英语词汇“stiff-backed”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Lady Isobel inquired as Ash sat down in a stiff-backed chair next to the desk. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stiff-backed with serious eyes and a crooked nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She gave it to Mama, who passed it on to Papa, who then came stalking into the kitchen, stiff-backed, glaring scornfully at Granny. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did sit, on the edge of one of the stiff-backed chairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mark Harelik is superb as Ned’s brother, Ben, a stiff-backed lawyer who loves and is embarrassed by his younger sibling. | 'The Normal Heart': Raw Anguish of the Plague Years 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z

The 100 don’t march in the stiff-backed, quasi-military manner of most bands. In Tallahassee, getting the party started for game day

In Graham’s own choreography, they look tense, stiff-backed, self-conscious, showy. Dance Review: Martha Graham Company in Old and New Works 2014-03-23T22:39:40Z

Then there’s Jamey Johnson, one of the album’s main producers, who delivers a properly stiff-backed vocal performance on the hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Playlist: Breezes of Jazz, Country and Black Metal 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z

Her John Wayne gallops stiff-backed on an elongated red carousel pony, a silver six-shooter held high. A Forgotten Star of the Pop Era, Back in the Spotlight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

The footage on the DVD shows his stiff-backed focus at the piano, sweat rolling down his beard. Playlist: New Albums: Neil Young, Thelonious Monk and Shelby Lynne 2013-12-06T21:53:11Z

The lead roles are challenging; Cuccioli has the pretentious, stiff-backed pageantry and the distant look of nostalgia in his eyes, but occasionally labors through Con’s lightning-fast changes in temperament. Review: ‘Touch of the Poet’ is a Powerful Study in Toxic Pride 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s clear where Mantel’s sympathies lie: Royals are mythic, archaic, “both gods and beasts,” but it’s their assassins — the stiff-backed, lawyerly, provincial fanatics — whom she loves. Hilary Mantel Takes On Royals and Rebels in a Book of Essays 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Not just in its contrast with the stiff-backed proper-seeming milieu of dressage, but in the great crack in the cultural hermetic seal of the Olympic Games that it seemed to signify. Perspective | At the Tokyo Olympics, it’s gymnasts, skateboarders and even horses turning up the volume 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

Only complaints here are the stiff-backed chair neither reclined nor was comfortable for reading, and my window faced the street instead of the water. Norfolk, Virginia, offers travel treasures not far from D.C. 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

In the living room, stiff-backed chairs appeared undisturbed by human contact. Bacteria on the Brain 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Taking his seat in a stiff-backed chair, he looked more nervous than I was, his eyes darting around behind black, owlish glasses. The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman 2013-09-04T09:00:01Z

So for two days Snowden has been hanging out among the stiff-backed chairs and lousy cafes of Sheremetyevo airport, within whispering distance of Russian spies, and all of them have avoided “working” with him? Snowden's Fate Now Lies in Vladimir Putin's Hands 2013-06-25T22:05:25Z

The mood among German politicians and officials is one of economic self-confidence tinged with a sense of parental duty to provide the euro zone with stiff-backed leadership, even if that makes them unpopular in Europe. Analysis: Germany sees itself as Europe's grown-up, children sullen 2013-04-01T07:37:51Z

As for Daintry, she shrugged her shoulders under the rebuke, and lolled in one of the stiff-backed chairs, her attitude much like that of a vine clinging to a telegraph-post. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z

Ah! he's thin enough now, Miss," observed Nurse, "even that sour stiff-backed lady would have a hard matter to call him fat. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z

And Sir Hervey laughed and sat down on one of the stiff-backed chairs. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z

But small talk with stiff-backed strangers at a swanky cocktail party is by far my least favorite part of my job. Cover Story: The Power of Shyness 2012-01-26T16:05:39Z

“Yes,” said Mr. Fabian, “the stiff-backed puritanical chair is telling the fat old rascal what a coarse bourgeois manner he shows in such good company.” Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z

In stiff-backed independence and scorn of the gilt-edged poetry of conventional manners, and in the absurd extreme to which they carried that independence and scorn, the Quaker and the Puritan were alike. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z

