| 单词 | unready |
| 例句 | Besides, it had been just two years since she’d left her first marriage, and she felt unready to begin again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She had never been so unready for anything. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Better to wait, like Job, through all the days of our appointed time until our change comes than to rise up, unready, before God speaks. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And my men, for whom I am no more than a standard or a talisman, are the knights who were leaders—the rich defending their possessions, the powerful unready to let it slip. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Glasses’ living room was about as unready to have its walls repainted as a room can be. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But it proved unready for the glare and pressure of the big time. A theater export from D.C. that turns out to be a late bloomer 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It begins with the author claiming reluctance to start work because he feels unready: his poetic garlands have no ripe fruit, only "berries harsh and crude" I don't think this is just a conceit. Poem of the week: Lycidas by John Milton 2010-09-06T15:30:00Z Whitney may have invited the raw, untried and unready, but what she bought was, for the most part, the formally polished and the well rehearsed. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z When getting ready or unready at night, a great part of that is lighting a candle and setting an intention. Alicia Keys Figures Out Her Skin 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Suddenly, I was unready to see any of the 37,000 procured, purchased and donated objects, even as the box began its descent and landed its cargo at the year 1400. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Being the oldest left him in a position of authority he often felt unready for. A Broadway Couple Says ‘I Do’ to Great Applause 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z In another similar post, she wrote: “I urge you, post your unready photos! Post the photos that you ‘don’t like’ at first glance. Australian Instagram influencer poses in bikini to show what she really looks like 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Wilkison gives a sensitively drawn rendering of a man both traumatized by war and unready to face up to the altered world he finds himself living in. | 'The Whipping Man': Candles, Matzo, Wine and Some Unusual Hosts 2011-02-02T03:30:37Z They are children, as of yet unready to meet the demands of a relationship or a war, but they embrace the latter to deny the former. A Devastating Tale of War, a Tender Story of Love 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z If the last days of any journey, even a pleasure trip, are usually shadowed by psychic preparation for the return home, then why, she wonders, should we so often die unready? ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z In 34 words, you exposed your fiancee as deeply immature, unready for marriage and incapable of saying this to your face. Carolyn Hax: She cheated, he forgave. And now she questions his love. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z She declared that her salon and museum would consider any art as long as it was “sincere: the raw, the untried, the unready would get a chance.” Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z Taken aback, she was unready to argue but retreated to her car nearly in tears: A fan of the 1619 Project’s mission, she knew the claim could be consequential. How the 1619 Project took over 2020 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Worst of all, these documents tell Putin that the Pentagon is dubious about prospects for Ukrainian success — for totally wrongheaded reasons — and is still unready to make that success possible. Pentagon documents leak will embolden Putin | Trudy Rubin 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z As Beth, Sullivan delivers depth as the problem sister unready for the responsibilities thrust upon her and blanching at the destruction unfolding around her. Review | ‘Evil Dead Rise’: Mommy issues and hyper-realistic gore 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It’s not just that he’s unready for prime time. Opinion | Ron DeSantis, potential GOP standard-bearer, sounds out of his depth 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z It is an increasingly popular way to smooth the awkward high-school-to-college transition that has inflicted on unready teenagers such annoyances as scary SAT tests and slick college brochures. Perspective | Giving disadvantaged teens a mix of high school and college in one place 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z As usual, voters disagreed and rejected Walker — just as they rejected Trump’s unready candidates in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona in November. Opinion | The tragedy of Herschel Walker 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Many regular public middle schools are more comfortable relying on standardized test score hurdles to keep allegedly unready students out of Algebra 1 rather than work to prepare them for the challenge. Perspective | Middle schools shun challenges, such as teaching your kid algebra 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Move too soon, though, and the Ukrainian army may prove unready and insufficiently armed to ensure victory, military analysts say. Zelensky is under pressure over when and how to launch a long-anticipated counteroffensive. 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In a solar system that seems unready to receive us, making Earth less hospitable to life may be a grave mistake. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z That inane ruling — in the case of a girl recently traumatized by a friend’s death, and by her plausible account unready to care for a child — was also possible before Roe was overturned. Opinion | Post-Roe, the human tragedies mount 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z It was poorly trained, poorly led and largely unready when it was thrown into the fighting in Italy in 1944 and ’45, historians have said. A young WWII soldier’s remains could be those of Spike Lee’s lost cousin 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z A new poll finds that Blacks, Democrats and urban Americans are the likeliest to feel unready to move on from COVID-19 and to believe that most people around them already have done so. Blacks, Democrats, urban Americans feel most unready to move on from COVID-19, poll shows 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “I am struck by how unready the U.S. government is for an information war with the Russians.” The other front in Putin's Ukraine invasion: online disinformation 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Daly appears unready to shift immediately into high gear even though inflation is running well above the Fed's flexible target of 2% annually. Fed's Daly: Being too aggressive on rate hikes could be destabilizing 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Australia has taken a plunge that other countries in the Asia-Pacific region have been unready to emulate. ‘Live With the Virus’? For Australians, It’s Taken Some Getting Used To. 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z And nearly a third of businesses are totally unready. UK jobless rate falls and vacancies hit record; Omicron to hit oil demand – as it happened 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Ali Karimi, a University of Pennsylvania scholar, is among Afghans unready to trust the Taliban. US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z The big lesson of the pandemic is that these systems were unready when catastrophe struck. Opinion | The official pandemic death toll is horrific. The actual toll could be twice that. 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z “That was a poor performance. Good action by Pitt, but they were the aggressor, and we looked unready at times and not sharp, and again our offense carried us, but that’s disappointing.” No. 14 Virginia leans on Sam Hauser’s scoring and a 16-0 run to hold off Pittsburgh 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z As the 2019 Global Health Security Index showed, most nations were unready for a pandemic. Opinion | The U.S. was supposed to be equipped to handle a pandemic. So what went wrong? 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z The problem with devoting any more time to an unready kid who hasn’t yet learned accuracy or his craft is that it messes with everyone’s livelihood, and that messes with your team chemistry. Perspective | Ron Rivera’s decision to bench Dwayne Haskins was a message to his team — and his owner 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It wasn’t as if the United States was unready. Opinion | What if Trump Fought the Virus as Hard as He Fought for His Wall? 