| 单词 | sportive |
| 例句 | It was the only logical explanation; she must have misunderstood the true meaning of the conversation, for she was not used to grown men jesting with one another in such a free and sportive way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My area of interest is the stoop sale, which I like to imagine first occurred around 1650 and featured sportive haggling over a gently used beaver-felt hat. The Found Art of the Stoop-Sale Sign 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But, she added, “It was difficult to be so patient and sportive, and be a nice girl and sit still and not destroy the dress.” Daniel Day-Lewis Makes an Appearance at His Own Film Party 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In many ways “Courage” is a sportive grab bag of modes and forms. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But at the same time, the show-within-a-show scenes were sportive, in a way “Game of Thrones,” for all its pageantry, has rarely been. In ‘Game of Thrones,’ the Pleasures of a Quickened Pace 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “I’m a very sportive person,” said the French-born designer, who counts swimming, trapeze and yoga among his regular pursuits. Christian Louboutin Opens the Florence Shows With Bike Polo 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The wife of a senior member of the National Theatre administration complained that a sportive young naked Swiss guy had sat on her knee during the performance and embraced her. Young Vic at 40: the Young and the restless: 2010-10-19T20:31:00Z And in “The Psychic Life of Savages,” she provided a sportive outing for a gaggle of famously strung-out confessional poets. And you thought your contractor was bad. Meet 'The Monster Builder' at South Coast Rep 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z And is there a consciousness more sportive and splendid than Tom Stoppard’s? 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “Apollo,” with its mythological characters and sportive 1920s moves, is classic: antique without being antiquated. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Each show ended with sportive interviews with famous writers, musicians, actors and, most recently, President Obama. Know Right Now: Colbert Signs Off 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z That applies no less to the tracks featuring Mr. Peplowski on tenor saxophone, an instrument he plays with sportive grace, nodding obliquely at Ben Webster and Lester Young. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z But there’s much to admire in her seamless, sportive transition from canvas to dance floor. ArtsBeat Blog: Rozeal Brown Moves From Canvas to Dancefloor with 'Battle of Yestermore' 2011-11-18T22:22:29Z She was strumming her guitar and in the middle of a sportive preamble to the first surprise song of the show. Taylor Swift’s invisible merchandise: The era of surprise song collectibles 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The lead couple of “Rubies” show another kind of relationship: sportive, frolicsome, comradely. Review: City Ballet, in Turmoil, Shows the Value of What’s at Stake 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The path there is a sportive mash-up of fact and fiction. Review: Blood Runs Too Thick in ‘Doctors Jane and Alexander’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “With no thought of buying, the eye is sportive and generous; it creates; it adorns; it enhances,” Woolf writes. Long live the mall food court! 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Etape Loch Ness is Scotland's largest closed road cycle sportive, taking cyclists on a route around the Loch, finishing in Inverness. Long Covid cyclist in Etape Loch Ness carried oxygen on his back 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The sportive rhythm of the show doesn’t preclude tragedy. Review: Rogue Machine is back with a winner in Daf James' 'On the Other Hand, We're Happy' 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Dad Michael is planning to raise money for Kidney Research UK by entering the 75-miles Tour O The Borders sportive on 5 September with Luke's best friend from primary school, Liam Ross Campbell. 'My window visit helped save my son’s life after kidney failure' 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z From his perspective there is another factor: the untimely death of Sky/Ineos director sportive Nicolas Portal this spring, which robbed him of his staunchest ally within the team. Three's a crowd: no room for Chris Froome as Team Ineos seek mission clarity | William Fotheringham 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z This is my roundabout way of justifying the £110.42 I paid today to enter a cycling sportive. 'I used the same nappy for my nine children' 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z She writes like an angel infected with the sportive spirit of a mischievous imp. Review: Author Emily Nussbaum sees the big picture on the small screen 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Scenes of men chasing men with rifles or hatchets may or may not encode, in sportive guise, memories of plantation brutality. The Utterly Original Bill Traylor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Just as runners who have tackled a few regular marathons might think “what now?” and have a go at an ultramarathon, increasing numbers of cyclists are looking for something more than a 100-mile sportive. Rise of the ultra-cyclists: a new breed of riders go the distance 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The day before the race, I joined thousands of keen amateurs on a "sportive" ride along part of the route. Racing through Flanders Fields 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Certainly you expect a good time from Bateman and McAdams, who give their banter just the right sly, sportive rhythm even when the lines and situations themselves come up short. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams don't have winning material in 'Game Night' 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z A sequence of titles projected during the overture sets the musical's languorously sportive tone: "Once not long ago / A group of musicians came to Israel from Egypt." How 'The Band's Visit' turns song, speech and silence into stage poetry – LA Times 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z As well as the professional race, there is a mass-participation "sportive" for cyclists along the same roads as the Tour de Yorkshire. Tour de Yorkshire 2016 due to start in Beverley - BBC News 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z As well as the professional race there is a mass-participation "sportive" for cyclists along the same roads as the Tour de Yorkshire. Tour de Yorkshire 2016 route announced - BBC News 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Instead of data points to be plugged into an equation, he treated players with sportive affection, like favored nephews. How Ned Yost Made the Kansas City Royals Unstoppable 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z More than 25,000 cyclists - including club cyclists, celebrities and amateur riders - took part in the amateur sportive. Man dies in RideLondon cycle race Leith Hill ascent - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z I prefer them either sportive, or super elegant. Blumarine's Anna Molinari Announces Launch Of Menswear line, Plus Venture Into Angola 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The race is also to include a women's race on the second day and a mass-participation "sportive". Tour de Yorkshire route revealed 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The race would also include a women's race on the second day, and a mass participation sportive on the third. Council cash agreed for cycle race 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z His objective for this watch was met: to create a watch “conceived specifically for a sportive lifestyle, coupled with an automatic movement of authentic high horology.” Hands-On with the Extraordinary F.P.Journe Octa Sport Titanium 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Experienced riders and novices took part in the 67-mile-long Etape Loch Ness cycle sportive, which included an ascent at Glen Doe above Fort Augustus. Riders take part in Etape Loch Ness 2014-05-05T11:21:40Z When the sun is up, sportive lemurs sleep alone at the entrance of tree holes. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z "The rarest lemur, the northern sportive lemur, is now down to 19 known individuals in the wild," said the report, presented to coincide with a meeting of the U.N. 25 Primate Species on Brink of Extinction 2012-10-15T18:45:08.407Z But that was my short-lived claim to fame as I crossed the timing mat at the top of a windswept Waddington Fell 12 miles into the inaugural Ride With Brad sportive on Sunday. An unforgettable ride with Bradley Wiggins 2012-08-21T11:50:48Z We called it the 'Ride With Brad' sportive for a reason, so we are not tied to a specific location. Chance to ride with Bradley Wiggins draws thousands to Lancashire village 2012-08-17T05:00:00Z Now we see local people hunting lemurs, even blue-eyed black and sportive lemurs which we never saw before. Lemurs sliding towards extinction 2012-07-13T10:23:32Z A solitary, nocturnal species like the sportive lemur is especially vulnerable to being killed, either by a predator or by human hunters. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z Together with its well established big brother north of the border, the Etape Caledonia, it charges the highest entry fee on the sportive calendar – £61. The 'charity' bike ride where no money goes to charity 2012-06-20T12:34:50Z I have once more begun to compose with fresh vigour, and the Italian symphony makes rapid progress; it will be the most sportive piece I have yet composed, especially the last movement. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z The Abb� Morellet, one of the gay circle who enjoyed them, remarks that in his sportive moods Franklin was "Socrates mounted on a stick, playing with his children." Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z And, circling, now he sweeps, the flowery plain, As if 'twere his—imperious, gathering up His limbs, unwearied by their sportive play, Until he stands, an idol of the sight. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Left to right: blue-eyed black lemur, crested coua, Madagascar magpie-robin Each sportive lemur was presented with an audio playback of either an alarm call or a song from either bird species. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Third-class included an interesting quartette of stubby Spanish soldiers, and one slim naval stoker, whose flexible movements and sportive bonhomie were in striking contrast to the stolid immobility of his companions. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The invitation to Mr. King to eta beta py, given on the next page, was one of many similar sportive efforts of his pencil. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Hitherto you have heedlessly toyed with Edmund's love, and have met with sportive homage and mere trifling in return. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Despite the odds stacked against them, Sahamalaza sportive lemurs survive by paying close attention to the forest chatter going on around them. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z We are diverted by that which turns off our thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a laughable incident. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z One sportive damsel tugged at the leather watch-chain attached to his belt, and screamed when his silver watch came out of its fob. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z He was naturally of a sportive, roving disposition, and, when at school or college, made rather greater proficiency in the practice of hunting and fishing than in the study of mathematics and the languages. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z “I’m sorry,” murmured Cora, but the sportive look remained on her face. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Lucky for the sportive lemur, though, it shares its habitat with several social species: the crested coua and the Madagascar magbie-robin, both birds, and the blue-eyed black lemur. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z They were, to use Wordsworth's phrase, "scarcely hedge-rows, but lines of sportive woods run wild." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z For them the light dresses all objects in endless novelty, the rose glows, domestic love smiles, and childhood gives out with sportive freedom its oracles—in vain. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z And sure enough,—the table was strewed with cards, and notes, and an empty fancy-basket told where these sportive critics had obtained their materials. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z A sportive north wind, racing up the hill, paused at the top to whirl about in a mad frolic, and Katherine shivered from head to foot. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z The sportive lemurs also eavesdropped on the calls of the blue-eyed black lemurs. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z While on the wing they pursue each other playfully in the air, and also attack and chase passing birds of other kinds, apparently in a sportive spirit. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Come, if thy soul be tranquil, and her voice Shall bid the tranquil lake laugh and rejoice; Shall lightly warble, flutter, hover, dance, And charm thee by its sportive elegance. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z I was not long in detecting the secret cause of Cornelia's averted face and Ida's sportive quotation. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Attacks like these are possibly made in a sportive spirit, for the Milvago is a playful bird, and, as with many other species, bird and mammal, its play always takes the form of attack. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z As the researchers predicted, the Sahamalaza sportive lemurs demonstrated that they understood the different types of information contained in the different types of calls. Eavesdropping Lemurs Tune Into the Forest Soundtrack to Survive 2013-07-11T16:15:13.187Z With the sportive instinct of a boy—Dennis was not yet seventeen—he stooped, picked up a stout piece of fallen branch, and flung it upward. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Thus the sportive abb� through the keyhole, whose sallies received no response. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z "By the soul of Mithridates and the deeds of Thermopol�!" chimed in the scion of the "isles of Greece," catching the instinctively-intelligible contagion of the sportive moment. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The inner circle of Andy Hayes' friends, who were gradually accustoming themselves to see him described as Mr. Andrew Hayes, M.P., included some of a sportive, or even malicious, turn of wit. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Fair scenes for childhood's opening bloom, For sportive youth to stray in, For manhood to enjoy his strength; And age to wear away in! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z It was at first a gay and lively dance, but on being brought to court it soon lost its sportive character and became grave and dignified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The sunbeams, penetrating through them, danced in sportive glee upon the chequered ground, while between the boles we caught picturesque glimpses of the ocean. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Dame Nature does play strange freaks at times; and surely when she formed these white and “black and white” negroes, she must have been in one of her most sportive humours. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z My goal is to win the Tour de France in a sportive way, being the best of all competitors, not in court.” Alberto Contador stripped of 2010 Tour de France title, given two-year ban for positive test 2012-02-07T01:48:41Z His harp with figures quaint and rare Was deck'd, and strange device; There, you beheld the mermaid fair In mirror braid her sea-green hair, In wild and sportive guise. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z The gentleman calmly lowered his telescope, passed it to the bearded man, turned mildly toward the tousled apparition and looked at him from top to toe while the sportive wind gleefully defined Geltman’s generous figure. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z True to their mother's track the sportive young Trip light. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Occasionally a lost, sportive wind-puff would wander across the yard and ruffle them, and they resented it. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z His hair hung in sportive ringlets; and just carelessly restrained from wandering too far by a white ribband. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The dripping sail is careless tied Around the painted mast, And a gaudy flag with purple glows, Hung up in sportive joy by those Whose sports and joys are past. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z I remembered it bright with all the sportive graces of youth and gaiety. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He was playful and sportive as a child, told me all sorts of anecdotes, dealing largely in stories about Charles James Fox, and enquired after several odd characters whom we both knew in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z When the sunbeams played above the waves, Or glinted through the waving palms, Secretly, but with joy, we marked thy sportive gambols By the sandy shores of Awapoka. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z A maiden of seven-and-thirty, a sportive, gushing thing, whose confessor he was, even said, half seriously and half in jest: "Why, Father, if you were to die, what would become of me?" Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z While ever, as, with sportive air, She lightly waved her clustering hair, A thousand gleams the motion made, Danced o'er the auburn's darker shade. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z "Get along, man, don't annoy me; the one who went to the ball was yourself; I saw you sportive enough with her in the country dance." The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Files facing files their bold companions dare, And wheel, and charge, and urge the sportive war. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z The sunny light of sportive humour, which bathed that wonder-world of fabulous absurdity, darkened as the clouds of didactic purpose gathered. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Two celebrated pieces of a sportive kind passed under Homer’s name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z With what boundless scorn would he receive any suggestion to the contrary—for example, the idea that life might be a series of sensations which some sportive demon is producing for the torment of man! The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z She looked up into Claire's face with dull, unintelligent eyes, but with a droll assumption of intimacy, while chattering her fluent nonsense regarding the product of her recent sportive toil. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Father was in glory, like a happy shepherd with a large flock of sportive lambs; for all did something. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z He was exceedingly fond of a good joke and his style of conversation was often sportive. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z A lady who was often the subject of his sportive railleries, observed, that no one who saw the kind expression of his eye could feel wounded. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z On the floor of the House, Mr. Clay was often impetuous in discussion, and delighted to relieve the tedium of debate, and modify the sternness of antagonism by a sportive jest or lively repartee. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z She broke into a laugh, full of sportive irony. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Here where the sparkling fountain flings its spray In sportive freedom, frolicksome and wild, Mocking the wood-nymphs with its gladsome lay, Serenely sleeps the dark-eyed forest child— Her kinsman's glory and her nation's pride! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He was something more than the Welsh Ovid; he was the Welsh Horace, and wrote light, agreeable, sportive pieces, equal to any things of the kind composed by Horace in his best moods. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z To test Mr. Roby's power of language in a sportive mood, the first letter and last word in each line of the following acrostic were given him one evening. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Philosophically, his aggressions were not much more than a kind of sportive manifestation of the joy of life, that happened, rather inconsequentially, to take the form of the joy of death. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z With such rapidity had they moved, that the gay and sportive assembly were now reduced to a ghastly troop of skeletons. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-29T02:00:13.910Z Fishing Now that our heavy labours in building our hut and securing our supply of food were over, we had leisure to indulge ourselves in lighter and more sportive avocations. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z Reason and argument appear to her but as marks for dashing eloquence or sportive mockery. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z Disappointment and chagrin soon took place of sportive playfulness in his countenance; and, muttering between his teeth, 'O ho! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z She soon re-appeared, but with a wholly new air; lively, disengaged, almost sportive. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Still do I see thy sunny smile, In sportive dimples traced, Like truant beams of morning light By flitting fairies chased. Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z "If he want to be a good player, a good sportive man, he need to drink less than the normal," Capello later added. Soccer's Andy Carroll: drink and double standards 2011-09-07T19:07:19Z "You know," he observes with the old sportive humor, "that those who have practis'd Drawing, as he has, attend more to Proportions, than People in common do." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Children's "play," as the expression is commonly understood, differs from the sportive movements of fancy considered in the last chapter by its essentially active character. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Yet,—these eccentricities set apart,—how rare are her qualities! how powerful is her mind! how sportive her fancy! and how noble is her superiority to every species of art or artifice!' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Her eyes were fixed on the sea, now sparkling like molten gold, while the breeze off which tossed her yellow curls in sportive play. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z It is all over--the swollen spring-flood of the Etsch carries a mangled corpse and dancing fragments down into the valley on its sportive and roaring waters. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z Thus it happened, by some jocose perversity in the arrangement of human affairs, that throughout our Sophomore and Junior years we sportive youngsters were obliged to endure Sophocles, and Sophocles was obliged to endure us. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z "Is it true?" he asked, after glancing at it, looking at her with timid, sportive reproach. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Emmeline, at fifteen, was just the same sportive, happy, innocent child as she had been at twelve. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z "As you command," replied the lively old knight, with a sportive smile. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "Let us speed on then," she said with sportive gaiety. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Under no circumstances whatever should the sportive young barbarian be suffered to ride behind. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z These sportive souls indeed managed amongst them to "hit his felt hat and graze his left thumb" with shot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z Diarmuid, who was always very sportive,—fond of hunting, and paying court to women, was not with them; he had gone to the mountains with his dogs. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z I wish'd a sportive lamb to bide My coming o'er the lea. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z This dog afterwards became a fine hunting hound, beautiful in shape, and admirable for his sportive attributes. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Why did so sweet and so sportive a dream envelop deceased men?--O, The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z What, therefore, is the probability that these five girls, with any great frequency or regularity, went to and returned home from avowedly sportive or necromantic meetings at the parsonage? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The verse being prosaic, preserves its colloquial ease, though with more gravity than suits sportive subjects; we sometimes feel the tediousness of the good sense of the Priest of St. Mary Ottery. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A humorously impossible place and state was the Abbey of Th�l�me—a kind of sportive Brook Farm set far away in a world unrealized. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Undermined by the high spring tides, rocks had fallen from above, and now lay thickly strewn about the beach, as if tossed there by the sea in angry or sportive mood. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The child has no conception of death; every minute of his sportive existence interposes its dazzling light between him and his little grave. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Those who are better acquainted with them know full well that they are as loquacious and sarcastically sportive in their social gatherings as any nation, and many of their verses are redolent of these qualities. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z And pleasant recollections come to us of Oliver Goldsmith, who, as he tells us, oft led ‘The sportive choir With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire.’ Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z "Most of us are," was his sportive comment. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The never ceasing concert of those who "sow not, neither do they reap" and are free as the air they cleave with their sportive wings was all about us. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z I hope I am not required to call spirits blue and gray from the vasty deep, as I am not sure that I feel particularly sportive to-night.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z So he set up the song afresh, and to heighten the sportive soul of it, he began to run. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z But in its place physical training of a sportive and gymnastic character, after the Western style, is much practised. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z This sportive creature confesses to having been out in the grounds as the ball was breaking up, and, lingering there till after the latest guest had taken departure, heard high voices, speaking as in anger. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z The Trout is a game and sportive fish, and affords much amusement to the fly-fishers, as well as being generally esteemed the best of our fresh-water fishes for the table. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z In the roughest part they almost filled the canoe with water, by way of a sportive alarm to us. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z But the streets retain their old characteristics, and are strangers to any sound more inharmonious than the shouts of sportive children, or the tones of a hand-organ. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z But with the Pygmies he was the most sportive, and humorous, and merry-hearted, and sweet-tempered old Giant that ever washed his face in a wet cloud. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z His forte seems to have been lively description, philosophical illustration, and brilliant and sportive fancy, combined with a classic taste and polished versification. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The air was clear and invigorating; I was feeling braced up and buoyant; and as for Jip and Bang, I never saw them in a more sportive, energetic mood. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Many people when they speak of imagination really mean nothing more than the introduction of numerous figures of speech; others confuse it with the sportive play of the author with supernatural machinery in his work. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z At times, when excited by the morning coolness and by the prospect of a good haul, they indulge in a manner of merriment which resembles the gambols of sportive water fowls. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Yet, amid all this external joy and beauty, the hand of grief still lay upon the mother's heart; and when she looked upon the sportive infants around her, she sighed for her own babe. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z The orphan was genial, sportive, rich and without domestic restraint. The Nation Behind Prison Bars 2011-02-10T03:00:55.530Z Its windows looked out on those beautiful little valleys, the property of the doctor—a little world far below the great prairie out of which sportive and patient Time had hollowed it. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z This sportive creature confesses to having been out on the grounds as the ball was breaking up; and, lingering there till after the latest guest had taken departure, heard high voices, speaking as in anger. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Now and then a white gull flew from side to side, and a sportive pickerel splashed the water as he rose above the surface. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z One of these little ones the mother saw, sitting apart from a group of sportive children, weeping over some task work. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z And Scudamour, relieved from all his jealous fears by the vision of her loveliness, grew sportive in his speech, rallying Sir Artegal on his so sudden humble behaviour towards his late opponent. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The sublimation of the Household Tub is now completed; it becomes, at last, A shell of ample size, and light As the pearly car of Amphitrite, That sportive dolphins draw. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z "Good morning, madam," said Pierre, slowly, and with a bow, whose genuine and spontaneous reverence amusingly contrasted with the sportive manner that had preceded it. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The happy, careless days of childhood, when the fond eyes of a loving mother beamed upon him in his sportive gambols. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z You were only playing at being in love, and the sportive little Undine was humoring you at the same play. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Our statue represents a sculptor's conception of this sportive being. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z Ridiculers would have taken base advantage of her modesty; her sportive manner of equality would have invited impertinence; she would have ended in losing every vestige of power. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The sportive offer was declined by a smile and a shake of the head. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z Stepping out onto the waiting barge she saw an expanse of clear water curving between its banks like a sportive dragon. The internal contradictions of the Shanghai skyline 2010-11-22T15:01:00Z The other is weary of forms that have outlived whatever spirit was once imparted them; it has snapped asunder the galling fetters, and made sportive capital of the lumber that remains. A Cursory History of Swearing A dolphin now, his scaly sides he laves; And bears the sportive damsel on the waves; She strikes the cymbals as he moves along, And wondering Ocean listens to the song. Heathen Mythology For the rest, he was good company, sportive, and full of lively tricks and whimsicalities, the heart's delight of all the barmaids for six miles round. The Undying Past The young lambs, in their sportive whiteness, are coursing it, and bleating it, responsive to their dams, on the hill above. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 But males and females alike—bedecked with the most gorgeous colours and overflowing with sportive mirth when first they take to the wing—soon show the symptoms of a fast approaching end. Butterflies and Moths (British) But there is a body of swearing that has diffused itself through Christian countries which is the very reverse of sportive, and has undeniably provoked the strongest feelings of aversion. A Cursory History of Swearing They tossed their manes, they made sportive attempts to escape their keepers. The Trail of Conflict A close-cropped head gave altogether a too sportive appearance to the “young philosopher” in the eyes of the watchful elder brother. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine He was always typically alive to the slightest sign of female attraction to himself, but this particular attention did not produce in him the usual sportive complacency. A Poached Peerage And above them the old oaks swayed their branches, letting sportive sunbeams through. A Sister's Love A Novel This is the pretty little tawny-coloured butterfly that mixes with the sportive group of "Blues," Meadow Browns, &c. on heaths, downs, and grassy fields. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species Rogers abetted him, glad, doubtless, to be sportive in such distinguished company. The Guarded Heights "Ah, ha!" was the sportive exclamation with which she greeted me. X Y Z A Detective Story It appears that the otter, in its native haunts, is of a playful and sportive humor. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom To review the transactions of former days, the many sportive hours which have long been past.... Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I asked three gay young dogs from town To join us in our folly, Whose mirth, I thought, might serve to drown My sister’s melancholy: The lively Jones, the sportive Brown, And Robinson the jolly. Rhyme? And Reason? It was as though suddenly the little crystal rings of the pagoda had given out a sportive, significant tinkle. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece It is imagined by the sailors that they are the most sportive just before a storm. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Tom, in his sportive mood, had caused serious inconvenience to a most respectable policeman, and was destined to remain another week in the hands of the Philistines. Ayala's Angel "I am much beholden to your lordship's generosity," said Mildred, as Cornwallis rose with a sportive gallantry and betook himself to his horse. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency So Virgil: “Light chaff and leaflets, flitting, fill the air, And sportive feathers circle on the lake.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The king who was fond of change, delighted in what was sportive, capricious, or enigmatical in character, and in the conquering of difficulties. On the Heights A Novel "And, do you know," he added with a laugh, as he recalled the chaplain's playful and sportive ways, "Father Gleeson brought us mouth-organs, and showed that he could play 'Tipperary' with the best of us." The Irish at the Front See, high in air, the sportive goddess hangs, Unlocks her casket, spreads her glittering ware, And calls the giddy winds to puff abroad 960 Her random bounties o’er the gaping throng. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes "Oh, enjoy your new plaything; it won't last!" said the aunt, still sportive. East Angels Light chaff and leaflets flitting fill the air, And sportive feathers circle on the lake.” 2d. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The table was spread beside a marble basin, into which a little group of sportive Titans were seen spouting. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It was gusty from the beginning, but until the afternoon the wind was only sportive, and contented itself with rude schoolboy pranks. Windyridge Most true, a wise man never will be sad; But neither will sonorous, bubbling mirth, A shallow stream of happiness betray: Too happy to be sportive, he’s serene. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A breeze-like, sportive buoyant thing; a thing of breathing, laughing, unmistakable life; she is mirrored on your retina as plainly as ever was dancing sunbeam on a brook. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. “Am I nice, and amiable, and meek, or am I dashing and sportive?” What a Man Wills Occasionally a scribe of the old times indulged his fancy in “sportive” or “mysterious” writing, either inventing new signs or employing old ones in unusual meanings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" By and by the blue was to conquer, and the sportive winds were to let loose and drive before them the whitest and fleeciest of clouds, but always far up in high heaven. Windyridge If in sportive levity it chanced to fall, he would instantly wheel about and seize it, and then, whisking his tail and shaking his long forelock, resume his course again. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Once, indeed, yielding to an uncontrollable impulse of exasperation, Gerard had given one of these sportive young savages a sound thrashing. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Fresh parterres of flowers were planted beneath the windows; fountains long dried up were taught to play, and jets of many a fantastic kind threw their sportive showers on the grass. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, agreed to despise women; Napoleon seemed to view them as engines of pleasure; for Shakespeare they may well have embodied a romantic ideal, qualified by sportive wantonness. The Intelligence of Woman Not far we travelled ere a shout of glee, Startling us all, dispersed my reverie; Such shout as many a sportive echo meeting 205 Oft-times from Alpine chalets sends a greeting. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) We catch glimpses of their fair faces and hear somewhat of their sportive talk, but unfortunately we know little of their lives. Roman Women The words "Winder," "Bender," "Twister," "Topper," and "Stunner," might be borrowed to designate money, which itself should change its present correct appellation for the more sportive and appropriate title of Blunt. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) How often in the sportive levity of happy girlhood had they asked her what life she should choose for herself,—what station, and what land to live in! Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day After the bath--in a mood of sportive tenderness--you will blame it--I had thrown my friend's mantle over me, and set his helmet, decorated with the swan's wings, upon my head. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Sharp eyes are a valuable item of the orchid-growers’ stock-in-trade, for the smallest peculiarity among such “sportive” objects should not be neglected. The Woodlands Orchids "Oh, yes; I did think of them, occasionally even of you, Chester," she said in sportive tone. Elsie on the Hudson Soon after they had departed, he, in a sportive humor, ordered his vizier to make out a list of all the fools in his dominions. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 "Not while he is a lover and liable to be sent adrift by his lady-love," said Violet, in sportive tone. Elsie in the South The plain literal copy of Nature, the unblushing sans-gêne of a sportive cynicism, pleased the indolent imagination of the blasé and immoral Venetians. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Here I could not help halting, to look back on the little place of my birth, the scene of my boyhood, and many a sportive hour. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment One of the rarest characters among them, and a great treasure to all his sportive neighbors, is a man who cannot take a joke. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 In tournaments and deeds of arms, in sportive war or battle for life or death, he passed all other knights, and was never overcome but by treason or enchantment. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur I followed, and observed them walking round the piazza, and pausing occasionally to listen to the melodious barcarolos, and sportive sallies of the gay Venetians. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 "She charms by her eyes while she slays with her tongue," said Count Crillon: if her unsparing repartee inspired wholesome fear, she disarmed by her tact, sportive manner and childlike laughter. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Uncle Austen was facetiously affable, and his sportive sallies, not being natural with him, embarrassed his audience. The House of Fulfilment Some of his Argumentative Tricks were really peculiar to Yes-and-No Dialectic in its most sportive forms: but his leading types, both Inductive and Deductive, are permanent, and his plan as a whole has historical interest. Logic, Inductive and Deductive He it was who for ever had at command wit for the sportive, wisdom for the serious hour. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The banquet hall, the play, the ball, And childhood's sportive glee, Have lost their spell for me, beloved, My soul is full of thee. Cupid's Middleman Think not, therefore, that the sportive, merry, joking Socrates was gay through all the seventy years of his life. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy Apparently the boar had not connected these fearless mites with human beings whom he knew to be vulnerable, but had fancied them sportive elves, against whom his tusks would be powerless. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He unsettled her with his light, agreeable letters, full of little sportive threats which might have been called lover-like. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages They had not long been seated, when one of them, with a sportive tone of voice, said, "Come, boys, let us begin." Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed It was plain that these feet had kicked off sportive children oftener than they had plodded with a freight through miry lanes. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Not him shall sportive Fortune flee; not him, the youth of merit, the youth of promise. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy This depressing publication, aptly entitled “Made in Germany,” has received the quasi-religious benediction of an enterprising and esoteric journalist, and the puff direct from a sportive ex-Prime Minister. Are we Ruined by the Germans? She possessed in the highest degree all that gives to the face brilliancy, charm, and sportive gayety. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 A Dr. Andrews wasted a sportive pen on fugitive events; but though not always deficient in humour and wit, such is the freedom of his writings, that they will not often admit of quotation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He was making a sort of privileged game with a sportive twist out of his handicap of blindness. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 To feel how wonderful sportive and melancholy powers are stirring in you, and to know at the same time that those to whom your longing draws you are gaily inaccessible to them, that hurts grievously. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 In others, again, it flashes and sparkles, more sportive than tender. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity, their continual change of place without use or purpose, testify their joy, and the exultation which they feel in their lately discovered faculties.... God and the World A Survey of Thought To this he made some sportive reply, and then before a minute had passed over their heads he had taken Florian by the hand. The Landleaguers Berlioz compares the double basses in the Fifth Symphony to the gambols of sportive elephants, and instances might be multiplied. Music: An Art and a Language Finn even spent an hour in trifling with a pair of sister dingoes who generally hunted together, and ranged the trails with Black-tip, in more or less sportive mood, till long after midnight. Finn The Wolfhound Where hast thou lost thy wit and sportive mirth? Jane Shore A Tragedy Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive kind reply: Poor moralist! and what art thou? Select Poems of Thomas Gray The sportive girl is unconsciously moulded into stateliness and grace by the floating clouds, the bending willow, and even by silent sympathy with the290 motions of the storm. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Blas� pedants often call Haydn's music "tame"; we might as well apply that adjective to the antics of a sportive kitten. Music: An Art and a Language The embarrassment in my thoughts extended suddenly to my body, and I asked myself the next minute if Sally contrasted my heavy silence with the blithe self-confidence and the sportive pleasantries of Ned Marshall? The Romance of a Plain Man In their sportive parties they row about in a thousand different manners. The History of Sandford and Merton With the aid of the sportive accomplices, a cord was passed round the victim's throat. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Such characters are not ruled by fate but by a sportive chance. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures She now raises the trembling fingers to her white forehead, and reclines on her arm, as she watches, with the unconscious gaze of an absent mind, the sportive waters as they played below. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. As she wound through the mazes of the dance, arching her graceful neck with a proud motion, her eye, maliciously sportive, watched the workings of jealousy which clouded Victor's brow. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 In a well-known public resort yesterday I witnessed a specimen of their sportive style. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Ever and anon a sportive cavalier starts up a nimble rabbit and chases the frightened little creature through the camp, crying at the top of his voice, "stop him! stop him! catch that rabbit," etc. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry The day was now most beautiful and spring-like, and various flowers, with sportive butterflies and other insects, enlivened the mountain side. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The great Swift was gentle and sportive with him,115 as the enormous Brobdingnag maids of honour were with little Gulliver. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Then away she jumped, dodging round the bushes and hither and thither among the grassy tangles, while her admirer followed, frisking and leaping in sportive gaiety. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain He plays with two sportive spaniels, and cries "Down, Sir, down." Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule But it was also peculiarly exasperating, because when the fish roll in this sportive, lazy way they will not bite. Tales of Fishes Past my meridian, sinking toward the season When Hope's horizon is with clouds o'ercast, When sportive Fancy yields to sober Reason, I came and questioned the remembered Past. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Nature, in sportive mood, commands the Angel of Death, who with matchless legerdemain, keeps the mirror of illusion, unsuspected, before the consumptive’s eyes; and, seeing, in derision the satirist smiles. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Away—away— Mock with your jester to divert the court, Fit Scene for sportive joys and frolic mirth; Think'st thou I lack that manly constancy Which braves misfortune, and remains unshaken? The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy We do not advise you to try apple-catching, but give it as one of the few sportive games associated with Halloween. Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly “Well, I’ll give them a good scare, anyhow,” muttered the boy, his sportive instincts getting the better of his tender-heartedness at last. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas They were reputed to be companions in many sportive adventures. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems But the man picked himself up slowly, and turning round, poured a torrent of angry words on the sportive youth. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. Fair scenes for childhood’s opening bloom, For sportive youth to stray in; For manhood to enjoy his strength; And age to wear away in! Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Like the animal, they are good-humored, even sportive, when all is well; like the animal, they are sluggish and unreasoning in time of sickness. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Augustine maintained his silence as though not conceiving that the sportive question required an answer and Amabel said for him that he was very fond of Brahms. Amabel Channice With sportive jests, At ease conversing, he and Juno sate: When he:—“The thrilling ecstasies of love, “Are surely strongest on the female side.” The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II I regret to say that he was in what must have been a sportive mood, and asked me to choose my racing colours and my trainer. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate The rarest was a Turtle-shell Which he, poor Child, had studied well; A shell of ample size, and light As the pearly car of Amphitrite, That sportive dolphins drew. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 The sportive wind blows wide Their fluttering rags, and shows a tawny skin, The vellum of the livery they claim.’ Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Even the gentle gambols of the dog Thaddeus, a sportive and spotted pointer in whom I had been interested, failed to soothe my perturbed spirits. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition His words obey, His men, and from their sportive labor cease. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Here the gods would resort when in sportive mood, and their favourite game was to throw their golden disks, which they could cast with great skill. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas The greatest charm of a brook or river is in the liberty to pursue it through its windings; you can then take it in whatever mood you like; silent or noisy, sportive or quiet. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Love, in the light and gay, may be as sportive as themselves; in the calm and grave, it may be strong and deep; but in some, it is strong as tempest and consuming as flame. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Well may he, Whose sportive verse shall never fade, demand His tribute of the spring! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Actæon comes;— His sportive toil till morning dawn deferr'd: And roving through the vale with random steps, By hapless fate conducted, he arrives Close to the sacred grove. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Our countryman Gould long ago described the "amusements or sportive exercises" which he had observed among Ants. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Forbear though, Miss Bailey," he said with a sudden air of sportive mystery, "you cannot afford to ruin your chances of success for the sake of a merely ornamental gift. A Romantic Young Lady It was plain that these feet had kicked off sportive children oftener than they had plodded with freight through miry lanes. English: Composition and Literature "D-a-a——" The Chief does not happen to be looking Bingo's way as the infuriated husband menaces with a large clenched fist an imaginary countenance attached to the conjectural personality of the sportive P. Blinders. The Dop Doctor The theory was charming in itself, and only a woman like Edith, whose fancy had always been sportive, would have dreamed it. The Art of Disappearing With more harmonious tones, more sportive fire Beneath her hand arise the potent strains. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace "I've seen her as sportive as a young fawn at the Hall of Harmony." The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran— Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only boyhood can: But the usher sat remote from all, A melancholy man! The Children's Garland from the Best Poets But now, in the sportive fablings of the young white gentleman from up North who was visiting the Enders family, he had found a clue to what he sought. Sundry Accounts From his behaviour in these sportive moods one may judge what he was capable of on serious occasions. The Critical Period of American History My Divine Mother is always in Her sportive mood. Appearances Being Notes of Travel His sin is the giving of salutation to sportive blood, it is love, it is "natural rebellion," it is young man's pastime. William Shakespeare Men work there mornings and engage in something of a sportive character afternoons. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan That is the point about American sport; that it is not in the least sportive. What I Saw in America Sage-like was this King Nimæra; Furrowed was his brow with seasons; Hoary were his locks and silvery, Ran the sportive breezes through them, Tossed them up in endless frolic. A Leaf from the Old Forest No fixt abode the traitor knows— On sportive wings he flies; Awhile he dallies with the rose, Then smiles in lovers' eyes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 They had been brought up in stern repression of frivolities as haunters—no matter how sportive they may have been in life—and in turn they cowed mortals into a servile submission. Humorous Ghost Stories With some sportive malice there was evidently a spice of truth in his remarks. The Cornwall Coast It is because it is not very sportive that we sometimes say it is not very sporting. What I Saw in America Her locks were golden, and with braids entwined In such a magic manner, and they waved Upon the breezes in a sportive way. A Leaf from the Old Forest Say what in sportive youth can move To dwell on nature's varied hue? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 The day was darker outside, and it was as though spring had lost her sportive mood and then withdrawn, not wishing to hear the tale that Adams had to tell. The Pools of Silence Zennor, indeed, was formerly known as the place "where the cow ate the bell-rope," a sportive neighbourly reference to its poverty and infertility. The Cornwall Coast It was impossible for anything to be more sportive, yet more inoffensive, than this dog. Anecdotes of Dogs If so, Lydiæ would mean the sportive, or "dancing waters of the lake." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 His tweed suit was fashionably cut and of a distinctly sportive pattern, and he wore a pair of light spats. Simon For sportive effusions in verse are valueless as evidence of a poet's morals. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura To that you will 'return,' with your strength spent, and your sportive friends, gone to the devil before you, and your chance in life frittered away. In Our Town Yet, my pretty sportive friend, Little is't to such an end That I praise thy rareness! Anecdotes of Dogs And is it I That drive thee from the sportive court, where thou Wast shot at with fair eyes, to be the mark Of smoky muskets? Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical The birds were of very brilliant plumage, and the world was evidently a very gay and sportive place when these fair ladies spent their leisure over this embroidery! Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Oh! give me back my boyhood days, The sportive days of childhood. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Seriously, I am delighted, of course, that you should feel so sportive, and it is high time indeed that the neighbourhood should see something of you, but I fear you are reckoning beyond your strength. The Light of Scarthey Kyllikki then sought the village, There to dance with sportive maidens. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes In some of his poems, composed in the sportive exercise of his poetic genius, he makes the same objects the subjects of his praise and censure alternately. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. So far as spontaneity and the free unguarded play of sportive and serious ideas, taken as they came uppermost, are tests and conditions of excellence in this kind of writing, Keats's letters must rank high. Studies in Literature and History All their sportive converse, full Of meaning gestures, doth right well supply Its story to their unseen watcher's eye, Who through the night his tireless vigil keeps, While, wrapt in dreams, the unconscious Blackfoot sleeps. Indian Legends of Minnesota This is a sportive display of pleasant wit, polished learning, and deep admiration of the great landscape painters. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions I also went, and I thought it all, for a sportive, wanton thing, quite painfully ugly. Picture and Text 1893 And then, amid the joyful shouts of the conquerors, to the music of flutes played by women and the sportive movements of dancers crowned with wreaths, the Long Walls of Athens began to fall. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It was destined, too, that he should have his wish for another achievement that night, one that would please the sportive fancy now so strong in him. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The gods in a sportive mood made us for each other—and then sent me into the world too soon.… Black Oxen Whatever my Muse has here written in sportive mood, both malice and worth equally join in praising; but the latter with candour, while the other is secretly annoyed. The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Thou art no Pearl of mine!” said the mother, half playfully; for it was often the case that a sportive impulse came over her, in the midst of her deepest suffering. The Scarlet Letter The fact that the concepts of science are selected, and only inadequately true of reality, should not be taken to mean that they are sportive or arbitrary. The Approach to Philosophy In the sportive festivities of the day many interesting events took place. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War From the most sportive openness, a word threw it into the most indignant storm, or the most incurable despair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Trowbridge skillfully managed his horse, which was high-spirited enough to still be sportive in spite of the long ride of the morning. Hidden Gold For girls as well as boys the sportive activities to which the instincts impel are essential to bodily welfare. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics So accustomed had she become to her sad situation, that it seemed like a delusive dream when she remembered the sportive hours of her earlier childhood. Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse Thou sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleas'd with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir With tuneless pipe, along the sliding Loire? From a Cornish Window A New Edition In sportive grace she walks the ground And sweet her chiming anklets sound. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Being somewhat dull and cheerless, they seldom indulge in the usual sportive movements of their race. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Or roguish face O’er feathery broods, or in the further space To count the small blue eggs, she sportive bent; And far her restless feet swift glancing went. Lilith The Legend of the First Woman The sportive Tree Calf here we see, He builds his nest up in a tree; To this strange dwelling-place he cleaves Because he is so fond of leaves. A Phenomenal Fauna The address at the head of this paper is no sportive invention of mine. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Then will you see Káverí's699 stream Whose pleasant waters glance and gleam, And to the lovely banks entice The sportive maids of Paradise. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A tyro in the art is likely to transcend nature and alter a little things as he finds them, when he wishes to indulge in sportive recreation. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Both were in splendid condition, and displayed a redundancy of muscle about the breast and arms which was delightful to the eye of the sportive connoisseur. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) In the language of Horace,— "Sad words befit the brow with grief o'erhung; Anger, that fires the eyeball, bids the tongue Breathe proud defiance; sportive jest and jeer Become the gay; grave maxims the severe." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The villa of its mantle all was shorn, No blinking puppy stretched upon the grass Enjoying sleepily the sunny morn, No sportive kitten frolicked there—alas! The Minstrel A Collection of Poems So when the sportive nymphs within Those secret bowers their play begin, You hear the singers' dulcet tones Blend sweetly with their tinkling zones.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The palace under all its vaulted roof Remurmur’d to the feet of sportive youths And cinctured maidens, while no few abroad, Hearing such revelry within, remark’d— 170 The Queen with many wooers, weds at last. The Odyssey of Homer She withdrew herself from him with a sportive kiss, ordered him to rest for a while, and think of nothing but her humming-birds, and carried the tray out of the room. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance To this courtesy Mr Paul, being a good-humoured and somewhat sportive young man, had replied that she was another. Miss Mackenzie The pensive goat and sportive cow, Hilarious, leap from bough to bough. The Book of Humorous Verse Palmerston, of course, never did chew straws; but one was adopted as a symbol to show his cool and sportive nature. The History of "Punch" The wind, that had been a sportive, if somewhat riotous breeze in the morning, gained in force as the day went on. A Venetian June “Oh, thank you!” she cried, dropping a sportive curtsey. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Buoyant were the violins; sportive the flutes; all alive the gitterns; blithesome the tripping arpeggios that crisply fell from the strings of the joyous harps. Under the Rose But he has not the sportive mood That always rescued me, And so I would all women could Be banished o'er the sea. The Book of Humorous Verse We cannot escape the conclusion that our treatment of the races we have displaced and exterminated has been as systematically and remorselessly destructive as was the spasmodic and ofttimes sportive cruelty operated by the Spaniards. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings They were reputed to be companions in many sportive adventures. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Mrs. Pole, it has already been remarked, had much vivacity and sportive humour, with very engaging frankness of temper and manners. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin There are heaps of salmon on the Pacific slope, but they are not salar, and not sportive in the rivers to the fly. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler As the evening advanced and the exercise of the dance loosened Mrs. Tutts's simple coiffure, the aigrette slipped forward until that lady resembled nothing so much as a sportive unicorn. The Lady Doc They flout the air in sportive flight, their instinct admonishing them that the two parties are hostile, and likely to spill each other’s blood. The Death Shot A Story Retold S. I am not in a sportive humour now: Tell me, and dally not, where is the money? The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] But the division of this gift was no sportive matter. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver A humorously impossible place and state was the Abbey of Thélème,—a kind of sportive Brook Farm set far away in a world unrealized. Classic French Course in English The town is regular and beautiful, and the houses are built in a style of architecture, which has given loose to the most sportive fancy. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 They have a poetry of their own; they are cheerful, sportive, full of fancy, and like everything else of that day, intensely sociable. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Fred shook it as he wished, though he was far from feeling in a sportive mood. The Hunters of the Ozark Unsuspicious of danger they played with the sportive waves as they dashed upon the shore, and were swimming and diving in all directions, when the terrific yell of armed warriors broke upon their ears. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings His ball bounded back to the surface, and, picking it up, he ran off, tossing it before him in his own sportive way. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends I do love the stately dame And the sportive girl the same; Every changeful phase between Blooming cheek and brow serene. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran— Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only boyhood can: But the usher sat remote from all, A melancholy man. English Songs and Ballads “Come,” said he one day, in a sportive mood, “let us go a-courting to her who is so handsome, perhaps she may fancy one of us.” Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Uncle William was a kind-hearted, “sportive” man, who took Bell’s Life, and I can remember that there was a good supply of English reading in the house. Memoirs Why, you see, that wave was started when you stepped into the river for your little sportive paddle. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie What cared I for politics, foreign news, or even the sportive intelligence? Much Darker Days Up, up they rise on sportive wing, till the straining eye can no longer distinguish them, and they are gone! Hudson Bay On the little lake numerous flocks of ducks and other fowl were seen swimming in sportive mood, while an occasional splash told of fish of some sort below the surface. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables There are shadows as well as lights there—some of them, alas! so deep that we would not like even to refer to them while writing in a sportive vein. The Red Eric Their ears at the same time drank in the soft sound of murmuring ripples far below, and the occasional cry of sportive sea-birds. The Crew of the Water Wagtail She had taken her lessons of grace in the woods, and her gymnasium had been among the sportive billows of the ocean. Rattlin the Reefer Excellent accomplished court-glorifying Lady, give me leave, with the sportive sea-porpoises, preludiately a little to play before the storm of my tears, to make my prayer before I proceed to my sacrifice. The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse I climb sand-hills of strange and fantastic shapes, cones, and domes, and roof-like ridges, where the sportive wind seems to have played with the plastic mass, as children with potter’s clay. The Rifle Rangers There are two other kinds of letters which give me great pleasure: the familiar and sportive, and the grave and serious. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order The bishop had a large ape, of extraordinary cunning, the most sportive and mischievous creature in the world. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Miss West is quite a distinguished example of our jeune fille sportive! Etheldreda the Ready A School Story All the more probable does the latter hypothesis become when we take into consideration the frequent tricks played by sportive denizens of the other world, against which the untrained person is usually absolutely defenceless. The Astral Plane Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena To be sure," he says, "I feel honored that the young man should make my house his headquarters whenever his fancy leads him to indulge his sportive instincts. Shorty McCabe on the Job Sir Windbag: But, gentle sir, if they desire to war, Why should we hinder such a sportive game? 