单词 | sparely |
例句 | The tidy, tiny room was furnished sparely—a large bed with a plain blue cover, a dresser, a night-stand, groups of old family photos on the walls. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They ate sparely and they were hungry all the time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We lived sparely, but it wasn’t too bad. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was sparely furnished, having but a small table, two chairs and a bench; but at either side there were curtained alcoves and well-clad beds within with vessels and basins for washing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This sparely theatrical and uncommonly evocative exhibition consists of three sculptures and a video. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Massive furniture carved with mythological creatures is sparely distributed. Antiques: Viennese Works From Australia 2011-11-10T22:00:51Z What was once sparely avant-garde is now luminously experimental. One Work of Dance, Theater and More to Experience This Weekend 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Atmosphere A warmly lighted, sparely decorated bistro with a vaguely New England look. Restaurant Review: Houseman in Hudson Square 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z This tension produces suspense, even though the action is so sparely distributed that a viewer can easily space out. Review: The Dreamy Precision of an Everyday Surrealist 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Each features a luminous, pastoral landscape sparely dotted by tiny silhouetted figures. Museum & Gallery Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Each features a luminous, pastoral landscape sparely dotted by silhouetted, lilliputian figures. Art Listings for July 31-Aug. 6 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Dorsen also sparely introduces a few other theatrical elements into the coding — lighting cues, blackouts that force breaks and endings in the text. ‘A Piece of Work’: ‘Hamlet’ for the computer age 2013-02-23T23:13:22Z The sparely designed production doesn’t hang together the way it might, either, and individual performances often don’t dig far beneath the surface. Review: For ‘Judas Iscariot,’ a Courtroom Drama of Epic Proportions 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The sparely written narrative was based closely on his years growing up comfortably in Southern California, his studies in history and literature at Williams College in Massachusetts and his disorienting return home. Charles Webb, author of ‘The Graduate,’ dies in England 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z Perfectly paced and sparely told, there are enough clues in the illustrations to enable young listeners to predict the catastrophe and relish it. The best children's books: 0-2 year-olds 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z The decorator, collector and antiques dealer designs sparely luxurious rooms curated with furnishings and art from diverse cultures and periods. A Colonial home marries high-end design with laid-back style 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Avishai's conversational study mixes memoir, historically contextualised analysis of themes such as Jewish identity and psychoanalysis, and sparely illuminating comments from Roth himself. Non-fiction roundup – reviews 2012-08-24T07:00:04Z Rubber hits the road at 11 a.m. each day at Warner Bros. with a production meeting in Ms. DeGeneres’s airy, sparely decorated office. Ellen DeGeneres, TV and Twitter Hit, Ready to Host Oscars 2014-01-17T13:00:22Z Jolie Pitt directs herself and Pitt to downplay the inflections, leaving the inflection to the images, which themselves are sparely inflected. Angelina Jolie Pitt’s “By the Sea” Is Personal and Daring 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Its items are displayed sparely and elegantly and labeled with information about which indigenous group or Amazonian community produced them from what materials, and even which gender did the work. Foraging: Store Review: GaleriAmaz?nica, a handicrafts shop in Manaus, Brazil 2010-04-10T02:55:00Z Marvin, meanwhile, is sometimes drawn clumsily or too sparely, particularly in dialogue scenes. ‘Emojiland’ and a Graceful Elegy at the New York Musical Festival 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z “I wanted to tell his story economically and sparely, while keeping some of the mystery intact,” says Killip. The man who tried to contact aliens from his grandma's living room 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Hazard’s sculptures are grottoes of torn paper, printed sparely with text and boxed in blond wood. Review | In the galleries: Up to his elbows in watery works and lustrous prints 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Natsu’s fridge is stocked so sparely and haphazardly it “looked like a lost and found for condiments.” A Japanese Literary Star Joins Her Peers on Western Bookshelves 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z But through microphone technique and a sense of pacing, he uses that power sparely. Music Review: Pivoting From Patter to Poetry 2011-03-03T21:46:39Z A few steps away is another sparely told tale: Karin, a young mother of two in Sri Lanka, is lured by the promise of a waitress job in Singapore. Exhibition Review: An Unseen Evil Still Ensnaring Countless Souls 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z Unlike so many sparely appointed new Denver restaurants, the dining room here is more deluxe, with enormous black-framed mirrors, creamy upholstery and a centerpiece fireplace decorated with stag antlers. Choice Tables: Denver Chefs Head for the Garden 2010-08-25T20:52:00Z She starts simply, sparely, but she and her dancers exaggerate each motion, using the eye to direct the ear to tonal distinctions. Review: Hot Feet and Cool Bodies at Vail 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Each features a luminous, pastoral landscape sparely dotted by silhouetted, lilliputian figures. Art Listings for July 31-Aug. 6 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z But the carefully chosen works — beautifully, sparely distributed throughout 12 galleries — reminded me that there is reason for Picasso's fame. Review: Picasso show lives up to the hype, and more 2010-10-07T21:38:00Z On a stage sparely furnished with a cafe table, chair and bench, Urie etches Barbra with only a few punctuating mannerisms. 