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z But it should be the last fought with a fragmented army, unready for a steely battle with invisible but morbidly persistent enemies. Coronavirus: More Is Different 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Brounstein wasn’t the only restaurant owner who was caught off guard — or felt unready to start serving customers again. Georgia restaurants get the okay to reopen, but for many it’s just too soon 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Pro-government media are already calling for opposition leaders to be prosecuted for saying, truthfully, that the state hospital system is unready for the epidemic. Opinion | The leader of a NATO ally is using the coronavirus to seize power 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Another similarity with 1918 is that the United States and the world are unready for a pandemic. Opinion | Is This Coronavirus ‘the Big One’? 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Australians are also emotionally unready, he added, for the extreme future that most likely awaits them. As Fires Rage, Australia Sees Its Leader as Missing in Action 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z That was something like progress, given his truncated, interception-and-sack-prone previous performances in which he looked utterly unready. Perspective | Dwayne Haskins has a long way to go, and he needs an opportunity to get there 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Babis said after a meeting on Thursday the president remained unready to act. Request to remove minister may bring down Czech government 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z One of the central problems in Western politics is the impasse between a governing class that lacks legitimacy, and populist alternatives that are poorly led and unready to govern. Opinion | Which Way, Pete Buttigieg? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z I am completely unready for this, but I gleefully smile and say that I will try my best to keep up. On a first date, the trail to true love doesn’t run smoothly 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z “Roma” was released by Netflix — largely skipping theaters — and some voters seemed unready to crown the streaming service. In ‘Green Book’ Victory, Oscar Critics See an Old Hollywood Tale 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In small towns like Piedras Negras, local authorities and migrant shelters run by churches and NGOs are often unready to deal with the sudden surge. Mexico border towns overwhelmed as Trump policy leaves migrants in limbo 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z In addition, he said, huge numbers are late bloomers unready to apply in October. Early applications surge at prestigious colleges. So does early heartache. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z EU countries uniformly are unready for a no-deal exit, an EU “stress test” of the members found. Theresa May, Facing Hard Deadline, Struggles to Navigate Treacherous Brexit Politics 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z When they vetoed the choice, he impulsively chose the untested and unready Sarah Palin . Opinion | John McCain isn’t the ideal messenger. He’s the ideal message. 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z But Ms. Brown said that the United States seemed unready for the all-but-inevitable response to its confrontation with Pakistan. Why Attack Afghan Civilians? Creating Chaos Rewards Taliban 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Still, even among Trump’s allies, there were complaints about the White House being disengaged and unready to deal with the party’s mounting challenges. ‘Canary in the coal mine’: Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Consumed by addiction, and unready for treatment, most people along the tracks will continue to slip through the net. As an open-air heroin camp is closed, options narrow - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Bruce Catton, a correspondent in the nineteen-forties, defined the constant business of leaking as information that officials were “either unwilling or unready” to reveal by name. Can the White House Pick Its Press? 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The revised vision for NASA, unveiled in early 2010, called for a five-year hiatus in rocket development to allow investment in innovative but unready technologies — and nothing on the horizon to launch from Kennedy. SpaceX Launches Rocket Carrying Space Station Cargo 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The offended party may accept a sincere apology but still be unready to forgive the transgression. The Right Way to Say ‘I’m Sorry’ 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Feeling unready, Spielberg tried to pass off the project. Steven Spielberg at Seventy 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z They challenge the idea some children begin schooling unwilling or unready to learn. Recent Missouri Editorials 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Lack of an "overarching government strategy" means a generation is leaving school unready for work, it argues. Chaotic careers education 'harms economy', says Ofsted - BBC News 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Military history is replete with examples of armies that, having won one kind of conflict, find themselves unready for something different. When President Trump Goes to War 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z “I didn’t last night,” said Maddon, who appears unready to budge from his adherence to flexibility. Cubs Manager Joe Maddon Is Firmly Grounded in the Unconventional 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z We need to be aware of the less obvious consequences of premature education, including its harmful effect on brains that are unready to learn comfortably. Premature kindergarten can harm children’s brains 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He was disingenuous until the very end, telling a Washington Post reporter Wednesday that he was unready to concede the president’s place of birth. Trump long fanned ‘birther’ lie before he ‘finished it’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “Sequestration will take the rug out from underneath us,” said Milley, who said the “ultimate sin” is to send unready troops into combat. Service chiefs urge lawmakers to avoid return of budget caps 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The Zika virus, security concerns and the environmental, political and economic crisis rocking Brazil making Rio de Janeiro an unready problem spot for the world’s biggest gathering. The Olympic men's event didn't just exceed expectations. It turned out to be the best tournament so far of 2016 - Golf Digest 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “Each of our military services remains underfunded, undersized and unready to meet current and future threats,” he said. John McCain chides Trump over Nato: 'We ought to show appreciation' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “And Marine Corps aviation is in crisis. Pilots are not flying. “Each of our military services remains undersized, unready and underfunded to meet current and future threats,” he said. U.S. military’s ability to fight major overseas war in doubt 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z When he was in the race, Christie aggressively attacked Rubio and Ted Cruz for being junior U.S. senators unready to lead as president. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump for president 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z “But unless we’re doing a much better job of training people or treating addiction in prison, some people are going to come out unready for what they’re facing.” GOP contenders are talking about drug abuse, but racial and partisan rifts persist 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z But both Assad and the rebels seem as unready for compromise as ever. How the Syrian conflict could get even bigger and bloodier 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of refugees besieging an unready Europe. How we got to the Syria mess 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z That means several hundred thousand teenagers, especially those who grew up poor, are leaving school every year unready for college. SAT scores at lowest level in 10 years, fueling worries about high schools 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Whether the league wants to align Thursday night games with old or new media is a question it seems unready to answer. In the N.F.L., CBS Has a Thursday Night Anchor 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Others are equally unready to throw in the towel. Boston’s bummer summer: Sox slump, Olympics snub, Brady out 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Donahue said the software problem that made the closest paramedic unit appear unready for the call was fixed a week after the toddler died. D.C. fire lieutenant faces discipline in botched response to choking toddler 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z A program called Head Start was my bridge between being unready for life and prepared for school. Darren Walker to Grads: Build a Bridge to a Better World 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z But in a warm up interview with Yahoo’s Katie Couric, he again looked unready for the glare of a national presidential campaign. Rand Paul’s faux-candor nonsense: Why Katie Couric had