All its old-time color is gone when you enter its portals, and only staring white walls and rigid, naked columns remain; only dull gray stone floors and hard, stiff-backed benches. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z

And among those who came to see her was a little, stiff-backed, white-haired and moustached old gentleman, with a row of orders across his chest. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z

Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte! why didst thou beset me at that moment, and keep me, like a stiff-backed puritan, erect in the house of God? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z

The two guests and their host are sitting bolt upright in stiff-backed chairs. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z

But this stiff-backed soldier kept to his feet. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z

She will ecod! for I would have you to know, my dear Mr. Moses, I am of a devilish stiff-backed family. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

Curzad obeyed, then closed the door and came into the room, standing there stiff-backed, waiting further orders. The Return of Tharn

She longed to pull down the sombre drawing-room curtains and pitch the stiff-backed, haircloth chairs out of the window; but her father, though a millionaire, would brook no change. With Edge Tools

Where he fancies he’s put upon, he can be stiff-backed and defiant enough. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa

He's a stiff-backed soldier of the new Prussian pattern. Landolin

It is delightful to reflect on the torment she must have been to all the silly stiff-backed old maids within reach of tongue and eye. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845

"If you don't stop calling me your 'good man' I'll chuck you into the drink again, you wasp-waisted, stiff-backed, half-baked West Point brevet Second Lieutenant," said Shorty wrathfully. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign

Stiff-backed chairs were there and stiff-backed people were in them. With Edge Tools

There was but one solitary stiff-backed chair, in which Miss Patricia sat perfectly erect. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor

Do you fall in with some sour-visaged, stiff-backed worshipper of the Furies? fill his cup for him, crown his head with flowers, bring in the flute-women. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century

Harry had retired his tandem after Tom, with a stiff-backed idiot by his side, had clattered after him through the village behind the two spavined nags to the amusement of many people. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry

And George Voight slipped into a stiff-backed chair with a sigh of relief. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930

The centre of the room is occupied with an oaken table, solid and enduring, but inconvenient to sit at; and upon each side of the fireplace is a stiff-backed arm-chair. The Toilers of the Field

His mother, at the table, on a stiff-backed chair, was knitting—everlastingly knitting. The Hero

The speaker sank into the tall stiff-backed chair known to many a young sinner as the “judgment seat.” Killykinick

We three were seated on three stiff-backed chairs, our backs to the wall. Explorers of the Dawn

She must have been in the far eighties herself, but of a noble courage and persistence in the world she ruled from her stiff-backed rocking-chair. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories

It is very evident that those "stiff-backed" gentlemen were to be sent here in order to prevent any compromise being presented. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861

Walter rather thought of asking, “What’s that to you?” but as he saw no particular harm in answering the question, and did not want to seem too stiff-backed, he answered, “Three.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School

Uncle Cliff rose from the stiff-backed chair he had been occupying for the last half hour, and took Blue Bonnet's hand. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's

They rather welcomed the sight of Miss Cora, stiff-backed and stern-lipped, bearing down upon them like a tug of war. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion

She was sitting erect in a stiff-backed chair in one corner of the room, while her companion in misery sat huddled in the opposite corner, staring at the fresco of flags above her head. The Lilac Lady

He kept his hands rammed in his pockets, he was as stiff-backed as ever, only his head hung down. Chance A Tale in Two Parts

I scanned the typed, stiff-backed Idiot Prompters Madison shoved into my fist. Measure for a Loner

Eben Tollman was sitting in a stiff-backed chair across from his host. The Tyranny of Weakness

Arms, provisions, horses, even, and the carriages of stiff-backed Republican Congressmen, who had left their posts to see the fun, were left upon the field and along the wayside as memorials of the first battle. Expansion and Conflict

He was ushered into a small reception room on one side of the front door, furnished in cheap, boarding-house style, and took a seat on a stiff-backed cane chair. Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret

When she had gone, Claire gathered her papers together in a neat little heap, ranged them in a corner of the bureau, and seated herself on a stiff-backed chair at the end of the table. The Independence of Claire