'Buyer & Cellar' is a pleasant, fond sendup of Streisand 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Lindsay Smith's lighting and sound spice the whole show sparely and effectively. At New City Theater: 'Tiny Kushner' provides 5 short plays, epic effect 2012-09-27T20:25:08Z Spend a few minutes admiring the sparely beautiful celestial mural that arches over the main concourse, though try to do so without blocking poor commuters running for their trains. 3 Choice Museums and a Treat for Kids, No Subway Trips in Between 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z To the show’s credit: We’ve seen, in intriguing and sparely drawn detail, what the world at large looks like after the collapse of the economy. 'Mr. Robot' Can't Satisfyingly End Season 2 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z "Though rich in detail, it's a sparely written story, with the narrator's odd small cruelties, laconic humour and surprising tendernesses emerging through a steady, well-paced, unaffected style," said the judges. Dutch gardener reaps Impac prize 2010-06-17T18:30:00Z Each features a luminous, pastoral landscape sparely dotted by silhouetted Lilliputian figures. Museum & Gallery Listings for Aug. 7-13 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In their portrait of desire and loneliness on the margins, Jenkins and McCraney use words masterfully and sparely, never giving in to an “inspirational” moment or a flowery turn of phrase. Oscar Spotlight: The Screenplays 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “The Hollow,” by contrast, tells its spare story sparely under the fluid direction of Matthew Gardiner. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Boy Detective Fails? and ?The Hollow? at Signature Theater 2011-09-30T23:30:21Z When he deploys them, it’s sparely, and with limited subject range and power. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z The script is taken almost entirely from Charles Webb's excellent novel, which itself is sparely written and led by dialogue. Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? 2013-04-06T07:03:01Z It recalls some of my favorite of Kelly’s works, his tremulous drawings of plants and flowers, which speak so sparely of life’s beauty and its ultimate fragility. Joyful Forms: The Little-Known Photography of Ellsworth Kelly 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The choir looks to the past, sparely, quietly recalling the Renaissance madrigals that the composer studied in his youth. Review: Four Days of Luigi Nono in ‘Utopian Listening’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z “I mention my sisters sparely,” she told me, “but do not write what they thought or felt. … I also don’t use their names, and use initials for Mother’s doctors. I protect the innocent and guilty.” How Lynne Tillman's 'Mothercare' helped me face my aging parents' future 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The Information is sparely, almost clinically designed and frequently refreshed. Maybe Information Actually Doesn’t Want to Be Free 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In “The Year of Magical Thinking,” she frankly, sparely examined her own experiences and behavior, while also investigating how our society at large deals with such loss. Joan Didion’s memoir of grief, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking,’ takes to the stage at ACT Theatre 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z They have a clean, simple, single-brush-stroke quality to them, at once sparely written and moodily structured. William Trevor never put a foot wrong: 'Last Stories' is exceptional 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z In sparely populated areas districts might need to be drawn in wild shapes to include enough people to comply with the equal-population rules. Supercomputers vs. gerrymandering: Data could be the next key to creating fair state voting districts 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z It sits in the most sparely appointed of the five galleries, accompanied by just one Phillips work, a large and sketchy Francis Bacon oil. For artist Arlene Shechet, the Phillips is full of inspiration 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Dylan’s lyrics — barely 10 lines — tell sparely of mortality and violence. The six best Bob Dylan moments on film 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Calorie restriction is most often associated with weight loss such as the popular 5:2 diet, which calls for eating sparely for two days and normally for five. Could Extremely Low-Calorie Diets Help Some Illnesses? 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z “We work on prevention,” he told me recently at the Signpost headquarters in Düsseldorf, a grey office sparely decorated with Islamic prayers and inspirational posters. How Germany Has Resisted the Influence of ISIS 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z She lives with her mother and sister in a sparely furnished home; her father died last year. In One-Child China, Second Children Often Live in Limbo 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Rather, its latest collection is carefully arranged on sparely populated rails. Browsing to the Beat at Maison Kitsuné 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z It is spacious but sparely furnished, with few mementos of his career in classical music and opera and no photos of celebrity singers, conductors, or directors. A Fight at the Opera 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z His predecessors dispensed their personal musings sparely, and rarely through the mainstream media. Pope Francis Predicts His Papacy Will Be Brief 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The restaurant’s sparely decorated rooms and gold-washed walls reflect Mr. Puka’s pledge to “keep things simple and focus on the food.” | West Hartford: A Review of Treva, in West Hartford 2012-06-22T23:36:18Z Approach, for what we seek is here.25 Alight and sparely sup and wait For rest in this outbuilding near; Then cross the sward and reach that gate; Knock; pass the wicket! Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z Tall but sparely built, his frame betokened a strength of body that harmonized with the determination of character that made itself known by the glance of his steel-coloured eyes. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z “Grant me, O Jesus, that I may never possess under heaven anything of my own, and sustain the flesh sparely by the use of the things of others!” A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z After a moment's hesitation he crept between them and found himself in a splendid apartment, spacious though sparely furnished, lit from the roof, and in character half-hall, half-parlour. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z On our right the bank lay low, and was fringed with willows, the country behind it being flattish, planted as it seemed to us with dead thorn-bushes, and dotted sparely with modern castellated houses. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z Or was the house, long sparely inhabited, and opened only at rare intervals and to dull and formal parties, full now from attic to hall? Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z His wife, my father's sister, was tall, sparely built, and somewhat inclined to verbosity. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The narrow path now grew wider, and led into a thick wood of oak, through whose densely woven branches the moon could but sparely shoot her beams. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z He was strongly if sparely built, and his fiery black eyes met Brown's gaze with a look that ran through him like a needle. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The children of even rich parents had to endure painful punishments both at school and at home, and were fed sparely on coarse food for their health's sake. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z She was dimly conscious that the room was not a large one; that it was sparely, even austerely, furnished. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z For the tents are basking yonder, and in one of them is She That bestows the meeting sparely, but the parting lavishly. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The people in the sparely manned boat, noting the skipper and the Wireless Officer on the bridge, began to back towards the foundering ship. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z A few wan stars shine sparely through the mirk, which ever grows thicker and thicker around us. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z He is not very tall in his boy's clothes, and very sparely built. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z In a little log house containing a single room sparely and rudely furnished, crouching on the floor against one of the walls, was a woman, clasping to her breast a child. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Of about middle height, and sparely built, Michael was forty-five, or thereabouts, when Mrs. Rouminof died. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z No details tempt the amateur of architecture to linger, and the sole ornamentation which the builder has allowed himself in this long-drawn-out vista is seen on the sparely sculptured bosses of the groining. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z He would see, perhaps with no small surprise, one passing his days in idleness; the other labouring for both, and living sparely, in the hope of recovering his independence, at some distant period. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z He was sparely built, although from his attitude it was impossible to judge his height. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Harris-Moore still faces a trial in state court over more than 40 charges filed sparely by four Washington counties in connection with what prosecutors said was a two-year crime spree. "Barefoot Bandit" pleads guilty to federal charges 2011-06-17T20:44:58Z As to the lights, they are sparely placed, and as yet gas is not used. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Marks of her Dutch origin were numerous a few years since, and are still to be found, though sparely. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Secretary Garfield is “this younger man, sparely built, with the sane handsome face—son of a famous father, modest, amiable, efficient.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z Mile after mile it stretches before you, a broad slope of sand, sparely roughened here and there by pebble drifts. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z There were about a dozen of them, hanging against the walls of the apartment, otherwise but sparely furnished—as might be expected of a country house in a remote province on the Parana. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Then was he sparely clad, in garments of faded hue, tattered and dust-stained; his mount the scraggiest of mustangs—a very Rosinante. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Such epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And, if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite! Rhyme? And Reason? He shook Washee-Washee in perfect confidence that he would find all the gold nuggets, half the spoons, and nearly all the household goods in the little Widow's warm and sparely furnished room. First Fam'lies of the Sierras Paler now was the moon, more melancholy, desolate to the last degree as it glimmered on the white-washed walls of the bare, sparely furnished room. The Story of Old Fort Loudon American documents have been only sparely quoted, for the reason that the American Jewish Historical Society has already published a very full collection of such documents. Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question He glories in his hard-fisted forefathers, of the iron girdle and the handful of oatmeal, who rode so swiftly and lived so sparely on their raids. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 He was a tall man and sparely built, and his light-colored wet hair lay in little ringlets against his temples. The Bondboy The exact dates of that life are very sparely given in his own Autobiography, in his daughter's Memorials, and in the other notices of him that I have seen. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 He lived sparely, seeing no one, going out only at night for a walk in the square. The Light of the Star A Novel Alight, and sparely sup, and wait For rest in this outbuilding near; Then cross the sward and reach that gate. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold The men were sparely built, with high, prominent cheek bones, long, hollow cheeks and shaven mouths touched with sardonic humor, under undented, black felt hats. Mountain Blood A Novel It was sparely furnished; but there was taste in everything, and in contrast with Fremont its curtains, rugs, and pictures seemed luxurious. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The newcomer was a sparely built man of below medium height. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War My ancestors have all been knights for over a hundred years, and I have not lived wastefully, but soberly and sparely. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race Hardy, and sparely built, like the Arabs of the desert the Gaucho lives on horseback. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America No cloak have I; some evil dæmon, sure, Beguil’d me of all prudence, that I came Thus sparely clad; I shall, I must expire. The Odyssey of Homer Although sparely built his strength was considerable, and he was a splendid boxer. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer There are long rigid hairs, red-coloured, that overtop the fur; and these are also sparely scattered over the tail. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He was a little man, short of stature, and sparely built. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Pond’s embossing was delicate and applied sparely only in certain forms, such as ruined columns, but Jackson’s sunken areas were heavier and franker, consciously intended to give an all-over effect. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut And he waved to the high-backed haffit chair Miss Mary had so sparely filled an hour ago. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure He was a small man, sparely built, and had contracted, during forty years' labour in the money market, a pronounced stoop. The Sins of Séverac Bablon He lived sparely; he had fasted for many hours; and standing there he could feel the generous liquor coursing through him—nay could almost have reported its progress from ganglion to ganglion. Brother Copas Still without speaking he passed through a door on his right, and we followed him into a sparely furnished room lined with empty book-shelves. The Adventures of Harry Revel He was a man perhaps twenty-five years of age, of middle height, sparely built but as if of tempered steel, with strong, commanding features and dark hawklike eyes that were now glittering with passion. The Lion's Brood Close at hand stood a tall, sparely built farmer with a cane in his hand and a fox-terrier by his side. Chatterbox, 1905. The birds sit chittering in the thorn, A’ day they fare but sparely; And lang’s the night frae e’en to morn— I’m sure it’s winter fairly. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Posey is a sparely built, muscular man, of medium size, quick and jerky in his movements, and springy in his gait. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories The country we saw to-day is very good, and covered with trees, but sparely inhabited. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy In imagination he saw the young men sitting round the sparely furnished rooms, law-books and broken chairs—smoking and drinking, playing the piano, singing, thinking they were enjoying themselves. Mike Fletcher A Novel The white cavern, bare and chill, with small, deep windows looking out upon the hills of June, was but sparely set out with folk. Foes Behind the schanzes the men, shooting sparely because of the loss of the reserve ammunition, at first held their own with little loss. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Amroth led me briskly along the passages, and took me into a large room very sparely furnished, where an elderly man sat writing at a table with his back to the light. The Child of the Dawn Above the house and the road rose a rugged eminence, sparely clothed with patches of grass, brambles, and huckleberry-bushes, the gray knots of rock pushing up here and there between. Bressant He had received me in the offices of the corps, businesslike rooms, modern for London, low-ceiled and sparely furnished. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 The Party shepherds round up their flocks, and, for a reluctant day or two, they have to feed sparely in unaccustomed pastures. The Open Secret of Ireland As I remember him," Mrs. Robbins had said, "the Dean was very tall, rather sparely built, but broad-shouldered and always with his head up to the wind. Kit of Greenacre Farm Later on, the snow-flakes flutter silently and sparely through the lifeless air. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Too blest the former age, their life Who in the fields contented led, And still, by luxury unspoiled, On frugal acorns sparely fed. The Consolation of Philosophy She drew back before me, and I stepped in and shut the door, finding myself in a rather large, sparely furnished room. The Indiscretion of the Duchess The long, high forehead, with black hair growing sparely upon it; the small, brilliant eyes, and the long, firm line of the jaw, now distinct, for the head was turned almost in profile. Evelyn Innes The spacious rooms panelled in plain oak, were furnished sparely, with few things, but those of the most beautiful and costly kind. Missing Following the stream, we rise through the macchi and the chestnut woods, which grow more sparely by degrees, until we reach the zone of beeches. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series "Ye will live but sparely there!" said he, with a flicker of his ancient smile. Red Axe It is panelled with cedar-wood also and sparely hung with old prints. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel It was a large and rather sparely furnished room, but Miriam and Ralph took no note of anything except the table, which stood in the middle of the floor, lighted by a hanging lamp. The Girl at Cobhurst It was in the front of the house, and extremely neat, though sparely furnished. David Copperfield In the women's Shelter you find that many come much earlier and sit sewing, reading or chatting in the sparely furnished but well warmed room from the early hours of the afternoon until bedtime. In Darkest England and the Way Out He glories in his hard-fisted forefathers, of the iron girdle and the handful of oat-meal, who rode so swiftly and lived so sparely on their raids. Memories and Portraits As four of you left the room, you and Miss Harrogate went ahead, talking and laughing; the banker and the courier came behind, speaking sparely and rather low. The Wisdom of Father Brown This throng of men, sparely lighted by the single candle, filled the den with shadows. Les Misérables Amber glanced curiously round the room; sparely furnished, bare, unlovely, it seemed a most cheerless sort of spot to be considered a haven of peace. The Bronze Bell He was a hard-faced, elderly man, with a shrewd mouth and keen eyes, sparely built, yet a man you would be inclined to glance at twice in any assemblage. The Great Secret But these arms dangled from the palms, one at each end of the cross, the muscles, carved sparely in the old wood, looking all wrong, upside down. Twilight in Italy Among them were a number of aimless spinsters, subsisting sparely on private means … poor, wilting women without occupation or interest. The Foolish Lovers He looked for Javert, but did not see him; the seat of the witnesses was hidden from him by the clerk's table, and then, as we have just said, the hall was sparely lighted. Les Misérables What did she think of the few kind words scattered here and there-not thickly, as the diamonds were scattered in the valley of Sindbad, but sparely, as those gems lie in unfabled beds? Villette A keen, sparely built man made of leather and whipcord, with the Australian's shrewd blue eyes. The Mountebank And there too a fantastic household elf was the President of the Copper Republic,—a spirit that loves economy and the Uses, and smiles sparely on the Beautiful. The Pilgrims of the Rhine Knapp did not hear about it until this morning; he asked the landlord about the man, and the landlord said he was about thirty, dark, and sparely built. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret The whole chamber was bathed in that mist of places which are sparely illuminated, which adds to horror. Les Misérables He reminded me of the ghoul that picked rice with a needle; for it was manifest, that he had not acquired his knowledge of the world by always dining so sparely. The Life of Lord Byron Driven 173 miles, nearly the whole time in pretty, sparely inhabited, wooded, and undulating country. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba My own bed was in a great room sparely furnish'd; and the linen indifferent white. The Splendid Spur It was a dingy little room, sparely furnished, with a bed and two chairs, a dilapidated washstand and a battered bureau. Kent Knowles: Quahaug The things she had glimpses of were very sparely illuminated, nay scarcely discernible, and yet appallingly real; what mysteries, what spells might not be hidden in all she did not see! Serapis — Complete The things she had glimpses of were very sparely illuminated, nay scarcely discernible, and yet appallingly real; what mysteries, what spells might not he hidden in all she did not see! Serapis — Volume 05 Jane had resumed her seat; her slender neck and sloping shoulders and sparely modelled head with its simply dressed hair—she had removed the kerchief—in silhouette against the white light of the window. Tides of Barnegat I see a small room sparely furnished, and at a table covered with books and manuscripts is seated a man of noble features and commanding presence. A Romance of Two Worlds She was a girl of nineteen, sparely made, and rather plain-featured, yet with a thoughtful, interesting face. Thyrza The hills were very abrupt, and the fields but sparely scattered among the forest land. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn With all this hard work she lived as sparely as she could, that she might help her family. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark We had crossed diagonally the open space before the theatre, and began to descend a broad, sparely frequented street in the direction of one of the smaller bridges. Under Western Eyes Secondo; he rarely Or never goes out: dines at Bellamy's sparely, And abhors what you call the gay world. Lucile It was sparely furnished, but with a certain cleanly comfort. Thyrza What was this world, so huge, so sparely, rudely peopled? 1492 His beard was still in its infancy; and nascent lines of whisker traced their modest way sparely down his cheeks. No Name I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns The birds sit chittering in the thorn, A' day they fare but sparely; And lang's the night frae e'en to morn— I'm sure it's winter fairly. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns |
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