| 单词 | slightness |
| 例句 | As for Olmsted, Burnham was struck by the slightness of his frame, which seemed structurally insufficient to support so massive a skull. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For all his slightness of body, he looked at that moment ready and able to push the washbowl straight through the floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Their very slightness gives these details power — life’s small pleasures, ripped away before time could make them mundane. ‘Next Life Might Be Kinder’: Howard Norman’s riveting exploration of grief, loss and truth There is true movie-star quality in every part she plays, no matter how slight the role — the slightness of Sophie proves it. 'Magic in the Moonlight' is an amusing trifle of a film 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The same Mia Farrow whose slightness made her a pixie-cut icon in “Rosemary’s Baby,” looking utterly vulnerable to the encroaching forces of evil. The surprisingly durable second act of Liam Neeson 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Yet he was at least ten years ahead of the great fashion for dystopias in highbrow circles, and anyhow hadn’t judged how his book’s slightness, and its vein of real perversity, might play against it. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z With its extremes of experience and banal slightness of content, Brady Corbet’s rock-world melodrama “Vox Lux,” portentously labelled “A Twenty-First Century Portrait,” is an exemplary latter-day entry in the realm of cinematic camp. “Vox Lux,” Reviewed: A Tale of Star Power That Misuses Natalie Portman’s Star Power 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Its most outré pieces are the ones designed with the most detail and care, lest you mistake lightness for slightness. Luxury Has Gotten Jumbled, but Not at Bottega Veneta 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z And, even more relevantly to the disappointing slightness of “Worm”: “Be clear, post some statistics or shut up.” Books of The Times: Mark Bowden?s ?Worm,? About Conficker - Review 2011-10-03T22:30:32Z She is only 31, and yet there remains about Danes a sense of slightness and, perhaps, unfulfilled expectation. Claire Danes's secret diary 2011-04-01T23:03:12Z The slightness of these women’s roles is a mark of the “Entourage” movie’s ridiculousness. The Silent Women of “Entourage” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z They are appealing and subversive in their slightness and cease to exist when not on display. Art Review: ‘Mel Bochner: Proposition and Process’ at Peter Freeman 2013-05-23T20:30:49Z However, the filmmakers' assumption that the audience knows these women also informs the series' slightness in some areas, especially throughout the first two episodes. When it comes to providing insight, Apple's "The Super Models" only goes skin deep 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Given the slightness of the opening work and the collaborative nature of the second, Ken-David Masur never got to bask fully in audience applause, but Mr. Oppitz seemed well pleased, embracing him warmly. Music Review: Kurt Masur and Ken-David Masur at Tanglewood Festival 2012-07-23T21:55:53Z Tightly woven, richly detailed and fully enjoyable, this "Broomstick" sweeps away any resistance we might have to its ostensible slightness, leaving us with giggles, shivers and even a lump in our throat. Another Jenny O'Hara triumph in 'Broomstick' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z One example of this book’s relative slightness can stand in for many. Books of The Times: ‘Paterno’ by Joe Posnanski, a Biography of the Coach 2012-08-20T16:25:26Z The slightness of those movies doesn’t detract from their charm, and, watching them now, it seems to me that they are probably harder to pull off for an actor than heavier material. Matthew McConaughey: ‘My agent said no to romcoms. And then there was nothing’ 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z After Ms. Buglisi’s excess, Ms. Skaggs’s simplicity was initially refreshing, but a second viewing at Washington Square Park revealed its slightness. Dance Review: ?Table of Silence Project 9/11? and ?9/11 Dance? - Review 2011-09-12T23:28:21Z And while these details don't ruin the first season's adequate conclusion, where the pair collaborated to avert the Apocalypse, the second's overall slightness is an insufficient argument for the story's continuation. After four years, "Good Omens" returns for a jolly if rather hollow romp that falls short of sublime 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z As it was, I didn't even register the slightness of the part. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z Suljic’s slightness and shortness of stature, even on wheels, maximizes the spectacle of such physical peril. “Mid90s” exposes the violence of boyhood: Teen trauma is a masculine rite of passage, too 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The docu-dramedy “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” tells a low-stakes story with an accomplished cast, an appropriately light tone and enough energy to compensate for its slightness. Review: Keira Knightley pursues the 'Boston Strangler' in Hulu journalistic thriller 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z There’s a slightness to the plot — “Flight” occasionally feels padded out, with gratuitous, tacked-on scenes — but Strong milks the high moments, such as a quarrel that erupts during a game of cards. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Flight,’ Christmas is a nightmare 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The sly expression, the slightness of stature, the ears befitting a fable. What if the Great American Novelist Doesn’t Write Novels? 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Towering figures these are not – in fact, their slightness is truly remarkable. Is there a single blue-rinse Tory who doesn’t fancy a knee-trembler with Boris Johnson? | Marina Hyde 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z When “Waitress” was released, many reviews focused on Shelly’s death and its seeming incongruity with the film’s sweetness, but to confuse the film’s whimsy for slightness is to conveniently ignore everything else about it. Songwriter Sara Bareilles on the dark center of ‘Waitress’ and preserving Adrienne Shelly’s legacy 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Still, there's a frankness to this picture that compensates for the overall slightness. Everyday trouble comes to a head in thriller 'Tilt' 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Her slightness in The Danish Girl and Ex Machina, however deceptive, is nowhere in evidence here. The 2018 Tomb Raider movie dials down the franchise’s tackiness 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Or the 13th at Augusta National, the ultimate “risk and reward” par 5 because of its slightness. Here's hoping an old-school tournament spiced up with a new-school venue can catch on - Golf Digest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Street Tree Map—are just as tender, ridiculous, and essential as they were in Handel’s day, no less necessary for their slightness in the face of catastrophe. The Tough Immigrant Tree That Represents New York 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z She’s a human being writ for a cramped and puny stage, with all the slightness that the small screen implies. ‘Christine’ biopic fails to make a larger point 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z That is where the children come in: Their slightness is an advantage come harvest time. Mexican Opium Production Rises to Meet Heroin Demand in U.S. 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The two are stepsisters-to-be—Tracy’s mother is set to marry Brooke’s father—and the slightness of that link feels right for the frail, fissiparous world that Baumbach likes to map. Cold-War Bromance 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z We heard a great deal about his adolescent slightness, his downy cheeks, his 1950s jazz-flute early music television hairstyle. David de Gea's collision with Andy Carroll may be a watershed moment 2013-04-19T11:07:52Z But, on the other hand, this slightness renders it somewhat difficult to measure with great correctness. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The same remarks apply, in part, to those defects of the outward form which do not at first, from their slightness, attract the notice of the ordinary breeder. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z For example, the execution is much more open and delicate than in the early lace of this description, but this very delicacy and slightness are made use of to produce a very elegant effect. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z But it was perhaps the very slightness of Pitt's position which was an inducement to Walpole. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z These owe their transparent clearness precisely to their absence of real content, or to the slightness of this. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z The slightness of the work would cause it to spring or deflect from the pressure or strain due to the cut. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z But in the narrative portions there is an unfortunate attempt to conceal the slightness of the story by preciosity and affectation in the style. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The slightness of changes in mean temperature as compared with changes in rainfall may be judged from a comparison of wet and dry years in various regions. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z This little sketch, in spite of its extreme slightness, really deserves to become classical. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Each turned to look back at the other, and both men bowed; the action had a certain definiteness in it, unwarranted by the slightness of the meeting. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Jean Ingelow has, in a marked degree, a musical quality in her verse which compensates in some measure for its slightness. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z She was neither tall nor short, but seemed misleadingly smaller than she was in fact, thanks to the slightness of a body more stupidly nourished than under-nourished or immature. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Her body seemed never to have outgrown its adolescence, yet its slightness was quite without any angularity or awkwardness, it achieved roundness without plumpness, a stroke of physical genius. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z This, contrasting with the slightness of my form, made me look like a little woman who had known suffering, rather than the sensitive child that I really was. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z But the slightness of structure which allowed voices to be heard within the lodge also allowed them to be heard without. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z When we looked to our hurts we were astonished at the slightness of them. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z The clothes had been carefully padded to conceal the extreme slightness of her figure. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z True enough, it commanded the whole plain, but both the slightness of its projection and the insufficiency of its flanks unfitted it for real purposes of defense. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The critic inclines to cavil at the slightness of the part given to this favourite, and emphasises Moore's cleverness with enthusiasm. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z She liked to do things, and for all her seeming slightness she was very strong. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z The slightness and slowness of variation in human races having become known, a great difficulty of the monogenist theory was seen to lie in the apparent shortness of the Biblical chronology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Michael let his eyes rove along the pleasant green line whose slightness and evenness caressed the vision, as velvet might have caressed a hand running lightly over the surface. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Owing to this extreme slightness of biting, the burnisher may also be used to reduce any parts which are to stand out white. A Treatise on Etching So dazzled were contemporary critics by his brilliant and inspired extemporizations that they ignored Bocage’s licentiousness, and overlooked the slightness of his creative output and the artificial character of most of his poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The slightness of the canoe had betrayed what he thought was a shiver. East Angels She met my gaze with a directness which showed English training, as did also the slightness of her accent. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois He could run very fast and for that reason the lords of Little Side made him play forward, a position for which the slightness of his body made him particularly unsuited. Sinister Street, vol. 1 It would sound brutal to say that this was what I should have preferred to hold, were it not that I in fact felt forced to recognise the slightness of such a chance. The Sacred Fount The matter possesses no general interest for Engels merely teases his opponent upon the magnificence of his claims and the slightness of his performances. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" Whereat her escort laughed admiringly, and during the whole subsequent two hours of their promenade scarcely any observer noticed the slightness of their acquaintance. John March, Southerner A certain loss of balance is caused by the overweight of the head in the Virgin as compared with the slightness of her frame. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Realising that we had been torpedoed, my imagination was rather disappointed at the slightness of the shock and the meekness of the report. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" A contrivance of inconceivable slightness, involving no drawbacks whatever to families occupying the premises it was engendered in, was necessary to hold the roof up up tempory, for fear it should come with a run. When Ghost Meets Ghost His bodily hurts had robbed him of what little physical strength he possessed at the best of times; and Eve, for all her slightness, was by no means a weak woman. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The slightness of the shock and the mildness of the report compared with my imagination was disappointing. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons It is as easy to know the slightness of earnest haste from the slightness of blunt feeling, indolence, or affectation, as it is to know the dust of a race, from the dust of dissolution. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The slightness which we see in his best works cannot always be imputed to negligence. Six Centuries of Painting In this case the very slightness of the material on which his mind dwelt set the wings of his fancy free. They of the High Trails Dapper is spruce with the suggestion of smallness and slightness; natty, a diminutive of neat, suggests minute elegance, with a tendency toward the exquisite; as, a dapper little fellow in a natty business suit. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Augustine could hear all he said and gauge how deep was an intimacy that could wear such lightness, such slightness, as its mask. Amabel Channice The ballad entitled "The Black Shawl" has obtained a degree of popularity among the author's countrymen, for which the slightness of the composition renders it in some measure difficult to account. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The slightness of plot—a mere thread in most instances—requires that the thread shall at least be never allowed to drop. Famous Women: George Sand David was struck by her height and the extreme slightness of her figure. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange As one reflects upon these discoveries, he is at first inclined to philosophize on the slightness wrought by time in woman’s nature. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 We trust our readers will not blame us for the slightness of construction and unimportant subjects of many of the minor pieces which we have admitted into our present selection from Púshkin's lyrical productions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 But chiefly he slept, dreaming little because of his loss of blood and the slightness of his food. Tales of Space and Time Her admiration, the proximity of her fragrant slightness, was pleasant in the dusk, but he did not press her hand again, even when she whispered, "Good night, and thank you—oh, thank you." Free Air She noted his broad shoulders, the graceful pose of the body, the straight, shapely legs, and the slightness of hip which distinguished him from the usual heavily-built German. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Like the original drawings, they are chiefly dependent on outline, and even their slightness is not without the advantage of suggestiveness. Overbeck The only point worth criticizing is the slightness of the connection between the topsides and the body of the boat. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Address to that ingenuous young American a remark upon the slightness of the legs of her work-table,—she blushes—her lively fancy has given them personality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 With all the friends of civilization and of art, we think that the question of the slightness of the damage caused by this Taube is not to be considered at all. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 But Cornelia was at the same time puzzled and perplexed with herself, and dismayed with the slightness of her hold upon impulses of hers which she thought she had overcome and bound forever. The Coast of Bohemia With regard to the cases of suspected injury to the bowel which recovered spontaneously, the symptoms were somewhat special in their comparative slightness, and in the limited nature of the local signs. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre Brown, however, and others to whom I spoke, failed to share my view of the slightness of the damage. Tom, Dick and Harry If this be so, the slightness of the historical thread is of little moment, and we may rest safely on the solid ground of so conclusive a fact. Short Studies on Great Subjects The point to which I want to draw your attention is the extreme slightness and smallness of the revolver with which Mrs. Heredith was killed. The Hand in the Dark But as in this latter case, the superficiality and slightness of the work are deceptive. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature She wore a kimono of light, sheer material which, clutched spasmodically about her, revealed the slightness and grace of her figure. The Winning Clue I lifted myself from the gutter, blinded with blood from a very slight skin-wound, and, queerly enough, not caring either for the blindness or for the slightness of the wound. The Napoleon of Notting Hill The author can speak from experience as to the slightness of the danger from grazing cattle and sheep on such pastures. Clovers and How to Grow Them They are faded and dilapidated, as they well may be, considering the slightness of the materials and their age, about four hundred years. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art A slightness of spirit in taking this covenant, must needs cause a slightness of spirit in keeping it. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation The tides along the north coast of Grant Land are remarkable for the slightness of the rise and fall, which varies from an average of 1.8 feet at Cape Sheridan to .8 at Cape Columbia. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club I reflected with amazement on the slightness of that thread by which human passions are led from their true direction. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Without pausing to consider the slightness of this evidence, etc.' Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" But it was the very slightness of these bibelots that disorganised me. Certain Personal Matters Perhaps because of his native pallor of skin and slightness of body the oiler had seemed, to the alien, to be younger than his years. Plague Ship Height and length of limb give distinction; slightness gives grace; women are squat! Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 This combination of instinct and taste—which happily is not confined to the French, nor to waiters—produces some admirable results, results out of all proportion to the slightness of the means employed. Americans and Others The comparative slightness and rapidity of execution of his drawings and pastels enabled him to register many inventions and observations that we must otherwise have missed, and many of these are of the highest value. Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects When he came there he found that it had begun in a sailor's shed, and that by the slightness of the buildings and the awkwardness of the Chinese it was getting head apace. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Now it is all over I wonder more and more at the slightness of the hazard which suddenly placed me at such a period in so strange an experience. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War If vessels were built solely for passenger traffic, they would be able to insure greater speed by reason of the greater slightness in build and the additional space at the command of the designer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 The power of it, in a word, was out of all measure with the slightness of the face…. Come Rack! Come Rope! One was young and slender with the slightness of delicate girlhood. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories He noted also the unimpaired excellence of her erect and girlish slightness and, under her pretty hat and early whitened hair, the carven fineness of her features. The Flower of the Chapdelaines She extended her hands toward him, and, taking their cool slightness, he drew her to him. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Between them the two cavalry commanders had captured five Boer laagers, and the slightness of the opposition they encounter proves that the Boers were completely surprised. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith Is the humor of the situation the better for this slightness of the barrier, or is it rendered altogether too unlikely by it? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies The most curious distinguishable feature was his slightness. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Much of this funerary jewellery was made merely for show on the day of the funeral, and betrays its purpose by the slightness of the workmanship. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Of course, he was well aware that it was not Harrington himself that had complained of the slightness of the former references, but only some Royalist wit caricaturing Harrington together with himself. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The shadow of the dune disguised the slightness of his form, and his foot struck with some violence against a shell. Sir Mortimer His square shoulders, commanding height, and military erectness were thus emphasized, as was her own feminine slightness. The Last Shot Within the clumsy bulk of her draperies his arm felt the slightness of her young form. The Fortieth Door The slightness of the foundations did not prevent the builders from boldly running up quite lofty structures. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt In fact the slightness of our knowledge of these works is perfectly astounding when the importance which is attached to them is taken into account. A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays She was impressed with the slightness of the thread on which our destiny hangs, and then by the inevitableness of our lives. Evelyn Innes Of advancing years—Browning was now nearly forty-nine—the only symptoms were that he had lost his youthful slightness of figure, and that his beard and hair were somewhat blanched by time. Robert Browning Eagerly He bent forward, and beneath His mantle's passive folds a bolder line Than the wont slightness of His perfect limbs Betrayed the swelling fulness of His heart. Quiet Talks about Jesus He was immediately conciliatory, rising also to enfold her in an embrace that easily held her slightness. The Vertical City "She need never be alone, unless she chooses," says Bobby, winking with dexterous slightness at the others; "there is the beauty of having three kind little brothers!" Nancy Nothing but her large, active, and perhaps interfering benevolence and Mama's winning and inexplicable charm held the two together, and the very slightness of their relationship placed them under peculiar obligations to each other. The Precipice His figure had set into a form of remarkable slightness and elegance, and distinguished for its symmetry. Venetia The death of his sweetheart forces one man to reflect anew on the slightness of life's pleasures and the depth of life's griefs. A Mere Accident Since the slightness of the thing may let you bestow it without any mark of favour, shall I beg it of your ladyship? The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield It is slight; but slightness that accomplishes so much is a sign of progress rather than of falling-off. The Three Brontës Midway in the twenties of her years, she was just above slightness, just above medium height. The Purchase Price There I first discerned the slightness of her frame and marveled at the spirit that filled it. In the Claws of the German Eagle She had thrown herself back in an armchair, to prevent him from seeing the slightness of her dress. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes You notice the slightness of the thumbs and of he two 'little' fingers. A. V. Laider I did not know the boy by sight, nor did Raffles introduce us; but their conversation proclaimed at once a slightness of acquaintanceship and a license on the lad's part which combined to puzzle me. The Amateur Cracksman A memorable instance of the slightness of the pretext on which a man could be forced to fight a duel to the death, occurs in the Memoirs of the brave Constable, Du Guesclin. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The other girls in her dormitory marveled at the slightness of her body when they saw her in sheer negligee, or darting out wet from a shower-bath. Main Street "And that would be a pretty sight!" retorted Annie, glancing with imperceptible slightness at the artist's small and slender frame. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Many considered, from its apparent slightness, that it was not fitted to sustain any considerable load. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography Susan saw that they were well shaped legs, surprisingly plump from the calves upward, considering the slightness of her figure above the waist. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The very slightness, vagueness, of the memory gave it an added poignancy. The Reef She was short and slender; her slightness accentuated by the long dress of black cloth and the small plain hat of the same colour which she wore. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story He looked considerably older than he was and the slightness of his body was deceptive, disguising a power of sinewy strength. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama The slightness of his themes and of his genre relieved him of that necessity. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal His shoulders, though narrow, were very square, and in any other garment than a thin soutane his slightness of build would scarcely have been noticeable. The Slave of the Lamp It carried an air, despite the slightness of it. Ruggles of Red Gap And in this uncertain illumination Lucy could just see the dark pits of Eleanor's eyes, the sharp slightness of her form, the dim wreath of hair. Eleanor I loved you for your slightness, Your melancholy sweetness, Your changeful eyes, that promised What your lips would still refuse. India's Love Lyrics The slightness of the intention may be urged against the picture; it is no more than a charming decoration faintly flushed with life. Modern Painting The very slightness and superficiality of their religion made their confession easy and swift, and neither the one nor the other went deep enough to be lasting. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The slightness of Deleah's figure and the fragility of her small face, with its innocent, unconscious allurement, were increased by the black garments she still wore. Mrs. Day's Daughters 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 She tottered a little in gaining her feet, and the wind drifted her slightness a step or two aside. The Lady of the Aroostook The words but hint at the slightness of their task compared with His, at the brevity of the strain on their love, and at the companionship which ought to have made sleep impossible. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII In approaching life itself in its individual forms, the slightness of Hawthorne's attempt in the earlier pieces is very marked. Nathaniel Hawthorne He was a man everlastingly maddened by slightness and weakness. Gone to Earth Sir Everard Home has shown that a cure is often attributed to a remedy, when it is owing only to the slightness of the wound, and to a very circumscribed action of the poison. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The bad taste and impertinence of this epigraph are often enhanced by the slightness of the work or the gift which it commemorates. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 And she felt acutely her slightness, her girlishness, and her need of his help. Hilda Lessways "Cease," he says, "to bid us think it of no account to measure the guilt of a falsehood by the slightness or importance of the circumstances." A Lie Never Justifiable From her own slightness of build probably sprang her passionate admiration for her big, handsome husband, who could have crushed her between his fingers. Fruitfulness In her white slip of a nightdress, her coronet braids unwound and falling down each shoulder, even her slightness had waned. Gaslight Sonatas The fact remained, however,—curiously, perhaps, in connection with the usual slightness of all impressions made on her—that there was a memory which never wholly left her. The Head of the House of Coombe Yet, considering the slightness of the connection between that group of people and the Warricombe family, there had seemed no great likelihood of Christian's getting acquainted with the latter. Born in Exile He examined her, seeming to measure the slightness of her frame. The Nether World But for her exquisite slightness and freshness, no one would have imagined that she was an only just-fledged bird, flying for the first time. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The figure was tall, and erred, perhaps, on the side of slightness. To-morrow? A slight expression of pain, melancholy in its very slightness, appeared on her pale face, and occasionally a long-drawn, quivering breath escaped her—nature's last touching utterance of its own feebleness! Antonina Also he expatiated with some severity on the slightness of public information with respect to Eyre's exploit. Such Is Life Mentally I had accused her of slightness, and inability to talk upon the subjects which interested Mardon and myself; but when I knew she had been in torture all the time, my opinion was altered. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott Spare and well-knit, his figure had a suggestion of slightness which the scales would have belied. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day He had only a vague general impression of her, of her slightness, vitality, youth, and half-dreamy excitement. A Spirit in Prison A military background, vivid home memories, the enlistment of kinsmen or friends overseas, the frequent slightness of local ties, sent them forth in splendid and steady array. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor In anticipation of it he had been following a clue for some time, though at the outset it had been one of incredible slightness. T. Tembarom She was far from being a tall woman, but her clean length of limb, her very slightness, and the high-bred poise of her shapely head, conveyed an illusion of height unless you stood beside her. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... They fitted closely without a wrinkle, displaying the slightness and the gracefulness of the hands beneath. The Fawn Gloves Her body and limbs, notwithstanding her extreme slightness, were graceful, perhaps, but with the grace of the tigress. Peter Ruff and the Double Four The slightness of the cytolytic effect allows the egg to develop without treatment with hypertonic sea-water. Darwin and Modern Science It was the exotic complexion and the slightness of his build which had put me off so completely. 'Twixt Land and Sea I have mentioned, too, the peculiar consequence of the smaller gravitation of the moon on their fragile slightness. 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