| 单词 | slenderly |
| 例句 | In it, wrapped in a piece of blue silk cloth, are feathers: mostly slenderly, gray or white. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Both were fair complexioned and slenderly made; both possessed faces full of distinction and intelligence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Between two fingers she holds a slenderly gray feather. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, motionless, identical, their poles slanting slenderly in the sunlight, also identical. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And to “King Lear” to understand how a man who has “ever but slenderly known himself” could know others well enough to rule them. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z But his Shylock's main problem is fundamentalist rigidity and the crucial sense that he hath ever but slenderly known himself. Abraham makes 'Merchant' a memorable show 2011-03-18T21:06:11Z Fridgeir was not a tall man; he was slenderly built, comely in face, not strong. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Lear, Cox’s Logan seems to have “ever but slenderly known himself,” as Regan remarks to Goneril about their rash father. The major miscalculation behind 'Succession's' unspectacular season 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Ono, in “An Artist,” or Stevens, the English butler who narrates “The Remains of the Day,” which was awarded the 1989 Booker Prize, are men who have ever but slenderly known themselves. Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The marvel is, that a symbolism so familiar to the Egyptian eye should not have been easily legible to even the most slenderly gifted of Pharaoh’s wise men. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z They are under the average size, rather slenderly made, of a soft and pleasing bluish-dun color, the neck being darker, with high, single combs, deeply serrated. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z And with this idea, rich though he was, the father kept the girl but slenderly supplied with money. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z Why then the only Way to preserve your Appetite is to feed you slenderly; or only let you see the food, but not to taste. The Perjur'd Husband 2012-02-21T03:00:19.123Z Then, as the shapeless yellow baby grew into a slenderly graceful collie, his guardianship changed to stark adoration. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z She was tall, nearly six feet in height, but slenderly formed. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She was above the ordinary height in stature, weighed about 130 pounds, was slenderly built, and had much the appearance of one inclined to consumption. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Yet she has power to baffle avalanches— She, rising slenderly Where the rivers run. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z One more unfortunate weary of breath, Rashly importunate, gone to her death; Take her up tenderly, lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, young and so fair. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Near one of the exits in the rear of the house stood a tall, slenderly proportioned man. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Well, I fancy I shall come off but slenderly. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Thus it will be seen that each regiment, though so very slenderly represented, had to sustain the well-earned honours which had previously been bestowed upon it. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Where opinions are so radically divided and so slenderly supported, suspension of belief is natural and necessary. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Then if you can, take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; fashioned so slenderly, p. 121So young and so fair. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Such things must be recorded for several reasons, but neither they, nor real various readings that are slenderly supported, can produce any effect in the task of amending or restoring the sacred text. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z They represented her as a good girl, slenderly provided for, and he wished that Helena would prefer her to all others. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z You have seen how the country lad, ill-educated, slenderly provided with books or friends, formed in early life a resolution to succeed in letters. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z And on its fickle, mighty breast The waters still are moving, With love in every running crest And laughter in the loving— Light love to touch the prows of ships That slip along so slenderly. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z Take her up tenderly, lift her with care; fashion’d so slenderly, young, and so fair! Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z He is tall and slenderly built, and so wonderfully competent--even if he isn't very systematic--that I always feel awkward by contrast. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z "Use the woman tenderly, tenderly; From a crooked rib God made her slenderly: Straight and strong He did not make her, So if you try to bend you'll break her." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z It was not the figure people had been used to, it seemed so tall and slenderly round. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z I am sure that you are tall and slenderly though gracefully built. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Take her up tenderly, lift her with care; fashion’d so slenderly, young and so fair! Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Yet he grew slenderly and well, and had such grace and tenderness in his nature that all who saw him loved him. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z When Saxon stood, a few days later, on the step of an inbound train, the girl stood waving her sunbonnet, slenderly outlined against the green background of the woods beyond the flag-station. The Key to Yesterday But of it all nothing existed for Tharn beyond a slenderly rounded white-tunicked figure seated in the company of several warriors about a cooking fire almost exactly in the center of the camp. The Return of Tharn But when ancient excellence is contemplated with a generous eye, even when the mind that sees is but slenderly gifted, who will say that nothing new will occur? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 She was not more than fourteen two, and slenderly made compared with Abra, yet she had borne the great bulk of Joseph with ease before, and now she was apparently ready to carry him again. The Garden of Eden The body ought to be long and slenderly shaped, like that of a tiger. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 The slenderly filled passenger-list gave the slight alleviation of an uncrowded ship. The Key to Yesterday He was small, hardly more than five feet two and he was slenderly built. Death Makes A Mistake There were districts where the Elizabethan dramatists were but slenderly protected. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time He was tall, and slenderly built, and when some divinely gracious promise fell from his lips, his face broke up as if there were music in it. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl After the sudden death of the father, the widow and her children were left rather slenderly provided for. Old and New London Volume I This might enable him, he thought, to earn a little money on the way down the river, instead of depleting his slenderly stocked purse by paying steamboat fare. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs They were tall, slenderly built, graceful in their quick motions as they worked to revive the unconscious man. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 She just touched five feet in height, and was very slenderly and delicately made, with absurd, tiny hands and feet. Jan and Her Job The other was taller and more slenderly built. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Certainly it was not this slenderly youthful figure, nor this reaction that was more of fright than startled amazement. The Finding of Haldgren He was of fair height, slenderly built, with soft auburn hair, a little untrimmed, neat dress, and a diffident, yet expectant and courageous, face. Dr. Sevier She was rather tall and finely, but slenderly, proportioned, and when she looked up he knew she was as beautiful as he had thought. Partners of the Out-Trail A little farther up the platform there is a gorgeous group, of which the central figure is a fine tall man, slenderly built, with a clear proud face. Round the Wonderful World The legs of the Apaches were free, with light moccasins only half-way to the thigh, slenderly held up by strings from the waist. Red Men and White The beasts beside that figure, slenderly girlish even in its metal sheath, fell into the pit beyond; their screams rang horribly as they fell. The Finding of Haldgren Cobbler though he was, and so slenderly educated that he did not express himself grammatically, Fox was nevertheless a prophet, according to the order of Amos, the herdman of Tekoa. William Penn He was a young man of seventeen or eighteen, slenderly built, with well-shaped feet, and long, delicate, nervous hands. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius She was tall for her age, but slenderly built. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution She has soft black hair, black eyes, and is slenderly built. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga The cells were, therefore, slenderly guarded; the queens escaped from them, and engaged in several combats, until the throne remained with the most successful. New observations on the natural history of bees The prince was next day obliged to get a pair of peasant's boots, in which he rode about for eight days; a proof that the princely wardrobe was but slenderly furnished. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Her fair hair was parted back under a round hat, her slenderly plump figure appeared to advantage mounted on her bright bay, and altogether she presented a striking contrast to her brother. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster She was a short woman, so slenderly, even narrowly built, as to appear overgrown, and she was a mature woman so immaturely shaped and featured as to appear hardly more than a child. The Branding Iron The delay embarrassed her; she had time to see, with painful clearness, all the little articles in the slenderly furnished room. Duffels But, although I," she added, "counsel you not to heed our Julia's girlish terrors, I love you not to walk by night so slenderly accompanied. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 She was a small, slenderly built woman, or rather girl, with dark, passionate eyes, in whose liquid depths Lester could read the sorrows of her life with such a man as Henry Charlton. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The following from Hood illustrates triple rhyme: "Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young and so fair." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism They were passing in an opposite course to ours, like a whirl of sand, little creatures slenderly fine, little creatures timid and quick in flight. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure He was slenderly fashioned, and reminded one, at first, of a professor in a minor college. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty The death of Mr. Ballister, senior, had left the widow and her two boys more slenderly provided for than was anticipated—Phil's portion, after leaving college, producing the moderate income before mentioned. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) He was a small, slenderly built man, with a skin scarcely darker than that of an Italian, and very handsome features. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 The latter was a man about five feet six inches in height, slenderly built, yet with broad, hanging shoulders. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life In her mind's eye was the picture of a slenderly built cowboy who sat his horse close beside hers, whose gloved hand slipped from her sleeve and gripped her fingers in a strong firm clasp. Prairie Flowers Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care: Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American An elderly, well preserved gentleman, slenderly built, showing all the signs of a man who has lived clean and has been almost an ascetic. Theft A Play In Four Acts He was tall, slenderly built, and a fine specimen of the young boyard, with that determined expression of countenance which suggests a habit of acting and being obeyed as the feudal lord. French and Oriental Love in a Harem There were districts where the Elizabethan dramatists were but slenderly protected. Obiter Dicta Second Series Although a slenderly made young man, Brown was full of vigour and resolution. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Arrests were threatened, and serious trouble was certain, when Acting President Frieze settled the matter by paying the $225 damages out of his own slenderly lined pocket. The University of Michigan He, however, soon afterwards died, leaving his widow and infant daughter slenderly provided for. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow There was no hope of a ship like ours, so slenderly manned, being able to capture or even disable our heavily-armed pursuer. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 The boy, who was but fourteen and rather slenderly built, looked up in surprise. Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier He is rather youthful in appearance for a man forty-five years of age, rather slenderly built, quick of movement, and with the air of courageous self-reliance that marks a successful and experienced business operator. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis He was short of stature and slenderly though gracefully built, and his black curls clustered over brow and eyes that seemed rather those of a poet or a dreamer than of a man of action. The Lion's Brood But the story, slenderly rooted in itself, has no support. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Again and again you saw repeated the same high-bridged, slenderly aquiline nose. The Lady Paramount He was all, and indeed rather more, than she, widowed Lady Attlebridge's slenderly dowered daughter, had any reason to expect. Quisanté Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly Young, and so fair! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language The king, passing along Smithfield, very slenderly guarded, met with Wat Tyler at the head of these rioters, and entered into a conference with him. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. The back of her neck, Dowie realised, was now as slenderly round and velvet white as it had been when she had dressed her hair on the night of the Duchess' dance. Robin The ruins, arched bridges and picturesque dwellings and other erections of Europe are but slenderly to be regretted by the American beginner. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Or perhaps he had not forgotten, and had realised that her love for him was very slenderly built. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron He was apparently about forty years of age, rather slenderly built, but with a graceful form. Fighting for the Right She turned away sorrowfully and came cheek by jowl with a slenderly built thin-faced man whose eyes twinkled humorously, and with mobile lips that somehow suggested comicality. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' The girl rose, swayed slightly, and putting out one hand for support, stood with her black-gowned figure sketched slenderly against the white of the cabin wall, her eyes irresolute and distressed. The Lighted Match He was a handsome man, as tall as Tuttle, but more slenderly built, with clean-cut features, dancing black eyes, and a black mustache that swept in an upward curve over his tanned cheek. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories His figure, though less than six feet, gave the impression of a much taller man; for he was slenderly built without being thin, and his carriage was almost military. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua I met several funerals; they were slenderly attended by mourners, and were regarded by the spectators as omens of direst import. The Last Man She was looking fair and dainty in a gown of some thin white stuff, through which her neck and arms showed slenderly. An Alabaster Box Eulalie was a graceful creature, slenderly and symmetrically formed, with soft blue eyes, and an exceedingly gentle expression, which was indicative of her character. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales He saw before him a slenderly built, fashionably dressed figure, surmounted by clear-cut, smooth-shaven features—a man of thirty, possibly, decidedly aristocratic, perfectly self-controlled, his eyes cool, calculating, his hands swift, unhesitating in play. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West Shortly before luncheon we were joined by King Ferdinand, a slenderly built man, somewhat under medium height, with a grizzled beard, a genial smile and merry, twinkling eyes. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean The lacy softness of her negligée fell away from her slenderly rounded throat. Destiny When this regiment first showed signs of insubordination it was quartered at the neighbouring cantonment of Nowshera, then slenderly garrisoned by British troops, but with many European women and children. The Story of the Guides "Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair!" The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly Young, and so fair! Familiar Quotations She was quite young, not more than about sixteen, and so slenderly formed as to appear almost a child. Adrien Leroy Seneca is justly ridiculed by Dacier, for sending Laius forth with a numerous party of guards, to avoid the indecorum of a king going abroad too slenderly attended. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 As usual, the colonial treasury is but slenderly provided with the funds necessary for carrying on the government, and Tavora proposes expedients for obtaining these, and for utilizing hitherto neglected resources of the country. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Licquet slenderly doubts portions of this tragical tale: but I have good reason to believe that it is not an exaggerated one. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One The man who spoke was little more than a lad, a pale-faced, slenderly built son of the veldt. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front Perhaps it was the shimmery gold hair, perhaps it was the flickering mischief of the downcast lashes, perhaps it was the loveliness of the soft, white throat and slenderly rounded arms. The Palace of Darkened Windows At his words she rose from her knees to her full height, and he saw that she was slenderly tall and fashioned of gracious curves. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Mr. Drew is about five feet ten inches high, and slenderly made. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made She was very small and slenderly made, with dark hair, luminous eyes, and ivory-white complexion, a sensitive nose and mouth, a wisp of nerves and passion. Jaffery With grave young authority she moved, slenderly graceful. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West He, too, was tall, but slenderly built, with clear-cut visage and fair hair gleaming in the glare. Helmet of Navarre Years in the untempered sun and wind of the southwest had given her a sturdiness of body unusual in a girl so slenderly fashioned. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today The royal family, slenderly attended, followed the king. France in the Nineteenth Century Already she was slenderly full, an elemental daughter of Eve, primitive as one of her fur-clad ancestors. A Man Four-Square She was slenderly built, of middle height, and had a good figure. The Visionary Pictures From Nordland May it please your Grace, you have seen how weakly he hath shadowed his purpose and how slenderly he hath answered the objections against him. Bacon She was slenderly made, with a small face and head round which the abundant hair was very smoothly and closely wound. Lady Merton, Colonist Your bedfellow may be Iscariot, but if you know him not, and as yet he knows himself but slenderly, you may sleep without dreaming. Sir Mortimer The shoulders were those of an athlete, but on the whole the figure was lightly and slenderly built, making an impression rather of grace and elasticity than of exceptional strength. Harvest The most slenderly endowed Christian soul has the double charge of giving to, and receiving from, its brethren. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) I bought fur gowns for most of my men, who were slenderly clothed, otherwise I think they would have starved. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Dr. Andrew Churchill opened the door which led from the room of one of his patients into the small, slenderly furnished living-room of the tiny house which had been her home. The Second Violin Bob saw a little, middle-aged man, not over five feet six in height, slenderly built, yet with broad, hanging shoulders. The Rules of the Game Looking towards Sackville Street one picks out easily Nelson's Pillar, which towers slenderly over all the buildings of the neighbourhood. The Insurrection in Dublin The affections arising from hereditary or traditional relations are but slenderly represented in his poetry; the passions which elect their own objects are largely represented. Robert Browning Their hands and feet also are usually delicately and slenderly fashioned; their shoulders are narrow and oftentimes sloping. Analyzing Character Madame de Pastourelles was of middle height, slenderly built, with pale-brown hair, and a delicately white face, of a very perfect oval. Fenwick's Career I assented, and as I did so I thought it would not be difficult to give a bad twist to any part of this slenderly framed young creature. A Bicycle of Cathay They are almost exactly alike, both being very slenderly built men, with straight black hair, dark olive complexions, no beards, and more or less oblique eyes. Tent Life in Siberia There was a real pathos in the contrast offered to this family line by that other which sprang up, as slenderly as a stalk of wild oats, from the loins of Demosthenes De Grapion. The Grandissimes Shall I rewarded be so slenderly For my affection, most unkind of men! The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). She had left London in hurry and agitation, and was, after all, but very slenderly informed as to the situation in Langdale. Fenwick's Career Thus, slenderly equipped with knowledge, the priest, with his ritual, missal, and a catechism, and the bishop, with his crozier and bell, went forth to do battle for the Lord. The Glories of Ireland "He was not a large man, rather slenderly built, but strong; young, I think--the same one I saw before and told you about, Lieutenant Galesworth, and he wore the same uniform." Love under Fire He was a youth of one-and-twenty then, slenderly built, with his father's darkness and his father's gravity. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Upon the poet's death, it may be believed, they felt themselves slenderly provided for, since all his efforts, while alive, were necessary to secure them from the gripe of penury. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "The body is slenderly put together; the mind a rambling sort of a thing." The Grammar of English Grammars Its general size is that of a Turkey, but with a much more slenderly proportioned body. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 Indeed, he was middle height and slenderly made at that. Alcatraz I had no compass with me and was so slenderly acquainted with the geography of this part of the world that the sun was of little benefit to me. Frankenstein The sight of her sitting there, slenderly erect, and of her face, where beauty and dignity combined, melting to a dreamy recollected smile, filled him with a sudden great pride of her. This Side of Paradise Octavius could see in what danger the general was, and himself, at first but slenderly followed, hurried to the rescue. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans She had brilliant dark eyes, a small proud head set upon shoulders that were slenderly young now and, even when they should became matronly, would still be beautiful. The Grain of Dust Our dugout is very slenderly provided against it, and we get pretty wet and very dirty. In Flanders Fields and Other Poems I have commands from them, my King, to lay upon you, which I fear you will like but slenderly. The Lost Continent It was a woman, tall and slenderly formed, with remarkably delicate hands and feet, and dressed in neat and respectable garments. Uncle Tom's Cabin He was years younger than the Mayor of Casterbridge; fair, fresh, and slenderly handsome. The Mayor of Casterbridge Poor human nature, so richly endowed with nerves of anguish, so splendidly organized for pain and sorrow, is but slenderly equipped for joy. Peter Ibbetson Both horse and foot were slenderly equipped, for he was bent on a surprise and a long and hard night's march lay before him. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate She was a woman of about thirty-five, slenderly made, with a sallow, regular face, and good, though short-sighted eyes. Delia Blanchflower She was very lightly and slenderly made, yet so as to convey an impression of strength and physical health. The Case of Richard Meynell This shambling, slenderly educated, and clay-soiled man was fast looming up as a find of incalculable value—the most valuable of my experience. The Under Dog And is it possible that this all-accomplished woman can stoop from the dignity of her rank and the greatness of her pretensions, to a person so obscure, so slenderly qualified as I am? Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian He was above the middle height, and slenderly built; had a wide forehead, and a small, pale mustache on an otherwise smooth face. Home Again Richard Ashton was of medium height, slenderly built, but with broad shoulders, and at this time of life twenty-three years old. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill One has no business crossing a spirit, I thought; and produced the sum cheerfully—which sum disappeared, the ghost arose slenderly and soundlessly, and I was left with emptiness beside me. The Enormous Room That you should go forth on so cold a night so slenderly apparelled, was almost incredible. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker What gift do they all possess equally; rich and poor, largely endowed or slenderly equipped; 'talented'—as we use the word from the parable—or not? Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke We are here but badly victualled, and furnished with mouth-harness very slenderly. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Filomena is as tall as a moderately tall man, slenderly built, but with broad shoulders. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The ghost, floating and slenderly, made for the place beside me, seated himself suddenly and gently like a morsel of white wind, and regarded the wall before him. The Enormous Room Heiries are more slenderly built and far more fleet than ordinary Camels, whether they are one-humped and Arabian, or Bactrian, with two humps. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories The most largely endowed has no more obligation and no fairer field than the most slenderly gifted lies under and possesses. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes She stood lithely straight, and her furs fell back from a throat as smooth and slenderly rounded as Sally's. The Call of the Cumberlands My father's passion was to make an estate, and all my brothers and sisters will be but slenderly portioned. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The conduct of the slenderly endowed servant who hides his talent will be considered farther on. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII When within a few feet of the summit, the adventurer grasped at a twig too slenderly rooted to sustain his weight. Fanshawe God, who has builded up some of the towering Alps out of mica-flakes, builds up His Church out of infinitesimally small particles—slenderly endowed men touched by the consecration of His love. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Unless, then, they have private income from their own family, or have pay for the education of some rich man's son or daughter, they must fare slenderly. Venetian Life A very distinguished-looking man and yet very simple and pleasant; like some of those nice middle-aged men that you see in 'Punch,' slenderly built, with handsome chin and eyes, and thick mustache and whiskers. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales She was thin and slenderly formed, and looked very young. True Story of My Life Her shoulders and her hips had the same long, slenderly sloping curves. Anne Severn and the Fieldings It completes the lesson of the psalm in another respect, as insisting on the importance, not of the well endowed, but of the slenderly furnished, who are immensely in the majority. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes We are slenderly furnished with anecdotes of these men, nor can we help ourselves by those heavy books in which their discourses are reported. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 From straight window-cornices of dark wood, slenderly gilt, but richly carved, fell cataracts of gleaming satin, softened in effect with laces of rare appreciation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 He was a typical cowman, was Lester, from his crimson handkerchief knotted around his throat to his shop-made boots which fitted slenderly about his instep with the care of a gloved hand. Gunman's Reckoning But young men in those days were more gallant or less snobbish than in these, and few pretty girls, however slenderly dowered, were forgotten by their waltzing partners. Sleeping Fires: a Novel And what is worse than being slenderly acquainted, he is erroneously acquainted even with these two short breathings from the Wordsworthian shell. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater The truth I am afraid is, that real taste is a quality with which human nature is very slenderly gifted. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 On the highest ground in the field a rather slenderly put up platform was erected, while farther back and lower down a large tent was pitched for the banquet which was to follow the speechifying. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland It wants circumstance and probability, and is slenderly provided with character. Charles Lamb For a sailor Will was tall, slenderly built, with dark clustering curling hair, and very bright, very honest blue eyes. A Girl of the People She was tall for a girl and while slenderly built was well muscled, a fine handsome figure in her red robe. The Unwilling Vestal She was slenderly formed, of the middle size: a hearty natural demeanor had been made still more pleasing by the manners of the world and the court. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life He was quite tall, slenderly built, and dressed in a queer satiny material which fitted him like an acrobat's suit. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life On the divan which constituted the principal item of furniture a small man, slenderly built, was sitting. Tales of Chinatown He was fifteen, slenderly but strongly made, with a clear skin and dark eyes and a straightforward look. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute All at once a big bough covered with leaves appeared above his head, and ends of twigs, dripping and still, curved slenderly close alongside. Lord Jim Turning I found myself confronted by a tall, slenderly built man, with a long, drooping moustache, and an overcoat buttoned up to the chin, who held me with a grasp of steel. The Beetle About twenty men, dressed in skins and fur coats and wooden helmets, and slenderly armed, had left the town, and now came slowly up the hill. Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell He was tall and slenderly built, with a pale face shadowed by dark hair; he was clad in black, and carried in one hand a half-open book, which, however, he seemed to have forgotten. King Midas: a Romance He had had a furtive but strong desire to see the tower he and his son had built still standing slenderly erect when he went out of the nursery. In the Wilderness In physique he was quite unlike his father; tall, well but slenderly built, with a small finely-shaped head, large grey-blue eyes and brown hair. The Crown of Life Then of a sudden Horace Tarbox rose slenderly and began to pace the room with his hands in his pockets. Flappers and Philosophers At this the storekeeper—a tall, slenderly built man of some seven or eight and twenty—appeared, bearing a jug and a pannikin. Australia Felix She was slenderly made—built on the same lithe lines as her mother—and almost as soon as she was able to walk she manifested an amazing balance and suppleness of limb. The Lamp of Fate "Quite a small one," Harry answered, "just such a chamber as a young clerk on the look-out for employment and with his pocket very slenderly lined, would desire." In the Reign of Terror He was about twenty-five years of age and a good deal taller than the majority of the others, being about five feet ten inches in height and slenderly though well and strongly built. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Half an hour later the door was opened, and two tall, slenderly built young men left the house. Frederick the Great and His Family Hence any L.O.L. convocation, however slenderly attended, may fitly be called a monster meeting. Such Is Life He will see how slenderly equipped for song were most of the later eighteenth-century Americans and how unfavorable to poetry was the tone of that hour. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters He was a tall, slenderly built man, with whimsical brown eyes and the half-stern, half-sweet mouth of one who has been through the mill of physical pain. The Hermit of Far End He was about twenty-six years of age, tall and slenderly built. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Eve came slenderly down the room and Miriam saw with relief that her outdoor things were off. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Then he saw that her chin was strong, and her dark hair not too tidy; that she was rather tall, and slenderly conceived though plumply carried out. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Of the two slumbrous collies, one was slenderly graceful of outline; gold-and-white of hue. Further Adventures of Lad Ashe took a volume from the butler's slenderly stocked shelf. Something New Before her marriage Mrs Edmund Yule was one of seven motherless sisters who constituted the family of a dentist slenderly provided in the matter of income. New Grub Street Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly Young, and so fair! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Both were fair complexioned and slenderly made; both possessed faces full of distinction and intelligence. Jane Eyre Though slenderly fashioned, she was so gloriously strong. New Grub Street Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashion'd so slenderly, Young, and so fair! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse |
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