| 单词 | stolidity |
| 例句 | He’d been in West Virginia long enough for our terrible stolidity to rub off on him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Surprising how much like a small, begging child she makes me feel, simply by her scowl, her stolidity; how importunate and whiny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The stolidity of the German woman underwent a sudden change. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But my stronger motivator was a desire to remedy my somewhat Frankensteinian corporeal stolidity. Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z She is so bubbly and lovely, and his stolidity melts away in her... In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z And what happened to Albert Brooks, who won most of the awards from critics’ groups for turning from fretful comedy to gangster stolidity in Drive? 2012 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win? 2012-01-24T16:24:15Z The line between nobility and stolidity kept blurring, with an exaggerated slowdown into the final bars of the second movement just one of the performance’s mannerisms. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The stolidity for which some criticize Mr. Barenboim sometimes crept into these performances. Daniel Barenboim’s Festtage Performance Makes Case for Inheriting Berlin Philharmonic 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z She is so bubbly and lovely, and his stolidity melts away in her brightness. In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Wilson gives the calming impression of unflappable expertise, an almost fatherly stolidity, not unlike what Tom Hanks brings to many roles. In Praise of Patrick Wilson, Scream King 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z For even longer than that, the old convention center, demolished in 2004, occupied this space with oppressive stolidity, and closed off parts of 10th and I streets NW. Architecture Review: All that’s missing from shiny, sleek CityCenterDC is CityHeartDC But I often percolate with stage fright, and everything below my neck has the stolidity of tungsten. Whiffenpoofs Are Singing for Their Supper 2013-01-12T00:10:26Z Mr. Rattle is clearly conscious that symphonic interpretations of the “Passion” have been criticized for stolidity and heaviness; he and his magnificent players keep the tempos and textures weighty but always in motion. In DVD of ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ Hints of Sellars’s Future 2012-06-08T19:21:28Z With his fleshy face and muscular frame, he has a physical stolidity that clashes with his quickness of mind. Liev Schreiber, the Reluctant Rake 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z His stolidity worked in another tale of go-for-broke self-sacrifice, , but there he was surrounded by color and vibrancy, however silly. This Man on a Ledge Is Pretty Wobbly 2012-01-26T13:30:38Z Its awkward exterior styling melds bland stolidity and tacked-on glitz, but because it tips the scales at a quarter-ton more than the Aston, it’s more of a cashmere steamroller through the twists. The S.U.V.-ification of Everything Comes to Classic British Marques 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Schreiber moves with bearish stolidity, even when boxing, and nothing is more poignantly delayed than Chuck’s realization that most of his wounds were self-inflicted. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Loses the Fizz of the Original 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Sure, the minivan would eventually acquire the stigma of suburban stolidity and soccer mom conventionality — another reason the sleeker, sportier S.U.V. was able to emerge as the more chic 21st-century family hauler. Driving Down Memory Lane in the Original Minivan 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z There is room for flightiness in politics - for loose-limbed men and women of slippery loyalties and sinuous convictions - but of those who hold our purse strings we expect stolidity. A Point of View: Why don't men's trousers cover their ankles any more? 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Performance-related pay, introduced in the 1990s, means the hierarchy is slightly less rigid than in the 19th century, when Bismarck complained about the stolidity of German officials. Modernising the mandarins 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z He had the look of a man whose original rustic stolidity had been supercharged with cockney cunning. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z To speak plainly, there was never such a humiliating spectacle of public stolidity as that which for so long a time was witnessed in the popular mystification as to Mr. Gladstone's religious position. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z As it was, her nose just overweighted her face, not with the effect of caricature that a toucan's nose produces, but with the stolidity and complacency of a grosbeak's. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z His manner, his indifference, his stolidity showed that she had not only killed his fancy for her at a stroke, but that he now disliked her. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z He bears with stolidity torture that would wring shrieks of agony from one more highly strung.” Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z However, I am afraid neither the religious stolidity of the British, nor the post festum conversion of the Continental bourgeois will stem the rising Proletarian tide. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z We rely implicitly on the stolidity of Pennsylvania; and shall secure New York by a concession to her banks, which for the time we mean to treat amiably. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z When Pavel came home he found his mother’s sleigh in front of the main entrance, her coachman in dazzling attire, waiting with pompous stolidity. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z She came near to hating him for his stolidity and his silence. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The deaf man, Matthew, whose savage stolidity had more than once excited my anger on our journey, came next to him. the two strangers whom I had seen in the hall bringing up the rear. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z If a woman wishes her face to remain young, she must cultivate calm, and even stolidity; she must banish changing expressions; she must give her facial muscles many hours, daily, of absolute repose. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Not till after he had spoken did the narrow eyes of the Jew meet those of his companion; and he found Amraphel regarding him with grave stolidity. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z She had expected ardour, and there was only, as it seemed, indifference and stolidity. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z This can never be explained as due to a painless, care-free, earthly lot; nor to a pampering environment; nor to physical stolidity; nor to incapacity for aesthetic joys. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z I can make no condition," replied this block of official stolidity; "but my instructions are to act with all haste. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z The two Gerontes then adjourned to the Town Hall, and listened with imperturbable stolidity to the speeches delivered. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The countryside breathed forth peace, and honourable stolidity; it was a Moorish Arcadia. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z With the commencement of the attack Jones's stolidity completely vanished. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Still, there was no help for it, and I followed the officer who led me back to my quarters with the best air of stolidity I could assume. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z "You don't realise it in all its heart-breaking stolidity till you run your own head against it." White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The unparliamentary utterance, especially as addressed to a lady, was accentuated by the matter-of-fact stolidity which marked it. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z "He possesses the fire of the Gael, the strength of the Norman, the vigor of the Dane, the stolidity of the Saxon——" Hyacinth. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Somehow their stolidity did not seem reassuring to me, and I accordingly called Walworth on one side. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z There was nothing of Teutonic stolidity about his movements. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z She was not quite beautiful yet, but that clearly was also still to come, when life should have had time to erase a certain ruminative stolidity from her fine, still countenance. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z One of my favorite haunts here is the quiet, carpetless "Historical Rooms," from whose walls the Indian warriors who helped make Buffalo's history look down in unchanging stolidity. