| 单词 | slighting |
| 例句 | By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “How dare you say so, when he’s got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too,” cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I quit selecting certain of my New York brothers and giving them money to go and lay groundwork for new mosques in other cities—because slighting remarks were being made about “Malcolm’s ministers.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He later made slighting remarks about the “effeminacy” of the group. A Maverick Master, Revisited 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z He makes a slighting reference to “Penceville” in the novel, so I ask him about the vice president’s draconian attitude toward gay people and the strange way he calls his wife “Mother.” David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The slighting of women’s fiction is nothing new. Resurrected from the archives: timeless women’s fiction 2013-07-19T22:54:15Z Another recent innovation has been the creation of special subcommittees to examine and advocate for specific genres that the Hall has often been accused of slighting. Hall of Fame Decides Who Rocks, Officially 2014-04-09T21:44:44Z Still, given the charged spirit of the day, it was hard not to read Beyoncé’s slighting as political, yet another indication of how minorities are ultimately marginalized by major institutions when it counts. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Schoenberg responded to a slighting review of the Seventh from Olin Downes, a critic for The New York Times, with a blistering letter. A Clue to Whereabouts of Schoenberg’s Missing Mahler Photo 2012-10-10T22:10:07Z The Oscars carried on its tradition of slighting the genre in the best picture category. ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z Justifiably annoyed by this slighting of her father’s contributions, Victoria Riskin went up and introduced herself to Capra at one of his film-festival appearances. Review | Fay Wray and Robert Riskin’s daughter revisits a Hollywood love story 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Rather than choose between the recordings — and risk slighting one of the singers — the Yankees management asked the men to perform a duet. Jerry Vale, crooner of the 1950s and '60s, dies at 83 But he wasn’t slighting Griffin’s dynamic rookie season. Perspective | The 49ers prove that winning franchises don’t require franchise QBs 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z They also accuse her of slighting her teachers, who helped her gain admission — after a year living in Canada with her family — to Merton College, one of the most academically rigorous of the Oxford colleges. As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture. Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau's decision to let dead vultures rot 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z After some accused her of unnecessarily forcing a link between the “Hustlers” star and the “Euphoria” star, @NBAgladiator clarified that she’s “not slighting either woman.” Keke Palmer shuts down any resemblance: 'I'm an incomparable talent' 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z “They do not want to be seen as slighting China,” he said. In opening of Winter Olympics, chances at politicking abound 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The slighting of Oklahoma, the forgiving of Michigan, the mystery of Cincinnati and the elevation of Michigan State made for a confusing bunch separated by margins seemingly tiny. Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State and Oregon top first College Football Playoff rankings 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Piers Morgan, a British talk show host who never seems to tire of slighting the couple, tweeted that the interview was a “disgraceful betrayal of the Queen and the Royal Family.” Meghan and Harry interview has Britain abuzz; critics howl in outrage 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Santee Cooper apologized in company statements, saying slighting lawmakers wasn’t their intention. Same leadership, same issues for SC’s budget committee 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z His supporters — a mixture of mainstream Republicans, far-right personalities and online acolytes — then quickly turned to a well-worn playbook of vilifying those whom they saw as slighting him. Twitter Comes Under Attack From Trump’s Supporters 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z So of course slighting the local politicians led to a rebellion among those politicians, who blew up the attempt at a New York HQ2 in spectacular, embarrassing fashion. Elon Musk holds a ‘bake-off’ for a new factory 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z He has mandated that meatpacking plants stay open and offered liability protections to their well-connected owners while slighting health and safety protections for their workers. Opinion | Trump vowed never to forget the ‘forgotten men and women.’ He just did. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Some thought Dr. Fauci was slighting the president, leading to a vitriolic online reaction. Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But Hissrich says her responsibility is to “make all of the characters, male or female, as layered and dimensional as possible,” not to confront the genre’s, or Hollywood’s, tradition of slighting women. With 'The Witcher,' Netflix takes a swing at 'Game of Thrones' 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Do you think you are slighting them by describing them this way? How Journalism Survives: An Interview with Jill Abramson 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Asked how teams from the Group of Five might improve upon this kind of alleged slighting, Mullens went on a bit before circling onto the culprit: strength of schedule. Oklahoma joins Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame in College Football Playoff field 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z They’re trying to fire up the loyalists they see as key to victory, even if it means slighting moderates and undecided voters — energizing the right and the left while ignoring the middle. Both sides ignoring swing voters in hot Texas Senate race 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Lawmakers could have called themselves back on their own schedule, slighting Cooper, but instead they compromised. After Florence, North Carolina political unity to be tested 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z My once slighting appreciation for my one-terminal airport seems like an indicator of Tulsa’s satisfaction with an insufficient norm. How America's heartland loses black people 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z The teachers also said they were slighting the “classic works of literature” the standards were supposed to protect in the move to more nonfiction. Perspective | The mysteries of the classroom: What works, what doesn’t and why 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z From what I learned then and after, I think any slighting of our enlistees is the result not of anti-military bias but of ignorance. Perspective | Why we should celebrate high school grads signing up to defend us 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z As Reveal documented in its recent investigation, the company’s overall injury rate for 2017 ended up being slighting above the industry average. Tesla workers say they pay the price for Elon Musk's big promises 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The critic James Wood raised a red flag over the whole idea of the form in his slighting review of one book he considered an example: Has fiction lost its sense of humour? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z And he argued that to oppose the war, which our current secretary of defense last year testified to Congress we were not winning, meant “slighting our warriors and mocking their commitment to the nation.” Opinion | The Warrior at the Mall 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Emma Stone is being accused of “white feminism” for slighting the minority directors nominated for Academy Awards on Sunday night. Emma Stone accused of ‘white feminism’ for slighting minority directors at Oscars 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Publicly slighting millions of NRA members, and the many more millions who feel some tribal kinship with them, is unlikely to be good for any such business. Opinion | Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business – or America 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Will Maddon trust only Davis, slighting the Cubs’ relatively deep bullpen — the sixth best in major league baseball this season, with a 3.80 earned run average? October Is Here: Will Joe Maddon Avoid Going Bonkers? 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The Americans are deliberately slighting us,’” Duncan Wood, the director of the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, said in a telephone interview from Mexico City. Mattis Heads to Mexico Amid Strain Over Disaster Condolences and Aid 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Aside from slighting the French, the film is an energy drink of speculative fuel. Remembering how world came chillingly close to a Nazi-controlled Britain 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The filmmakers accomplished this, and avoided slighting its other star, by putting McQueen’s name to the left of Newman’s, while positioning Newman’s a little higher. California Inc.: Coachella is ready to rock — and generate oodles of cash 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z I’m talking to you, the guy who can’t let a record pass without slighting it by saying, “Yeah, but that’s the women’s game.” Bored by U-Conn. women’s dominance? You must not like basketball 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z But geographic slighting is demonstrated to be alive and well. