Mr Hobsbawm's deep learning, his lofty vision and, frequently, a charming style are all on display.
Over the years, many of the island's historic wooden homes — built in a charming style that seems part Victorian, part gingerbread house — have been demolished and turned into concrete apartment houses or are in advanced states of disrepair.
Tarkington possessed an informal, charming style and a gift for characterization.
"Not a warm, charming style," as Mr. MacKay put it.
In his later work, he attempted — unsuccessfully, in Peche's view — to develop a more charming style.
In a primitive but charming style, Herring's work, "The 1828 Doncaster Gold Cup," depicts all six runners in the home stretch, none of their hoofs hitting the ground.
Zuma has a charming, inclusive style, but he has failed to develop a bureaucracy that can deliver on the A.N.C's electoral promise, "A better life for all".
Some critics, calling for stronger ethical standards, want Mr. Rowland, who is known for a charming, folksy style, to step down.
To this adult there are positive signs: a charming animation style that triangulates Hello Kitty, the Powerpuff Girls and SpongeBob, and a vibrant performance by the young voice actress Jade-Lianna Peters as Kai-lan.
Although it's not a tony gourmet palace and neither the food nor the service is flawless, Bay & Main boasts a charming, whimsical style of its own, an accommodating, concerned staff and generally commendable, contemporary American food with Italian and French spins.
Where Broach has drawn all her characters up until now in a charming, whimsical style, staying faithful to the conventions of a world in which boys and bugs commune, the book's dreamy tone is interrupted with the curator's abstract talk about Dürer, melancholy, Nietzsche, beauty, virtue and so forth.
