Sentences with phrase «from genteel»

Taylor knew who scrutinized resumes at O&M — agency founder David Ogilvy, who took great pride in raising himself to fame and fortune from the genteel poverty of his English childhood.»

Of course, Fleming eventually changed his mind, and since then we've had a variety of Bonds, from the genteel performance of Pierce Brosnan to the steelier Daniel Craig.

Not exact matches

Check out some stylish and genteel ways to hide from to possible future widespread problems.

Tracing the course of the author's work from Typee to Billy Budd, Kelley shows convincingly that Melville — though he borrowed from many different sources — belongs completely to none of the established genres of Victorian city writing: the Romantic pastoral that used urban depravity to extol rural virtue; the popular «Reform Literature» of the yellow journalists that sensationalized municipal corruption and disorder; the «scientific» tracts of the emerging city planning movement; or the urban strolls of the flâneur and the Addisonian «spectator» (a genre that reached its peak, for New York, with what Kelley calls the «humorous - genteel - sentimental - melodramatic - ironic» observations of Charles Dickens in his 1842 American Notes).

I repeat, the particular relevance; for this wonderful document is directly and powerfully relevant to us all — though I am not holding my breath as I await in hope an enthusiastic response from the English and Welsh Bishops (of this genteel aspiration, more later).

This is not the genteel and parochial South of literary lore, and here Southern - ness is not a trend or fashion sensibility picked up on Pinterest — it extends beyond a devotion to monograms and making tablecloths from burlap found in the local Hobby Lobby.

Adapted from Ian McEwan's 2007 novel by the author himself, it holds viewers in its genteel grip from start to almost finish.

Yet it's this film — A Room with a View, the first of three E.M. Forster adaptations from producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory — that cemented Merchant - Ivory as shorthand for genteel people in pretty settings.

Impossible to omit would be a death, hintedly from Aids, that makes Ali McGraw's genteel passing in Love Story seem like a video nasty.

This is Nathan's dream, to create a work of genteel art from nothing.

Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy.

What about the neighbours who always keep up with the Joneses, but are actually living just one payslip away from (genteel) poverty?

Well, this mile - long, wide wooden boardwalk zigzags along the shore from Rockley Beach to Hastings, and represents the ideal platform in which to engage in either a genteel stroll or a jog.

Set in the King William Historic District of San Antonio in Texas, Brackenridge House is a genteel bed and breakfast inn that offers a comfortable, home - away - from - home retreat for a relaxing weekend away.

It's a refined and luxurious affair from the deep azure menus to the rich backdrops and remixed perfectly - paced soundtrack, a cut above your usual dungeon crawler that packs a notably more genteel (yet seriously brutal) challenge curve than its successors, alongside retooled optional difficulty levels.

Such vibrancy, fuelled by Hamilton's Pop aesthetic, seems far removed from the pared - back spaces and muted colours of genteel Kettle's Yard — with its focus on British modernism.

Van Dyck's stylish yet psychologically probing work paves the way: from Turner to Sarah Lucas, artists appear themselves as glamorous creators, be that as the genteel equal of aristocrats, lofty intellectuals or bohemian wild cards.

While the three of us were sitting down for lunch after our conversation with his wife, Lenore, Seliger, in his casual and genteel manner, demonstrated an unusual gift — in a matter of less than five minutes, he duplicated all the American Presidents» signatures nearly in order from memory.

In short, the Task Force offers a mix of greater restriction of those who appear to abuse the right of free speech, a mechanism for «positive» organized debate and a nicer environment for the students (although one wonders whether those who have no qualms about verbally beating down those who think differently from them will be persuaded to become genteel debaters because they have more space to engage in their activities).

It is clear from his correspondence that Napoleon was envisaging some sort of genteel retirement like that of his brother Lucien, who was living in a country house under the supervision of a single police inspector; but this was never realistic, and the captain of the Bellerophon wrote specifically «I have no authority to agree to any such arrangement... I can not enter into any promise as to the reception he may meet with» [from the British Government]; Napoleon decided to surrender nevertheless.

The foyer sets the home's genteel tone with an antique demilune, one of the pair the homeowner and designer Julie Nightingale scored at a French flea market, and an antique Swedish daybed from Circa Antiques in Westport.

The genteel peach - soft spectrum of pastels in the living room (pictured above) took their cue from its key artwork, an oscillating orb of colours by Charlotte Hallberg.