10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETIRINGLY»
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retiringly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
retiringly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Hindsight Met Provincialatis
At forty, a Southern woman feels under obligation to relinquish the graces of her
younger days. If she is still well- preserved and handsome, she wears her honors
retiringly, as though apologetic for the hold she retains upon social success.
Louise Clarkson Whitelock,
1898
It was not even grandly grotesque like Cyrano's, but merely retiringly comic. On
the few occasions Judson had contrived to secure the romantic parts he coveted,
he had to play them full face to the audience; the moment he turned side-ways on
...
3
The Boy-savers' Guide: Society Work for Lads in Their Teens
Thus, for example, the total abstinence pledge, if justified by local circumstances,
is likely to prove something of a failure or a fair success accordingly as the union
adopting the pledge is of retiringly religious character, or in the enjoyment of an ...
... of a ' Eoyal,' or only ten, seeing that two of his points were so retiringly inchoate
— mere modest bulges on the surface of the horn — as scarcely to rank as points
at all, conversation for a few moments showed signs of dying a natural death.
5
A New Abridgment of Ainsworth's Dictionary: English and ...
Retired [solitary] sol ¡tari us. Retiredly, secreto, seorsum. Ret irednem or a place
of retire' ment, secessus, secret um. A looerof retirement, aoUtarius, eolitudinia
amans, A retiring or retirement, recea- aus, regreaaut, se cessio. Retiringly or by
...
6
The Garden that I Love: Second Series
... during three of the seasons of the year, and are not always absent from their
kingdom during the fourth. And how they vary in character ! some being retiringly
shy, some self-possessed and dauntless, some attractively modest, while others
...
7
Ecce Messias: or, the Hebrew Messianic hope and the ...
The belief of the personal coming still holds ground ; but how modestly, how
retiringly, by comparison ! The Pastoral Epistles (as those to Timothy and Titus
are called) contribute little to the subject of our present inquiry. Their date is
matter of ...
8
Worldly friendship, a comedy
Ed. [retiringly] Great ! Ber. Do not let that alarm you. None are small here [taking
Ed. by the hand and showing him Dutillet]. Behold our great Dutillet — editor —
publisher — an Atlas in his way, supporting the literary world — by his liberality !
9
Angels & ministers: four plays of Victorian shade & character
(For now we perceive that this gentle Old Lady so devious in her conversation
has a power of self-possession, of which, very retiringly, she avails herself.) julia (
improving the occasion as she hands back the cup, with that touch of superiority ...
Brother, thou maycst speak freely before this dear child; a light is even now
arising to her out of darkness. Look at her and doubt not.” Callistus now, for the
first time, bent a scrutinizing look upon the maiden. She stood retiringly near the
door, ...
John Francis Waller,
1852
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETIRINGLY»
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retiringly is used in the context of the following news items.
The end of exile — James T. Davies
The motorcycle taxi driver who had reluctantly driven me out here suggested retiringly that I spend the night in a nearby town instead. We approached a group of ... «Malay Mail Online, Jun 15»
'Beertown': A nice place to raise your theatergoers
He's brought along his daughter, the bizarrely named Michael J. Soch Jr., and played so retiringly by director Rachel Grossman that you might guess she's ... «Washington Post, Jul 12»