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.