| 单词 | saturnine |
| 例句 | The doctor was a frequent visitor at Miss Trumball’s establishment, preferring it to the Lanchester House, whose girls had a saturnine disposition in his opinion, as if imported from Maine or other gloom-loving provinces. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was a branch of a competing Klan group, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, led by a former member of the UKA Klavern, a saturnine housepainter named Lloyd Jacobs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sour and saturnine, with a maimed hand, Hungerford had been company paymaster for a time, until the Tattered Prince had caught him stealing from the coffers and removed three of his fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had a dark complexion and a small, wise, saturnine face with mournful pouches under both eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The evening began with a performance of Sibelius' saturnine tone-poem that was taut and often beautiful, if less impressive than some I have heard. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z She was sometimes chagrined to be best known for some of her portraits, notably a saturnine André Malraux, self-styled Byronic man of action, and France’s first culture minister. Photography: The Elegance of Gis?le Freund 2011-10-19T12:00:17Z The national temperament, at least as Mr. Kaurismaki sketches it, is decidedly saturnine. Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The elfin Mr. Keating, the saturnine Mr. Ruddy and the radiant Ms. Street all move persuasively between fragility and strength. Review: In ‘The Naturalists,’ a Farm and a Family Evolve 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z It is run by a strange taxidermy enthusiast, Norman Bates, played by a saturnine Anthony Perkins. My favourite Hitchcock: Psycho 2012-07-23T10:57:21Z When “Studio 54” screened at Sundance in 2018, the audience hissed every time Mr. Cohn’s saturnine image flashed on the screen. Matt Tyrnauer: Chronicler of Trump’s Mentor Roy Cohn 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, as the essays in “Against Interpretation” indicated, the saturnine spirit of serious art existed nicely alongside the rhythms of the Supremes. The New Sensibility of Susan Sontag & Tom Wolfe: The “dark lady” and the man in white were an unlikely pair, but both were looking to liberate American culture 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z He was 36, broke, blocked, disconsolate and sickly, a saturnine man contemplating his fears and failures. T Magazine: Elegy on the Adriatic 2011-03-25T15:35:20Z Vierne's life was one of hardship, disappointment, handicap and horror, all expressed in his murky organ music full of sickly harmonies and saturnine sonorities. L.A. Philharmonic's organ series opener a celebration of firsts 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Cattelan himself, tall and saturnine in slim jeans and a salmon-colored shirt, was on hand for last-minute activities on the day before the press opening. Gold Toilet 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Olivier is the saturnine widower Max de Winter who marries Fontaine’s shy and mousy lady’s companion and brings her back to his magnificent Cornish home, which is all but haunted by his first wife: Rebecca. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Tall, sharp-featured, saturnine and with an incisive voice, Burke was perfectly cast as Marker. Alfred Burke obituary 2011-02-18T19:32:19Z Really, though, he’s Bill Murray in a Wes Anderson film, which is to say the ideal grown-up, an embodiment of impish, saturnine charm and eccentric integrity. ‘The French Dispatch’ Review: Remember Magazines? 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z On one wall is the green, glowing, saturnine self-portrait of Andy Warhol. Fort Worth’s Modern Museum of Art hosts exhibit of ’80s New York art At first, Spector, who is bearded, with dark curly hair and saturnine features, was doing stretches on the floor in a corner, while Hall worked on a scene with another actor. Rebecca Hall’s Complicated Inheritance 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z You might also say that Mr. Serra moves from journal-like escapades and moments, each held for the fixed camera, into an all-encompassing saturnine poem of darkness. ‘Story of My Death,’ a Tale of Casanova and Dracula 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But even in that calm gloom, my eyes slowly acclimated to the 14 grandly saturnine paintings, made by Mark Rothko in the late 1960s. Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Revolving around the relationship of three male friends with a long history, the series is warm, chatty, minutiae obsessed and almost hormonal in its swings from cool observational comedy to saturnine character examination. Critic?s Notebook: Troubles That Ring True for Women of a Certain Age 2010-12-26T21:43:21Z He visited the New York Philharmonic last May and delivered a memorable performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony—a saturnine masterwork that lays many traps for conductors. In Search of Charisma at the New York Philharmonic 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand as a misty, moody mecca. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z His saturnine looks and foreign glamour made him to Hollywood of the 1960s what the French star Charles Boyer had been to an earlier generation. Omar Sharif: an exquisite actor whose charisma baffled Hollywood 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The dark groove of Watch The Throne's standout track is a saturnine meditation on big themes. This week's new tracks 2012-06-08T23:05:21Z With her they make saturnine but identifiable pop; this record, slow and shimmery and entirely instrumental, functions differently. Playlist : Ambience, Doom and Other Strong Medicine 2011-07-09T04:15:26Z My father, Godfrey, was a saturnine, distant and troubled young man, a legacy of his lonely childhood. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I cannot explain it but I have never visited the cemetery where my sister is buried’ 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z On stage, the effects were dark and saturnine, with the models’ hair stringy, like that of drowned mermaids, colors pitching blood red against deep blue. Special Report: Fashion: Surface Attraction 2011-02-27T17:05:09Z The finely chiselled, rather saturnine features and piercing eyes were those of a colonial magistrate rather than a bland television personality. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z Her saturnine look in the movie mirrors that in several collections on the fall runways. Lisbeth Salander: Bringing Back Leather and Spikes 2012-02-01T21:36:05Z A painting known as “The Warrior” depicts a saturnine male figure with lips pulled tightly over his teeth. Review | A recently discovered document unlocks the mystery of Fragonard 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z With one stunning exception — the voluptuous saturnine Marie-Thérèse Walter — the women in Picasso’s life don’t herald stylistic changes in the round as they tend to on canvas. Review: Picasso, Completely Himself in 3 Dimensions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In manner, the saturnine, faintly academic-looking actor is closer to the solemn, contained David than the impishly feral Dexter Morgan; he leans forward on the sofa, hands clasped, speaking thoughtfully and deliberately. Michael C Hall: 'I was always playing some fastidious control freak' 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Waters emerged as its new, more saturnine leader. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Montelongo is more saturnine, and Mr. Spahn, an actor who makes all his roles feel personal and distinctive, is more manic. Review: Is He Ready to Be ‘Daniel’s Husband’? Not Quite. 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The brooding, saturnine artist has evolved into a genial grandfather. Robert De Niro: ‘Trump is a real racist, a white supremacist’ 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Henry Goodman is a silky, saturnine Sir Humphrey; every seam of David Haig's garments appears to be splitting under the pressure of his prime ministerial tension. Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z This current fascination may attest as well to a saturnine swing in the sociopolitical consciousness. Outing Death 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Lilli Palmer is a saturnine icon in the Marlene Dietrich mold. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Whatever might come, this would not be a tenure of earth tones and lethargy and saturnine expressions. Is New York Ready for the Mayor of Swagger? 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It is not easy to kick off a new era with the requisite upbeat mood when the saturnine sight of a near-vacant arena evokes the apathy caused by past disappointments. US soccer's Gregg Berhalter era starts with a win and the echo of empty seats 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “Now he’s out of the presidency, he’s just likable. Cheney remains a hooded, dark, saturnine figure and I’m sure the movie can’t deal with all his darkness.” Dick Cheney is back but rehabilitation is not on Darth Vader's agenda 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The sun had just gone down, and white light glowed between the darkening sky and the dormant fields, the crouching, saturnine orchards. “Acceptance Journey” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Pat and Steve, moving across the Golden Gate Bridge, bought a hilltop plot that looked onto the marshes and the saturnine eastern face of Mt. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The national temperament, at least as Kaurismäki sketches it, is decidedly saturnine. ‘The Other Side of Hope’: an honest, humorous take on refugee crisis in Finland 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It involves Ali Shigri, an air-force pilot who is seeking revenge for his father’s murder, it also features smooth CIA spooks, saturnine generals, blind prisoners – and a tender love story between two cadets. Top 10 novels about Pakistan 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Chouinard may be the face of Patagonia, and its presiding saturnine spirit, but the mood around the place is distinctly upbeat, optimistic, and youthful—a distillation of his can-and-must-do side, minus the ain’t-no-use. Patagonia’s Philosopher-King 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Slowly, though, it is Skarsgård who takes charge, positioning Dima—ruthless, jovial, and doomed—at the heart of this saturnine tale. “Independence Day”: Peace No More 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Craig Levein, our saturnine manager, seems destined to be removed from his post very soon after winning just three out of his 11 competitive games. It's Craig Levein's jacksie that needs kicking 2012-10-13T23:07:29Z There was one saturnine man, indeed, seated somewhat far down the table, with his head bent over his platter, who seemed to take little share in the hilarity of the others. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z But he was in no mood for laughter, even saturnine; and if anything could have aroused his satire, it would have been not a graven image, but himself. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z It is indeed injured by some excesses, but though by nature full of the mercurial character, there was always much of the saturnine in it. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z "I consider it rather hard fare," said Rogers, who being of a more saturnine temperament than the attorney, was not so susceptible to sudden emotions. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z When he conversed in Spanish he subsided into the grave, somewhat saturnine dignity and repose of the true Castilian. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z But his companion, as he presently strolled up to the house with a smile on his saturnine face, well knew that this was only the beginning of it. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The dark, saturnine stranger had shrunk away into the background of his life, and no longer seemed of importance to him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z His mouth was peevish, his eyes sharp and saturnine. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z But Bagsley made an effort to rush forward to grasp Barton by the hand, but he was withheld by the weight of his more saturnine companion. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Only once did this silent and saturnine man exhibit any flash of feeling. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z True, Thistlewood, dark and saturnine, a man capable of heroism as well as of crime, was something of a gentleman. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The voice was Tavannes' "And where am I to be safe?" he repeated slowly, a faint ring of saturnine amusement in his tone. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z The sight of her stirred the saturnine lips of the butler into a smile. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z There is relief in the Trinity College episodes; humour of a saturnine kind in the artistic armoury of Mr. Joyce. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z They parted on the pavement, even Sir Charles unbending a little and the saturnine Acherley chuckling to himself as visions of fools and fat premiums floated before him. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Croker, pale and saturnine, casting frowning glances here and there, went in alone. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z His lovers' phrases63, though used by him with a saturnine humour, remind us of the passionate use of similar phrases in Catullus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Two round points of light flashed from the watcher's window, but the saturnine smile on Jones' lips was not observed. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z "They are, by Jove!" assented the sporting guest as he took another gun, while the saturnine keeper smiled grimly. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z I fancied that the saturnine countenance of Coroner Thaneford showed a secret satisfaction in the apparent confusion of testimony. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z There are others of him in old age, with less expression, ponderous and saturnine; they are posthumous, and dated 1781. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Plautus shows a large indulgence, not unmixed with a vein of saturnine humour, for these new ways on which both young and old were eagerly entering. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The expression of his face was sardonic and saturnine, and his manners and gestures were all saturated with intense self-assertiveness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z I knew her squat, saturnine handwriting on the envelope, and I thought I knew what contents to expect from the letter. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z To J. Y. Akerman the Devil was "a stout, short, middle-aged gentleman of a somewhat saturnine complexion" who "was clad in black" and "had a loose Geneva cloak ... of the same colour." George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z The sun will rise in due course, but his beams cannot penetrate the veil of saturnine darkness that envelops the sea of ice. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z He seems to have been unattractive and saturnine, and later on proved himself both crafty and brutal. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z At one point his grave, almost saturnine visage distinctly relaxed into a smile. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Sergeant Mackay—lean, bronzed, and saturnine when the humor seized him—now bent his grizzled head with keen gray eyes that twinkled as he chatted to the fresh-faced girl in the simple dress beside him. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Indeed, the saturnine visage of the gardener was overspread with a complacent grin, as though he were saying, "Look you there, zur, there be a rare vool." Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It came out strongest of all in a mere passing shadow of expression—that expression of saturnine foreboding which Walpole aptly defined as the "fatality of air" common to the line of the Stuarts. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z In another instant the room rang with a shout of laughter, even the saturnine features of Halsey relaxing in a grin. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It lighted up his saturnine visage, suggesting that here was a man who had an eye--possibly almost too keen an eye--for the ridiculous. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z This was due, however, not to a saturnine disposition, but to a keen sense of justice, and to the idealism of a lofty, cultivated mind. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z But I know of no facts pointing to a true saturnine neuralgia. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z He was a saturnine and pessimistic-looking individual, wore the South African War ribbons on his breast, and the letters C.C. on his shoulders, and a lieutenant’s stars. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Albert Smith declared that saturnine men came to laugh at it "who had never laughed before." The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Then, inclining his head with that almost saturnine grace, if one may coin a phrase, which seemed to accompany every movement he made: "Sir, what have I done?" he asked. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Upon the forester it was equally harmless, rather enhancing than dissipating his saturnine steadfastness of demeanour. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Scarth repaid her with a gleam of saturnine enlightenment; it was the first change in his swarthy, unemotional, unconquerable visage. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z “River on your left flank,” was the brief answer of the saturnine and pessimistic one. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z The background beneath was saturnine red, shading into a yellow-green, and higher up into a dark blue, and yonder shone a solitary star, one glance at which never failed to carry our sailors’ thoughts homeward. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z There was a great fire ever and cheerfully burning in the fireplace—and yet to this chamber of infantile innocence and comfort came the saturnine form of the Indian ghost. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Yet his dejection had not infected Taylor; the latter’s lips were curved in a faint smile, ironic and saturnine. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Van Slyck's eyes danced with satisfaction, and his saturnine smile was almost Mephistophelian. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The saturnine, enigmatic Michael pursued his own methods. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Looking down at Echo from his great height, gaunt, raw-boned and with a saturnine twinkle in his cavernous eyes, his homely sallow face softened to a wonderful smile. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z In cricket this urge is expressed in less tribal fashion, often by a dogged, weepily saturnine attachment to certain players. Imagine a world without Mark Ramprakash. You can't. It's impossible 2011-08-19T22:03:50Z After a time he grinned saturninely: “Looks to me like a long chance, Larry,” he mused. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z Muller looked from face to face with an anxious frown, striving to ascertain the drift of the tide, and Van Slyck grinned saturninely. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The expression in Mary's face, at once saturnine, discontented and vulgar, is especially full of character. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Mason looked at him with a twist to his saturnine lips. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z It would have been strongly Mephistophelic but for an air of joviality that was not wholly saturnine. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z He looked so cringing, and yet so saturnine, that Frank was tempted to turn on his heel and leave him with his innuendoes unanswered. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z He was a man of saturnine humour, and liked impressing his underlings. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Is it not possible, also, that some of the natural waters of the country may, in consequence of saline or acid impregnations, dissolve some of the lead, and thus obtain saturnine qualities? Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Old Caleb Coke's rugged features writhed themselves into a saturnine grin as he watched the savage onset with an inherited instinctive interest. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Instinctively he stole a glance at Fordham, but that worthy’s impassive countenance betrayed nothing, unless it were the faintest possible appreciation, in his grim, saturnine way, of the humour of the thing. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z At mention of the Sirdar’s name, a faint show of interest seemed to come into the saturnine features of those around. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The dull, leaden color of Saturn, with his apparently heavy and slow motion, seemed to fit him for association with lead, and we still have the saturnine ointment as a reminder of old alchemical times. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Is it not possible, also, that some of the natural waters of the country may, in consequence of saline or acid impregnations, dissolve some of the lead, and thus obtain saturnine qualities? Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Having a true Eastern sense of humor behind that saturnine visage of his, he hit on a plan of surmounting both difficulties with ease. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z He stood there contemplating her with grave, saturnine expression as of old. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Then he relapsed into his wonted saturnine taciturnity. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Pleasures will be taken half-heartedly; men who have been bright and jovial will now become saturnine. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Erskine heard the crack of a rifle, the stag toppled over, and he saw Black Wolf standing over him with a curiously triumphant look on his saturnine face. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z He reminds one of some of Holbein’s heads, grave, saturnine, with a slight indication of sly humour.... Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z He stared wonderingly, inquiringly, distrustfully, into the dark, saturnine visage confronting him, but could read nothing there. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He approached her with a smile warming his countenance, which seemed rather saturnine in repose. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z His eye lit with the old saturnine sparkle. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Day by day he had grown more saturnine and unsociable. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Sylv understood his brother's contrition, but did his best to banish all remembrance of their saturnine controversy in the wood. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z That saturnine individual was, for him, in high spirits. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z It may have occurred to him that I might know as much as he, but at any rate he grinned; it was a saturnine grin I did not like. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z His countenance was transfigured beyond recognition, for in place of his half saturnine, half querulous aspect, I saw an expression of such holy and unselfish love, that in very wonder I caught my breath. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The other old man was saturnine and lymphatic, and seemed a trifle younger than his venerable associate. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z And various, according to each individual’s sanguine or saturnine temperament, were the answers he obtained, and tending rather to his bewilderment than information. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z And at the sight Fordham dropped back into his seat with a saturnine guffaw. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She was, however, a saturnine and silent woman, with few acquaintances, and no fancy for collecting or communicating news. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z This wonderful versatility is very remarkable in another respect; for, strange enough, it is the young people abroad who are the gravest in manner, the most reserved and most saturnine. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Now, solitary and saturnine, he has to bow to Fate and quit his equatorial cave of Adullam, because a mysterious Providence has afflicted his island with a drought. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z At a little table in the corner were a man with a saturnine face and a very young girl in red. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z However indulgent might be Fordham with regard to his younger friend’s disorder, secretly he hugged himself with mirth, and enjoyed the joke hugely in his own saturnine fashion as he read off the symptoms. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Every one, even the saturnine Dr. Hickey, began to laugh; I rode back to Philippa, who was exchanging compliments and congratulations with her escort. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The Pioneer, struggling with a new country, and often with chills and fever, religious in a gloomy, emotional, old-fashioned way, leading a lonely life, had developed a humor more saturnine than that of New England. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z With his bickering and peevish temper, not only his fast friends grew weary of him, but his own family forsook him; his very brother, at last, could not abide his saturnine humour, and left him. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Tall, lithe, saturnine, moving as if on ball bearings but without apparent haste, and striking with a lethal left foot, the Manchester-born Young was a fine sight. A fitting tribute to Neil Young, the man who shone in black and red 2011-01-11T00:05:09Z He is the same gloomy, saturnine fanatic; he has the same impatience of other men’s opinions, and is the same vindictive tyrant that he was when he expelled Roger Williams from his dominions. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Dr. Hickey, a saturnine young man, with a long nose and a black torpedo beard, returned to his pocket the lancet with which he had been trimming his nails. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z The Count wearily shrugged his shoulders while the Poet, with saturnine face, seemed to enjoy the situation. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Au contraire, my dear readers: this victory fills me with a saturnine funk. A (Gruesome) Day in the Life 2010-09-01T10:01:00Z The heavy, saturnine mood that seems to afflict him at the Nicholls yard lifts and he attacks the Prestbury fences with joie de vivre. Imperial Commander tears up the Gold Cup's two-horse script 2010-03-19T19:22:00Z He wore a saturnine expression and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, no soiled clothes in sight. 2010-01-16T05:33:00Z We still contemplate and consider; we still speak of men as jovial, saturnine or mercurial; we still talk of the ascendancy of genius, or a disastrous defeat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" They are distinctly canny, and not uncommonly have a strong touch of saturnine humour. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources He was, in short, what is called a deep designing villain, and the saturnine and sinister expression of his countenance at once proclaimed this. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 All this he himself firmly believed he was, and this belief imparted to his somewhat saturnine countenance a degree of calm repose, confidence, and self-reliance particularly striking. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 It contributed a curiously saturnine expression to what in youth might have been a pleasing face. The Trail of Conflict "Galloping back to Zempoala, to amuse himself with the dancers on the pyramid," said Botello, with a grin of saturnine delight. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico One was dark of hair and skin and saturnine of expression. The Tempering His complexion was so decidedly what we call saturnine, that it approached to the colour of green. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Few brothers take such interest in their sister's love affairs as to grow saturnine over them. X Y Z A Detective Story They were tall, elderly, dark-skinned, and, if the truth must be told, of somewhat saturnine appearance, and if I had been asked, I should have given my vote against their being Italians. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance His saturnine visage brightened into the sweetest smile. The Firebrand Their thin faces, too, were saturnine and ugly with the cast of vindictiveness. The Tempering They, too, spoke little, even to each other; they smoked short pipes in saturnine dignity and silence. Last Words Mr. Lowch essayed to impart to his saturnine features an expression of sympathetic concern, and made a failure of the job. A Traitor's Wooing His sallow jaws colored at the boyish notion, and then he laughed at it,—in a strange saturnine fashion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 When Rollo looked round the saturnine priest had disappeared. The Firebrand Heavy beetling brows, a dark, saturnine, ill-omened expression, was ever on his features. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Behold him in Thy place, a presence saturnine, In stealth among the rest, equipped as none of these With Thy mind’s attributes, low crouched beneath the trees, Betraying all and each. Satan Absolved The contortion which did duty with him for a saturnine smile creased his facial muscles. A Traitor's Wooing So he spoke in his most amiable way of Garda's adventure being "idyllic," and turning to the Doctor, added, pleasantly, "Why so saturnine?" East Angels There was a kindlier look than usual upon his leathern and saturnine features. The Firebrand Temperamentally saturnine, years of service covering "police" had sapped his faith in human nature. Thirty The face turned upon them was rigidly sad, a face of almost saturnine solemnity, the face of one who has been brought to view life as an engine of woe. Ewing\\'s Lady His greatest intimates congratulated him upon his domestic happiness, and he smiled his thanks, and then subsided again into his saturnine gloom, waiting—waiting for what he told himself would some day come. The Sapphire Cross For a while, he remained silent, his saturnine face grave with thought. The Cosmic Deflector Legree grinned his saturnine smile through a blue wreath of smoke and Morgan sat back in his chair with an almost silent exhalation. Cue for Quiet The blood rushed to her face as she finished speaking, for an inner voice seemed to jeer at the spoken words, to laugh with a saturnine unbelief. Lady Cassandra The interruption by the coming of the saturnine head of the house, and the struggle, all came back vividly clear, and with photographic minuteness. Blind Policy My conversation is slow and dull; my humour saturnine and reserved; in short, I am none of those who endeavour to break jests in company or make repartees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Her father, a stern, saturnine man, hired a housekeeper, a captain's wife. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) But Golitzine, in spite of his lean and rather saturnine aspect, was a kind-hearted old fellow. The Intriguers There was a triumphant smile on the renegade's saturnine face. The Golden Amazons of Venus But he united a high, imperious temper and a saturnine disposition with a martinet’s passion for the letter of military regulation and etiquette. Stone's River The Turning-Point of the Civil War At my left was a saturnine Spaniard who smiled indifferently, but who did not know his cigar had died to a stale coldness. The Portal of Dreams He was a lanky, saturnine man, with never a laugh in his whole make-up. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure He was besides long, and lean, and lined, and corded, and a trifle grizzled; and his Sabbath countenance was even saturnine. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) There was a saturnine, almost mocking, smile on the face of the man who stood at the window. The Coming of the Law He was the most saturnine person my eye ever beheld, either before I practised or since; of a middle stature, broad forehead, beetle-browed, thick shoulders, flat-nosed, full lips, down-looked, black, curling, stiff hair, splay-footed. Old and New London Volume I The shivering child's face was lit with saturnine glee as in the darkness of the wood-shed he gloated over the evidences of consternation in his home. The Monster and Other Stories He reminds one of some of Holbein’s heads, grave, saturnine, with a slight indication of sly humour, kept under by the manners of the age or by the pretensions of the person. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it. The Bandbox He stood on the threshold, entirely composed, saturnine, serene eyed, absolutely sure of himself. The Coming of the Law To a little inoffensive man, 'of a saturnine aspect but simple conceptions,' Hazlitt once heard him say grandly, 'I will tell you, sir. Old and New London Volume I And then to crown the glorious day which the gods were brimming for us, came Don Gaspar and Vasquez, trailed by that long and saturnine individual, Missouri Jones. Gold His hue and temperament are plentifully bilious; he has a saturnine eye; his cheek is of a dark blue where he has been shaven. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Sarah Newbolt enjoyed in her saturnine, brooding way the warmth of April sunshine and the stirring greenery of awakening life now beginning to soften the brown austerity of the dead winter earth. The Bondboy I glanced at the tall figure standing in front of me and saw that he was watching the retreating figure of his henchman with a saturnine smile on his face. Larson's Luck A round-faced merry fellow shall make a bright, sensible speech, and he will be voted frivolous; but a long-faced, saturnine fellow shall utter a string of dull platitudes, and he will be voted a Solon. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) “That’s gold,” the man repeated, his rather saturnine features lighting up with a grin. Gold Jean went to the door, where the saturnine Benoit stood with his flaring candle. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life A cold saturnine voice resounded like the clang of doom behind him. Slaves of Mercury The inhumanity of these saturnine Venerians filled him with a dread so great that he refused to admit it to himself. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 A great difference lay between the cold, saturnine Pope of Geneva and the frank, exuberant hero of the German Reformation. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Then he muttered half broken sentences, and then again suddenly composed himself into a saturnine tranquillity. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. A little while he sat; then stretched himself back at ease on his elbow, drooling smoke through his nose in saturnine enjoyment. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Hilary found himself gazing at the gray saturnine countenance that had burnt itself into his memory. Slaves of Mercury “Expecting some friends?” inquired Thomas, with a saturnine grin. Hidden Water In the dying light the man’s saturnine features seemed to relax for a moment into something like a smile. The Twins of Suffering Creek Mr Marvel stood up and bowed as she passed, and the silent, saturnine Marchese stared. Olive in Italy There was a saturnine grin about the lower part of the features, but the black eyes were blazing with a deep fire of hatred. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana For sometimes the camera has its mordant moods, and amazes you by its saturnine estimate of your merits. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Only when Bill Lightfoot spoke did he look up, and then with a set sneer, growing daily more saturnine. Hidden Water He was jovial, or saturnine, or martial, depending on the planet which was in the ascendant at the time of his birth. The Meaning of Evolution Thin and darkly saturnine, with iron-gray hair, carefully plastered to cover his half-bald head. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 Nicholas of Reist was by their side, dark, almost saturnine in his black evening clothes and tie. The Traitors "If the company thinks it worth while to ransom you," retorted his youngish, saturnine companion, who seemed less scared than annoyed. In the Orbit of Saturn The saturnine Alfred had glittering, unseeing eyes, and a strange, fierce way of laughing that showed his teeth. The Rainbow There was something fierce and haughty in their bearing, something menacing, violent, and lawless in their saturnine faces and black, glittering eyes. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Seems to me, Mr. Simlins," said Squire Deacon, watching Faith and her convoy with a certain saturnine satisfaction; "I say it seems to me, that the Judge aint making the thing right side upwards. Say and Seal, Volume I A grave, lean, saturnine man was Dominico—something of a cross between Machiavelli and Paganini. The Land of Thor She, however, had made it clear that the cadaverous, saturnine pedagogue possessed for her no attractions. Malcolm Sage, Detective "Hammer an' tongs, and may they enjoy it," shouted Alfred Brangwen, the saturnine. The Rainbow Whence did the towhee derive his equanimity, and the brown thrush his saturnine temper? Birds in the Bush The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man. Mugby Junction What an odd, self-contained, saturnine creature he was! Juggernaut Were it not so, this would be a saturnine world indeed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 There is something sinister in the saturnine melancholy on the faces of the crowd, unrelieved by any lightness, and culminating in the evil expression of Antichrist himself. Luca Signorelli She was seized with the saturnine colic, and semi-paralytic wrists, and sunk from general debility. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life He was a lean, saturnine individual who said little and kept to himself as much as possible. The Jupiter Weapon But although now, and for the brief remainder of Elizabeth's life, Raleigh was nominally in favour, the saturnine old woman had no longer any tenderness for her Captain of the Guard. Raleigh "That's it; ivory," and a gleam of saturnine mirth shot across the other's dark features. The Sign of the Spider Dakota looked at him with a saturnine smile. The Trail to Yesterday M. M. Repeated blisters on the part early in the disease are said to cure it by promoting absorption; saturnine solutions externally are recommended. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life He waved his hand airily, as one who declined responsibility in the matter, but his dark, saturnine face sparkled with malice. Crooked Trails and Straight He had a marked squint and this gave him a saturnine expression. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands "So?" and the corners of Hazon's saturnine mouth drooped in ever so faint a grin as his keen eyes fixed themselves for a moment full upon the other's face. The Sign of the Spider And he could credit Culpepper only with a saturnine and drunken good humour at having very successfully driven Cardinal Pole out of Paris. Privy Seal His Last Venture He came forth from her chamber with his dark, saturnine face all flushed. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... I saw him as he strode through the little village, looking neither to right nor left, saturnine of countenance. A Virginia Scout Notes which he had given came back to him soon after, and he burned them with a glee that was almost saturnine. A Black Adonis The saturnine Anthony Wood is amusingly illustrated in two passages from his notice of Earle. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters With a faint saturnine smile Lord Borrodaile dropped the glass, and took his bearings. The Convert He was of a saturnine nature, in whom anger burned slow and deep. The Huntress The buoyant, tender, blithesome disposition which characterized his former self, had yielded to a temper of saturnine complexion, a mien of grave and thoughtful composure. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Harry's saturnine countenance again wreathed itself with a growing grin. Left Guard Gilbert It looked strangely dark and saturnine in the twilight. Tongues of Conscience Lord Borrodaile turned in her direction his long sallow face—a face that would have been saturnine but for its touch of whimsicality and a singularly charming smile. The Convert Arrayed against these two, sons of Ireland no less than they, were Carson and Craig; Carson with his saturnine face and his swift and piercing intelligence, Craig of the burly form and uncompliant humour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 He took one of these to a field-officer from the camp, decoré and what not, who sat about six from us, with a grave saturnine friend next him. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete But he had seemed to be composed, saturnine—willing to wait. 'Drag' Harlan He was a saturnine gentleman, with a humorous eye. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Glaudot, younger than Purcell by fifteen years, confident, arrogant, a lean hard man and handsome in a gaunt-cheeked, saturnine way, lacked humility. A World Called Crimson There was something grim and saturnine about his powerful body and bearded face and his strong, cold hands. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Had that, after all, been … Nevertheless, he was annoyed to feel that he was smiling boyishly and that he probably looked as saturnine as he felt. Black Oxen But the saturnine mate was less successful as he knew much more about navigating a ship than he did about cows. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power He was only silenced once, and that was by a pessimistic and saturnine Sapper. Mufti She was good looking in a sulky, saturnine way, but her known virtues stopped short at her appearance. The Green Rust These two figures, again, are supported by gigantic guardians, one on either side, who have nothing absolutely monstrous about them, being distinguished by their saturnine expression. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He looked more saturnine than ever as he strode into the hall. Black Oxen "That's so, Captain," said the mate, a generally silent and saturnine man. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power That was a subject which commended itself to his saturnine spirit, and in his description he deigns to speak of the "stuffy cabooses" into which the country people were crowded when the Lacedæmonians invaded Attica. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 His keen, black eyes, bristling gray beard, predatory nose, and saturnine wit, together with his brusque manner, made strangers fear him. The Lost Despatch He did not understand how he was destroying her childlike faith in him by his saturnine little jokes. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols And never for a moment had she thought him saturnine or disillusioned. Black Oxen As it was, he dragged his belt tighter about the waist of the old linen blouse and showed to the daylight a face whose whimsicality and vagueness were darkened with a touch of the saturnine. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories A step sounded on the verandah, the window was pushed open and a man of forty years or so, well-dressed, tall, thin, dark and saturnine stood before the feaster. The Man Who Lost Himself "Punch is getting on all right now," he said; and added, in his saturnine way, "It began to do so immediately we threw that engraving Jonah overboard!" The History of "Punch" At that time it was the general opinion, even among those of his command who were not thrown into daily contact with him, that this truly great man was of a grim and saturnine disposition. A Little Union Scout He was holding down something a good deal stronger than sentiment, but he flattered himself that he looked as saturnine as Satan himself as he warmed his back at the fire. Black Oxen An unnatural luster, partly the reflection of his somber eyes and partly from the tawny hue of his saturnine visage, added an inexpressible degree of malignant rancor to his expression. The Flaw in the Sapphire Presenting myself at the "White House," I was ushered in to the President—a saturnine man, who made no return to my bow, but, after looking at me, asked me to take a seat. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War His wit was for the most part caustic and saturnine, and in no other journal could it have so completely identified itself with the ensemble of tone. The History of "Punch" Cornish stood with a saturnine smile on his face, and glared at some of the more pointed hits of the young lawyer. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Journalistically he could rise no higher, and none of the frequent distinguished parties given by the Sophisticates was complete without the long lounging body and saturnine countenance of Mr. Lee Clavering. Black Oxen Mr. Todd had never been known to smile, but at this speech he lifted one eyebrow and turned his saturnine face full at his superior, inquiry written upon every line of it. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea He viewed the apoplectic, goggle-eyed mate and the saturnine, heavy-eyed steward as the victims of a peculiar and secret form of lunacy which poisoned their lives. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Even the saturnine officer in charge stood a smiling observer, and, catching the young graduate's eye, waved approval and encouragement, and so there was no help for it. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War George Steevens, whose saturnine humour involved him in a lifelong series of literary quarrels with rival students of Shakespeare, made invaluable contributions to Shakespearean study. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Clavering forgot that he was saturnine and remote and turning thirty-four. Black Oxen This man was saturnine of countenance, but moderately liberal of heart. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains According to Martin Luther, the Devil is a saturnine person, and music is hateful to him. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Such experience might account for the serious, somewhat stern expression that habitually rested upon his countenance, and gave him the character of a “dark saturnine man.” The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Leoni turned and gazed at him, and for a second the saturnine expression faded and a look of tenderness came over his features. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Even the saturnine pirates joined in the laugh. A Voyage round the World A book for boys La Certe approached him with an air so pitiful that the saturnine man melted like snow in the sunshine or wax under heat. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains I enter, and see thee in the gloom Of the long aisles, O poet saturnine! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Every few moments I look suddenly and savagely at the clock to see if it can be playing some saturnine trick. Pipefuls He was a tall, black-eyed man, with the dark, saturnine face of an Indian. —And Devious the Line of Duty Under this trial the jolliest faces grow long and dismal; quiet men become dreadfully blue and the saturnine look actually suicidal. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death While she pondered these things he walked out through one of the tall French windows and came towards her, followed by his dark, saturnine friend. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa By his saturnine cast of face, and contracted brow, he is evidently a profound critic, and much too wise to laugh. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency He was a saturnine, queer-tempered fellow, taciturn at times, and at other times possessed by a wry sense of humour which made him excellent company, though it kept one in a state of alert disquiet. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. He had the air of a secretary or—as he stood rubbing his smooth chin and looking down at me with a saturnine smile—of a physician. In Kings' Byways Among the witnesses for the defense was Dr. Morris, saturnine, mocking, indifferent. An American Suffragette The witticisms convulsed Paul's neighbours and left him saturnine. Despair's Last Journey The driver, a lean saturnine man who seemed to be forever chewing gum, began to prepare coffee. Security As Dirke arrived with his second,—a saturnine Kentuckian, with a duelling record of his own,—he glanced about the desolate spot thinking it well chosen. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book And though Gilian was still, for the sake of a worn-out feud with the house of the Paymaster, no visitor to Maam, that saturnine uncle would say nothing. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure He was one of the most faithful and constant fellows in the world, but as a general thing he was a little saturnine in temper. In Direst Peril He walked by her side, still half saturnine, but in part conquered already by the soft seduction of her voice and face. Despair's Last Journey The saturnine features of the inspector wrinkled into as near a grin as they were capable of. The Grell Mystery One evening I spied the saturnine Ribwood climbing the hill to our tent. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Shane handed his coat and hat to a saturnine French corporal. The Wind Bloweth Surely there can be nothing in mere size, abstractly considered—there can be nothing in mere bulk, so far as a volume is concerned which has so continuously elicited admiration from these saturnine pamphlets! Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American The boat, propelled lustily by Godfrey of the saturnine smile, bounded towards the land. Patsy Foyle lowered his voice to a whisper, and Green's saturnine face became a study as he listened. The Grell Mystery Still more wraithlike the mainland, fringed to the sea foam with saturnine pine, faded away into fastnesses of impregnable desolation. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The saturnine French corporal turned and smacked him terribly across the nose with the edge of the scabbard of his bayonet. The Wind Bloweth His bold features wore the usual Indian expression of saturnine imperturbability, and he half sat, half reclined upon the log as motionless as a piece of carven bronze, staring at Landless with large, inscrutable eyes. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Even the saturnine steward, Tarquin, looked less ferocious than usual, and King Bumble became so loquacious that he was ordered more than once to hold his tongue and to “shut up.” The Red Eric But his complexion was saturnine and melancholy, which was the cause that he never spared his own writings. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 I don’t wonder at a lad of spirit resenting my harsh, saturnine ways. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap All at once these saturnine characters commenced moving about the room, and entering into conversation with men whom they had not hitherto deigned to notice. The Rifle Rangers She took even more pleasure in Jack’s society than she did in that of her husband and son, both of whom were at this time gloomy, saturnine, silent brooders upon revenge. