It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess, that no one would believe it without having seen it. From LearnThat.org. [Christopher Columbus, Source: Letter to the Sovereigns on the First Voyage, February 15–March 4, 1493]
An artless manner. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An artless translation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an artless child. ,artless beauty; artless charm. ,an artless translation. From Dictionary.com.
They are "artless" only insofar as they embody an aesthetic distinct from the abbey's inventory of images made by professional artists. From Wordnik.com. ['Nuns As Artists'] Reference
How artless is all this!. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
There softer tribes in artless measures ring. From Wordnik.com. [Progress of Society] Reference
His own scores reveal him as the most artful of 'artless' composers. From Wordnik.com. ["Marse Henry" : an autobiography,] Reference
Yet in spite of this dreadful tenue he greeted me without embarrassment and indeed with a kind of artless pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Ruggles of Red Gap] Reference
"artless" woman, it is a construct that perhaps resonated even more strongly on the American side of the Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [Acting 'Natural': Vanity Fair and the UnMasking of Anglo-American Sentiment] Reference
The doctor laughed over these artless compliments. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
To woods and hills pour forth his artless strains. From Wordnik.com. [The Bucolics and Eclogues] Reference
Choulette told them it was a rustic and artless work. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Oh, tender and artless Violette; Oh, modest wood-flower!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It's all so charmingly artless as to be almost endearing. From Wordnik.com. [E (novel extract)] Reference
This was said with an artless candor that enraptured Jimmy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
What stabs children inflict on us sometimes by their artless words!. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
And, with the artless impulsiveness of a happy child, she kissed little. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The girl was so artless, you could see her quiver, or feel her, at every shot. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
The bewitching manner and artless talk of Agnes soon quiet Paul's excited nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Maria, so good and so artless, who had been told too many times that she was pretty!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But Francette was not so childish, and he was one day to marvel at her artless skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Amedee was an artless dupe, and, touched by the interest shown him, he frankly replied. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then I, in my timid and artless way, ventured to ask him why he spoke thus of Pittsburgh. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference
The almost untranslatable airs of India assume in China something like an artless melody. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Such a man was a dangerous companion for a young, simple, and artless girl like Micheline. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So sang she, innocently enough, whose sweethearting went no farther than her artless lips. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Let the word be as genuine as the thought, as artless, as valid: think justly, speak frankly. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
This artless outlet to his feelings was interpreted for what it was worth behind the shutter. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
He remembered the sweet and artless evidences of affection which the young girl had given him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The billing of two doves on an elm was not more artless than their converse on the mule's back. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Now, a lot of people find this engaging, but I don't think anybody really supposes it's artless. From Wordnik.com. [For Candidates, An Accent on Authenticity] Reference
Sitting by her side, the minister held the girl's hand, and listened to her artless expressions. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
There, an artless sympathy, stronger than social conventions, had drawn us to each other -- Octave and Clemence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Gore isn't much of a populist in his heart, and "The people versus the powerful" is the most artless slogan in memory. From Wordnik.com. [Betting That Substance Sells] Reference
The address was too artless, too honest, and the people of the Fens, taking Clare at his word, subscribed for exactly seven copies!. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Nevertheless, once a public figure has been identified with one simple, notorious action, the artless anecdote defines the whole person. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Shot Takes Leave] Reference
Naturally fascinating, moving, captivating, bold, he always preserved his artless and tender ways, which made him resemble a young girl. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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