| 单词 | self-depreciation |
| 例句 | Mr. Cox seems endlessly game for self-depreciation and gentle mockery, playing along with running jokes about his contempt for chemistry and his growing status as a pop culture figure. ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ Brings Playful Science Series to U.S. 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z In a second video, the "Bachelor" star continued with her self-depreciation over the resurfaced photo. 'Bachelor' star Demi Burnett apologizes over resurfaced photo of her wearing a Confederate flag jacket 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Another example is Kotex, which three years ago, launched a pretty blatant self-depreciation strategy. Why Your Brand Should Have a Sense of Humor 2013-04-11T14:08:12Z Beefy refused to comment on the incident, although Hemmings did a good line in self-depreciation: "After my gallant 95 the Sydney Test, I'm practically a skeleton now." Cricket pitch invaders: a piglet, Statto's stool and England's 'mad dogs' 2013-04-09T11:18:53Z That comment, like so many things Griffith said as Sheriff Andy Taylor and Ben Matlock, was a sly joke, an aw-shucks feint of self-depreciation to disarm the sharpies who underestimated him. Andy Griffith: His Hottest Decade Was the '50s 2012-07-03T23:35:32Z I will say no more upon that subject, lest my self-depreciation should be set down to vanity. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z Chitterlow described various personal encounters with these personages, always with modest self-depreciation, and gave Kipps a very amusing imitation of old Chumps in a state of intoxication. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z This was an adroit move on his part, and his self-depreciation won a reply instantly. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z At the same time, any trace of such self-depreciation was far enough from showing itself in Claire's spoken answer. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z "I suppose we, all of us, have moods of self-depreciation occasionally," she said. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He resented, but could not overcome, this unusual self-depreciation. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z That Lingard, in the throes of his passion for her, should go through moments of acute self-depreciation and remorse, only made her feel her power, her triumph, the more. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Only a little sacrifice of pride was demanded, but she must unbend further than at their last meeting if she was to overcome the Seraph's curious bent of self-depreciation. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z He should have known better; but he was young and had lived so long with those who despised him that a habit of self-depreciation had insensibly grown upon him. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z This self-depreciation, in order to avoid the responsibility of using his faculties, is often but a subterfuge and the sophistry of indolence. 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 With her self-depreciation she was one thing that she was not likely to guess—the prettiest talker in the world. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z Their scepticism applies to themselves even more than to others, and no people are so ready for self-depreciation. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Knowing Sylvia, I find no difficulty in understanding the ascendancy she had established over his mind; knowing him, I can well appreciate his exasperating diffidence and self-depreciation. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The author answered by a modest shrug of self-depreciation, and still the unfinished MSS. lay at the bottom of the black box. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z I forgive you your pride in this respect, for it presupposes an exaggerated self-depreciation. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z And it's only a mop, anyway," she added, with severe self-depreciation; "let it alone, will you, Sal! Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z This external equality and internal inequality, his uneasiness about himself and at the same time his continual self-depreciation—all this was strikingly incongruous and provocative of laughter and pity. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The old self-depreciation waking up to life, the old enemy leaguing with languor and despondency to mar the sweet hopefulness of convalescence. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z A leading characteristic of these cases is a cruel self-depreciation of the ego combined with relentless self-criticism and bitter self-reproaches. Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego 2011-04-17T02:00:02.907Z His self-depreciation is largely responsible for such assertions. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Of all human opportunities for instruction in humility and self-depreciation, the average public speaker's is the best. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z "I am not much good," he said: for ever excusing his shortcomings by his self-depreciation. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Ford, in an interesting passage in Love's Sacrifice, I., 1, refers to the national love of self-depreciation among the English. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z In spite of his self-depreciation, he performed as artistic and painless an operation as I ever sat through. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z If another said that his work was "exquisite" or "superb", or this, or that, he would not affect a self-depreciation which he did not feel. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z But the train interrupted Lonsdale's self-depreciation, and he sustained himself well through the crisis of the introductions. Sinister Street, vol. 2 My dear Tony," said she, "do get rid once for all of the habit of underrating your own abilities; as my dear father says, people very easily make self-depreciation a plea of indolence. Tony Butler Why should these false ideas, created by years of self-depreciation, stand in the way of what she knew was best? The Bachelors A Novel With which bit of self-depreciation Roger stalked dignifiedly, if a trifle unsteadily, out of the room. Thirty In the first instance, admiration is pursued by self-depreciation, desire is pinioned before conventional obstacles, and hope falters beneath a weight of doubt. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel He clearly saw the gray-eyed goddess as the personification of the spirit of the university: but suddenly all the impulse faded out in self-depreciation. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The habit of self-depreciation had, besides, got hold of him, and he employed it as an excuse to cover his inertness. Tony Butler He was deriving a secret pleasure from his self-depreciation. Years of Plenty Pride, or rather self-valuation, incapacity for self-depreciation, had never let her be honest with herself. Fidelity A Novel Then followed a day of wonder, in which hallucinations of delight alternated with tremors of self-depreciation. Eden An Episode But Horace, when not exalted with his inspired preachments on the art of life and the arts of poetry and love, was a bitter cynic redeemed by great self-depreciation and joviality. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories The language of self-depreciation he was wont to use, sometimes deemed unreal, expressed his genuine sense of the contrast between the religious ideal he set up and his own attainment. Studies in Contemporary Biography Dorothy rescued him from this unwonted self-depreciation by bursting on the scene with eyes distended to their widest. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted "Really, you know, you flatter me absurdly," says Cobbett, the self-depreciation fainter, the smirk broader. Rossmoyne The other hand she extended toward the colonel with a gesture of self-depreciation and appeal as she hurried forward in long strides. The Bondboy She knew it now calmly, and as a matter of course, in a manner that did away with any necessity for shrinking or self-depreciation. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Of course it is difficult to keep such archives within reasonable limits, but here again I am not afraid of self-laudation so much as of self-depreciation. My Autobiography A Fragment It is no easy matter to overcome a habit of self-depreciation. The Heart of the New Thought There is a satisfied smirk upon his pale lips, and a poor attempt at self-depreciation about his whole manner. Rossmoyne His response to her self-depreciation was a human one. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life He gave them his little laugh of self-depreciation and looked toward Mary, where she had halted and was letting her horse nip the new grass of the roadside. Dr. Sevier He saw in it at present, with his cynic's eye for self-scorn and self-depreciation, only an added excuse and more subtle temptation for the saving of himself. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin His generous spirit loved to praise others, and he was rather prone to self-depreciation. War Letters of a Public-School Boy There is a false humility, which makes a great virtue of self-depreciation, because it has never seen its utter nothingness. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer "More than I'm worth," he replied, with gloomy self-depreciation. They of the High Trails Fitzjames differed from him both in opinions and temperament, and could not refrain from an occasional smile at the trick of rather ostentatious self-depreciation which Coleridge seemed to have inherited from his great-uncle. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Tony was only joking, for he gravely shook his head in self-depreciation. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Miss Blackburne smiled again, and looked at Miss Bey; but Miss Bey supported Beth in her self-depreciation by preserving an ominous silence. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius And this is just where his own modesty and self-depreciation have played him a scurvy trick. The Voyage of the Aurora As an offshoot of this kind stands the affectation of simplicity—the woman whose mental attitude is self-depreciation, and who poses herself as a mere nobody when the world is ringing with her praises. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) No, no," said Mr. Blinkhorn, "this extreme self-depreciation is morbid, very morbid. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers By a pathetic and superstitious self-depreciation, we then punish ourselves for the imperfection of nature. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory There were times when self-depreciation ceased to be a virtue. The Fighting Edge Not that this humorous self-depreciation is to be pressed; for, unlike that critic, he is no "troublesome vexer of the dead." Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters She uttered this with a touch of her well-known self-depreciation, but she was by no interpretation sordid or common. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West She hated to have him resume that tone of self-depreciation, and, kneeling to him, she kissed his cheek, and laid her head beside his. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range The Pole spread out his hands in a gesture of self-depreciation. The Secret House There is in it much appearance of humility and self-depreciation. Thoughts on Missions The malady was one quite foreign to his temperament, springing from self-depreciation, and because he did not then find sufficient gratification in society. My Recollections of Lord Byron Pierre was filled with doubt and with dread, with an almost unbearable self-depreciation. The Branding Iron While the Christian's life will be characterized by humility, it should not be marked with sadness and self-depreciation. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan He also looks, for a man who has just been indulging in a fit of severe self-depreciation, exceedingly confident and full of faith in himself. The Diamond Coterie In the presence of conceit his self-depreciation was ironical, but in another presence it was most genuine, and his deepest spring of thought and action. The Approach to Philosophy Her name was not Matilda, but in moments of self-depreciation she was wont to address herself as such. The Green Rust At last Bruce put the boat about without consulting her, and rowed back to the landing in silence and with considerable dexterity, considering his self-depreciation as a rower. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science "If I had not said that!"—all the self-depreciation which the persistent dwelling on Charteris's qualities produced naturally in the man who differed so much from him, were poured into Honour's ear. The Path to Honour They were, and the Roll Call bore witness to their rigourous self-depreciation. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart Hannah Macaulay's description of her bodily condition erred on the side of self-depreciation. The Northern Iron They speak better than I do, after all these years," he declared with delighted self-depreciation, "though perhaps that's not much to brag of. A Venetian June “Don’ know how come,” he replied, vanishing with an air of the utmost self-depreciation. At Fault But Katherine, still anxious to repair any defect in her recognition and greeting, and still with that same effect of playful self-depreciation, spoke first. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Why indulge in weak modesty and fool self-depreciation? The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills There is a common vice of self-conceit, but there is also a common vice of excessive self-depreciation. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year There was something so charmingly naive in this self-depreciation—something so altogether novel in his experience, and, he could not help adding, just a little bit countrified. A Good-For-Nothing 1876 The most obvious consequence of the self-knowledge thus forced upon them is to render them alike incapable of self-conceit or self-depreciation. To Whom This May Come 1898 He paused, and then asked with a somewhat humorous air of self-depreciation:—"What do you think now, have I done more harm than good, made confusion worse confounded, and played the fool generally?" The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance But here it may be observed in passing that this kind of self-depreciation is a favourite trick with men of unusual nerve, and is rarely resorted to by any but the most courageous. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray There is no living creature but a dog who would not have been ashamed to show such a mixture of transport and self-depreciation. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray But his nature, ever prone to self-depreciation, never wholly believing in his own power till another had assured him of it, cried out for confirmation of his secret hope. The Genius So speaks Mrs. Davis, in noble self-depreciation of herself and her class. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Her expression had a delightful touch of self-depreciation. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance They do not realize how they weaken themselves by this mental attitude of self-depreciation or self-effacement. Pushing to the Front Considered that old age in great measure disqualified him by its rigid fixity of habits from judging of the works of young poets—I must say that he was here even over liberal in self-depreciation. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Modesty, however, is one thing, and self-depreciation quite another. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa To-day it is no easy and attractive business to bring our strong qualities to the surface; it implies an amount of conviction which it is hard to attain, and self-depreciation means a pitiful faint-heartedness. The New Society "Always provided you start right, you know, my dear fellow," Shotover observed, patting the boy's shoulder with his disengaged hand, and looking at the boy's mother with a humorous suggestion of self-depreciation. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Hawthorne, because of his timidity and self-depreciation, did not begin his real literary career until rather late. Short Stories of Various Types Bunyan's own account of his family as the "meanest and most despised of all the families of the land" must be put down to his habitual self-depreciation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" If we send out worry thoughts or thoughts of self-depreciation we must expect others to receive the message as we send it. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves Greatness has a subtle self-depreciation; and we shall come to know our huge Shakespeare only by approaching him on foot. A Hero and Some Other Folks It is obvious enough that the only part of this anecdote which is quite worthy of credence is the actual phrase used by Goldsmith, which is full of his customary generosity and self-depreciation. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series Like all personally ambitious men who have failed of popular applause, the success of another filled him with momentary self-depreciation. The Mayor of Warwick Too much self-depreciation is often a sign of the extremest vanity. Gypsy Breynton In Puritan piety the sternest self-depreciation qualified every thought of the creature, while every allusion to the Creator was a magnificat. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes To those members of the human family who are disposed to entertain too high an estimate of themselves there is something aggravating in the extreme humility and sensitive self-depreciation of the real New Englander. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z It consists in the satire of the pretence and pomposities of others by means of a sort of exaggerated and playful self-depreciation. Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series Many, too, are conscious of a poverty of language, which engenders in them a sense of timidity and self-depreciation. Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English Extreme love, sensitiveness, and self-depreciation in some natures produce jealousy as unfailingly as a chemical combination its given result. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel His attitude towards them was not one of humble self-depreciation any more. The Sport of the Gods The minister was spiritual, frail, and a trifle prone to self-depreciation; the minister's new wife was spirited, vigorous, courageous, and clever. The Romance of a Christmas Card That he made a greater success than his self-depreciation would imply is evident from the fact that his Fellowship was renewed for the next year. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I "What a base imputation!" cried Ralph.There was something so charmingly na�ve in this self-depreciation—something so altogether novel in his experience, and, he could not help adding, just a little bit countrified. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Our author, in an uncommon strain of self-depreciation, or rather to give a neat turn to his sentence, has avouched himself to be a worse poet than Flecknoe. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 "No, no; leave it in the singular," says Maurice, making her a little gesture of self-depreciation. The Hoyden Do you imagine that you are going to be a cripple for life, and therefore an indifferent dancer in the dances I shall always be leading you, that you have started this fit of self-depreciation? An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Desiring to be sympathetic and to say something consoling, he replied, with unnecessary self-depreciation, "You don't miss much." More Toasts The student begins by studying himself, an exercise in self-appraisal which need not by any means involve self-depreciation. The Open Secret of Ireland With superb dignity Mr. Pettit appealed for silence with gestures that expressed self-depreciation, humility, and latent power in one who would, in due course, explain everything. A Hoosier Chronicle The humility which the Army inculcates is not an abject self-depreciation that leads to loss of self-respect and effort. A Student in Arms Second Series His feeling toward his cousin, though mildly envious, did not extend to self-depreciation, nor had it served to undermine his faith in the innate dignity and worth of New Jersey family life. Unleavened Bread And, notwithstanding instances of honest self-depreciation, there, nevertheless, hung around his personality an air and assumption of moral infallibility, as a reformer. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist But it was himself that he mocked, for there was a look in his dark eyes that gave to his naturally strong face an almost pathetic expression of self-depreciation and shame. When A Man's A Man In reality the conflict in her mind arose first from self-depreciation and second from indecision as to confession. The Nervous Housewife As I said before, the personal humility of the soldier has nothing in it of abject self-depreciation or slackness. A Student in Arms Second Series Posterity discredits this self-depreciation, while it admires it, and Miss Herschel's services are now esteemed at their true worth. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs "I didn't mean it," whispered Baggs, self-depreciation and pain striving for the possession of his face. Romance of California Life It was almost a note of apology, and again in his eyes there was that pitiful look of self-depreciation and shame. When A Man's A Man This is done either by subtle praise, which can then only refer to the person addressed or by more or less bald self-depreciation, which can then only refer to the first person. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic A curious feeling of shame, of self-depreciation crept into his heart. Lady Rose's Daughter This, mistaken for a merely perfunctory speech of self-depreciation, was received in polite, contradicting silence by the Guild. Romance Island Those of most demonstrative piety are rarely better than the rest, not, indeed, hypocritical, but satisfying their consciences by self-depreciation and indulgence in emotion,—psychological manifestations which one may find in more advanced communities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Magnanimity is the virtue of the aristocrat; its excess is self-glorification, its deficiency self-depreciation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy "Out of it?" she exclaimed, and her voice thrilled as she resented his self-depreciation. The Regent These fits of depression and self-depreciation amount to being tragic. Deadham Hard Perhaps the most touching proof of his own self-depreciation was something he did when he had become conscious that his career would be written about. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] For a man who has always been a lamb in his shyness and self-depreciation, to find himself suddenly transformed into a lion, is a cause of no little embarrassment. Round the Block Where in the past or the present shall we find a great and powerful nation much addicted to modesty or self-depreciation? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 Nothing but a morbid self-depreciation had prevented her from coming to a decision in the matter long before, and there was no other solution than to assume command and impose my will. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I His mock self-importance they thought ill-breeding; his humorous self-depreciation and keen sense of his own ridiculousness, mere lack of dignity and folly. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The Father of the Marshalsea said, with a shrug of modest self-depreciation, 'Oh! Little Dorrit He was always ready to say that he had been worth little in his young days; indeed, his self-depreciation covered the greater part of his life. Life and Letters of Robert Browning There was something so charmingly na�ve in this self-depreciation— something so altogether novel in his experience, and, he could not help adding, just a little bit countrified. Tales from Two Hemispheres Most timidities have such secret compensations, and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-depreciation. House of Mirth It doesn't mean self-abasement, self-depreciation, as it has been understood to mean, by both the Romish and the Protestant Church. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Bertie surrendered herself to the process with an expression of wondering self-depreciation; her large dark eyes shone with a kind of surprised humility. With the Procession She was touched to the heart by his self-depreciation and profound respect. The Living Link She would have prepared more works for the press but for a feeling of extreme self-depreciation, which led her to think that she was not competent to prepare a book fit to be printed. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission Nothing came of this idea; but it was a proposal remarkable in its self-depreciation, because it was made when work from his pen was already having a conspicuous success. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 But in her case it came nowise of the pride which blame stirs to resentment, but altogether of the self-depreciation which disapproval rouses to yet greater dispiriting. Mary Marston Never before in his life had he received such minute and solicitous ministrations; he felt with a shy self-depreciation that he must be making himself a great burden. With the Procession The recipient of his kindness receives it in characteristic Eastern fashion, with exaggerated words of self-depreciation, which sound almost too humble to be quite sincere. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII From what writhing agonies of lacerated self-love came that pride which was but self-depreciation? What Will He Do with It? — Complete She was certainly very beautiful, and perhaps, had I now seen them both for the first time, I might have acquiesced in the truth of Eveena's self-depreciation. Across the Zodiac They were drilled to a factitious humility, prone to find utterance in expressions of self-depreciation and self-scorn, which one may often judge unwisely, when he condemns them as insincere. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century It was his fatal habit of self-depreciation that was making Claire's words so specious as he stood there trying to cast them from his mind. Uneasy Money His answer is more than mere Oriental self-depreciation. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII She did not know that failing health was really the cause of this lapse of self-confidence, this growing self-depreciation, this languor for which she could not account. The Translation of a Savage, Complete She did not know that failing health was really the cause of this lapse of self- confidence, this growing self-depreciation, this languor for which she could not account. The Translation of a Savage, Volume 3 "Indeed, sir, I like your modesty, your self-depreciation." A Day of Fate Such conduct is not due to any desire to deceive, but to self-depreciation; it is more agreeable to prevaricate than to assert one's self. How to Study and Teaching How to Study This radical difference between European self-appreciation and Asiatic self-depreciation furnishes the key to the problem under discussion. The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth? He nodded, and she ran on with a rippling laugh of self-depreciation. The Desired Woman Self- condemnation and self-depreciation gave birth to false self- accusation. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness At the same time Christian humility is not self-depreciation. Religious Reality Yet, at the same time, it was bitter to her, and ministered an unwholesome aliment to her morbid self-depreciation. A Siren I never could!" she declared, with an odd little air of penitent self-depreciation—"People who ask you to listen to reason are always so desperately dull! Innocent : her fancy and his fact At any rate, after what we have read we cannot attribute his intention of studying under Kalkbrenner to undue self-depreciation. Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete Sometimes, again, the dramatic sense takes the form of an exaggerated self-depreciation. At Large Having then gained the public ear by the artifice of self-depreciation, he poured into it the praises of Hardie junior. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Before I was twelve I suffered from terrible self-depreciation; I do so still. Dear Brutus He retaliated with a light touch of self-depreciation. Australia Felix However, after these words of self-depreciation, which were let fall as much for her own future ease of conscience as for his present warning, she made no more ado. The Hand of Ethelberta I liked its modest self-depreciation and I liked its cool assumption of my sympathy and co-operation. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills To know people's real estimate of themselves, study their language of self-depreciation. Hard Cash The man was broken-hearted; he suffered tortures of loneliness, disappointment, doubt, self-depreciation. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) But his self-depreciation was here cut off with the electric light. The Burning Spear Europe and America evince a singular taste for the marvellous, and find a zest in self-depreciation. The Invention of a New Religion How cease to imitate thee in everything, even to revelling shamelessly in one's own self-depreciation? Virgin Soil "Well, I just thought, Uncle Remus," said the little boy, in a tone remarkable for self-depreciation, "that the man had a name." Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Orde stood as before, a humourous smile of self-depreciation on his face, hitting back at the elusive Murphy, but without much effect, his feet never stirring in their tracks. The Riverman Mr. Tulkinghorn, profoundly attentive, throws this off with a shrug of self-depreciation and contracts his eyebrows a little more. Bleak House He immediately became indignant at his own self-depreciation. Virgin Soil |
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