 It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly: neither common-place, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony....  The Living Age - Page 961913Full view - About this book
 | Evelyn May Albright - 1911 - 296 pages
...this. It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly: neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but,...monotony. As with some persons who have long lived far apart, solitude seemed to look out of its countenance. It had a lonely face, suggesting tragical... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1917 - 472 pages
...this; It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly: neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but,...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. This obscure, obsolete, superseded country figures in Domesday. Its condition is recorded therein as... | |
 | Chester Noyes Greenough, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - 1917 - 420 pages
.... It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but,...monotony. As with some persons who have long lived far apart solitude seemed to look out of its countenance. Along an aged highway walked an old man.... | |
 | 1919 - 478 pages
...await one last crisis, the final overthrow. ... As with some persons who have long lived their lives apart, solitude seemed to look out of its countenance....a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities." This fine story illustrates admirably three phases of the novelist's art, plot construction, use of... | |
 | 1920 - 512 pages
...this. It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature—neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly: neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but,...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. This obscure, obsolete, superseded country figures in Domesday. Its condition is recorded therein as... | |
 | Archie Stanton Whitfield - 1921 - 60 pages
...accordant with man's nature—neither ghastly, hateful or ugly : neither commonplace, unmeaning or tame ; but, like man, slighted and enduring ; and...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. . . . ' Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape— far-reaching proofs productive... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1922 - 1002 pages
...hateful, nor ugly : neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame ; but, like man, slighted and ~en3uring ; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. This obscure, obsolete, superseded country figures in Domesday. Its condition is recorded therein as... | |
 | George Moore - 1924 - 328 pages
...them. It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful nor ugly: neither commonplace, unmeaning nor tame: but...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. I read this admired passage with alarm, saying to myself: They have read and kept a memory of Alastor... | |
 | George Moore - 1924 - 316 pages
...them. It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature — neither ghastly, hateful nor ugly: neither commonplace, unmeaning nor tame: but...a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities. I read this admired passage with alarm, saying to myself: They have read and kept a memory of Alastor... | |
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