| 单词 | slenderness |
| 例句 | But as I studied the closely cropped head and the boyish slenderness of his neck, I decided he was just not used to riding around with ladies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She made Ifemelu think of that word, with her shapely slenderness, her tiny waist and the unexpected high curves of her breasts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The man he was fighting was his size with the same slender build, but in spite of the black man’s slenderness, he looked wiry and strong. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His belated memoir, “Every Last Tie: The Story of the Unabomber and His Family,” is remarkable for its slenderness, humility and tact. ‘Every Last Tie’ by David Kaczynski: a long-awaited look at the Unabomber 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In this way, vanity sizing reinforces persistent size prejudice, not to mention the sexist double-standard associating slenderness with femininity, and brawny mass with masculinity. Is Abercrombie & Fitch the enemy? Or is it us? 2013-05-30T15:28:00Z The women get points for hair, makeup, slenderness, and the cleanliness of their uniforms: fur-lined boots, khaki hot pants, and skimpy plaid tops that accentuate their cleavage. Twin Peaks: 'Hooters Just Wasn't Racy Enough' 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House, WC2, Wed to 5 Jan Given the slenderness of Tchaikovsky's original plot it's perhaps no surprise there's a number of variations on The Nutcracker. This week's new dance 2012-12-08T00:05:53Z Extreme slenderness was maintained beyond the millennium, but with added breasts, a modified Monroe, minus the tummy. Rear view: the big business of bottoms 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Trains of subway cars expand to the size of leviathans and then shrink to the slenderness of a garter snake. Review: Urban Nightmares as Puppets in ‘The Paper Hat Game’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Although proud of her perfectionism, which she claimed to have learned from her friend and mentor Marianne Moore, Bishop at times agonized over the slenderness of her oeuvre. The passions of Elizabeth Bishop 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Laydu fasted to achieve the slenderness required for the role. Claude Laydu, French Actor Known for Bresson Role, Dies at 84 2011-08-10T14:59:14Z There’s enough of that going around already, she writes: … women are bullied into unhealthy eating habits by images of unattainable slenderness. Motherlode: Removing an Obese Child From Her Parents 2011-07-18T16:45:09Z Pierpont writes that the building’s “illusion” was essential to its identity: The spire rises to “an impossible slenderness that disappears gradually, like a bird flying out of sight.” ‘American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building’ 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z I wanted to examine the circumstances around the girl who thinks she’s fat and the girl who is confident in her slenderness. Mona Awad on her sharp-voiced debut, '13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z This inverted triangular shape has posed a challenge for craftsmen at the V&A who have found themselves obliged to shave inches off the male mannequins' lower halves in order to achieve the requisite slenderness. Club rules: how London dressed up for the 80s 2013-06-22T07:00:12Z An infectious disease that first sparked a trend for slenderness later drove trends for short skirts and fancy shoes, status symbols that went on to set the pace in fashion for 100 years. ‘I miss the buzz of an office. Wearing something cheerful perks me up’: the rise of the domestic goddess 2.0 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z “The slenderness of jaw is the main feature they share … it’s the most extreme slenderness in the jaws of any toothed pterosaurs.” Game of Thrones honoured in new classification of pterosaur 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Klopp, an amiable German whose transparent-framed spectacles and professorial manner do not so much scream “Premiership manager” as “Gestalt therapist,” embraced the slenderness of the odds. Liverpool and Tottenham Fail Better in the Champions League Semifinal 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z With a slenderness ratio of 1:24, it is set to be the skinniest skyscraper in the world. Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Wear black, that is – a colour that has come to signify so much: rigour, elegance, sex appeal, piety, formality, slenderness, even wickedness. The bright side: why women fell out of love with black 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z All across the Web, articles promise the secret to French slenderness. Opinion | Five myths about France 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z The Advertising Standards Authority said the image emphasised the model's slenderness through her pose and the style of clothing, but said she appeared to be in proportion. Selfridges ad of 'thin' model cleared by watchdog - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Hemlines rise and fall; lapels expand and contract; the fit of jeans swings from shrink-wrap slenderness to billowing breadth; but a cap is a cap is a cap is a cap. The Common Man’s Crown 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Through the diaphanous veil the strong light seemed to show her a grotesque and lamentable figure: heavy fullness instead of shapely slenderness, exaggerated curves, distorted outlines,—the pitiless ravages wrought by time. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Their height, grace, and slenderness were striking, and the want of likeness in their dispositions completed the charm, by the rare virtue of being unexpected. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z He saw her slenderness turn to thinness, the pure, healthy pallor of her rounded cheek change to a sickly white, covering a clear-cut mask of set endurance. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z She was now a full-grown woman, tall with the slenderness of early youth. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z A bicycle-wheel will serve the purpose very well, owing to the slenderness of its spokes. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The slenderness of their pretensions to philosophical inquiry has been accompanied with the most presumptuous dogmatism. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Like Chartres, it has "the distinguished slenderness of an eternal adolescence." Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z There is something ludicrous in the disparity between the importance of the possession and the slenderness of the force employed to maintain it. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z John Bunny had as good a right to turn his fatness into dramatic capital as Sarah Bernhardt has to do the same thing with her slenderness. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Yet, who did not, in spite of his slenderness of intellect, love him for his incorruptible honesty, and, above all, for his unfailing benevolence? Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z A wide strip of white cotton fell from one shoulder, and half revealed the slenderness of her shapely form. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The coaitas are called by some French zoölogists spider-monkeys, on account of the length and slenderness of their body and limbs. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z As the eunuch departed, Belitsum, who had long since lost claim to youth and the slenderness thereof, rose with an effort to her feet. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The lone lily before the hut envied the whiteness of her skin, and the birch tree in the woods, the slenderness of her form. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z I referred him to many classic examples of slenderness, declaring myself more exquisite than his grossness, which amused him. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She was thought too—too—vigorous is perhaps the best word; she had not that graceful slenderness one expects to see in a young girl. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Alicia added to her dark southern splendor the slenderness and slightly boyish freedom of movement of her father's race. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Sound principles engrafted on me in my early years, regard for health, and the slenderness of my purse helped me to avoid their seductions. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But it is the difficulty of conducting the business at all, not the slenderness of its profits, upon which we now desire the reader to reflect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z No one would readily have taken Constance and me for sister and brother, for I was olive-featured, with straight, dark-brown hair and grey eyes; tall in stature, yet inclined to slenderness. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The slenderness of the preliminary training of a 'varsity fifteen is incredible to any American who has not witnessed it. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z The girl wrenched at the handle, and I noticed by the creaking of the bureau how strong, in spite of her slenderness, she was. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z But Claire's figure was of such supple and flexile slenderness that the weight and volume of this apparel made her light step and airy contour win a new charm and a new vivacity. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z For the rest, she was, of course, six years the elder, and her equal slenderness was much more richly hued and softly curved. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Though she was not tall, her extraordinary slenderness gave her the effect of height and the enchanting lines of one of Botticelli's Graces. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z His features had rather a haughty turn to them, and his black eyes had a melancholy look; but even the heavy leather suit he wore could not hide the graceful slenderness of his figure. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The slenderness of her waist was disclosed by a girdle, and over her shoulders hung a chain, from which was suspended a pair of cymbals and the horn. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z As the flame leaped from the match, Saxton noted the young man's thin face, his thick, curling dark hair, his slight mustache, the slenderness of his fingers. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z His slenderness had the broken droop of physical and emotional exhaustion; beneath the intense black of his hair, his face was the color of ashes and his quick, brilliant eyes looked lifeless and burned out. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z There is another curious way in which children are driven by the slenderness of their verbal resources to "extend" the names they learn. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Hair combed in on the cheeks and high and back from the forehead will make more evident her slenderness. Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl 2011-08-10T02:00:14.783Z Written expressly in defence of the Revisers and their New Greek Text, this composition displays a slenderness of acquaintance with the subject now under discussion, for which I was little prepared. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z She had retained the slenderness of her girlhood, and the hot suns and blighting winds of the plains and mountains had dealt gently with her. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The costume which women wear is intended chiefly to give an impression of slenderness. Teaching the Child Patriotism 2011-07-03T02:00:11.747Z Neither the attitude nor the silence was quite pleasing, and the girl’s supple slenderness stiffened, her arms went rigidly to her sides, and a haughty little snap sent her undimpled chin upward. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Michael in arms, and more, meek Eve’s fair slenderness. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Both the Misses James were alike tall, but what was angularity in the uncompromisingly erect figure of Miss Nancy, who had never known a sick day, was slenderness and delicacy in her elder sister. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z So far General von Alvensleben had deceived the enemy with regard to the slenderness of his force by acting incessantly on the offensive. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Reduced to the slenderness of threads, it began to be considered as possessing also their flexibility. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z For all her slenderness and pretty feet she was a rarely odd sight, and soon she was to know it. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z She rose to her feet; drew up to the full height of her well-poised slenderness. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The characters of straightness and slenderness on which much stress was laid are found in exaggerated form in gibbons and lemurs. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z My landlady was good-natured in her way; she knew the slenderness of my means, and I am sure that she would not have turned me out of doors. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z This was partly due to her extreme slenderness and partly to her blonde coloring. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z They therefore, in the manly labours of the field, not only get prematurely old, but they hardly ever possess much grace, slenderness, or delicate complexions. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Common Uses: Ship building, electric wire poles, and railroad ties; used for boat ribs because of its naturally crooked knees; slenderness prevents common use as lumber. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z The bone varies in depth, length, sharpness, bluntness, slenderness, and massiveness. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z To a criticism of the girl's slenderness of physique Mrs. Sprowl laughed loud and long. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z She was very splendid, her slenderness accentuated by the length of satin swathed about her, from which her shoulders emerged, girlishly fragile. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The lace of her petticoat, the slenderness of her arched instep, the delicate narrowness of her patent shoes, were revelations to him. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z He was of a phenomenal slenderness, which was emphasised by the long wand, and the long, flat-brimmed hat, and the long, black, tight coat. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z A marvellous achievement of lightness of design, of slenderness and beauty of proportion, it reaches from base to crown to the remarkable height of four hundred and four feet. Cathedral Cities of England He is astonished at the slenderness of the evidence upon which previous students have argued for relationship. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn She knew me in my slenderness of the previous summer, when I took the torrid paths like a goat leaping dangerous mountain tracks. Woman Her fingers, their white slenderness encircled With humble, fragile rings of coral round. Poems of Emile Verhaeren The May moon was only a thin sickle, and the other figure on the darkly shadowed balcony was vaguely defined, but Saxon at once recognized, in its lithe slenderness and grace of pose, Miss Filson. The Key to Yesterday The slenderness is especially noticeable in the breadth across the zygomata, mastoids, and rostrum. A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyoming and Colorado These columns of reedy slenderness, so well described by juncea proceritas, are said to be found in the cathedral of Montreal in Sicily, built in the eighth century. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Neither depth of bill nor culmen is a practical index to degree of slenderness of bill. The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee He understood also the slenderness of David's hands and the curious, high-pitched shrillness that had come into the voice once or twice in moments of excitement. In And Out Her fingers clutched him with a strength belied by their tapering slenderness. The Key to Yesterday The animals showed instead, that there was a subspecies differing from each of the two mentioned subspecies in small size, dark color and slenderness of skull. A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyoming and Colorado He was sure, also, that he much preferred slenderness; even a certain virginal thinness and awkwardness he could accept, it might be part of the charm. East Angels The hair is not woolly, the general build is rather stout, and the limbs are of moderate length and slenderness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Her figure was of a childish slenderness, and there was a childish abandon in her attitude. International Short Stories American Once he held her exquisitely shod foot in his hand, admiring its beauty and its slenderness. Fairfax and His Pride Now, however, the slenderness of our purse compelled us to waive our repugnance. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Henry Duryea's tall stature, coupled with a slenderness of frame and a sleekness of muscle, gave him an appearance that was unusually gaunt. Doom of the House of Duryea Instead of disguising the slenderness of her form, she intensified it; instead of contrasting hues, she often wore amber tints like her hair. Anne He was very tall and erect, and the full suit of black which he wore added to the effect of his height and slenderness of figure. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The pose of the body was charming, the turn of the head almost as haughty as his own mother's, but the slenderness and the magnetism were Bella's own. Fairfax and His Pride Sheila watched her admiringly, noting her erect slenderness, her spirited, keenly intelligent face, the clear blue of her eyes, the warm gold of her hair in the sunshine. The Torch Bearer She stood by the wash-stand, with her back to the light, her attitude one of tense expectancy: hardly more than a silhouette of a figure moderately tall and very slight, almost angular in its slenderness. The Destroying Angel But as there was not an angle visible anywhere, her fair slenderness seemed a new kind of beauty, which all, in spite of sculptor's rules, must now admire. Anne You half expect pure vowels and elastic syllables from his restoration, his spring, his slenderness, his brightness, and his glow. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Clancy went to his room puzzled and annoyed and, as usual, he sought advice and enlightenment by consulting Mrs. Clancy, whose abundant good nature and portliness formed a striking contrast with his seriousness and slenderness. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Her discarded sweater hung over the chair back and against its white background her graceful slenderness was clear drawn despite the loose folds of a blue flannel shirt. The Portal of Dreams He could see now that her slenderness was that of youth, of a figure undeveloped and immature. The Destroying Angel "Do you?" said Helen, insistently, stretching out her arms, and adjusting the chains of topaz stars that decked their slenderness. Anne The full pleated skirt with the upper portion drawn up at the hips, and the cape about the shoulders, obviated the difference between Odalie's delicately rounded slenderness and Hamish's lank angularity. The Story of Old Fort Loudon At a casual glance the younger of the two, a frequenter of the tavern, would appear to be the taller, by reason of his extreme slenderness of build. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge She was tall, and her body, large and massive, achieved the grace of slenderness from the sheer perfection of its lines. The Return of the Prodigal Three of the daring leaps she made from one stone to another and at the fourth she slipped and he caught and held her, the delicate slenderness of her, in his arms. Old Crow The bones of the skeleton are characterized by their slenderness and the great size of the medullary canals in those of the extremities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" A very common mistake, until comparatively recent years, was that of appraising the “economy” of a position according to the slenderness of the force used, but economy is not a question of absolute values. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The capillitial threads are remarkable for their graceful slenderness, regularity, and symmetry. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species Surely if this be all that can be objected against the Bible, the very slenderness of the charge becomes its sufficient refutation!... Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford His mind refused to leave her, her black furry slenderness, her dark trustful eyes, the sweet firmness of her perfect lips, her appealing simplicity that was yet somehow compatible with the completest self-possession. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman She it is who self-sacrificingly starves herself to retain her slenderness, who massages and exercises and "cold-creams" herself hours a day before the shrine of Eternal Youth. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types When at last Claude's figure emerged into the moonlight, his erect slenderness defined against the sky, she threw herself, sobbing, into his arms. The Side Of The Angels A Novel This complexity gradually increases towards their extremities, of course exactly in proportion to the slenderness of the twigs. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) He stopped back a pace––his big body huge above her slenderness––stepped away from the very nearness of her. Once to Every Man With her head never more decisively set under her mannish hat, her waist never more attractively outlined in slenderness, she silently faced de Spain in the morning gray. Nan of Music Mountain The slenderness which had been one of her girlish charms had become almost emaciation; her eyes were glassily bright, and in the waxen pallor of her cheeks a feverish red spot burned. The Crevice But Holbein's eye was quick to recognise the values of her everyday dress—the widow's costume of Italy—in enhancing the distinction of her face and the stately slenderness of her figure. Holbein The slenderness is frequently carried to excess, and the narrowness of the head prevents a sufficient "spread" being given to the hair in many cases, and a great number are much too short. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. As Dorothy Thornton stood in gracious slenderness against the background of the lighted door with a nimbus about her head, she was all feminine delicacy and allurement. The Roof Tree He knew his heart was pounding against the slight touch of her slenderness that was manifest with womanhood. Rimrock Trail He went quickly to her and untied the knot in the laces at her back, marveling at the slenderness of her neck. The Saracen: The Holy War Maudlin was big in proportion to her slenderness, and in another instant her shortwood lay on the ground, and she was standing panting before him. Rose O'Paradise She loved him also for his body, for his slenderness, and for his strong-clipping limbs, and she loved him for his face because it could not by any possibility be anybody else's. The Combined Maze But Pehansan's figure, despite its slenderness, was so tough that he seemed able to endure anything, and on this expedition he was the leader. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain The grace and slenderness of this stele are in strong contrast to the usually short and heavy forms affected by the Assyrian architects, especially when they worked in stone. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 This is particularly observable in the acuteness of the angle formed by the tibia and tarsus, and in the slenderness of the lower part of the legs. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. And that small-boned slenderness of build that is so perfectly enchanting. The Dop Doctor Yet it carried itself with an effect of tallness and slenderness and grace. The Combined Maze One hundred and twenty pounds of girlish grace and slenderness looked even less beside one hundred and eighty of well-distributed masculine bulk. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 At the same moment he was poignantly aware of her slenderness and fragility, the trembling of her hands. Juggernaut A tiny watch upon a silk strap served to enhance the slenderness of a white wrist. Anthony Lyveden The foals were running with their mothers, exquisite creatures, of the most delicate slenderness. Love of Brothers Even Booty, with his wild slenderness and faunlike grace, could not be compared with Ransome, so well knit, so perfect in every limb was he. The Combined Maze How thrillingly beautiful her pale face was, her thin nose, her arms, her slenderness, her idleness, her constant reading. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories At other times he emphasised his elegant slenderness in close-fitting garments of black satin. Tales of Space and Time Her supple slenderness 3 also became Hetty Torrance well, and there was a suggestion of nervous energy in her very pose. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Lack of incident is atoned for by charm of writing, and in the vivacity of the scenes the reader disregards the slenderness of the connecting thread, or perhaps forgets to look for it. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 In spite of her supple slenderness there was strength in her small wrists. Crooked Trails and Straight A baby Norseman, with only an average boy's prettiness, yet with the whiteness and slenderness of a girl's little finger. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life That he desired, besides, the passing benediction of her hands, the fragrance of her corn-gold hair, the sight of her slenderness: this she had guessed and gloried in. Uncanny Tales When Falstaff speaks of his slenderness in his youth, he declares that he could then have “crept through an alderman’s thumb-ring.” Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture The coming of a white man was an event here, and when Sam got down the hill the company man and the policeman made him heartily welcome, glancing curiously at the slenderness of his outfit. The Huntress She was nearly as tall as young Paynter, whose slenderness, however, is like steel. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty He reconnoitred in and around Molteno, and visited the outposts of regulars, irregulars, and police, and ascertained to an almost pitiful degree the slenderness of his resources should any strain occur. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Brodrick was a man of about thirty-five, square-built, with a torso inclined to a somewhat heavy slenderness, and a face with blunt but regular features, heavily handsome. The Creators A Comedy She wore no hat or wrap, and the pale illumination emphasized the slenderness of her figure and lent her an ethereal grace. Brandon of the Engineers Yet Sam was no weakling either, but his slenderness was accentuated in that burly company. The Huntress She sat absently nibbling the handle of the obliging pan, while staring after the receding figure, its girlish slenderness stiffened as if to warn away all friendliness. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Her slenderness, and the long, sleek wings behind, made her appear taller than she really was; actually she was about the height of a normal woman of our own race. The Fire People He was counting them, to prove the slenderness of his offence. The Creators A Comedy She was twenty-four years old, neither homely nor pretty with an indefinite color of hair and eyes, but with a very definite slenderness and bad temper. The Comedienne The clinging folds of her wrap emphasized her slenderness, the grace of her lines and the girlish contours of her figure. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel She was tall, but not too tall for perfect grace; and slender, but with the slenderness of some young pictured goddess. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath Eleanore was exceedingly pale; her great eyes looked dreamy; her body seemed of almost boyish slenderness. The Goose Man It is nevertheless almost absolutely certain that a relationship existed, though it may have been so remote a degree that the familiar term "forty-second cousin" would not have exaggerated the slenderness of the tie. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Rothenstein's lithograph in particular, with the sort of morbid languor that pervades it, the mournful fixity of the gaze, the aristocratic slenderness of the hands and the features, surprises and startles the spectator. Renée Mauperin She gave him her hand, and he took it within his own, enveloping its pale slenderness in his rope-roughened palm. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories She was tall with a lithe slenderness that betokened well-poised strength rather than fragility. The Fifth Ace For the creature was so deliciously young, everything about her; her slenderness; the joyful way she swung when she walked; even the cut of her clothes spelled youth. The Heart of Arethusa Her heavy, dove-coloured, silk skirts stood out stiffly from her waist, declaring its slenderness. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The plate in question also demonstrates the slenderness of the foundation upon which specific differences among warblers rest. Birds of the Indian Hills He stared in surprise at her tall slenderness as it stood in relief against the rose and bronze of the west. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories A degree taller than her age would warrant, she appeared to the enamored gaze of the prince the ideal of symmetrical slenderness. The Flaw in the Sapphire If there is any internal disease, especially the slightest inclination to dyspepsia or liver trouble, one cannot possibly gain flesh until the cause of the extreme slenderness is removed. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture She moved to and fro observing the grace of her carriage, the set of her hips, the slenderness of her waist. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance It certainly seems singular; when we know the slenderness, if not sternness of the connexion generally subsisting between the teachers at a great English seminary, and the pupils. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The finger with which she pointed him the place on the page seemed to Goodwin, whose hands were like hoofs for callousness and size, exquisite and pathetic in its pink slenderness. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Thinness, again, is allied to slimness, slenderness, fineness, etc.; ideas which are involved in the conception of delicate, and furnish an easy transition to it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Cod liver oil, which is so very disagreeable to most people, is the sure cure for the girl whose extreme slenderness causes her to lie awake nights to fret and worry. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Her feet were bare, and their bareness was only a revelation of greater beauty, so perfect was their arched slenderness. Lodusky Her short skirt was of stiff blue denim and a pair of coarse brown and white cotton stockings showed between the hem and the tops of boys’ shoes which disguised the slenderness of her feet. The Fighting Shepherdess She was tall, with that robust English quality that sometimes goes with slenderness. A British Islander From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 He is dark and massive—a splendid foil for his wife's slenderness and fairness. Mistress Anne If she turned from the stove to the table, his eyes devoured her slenderness in amazement that one so delicately proportioned could so crowd everything else out of his head. Laramie Holds the Range The girl rose nimbly, the movement revealing unexpected height and extreme slenderness, both qualities accentuated by her very juvenile attire. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale See her, in a foam of short fluffy green skirts, twirl and tiptoe on the glittering wire, all grace and slenderness and agile enchantment. Pipefuls Richard had inherited his father's bigness and powerful constitution, Albert his mother's slenderness and fragility. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War On the ranch she had lived largely an outdoor life, and in spite of her slenderness was lithe and agile. Oh, You Tex! Very soon, madam," said the little maid, supporting her firmly for all her slenderness, "and I know well where we are. In the Border Country But, as I had anticipated, our security lay in our slenderness. The Frozen Pirate Her neck and shoulders, which, according to the rigid etiquette of court-dress, were fully exposed, were white, and, considering her extreme slenderness, surprisingly round. The Genius Their nostrils were wide and the beginnings of obesity already threatened to submerge their youthful slenderness in corpulence. Luna Benamor As his arms closed about her, he knew that he was violently shaken, but he knew that she was trembling, too, through all the magnificent softness and slenderness of her. The Tyranny of Weakness Perhaps it was this care which made up a part of her general strain—and enabled her to keep the lithe slenderness of her early figure. On the Stairs And she was so shiningly correct in her black silk and black velvet, and in the massive jet at her throat, and in the slenderness of her shoe! Clayhanger Mrs Saxon was a medium-sized woman, but she looked small beside the tall slenderness of the young daughter who held herself so loftily erect. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story The merchant and the slave-girl therefore came to him; and when he saw her, he found her to resemble the lance in straightness and slenderness. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales There came through the pink cloud of the apple blossoms her aviator son looking handsomer than she had ever beheld him, leading a girl in white-fringed crêpe that clung in soft folds to her slenderness. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Her body was the same slenderness, but the warm softness was gone. Highways in Hiding There is not the least look of scragginess about her, just extreme slenderness, a small-boned creature of perhaps five foot four or five, with childish outline. Man and Maid The word capillarity is of Latin derivation, and signifies hair-like slenderness. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material These kinds are remarkable for the great length and slenderness of the legs, which they part with readily when handled! Chatterbox, 1905. But the grey in this case was not so pure, nor were the straightness and the slenderness so maidenly. The Tragic Muse Her long white train lent an additional grace to her figure, the wide and heavy folds of brocade serving to accentuate the slenderness of her waist. The Child of Pleasure He held it out, almost simian in proportion and slenderness, the one proportional defect of this handsome body. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Slightly in advance of the shawled figures moving toward the group on the steps walked one whose slenderness and grace marked her from the rest. Where the Sun Swings North She had a waist of painful slenderness, and she reminded Mary of a charming wren. The Guests Of Hercules The slenderness is one of the chief arguments for the later date assigned to them. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See She appeared to be about seventeen, and radiant with youth and freshness, but accompanied with a delicacy and slenderness, as excessive as could be consistent with health. Confessions of an Etonian Julia, famed for the dainty slenderness of her hands, expressed in even stiffer language her thanks for a pair of gray woolen gloves. The Tangled Threads Except for his flashing eye, he was not a figure to dread, for what he lost in height he gained in slenderness. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Looking back, Courant could see her upright slenderness topping the horse's black shape. The Emigrant Trail The lithe slenderness of her figure was enhanced by the transformation. A Pagan of the Hills She was now about sixteen, and considerably above the common height of women, and her figure possessed an air of far greater slenderness than when I first met her. Confessions of an Etonian The stranger seemed taller on the ground than in the saddle and an admirable breadth of shoulder and slenderness of waist told eloquently of strength. The Two-Gun Man The nearness of the Palace of the Seigneurie, with its compact mass, admirably sets off the elegant slenderness of its arches and columns. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Her slenderness was rounded, her slimness soft and full. Winner Take All At the same time, observing the extreme length and slenderness of his legs, 'What a pity it is,' said he, 'that so fine a creature should be furnished with so despicable a set of spindle-shanks! Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match She was conscious of the charm imparted to her beauty by the graceful slenderness of her outlines. A Mummer's Tale "Skinny" they called him because of his exceeding slenderness. The Two-Gun Man "You're a regular Frankenstein," he muttered, while the consciousness of the blue eyes in the dusky skin, the long slenderness of her body, and the hue of her strange hair grew upon him. The Place Beyond the Winds Level-eyed and diffident of tongue, with only a hint of his hidden bodily perfection lurking in breadth of shoulder and slenderness of waist. Winner Take All Perhaps it was the extreme slenderness of the frame, the wan look in the refined features and their bright hectic that drew forth the clergyman's sympathy. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 Jaw, neck and broad shoulders declared strength, while the slenderness of waist and thigh hinted of grace—a hint that every movement vindicated. The Lighted Match She had kept her slenderness, but she had lost her diffidence, and she had gained an air of distinction. The Tin Soldier She had blue black hair, and she wore black—a small black hat with a thin curved plume, and a tailored suit cut on lines which accentuated her height and slenderness. Contrary Mary His body had still a boyish delicacy and slenderness; the labor of his trade had not yet built it and thickened it to a full masculinity of proportion. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories A gown of smooth black cloth clung to her vast form without a wrinkle, sombre, severe, giving her a kind of slenderness in stoutness. The Helpmate At the same time, it must be said that this monotonous similarity impresses the mind of Petrarch's reader exactly in proportion to the slenderness of his acquaintance with the poet. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Mercedes stood in the shade of the towering hillside, the single beam of light shining from an uncurtained window alone faintly revealing her slenderness of figure in its red drapery. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West Her figure had that exuberance and slenderness at various portions which no woman really believes in. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Her slenderness, moreover, was not so apparent in her fluffy gown. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The sharp slenderness of youth was now vanishing in a rosy corpulence, corpulence to which Mr. Hannay resigned himself without a struggle. The Helpmate She nodded casually and walked out of the room like a young Diana, straight as a dart in her trim slenderness. The Big-Town Round-Up Hamilton Montagu Burton stood an even six feet, and from a generous breadth of shoulders, swung back in free erectness, he tapered to a trim slenderness of waist and thigh. Destiny This is less than the column with no steel and with practically the same ratio of slenderness. Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 Extreme slenderness and extreme grace were her distinctive marks. The Man and the Moment At thirty-nine, Majendie had once more the strength, the firm, upright slenderness, and the brilliance of his youth. The Helpmate He was lying on a bench, his face hidden in his out-flung arms, and his slenderness and helplessness pulled at me hard. Montlivet They incline to slenderness of habit, although varying in stature according to circumstances. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria A plain concrete column of any slenderness would manifestly be a gross error. Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 In spite of his exceeding slenderness, Owen seemed to possess the endurance and stamina of a larger and more physically perfect man. Square Deal Sanderson There was a deceptive power in MacRae's slenderness, which was not so much slenderness as perfect bodily symmetry. Poor Man's Rock They had stolen some of his slenderness, and his hair was thin at the back. The Gay Cockade In losing her bloom and youthful fulness of form, she had not gained that statuesque repose, or that refined essence of physical power and energy, which sometimes belongs to slenderness and pallor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 My avocation in life was such as to induce slenderness. One Third Off Its legs were unnaturally long and thin; and the slenderness of its barrel was utterly disproportioned to the breadth of its chest. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Little she was, assuredly, and brown, and so slender, that his simile was not bad, but the brownness and the slenderness were by no means all there was noticeable of her. A Man and a Woman Then her white slenderness was crushed in his hungry arms. The Gay Cockade And beside the ambition of his aims one must say that his logic has an air of slenderness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The Mexican lines were being drawn closer and closer about the Alamo, and he was compelled to realize the slenderness of their chances. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Into this he sank and was instantly asleep, his slenderness coiled, the heavy head at rest on a paw, one ear drooping wearily, the other still erect. Bunker Bean He saw the grace of her young slenderness, the wild-flower colouring, the delicate aquiline of her nose that revealed breeding and character; the mouth that even in repose seemed to quiver with sensibility. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India With her slenderness, her grace, her brilliant darkness, she seemed to him to belong in one of the English mezzotints on the wall. One Man in His Time His slenderness was as strong as a tempered sword-blade, his quietness was trained power in repose. A Woman Named Smith If a few rise above this level, like Thomason, Collins, and Gray, the slenderness of their performance, and the somewhat casual nature of their participation in the movement, diminish their relative importance. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century I was still somewhat thin, but now it could be called slenderness, not thinness. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative She admitted, too, that he was very handsome, with the slenderness of youth, but strong and muscular, and above all, his face was good. The Hosts of the Air She was so slight a body, so tall and slender, but standing alert and illustriously posed, there was implied in her slenderness a rare strength and swiftness. London River However, it tasted good to famished Red Crossers, and I ate three meals a day, confident that I would retain my girlish middle-aged slenderness and not have to diet. Diet and Health With Key to the Calories She was not tall, but her lithe slenderness gave her the appearance of tallness. The Goose Girl In spite of her slenderness, the girl was possessed of a fine animal vigor. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West There was a fascination for him in her tall slenderness, in the graceful curve of her head, which drooped slightly like a dark flower on its stem. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage The force of principles, and the significance of political achievements, is to be estimated in no small degree by the slenderness of the means available to those who promote them. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question The impression of graceful height had come from the slenderness and justness of their proportions, the smallness of their bones, and the upright grace of their carriage. African Camp Fires If small the body that thus was moved, So like the form that fairies wear, It was that slenderness he loved, So tiny a thing he might not fear. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. They were poor; and the slenderness of their resources debarred them from great undertakings. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt And he is not blind to the, grace of slenderness and of form, though he cannot express it in artistic language. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Judith watched her sister with unconsciously appraising eyes, noting the straight slenderness of her figure, the small, high-held, dark head. Mount Music Isaac and he were alike only in a certain slenderness, a fleshless refinement of physique. The Divine Fire All her fine slenderness of form, her small delicacy of feature, seemed to him tense and vibrating, like some precise and perfect instrument strained to express a human feeling or intention. Lady Merton, Colonist The thickness of the neck, the swell of the breast and shoulder, the slenderness of the waist, the fulness of the hips, are all exaggerated. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt They were approaching a woman whose tall slenderness, combined with a remarkable physiognomy, arrested the old man's attention. Lady Rose's Daughter The dress was plain brown holland, with collar and armlets of white linen; but, to Wharton's eye, the dark Italian head, and the long slenderness of form had never shown more finely. Marcella She greeted him as if they had met the other day; but as she took his hand she looked down at it, startled by its slenderness. The Divine Fire Her form was of a delicate slenderness and her movement easy and graceful with just a little of that languid listlessness considered as a mark of well-bred femininity. In the Clutch of the War-God It was impossible to mistake the springing step and tall slenderness of Constance Bledlow. Lady Connie Her tall slenderness bent toward him--she held out her hands piteously. The Testing of Diana Mallory This dog, which has been named by geologists Canis palustris, fully resembles in size, slenderness of the limbs, and weakness of the muscular insertions, the spaniel, the brach hound, or the griffon. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 As she gathered the child close she was surprised at the slenderness of the tiny figure, at the neatness of the faded gingham frock that blended in tone with the great, sightless eyes. The Island of Faith Delicacy imbued with strength was betokened, too, by the tall slenderness of her figure, whose silence and suppleness of movement came—in Conquest's imagination at least—from her far-off forest ancestry. The Wild Olive She could always make a certain brilliant or bizarre effect, by virtue of her mere slenderness and delicacy, combined with the startling beauty of her eyes and hair. Lady Connie Helen Starratt's slenderness had still a virginal quality and she knew every artifice that heightened this effect. Broken to the Plow But he could see her slenderness and grace. The Beauty and the Bolshevist During our whole voyage we steadily adhered to the rule of diet we had laid down, the slenderness of which may be judged of by the following particulars. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. There is a reddish fever in her eyes, and her slenderness sets you on fire. Light Her face was rather pretty, or it had that pretty slenderness and softness of outline which belong to youth. The Insurrection in Dublin The man was of slippery slenderness, with a rather round, expressionless face. Broken to the Plow His form had neither the slenderness of his youth nor the elephantine magnitude of his later years; it was fully, but finely, developed, imposing and stately, yet not wanting in alertness and grace. Famous Americans of Recent Times In the slenderness of youth, they feel active and are active. Analyzing Character He smiled disdainfully when he thought of the slenderness of its value. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle She was trailing her hand in the water—that he might notice its slenderness of course. Witness for the Defense Her figure in its slenderness was a thing which dressmakers adored; there was so little of it that any frock could be made to look well on it. The Reason Why The slenderness of his far tune prevented his travelling. Famous Americans of Recent Times Physically, for instance, there was the same slenderness, the same delicacy with which the details were finished; the same fragile hands, for instance. The Night Horseman There was pungent smoke reek here also, and, though its slenderness came to him as a blessed relief after what he had been enduring, he lusted desperately for a taste of the pure air outside. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Like the youths in Comus, my unrazored lips in those days were as smooth as Hebe's, and I had a slenderness that was quite in keeping. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Not only in her tall slenderness and fairness was she presently a challenge to Fenwick's sharpening sense; she began, in a wholly new degree, to interest his intelligence. Fenwick's Career In spite of her slenderness, it was a wide, mother-lap in which her hands rested, an obvious cradle for little children. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East And now Matthews noted more in detail the feminine slenderness of the man and the large, placid eyes. The Night Horseman And yet Lorry thought her arm pretty in its rounded slenderness. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life The Dogs, on the contrary, walk on tip-toe, and their step, though firm, is light, while the greater slenderness and flexibility of their legs add to their nimbleness and swiftness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Rowcliffe looked at her, taking in her tallness, her slenderness, the lithe and beautiful line of her body, curved slightly backward as she leaned against the window wall. The Three Sisters Along the beach, tall bunches of reeds stood out against the brown of the river and the blue of the sky in their waving slenderness. Virginia: the Old Dominion The branches are of a dark chocolate color which contrasts very prettily with the grayish-white trunk, and their extreme slenderness causes them to droop somewhat like those of the willow. Among the Trees at Elmridge She was so alert, so vivacious, and so charming in her quick slenderness. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life She appeared much taller than the other one, with a slenderness that made her skin appear more clear, giving it a delicate transparency. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel As she swayed this way and that, the proud, graceful curves of her vigorous slenderness became more beautiful than ever. The Torrent Entre Naranjos He told her the story she already knew so well—how beautiful her mother was, the look of her hair and eyes, her slenderness, the music of her voice, and the gladness of her laugh. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West The decoration of the spire is admirably designed in relation to the slenderness of the tower, and its own height above the eye. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains She looked deliriously young, and fragile and appealing, her delicate slenderness revealed by the flimsy garment she wore. Cheerful—By Request He was very erect and very slender, with the slenderness that gives a look of youth as well as grace. Round Anvil Rock A Romance The same freshness, the same robust, energetic slenderness, the identical flames of arrogant vitality in her green eyes. The Torrent Entre Naranjos And they would vary the outline by making it curve inward, giving a fine sweep thus from the base to an apex of great slenderness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Then, you never would have believed, short of discovering the fact yourself, how strong she was; her slenderness and the fine articulation of her joints made her look fragile. Mary Wollaston The slenderness of the twigs on which they manage to find support is one of the greatest wonders of the woods. A Cotswold Village And his slenderness, his rosy lips and pale, clear complexion, gave him the aspect of a delicate boy, notwithstanding the fluffy growth of golden hair on his cheeks. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale First, he had auburn hair, and from her feeling of disappointment she knew that she had expected him to be dark and of garter-advertisement slenderness.... This Side of Paradise In other people slenderness is equally persistent, and efforts to overcome this peculiarity of nature are without avail. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I was full of the sense of her presence; her arm was stretched out over me as she moved past me, the gracious slenderness of her body was near me. Tono Bungay So King Edward the First, called, in a not very complimentary manner, Longshanks, because of the slenderness of his legs, was peacefully accepted by the English Nation. A Child's History of England The Assistant Commissioner’s figure before this big and rustic Presence had the frail slenderness of a reed addresssing an oak. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was of the Light Bobs. Vanity Fair As the step was very high, Madame Dufour, in order to reach him, had to show the lower part of her limbs, whose former slenderness had disappeared in fat. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant "Her ladyship's slenderness is a great advantage," said the wisely inciting ones. The Shuttle She had grown, was now perhaps a shade above the medium height for women, looked even taller because of the slenderness of her arms, of her neck, of the lines of her figure. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise But handsome he undoubtedly was—tall without suggesting the thought of height to the observer, erect yet graceful, powerfully built, while preserving the effect of slenderness. The Market-Place The length of the work was an important consideration,—long things were not compatible with wide margins and graceful slenderness. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue It's in the slenderness of his fingers and his quick nervous touch. Freckles She is about your height, I should judge, about five feet four, though not so plump as you; still her look of slenderness is deceptive. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The slenderness of the columns was necessary, it appears, owing to the soft and insecure ground, which necessitated a pile foundation and as light a weight above as could be devised. Yorkshire Clearly there was no weight-control here, for the figures varied from extreme slenderness to waddling fatness. City of Endless Night I felt my slenderness, my beardless youth, my rags, and his daring, and to offset them all in a bunch, I--I cursed him. The Cavalier She was of a ghostly and willowy slenderness. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 By their slenderness and by simplicity of treatment they produce an effect of great height. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Brienne, to whom office had been the chief object of life, who with, the difficulties of his position combined slenderness of means attempted everything, and succeeded in nothing. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Her pale dress of silvery grey, unmarred by any clash of colour, hung closely about a form of wraith-like slenderness. City of Endless Night Notwithstanding, however, his apparent slenderness and delicacy, he yields not in courage, and scarcely in strength, to the British dog. The Dog Nothing could take from her the feeling of lightness and slenderness she had in it. Mary Olivier: a Life Since then his slenderness has developed into plumpness and his hope into certitude. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Short, stout women should avoid horizontal stripes or lines of ornamentation that call attention to breadth, and should choose those perpendicular stripes and lines which tend to give an impression of height and slenderness. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife He was a man above the middle height, and from the slenderness of his figure, looked taller than he was. A Rough Shaking Yet such was her grace and slenderness that somehow she appeared: Like to a lady turning in the dance, Foot before foot from earth so slightly moved, That scarce perceptible her advance. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill The feeling of lightness and slenderness had gone. Mary Olivier: a Life In appearance we might both have been taken for quite young girls, for, although I was older than she was, my slenderness and my face made me look younger. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Janet and Alice had rejoiced in the lack of fats and sweets, both having a tendency to plumpness had achieved without effort the most fashionable slenderness that anxious woman could wish. The Sisters-In-Law Miss Frances half reluctantly drew her cloak about her, and yielded her Northern slenderness to the long Oriental undulations of the couch. In Exile and Other Stories She passed, unnoticing, the pantry door, and flew up to her own rooms which had been done over to suit her new slenderness. Ptomaine Street You felt that he liked his own tall, straight slenderness. Mary Olivier: a Life She had by her costume exaggerated in a most ostentatious way a slenderness which is elegant under the veils and ample drapery of the Grecian and Roman heroines, but which is objectionable in modern dress. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt When they entered a ballroom or a restaurant she knew that they made a "stunning couple" and that people commented upon their good looks, their harmonious slenderness and inches, and contrasts in nature's coloring. The Sisters-In-Law To such a speech as this there was but one obvious answer, as she rode at his side, her appealing slenderness within reach of his arm. The Desert and the Sown I lie and long amidst the heat,— The fever that my senses know, For that cool slenderness of yours. India's Love Lyrics The murderous beeches flung themselves upon the pines with their lovely pinkish stems, hemmed in their slenderness with antique columns, and stifled them. Jean-Christophe Journey's End She was tall and beautifully shaped, despite an almost maidenly slenderness. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series He liked the long and stately slenderness that his own centuries had bred. The Sisters-In-Law Partly, the slenderness of her resources gave her no choice; partly, she had learned all there was to learn, and would do no good by staying longer at Passy. Blind Love Had she not been so perfectly proportioned her size would have been a defect; but now it was simple that her delicacy of colour and feature demanded that slightness and slenderness of build. Fortitude Much may be made of slender gifts, small resources, and limited opportunities if carefully cultivated, as they should be, and as their very slenderness should stimulate their being. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The activity of youth soon passes, and its slenderness. Memoirs of My Dead Life He had retained the impression of starry eyes and vivid coloring and eager happy youth, a body of perfect slenderness and grace, whose magnetism was not that of youth alone but personal and individual. The Sisters-In-Law This would point the reply; but perhaps he mentions the slenderness of his own wit to excuse his bluntness. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Dear Spartan girl with a delightful face, Washed with the rosy spring, how fresh you look In the easy stride of your sleek slenderness, Why you could strangle a bull! Lysistrata As Miss Maclaire stood with back toward the window, she presented the same youthful appearance, the same slenderness of figure, the same contour of face. Keith of the Border Her hair was becoming grey, but as she stood there Sam thought her figure almost boyish in its slenderness. Windy McPherson's Son These, with an abnormal slenderness of the limbs, are the outward marks of a low and barbarous condition all over the world; it is particularly seen in the Australian aborigines. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The slenderness of his profits, indeed, were no part of his concern; for the Widow Hutchins's chief income was drawn from her farm, nor was Hugh ever miserly inclined. Fanshawe She was never so meek and helpless of expression as when she slipped in front of another actor or actress and filled as much of the foreground as her slenderness permitted. We Can't Have Everything In spite of his slenderness, Keith possessed unusual strength, yet no exertion on his part served to start the loosened plank sufficiently for their purpose. Keith of the Border With her vivid hair and eyes and her swift slenderness, Hazel had a fawn-like air as she traversed the wavering shadows. Gone to Earth Dickie lay there like an image of Icarus, an eternal symbol of defeated youth; one could almost see about his slenderness the trailing, shattered wings. Hidden Creek It chanced that Chopin and Slovaki, whose works showed most startling similarity, were also much alike in looks, in slenderness, dreaminess of feature, and even in expression of countenance. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 Then pondering her sapling slenderness, once more she caught from the air an inspiration. We Can't Have Everything Indeed, she still retained a look of youth, and all the slenderness of her figure. The Broken Road In her long black blouse she seemed very tall, with her slight figure, slender throat, and flexible form, the flexible slenderness of the divine figures of the Renaissance. Doctor Pascal I can vouch that he has not in the least exaggerated the slenderness and steepness of the rock-masses. At Last "I am afraid, my dear lady," he remarked, "that you have not had long enough experience to comprehend the slenderness of Mr. Philpot's mental equipment." Mother Carey's Chickens A black ribbon was bound about her waist, and seemed only to emphasize the slenderness of her form. Peter's Mother It was the portrait of one dark but fair, with shoulders of a girlish slenderness all but thin, with eyes of glowing dusk and a half-smile upon her lips. The Boss of Little Arcady Her figure cut against the sky; he noted its slenderness and finely-drawn lines. Lister's Great Adventure Mrs. Pendomer considered the attractions of a third waffle—a mellow blending of autumnal yellows, fringed with a crisp and irresistible brown, that, for the moment, put to flight all dreams and visions of slenderness. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations The excessive slenderness of his general literature, English and French, may be seen in the letters published by his Secretary, Trotter. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater And they deemed that lightness and grace were to be attained not so much by proportion between the vertical and the horizontal, as by the comparative slenderness of the former. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Nothing kept this over-dose of "my lady" from going to my head like Innishowen poteen, but the slenderness of my purse. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland The girl-nymph slenderness and flexibility of her leaning body was almost touchingly lovely. The Head of the House of Coombe Slowly Mr. Jones unfolded himself in all his slenderness, rocked, staggered, and caught Ricardo's shoulder. Victory An Island Tale Other hungry eyes were staring at her slenderness, other hands were twitching to stroke her golden-brown skin. Three Soldiers He was surprised at the slenderness of the fellow, though he quickly discovered that what the other lacked in bulk he easily made up for by his lithe, supple body and muscular arms. The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks Or, the Secret of Ruby Mountain She is like a willow shaken in the wind for slenderness and grace. The Ancient Allan Modeled after the usual riding costume, both coat and breeches were youthfully, rather than mannishly, tailored; and the narrow, vertical stripe of the dark gray material served to make her slenderness almost girlish. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life The man himself was tall and loose-limbed, heavy with an appearance of slenderness. The Film Mystery She came to the conclusion that, despite her slenderness and straightness and the general effect of the long oval of her face under the hat, Sophia looked her age. The Old Wives' Tale The nearer she came, the more astonished was the hostess at the fragile slenderness of her form. The Treasure Her sweet slenderness barred the way about as electively as a mother quail does the road to her young. A Texas Ranger The supple slenderness of her figure proved it, and he had moreover caught a glimpse, as she rushed out, of a fresh and very pretty face; but he had lost sight of it now. At the Villa Rose David's heart thumped as he noted the slenderness of it. The Flaming Forest What had become of her height, her slenderness? The Border Legion And he exclaims, in verse that applieth to her: Exquisite slenderness! Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith And he exclaims, in verse that applieth to her: Exquisite slenderness! The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete And he exclaims, in verse that applieth to her: Exquisite slenderness! The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 It is thus in countries where men's bodies are apt to exceed in corpulency, personal beauty is placed in a much greater degree of slenderness, than in countries where that is the most usual defect. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Half-consumed by the fire that only death would extinguish, she looked the taller for her slenderness. The Nether World Sylvie left the balcony abruptly, and swept back into the room, looking a charming figure of sylph-like slenderness and elegance in her clinging gown of soft white satin showered over with lace and pearls. The Master-Christian It is asserted that they grow too fast, tend to height and slenderness, and do not possess adequate stamina and muscle. Shearing in the Riverina You used to be so strong, for all your slenderness. Sisters Without reflecting upon the slenderness of his store, he exercised his charity to all the children of distress, and acquired a popularity, which, though pleasing, was far from being profitable. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle His clothes were the ordinary clothes of a fairly well-to-do citizen; and his boots had been chosen less to set off any slenderness his feet might possess than for their comfortable roominess. Arsene Lupin She was a small, slight woman, though the furs she was wearing served to conceal the slenderness of her figure. The Lamp of Fate The egg is not laid upon the provisions; it is hung from the top of the cupola by a thread which vies with that of a Spider's web for slenderness. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The bodies, almost nude, with broad shoulders and slim waist, have a slenderness, a grace, infinitely chaste, and the features of the faces are of an exquisite purity. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Even the pitiful slenderness of Irena seemed attractive when compared with her billowing charms, which she kept in a continual commotion that was almost terrifying. The Garden of Allah He recalled her figure as being—not exactly stubby, but at least not of marked slenderness. Merton of the Movies Cesare was twenty-two years of age at the time; tall, of an athletic slenderness, and exceedingly graceful in his movements, he was acknowledged to be the handsomest man of his age. The Life of Cesare Borgia I found I was the only one left who had practised in both, so sweeping were the changes effected by the slenderness of human life and the fickleness of fortune. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 We for some time took C—— for a lawyer, from a certain arguteness of voice and slenderness of neck, and from his having a quibble and a laugh at himself always ready. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners She wished she could place her hands on either side of its slenderness and feel the delicate skull and gaze undisturbed into the eyes. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 From the length and slenderness of its spur it is doubtless adapted to the sphinx moth. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors For the rest, he was scarcely above the middle height, of an almost frail but very graceful slenderness, and very graceful, too, in all his movements. The Lion's Skin O swan of slenderness, Dove of tenderness, Jewel of joys, arise! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 As is often observable in the case of religious enthusiasts, there is a slenderness of constitutional stamina, which renders the flesh no match for the spirit. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners His effect was that of height, finished slenderness of build, and extremely well-cut garments. T. Tembarom The Barrigudos, however, are very bulky animals, while the spider monkeys are remarkable for the slenderness of their bodies and limbs. The Naturalist on the River Amazons She is middling tall, of a most dainty slenderness, dark-haired, with a so sweet and saintly beauty of face that it must be seen to be believed. The Lion's Skin It was unfortunate that, upon this occasion, the lack of means or slenderness of margin for incidental expenses should have debarred him from having recourse to a similar expedient. Travels through France and Italy A mediocrity of talent, with a certain slenderness of moral constitution, is the soil that produces the most brilliant specimens of successful prize-essayists and Greek epigrammatists. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners They mirrored his poignant pleasure at the delight of her sweet slenderness so close to him, his perilous joy at the intimacy fate had thrust upon them. Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) The Coaitas are called by zoologists spider monkeys, on account of the length and slenderness of their body and limbs. The Naturalist on the River Amazons And as to the charm of the childish figure, there is usually an infantine slenderness in the little Southener that is at least as young and sweet as the round form of the blond child. The Children Very briefly stated, the modifications consist in a gradual increase in size, with greater slenderness of proportions, accompanied by elongation of the neck, limbs, and feet, which become tridactyl and very narrow. Darwin and Modern Science This slenderness on the part of the spinstresses must not prejudice us against their work: there is no parity between their skill and their years. The Life of the Spider His excessive thinness, the slenderness of his limbs, proved that he had always been of slight build. Sarrasine He took three sharp steps toward her and stood looking down in her face, her sweet slenderness so close to him that the perfume mounted to his brain. Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West He was conscious then of her slenderness and of the lightness of her steps. Cow-Country The essential idea of a stick is slenderness and, partly, attack. What's Wrong with the World No dim blue eye of retrospection and reflection had Johnny; no tendency to tall slenderness which would later bow beneath the greater weight of the soul. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories As she walks she gives herself a little concentric and harmonious twist, which makes her supple or dangerous slenderness writhe under the stuff, as a snake does under the green gauze of trembling grass. Another Study of Woman He stood speechless on seeing a woman the very antipodes to Esther; fair hair where he had seen black, slenderness where he had admired a powerful frame! Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Wandering journalists, of an ethnological turn of mind, who visit these shores, profess to be struck with the slenderness, the apparent lack of toughness, the dyspeptic look, of the American physique. The Unseen World and Other Essays The slenderness achieved and maintained by will power only made more prominent the size of her frame, the powerful skeleton with heavy jaws and large teeth, strong and dazzling, which perhaps suggested Desnoyers' disrespectful comparison. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse An elegant gentleman was Mr. Wilding, tall, and seeming even taller by virtue of his exceeding slenderness. Mistress Wilding "She has Adelaide's slenderness of figure, but her eyes are dark and her hair curly like her father's and the old man's up there: she takes after both of them, I think." Heidi She had pretty feet, more remarkable for the grace of her instep and ankle than for the more ordinary merit of slenderness; her gloved hands, too, were shapely. La Grenadiere He had the rider's wiry slenderness, yet he was broad of shoulder. Light of the Western Stars She was taller than he, with an elegantly proportioned slenderness. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The slenderness of the geological record is a defect that the future may considerably modify. The Story of Evolution |
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