The poor negro, almost in the attitude of prayer, exclaimed: "De great God!
I myself am somewhat astonished at the attitude of things in Tennessee.
His attitudeis judicial, and the verdict is seldom other than lenient and kindly.
What the generalattitude of the Church's leadership toward him was, may be conjectured from the declaration of Gregory the Great against all beauty in writing.
The happiness men seek for is in themselves, to be found at little Ulubrae in the Latin marshes as easily as in great cities, if only they have the proper attitude of mind and heart.
Horace sums up an attitude toward existence which all men, of whatever nation or time, can easily understand, and which all, at some moment or other, sympathize with.
The flippant attitude (which indicates the scope and summit of an ill-informed mind) that he was the victim of abnormal ambition to be connected with one or other of the royal families is ludicrous.
That in effect was the attitude of the gallant doctor, who was the first to call serious attention to the goings on in the "Abode of Darkness.
This incident is another proof of Napoleon's humane attitude towards his people and his abhorrence of religious intolerance.
Let her be judged as a man," said Napoleon, and in truth he was right in deciding in this way, as her whole attitude aped the masculine.
Her Navy, formed in two years, after a ruinous revolution, and assuming at last a menacing attitude after so long, excited the scoffs of a shortsighted enemy.
This in effect is what these high-minded men of letters say should have been the attitude of England's guest.
But among Englishmen such an attitude of mind has always been extremely rare; to presume it in our typical money-maker who has edifying sentiments on his lips is to fall into a grotesque error of judgment.
And, in the second place, literary activity is by no means an invariable proof of that mental attitude which marks the truly civilized man.
If it disobeys, it has less fear of the consequences, so the importance of obedience becomes a dwindling factor in its mental attitude and its behavior.
An attitude of respect and reverence for the opinions and notions of their parents, or grand-parents, would hardly be expected of them.
In the light of the foregoing observations, there is nothing in the attitude of the new generation toward this whole question which remains incomprehensible, or even very puzzling.
The change that has occurred is in the attitude of the new generation toward the teachings of the church and the consequent weakening of its influence.
If we pause and examine this attitude of mind, dispassionately, from another angle, a possible explanation suggests itself.
She imagined that it concerned only herself, whereas the sympathy, affection, the kindly attitude which all those people were disposed to have for her suffered a shock.
This is the typical attitude of to-day, encouraged and absorbed on every side and becoming more wide-spread with each passing year.
As it does not intend to be disturbed in its own spiritual attitude and beliefs, it is ready to seize the first opportunity to raise objections.
But the attitude of mother is apt to give rise to suspicion that she was only pretending, when she said she didn't know.
About the only change in this influence lies in the mental attitudeof the average individual.
When the individual was trained to the habit of obedience--when the attitude of the spirit within was one of respect and reverence for established authority and established traditions--that was one thing.
Yet, as we have seen repeatedly in discussing the attitude of the new generation, it is one of the questions about which there prevails the greatest misconception and confusion of mind.
It is obvious that, in recent years, there has been a vast change in the attitude of parents toward children, and perhaps an even greater change in the attitude of children toward parents.
And, when the servant opened her door, Sibyl was discovered in the attitude of a severe student, bending over a table on which lay many volumes.
If she must remain in uncertainty about his attitude towards her, the approaching ordeal would be intensified with a new agitation: was he coming to her recital, or was he not?
He approached her, voice and attitudebroken to humility.
Miss Leach was a meagre blonde, whose form, face, and attitude enhanced by contrast the graces of the First Violin.
Being immediately concerned, he could see nothing in hisattitude but a wise and noble disinterestedness.
Well--my attitude would be this," Nassington replied.
At that moment her mother turned to look back, and consequently they both instantly assumed an attitude of utter unconcern.
Her attitude was distinctly curious, and therefore I made no attempt to claim acquaintance.
As he was dressing for dinner with the aid of the faithful Charles, the Parson entered, and to him he gave an accurate description of the run, and of the rather amorous attitude the obese widow had assumed towards him.
Examination shows that this attitudevaries with the difference in the quantity of blood in the brain in these two positions, and this fact may explain a whole series of phenomena.
The last point must be carefully treated, for it requires taking the attitude of the accused and not of the examiner.
To compare the varieties of intellectual attitude among men generally, we must start with sense-perception, which, combined with mental perception, makes a not insignificant difference in each individual.
In themselves they seem of little importance, but they occasion such a change in the attitude of an individual toward a happening which she must describe to the judge, that the change may cause a change in the judgment.
Unfortunately, she hides this attitude under many words, and one often wishes for the simple assertion of the English woman, ``that must be.
If the experts
speak of us with small respect and the attitude spreads and becomes general, we get only our full due.
If we fix an expression on our features or bring our body into an attitude which involves passional excitement we may be sure that we will be affected more or less by the appropriate emotion.
And this feminine attitude is not Christian charity, but ignorance of the law, and with this ignorance we have to count when we examine witnesses.
The same attitude must be taken toward autodidacts and dilettantes who always measure the value of their knowledge by the amount of effort they had to use in getting it, and hence, always overestimate their acquirements.
It may be objected that the subjective attitude of a witness will never influence a judge, who can easily discover the objective truth in the one-sided observation of an event.
