"virtue" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- No one can fill it, for the solid, homely virtues of the dear soul have gone out of fashion, as I say, and nothing new can be half so satisfactory, to me at least.
- "Arnold had no counselor on his pillow to urge him to the imitation of homely republican virtue, to stimulate him to follow the rugged path of a Revolutionary patriot."
- The peasant in his farmyard was part of a paysage moralise, a landscape that preached a sermon in praise of the homely virtues.
- He believed in good roads, education for all who would take it, and the homely virtues of thrift which the hard days after the Civil War had impressed upon him.
- While Ms. Garet said she would not use paneling if she built anew, she has come to terms with its homely virtues.
- This is entirely characteristic of the unsentimental tone of Baum's 14 Oz books, their emphasis on the homely American virtues of self-reliance and practicality.
- "Oh, you mustn't go so soon," he said, with some real kindness or clannishness permeating the hateful cordiality of his voice--for Andrew Cameron was not entirely without the homely virtues of the average man.
- The Manhandlers" for Campbell's soups) and their appeals to homely virtues (the masculinity of "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch").
- Charles's well-known verdict ... does not do justice to the homely virtues and unfailing good-humour of his staid and trustworthy character.
- Even though the heroes of all three films are presented as decent, liberal-leaning idealists, none expresses a political thought beyond exalting the homely virtues of honesty, growth and healthy self-expression.
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