More and more, these days, she'd been driving that pretty little mare that looked like her, over to Tillie's and Nick's -- his own old square frame box on posts, chickens and cats and pups under the house, everybody friendly inside, making a to-do over the babies dressed like dollies.

There had been supper parties and teas, fetes and little balls, Mama small and pretty and gay and Papa enormously jocular, enormously possessive, the sun around which the Blackwell planets revolved.

In little time, in 1890, the recently proclaimed Brazilian Republic decreed the prohibition of capoeira in the whole country, as things were pretty chaotic in the Brazilian capital and many police reports would demonstrate that capoeira was an undeserved advantage in a fight.

He underwent surgery in December that year and started " a little bit of radiation therapy ... as a precaution but the prognosis looks pretty good ", as he reported in his video autobiography.

In Loglan, one can directly and precisely say any of the different meanings of the English phrase " a pretty little girls ’ school.

One of the British officers noted that Irina " appeared shy and retiring at first, but it was only necessary to take a little notice of her pretty, small daughter to break through her reserve and discover that she was also very charming and spoke fluent English ".

The Mannegishi, also called little people, are bald humanoids with large bulky, pretty eyes and tiny, tan bodies.

" and then back to Putney Church, where I saw the girls of the schools, few of which pretty ; and there I come into a pew, and met with little James Pierce, which I was much pleased at, the little rogue being very glad to see me: his master, Reader to the Church.

He later sold the property to Chan Campbell and Llewellyn Thomson who erected a store and changed the name of the place to Ila in honor of a very pretty little girl cf the community.

It was written that "... this little spot has been seeded down and well cared for this summer and makes a pretty setting for the monument.

" I'm a pretty little feller ... everybody knows ... Don't know what to call me -- but I'm mighty lak a rose ...."

: Put all their other men together in one scale, and poor Castlereagh in the other – single he plainly weighed them down ... One can't help feeling a little for him, after being pitted against him for several years, pretty regularly.

At one end of the spectrum is the admiration of Donald Tovey (" healthy, unaffected, and drily energetic ", " rich in solid musical facts ", cast in " reinforced concrete ") and Maynard Solomon (" pellucid, brave, utterly lacking in sentimentality or affectation ") and the kindly tolerance of Hans von Bülow (" quite a pretty and tasteful little piece, protected from the dangers of obsolescence by what one might call its melodic neutrality ").

It's a pretty cool little package, too.

For that reason I decided to keep the look of the Enterprise pretty clean, but with a little more contrasty lighting ," Narita said.

In the movie version, singer Caesare — a pretty boy with little singing talent — goes through a whirlwind of success in a short time, and in a fit of pique, he abruptly fires his songwriters and quits his record label.

( 1935 ), Neville Cayley writes that it has " a pleasant call resembling sweet pretty little creature, frequently uttered during the day or night, especially on moonlight nights ".

" I wrote the book for Willow and for her friends and for all the little girls in the world who need affirmation about being female in this pretty much masculine world.

* The writer Tobias Smollett stayed a few days in Sanremo in 1765 and described it thus: " St. Remo is a pretty considerable town, well-built upon the declivity of a gently rolling hill ... There is very little plain ground in this neighbourhood ; but the hills are covered with oranges, lemons, pomegranates and olives .... The women of St. Remo are much more handsome and better tempered than those of Provence.

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She is described as a ' pretty little feather-head '.

Victoria once remarked that Beatrice was " a pretty, plump and flourishing child ... with fine large blue eyes, pretty little mouth and very fine skin ".

That we had the wit and wisdom to adopt Mr. Lowell's concept and make it the base for our processes of selection is one reason why our selections have been, it may be said truly, pretty uniformly good.

`` Oh, yes '', I said, feeling annoyed, `` she was very pretty.

Pei said: " My father began living his own separate life pretty soon after that.

At the time of her wedding, Isabella was said to have been pretty, slim, graceful and well-dressed.

In October 1992, a staff writer of the UK publication Nintendo Magazine System said that Kid Icarus was " pretty good fun ", but did not " compare too well " to other platform games, owing in part to its " rather dated " graphics.

Idle himself was said to have been uncomfortable with the character ; " It's essentially a pretty savage attack on rabid Zionism, suggesting it's rather akin to Nazism, which is a bit strong to take, but certainly a point of view ".

: Gundrun became her son's slayer ; the wise god-bride could not love the Van ; Kialar trained horses pretty well ; Hamdir is said not to have held back sword-play.

Spitzer said that the number of gay people who could successfully become heterosexual was likely to be " pretty low ", and conceded that his subjects were " unusually religious.

For the film's look, the Coens wanted to avoid the usual retro 1960s clichés like lava lamps, Day-Glo posters, and Grateful Dead music and for it to be " consistent with the whole bowling thing, we wanted to keep the movie pretty bright and poppy ", Joel said in an interview.

However, with the Dude's apartment, Deakins said, " it's kind of seedy and the light's pretty nasty " with a grittier look.

Stacy said “ I think we are basically pretty certain this is the last tour of this type we ’ ll be doing in the States.

I must have shown that I was not only puzzled but crestfallen, at this exception to what looked like a very pretty rule of stellar characteristics ; but Pickering smiled upon me, and said: " It is just these exceptions that lead to an advance in our knowledge ", and so the white dwarfs entered the realm of study!

On their first meeting on the set, Burton said " Has anyone ever told you that you're a very pretty girl?

Sir Hugh Casson said she was like " a wave breaking on a rock, because although she is sweet and pretty and charming, she also has a basic streak of toughness and tenacity.

At Bristol, he said that German industrial capacity " will go a pretty long way.

" She insisted that she be portrayed realistically in her death scene, and said, " the last stages of consumption, poverty and neglect are not pretty and I intended to be convincing-looking ".

), Major Kong said, " Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good time in Big D with all this stuff.

" I was pretty sore ", Broderick said.

He later said of his drug addiction that " It's pretty textbook [...] Guy makes it in rock band, gets very full of himself, starts thinking he's indestructible, and all of a sudden he destroys himself.

" Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, said of the episode: " pretty standard early fare, with the series not quite hitting its stride.

He said that years later, a professional accountant ( Albert Bradley, longtime CFO of GM ) " was kind enough to say it was pretty good for a layman.

Allmusic said that the album had " melodies and songwriting are pretty consistent ", and gave it a score of four stars out of five.

Robertson described Ron Nevison's production as " pretty naff " and Gorham said the record was " ridiculously tame ".