If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind!. From LearnThat.org. [Chuang Tzu (c.360 BC-c. 275 BC)]
A rare moment of lucidity from a bunch of shrill, menopausal white women. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton supporters scrap letter pressuring Obama] Reference
In writings of fiction, whether novels or biographies, these death-beds are generally depicted as almost seraphic in lucidity of intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference
Martin himself is constantly breaking out into a controversial lucidity, which is elsewhere not at all a part of his character. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens] Reference
Such lucidity is rare. From Wordnik.com. [BOY am I tired of sexist boy stories] Reference
And how about McCain's daily struggle with "lucidity"?. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Falsely Says Obama Is "Struggling To Maintain Parity" In Polls With McCain] Reference
What was that I stated a few rants ago about "lucidity"?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
So intent was his eagerness that a strange kind of lucidity possessed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark Of Cain] Reference
I find myself every year desiring and admiring this kind of lucidity and purity more and more. From Wordnik.com. [The Upton Letters] Reference
Is that they are people with a kind of lucidity inside. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Under lighted lucidity, shadows of doubt evaporate. From Wordnik.com. [NATURAE] Reference
Browning, subtle as few other men, thought of our lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Up to her last hour she preserved consciousness and lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
To this he sacrificed beauty of phrase and rhythm, even lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
But his mind began to work with extraordinary rapidity and lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
It left nothing to be desired, believe me, in the matter of lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Let them follow the same mode of reasoning as to the quality of lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference
"I don't think you are displaying your usual lucidity," Chris said, coolly. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
It was sufficiently difficult for him to get a little lucidity into his own. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian] Reference
Perhaps a national turn for lucidity carried with it always certain dangers. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference
Do they give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind and more continuous power?. From Wordnik.com. [Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life] Reference
The French had a national turn for lucidity as we had a national turn for seriousness. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference
With his increasing physical incapacitation Lee had only irregular periods of lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [Love, War & Running For President] Reference
"He doesn't!" explained Monty Merriweather, with succinct lucidity, grinning at his comrades. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Paine's lucidity of statement is never more remarkable than when he handles financial questions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
His statement to-day, explanatory of general military situation, a model of lucidity and brevity. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914] Reference
Many of us were inclined in consequence to undervalue their lucidity, or to deny that they had it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference
The men talked with great lucidity and intelligence about the humiliation and loneliness of madness. From Wordnik.com. [From Bethlem to Bedlam] Reference
John Burnet has expounded the meaning of early Greek conceptions of the soul with rare insight and lucidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
I had a most exhilarating hour of mutual lucidity with the one that makes furniture in the carpenter's shop. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914] Reference
We cherish sensations in themselves, when they consist of elements like limpidness of color and lucidity of sound. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
But the book it was based on, long suppressed in Poland, is notable for its lucidity and lack of sentimentality. 6. From Wordnik.com. [Books Of War] Reference
His books, if not of first-rate importance, are marked by lucidity, elegance of style and originality of treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
But there was no lucidity in his mind, nothing was clear to him but his fierce resentment against the dead man, and. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
When Miss Walden raised her eyes to her unannounced caller a madness, with strange flashes of lucidity, overcame her. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Your meaning may be lucidity itself to you, but, for my benefit, perhaps you would not mind translating it into words. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Coetzee writes with a cool, calm lucidity that fends off despair, and his characters find a kind of peace in acceptance, if not hope. From Wordnik.com. [African Anger] Reference
The use of water in communicating an ecstacy similar to the mesmeric lucidity, is largely dwelt on by the mystical writers known as the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
For lucidity and sincerity, the important thing is to say what you have to say in whatever words most accurately express your own thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
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