10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOUCHINGLY»
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slouchingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
My Scrap Book: Or, Rough Notes on Indian Oology and Ornithology
These specimens I obtained in the Saharunpoor district, along the Western
Jumna Canal, where they are excessively common, and where in a morning's
walk three or four might be seen, sitting slouchingly, and kite-like, on branches
about ...
Allan Octavian Hume,
1869
2
Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, ...
He a - peared to walk slouchingly, as if he d up from above by straps under his
shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. Men and boys would have
appeared alike at alittle distance, there being no object by which to measure
them.
3
Laurie Todd, or The settlers in the woods
said he ; for by this time he began to suspect that I had not just such a high
opinion of him as he was fain I should entertain. " Just as ye like, Mr. Waft," was
my dry answer ; so he came forward slouchingly, yet queerly smiling, and turning
round, ...
The man did as he was bid, and slouchingly skulked off to the back entrance. And
certainly Monsieur Richard did looka likely person to make peace between
people. He was so very blond and gentle-looking; not strong, decidedly, as
Madame ...
Marie Pauline Rose Stewart Blaze de Bury (Baronne.),
1868
5
The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery
... and call it an " Abernethy at Home." His mode of entering the lecture-room was
often irresistibly droll — his hands buried deep in his breeches-pockets, his body
bent slouchingly forward, blowing or whistling, his eyes twinkling beneath their ...
Daniel Drake, Lunsford Pitts Yandell,
1840
6
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Iremember peering over the banisters and seeing him come up the stairs, after
school, dressed in the black regulation uniform with that leatherbelt I secretly
coveted, mountingslowly, slouchingly, lugging his piebald satchel behind him,
patting ...
7
'My Novel', Or, Varieties in English Life
With all his intellectual culture, and his restless aspirations, his breast afforded
him no thought so generous, no sentiment so poetic, as those with which the
unlettered clown crept slouchingly homeward. As Randal gained a point where ...
Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton,
1852
giant He appeared to walk slouchingly, as if held up from above by straps under
his shoulders, as much as supported by the plain below. Men and boys would
have appeared alike at a little distance, there being no object by which to
measure ...
Henry David Thoreau,
1866
His nether garments have never been considered remarkable for their
cleanliness or beauty ; his tattered sombrero de paja hangs ever slouchingly over
his cunning and restless eyes; and he is evermore to be seen, poking his
intrusive nose ...
... slouchingly; nor is there even any liberty. I can understand the man who takes
off his hat to a lady because it is the customary symbol. I can understand him, I
say; in fact, I know him quite intimately. I can also understand the man who
refuses ...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton,
1969
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOUCHINGLY»
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slouchingly is used in the context of the following news items.
Kesler's personality defines Team USA
There is something about Kesler's personality that seems to lie somewhere between droll and slouchingly disinterested. A little edgy, maybe a little James Dean ... «ESPN, Feb 10»
Marlon Brando
Brando had been in Japan for more than a month, and during that time he had shown himself on the set as a slouchingly dignified, amiable-seeming young man ... «New Yorker, Jul 04»