z Tins have a unique quality, says packaging expert Gordon Robertson, so their ruggedness and impermeability will ensure that they remain an important part of food packaging for a long time. The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't 2013-04-21T15:03:28Z The ruggedness of the waterways also suggest that the flooding played out quickly and violently, on the order of weeks or months. The Great (and Recent) Martian Flood 2013-03-11T11:50:00Z The ruggedness is unique, but so is the audio technology. Office Gear to Last a Lifetime 2013-02-15T15:10:00Z The Made in America brand once embodied ruggedness and a kind of strait-laced patriotism, but recently it has morphed into a symbol of artisanal design and environmental sustainability. 'Made in the USA' Gets a Makeover 2013-02-09T05:00:00Z Marlboro, contrary to its contemporary image of masculine ruggedness personified by the Marlboro Man, was initially marketed as a cigarette for women. Can “jihad” be rebranded? 2013-01-09T12:45:00Z We cannot but be struck with the ruggedness of the women’s compliment. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z They appear like mountains rising through the atmosphere charged with fragrant mist from the intervening blossoming fields, which give them a blue appearance, and soften all their ruggedness into beauty. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z But although Turner has exaggerated the ruggedness of Hindhead in his picture, the place is not at all gracious or suave. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z He must be a brute indeed who hath not a tender spot in his ruggedness for one who so unselfishly adored! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z This remarkable faculty for musical verse seems to us to enhance the merit of a poem in which a certain ruggedness is introduced of set purpose. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z But in terms of ruggedness, it wins hands-down. The Toughest Tablet On The Planet 2012-01-17T23:46:42Z But Sunday, he could not handle the 229-pound Thomas’s ruggedness off the line, and, surprisingly, he could not match his quickness or speed in and out of breaks. The Fifth Down: How Tebow and His Helpers Beat Man Coverage 2012-01-09T12:00:59Z Kidding aside, Mangold praised Cofield’s quickness and ruggedness, traits that distinguish him among lumbering defensive tackles. Jets? Mangold and Redskins? Cofield Squared Off in High School 2011-12-03T03:31:59Z Because of its depth, 600 feet, and the ruggedness of its slopes, and because of its occupancy by the lake, this pass is the center of interest for the whole region. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z With a less flamboyant and engaging image than Ali’s Mr. Frazier seemed far less expressive, possessed of a stolid ruggedness of a hard-working man who let his fists and his dedication speak for him. Boxing champion Joe Frazier dies at 67 2011-11-08T09:51:00Z And Tiberius, being blunt and impatient of pretenses, walled himself away from the rest of his following with this bulwark of dependable ruggedness. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Some seem to aim at a picturesque ruggedness of style—defying rule, and challenging imitation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Despite its corky wings, it has none of the ruggedness of the cork elm, but is a pretty round-headed tree. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Then, if ruggedness appeared, it was but a surface exhibition, the fatherly feeling being the deep inextinguishable fact within. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z The Xoom’s metal frame gives it ruggedness, mechanical stability and a solid feel. Motorola Xoom 4G: A Better Business Tablet Than iPad 2 2011-09-16T12:08:37Z There was a ruggedness, too, to a back-line strengthened by the arrival of Ben Foster, which suggests they will quickly hoist themselves away from the foot of the table. Chelsea manager shrugs off heckles and looks to rectify familiar faults 2011-08-21T21:59:02Z When the squalid sight of Canyon Pass could be shut out of the mind, even Betty admitted that the dimming light in the canyon lent a fairylike charm to all its ruggedness. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The cattle kraals and homestead were surrounded with rudely-constructed walls of stone that in their ruggedness were not unpicturesque. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z And if pain cuts sharply into your soul, think it is the knife of God cutting away its ruggedness. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Not an ideal structure by any manner of means, not even beautiful, and yet in its massive ruggedness it somehow suited the man and the place. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z Lights began to flash in the chasm, feeble and glimmering in contrast with the gigantic ruggedness of its massive walls. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Thus the sound holes, as before referred to in the tracings, were becoming heavier at the lower part and with a tendency in other details towards ruggedness. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z These elevations, besides, have none of the ruggedness of character we usually find in such places. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z To the other besetting fault of some of these masters, that of a harsh and jolting ruggedness, he was still less prone. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The hills about him were growing in height and ruggedness. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z In the craggy gorge of Puertonuevo, as he was being carried over some unusually difficult ground in a chair, his attendants were deploring the extreme ruggedness of the pass. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Those fugitives from the dun and sordid materialism of the day were likely to choose between two avenues of escape, according to their greater or lesser inner ruggedness. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z The Appalachians abound in beautiful scenery, but, except about a few of the very highest domes and ridges, have 82 little of the stern ruggedness which is typical of truly great mountains. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The ruggedness of aspect common to most mountain lakes is here lost in the soft luxuriance of the green shores, the sparkling waters, and the rich blue sky. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Richard is close and somewhat impracticable; but as you seem an adept in winning, you may soften down his ruggedness sooner than we expect. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The amiability, the ruggedness, the nervous instability, the obstinacy as of a rock, the tenderness and the sardonic bitterness which made up so strange an amalgam, are all frankly revealed. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z I call ruggedness what they call frankness; and his pride of name and birth are, when unattached to either fortune or position, simply insufferable. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The general covering of ice and snow as well as the ruggedness of the land makes this the most difficult of all the mountainous portions of North America to traverse. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z The journey thither was difficult, owing to the bad roads and the ruggedness of the country. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z He had not the ruggedness of figure or the great height of the man who lay dead within the house. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z And how does the interest increase with the wildness and ruggedness of the surface, and reach its maximum only where the disturbance and dislocation have been most violent! The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Distance smoothed its native ruggedness, glossed over its facial wrinkles, so to say. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z But to really set it apart, it meets the MIL-STD-810G specifications for ruggedness, allowing it to survive a four-foot drop, thanks to its Gorilla Glass display and sturdy chassis. Behold CES's iPad Killers (Possibly) 2011-01-13T17:36:14Z Craters.—Fig. 63 shows a typical lunar crater, and conveys a good idea of the ruggedness of the lunar landscape. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z They had now come to the mountains in all their wildness and ruggedness. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z And Imlac having, by many admonitions, prepared them to endure the tumults of a port, and the ruggedness of the commercial race, brought them down to the sea-coast. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Yet, even in this ruggedness of nature, there is a wild beauty, which only needs to be "clothed upon" by the hand of man. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z A typical Christmas day consists of going about the normal daily tasks of marine data collection: mapping the seabed with echo sounders and scanning sonar to determine the composition and ruggedness of the seabed terrain. Christmas at work 2010-12-25T00:19:09Z But as a testament to its ruggedness Moggridge's design made it into space – it was used on the Space Shuttle – as well as into the hands of US special forces. Man who put the world in a briefcase 2010-11-14T00:01:00Z This week, Rodriguez, who coached White at West Virginia, played down concerns about Robinson’s frequent running and the ruggedness of the Michigan State defense. Robinson Runs, and Michigan Holds Its Breath 2010-10-09T01:20:00Z To my generation he is to ruggedness what Mannion once was to the sublime. Harry Pearson: Carroll's not a true hard man 2010-08-26T23:06:00Z The ruggedness of much of New Zealand’s terrain may have protected its film-friendly uplands, but at lower elevations farming has stripped away forests, eroded hills and clogged rivers with silt and fertiliser run-off. It’s not easy seeming green 2010-03-23T14:04:00Z Usually their lairs are made in the well-nigh inaccessible ruggedness of the canyon itself. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open He possessed more of Melanchthon’s gentleness than Luther’s ruggedness, and his hymns are tender and appealing in their childlike simplicity. The Story of Our Hymns "There is not much to attach any one to the place, except, perhaps, a half-savage like myself, who finds its ruggedness congenial." Tony Butler The next day was a day of great fatigue and tribulation; we crossed the mountain Chor-Kou-La, which, for its height and ruggedness, may well rival that of Lha-Ri. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The roughness and ruggedness of its leaves, the sharp-angled stem strongly set, make a foil that a sculptor cannot improve. The Holy Earth Randolph smoothed the ruggedness of the way, and this recess, which they called Merlin's Cave, became the favourite resort of himself and Helen. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Contemporary igneous outbursts are extremely common in some of the ancient formations, and add, by their resistance to atmospheric erosion, to the extreme ruggedness of the scenery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Yonder in the mountains dwells a dog, the head of a tribe of dogs—not large, but difficult to come at, because of the ruggedness of the country they inhabit. The Induna's Wife We were among that magnificent border scenery, where nature doth seem so busy with her work of carving herself into most fantastic, and yet admirable, ruggedness. With Ring of Shield The ruggedness of their surroundings had evidently sunk deep into their temperament,—and ofttimes the teaching of nature in situations like this is of the most lasting kind. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series The dead leaves were not swept from the paths; the brambles extended their long shoots at pleasure; the ruggedness of the ground was the work of nature. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Often he was brought to a sudden pause by an unexpected turn in the air, introduced for the purpose of bridging a gap in the story or of smoothing the ruggedness of the rhythm. Black Forest Village Stories It lies in the ruggedness of his manhood, in the vigor of his partnerships, in the roaring ways of the mining camps, and the life of open spaces. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The reputation of Donne's satires for metrical ruggedness has affected unjustly that of his other poetry and that of the Elizabethan satires in general. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Sometimes hundreds and even thousands of dollars are paid for a large stone that happens to be rightly proportioned and of the correct texture of ruggedness to occupy a certain position in a Japanese garden. Japan A Record in Colour I am well assured that the majority of spectators see no curves in them at all, but an intensely upright, stern, spiry ruggedness and angularity. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The ruggedness of feature which marks out the race among Polynesians is the Italian ruggedness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The rugged, uninviting land which he knew so well rose vividly before him; and the high-sounding terms which were heaped upon it in no way lessened its ruggedness. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Now it was around some pile of rocks, then winding among a mass of hills, then over a level plain for some distance, but with the scenery steadily increasing in ruggedness at every mile traversed. Through Apache Lands The ruggedness of old Men-ah-quesk has in a great measure disappeared; valleys have been filled and hills cut down. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 It was blazing hot, but in spite of that, and the ruggedness of the track, I was walking my fastest. The Recipe for Diamonds Her small extent is an advantage; but the ruggedness of the physical characters, the desert woods and mountains, and the habit of the native mind, oppose success. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In Amathus the chill grey morning dawn'd That woke him to truth's ruggedness, and left Life struggling, joyless, sunless, to its goal. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems She merely had not the ruggedness, the resistance, needed to go on living among the rough winds of this world. Aurora the Magnificent Elemental ruggedness, savageness, and grandeur, combined with wonderful tenderness, modernness, and geniality. Whitman A Study She, of course, did not mean to marry Karlchen, but that did not smooth any of the ruggedness out of the path she saw opening before her. The Benefactress Diogenes finally convalesced to his former state of ruggedness and obstreperousness. Our Next-Door Neighbors Having been formed as speedily as the ruggedness of the ground would admit of, they proceeded to the assault. The History of the First West India Regiment Let our motive be philanthropy, and we need not fear ruggedness or brutality, disdain or superiority, since we aim at the interest of him we correct, and not at the triumph of the corrector. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle He adds the much-needed ruggedness, breadth, audacity, independence, and the elements of primal strength and health. Whitman A Study The features of his face were gargantuan in their ruggedness, yet singularly open, while a pair of mild blue eyes, childlike in expression, looked in perpetual wonder out upon the world. Slaves of Mercury The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Towards midday it ceased to go up, up, up, and the chasm widened into a great rocky cañon of wonderful ruggedness and beauty. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White How verdant and mossy, and superb in their ruggedness! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 Yet she did not know; she did not want to conventionalize him; there was something rather fine about his ruggedness. Partners of the Out-Trail The land within the basin is nothing like level, and English farmers might be frightened at its ruggedness. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand And this ruggedness is held far into the spring, for the black walnut makes no slightest apparent effort at growth until all the other trees are greening the countryside. Getting Acquainted with the Trees Swiftly maturing as she had done, out of the ruggedness of her early years, she was still young in Sandy's eyes. Rimrock Trail His face, smooth and sensitive, and large and regular in feature with high cheek-bones and slightly hollowed cheeks, was bronzed by long exposure to the sun and weather, adding to the ruggedness of his appearance. When Dreams Come True The latter were obliged, at one and the same time, to engage with the enemy, and struggle with the ruggedness of the paths of the mountains, where they could hardly stand. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) With all its mazy windings and turnings, its roughness and ruggedness, the believer’s is not only a right way, but THE right way—the best which covenant love and wisdom could select. The Words of Jesus Still, if in such memoirs there be found landmarks of precept or example that will smooth the ruggedness of Youth's pathway, the success of its mission should disarm invidious criticism. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century It is all dot-and-go-one—a uniform ruggedness which is not true either to life or mind. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The ruins of Les Baux remain quite indistinguishable even when you are directly beneath them, at the foot of the charming little Alpilles, which mass themselves with a kind of delicate ruggedness. A Little Tour of France They at last got below the region of the snow, but here they encountered new difficulties in the abruptness and ruggedness of the rocks, and in the zigzag and tortuous direction of the way. Hannibal Makers of History Fear grace, elegance, civilization, delicatesse, Fear the mellow sweet, the sucking of honey juice, Beware the advancing mortal ripening of Nature, Beware what precedes the decay of the ruggedness of states and men. The Patriotic Poems of Walt Whitman The absence of air and of water from the moon explains the sublime ruggedness of the lunar scenery. The Story of the Heavens The banks on either side were quite level, and no indentations or ruggedness marked the line of separation. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Let us first survey that country in all its stern ruggedness and picturesque beauty. Ancient States and Empires Searching eyes will go over all the fresh parts, looking for any possible inaccuracy, any slip of the tool or ruggedness where a fine, even surface ought to be. The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. His style, with a wilful ruggedness, displays the German taste for the humour of an incongruous homeliness, where the subject seems to call for a more dignified treatment. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Though its style has something of the barbaric about it, yet it is chiefly so on account of its ruggedness, vastness and stern grandeur. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 The union of sky and land is thus effected and meanwhile the subject proper has its ruggedness associated with the graceful compass of these elements. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures The ruggedness of Wharncliffe Chase was more to her fancy: in her old age, writing from Avignon, she declared this the finest prospect she had ever seen. The Dukeries As high-minded as dear Robert, without his ruggedness and harshness,’ she thought as she read the manly, warm-hearted letter to Mervyn, which he had enclosed, and which she could not help showing to Bertha. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The indomitable ruggedness of the hills—rough and forbidding, but never ugly. The Gold Girl It was tedious, for the roads were any thing but good, but the beauty of the scenery compensated for the ruggedness of the way. The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago Here the pleasure of reverie through an endless chain must be exchanged for the stimulation of a shock, for force by concentration, for ruggedness at the expense of elegance. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures The process of imitation must be slow and cautious, and the signs remain in shaky, broken lines, and a ruggedness entirely absent from the writing of the real author, which is fluent and free. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents Stocky, muscular men they were, with the same modified Oriental countenances as the rest of the Hans, but with a certain ruggedness about them that was lacking in the rest of the indolent population. The Airlords of Han The flood of melody in Beethoven’s great work was on the point of pouring forth from the orchestra in all its exalted ruggedness. The Goose Man The main features were similar to those already described, except perhaps in the increase of the ruggedness of the scenery. Deerfoot in The Mountains She was very tall, he realized, almost as tall as a Spacer woman—but with none of the harsh ruggedness of the women of Spacertown. The Happy Unfortunate Rodin came nearest success, his bust giving the dignity and ruggedness and character of head and profile both. Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties There was a ruggedness and sharpness of vigor about him which was lost sight of as he ripened and mellowed in a conspicuous manner under the influences of ampler means and advancing years. Fifty years with the Revere Copper Co. A Paper Read at the Stockholders' Meeting held on Monday 24 March 1890 I wonder what they in their ruggedness would win? Floyd Grandon's Honor He had a poise and a winsome lovableness that was not often found in that wild bit of country combined with such ruggedness of character. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Never mind the steepness and ruggedness of the way. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet There is no ruggedness in the meter, no violence in the stream of images. Life Immovable First Part Here the great mountain peaks were quite lost in the clouds, and the ruggedness of the scenery was grand in the extreme. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Thus his settings of seven "Wanderlieder" by Uhland have all the spirit of the road except ruggedness. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Not a scrap of vegetation breaks the ruggedness of the vast semicircle of rocks. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 They have a sense of their ruggedness, their unkempt earthiness and their general unfitness for the great ceremony. A Circuit Rider's Wife Their construction marks the acme of engineering skill; the scenery along them surpasses that of all other regions in its wild ruggedness, grandeur, and sublimity. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The unsightly limbs of the cactus, and the gloomy foliage of the creosote bush, grow together in seams of the rocks, heightening their character of ruggedness and gloom. The Scalp Hunters But in partial compensation for this bleakness is a fine ruggedness. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Out of all keeping with this brown ruggedness were Janet's eyes. Janet of the Dunes Some verses that he sent me when he was under orders to join a rather hazardous expedition, have, I believe, a certain sincerity in their ruggedness. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Its attributes are all gigantic: it has the picturesque ruggedness of the Appenines, without their barrenness; since the valleys lying between the ridges, wherever they have been cleared, give evidences of the richest soil. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. No spectator of taste but will regret the open grounds not being drained with hollow cuts; the ruggedness of the surface levelled, and the grass kept close shaven by many sheep instead of beasts. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 We four officers lay down side by side with just our valises to soften the ruggedness of the ground. Pushed and the Return Push There were perils to be met on account of the ruggedness of the country, the rapids in the streams, the lack of food, and the danger of attack from the Indians. The Western United States A Geographical Reader We cannot alter this arrangement, whatever our opinion as to the rudeness and ruggedness of the methods by which the human instruments have arrived at it. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time I have little doubt that the sharpness and ruggedness of my writing is due, in some degree, to the curt, sharp statements of that period. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The deceit of the shadows proportioned the blanched ruggedness of the cliff's face on the north side into heads and bodies of monsters. The Frozen Pirate From the stand-point of moral idealism the universe resumes something of its pristine ruggedness and grandeur. The Moral Economy Latinist though he was, he did not despise the national literature in spite of its ruggedness. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The form of both is similar, and the ruggedness observable in the latter instruments is found, but in a more marked degree, in those of Balestrieri. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Not least will they appreciate the fact that he has left the hewn stones of Bj�rnson's lines in their native ruggedness instead of attempting to reduce them to a brick-and-mortar smoothness. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm And yet, it would have been good to bare his hands and arms, and with them grasp and wrestle with the naked facts, elusive facts, despite their ruggedness. The Brentons He observed as he advanced that they increased in rocky ruggedness, and could see that it was quite a feat to pass through them. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys It was tedious, for the roads were anything but good, but the beauty of the scenery compensated for the ruggedness of the way. The Privateersman They kept as near to the coast as they could, and frequently they could only make their way, on account of the ruggedness of the rocks, by turning inland. The Three Admirals This lady said that the touching way, the graceful expression of Mr. Williamson’s manner, when he said this, took her completely by surprise, having been only accustomed to his roughness and ruggedness. Recollections of Old Liverpool Their lack of literary sophistication is part of their charm, and the calculated ruggedness of the author's style is a faithful reflection of his barren physical background. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He stood before her, hat in hand, wholesomely honest in his homely ruggedness, a flush of embarrassment tinging his face. Trail's End He suffered from a certain hastiness of temper, and ruggedness of disposition, which, to use his own words, 'cost him a vast deal of watching and praying. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe The pallor of moonlight intensified its ruggedness, its deep indentations of cheek and brow. The Great Amulet There is something about it which seems honest in its very nature, something that builds big men in stature and in ruggedness, and it builds an honor which fights against any attempt to thwart it. The Cross-Cut Kibei was exceedingly ugly, a regular mask, and O'Hana was a woman to make much of physical beauty, as well as strength and ruggedness. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Horror is from Lat. horrere, to bristle, and may be rendered ‘shagginess’ or ‘ruggedness,’ just as horrid, l. Milton's Comus But the bare ruggedness and naked strength of the north have perhaps the deeper appeal. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour It was as if they had imparted to him something of their own ruggedness, their aloofness, their stoical power of endurance. The Great Amulet To the east and to the west rose hills, whose ruggedness was softened by distance to outlines of harmonious grandeur. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Through all these weeks Cabot kept up his strength by frequent exercise in the open, where, in conflict with storm and cold, he ever won some part of their own ruggedness. Under the Great Bear One man's farm is hilly and hard to till, but deep down beneath its ruggedness, buried away in its rocks, there are rich minerals. Making the Most of Life Howbeit they were constrained to rest themselves very frequently by the way, both for the ruggedness thereof and the extreme weakness they were under. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century "Oh! oh! why that?" inquired D'Artagnan, unbuckling his belt and softening the ruggedness of his smile. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" It is more profitable to trace this Roman ruggedness in the poet's treatment of the subject which more than any other seems to have preoccupied his intellect and fascinated his imagination—that is Death. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The ruggedness of the coast of Newfoundland, and the occasional inclemency of the climate in winter, led to unfavourable reports, against which at least one early traveller raised his voice in protest. The Story of Newfoundland God will provide for the ruggedness of their way. Making the Most of Life With varied popularity, this paper existed during the space of a year; and owing to the perseverance of the conductor might have subsisted a longer period, but for a certain ruggedness which occasionally disfigured it. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The lines in his face had deepened under the influence of sun and wind; there was a new, almost unnatural ruggedness about the man Simmy had seen less than two months before. From the Housetops From that date until the present 9th of December, we have used every effort to find the Bay of Monterey, searching the coast, notwithstanding its ruggedness, far and wide, but in vain. The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches I think their plain diet had much to do with their ruggedness of nature. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z They will have a divine blessing which would not be theirs but for the roughness and ruggedness. Making the Most of Life Tiny blue-green leaves of the cliff-brake, strung on slender, shining stems, contrasted their delicate grace with the ruggedness of the old cliff. Some Summer Days in Iowa The English carvings are often spirited, so as to be almost grotesque in their strenuousness, and the tool-mark is visible, giving ruggedness and interest. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The intensity of feeling and the ruggedness of expression seem to bespeak a real living man. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" A certain ruggedness and bareness was of the essence of Scott's idealism and romance. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) His qualities of sincerity, vehemence, simplicity, ruggedness, directness and dexterity, combined with a manly fearlessness, made him a formidable antagonist in any debate. Successful Methods of Public Speaking In his white face there was no hint of weakness; there was, rather, pride, obstinacy, the ruggedness of inflexible purpose. Contrary Mary Time softened the ruggedness of their wound somewhat, and a day came when all the world was no longer black. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories The translator adopted this course to soften the ruggedness of the original names for the English reader, but in every case the Icelandic name, with its English rendering, will be found in the maps. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga And indeed the Mr. Gilfil of those late Shepperton days had more of the knots and ruggedness of poor human nature than there lay any clear hint of in the open-eyed loving Maynard. Scenes of Clerical Life Not mountains pil'd on mountains would close up Th' infernal entrance: they would but increase Its native ruggedness. Gustavus Vasa and other poems The height and ruggedness of the rocks over which cargo and boats have to be dragged are unusually forbidding. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba Yet the ruggedness and abruptness of David will not be that of Hosea or Nahum. Companion to the Bible There was a certain ruggedness in Page's exterior which the British regarded as distinctly in keeping with this American flavour. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II If our travellers looked up to their summits they saw the wild ruggedness of their covering; if they looked downwards they saw abysses in which the water thundered. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross There was a ruggedness about him, a sturdy strength that told of many a day's toil along the trail, and many a night's sleep under the stars. Craftsmanship in Teaching And then she often paused, and wondered and feared, because no wild torrents swept across her way, and no ruggedness wounded her feet in life's pathway. May Brooke He was the first who began to take up Greek learning and culture, and to exchange the old Roman ruggedness for the graces of philosophy and poetry. Young Folks' History of Rome She suddenly discovered that he was young in spite of his ruggedness, and she warmed to him in consequence. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Beneath a ruggedness of intellect, like his landscape in De Gustibus, there is always sympathy and tenderness. Browning's Shorter Poems Annibale could scarcely write and read; an inborn ruggedness made him sullen, taciturn, or, if he spoke, sarcastic; scorn and ridicule were his bitter delight. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The Northern Europe, until some parts of it were subdued by the progress of the Roman arms, remained almost equally covered with all the ruggedness of primitive barbarism. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The tenderness of piety would even exhaust the strength; a sort of ruggedness of soul is necessary to so rude an existence. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. Alarmed at the ruggedness of the cross-road, where one wheel was in a rut of upwards of a foot deep, and the other elevated in proportion--we got out, and resolved to push on a-foot. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One The occasional harshness and ruggedness of character, that diversify her Vindication of the Rights of Woman, here totally disappear. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman He is ever prone to be a little rugged in his manner, and this ruggedness has proved something of a trap to the unwary. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment Often rude in form, often defective in rhyme, and not unfrequently with even graver faults than these, their ruggedness cannot hide the gleam of the sacred fire. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 But under all his lovingness and his boyishness, Laurence had a sternness, a ruggedness as adamantine as one of Cromwell's Iron-sides. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man A Description of it: what other Bodies have the sharpest points: of the ruggedness of polisht Metal. Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon I do not mean by the mention of it, to apologize, in any manner for the ruggedness of manners of some Quakers. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 For, indeed, any ruggedness, any sudden, projection, any sharp angle, is in the highest degree contrary to that idea. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) The ruggedness of the bark, and the weight of the body pressing diagonally across the trunk of the tree, prevent the rope from slipping. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Curiously enough, to her observation there did not lack a suggestion of ruggedness about his face, in spite of the soft and easy life she understood him to have led. The Twenty-Fourth of June In some places they partly over-arch the river, and throw an appalling gloom upon its waters, now dashed into turbulence and impetuosity by the ruggedness of their sloping bed. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock In his heavy shock of hair the flecks of white had doubled in size, were merging one into the other, and his tall, stooping, massive frame had lost its look of ruggedness. His Family When any body is composed of parts smooth and polished, without pressing upon each other, without showing any ruggedness or confusion, and at the same time affecting some regular shape, I call it elegant. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) She is strong in the courage of her sons, in the ruggedness of her mountains, in the protection of the seas, which are her bulwarks. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) It was their manifest object to lead their pursuers through the most difficult paths, that both men and horses might be worn out by the ruggedness of the way. Christopher Carson The precipice was a sheer descent for eighty feet, the ruggedness of its face barely affording foothold for a bird or a mountaineer; and at its base hovered the ensign's party within striking distance. The Frontiersmen Thus his singular life fell into periods of twelves, each arising above the other, like mountain upon mountain, in ruggedness and majesty, until his noble spirit took its flight from the scenes of earth. Sketches of the Covenanters The ruggedness of the steep and the entanglements of the bushes, delayed and impeded him. Tales of a Traveller The almost smooth texture and the dark shadows of the Manchester picture have given way to ruggedness and transparency. Watts (1817-1904) The whole issue depends upon whether we realise the simple and essential fact that ruggedness is a mode of art like gloominess or extravagance. Robert Browning On the other hand, beneath the surface sparkle of his mind was a British ruggedness and tenacity, and a stubborn oneness of purpose, whatever might be the object, with which no lighter mood interfered. The Conqueror Other nearby trees, in their wild ruggedness and sturdy growth, remind us of a woman whose skirts are blown about by a fierce wind. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The nearest railroad was close to two hundred miles from this place, quite a haul considering the ruggedness of the country. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico Then he began to rejoice over the ruggedness of the way, which made it proper to take her hand so often, and at times even to lift her over a fallen tree. A Young Girl's Wooing Many who could understand that ruggedness might be an artistic quality, would decisively, and in most cases rightly, deny that obscurity could under any conceivable circumstances be an artistic quality. Robert Browning There is no doubt that the natural ruggedness of the country and the long rainy season have had a strong influence on the people, but this has been chiefly in isolating them in small groups. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe So it happened that though the pastoral valley had considerably changed its face, and had much of its ruggedness smoothed away in the course of years, this stretch of heather remained unreclaimed. Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life A bold, rocky projection just above the main hotel gives a touch of ruggedness and grandeur to the scene. California Sketches, Second Series The Somerset sea-coast, though destitute of ruggedness and grandeur, possesses undeniable charm, at least at its W. and E. extremities; but it lapses into unquestioned tameness where the sea washes the central flats. Somerset The great north window disclosed the ice-bound trees in all their primitive ruggedness. Mistress Penwick We had not calculated at all on the distance or ruggedness, and we had a job before us. Tales of lonely trails So that in the bread there remaineth nothing but a heap of accidents, as witness ruggedness, roundness, savor, touching, and tasting, and such other accidents. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Their lives were harsh and narrow; they gained their bread by their blood and sweat, in the unending struggle with the wild ruggedness of nature. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 A solitary house occasionally occurred; but in 1353, the ruggedness of the highway was such, that Edward appointed a tax on wool, leather, &c. for its improvement. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 568, September 29, 1832 He had given his gun to Jack, who complained much of the ruggedness of our road. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island I yearned with tremendous passion for the power to tell the simplicity, the ruggedness, the pathos and the glory of his story. Tales of lonely trails Throughout its whole length of nearly 3 miles the Dovedale scenery is the extraordinary mixture of ruggedness and soft beauty, which makes it unequalled, in its particular style, in the kingdom. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Dr. Johnson has justly remarked, that "the chief defect of our language, is ruggedness and asperity." The Grammar of English Grammars Between this picture, so strong in its smoothness, and any masterpiece of Velasquez, so rugged in its strength, what a wide abyss of inadequate half-achievement, of smooth feebleness and feeble ruggedness, exists! Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts The prowess of the Maroons and the ruggedness of their district held all these at bay, however, until a body of Spanish hunters with trained dogs was brought in from Cuba. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime But there was no coarseness or ruggedness about her face and form such as superficial observation might have expected. The Sky Line of Spruce It was in vain that Mr. Tyrrel endeavoured to restrain the ruggedness of his character. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are With a width of sympathy rare in such bodies, they condoned the ruggedness of his style and the uncouthness of his versification in their admiration for the high quality of his meditative inspiration. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti A language of exhaustless variety; strong without ruggedness, and flexible without effeminacy. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Stilly and continually the tiny flakes came down, hiding all the ruggedness of earth under a spotless mantle, even as the white shroud covered the toil-worn frame of the released sufferer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 It possesses some of the ruggedness, without the breadth and majesty of the Oak, though it exceeds even this tree in braving the force of a tempest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 He smiled indeed; but his smile was accompanied by a certain abrupt ruggedness of countenance, so that it might equally well be the smile of sarcasm or of congratulation. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Then Arthur's father, who has all along been secretly pining in the ways of virtuous ruggedness for those accursed snares which are called the Arts, becomes acquainted with her. Little Dorrit For safety's sake, they usually journeyed in company; for the dangers of travelling were not confined merely to the ruggedness of the roads. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain Covered with ice, it was only to be distinguished from land by its superior wildness and ruggedness. Frankenstein Similar conditions have prevailed during the present campaign, especially in the western theatre of war, where the ruggedness of the country has tended to render artillery fire ineffective and expensive unless efficiently controlled. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War On the contrary there is a ruggedness in his manner that jars upon the sense. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author A great horror of the vastness and ruggedness came upon her. Fanny Herself And she rose up therewith and threw her arms about the oak-bole and kissed its ruggedness, while Ralph as he lay kissed the sleekness of her feet. The Well at the World's End: a tale With him the ruggedness of his master's manner was softened down, and considerable advances made towards a better style. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Out of a massive visage, placid for all its ruggedness, shone eyes large and timid as those of an animal or child bewildered among so many people. The Centaur She liked the ruggedness, the signs of honest worth which clung to them. The Last Trail The marsh and swamp land gradually gave way to hills, which increased in size and ruggedness as we proceeded. The Long Labrador Trail Dryden very early formed his versification; there are in this early production no traces of Donne's or Jonson's ruggedness; but he did not so soon free his mind from the ambition of forced conceits. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 It would be some compensation if the rock were naked, and exhibited its mineral structure in all its fulness and ruggedness. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 It is the symbol of purity; it preserves its whiteness and sweetness, amid all the blackness and ruggedness of the encircling thorns. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales To the mercantile ruggedness of that race the delicacy of the poet was sometimes exposed.