10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMPISHLY»
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lumpishly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lumpishly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Family Tree of Heinrich Heine
him when he perceives how rudely, lumpishly and lubberly these very ideas have
been conceived by the narrow minds of his contemporaries. Then he jokes, as it
were, across their temporal bearskins. There are mirrors which are ground at ...
2
A Daughter of the Middle Border
In desperate desire for haste I could only lumpishly wait. Another day of agony,
another interminable night of pain must pass before I could reach the shadowed
Homestead. Nothing could shorten the interval. Then, too, I realized that she ...
3
Little Dorrit, Vol. II ~ Paperbound
... and would sit heavily among the company at table and wander lumpishly about
his drawing-rooms afterwards, only remarkable for appearing to have nothing to
do with the entertainment beyond being in its way. The Chief Butler, the ...
4
The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and ...
I read your letter — I literally jumped for joy— How could such a mercurial
creature as a poet, lumpishly keep his seat on the receipt of the best news from
his best friend. I seized my gilt-headed Wangee rod, an instrument indispensably
...
Robert Burns, James Currie, 1835
Henry James. Whatever might have been in itself the quality of these elements
Densher could feel the effect proceeding from them, as they lumpishly blocked
out the decline of the dim day, to be ugly almost to the point of the sinister.
6
Death in a Delphi Seminar: A Postmodern Mystery
"Sounds like a busy night for you, " I said, somewhat lumpishly. "A policeman 's
lot is not a happy one. " I was cold. He must have been warmer in his Burberry
than I in my anorak, although I wondered how he could wear loafers in this
weather.
7
The Healing Presence: Curing the Soul through Union with Christ
We see right away when we are dealing with a passive will, someone who
lumpishly looks to a counselor or minister or to God to do what only he himself
can do. All such things as these come to the fore, along with the memories of
where the ...
... laws of the profession often straggling lumpishly behind his master. Women
were there: wives who came because their lords came, or because Mr. Elsmere
had been “that good” to them that anything they could do to oblige him “they
would, ...
Humphry Ward, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein, 2013
She was ashamed at having had such an ill wish about this middle-aged woman
who was sitting there rather lumpishly in an armchair and evidently, from her
vague wandering glance and the twist of her eyebrows and her mouth, trying to ...
10
Little Dorrit: Easyread Edition
... and liveliness used to say to one another, 'Let us dine at our dear Merdle's next
Thursday. Whom shall we have?' Our dear Merdle would then receive his
instructions; and would sit heavily among the company at table and wander
lumpishly ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMPISHLY»
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lumpishly is used in the context of the following news items.
Refugees, fracking and cyclones are three sides of the same coin
Not romantically do I believe this, nor poetically, nor emotionally, nor metaphorically ... but steadily, lumpishly, absolutely." (Winter Hours, 1999). «Brisbane Times, Mar 15»
George Orwell: Seeing Things As They Are (Harvill Secker)
While flaying JB Priestley ("It is not that he writes ineptly, or is lumpishly dull... it is simply that his writing does not touch the level at which ... «Herald Scotland, Dec 14»
What Have You Done For Us Lately, Paul McCartney?
The Guardian, on the other hand, gave it only two out of five stars, calling it “lumpishly heavy.” Rolling Stone gave it three stars, which is really ... «Radio.com News, Oct 13»
Radio review: Re-imagining the City, and last week's highlights
No wonder, I shouted, loud and lumpishly. They were TV shows, “re-tailored” for radio, horrible to hear. It you wanted to switch children off radio ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 13»
'Six Dead Queens' is funny and effective
Set on a giant raked bed in a purgatorial boudoir, the show opens with the six women lumpishly arrayed under the covers — until the flatulence ... «Chicago Tribune, Sep 12»
Painting's pricetag could make you Scream
In one lumpishly literal interpretation, a group of astronomers suggested that Munch was just observing a natural phenomenon: Earlier, in 1883, ... «Winnipeg Free Press, May 12»
Sirens, Channel 4, Perfume, BBC Four, Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in …
... in a wearisome attempt to lend something a measure of street-cred, but I have never seen it done quite so lumpishly and self-consciously. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 11»
Great Works: Ferdinand VII in Royal Robes, 1815 (208 x 142.5 cm …
His mouth is small, and pursed; his chin hangs over his winged collar, heavily, lumpishly. That mouth is aggressively anti-erotic, utterly ... «The Independent, Apr 11»
Paula Rego: Oratorio, Marlborough Fine Art, London
In a monstrous mock-pietà called Lamentation, a huge, lumpishly oppressive Christ-substitute has fallen from a ladder, and now he lies, legs ... «Independent, Jul 10»
Get Off Facebook and Do Something!
The child may sit lumpishly around his room, watch TV, play video games, or fool around at the computer while screened off from the world by ... «Slate Magazine, May 10»
