| 单词 | rusticity |
| 例句 | But little by little he let himself be conquered by rusticity, and came to accept the fact that he had no calling as a dandy, especially since there was no one to appreciate his efforts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “There is a warmth and rusticity that is very special to the place.” Ralph Lauren's Polo Bar Debuts In Manhattan 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The exhibition opens with three galleries devoted to Monet’s enduring engagement with the picturesque, an established tradition that valued irregularities in nature, and in architecture a resonance of time and rusticity. ‘Monet & Architecture’ Review: Watching a Painter Build His Career 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Wine review: “There is often astringency that borders on a little too much rusticity …” PE: “If you like turpentine, you’ll love this wine.” Style Invitational Week 1451: Could have said it worse ourselves 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Opened last year in an old brewery, it’s outfitted with familiar rusticity like barn lamps and machine parts. A Touch of Brooklyn in ... Ridgewood, Queens? 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “Her point of view suggests a woman who grew up riding horses under the open sky of the high plains. Even Miss McCaslin’s experiments with Motown songs conjure a plaintive rusticity.” Mary McCaslin, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies at 75 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The eighteenth-century house, a squire’s stone den, rich with rusticity but overgrown and in need of work, bluntly comes into view when you make the turn off Route 9A, another of our busy highways. The Failed Dream of the Easy Commute 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z These tend to be somewhat brawny, with an appealing rusticity. For lovers of French wine, here’s a rustic $15 red that’s good for everyday drinking 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It uses olive oil rather than butter, and you press it into a cast-iron skillet, which adds crispness to the nutty-tasting crust — and an air of rusticity to the simple, eggy dish. When you’ve run out of things to make with chickpeas, try chickpea flour 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Her deep notes were rich and melancholy in the slow third movement, and she played the fourth with just the right mixture of refinement and rusticity. St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble Plays at the Morgan 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Handling ceremonial pomp, rusticity and exotic allure in swift succession, Austin McCormick, the stage director and choreographer, responded with a suitably polyglot stylistic mix and an aggressive sensuality. Music Review: ‘Orientale’ From Gotham Chamber Orchestra at Poisson Rouge 2012-10-04T20:56:29Z If what you’re hoping to find is a storybook vision of rusticity, complete with, say, donkeys, you may be disappointed. Visiting modern-day Nazareth, no longer in biblical times 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In this season, fields of head-high corn provided an added feeling of isolation and rusticity. On the Virginia Capital Trail, bike through 400 years of history in 52 miles 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The contrast subverted the finale’s stylized rusticity, the dance turning strident and sardonic by turn: Schubert as teenage punk. Review | Arod Quartet’s program explores generations, but its performance is determinedly youthful 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z But even earlier in the program, their marriage of smoothness and rusticity was effective in short works by Dvorak and Josef Suk. Review: For Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough, a New York Debut 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Its interior and 125 rooms, most with lake views, combine clean Scandinavian lines with rusticity. 36 Hours in Burlington, Vermont 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The leaden and plain “Home,” meanwhile, was an insult to Mr. Phillips’s intelligence, a weak number that used rusticity to stand in for depth, and that needed a marching band to prop it up. Critic’s Notebook: American Idol Winner Phillip Phillips Is Known for His Modesty 2012-05-24T06:17:26Z His style is deeply wedded to the traditional produce of Emilia-Romagna but with a distinctly progressive riff and sensibility — far from the rusticity of a conventional osteria. The Jewel of Modena: Osteria Francescana 2010-08-26T08:35:00Z The effect of what Mr. Marras called “rigor, romanticism and rusticity” made an exceptional collection. Special Report: From Ethnic to Elegant 2010-02-28T18:30:00Z Blitzen Trapper This Portland, Ore., indie band has always had use for throwback rock rusticity, along with its various trappings: harmonicas, banjos, rickety pianos, Dylanesque vocals. Playlist: A Confection of Pop, and Newport Chops 2011-08-20T19:45:06Z They seemed harmless enough to me but are an easy target for Londoners who disdain their twee rusticity. | Britain's First Two-Star Pub 2011-10-19T16:28:59Z Atmosphere A refined rusticity; more casual and tightly arranged in the Taverna, and more formal and spacious in the Dining Room. An Identity Crisis at Italienne 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Last June, the newly renovated inn reopened under its latest owner, the Massachusetts-based Larks Hotels, which transformed it into a cool, midcentury-modern homage to cozy New England rusticity. A Maine Inn With a Storied Past Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z His more fluid results, like “Neither Here Nor There,” and the lead single, “Red,” achieve a stirring blend of modest rusticity and urbane ambition. New Music: Albums From Wiz Khalifa, Melanie Fiona and Lost in the Trees 2012-03-19T22:16:52Z Telluride’s mix of glamour and rusticity has a special charm. Critic?s Notebook: Hiding Up in Telluride, Silver Mined on Screens 2011-09-05T22:03:11Z The rusticity of handmade pasta dough helps explain some of these qualities, as does the skill of a seasoned pasta cook. Bronze-cut pasta is best for smooth sauces — and worth the cost 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “It incorporates the same elements but without the rusticity,” McCormick said. With Modern farmhouse style still going strong, here's how to incorporate it at home 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “The emperors are connecting themselves with rusticity and peasants.” Roman winery 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z There are pockets of old-vine zinfandel vineyards producing impressive wines that combine rusticity — wild sagebrush and a dusty character that suggests warmth — with fine acidity and soft tannins. Perspective | This $17 white wine by a respected producer offers value at any dinner 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “Nothing else on our estate has this kind of old school rusticity.” Perspective | Mission, the first European grape planted in U.S., is coming back 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z