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Behind the mask of dullness and stolidity were shrewdness and quickness of wit, and he knew that the man before him 200 would not permit private inclinations to swerve him from his duty. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Joyce combined the eye of an eagle with the stolidity of an Egyptian mummy. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Capable enough in ordinary circumstances, the Indians lacked the stolidity and grim courage of British crews when disaster, sudden and unexpected, stared them in the face. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Was anything ever so provoking as the stolidity of an Irish servant. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z She never really quarrelled with Courtlandt, because his impregnable stolidity made such a result next to impossible. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z The sudden attack, all the more surprising because of Pinto’s previous air of stolidity, had left the Phantom a trifle dazed, but in a twinkling he realized the full seriousness of his dilemma. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z With desperate narrowness he watched the faces of the jury for a sign, a tentative withdrawal of stolidity that betokened a quickened and awakening interest. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z This has been the opinion of all ages: "The men of Bœotia are noted for their stolidity, those of Attica for their wit." The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Even now, under the crust of stolidity, there were not wanting some better feelings in this wreck of an educated man. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Pauline threw back her head with a defiant stolidity. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Nothing is more shocking to the adult observer of children than their coldness and stolidity in presence of death. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z She was weakly when young, and for that reason, together with other circumstances, was never properly trained: a fact that may perhaps have prevented her “mind” from congealing into the stolidity of routine. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Those who have seen the Indian only on dress parade, talk of his stolidity, impassiveness, and his marvelous control over his countenance and his emotions. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z The stolidity, the self-reserve, the faculty of being able to take the hard knocks and yet continue the fight, that had characterised us at the time of Waterloo and the Crimea, did that still exist? A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z "I never say nor do rude things if I can help it," he answered, with a leaden stolidity in his own undertone. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z "The lady's been away about three days, sir," he said, with the stolidity of a policeman giving evidence. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z She met these earnest admonitors with an unyielding stolidity 241 that caused them both to retire from the field in disgust. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z The Indians listened to me at first with solemn stolidity, then began to utter low grunts of unbelief, or anger, and at last to exchange black looks, and to scowl at me threateningly. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z "Then what shall I get, sir?" asked Mrs. Cord with unwonted stolidity. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Indeed, there was something particularly grim about this young maiden—a drear stolidity that defies describing. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z They lacked the grim stolidity of the Englishmen, and marched with merry laugh and careless jest uttered in a strange tongue. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z The mind thus enslaved, necessarily loses its interest in the processes of other minds; and its tendency is to sink down into absolute stolidity or sottishness. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z She had not the spirit of Belle Amie but she made up in stolidity what she had lacked in swiftness. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The mountaineers looked on, devoid of envy, and despite their stolidity with an understanding of the conversational masquerade. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Even the chief was shaken out of his stolidity, rising from his chair, a terrible, old figure, fierce and bristling like an angry lion. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Whenever the conductor came through the car demanding tickets, which seemed to be unnecessarily often, they received him with panicky excitement or sullen stolidity. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z He evidently regarded the situation with philosophical stolidity, but not so his companion. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The sin of deficiency in sorrow is stolidity, which is a brutal insensibility that is moved neither by one's own nor by others' misfortunes. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The atmosphere was dense with smoke, and still the parties watched each other—the whites with veiled eagerness, the Indians with unsuspicious stolidity. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Only the old man held his pose of bland stolidity. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z When a negro has a motive, his nerves grow firm, his imagination escapes before the rising passion, his contempt for death is not stolidity, but inspiration. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Even in his most excitable moods, for Teutonic stolidity was almost a stranger to him, he would never betray by word or gesture the fact that he was of Hunnish birth and sympathies. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Behind the apparent stolidity hid something that danced and sang; something almost flighty. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Then he opened the door, the weary beast went in, and the man stood staring with true Devon stolidity before he bethought him of the necessity for removing the saddle from its awkward position. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z "Shan't," Stella answered with that cold and fat stolidity of demeanour and voice which disgusted Michael like the fat of cold mutton. Sinister Street, vol. 1 But as it was--a broken man, a disgraced life--that very stolidity that helped me to bear my fate alone, dulled my susceptibility to all that was base in my money-getting. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. But Clodagh, in her self-imposed stolidity, had seen nothing of the expressions round her; and now, as her sister left her place and crossed the room, the significance of the action went unnoticed. The Gambler A Novel A stout German frau stood gazing in apparent stolidity. The Guns of Europe The earnestness of his expression and pose were a contrast to his usual stolidity and to her apparently callous mood. Love's Usuries The fronds of a big mimosa tree just outside his window, furled sensitively from the heavy dew, made a delicate pattern against the sombre stolidity of the mountain. Shadows of Flames A Novel "I don't see why we should be ashamed of our real feelings," she said again, with a sort of sweet stolidity. East Angels Mansfeldt looked at her for an instant in slight embarrassment; then he appeared to regain his stolidity of bearing. The Gambler A Novel But she masked all expression under her hard stolidity, and when I declined her services, set about arranging her mistress's evening attire and returning it to its box. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The mobility of his face recalled in nothing the stolidity of the German. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Could this wide-eyed stolidity ever become a spark to set men's hearts afire? Carnival The popular stolidity and blindness on these subjects are astonishing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The Teutonic stolidity was certainly well developed in him. The Red Rat's Daughter At this audacious demand, even the stolidity of the chiefs could not hide their concern, and the warriors began to mutter and scowl. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois To his excited senses the calmness, the stolidity, the insistent incredulity which greeted his story, were exasperating to the last degree. What a Man Wills She would never be able to impress Irene's stolidity with the fact that she had used Danby for her own purpose. Carnival Duty faced passion in grim stolidity; passion lashed itself in fury, only to fall abashed before that impenetrable front. Lady Cassandra To all intents and purposes he had united in his person the apathy of the Asiatic with the stolidity of the Teuton. The Red Rat's Daughter Through all her natural stolidity it struck Colvin that both the countenance and manner of his hostess wore a flurried, not to say scared, look. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Strange evidences of mind mingled with the massive stolidity of the granite. Toilers of the Sea With rustic stolidity he replied: "We wish it, and we demand it." The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries A gasp from Patsy, another grunt from Tim, and the two of them seized the letter with a common impulse, Tim’s stolidity shaken for once. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 There is far more stolidity to be regretted than revolution to be feared. The Hills and the Vale One of the volunteers—he who had demanded our papers on the Plaza—looked viciously at Barbarossa, who assumed a most artistic pretence of stolidity. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) He was a short man, not heavily, but stockily built, giving a clear impression of stolidity. The Coming of the Law The guns, with their demeanours of stolidity and courage, were typical of something infinitely self-possessed in this clamour of death that swirled around the hill. The Little Regiment And Other Episodes of the American Civil War But the agriculturists steadfastly adhered with marvellous stolidity to their ancestral traditions and polytheistic absurdities, until the very designation—paganism—under which their system passes was given as a nickname derived from themselves. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Neither the bulk of the man nor his stolidity could hide the involuntary start the words gave him. The Wilderness Trail I envied them their stolidity, which I explained to my own mind by the rush of the engulfing waters still swirling and singing knell of sudden doom in their ears. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Can she have so much of that infernal English stolidity as to be able to conceal so perfectly her deepest feelings? A Castle in Spain A Novel The stolidity of his face, on which the rain streamed, was far from reassuring me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The character of the Jutland people is suspicious—there is a strange mixture of shrewdness and stolidity; they are slow to appreciate, but when once their sympathy is won, they are fast friends. A Danish Parsonage It was a countenance on which the passage of time and thoughts had left no mark; its stolidity had been moved by no feeling. Wild Oranges Rosendo and his men accepted the day’s stint of toil and danger with dull stolidity. Carmen Ariza Some children may be more fearless than others, but whether that fearlessness arises from ignorance or from stolidity is again by no means easy to determine. My Autobiography A Fragment “This is a fact, and a proof of their indifference and stolidity.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Count Berchtold, whom I have seen on several occasions, is a wiry man of medium height, always grave, intent and all-observing under a mask of stolidity. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Indifference and stolidity may exist with those milder degrees of regression which do not conflict with one's critical sense, and hence may be present without any false ideas. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type They stared at him, motionless, expressionless, with the characteristic Mexican stolidity that is the heritage of Indian blood. In the Shadow of the Hills Whence exactly does he get his stolidity—from climate, self-consciousness, or his competitive spirit? Another Sheaf The absolute stolidity of Tula had left him in doubt as to the outcome if his little partner had disapproved of his fascinating protégée. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Esther was settling into the stolidity of the obstinate when they are crowded too far; yet she still remembered she must not cease to be engaging. The Prisoner His face presented a curious stolidity of look, as if a protection against some unforeseen attack. The Innocent Adventuress His quick, restless movements suggested nervous energy, but when advisable, he could assume the bovine stolidity which, though foreign to his real nature, the Canadian bushman occasionally adopts for diplomatic purposes. Thurston of Orchard Valley Ay, even the droll humour and stolidity of Khalid, are shaken, aroused, by the ghoulish greed, the fell inhumanity of these sharpers. The Book of Khalid She could always be relied upon for support, could keep a secret, and had a peculiarly convenient knack of baffling awkward questions by putting 18 on an attitude of utter stolidity. The Madcap of the School They went willingly enough, limping, nursing their bruises, while Hansen, his stolidity momentarily vanished in the rush of the fight and not yet regained, exhibited an unusual vocabulary as he bossed them. A Man to His Mate Whatever in his nature had been unreliable became treacherous; his stolidity became sullenness. The Dark Star The boy had none of the 7 half-stupid stolidity of the country-bred, and yet lacked something of the garrulity of the cute street lad. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The tenseness of her expression had further yielded to resolution, which had in turn taken on a stolidity which declared itself unassailable. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories Against the foil of the butcher-bird's stolidity we may set the inquisitive, garrulous temperament of the white-eyed vireo and the yellow-breasted chat. Birds in the Bush But the stolidity of a Finn is always remarkable, and the appearance of strange Englishwomen in somewhat unusual attire appeared really to fascinate the gentleman, who neither moved nor spoke, only simply stared. Through Finland in Carts He looked eagerly into Dom Gillian's eyes, but the old man's face might have been a mask in its impassive stolidity. The Doomsman It is a ripe and mellow tradition of good cheer, that is quite distinct from the bovine stolidity of a harvest home in George Eliot's Loamshire or the crude animalism of Meredith's Gaffer Gammon. Dickens-Land Her stolidity showed no anxiety; she was too sure of the result. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories But he was met just under Mark's window by the guard from the break at the end of the train, when a hurried conference took place, in which there was no stolidity on either side. The Giant's Robe Melvina rubbed her glasses then smothered a little gasp; but she quickly recovered her wonted stolidity. The Wall Between His small china-blue eyes had begun to glint; otherwise he maintained an air of stolidity as if immune to the outcome. Desert Dust With true Spanish stolidity they did not rise as I approached, but waited for me to speak, looking at me indifferently. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia To Mrs. Crowley he seemed always an embodiment of British philistinism; and if she liked him for his devotion to Lucy, she laughed at him for his stolidity. The Explorer There is something almost terrifying and inhuman about this imperturbable stolidity of indifference to the sufferings and aspirations of the many too many. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Its inhabitants were famed for their stolidity, and yet it furnished Hesiod, Pindar, Corinna, and Plutarch to the immortal catalogue of names. Ancient States and Empires All his stolidity had vanished; he was no longer the slow countryman; he had become the courageous, impetuous Southerner. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War He meditated again to protest that he loved not Katharine, but her quiet stolidity set him to change his mind. Privy Seal His Last Venture The silence was intolerable to Mrs. Crowley, and she inveighed inwardly against the British stolidity. The Explorer His satisfaction at getting rid of his Hunnish visitors was evident, in spite of the stolidity of his manners. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Such enforced inaction is irksome to the Eskimo, who does not partake of the stolidity of the Indian, but like a nervous child must be continually employed or amused. The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo It was not mentioned in the “New Education,” for fear of alarming the orthodox stolidity of the medical college and the church, but it will appear in future editions. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 In one respect she was a savage; that was the extraordinary stolidity she could assume. The Huntress This was somehow more reassuring than her usual inhuman stolidity. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Hilda could never get over her wonder at their stolidity, their endless patience, their matter-of-fact way of carrying on life under a cataclysm. Young Hilda at the Wars Sir Christopher Hatton could scarcely have emerged from the nursery; and yet the idea of utter stolidity never found a better exponent than that same homœopathic boy. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Miss Clark, her form mistress, was apt to wax eloquent over her mistakes, but she took the teacher's sarcasms with the same stolidity as the girls' teasings. A Patriotic Schoolgirl The Chinese, Australian, Egyptian and Mexican contributions are quite interesting, but they suggest little or nothing, unless it be the stolidity of their contrivers. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Mary, who, in spite of her stolidity, was as inquisitive as the next woman, followed him without being bid. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] It was a peculiar sort of stolidity on the part of Mr. Shanks, for which she was utterly unprepared. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Going forward, he addressed one after the other; but as he spoke, their countenances also changed, and they stood before him with downcast looks, pictures of stolidity. The Three Commanders She went to the fireplace now, and leaned her head against the corner of the mantel, looking down, with a bitter stolidity, at the hearth. Country Neighbors The newly rich lost their balance and their stolidity, becoming as giddy and frivolous and aggressive as the worst. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Mary, having reflected that it was her own people and not ghostly visitants that had made the hideous interruption in the night, had regained her outward stolidity. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Some few of the Indians likewise made the sign upon their breasts, though the greater part contained themselves with the same stolidity that had marked them from the first. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine But the merry eyes would twinkle in amusement at my high-strung folly, as I had seen them twinkle at my brother-in-law's stolidity. The King's Mirror Somehow she had floated into Sunday-school, and been placed in the class which afterward became Etta Mountjoy's, but here her apparent stolidity made her perhaps the least interesting of all the girls. Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life Don Juan, however, preserved his Indian stolidity, viewing the displays with perfect gravity, and neither showing surprise nor expressing admiration. Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies' She simply ignored Mary’s discouraging red-skin stolidity, and assumed that they were sisters under their skins. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] They loved him with a kind of wide-eyed stolidity that would have tried the nerves of some people. A Circuit Rider's Wife He had besides, the stolidity of the German, and their cool calculating practicalism. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac This pitiful stolidity was only a fresh provocation. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The quaint fellow would fold his arms, sit down, and look a picture of stolidity. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler The old man remained motionless, with the stolidity of the veteran hunter waiting to make sure. The Rainy Day Railroad War Beaten day after day by unfailing troops in strong works, they ever came again straight at those impregnable positions, against which obstinate stolidity, or blind rage for blood, drove them to the slaughter. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death On the whole he began to conceive that he had done rightly, and in that half-belief, which drew slowly towards conviction, he went to bed and slept in a stolidity which surprised him later. Despair's Last Journey "Or something may turn up," exclaims he, hurriedly, not looking at her, and therefore unable to wonder at the stolidity and utter unconcern of her expression. Molly Bawn Great in your stolidity and solidity, before which I, who know what lives beneath them, can only bow in a fluttering, butterfly respect! The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) "Do I understand, mum," he asked, with a droll stolidity, "that you're satisfied with the prisoner's story?" In Direst Peril It was succeeded by a sullenness and stolidity such as had never before been observed in him. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion During the trial the prisoner had remained silent in his chair, with a stolidity that aroused no sympathy for him. Tess of the Storm Country The Sphynx, in spite of his stolidity, occasionally ventured upon some slight liberty when addressing me. Much Darker Days She neither returned his smile nor changed her expression, unchildlike in its stolidity. Planet of the Damned The device was quite useless, for the public’s stolidity was impregnable. Clayhanger Despite his apparent stolidity, the Indian is not so stupid as to be misled by talk like this. The Lone Ranche It was well for Mom Wallis's equilibrium that Mr. Tanner came out just then with the paper he had gone after, for the stolidity of her lifetime was about breaking up. A Voice in the Wilderness Mrs McNab planted the scones in the centre of the table, and gathered together the soiled plates with a wooden stolidity. Big Game A Story for Girls The girl turned and stared at her with a wooden stolidity of feature. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story No more granitic and crass stolidity could have been discovered in England. Clayhanger An intention which, despite their apparent stolidity—in contradiction to the ideas of the closet naturalist and his theory of animal instinct—the vultures clearly comprehend. The Lone Ranche When the cabman, when directed to drive to Holly House, preserved an unmoved stolidity of feature, and had no remark whatever to offer on the subject. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Lloyd George at this period saw that, as usual, Britain was just "muddling through," relying on her stolidity and her power of endurance, rather than on her initiative and striking strength. Lloyd George The Man and His Story He is frightened by a parrot calling him by name, and by the strangely picturesque incident of the footmark on the sand; but, on the whole, he takes his imprisonment with preternatural stolidity. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) "Why not?" he asked, with a touch of ancestral stolidity. The Spinner's Book of Fiction Of deliberate purpose I set it to an immutable stolidity. Simon Dale The faces of the girls thus singled out for special notice were wooden in stolidity. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Unfortunately, the stolidity of the Chinese and the force of habit among that people were not considered by us. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Something in the atmosphere of the room had penetrated even the brick wall of her stolidity. The Hippodrome Karl had received the order to call his master at three, to have breakfast ready at half past, and the horses at the door at four, with somewhat less than his usual stolidity. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War And they accepted them with all the stolidity native to Englishmen. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army His utter lack of thrift; his feast-and-famine life; his stealth, stolidity, duplicity, and ferocity,—all are rehearsed. A Hero and Some Other Folks Their disdain of those whose families are not as “old” as their own is oftentimes amusing, and subjects them to ridicule, which they bear with true Dutch stolidity. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He seemed to have grown rather stronger and stouter during these last months, and his square stolidity was a thing at which to marvel. The Dark Forest Not a syllable came from the irate and astonished man gazing at her with such a bovine stolidity. The Stowaway Girl I was surprised to find how quickly one could acquire the stolidity of the soldier. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer He sat there with unmoved stolidity, and all that the court could extract from him was: "My no savvy, no savvy." An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Its stolidity had given way to incredulity, and Bill found in it a source of amusement. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon She was naturally a slow girl; ideas came to her at rare intervals; she even received startling and terrible news with a certain outward stolidity and calm. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl They responded with a queer mixture of French liveliness and savage stolidity to the colonel's jocose advances. A Chance Acquaintance The tank's driver was a brown-skinned, dark-haired Englishman, with a face of oriental stolidity. My Second Year of the War They heard him with unmoved stolidity, and, when he had finished, one turned to his companion and said, as if struck with his discovery, "the language of these foreign barbarians sounds not unlike our own!" An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The audience looked on quietly, and even with stolidity. The Delight Makers Her manner evinced no surprise; her stolidity was grateful to him. A Dozen Ways Of Love For once she was swayed from her stillness and stolidity. The Tin Soldier It makes for solidity, but it also makes for stolidity. The Canadian Commonwealth Bessie was looking stolidity itself, Marjorie's usually high color had reached peony point, Joyce was palpably in the throes of stage fright. The Luckiest Girl in the School The Navajo stared before him with apparent stolidity. The Delight Makers It was an ordinary middle-class dwelling—comfortable, commodious, ugly enough, except that stolidity and age did much to soften its ugliness. A Dozen Ways Of Love Her father said nothing, but his face assumed a stolidity of expression. The Portion of Labor All excitement over the mere act of transit has passed; there is stolidity and acquiescence as to delays and speed, unless there are great interests at stake. The Debtor A Novel Eyes and ears became alert; only the Indian showed stolidity. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow He forced himself to speak with a stolidity that walled in securely his threatening emotions. The Title Market And yet, despite his apparent stolidity, the boys noticed that he watched his mount like a hawk and always discounted each trick a second in advance. Bert Wilson in the Rockies Their besetting sin was a stolidity which degenerated into animalism and sluggish content. The Leading Facts of English History Bar-keepers in spotless white linen prepared the famous American drinks, innumerable in variety, with a dexterity bordering on art and a stolidity out of which nothing could shake them. Atlantis The lad listened to the tirade without the twitch of a muscle—stolidity that proved him to be well used to such flaying. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) The fire died from her face, and in her former tone of dulled stolidity she repeated, "I want to see Mr. Surtaine." The Clarion Ambrose began to be aware that the stolidity masked a high emotional tension. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest But our chief consolation came from Miss Rachel de Solla as the maiden aunt, a reactionary type of the most confirmed stolidity, with a weakness for diamonds and indigestion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 There, now, is a man, moping about, the very picture of stolidity; observe how his heavy head hangs down until his chin rests upon his breastbone, his mouth open and almost dribbling. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I set forth, and would have specified what these were, but for a second interruption that was evidently not intentionally disrespectful, and was uttered with the bovine stolidity that never forsook her. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Why should they take pride in their reputed stolidity rather than in their actual cleverness. Humanly Speaking The breed wore him out with his stolidity. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The characteristic taciturnity and formal stolidity of his fellow-travellers—all Englishmen, mutually unacquainted with each other, and occupying different positions in life—having prevented his sooner hearing the tidings. Israel Potter He was a tall, dark workingman of the better class, with a sensitive face trained to stolidity and a poor man's clothes and hands. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil The girl followed; that was all one could say, for whatever suffering she proved was hidden beneath race stolidity, and more nobly beneath a great devotion. The Silent Places It had become incorporated into the national bone and sinew, contributing its thoroughness, stolidity, and solidity to the American stock. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making A thousand questions surged against his lips, but he kept them shut with all the stolidity of his native blood. The Goose Girl They lunched, at her request, at an old-fashioned, sober restaurant in Regent Street, that gave one the impression of eating luncheon in a Georgian dining-room, in some private house of great stolidity and decorum. Simon Called Peter To do less than this is to convict ourselves of stolidity or impotence. The Reconstructed School Then meeting nothing but the stolidity with which the Indian always conceals pain, he flung her aside. The Silent Places Not until the second and third generation is reached does the spirit of American democracy make headway against his lethal stolidity. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making He was met by ignorance, stolidity and scorn. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 It had a certain Dutch stolidity in its manner of calmly and bumpily surmounting such portions of the landscape as happened in its way. African Camp Fires Return to Table of Contents Serenity does not mean either stolidity or lethargy; far otherwise. The Reconstructed School Juan of Aragon was usually the hero to extricate these poor estrays from the false step they had taken, the other peons regarding the scene with their tranquil stolidity. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 "Except a trance, then," Julian said, still with a wavering in-and-out stolidity, at the same time mournful and almost ludicrous. Flames Among the predominant passions which swayed her, avarice seemed uppermost; and she scowled ominously on her stupid husband, whose rigid impassable stolidity seemed impervious to all prospects and chances of pleasure and of gain. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Then a mask of expressionless stolidity fell across his features, which in no line thereafter varied one iota. African Camp Fires And his imperturbability betokened bigness and not stolidity. The Reconstructed School Assuredly they are not—in utter stolidity of platitude and absolute impotence of drivel. The Age of Shakespeare Half, at least, of his great success in life had been owing to his self-possession, which never verged on hardness or fused itself with its near relation, stolidity. Flames He turned to the messenger-boy, who was waiting and chewing gum with the stolidity of an automaton. Gordon Keith But Julia, having neither the pipe nor the Indian's stolidity, found herself under the necessity of beginning abruptly. The End of the World A Love Story The stolidity of stupidity is, of course, commonest among the peasant class. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Asceticism to the verge of hardship, frankness bordering on rudeness, and a stolidity that was impolite; or soft, luxurious hypocrisy in a moth-eaten society—which shall it be? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors At the present time, although the old system still stands in many countries with the inert stolidity of established institutions, it no longer commands general approval. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society "Have you still the confidence of youth in the courage or stolidity of your friend?" said the elder man. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians She was excited, shaken out of her stolidity. The Romantic It is an interesting fact, however, that this stolidity of stupidity can be easily removed. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic They live their lives out, with something that might be termed a feverish stolidity, in the dim crowded flats, and upon the thronged streets. The Island of Faith "Yes, sir," the boy nodded out of his Indian stolidity. The Rules of the Game The officer looked stolid, but his stolidity had the appearance of being assumed. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz But where is this stolidity one has heard about? Christine The very same girls exhibit alternately stolidity and vivacity according as they are acting as geisha or as respectable members of society. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Concealing his astonishment at the excesses of which unimaginative stolidity is capable, even in an Italian, he turned down the stairs again. The Pretty Lady Mediocrity in native endowments, conjoined with spiritual stolidity in the pulpit, does more harm than all the open apostles of infidelity combined. California Sketches, Second Series Geoffrey's prudence and stolidity had more than once saved the young man from the brink of sentimental precipices. Kimono The stolidity of your worship's countenance deceived me. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas These two features, stolidity and stoicism, are so closely allied in appearance that they are easily mistaken, yet they are really distinct. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic He mounted the stairs rather quickly, with firm, disdaining steps, and, despite his being a little out of breath, he had a tremendous triumph over the stolidity of Marthe when she answered his ring. The Pretty Lady He had already obtained an insight into this remarkable person's views on the woman question, the superiority of her own sex, the stolidity and infamy of the other. Overland "That is a very safe rule to go by, Mr. Stillman," replied his assistant, with the utmost stolidity. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator A soldier has his arm round a fat-faced Mädchen's waist, an attention which she takes with the stolidity engendered by long habit. Nancy The impression of stolidity made on the foreigner is, due less, however, to stupidity than to a stoical education. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic G.J. emerged from the crowded and malodorous Coroner's Court with a deep sense of the rigour and the thoroughness of British justice, and especially of its stolidity. The Pretty Lady As for the girl, she, poor brown lamb—or wolf, as the case may be—was ready, with true Indian stolidity, to be disposed of as her father chose. The Mystery of Metropolisville The woman took the car fare with the same stolidity she had shown through the whole interview. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon He accepted the fate of his son with a kind of grim stolidity; and did not let it interfere with his efforts to bring about a peace. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 While touring in Kyushu several years ago, I had an experience which showed me that the stolidity, or vivacity, of a people is largely dependent on the prevailing social order rather than on inherent nature. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic For the first time in his life his stolidity gave way to something resembling exhilaration. The Man from Brodney's His great muscles moved with marvelous precision; but for all the monotony and rhythm of his motions he conveyed no image of stolidity and dullness. The Sky Line of Spruce I was glad to perceive that he began to admit my wisdom and his stolidity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 In the stolidity with which he received this sentence for a crime which he had not committed, spoke who knows what trait of inherited savagery? The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays The resisting power of numbers, the unattackable stolidity of a great multitude, was the haunting fear of his sinister loneliness. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale It has been said that events of a most unusual character were happening; any event that roused the people from their daily stolidity was sufficiently unusual to suggest the superlative. The Man from Brodney's All his stolidity seemed gone now; he was trembling too, his lips silently moving. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest Some of the academicians started from their seats, and apostrophising the Commissioners, accused them of partiality or stolidity. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 She was trying to feed her illusion of adventure by staring at unfamiliar houses . . . drab cottages, artificial stone bungalows, square painty stolidities with immaculate clapboards and broad screened porches and tidy grass-plots. Main Street His stolidity had been profoundly stirred, else he would never have made up his mind to ask me unexpectedly whether I had not remarked that Falk had been casting eyes upon his niece. Falk A Reminiscence "Is Mr. Roderick Spenser here?" she asked of a heavily built, gray-bearded man in the respectable black of the old-fashioned financial employee, showing the sobriety and stolidity of his character in his dress. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise After a time she left rattling avenues and passed between rows of houses with sternness and stolidity stamped upon their features. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets He received her efforts at the customary caressings with such stolidity that she soon ceased to annoy him. The Grain of Dust Her defiance ran out in face of his immense flaxen stolidity. Main Street During this strenuous episode Alfred never relaxed his professional stolidity, and, when we were clear, went on with his story in the tone of a man who found life wanting in animation. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories "Aha!" she commented, with a certain alertness of perception shining through the stolidity of her mien. The Market-Place So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. The Certain Hour The younger children, the boys with great frilled collars, the girls with ill-fitting shoes cramping their feet, leaned from the sides of buggy and carry-all, eating bananas and "macaroons," staring about with ox-like stolidity. The Octopus : A story of California "One makes fools look foolisher fifty-fold By putting in their place the wise like you, To take the full force of an argument Would buffet their stolidity in vain." An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Those who had been waiting before him, but farther away, now drew near, and by a certain stolidity of demeanour, no words being spoken, indicated that they were first. Sister Carrie: a Novel Thorpe, with more difficulty, recovered a sort of stolidity of expression that might pass for composure. The Market-Place McTeague listened to her with apparent stolidity, nodding his head from time to time as she spoke. McTeague The stolidity of a settled grief, of an irreparable calamity, of a despair from which there was no escape was in her look, her manner, her voice. The Octopus : A story of California Henchard saw this, and concealed his feelings under a cover of stolidity, fortifying his heart by drinking more freely at the Three Mariners every evening. The Mayor of Casterbridge It is our British soldier who has become debonair, light-hearted and reckless, while the Frenchman has developed a solemn stolidity and dour patience which was once all our own. A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 With supreme stolidity Caw presented the salver as a waiter might do for his tip. Till the Clock Stops His was the stolidity of an oak, tickled rather than assailed by a bright-eyed woodpecker. Star-Dust Nothing could be more admirable than the look of complacent and pompous stolidity with which he accompanied each puff of his pipe. Vivian Grey She was uneasy at his stolidity, some fear stayed with her that perhaps he meant not to gratify her desires just to be provoking. The Price of Things "That you will have to prove," the detective answered, with official stolidity. The Four Faces A Mystery Pitiable, ridiculous infants were pondering, somewhat vaguely but very solemnly, over certain mysteries of existence, which most of us have learned to accept with stolidity. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking An increased stolidity was his sole reaction, but there was no doubt that the prospect of an impending ocean trip weighed heavily. Star-Dust For all your cold-blooded stolidity you are keen enough where pride or honour is concerned. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Verisschenzko had watched the German covertly and saw that with all his forced stolidity an angry gleam had come into his eyes. The Price of Things "Aye, it's a bit clashy," said the man, with stolidity, stopping to spit into his hands a moment, before resuming his work. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I The grieved astonishment of their expressions almost immediately faded into fatalistic stolidity. The Leopard Woman The old stolidity of stature was there, but hardly the solidity. Star-Dust Old Hiram Bartlett accepted the situation with the patient and grim stolidity of a man who takes a blow dealt him by a Providence known by him to be inscrutable. In the Midst of Alarms But even her stolidity was not proof against the fiery influence of jealousy, and, waking and sleeping, her visions were of veiled damsels of Orient assailing the too inflammable heart of Lieutenant de Nérague. Charlotte's Inheritance Mr. Bodery did draw his own inferences, but the countenance into which Sidney glanced at intervals was one of intense stolidity. The Slave of the Lamp I was amazed and troubled at the stolidity with which I walked up to the door, and, having rung the bell, waited. The Portent & Other Stories There was something almost brutal and inhuman in his absolute stolidity. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales The audience received the statement with the bovine stolidity of an English audience in the presence of the unusual. A Man of Means Wanda was thoroughly ill at ease, though she concealed the fact with the native stolidity of her race. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada They sat and watched the sun go down with drawn eyes and a queer stolidity which comes to men in great cold, as if their souls were numb. Barlasch of the Guard Hard stolidity and brutal carelessness shielded him from any 'womanish' tenderness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII "Thank ye kindly, Missey," he murmured, with a little flicker of life, and then sank back again into his stolidity and his silence. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales There were warts on his hands, and his sphinx-like countenance was impassive almost to the point of stolidity. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories There was absolute stolidity in her weather-beaten face, and the hands that lighted her pipe were gnarled and black. The Lady of the Decoration They talked for an hour, and, in the telling, even Plank's stolidity gave way sufficient to make his heavy voice ring at moments, and the glimmer of excitement edge his eyes. The Fighting Chance Miss Arrowpoint colored, and Mr. Bult observed, with his usual phlegmatic stolidity, "Your pianist does not think small beer of himself." Daniel Deronda Thus gently Matthew hints at the ignominy of exposure attendant on crucifixion, and gives the measure of the hard stolidity of the guards. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII The chiton family being notorious for stolidity, the infant could not have realised the risks of its trespass until the strait-jacket made its retirement impossible. Tropic Days Dr. Dolliver complied submissively, and the Colonel, with dull, unkindly eyes, looked at him sternly, and with a kind of intelligence amid the aged stolidity of his aspect, that somewhat puzzled the Doctor. The Dolliver Romance Billy looked up sharply, startled out of his usual stolidity with which he had learned from early youth to mask all interest or emotion from an officious and curious world. The City of Fire A very imaginative child is almost sure to be reproached with timidity, while mere stolidity takes rank as courage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 A grim Epicurean stolidity crept over me as I sat down before it. Men, Women, and Ghosts It can be explained only by the singular fascination of his eloquence, and by the extreme stolidity of his worshippers in appreciating his doctrines, and the state of society to which his principles logically led. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam The coroner tried to press him, but with true British stolidity he repeated: 'I wouldn't like to say.' The Old Man in the Corner In moments of discomfort, as I had told Tuppy, he wears a mask, preserving throughout the quiet stolidity of a stuffed moose. Right Ho, Jeeves The daughters even of the boisbrulés had much of the heaviness and stolidity of their native mothers. Man Size His countenance, usually subdued to an official stolidity, showed signs of something very like excitement. The Middle Temple Murder Player Number One, even though he sits patiently in the background in seeming stolidity, is big-boned, brawny, hairy, thirsty Russia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) "That is so," answered Steinmetz, with the Teutonic stolidity of manner which sometimes came over him. The Sowers It was but a momentary flash, but it was unmistakable in its character, as was his speedy return to his former stolidity. The House of the Whispering Pines The guns, with their demeanours of stolidity and courage, were typical of something infinitely self- possessed in this clamour of death that swirled around the hill. The Little Regiment The muleteer’s face slowly sank back into stolidity again. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories "What was't ye were speering at us, sir?" she resumed, with an appearance of stolidity so speedily assumed, as showed there was a good deal of knavery mixed with her folly. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 But, at that moment, I sprang and caught him by the bridle, when, presto! down went his ears, shut went the eyes, and over the entire gay brute spread a visible veil of stolidity. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 One single gleam of animation overspread his features for an instant when I gently removed the crushed corpse from his knees, and laid it on the bed, but he quickly relapsed into stolidity. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales She got an impression of something formidable behind his stolidity, something that made her feel mean and insignificant. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories He was shaken, and the clamlike stolidity which he had assumed as protection gave way. Uneasy Money Here is England comfortable to stolidity, prosperous and secure to dullness in her own half belief in a world civilization, which no longer argues in terms of blood and steel. The Head of the House of Coombe "Not so well as in your convent, good father," replied Wilkin, with the same immoveable stolidity of countenance. The Betrothed The pretty, expressionless face beneath its straight black hair had ever retained its wooden stolidity, the velvety eyes had not laughed nor frowned nor sparkled. Going Some The greater impulsiveness and vivacity of the French Canadian can brighten up, so to say, the stolidity and ruggedness of the Saxon. The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People There is no stolidity so utter as that of a waterless tap. Uneasy Money Even in their drink the poor Indians are not very violent, and get intoxicated with surprising stolidity and quietness. The Naturalist in Nicaragua But it returned my gaze with the stolidity of conscious innocence—it held up its wooden arms in deprecation. Without Prejudice When he faced Blake again, he had pulled the mask of professional stolidity over his features; also he lied boldly. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life The big general foreman was moved out of his phlegmatic stolidity. Out of the Primitive There was a stolidity about Thomas that promised well for England's future. The Professional Aunt Almost beside himself at the old woman's effrontery, he wanted to crush her with angry eloquence; but her stolidity baffled him, and he went up to his room without a word. Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian A man could not be ready in a wink of the eye, as Madame seemed to think, and the two peasants looked impenetrable in stolidity. The Chaplet of Pearls Carew had resumed his mantle of stolidity, but he coloured a little at the question. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Those who had been waiting before him, but farther away, now drew near, and by a certain stolidity of demeanor, no words being spoken, indicated that they were first. Sister Carrie "He is not my friend," said Evan, with the stolidity of a dull child. The Ball and the Cross His complete stolidity frustrated every effort she made to penetrate beneath the surface. The Tempting of Tavernake Robert, whose father wished him to be pushed on so as to be fit for examination for Sandhurst, opposed, to all pressure, the passive resistance of stolidity. Magnum Bonum Jack showed more Highland excitement than Russian stolidity, as he watched the oncoming of a small boat, beautifully riding the waves, and masterfully rowed by sailors who understood the art. A Rock in the Baltic Later, we had another instance of his stolidity; that was when crossing a salt lake. Spinifex and Sand Mulford probably did not think it worth while to argue the point any further, understanding the dogmatism and stolidity of his commander too well to deem it necessary. Jack Tier The sight of the open door leading to freedom was too much for the youth's stolidity. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story But stolid and taciturn we are; and some of the instances of our stolidity and our taciturnity are enough to astound. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Wagg's general stolidity made him seem rather stupid; the young man felt that his own wits ought to be enlisted in the affair. When Egypt Went Broke Gone were the phlegm and stolidity of those people who manifest emotion only on the occasions when they stand up to sing their national anthem: God save the King! Europe Revised These frontier towns inured to the clash of war go about their business with what one might call stolidity if there were not finer, and truer, names for it. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort His countenance showed the sullen stolidity of a man who spoke little but listened always, of a man who indulged in suspicious thoughts. Sowing Seeds in Danny Marigold received his reprimand with the stolidity of the old soldier. The Red Planet He has none of the heavy British mental and physical stolidity. The Master-Christian But the brutality of ignorance and stolidity is not the worst form of the evil. Winter Sunshine The lad looked up, but apparently saw little such assurance in the thin pale cheeks, and feeble, recumbent form; for his face twitched all over, resumed the same sullen stolidity, and was bent down again. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 She could watch with a greater degree of stolidity the sufferings of other men. On the Firing Line He could not; it had been, perhaps, a trick of light and, in any case, she was hidden now behind the stout stolidity of Grace. The Captives English stolidity would only have smiled at the criticism even had it been couched in the language of persiflage. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 The latter listened in silence and stolidity, then turned, and without a word departed swiftly in the darkness. The Blazed Trail This was voted down without debate by the "combine," some of whom kept a wooden stolidity of look, while others leered at me with sneering insolence. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography As ice breaks and reveals sullen waters underneath, so stolidity broke in Rothgar's face. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest She paused to watch her companion's face, and saw a new idea creep across its stolidity. Beatrice Her beauty and fearlessness had drawn him at first; her indifference and stolidity had piqued him; and now the shyness that displaced these was inconsistent and puzzling. A Mountain Europa The tea had swept away his previous sensation of fatigue, even the happy stolidity that had succeeded it for an instant. A Spirit in Prison They unwind their beasts from lamp posts, or the ensnared legs of profane pedestrians, with the stolidity of mandarins manipulating the strings of their kites. Sixes and Sevens Insults directed at himself the boy bore with a stolidity born of long use. Bob, Son of Battle The new coachman's countenance seemed frozen into a stolidity which did not alter. Jewel He was trying to estimate this sombre and fantastic lad, whose impenetrable stolidity puzzled him. Cabbages and Kings She slid a look at him which might have meant nothing or meant much, so perfect its shy stolidity. Fraternity British stolidity was in the ascendant with him then. The Lion's Skin The natural stolidity of Bob Pilings face was only just proof against this speech. Five Tales Her stolidity of manner and her logic, ponderous and irresistible, had their effect. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series For I rated them roundly, while they accepted my verbal goadings with the trained stolidity of folk who were used to it. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan The stolidity of the girl's face, more mocking far than any smile, warned him of the cheapness of this verbiage. Fraternity I could not ask them to spend a minute, they can help, out of the free air and light; but in winter I cannot see those fine young men and boys dozing themselves into stolidity.' Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife The two gentlemen were big Yorkshiremen, heavy-browed, and their native shrewdness packed far away behind a bumpkin stolidity and surliness that barely allowed them to show respect to the King. The Caged Lion Then the fire dropped out of his eyes as he turned with his usual stolidity to where Li Tee was lying. Under the Redwoods "He's the gentleman, sir, that Mr. Temple Barholm brought over from New York," replied Burrill with a stolidity clearly expressive of distaste. T. Tembarom Its stolidity vanished, the eyes became as quick, passionate, and leaping as a dark torrent. Fraternity There is nothing so resistant as the dull security of possession the stolidity of ownership! The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment In some fashion its silence and stolidity steadied her for her errand. Actions and Reactions His stolidity is not real; no; it is mere art, but it is a highly finished art and often enough we can't cut through it. Active Service "Us servants have orders to keep out of the way," Burrill said with sterner stolidity. T. Tembarom All tear-stained, indeed, she had already masked it with a sort of immovable stolidity. Fraternity If the owner would put aside his old Flemish stolidity! John Halifax, Gentleman The complacency with which the mass of people go about their daily task, absolutely indifferent to all other considerations, is appalling in its concentrated stolidity. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography He is the most stupid-looking Japanese that I have seen, but, from a rapid, furtive glance in his eyes now and then, I think that the stolidity is partly assumed. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Then for a moment the face of the applicant lost its stolidity; the lustreless, staring eyes dropped. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Baffled by this dumb grief, the landlady was silent; then, with the stolidity of those whose lives are one long wrestling with fortune, she muttered: "I don't like to see anyone cry like that!" Fraternity Lord Thornaby stared at me with inscrutable stolidity as we shook hands, and at once handed me over to a tall, ungainly man whom he addressed as Ernest, but whose surname I never learned. A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures All the persecutions of my excellent instructors wore themselves out against a dead wall of stolidity. The Unknown Guest The policeman behaved as though he had not heard—a proceeding which his natural stolidity rendered easy. Peter Ruff and the Double Four "The Lord help him!" said Joseph, for once moved out of his stolidity. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ A gleam of pleasure passing across her face was instantly obscured behind the cloud of her stolidity. Fraternity His stolidity had been slow to quicken, but his eyes were now hot and he had altogether ceased to swear. The Path of the King It lives in a sort of undisturbed stolidity, of nebulous slumber. The Unknown Guest The almost stupid stolidity of this child who had begun to think already, her rare gestures, everything about her, interested me. A Woman of Thirty The deaf man Matthew, whose savage stolidity had more than once excited my anger on our journey, came next to him, the two strangers whom I had seen in the hall bringing up the rear. A Gentleman of France Blanca could see his lips and eyelids quivering in a way strangely out of keeping with his general stolidity. Fraternity Instead of the staid dignity and stolidity of a general, I saw an almost schoolboyish nimbleness; instead of a collar sticking up to his ears, an ordinary light blue necktie. The Wife, and other stories The mare is road-shy, with intervals of stolidity, and there is no telling what she will pass and what she won’t. Reginald in Russia and other sketches The auctioneer noticed him standing almost directly under his nose, and was impressed with the stolidity—solidity—of the boy's expression. The Financier, a novel After which remark he, with the stolidity peculiar to his kind, figuratively shrugged his shoulders, detaching himself, as it were, of the whole affair. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Syme, at a crisis of his morbid fears for humanity, seemed stung by the mere stolidity of the automatic official, a mere bulk of blue in the twilight. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare He had gone out, with his heavy German stolidity of mien unchanged, and had closed the door behind him with quiet finality. Dangerous Days Her grave demeanor, now lapsing into apparent stolidity, can be readily understood. An Historical Mystery The restless Anglo-Saxon is alternately irritated and awed by this massive solidity, not to say stolidity. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening At the door of the cubicle where she had been forced to submit to the indignity of being searched by a wardress, the latter was now standing, waiting with characteristic stolidity. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Syme received the remark with stolidity, imagining it to be a joke. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare She had known for some time that the other girls kept away from her, and she had accepted it with the stolidity of her blood. Dangerous Days He had carved her countenance to the image of emptiness and inanity; had imbued her with the stolidity of his crags, and the reserve of his hushed interiors. Whirligigs This pitiful stolidity was only a fresh provocation. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The woman did her work with peculiar stolidity; she did not utter a word when she found the tiny steel files and placed them on a table beside her. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Blake stood in make believe stolidity dissembling his infinite chagrin and the stormy emotions warring within him, for some signs of which Diana watched his countenance in vain. Mistress Wilding One of the deck-hands whirled round instantly; but stolidity sat like adamant upon the faces of the others as Charley turned in their direction, and we continued our tour of the Hermana. Lady Baltimore A consideration of the above beautiful fable may go a little way toward explaining the supposed native stolidity in the face of the white man's wonders. The Land of Footprints During the whole entertainment I had frequently turned my eyes toward the prime minister, and had been much impressed by his apparent stolidity. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 Their faces, blue with the cold, were the perfect mirrors of their own unconquerable stolidity. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel With the stolidity of their race the Britishers did not show any surprise, as, some time afterward, they strolled down toward Tom's big craft, after supper, and looked it over. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures Like a bird in a cage she beat helplessly against barriers of language, of strange customs, of stolidity that were not far from absolute cruelty. The Street of Seven Stars In his attitude was the stolidity of the wooden Indian. The Land of Footprints What Tuppence had expected she hardly knew, but the sight of its red brick stolidity slightly assuaged the growing and entirely unreasonable uneasiness that possessed her. Secret Adversary She was pretty, and slender, and willowy; without the massive face and temperamental stolidity of the average squaw. The Faith of Men One could never get to the bottom of her wild notions which she held with the stolidity of a peasant allied to the outward serenity of a nun. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes Or was hers the stubborn obstinacy of the ox? the fixity of purpose of the balky horse? the stolidity of the self-willed peasant-mind? The Strength of the Strong Francis himself, despite the English stolidity of manner which he was wont to affect, began laughing as he put up his combs. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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