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection “Yees, to be surely,” replied the man, with a peculiarly saturnine smile. The Red Eric My conversation is slow and dull, my humour saturnine and reserved. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 For he was fond of Horace, and in his saturnine way felt deeply for him in his trouble. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life This was in reference to a way our saturnine post had of pretending that he brought no letters and passing the door. A Window in Thrums Gerald is the possessor of a bosom friend, an excessively silent and rather saturnine youth of about his own age. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton Then, while they were all too stunned to speak, a grin of saturnine amusement spread over his dark, five-o'clock-shadowed face. The Galaxy Primes He turned to DuQuesne, who had watched the scene unmoved, a faint smile upon his saturnine face. The Skylark of Space In an age of effusion to be reserved, and in days of universal professions of sympathy to show a saturnine front, was to be an original. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs It was that of a tall, aristocratic-looking man, whose features wore that peculiarly saturnine appearance seen only in the English nobility. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels He was a saturnine sort of man, with a hooked nose, a skin like parchment, and a perfectly bald sugar-loaf head, surmounted at the top by a wen as large as a duck-egg. The Hand in the Dark The big psionicist's expression of saturnine, almost contemptuous amusement had not changed; his voice came flat and cold. The Galaxy Primes I was cast upon the world utterly alone, save for the rather uncompromising and saturnine regard in which I was held by old Mr. Toddleham, my trustee. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Keralio did not answer the question immediately, but sat nervously twisting his fingers, a moody sullen look in his pale saturnine face. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure Beetles, however, a very reserved and dignified race, would smoke cigars, and so would cockroaches, a rather saturnine and cynical people; but no others. Here are Ladies Haney, who could be flippant and independent in the presence of his own lieutenants, stood like a statue before that dark, saturnine face. Under Fire Even in private life the most sour and saturnine people relax and grow gay and mildly disposed on occasions like this. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Arithelli was not in the least interested in either of the men, the dark, handsome, saturnine Vladimir, or the fair-haired, pretty, effeminate youth to whom he was comrade and hero. The Hippodrome The dark closely cropped hair, worn in the so-called pompadour or military style, the pale, saturnine features, the manner and general bearing all loudly proclaimed his Gallic nationality. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure He has not the temperament of the great humorists, under whatever planet they may have been born, jovial, mercurial, or saturnine. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson These, coupled with his oratory and mummeries, greatly enhanced an influence which was possibly added to by a gloomy and saturnine countenance, made more forbidding still by the loss of an eye. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 What do you suppose he is thinking of, as he floats there, so still, so saturnine, so indifferent to us? The Lady Paramount The other sat his horse, silent, vigilant, saturnine. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail He was not sullen, but, at first, somewhat saturnine and silent. Border and Bastille He clung to one thought and got what consolation he could from it; a bitter and saturnine comfort it was. The Long Night "You compel me to remain against my will because I'm an indispensable witness," said she to the saturnine adjutant-general, beyond whom she never now succeeded in passing. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila "A clout on the side of it 'ud do 'im good!" pronounced the stoker, who was as thin and saturnine as the engineer was stout and good-humored. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers The man was moving about amongst his customers, exchanging a word here and there, his dark, saturnine face smiling his carefully amiable business smile. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon My mate rejoiced greatly after his saturnine fashion, and I—the fullness of listlessness being not yet—felt a brief glow of satisfaction. Border and Bastille Calumet felt that it would be useless to question her and so he leaned back in his chair and regarded her saturninely. The Boss of the Lazy Y May get saturnine encephalopathies, of which intense headache, optic neuritis, and epileptiform convulsions, are the most common. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology His embarrassment was gone; his expression was saturnine, his eyes narrowed with a slight mockery. The Two-Gun Man A thin, saturnine man whose lips never seemed to move, a man with dead-looking eyes into which no light of emotion ever came, watched them expressionlessly from where he stood with Carson. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Then came the up-hill climb as they passed out of the western edge of the sandy flats, a steep spur of the Cordillera, a region silent and saturnine and unthinkably hot. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure It is the saturnine one of the row. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 With us, after a long fast, some mouthfuls of bread and meat, a little moldy biscuit and salt beef triumphed over all our previous gloomy and saturnine thoughts. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth In it a somewhat saturnine horseman, a son of the sage-brush, unlettered but tutored much by life, had wooed and won a prim little schoolmistress from the East. Winner Take All For you must know he was a man of wit and learning, albeit his humour was so saturnine and grasping, above all when his thoughts turned toward filthy lucre. The Well of Saint Clare Emerging from his house plain, Jaeger-clad, bearded and saturnine Shaw, he entered the tunnel, in a cleft in which was a cellar. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "I suppose a we may conclude," said he, with a some. what saturnine expression of mischief "that Miss Ringgan contemplates forsaking the agricultural line before a great while?" Queechy, Volume II A woman standing before the fire with a broom in her hand, answered Fleda's inclination with a saturnine nod of the head, and, fetching one of the red-backs from the wall, bade her "sit down." Queechy, Volume I Precious little information I was able to abstract at first from my saturnine visitors. I Married a Ranger The grim lines round Helmsley's mouth hardened, and made him look almost cruelly saturnine. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches There was something in the shabby dress and down-cast mien of the little weaver that appealed to the farmer's saturnine humour. More Tales of the Ridings "Mr. Carleton could not be better pleased than at such a tribute to his eloquence," said Mr. Thorn, with a saturnine expression. Queechy, Volume II His piercing gray-green-blue eyes had lost none of their almost saturnine and withal melancholy expression. Russian Rambles One of Hollister's men was a lean, saturnine logger, past fifty, whose life had been spent in the woods of the Pacific Coast. The Hidden Places The two strangers—a beefy man with a scrubby black mustache, and a smaller one with a thin, saturnine face—were looking expectantly at Lunt. Little Fuzzy With something of a Southern gaiety of spirit, he was a merrier monarch than his dark-featured and saturnine descendant who bore the appellation. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country When I told him that the A.A.G. up at G.H.Q. had, in a saturnine moment, answered my question as to when the war would end with a gloomy "Never," he was mightily pleased. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Her aunt, accompanied by the marquis, crossed to her, and the old nobleman amused her with his saturnine remarks. Visionaries He felt that he could outstrip that saturnine Syrian in his own field. The Debtor A Novel They made him only more malign and saturnine. The House by the Church-Yard Beneath a battered hat drawn suspiciously low she discerned a swarthy, flushed, saturnine countenance, which had perhaps once been attractive, before the seal of intemperance marred and stained its lineament. Infelice Afterwards I had a very serious, saturnine, but kind young man, named Paterson, for a tutor. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals Castro, sitting outside as usual, had scrambled to his feet and stood by, hat in hand, his head bent slightly with saturnine deference. Romance Miss Dean was plain and saturnine, and had no difficulty in obtaining a good boarding-place, even with the mother of a marriageable daughter, who had taken her in with far-sighted alacrity. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel So, with a sort of awe and suppressed bustle preceding and following him, he glided up stairs and straight to the patient's bedside, serene, saturnine, and rapid. The House by the Church-Yard Miss Zella Holmes flew about the house, with the saturnine Hungarian in attendance. By the Light of the Soul A Novel He had come to Warden's office with an open mind; now he looked at the man with a saturnine smile in which there was amused contempt. The Trail Horde To see this little saturnine bandit, who generally stalked about haughtily, as if the whole Casa belonged to him by right of fidelity, crawl into my room like this was inexpressibly startling. Romance They were three saturnine, phlegmatic, elderly men, old Squire Payne being the chairman, and they kept her secret well. Pembroke A Novel There was a man at the door of the Salmon House, who, with a taciturn and saturnine excitement, watched the unusual bustle going on at the door-steps of Doctor Sturk's dwelling. The House by the Church-Yard She was a Hungarian girl, with a saturnine, almost savage visage. By the Light of the Soul A Novel In the allotted time they repaired the fence, working with breathless energy, while Lawler stood near, the menacing gun in hand, a saturnine smile wreathing his face. The Trail Horde Se�or," he began, with saturnine stoicism, "he is dead. Romance The old man smiled in his most saturnine fashion and sighed dismally. The Black Pearl When he had first met her in Egypt she had been the young, very pretty wife of Colonel Crofton, an elderly "dug-out," odd and saturnine, whose manner to his wife was not always over-kindly. What Timmy Did On the opposite side of the highway was a patrol of British sailors in white drill landing-kit, their rosy, smiling faces in striking contrast to the saturnine countenances of the Italians. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean He stepped into the cabin, turned the outlaw over, grinned saturninely, and then went out to where Lawler stood. The Trail Horde All the while the little Cuban talked swiftly and with a saturnine enthusiasm. Romance As for Gallito, he also gazed almost uncomprehendingly, until the expression of surprise on his livid face gave way to a saturnine and vindictive satisfaction. The Black Pearl He was good-looking—of a dark, saturnine beauty, insidiously impressive, like the dangerous charms of a tempter; she was radiant and lustrous with the sweet graces of modesty, innocence, and intelligence. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 Mr. Bruce exulted after his saturnine fashion, and Isabel Raymond trembled; the one had lost a strong, unscrupulous ally, the other a formidable enemy. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' It was plain that we were taking a certain saturnine enjoyment out of the situation. Montlivet To live in the two camps, as it were, was a triumph of Castro's diplomacy, of his saturnine mysteriousness. Romance There was a grim and saturnine triumph in his voice. The Black Pearl Equally as saturnine, Cap'n Sproul walked through his dooryard, the battered plug hat in his hand, paying no heed to the somewhat agitated questions of his wife. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul "Gredin d'Anglais, va!" she was wont to say, grinding her little white teeth melodramatically, whenever she recalled that dreary entertainment, and the failure of her simple stratagems to enliven her saturnine host. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' The first had a massive, somewhat saturnine countenance, the last a shrewd, narrow one. Foes Castro, who served me as if Carlos' soul had passed into my body, but looked at me with a saturnine disdain, had arranged it all with Father Antonio. Romance He was a saturnine, gnarled old Spaniard with lean jaws and beetling brows. The Black Pearl Hence the unmerited popularity not infrequently enjoyed by the dark, saturnine, brooding individual whose conversation savours of the tensely monosyllabic. The Splendid Folly This performance she soon after discontinued; and it is, as she justly remarks, tinged with the saturnine temper which at that time pervaded her mind. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman His wig was black, and contrasted with his saturnine complexion, and as long as he held his tongue he would have passed muster as a native of Italy. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia It seemed to hang in the air round the grotesque ragged-ness of the saturnine brown man. Romance "Adam," he demanded, staring up aghast at the wheel-chair and the wrinkled, saturnine face bending over the railing with a leer of triumph, "how in God's name did you get there?" Kenny This fellow was one of those men who are remarkable for thick, massive, and saturnine features. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Of the influence formerly attributed to the planets, traces survive in such epithets as mercurial, jovial, saturnine. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London “And where am I to be safe?” he repeated slowly, a faint ring of saturnine amusement in his tone. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France She addressed Castro as "His Worship" at every second word, for the saturnine little man, in his unbrushed cloak and battered hat, was immensely respected by the household. Romance "Comical or not, I mean it," Nicky-Nan assured him, with a saturnine frown. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The country people were either saturnine with an odd shyness, which had something almost hostile in it, or they were effusively hospitable, forcing apple-jack upon the two doctors. 'Doc.' Gordon The parrot edged along his knee and eyed him with saturnine affection. Love Stories She was a reticent woman; almost saturnine, Io decided, though her perfect and effortless courtesy preserved her from being antipathetic to any one beneath her own roof. Success A Novel He looked the part to the life, in a plumed hat, cloaked to the chin, and standing apart in a saturnine dignity. Romance A prominent New England educator tells of a Chinese cook in Manila who was innocently carrying about a reference, written by a saturnine Englishman, with which he expected to secure a good position. More Toasts This morning after appearing somewhat saturnine at breakfast, he was again in his unnatural, rollicking mood. 'Doc.' Gordon Her hair and eyes were raven-black, her complexion dark and saturnine, and she wore an expression of care inconsistent with enjoyment. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times The faces of all of them grew saturnine at that announcement. The Ramrodders A Novel No one knew how much the tubby, saturnine little man was in the confidence of the Juez O'Brien; and there was no doubt that he was a good Catholic. Romance Whenever he came indoors I used to see him watching Madame de Ferrier with saturnine wistfulness. Lazarre Perhaps this may be explained by the contrast between the warmth of Scottish character, and the saturnine and unsocial disposition of the English. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Then they heard a burst of firing behind them, and a smile of saturnine triumph spread slowly but completely over the face of Shif'less Sol. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi Ranged in front of the door of his suite was the delegation from the temperance societies, patiently waiting, more saturnine than before. The Ramrodders A Novel Nothing could have been more unlike his saturnine self-centred truculence of restraint. Romance The chief alone preserved a gloomy and saturnine expression. The Wings of the Morning But at present it was asleep, its saturnine and rather wistful face rested upon one scaly paw. Living Alone I saw the three figures go through the attitudes of conversation—she very animated, de Mersch grotesquely empressé, Gurnard undisguisedly saturnine. The Inheritors His saturnine face was a mask of cold rage, but his eyes were burning. The Taming of Red Butte Western Not that there was anything austere or saturnine about Hugo. Half Portions The brothers sat heavily on in the sunshine-flooded library, the elder red and fuming, the younger silent and saturnine. Lewis Rand Number forty was like an old warrior, gone to his chair by the fireside, who listens to the small-talk of his neighbors saturninely. The Goose Girl The face of another man rose before her, saturnine and engaging and debonair. Mavericks Alas! what chance will that sweet girl have against his dark saturnine beauty and his wealth? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 “It’ll always be bad weather,” said our saturnine jarvey, “when the Judges come to hold court, and never be good again till they rise.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) In the monkey-house of the Philadelphia Zoo I have seen saturnine burghers stand motionless for hours together, and contemplative children rapt in reveries that had little to do with the hope of witnessing a beast-fight. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Mr. Browning has also displayed the hollowness of the proceedings by making "de Archangelis" the very opposite of his saturnine and blood-thirsty client: the last person we could think of as in sympathy with him. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) The white paving stones of the square gleamed, and in the centre, saturnine and defiant, stood uninjured the statue of Jean Bart, privateer and private of Dunkirk. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front There was even a colder and fiercer ring than usual in his clear, cruel voice; his always saturnine look deepened as he seemed to grasp beforehand his great and long delayed hour of vengeance. Sketches in the House (1893) So his saturnine face was as serenely insolent as ever, barring the remains of a very black eye. Judith of the Godless Valley "Can you, honestly, without joking, without letting that saturnine smile play around the corner of your mouth, tell me, in perfectly good faith, whether you do or do not believe in Catholicism?" Là-bas The Prince was watching his gaunt, saturnine face with more than usual interest. Truxton King A Story of Graustark He actually lived in the character and day after day exhibited qualities of mind and an attitude to life quite foreign to his real rather saturnine and reserved nature. The Red Redmaynes But at a certain point in his career his very nature seemed to change; he became reserved, secretive, and saturnine. The Lost Stradivarius ARTHUR, on the other hand, though possessed of excellent Parts, appeared to be of a more phlegmatic temperament, and took on a more languorous, not to say saturnine demeanour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 I wouldn't at all doubt her!" said the cook, saturninely, "But what's the drawn'-room carpet to conjuring a supper out of me pocket in five minutes? Mount Music Of course he had done so, but his passion for the sentimental graces made him incapable of doing justice to a genius of saturnine realism such as Swift’s. The Art of Letters You may praise him for his humour when he wants to be considered a serious and saturnine dog. Shandygaff The plans that neither Bouchard's saturnine cunning, nor bribes, nor spies could ascertain! The Last Shot Soon we were accosted by one Nonno, a sour, saturnine personage. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II He is of a saturnine disposition, and his notions of religion are rather gloomy and severe. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 A more gloomy, saturnine set of beings were never assembled together. Tales of a Traveller Young Boswell, not unduly saturnine in temperament, was profoundly impressed by them and determined on their account to seek out the author. The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750) That officer stood forward, his dark saturnine face looking somewhat forbidding under a bloody handkerchief bound about his brow. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Asa crouched and his teeth showed in a saturnine, crooked smile. Scattergood Baines Power there is and a saturnine hatred of his wretched sitters. Promenades of an Impressionist For mine uncle and his saturnine guest, I have other means of keeping them in the great banqueting hall, far away from the lonely Tower where their prisoner lies languishing. In the Days of Chivalry Karschoff glanced in the direction indicated, and for a moment his somewhat saturnine expression changed. The Great Prince Shan Swift's mysterious and saturnine character, his outbursts of terrible rage; his exquisite moments of tenderness; his sledge-hammer blows; his diabolical irony; form a dramatic and tragic spectacle which no psychologist can afford to miss. One Hundred Best Books Asa licked his lips and continued to smile his crooked, saturnine smile. Scattergood Baines But like some of Webster's saturnine, fantastic assistants or tools in crime, Guido has failed in everything, is no longer young, chews upon the bitter root of failure, and is half-poisoned by its acrid juices. Robert Browning Oh," said Rita/Lily suddenly out of her saturnine depths, "I nearly forgot. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America This man was not, when left to himself, immoderately given to drinking; but being naturally of a saturnine complexion, and his spirits constantly requiring a fillip, he acquired a prodigious liking for Bob Martin's company. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 But it is with a dark and saturnine aspect. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 Parsons, above all men, are the better for wives and families; for, without them, they are wonderfully apt to grow saturnine or stupid. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 He reappeared—a saturnine silent man—as suddenly as he had gone away. The Moon Rock Then the saturnine groom took her to the airport to watch the airplanes come and go. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America I fancy him moved to a saturnine mirth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 The usury laws," replied Hornby, with his usual saturnine sneer, "would prevent my acceptance of your obliging offer, even if I had the present means, which I have not. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney It effaces a smiling barbarism by a saturnine and gloomy one, as when a great forest slides from some height over a wild gay meadow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 And though he had a saturnine and harsh countenance, his disposition was both merry and lenient. Mistress Penwick My conversation is slow and dull; my humour saturnine and reserved: In short, I am none of those who endeavour to break jests in company, or make repartees. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 "We left our mark on 'em," said the saturnine Black Rifle. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border "I shall be with you for two years, and then I go on my travels," answered Feltram, with a saturnine and somewhat wild look around him. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 He was a desperate-appearing fellow—dark, saturnine, with a face of sullen menace. The Wrong Twin You are wrong, Sir," said Louis with one of his cold saturnine looks; "it was his quarrel with Catherine de Medicis which caused his death. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 Chase made his way boldly to the nearest platform, exchanging bows with the surprised Von Blitz and the saturnine Rasula, who stood quite near. The Man from Brodney's And for half an hour Great Taylor's saturnine mind followed in the wake of his smoothly flowing words. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 He reposed no confidence in his superintendent, a surly, saturnine fellow known as Black Jack Berg, nor in Denny Slevin, his foreman. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories "You found him?" queried the hostess, excusing herself to the tall, saturnine man who had shared the honors at the head of the People's Party ticket with Jasper G. Bucks. The Grafters His habits were at once saturnine and selfish; his temper gloomy and distrustful, and his feelings cold and self-centred. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 As they moved away from the vine-covered nook in the garden, a hand parted the leaves in the balcony above and a dark, saturnine face appeared behind it. The Man from Brodney's "Pray, madam," now said Cromwell, still looking the agreeable—so far as his saturnine features would admit of such expression—"to what happy circumstance am I indebted for the honour of this visit?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII You have a heart like a girl underneath that saturnine front of yours, and while you look like the Sphinx, you are really as much of a kid at heart as I am. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories When the judge finally came back to his chair the saturnine face was gray and haggard. The Grafters His features indicate great sensibility; his eyes are particularly striking, and of a deep blue colour; his nose aquiline; his expression generally saturnine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829 Being himself of a saturnine humour, he took great delight in the society of persons little better than buffoons. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti I will say nothing of what I observed on that long, sombre, saturnine index. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII She sent her glance up to its vast, dim, noble heights and brought it down to the saturnine, unsavory wreck at her side. The Bent Twig He reminds one of some of Holbein's heads, grave, saturnine, with a slight indication of sly humour, kept under by the manners of the age or by the pretensions of the person. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The voice of the older man came with a sinister force and saturnine. Within the Law A great master of a different temperament, less solitary, less saturnine, less sluggish, would have formed a school, as Raffaello did. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti “It occurred a thousand miles to the westward of Manatomana, on the island of Tagalag,” he continued abruptly, with an air of saturnine disappointment in that there had been no discussion. The Red One There is a dry saturnine humour in the delineation of old Joseph, and some glimpses of grace and gaiety animate the younger Catherine. Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells With Mr. Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on the one hand, and Hareton, absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bade adieu early. Wuthering Heights The Inspector, always savagely impressive now in voice and look and gesture, faced the girl with saturnine persistence. Within the Law The marked accumulation of lead in the central nervous system of the fetus explains the frequency and serious character of saturnine encephalopathic lesions. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Men of a dull and saturnine complexion will soon get to an end of all they felt it incumbent on them to say to their comrades. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author The Artful, meantime, who was of a rather saturnine disposition, and seldom gave way to merriment when it interfered with business, rifled Oliver's pockets with steady assiduity. Oliver Twist Harkey, a long, lank Texan, was unusually friendly for one with a saturnine disposition, and, as long as his theory that gold grew was not challenged, was quite companionable. Love of Life and Other Stories A DARK, saturnine man sat opposite me at table on board the steamer. Ponkapog Papers He extracted this, and, until cicatrization was complete, he dressed the stump with saturnine cerate. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The Prioress had been careful to select a Nun whose disposition was naturally solemn and saturnine. The Monk; a romance His hue and temperament are plentifully bilious; he has a saturnine eye; his cheek is of a dark blue where he has been shaven. Prince Otto, a Romance Somehow his words and his look did not seem to accord, or else it was that his cast of face made his smile look malignant and saturnine. Dracula "Cork soles," said the saturnine man, in a deep voice, and then went on with his breakfast. Ponkapog Papers A fleeting smile lighted up the saturnine gloom of his present mood. The Market-Place The skin was puffed out under his sunken eyes, and its sallowness had paled to a leaden white against which his irregular eyebrows and long reddish moustache were relieved with a saturnine effect. House of Mirth In front of the large hall fire, over which hung the colonel's sword, the process was completed and the company, including the saturnine Crook, presented to Sir Leopold Fischer. The Innocence of Father Brown His countenance, by daylight, had a sort of amiably saturnine cast; he had a very large thin nose, and looked like a Spanish picture. The American He twisted his heavy mouth into a faint smile—he was one of those saturnine people who smile with the corners of the mouth down,—and bowed his acknowledgment of my complaisance. The Island of Doctor Moreau To the saturnine, New York of its spangled nights is like a Scylla of a thousand heads, each head a menace. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It A foreign car, large and impressive, crouched like an immense and saturnine bug at the foot of the path. The Beautiful and Damned Father Brown seemed rather to like the saturnine candour of the soldier. The Innocence of Father Brown He had dark saturnine features, thought by some to resemble those of Charles II, from whom he was descended in the female line; when they relaxed into a smile, they were, it is said, irresistible. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire I was not of a saturnine and cold complexion; and, fearful and guarded as Miss was against rakes, I had some latent apprehension that the tempter might be at hand. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor |
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