You should also eat something that is purely delicious, such as this dish: romantic in its rusticity, perfect in the marriage of its parts. Making linguine with clams and lemon breadcrumbs is an act of love 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z If you like a little rusticity in your mashed potatoes, with some small pieces amid a relatively smooth mash, the spoon is the way to go. How to make better mashed potatoes — just the way you like them 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z We speak so easily of earthiness, of terroir and rusticity, but we do not know the meaning of these words until we come to Mexico. Tracing Mexico’s Complicated Relationship With Rice 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The Sabinal perches a little black shade on a resin post shaped liked a tree branch, clad in gold metallic for a mix of rusticity and elegance. RIGHT AT HOME: Don’t forget sconces in your lighting plan 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Farmhouse sinks, especially in luxe materials such as copper, meld relaxed rusticity with modernity. With the death of home trends, just go for cozy, relaxed | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Noting the unaffected rusticity of the scene, Obama was reminded of a memorable meal that he had eaten as a child, in the mountains outside Jakarta. Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z What these dishes have in common is their humble rusticity. Why comfort foods are so satisfying to body and soul 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The houses are log cabins, calling to mind an image of rusticity. What Happens When Your Hometown Becomes a National Park? Yet I find Graci’s wines leaning more to the side of finesse and elegance than to rusticity. Sicily’s Mount Etna can’t stop the wine 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Houses with Sheetrock weren’t his thing,” Pia says, explaining the impressive undertaking and house’s authentic rusticity. A Quaint Vermont Destination for Buying Glass (and Brunch) 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Now tequila companies are looking for mezcal and emphasizing the simplicity and rusticity of their product whenever possible. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The better the mezcal, the closer it is to rusticity. Why You Want High-Proof Liquors On Your Bar 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The exposed pinewood rafters of Mrs. Bridges’ Pantry in South Woodstock suggest a New England rusticity, but everything else about the confines of its tea shop evoke Old World refinement. Connecticut Tearooms Recapture an English-Style Tradition 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Elegance and rusticity may be a singular characteristic of Etna. Sicily’s Mount Etna can’t stop the wine 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The young Marquis opened his eyes at the question, as if he looked upon it as a sign of the most utter and perfect ignorance and rusticity that could be conceived. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z If the excellence of the great highways of England is remarkable, the tangled lanes and absolute rusticity of the roads but a stone’s throw from the main routes call no less for remark. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Even so acute an observer as Talleyrand, after visiting the United States, carried away with him only a general impression of rusticity and bad manners. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z This manner was followed by the romantic or Picturesque Style, which inaugurates a School which aimed at producing architectural tricks and devices, allied with scenery of picturesque character and sham rusticity. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z He turned aside from the many inviting policemen in the main road, where the contemptuous glances of wayfarers might presume his rusticity, and tried to find a policeman in a secluded by-street. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z And since he began to harbour doubts of her rusticity, he determined to seek some certain information from Lady Mary. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z This lane, from the gate onward, had all the appearance of wild and uncultivated rusticity, being shut in on either side with a sort of rude hedge, and shaded by forest trees and brushwood. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Railways have not abated, nor these turbid times altered in any great measure, its fine air of aristocratic and old-time rusticity. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z There was an air, not actually of neglect—for it was weeded, and the walks were trim and gravelled—but of carelessness and rusticity, not unpleasant, in the place. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z That blunt, straightforward air, that exaggerated freedom and provincial rusticity, could only cover a frank and loyal heart. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z There is no true rusticity whatever in the drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z She had quite lost that bashful rusticity which had been Mrs. Hardy's despair, and in her unpretentious fashion, was really very dignified. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z A timepiece ticked on the mantel-shelf under a neat mirror, a secretaire stood between it and the window, which was furnished with persiennes, adding to the general appearance of rusticity. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z M. Dufaure had a somewhat cunning mind, which readily admitted such thoughts as these, and he also possessed a sort of natural rusticity which, combined with great integrity, but rarely permitted him to conceal them. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z "What fresh eggs we shall get!" cried Gwen, delighted with this fresh proof of rusticity and with the Gaelic gutturals with which Mistress McDiarmat emphasized her remarks to Speckle. Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z Bilberries are a modern article of sale, and were first brought to London about forty years ago by countrymen, who appeared in their smock-frocks, with every character of rusticity. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z She was born among the roses and to the sound of music, and she lies buried amid all the rusticity and simple charm of what may well be called the greenwood of her native land. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Progress in letters and sciences serves for nothing else but to conceal the vices and put hypocrisy in the place of an ill-bred rusticity. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z If we are disposed to smile at the rusticity of a Puddleford church, may we not with equal reason become serious over the overgrown refinement of many another? The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He noted, moreover, with surprise and approval, that there was not a touch of rusticity in the appointments of the table and the bill of fare. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z All who were eager to court their new lords were brought to dissemble their native rusticity. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The city did not wear off the rusticity of his manner. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z It might naturally signify a hill-dweller or highlander as well as something large, but either would easily give rise to the derivative idea of uncouthness and rusticity. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z No costume or grandiose outline is here, as in Brittany; no picturesque poverty, no poetic archaisms; all is rustic and pastoral, but with the rusticity and pastoralness of every day. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z He entered that immense city by the ancient gate, which was entirely barbarous, and offended the eye by its disagreeable rusticity. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The cottage was typical of its kind—a very fairy cottage, a jumble of angles and gables, casements and rusticity, with a thatched roof, and walls overgrown with roses. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z It caused surprise to the stranger; whose habiliments, though not without some richness, scarce concealed an air of rusticity. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Yet there was something about her appearance which seemed to remove her definitely from behind the pale of rusticity. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z There is a certain air of rusticity, even in the large towns of America, which one does not meet with in the capitals of the old world. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z He is said to have been of a tall and awkward figure, of dark complexion, and to have preserved through all his life a look of rusticity. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Without a ruse, he would never have escaped from this world of light-green Lovat tweeds, of fashionable rusticity and carefully pressed trousers. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Bob Acres has not so obvious a meaning, but is clearly meant to imply rusticity. Springtime and Other Essays The apartment which she had for nearly twenty years occupied was close to the King's bed-chamber and presented a singular mixture of elegance and rusticity. Marguerite de Valois He tolerated the rusticity of the life, for the charming moments he found with Aspatria. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story "I vow 'twill be an honour, for, foxed or no and despite his hem! his rusticity, Major d'Arcy is a gentleman, a——" "Ha!" exclaimed the Colonel suddenly. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Here a number of bullies, who happened to be gathered in front of the district yamên, struck with his rusticity, stopped him, and demanded who he was and where he was going. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The rude rusticity of the Emperor's costume stood off in marked contrast with the magnificence of his courtiers. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century The young man was already considerably improved in appearance, had lost his rusticity, and acquired a manner "free and easy," with a very excellent opinion of himself. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The latter scene is more decidedly tinged with rusticity than the former. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series In the manners he seems a little defective, for his swains are sometimes abusive and immodest, and perhaps too much inclining to rusticity; for instance, in his fourth and fifth Idyllia. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition On the road I was favored by a specimen of native rusticity. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia O sweet simplicity Of young rusticity, Without duplicity, Whom love made know, That hearts in meter Make earth completer; And kisses, sweeter Than—berries grow. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses She is as rough and angular as rusticity itself could have made her. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The hinds are farm-servants, usually with an implication of rudeness and rusticity, and they are loose because unrestrained in speech and act by considerations of propriety. Minor Poems by Milton This letter is a natural picture of ordinary contracts, and of the sentiments of those minds that lie under a kind of intellectual rusticity. The Tatler, Volume 3 He was a tall, gaunt, long-headed man, with large features and spectacles, and a deep internal voice, with a twang of rusticity in it; and he goggled over his plate like a horse. Old and New London Volume I He was a tall, gaunt, long-headed man, with large features and spectacles, and a deep, internal voice, with a twang of rusticity in it; and he goggled over his plate, like a horse. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Once, in London, he fell among a gang of confidence-men, naturally deceived by his rusticity and his prodigious accent. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It is a very strange thing how, even in so small a matter as a game of cards, you display your rusticity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) It seemed as if he affected a rusticity or landertness, so that when he said the music was ‘bonnie, bonnie,’ it was like the expression of a child.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) "She doesn't look like a peasant," said the girl, with a flavour of discontent, as though a more apparent rusticity would have lent special magnanimity to Madame Okraska's benevolence. Tante The sun blazed down, a blistering fragrant heat, and the laden atmosphere of the valley suggested only the rusticity, the simple innocence of a pastoral world. The Law-Breakers It was this delicacy and refinement, this flowing inscription written with such careless ease and grace which challenged Beth's rusticity. The Vagrant Duke After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought, for a moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series Clothed as it is with clinging ivy and climbing roses, the house suggests an effect of both stateliness and rusticity. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The situation, however, was romantic; and there was a character of rusticity about the place which harmonised well with the surrounding scenery. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI A photograph or any ornamentation whatever upon a card savors of ill-breeding or rusticity. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Public schools efface this rusticity, and correct the faults of provincial dialect: in this point of view they are highly advantageous. Practical Education, Volume II The rusticity of his previous occupation and breeding was upon him. Ulysses S. Grant If they had ever heard of the sun-god, Phœbus Apollo would have presented himself to their rusticity in some such guise as the personality of the local knight. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel So far the lad's dress and accoutrements were in entire conformity to the primeval rusticity of his surroundings. The Doomsman But after a very few years he relapsed into rusticity of dress and manners. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life And Gadshill was too near to the bustle and stir of Chatham to furnish a purely idyllic environment or entirely unsophisticated rusticity. Dickens-Land His work is full of humour and the clean, manly joy of life; and its rusticity is singularly allied to a literary sense and to high technical finish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" You see, therefore, how unjust it is to despise any one for the plainness of his dress, and the rusticity of his manners. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror The story is told of his being insulted for his rusticity, on his first visit to Boston, by a youth of twice his size, when he taught the citizen better manners by a sound flogging. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But in his face, which was clearly revealed by the flickering flame of the lantern, though he stood in deep shadow, there was no coarse rusticity. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 French farmyards, stubble-thatched cottages, and all the rusticity which is so charming in nature draws continually group after group of artists from Paris to this particular spot at all seasons of the year. The Automobilist Abroad It was noise which he disliked, as distant and muted as it was, but as inclined as he was to romanticize the quaint rusticity around him, he did not yet despise it. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais There was a certain amount of rustic shyness about him, but his affability, his good manners, and his child-like cheerfulness removed any unpleasant impression this rusticity might otherwise have made. The Goose Man An air of rusticity in the cut of his clothes would bespeak him country bred, probably the son of a farmer. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure "Shall I put on my next title-page, 'Late Fellow of Oriel, etc.'? or am I always to abide under this ironic cloak of rusticity?" From a Cornish Window A New Edition The rustics, black and white, and some who had not the excuse of rusticity, were falling readily into the trap and losing their hard-earned money. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories But what if darkness and rusticity was what he wanted. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais It equally reprobates an ungainly rusticity, and a mincing, tripping, over-soft manner. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing Nothing, in fact, was wanting to make up a pretty picture of complete and English rusticity. The Green Carnation The rusticity of the background seemed to emphasize the horror of the discovery, whatever it might be. The Eye of Osiris And the boys—how would they accept this rusticity and probably self conceit? The Girls at Mount Morris By rudeness I do not mean mere coarseness or rusticity, for that were more pardonable; but a want of civility. The Young Man's Guide His blankness was so acute that he slipped for an instant back into a rusticity he had long ago left behind him. The Squirrel-Cage I always spend a week in the country in June, a week of perfect rusticity. The Green Carnation Looking at him, so wonderfully garbed, I became conscious of my own rusticity, so old-fashioned did the styles of Pleasantville appear beside the resplendent garments of my new friend. David Malcolm Let us suppose, for example, a society of men so passionately devoted to hunting as to make it their sole employment; they would doubtless contract thereby a kind of rusticity and fierceness. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery We have no record of rusticity coming upon old pottery after a rain, reporting the fall of a bowl from the sky. The Book of the Damned I was careful to select the quietest and most usual things for her, so as to conceal her rusticity as far as possible. The Choice of Life "The rusticity of the service was quite delicious," Mrs. Windsor went on graciously. The Green Carnation The rusticity of the function was altogether confined to the benches on which we sat and the tables from which we ate—the butlering was for the most part urban. A Daughter of the Middle Border I stammered a stupid comment that the wage would be well earned on so warm a day, and could have choked, the next moment, at my rusticity. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Her perfection of idyllic rusticity is hers alone. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth It has been alleged that prolonged residence in England had made the Professor fastidious, and more easily shocked with rusticity and coarseness. Robert Burns Evidently enthusiasm for rusticity combined with religion was fading away. The Green Carnation The town, on the whole, had an air of rusticity and recluseness which might have delighted a romantic imagination. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Nobles and maids of honour played at rusticity, unconscious of the deadly blows that Jean-Jacques had aimed at them in the writings which appealed so strongly to their sentiment. Heroes of Modern Europe As for rusticity, I can keep you company. Under the Country Sky As the bullace ideal is to the plum ideal, so is the ideal of English rusticity to the ideal of human nature. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Rusticity in the rough they would decidedly not have approved of; rusticity in the smooth they liked very well. The Green Carnation Whether loud laughter in general society be a sign of weakness or rusticity, I cannot say; but I have remarked that real great men, and men of finished behaviour, seldom fall into it. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica To Gard it all now appeared seemly enough, like an opera peasant ballet whose frank rusticities were excused under the inspiration of the music. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life “Plato speaks of the moral lotophagus, or youth steeped in sensuality, as accounting his very viciousness a developed manhood, and the so-called virtues but signs of rusticity.” Milton's Comus Let us take English rusticity as a particular type of human nature,—the equivalent of bullacehood for the purpose of argument. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular In such a society all free, spontaneous expression of emotions or opinions was a mark of rusticity, as Goethe was not long in discovering. The Youth of Goethe Of course, a man is not called Do-funny for nothing, not even playfully and in the free vernacular of rusticity at its freest. Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles The number of the carriages of Hitachi's party was about ten in all, and the style and appearance of the party showed no traces of rusticity of taste. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Such violent extremes were then unknown, of industry and debauchery, frugality and profusion, civility and rusticity, fanaticism and scepticism. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. They are in dialect, and the rusticity of their language harmonizes well with their naïve, homely sentiment. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan The Greeks lacked an undefinable something of rusticity which dignified the Latin race. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series But ye verses, away to fire, to burning, Rank rusticities, empty vapid annals 20 Of Volusius, heap of all dishonour. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus The Devil's pranks have been referred to; Joseph's rusticity also; and the obstinacy of Noah's wife has been obscurely hinted at. The Growth of English Drama There is probably still a flavour of rusticity about it. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Such carols as “God rest you merry, gentlemen,” have unspeakably delightful airs, and the words charm us moderns by their quaintness and rusticity, but they are far from the exquisite loveliness of the mediaeval 78things. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan His garb was plain, careless, and denoted rusticity. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Mrs. Howe gave it a poem that made its rusticity sublime, and the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” began a career that promises to run till battle hymns cease to be sung. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes That nothing may be wanting to give whiteness to the purity of Mary, she is implicitly contrasted with the crude rusticity and gaffer-like obstinacy of her aged husband. The Growth of English Drama Stupidity, rusticity, and a want of sensibility and attention, as it is said, throw cold water on a cause against which the orator can not be too well provided. The Training of a Public Speaker Indeed, her costume was so out of keeping with the rusticity of her surroundings as to be quite extraordinary. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter The Commons of Great Britain, my Lords, are a rustic people: a tone of rusticity is therefore the proper accent of their Managers. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) We have no simple rusticity of scene, no cowslip and buttercup humility of seclusion. The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character This new culture was called "humanity," as opposed to the "rusticity" of the old Roman peasants. History Of Ancient Civilization You are an unsophisticated little package of innocent rusticity, and have yet to learn 'Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and Bored!' Infelice “Besides,” said Socrates, “magnificence, generosity, meanness of mind, cowardice, modesty, prudence, insolence, rusticity, all appear in the looks of a man, whether sitting or standing.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates This is the truth, but seen, however, through an interpretation and under a travesty of rusticity. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Entirely averse to the conventional method of idealizing the character of the country girl out of all semblance to nature, Malibran was essentially realistic in preserving the rusticity, awkwardness, and naivete of peasant-life. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens Indeed, in the true sense, there were no cottages; they had been transformed, added to, rebuilt, till only a remnant of their primitive rusticity remained. The Quest of the Simple Life Mallowe Court was at a distance from the country town delightful in its effects upon the rusticity of the neighbourhood, but appalling when considered in connection with fish. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The old superstitions connected with the inauguration of bells, and the services expected from them, had become exchanged in either case for a great deal of coarse rusticity and vulgarity. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Here is another noted judge of horseflesh, in knickerbocker breeches that seem to have been made at home for some one else, in leather gaiters of unostentatious roominess and rusticity. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches He could talk with discrimination and insight on all the leading topics of the day, had plainly lost much of his old rusticity of thought and speech, and had become an interesting and self-possessed youth. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The mere sentiment of rusticity, created in the townsman's mind by pictures and novels, soon dissolves before the realities of a genuine country life. The Quest of the Simple Life Two remarkable features in American humour, as it is shown in the great body of comic writers who are represented by Mark Twain and the “Genial Showman,” are its rusticity and its puritanism. Lost Leaders The plain rusticity, or even coarseness, of what are called the lower classes, is infinitely preferable to the assumption of gentility of those a little above them in the social scale. Records of a Girlhood It has become very fashionable to affect delicacy, tenderness of heart, and fine feeling, and to shun all imputation of rusticity. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Urbanity is the state of mind adapted to a city, as rusticity is adapted to the country. Humanly Speaking A fine wholesome rusticity, fresh as his mountain breezes, sat well on the stalwart veteran, and on all he said and did. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson Elegance by waxlight becomes rusticity in the sunshine,—and of all things I would not be rustic! Lewis Rand It may here be parenthetically mentioned that the courtly poet, when he applied himself to this species of composition, invented a certain rusticity of incident, scarcely in keeping with the spirit of his art. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series They spent their time in tournaments and bear-baitings, and other diversions suited to the fierce rusticity of their manners. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Our innate rusticity makes us accept all this in the spirit in which it is offered to us. Humanly Speaking He strove to give a Florentine blandishment to the rusticity of life in the Maremma; and we felt sure that he must know what beefsteak was. Italian Journeys To endure the country in England for long, one must have the rusticity of Wordsworth’s mind, and boots and stockings as homely. Reviews There is the same affectation of rusticity in both. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Thus flowed off the rough Saturnian numbers, and delicacy expelled the rank venom: but for a long time there remained, and at this day remain traces of rusticity. The Works of Horace As little was there, also, of the demagogue art of assuming an uncouthness or rusticity of manner and outward habit with the mistaken notion of thus securing particular 76 favor as 'one of the masses.' The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him He is a genial, innocent, simple-hearted man, of much natural intelligence and goodness, with an air of rusticity, veracity, and dignity withal, which in many ways appeals to one. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. The wisdom of God receives small honour from those heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire His works. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy It is a pity that men should so lose themselves from a certain awkwardness and rusticity at the outset. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 290, December 29, 1827 There they were, perched high up on the bleak mountain sides, with their joys and sorrows, their pains and penalties, struggling along in domestic squalor, and rearing young rusticity and raw produce. Across China on Foot Of course he had betrayed his ignorance and rusticity in a hundred little ways. Tom Tufton's Travels His manners were not polished, a certain rusticity clung to him always, but his honesty was appreciated and he held positions of trust. Promenades of an Impressionist She has collected around her all manner of pretty rusticities; all the comfortable elegancies she could imagine. The Cross of Berny The beauty of the country is in its quiet roadside bits, and rusticity of cottage life and shepherd P. 188labour. The Life of John Ruskin Dock has returned with an air of rusticity that makes me shiver when I think of all he has got to go through with before you come to the rescue. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Her inhabitants are laughed at because of their bad pronunciation, despised and pitied because of their characteristic combination of pride and rusticity. A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste The tone of the place is excellent, being equally free from rusticity, coarse egotism and affectation. Recollections of My Youth The wild branches of the hawthorn and sweet-briar added to the rusticity of our asylum. The Cross of Berny So much was obvious, though her clear pale face and slim young figure did not suggest rusticity. The Moon Rock "And the bridegroom is a handsome specimen of rusticity." In the Days of My Youth For these new nations are as a tabula rasa; they easily accept the beliefs of our religion and discard their barbarous and primitive rusticity after contact with our compatriots. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera En verdad!" he exclaimed, "that is the loveliest piece of rusticity I have seen since I came to England. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance A mountain brook and some fine timber give the place a pretty air of rusticity. Somerset We look for rusticity in the village, and for elegance in the park. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden It is, however, a far inferior production, in which the quaintness of the model is replaced by coarse caricature and its delicate rusticity by a cruder realism. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England First, the beautiful rusticity, of which I shall now produce two instances, out of a hundred not yet quoted. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. I arrived in Paris, and after enjoying for a few days the run of the town in order to lose my rusticity, I put on a cassock to appear at court in a clerical character. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters However that be, this is certain, that they were at first a nation of soldiers and husbandmen: roughness was long an applauded character among them; and a sort of rusticity reigned, even in their senate-house. The Illustrated London Reading Book He was a plain man, an ungainly man; unadorned, apparently uncultivated, showing the awkwardness of self-conscious rusticity. Abraham Lincoln It consists of eclogues and poems in hexameter and elegiac metre ridiculing polite pastoralism through contrast with the crudities of actual rusticity. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England She was dressed in a simple pretty fashion, a little above her station as a bailiff's daughter, and had altogether rather a superior look, in spite of her rusticity, Gilbert thought. Fenton's Quest He fought his way under great difficulties; he was hard to govern; he was a painfully slow writer; and ignorance and rusticity mar his work to the very end. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters It is of capacious dimensions, but is built in a style of unappropriate rusticity. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 This ignorant rusticity is discovered to have charms and attractions of its own. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy There remains the rusticity of language which distinguishes some of the ruder characters from others more refined. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England She stared at him with the broad open stare of rusticity, and did not make any attempt to open the gate, but stood with a great key in her hand, waiting for Gilbert to speak. Fenton's Quest "Simplicity is the means between ostentation and rusticity." The Grammar of English Grammars He neither lied to her nor flattered her; his speech had the simple directness of a child's, and while she frequently reproved him for his rusticity, in secret she adored it. Madcap Persons unacquainted with the site, may hitherto have considered it as part and parcel of this vast metropolis: but, lo! here it stands amidst much of its primitive, peaceful rusticity. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 There is, namely, the question of the allegorical or topical interpretation of the poems, and there is the question of the rusticity or at least simplicity of the form and language. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England It is clear that there was a certain rusticity about Crabbe; and his politics, such as they were, had been formed in a different school from that of the county families. English Men of Letters: Crabbe He must not come down from his fastnesses in traditional barbarism and native rusticity: the level, the littleness, the frippery of modern civilization will undo him as it has undone us! The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Ignorant of letters, careless of laws, the rusticity of his appearance and manners still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 The minister bore witness to the worth of Jasmin, notwithstanding the rusticity of his idiom; and he was classed amongst the men who did honour to French literature. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Nor could satire call it forth, for no one would be at pains to satirize actual rusticity. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England It is seldom altogether unaffected, and at times it shades off into something not widely different from that make-believe of rusticity which has been referred to above. Theory of the Leisure Class These earlier chapters have given an idea of what happened to Bun Hill, and how the flood of novel things had poured over its devoted rusticity. The War in the Air With regard to the rusticity of ‘Wuthering heights,’ I admit the charge, for I feel the quality. Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend The reason, Carol insisted, is not a whiskered rusticity. Main Street All the others he had seen in Hintock as yet oppressed him with their crude rusticity; the contrast offered by this suggested that she hailed from elsewhere. The Woodlanders This glowing description, however, must be lowered or heightened in tone by the association of these characteristics with an undefinable simplicity of mien, a certain slight rusticity of effect. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance The other guests were dispersing to take up the same existence in a different setting: some at Newport, some at Bar Harbour, some in the elaborate rusticity of an Adirondack camp. House of Mirth Blanquais-les-Galets, as Bernard learned the name of this unfashionable resort to be, was twenty miles from a railway, and the place wore an expression of unaffected rusticity. Confidence She was quite a long way removed from the rusticity that was his. Jude the Obscure Bishop of a mountain diocese, living so very close to nature, in rusticity and deprivation, it appeared that he imported among these eminent personages, ideas which altered the temperature of the assembly. Les Misérables His mortification at having thus exposed his dull rusticity was swallowed up in conjectures as to just what her tolerant familiarity with such things involved. The Damnation of Theron Ware But in his manner there was no trace of this fancied rusticity—how could there be, indeed, in one trained in society almost from the cradle?—and his voice was soft and musical. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. "I'se beholden to you, and thank you, sir," said the young man, with some haughtiness of manner, which hardly corresponded with his rusticity; "and I wuss your health in a ceevil way." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier A faint prejudice may possess the mind that I have slightly exaggerated my rusticity and remoteness. Alarms and Discursions After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay, inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought for the moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 In the manners he seems a little defective, for his swains are sometimes abusive and immodest, and perhaps too much inclining to rusticity; for instance, in his fourth and fifth 'Idyllia.' The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Hyacinth now affected a passion for the country, and quoted the late Mr. Cowley in praise of rusticity. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger It is indeed one of the most beautiful spots in nature, as it concentres at once the simplest rusticity with the utmost elegance of refinement and society. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian The shy rusticity, the frank robustness of her earlier aspect were now either gone, or temporarily merged in something more exquisite and more appealing. Eleanor Fortunately for the lovers of rusticity and calm, such has not as yet been the case, and the simple, straightforward character of the people is still unspoiled by contact with the outer world. The Roof of France At present it is one of the few places that may be described as out of the world, and a veritable paradise for the lover of quiet and rusticity. Holidays in Eastern France Not wishing to appear "verdant," the young man, whose rusticity was evident to every one in the room, threw off his timidity, and boldly ordered liquor. The Secrets of the Great City We turn rather to the "refined rusticity" of an English Parsonage home. Wordsworth There I saw Rupert, in his country guise, nothing remarkable, of a certainty, strutting about with the best of them, and looking handsome in spite of his rusticity. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale But even to the last he did not quite shake off the blunt rusticity of phrase that was habitual with the generation that preceded him. Among My Books Second Series No costume or grandiose outline is here as in Brittany, no picturesque poverty, no poetic archaisms; all is rustic and pastoral, but with the rusticity and pastoralness of every day. Holidays in Eastern France He was country bred, and he had never outgrown a certain rusticity of appearance. The Short Line War All her village pride was quelled; she had only enough self-control to act upon Bartley's instructions not to give herself away by any conviction of rusticity. A Modern Instance For Dr. Gowdy, town-bred and town-born, had no sympathy for ill-considered rusticity, and was too rigorous a purist to give any quarter to such a discordant mingling of the simulated and the real. Under the Skylights After their introduction at Rome, they received many improvements; they lost their native rusticity; their satire was good-natured; their jests were seemly, and kept in check by the laws of good taste. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities "How?" she asked, and Staniford did not recoil at the rusticity. The Lady of the Aroostook From his luxurious villa the poet could indulge his reverie on the simple rusticity of his ancestors or the landscapes famous in the scenery of Greek song. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Simple rusticity and ignorance are the chief characteristics of the country people. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America All his rusticity came back upon him, and he said, "Well, I wish you good evening." The Minister's Charge Here he perceived that his rusticity and shallow skimmings placed him under the trained politicians. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form It is, indeed, provincial; rusticity is its element. Nathaniel Hawthorne To what fearsome figure had this hasty flight transformed the mean little emblem of rusticity? My Tropic Isle A certain amount of rusticity would seem to have been essential to a presidential candidate during the middle of the past century. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne There was little rusticity to be noted anywhere, and the uncouthness which has already disappeared from the national face seemed to be passing from the national wardrobe. Suburban Sketches It was a touch, however illusory, of the rusticity which lingers in so many sorts at the heart of the immense city, and renders it at unexpected moments simple and homelike above all other cities. London Films The gown, devised especially for the early morning, was simplicity itself—rusticity, even. Phantom Fortune, a Novel After her first taste of court life she learns to look back on her husband's rusticity with a sort of contempt, and to regret her precipitate action. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood But what with the nearness of their events, and what with the rusticity of their authors, these tolerable, ambling poems are quite unable to get the better of the hardness of history. The Epic An Essay The rusticity of the background seemed to emphasise the horror of the discovery, whatever it might be. The Vanishing Man Its very rusticity and simplicity gave it a religious air which to us so few Roman Catholic edifices seem to possess. Twixt France and Spain The revolt against the ancien régime in letters made possible the Ode that is the high-tide mark of modern English inspiration, but it was parodied in page on page of maundering rusticity. Byron There was a flavor of rusticity in his speech; he was not a man of culture or polish, though unquestionably of great experience of the world. Hawthorne and His Circle Amidst her noble and elegant manners, there is now and then a little touch of bashfulness and conventual rusticity, if I may call it so, that makes her quite enchanting. