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Updated: June 12, 2025
It is one of the noblest and most godlike qualities of the human heart, generated, perhaps, slowly and gradually from self-love, and afterwards intended to act as a general law, whose kind office it should be, to soften the partial deformities, to correct the asperities, and to smooth the wrinkles of its parent: and this seems to be the analog of all nature.
Old and practically unchangeable, she is not lovable and she never has been, but near-by tenderness has softened some of her self-satisfied asperities.
"Do you mean to insinuate, sir, that a fortune is essential?" asked Frederic, haughtily. Here the Italian interfered, and smoothed down the Vicomte's asperities. At this moment a fresh, young voice rose from the lower room, which was crowded, and when the voice ceased there came loud applause. "That is a charming voice!" said Arthur. "I would like to see this nightingale a little nearer."
Then the slow solid sharpening of details all about you, thrusting through illusion and dispelling it growing keener and harder day by day, through long dull seasons, while your feet learn to remember all asperities of pavements, and your eyes all physiognomy of buildings and of persons, failures of masonry, furrowed lines of pain.
There were no serious difficulties on this side; but still there were little occasional asperities, that gave the lover an opportunity to offer his arm; and Mr. Coventry threw a graceful devotion even into this slight act of homage.
The channel, however, was encumbered with asperities, over which the river fretted and foamed with thundering impetuosity. I pondered for a while on these stupendous scenes. They ravished my attention from considerations that related to myself; but this interval was snort, and I began to measure the descent, in order to ascertain the practicability of treading it.
Its mountainous asperities supply me with images of desolation and seclusion, and its headlong streams lull me into temporary forgetfulness of mankind. I comprehend you. You suspect me of concern in the death of Waldegrave. You could not do otherwise. The conduct that you have witnessed was that of a murderer.
MacLeod stood up, and having, in a few simple remarks, attempted to smooth some of the asperities of the youth's address, announced another meeting in the evening, and dismissed the assembly with a prayer. Malcolm went home with his grandfather.
And with such jocular asperities the days passed quickly and agreeably until my nephew arrived with the plans and specifications. Frederick Grinnell was not only my nephew, but an architect of reputation and promise, considering his years and experience.
The shade hat topped her Sunday gown of black grenadine, which was turned up carefully about her as she sat on a rock and chaperoned her young people. A straw "pancake" softened the asperities of her granite couch. Dunham observed her erect attitude doubtfully. "Can't I get you some sofa pillows?" he asked. "No, pancakes are what I always use," returned Miss Martha decidedly.
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