| 单词 | unpropitious |
| 例句 | Nothing would be moving, for the day was unpropitious and instincts were blurred and not to be trusted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How, then, with such an unpropitious beginning, did “The Nutcracker” become the most performed ballet of all time, and a holiday tradition for even non-balletomanes? “The Nutcracker’s” disturbing origin story: Why this was once the world’s creepiest ballet 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Can I get an extra dose of culture in a city that never sleeps? 9pm: A ghost in desert boots No point making things easy, so I select an unpropitious night: Monday. Edinburgh festival from dusk till dawn 2010-08-11T20:31:00Z She is a poet of steel shavings, of semidetached feeling, of unexpected links and impieties and unpropitious implications. In ‘Three Poems,’ Hannah Sullivan Writes Beautifully and Covers a Lot of Ground 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z This is, therefore, an unpropitious moment to pursue criminal justice reforms that sensible progressives might favor — e.g., concerning plea bargaining — but that opportunistic politicians can stigmatize as coddling criminals. Opinion | How government’s excessive reliance on plea deals can undermine justice 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Some turned into entrepreneurs by seeking out unpropitious spaces with low rents to open pho and sandwich shops. Tan Vinh’s ode to the eclectic dining options in strip malls and their place in the American immigrant story 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z But for Britain, it would be an unpropitious start to post-Brexit global outreach. Outside the EU, Britain faces a bleak future in Trump’s world | Simon Tisdall 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Born in Galicia in 1917 and raised by a single mother who emigrated with him to Argentina four years later, Pestana’s beginnings were humble and unpropitious. Stars of 'El Boom' celebrated in Madrid show for forgotten photographer 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z It requires driving under four overpasses on a tortuous path to an unpropitious ’hood and ends on a street corner where you exchange dough for pizza dough. 6 Seattle spots for truly great pizza 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z International trade is, once again, a hot-button political issue, making this an unpropitious time for rational discourse about the subject. Five Big Truths About Trade 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This looks likely to produce one of the most disliked and unpropitious candidacies in American political history. Goodbye, Rubio Tuesday 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The circumstances seemed unpropitious: the project began in 2004, just when mass protests stalled an expansion by Yanacocha, a big gold mine nearby. From conflict to co-operation 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s an unpropitious time for these unsavory details of committee malfeasance to emerge, what with the House imploding as it is. The GOP’s Benghazi scam is exploding in its face: Why the latest stunning revelations will only make Republicans more extreme 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z It is all reminiscent of laboratory mice building nests in the most unpropitious surroundings. Inside the box 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z As Plato first noted, when discussing education, “sleep and exercise are unpropitious to learning,” and therefore students should avoid intense exercise as they pursue educational endeavors. The real secret to making it as a writer: Be fabulously wealthy before you even start 2014-03-30T13:00:00Z German soil seems to have been unpropitious to this essentially Southern growth. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Their dream was reasonable, but the time and place were unpropitious. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The earlier years of the war were unpropitious to the English, whose commanders displayed no great degree of vigor or ability. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Much inquiry ensued as to the meaning of this hieroglyphic; and in an unpropitious hour the painter resolved to explain himself in writing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For awhile things went on thus; but one unpropitious morning the pretty princess was entrusted with a little brother for a ramble in the gardens. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z A pile of loose gold which lay on the dressing-table indicated that the evening at White's had not been unpropitious. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z And now that he would fain give himself up to the new oracle in his bosom, and to the inspirations of nature, all his old habits, all his previous connections, are unpropitious. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Putting, however, all hope of being paid for it aside, the period is singularly unpropitious for such a conversion. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z She held the belief that when the latter were unpropitious, a determined attempt to alter them was much more commendable, and not infrequently successful. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Thus the Solomon's group too were what seamen call "hull-down," and we might look forward to a speedy termination to this most tedious and unpropitious voyage. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The weather became very unpropitious, and it blew and rained heavily. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z An unpropitious coincidence in the matter of an Indian name defeated the plan. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Possibly one of the reasons why this great romance made so small an impression was because it appeared at an unpropitious time. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The varieties which are growing there seem to be rather better adapted to withstand the unpropitious surroundings. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z The air of Scotland was pronounced unpropitious to the child, and consequently we had to retrace our steps. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The transfer of Cuba to Great Britain would be an event unpropitious to the interests of this Union.... The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He had come at a most unpropitious moment. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z During the succeeding years, Detroit was again one of the points towards which an unpropitious fate pointed a finger. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z And the Cantab took himself off, congratulating himself on the adroit manner in which he had cut the Gordian knot that the General had muddled up so inexplicably in his unpropitious match-making. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Were it otherwise, I should not ask you to meet him, for when aspects are gloomy and unpropitious, the fewer there are to suffer from the cloud, the better. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Lionel Wafer was still with him, and appears to have been one of those to whom fortune had been most unpropitious. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The weather was unpropitious on their second venture, though they were obliged to wait until the second week in August. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z One exception, however, he had made, and made quite recently, in an unpropitious hour; and in consequence of this exception there was great excitement one morning in the editorial office of the Grey Bonnet. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z It was to this Scotland, the active and factious Scotland just described, that the young queen of nineteen years was brought—brought from a different atmosphere and with an unpropitious training. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z They were late in arriving, and the season, midwinter, was unpropitious. The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day 2011-07-18T02:00:23.730Z The market was going against him, the season was getting more unpropitious. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z The justices had to go on sitting in the stuffy den, an infliction sufficient to bring them together in a state of ill-humour most unpropitious to the culprit. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z An ailment that occurred at an unfavorable time, because of an unpropitious state of the heavens, would not be relieved until the motions of the stars brought a more benign conjunction. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z My career in Queensland had indeed opened in a very unpropitious manner. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Mrs Hattingh never appeared to be hurt by such outbursts against unpropitious Fate. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z He was anxious about the property, and thought the times unpropitious. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z On the same principle we are glad to find ourselves, if only not too often, in unpropitious circumstances. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Oswald and I were a trifle ahead of the others, and were discussing to ourselves as to what could be the purpose of the Prince, in summoning at so unpropitious a time the Saxon witan. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Equally gallant was the assault, and unpropitious the result, of the Prince of Orange's attack on the right towards the French centre. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Against the dangerous influences of these classes President Washington was effectually guarded by elements in his own character decidedly unpropitious to both. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Others, doubtless, had more, despite the unpropitious season; but my crop was a fair one, and I am content with it. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The serrated sickle is not used, because it produces a sound like that of cattle grazing, which would be unpropitious. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z This estate they named Hopedale—joining the word 'Hope' to its ancient designation, as significant of the great things they hoped for from a very humble and unpropitious beginning. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z It happened, moreover, that the time was unpropitious. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z The times were not unpropitious for an enterprise which was undoubtedly one of the main objects of Napoleon’s policy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z This they declared unpropitious and that imperative, this an omen of good and that an omen of evil. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z So much are the people influenced by these omens that they seldom keep an animal with unlucky marks, and would not allow their mares to be covered by a stallion having unpropitious marks.” Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z You may remember all our former intimacy,—I may call it friendship,—and by what an unpropitious incident it was broken up. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Of the actual cause of their ill success, and whether it were owing to the unpropitious elements or to the actual difficulties encountered, we were unaware. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z But the wisdom and kindness of silence was granted her; yet the Elder felt his remark to be unpropitious, and sighed. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z If the victims were not perfectly without blemish, they could not be offered; if they did not tremble all over when brought to the altar, the day was thought unpropitious. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z "Well, if you don't know, of course I don't," was Mrs. Darrow's ambiguous reply; and as the occasion was unpropitious, Barton did not press for an explanation. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z It appears that there are just two peculiarly unpropitious seasons for the passage,—when the snow falls first, and when it begins to melt in spring. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z It was in the worst class, that of “clean ships,” in which the Henrietta stood at the conclusion of this unpropitious season. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z "I have been hunting, but the weather is unpropitious, and I was about to discharge my gun----" He did not finish, for the sad, reproachful glance upon him told that the lie was in vain. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Acute, critical, and disputatious, they apparently present a field unpropitious for the acceptance of a religion, spiritual, disinterested, and insisting on perfect holiness. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z The next day, and the day after were equally unpropitious. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A journey of such extent is, however, matter of some consideration and considerable danger at such a season, with weather so unpropitious. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Still, the day had been unpropitious, and he was plunged in thought when the door of his study opened, and Madame S�raphin entered in great agitation. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 But again the tramp of a policeman scared her away, and accepting this as a sort of unpropitious omen she definitely decided to keep to the other end. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Hence, by an ironic inversion, religions of disillusion, being other-worldly, identify escape from an actual unpropitious environment with submergence in it; that being the visible and indispensable sign of an operative grace. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude I am obliged to dissemble, not to disclose my love at a moment so unpropitious. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern "Like the Spartans I cannot fight when the omens are unpropitious, so I wish to beg the favor of a truce and to ask that during it the hostiles may dance the Patricians' cotillon together." With Edge Tools She comes, I fear, at an unpropitious moment for her. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise But the genius that watches over the affairs of true love was with me notwithstanding the unpropitious state of my surroundings. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life But its prosperity was obstructed both by unpropitious omens and by the very recollection of the ancient feud, and fifty years later Marius, proscribed by Sulla, found the ruins practically deserted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Its aspect was unpropitious, but we determined to go on. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Among them were the butterfly-orchis and Alpine lady's-mantle, besides a goodly crop of primroses, all the more attractive because of the seemingly unpropitious region where they were blooming. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Mrs. Raeburn was by no means a harsh judge of human nature, but her aunts having arrived at an unpropitious moment, she could not see their offer from a reasonable standpoint. Carnival But this had never been the way of Irishmen, even under what might seem unpropitious conditions. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 They could not expect very much on such an unpropitious night as this. The Intriguers According to the New English Dictionary, quoting Professor W. W. Skeat, “dismal” is derived, through an Anglo-Fr. dis mal, from the Lat. dies mali, evil or unpropitious days. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" I had here one of those unexpected surprises that sometimes gleam upon us under the most unpropitious circumstances. The Falling Flag Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox Sedley advised a compromise, but the time was very unpropitious for this. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly But what a change had our unpropitious presence evoked. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands A red sunrise is also unpropitious, and, according to a well-known rhyme: “If red the sun begins his race, Be sure the rain will fall apace.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare This shows that sowing and planting have frequently been affected by unpropitious weather. Rural Health and Welfare But away with these tears; they are unpropitious to the day of your wedding. The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. If I tell you, my dear friend, that the barometer-dealer was the accursed Coppelius himself, you will not blame me for regarding a phenomenon so unpropitious as boding some heavy calamity. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors But his father, forsaking that trade, took to farming at an unpropitious time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Henry VIII. gave Anne of Cleves a ring with the following posy: “God send me well to kepe;” a most unpropitious alliance, as the king expressed his dislike to her soon after the marriage. Folk-lore of Shakespeare Both time and weather seemed unpropitious for joyous occasion. A Prince of Good Fellows Much as he had just now been wishing for some guide, he yet could not congratulate himself on so unpropitious a rencontre. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Now it revived again, and that at a most unpropitious moment. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli He was to develop into the type of man to whom an unpropitious time and place are an irresistible temptation to demand a show-down. The Wishing Moon The time was unpropitious for the continuation of great wealth based upon rural or small-town land. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The doctor was almost sorry, after Gwen drove away, that he had not pointed out what an unpropitious moment it was for an upsetting revelation, and suggested postponement. When Ghost Meets Ghost Moreover the omens were generally considered by the priests to have been unpropitious or adverse. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Nor were the times unpropitious for such an event. The Naples Riviera The result of that attempt was equally unpropitious. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes A more unpropitious commencement for a great career could hardly be conceived. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The Fates, who had for some time past been unpropitious to the house of Brotherton, now smiled; and Fortune, who had been good to the Dean throughout, remained true to him also in this. Is He Popenjoy? Yet surely never could there have been a more apparently unpropitious time chosen. James Boswell Famous Scots Series And by the time the session had been in progress not quite a month, Washington informed Madison that “the accounts from Richmond” were “very unpropitious to federal measures.” Patrick Henry Our introduction has been unpropitious; it is to be hoped that on further acquaintance we may be better pleased with La Belle Rivière. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The planting of colonies, or the formation of establishments in new countries, is ever attended with circumstances unpropitious to refinement. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State The soil which it is proposed to cultivate, is remarkably barren and unpropitious; of course a plentiful harvest must not be soon expected. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies If, after all, the weather turned out to be hopelessly unpropitious, they could all sit in a ring round the fire, holding each other's hands. Daisy's Aunt Children had the secret of it; they could amuse themselves under the most unpropitious circumstances, and invent games of most surpassing interest out of the most grotesque materials. Beside Still Waters There are seven windows in the head, two nostrils, two eyes, two ears, and a mouth; so in the heavens there are two favourable stars, two unpropitious, two luminaries, and Mercury alone undecided and indifferent. Pioneers of Science We say difficult, for often rainy or other unpropitious weather at this period, makes it exceedingly hard to save the crop in good condition, and prevent the pods from becoming dark or spotted. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses Senator George, who certainly looked more unpropitious than any other one, assured the ladies that he would give to the subject of woman suffrage that careful and impartial consideration which its grave importance demands. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III A more unpropitious moment for paying a visit could not have been chosen. The Comings of Cousin Ann Others predicted the approach of a Medicean age,—an age propitious to learning and art, and not unpropitious to pleasure. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) The report made by Power, the Baron's agent, of the dispositions of the western people, was altogether unpropitious to his design. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 It was an unpropitious beginning for the new term. Glory and the Other Girl It was at this most unpropitious moment that Hamilton came briskly into the room. Making People Happy On the other hand, thunder sounding as if it came from the southward, and lightning striking down to the earth, were both unpropitious omens. Romulus Makers of History Our troops are worn out and the hour is unpropitious. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era This was a somewhat unpropitious commencement, and in 1774 the Court are found writing to Madras, to which Balambangan was subordinate, complaining of the "imprudent management and profuse conduct" of the Chief and Council. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo That serious company of young Englishmen 105 making soldiers of themselves in a day with so unpropitious an opening light did not look like national indifference. Waiting for Daylight Newman worked in a mental atmosphere singularly unpropitious to formidable intellectual ventures, and one never feels that his essentially ecclesiastical mind ever really grasped the human plausibility of natural paganism. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Then Cleander, Spartan governor of Byzantium, arrived with two triremes, who promised to conduct the army, and took command of it, but subsequently threw up his command from the unpropitious sacrifices. Ancient States and Empires The other poor lady saw nothing but a dirty steamboat and a very unpropitious company. The Old Helmet, Volume II One must never allow the toilsome labor of years of quiet reflection and of utmost exertion for the attainment of one's aim to be destroyed by an unpropitious event. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities It is only the start that is sullen and unpropitious. Waiting for Daylight It was an unpropitious hour at which to return to office. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He waited an instant, then, seeing no explanation vouchsafed, 'However unpropitious your mood may be,' he went on with a satirical edge in his tone, 'I shall discharge my errand.' The Convert Thus every external circumstance is unpropitious, and it is not strange that relief has been sought in the use of manuscripts. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching The heavens, which had been so unpropitious upon his birthday, seemed to promise better things to-day. Vixen, Volume I. It was at this unpropitious moment that a figure appeared in the doorway—a tall, slim figure, in crisp, cool, white linen. The Indifference of Juliet Honora was afraid of displeasing her domestic vizier, and rendering him for ever unpropitious to her little guests if she deferred his removal of the breakfast things beyond a reasonable hour. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He will not sell his wares at an unpropitious time. The Proverbs of Scotland As so often happens when everything unpropitious is guarded against, nothing unpropitious occurs. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The boot-blacks lose least, but if the day be unpropitious their earnings are small. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets Perhaps this is only figurative, as in the case of the unpropitious forest-deities. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes But the weather being foggy, and the season quite over, they could not insure me getting on for certain beyond Mayence, or our not being detained by unpropitious weather. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 "Sire, I will tell yours, if you will, but the heavens are unpropitious." Royal Palaces and Parks of France There are seven windows in the head—two nostrils, two eyes, two ears, and a mouth; so in the heavens there are two favorable stars, two unpropitious, two luminaries, and Mercury alone undecided and indifferent. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 The weather, however, was too unpropitious, and this exploration was reserved for a future expedition. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century But I had not the least hope of seeing New York and a Cunarder; not with such an unpropitious start as that. Old Junk I desire not to deal harshly with thee, O Hotep; for thou hast struggled desperately against an unwilling soil and unpropitious seasons. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner The weather was very unpropitious, rain falling in torrents, and as may be understood, we were in a sad plight. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Elevation is unpropitious to the display of his more amiable qualities. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Our journey then would have been unpropitious, and we would have been afraid to go on farther.” The Great White Tribe in Filipinia The officer made no reply; and could the young boatsteerer have seen the dark, forbidding scowl upon his face, he would never have addressed him at such an unpropitious moment. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 He arrived at an unpropitious moment, for the colonel was in a cold fury, and the object of his wrath was Crewe, who sat with folded arms and tense face, looking down at the table. Jack O' Judgment What makes this widely conceded excellence in his case the more marked, was the fact that the soil on which he had to labour was unprepared, and the social condition of the country was unpropitious. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada If 144circumstances appear unpropitious to their intimacy, she is perfectly wretched. The Young Maiden Our next voyage in the Romulus was unpropitious from the start. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia From the very outset the voyage proved unpropitious. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 A more unpropitious day for the angler can scarcely be imagined; for a cold east wind blew, and from time to time a thin drizzling rain beat in our faces. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II In the period of choice and requiring room for experiment, he saw himself doomed to a fixed, inglorious career, and caged in a framework of unpropitious circumstance. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) The season of my visit was doubtless unpropitious. A Boy's Voyage Round the World At Tenedos arriv’d, we there perform’d Sacrifice to the Gods, ardent to reach Our native land, but unpropitious Jove, Not yet designing our arrival there, 200 Involved us in dissension fierce again. The Odyssey of Homer His illness proved therefore to be only one among the unpropitious conditions which accompanied the dawn of his reign. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV Once again the fates were suddenly unpropitious to the Irish national movement. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III In short, it had begun to seem to the architect that the immediate atmosphere was unpropitious for a serene home-coming. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story So much, at present, for our local, while I proceed to tell you of the propitious—or unpropitious, as the result will prove—winds which blew us hitherward. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 It is an unpropitious time to make suggestions. The Book of Business Etiquette As the campaign advanced, the weather was unpropitious: crossing the rivers became dangerous; trees had to be cut down to form temporary bridges. The History of Tasmania , Volume II But at this unpropitious moment, the handkerchief, clear of the pocket, sagged with its holdings and deposited upon the carpet several yellowish, black-spotted cubes. Apron-Strings It may seem to you an unpropitious moment for such a beginning, but in many ways this special theatre is exceptionally well guaranteed against failure. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 From the unpropitious regions of France our scene changes to the fertile fields of England. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The Romans, however, held other seasons and days unpropitious to matrimony, as the days in February when the Parentalia were celebrated, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The illness was only an attack of malarial fever, which Nona had been subject to ever since her childhood; nevertheless, the disease had never chosen a more unpropitious time for its reappearance. The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army The weather had been most unpropitious; no day had passed without some untoward circumstance, and the sailors were not slow in attributing the whole to the influence of the black cat on board. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals With masculine obtuseness he chose the most unpropitious moment. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story Hogarth seems to have received no other education than that of a mechanic, and his outset in life was unpropitious. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The climate and soil of the Northern States soon proved unpropitious to the continuance of slave labor; whilst the converse was the case at the South. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens But the fact is, there is an unpropitious flavor in my mouth just now. The Confidence-Man Thus it stood till that period, so dark and unpropitious for monkish ascendency, when Protestant fury ran wild, and destruction thundered upon the heads of those poor old monks! Bibliomania in the Middle Ages To see his work prosper in a soil so unpropitious and amid such hostile circumstances might well have quickened the faith of a man much colder and more sceptical than M. Harmel. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 It was an unpropitious moment for a theatrical venture in that part of the world. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert His revelations appeared to have been unpropitious, for the party immediately repaired to their boats and returned to their quarters. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The day being so unpropitious, visitors had been few and sales very slow. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories It was at this unpropitious moment that we heard—startlingly near—the sharp crash of a tusk against a tree somewhere just ahead. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Moved by charity, touched with compassion for the fate of those to whom fortune had been so unpropitious, Catharine's husband sent all who still retained a breath of life to the hospitals and ambulances. Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest And Other Stories Indeed, it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the great civil war, which shook a continent, was precipitated by the fact that the South-Carolina Legislature assembled at the unpropitious moment. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The criticism of the family is always an ordeal to the budding author, and the moment was painfully unpropitious. Big Game A Story for Girls The Committee announced that, should the weather prove unpropitious, a modified form of the proposed entertainment would be given in Great Hall, but no one seriously contemplated such a catastrophe. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story My unpropitious star was again in the ascendant. She and I, Volume 1 When he decided, on his return from abroad in 1730, to adopt literature as a profession, the times were extremely unpropitious. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The time seemed to him unpropitious inasmuch as the moving cause of the secession of the States was the apprehension on their part that Congress was likely to take measures for the abolition of slavery. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He made a most unpropitious and trying entrance at best, through succeeding the beloved Joseph Sewall, who had preached to Old South listeners for fifty-six years. Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 Bitter experience had taught that never was moment so unpropitious for errands like the present as when that cheerful dirge filled the air. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Fair though the day might be, yet its opening to the eyes of Lady Mary Bloxam seemed unpropitious in the extreme. Belles and Ringers Well, the next day was Friday, and Barny, of course, would not sail any more than any other sailor who could help it on this unpropitious day. Stories of Comedy I congratulate your eloquence and patriotism, as I sympathize with your unpropitious gallantry. The Lion's Brood Yet unpropitious skies and chilly wind did not appear to keep people at home. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure If the birds picked up briskly the food thrown to them victory was theirs, if they did so sluggishly the omen was unpropitious, and consequently the battle was delayed. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The time of the arrival of Theodoric's embassy at Constantinople was unpropitious, as the Emperor Zeno was already stricken by mortal illness. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation He has always been desirous of serving me, and is an honorable man, though fortune has been unpropitious to him, as to many others; and his labors have not been as profitable as he deserves. Amerigo Vespucci For that was the strangely unpropitious, unproductive season of 1816, quaintly known in local annals as "1800 and Froze to Death." Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know There were unlucky days, on which one was advised not to consult the Oraculum: for instance, January 1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 12, and 20 were looked on as particularly unpropitious. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales However, it was part of the war, and the men were doing their best under most unpropitious circumstances. The Great War As I Saw It At this time the weather was most unpropitious, and rendered training in any shape or form out of the question. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery An unpropitious note had been struck on the very day of the wedding, when it must have appeared to Mozart that he had committed a crime in robbing the family of one of its members. Story-Lives of Great Musicians I should fall ill; catch a bad cold, be prevented by some secondary event from arriving at the unpropitious hour. The Buried Temple The weather, too, was very unpropitious for the trial, notwithstanding which a very large number of gentlemen were present. Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap Yet for many a day the Fates seemed most unpropitious. The Sea-Kings of Crete To evil spirits unpropitious still, To me thy face will ever seem benign, Along these heights, where nought save smiling hills, And spacious fields, thou offer'st to my view. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi In the present case the weather was on the whole unpropitious. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Doubtless on those occasions the omens proved unpropitious for the final deed. Tales of Destiny Despite the unpropitious events of the afternoon, evening saw a merry little party in full swing in Judith's and Jane's room. Jane Allen: Right Guard If the soil be very sandy in character, I would advise that the variety planted be the Winnigstadt, which, in my experience, is unexcelled for making a hard head under almost any conditions, however unpropitious. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop To go back into the house for something after starting on a journey is unpropitious. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk He began to read Shelley but the surroundings were unpropitious. The Loom of Youth November 15th.—The weather has been unpropitious, and instead of starting to explore the Upper Kentucky, which we had meant to do, we are returning this afternoon to Cincinnati. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 His début as an author was sufficiently unpropitious. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Where the climate is unpropitious, or the quantity of manure applied is insufficient, it is possible that transplanting may promote heading. Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop According to Dr. Knapp it was the most unpropitious country possible. George Borrow The Man and His Books Every stream and ravine that deflected toward the Alleghany or Oil Creek was leased, and in very many unpropitious localities operations were commenced. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A negro came, of a very unpropitious aspect, and, opening the door, looked at me in silence. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 A third novel from his pen, entitled, "The Smuggler's Cave; or, The Foundling of Glenthorn," appeared in 1823 from the unpropitious Minerva press; it consequently failed to excite much attention. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Circumstances, apparently the most unpropitious, frequently contribute, in the course of Providence, to promote the most important and most happy issues. The Moravians in Labrador It is more dreadful to be moaning over our own mistakes than over the inscrutable perversity of an unpropitious fate. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance My conscience allows me boldly to claim the merit of zeal and integrity; nor has fortune been unpropitious to their exertions. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) The extraordinary operations of Mr. Hastings, that soon after followed in every department which was the subject of all these acts of disobedience, have made them appear in a light peculiarly unpropitious to his cause. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Despite its unpropitious title, I must describe it without hyperbole as a production of wonder and delight. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 But afterwards Horace realised that the unpropitious arrival had but served as a background for the later revelation. Roads from Rome As a general rule, there is no time so unpropitious for scenic effect as noonday. Round About the Carpathians Ironic chance had chosen an unpropitious night for his call. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman In the course of this lull, Leonidas and I had some thought of resuming our unfinished game of chess," said Lieutenant Colonel St. Hilaire, "but the time is really unpropitious and too short. The Tree of Appomattox As I understand her, Miss Daisy Miller, in spite of her somewhat unpropitious early surroundings, was a young woman entirely able to appreciate the very best when she met it. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Even the weather seemed unpropitious as they set out together again soon after six. None Other Gods She had a cheerfulness that obtruded itself, like a creditor, at unpropitious moments; and her voice, though not displeasing, gave the impression that it might become volcanic at any moment. The Parts Men Play But the elements on the North Sea were unpropitious. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba Verily, was it a gloomy day for the Cistercians of Kirkstall Abbey; and one sadly unpropitious to those lay brothers whose initiatory rites had been so rudely interrupted. Beatrix of Clare The unpropitious toilet; the aggravation of 'Obin and Ichard'; the delay caused by Jog being sick with his cigar; the divergence into Hackberry Dean; and the long protracted wait at the toll-bar. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour The times were unpropitious, for the wars of the Fronde at that time made the whole country a scene of confusion and danger. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business But those boys were satisfied that they were having a perfectly blissful time, and were serenely happy in defiance of unpropitious surroundings. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Wednesday, the 14th.—The weather being unpropitious, and finding ourselves very snug in our present quarters, we passed the day enjoying the comfort of a roof. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. At the corner of Bouverie Street they met a painted girl out for hire, strayed for some reason into this unpropitious locality. Dangerous Ages For instance, we have not caught sight yet of 'Moore's Life,' the extracts from which are unpropitious, I think. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The Red Sea lay there beyond the uplifted line of desert sand, and it was the birthplace of many mists and unpropitious signs. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt This state of things is less unpropitious to angling than might be expected. Lost Leaders Ye see me here entangled in the snares Of unpropitious Jove. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Nothing but the momentum of a will already made up kept his intention turned to the climb, so unpropitious was the time, so utterly lonely the place. What Necessity Knows His constitution was strong enough; he had not lived a life of unpropitious preparation for a serious illness; but his heart was a danger. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War When the Rebu horde descended upon Egypt, Meneptah had sent his generals out to meet the invader, but he, himself, had remained under cover in Memphis because he said the stars were unpropitious. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt But the weather during the winter proved singularly unpropitious for such a ceremony. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood And by the tone of the girl's voice, and the slight, unconscious out-thrust of her chin, Pierre Lapierre knew that the time was unpropitious for a further discussion of trade principles. The Gun-Brand Thus it was that Eva, determined at keeping her appointment with the inventor at all costs, entered the hallway at just this unpropitious moment. The Master Mystery He consulted his astrologers, and they declared the stars to be unpropitious to Gustavus. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power "I come for comfort, and I get Nechutes and all the unpropitious possibilities that his name suggests." The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The month was December—the day stormy and unpropitious. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two And there he halted, confused and blushing in recognition of circumstances as unpropitious as unforeseen. The Day of Days An Extravaganza With unpropitious courtesy, an unlucky gust turned aside Kate's veil of real Flanders point; and the two innocents, like silly sheep, were staring into each other's eyes without either apology or rebuke. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Alexis, notwithstanding the unpropitious promise of his youth, proved one of the wisest and best princes Russia had known for years. The Empire of Russia I did not know that the season was so unpropitious. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. An excursion had been planned for the day by the two boat clubs; but the weather was so unpropitious that it was abandoned. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" Plainly, somebody had chosen this most unpropitious season for an accidental bath, and his companions were sympathetically watching him drown, while not daring, not dreaming of, any foolhardy attempt at a rescue. The Devil's Garden The earl's last journey had been so unpropitious— he had taken so long a time to recover from it—that she had earnestly hoped he would never attempt another. A Noble Life Instead he suddenly shoved the cigarette box under the nose of his dainty relative, who at that unpropitious instant stooped over to watch King's awkward attempt to release the fishes. Truxton King A Story of Graustark The season has been equally unpropitious to the love-lorn Phoebe Wilkins. Bracebridge Hall The times were most unpropitious, the country being just on the eve of a great financial panic when immense properties were crumbling to pittances. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 Sometimes he spoke of supernatural terrors, evil omens, and unpropitious voices, so as to influence them by means of superstition. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Altogether there could not have been a much more unpropitious moment for any one to have gone to him than that which Jabez chose. Kitty Trenire He was apparently a youth of the sort that Nature is constantly turning out by the thousand—mere weaker copies of progenitors, who by an unpropitious marriage have enfeebled instead of strengthening the type. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories The unpropitious name still adheres to the tumultuous point of whirling eddies where the waters of the sound unite with those of the river. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam In all the port not one ship or fragata escaped, except one small boat, which was taken to send advices to Nueva España of the condition of this land, which is most unpropitious. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century To use force against a dervish would be looked upon as an exceedingly unpropitious affair to the true believer. War in the Garden of Eden This was especially true of late, for the seasons had been remarkably unpropitious, and agriculture of every kind had suffered greatly, even the pastures. Ticket No. "9672" The season has been equally unpropitious to the lovelorn Phoebe Wilkins. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists He chose an unpropitious day for a tentative declaration of his intentions. The White Morning The evening announced for my lecture was unpropitious. Fifteen Years in Hell With unpropitious frowns had the Elector witnessed the first tender greeting exchanged between the Electress and her son. The Youth of the Great Elector But yet, The stolen glance with half-averted eye, The hesitating gait, the quick rebuke Addressed to her companion, who would fain Have stayed her counterfeit departure; these Are signs not unpropitious to my suit. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala They have been placed in this seemingly unpropitious Salt Lake country. Strange Visitors Antonyms: unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious. favoring, a. partial, approving, helpful. favoritism, n. partiality; nepotism. Putnam's Word Book The Christmas-tide entries in the Journal are as follows:— Tuesday, December 24th.—An unpropitious Christmas-eve; the gale of last night continuing, with rain and a densely overcast sky. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter There are some moons in the year considered very unpropitious to marry in. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society He was not altogether satisfied, but he judged the moment unpropitious for any further reference to the coming of Prince Shan. The Great Prince Shan What an unpropitious fate is this; what ill-luck, and untoward fortune! The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 If the reader has followed thus far he has a tolerably fair notion of the unpropitious and eccentric surroundings amid which Field worked immediately after coming to Chicago. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 He might still tremble at signs and portents, at comets, at dreams, and at the unpropitious behaviour of birds and beasts. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul If the omens are now favorable, the work may be resumed, but should they still be unpropitious, it is folly to proceed, for disaster is certain to follow. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe If not, if the time is unpropitious, the mental condition inauspicious, better do, say, nothing, than make matters worse. Quit Your Worrying! The plan of putting the Southern States wholly and the General Government partially into the hands of negroes is proposed at a time peculiarly unpropitious. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson But in spite of this heroic sacrifice, the gods were unpropitious. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Peculiar portents, very unpropitious behaviour of nature, a very strange appearance in the entrails of a sacrificial victim, are omens which no properly constituted Roman can afford to overlook. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul As it seemed an unpropitious moment for taking counsel with Mr. Shaw about cannibals, I tried another tack with the beautiful youth at my side. Spanish Doubloons The moment is unpropitious, but it doesn't matter! The Man Who Laughs The springtime of some lives is deferred by unpropitious circumstance to the time when it should be glowing with autumnal glory, and rich in the fruitage of the closing year. California Sketches, Second Series We are now travelling amid glorious scenery, which we hoped should recompense us for the manifold discomforts we have hitherto endured; but the weather is unpropitious. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy It is so unpropitious to European life that the pestilential breath of death may be said to lurk in every calm, and to be wafted in every gale. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 I agree with you," replied Harold, "but still I think this is an unpropitious time for the prolongation of my visit. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession A thousand times have I cursed the unpropitious stars which withheld from her a fortune. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton This is a very unpropitious time to settle a matter of this importance. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy But in proportion as the outside had looked unpropitious, were we agreeably surprised on entering. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy The patient, persevering, reverent temper of Herschel took no account, however, of any discouraging or unpropitious circumstances. The Story of the Herschels But yet, The stolen glance with half-averted eye, The hesitating gait, the quick rebuke Addressed to her companion, who would fain Have stayed her counterfeit departure; these Are signs not unpropitious to my suit. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama This confirmation of that distinguished and able navigator, in some degree reconciled me to the unpropitious discovery, that the shores of this great sheet of water were visibly beginning to contract. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. The weather was too unpropitious to admit of our seeing much of the environs of the town. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay Disaster to Louis had once followed supplication to Saint Hubert, and the king hoped that the worthy saint might prove equally unpropitious for Charles. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Judging by what one knows of wedding-days, it could hardly be supposed that there could be a more unpropitious moment for the consummation of marriage. Sex and Common-Sense Every looming cloud had a voice which spoke of the judgment to come; every unpropitious event awakened painful forebodings. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York This day the fates were most unpropitious to us; and had we had, like Socrates, a familiar demon at our elbow, he most assuredly would have warned us not to proceed. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America It needed such affection as ours to induce us to the undertaking in such unpropitious weather. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island But Bagwax felt that the boisterous ocean might be unpropitious to the delights of a honeymoon; and Mr. Curlydown reminded his daughter of all the furniture which would thus be lost. John Caldigate In spite of the unpropitious prospect everyone on board is cheerful and one foresees a merry dinner to-night. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I My introduction to it was somewhat unpleasant and unpropitious. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 The times were unpropitious to the buttered-toast question, and it had quite slipped out of my mind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a perpetual equipoise, and the mind fluctuates between different purposes without determination. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II He was sorry that fortune had been so unpropitious to him, as for him ever to have set eyes upon me! Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are You have won all the Territories, not even excepting New Mexico, where slavery exists nominally, but is sure to die out under the hostile influences of unpropitious soil and climate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Each was eager to contribute his finest gems to form the Empress's necklace,—a necklace which was to make its appearance under auspices as favorable as those of the famous Queen's Necklace had been unpropitious. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 To Aulis he allur'd her, when the fleet With unpropitious winds the goddess stay'd; And there, a victim at Diana's shrine, The monarch, for the welfare of the Greeks, Her eldest daughter doomed, Iphigenia. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. If there have been exceptions, he has also generally been able to trace their cause to the unpropitious coincidence of narrow circumstances, a defective education, and poverty of intellect. The Sylphs of the Season with Other Poems Surely the present is the most unpropitious moment which could have been selected for the passage of this bill. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan To dream of a lottery, and that you are taking great interest in the drawing, you will engage in some worthless enterprise, which will cause you to make an unpropitious journey. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition It was some time before he obtained any answer, and the reply, when made, was unpropitious. Ivanhoe Also, Sanders very soon learned that it was a most unpropitious time for the setting afloat of a new enterprise. The History of the Telephone If the elements are unpropitious the airship must venture nearer to its objective. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Not that there had been since the unpropitious beginning of this evening. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel To dream of being on docks, denotes that you are about to make an unpropitious journey. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But, above all, this is most wonderful; that by preternatural interposition both of them had notice given of their approaching death by an unpropitious form, which visibly appeared to them. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans If the nut is severed at the first blow, the goddess is favourable; if not, she is unpropitious: all their labour is thrown away, and the ceremony must be repeated upon some more fitting occasion. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly. The Pickwick Papers And poor Silas was vaguely conscious of something not unlike the feeling of primitive men, when they fled thus, in fear or in sullenness, from the face of an unpropitious deity. Silas Marner To dream you wear a wig, indicates that you will soon make an unpropitious change. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The season was unpropitious for accidental encounters with her out-of-doors, and except by accident he saw not how they were to become acquainted. The Woodlanders Favourable circumstances will not change a man's heart or transform his nature, but unpropitious circumstances may render it absolutely impossible for him to escape, no matter how he may desire to extricate himself. In Darkest England and the Way Out Epsom too had been unpropitious; and one creditor had actually seized and carried off Fox's goods, which did not seem worth removing. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) At this unpropitious moment her name was called. Anne of Green Gables He glanced at the dirty and unpropitious corner on which they stood, with the shriek of the "elevated" and the tumult of trams and waggons contending hideously in their ears. House of Mirth Elfride began to cry at this very unpropitious aspect of affairs. A Pair of Blue Eyes A society was formed in Dublin, similar to the Royal Society in London, as early as 1683; but the distracted state of the country proved unpropitious to the cultivation of philosophy and literature. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He could hardly have chosen a more unpropitious time for pleading his cause with her. The Haunted Hotel The way to his house was crooked and miry—even difficult in the present unpropitious season. The Mayor of Casterbridge She had a thin awkward figure, a sallow skin without colour, dark lank hair, and strong features—so much for her person; and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. Northanger Abbey The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the north-east, the sails were hoisted, and the Henrietta ploughed across the waves like a real trans-Atlantic steamer. Around the World in 80 Days Victims were sacrificed, and the omens declared not unpropitious. Philothea A Grecian Romance The story goes that the selection of this unpropitious spot for the terminus of the railroad was due to the passion of a moment. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Her size, too, as did not escape Alice, even in the short perusal she afforded the stranger, was unusual; her features swarthy and singularly harsh, and her manner altogether unpropitious. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier In the second place, such simplicity in the apartments of young ladies of tender age is quite unpropitious! Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books When those who coexist with propitious fortune come into life, the world is in order; when those who coexist with unpropitious fortune come into life, the world is in danger. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books In deadly fear of this, and with the paralysing consciousness that his present circumstances were peculiarly unpropitious as a literary education, he rebelled against the hard fate which denied him opportunity to work for fame. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings He saw that the times were unpropitious for his enterprise, but felt that it was for that very reason the more urgently needed. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Consequently, notwithstanding the unpropitious result of their first colloquy, she the next day commenced preparations for Ivy's departure, as unhesitatingly, as calmly, as assiduously, as if the day of that departure had been fixed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 The family companions noticed that he was beaten in a way that might lead to an unpropitious end, and they drew near with all despatch and made earnest entreaties and exhortations. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Let us, my Matilda, pity those whose fate is thus unpropitious, but let us not voluntarily subject ourselves to their misfortune. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian In these unpropitious circumstances he produced in five years—with different collaborators, whose names are now rescued from absolute oblivion by their transitory connection with him—eight novels in thirty-one volumes. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings Three times in the course of my life, events had taught me that these strange accents in the storm—this restless, hopeless cry—denote a coming state of the atmosphere unpropitious to life. Villette Such at first was the unpropitious state of one of the most successful theological books that has ever appeared. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 The very Causses, stony, arid wildernesses, so unpropitious to human needs, so scantily populated in our own day, were evidently inhabited from remote antiquity. The Roof of France The Commissioners decided to put its powers to the test yesterday afternoon, but owing to the unpropitious weather of the forenoon the trial was postponed. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. No work of state could be carried on if the heavens were declared to be unpropitious; and an augur could always say that the heavens were unpropitious if he pleased. The Life of Cicero Volume One It was true that Jack Meredith had come at a very unpropitious moment; but it was equally clear that the intrusion could only have been the result of accident. With Edged Tools His bride insisted upon accompanying him, and chose this unpropitious time for being introduced to his family. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Town is not very full and the weather has been so unpropitious that I have not been able to make use of my Horses above twice since my arrival. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 Delmé's voyage was not unpropitious, although the yacht was frequently baffled by contrary winds, which prevented the passage being very speedy. A Love Story Every thing in Pennsylvania was thus unpropitious to the fine arts. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself At this moment Mrs. Glynde was called from the room, and went reluctantly, feeling that the time was unpropitious. From One Generation to Another We were now in the month that corresponds to November in the northern hemisphere, and had to double The Horn at that unpropitious season of the year, going westward. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The very process to which he had been exposed, so unpropitious as it appeared, may have been the most favourable for giving consistency to his intellectual researches. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey We, however, soon found that we had arrived in a most unpropitious time; for almost every man in the vicinity was in a state of beastly intoxication. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission There is nothing in this climate unpropitious to their growth; and if the idea has been conceived in the world, enough has been done by the artists of Great Britain to disprove it. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself The petition was received by the Regent with a most unpropitious aspect. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies Undismayed by this unpropitious accident, he after a short delay resumed his journey, and reached Tombuctoo on the 18th August, 1826. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa The fates were unpropitious to my day on the river, as matters required me in South Africa, from which place I propose to send you the famous speech you want. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 The third time, having foreseen the demand, I had noted down in advance the heads of an eloquent harangue; but when the time came I felt the atmosphere unpropitious, and suppressed my rhetoric. America To-day, Observations and Reflections It is unpropitious to lifelong affection for one person. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The high wind blew out the lamp which was held at the door; an unpropitious commencement of a journey. The Englishwoman in America With all Gwendolen's resolve not to betray any agitation, she could not help it that her tone was unusually high and hard, and her mother felt sure that something unpropitious had happened. Daniel Deronda The capital was too insignificant and the course of politics too unpropitious to accomplish this end. A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States And the invitation, followed by the proposal, came at a not unpropitious moment. Modern Broods He went to West Roxbury on April 12, 1841, and as it happened in a driving northeast snowstorm,—an unpropitious beginning, of which he has given a graphic account in "The Blithedale Romance." The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne And beyond all this, he re-echoed the old, old cry of the Border-state men, that "the time is unpropitious for such a measure as this." The Great Conspiracy, Volume 6 In such unpropitious circumstances her Majesty passed Carrickfergus, the landing-place of William III., and arrived at the capital of Ulster just as the sun came out and lent its much-desired presence to the gala. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 After beating about the bush for a while he said: “My fate just now seems very unpropitious; when may I expect better times?” Tales of Bengal The commencement, however, was unpropitious, and very often a stumble at starting makes the whole journey limp. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain It is hoped that our unavailing exertions to accomplish a cordial good understanding on this interest will not have an unpropitious* effect upon the other great topics of discussion between the two Governments. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 2: John Quincy Adams His advent, like that of Orpheus in Hades, seemed to soothe all unpropitious powers with a sudden spell. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 I pondered much on this; I believed at last that the solitude, the isolation, would be not unpropitious to me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 In 1793 Lady Jones, to whose constitution, naturally a weak one, the climate continued still unpropitious, embarked for England. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The season was unpropitious, the lingering effects of the autumnal equinox rendering it more than probable that the passage would be tempestuous. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States Of all the conditions to which we are incident, there is none so unpropitious to whatever is ingenuous and honourable, as that of a slave. Four Early Pamphlets This resolution was immediately acted upon; but the fates were unpropitious to Madame's anticipated visit to the lonely island. A Romance of the Republic This country was so cold and sterile and unpropitious that winter predominated, and it was difficult to support life. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations S., whom the aforesaid lack of cologne water in the establishment had rendered peculiarly unpropitious, stood at a majestic distance; but C., assuming an air of profound faith, stood up to be initiated. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The season anterior to his last visit had been a very unpropitious one, and he was much dissatisfied with the management. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States It was in such unpropitious circumstances that Prince Albert had to rise, pull himself together, and bow his acknowledgements to the crowds on the pier ready to greet him. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 It is true that our place of meeting was a rather unpropitious one, but this did not satisfy me. The Doctor's Daughter I never before felt so sad for those whose lives are passed amidst unpropitious surroundings, or so thankful for my own capacity of enjoying nature. The Hawaiian Archipelago Much poverty in certain regions is caused simply by the unpropitious physical environment, such as unproductive soil, bad climate, and the like. Sociology and Modern Social Problems The Civil War with its commerce-preying privateers was an unpropitious time for American mercantile vessels. Great Fortunes from Railroads The yacht was attended by a squadron of nine vessels, the Trinity House steamer, and a packet, besides being followed for some distance, in spite of the unpropitious weather, by innumerable little pleasure-boats. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Stimulated no less by the unpropitious aspect of the skies, than by his secret uneasiness, he quickened his pace, making long and rapid strides in the direction of the cottage of Inesella. The Prairie The captain is continually in the engine-room, and we know when things are looking more unpropitious than usual by his coming up puffing his cigar with unusual strength of determination. The Hawaiian Archipelago Added to these unpropitious factors in the environment we have also great natural calamities, such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Sociology and Modern Social Problems Time and again he was upon the verge of speaking out, but something invariably prevented, some inner voice warned him that the man's mood was unpropitious, that his extravagant caution was not yet satisfied. The Net Here is the broadest and most general formula of English fiction as she is wrote for the young person: A young man meets a young woman under unpropitious conditions which delay their union. Without Prejudice I had been laid up for a few days, and my back was unpropitious, and I was tired. God and my Neighbour The intolerable longing that had become her constant companion would be fed by every device of unpropitious Circumstance. Senator North He reflected that both the hour and the circumstances were unpropitious; for in case he should meet with foul play, Marsh might plausibly claim that he had been mistaken for a marauder. The Silver Horde Then, too, he began to reason that if Margherita had wished to see him she would have sent for him—all in all, the hour was decidedly unpropitious. The Net But somehow the fates that day were unpropitious. What's Bred in the Bone Great Jupiter aid us!" cried the son of Minerva, "Venus is unpropitious to-night. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story However unpropitious the hour might be, still the hour was here—the task was already one-third done. Love's Pilgrimage An' that he used to run from anything an' everything that was unpropitious an' disagreeable, like he was bein' chased. Dawn He had been frank with himself—let alone with me—in the wild hope of arriving in that way at some effective refutation, and the stars had been ironically unpropitious. Lord Jim Skill and good management, however, can improve any soil, and coax luxuriant crops from the most unpropitious. The Home Acre My patience gave way under such unpropitious circumstances. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 When we first left the ship the weather was cold and miserable, and altogether as unpropitious as it could possibly have been for our attempted march. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition This period is very unpropitious for some girls, who suddenly shoot up, become ugly, sallow and frail, like plants before their due season. The Fortune of the Rougons It was an unpropitious moment for any one to address Royal; therefore, when he heard himself spoken to, he whirled with a scowl upon his face. The Winds of Chance The sandstone hills before us and to the northward, were covered with low shrubs and the broad-leaved tea-tree, with wiry and stiff grasses, and looked very unpropitious. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Epsom, too, had been unpropitious; and One creditor has actually seized and carried off his goods, which did not seem worth removing. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 That morning the mood of the nursery was apparently unpropitious. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Mr. Britt, like a man who had received a dipperful of cold water in the face, backed away from anything like a proposal at that unpropitious moment. When Egypt Went Broke The season had been unpropitious, bad crops had resulted; the cholera made its appearance, swept off many of the best negroes, spread consternation, nearly suspended discipline and labour. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter The day was very unpropitious as there had been a shower of rain in the morning, and there was no sun, so it had to be smoked with manure in one of the tents. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea. South Wind The time of the year was most unpropitious to health as well as to spirits. North and South You have passed through your heart crisis—it comes to most of us—only with you it has happened late, and under unpropitious circumstances. The Malady of the Century Hasdrubal had commanded the Carthaginian armies in Spain for some time, with varying but generally unpropitious fortune. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Nearly eight months had passed, but he was still unwilling to force himself upon her, and the present moment seemed to him peculiarly unpropitious. Herb of Grace His advent, like that of Orpheus in hades, seemed to soothe all unpropitious powers with a sudden spell. A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories They treat me as savages do their wooden idols, When they are unpropitious they beat them; when otherwise, they set them up and adore them again. Joseph II. and His Court Hence, at this critical juncture, when Laura was striving to ape her fellows in all vital matters, the unpropitious advent of the purple threatened to undo her. The Getting of Wisdom The omens were sinister and the outset was unpropitious. Pioneers of France in the New World The weather was unpropitious, heavy fogs lay on the water, dissipated occasionally by fierce outbursts of wind. The Dragon and the Raven Here was another effect of starting in an unpropitious moment. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet Time was when the Muses were not unpropitious; but now that I am an old man, they have proved inconstant, and have fled from Sans-Souci forever. Joseph II. and His Court It was not till all were done, that Ethel felt free to exclaim, "Now for what I have been longing to tell you—Richard is going to—" But the fates were unpropitious. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations From childhood I have exerted myself against circumstances; I have striven my whole life—a pledge of my being against unpropitious Fate. Old Fritz and the New Era O thou standard coin from the mint of love! the treachery of misfortune has brought a strange accident upon me, and the bow of destiny has let fly an unpropitious arrow upon my feeble target. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] Could it be possible that this place was peculiarly unpropitious to her comfort? Barchester Towers His revelations seemed unpropitious, for we immediately repaired to our boats and returned to our quarters. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile If the weather should be unpropitious the festival was to be in the church vestry. The Rise of Roscoe Paine As before the spirits, such conduct is unpropitious. The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 Monday showed itself equally unpropitious for Haman's devices, for it was the day on which God effected the separation between the celestial and the terrestrial waters, symbolic of the separation between Israel and the heathen. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 A general lament arose, when a careful rummage left no hopes; for the fates had evidently decreed at candy was not to prosper on this unpropitious night. An Old-Fashioned Girl In my more special pursuits, I had very little success upon the mountain—owing, perhaps, to the excessively unpropitious weather and the shortness of my stay. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 This should have been its destiny; but fate has been unpropitious: it belongs to a plump, merry, bustling dame, with four fat, rosy, noisy children, the very essence of vulgarity and plenty. Our Village Could it be possible that the place was peculiarly unpropitious to her comfort? Barchester Towers Saturn, in the old astrology, was a most unpropitious star to be born under. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems I suppose, through this unpropitious event, each of us must make up our minds to some loss. John Halifax, Gentleman Others predicted the approach of a Medicean age, an age propitious to learning and art, and not unpropitious to pleasure. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 But it is an unpropitious season for the firm and masculine virtues. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 When a State or a family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unpropitious omens. Religions of Ancient China The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the northeast, the sails were hoisted, and the Henrietta ploughed across the waves like a real trans-Atlantic steamer. Around the World in 80 Days Junior Edition One Chinese official who gave a dinner-party in foreign style, even went so far as to paste a piece of red paper on to each dinner-napkin, in order to counteract the unpropitious influence of white. The Civilization of China Most people, indeed, cannot be addressed on such a business without surveying you with looks as austere and unpropitious as those of a Saracen’s head. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater His failings, obvious enough, were the results of a strong and somewhat pedantic individuality ceaselessly at conflict with unpropitious circumstances. New Grub Street He was a struggling man, beset by poverty and other circumstances very unpropitious to mental work. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Not that Fortune has been unpropitious; only blind. The Soul of the Far East "Lucky omens attend your coming, benevolence," said the chief attendant obsequiously; "for since he sent for you an unpropitious planet has cast its influence upon our master, so that his power languishes." Kai Lung's Golden Hours This was a coincidence, as some thought, of evil omen, and unpropitious alike to himself and the State, for no Athenian would transact serious business on such a day. Hellenica It is a species of self-indulgence which those who can afford it give themselves when fortune has proved unpropitious, an artificial method of counteracting the inequalities of fate. The Soul of the Far East |
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