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on the College Football Playoff, UW basketball and Seahawks fans 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Even when Picasso moved decisively away from descriptive naturalism, there is never any sense that he is slighting his human subjects. Pablo’s people: the truth about Picasso's portraits 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Seconds after slighting Obama, however, Trump agreed when host Brian Kilmeade reminded him of assertions by fellow Republicans that African Americans often are treated more severely by law enforcement. With a mix of putdowns and silence — Donald Trump who? — Republicans open their national convention 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z She also felt that network executives were slighting her show in favor of “Good Morning America.” Kelly Ripa to Return to ‘Live,’ Ending a Standoff With ABC 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z We have no interest in slighting the challenges conservatives face in academia. Forget what the right says: Academia isn’t so bad for conservative professors 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z She prides herself on her support for other women artists, but Taylor Swift lost her cool after she perceived a tweet by Nicki Minaj to be slighting her Bad Blood video. Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj trade Twitter barbs over VMA awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z But this claim is only for the purpose of slighting legitimate Native voices and garnering approval from team owners and other non-Natives who want to silence anyone who disapproves. My Native identity isn't your plaything. Stop with the mascots and 'pocahotties' | Ruth Hopkins 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Still, the media are swarming Bush's and Walker’s early state events, looking for any hint of one slighting the other. The Coming Clash Between Jeb Bush and Scott Walker 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Q: Once again you take great delight in slighting my Huskers, as you have done so many times over the past few years. Pac-12 football race is shaping up to be one of the fiercest ever 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Yanez doesn’t want those in the Coast Guard thinking he’s slighting them. Quadruple Threat: Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine, All Rolled into One 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Ryan will not say the play calling is different, perhaps because it might sound as if he were slighting former offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, now Jacksonville's head coach. Matt Ryan's newfound confidence fueling Falcons' start 2012-10-14T03:05:04Z Ryan will not say the play calling is different, perhaps because it might sound as if he were slighting the former offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, now the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Matt Ryan Displays New Trust in Receivers and Himself 2012-10-13T19:00:51Z He pointed to the trouble that Paul Ryan landed in last week, after slighting some truth in his convention address. The Obama Campaign Claims Ownership of Truth 2012-09-04T20:05:21Z Sure enough, in a short time he was dodging and slighting his garden work. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z He might almost be accused of slighting the written word in order to get at the secret of the writer. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z One of his fellow-students, Torrigiani, grew so angry at him, probably from some slighting remark, that he struck him with his fist, disfiguring his face for life. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z And exactly a week ago, the Heat-Thunder matchup was touted as an NBA Finals preview, slighting a Bulls team owning the league's best record. Bulls-Thunder game could be NBA finals preview 2012-04-01T01:49:00Z It must be said, however, that he concentrated his attention almost entirely upon the head, often slighting the arms and hands, especially of his female sitters, to an unpleasant degree. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z After a few instances of slighting one kind of work or expending too much energy upon another kind the young character begins to take on these faults permanently. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z MacGregor would have preferred to have somebody make a slighting remark about him than about his idolized engines, and would have been less quick to resent it. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Valentina, far from slighting the neglected boy, brought him home to her, nurtured and educated him with her children, cherishing him as if he had indeed, been the son of her bosom. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He displayed rather a slighting estimate of his sovereign. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Far from slighting my father’s religious persuasions, he retains every ounce of his own free will and moral agency to accept what I did on his behalf. What baptism for the dead means to Mormons 2012-02-23T17:33:23Z The slighting allusion to Platonism might have been omitted, for possibly Wordsworth had caught something of the philosophy that was in the air. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z This trade, then not much opposed, naturally led to a common use of slighting and opprobrious names, such as Yorkist. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z If Tony took back his wife--as with all her heart she hoped he would--he would not, at all events, take back one of whom gossip would be speaking with a slighting tongue. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Their political indifference finds an echo in the slighting allusions which Plautus makes to the duties of public life37. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But, slighting sophists and their flimsy aid, To God and Reason left the works they made. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z His slighting allusion expressed in the address at the Presbyterian Church before the Washington Temperance Society, February 2d, four years before, to the insincerity of the Christian people was not forgotten. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z "But I, regardless of his high command, "His mandate slighting, fled my native land, "Fool that I was, from Joppa's port to fly, "Who thought to shun his all-pervading eye! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Phœbe Chiffinch, I am glad to add, was jilted by her uninteresting lover, who little knew what a fortune he was slighting. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z In the very letter in which he announces his father's death to the lad, he speaks of his son's 'past slighting and disobedient conduct towards me,' and lectures him with uncompromising severity. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z For, slighting all the sages knew, I learn philosophy from you. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The slighting of Cam Newton going into the N.F.L. draft last April was anything but slight. Panthers? Newton Prepared to Prove the Critics Wrong 2011-12-28T01:47:31Z Young men drinking together in the inns called after her the slighting remarks men make on girls for whom they have little respect. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z She felt angry with Sinclair, felt an inexplicable necessity to defend the man he spoke of in such slighting terms. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z The ignoring, the slighting of this great power, could not be forgiven by so aspiring a nature as Pitt's. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The daughter refused, and perhaps may have made some slighting remark. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z But elegant and tender as in the original these verses are, their object returned a slighting answer, and added that the messenger must not be sent again. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z She and her husband put their sentiments into words of remonstrance, which resulted in the Captain's making slighting remarks, as they sat at table. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Let her see what she has got by slighting me. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z We cannot, however, compliment either their delicacy, as men, in not feeling for the cruel death of an amiable woman, or their loyalty, as subjects, in slighting the memory of their sacrificed queen. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The terms in which the scheme was dismissed by the assembly were sufficiently slighting, but the colonial secretary was not in the mood to be resentful. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He was too genuinely despondent to resent her slighting criticism of his abilities, or too well aware of its truth perhaps. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z “I really just try to separate myself,” he continued, after slighting the newsprint biz so cavalierly. John Beck on ignoring the media 2011-08-30T18:21:23Z But she was now so annoyed by her cousin's slighting comments upon Kindelon that her treatment was touched with a decided coolness for days afterward. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He remembered every slighting thought that he had cherished, as men recollect wrongs done to the dead, magnifying errors into cruelties, faults into crimes. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z “Hearken” Jesus said; willing to caution men against the danger of slighting His simple story, and to impress on them that it conveyed more than met their ears. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He did not resent the slighting epithet applied to himself; he understood in a way, the old man’s keen disappointment, and felt more sorry than chagrined at his unrelenting harshness. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z The painter has his expression of it, with no slighting of the dialectic element; so, too, the sculptor, the musician, and the list entire. Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z Richard answered in a slighting way "that his father would answer it well enough!" The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z He would "Pish!" and "Pshaw!" and make some slighting reference to women's intellects, and not further trouble himself about the matter. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He was saying slighting things about her and yet hoping that other men would speak about her highly! The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z In the taxicab Fowey made some slighting reference to the dancer. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z After speaking in the most slighting terms of the former doctor’s treatment, he made a powder of the burnt bones of several kinds of snakes and birds. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Never use a slighting expression to her even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z She was not going to stand having her lover referred to in such slighting terms. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z If you take part in the revue and Veronica agrees to be in it, too, then you will have to treat her with 159 courtesy and make no slighting remarks about her behind her back. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Later, when I imparted to her the grievances of my friend, she treated them in the same careless, slighting way. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z "Manners do change," returned Miss Chattaway, in tones she made as slighting as she dared. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The offer we will make, E'en policy like his may scorn the slighting. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z Carleton, however, had made himself obnoxious to the King by passing some slighting remarks on the Hanoverian troops—a most heinous offence in the eyes of the Elector. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z I would have blushed to disclose to them the light shallow femininity of my careless, rather slighting attitude towards "la mode." Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z “Pray do not think I am slighting your father, or looking down upon what he has done, which, speaking as a blunt man, is very self-sacrificing.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The ungenerous observations and slighting allusions to which I am exposed would actually wring your heart. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z “But you didn’t mind slighting me in her presence, sir,” was the unexpected retort. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Never, or at least, very rarely, were there sharp words in the presence of others, but there were scathing silences, slighting inattentions and even venomous looks that could not pass unseen. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Do you remember how late in the season it is? and that you are slighting Nature? Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z You speak in a slighting way of my papa, who is dead and cannot defend himself, and you behave to me as though I were a sort of toy not to be thought of seriously. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Mrs. Cameron felt that her visitors were slighting her, even if the Company was paying for their meals. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z I have a right to know of what you accuse me, what you think gives you the right to speak slighting words to a poor, defenceless girl. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Secondly, a shallow slighting of such as dissent from them, appearing too often in their faces, speeches and carriages. The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America 2011-01-17T03:00:44.767Z "I am," says Lilian, agreeably, though secretly annoyed at the other's slighting tone. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The delay seemed to be contemptuous slighting of a possible overture of amicable settlement. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z A contradiction, a failure, a slighting remark at table from the baroness, were sufficient to unchain the demon. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z He could not demand satisfaction for cold glances and slighting acknowledgments of his salute. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Their players openly spoke of their anger at people slighting them. Purdue sneaks past Texas A&M, into Sweet 16 2010-03-22T00:36:00Z The criticisms on his moves in the widely circulated columns of the Illustrated London News were cruel to a degree; slighting allusions being made to his "bookish theoric," etc. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion She felt both pained and irritated, and found herself hoping almost eagerly that Mrs. Lancing would not speak of Rupert Haverford to others in that slighting, half-mocking manner. Capricious Caroline I have already told ye how he enlisted, when he fancied that she was drawing up wi' the young laird, and slighting him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 It angered him, besides, to hear Lettice spoken of in this slighting manner, for the inference was unavoidable. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath The girl's face assumed a slighting, contemptuous expression. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Let the world be as critical or slighting as it may, these things are successes. Tony Butler Paul was a little ashamed of the slighting remarks he had lately made about the hotel fare. The Auto Boys' Vacation Money, position, and pretty clothes were what Hope worshipped, and because Dorothy possessed none of these she looked down upon her, and lost no opportunity of slighting her. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days The detective smiled at the slighting reference made by the art critic but looked disturbed when he learned of the luncheon engagement. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp You will find whole regiments of young fellows who drag along, scamping their work and slighting those opportunities which are right at hand. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day We did not feel like rushing away then, although the girls were a little slighting in their answers to questions and in speaking of the Confederates referred to them as “our men.” Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts My attention was called to this chapter, many years ago, as affording good illustrations of the slighting of speech, by Mr. J. W. Taverner, one of the best teachers of elocution I have ever known. The Voice and Spiritual Education But it was an eccentricity which carried with it none of the slighting estimations which usually accompany the term. East Angels Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Gamble evidently had the 1647 copy of this song before him, as he follows it throughout, slighting Stanley’s corrections of 1651. Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. She said, "By never slighting anything from the beginning of the term to the end, I find I do not have any harder work at the end than at the beginning." Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 In the twenty-sixth verse, 'This is the interpretation' stands out, the voice coming down on 'interpretation' and drifting over, and slighting, 'of the thing.' The Voice and Spiritual Education The slighting, almost contemptuous tone in which he spoke seemed to hurt her more for his sake than for her own, as proving the invariable bitterness of his mind. An Unknown Lover It was accordingly not long before he was able to force his unwilling tongue to say slighting things about Dr. Mossman. Sube Cane "Seek your fortune!" he repeated, with a slighting sort of laugh. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance She then arose and departed, giving an unfriendly glance and a slighting nod as she passed Arwed. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna The fifth chapter of the Book of Daniel, descriptive of Belshazzar's feast, affords good illustrations of the slighting of speech. The Voice and Spiritual Education A brother leaves his virgin sister; a virgin, slighting her unmarried brother, seeks a brother in a stranger. Women of Early Christianity They are the mortar that binds the stones of the edifice, and by slighting them many a fine initial conception has been rendered feeble in execution. The Technique of Fiction Writing Somebody, I think, will have made some slighting remark about the Government, and that will give the cue for the first verse, which will be political. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 There is something really exasperating in the sight of a picturesque poet wantonly slighting an opportunity to go to Spain—the Spain of forty years ago. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Now, if you have any cause for this, would it not be better and fairer to speak it out openly than continue to treat me in this slighting fashion? The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "That is such utter nonsense," says Dulce, tilting her pretty nose and casting a slighting glance at her fiancé from eyes that are "The greenest of things blue, The bluest of things gray." Portia or By Passions Rocked A jealous determination to punish the woman who had spoiled the happy relations between husband and wife, possessed her, so that the idea of slighting her publicly at this grand ball was a temptation. Banked Fires They nicknamed him the "Monarch," possibly from some assumption and arrogance in his tone, and he is rarely mentioned by them except in a slighting manner. Noah Webster American Men of Letters He suddenly recalled how, slighting Dallas' advice, he had delayed a trip to the land-office for the purpose of filing on the claim. The Plow-Woman And, slighting my sweets and my trifles, Prefer my Lord Harry’s preserves!’ By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects This is no place for effects; nor for slighting or shirking. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Not that Julie's attitude could be called really slighting, nor was it more so than Carly's own, but there was some dissonance there. The Come Back In a note at the foot of the column, T. D. adds: "It argues a disrespect and slighting to use contractions to our betters." Noah Webster American Men of Letters He did not seem to like what he saw of Mr. Brumley through his little square window and Mr. Brumley found something slighting and unpleasant in his manner. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman As Andy was very vague regarding the sources from which he expected to get his wealth, Morton did not hesitate to impart to Andy the slighting opinion that he was “talking through his hat.” The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold Drummond, of Hawthornden, quitted the bar from his love of poetry; yet he seems to have lamented slighting the profession which his father wished him to pursue. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors I do not think that he is, on the whole, unjust to Campbell; though his Gallican, or rather Napoleonic mania made him commit the literary crime of slighting "The Battle of the Baltic." Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Carmen went directly to the pale woman, still sitting alone, who had been one of the objects of Mrs. Gannette’s slighting remarks. Carmen Ariza Jayjay kept his nose buried in his book—not because he was deliberately slighting Hull, but because he was genuinely interested in the book. Hanging by a Thread He knew well enough the slighting estimate in which everything at Washington was held by this minister accredited to our government. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman It would have been better, we feel, and more dignified, to have passed over the slighting word with the contempt which it deserved. Perugino With the others, in such slighting terms referred to by Madame Vic—Monsieur Peloux, a notary of standing, and the Major Gontard, of the Twenty-ninth of the Line—the case was different. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales Men who before made slighting remarks about him, or opposed his administrative acts, were now often seen in earnest converse with him. Carmen Ariza Similarly, the worse and still less excusable is it for science to declare herself irreconcileable with religion, for she, too, is thereby slighting reason. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications My refusal to travel faster excited him, he became extremely nervous and made slighting remarks regarding my guiding ability that ruffled me and embarrassed the ladies. A Mountain Boyhood The simplicity of pruning has led to slighting the work in commercial vineyards, by too often trusting it to unskilled hands. Manual of American Grape-Growing Some irreverent jester having made some slighting remark respecting the Virgin, D'Orsay took the matter up and called the speaker to account. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 She said nothing slighting, but it was evident that she mistrusted him a little. Miss Grantley's Girls And the Stories She Told Them Every slighting remark, every sarcastic fling, every contemptuous smile, puts a cloud over somebody's sun. Heart Talks This slighting touch changed the Mexican boy’s temper to diversion and malice. Red Men and White According to his own announcement Carlsen was deliberately neglecting the father of the girl he was to marry and at the same time slighting the captain to his own men. A Man to His Mate Sister Susan thought it slighting to Pa’s generosity to give the house to the church; but I don’t look at it like that. Hepsey Burke Clarendon, the Royalist historian of the Great Rebellion, makes a slighting reference to the two towns. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch Ye wouldn’t want me to be slighting His handiwork entirely, would ye?” Seven Miles to Arden Judging of Dons solely by the slight and slighting references of her undergraduate relatives, she had imagined them to be weird-looking men, within various measurable distances of the grave. The Invader A Novel In this emergency she took refuge, as human nature is apt to do, in exaggerating the point in respect to which she had proved right, and overlooking or slighting that whereon she had proved wrong. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution His neighbours knew it too, and some of them said sharp things, and some of them said slighting things of him because of this. David Fleming's Forgiveness It is of course very likely that the comparative slighting which the author has received from M. Brunetière and other French critics of the more theoretic kind is due to this. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Pardon me, sir, but you have referred to the Army in slighting terms. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands Like the Western man of to-day he also is impatient of priestly control, and is apt to say slighting things of his spiritual leaders. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia He must be both architect and supervisor, for his masons know no English, and are bent on slighting their work. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions But you can’t get anyone 23 in this town to take such a slighting view of it as you do yourself.” Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour “He doesn’t,” cried Phyl, flinging away the cigarette, which had become noxious, and roused to 185 sudden anger by the slighting tone of the other. The Ghost Girl As might have been expected, the monkish dreamer, unusually liberal as he was in his views, had but a slighting opinion of women. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The young man was superior to the slighting tone because he belonged to the class which lives by work, and which has not traced or kept track of its genealogy. Ringfield A Novel Yes! for thee—thy pitiable condition—thy perverse ingratitude—thy slighting of His warnings—thy grieving of His spirit—thy unkindness to Him—thine obstinate disregard of thine own everlasting interests. Memories of Bethany And when we were some distance away he made a slighting remark about Millie. The Jucklins A Novel He was severely critical of the heraldic and genealogic matter in Camden's "Britannia," and very bitter at the slighting way the author speaks of heralds. Shakespeare's Family I don’t see what is to be gained by slighting her now.” Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall His son, known only by his slighting nickname of Caracalla, had reigned during six years of insane lust and cruelty, before the knife of an angry soldier avenged the dignity of the Roman name. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago We cheat the faculty by slighting our opportunities and thus making their life work of inferior quality to that which they have a right to expect. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Far from pushing their way to the front they took orders obediently from their superiors, slighting no task to which they were assigned, no matter how trivial it appeared. The Story of Leather I think the Blue Fox must have licked his painted chops on the swinging sign under the window to see how we did full justice to the fare, slighting nothing set before us. The Reckoning It is attention to such details as these that makes a success of the work, and I would urge upon the amateur lawn-maker the absolute necessity of working slowly and carefully, and slighting nothing. Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover Where nothing but slighting our Disorders can make our Cure doubtful, and where they give over the Patient barely for want of being feed? A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 I—I said—she goaded me into saying it, Jed—slighting and slurring—jeering at me because you were going away. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Cricket grew very red, as she always did when any slighting allusion was made to her singing. Cricket at the Seashore He decided that she did not like the slighting reference to that pen and strove to rectify his mistake. In the Mist of the Mountains You'll think I'm slighting your quilt, Mis' Lee!—I got so far back on the job, with my poor legs bothering me so! Peggy-Alone Never mind the coldness, the indifference, the slighting disparagements, for bye-and-bye will come the harvest. The Right Knock A Story G. W. Pugg, repeated the magistrate, slighting the initials and laying most emphasis on the name. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm "I don't know how you can bear to speak of him in that slighting manner," she went on, almost passionately. A True Friend A Novel For suing is not the action of one who shews his contempt, and when he that has done an injury is humble he removes 282all idea of slighting one. Plutarch's Morals Well, tell me one thing, and I'll forgive you; are you and your wife going to give a grand entertainment by and by, and ask all these people you have been slighting? The Gold of Chickaree Several slighting references by name to de Barral revived her animosity against the man, suddenly, as by the effect of unforeseen moral support. Chance A Tale in Two Parts More maddening still, the man so slighting her, has been making boast of it, proclaiming her suppliance and shame, showing her photograph, exulting in the triumph obtained! The Death Shot A Story Retold Eric often talked now of work in this slighting way, partly as an excuse for the low places in form to which he was gradually sinking. Eric, or Little by Little My readers will understand that my general expressions, where slighting or contemptuous, refer to the ignorant, who teach before they have learned. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I The crowd was in the humor for hanging to the limb of the first convenient tree any one who dared to make a slighting suggestion. Fifty Years of Public Service He was a chap who thought very well indeed of himself and his accomplishments, and held a somewhat slighting estimation of others. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale But then her conscience returned to the charge, refuting the slighting accusation, so that the confusion was renewed, and became worse than before. Paul Patoff Ward’s temper was touched by the listener’s slighting apathy. Joan of Arc of the North Woods They come of slighting honest fellows and setting caps at those above you. In Kings' Byways Either inadvertently, or by design, he referred in slighting tones to the part played at this meeting by the "volunteer nurse," but his sentence was never completed, for Silvia addressed the Court. An American Suffragette When he sustained the dual relation of pastor and professor in Princeton, he never allowed the duties of one sphere of labor to be an excuse for slighting the other sphere of labor. Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn They scrambled aboard, hung out of the window, from the platform and from roof, encouraged the engine, offered to push the train, and made slighting remarks on the tameness of the scenery. The Long Roll Have I not risen refreshed from sleep? not nightmared by the cutting sarcasms of some noble earl on my fresh-gilt coronet, some slighting allusion to my "newness in that place"? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General The master looked at me with a slighting expression of countenance as much as to say 'you are a wise one! Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century "I'm sure I don't want him!" said my mother; but Flora added some remark about the rebuke she would give him for slighting us. Embarrassments I heed them not," said Havisham with a slighting gesture of the hand; then, "Let us recapitulate. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Bax said this warmly, for there was a strong bond of sympathy between him and his old friend, whom he could not bear to hear mentioned in a slighting manner. The Lifeboat But he showed the baseness of his spirit, says Anthony, by slighting those who had been his benefactors in his necessities. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 It has its rivalries and enmities, but hateful thoughts, angry words, and slighting attitudes take the place of the active warfare of the boys. Society Its Origin and Development He had even been known to speak in a slighting way of his cousin, Jolly Robin, not only because he was so sprightly and cheerful, but because he always wore a red waistcoat. The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck-me-In Tales Mrs. Gaunt was a good deal struck and affected by this revelation, and astonished at the slighting tone Betty took in speaking of so remarkable a man. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 After slighting your work, after doing a poor job, you are not quite the same man you were before. Pushing to the Front Here it was the same thing over again, for she found something slighting to say even of the Lady Dulcibella, who was sitting prepared to receive visitors in her best pink frock. The Hawthorns A Story about Children Darsie was tired and cold, in a condition of physical depression which made her peculiarly sensitive to a slighting mood. A College Girl It was princely gratitude, wasn’t it, in spite of the slighting way in which Mr Moynham had spoken of the modern Greeks and their ways? Tom Finch's Monkey and How he Dined with the Admiral This done, I thought it high time to look in upon Don Luis, who would, perhaps, otherwise think I was slighting him. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba To the surprise of both Terrestrials, Czuv was speaking English, but with a strong and very peculiar accent; slighting all the vowels and accenting heavily the consonant sounds. Spacehounds of IPC But one day when two of the Hill girls, gossiping in her room, made some slighting remarks about Betty’s prominence in class affairs, Jean flashed out an indignant protest. Betty Wales Senior "I'm afraid it's only a veneer," declared Stephanie, with a slighting little laugh. For the Sake of the School I shall not allow you to say slighting things of yourself. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College Not one slighting or detrimental comment against either herself or Tom came to her ears. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer That slighting reference to gentlemen adventurers, with just a perceptible emphasis of the adventurers, was not to his taste. Lords of the North I’ll forgive your slighting remarks about me, and give you the vacant place on the front seat. Grace Harlowe's Problem Have you so many interests that you are slighting the development of some of the more important ones? The Mind and Its Education She did not add that the newspaper girl's half slighting remarks about Mabel Ashe still rankled in her loyal soul. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College He is the father of all the modern melomaniacs, who, looking into their own souls, write what they see therein—misery, corruption, slighting selfishness, and ugliness. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques On the whole, it did much good in the community, because it caused many persons to see the unkindness and even cruelty of slighting the worthy, on account of their humble origin and circumstances. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning There's no sense in her slighting her work so, and taking the kind of stitches she does sometimes. Young Lucretia and Other Stories She may have been to blame in taking the colonel's attentions as intended for herself; she would not soon forgive his slighting reference to her. The Colonel's Dream Tullus not slighting the proposal, though the advances made were of little avail, draws out his men in order of battle; the Albans on their part come out also. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 I have a perfectly good conscience in not calling upon her, but I shouldn't like her to think that I announced my slighting intention all over the town. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) How, slighting this, shall I escape my father's? Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Drew, he steps close to the tubs and says he, 'I tell you, Mrs. Falstar, I don't know no better religion than getting the spots out instead of slighting them. Joyce of the North Woods She would hardly speak to Leff, and to David, the slighting coldness that she had shown in the beginning continued, holding him at arm's length, freezing him into stammering confusion. The Emigrant Trail His features gave her an idea that the Creator had taken a great deal of pains in chiselling them, not slighting a single line. The Golden Silence In our own day we can hardly realise the idea of such riches; but the 'Rambler' scouted the notion of slighting or valuing a book because it was printed in the Roman or Gothic type. The Great Book-Collectors And yet, by a very human touch, he is represented as furiously resenting any slighting allusion, by any one else, to his stature. The Growth of English Drama He lumps together the Canadian, the South African, the Australian, and the New Zealander under the slighting category of "colonials." Swirling Waters —There must be star-dust in the ether.—I never had to concentrate so hard before.—That's all about the Settlement House, and don't accuse me again of slighting details. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Your pardon, if I interrupt," he said, "but hearing you speak in a somewhat slighting manner of Ticonderoga I'm bound to advise you that you're wrong, since I was there. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis They paused before the pens and looked at the occupants, making remarks that were sometimes full of praise and sometimes slighting. The Tale of Henrietta Hen She, gleaming like ice, transfixed me coldly, and, slighting with her glance my work, asked: 'Can you do no more?' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The man who has never killed a person is called mat�lo, a rather slighting term signifying one who has no desire to fight but remains at home with the women. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition They said "H'lo, Dill" and "H'lo Sanders" in a manner of such slighting superiority that only the utmost familiarity could have bred a contempt so magnificent. Gentle Julia Ellen learned very early to form her own opinions of character from her own intuition, otherwise she would have held her aunt and mother in somewhat slighting estimation, and she loved them both dearly. The Portion of Labor She felt a proud resentment for her own old folly and for Eugene's old slighting of her, and indignation at his present attitude as she looked up at him with sudden daring. Madelon A Novel Don't let Leonore hear you make remarks that she might think slighting about her darling! The Title Market I certainly wanted to resent something that was slighting in his voice, and patronizing in his manner. Romance But none of them seemed so slighting or so jeering as this of Kiddy; and Irving flushed as he had done when he had been taken for a “new kid.” The Jester of St. Timothy's Our songsters too, oh! who shall dare to breathe one slighting word, Their plumage dazzles not—yet say can sweeter strains be heard? Successful Recitations Does he desire, do you think, that we must worship him by adhering to what we know to be fact, no matter what would seem to be gained by slighting facts? The Mormon Prophet While thus apparently slighting or ignoring the beauties of Edinburgh, which were all there then as they are now, he praised Loch Lomond highly. Life of Adam Smith They have too often shown their patriotism by murdering their generals, underrating their enemies and slighting their friends. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Without a moment’s exception he is ever consistent, imperturbable in his self-containedness, ruthlessly crushing all things from dog to wife, under his calm, cold, slighting contempt. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works His lordship the Bishop of Beeston," he said, "has also thought fit, on the authority, I presume, of Mr. Lavilette and his friends, to make slighting reference to the accounts of the Society in question. A Prince of Sinners This I cannot do by ignoring it, or slighting it, or praising it, or denying it. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 In the beginning, I want to guard what may seem to be a weak point by stating, first and above all, that this is not an excuse for slighting or "slurring over" our legitimate work. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) And now I'll just tell out what I've had in my head this long while, Mr. Gum, and know the reason of Nancy's slighting me in the way she does. Elster's Folly Hiram, as foreman of the Ancients, felt piqued at this slighting reference to his men, and showed it. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul The hound just then began acting as though he felt the slighting remarks of his master, and meant to make him sorry therefor. Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 He told it roughly, emphasising detail, slighting important matter, as men tell stories who see them too near to get the just proportion; but out of his words Bates had wit to glean the truth. What Necessity Knows One easygoing housekeeper used to say that, in her opinion, there was a genius in slighting. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) "What shall you keep all your admirers in suspense till the last moment?" said Bertie, with a covert sneer, for he was angry at her slighting behaviour to Bluebell. Bluebell A Novel You are playing false to your vows," she said; "you are slighting your vocation; yet no worthy or noble feeling draws your heart back to the world. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Flexible lips will enunciate difficult combinations of sounds without slighting any of them, but such flexibility cannot be attained except by habitually uttering words with distinctness and accuracy. The Art of Public Speaking Notwithstanding the slighting manner in which he had spoken of Arundel, and the displeasure of Spikeman at the favor which he showed the young man, his conduct toward him remained unchanged. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance There was a slighting tone in her voice. The Northern Light The society of the place revenges itself upon us for slighting it. The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts What moved Slechta to correspond with Erasmus we do not know; possibly a slighting reference in one of the latter's printed letters to 'those schismatic Bohemians, who have infected most of Europe'. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London We often hear slighting things said of the quality of American voices, especially the speaking voice. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers It is so easy to say cross or unkind words; so easy to make slighting or gossiping remarks about companions or friends; so hard to efface the painful effects of such hasty or ill-considered speech. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls But his companion only heard the slighting tone. The Northern Light Of slighting all the winkly brood I surely had been chary, If I had known they formed the food And stock-in-trade of Mary. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Your slighting Zulema, this very hour Will take ten thousand subjects from your power. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 It was another new experience for him who had made the woods his mistress—a woman had chosen another, slighting him. The Ramrodders A Novel As for Dr. Claudius, I will not permit you to use any slighting words about him. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Pilgrim, St. 11 Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive; cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations He was a mere memory to me, and was put into the book with some slighting remarks which the real Jeems did not deserve. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Mr. Flint, on the other hand, was always kind and cordial, notwithstanding the slighting words from Mr. Rich. Andy Grant's Pluck You cannot spur me to action by slighting the well-known valor of our race. The Sword Maker Even Tennyson, his loyal friend but unwilling reader, excepted it, on the last ground, from his slighting judgment upon Men and Women at large. Robert Browning "But what," I said, "if you have been neglecting and slighting God's love for a long time, and He is now moving you with fear to return to Him?" From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry Who has not been struck with the slighting manner in which Sir Walter describes his heroines' charms? Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Evidently, it was not for naught that Mr. Marmaduke Haward had refused invitations, given no entertainments, shut himself up at Fair View, slighting old friends and evincing no desire to make new ones. Audrey Bland could speak with slighting familiarity of "the game," and assume a boredom not altogether a pose. The Thunder Bird It is a just Retaliation upon her, for slighting the young Gentleman. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Speaking lightly or contemptibly of one another, either to themselves or to others in their absence, as few men can bear patiently to be despised by the slighting carriages of their brethren. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London You know I am far from slighting the innocent pleasures in which others delight—It would have been happier for me, perhaps, had I had more leisure to attend those amusements, than I have found. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) One afternoon, Flush indiscreetly indulged in some triumphant and rather slighting remarks about the little teacher. Romance of California Life Macaulay's praise of Temple's style is well deserved, and the slighting remarks about the matter do not apply to the passages in evidence here. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature Since that slighting allusion to his wife, he had no consideration left for Netta. The Lamp in the Desert He wouldn't think that a shortage of tobacco and clothing was a sufficient excuse for slighting William Tell and the Jungfrau. Mince Pie It requires slighting subordinate, unimportant parts, so that one point is made and one total impression given. A Study of Fairy Tales After one sharp slighting look at the visitor, Madame Clemenceau had withdrawn her senses within herself, so to say, to come to a conclusion on the singular conduct of her husband. The Son of Clemenceau It gave him a curious pleasure--he could hardly tell why--to say this slighting thing of Alicia. The Testing of Diana Mallory If he lied he was demeaning himself and those to whom he lied, and slighting what he lied about. The Party Evelyn was looking pale and agitated, Lulu flushed and angry, having been scolded—unjustly, she thought—by Miss Diana, who accused her of slighting a drawing with which she had really taken great pains. The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket You, who have but just come back in triumph from fighting your King's enemies--you against whom no living being has ever dared to breathe a slander or a slighting word. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid The tones are slighting and contemptuous, enough so to convey the polite warning: Don't go any further, and force me to be positively rude to you. Six Women Dearest child, there is no excuse for your slighting your work, either on your clothes or in your room. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls The denominational influence behind these schools was often lukewarm toward the extension of public education, and the ministers themselves had been known to make slighting references to "godless schools." The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Neither will your further fortune be the further off: for assure yourself that fortune is of a woman's nature, that will sooner follow you by slighting than by too much wooing. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 I will bear anything he may say that concerns me as well as I can, but if he says anything slighting of you--" "But he may--that is the danger. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abashed. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations I am not slighting intellect; but life is common to us along with poorer living things than ourselves. Light A slight done him was slighting his sovereign Master. Quiet Talks about Jesus This slighting opinion was not on account of the personal dislike that Prescott felt for the turnback. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor "Let the world think what it will, say what it likes--" "The world shall never say a slighting word of you," he interrupted. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid And fearing that I had been slighting my work, I would go back carefully all over the figures, only to find the footings correct. Quiet Talks with World Winners Cunning and caution were his helpers; slighting nothing, ever crafty on the side of safety, he cut, bored, and charred new basins, to double the original number. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings "Then I apologize, Don Luis, for what might have seemed to be slighting language," Mr. Haynes continued, bowing to the Mexican. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers At another time Teall might have been ready to fight over a slighting word like that. The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics The slighting allusion I took to the credit of the pink and white pajamas I wore—but nothing at that moment could have ruffled my feelings. Murder in Any Degree Far be it from us to write in an apparently slighting manner of what we so greatly value as good tracts, when we can find them. Parish Papers The dear girl was not inexorable; she was as placable and condescending as I could expect, considering the nature of the crime, which was apparently slighting her person and charms by marrying another. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton It is true that rival tribes gloried in belonging to different denominations, and in slighting converts belonging to other churches. The Long White Cloud I write to show you that I am incapable of slighting even the minutest requests of an absent and distant friend. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 "If you value your buff jerkin, I counsel you to say nothing slighting of the Queen of England in my hearing," returned a bluff, broad-shouldered fellow, raising his bludgeon after a menacing fashion. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Menaces slighting and remonstrance mocking, They stand and twangle, tootle, grind, and gurgle Their horrible cacophony. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890 They should beware of slighting and neglecting the motions of the Spirit; for thereby they may lose the best opportunity. Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life And none could doubt that Gates knew it and encouraged it, for he had publicly spoken of Schuyler in slighting and contemptuous terms. The Maid-At-Arms She talked in a slighting, careless tone of her usual day's work, but how much of her time had been occupied in doing the tasks of others? Mr. Scarborough's Family I have heard slighting remarks made by Europeans upon our elaborate discipline of politeness. Bushido, the Soul of Japan Eric often talked now of work in this slighting way partly as an excuse for the low places in form to which he was gradually sinking. Eric Late in the autumn she sailed for Charleston, and was received by the home circle with affection, though her plain dress gave occasion for some slighting remarks. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights In revenge for thus slighting his dignity, the prefect condemns St Laurence to be roasted on a slow fire, adding, 'and deny there, if you will, the existence of my Vulcan.' A Mere Accident Thus when he discussed with Gideon and Harvey D. the latest number of the magazine—containing the fearless exposure of Washington's chicanery—he spoke in terms most slighting of Emmanuel Schilsky. The Wrong Twin Should any of my allusions to religious subjects and to religious workers be thought slighting, I trust my attitude towards Christianity itself will not be questioned. Bushido, the Soul of Japan But it ruffled her to hear him call the home folks jays—just as it would have ruffled him had she been the one to make the slighting remark. The Second Generation Now I understood her slighting attitude towards my knowledge of birds. A Kentucky Cardinal And she stood there before him, for a little, with beauty as it were heightened by resentful reproach of the slighting of itself, and the disregard of its tried affection. An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition Oh!" she said one day to her mother, "that I only possessed half the means of improvement which I see others slighting! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829 He resented slighting observations concerning them, as though insults offered to personal friends who could not answer for themselves. The Man Whom the Trees Loved Very profound was the effect of his words upon me, though, I think, I used to make a point of slighting them. The Purple Cloud The fact that I never received a single complaint from either of them was evidence to me that the makers of these two injectors are very careful not to allow any slighting of the work. Rough and Tumble Engineering But, next day, he resumed the subject by saying in his off-hand manner and with a slighting laugh, 'Well, Blandois, when shall we go to this Maecenas of yours? Little Dorrit To dream of slighting any person or friend, denotes that you will fail to find happiness, as you will cultivate a morose and repellent bearing. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition So much the worse, sir, for them as has the slighting of 'em on their consciences when they're gone to be in full blow elsewhere.' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The defect of the Herbartian theory of formation through presentations consists in slighting this constant interaction and change. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education The slighting manner in which he spoke of them, and of their services, in letters not intended to be public, was such, that some of them, Sumter for example, never forgave him. The Life of Francis Marion Another judge made a slighting remark which raised a laugh at Bell's expense. The History of the Telephone To imagine that you are running from a large spider, denotes you will lose fortune in slighting opportunities. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition He seems to think he can get on by slighting people and flouting them. Tono Bungay The painter has his expression of it, with no slighting of the dialect element; so, too, the sculptor, the musician, and the list entire. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 For Beauty stands 220 In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive; cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat, and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abashed. Paradise Regained They always seemed to be implying something slighting or scathing. The Shuttle I was not going to expose the ship, my ship! to some slighting reference. The Shadow Line; a confession And he told her that he wasn't really slighting her lips, only that they moved so fast he could not catch them. Miss Billy — Married He loathed the slighting indifference of the phrase, but he had uttered it deliberately, had been secretly practising it all through the interminable hour at the luncheon-table. The Reef "Woe to us, then," said Thorgils, "for listening to the words of yon fiend, and slighting this offer!" The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald Even in his correspondence with the Countess A. A. Tolstoy this slighting tone prevails. The Forged Coupon The fact of anything being out of order, forms no excuse for slighting the process. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype She had never considered herself as entitled to reward for not slighting an old friend like Mrs Smith, but here was a reward indeed springing from it! Persuasion A single slighting remark to Terry, a single sneering side glance, would have been a signal for gunplay. Black Jack Nettled at this seemingly slighting allusion to the paucity of his library, Mr. Gladstone asked Panizzi how many volumes he thought were on the shelves. The Grand Old Man There has been mischief done by slighting criticism and by inconsiderate words. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 Carlyle's own comments are for the most part slighting. Thomas Carlyle "I am afraid it means 'the insult of slighting your beauty,' ma'am," said Harry meekly. The Highwayman And the Bishop had treated her with a singular and slighting coldness. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II She must have been looking out for it, saving up for it, all those years; gloating over her exquisite secret, her return for all the slighting and ignoring. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Then the light slowly died out of his eyes when he looked at the professor, who had flushed somewhat and compressed his lips as he listened to the slighting remarks on his country. In the Midst of Alarms The preacher was one of whom she had never heard her father speak slighting word, in whom her unbounded trust had never been shaken. Stephen Archer and Other Tales It is God's gift; is it not slighting his gift, to spend it in sleep? The Young Woman's Guide His son, known only by his slighting nick-name of Caracalla, had reigned during six years of insane lust and cruelty, before the knife of an angry soldier avenged the dignity of the Roman name. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales During my stay in Moscow, among a company at a friendly gathering, I chanced to hear an allusion made to Susanna, and a most slighting, most insulting allusion! The Jew and Other Stories Art thou a god, that thou, indeed, by favouring whom thou wilt And slighting others, canst at once bring back to life and slay? The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III "Faust" he spoke of in rather a slighting manner; he did not think it possessed the eternal spirit. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Patty raged inwardly at this slighting and unjust remark about her native state, but she was a truly polite little girl and said nothing unkind in reply. Patty Fairfield I saw no difference between forbearing to consult a parent, in a case where we know that his answer will condemn us, and slighting his express forbidding. Jane Talbot She turned her face aside, slighting by her manner the excessive meaning of her words. The Desert and the Sown Do not, dear brethren, refuse that gift, lest you bring upon yourselves the terrible and righteous wrath of the Host whose invitation you are slighting, and at whose table you are refusing to sit. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke We were children together, and I do not wish you to speak of him or any friend of mine in a slighting manner. The Fourth Watch Each time Rose mentioned Rhoda in that slighting tone it roused his anger against her. Miss Merivale's Mistake But you, sir, will be too generous to lend an ear to such men, if such there be, and will show your greatness of soul rather by protecting than slighting the unfortunate. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched You would imagine it almost a crime for any one to grow old--with such slighting, cold indifference are the aged treated by the young and strong. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Aphrodite in a prologue declares she will punish Hippolytus for slighting her and preferring to worship Artemis, the goddess of hunting. Authors of Greece I had been beaten, degraded, and treated with slighting when I complained. The Crayon Papers And thenceforward he persevered in slighting upon all occasions, and even in private conversation, this divine worship of himself. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola The latter never even referred to the burglar incident, and, whenever any of the other students spoke in rather slighting terms of either of the instructors, Jack and his friends were ready defenders. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range I' faith, you certainly do wrong, in setting your mind upon him alone, in fact, and humouring him in particular in this way and slighting other men. The Captiva and the Mostellaria Linda at once found him ridiculous and a being who forced a slighting warmth of liking. Linda Condon Had I encouraged, instead of slighting, you, you might long since have begun to gain strength, and might early have commenced the exercises that are so essential to form a good knight. A March on London Beware, too, of slighting the day of the Lord, And never its duties neglect; But meet with his people, and rev'rence his word, If you would his blessing expect. The Good Resolution For this and other slighting allusions to Constanze in other biographies, there exists absolutely no supporting evidence. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 And why that you are slighting me as a stranger, as though you had never known me? The Captiva and the Mostellaria And also this,—that he investigated carefully, case by case, all the slighting remarks that any persons were accused of uttering against him and then called himself all the ill names that other men invented. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Bold was his language, rapid, glowing, strong, And science flowed spontaneous from his tongue: A genius seizing systems, slighting rules, And void of gall, with boundless scorn of fools.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 The girl raised her straight black brows in a way which expressed displeasure at his slighting tone. Up the Hill and Over At first she could not believe they were wilfully slighting her. Purple Springs Even if she thought he was slighting her why should she take it so mortally to heart? Gunman's Reckoning And she need not blame folks for slighting her. Happiness and Marriage "We like him," returned the Boy as if some slighting criticism had been passed upon his friend. The Magnetic North At a time when England and Europe were throwing wide the doors to Mark Twain, the culture of his own land was regarding him with slighting condescension, or with mildly quizzical unconcern. Mark Twain Another time, in Madrid, Rizal risked a duel when he challenged Antonio Luna, later the General, because of a slighting allusion to a lady at a public banquet. Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot The reviews of France were few and slighting, the wickedest and most amusing being by Theodore Hook. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century She thought the time of reckoning would never come, and even in trivial matters seemed to take a pride in slighting Great Britain and in vaunting her independence. The Emancipation of Massachusetts So far from slighting a Persian advantage which really existed, a Greek painter might rather be suspected of inventing one which did not. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 "Pardon me for slighting your hospitality," said Dennis, with slight emphasis on the word. Barriers Burned Away Most of them began to be almost like husbands—speak slighting and sharp and be a bit stiff about accounts—even before servants. The Head of the House of Coombe The Constable felt the full effect of this slighting reception. The Betrothed What must have pleased Hartlib in this was the tone of respectful compliment to himself; what may have pleased him less was the slighting way in which Comenius is passed over. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 "He's my boss," the boy said, as if by way of apology for slighting her request. Vicky Van Most of the crowd had now dispersed, a few members of the bucket brigade lingering to further examine the engine, while some of them made slighting remarks about it. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck Since differences in value are wanting here, there is no occasion for slighting any part. How to Study and Teaching How to Study If anything could have prejudiced Hamilton Gregory against Fran's interests it would have been her slighting allusion to the one who typified his most exalted ideals as "that woman". Fran Not to preserve his labours and name, which are so great, is a disingenuous slighting or despising them, and serving them no better than a wicked man's that rots. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 I observe a vile spirit among some children, and that is, they are apt to look over their parents, and to have slighting and scornful thoughts of them. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 James laughed heartily at his own uncourtly address, but I would not repent, though he acknowledged he saw the offence his slight and slighting speech had given. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 I am not tired of your moods, but I am of your cold disdain, your contemptuous slighting of my useful mental powers. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story At these slighting words Frithiof was so moved by rage that he would have slain the king then and there had not the place been hallowed by Bele's tomb. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Consider much with thyself, Not only my sins against the law will be laid to my charge, but also the sins I have committed in slighting the gospel, the glorious gospel. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 How could they have been guilty of thus slighting their adored young mistress? Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home "She MAY walk over me, if she likes; and I want you to stop speaking of her in that slighting way, Daisy." Patty's Butterfly Days He leaned, however, very confidingly and affectionately against Theos's shoulder as he walked along, and appeared to have speedily forgotten his annoyance at the recent slighting conduct of the King. Ardath "Absolutely," replied Judith, "but you are not slighting me?" Jane Allen, Junior Consider the danger of slighting the words of the prophets or apostles, whether they be correction, reproof, admonition, forewarning, or the blessed invitations and promises contained in them. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 I was feeling awfully cross at you girls just then, because he made me believe that you were slighting me and leaving me out of things. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School The few slighting, sarcastic remarks about his business ability, chiefly by women and therefore reflected from the men, hurt him. Brewster's Millions And so the outward world uniting To that within him, he became Considerably uninviting 280 To those who, meditation slighting, Were moulded in a different frame. Peter Bell the Third Looking upon themselves as the cream of earth’s sons, they resent with extreme asperity the least slighting word concerning the Holy City and its denizens. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 The great God, instead of giving the ungodly any ease, will even aggravate their torments; first, by slighting their perplexities, and by telling of them what they must be thinking of. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 "So said I to Cicely," Sir Humphrey cried, eagerly, too interested in his own cause to heed my slighting words for his sister. The Heart's Highway She did not refuse her hand, and as he moved away she watched him with a smile of slighting good-nature. Born in Exile The crowd grinned and made slighting remarks of a personal nature, and Guggins, the shopkeeper, demanded in a loud voice the money for the silk dress he had brought. American Fairy Tales Annoyance with the artist now and then inclined him to slighting thought of Rosamund; yet, on the whole, his view of her was not depreciatory. Will Warburton Lady Ogram and she agreed in their disdain for all "woman" movements; what progress they aimed at concerned the race at large, with merely a slighting glance towards the special circumstances of its sex-burdened moiety. Our Friend the Charlatan Never should Gilbert feel that she was not wholly his; never would she wrong his faithfulness by slighting the claims of his love. Thyrza She answered, slighting: —Ask no questions and you'll hear no lies. Ulysses He shot, but missed, which I assured him was only proper punishment for the slighting insinuations he had made in regard to my shooting. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador In a certain degree, he had submitted to it during that holiday among the Alps, then, on the whole, he inclined to regard Rosamund impatiently and with slighting tolerance. Will Warburton Foolish child!—you need not burn with suppressed offence at what sounds a slighting description of your sex—it is not meant as such. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance For it happened that, through some sudden, incomprehensible petulance there had been an angry childish gesture, and a slighting word, at the very moment of her departure, actually for the last time. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 But unfortunately the haughty heiress could not resist the temptation to make a slighting allusion to Marie-Anne, and to the lowliness of the marquis's former tastes. The Honor of the Name In the case of a man whose literary achievement was so high, such slighting of letters has its significance, and is curious. Balzac Cruel as she had once thought that letter in which he thus apologised for slighting her, she at last began to think it was wondrous kind, for he never found time to send her another. Nature and Art The end of Donald's career can scarcely now be passed over in a slighting manner. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name She gave a little slighting laugh, as much as to say, "You might have arrived at that before, one would think!" To-morrow? To show slight to him, Were slighting him that sent him. The Hunchback Cecil looked at him a moment; he saw the man was in earnest, and thought but little of his repentance and trepidation, for the citizens were all afraid of slighting or annoying a soldier. Under Two Flags It is a favourite word in Egypt extending to Badawiland, and especially in Cairo, where it is looked upon as slighting if not insulting. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 "GhashÝm" = a "Johnny Raw" from the root "Ghashm" = iniquity: Builders apply the word to an unhewn stone; addressed to a person it is considered slighting, if not insulting. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 The shorter of the two, while she rode with gracefully drooping head, had left her face practically uncovered, seemingly unconscious of the half slighting, half pitying admiration elicited by its pathetic beauty. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest After many bloody battles had been fought we were received again by the Commander-in-Chief, and this time his cordiality was not marred by any slighting touch. Now It Can Be Told ‘And ’tis not because of any soreness from my slighting you years ago?’ Wessex Tales A person speaking once in a slighting manner of a very original-minded man, received for answer, "He strides on so far before you that he dwindles in the distance!" Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners ‘It is plain enough that to make merry just now would be slighting Bob’s feelings, as if we didn’t care who was not married, so long as we were,’ he said. The Trumpet-Major Some slighting phrases she had used still rankled in his memory; she had once spoken of Gretta as being country cute and that was not true of Gretta at all. Dubliners He must have seen the woman—but he is angry with me, for—for—slighting him—as he thinks—but he was wrong. The Golden Dog They confound belief with evidence, often trusting the first because it is expressed with energy, and slighting the latter because it is calm and unimpassioned. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 I cannot all day Be neglecting Madras And slighting Bombay For the sake of a lass. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The mysterious and slighting allusions of his cousins to the old man's eccentricities also piqued his curiosity. Under the Redwoods If you persist in slighting me like this," she whispered in his ear, in a whisper which was like a hiss, "I will abandon you for ever. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches We are slighting a good many of these bigger towns. The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show She had not forgotten the slighting turn of his head. Beyond Men who would lead a charge in battle would shrink from denouncing an accepted convention or even from slighting a popular fashion. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography He seems to have taken a sort of morose pleasure in slighting and provoking all the rising talent of the kingdom. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 I suppose the information that the Baron had altered the destination of his estate, was quite a sufficient reason for slighting your friend's sister, and carrying off your friend's mistress.' Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since If you knew what joy that slighting remark gave me! Letters of Two Brides She never gave people unnecessary food for gossip—any slighting of her irritated him, she was careful to spare him that. Beyond But this could not be done without slighting all those hundreds of other men ... Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story He did not think of possession when he thought of her; it was the look in her eyes, and the slighting tones in which Honey spoke of her. Cow-Country He spoke in a slighting tone, but showed increasing agitation. New Grub Street Several slighting references by name to de Barral revived her animosity against the man, suddenly, as by the effect of unforeseen moral support. Chance A Tale in Two Parts She made, with her small white hand, a slight and slighting gesture. Lady Baltimore He did not re-appear in the Upper Chamber, and was heard to speak in slighting terms of its architecture, as well as of its upholstery. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Your holiness is known for slighting Aeneas Silvius as other men never slighted him. The Cloister and the Hearth Well, just suppose I was walking with Mama or Rone, and somebody passed a slighting remark or used improper language. Babbitt Here, by the sarcasm of destiny, I encountered the person who had drawn the slighting analogy between this one's pig-tail and his ability as a story-teller. The Mirror of Kong Ho I should be pained, Mr. Guppy," said I, rising and putting my hand upon the bell-rope, "to do you or any one who was sincere the injustice of slighting any honest feeling, however disagreeably expressed. Bleak House |
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