单词 | unprocurable |
例句 | But it needed desperate courage to kill yourself in a world where firearms, or any quick and certain poison, were completely unprocurable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He styled it "a barbarous country, where chemical spirits were so misunderstood, and chemical instruments so unprocurable, that it was hard to have any hermetic thoughts in it." Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z There were, necessarily, changes in the Cuban form of worship—the skin of a goat was substituted for the unprocurable variety of fish, and the timbre of the original drum secured by an artifice. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z As might be expected, the original is so scarce as to be unprocurable, and even the reprint is of considerable value. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z What is common to-day may be rare a year hence, and quite unprocurable on any terms in two years time. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z Money was almost unprocurable; except for the manufacture of war material, there was no industry; and the suffering and distress among the poor could not be exaggerated. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z It may be said, however, that this information is not forthcoming simply because it is unprocurable. Apollonius of Tyana, the Philosopher-Reformer of the First Century A.D. 2011-03-04T03:01:05.837Z But the booklet had a fair success with that public for which it was designed; and I have come across some evidences of a second venture of the same sort, now unprocurable. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) He would have preferred a man, but men were unprocurable in war-time. The Education of Eric Lane Furiously they harped upon the facts that bread was dearer now, that coal was nearly unprocurable. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Joe had scoured Chicago for the alcoholic commodities now practically unprocurable, and returned in triumph to the couple's furnished room. Greener Than You Think Why is it, too, that the great mass of French chroniclers who bear witness to English doings in the wars of Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou and Touraine remain still untranslated and almost unprocurable? The Book-Hunter at Home The present value of each item may be averaged at from £250 to £300, but the majority are absolutely unprocurable at any price. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Collectors of manuscripts and of unique copies often furnish the book clubs with valuable and otherwise unprocurable material to be printed for the members. Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs All was smooth, well finished, and rounded, though there was no paint nor varnish, these articles being doubtless unprocurable and not deemed strictly essential. A Woman who went to Alaska Luxuries are unprocurable, but no sensible man will go to a new country expecting luxuries. Impressions of South Africa The "Spanish" variety was closer in grain, but is now almost unprocurable. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship You starve to death: good food is unprocurable save at prohibitive prices. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure This is a reprint of a book that has been out of print and quite unprocurable for many years. Platform Monologues Her works, especially her plays, have become so excessively rare as to be almost unprocurable. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The place is extremely quiet, and people live very simply, though not cheaply, for prices are high, and domestic service so dear and scarce as to be almost unprocurable. Impressions of South Africa It was used chiefly, like Gobelins Tapestry, to make very costly presents, otherwise unprocurable, for grandees and crowned heads. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance We felt very anxious: milk was almost unprocurable, other comforts nil. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia For two days in the sultry heat the Battalion endured the terrible strain of this awful shell fire, the men receiving no proper food and water being unprocurable. The Story of the "9th King's" in France He told me how during the time he had been away she had become totally blind owing to some special German stuff, that had been formerly injected to keep her sight, being now unprocurable. Fanny Goes to War Do not write in pencil—except a note to one of your family written on a train or where ink is unprocurable, or unless you are flat on your back because of illness. Etiquette The meal was not luxurious, for it consisted almost exclusively of tinned provisions, fresh meat being unprocurable in Ranga Duar—except fowls of exceeding toughness—and vegetables and bread being rare dainties. The Jungle Girl Fresh meat was otherwise unprocurable in Ranga Duar; and an unvaried diet of tinned food was apt to become wearisome, especially as it was not helped out by bread and fresh vegetables. The Elephant God A suit of black velvet, an extremely expensive and almost unprocurable material, brought the courtier's pale features into relief. After London Or, Wild England Antonyms: unobtainable, unprocurable, unattainable, inaccessible. obtrusive, a. officious, meddlesome, intrusive, forward. Putnam's Word Book The originals, moreover, are usually unprocurable, for love or money. Against the Grain But reflection suggested nothing better; it was impossible to remain at Longaville, and the man spoke sober truth when he declared any escort other than himself to be unprocurable. Chivalry I have about half-a-ton myself, which, until a few minutes age, would have been quite unprocurable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 But the booklet had a fair success with that public for which it was designed; and I have come across some evidences of a second venture of the same sort, now unprocurable. Prince Otto, a Romance But before leaving Guadalajara Magnus dropped into the town's small grocery store to purchase a box of cigars of a certain Mexican brand, unprocurable elsewhere. The Octopus : A story of California Miss Kathleen wanted a duke, or an earl—a prince of the blood royal being about that time unprocurable; and an attorney, to her Irish ideas, seemed a very poor sort of substitute. The Uninhabited House Everything could be managed except the cream, which was unprocurable. Alone Socks were going to be unprocurable in a few months. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 Chaff and oats were then almost unprocurable, and however kind-hearted he might be, a poor man could hardly afford a shilling a gallon to water his horse. Spinifex and Sand Consequently his excellent version is caviaire to the general—practically unprocurable. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 In the absence of liquefaction at such points, the nourishing gruel is unprocurable. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Plato proposes to substitute some "unprocurable" beast, perhaps a giraffe or an elephant. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 As to the cannon for Browne and him, draught-cattle seem absolutely unprocurable. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 Trent was flatly told that the labour they required was absolutely unprocurable. A Millionaire of Yesterday |
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