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts That the disputed objects are amusing playthings—the sportive productions of idle wags who inhabited the various sites—seems to be the most recent opinion which finds acceptance among local antiquaries. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore She was fairest of all the daughters of the air, beautiful as the sun, mild as the moon, and sportive as the stars. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 She no longer sought the gloomy privacy of the cabin at the approach of night, but joined the dance of maidens, herself the most sportive of them all. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 The next night at the Westcott House dance Mary was again her gay and sportive self. Betty Wales Senior Tall trees stood on the bank like triumphal arches, and from their boughs hung lianas serving as rope ladders and swings for sportive monkeys with prehensile tails. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The country here was so beautiful, that one would have gladly traveled through it forever, it was so radiant with light, so green, so rich in flowers, birds of beautiful plumage, and tame, sportive animals. Roumanian Fairy Tales Nothing marred its beauty, save now and then a sportive fish gliding over its bosom, or the swallow skimming along, catching the flies as they rose from the quenching of their thirst. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 Each shows its species as clearly by its sportive habits as by its shape, cry, or any other of what are called its "specific" habits. The Story of the Mind But he has not the sportive mood That always rescued me, And so I would all women could Be banished o’er the sea. The Bon Gaultier Ballads During this sportive encounter, Mr. Regulus came up to greet me. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Twice I saw her swoop upon them as they sat upon the ground, and the crows called out in half sportive, half protesting tones, as if saying, "That was a little too close; beware, beware!" The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers A sportive contest arose among the maidens, as to the comparative beauty of the Spanish and Moorish forms; but the Mauritanian damsel revealed limbs of voluptuous symmetry that seemed to defy all rivalry. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Think how much more sportive that will be! Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War The king one day, in a sportive humor, ordered the vizier to make out a list of all the fools in his dominions. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The officers as they passed would try to break the enchantment by gay and sportive words, but all in vain. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author It is the only time I ever saw this hawk in a sportive or aggressive mood. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers "So Venus wills, whose power controuls The fond affections of our souls; With sportive cruelty she binds Unequal forms, unequal minds." Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica Her baby laugh and sportive glee, Her spirit's airy lightness, Surround the pleasant prairie home With hues of magic brightness. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Ideally, of course, weeds should never reach this state of sportive rankness. More Jonathan Papers "I hope not," I answered, trying to respond in the same sportive strain; and every one knows, that when the heart is oppressed by secret anxiety, it is easier to be gay than cheerful. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Strange fishes glared at him, and seemed to mock his misery by their quick, darting movements and sportive gambols. The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean Presuming and intrusive—caring little to be invited, but ready to claim whatever he pleases; a boaster, sportive but dangerous, like a caterpillar. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre As we pass through Vendsyssel homely farmsteads and windmills add a charm to the landscape, while tethered kine and sportive goats complete a picture of rural life. Denmark This name conveys these beings to the land of spirits, and makes them resemble the oriental Genii, and Shakespeare’s sportive elves. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The doctor, who was in a merry mood, continued his sportive remarks, without appearing to notice the darkened countenance and absence of Ernest. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Neither of them is shap’d for sportive tricks: But look upon them when the music starts! Journeys to Bagdad Everything was conducted with so much order and propriety, good taste and moral deportment, that they could scarcely believe at times otherwise than that a mere sportive hoax was being played upon them. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) On learning the new and extensive ramifications into which the sportive CCC was leading him, he threw up his hands before he thought and exclaimed, "Oh, my God!" Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life He treated lady and maids with the same free familiarity and sportive roughness as if in one of his favoured haunts. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 For if the sportive activity allowed to boys does not prevent them from growing up into gentlemen, why should a like sportive activity prevent girls from growing up into ladies? Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Not less tender and fond than before, his sportive fancy indulged in infinite expressions of playful humour and delicate pranks of love. Henrietta Temple A Love Story What had he done to bring down on his head the sportive mockery of heaven, and at such a moment? The Mayor of Troy This was Basil Ransom's sportive reply to his companion's very natural appeal for light, and the reader will remark that if it led her to push her investigation no further, she was very easily satisfied. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) But I was a good deal annoyed by the attack, and thought I would make a good-natured and sportive reply to it, instead of taking it seriously. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Apart from human dwellings, in a green Rich pasturage of England, sat a youth, Who seemed a shepherd, for around him there A flock was feeding, and the sportive lambs Gambolled amid the herbage. The Ancient Banner Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends We had some jolly pranks an gams, E'en fifty year ago, When sportive as a pair o' lambs, We nivver dreeamed ov woe. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect A master of the pathetic, his muse sometimes assumed a sportive gaiety, when the laugh is irresistible. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Thou little, sportive boy, This blooming age of thine Is like to-day, so full of joy; And is the day, indeed, That must the sabbath of thy life precede. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi Presently the apparently sportive crowd made a rush forwards and resolved itself into a spray of swiftly moving skirmishers. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes VI Yet, my pretty sportive friend, Little is't to such an end That I praise thy rareness: Other dogs may be thy peers Happy in these drooping ears And this glossy fairness. The Dog's Book of Verse Fair scenes for childhood's opening bloom, For sportive youth to stray in, For manhood to enjoy his strength, And age to wear away in! The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language They are sportive, but not mischievous, in the human sense. Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation It is true that these attempts to forecast the future are commonly made in a sportive manner and only with partial belief, being now for the most part reduced to social sports. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk I doubt if one gay or sportive letter can be found among them all. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Henry Arthur Jones has diversified his serious scenes with passages of sportive humour and he has freighted the piece with conventional didacticism as to the well-worn question of capital and labour. Shadows of the Stage Methinks I hear in accents low, The sportive kind reply: Poor moralist! and what art thou? The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language A sportive friend of mine, a mighty golfer, is fond of saying, "You Radicals want to play the game without the rules." Post-Prandial Philosophy Some of these poems are of a serious cast; but the strain which seems most natural to the author, is the sportive and humorous. Early Reviews of English Poets In the Autobiography G.K. calls Wells a sportive but spiritual child of Huxley. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Stretching out perilously from his snug bed he gathered the waste-basket into his arms and commenced to dig in it like a sportive terrier. Molly Make-Believe Better far with thee in groves, Where the young deers sportive roam, Than where, counting cattle droves, I must sickly sigh for home. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The book gave but limited satisfaction, I believe, in England, and I am not sure that the failure to enjoy certain manifestations of its sportive irony, has not chilled the appreciation of its singular grace. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) There was an unaccustomed and sportive lightness to my step when I rose to meet Mildred, where she came loitering along the shadow-dappled path. Police!!! Or play to sportive children on the green Dancing at gloamin hour; or willing cheer With strains unbought, the shepherd’s bridal day.” 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 She smiled radiantly as he looked at her, and he felt that her indiscretions, her lack of constancy, her unkindness even, were but the sportive and innocent freaks of a child. The Miller Of Old Church Alas! creative nature calls to light Myriads of winged forms in sportive flight, When gathered clouds with ceaseless fury pour A constant deluge in the rushing shower. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The whale, positively smiling and sportive, eagerly awaits his prey at the right. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance I'm sorry I attempted to be sportive with this terrible woman. Police!!! There ruminate, with sober thought, On all thou’st seen, and heard, and wrought; And teach the sportive younkers round, Saws of experience, sage and sound. 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 This was the sportive prelude of more serious trouble. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth I enjoyed the birds and the wild flowers, and the sportive rabbits, of which the woods were full. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine And as the sportive April shower quickens its flood, it seems as if its torrents would come dashing through the shingles upon you, and upon your play. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons Mr. Falkirk glanced up at her, a glance of momentary fun and recognition, though he was by no means in a sportive mood; that was easy to see. Wych Hazel A moment before, and she was exulting in prospect of the joyous rambles in which she should participate, amidst the groups of sportive children collected at the watering place. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 The minor songs and ballads which were called forth by passing events were usually amorous, sportive, gay, and often gross, yet suited to a rude age. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 Naturally this enhanced my enjoyment of a sportive little comedy, which I can most cordially commend. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 Wizzards, witches, and fairies, may play their sportive tricks in the human brain, and receive names as tho they were real. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. The green porcelain tiles on the hearth, the oval-shaped chairs, the wonderful tables, and the little easy-chair, are all flushed up, and seem quite enlivened at its sportive tricks. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays And Jim, shaking off the dismal emotions peculiar to farewell visits, responded gallantly, defending himself from each sportive attack, and illumining his exile with such rays of promise as occurred to him. Princess His intellectual strength was often put forth in the Baconian manner of illustration, in light and sportive fancies. Practical Essays But The Bottle Imp is perfectly constructed: the last page ends the tale, and the tale is told with a light grace, sportive within restraint, that takes nothing from the seriousness of the subject. Adventures in Criticism The latter was magnificent, pathetic, and affecting, while Bathyllus was gay and sportive. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 A bit of carelessness on her part, a sportive wind, and she would be lost. The Adventures of Kathlyn I'd like to see the athletes of the world say, 'We're not going to Moscow to play sportive games by rules when the Russians live in violation of the rules of civilization itself.' 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Lancret, Pater, Nattier, and Van Loo—the very names suggest not merely freedom but a sportive and abandoned license. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Nothing whatever is known of it, and the whole edition may have been but an ideal construction of Jaggard's sportive fancy. Adventures in Criticism It was too the first note he had ever received from Lady Mabel, and sportive as its tone was in the beginning, there was something of feeling and even sadness in its close. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters When the disciples saw the cup in the hands of the hilarious governor, and heard his playful words, they were not in a sportive mood. A Life of St. John for the Young Sharp eyes are a valuable item of the orchid-grower's stock-in-trade, for the smallest peculiarity among such "sportive" objects should not be neglected. About Orchids A Chat "I shall never be only twelve years old again, and that's true," said Bessie, with a sportive defiance exceedingly like her former self. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax And of the whole sportive company not one footed the measure so neat as little Hattie Tidy, the black man's daughter. Two Christmas Celebrations In woodland glade, when armed for sylvan war, You mark the antlered monarch from afar, Your sportive toil cannot my pleasure mar; Constant your heart; it beats for me alone. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters She was thinking of the day years ago when she was carried, all tattered and torn, from the midst of that mob of sportive cattle. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy For why should others' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood? Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Whether I moved upon the rolling seas, Or sank on Nature's flowery lap to rest, Or raised my light wings on the sportive breeze, The conscious earth with joy her god confess'd. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers It is, also, frequently used in sportive language; jokes and puns are commonly given with this inflection. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader We laugh, but we are not purged by laughter of our follies; we jest, but our jests are apt to have a kitten's sportive irresponsibility. Americans and Others Wanton droll, whose harmless play Beguiles the rustic's closing day, When drawn the evening fire about, Sit aged crone and thoughtless lout; Come, show thy tricks and sportive graces, Thus circled round with merry faces. Baby Chatterbox For girls, as well as boys, the sportive activities to which the instincts impel, are essential to bodily welfare. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library But this only added to the fun of the thing, for Tommy when in sportive mood takes hard knocks with infinite good-humour. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Mr. Halleck's poetry is carefully finished and musical; much of it is sportive, and some satirical. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Examples of this kind of sportive irreverence are common enough; their root is in human nature: and they could not be absent in the mythology of savage or of ancient peoples. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological The whole, like a vast school broke loose for a holiday; the most joyous, sportive, and certainly the most showy display that had ever caught my eye. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 For if the sportive activity allowed to boys does not prevent them from growing up into gentlemen; why should a like sportive activity prevent girls from growing up into ladies? Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library He was a philosopher, and was in the habit of making many of his tenets minister to his amusement, when in his more sportive and genial moods. Idolatry A Romance At this gloomy feast, there was no question of the gay and sportive train of bridesmaids and young men, who usually attend the wedded pair. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know It is consoling to the average mediocrity of the race to perceive in these sportive assays, that the mind of Newton passed through the stage of boyhood. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 And the disappointment is not the less, that in those letters constant allusions are made to his "sparkling, delightful, sportive, characteristic, &c. &c., epistles." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 He maintained that "for girls as well as boys the sportive activities to which the instincts impel are essential to bodily welfare." Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library His Ballad on a Wedding is perfect in its kind, and has a spirit of high enjoyment in it, of sportive fancy, a liveliness of description, and a truth of nature, that never were surpassed. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution "Peculiar" derives its title from one of the characters of the novel, an escaped negro slave, who has received from his sportive master the name of "Peculiar Institution." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 It was not propelled by the breeze; it was ruled by our own sportive hearts. A Reckless Character And Other Stories I consider these as the Miscellanists of their day; they had their grave moralities, their tragical histories, and their sportive tales; their verse and their prose. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions "The Children's Hour" is a strain of parental love, which haunts the memory with its melody, its sportive, affectionate, and yearning lay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 But still there are no passages in this exquisite little production of sportive ease and fancy, equal to the best of those in the Seasons. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution One might imagine it animated by those sportive and capricious nature-spirits an old Father of the church used to call the monkeys of God. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Yet, doing all justice to the sportive variability of these weekly, daily, or hourly speculators, shall I be pardoned, if I attempt a word on the part of us simple country folk? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran,— Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only boyhood can; But the Usher sat remote from all, A melancholy man! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The Governor turned to Corinna with a sportive gesture, as if he were casting upon her the burden of a reply. One Man in His Time All the sportive rollickings of all the animals, from the agile fawn to the unwieldly behemoth are dances taught them by nature. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Was it not rather for me to accept, meekly, the high gift that the gods in a sportive moment chose to toss to me? A Woman Named Smith This delighted her beyond measure, and after much consideration she chose a chest of drawers, with a small mirror above it, swung between two sportive and graceful dolphins. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters The face has plumped and reddened, the light-coloured eye has acquired a twinkle, the firm mouth has relaxed into a sportive smile. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster Their sportive fancy that they were guests in the hotel and nothing ailed the world just then held true. The Hosts of the Air Fancy, however sportive and playful with materials already in her possession, is of a much less creative character than is generally supposed, even by those most susceptible to her influence. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 In America and England music is still mainly a sportive habit. Your United States Impressions of a first visit "Ah, my dear, have you forgotten that circumstances alter cases?" he returned in sportive tone. Elsie at the World's Fair The coals glowed deep red, and the sportive flames danced before him. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky Of the geographical allusions there are two kinds, the real and the sportive,—Illyria, an example of the one, the 'Vapians' and the 'Equinoctial of Queubus,' of the other. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies This little museum, created in sportive mood, bore all these names and many more, those of men, often celebrated, who from sympathy or curiosity visited the place. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 Here could I spend whole hours, delaying: Here Nature shaped, as if in sportive playing, The angel blossom from the bud. Faust "Then we will consider the arrangement made, for I should be sorry indeed to intrude my companionship upon those who do not desire it," she said, with a sportive look at the captain. Elsie at the World's Fair The red coals passed away and the sportive flames ceased to dance. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky "Meaning tobacco for the old folks and sweets for all, I suppose?" added Zoe with sportive look and tone. Christmas with Grandma Elsie Jim regarded the sportive youth more attentively, and presently dropped into a vacant seat beside him, buying twenty dollars worth of chips. Mavericks A breeze-like, sportive, buoyant thing; a thing of breathing, laughing, unmistakable life; she is mirrored on your retina as plainly as ever was dancing sunbeam on a brook. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 |
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