At long last, stiff-backed Fao softened and bent. The Galaxy Primes

"Captain Willis," said impetuous Jack, "if you call me Mr. Harkaway, I shall think that you are stiff-backed and bear malice." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series

But stiff-backed Republicans like Senator Chandler, of Michigan, Charles Sumner, and Secretary Chase were unwilling to throw away the results of a victory constitutionally won, even to avoid a long and bloody war. Expansion and Conflict

Save for one overturned stiff-backed chair, it apparently had not been disturbed. The Winning Clue

The stiff-backed chairs and massive sofas were apparently committed for life to linen strait-jackets. Quin

So I drew out a stiff-backed chair, and sat down to muse before the fire. The Late Miss Hollingford

Salter's forbears were Yorkshire folk—thrifty, self-respecting, stiff-backed Nonconformists. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma

The people of the North took heart, especially the stiff-backed Republicans who during the two years preceding had found little to approve in the measures of the Government. Expansion and Conflict

Pardon me, not that stiff-backed ancient contrivance of torture, which must have been invented by Eymeric. Infelice

When Brigit Mead came in that afternoon she kissed Madame Joyselle as usual, and then taking off her hat and coat, drew up another stiff-backed chair and sat down. The Halo

That was Mary V, singing at the top of her voice, and Johnny walked stiff-backed down the path. Skyrider

Old Mrs. Garstin, wrapped in a woollen shawl, sat knitting: Anthony dozed fitfully on a stiff-backed chair. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship

Good, stiff-backed Union Democrats would dare to move; they would have nothing to lose and all to gain for their party. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years

The idea that the only dining-room chair possible is a perfectly straight up and down stiff-backed chair is absurd. The House in Good Taste

As a finishing touch fit the lid inside with clips for holding a stiff-backed writing pad and pencil for the recording of messages. Things To Make

A moment later he was in the Castle of Graustark, following a stiff-backed soldier through mediæval halls of marble, past the historic staircase, down to the door of the council chamber. Truxton King A Story of Graustark

Quietly Mr. Wall walked down the line of stiff-backed, silent boys. Don Strong, Patrol Leader

They straighten up their shoulders, pull in the abdomen, and strut about with a stiff-backed walk and with their hands hanging stiffly at their sides. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines

"Your stiff-backed Pickelhaubes would have had a poor chance in the passes," answered the major. The Firm of Girdlestone

Four whitewashed walls; a table; a few stiff-backed chairs; a virgin or saint resplendent in paint and tinsel; and, perhaps, two or three coloured engravings, red, blue, and yellow. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern

He should have taken warning from the stiff-necked, stiff-backed gait of Bently Brown on the short walk to the office. The Phantom Herd

"Who you both are," rejoined Sir Marmaduke blandly, as he calmly sat down in one of the stiff-backed elm chairs beside the hearth, "and why worthy Mistress Lambert never speaks to you of your parentage." The Nest of the Sparrowhawk

"You're a mighty stiff-backed boy in the daytime, you are, Walt Wagner, but in the dark—" He halted and his mouth curled in bitterest sarcasm. Where the Trail Divides

You drive from a kind of pulpit, and the green is below you, protected by large stiff-backed bunkers like pews. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917

Very kind of him, the stiff-backed prig, with his dandified airs and West End swagger. Vanity Fair

It's no harm for me to be a bit fiery and stiff-backed—I'm an old schoolmaster, and shall never want to get on to a higher perch. Adam Bede

I sat down in the stiff-backed chair and tried to remember how many days one could live without food and water. The Circular Staircase

The stiff-backed chairs had given place to comfortable monsters of easy lines. Black Jack

She was sitting down in a stiff-backed arm-chair, looking stupidly at the pattern of the carpet as if it were something new to her. From One Generation to Another

They were without any support or rest for the back; and perhaps the stiff-backed Pilgrims and Puritans required or wished no support. Sabbath in Puritan New England

The brethren, of equal number, sit opposite them, in another row, also in stiff-backed chairs, and also each with a white handkerchief smoothly laid over his knees. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation

