| 单词 | unskillful |
| 例句 | Her hands were unskillful not so much from inability as from the rebellion that stiffened her fingers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The book’s weaknesses include erratic pacing and unskillful language. The Life and Times of China’s Pirate Queen 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Aimed at “Ladies, gentlewomen and other unskillful persons”, it listed approximately 2,500 “hard usuall words”, less than 5% of the lexis in use at the time. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Kim Yo Jong is fascinating mostly because she seems so different from her brother, whose reputation as an unskillful madman belies the calculated and vicious dictator he actually is. Perspective | There’s peace in the air at PyeongChang Olympics, but something doesn’t smell right 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z I had been trying my hand at oil painting, and as we talked, I dabbed bits of paint, unskillfully, on the canvas as Rebecca watched. Love & marriage: Readers share their proposal stories 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z In c they point parallel; e is unskillfully painted and lacks the dead or free ends. Mohave Pottery 2012-04-26T02:00:09.420Z Noted pictures were spoken of as having lost their charm through an unskillful cleaner. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He was very unskillful in concealing his text, which was Jeremiah vi. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He was a practical politician before he "took the stump" against Christianity, and at all times he has proved his capacity to "split the ears of the groundlings," and make the unskillful laugh. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z "Hoffman" is a sensational melodrama by a hack writer not unskillful in using prevailing conventions with theatrical effectiveness. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z They are intelligent, industrious, and not unskillful in the manufacture of iron and copper ornaments, utensils, and weapons. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z If their case is in unskillful hands, nervous disorders are rarely avoided; phantastic visions may be seen, and convulsions and more threatening symptoms even may occur. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Some of these are of the most satisfactory character, while others are poorly designed and unskillfully applied, and are a constant source of trouble and expense to the occupant of the building. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z With rude unskillful hands, yet with pitiable tenderness, he strove to arrange her blood-matted hair, he pillowed her head upon his hat again. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z As a playwright he was, in fact, usually imitative and often unskillful. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The unskillful writer often violates this principle, from a mistaken belief that he should constantly vary the form of his expressions. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z The first morning that Sally came downstairs—on crutches—she managed her crutches unskillfully and fell half the flight. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z P. S.—The Colonel will readily apologize for the inaccuracies of an unskillful muse, and be convinced the high estimation of his amiable character could alone actuate the author of the foregoing. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Thus the unskillful player had to root for it, while the boys, being called together, encircled him and jeered. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z This was to avoid the mischiefs which happen by entrusting apprentices too weak, unable, and unskillful in the work, with the care of goods and lives of passengers. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z As to Guano, it has not paid me; but that may be the fault of careless or unskillful application. 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 Women charged as high, or nearly as high, as men; and sometimes unskillful hands overrated their services. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z This prince was, in truth, the most unskillful archer in his whole kingdom. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He has received the thanks of two foreigners of distinction, piloted not unskillfully to Mashobra tunnel which leads to the great and gay capital of India. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z The first set of laws were barbarous and unskillful, and their failure is evident from their constant re-enactment or amendment; with different provisions and severer penalties. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z In the early part of the evening the unskillful members come out in turn, and serve to kill time and practice on the audience. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z But the most tempting bait and the strongest lure will jointly prove unavailing if one's set be unskillfully made, and carelessness be practiced in going to and from trap. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers The good Miss Kerkabon trembled lest her nephew, whom she knew to be resolute and expeditious, should perform the operation unskillfully himself; and that fatal consequences might ensue. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Horace Vernet, who wielded no unskillful brush, has painted one too. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. She'll bear witness that I am very unskillful in making converts. The Children of the World There are also certain other legends interwoven with the story, and it seems probable that at least three plays have been, as Dr. Whitley Stokes expresses it, "unskillfully pieced together." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Every flash of lightning revealed the Sweepstakes laboring heavily, and making but poor headway under the management of her ignorant and unskillful crew. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone Sturdy schoolboys would kiss his yellow softness on the sly and we often had to rescue him from the unskillful clutch of loving childish hands. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Our enemy treats us as the cunning trader does the unskillful Indian; they magnify their generosity, when they give us baubles of little proportionate value for ivory and gold. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence He is also liable if delaying unreasonably to make repairs, or for making them unskillfully. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman Why is an unskillful physician like Peleus' son, Achilles? The Handbook of Conundrums Infinite is the number of other valuable vegetables of every kind; but natural history not having been my study, I am unwilling to do wrong to my subject by an unskillful description. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Strum or Thrum should be used, and not drum, when the noisy and unskillful fingering of a musical instrument is meant. Every-Day Errors of Speech It is best for a doctor to remove foreign objects because unskillful attempts are likely to move them further in. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick An unskillful smith might take as long to make five horseshoes as it would take a skillful smith to make ten. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" The sound of voices from a neighboring cabin, followed by the noise of unskillful footsteps stumbling up a companion ladder, warned them that they were not alone. The Return of the Prodigal The little man had such trouble to shape his unskillful lips to the words. Timar's Two Worlds The losses of a regiment do not always show its courage nor its effectiveness as a military organization, but rather its lack of discipline, and unskillful handling. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House The quarto seems to have been printed from a stenographic report of an acting version of the play, made by an unskillful reporter for a piratical publisher. An Introduction to Shakespeare The machine was set to work, and, although constructed of bad materials, and of unskillful workmanship, its powers were greater than had been contracted for; yet the Arabs, from interested motives, declared against it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. They spent long minutes fumbling unskillfully at the outer air-lock door. The Hate Disease Evidently the ancient readers had the tendency common to unskillful readers everywhere to trace the lines with their fingers as they read. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 But those that survived our unskillful operations still form a screen of shade to the grounds, and protect them in some measure from the dust and glare of the highway. Records of Later Life Such hid treasure should find the light, even though quarried by unskillful hands. A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 In this case unskillful medical advice may have unfortunate results. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study It had been unskillfully made, and was probably not a true reproduction. In the Orbit of Saturn He felt for the little mouse which his plowshare turned out of its nest, and he pitied the poor hare which the unskillful fowler could only wound. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 With a poor bow, or with unskillful management, a great deal of it would be wasted. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series What have you done with my inheritance, ye cowardly and unskillful men? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 It is needless to say that success does not go to the unskillful boaster, but to the one who relates his audacious exploits in a casual way. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study If unskillfully done, without sufficient hot water or preparation, it is a disagreeable task. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts One of the principal advocates of that view among writers on Political Economy is the vivacious, acute and practically not unskillful, but sophistically superficial Macleod. Principles Of Political Economy Then, with whimsical directness, the following lines set forth the true state of the case, and I felt on the conclusion that the writer had not unskillfully reversed his previous unfavorable version. Lorimer of the Northwest She's nobody in particular, socially, and it will seem an unskillful thing to have asked her—and then she has ideas. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York When a steamer on the Upper Amazon runs aground, it is almost always in consequence either of the ignorance of the pilot or of the unskillful handling of the vessel. Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker Availing himself of the glass, which he used rather unskillfully, Lucien raised a sudden cry. Adventures of a Young Naturalist I handed her the cylinder, lest the diabolical thing spit forth again its fire from my unskillful fingers, and leaped to the top of the parapet. The Fire People A player may be unskillful, and yet very valuable as a general helper if he possesses the qualities for coöperation. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium No man could ascend it except at the southeast corner, and at that place a ladder or a rope was needed by the unskillful. Heroes of the Middle West The French It is unskillful, because the slave cannot be educated; and, therefore, having once learned one thing, he must be kept at that for life. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The valley of the Nile is one example among many of what Irrigation, especially from rivers at their highest stage, will do for the soil, in defiance of the most ignorant, improvident and unskillful cultivation. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. I was as unskillful in the matter of tying up parcels at the end of my term of service as I was at the beginning. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Draining is too expensive a work to be carelessly or unskillfully done. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles While coming into town, they had met O. F. Perkins, who had opened a law office, and business not being very brisk, he had turned a rather unskillful hand to raising potatoes. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History They are generally works of the fourth century of our era, cut in glass by unskillful hands, and they show the portrait-heads of SS. Pagan and Christian Rome The fire was kindled in the usual manner, and the dinner was not unskillfully prepared by the Irishman. Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o’erweigh a whole theatre of others. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Our rural people are now well-to-do, and manufacturing has moved over into a well-organized set of factories; but the isolated little school, shamefully housed, meagerly equipped, poorly attended, and unskillfully taught, still remains. New Ideals in Rural Schools The most expert waterman that sculls his skiff on the Thames or Isis, is but an humble and unskillful imitator of the dabchick. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds Here was an unlimited supply of fertile lands which lent themselves readily to the unskillful and exhausting methods of slave labor. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The hospital was well equipped for its work, but there was much dissatisfaction with the nursing, which was inefficient and unskillful. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America Many of those still in possession of the troops had been ruined by their unskillful handling. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo An unskillful clerk had displayed too suddenly the entire stock of the goods of which she was in search; upon which she rose to leave, saying that there was nothing she liked. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money An unskillful workman repairs the compass, or malice or stupidity disarranges it, the ship mistakes her course, the waves swallow a Caesar, and a new chapter is written in the history of a world. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry There are on record a number of cases of idiocy, madness, and epilepsy caused by the unskillful provoking of hypnotic sleep. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Paul soon discovered that the man was unskillful. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World If the teacher is unskillful or lazy the remedy for poor recitations usually is, "Take the same lesson for to-morrow." The Recitation Duff, after eating, returned to the quarter-deck, where he watched with folded arms the rather unskillful efforts to handle the long twelve pounder pointed sternwards from the Wanderer's waist. Ralph Granger's Fortunes So also are Prejudices, which are given to men and nations as the passions are,—as forces, valuable, if properly and skillfully availed of; destructive, if unskillfully handled. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry And they often labored hard and long to prove points of little or no importance, while points of greatest moment were left untouched, or handled so unskillfully as to do harm rather than good. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Thousands more were wounded by unskillful marksmen and wandered off to die and become a total loss. The Extermination of the American Bison These weak points left unstrengthened in the recitation are the lazy teacher's greatest reproach; the occasion of the unskillful teacher's greatest bungling; and the inexperienced teacher's greatest "danger points." c. The Recitation We can forgive an unskillful workman for doing imperfect work, because he must work, well or ill, or starve; this workman is excusable; but your God is not. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense A lady who had an unskillful teacher in her first year in the high school now avers that he maimed her for life in that particular study. The Vitalized School And was I now going to be like one of those ships which an unskillful turn of the helm runs ashore as it is leaving the harbor? The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 But he at once condemned it as unskillful, wasteful, and slovenly; in short, just what was to be looked for in this benighted land. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Inspiring teaching may compensate in large degree for poor management, but nothing can make up to a pupil for dull and unskillful teaching. The Recitation In the place of the unskillful and ill-constructed wigwam, houses, villages, towns and cities quickly were reared up in their stead. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States I preach in the simplest manner to the unskillful, and that giveth content to all. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age He had the courage to obey the call of his preferences; and to-day, instead of being an unskillful attorney, he is noted and notable in the present-hour world of letters. The Young Man and the World Dashes, underlinings, and interlineations, are much used by unskillful and careless writers, merely as substitutes for proper punctuation, and a correct, regular mode of expression. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies But this is an operation which, if done unskillfully, without a properly constructed kiln, may give rise to nuisance. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 Now, this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theater of others. The Art of Public Speaking Even hand or arm movements by their motor suggestion may focus the desires of the customers, while unskillful, erratic movements may scatter the attention and lead to an inner oscillation of the will to buy. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency They represented him as an unfaithful, or unskillful laborer in the gospel, and as one who was not a subject of divine grace. Sermons on Various Important Subjects A basin properly lifted may accomplish more than a pail unskillfully swung. Around The Tea-Table The unskillful, would-be salesman not only fritters away his own time and effort, he also wastes the patience and power of the man to whom he wants to sell his "goods." Certain Success Dr. Savage arrived at length, but half drunk, and, an unskillful surgeon at his best, made but clumsy work with his patients on this occasion. Elsie's Motherhood The Danes found the belfry presently, and began to toll the bell unskillfully while the men below jeered at those who handled the ropes. Wulfric the Weapon Thane And, again, considering the corruptions of these, and the affections incidental to the heavens and the earth, I at length appeared to myself so unskillful in these speculations that nothing could be more so. Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates It was drawn by an unskillful surgeon, in a mistake, from one of Glumdalclitch's men, who was afflicted with the toothache, but it was as sound as any in his head. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites The unskillful over-use of head tones may ruin a salesman's best opportunity to gain a coveted object. Certain Success A fine army, well drilled and disciplined, but without national reserves, and unskillfully led, suffered Prussia to fall in fifteen days under the attacks of Napoleon. The Art of War It is difficult to see how heating the fat before adding the flour can be unwholesome, unless the cook is unskillful enough to heat the fat so high that it begins to scorch. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Let the Elector learn that governing is not such an easy matter as he supposes, but that a man may know a good deal, and yet be an unskillful ruler. The Youth of the Great Elector He is dead now, alas! the noble man whom alone I have to thank that my ear, though still unskillful, has been opened to the world of harmony. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 He must not get "the cart before the horse," as the ignorant or unskillful closer is apt to do. Certain Success The Austrians were victorious, and recovered Belgium, because Dumouriez unskillfully extended his front of operations to the gates of Rotterdam. The Art of War We have shown elsewhere the successive manoeuvres by which this was effected, and how vigorously but unskillfully Calhoun struggled to avert his fate. Famous Americans of Recent Times Of course, Evelyn and I both saw through the unskillful ruse, and pledged him with hearty malice; but he had yet another shot in reserve, which told with fatal effect. Miriam Monfort A Novel "I have seen him at the Manége," said the Sorbonist, "go through his course of equitation, and being a not altogether unskillful horseman myself, I can report favorably of his performance." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 The unskillful closer, instead of changing his previous sales tactics, nearly always devotes his final efforts to making the prospect see more clearly the pictures already laid before his mind. Certain Success The scholars made no reply, and an unskillful teacher would imagine that time spent in such remarks would be wholly wasted. The Teacher And uses it against the unskillful to earn his daily bread. Mr. Scarborough's Family This is a delicate operation, for the bark is apt to crush or split if the knife is dull, or the hand is unskillful. Composition-Rhetoric And if the science of grammar has been so unskillfully treated that almost all its positions may be plausibly impugned, it is time for some attempt at a reformation of the code. The Grammar of English Grammars It was drawn by an unskillful surgeon in a mistake, from one of Glumdalclitch's men, who was afflicted with the toothache, but it was as sound as any in his head. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 With the exception of a small, bristling mustache, his face was clean shaven, with here and there a speck of dried blood due to a carelessly or unskillfully handled razor. The Marrow of Tradition However obscure and unskillful this application of the idea of development may appear, yet it is indisputable that a discovery of great promise has been made, accompanied by a joyful consciousness of its fruitfulness. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time But the resistance of the garrison informed the Barbarians, that in the attack of regular fortifications, the efforts of unskillful courage are seldom effectual. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 But, to the discerning student or teacher, I owe an apology for the abundant condescension with which I have noticed in this volume the works of unskillful grammarians. The Grammar of English Grammars The new ornaments which it was necessary to introduce between the vacancies of ancient sculpture are executed in the rudest and most unskillful manner. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Marcellus, ignorant or unskillful of no kind of fighting, in single combat surpassed himself; he never declined a challenge, and never accepted without killing his challenger. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans In other words, never pull your trigger until sure you're loaded; for while a fizzle causes the unskillful to laugh, it cannot but "make the judicious grieve." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Miss Hallowell entered, a small and demure hat upon her masses of thick fair hair arranged by anything but unskillful fingers. The Grain of Dust No matter in what gulch or canyon they worked, some measure of success was sure, however unskillful they might be. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh. Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend As Will Hen, however, was about twenty years of age, large, and not unskillful with his fists, Ted saw some years of waiting yet ahead of him. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage Ah! the saber is a sad weapon in unskillful hands! The Spy An Erfurt doctor treated the case lightly and unskillfully and sent him back half cured to Jena, where he resumed his lectures. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The management of the French armies by the government at Paris was unskillful. Outline of Universal History And again:— How do you suppose that unskillful scholars are to live, if Fields should one day die? Authors and Friends That on Mud Island had been unskillfully constructed and required at least 800 men fully to man the lines. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched He was fond of a game of cards, but an unskillful and careless player. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Joan spent many long days in the house at this time and practiced an unskillful needle, while her thoughts wandered far and near through the sullen weather to this old cross and that. Lying Prophets Lilian is certainly much altered,—very weak, I fear very ill, and I believe very unskillfully treated by Dr. Jones. A Strange Story — Complete He made a move to draw up a bench, and apologised for his unskillful house-keeping. King Coal : a Novel In unskillful hands the frail dugout would surely have been wrecked or upset. Travels in Alaska Several mines had been unskillfully sunk and charged; one of these prematurely exploded and destroyed forty of the workmen. The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain What good is industry if it be so unskillfully managed as not to return a living to everyone concerned? My Life and Work And it is a fact worthy of observation that those who are most sceptical as to the possibilities of elocutionary culture, are invariably those who are themselves unskillful teachers in this branch. The American Union Speaker Do you think an unskillful artist would have used in gay festoons? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition To begin with, how could this valuable thing have got into the Moon-stream, and lain there so long, unsought for, or at best so unskillfully sought for? Erema — My Father's Sin As soon as a stick was placed in his cage, he grasped it and used it in a very definite, although unskillful, way to pull the banana toward him. The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior Peculiarly the weapon of the classical school, it had fallen into unskillful hands: Churchill, though keen and bold, lacked the grace of Pope and the power of Johnson. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century The ocean itself has yielded its dark secret to the perseverance of mankind, and the humble but not unskillful efforts which it has been my privilege to conduct. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Moreover, the temple is full of unskillful work. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Public Speaking There had been, but there was evidence that they had been unskillfully removed. Castle Craneycrow Months afterward he declared in a public statement of the case that King died from the unskillful treatment of the surgeons, and maintained that with proper treatment he would have recovered. The Vigilance Committee of 1856 There is no question but that many of these patients are seriously handicapped and others positively killed by unskillful, overzealous, superfluous examinations. Appendicitis The mise-en-scene does not require any special efforts; the piece only requires a somewhat piquant and not unskillful soprano singer. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso During the afternoon came a package, rather unskillfully tied with a gilt cord. Long Live the King! She had avoided her youthful escort, for she wished to practice alone for an hour before the service with the new harmonium that had taken the place of the old accordion and its unskillful performer. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories And thus I prove to your majesty that to change our plan now, without warning our allies, would be at once unskillful and dishonest. The Vicomte De Bragelonne The evil all springs out of this unskillful, gratuitous, compulsory fusion, and, consequently, from those who effected it. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Those that I found the next day were so unskillful that I had to spend two mortal days in this miserable place. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot She was unskillful, and her awkwardness often put her into danger. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Members of the Vigilance Committee, policemen and firemen, doctors, lawyers, clerks, shop-keepers, they looted the river wharves with willing, unskillful hands. A Poor Wise Man The skillful will outpace the unskillful; the thrifty will take from the improvident; genius will overtop mediocrity. The Drums of Jeopardy Her face was painted thickly and unskillfully, her brow was hidden under her hair, and there was an unblinking, frightened stare in her eyes. The Schoolmistress, and other stories You were sober and hardy; your enemies timid and enervated; you were expert in battle, your enemies unskillful; your leaders were experienced, your soldiers warlike and disciplined. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature I never saw a horse gored; although unskillful riders were sometimes thrown in wheeling quickly to avoid the bull's charge, they generally regained their animals without injury. Selected Stories of Bret Harte I am afraid that what was first done was unskillful, if not worse than useless. Twenty Years After And thus I prove to your majesty that to change our plan now; without warning our allies, would be at once unskillful and dishonest. Ten Years Later But Nana was unskillful; she still suspected an outbreak and now was mistaken enough not to fling her arms round his neck in a burst of admiration. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Looking at it more intently, he saw a black object turning in the water like a porpoise, and then the unmistakable uplifting of a black arm in an unskillful swimmer's overhand stroke. Selected Stories of Bret Harte |
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