All that is necessary for this attitude is the play of sympathies and antipathies generated from whatever source.
Where he was concerned there was in the attitudeof this frail young woman something firm and decided.
The contrast naturally fixed in all minds, between his vigorous attitude and that of his predecessor, an infirm and feeble old man, added to the general satisfaction.
His attitude under the Consulate and the Empire was that of a true patriot.
Mr. Smith, striking an attitude upon the balustrade, and pointing down to the two blushing faces with a triumphant finger.
But it was dusk by this time; and in the dim light of the room Charles Raymond could not see the expression of Roland's face; he could only see the attitude of his head, which drooped a little forward, supported by his hand.
She could not abandon her old attitude of worship.
George came in by-and-by, and found her sitting in the attitude into which she had fallen after destroying the letter.
Mr. Raymond wheeled round as suddenly as if he had received an electric shock, and ran across the room to a gentleman who was lounging in a half-reclining attitude upon one of the broad window-seats.
He no longer struggled to retain the attitude from which he had hitherto endeavoured to regard Mrs. Gilbert.
This attitude has been steadfastly maintained in spite of the wholesale imprisonment by the Allies of such Hungarian subjects as were left within their territory at the opening of hostilities.
Leaning against the base, in anattitude of infinite weariness, sat a dead French soldier.
Madge conceived a pretext for going into the presence of her mistress, whose attitude was the same as when she first sat in the chair.
But the audience hearing what passes, appreciates the courteous restraint of an attitude so contrasting with their tempers.
Joseph Newmark, in advance of his time, shot methodically and well at the trap, never went afield, and maintained toward his neighbours an habitual dry attitude of politeness.
The flock, its course arrested, hung motionless above the decoys in the attitude of alighting.
Curly retained his flattened attitude on the bottom of the cart; only occasionally rolling up his yellow eyes, but without moving his head.
His attitude during the rest of the year was frank scepticism.
By his attitude he was peering at me through the darkness.
The attitude of the sitter, her dress and features, are the same as in Holbein's picture, but the face is less finely modelled and lacks charm and expression.
Christina herself maintained the prudent attitude which she had adopted with regard to Vaudemont's marriage, and refused to countenance by her presence a union which excited much unfriendly criticism in France.
Christina of Hesse, 479 Holstein, Frederic, Duke of, his hostileattitude to King Christian II.
He found his beautiful ward sitting before a small table, and leaning her face upon both her hands in the attitude of thought.
The act was almost pathetic now, for one of the paws was bandaged, and his whole attitude expressed the humiliation of a broken spirit.
The excellent beast behaved with wonderful propriety, sitting upon his cushion in an attitude of such dignity that it seemed almost a liberty to offer him food.
For two hundred or more generations of our historical past this attitude has been repeated two hundred or more times, and unless we are very careful our children will have the same attitude toward us.
His attitude toward the Copernican theory, which was condemned by Roman Inquisition 1616.
The attitude of mind which admits the supernatural blinds and frustrates any analysis or any attempt at analysis.
He has maintained this attitude of loyalty, too, under very discouraging circumstances.
He was equally outspoken on the attitude of the Sons of Temperance in deciding, against his protest, to shut out Negroes from its membership.
That the attitude of the creditors was not the only moving force toward a new charter is probable, because the old charter was not adequate to meet the needs of the Royal African Company which was to follow.
It will be seen that the attitude thus was plainly more and more adverse to the free Negro.
As a further indication that they were not intimidated by the hostile attitude of Valckenburg the English commenced to build another factory at Anashan in the Fantin region.
It is this same drama of history as it appears to an intelligent man of color well read in the history of this country although lacking the attitude of a scientific investigator.
Desiring to see the institution abolished, Franklin early connected himself with the anti-slavery forces of Pennsylvania and maintained this attitude of antagonism toward it until his death.
With respect to slavery the earlyattitude of Tennessee toward the national government was peculiar.
The attitude taken by the church bodies in Canada towards this new movement is of interest.
The attitude of the white man in this country toward the Negro is the fact perhaps of most consequence in the Negro problem.
It was not necessary for him to give an extensive treatment of abolition but it is impossible to set forth exactly what the institution was without giving sufficient space to this attitude of a militant minority toward it.
As slavery expanded from this small territory into all parts of the State, the attitude of the people of the Commonwealth with respect to the nation and slavery at various times may be shown.
Yet Kincaid fearlessly defended the plain human rights of the colored population in his speech as much as Stephenson had done, and scathingly denounced the Committee of Thirteen for its attitude toward slavery.
And, now, what attitude must we assume in the face of the redoubled persecutions that we are threatened with?
Alarmed at the renewed and more threatening attitude of the now so unexpectedly reinforced Huguenots, the King endeavored once more to beguile them with false promises.
His big form loomed out in the twilight a head taller than any of his companions, and there was something in his tone and attitude that held them back.
She was looking up at a blond giant whose attitude expressed complete devotion.
Long before he had known definitely of a rival with millions who had been besieging Clara with his attentions, he had thought he sensed a change in her attitude toward him.
But still more welcome is the change in the attitude of the educated world towards the old-time alchemists and their theories which has taken place during the past few years.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attitude" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