Then his eyes strayed over the polished floor and the dull-hued rugs, over ebony and ivory cabinets and stiff-backed chairs, to be fixed, finally, by a huge Wardian case. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories

He crossed the narrow room to the stiff-backed chair indicated, and the lady sank negligently down into her own, resting her head against a pillow, and regarding him expectantly. Keith of the Border

When it comes to that, he is very stiff-backed, as I have often had to tell him. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War

Without removing my hat from my head, I seated myself in one of the two stiff-backed chairs that were placed beside the table. American Indian stories

On all sides it was said that Russia had given Serbia secret assurances of help which caused her to become stiff-backed and unrepentant. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it

It would feel good to stand in the rank again, with a stiff-backed sahib out in front of me, and the thunder of the gun-wheels going by. King of the Khyber Rifles

The kitchen was in spotless order, and she sat down on a stiff-backed chair by the window to wait for her brother. Further Chronicles of Avonlea

The equipage was snow-white in color; its upholstery was of soft, white leather; the chauffeur and a stiff-backed footman were in blood-red with white facings on their livery. The Auction Block

In a stiff-backed chair sat an elderly woman, who seemed to feel the cold, for she was muffled to the neck in a fur coat. Huntingtower

Aunt Anne sat in the stiff-backed tapestry chair by the fire. The Captives

She opened the other half of the big door, and led the way through the wide hall into a big, old-fashioned room, with painted floor, and high, old side-board, and some stiff-backed rocking-chairs. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

And my waiter—that stiff-backed Prussian—is home in Deutschland now, I presume, marching with his regiment. The Agony Column

The Mercer girls were hysterically giggling, and Aunt Selina sat on a stiff-backed chair and took aromatic spirits of ammonia. When a Man Marries

I was not a courtier, neither was I stiff-backed in my manner to her; in fact I behaved so well that as I passed the countess she said in a low voice, "You are perfect." The Lily of the Valley

Her aunt was sitting, as so often Maggie found her, in a stiff-backed chair, her hands folded on her lap, staring in front of her. The Captives

He kept his hands rammed in his pockets, he was as stiff-backed as ever, only his head hung down. Chance A Tale in Two Parts