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 There is no boisterous rusticity here; all is dainty and refined. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People It was the more touching from occasional rusticities and artistic defects, which showed that she had received no culture from art. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 And yet they prided themselves upon their barbaric rusticity, glorying in a native cunning bred of their wild life and sharpened in the struggle for existence. Mark Twain There are some by Guy Barozai which, I think, in their apparent rusticity, to be finer than diamonds and more precious than gold. The Queen Pedauque She was on the alert for traces of provincialism and rusticity, but was agreeably disappointed at their absence. Nature's Serial Story Otto III invited Gerbert to come to court and cure him of "Saxon rusticity"; he deluged the complaisant tutor with Latin verses, consulted him in affairs of state, and finally promoted him to the Papacy. Medieval Europe Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity. The Iliad After seeing for a long time little but rusticity, their lively manner, and gay inviting appearance, pleased me so much, that I thought, for the moment, I could have been a knight-errant for them. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. "And with what purpose," said the taller of the two sneeringly, "does your most rustic gravity, or your most grave rusticity, require of us such information?" Peveril of the Peak People built themselves elaborate palaces in the wilderness, and lived in a fantastic kind of rusticity, with every luxury of civilisation included. The Moneychangers In his face was great sweetness mingled with great rusticity, and I could not tell whether he was the child of gentlefolk or of peasants. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood That being granted he rested him on the floor, unfit through his rusticity for a better place. English Literature for Boys and Girls There is much of the tender grace of the unfortunate German maiden in the creation of the French authors, but none of her simple, almost rude, rusticity. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music That elegant beau, Sir Amyas, had just given a sample to tantalise their rusticity, and then had vanished; and here was that oddity, Mr. Arden, more wearisome and pertinacious than ever. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Into this state scholars have too often fallen; thus giving some ground for the prevalent opinion, that scholarship and rusticity are inseparable. Hyperion Mildred was obliged to admit to herself that the young fellow was very undemonstrative at dinner, and that he did not exhibit the rusticity that she half hoped to see. Without a Home He had the constitution and the temperament of a big Lincolnshire yeoman, with that simple rusticity that is said to have characterised Vergil. Where No Fear Was Let us extend the Roman empire, and cultivate two barbarous towns o'er -run with rusticity and Mathematics. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Much that had been treated as charming and amusing when Cicely was her plaything and her visitor was now treated as unbecoming English rusticity. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Involuntarily he ran his eyes over the girl from head to foot, comparing her show of knowledge with the outward badges of abject rusticity, and even wildness, with which she was covered. Alice of Old Vincennes The Master said, 'Where the solid qualities are in excess of accomplishments, we have rusticity; where the accomplishments are in excess of the solid qualities, we have the manners of a clerk. The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) Miss De Stancy, a little to his surprise, had a touch of rusticity in her manner, and that forced absence of reserve which seclusion from society lends to young women more frequently than not. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day His native place is Brixia, a part of that Italy of ours which still retains and preserves much of the old- fashioned courtesy, frugality and even rusticity. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 He is a native of Brixia, one of those provinces in Italy which still retain much of the old modesty, frugal simplicity, and even rusticity, of manner. The Letters of Pliny the Younger What a perpetual fund would it have been of obsolete words and phrases, unusual barbarisms and rusticities, absurd spellings and complicated dialects! Essays and Tales This rusticity of habit was utterly free from that affected contempt of refinement and comfort which self-made men sometimes carry into their more affluent circumstances. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 The whole house was alarmed at this entry, made up of persons of so much state and rusticity. Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer It was amazing how a lady born and bred could degenerate in the rusticity of Dauphiny. Saint Martin's Summer When we rose from table the Prince asked after my wife, and then apologized profusely for the rusticity of the service. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo It was that of a young man attired in the extravagance rather than the taste of the prevailing fashion, which did not, however, in the least conceal a decided rusticity of limb and movement. Susy, a story of the Plains Without looking up he made a constrained recognition of Kate's presence, that embarrassed and curt as it was, had none of the awkwardness of rusticity. Snow-Bound at Eagle's Its rusticity did not appeal to the polite Georgian mind; and its Moorishness, which would have appealed strongly, was overlooked. Yet Again He spoke in Italian, with the Tuscan rusticity of accent, and an unshaped sort of utterance, betokening that he must heretofore have been chiefly conversant with rural people. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni At first sight of him their eyes brightened; but when his insistent and exaggerated rusticity became apparent their expressions changed to wary suspicion. Strictly business: more stories of the four million In these days, there is absolutely no rusticity, except when the actual labor of the soil leaves its earth-mould on the person. The Blithedale Romance They are a mixture of real and conventional rusticity, but the former tends to prevail. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy In forty years, the green rusticity of Düsseldorf had taken on the sooty grime of Birmingham. The Education of Henry Adams "Thank you," replied the lady; "Longbridge is a favourite place of mine; but I have not yet seen many traces of rusticity, here." Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 To an instance or two more of the rusticity of the inhabitants of the chapelry of Haworth, I may introduce you. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 Mr. Greenwood was then its manager, and noticed with some interest his patron's rusticity when he called for a ticket. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
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