From first to last his whimsicalitynever deserted him.
It is not levity, but only whimsicality of temperament, I demand from one who would read from this particular lore to me.
It was Mark Twain who "created" the story: he endowed with the comic note of whimsicality that imaginative realization of une chose vue, which went round the world.
Now the whimsicalityof the idea of a fellow’s pocketing a bull, tickled me so much that I forgave him everything!
For a moment the whimsicalityof it interrupted the current of his feeling.
Depressed and intent as he was, the whimsicality of the situation struck him.
I dare say it is that I am always keenly alive to these odd passages in life, and that I am more prone to seize the whimsicality of a matter than is a person of a better gravity.
The scene that confronted me when I entered the inn parlour would not by any means have been devoid of a certain whimsicality had it not had so sinister a bearing on our fortunes.
But surely," says Cynthia, who in so many ways had the true feminine imperviousness to the whimsicality of things, "is this not the very height of imprudency?
She clearly recognized the extravagant whimsicality of sitting down to dinner in such company, at such a season, and in such a place.
But the great Quaker was equal to the occasion; no selfishness, crankiness, or whimsicality on their part could wear out his patience and benevolence.
The humor of that work lies in its sympathetic and creative insight quite as much as in the broad good-humor and imaginative whimsicality with which the author handles his theme.
This strikes me as having the very movement and all the delicious whimsicality of a school-boy's troubled dream.
Thus a strange wilfulness and whimsicality has wrought itself into the substance of his mind.
Their doings, even more than those of the other human persons, are marked by the dream-like freakishness and whimsicality which distinguish the piece.
And then, as with a glow of satisfaction he sat down to rest and contemplate his handiwork--he almost laughed over the grim whimsicality of it.
I don't think so," she replied, with a splutter of mirth, wondering what whimsicalitywas coming next.
There was a subtle something in the tone--a something underlying the whimsicality of the words, that seemed to quell her rising mirth.
They are played upon by every whimsicality of circumstance; their own character makes no difference at all in the world in which they live.
Sometimes an exaggerated whimsicality trenches so closely upon insanity, that it is difficult to discriminate between them; and, as Dr.
But there is lacking here the inevitable concomitant of Sterne’s relation of a sentimental situation, the whimsicality of the narrator in his attitude at the time of the adventure, or reflective whimsicality in the narration.
But the greater part of the wild, adventurous tale is far removed from its inception, which presented domestic whimsicality in a gallery of originals, unmistakably connected with Tristram Shandy.
An attempt at whimsicality of style is apparent in the “Furth Catechismus in Frage und Antwort” (pp.
And again, on page 83, he breaks off into attempted frivolity and Yorick whimsicalityof narration.
Whimsicality is a flower that defies transplanting; when once rooted in other soil it shoots up into obscurity, masquerading as profundity, or pure silliness without reason or a smile.
In the manner of presentation of his writings we have at once the revelation of catholic literary taste and wide reading combined with the deep seriousness and the almost irresponsible whimsicality of the man himself.
As before, the stimulant set the racked heart to sending strength through the freezing veins--and with it a touch of the whimsicality which Death alone could quench.
No; I dare say not," said Jimmie Dale--and then the whimsicality dropped from him.
Jimmie Dale's smile was tinged with whimsicality now.
The best specimen of this work, of which the outstanding characteristics are sheer whimsicality and topsy-turvy humour, is The Ballad of Kynd Kittok.
The local example of thewhimsicality of Nature owes its excellence to absolute purity.
It was not her fault, but the flightiness and whimsicality of Nature which had contrived to make her the belle of the camp.
The same whimsicalityis shown elsewhere in the course of the novel.
If, with the brilliant whimsicality that characterizes all his work, Petronius has placed these utterances in the mouth of disreputable and broadly comic figures, that does not impair the value or sincerity of the criticism.
But when Launce opens his mouth, unbridled whimsicality at once takes the upper hand.
On the other hand, there is a good deal of quite youthful whimsicality in the speeches of the Clown, especially in the first act, which there is no difficulty in attributing to Shakespeare's twenty-fifth year.
But this unbridled whimsicalityconceals the energetic virtues of a firm and noble character.
But what are these little flashes in comparison with the inexhaustible whimsicality of the true Falstaff!
Let's go and get married," he urged, all the whimsicality of his utterance duplicated in his eyes.
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