单词	stiff-backed
例句	stiff-backed Lady Isobel inquired as Ash sat down in a stiff-backed chair next to the desk. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was stiff-backed with serious eyes and a crooked nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She gave it to Mama, who passed it on to Papa, who then came stalking into the kitchen, stiff-backed, glaring scornfully at Granny. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I did sit, on the edge of one of the stiff-backed chairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mark Harelik is superb as Ned’s brother, Ben, a stiff-backed lawyer who loves and is embarrassed by his younger sibling. \| 'The Normal Heart': Raw Anguish of the Plague Years 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z The 100 don’t march in the stiff-backed, quasi-military manner of most bands. In Tallahassee, getting the party started for game day In Graham’s own choreography, they look tense, stiff-backed, self-conscious, showy. Dance Review: Martha Graham Company in Old and New Works 2014-03-23T22:39:40Z Then there’s Jamey Johnson, one of the album’s main producers, who delivers a properly stiff-backed vocal performance on the hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” Playlist: Breezes of Jazz, Country and Black Metal 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Her John Wayne gallops stiff-backed on an elongated red carousel pony, a silver six-shooter held high. A Forgotten Star of the Pop Era, Back in the Spotlight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The footage on the DVD shows his stiff-backed focus at the piano, sweat rolling down his beard. Playlist: New Albums: Neil Young, Thelonious Monk and Shelby Lynne 2013-12-06T21:53:11Z The lead roles are challenging; Cuccioli has the pretentious, stiff-backed pageantry and the distant look of nostalgia in his eyes, but occasionally labors through Con’s lightning-fast changes in temperament. Review: ‘Touch of the Poet’ is a Powerful Study in Toxic Pride 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s clear where Mantel’s sympathies lie: Royals are mythic, archaic, “both gods and beasts,” but it’s their assassins — the stiff-backed, lawyerly, provincial fanatics — whom she loves. Hilary Mantel Takes On Royals and Rebels in a Book of Essays 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Not just in its contrast with the stiff-backed proper-seeming milieu of dressage, but in the great crack in the cultural hermetic seal of the Olympic Games that it seemed to signify. Perspective \| At the Tokyo Olympics, it’s gymnasts, skateboarders and even horses turning up the volume 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Only complaints here are the stiff-backed chair neither reclined nor was comfortable for reading, and my window faced the street instead of the water. Norfolk, Virginia, offers travel treasures not far from D.C. 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In the living room, stiff-backed chairs appeared undisturbed by human contact. Bacteria on the Brain 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Taking his seat in a stiff-backed chair, he looked more nervous than I was, his eyes darting around behind black, owlish glasses. The Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman 2013-09-04T09:00:01Z So for two days Snowden has been hanging out among the stiff-backed chairs and lousy cafes of Sheremetyevo airport, within whispering distance of Russian spies, and all of them have avoided “working” with him? Snowden's Fate Now Lies in Vladimir Putin's Hands 2013-06-25T22:05:25Z The mood among German politicians and officials is one of economic self-confidence tinged with a sense of parental duty to provide the euro zone with stiff-backed leadership, even if that makes them unpopular in Europe. Analysis: Germany sees itself as Europe's grown-up, children sullen 2013-04-01T07:37:51Z As for Daintry, she shrugged her shoulders under the rebuke, and lolled in one of the stiff-backed chairs, her attitude much like that of a vine clinging to a telegraph-post. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Ah! he's thin enough now, Miss," observed Nurse, "even that sour stiff-backed lady would have a hard matter to call him fat. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z And Sir Hervey laughed and sat down on one of the stiff-backed chairs. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z But small talk with stiff-backed strangers at a swanky cocktail party is by far my least favorite part of my job. Cover Story: The Power of Shyness 2012-01-26T16:05:39Z “Yes,” said Mr. Fabian, “the stiff-backed puritanical chair is telling the fat old rascal what a coarse bourgeois manner he shows in such good company.” Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z In stiff-backed independence and scorn of the gilt-edged poetry of conventional manners, and in the absurd extreme to which they carried that independence and scorn, the Quaker and the Puritan were alike. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z All its old-time color is gone when you enter its portals, and only staring white walls and rigid, naked columns remain; only dull gray stone floors and hard, stiff-backed benches. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z And among those who came to see her was a little, stiff-backed, white-haired and moustached old gentleman, with a row of orders across his chest. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte! why didst thou beset me at that moment, and keep me, like a stiff-backed puritan, erect in the house of God? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The two guests and their host are sitting bolt upright in stiff-backed chairs. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z But this stiff-backed soldier kept to his feet. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z She will ecod! for I would have you to know, my dear Mr. Moses, I am of a devilish stiff-backed family. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Curzad obeyed, then closed the door and came into the room, standing there stiff-backed, waiting further orders. The Return of Tharn She longed to pull down the sombre drawing-room curtains and pitch the stiff-backed, haircloth chairs out of the window; but her father, though a millionaire, would brook no change. With Edge Tools Where he fancies he’s put upon, he can be stiff-backed and defiant enough. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa He's a stiff-backed soldier of the new Prussian pattern. Landolin It is delightful to reflect on the torment she must have been to all the silly stiff-backed old maids within reach of tongue and eye. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 "If you don't stop calling me your 'good man' I'll chuck you into the drink again, you wasp-waisted, stiff-backed, half-baked West Point brevet Second Lieutenant," said Shorty wrathfully. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign Stiff-backed chairs were there and stiff-backed people were in them. With Edge Tools There was but one solitary stiff-backed chair, in which Miss Patricia sat perfectly erect. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor Do you fall in with some sour-visaged, stiff-backed worshipper of the Furies? fill his cup for him, crown his head with flowers, bring in the flute-women. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Harry had retired his tandem after Tom, with a stiff-backed idiot by his side, had clattered after him through the village behind the two spavined nags to the amusement of many people. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry And George Voight slipped into a stiff-backed chair with a sigh of relief. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 The centre of the room is occupied with an oaken table, solid and enduring, but inconvenient to sit at; and upon each side of the fireplace is a stiff-backed arm-chair. The Toilers of the Field His mother, at the table, on a stiff-backed chair, was knitting—everlastingly knitting. The Hero The speaker sank into the tall stiff-backed chair known to many a young sinner as the “judgment seat.” Killykinick We three were seated on three stiff-backed chairs, our backs to the wall. Explorers of the Dawn She must have been in the far eighties herself, but of a noble courage and persistence in the world she ruled from her stiff-backed rocking-chair. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories It is very evident that those "stiff-backed" gentlemen were to be sent here in order to prevent any compromise being presented. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Walter rather thought of asking, “What’s that to you?” but as he saw no particular harm in answering the question, and did not want to seem too stiff-backed, he answered, “Three.” St. Winifred's, or The World of School Uncle Cliff rose from the stiff-backed chair he had been occupying for the last half hour, and took Blue Bonnet's hand. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's They rather welcomed the sight of Miss Cora, stiff-backed and stern-lipped, bearing down upon them like a tug of war. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion She was sitting erect in a stiff-backed chair in one corner of the room, while her companion in misery sat huddled in the opposite corner, staring at the fresco of flags above her head. The Lilac Lady He kept his hands rammed in his pockets, he was as stiff-backed as ever, only his head hung down. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I scanned the typed, stiff-backed Idiot Prompters Madison shoved into my fist. Measure for a Loner Eben Tollman was sitting in a stiff-backed chair across from his host. The Tyranny of Weakness Arms, provisions, horses, even, and the carriages of stiff-backed Republican Congressmen, who had left their posts to see the fun, were left upon the field and along the wayside as memorials of the first battle. Expansion and Conflict He was ushered into a small reception room on one side of the front door, furnished in cheap, boarding-house style, and took a seat on a stiff-backed cane chair. Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret When she had gone, Claire gathered her papers together in a neat little heap, ranged them in a corner of the bureau, and seated herself on a stiff-backed chair at the end of the table. The Independence of Claire At long last, stiff-backed Fao softened and bent. The Galaxy Primes "Captain Willis," said impetuous Jack, "if you call me Mr. Harkaway, I shall think that you are stiff-backed and bear malice." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series But stiff-backed Republicans like Senator Chandler, of Michigan, Charles Sumner, and Secretary Chase were unwilling to throw away the results of a victory constitutionally won, even to avoid a long and bloody war. Expansion and Conflict Save for one overturned stiff-backed chair, it apparently had not been disturbed. The Winning Clue The stiff-backed chairs and massive sofas were apparently committed for life to linen strait-jackets. Quin So I drew out a stiff-backed chair, and sat down to muse before the fire. The Late Miss Hollingford Salter's forbears were Yorkshire folk—thrifty, self-respecting, stiff-backed Nonconformists. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma The people of the North took heart, especially the stiff-backed Republicans who during the two years preceding had found little to approve in the measures of the Government. Expansion and Conflict Pardon me, not that stiff-backed ancient contrivance of torture, which must have been invented by Eymeric. Infelice When Brigit Mead came in that afternoon she kissed Madame Joyselle as usual, and then taking off her hat and coat, drew up another stiff-backed chair and sat down. The Halo That was Mary V, singing at the top of her voice, and Johnny walked stiff-backed down the path. Skyrider Old Mrs. Garstin, wrapped in a woollen shawl, sat knitting: Anthony dozed fitfully on a stiff-backed chair. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Good, stiff-backed Union Democrats would dare to move; they would have nothing to lose and all to gain for their party. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years The idea that the only dining-room chair possible is a perfectly straight up and down stiff-backed chair is absurd. The House in Good Taste As a finishing touch fit the lid inside with clips for holding a stiff-backed writing pad and pencil for the recording of messages. Things To Make A moment later he was in the Castle of Graustark, following a stiff-backed soldier through mediæval halls of marble, past the historic staircase, down to the door of the council chamber. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Quietly Mr. Wall walked down the line of stiff-backed, silent boys. Don Strong, Patrol Leader They straighten up their shoulders, pull in the abdomen, and strut about with a stiff-backed walk and with their hands hanging stiffly at their sides. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines "Your stiff-backed Pickelhaubes would have had a poor chance in the passes," answered the major. The Firm of Girdlestone Four whitewashed walls; a table; a few stiff-backed chairs; a virgin or saint resplendent in paint and tinsel; and, perhaps, two or three coloured engravings, red, blue, and yellow. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern He should have taken warning from the stiff-necked, stiff-backed gait of Bently Brown on the short walk to the office. The Phantom Herd "Who you both are," rejoined Sir Marmaduke blandly, as he calmly sat down in one of the stiff-backed elm chairs beside the hearth, "and why worthy Mistress Lambert never speaks to you of your parentage." The Nest of the Sparrowhawk "You're a mighty stiff-backed boy in the daytime, you are, Walt Wagner, but in the dark—" He halted and his mouth curled in bitterest sarcasm. Where the Trail Divides You drive from a kind of pulpit, and the green is below you, protected by large stiff-backed bunkers like pews. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Very kind of him, the stiff-backed prig, with his dandified airs and West End swagger. Vanity Fair It's no harm for me to be a bit fiery and stiff-backed—I'm an old schoolmaster, and shall never want to get on to a higher perch. Adam Bede I sat down in the stiff-backed chair and tried to remember how many days one could live without food and water. The Circular Staircase The stiff-backed chairs had given place to comfortable monsters of easy lines. Black Jack She was sitting down in a stiff-backed arm-chair, looking stupidly at the pattern of the carpet as if it were something new to her. From One Generation to Another They were without any support or rest for the back; and perhaps the stiff-backed Pilgrims and Puritans required or wished no support. Sabbath in Puritan New England The brethren, of equal number, sit opposite them, in another row, also in stiff-backed chairs, and also each with a white handkerchief smoothly laid over his knees. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Then his eyes strayed over the polished floor and the dull-hued rugs, over ebony and ivory cabinets and stiff-backed chairs, to be fixed, finally, by a huge Wardian case. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories He crossed the narrow room to the stiff-backed chair indicated, and the lady sank negligently down into her own, resting her head against a pillow, and regarding him expectantly. Keith of the Border When it comes to that, he is very stiff-backed, as I have often had to tell him. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Without removing my hat from my head, I seated myself in one of the two stiff-backed chairs that were placed beside the table. American Indian stories On all sides it was said that Russia had given Serbia secret assurances of help which caused her to become stiff-backed and unrepentant. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it It would feel good to stand in the rank again, with a stiff-backed sahib out in front of me, and the thunder of the gun-wheels going by. King of the Khyber Rifles The kitchen was in spotless order, and she sat down on a stiff-backed chair by the window to wait for her brother. Further Chronicles of Avonlea The equipage was snow-white in color; its upholstery was of soft, white leather; the chauffeur and a stiff-backed footman were in blood-red with white facings on their livery. The Auction Block In a stiff-backed chair sat an elderly woman, who seemed to feel the cold, for she was muffled to the neck in a fur coat. Huntingtower Aunt Anne sat in the stiff-backed tapestry chair by the fire. The Captives She opened the other half of the big door, and led the way through the wide hall into a big, old-fashioned room, with painted floor, and high, old side-board, and some stiff-backed rocking-chairs. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew And my waiter—that stiff-backed Prussian—is home in Deutschland now, I presume, marching with his regiment. The Agony Column The Mercer girls were hysterically giggling, and Aunt Selina sat on a stiff-backed chair and took aromatic spirits of ammonia. When a Man Marries I was not a courtier, neither was I stiff-backed in my manner to her; in fact I behaved so well that as I passed the countess she said in a low voice, "You are perfect." The Lily of the Valley Her aunt was sitting, as so often Maggie found her, in a stiff-backed chair, her hands folded on her lap, staring in front of her. The Captives He kept his hands rammed in his pockets, he was as stiff-backed as ever, only his head hung down. Chance A Tale in Two Parts
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