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 Being quickened by the breeze, the lake danced on in its earlier smoothness, only in a faster tempo, improving the ruggedness of the watery wrinkles. The Revolutions of Time To the mercantile ruggedness of that race, the delicacy of the poet was sometimes exposed. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 The magnificent ruggedness of Alpine scenery is before our eyes, without the awfulness of snow-clad peaks or the blinding dazzle of glacier. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Perseus, pupil of Horace so far as his satires are concerned, was concise to the point of obscurity, but often displayed such vigour and ruggedness as to be powerfully moving. Initiation into Literature The density of the forests and the ruggedness of the mountains rendered this expedition excessively painful and laborious, and protracted it far beyond the time that the Adelantado had contemplated. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Frederick Tennyson said of it, that it was the best battle-piece he ever saw;—"In its red ruggedness it looks as if it had been sketched in by the gleam of Dunbar's cannon flashes." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics These lines are lofty, elegant, and musical, notwithstanding the interruption of the pause, of which the effect is rather increase of pleasure by variety, than offence by ruggedness. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 At length my conductor struck into a path which, compared with the ruggedness of that which we had lately trodden, was easy and smooth. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker By the end of the first fortnight of his school career, Thomas Beauchamp Algernon had overcome all the little ruggednesses which relieve the path of the new boy from monotony. The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories Any bluntness, any ruggedness, rather than another month like that of the past holiday season. Bertram Cope's Year All the ruggedness of the intervening hill-country was likewise effectively brought out. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Denham corrected his numbers by experience, and gained ground gradually upon the ruggedness of his age; but what was acquired by Denham was inherited by Waller. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 A sort of ruggedness of brow, the token of great mental exertion and varied experience, argued a premature old age. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker His inward excitement is shown by the vehemence and ruggedness of expression which now and henceforth marked his polemical writings. Life of Luther His nose was irregular, his mouth too heavy, and there was that general appearance of ruggedness about him which one usually takes as an outward sign of the stuff that makes the successful emigrant. Fan : the story of a young girl's life There is a ruggedness in Emerson's verse which attracts some readers while it repels others by its unmelodious rhythm. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived He shares Blake's ruggedness, his torrential and confused utterance, his benevolence, his flashes of luminous inspiration, his moral background. Old Calabria This at length he effected, for the ruggedness of the wall afforded him a footing. A Sicilian Romance He was a man of perfect moral and physical courage, austere and choleric; yet there was in him a certain cheerfulness and kindliness, like sunshine touching the ruggedness of a granite bowlder. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 This was perhaps because his work was never merely humorous, but always had a big sweep of background to it, like the ruggedness of the Kentucky mountains from which he came. The Best American Humorous Short Stories And Imlac having, by many admonitions, prepared them to endure the tumults of a port, and the ruggedness of the commercial race, brought them down to the seacoast. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes The ruggedness of the country and its numerous mountains cause, in certain districts, many variations in these normal meteorological conditions. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes And there were monstrous warts upon the thing, and indents and a mighty ruggedness and lumpings; as it were that it did be pimpled with great boulders that were inbred within that monstrous hide. The Night Land His complexion was fair, his face clean-shaven and strong almost to ruggedness. The Double Traitor Why, see how this idea spread through Germany, Switzerland, and France and took possession of the minds of the English and Scotch yeomanry, with all their stern and earnest ruggedness. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation The Superstition and the Santa Catalinas are the very essence of ruggedness, but notwithstanding this I am constrained to believe that the days of big game are nearly numbered in Arizona. American Big Game in Its Haunts He enjoys the unenviable distinction of having no rival in ruggedness of metric movement and associated sounds. England's Antiphon I know 'tis like asking a morning cloud With a grim old mountain to stay, But your love would soften its ruggedness, And melt its roughness away. Poems His ruggedness seemed to steady her nerves that again began to fly. The Desert of Wheat The ruggedness of this task has often been increased by the use of disconnected sentences, or lessons as dry and uninteresting as finger exercises on the piano. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans Thus, in the hymn for Prime, he notes apparent ruggedness. The Divine Office Innumerable peaks and spires but little lower than its own storm-beaten crags rise in groups like forest-trees, in full view, segregated by cañons of tremendous depth and ruggedness. The Mountains of California Another generation sees the cast of countenance smoothed of its original ruggedness, while preserving its good proportion. The Open Air She was so small and dainty that the ruggedness which had once been his pride seemed to him, when he thought of her, an insuperable defect. The Coming of Bill In other words, with respect to furnishment, the interior of the old Castle presented its every day ruggedness. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Therefore he spurred his willing horse against the hill, and up the many-winding ruggedness of road, hoping, at every turn, to descry in the distance the vehicle carrying that very plaguesome box. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Its height above sea-level is about 13,300 feet, and it is fenced round by steeply inclined glaciers, and cañons of tremendous depth and ruggedness, which render it almost inaccessible. The Mountains of California The greater impulsiveness and vivacity of the French Canadian can brighten up, so to say, the stolidity and ruggedness of the Saxon. The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People She is become very pleasingly formed in manners, wherever she wishes to oblige, and all her roughnesses and ruggednesses are worn off. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 I sometimes think I love it the more for its ruggedness—ugliness, if you please to call it so. Warlock o' Glenwarlock Just at this moment nothing is prettier than the contrast between their dusky ruggedness and the tender, the yellow and pink and violet fringe of that mantle. Italian Hours A ruggedness of spirit has marked her children. The True Citizen, How to Become One The ruggedness of the disowned family of Smiths and the chicanery inherited from the gnarly-headed and subtle-minded old judge came to his rescue, and he determined not to fail without a fight. Bricks Without Straw You ought to have sense enough to know that a woman of character past the schoolgirl age is often fascinated by the ruggedness of such a man. The One Woman The ruggedness of the type which we obtain by such a process is the strong characteristic of Herr Niemann's treatment of Wagner's musical and literary text. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Yet it is not the ruggedness of the Devon land we feel in Herrick's poems. English Literature for Boys and Girls Then they are seen ascending a sloping passage, and little by little the rocks lose their ruggedness and begin to take on rude architectural contours. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music And all along, here and there, wherever a house could find a foothold or the native ruggedness be forced to yield one lodgment, houses and shops and crowded tenements stood thick. Bricks Without Straw The bogginess and ruggedness of our route, for the remainder of the day, sufficiently tried our strength: we accomplished however thirteen miles, and halted in a small valley about four miles south of Whitwell Hill. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Dorothy's bower was green, and cool, and crystal, the ruggedness of the rocks softened by the wealth of foliage. A Rock in the Baltic Beethov-ian, in its ruggedness, the Chopin of this C minor study is as far removed from the musical dandyisms of the Parisian drawing rooms as is Beethoven himself. Chopin : the Man and His Music They erroneously believed it lent them an air of ruggedness and rich experience and the virile aroma of decadent erudition. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Gray hairs, a bowed form, a furrowed face, and that sort of furtive wildness which characterizes the man long hunted by his enemies, had taken the place of his former unfearing, bull-fronted ruggedness. Bricks Without Straw Odo had heard many tales of his singularities, for in a generation of elegant triflers his figure stood out with the ruggedness of a granite boulder in a clipped and gravelled garden. The Valley of Decision The spacious field of battle is now distinct, its ruggedness being bisected by the great road from Smolensk to Moscow, which runs centrally from beneath the spectator to the furthest horizon. The Dynasts He attains terse vigour in not a few of his books, but in not a few also he disfigures page after page with loose, sprawling ruggedness, not to say pretentious obscurity. Balzac In most houses the bare blocks of lava, pointed with moss, are left in all their natural ruggedness. Letters from High Latitudes The chasm in which he now rested had an impressive ruggedness. The Girl from Keller's All her sturdy, boyish ruggedness shrank from any display of affection. Peg O' My Heart The appearance of the river above and below the falls is very picturesque, the ruggedness of the scenery disappearing as the torrent subsides into a peaceful stream. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark It was the pass by which the Castilian monarchs generally made their inroads, and was capable of great defence from the ruggedness of the country and the difficulty of the bridge. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Grace takes occasion by the vileness of the man to shine the more; even as by the ruggedness of a very strong distemper or disease, the virtue of the medicine is best made manifest. The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men The claims of misfortune appeared to have softened down all the ruggedness and prejudices of his heart. The Mysteries of Udolpho To the right, the swelling mountains of the Sierra Nevada, robbed of their ruggedness and softened into a fairy land, with their snowy summits gleaming like silver clouds against the deep blue sky. Washington Irving In her ears, pretty and almost delicate in contrast to the ruggedness of her face, were large gold rings, such as Sicilian women often wear. A Spirit in Prison His dress was in harmony with his posture and his chamber; it affected a neatness of its own,—foreign both to the sumptuous fashions of the deposed nobles, and the filthy ruggedness of the sans-culottes. Zanoni Unfortunately, the young men of 1793 have not yet arrived at that painful experience, that implacable hate, that athletic ruggedness which is to sustain them in 1795. The French Revolution - Volume 2 Not in three months could a ninety- pound survivor of two attacks of pneumonia develop sufficient ruggedness to live through an Oregon winter in the open. The Cruise of the Snark To men thus sick of the languid manner of their contemporaries ruggedness seemed a venial fault, or rather a positive merit. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The very ruggedness of the sentences had a fascination for us, like that of climbing over loose bowlders in a mountain scramble to get sight of a wonderful landscape. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) He had as little poetry as they, and much less wit; nor is the languor of his verses less offensive than the ruggedness of theirs. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Every time he came back to an opening through which he could see the wild ruggedness and colors and distances, his appreciation of their nature grew on him. To the Last Man But as it is, the islets, which court the gazer at a distance, disgust him at his approach, when he finds, instead of soft lawns; and shady thickets, nothing more than uncultivated ruggedness. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Somehow, the ruggedness of the mountains and the desolate solitudes of the plains were reflected from her face. Lahoma The imagination is at last fatigued by this vast gallery of abnormal shapes, where in stormy weather the sea makes rough assaults which have ended in polishing all ruggedness. Beatrix This West with its rawness, its ruggedness, she hated. The Call of the Canyon There is a consolation, therefore, in the country producing all things at home; and yet, owing to the ruggedness of the soil, not providing anything in great abundance. Laws Yet in this war we lost many brave men, such as were those who fell owing to the ruggedness of the ground at the battle of Corinth, or by treason at Lechaeum. Menexenus His ugliness was less repellent than startling—arising from a sort of Lincolnian ruggedness and irregularity of feature that spellbound you with wonder and dismay. Roads of Destiny He belonged to the Brahman caste himself, but a good deal of the ruggedness of the Old Testament got into his writing. Study of the King James Bible They are like the laborers of the world—we despise their ruggedness, yet they feed the very pride that disdains them.' Last Days of Pompeii Why, see how this idea spread through Germany, Switzerland, and France, and took possession of the minds of the English and Scotch yeomanry, with all their stern and earnest ruggedness. Beacon Lights of History It led them over rough hills, and through broken gullies, during which time they suffered great fatigue from the ruggedness of the country. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains The glen was all a dreamy gray-green ruggedness of shelving rock with mossy crevices and ferny nooks. A Master's Degree Fear grace, elegance, civilization, delicatesse, Fear the mellow sweet, the sucking of honey—juice, Beware the advancing mortal ripening of Nature, Beware what precedes the decay of the ruggedness of states and men. Leaves of Grass |
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