him bobbing and weaving 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It was a challenge Michigan appeared to be unready for only one month ago. John Beilein and Michigan Keep Adjusting in a Season Full of Surprises 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Though Mr Sharif should hang on—most in parliament support him and the army looks unready to suspend democracy—Mr Khan is a distraction. Wearing thin 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But he is unready for the tough debate this will entail over letting in more foreign capital and expertise. Roll up for the one-man band 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In two televised debates she proved herself a notch above Ms Rousseff and Mr Neves, whose strategy of branding her as radical and unready to govern is wearing thin. The Silva surger 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The decision to swiftly expand and announce Paul’s national political infrastructure — which will be fully unveiled this spring — comes after reports describing Paul’s operation as unready to compete nationally. Rand Paul builds 50-state network, courts mainstream support for presidential bid 2014-03-27T10:00:00Z Thomas Greiss came in and looked unready, finishing with seven saves on nine shots. Rangers 4, Coyotes 3 (OT): After Honoring Lundqvist, the Rangers Rally for an Important Victory 2014-03-25T03:01:08Z A decade on, Republicans seem equally unconvinced by their likely presidential contenders, and Dr Carson has the makings of a new Wesley Clark: a successful man, unready for the blowtorch scrutiny of politics. Lexington: The Ben Carson mirage 2014-03-13T16:00:43Z He was a Notre Dame freshman, deemed unready for competing in that cauldron in 2011, so his recollections are what passed his wide and wandering eyes. ND's Tuitt faces big challenge 2013-09-05T05:00:00Z The report says an "abysmal" start in life leaves pupils unready for school. Warning of immature school starters 2013-09-03T02:25:32Z They looked at high-school graduation and college enrolment but finally chose pre-K, aiming at children, notably from poor and immigrant families, who reach school unready to learn and never catch up. Pre-school in Texas: Get them while they’re young 2013-08-22T15:00:07Z It becomes like high school or even junior high school if unwilling and unready students are pushed into college. Why college-for-everybody is a sham: Ravitch 2012-05-21T08:00:00Z Chris Christie, after all, called himself unready to be president and said there was “zero chance” he would run, but his party nearly begged him into the race anyway. Why Marco Rubio's Vice Presidential Stock Is Overvalued 2012-04-06T11:00:00Z Thus, though the labor increased, it seemed lighter and even pleasanter; and after they had tasted this refreshment they were not unready to reach out further than their strength would permit. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 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, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z But she would not, and I was fain to dress me in my leather, lest the summons coming swift might find me all unready at the call. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z So William went to the place where the stake stood, even according to his dream, where all things were very unready. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Fames est optimum condimentum, as the old Latin Grammar used to say, and no doubt it was good of the unready hotel-keeper to give us anything. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The Incomplete Angler singeth:— It was all very well, when afar from the "swim," With tackle unready, and plans rather dim, To go in for splashes and plunges. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-17T03:00:35.863Z It did not prepare for war and being forever unready would not fight. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z And all night long I lay on that borderland of sleep which men in danger dare not traverse lest a sound find them unready. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Some critics say that too many unready students are pushed into AP courses here. Md. first, Va. 3rd in AP report 2012-02-08T19:02:58Z So would the hour come, and so unready should I be to challenge it! Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Fain would their love have borne me onward, But I was unready, and sore afraid. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z Then, as the war came to a close it became apparent that President Wilson's happy idea that democracies, being stupid and unready to fight, would live together in eternal peace, was inadequate. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z Jesus, then, in a short parable, showed the necessity of constantly watching, that we may not be found unready whenever we are summoned to die. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Unready to force a quarrel, but equally unready to pass over a slight; and relentless if involved. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z They constantly clamor for a bigger navy and a larger army on the ground that we are unprepared for war—unarmed, unready, undefended—and that war is liable to occur at any time. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Not at that first meeting, however; though even then it would not have surprised her or found her unready with her answer. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z This was a case in which it would have been better to wait awhile, till the meaning of the task and its method should dawn upon the minds yet unready. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Solitude seemed to have made her unready of speech. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z What would it not mean if, at His Second Coming, He found us still unready? A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z I am no lawyer, a very unready speaker, and altogether a stranger to things of this nature, and alone, and without counsel. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z Upon Barron's refusal, the Leopard opened fire and for fifteen minutes sent broadsides into the American ship, so unprepared and unready that only one shot could be fired in answer. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The Devons were making ready for it, and how unready a man might feel at such a moment! The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z “He exhausted himself in planning, projecting, beginning, wishing, intending, postponing, regretting, and doing nothing: the unready are fertile in excuses, and his were inexhaustible.” The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Few indeed had been the words he had addressed to women in his lifetime, and now his speech was more than ever unready. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z In the street the men were all lined up at attention; he alone was unready. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z The fourth and last of the party, a good-looking Guardsman with a puzzled frown, poising the pencil of an unready scribe, at once invoked my aid in another form of literary enterprise. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z The disc of the sun cuts the horizon line of the desert, disclosing us all standing chill and cramped and bored and still unready. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Brave but unready France had put every man for whom she had proper arms and accoutrements into the field from the first day. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z "It is not the Nazarene way," she replied unreadily. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Fans also rioted in 1994 after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup series, and Chief Constable Chu rejected criticism police were unready or failed to take aggressive action once the rioting started. Police hold 100 at Vancouver riot 2011-06-16T20:12:46Z They were making ready their way before them, and were advancing along it upon the unready country. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z He was securely hidden, and the dog-driver would pass unsuspectingly, unready, thirty feet beneath where he lay. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z Internet companies, in particular, were unready for the idea that NO non-Chinese Net firm would prosper in China. The 10 Things Tech Company CEOs Should Know Right Now 2011-04-18T03:16:25Z Stephen had loved it and died for its sake, and Lydia— His resolution dissolved; slowly and unreadily he put the crucifix back in his bosom, over his heart. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z I had expected anything except this instant surrender; and it caught me unready to state my terms. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z What’s interesting is that the athletes who considered themselves unready for the demands of Cirque were not necessarily right. Well: What the Circus Can Teach Us About Sports Injuries 2011-03-30T04:01:16Z Yet the country seems unready for the kind of radical adaptation it needs. Are America's Best Days Behind Us? 2011-03-03T09:10:00Z Already comparisons are being made with the problems that dogged preparations for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, with England's match against India previously scheduled for Kolkata shifted to Bengalooru because Eden Gardens was deemed unready. India must shine for the sake of this World Cup and the 50-over game 2011-02-18T20:09:00Z Even to one of her unready perceptions, the change upon the two was strangely marked. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z "Yes, indeed, miss," the woman agreed, her decision influenced perhaps by the bill that was quietly slipped into her not unready hand. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The United Kingdom, as a whole, may be said to have been totally unready when war broke out. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z His own numbers were slightly superior, and with a swift rush he annihilated the unready Russians. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z There was no man present capable of leading an uprising against the tyrant, save Pizarro, and he was unready. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z Oregon State was clearly unready to play against Washington State last week and got pushed all over the field by the Cougars. Maybe USC ought to petition not to play in Oregon again 2010-11-22T01:53:00Z The track, and its surrounds, looked unready to stage its inaugural grand prix. Hopeful Hamilton sets sights on Brazil 2010-10-24T20:54:00Z Doyne grew up in New Jersey and excelled in high school — top grades, editor of the yearbook, three-sport varsity athlete — but felt burned out and unready to go to college when she graduated in 2005. | Rwanda ? Congo ? Nepal: D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution 2010-10-23T18:30:00Z Mr. Harman, who turns 92 this month, appears unwilling and unready to have a quiet retirement. Updated: Newsweek Deal To Be Announced Today 2010-08-02T18:22:00Z Unfortunately, other adjectives now swirl, hurricane-like, around Alaska's former governor: divisive, ideological, controversial, arrogant, unready and affected. 2010-02-14T05:00:00Z This sets the tone: these kids are disdainful of the world around them, but unready and unwilling to change it. 2010-01-15T17:23:00Z When is the last time we saw a playoff game with one team coming out so ready to play and the other so unready? 2010-01-10T19:30:00Z The Commander was an officer of whom the boat-midshipmen stood in awe, and they were always thankful when the ordeal of reporting a possibly unready boat to him as "ready" was over. H.M.S. —— But on his father's side William was, through Emma's marriage, cousin of King Edward the Confessor, son of the unready Ethelred. The Ifs of History Always unready, the English colonies let slip the opportunity of occupying the upper valley of the Ohio, and the French seized the opening which their rivals might have closed. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical They were completely surprised and totally unready for such an occurrence. A Kut Prisoner Of earlier days his remembrance was clear and complete though a little unready, but of passing hours some only did not float clean out of mind to be forgotten. The Unknown Sea The rear destroyer of the enemy swung away, stopped, and remained—a horrible illustration of the maxim of naval warfare, which says that he who is unready should never leave harbour. H.M.S. —— The gun might be loaded, and still—in these days of safety devices—unready to fire; and the loss of a fraction of a second might enable Cranston to reach his knife. The Voice of the Pack If unready, wait for the next occasion; for, should he advance a step, except when the bird is thus insensible, he will certainly be overheard, and the victim escape. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom And still Jeff stood there, lost, speechless, helpless, unready, a clumsy oaf, an object of pity. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus The old man did his best under direction for shortening sail; but while yet this was doing, again the ominous roar sounded and grew, and a squall caught them unready. The Unknown Sea If that advantage is pushed home and the enemy is still unready it must lead to a blockade. Naval Warfare It is even true that the lower classes were unready for change. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 So she went forward—profoundly unconscious, pitifully unready—to capture. The Torch Bearer I also have known the misery and weakness of an unready tongue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 The avalanche of war found us, if unprepared, not unready. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Rested and fed, the royal army precipitated itself, three to one in strength, and equally disproportionate in discipline and experience, upon the unready line of the Americans. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. His unready replies to her lively promptings turned aimlessly here and there; his thoughts could neither lead nor follow them. John March, Southerner Never absent from your post, never off guard, never ill-humored, never unready to work for God,—is obedience; being “faith- ful over a few things.” Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 All he saw, in the blinding rage which suddenly possessed him, was a horse down, unready for duty, and beside her a horse standing, ready for duty, but restrained by the other. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance We were well built and well found and well employed in all respects, not unready for any part that called us to sea. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war But he was not a man to remain unready long. Lady Anna If they would make one solid stand for our rights they could overrule the masses who are not half so unready to do women justice as they are represented. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Certainly the brass of the handrail will be clouded; and if the brass be not immaculate, certainly all will be to match—the reflectors scratched, the spare lamp unready, the storm-panes in the storehouse. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Full unready I am such reckoning to give, I know thee not; what messenger art thou? Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse It is not often one finds the New York pilots unready, but our sudden arrival has taken them aback. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Yet the chance came, came unexpectedly, came after some weeks of waiting and despondency, came at a moment, in fact, when it found Jules and Henri almost unready, unprepared to seize a golden opportunity. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front What knew I of the system of things on which a blow upon the head had ushered me all unready, reluctant, and uninstructed as I was? The Gates Between The nervous, unready wooer both endures and inflicts agonies of mind if he tries to make a verbal offer. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements Now have I no manner of company To help me in my journey, and me to keep; And also my writing is full unready. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse But the exiles were unready for the violent season that soon closed in upon them, almost burying their fort in drifting snow and casing the ships in an armour of glistening ice. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France But he found her unready with another perjury when he abruptly asked her: “What are you doing to-morrow?” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Austria seems distraught and unready for emergencies, the people are not as keen for the war as the Germans and appear to be more indifferent as to its results. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone But Anne and Letty were broken down with grief; and Mrs. Candy's endeavours to comfort them were either not the right sort, or fell upon unready ears. What She Could Also of my own an unready reckoning I have to account, therefore I make tarrying. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse “It was true, then?” she said slowly, as if still unready to believe. The Shepherd of the North You could not have persuaded me to-night— I feel myself unready for the crown. L'Aiglon Bill had turned away, vainly searching his unready wit for the best means of carrying on the discussion. The Law-Breakers When anything had to be done, to tell the truth, she was very inexpert—unready—deeply embarrassed with the unusual necessity. The Doctor's Family To think on thee it maketh my heart sick, For all unready is my book of reckoning. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Better let them think him unready; then perhaps they would let him get the lead. When the West Was Young British attack, while the British force was still unready, would lead to great losses and would exhaust the reserves in men and munitions of both France and Britain. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War It was silly to be unready for surrender. The Innocent Adventuress The flimsy alibis were destroyed even by the incompetent, unready Rocklin, and when the charge came blackness fell upon the citizens of Tucson. Red Men and White "Do you know," he said, "that for a scholar, you are—remarkably—unready to answer questions?" Say and Seal, Volume II Rachel paused in her work of setting up their tent for the night to stare at him, wondering if he knew how unready for fighting he looked. The Saracen: The Holy War He had been unprepared and unready twice over: in the matter of the journey from London and in the stranger matter of this present journey. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker She thirsted suddenly for Rose, for Rose's beautiful, pure little face, her puzzled, earnest blue eyes under black eyebrows, her pleasant, unready words that were always so true and so kind. The Beloved Woman These cavalry engagements—for the Russians were met by the Hungarian cavalry—effectually screened the actual gathering of the armies, and led Austria into the error of supposing Russia to be quite unready. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers So she met them all at breakfast, with the same unready eyes and lips that Mr. Linden had seen before. Say and Seal, Volume II But now, with thoughts of Manfred and—much worse—of Simon, confusing her, she felt frightened, unready. The Saracen: The Holy War She had become restless and dissatisfied as if the sun had taken her joy to rest with him, or as if the thoughts gathered from space found an unready lodgment in her mind. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Even Gavin's unready tongue could not miss this great opportunity, "Yes, you will be everything,—my whole life, Christine," he murmured. In Orchard Glen All schools of successful warfare have believed in the offensive; in quick decisive blows which take the enemy by surprise and find him unready if possible. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Therefore let every one examine his own conscience when he finds himself unready. The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. We shall be unready to open immediately, if our hands be overfull of worldly matters. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The car swung round a corner, and Lady Touchstone, who was unready, heeled over with a cry. Anthony Lyveden Why could they not have found a better messenger than this unready inarticulate gentleman? Love of Brothers As he spoke, Nobby leaned forward and took the dishevelled sandwich out of my unready fingers. Jonah and Co. "Good day," muttered the constable, not at all satisfied with this abrupt close of the conversation, but too unready to prolong it. Tom Brown at Oxford Her mother was descanting on lodgings, on the people already at Brighton, or coming there; on dresses ready and unready; and to vary this topic the Squire complained that his wine was not cooled properly. The Old Helmet, Volume II A feeling of being unready for that other life to which I might at any time go;—that other world, I mean. The Old Helmet, Volume I Here Sir Robert discovered them——” “The lady all unready, alackaday!” put in the Honourable Isabel, from behind a fan to hide imaginary blushes. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Even Creed, unready and unschooled as he was, felt stir within him its intimate appeal. Judith of the Cumberlands I guess you could help me a bit if you only chose to," he went on, his voice curiously gruff and unready, "but you won't, you won't even look at me. To Love A little unready to be still, she went off again into the room specially prepared for her, where the green jalousies shaded the windows. The Old Helmet, Volume II But I can take no pleasure in anything,—I cannot have any rest or comfort,—as long as I know that if anything happened to me—if death came suddenly—I am utterly unready. The Old Helmet, Volume I The princes who professed its tenets were lukewarm and unready,—divided by jealousies among themselves, and careless of all but their own worldly interests. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Miss Fennimore, you know that I am unready and weak in argument, and you have often left me no refuge but my positive conviction; but I can refer you to those who are strong. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Satan watches to catch away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and the time of trouble will find them unready. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan She was very good to Mr. Carlisle; she did not throw him off; she gave him no occasion to complain of an unready talker or an unwilling companion. The Old Helmet, Volume II They mulled it over and agreed that Captain Bonnet must have found the Revenge unready to weigh anchor or he would have engaged the brig ere this. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Indeed the often footsore men were expressly forbidden to take them off at night, lest a possible night attack should find them in that important respect unready. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back The fleet has been neglected, and has been overwhelmed, unready and unprepared. From a Cornish Window A New Edition If the Christians had been moved by any united spirit they could have relieved Nicosia and struck a heavy blow at the Turkish fleet, which lay unready and stripped of its men in the harbor. A History of Sea Power No emergency, however great or sudden, ever finds a man of his stamp unready. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps But slovenly, reckless seamanship had caught him unready. Blackbeard: Buccaneer It was unready for war, but war was the only solvent of intolerable troubles. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Have we not been used to hear of special efforts being made for the rescue of perishing souls, and ingathering of those who are in danger of dying unready? Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet Fractured ribs and collar-bones yield not unreadily to treatment; even fractured skulls have been known to mend; and in a week, though dazed and bewildered, Captain Forrest was convalescing. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike It appeared to him he was but an unprofitable servant, unready, tongue-tied, lacking in resource. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Again, should my brave fellows find exit, they are weaponless, unready. Blackbeard: Buccaneer For the willing mind is the ready mind, and God can do nothing with the unready. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Not unready to praise—I mean not that—only too weary, just at first, to care for anything but rest.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him The strike ran along for several days with the State unready to bring the matter to a close. Fifty Years of Public Service The attempt which he had made to prevent Lord Blandamer from entering the choir was fresh in his memory, and he stammered some unready excuses. The Nebuly Coat Perhaps knowing—perhaps not knowing—that they were unready for war themselves, but feeling that the Balkan States were preparing for war, the Turks were undoubtedly willing to make great concessions. Bulgaria Perry's policy to have a goodly number of men always in training at headquarters so that unready recruits should not have to go out to face emergencies, was being approved by events as highly statesman-like. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police They kept the rent of their rooms paid; and, moreover, it was a rare thing for a starving youth to drop in on them and find their samovar cold, or their welcome unready. The Genius Lord Theign, a little unready, cast about at his storied halls; any illusion to the "exposure" of the objects they so solidly sheltered was obviously unpleasant to him. The Outcry “We have only come back to—to—” “To make preparation for the feast when they return,” said the wizard, coming quickly to the rescue of his unready follower. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew But how difficult it is to put oneself in another person's place in the imagination, and how unreadily it is done! Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Howbeit, I pray you, speak to my brother: methinks you shall find him unready to discharge Jackson for no better reason than that he cannot take the collar off an horse.” The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender Don Alonzo was so taken by surprise, and unready for this sudden move, that he had not a word to say. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Thus hastening, the Boers, taken unready, were routed. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 Here were other quartz tubes, but these led down still further, for this floor contained individual sleeping bunks, most of them unoccupied, unready for occupancy, though some were made up. The Black Star Passes But these are only an uneasy intrusion from the as-yet-uncreated, unready biological centers. Fantasia of the Unconscious Much has been spoken and written about the Church of Jesus Christ in our modern world, but not so much as to leave us unready to welcome this arresting and penetrating message from Serbia. The Agony of the Church (1917) But that company proved singularly unready to render any assistance. The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway He had indeed—if nothing more than the power of a thoroughly prepared enemy against an unready land. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Sydney was peremptorily stopped, and ere any letter came to stay Drake, too, the wind had shifted northerly, and, all unready as he was, he cleared for Finisterre. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 She must feed him with the milk of rectitude, for its strong meat his stomach was hopelessly unready. Quisanté I may say Death giveth no warning: To think on thee, it maketh my heart sick, For all unready is my book of reckoning. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays The messenger, being still somehow unready to start, hummed— "Fain would one weep the whole night long, As weeps the Sudu-Mushi's song, Who chants her melancholy lay, Till night and darkness pass away." Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan A nation of eight million people, unready, blundering, rent by internal dissension, had resolved to challenge an England hardened by war and tremendously superior in military resources. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Before the new methods of business the old gilds stood as helpless, as unready, as bowmen in the face of cannon. The Age of the Reformation He was unready with his apology, however, and tramped on without again looking behind. The Lady of Fort St. John Cousin Everyman, farewell now, For verily I will not go with you; Also of mine own an unready reckoning I have to account; therefore I make tarrying. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Turning to the Princess, he asked her to come near him, and to look out on the scene, and she somewhat unreadily complied. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan His "cistern of wrathfulness was so small, and the supply pipe so unready," that it was next to impossible to "put him out," so the natives said. Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Those overtaken unready, hastened away to get oil. Our Day In the Light of Prophecy We—as a nation—are as unready for this emergency as we are to meet the clash of actual physical combat. The War After the War Alas, I may well weep with sighs deep; Now have I no manner of company To help me in my journey, and me to keep; And also my writing is full unready. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays On the one hand they meet the pressure of terrible temptations, and on the other they have to face the awful fact of death, unready and unprepared. With Our Soldiers in France Even Pepys—no very sound moralist, though a vast hypocrite—tells us: Nelly, 'all unready' was 'very pretty, prettier far than he thought.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Men are such fools;—so awkward, so unready, with their wits ever behind the occasion by a dozen seconds or so! Phineas Finn The Irish Member Hundreds of speeches have been made, and still more articles have been written, to demonstrate that she was caught wholly unready. Before the War Full unready I am such reckoning to give. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays As a fact one knows this perfectly well; but habit is stronger than reason, and day after day I went on being perplexed, and often unready for the "early-closing" system. Round About the Carpathians But Mrs. Bywank did not dare to ask, even when the girl stirred and woke and rose up; though the ready flush, and the unready eyes, and the grave mouth, went to her very heart. Wych Hazel To be sure, I had been unready, and I realized now that I had no address which should find him. The Story of Bawn Sudden and unexpected was the knocking, and it found the boys unready to answer it. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films As Death appeared unready, they began to look about. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle But while I was cursing my unready tongue and repenting that I had not given her some small word of warning, she spoke again. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The Belgians, whose sublime stand had thwarted Germany's murderous plan against an unready world, were a sad little army when they reached the Yser about mid October. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies At the mention of the magical word Nobby had leapt from my unready grasp and trotted across to the fireplace. Berry And Co. I must gird myself and run, 10 Though with unready feet: I must die. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Confused and unready the horse awaited the intelligent touch on the bridle. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt How unready some might be to lie down and feel that it was all over! The Witness Abruptly he rose—he was coming toward her, and she struggled suddenly to her feet, battling against the cold terror which held her dumb and unready. The Palace of Darkened Windows Leslie thought to surprise Cromwell; Cromwell surprised Leslie, crossed the Broxburn on the low level, before dawn, and drove into the Scots who were all unready, the matches of their muskets being wet and unlighted. A Short History of Scotland "She is not yet prepared," she explained unreadily. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "So if thou wilt, we shall say—that—from—that moment—" Her voice grew lower, her words more unready and failed altogether. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt At a time when his brain is yet unripe, and hence unready for the more difficult truths or the more exalted emotions of religion, the child is at his best in the matter of habit-forming. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods Wrath for their spears unready, their levies new to the blades— Shame for the helpless sieges and the scornful ambuscades. Songs from Books Suddenly Tom made a powerful lunge that seemed to find the captain unready. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. "Gone," he said unreadily, "gone back to Ephesus." The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Somebody beside her laughed the short unready laugh of one slow at mirth. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt I am not going to be trampled upon, unready as I am. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 She had been true to her sex, and not to him, her unready lover. Heart's Desire He is as unready and unwilling as poor little Davy. David Lockwin—The People's Idol Sir," she answered unreadily, with her small hands gripping each other before her and her eyes veiled, "I thank you. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem "But I go to my people, even now," she answered, with averted face and unready words. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt If they are much longer postponed intervention becomes probable; the great war may be expected, and no man can foretell whether the British Empire, if again taken by surprise and unready, can weather the storm. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith In this, no doubt, we may see an allusion to the thorns which Bishops were not always unready to thrust on the long-suffering Heads of monasteries. The Cathedral The American frontier subsequent to the civil war was so vast, yet so rapid, in its motive that to the weak or the unready it was merely appalling. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains His lips anticipated words unreadily; gladly he realized that he could say these formulas, also; he had not forgotten; he had not forgotten! The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Not so reluctant," he said, turning his face toward the lady, "as unready. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt France was unready, though the three years' service promised to improve her army. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) But Troy, on all save market mornings, is a slug-a-bed town; and even at nine o'clock, when he issued forth after an impatient breakfast, the streets wore an unkempt, unready, unsociable air. Hocken and Hunken All this is mainly the result of being unready. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Reluctantly the boy complied, his own revolver trembling in his unready hand. The Way of a Man The man answered in unready Egyptian, but, for an inferior, in a manner curiously collected. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt He knows what that answer must be to-day, with England ready to fight us for Texas and Oregon both, and we wholly unready for war. 54-40 or Fight I requested him to take the lady on the other hand, who seemed a trifle unready for the jest, but was induced by the entreaties of the others, and especially of Mistress Katie herself. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 Unfortunately, the attention paid to the army was not extended to the fleet, which continued totally unready; nor was the organisation of the volunteers carried out in an efficient manner. The Liberation of Italy He and his men, caught all unready, clumsy with the burdens that they carried, were shot to pieces; hardly a score of them returned. The Angels of Mons The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War They are proud—they pass the Egyptian in pride; they have kept their blood singularly pure for such long residence among us; they are stubborn, querulous and unready. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt But something in her eyes, cold, unready, yet aware of him, repelled him. The Tree of Heaven The general was not negligent in sending his demands in writing to the noblemen, as they were mostly drawn up before coming ashore, being not unready for such a business. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Then Nona blushed red, and I made haste to get rid of some of the thanks that were heartfelt enough if they came unreadily to my lips, and Howel laughed at both of us. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Villagers accept the novel significations which time or fashion gradually confer upon old words very unreadily. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor Nay, nay, The weighty sphere, unready for release, Rolls far in front of that o'ermastering peace. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Antonyms: slow, sluggish, clumsy, dilatory, unready, dull, heavy. nimble-fingered, a. dexterous. nimbus, n. halo, glory, aureola. nincompoop, n. Putnam's Word Book "You might just as well go back and get unready," said Stubbs in a faint voice. The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation That was one of the Sussex thanes, and he was no mean horseman or unready, luckily. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Forced attention is necessary when the neurone tracts used by the attention are for some reason unready to act. How to Teach His rough, mumbling, unready speech might have been picked up in any of the seaports of the English-speaking world. Spanish Doubloons He aspired to marry her, and she does not seem to have been unready to grant him her hand. Ravenna, a Study She grew timid, bewildered, unready both of purpose and of speech. Deadham Hard Old Daniel looked at the lilies, but his unready hand did not move forward to take them; in fact, it seemed that he slightly shrank back. Fated to Be Free Hitherto we had been fighting on the defensive—unready, uphill, against odds. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand But the vision fades upon an atmosphere unready for it, and the poet does not return to follow this clue out into the sunshine. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible What wonder that the startling summons found us all unready for such a crisis? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 They were clamorous about their rights, and were not unready to use veiled threats of disunion when they deemed these rights infringed; but they showed little appreciation of their own duties to the Union. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 After he has passed he lifts his hat, like a true countryman, unready at the moment. Hodge and His Masters How shall it be safe for some nations to guide themselves by these fine sounding principles when others are but lying in wait to attack them when they are unready? Between You and Me If this war came the manhood of the nation would be unready and untrained. The Soul of the War In 1780 he is still unready: "Were it not for want of a good amanuensis, I think I should make more progress." Gossip in a Library But the Allies had never worked trench warfare; they were unready for it, Germans knew of their unreadiness, and their unreadiness it is quite clear they calculated. What is Coming? The trouble about the Labour people was that so far there was no one of constructive ability; they were manifestly unready. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract Among men of letters, he was always esteemed as a most sympathetic companion; timid, reserved, unready, if taken by surprise, but highly cultivated, and still more highly endowed. The Poems of Henry Timrod And the fleet was so unfortunate in everything that was undertaken, and so unready on every occasion, that Antony was driven again to put his confidence in the land-forces. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Certainly the brass of the handrail will be clouded; and if the brass be not immaculate, certainly all will be to match - the reflectors scratched, the spare lamp unready, the storm-panes in the storehouse. Across the Plains It was not quite what I expected and I was unready. Mr. Standfast He is the most unready man I ever knew to shine in conversation. Memories and Portraits The wondering exclamation forced itself from Thorpe's unready lips. The Market-Place She seemed so dainty beside himself in his rough working-jacket and dusty trousers that he felt he was as yet unready to encounter her, as he had felt about Mr. Phillotson. Jude the Obscure Only the Rochet-Schneider, which had been to Verdun, stood unready for the inspection, coated from wheel to hood with white Meuse mud. The Happy Foreigner Gentlemen, this touching wreath for the tomb of my career finds the tomb unready. A Chair on the Boulevard When the government was unready or unsuccessful, the insurrection spread with great rapidity from town to town until it arrived before the walls of Santo Domingo City. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Few men were more unready and awkward in conversation; yet when roused he was one of the best platform speakers of his day. Sir George Tressady — Volume I For, in proportion as the Modernist attack developed, was the revival of faith among those hostile to it, or unready for it. The Case of Richard Meynell The unready are still with us, but the strenuous century will grant them but short shrift. The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men The right teacher would have his pupil easy to please, but ill to satisfy; ready to enjoy, unready to embrace; keen to discover beauty, slow to say, "Here I will dwell." A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare Kenyon thanked her, looking his gratitude rather than speaking it, for he was an unready man, and she bade him good-bye until she could think over her plan. A Woman Intervenes Who so unready to impute the shame it could not help? Miracles of Our Lord Ah! how unready, how gauche she had shown herself! Eleanor That he can be content with it, argues him unready to receive better. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. I may well weep with sighs deep: Now have I no manner of company To help me in my journey, and me to keep; And also my writing is full unready. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 By nature he was not a coward, but he was unready, and knew not what to do or to say on the spur of the moment. Nina Balatka It seemed as if the unready captain would get no word said, for again before he had made answer the girl spoke to the Countess. The Strong Arm If these attempts are made by unready men, they will fail. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. My first object," he said in conclusion, "has been to point out how seriously our national military strength falls behind our requirements, and how unready we always are, in spite of our huge expenditure. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Full unready I am such reckoning to give: I know thee not; what messenger art thou? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 But the French army was in a condition more unready, one might truly say, of greater demoralization, thus early, than its severest critics had imagined. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 In war a king should not fight with poisonous or fiery weapons nor kill weak or unready or weaponless foes or men who are in fear or who pray for protection or who run away. Autobiography of a Yogi He had turned round hearing footsteps behind him, but still was startled and unready. The Eustace Diamonds We were taken by surprise, all unready, with our men ashore or mixed among the horses, or carrying tubs in the water. Jim Davis I felt very doltish and unready as I followed him to the drawing-room. The Yeoman Adventurer For the present Lord Lossie, although as unready as most men to part with anything he cared for, could yet cast away magnificently, and had always greatly prized a reputation for liberality. Malcolm As a small lamp cannot withstand excessive electrical voltage, so your nerves are unready for the cosmic current. Autobiography of a Yogi It can be greatly increased by opening the fountains, and economized by a roofing of mat: we tried this plan, which only surprised the unready Arab. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 The man who bemoans ill-fortune is the man too apathetic, too unready, or too cowardly to grasp opportunity. A March on London "Diana," said I, finding my tongue very unready, "dear—what is your greatest wish—what is your most passionate desire?" Peregrine's Progress But the old house, like a being lethargic after long revelry, clad in torn and stained garments, seemed unready for mirth. Gone to Earth It is well to try to see them, that we may be not too unready to welcome the opportunity and accept the burden of the world that is being born in pain. The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty I remember thinking how young she looked, and how unready for suffering. Men, Women, and Ghosts Rarely has a State unready for conflict been able to stand against a nation organised for war. Britain at Bay Arthur trusted to take him thus unready, before he could get to his mace. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut The familiarity with Robert Dudley was but a piece with her boisterous romps in her girlhood, and her flap in the face of young Talbot when he saw her "unready in my night-stuff." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Then, as I stared at him, still unready and speechless, the light died out of his eyes, his lips relaxed, and his hand went up to arrange the lace at his throat. The Unspeakable Gentleman Not only is there call for a pooling of brains to look after the timid and unready, but there is need of combination to open the gates for the prepared and brave. Mobilizing Woman-Power War comes like a thief in the night, and it must not catch this country unready. Britain at Bay They moved against the Britons as speedily as their horses might bear them, for they hoped to find them naked and unready, and to take them unawares. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut But I am glad you brought him not in, I being so unready. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III The few ships at Lord Howard's command were in a very unready state for fighting. Beneath the Banner To the women's shift," he writes, "where Nell was dressing herself, and was all unready, and is very pretty, prettier than I thought…. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come The Turk might clamor—no matter, there was the ever ready answer about the unready stars. The Prince of India — Volume 02 He trusted to fall upon Arthur by night, when he was unready, and force him to give over the siege. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut In the early stages of the war the British generals were slow, timid, unready, and inefficient. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 I am a poor, unready speaker, but I intend to acquire a knowledge of the Law which shall outweigh this defect. Psmith in the City Supinely he allowed Austria and the Catholic League to raise their Croats and Walloons with the ready aid, so valuable in that age of unready finance, of Spanish gold. Lectures and Essays For me, that am often unready and weak, here is again his ever just helpfulness. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker They stumbled into the World War morally and physically unready, and they stumbled out again, much disillusioned, but hardly more experienced. Public Opinion "Have I ever been found unready?" asked the young man, quietly. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism He followed her with a rather bewildered expression, but his large gray eyes were full of gratitude for her supposed kindness, even if his unready tongue was slow in making graceful acknowledgment. From Jest to Earnest The facile tongue of the renegade was slow to do the bidding of his unready brain. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The unready conception of things, the political concentration upon parish affairs, the cumbrous social machinery, oppressed them with its dull anachronism in a marching world; the problems of sluggish overpopulation clouded their eager outlook. The Imperialist Only herself, the blanket bed, and the little woman were unready. The Maid of the Whispering Hills She had been caught unready, and the opposing forces had obtained the advantage of her. The Old Wives' Tale Nevertheless there was a certain cautious guardedness in the Captain's speech; the wary craft of an unready man who is in the presence of a person more subtle than himself. A Rock in the Baltic "Not a bit!" the wife-to-be answered, feeling as she said it that her hands, busy with long gloves, were shaking, and her knees almost unready to support her. The Heart of Rachael Punctual dawn never finds the world unready, April's burgeoning colors bury away forever the memories of winter wind and deluge. Saturday's Child God is always ready, but we are very unready; God is near to us, but we are far from Him; God is within, but we are without; God is at home, but we are strangers. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages I have known really shy and unready persons who from a sheer sense of duty have made themselves into very tolerable talkers. From a College Window If one is unready in speech, thinking of one's epigrams three hours after the occasion for them has arisen, how pleasant to draw the man who says the neat, witty, appropriate, consoling thing! The Altar Fire Worse than his enemy—unwilling to take part against him, yet unready to speak up in his defense. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Accustomed to a despotic system, and not yet reconciled to the British supremacy, the French settlers were obviously unready for self-government. The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History The furious beast had then attacked the elephant named Hogg, which, falling upon its knees, had thrown the unready driver. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Already his greedy eyes are turned upon us, and what power have we—all unready as we are—wherewith successfully to oppose the overwhelming might of the Duke of Valentinois? Love-at-Arms And French travellers, like English, are not unready to talk of food and drink, knowing that the subject is never displeasing to their readers. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 It is entirely inexcusable, however, to try to combine the unready hand with the unbridled tongue. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Then, not knowing what to do or say, and being after all but a clever boy, not a cool, "never unready" man of the world, he slipped away, blushing. Hard Cash Now wouldest thou not see noble Agamemnon slumbering, nor cowering, unready to fight, but very eager for glorious battle. The Iliad "That is an unready way," said our king, "Thou doest but jest, I see; Now show me out the nearest way, And I pray thee wend with me." A Bundle of Ballads In the excitement of the early morning start, Jewel had eaten little breakfast, but the soft resonance of the Japanese gong, when it sounded in the hall below, found her unready for food. Jewel We wished to enjoy the incompatible luxuries of an unbridled tongue and an unready hand. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I will not take you unready for your task, in order to cast you into the crucible of my own desires, of my caprice, or my ambition. The Man in the Iron Mask McClellan's unready masses were to begin an unlimited mud march through the early spring roads of Virginia on the twenty-second of February, in honor of Washington's birthday. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Probably he found her coy, unready to acknowledge his demands on her attention. Robert Falconer He was beginning to feel he had been stupid, unready, and withal prejudiced. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation I suppose the United States will always be unready for war, and in consequence will always be exposed to great expense, and to the possibility of the gravest calamity, when the Nation goes to war. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Lincoln sent him everything necessary in the way of men, ammunition, artillery and equipments, but he was forever unready. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller He was also singularly unready to take offense. T. Tembarom "Is it so bad?" says I, finding my tongue more unready than usual. Black Bartlemy's Treasure The invasion of Asia by Alexander the Great, though it found the Persians unready, was by no means of the nature of a surprise. History of Phoenicia At all times he was an unready man, I fancy, more fit, courage apart, for the college than the field; and now he gave way to despair. The House of the Wolf; a romance He is as unready in the thought needed for these as he is in the use of his senses. The Children He was backward in games and unready in a quarrel, but it was observed that he had no fear of the dark, or of the Green Lady that haunted the river avenue. The Path of the King These fell on him, the unready Erling, simultaneous, like a cluster of angry bees; and in a few minutes cleared his ship of men altogether, except Erling himself. Early Kings of Norway The moment passed, Mr. Bashwood took the refuge usually taken by nervous, unready men, placed in his circumstances, when they are at a loss for an answer. Armadale If they found us unready for them it is merely that we were unable to imagine so idiotic an enterprise would ever be seriously sustained and persisted in. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war How now, my lords! what, all unready so? King Henry VI, Part 1 And later, going to bed, a little joke took him so unready that it got out before he could suppress it. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories To tell the truth, it flashed across my mind, when he pulled out his watch, that he was making me unready for a difficult question. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger It was a case of unready soldiers being attacked by ready, and they were assailed with such vigour that with difficulty they could hold their own, although some few of them got through. The Prince He was incurably a bad horseman; he rode without sympathy, he was unready and convulsive at hedges and ditches, and he judged distances badly. The Research Magnificent The officer mentioned a small place on the coast some twelve miles off, where, unsuspicious and unready, she was lying at anchor, with her sails unbent, painting yards and scraping spars. The Mirror of the Sea |
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