towardly

Example Sentences

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I found him, at present, of touchstone, with the countenance of a towardly brat, sleeping ill through indigestion. 

From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William

What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a Nation of prophets, of sages, and of worthies?…

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

My mistress had a daughter of nine years old, a child of towardly parts for her age, very dexterous at her needle, and skilful in dressing her baby. 

From Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan

A thoughtful little face, that of a well-nurtured, towardly boy; lacking the poetry and spirituality of the portrait of eleven years later, where the long hair flows down upon the ruff.

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

But it is surprising, in apt and towardly youth, how much there is to commend in the first essays.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William