| 单词 | sternness |
| 例句 | As Mr. Prud’homme looked at him and listened to the scatterbrained eloquence of his explanation, he could be seen rapidly losing his grip on sternness. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Etty later wrote that strangers were sometimes put off by her seeming sternness, though she wasn’t actually stern at all. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She soon returned, and even the comically squeaky tone of Margaret’s voice could not conceal the sternness of her mistress’s reply: Under no circumstances would Lady Constance venture outside that evening. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Van Helsing’s sternness was somewhat relieved by a look of perplexity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z To my surprise, Van Helsing rose up and said with all his sternness, his iron jaw set and his bushy eyebrows meeting:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ube fanned the pamphlets out and then turned to Jam and Redemption, putting some sternness in his voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The sternness in Pa’s voice makes my face burn with shame. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sudden sternness of her voice jars me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The bearded head leaned forward; the eyes lost their sternness and looked wonderingly into the fire; the big lean fingers laced themselves on the black knees. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon he had come into the grocery and his sensitive tired face had flinched at the shadow of sternness that crossed Lee’s face. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we were done, his face resumed its sternness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then, with startling sternness, an unscripted repetition: “Is that clear?” ‘Dark Disabled Stories’ Review: When the World Isn’t Built for You 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Eyre’s show offers brooding and sternness more than sensuality or high spirits. Anita Rachvelishvili in Richard Eyre’s ‘Carmen’ at the Met 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The title refers to the brief work’s tripartite structure: in successive sections Mr. Lindberg treats similar musical gestures with Germanic sternness, French delicacy and Italian vitality. Music Review: Two by a Finnish Composer, and Variations Inspired by a Birthday 2011-05-11T21:41:23Z Though her manner is often youthfully sweet, Ms. Ramnarayan is also capable of sternness and force. Dance Review: Ramya Ramnarayan at Ailey Citigroup Theater 2012-06-11T21:36:36Z “She radiates both kindness and warmth while also transmitting a definite toughness and a definite sternness, and beneath that you have this really piercing intellect working at the same time,” Pizzolatto said. Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’ 2014-03-06T20:41:09Z And both of these strains, the secular and the Christian, came together in the spirit of Cosby’s Dr. Huxtable – whose sternness was played for laughs — as surely as they did in the Reagan White House. Let the end of Cosby be the true end of ’80s moralism: Are we done looking for “strict father” figures yet? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Eventually she ends up at a group home for children of the kindertransport, run with loving sternness by a Mrs. Cohen, on the street that gives the play its title. ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,’ a Jewish Girl’s War Story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Cold and calculating, Banderas' character Robert wears an impassive mask of icy sternness throughout the film. Almodovar, Banderas reunite in 'The Skin' 2011-05-19T11:22:11Z There’s a warmth to Mr. Lemonis’s sternness: invariably he’s the voice of reason, though there’s little competition. Television Review: On ‘The Profit,’ Marcus Lemonis Rescues Small Businesses 2013-07-29T21:44:55Z “But I realize now that when you look at what Avedon got in all of his pictures, it was a sternness in everybody’s face,” he said, adding “I’m very proud of this picture.” Richard Avedon’s Portraits of the American West Ride Again 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z He forgoes kabuki-style whiteface makeup, used in the original and many subsequent productions, but his performers maintain a sternness of expression and stiffness of body that subtly evoke the style. Stephen Sondheim, experimenter. Listen to 'Pacific Overtures' and 'Forum' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z "We do not jam," he asserts, with comical sternness. Phoenix: 'We are French, we are romantic by essence' 2013-04-20T05:00:00Z White Jessica Tandy is giving black Morgan Freeman a stern look, and he looks amused by her sternness. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Reading it, you can hear small museums across the country sigh with relief: Here was something that was accessible, visually pleasing and easily transported, after all that Minimalist sternness, blankness and weight. Pattern & Decoration: A Movement That Still Has Legs 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The sternness she applies to the word “No” on “America” alone would be enough. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The vocal line with its stentorian triads and insistent repetitions would be easy enough to transcribe, but the unhinged sternness of Mr. Eastman’s delivery might be hard to replicate. Review: American Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Kitchen 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z What immediately impressed me about Chris was not sternness or reserve. Christopher Plummer remembered: 'It was a privilege to stand so close to greatness' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z None of the interventions—sternness, the rationality of modern medicine, even the determined companionship of a lovable maker of children’s coffins named Katz—is of any use. William Goldman’s Strange, Sad, Captivating Children’s Book About a Girl and Her Blanket 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet Davis, unwilling to conceive earnestness of purpose without sternness of mien, reduces the role of Jesus to intent glowering. “Mary Magdalene,” Reviewed: A Sludgy, Trivial Attempt at Revisionist Christian History 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z She was a vivid chronicler of growing up hardscrabble in Butcher Holler, Ky. And she was one of the genre’s great vocal stylists, delivering heartbreak and sternness with equal aplomb. Remembering Loretta Lynn 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z He gave the proper sternness to Eastman’s thick systems of melody, strewn between the hands in syncopated passages. Now Celebrated, Julius Eastman’s Music Points to a New Canon 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z In audio recordings of his interviews with witnesses and suspects, which Murphey provided, he seemed to balance sternness with empathy, establishing an initial rapport before launching into his questioning. St. Louis cop sabotaged own murder cases to protest a prosecutor — and police department did nothing 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z It gave occasionally warm shadings to the seeming sternness of the winter sky. Washington crawls toward warmer weather 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Caan might have seemed like an unusual choice for a broad holiday comedy, the seriousness of his career and sternness of his characters almost off-putting. Perspective | ‘Elf’ showcased James Caan’s soul 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z "I think they prefer at the top just to turn a blind eye. The line has gone out to implement this policy with great sternness, and that is what is happening." 'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “His generation served in the military, then came back and taught the next generation with sternness, but also with compassion.” Appreciation: Al Padilla was more than just an East L.A. coaching legend 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z She comes across as really trustworthy, she carries the dignity that someone of Dr. Brooks’ stature would have, but she also has this maternal sternness. Amazon's 'Welcome to the Blumhouse' puts diverse filmmakers in the genre spotlight 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Someone who, accustomed to dealing with the “it wasn’t me, it was him” bluster so popular among 7-year-olds, could have shut down President Donald Trump’s beloved strategy of disrupt-and-deflect with the proper level of sternness. Presidential debates worked a lot better when women called the shots 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Hardness is what’s required to get through a political winter: determination, forbearance, sacrifice, not bitterness but a certain sternness. The Impeachment Hearings and the Coming Storm 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “When he comes here, he gets the father figure. A man’s sternness is different than mine, and that helps a lot in terms of discipline.” New boxing program in Watts seeks to show at-risk kids a different path 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z But sternness could also disappear in a flash, with a smile, a lilt of his head, a wave of the baton producing a sweet lyricism. Review: For Gustavo Dudamel, Mahler's 'Resurrection' is no mere picnic at the Hollywood Bowl 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z And she has already shown a sternness that the nicey-nice franchise so often appeared to lack. Should Zion Williamson engineer an escape from the hapless Pelicans? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “His discourse is as if sternness were the issue, when the real issues are corruption and a lack of efficiency and intelligence in investigations.” Rio governor confirms plans for shoot-to-kill policing policy 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s sternness in her, but surprisingly little in the way of what I’d call leadership quality. ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ review: a rousing yet dark episode 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Their sternness matches the gravity of the task at hand. Seed bank aims to protect world's agricultural inheritance from Syria war 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Davis presented the perfect figure of a dour-faced religious zealot, with the sternness of her face wiping away any doubt about the mean-spiritedness of her mission. GOP’s special guests: The “sex police” were in full force at the State of the Union to shame us all 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z MacArthur was magnificent in his dignity, his sternness. Read an Eyewitness Account of the Japanese Surrender in World War II 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Madonna’s sternness worked: her 13th album, “Rebel Heart,” released Tuesday, is one of her most critically acclaimed efforts in years. A rebellious Madonna pours heart into new album 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z His sternness melts, though, when employees throw him a birthday party with a sheet cake and cardboard hats. Does This Man Look Like a Felon to You? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z And based on the sternness of the warnings, we perceive that failure would NOT be a good thing. Redefine Failure 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z President Truman had framed his arguments for the program in language that mixed anti-Kremlin sternness with the bitter aftertaste of World War II. At War Blog: American White Phosphorous Shells in Libya: A Challenge to a Pentagon Chestnut 2012-08-01T17:22:58Z Notice this peculiarity of the drawing of the lotus—a peculiarity common to Egyptian ornaments—that there is a severity, a rigidity of line, a sort of sternness about it. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z On Mac’s entering he was requested to take a seat, when Mr. Vaughan, with a degree of sternness he seldom manifested, reproached him for leading a life so fraught with danger. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Yet, in so doing, I have had in view to spare you even greater pain than could be occasioned by a father's sternness. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Perchance, were he to use his influence with that Prince, something might be done to mitigate the Dauphin's sternness. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z To be just with sternness was in his eyes a duty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z With strangers, this made him cold to very sternness, or, as is often seen in the effort to conquer a natural defect, gave him a manner of over-easy confidence that looked like impertinence. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z That vile wig has, perhaps, something to say to it; and being a judge, too, gives a sternness to the mouth and a haughty imperiousness to the brow. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z "You are guilty, William," said Brown, gazing on him with pity, mingling a drop or two of milder feeling with the sternness of his abhorrence for a crime almost unknown among them,--"you are guilty." The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z "So this is the deserter," Colonel Somerset said, with some assumed sternness, as they stopped by Ronald's bedside. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The latter instantly closed on him with a sternness and ferocity that made that single bastion swim in blood. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z He was instinctively adopting that gruff masculine sternness which men consider to be on the whole the most generally effective method of dealing with the incomprehensible tears of their women-kind. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z "Nothing of the kind, Tom," said Conyers, who had to subdue his own emotion by an assumed sternness. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z There was in his countenance an expression of mingled sternness and melancholy, and his bearing was decidedly officer-like. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z It was set now, not in sternness, but in a dignified self-control. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z No chapels, altars, or mural monuments softened the severity of its outlines; only the series of papal portraits, running round the upper line of the walls, redeemed this sternness. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z There was nothing but the law in all its sternness.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z His style ranges from the brilliancy of his youth to the sternness and sombre gravity of age, passing almost to poetic expression in its epigrammatic terseness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z No kingly sternness overawes their deliberations, but being, on the whole, well-contented with the disorderly guidance of their chiefs, they do not scruple to interrupt the debates with anything that comes into their heads. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z All traces of sternness and anger fled from his brow, as he listened and caught the expression of his wife's face. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z "I'm afraid," Sir Hervey said, with a touch of sternness, "you were rough with her." Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The imagination no doubt refuses to see Coote displaying extraordinary refinements of courage upon the stricken field, but in the walks of peace there is sometimes sore need of sternness. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z At that he had looked at her with the old sternness, but her eyes had no longer fallen before his. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The king was also of great sternness, and he took from his subjects many marks of gold, and many hundred pounds of silver, and this, either with or without right, and with little need. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z But to that I made no answer: whereon, with kindly sternness he bade me remember where I stood, and that in a few minutes it would be too late to speak. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z I am only here," he continued, with a touch of sternness which she did not understand, "because my duty leads me here. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z This woman possessed a sweet and gentle nature, and nothing but the evidence of an overwhelming wrong could have so stirred it to sternness. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The Roman character, as moulded in the Republic's early years, was one of sternness and efficiency. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z "Well, what do you want, Nora?"—summoning a sternness for the query. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z The character of their sternness, as well as the nature of their dissatisfaction at the gaiety which Elizabeth fostered, is well exemplified at Shrewsbury in the incident of the Shearmen’s tree. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z "Nay, ma'am, softly, if you please," Sir Hervey interposed, with the least touch of sternness in his tone. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Let such tell the whole truth, as well as nothing but the truth, but let their sternness be in the spirit of Love. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Underneath the sternness and severity which were the fruits of Puritanism, there existed in the New England character a touch of spirituality, of idealism, and of imagination such as were always foreign to the Romans. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z We were not blind to the beauty, the sternness, the wildness of the country; but the sadness and sorrows of its people impressed us even more than the wonder and beauty of their land. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z He spoke at last as a ruler, with authority, and a trace of sternness in his eyes, but his face changed again. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z He would pluck from his heart even that affection for her which she had begun to discern under the mask of his sternness--to discern and to cherish. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z His furrowed forehead was clear as rutted snow in the serene of sunlight as he appeared then; and through all the sternness with which he spoke I discerned the gentleness of art's impression. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "A clear fortnight," he repeated with some sternness. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z "Wait, if you please," he said, with a note of sternness in his tone. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z We rush into the very bowels of the keep itself, snorting and puffing defiance to the memoried sternness of the grim warriors who once held the place against all intruders. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z She rebelled against the iron sternness of Heaven. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z But they produced no impression; the professors were absorbed in theology or something else, and setting their faces with all the sternness of Calvinism against this vile beggary, they kept moving up the mountain path. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The Professor, albeit of a mild temper, had been a don, and knew how to assume an aspect of sternness when necessary. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z "No," he said, speaking seriously and with something approaching sternness. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z A look of unusual sternness passed over the features of O'Tei, and a shadow veiled her eyes. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Possibly she decided in favour of the latter, for her face somewhat relaxed its sternness. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z "Mourn not for Cain," said 'Squire Mullen, whose twitching face belied the sternness of his voice. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z The sternness of my resolution gradually obtained a victory over his perseverance. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z "Well, Sir Charles----" "They seem," with a touch of sternness, "to be carrying the jest rather too far." Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z So dominant was the note of sternness that the colours of the bright bunting flaunted by the ships faded out of the eye, and one only saw the vast bulk of brooding power. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Through the sternness of her early work speaks the very tragedy of the Negro race. Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools 2012-02-08T03:00:23.060Z “Well, let this be the last of it,” said the father with mild sternness. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z The expression of his countenance changed to a ferocious sternness and his eye flashed, but otherwise he was unmoved. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z He looked limp and exhausted, but what struck her most was the sternness of his expression. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z "But it is for us to ratify the choice," he answered, with a cast back to his former sternness, "or to annul it as unworthy." Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Miranda resented it all the more because she knew she deserved nothing less than sternness. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "Yes—swear it," she answered, quailing a little before the sudden sternness of his eyes. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z With as much sternness as he could command under the circumstances, his master said, 'They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Sam. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z It was perhaps only a part of her vanity, she mused, but she always had this impression—that despite his indifference and sternness he was curiously attentive. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The younger man showed something in his countenance, a sudden hauteur, a little elevation of the chin, a certain sternness, more melodramatic, though less effective, than the simple blank of Mr. Longcluse's glance. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z In her face there was indeed a hardness and severity which his mother's had never had; but when she smiled and all sternness vanished the resemblance was really amazing. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z "Nee, nee, Rachel," he cried, with sympathetic sternness, "Enough!" The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Their eyes stood out with wonder, and the sternness of their countenances was relaxed. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Yes, his very curtness, sternness, preoccupation would all be part of this boast. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z "Nevertheless, I ask it," I returned, with even more sternness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z He never had shown to them the sternness that had been one of the trials of their mother's youthful days, but was patient and gentle, as well as firm and decided. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z The hands and the feet which are not now bound through awe of God from perverse works, shall then, through the sternness of God's doom, be fast bound. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z He stood a second, watching him, as the lips sucked hard at the cigar to make it draw; the strength of the features was emphasized to sternness. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Despite his aloofness and the sternness of his manner, she had felt herself coming close to him, closer than to anybody else she had ever known. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z And this was because in these rebuffs and in the sternness of her countenance I found no distaste for myself, nor desire to mortify me. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Henrietta was, indeed, steeling her heart to greater sternness than she had ever used to any of her children, to whom she had always shown herself an indulgent mother. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z On giving my name, the noble and yet kindly distance of her manner changed suddenly to sternness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z One of us dwells most on the tenderness of his character; another on its righteous sternness; one on his power; another on his meek patience; and so on. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z There was a sorrowful intonation in the repetition of the inquiry, blended with a singularly penetrant sternness. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z But Wanless was also wrought to a high pitch, and there was a commanding sternness in his eye that served to cow the drunkard, whose wrath seemed to die within him. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z God, with all His sternness and inflexibility, as He appeared to Mohammed, was just and merciful. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z He chose the hearth for his throne, and took his seat there with majestic sternness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "I was always weak where you were concerned," he said, regarding her very intently, and with a cloud on his usually clear brow that bespoke suffering rather than sternness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The rigidity of her countenance, of the cold sternness which was in her eyes, of the hard lines which were about her mouth, did not relax in the least degree. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Her face is set to sternness, decision to make a scene, and general sourness. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z 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 Mr. Brontë resented the attentions of Mr. Nicholls to his daughter in a manner which brought to light all the sternness and bitterness of his character. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z His sternness of character kept him aloof from the court and from his own family, and he spent his leisure months chiefly on his various country estates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z An' wer't not for thee, My glorious passion, My heart I could fashion To sternness, as he. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z They hardly bowed; with the sternness of high morality they watched these evil-doers go by. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z His features were dark as bronze, and well-formed, though strongly marked, and had an expression of settled sternness. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z It annoyed him, and brought almost a frown of sternness to his fine features. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z In this ponderous vehicle, beside the charioteer, stood a corpulent man, with an enormously thick neck and a heavy jaw that gave an aspect of sternness to his dark face. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z You had best not interrupt me," said the Carrier, with some sternness, "till you understand me; and you're wide of doing so. The Cricket on the Hearth A Fairy Tale of Home 2011-10-02T02:00:12.587Z Certainly indulgence may be as dangerous an extreme as sternness, and as many youths are spoiled by over fondness as are made desperate by unkindness. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z "Stop," she said with a cold and inflexible sternness that gave pause even to his buoyant joyful assurance. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Then his heavy lids drooped; once more he looked paternal, benevolent, only just with a soupçon of sternness in his impassive face, the aloofness of an austere man towards the weaknesses of more mundane creatures. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z He turned from her under the pretence of looking some urchins into silence, and said, with uncommon sternness and precision, "Harriet Greenough, walk out into the floor." Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Her first impression was that he seemed enormous as he stood there, with his hands hanging at his sides, and the look of sternness and immobility in his face. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z I was afraid you might think I was a boy when you heard my name was ‘Billie Campbell,’” she added, turning and facing that tower of strength and sternness. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Mrs Maple, now, doubly enraged, interrogated her upon the motives of her having been so disfigured, with the sternness and sharpness of addressing a convicted cheat. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z "How is this, thou son of Sheitan?" exclaimed the General, affecting sternness to hide his pleasure. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z His face unbent—its only fault had been a little coldness and sternness—and revealed a warmth and geniality that made him quite resistible. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Yet, with all his sternness and unscrupulousness, Almanzor brought Andalusia to a pitch of glory such as even the great Khalif, Abd-er-Rahmān III., had hardly contemplated. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z His “Lie still, you rascal, or I’ll make you,” voiced in its sternness an even deeper sentiment than he had for Zaidee. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z The Bay of Bourgneuf has most of the characteristics of the Morbihan, without that severity and sternness which impress one so deeply when on the shores of the great Breton inland sea. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Yet as I walked beside her up the stairs I knew this compliance was not the indication of any melting of this new steely sternness. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z His form dilated as he spoke; his voice grew deep without losing its distinctness; and into his mild eyes a sternness crept as when the frost congeals the lake. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Meanwhile she was much more entertaining than she knew, and treated Courtlandt, one day, with quite a shocked sternness for having informed her that these male visitors had passed upon her some very admiring criticisms. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z The physician lowered him gently back and spoke with soft sternness. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z “But I’m not going to,” and though Darrell spoke pleasantly there was a sternness in his words. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z She wrung her hands; her weak voice quavered at the sternness of her resolution. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z "Where were you on the sixth of July?" asked Falander, with the sternness of a judge. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z The face pale, silent, and with an expression of decisive sternness in the brows and mouth, deprived him of courage. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Trouble nothing about things that do not concern you, Joseph Stagg,” she added with, perhaps, additional sternness. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z In his directions to those called upon to attend him, there was none of the austerity or sternness of a master evinced in his manner of speech. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z “If I were alone I would not budge,” said the Fleming with a sternness in his blue eyes. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z “I’ve deceived no one, Aunt Sarah,” said she, with a touch of sternness in her voice, and just here Roger appeared. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z But for a moment only he hesitated, his inflexible sternness returning. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The aspect of Miss Carr’s face seemed to change from a look of anxious wonder to one of sternness. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Influenced by her thoughts, her face showed a sternness which seldom visited it. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z “Yes, you and Judith may go,” she said presently in a stern voice—ah! the sternness of these gentle women! Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Put away your sternness; I deserve it of you. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z His discussions of fate and free-will betoken the sternness of a dogmatic, rather than the discernment of a philosophic, mind. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z For protecting creatures naturally so helpless, sternness—or at least its outward seeming—became occasionally necessary. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z There was a shade of sternness in his tone, the sternness of an resolve to take this weak, wavering woman under his protection. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Shadows beneath her eyes fell far down her cheeks, her lips lay together with a new, strange sternness. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "Reassure yourself, mother, and spare me your misgivings," said Johannes with unusual sternness, again turning to his newspaper, while he listened to every rustle outside the door of the room. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z O, the sternness of the Christian fight! and O, its attractiveness and its glory! The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Aunt Grace tells me that their father, my grandfather, bitterly regretted his sternness towards my father and mother and was willing at any time to make amends, but my father would never answer his letters. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z "Yet you have left him alone for weeks and months without any pangs of conscience," said the duke with a shade of sternness. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z "Dare not!" repeated Mrs. Hamilton, more and more bewildered, and, to conceal the emotion Ellen's wild words and agonized manner had produced, adopting greater sternness. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z The severity and sternness with which I was treated caused me to cultivate a sort of plausibility that won me friends, although I had no qualities to enable me to retain them. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z His melancholy and despondency seemed on the point of overwhelming him; but he struggled against the humiliating feeling, and a wild defiance and sternness flashed from his eyes. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z There is sternness in the glance of his keen eyes, in the cut of the closely-trimmed grey moustache and whisker, and in every movement of the erect military figure. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z He knew this, felt it, and it was the cause of his sternness. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z I then counselled a timely reconciliation; but when sternness should have been used they were weak and mild, and when reconciliation became the wisest policy they were stern and pertinacious. 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 Suddenly the man turned to her, sternness expressed in every line of his figure. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z "So, so!" interrupted the count, suddenly changing his air of indifference for one of the utmost sternness. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z "Let him step hither instantly," commanded the king, and the sternness of his countenance seemed mingled with profound sorrow. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z The king roused himself from the mood into which he had been thrown by the faithful Aag�'s farewell, and the Marsk's sternness. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z It reflected the sternness of standards and purpose of the founders, who saw little of the humor, or of the lighter side of existence. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z For, at sight of her, the joyous, radiant look on Philip’s face had changed to one of cold sternness as he discounted her furious opposition in advance. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “No, I do not,” he answered decisively, and with some sternness. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The gloomy sternness before depicted in it seemed now to be lost in thoughtful sadness. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z However, he returned the proffered handshake, though coldly—and the sternness of his strong, dignified countenance in no wise relaxed as he uttered a frigid “salaam.” The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z There was a sternness about the speaker’s laconic reply which caused Mr Vallance to quail involuntarily. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “Payne,” said the other, with a sort of sternness, laying his hand on his arm. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z “Yvonne, I’m surprised at you,” said Wagram, with somewhat of an approach to sternness. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z But the thought passed, and he grew as calm now as a moment before he had been furious, and an icy sternness chilled him through and through. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The great difficulties in their family life seem to have been neglect and abuse by parents, sternness and lack of understanding, immorality of different members of the family, and poverty in the home. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z The Princess Gallitzin, on the contrary, had an imposing countenance, the expression of which presented a strange mixture of shrewdness, asceticism, sternness, and raillery. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z “Hush!” said Lilian, in that sweet, soothing way of hers, that stood her in far better stead than any amount of sternness. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was a sickly show, and repulsed Jessie more effectually than sternness would have done. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z There was an expression of sternness on the worn face which I had never previously seen, and the wasted form seemed instinct with dignity. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z You understand?” and he spoke with some sternness. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z She wore a great deal of rouge; her eyelids were painted black and met over the nose, giving her countenance a certain sternness, that, nevertheless, did not destroy its pleasing effect. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z His coldness and his sternness might not have shocked Emily at all, but his apparent levity pained and struck her with terror. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z “Barbara,” Erskine said with some sternness, and his tone quickened the tapping of the slipper and made her little mouth tighten, “what does all this mean?” Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Because there be some who pervert its solemnity to sternness—do not conclude that Presbyterianism is a hard and narrow faith. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z It seems, therefore, unreasonable to assert that Spenser has combined the daring sternness of Dante with the wild fantasy of Goethe. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The gigantic shadow of the Ai Petri, which hangs like a veil over the whole domain, adds still more to its sternness. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z His sternness was proof against her accustomed fascinations. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z "You must go, my dear," Mrs. Mowbray went on more softly; for the first word had been spoken with the sternness of pain. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "To be alone," he resumed; and he spoke with some sternness, "to be alone." Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Reckless truth, in all its openness and its sternness, was his habit, and glory was his passion; but in this restlessness of generous feelings his anger too easily blazed forth. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Annie, who watched the colonel as he read, saw his face settle into sternness, and then an expression of anxiety overspread it. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Randolph," said the chaplain, with a sternness, which in him was extremely rare, "be calm. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z "I am told," began the latter, gazing at them, with majestic sternness, "that you three are engaged in skinning a certain plebe——" "Why, Mr. Fischer!" cried the three, in obvious surprise. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z "You'd better not do that again, Mrs. Brown," she said, with some sternness, "and as to getting married: why, s'pose you mind your own business!" Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The plebe goes on duty, solemn and anxious, awed to silence and gravity by the sternness of his superiors. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z But through that sternness and dignity, through that melancholy, could be seen the look of childish innocence; something indescribably na�ve, fluid, youthful, which seemed mutely begging for mercy. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z He had known nothing, understood nothing, suspected nothing of the difficulty and sternness of the life prescribed for him; he had been merry and careless, and had given his guardians many a scare. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The youth heard the summons as he was following Barbara Stafford down the steps, and startled by its sternness hastened into the house. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Having proceeded thus far, he next changed his tone to one of sternness, and referred to Prince Huaca. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z It mellowed the sternness of the Puritan and disciplined the dashing Cavalier. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z There was a sternness in her grandmother's voice and face which startled the girl. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z "Will you please tell me how long Mrs. Dobbs has known of this?" asked Mr. Bragg, with a touch of sternness. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z There was a little sternness in the low tones, from which the girl shrank. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Keble's inmost instinct was not love, or the sense of beauty, but a resolute and puritanical sternness. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z He had keen dark eyes with a hint of sternness in them, and a straight, thin-lipped mouth; while he was already known in that country as El Espada, Morales the Sword. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z “You know now that it belongs to Mildred—to Leighton’s daughter,—do you not?” he asked, an accent of sternness in his voice. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z In spite of the misalliance of one of his ancestors, our friend was unquestionably mainly plebeian except for the sternness of his tenacious profile. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z "Faix, and many that laughed at him mightn't have behaved a deal better than he did," replied the other, with a dogged sternness in his manner. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z There was a sternness in her features as she spoke that made her seem the actual image of her brother. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Mrs. Forest’s eyes traveled over that graceful figure and the sternness gave way to something else. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z That man should submit to the inevitable; they were fatalists; did not believe in exhibiting joy or sorrow; lived lives of sternness and austerity and many believed in the immortality of the soul. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Harold could not guess all that her mistaken sternness cost his mother. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z "Only a few questions before you leave the table, sir," said MacDonough, addressing him with the mock sternness of a cross-examining barrister. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He was not, however, a bad fellow; his sternness was a matter of duty, not constitution. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The pedantry of Gerrold is poor, the fun of the rustics forced and feeble, the sternness of Theseus brutal and untouched by final gentleness as in Chaucer. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z He seems many years older, and his eyes appear incapable of expressing anything but sternness. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z You do not consider, dear Bruce, what real harm your sternness may do to our younger brother. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z I said this with all the concentrated sternness at my command, and it went right home and frightened him through and through. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z "Very well," said he, in mock sternness, "when you want medical aid in future don't come to me for it." Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z The sternness of the newcomer gave place to astonishment. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z There was not so great a difference in their ages as many persons supposed, but the firmness and sternness habitual to the Professor's face made him look older than he really was. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z This precipitate step was perhaps excusable, from the known violence and sternness of Sir George's character. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 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. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Here he breaks down ignominiously, considering the amount of sternness he had summoned to his aid when commencing, and, walking to the mantelpiece, lays his arm on it, and his head upon his arms. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Miss Theodora's voice had an unwonted note of sternness in it. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z "You owe a higher obedience"—here his voice had that tone of sternness always sweet to the meek ears of his followers. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Colossal statues of Famine, War, and Pestilence, frowned from their lofty pedestals in all the sternness of brass above the glories of this rich and varied scene. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z By then Hough also was asleep, his face terrible in its mutilation and sternness. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The careless, lazy, malicious, and hardened should be reproved, but sternness should not be unmingled with kindness, lest the penitent be driven away from his duty altogether. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z At the first glance the expression of the prominent features seems strangely stern, but as you study the face it seems to soften and the sternness becomes sadness mingled with tenderness. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z "What, sir!" cried the Chief, with mock sternness of eye and manner,—"what, sir! if I even forbade you?" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z I fancied I could detect a struggle with himself in all his sternness; and his hand trembled when I took it to say 'good-bye.' Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z He saw also the sternness of her countenance. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z For the more we study old Athenian art—nay, even old Athenian character generally—the more are we convinced that its greatness consists in the combination of Doric sternness and Ionic grace. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The grass never grew under the feet of Mattie Gray, and the dark look—new to his face in its intensity of sternness—did not deter her. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z "There was something else that you needed far more," said she, with a sarcastic sternness. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z "Still——" "It is no reason for declining my hand, Mattie," he interrupted, with some sternness, "it is simply an excuse." Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Hough forgot his sternness, and laughed aloud as he clasped the gunner's hand. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Even through this avowal of his love there ran a touch of that sternness which was inseparable from Waldemar's character; but every word told of stormy, long pent-up emotion--spoke of passion's ardent glow. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z Mr. Arnold was a good deal fretted by this unexpected conduct on the part of Mary; and, forgetful of the occasion and its claims, spoke to her with some sternness. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z The sternness, however, proves a mistake; Miss Chesney resents it, and, scenting battle afar off, encases herself in steel, and calmly, nay, eagerly, awaits the onslaught. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z “That was useless, to say the least of it,” said the captain, with some sternness. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z "I am glad to be able to relieve your mind on that score"—but there was sternness still in his voice. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z "What are you doing on this deck among the men, Jovica?" he asked, with unwonted sternness. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z "Am I again to remind you that this is not the question before us?" said Martin, with increased sternness. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z He must be like you!" exclaimed Hertha, eagerly,--"like you, Uncle Michael, with your iron force of character, your invincible will, even your sternness. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z He was a typical English Puritan, with much of the Cromwellian sternness of creed, but with a fine Greek culture that made him one of the great scholars of the world. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z "And are you sure you can bear it, Mrs. Manning, whatever comes?" he asked with almost a touch of sternness in his voice. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z His companion, who was several years his junior, also looked grave and gloomy, but his face lacked the former's iron sternness. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z There was a dark shade of color round the eyes, but on the whole the expression conveyed far more of sternness than sorrow. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z A woman of forty, her expression bespoke the sternness and gravity of her fight for existence, yet she was a quiet and valiant fighter. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z This is the same cruel sternness with which you drove my mother from you. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z There was something startling in Richmond Wildair's face—something no one had ever seen there before, underlying all its outward ominous calm—something in its still, dark sternness that overawed all. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The sharp admonition showed him that any attempt at conciliation would be vain, and he, too, could be proud to sternness. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z "There are men who can bear the loss of a country with more equanimity,—I know that," whispered Massingbred in his ear, with all the calm sternness of an insult. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The merry twinkle in his eyes seemed to belie the sternness of the set lips, which were even now curved with a smile of good humor. 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 Sympathetically and apologetically the Governor now smiled at his companion, the smile that had always changed his face so completely from a grave sternness to the utmost kindness and charm. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z In the seemingly fathomless eyes there shone a look of sorrowful reproach, and a sort of sad sternness pervaded the whole face. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Gerald's eyes met those of the young girl who, but a few minutes before, had confronted him with such rigid, unyielding sternness, yet had seemed completely transformed from the instant that danger threatened him. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z To him she seemed to be unerringly true; and whatever she may, and must have thought of his natural sternness, and occasional fits of severity toward herself, all now seemed to be forgotten. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The boy went away to meet sternness and suffering and mazes of misdirection—had to compromise with the world to fit at all. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z "Don't talk that way!" she said, with sudden sternness. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z A trace of sternness came into the large, brown eyes. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z At the same time, there was nothing like sternness, gloom, or despondency connected with his sincere and profound self-abasement. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z “Are you laughing at me, father?” she questioned, with pretended sternness. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z A broad, low forehead, and resolute mouth, with that pronounced under-jaw which indicates sternness and decision. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Scotland met each assault with the sternness that has characterised their frustrating revival. Ireland 20-23 Scotland | Six Nations match report 2010-03-20T19:05:00Z He was a little frightened of the General, he had heard stories of his sternness to young officers, but with tact and suavity he hoped for the best. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z He opened it and drew out the sheet of paper, and, as he read, his expression went through the gamut of surprise and incredulity to a settled sternness of purpose that made his face stony. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I leaned against the door, and enjoyed for a time the sternness of the surrounding scene. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Papa was speaking with the sternness of actual fury. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z You are not, you cannot be, so bad as the sternness of office makes you appear. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 But I retained the sternness of my expression, and yielded him no sympathy where I felt it to be my duty to use severity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Her sternness of tone and the thrushlike softness of her voice, mingled with the piquancy of paradox. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Notwithstanding the deep grief and agitation which gave their tone to the words of the general, there was mingled withal a touch of such sternness, as forbade even the boldest to reply. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico There is something of the character of sternness in the brief questions, the low tone, and the silent inspection that mark his last visit to the sick-room. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z There is, somehow, a sternness and spirit of aggression pervading all these counterfeit presentments. The Story of Malta "It wasn't only the fish, T.," she said, with somewhat of sternness in her eye. Rachel Ray “I brought you in here and succored you,” she asserted with a sternness which she could not have commanded in her own behalf. The Law of Hemlock Mountain "Clear for me, if ye will not speak!" said the cavalier, with sudden sternness; "for there is no sight of wo I cannot now look upon." Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico She felt a wild amusement at the thought, but her face did not relax its tense sternness. Manslaughter Telfer looked after the white gossamer dress and the beautiful head, with its wreath of scarlet flowers, and an iron sternness settled on his face. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Cal's face was in strong contrast with the dark, almost wooden sternness of the one he was looking into when he asked: "Sam, did you say you killed one?" The Red Mustang Men reasoned rapidly in those days on such subjects, and without much scruple; but not with such deliberate and discriminating sternness. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. There was sternness in them, something almost hard. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath But in their life there was still much sternness and earnestness; the performance of duty was not easy or cheerful. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. "Moon, Betty Ashton," he began with a pretense of sternness, "is the very last word I wish to hear from your lips." The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas In spite of his sternness, the comte could not repress a shudder, as he said, in a voice of emotion: "I forgive you." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Frederick II., who became elector on his father’s death in September 1440, was born on the 19th of November 1413, and earned the surname of “Iron” through his sternness to his country’s enemies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The gray eyes of the tall soldier held both sternness and reminiscence, but the reminiscence was all for something that brought a painful train of thought. The Tempering A grim smile broke the habitual sternness of the big man's face. The Wreckers of Sable Island Then an almost fanatical sternness lowered on his black brows, a firm decision and imperious implacability, although he expressed himself in the mildest and gentlest words. The Children of the World "Who is there?" he asked, with every appearance of his usual sternness. X Y Z A Detective Story Jim announced curtly, with the sudden sternness in his face and manner that made him feared even by the people who knew him most intimately. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold His throat worked spasmodically, and into the eyes that had on occasion been flint-hard with sternness came a mist that he could not deny. The Tempering "Whence do you come, monsieur?" said the King, with a sternness that frightened Marguerite. Marguerite de Valois He did not respond to any of the ruses so often used to get a colored man to talk—scorn or incredulity or sternness. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery As Mrs. Thatcher asked the question a sternness seemed to come into his face, but his voice was kindly as he replied. The Bachelors A Novel "I ought to have known it," said the other, in a voice of guttural sternness. The Fortunes Of Glencore Much of her sternness oozed out of her. A Bed of Roses "Oh, he is lost!" exclaimed Marguerite, alarmed at the sight of all those sinister faces, which even if they did not breathe vengeance, expressed sternness of purpose. Marguerite de Valois But the sternness relaxes and the doom melts into a promise, when the Judge addresses Himself to man. Misread Passage of Scriptures There was nothing to gain by threats, and sternness would be worse than useless. Hard Pressed Though Sir Thomas had been so persistent in his refusals, his experience in life had taught him to believe that a parent's sternness is never a match for a daughter's obstinacy. Ayala's Angel The touching prayer of this devoted heart produced its effect upon the monarch, from whose face all sternness gradually passed, to give place to an expression of a more kindly nature. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. "Be it so, madam," replied he, coldly, and with a tone of sternness very different from that he had used at first. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) There is an awful sternness in its certainty; but it grows benign to him who has mastered its secret. Misread Passage of Scriptures "And you?" said Lord Charles, with something almost of sternness. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Gertrude, when the time for his departure had come, expressed herself as thoroughly disgusted by her father's sternness. Ayala's Angel "Now what is it all about?" repeated Maynard, composing his comedy face into a look of military sternness. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop So does the world outside look askance upon the Church, discerning a mysterious suggestion everywhere of sternness and awe, yet with flashes of strange splendour and affluence underneath the gloom. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The old morality was ingrained in his very nature; nor was he shocked, like some of his fellows, by the sternness of the Calvinistic views of the universe and life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Some timidity is discernible in her tone, caused by the unmistakable reproof and sternness in his. Faith and Unfaith I asked, meeting her eye with as much sternness as I could assume. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The sternness of morality is apt to weaken before the appeal of a gallant fight—valor of spirit, and dexterity, and resource in maneuver. The Great Miss Driver And yet it was necessary, for our highest instruction, that we should not think of Him as revealing a Divinity wholly devoid of sternness. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus But before the girl could make any apology, the mistress was sitting bolt upright in her usual rigid position and glaring at the intruder with all her accustomed sternness. Just Gerry They have felt the sternness of society—the rigor of its law, the iron hand of its discipline. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Then in lower tones, whose sternness was not unmixed with gloom, "The thief seems to have known what boxes to go to." The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life This gives them an air of savagery, sternness, almost ferocity. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Perhaps so; but that is quite compatible with sternness, when it is requisite. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Crane regarded his cook with a sternness that was not entirely false. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance But in silence, almost in sternness; he did not welcome sympathy even when it came from his wife's only sister, Mrs. Rutherford. East Angels In sternness and harshness of expression it reminded us of the idols at Copan, and its colossal proportions, with the corresponding dimensions of the mound, gave an unusual impression of grandeur. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. He was a podgy little alien man, fattened beyond his years, and he said this with all a British sportsman's sternness. Helena Brett's Career "I am resolved, sir," said she, with a voice of determination and a look of almost reproving sternness. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The other was a big, shambling old man, a dark man gone gray, his face needing the kindly, yellowish-brown eyes to save it from sternness. Ewing\\'s Lady It troubled him to see Winthrop with that expression, and the reason it troubled him was because he could not tell what sternness with him might mean. East Angels It seemed to me that the sadness and sternness of his face were a little relaxed, and I rejoiced to know that time was doing something toward making his sorrow for Rich less poignant. Mothering on Perilous The dissimulation which was so remarkable a trait in this remarkable character was now at an end, and only the fierceness, sternness, and indomitable will of the man remained. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 “How can you argue like that, Joseph, when you know what the lad has done?” the former speaker replied with much sternness. A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War Seated there at his study table, his face wore a very thundercloud of sternness, as he curtly invited the other to make his explanation. Haviland's Chum "A man can always help a shameful feeling of that sort," the clergyman answered, with sternness. East Angels In front sat the semicircle of indunas, their faces set in hard, pitiless sternness. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Yet in manners there was in the North still a leaven of the old Puritan sternness. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) A voice from within answered with would-be sternness: “Go away!” Lady Cassandra But there was no sternness in the Doctor’s voice as he went on. Haviland's Chum The English have never taken kindly to Presbyterianism; the simplicity of its worship, the sternness of its Calvinistic creed—that of the Westminster Assembly of Divines—have repelled our English sympathies. The Religious Life of London There was an unusual sternness about her demeanor which impressed Kitty greatly; so that it was with a very sober face that she herself gathered up her burdens and returned to the cabin. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn Was it that in a moment of forgetfulness she had suffered herself to speak too frankly, for her features had now assumed a look of almost sternness, the very opposite to their expression hitherto. One Of Them Her father, a physician, was a man of Calvinistic sternness. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) And I soon also found the same inexorable moral sternness of character, only with the difference that always must exist in the whole manner of being between a practical statesman and a speculative philosopher. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 He held her gently, but there was a feeling of iron underneath the velvet, and a new sternness in his tone. Jacob's Ladder All gifts are worthy, but this woman has given her best,” corrected Wahneenah, with some sternness. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn I tried to disengage myself from her embrace, and summoned what I could of sternness to repel her caresses. That Boy Of Norcott's "A little more respect toward your father," Martin said with much sternness. Ye of Little Faith “And a traitor to your country,” continued the major, with sternness; “do you not know that I should be justified in ordering your execution this night?” The Spy Condensed for use in schools In the half light, a new sternness seemed to have stolen into his face. Jacob's Ladder “Glanton’s quite right,” struck in the Major decisively, and with some sternness. A Frontier Mystery "What was your request?" asked Colonel Bramleigh, bluntly, and with a look of almost sternness. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly He spoke with a tone of sternness that made his words sound like reproof, and the youth held down his head abashed. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Colonel Welsh said with more sternness in his voice than there was in his eyes. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal Pryak's expression was stern; but that sternness was a mask to hide an inner perturbation. Warrior of the Dawn Yet the hardness of her nature is offset by many sympathetic qualities which show that, together with the sternness of an empress, she had the heart of a woman. Women of Early Christianity He had become a lieutenant, and his countenance seemed to combine the clear, bright expression of the mother, with the sternness of the father. Waldfried A Novel But the instant he caught sight of the "Automobile Girls" the sternness drifted slowly from his features, giving place to a pleased smile. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds His tones were those of severity and sternness, and I could mark that not a murmur was raised as he continued. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands And looking into Sheila's tortured face, sternness vanished from his eyes for an instant, and love and grief yearned toward her from them instead. The Torch Bearer Or it might be the goddess Roma, in whose personification are included the femininity of her daughters and also the sternness of her sons. Roman Women "She is here," said Beecher, with a dogged sternness. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day She uttered these words with a cold sternness and determination that actually made Beecher tremble. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Also, under all her sternness, she was just. Dorothy at Oak Knowe Then, he relaxed and the hard sternness of his face softened a bit. Confidence Game Every one of these stout fellows carried orders of merit on his cheek, the scars of many a battle, which accentuated the savage sternness of their weather-beaten faces. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries "I am, sir," replied the captain with some sternness of look and tone. Elsie at Viamede His thick, white, overhanging eyebrows, close lips, and projecting under jaw, gave sternness to his countenance. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 If at times he enforced his code of conduct with sternness, in that, as all who felt the weight of his hand would eventually acknowledge, he was but doing his plain duty. Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder There was sternness but yet kindness in the keen eyes that held Helen's. The Vision of Elijah Berl The officer had spoken to him not unkindly, toning down the governor's sternness, and as he was speaking Ahmed felt a momentary impulse to blurt out that he too was English. Barclay of the Guides I tell you again, sir," said the fellow, with the same sternness as before,——"I tell you again, sir, that I've done with you forever. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I did not like it, so, eyeing him with some sternness, I said hastily, “And pray, what have I lost?” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 "If you do, madam, the insurance offices shall hear of it!" said Grounsell, with a sternness that made the threat most significant. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "Nothing," responded I, with a voice of most imposing sternness, and manfully holding up the newspaper between us. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas For the life of him he could not repress a certain honest gravity and even sternness of manner in addressing her; something in her revolted him—he did not know how or why. A Life Sentence A Novel He raised his eyes towards me, but with a look of proud and unforgiving sternness, while he uttered not a word. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Berkeley, who, with all his sternness, was not an unfeeling man, was deeply moved. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion There was something in the sternness of the doctor that seemed to awe even Lady Onslow, for she made no reply; while Grounsell, seeing his advantage, left the room at once, without further parley. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "So do I, steward; and when we meet again, he 'll know me." said I, with a look of such imposing sternness that I saw the fellow was recording it. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas But, for all that, the bitter sternness of his expression did not change. A Life Sentence A Novel And David’s face was grave almost to sternness. Prisoners of Conscience His sternness and his displeasure alike broke as a wave upon Molly, and as a wave receded, leaving her, as a wave would leave the sand, pretty and sparkling and smiling. The House of Fulfilment "And what's that?" said Dalton, with a look of almost sternness, for he was not ignorant of the doctor's sentiments on the subject. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The Lieutenant seemed to have recovered his sternness, and his expression showed a determination to wreak exemplary punishment on the man who had so grievously offended one of his class. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign "Listen to me!" he said, with sudden sternness. A Life Sentence A Novel He put her gently away from him, and looked at her with a somber sternness. Prisoners of Conscience Private Joslyn," said Si, with some official sternness, "the first thing a soldier's got to learn is to keep quiet and wait for orders. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Captain," said the Colonel, with as much sternness as he could command, "as soon as your company is dismissed detail a guard to take charge of this man. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran "What has there been between you two?" he asked, with something like sternness in his tone. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome The girls were much disturbed by this manifestation of the new teacher's sternness. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in The sternness had vanished from his majesty’s face, as if a dark cloud had passed from the sun and allowed it to shine again. A Prince of Good Fellows That sternness of character which revealed itself in his judgments of men and books never affected his relations to his pupils. Studies in Contemporary Biography The sternness of his tone made her look up and calm herself. A Daughter of the Forest So, as the fancied sternness of God’s will is lost in His love, the stubbornness of our will becomes melted in that love, and lost in our acceptance of it. Kept for the Master's Use On the other hand this sternness was somewhat contradicted by a pair of honest, bright-blue eyes, a little mouth, and offensively light hair, though his eyebrows, moustache, and whiskers were even lighter. Eyes Like the Sea “Assuredly,” answered the king with a trace of sternness in his tone that had hitherto been absent in his converse with his gaoler. A Prince of Good Fellows After striving vainly to bring his host back to a more pleasant mood, Abner felt that he could not, in the face of Gilcrest's increasing sternness and coldness, prolong the visit. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge It is to the association of this power and border sternness with the sweet peace and tender decay of Bolton Priory, that the scene owes its distinctive charm. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) There was much of sternness on the face of the woman, but it was marked by pain, referable perhaps to her situation, and to the marks of recent grief. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Roberval acknowledged his greeting with a sternness of manner for which Charles was hardly prepared. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier The king looked fixedly at the perturbed young man, and a faint smile chased away the sternness of his countenance. A Prince of Good Fellows A sudden sternness of face and attitude of authority seemed to clothe him like a garment. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Miss Roxy shut her lips with oracular sternness and went on with her sewing. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine The Russian writer continually suffers from the constraint which forces him to check the flight of his inspiration in order to escape from the foolish and often stupid sternness of the pitiless censor. Contemporary Russian Novelists “There will be time to settle that when we are ready to let you join, Gladys,” said Eleanor, a little sternness creeping into her voice, as if she were growing angry for the first time. A Campfire Girl's Happiness "The more shame for the 'other folks,'" said Jean, a touch of sternness in her voice. The Daughter of a Republican "I am of the Judson part," my father answered, with that compression of the lips that sometimes kept back a smile, and sometimes marked a growing sternness. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Instantly the eyes of the sentry blazed, and he said with a new and terrible sternness, "Stand where you are!" The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War She was highly rouged, her eyelids were painted black and met over the nose, communicating to her countenance a certain sternness, that, nevertheless, did not impair its agreeable character. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century They turned to him, and at the expression of utter devotion on the two faces the sternness left young Devon's eyes. The Girl in the Mirror "Why have you told me so useless a story at all, then?" said the father, again with some sternness of voice and manner. Under False Pretences A Novel And there was such sternness in the kind voice that Tira turned and went, half running, up the path to the back road and home. Old Crow Your mercifulness and my sternness temper each other, and the result being justice, makes the mission we are pointed to fulfill a labor both of use and love. The Red Moccasins A Story The old gentleman was slowly polishing his glasses with his silk handkerchief, blinking his eyes and looking the very picture of sternness. A Dear Little Girl His face, when he was calm and giving careful attention to any thing said to him, wore a look of exceeding sternness, enhanced by a peculiar twitch of the muscles of the mouth and eye. History of Morgan's Cavalry Brian's face wore a curiously restrained expression, which gave it a look of sternness. Under False Pretences A Novel “And why isn’t Bab asleep?” her father said, with an assumption of sternness. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 The authorities were compelled to interfere with sternness. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli They are of a most uncomfortable sternness and rigidity; yet for all that, we would hardly join in a petition to have them repealed, or 219 made wavering and uncertain for human convenience. Household Papers and Stories Mrs. Melwyn was used to the sternness, and most agreeably surprised at the politeness, and quite grateful for it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. His face, thin from his late illness, assumed a wonderful sternness of expression. Under False Pretences A Novel There was a sternness in it which made me tremble. Ellen Middleton—A Tale There was a shrewd sense of the practical side of things: and there was a full share of that sternness of temper which belonged to the time. Spenser She looked down upon the kneeling man before her, and suddenly the wild look of hatred and unrelenting sternness died out of her face. Jena or Sedan? Let there be no frown upon your brow, no harsh or angry word upon your lips, no exacting sternness in your eye. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The inexorable sternness of his voice struck the listeners with amaze. Under False Pretences A Novel The pride, the sternness of your character, acted fatally upon a nature like hers. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Indeed, he had not the sternness and concentration of purpose, which made Milton the great puritan poet. Spenser "P'r'aps, Tit, you forget the licking you gave me the other day," said Huckaback, with sudden sternness. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. In fact, here was a man who, in the class-room, might be given to quips with his students, rather than to sternness. Mystery Ranch Presently, Percival turned round to her with an icy sternness in his voice. Under False Pretences A Novel There was a sternness in his voice that held her spell-bound for an instant. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain “The rascal shall suffer for it if we catch him!” he announced, with a grimness that would have delighted Aaron Rushton and confirmed him in his admiration for the doctor’s sternness. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The Attorney-General rose to cross-examine; pressed him quietly but closely; varied the shape of his questions; now he soothed, then he startled by his sternness; but sat down, evidently having produced no impression. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The coast of Labrador has no fellow for sternness and abruptness on the earth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 "Is Percival Heron, then, no friend to you?" he asked, with something of indignant sternness in his voice. Under False Pretences A Novel "I should like your attention for a few moments, Mrs. Varrick," he said, turning to her with a haughty sternness that was new to him. Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The doctor, doubly enraged because he had so nearly condemned an innocent lad, justified the reputation for sternness that Uncle Aaron had given him. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out "Who told thee all this about the squire's losing the estate?" inquired Dickons, with mingled trepidation and sternness. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. The little old woman's initial sternness wrinkled and softened as the skin of a windfall does after a day or so upon the ground. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman "Ah, yes, he is a friend; but not—not—I cannot tell you what he is——" "But you love him?" cried Brian, the sternness changing to anguish, as the doubt first presented itself to him. Under False Pretences A Novel Then he sat down in an armchair on one side of the fire, and looked at me with uncompromising sternness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) This was relieved at the throat by one peeping patch of purple, and above the throat was a face the delicate sternness of which was like semitransparent ivory. Memoirs of Life and Literature "When will dinner be ready, Mrs. T.?" inquired Tag-rag, abruptly, and with a very perceptible dash of sternness in his tone; but dinner was announced the very next moment. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. But as a mere cottage roof, it cannot be sublime, and whatever sublimity it derives from the wildness or sternness which the mountains have given it in its covering, is, so far forth, parasitical. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) "I don't know," said Stretton, with a smile in which a touch of sternness made itself felt rather than seen. Under False Pretences A Novel The anger of Warburton, and the sternness of Johnson, who seem always to have considered an actor as an inferior being among men of genius, have degraded Cibber. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors As soon as the lamp had kindled the party beheld an unaccustomed sternness on the Prince’s features. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) He kept his eye on Bice with a sternness of regard quite out of keeping with his character. Sir Tom What had been sternness became a mere haughtiness. The Story of a New York House There was a slight sternness of aspect, a compression of the lips, and a contraction of the brow, which impressed Hugo unfavourably during the performance of this action. Under False Pretences A Novel But, as in the second epistle, seeing how his sternness has startled the Corinthians, he modifies it to some extent, and deals tenderly with the repentant. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent She is not without a certain sweet sternness, too; there is immense power, as well as repose, in that lovely countenance,—how—why—can mere curved and straight lines convey so profoundly moral an impression? Records of Later Life This warning and accusing note of sternness must be regained. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching "I cannot think you right," he answered with almost majestic sternness, "to have accepted the offer of Lord Castlewell." The Landleaguers “What had you done?” questioned the Professor with a poor attempt at sternness. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass Her gentle nature could not brook your sternness. Percy A Tragedy "What is this tale?" said Fawkes, with feigned sternness, turning toward his daughter; "hath thy pretty ways been breaking hearts already?" The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts It is one of the criticisms of to-day that sternness has died out of theology. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching “Such a delicate high head, So much sternness and such charm, Till they had changed us to like strength?” The Green Helmet and Other Poems He put out his hand in a gesture almost a command, his heavy eyebrows gathered in a frown, an expression of sternness in his homely face that made it almost majestic. The Rustler of Wind River Billy asked with a thundering sternness of manner. Outside Inn “I say there is no answer,” Bettina repeated, with a sudden sternness. A Manifest Destiny And not for the sake of the young only is this note of sternness needed. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Dr. Aikin kept school; Mrs. Aikin ruled her household with capacity, and not without some sternness, according to the custom of the time. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen “That is bad, my man,” resumed the latter, with a shade of sternness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) Time and events meanwhile had been treating Frontenac with equal sternness. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France He stood over her and spoke with all the sternness of his stern soul. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards It becomes us immediately to say something as to another note which must be heard in unison with this of sternness, and that is the note of pity. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching There was a sternness to his face too, although it lit up in a smile, as the searching eyes caught glimpse of my white dress in the cool shade of the grape arbor. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West "Woman, kick not him who is down," said her husband, turning on her with reproachful sternness. The Benefactress Thor's expression lost some of its bewilderment because it deepened to sternness. The Side Of The Angels A Novel "Young George," observed Dr. Theophilus, with sternness, "for every disrespectful allusion to the ladies, I shall give you an extra page of grammar." The Romance of a Plain Man After he had eyed me for some time with fixed attention, but without either sternness or anger, he took the pipe from his mouth and presented it to me. The History of Sandford and Merton Her face expressed no hostility; but a sternness, blind and resisting, like that of a rock. Tante "You are a very wicked little girl," said Anna, with awful sternness. The Benefactress In the latter's voice there was a sternness that got its force from the fact that it was so mild. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Still she listened, and her beautiful face grew anxious, for the sternness of her husband's voice, in answer to those feeble plaints, gave little hopes of conciliation. A Noble Woman With all his sternness he was essentially a loving man. Marion Fay Karen saw that his resistance melted and the sternness fell from her look. Tante Pedro’s countenance had softened, and he had expended all his sternness, but his caution remained. Jessica, the Heiress The diary shows how pathetically the tutor exhorted himself to avoid sternness, "which can only embitter the temper," and not to impute dulness, stupidity or intentional error. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle In consultation they forgot their awe of the master, and asked a thousand eager questions, which he answered with brief sternness. A Noble Woman |
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